Him and their stars

The community also has a group of strong defensive fleets in Xinyumen. Three to five light cruisers, more than ten destroyers and assault ships, more than ten intra-galactic gunboats, and the particularly troublesome torpedo ships, the number is said to be more than thirty. In addition, the outer ring fleet left in Nantianmen can also come to support at any time.

The Imperial Army staff on the Vulcan Airan all agreed that the biggest obstacle they encountered should be in Xinyumen.

However, when the Imperial Army's vanguard fleet composed of high-speed cruisers arrived in Xinyumen, they found that it was very calm. The shipyards, space stations, power generation arrays, etc. in the galaxy orbit have almost been destroyed, leaving only a small number of automatic turrets, which are firing at the Imperial Fleet in vain.

The Imperial Fleet thought it was a trap, so it hesitated and stopped in the outer ring orbit for at least six hours.

The Purple Lightning Dragon fighter escorted the reconnaissance plane and circled the galaxy several times with trepidation - they were afraid of being intercepted by the light wing aircraft - but still did not find any danger.

The Imperial Fleet followed the procedure step by step and knocked down the automatic turrets and swept away the mines. They spent more than three times as long as before, but still did not encounter any surprise attacks from the enemy fleet.

Afterwards, the cautious Imperial reconnaissance plane checked the wreckage of the dock and identified the "corpses" of the gunboats in those galaxies. Even these old, bulky warships that were almost useless except for firepower, the Earthlings were not prepared to leave them to the enemy.

It was not until this time that the newly arrived Imperial Vanguard Fleet realized belatedly that the Earthlings' New Yumen Fleet might really be gone.

However, the New World Fleet, which had suffered many losses and had already ptsd, only carefully surrounded the New Yumen planet, but did not send the Marines to land.

They even kept a considerable distance from the planet's atmosphere, probably to prevent a sudden explosion of a heart-pounding firework from the surface.

"Oh, what a smart man." Marshal Farrell laughed.

"Brigadier General Evan is indeed a smart and cautious man." Chief of Staff Admiral Selem said.

"No, I'm talking about the city defense commander of New Yumen. I remember, it was Admiral James Carter, right?"

The newly appointed adjutant quickly reported: "Yes. Admiral Carter has served as the chief of the quarters of the Cantilever War Zone, the director of the Logistics Audit Bureau of the Military Command, and the chief of logistics of the Community Expeditionary Force during the War of Judgment. After the outbreak of the war, he was appointed commander of the New World War Zone, but before that, he had no experience as the chief officer of a combat unit."

The adjutant was very confident in his memory. He had memorized the names and general resumes of all the generals of the community, and even knew a lot about their family backgrounds and hobbies.

Unfortunately, the marshal did not intend to ask further, but just sighed to himself:

"...Humans, if you are not favored by fate, you will not know where your limits are."

There was a hint of respect in his words: "For example, if I had not had the opportunity to fight with Marshal Ester in the Glory Mission military exercise, I would not have been recommended by Her Majesty Brunhilde, let alone caught the eye of His Majesty. I was just born in an ordinary citizen family, but I got the marshal's scepter before I was sixty years old. Isn't it a great favor from heaven?"

The adjutant certainly didn't dare to speak. He vaguely realized that the marshal seemed to put Her Majesty Brunhilde on the same level as the emperor, but then he was shocked by his own thoughts and suddenly wanted to turn himself into a piece of furniture.

Spirit of the universe, who can save me! Am I not born in an ordinary citizen family?

Admiral Selemer, the chief of staff, said: "Of course they are smart people. The New Yumen Guard Fleet can indeed bring some threats to us, but it cannot affect the overall situation. On the contrary, retreating to Nantianmen and huddling together with the Outer Ring Fleet and Gibraltar Fortress can give full play to their combat power. But in this way, they are equivalent to leaving the entire New Yumen to us."

"Yes, yes, New Yumen and New Lushun, we occupied all the colonies of the Community in the New World within one day. It's a great military achievement, isn't it? Bobby." Marshal Farrell said.

I always feel that the way you call me is like calling a dog. The adjutant turned such a little thought, but he could only cautiously reply: "Uh... yes, is that right?"

"Stupid, isn't Yaochi still in the hands of the Earthlings?" Marshal Farrell said loudly.

