422. Blockade of Vathian Planet
"Why does the Governor want us to attack the planet Vathian? If we want to collapse the resistance of the Aru people, the fastest way should be to paralyze their industry." Matt Horner was communicating with the High Command. ask.
Chief of Staff Qi Jian replied: "It should be said that this is a political factor."
"You know, what I hate the most is this so-called politics. It's like you don't even straighten your tongue when you speak, all kinds of twists and turns." Matt Horner curled his lips.
"After all, the population of our fourth civilization is too small, and there are many limitations in fighting this war with the Airu people. If we crush them militarily, our image in the Republic Council will change, and we will slowly fight against them. If so, the Airu people are much higher than us in terms of resources and war potential, which will make us passive. So... the best way is to let the Airu people defeat the Airu people themselves." Qi Jian said.
"Supporting opposition forces?" Matt Horner nodded slightly.
"That's right. The Airu civilization is a multi-racial civilization, originating from the Airu people, which also includes about 10% of humans and about 20% of the Vathians. And the target of your A fleet is the Vathian planet It is the homeland of the Warthians, and we have such a foundation." Qi Jian said.
"Okay, I understand." Matt Horner nodded.
Immediately, he returned to the command center of his flagship and said: "Modify the combat goal. We will attack the Airu colony, the planet Vathian."
"yes!"
One day later, the hyperspace channel between the Kuna star cluster and the Vathian galaxy stabilized. Matt gave an order, and the entire A fleet entered hyperspace and headed straight for Vathian!
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At this time, the Airu civilization was also preparing for battle. In the capital Annaji, 100 warships of various types were waiting for battle. In addition, there were two armed space stations in the rear to support the battle.
In the Elul palace, Queen Ellu looked at the battle report from the front with a gloomy expression, "The garrison fleet of the Eye of Kuna was annihilated? The fleet of Tyrsi was also wiped out and was trapped in the colony of the Fang of Kuna. ?Tell me why this is happening!”
"There is no doubt that the battleships of Planet Dawn are more advanced than ours. And they have a large number of ghost fighters, which are even equipped with stealth devices..." A general sighed.
"Asshole!! Planet Dawn is just a small colony with a population of less than 5 million!! If we can't even compete with such a colony, then why do we talk about dominating the Model sector! We must come up with a plan to fight against their ghost fighters! Since the war It has broken out, and we need to give our people an explanation!" the Queen said angrily.
An official next to him whispered: "I think... I have a channel here to urgently import a batch of weapons. Perhaps, detectors that can detect ghost fighters can also be purchased."
"What channel?" The queen frowned, feeling that things might not be that simple.
"Two Devaronians, one named Velma and one named Holma. They claim to have access to advanced weapons, both produced by Kuat Power Shipyard," the official said.
The Queen thought for a while and said: "Summon these two Devalonians immediately. I want to see what they can bring to us? Before that, we must stabilize the current situation! And we must do something somewhere. breakthrough."
The Minister of Defense said: "We have formulated a combat plan. The next target of the attack on Dawn Planet is likely to be our industrial planet Orville III. We have assembled the main First Fleet and Second Fleet there, with a total of 300 warships.
In addition, the main fleet attacking the Eye of Kuna may be the main fleet of Dawn Planet, which has 115 warships of various types, including 5 Revenge-class light destroyers of about 100 meters and 10 Cobalt Alloy-class heavy frigates of about 80 meters. These are The product of the Fourth Group, the size of this fleet is also in line with the population capacity of Dawn Planet. We have officially notified the Fourth Group to provide the data of these warships and are willing to pay a huge sum of 100 million credits, but the Fourth Group has refused. "
The Minister of Defense opened the star map and continued: "Based on this judgment, we decided to open up the situation on the Fang of Kuna planet while defending the opponent's main fleet. As long as we can annihilate their colony on the Fang of Kuna planet, we should be able to attract The opponent's main fleet will return to support and give us time to purchase weapons."
"Go and do it immediately!" Queen Eru nodded and said.
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Model Sector, Inner Circle, Vasha Planet [Note 1].
This is the homeland of the Vathians, a race of insectoids. Insect-shaped races are not uncommon in the galaxy, but most of them are on edge planets. Mainly because hundreds of thousands of years ago in the Milky Way, before human civilization existed, an extremely powerful insect civilization—the Kiliks—had emerged.
When the Kilik rule collapsed, some of their tribes scattered, and many degenerated into the insect races they are now.
For example, the Yamrayi people who invaded the planet Kali before are one of the direct genetic successors of the Killik people.
The same is true for the Vathians. They are about 1.8 meters tall, covered with carapace, and have a basic body structure similar to that of a centaur, with four legs and a pair of flexible arms.
They are not aggressive, hardworking, and have strict beliefs and caste systems.
After the Airu people arrived on their own planet, they joined the Airu people's sphere of influence without much conflict and became the main labor force.
The Vathians on the planet Varthian have a population of approximately 1 billion.
At this moment, white light flashed outside the planet Vathian, and Matt Horner led Fleet A to arrive here. They easily destroyed more than 30 Airu warships defending the planet Varthian. After that, the fleet spread out along the planet's equator and blocked the entire planet.
Hundreds of vulture robot fighter planes took off, entered the planet's atmosphere, and violently bombed the Aru city on the planet Vathian.
At the same time, Matt Horner, as the commander of the Dawn Planet fleet, issued a notice to the high priest of the Vathians, stating that it was the Airu who provoked the war in the first place, and that they would blockade the planet. However, because the Vathians have nothing to do with this war, Dawn Planet will not launch military operations against the Vathians.
The Vathian High Priest hurriedly asked for help from the planet Annaji. However, Queen Ailu, who knew that it was impossible to match the Dawn Planet fleet before solving the stealth device of the ghost fighter, just made various excuses and was unwilling to send reinforcements.
The blockade lasted for about 3 days. During this period, the Vulture robot fighters continued to bomb the planet Varthian. Their goal was very clear - to blow up the grain silos.
The Vathian High Priest made a serious protest against this, saying that the Dawn Planet was not trustworthy. However, Matt Horner only told him that the Vathians' granary was supplying food to the Airu people on the planet, so this was a military operation against the Airu people, not the Vacians.
And he promised that as long as the Vathians are willing to join the Dawn Planet and hand over all the Aru people on the planet, the Dawn Planet will immediately restore its food supply.
Soon, the planet Vathian fell into famine.
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[Note 1: In fact, it should be translated as 'Vasa', but this translation conflicts a bit with the Vasari people who will appear in the protagonist's camp in the future, so the translation was changed. 】
