At this moment, the N77 star field suddenly became the focus again.
Many reconnaissance ships quietly appeared around the galaxy, closely monitoring Light Year's every move. However, as the Lightyear fleet came in and out, they just hid and watched in secret. Even when Chu Jungui tentatively sent a fleet to land in a galaxy of the community, there was no response from the community. The ground defenders of that system resisted tenaciously, but without the support of the orbital fleet, this resistance could only be suppressed.
Chu Jun returned to his flagship and was looking at the latest battle report. The battle report is the latest and extremely detailed, with a large number of real-time images of the battlefield attached.
In the second theater, the combined fleets of the Federation and the Community launched four assaults, penetrated the two lines of defense of the dynasty, and occupied three key systems. Both fleets suffered heavy losses, with two battleships on each side suffering heavy damage and withdrawing from the battlefield. The dynasty has a slight advantage in terms of battle losses, but it has a clear disadvantage in terms of the proportion of troop losses.
At the end of the battle report, the dynasty finally started full-scale mobilization and wartime conscription, which also meant that the entire dynasty would become a war machine, everything served the war, and all private property might be conscripted. Previously, the dynasty refused to start wartime recruitment no matter how bad the situation was, but now it shows that it is really forced to a dead end.
Chu Jungui put down the battle report, looked at the time, opened his personal terminal, and inserted a special chip. A special channel appeared in the terminal, flashing continuously. Chu Jungui entered the channel and logged in. After a series of complicated verification processes, his vision changed and he appeared in a large and solemn conference room.
In the center of the conference room is a long table with ten seats on each side. Surrounded by a circle of high platforms, there are two rows of seats, with a total of sixty or seventy seats.
Chu Jungui appeared on a seat in the first row of the high platform, and then the meeting regulations and precautions appeared in his field of vision.
This is the conference room of the Dynasty Starship Joint Command Center. Regular meetings are held once a month to discuss the highest-level combat matters. Those who can sit on the central conference table are all permanent members. As the commander-in-chief of the two fleets, Chu Jungui has a status second only to the permanent members. However, Chu Jungui was only observing this meeting and could not speak without permission.
This is the first time he has participated in a meeting of this level. The fate of the entire dynasty's more than 800 galaxies and nearly 100 billion people will be decided at this meeting.
The meeting began, and the opening section was quickly skipped. The chairman said: "There is a new member in this meeting, and that is Marshal Chu Jungui, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth and Seventh Fleets. I don't need to say more about Marshal Chu's deeds. Everyone knows Already known, we first welcome Marshal Chu to join us!"
After a burst of applause, we moved on to the first topic without any hesitation.
The first topic is about the standards for recruiting civilian starships. The discussion is short and efficient, and no minute is wasted. The final standards were very broad, and almost all larger private starships could be recruited. This standard was even more exaggerated than the Federation's recruitment campaign at the time.
Once the standard is passed, it will be implemented immediately. But there was no sign of relaxation on the faces of the marshals present, they were all solemn and heavy. This time there is no upper limit for recruitment. Even if the war is won after the recruitment, they will face huge compensation after the war. The dynastic government may have to pay off its debts for decades.
Each of the following issues was quickly discussed and passed.
Chu Jungui listened quietly and heard a lot of key information throughout the meeting. For example, the dynasty's current military expenditure accounts for 70% of the government's entire budget, and it is almost impossible to increase it. The proportion of government revenue to GDP has also continued to rise with the war, and now exceeds half. This has reached its limit in the decentralized interstellar era, and when recruitment begins, it is possible to directly exceed 100%. The excess comes from the accumulated wealth of residents.
The huge war machine of the dynasty finally began to operate at overspeed. Of course, the cost was extremely huge, and many measures had endless consequences. But right now, for the sake of the war, I no longer care about that much.
In addition, the dynasty has completed the mobilization of 50 million reserves, and another 150 million are being mobilized. In the interstellar era, this mobilization ratio has also exceeded the limit. There are still 12 million people fighting on the planets in the fallen galaxies on the front line. Their fate is bound to fail, but it can delay the Federation's control of these galaxies and buy time for the dynasty to counterattack.
Another cruel decision was the remobilization of lightly wounded personnel and the delay in the payment of pensions. This huge dynasty is already in such embarrassment that it can hardly afford pensions? Chu Jungui checked the information and discovered that the number of people in need of pensions in the dynasty had exceeded 5 million! The normal pension standard for the dynasty is 1 million, while the starting pension for starship crew members is 1.5 million. This is another astronomical figure.
After 5 hours, the meeting finally ended.
Before the end of the meeting, an image of an officer appeared in front of Chu Jungui and said, "Marshal Chu, please wait a moment. Minister Cheng wants to meet with you after the meeting."
"Okay." Chu Jungui agreed.