The adjutant hurriedly bowed and apologized. Even so, he still felt that Marshal Farrell was a little crazy.

After the war began, the Community had a total of eight strongholds in the Dawn Star Region, but they were all eliminated one by one by Marshal Farrell's men. Even the main force of the Earth Marine Corps that was stubbornly resisting in the Ring of Miracles was almost wiped out.

In comparison, a small Yaochi could not affect the overall situation of the war at all.

Although the planet was indeed like a copper pea that could not be chewed, boiled, pressed, or crushed, and the Empire did suffer losses there, it can only be said that "it was not that our army did not work hard, but that the enemy was too cunning."

In fact, when he suffered a little loss at the beginning of the war, Marshal Farrell proposed to implement a strategy of encircling Yaochi without attacking it, but it was not approved by the Grand Marshal's Office and the Privy Council.

The repeated failures later proved the wisdom of the front-line marshals, but cruelly speaking, the Empire could still afford this price.

As for the Yang fleet... that's a big trouble, but since they can't get supplies, they should only fight less and less, and become weaker and weaker. They have disappeared recently, which should be the biggest proof.

Overall, the war situation in the Dawn Star Territory should have stabilized, probably...

Admiral Ta Yin, who is currently responsible for taking over the battle situation in the Dawn Star Territory, is also a master-level military engineer. He has already gone to Dawn Pass to take up his post.

The new war zone commander is planning to use Dawn Pass as his headquarters, and also proposed that in order to revitalize the war situation in the entire Dawn Star Territory, the first task is to rebuild the Unity Fortress. At the same time, another large fortress should be built in Onotia and the Queen's Galaxy respectively, so that the Yang Fleet's activity space can be completely blocked.

I don’t know what the big guys in the Privy Council think of it, but it sounds like it’s indeed a huge effort. No wonder Commander Farrell is so angry. the adjutant thought.

Fortunately, although the Marshal has been holding back a lot of anger recently, he will not really vent his anger on a young adjutant. He immediately ordered the forward fleet to blockade Xinyumen, and at the same time, warships should be sent to continue the investigation.

"It will be ten hours before they receive this order from me. If Ivan in front was smarter, he should have taken action in advance." The marshal said.

"Brigadier General Ivan is a smart and cautious man." Chief of Staff General Thelemo repeated again, obviously very confident in his old subordinates.

However, he paused and then said: "It's just that the Privy Council has ordered that we must completely occupy the New Jade Gate and at the same time conduct an all-round exploration of the ruins of the Enlightened Ones exposed during the Judgment War."

The marshal nodded lukewarmly: "Let's wait for the exploration information ahead."

In this way, a Titan, two Dreadnoughts, and more than two hundred Imperial warships, large and small, continued to be on standby in New Port Arthur, staring at a planet that had completely lost its defense capabilities.

Fortunately, the ensuing battle was relatively calm.

Four hours later, the landing operation on the New Lushun planet was basically declared over. All the community military strongholds and residential settlements that the imperial intelligence department could control were occupied.

There may still be a small number of troops or secret bases lurking in the deep sea waiting for opportunities to resist, but they can no longer cause any big disturbance.

Then, there is the one-stop process of setting up a security station, conducting officers, posting notices to calm the people, etc.

In addition, several small arsenals and machinery parts factories on the island were blown up by the defenders, but at least the imperial army also safely captured the two huge tidal power stations.

"Very good, at least we don't have to transport batteries for heating and lighting for half a million people from the Gate of Glory." Marshal Farrell said.

"However, we have to send another 500,000 people with food rations." Admiral Thelemo sighed: "Just now, a group of mothers holding their children came to the door crying and saying they were hungry. I can only get rations from the army. Passed part of it.”

"They should resume production." Farrell Yunshuai said.

"But, that will have to wait until next year. The Community soldiers destroyed the algae fields and the hydroponic farms in the bay, and sent away all the food and military supplies. This is actually a conspiracy of the people on earth." Admiral Thelemmer sighed .

"It's a conspiracy, my friend. I guessed they would do it, and they knew I could guess they would do it, but it can't be cracked."

After the war broke out, many immigrants from the New World ran back to their homeland. However, there are always ordinary people who have moved their families and resettled and established a new life in the colonies, but they really cannot leave their homes.