After the meeting, the scene in front of Chu Jungui changed and he appeared in an office. The office is not big, and the furnishings inside are very simple. It is hard to imagine that this is the office of the dynasty's defense minister.
The marshal who was presiding over the meeting just now was sitting behind the desk. The Dynasty Ministry of National Defense and the Starship Joint Command Center were not in the same system, and he was also presiding over the meeting remotely.
Only then did Chu Jungui have the opportunity to observe closely the core figure in the power center of the dynasty and the promoter of the Great Purge. Most of the military reforms in the post-Xu Bingyan era came from this person. In terms of influence on the political situation, Minister Cheng is already among the top three figures.
Chu Jungui quickly reviewed the other party's information in his mind. Cheng Weiqi, dynasty marshal, was also a starship fleet commander. He is less than 70 this year, which is very young for his position. Before the purge, there were many people in the upper echelons of the dynasty who were nearly a hundred years old, but now more than half of them have been purged.
Cheng Weiqi stood up from behind his desk, greeted Chu Jungui, and then said, "Chen Er told me about you many times, and said that he would resign and go work in Lightyear after the war, haha!"
"He's a great joker."
"No, he's serious."
Chu Jungui was a little surprised and didn't know how to answer for a while. Cheng Weiqi saw Chu Jungui's expression and said: "This is also very simple. Chen Er's previous experience was flawed. Now is a war period, and everything can be changed as long as we can win. But it cannot be like this after the war. Yes, everything you have done must be found out and you must pay the price. No matter how many achievements Chen Er has made, it is still two different things. After the war, at most he can be exempted from punishment, but the crime cannot be eliminated, otherwise where will the law be? ? After winning this battle, it’s time for him to resign. At that time, going to Lightyear would really be a good choice.”
"Before Chen Er..."
Cheng Weiqi sighed and said: "At that time, it would have been impossible if he didn't do this. I understand, but there is no other way. Now that the forces of various aristocratic families have been almost completely purged, I plan to recruit several aristocratic families for this recruitment. The roots have been pulled out. Keeping them is a cancer for the dynasty."
Chu Jungui didn't answer. Speaking of cancers, I’m afraid the biggest cancer right now is Light Years.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Weiqi's next words were: "What I can remove are only small tumors. The largest ones can't be moved by light years, haha!"
After laughing, Cheng Weiqi said, "I was joking."
Chu Jungui didn't believe this.
After joking, Cheng Weiqi said seriously: "You have also seen the situation in today's meeting. The dynasty is very difficult now. The capital galaxy has begun to mobilize and is ready to start fortification at any time. Once the fleet cannot stop the enemy, we are ready to attack the capital galaxy. Carry out a final decisive battle. If you still cannot hold it, continue to retreat, but you will leave 5 million ground troops in the capital system and drag the enemy into the quagmire."
Chu Jungui knew that if this happened, the capital system would inevitably be in ruins, and the loss would be too great to add to.
Cheng Weiqi paused and asked, "I want to know how many starships Lightyear has now? Can they launch an attack into the heart of the community and force the community to retreat first?"
Chu Jungui had been prepared for a long time and said: "I still have 4 heavy cruisers and 6 light cruisers that can fight, and only half of them can be used. As for forcing the community to retreat, it may be difficult. I have captured nearly 10 Galaxy, but they are completely unresponsive now.”
"The community continues to attack! How many starships are you building? I want all that can be used within three months!"
Chu Jungui hesitated this time. Although there are many starships under construction in Light Year, most of them are Mist Clan starships, and very few of them can be used by humans. The newly started construction is all Mist Clan starships, not even one for human use. The cost of building one human starship can be used to build seven or eight Mist Starships. Most of the starships that Chu Jungui handed over to the dynasty were starships snatched from the community or captured. By putting together the disassembled parts after cleaning the battlefield, a few more ships could be made, but the hulls would have to be rebuilt. . The terrifying production capacity of the planet can be changed in light years. The difficulty is the ship-based equipment. It is easy to build only the ship body.
Chu Jungui thought for a moment and said, "There will be a new battleship that can barely meet the undocking standards in two months. I wonder if it will be too late?"
Cheng Weiqi's eyes lit up instantly, and the fatigue on his face was wiped away. He rushed up and grabbed Chu Jungui's hand, but missed it. Only then did he remember that Chu Jungui was just an image, and said, "I forgot that you are not here. I want this starship, but you can raise the conditions!"
Chu Jungui thought about it carefully, but he really didn't know what to mention. The current dynasty was in a state of turmoil, lacking everything and having nothing to offer. After thinking about it, he remembered something and said: "There are many children from aristocratic families who want to join my fleet. I hope that the personnel appointments can be more relaxed."
"It's up to you to choose your fleet. Oh, by the way, we still have a surplus of officers. Do we need some support for you?"
Chu Jungui quickly refused. His fleet did not need people, and even the current officers and crew had nowhere to put them.