New Port Arthur is an ocean planet, with its land area accounting for less than ten percent of the surface. There are more than half a million residents on the major islands and surrendered and captured soldiers.

What's more, almost all of them are human. Even the brutal and abstract Imperial Army would not be able to massacre hundreds of thousands of people just to save some food.

Moreover, for the Galactic Empire, this kind of colony with a large human population is very good. They are also quite confident in their own system and ability to assimilate. They firmly believe that as long as they are human beings, as long as they can bask in the glory of the emperor, they will soon become loyal subjects (cows) and people (horses) of the empire again, and they will be properly good family members.

"We are responsible for the survival of the more than 500,000 citizens of New Port Arthur. This is also the obligation of a qualified conqueror." Marshal Farrell said.

The chief of staff said: "However, there are still two million human immigrants in New Yumen. In addition, there are more than 100,000 Lumina immigrants, and at least 300 million sand people."

"I have said before that we should not carry out landing operations on New Lushun and New Yumen. As long as all the fleets and space stations of the Earthlings on the New World Highway are cleared. The march route from the Gate of Glory to Nantianmen is smooth. Unimpeded. As for those two planets, it never matters."

"Like Yaochi?"

"It's like Yaochi, it has the same nature."

"But you just said that the conquerors have obligations to the citizens?"

"There is indeed an obligation. But as long as we don't land, don't we not have to be bound by the false name of conqueror?" Marshal Farrell sighed.

"Is this your "theory of the uselessness of strongholds"? However, in the eyes of most senior generals and the adults in the Privy Council, your strategic theory is still a bit too radical." Admiral Thelemo said.

"It doesn't matter. Some people agree and are ready to execute it personally." Marshal Farrell said.

The staff officers and adjutants present were all elites of the Imperial Army, and naturally they all knew who the marshal was talking about, but it was really difficult for them to answer the question, so they could only remain silent with awkward yet polite smiles.

A silent bitter smile flashed across the face of the chief of staff, and he comforted in a low voice: "After all, the Dragon King and mortals are different."

The implication is that the election emperor is still qualified to take responsibility if he messes up, but ordinary people cannot bear such a big blame. In front of the Chenxi royal family, even the marshal of the empire, how could he not be a "mortal"?

Although you have the Marshal's Scepter, you are, after all, the youngest (except for the elected emperor), the most junior, and the only one who was not born in a noble family. It is better not to act too high and too showy on the battlefield.

Farrell Yun Shuai showed a knowing smile: "I understand. Old guy, of course I understand. Moreover, it is said that the ruins of the Enlightened One in New Yumen were even given instructions by His Majesty himself. At this moment, Maybe the investigating judge and the Star Viewer have already left the Gate of Glory. How dare I leave it alone?"

He paused and then said: "It's just that I am a soldier and I don't want to do anything unprofessional. Bobby, Bobby?"

He started calling loudly to his lieutenant again.

"Send a message to the Gate of Glory and ask the subsequent supply fleet to follow as soon as possible. Also, tell them that it is time to prepare a group of professional governor-general bureaucrats."

In fact, just a few hundred thousand people eating and drinking would not really bankrupt the empire. Even if we really raise all the two million people in Xinyumen, it will not be painful or itchy.

But the problem now is that if the empire is planning to attack Nantianmen from the direction of the New World, it can only transport them from the Glory Colonial Star along the New World Highway to the front line.

In addition, the special consumables and replacement parts required by large capital ships such as Titans and Dreadnoughts even require a trip to the Gate of Glory from the Empire itself. The supply line was suddenly stretched to nearly half again.

What is conceivable is that once the imperial fleet launches an attack on Nantianmen, the loss of various materials will increase geometrically. It will also be a big test for the empire's transportation capacity.

In fact, the reason why a certain "Dragon of Dawn" took the risk of entering the Kingdom of Cathay after taking down the Blood Gate and burning a large area of ​​its territory to ashes was precisely the reason why the Empire gave up attacking the Nantianmen from the Blood Gate. possibility.

As for the route from the Empire's Gate of Glory to the New World Highway, after all, it is only a New World colony that has been developed for less than half a century. The population and infrastructure are far from developed.

Although it is not like the Cathay Kingdom, which was burned to the ground by some evil star. The wells have to be filled with cement, the fish ponds have to be poured with sulfuric acid, the earthworms have to be dug out and cut vertically, and even the ships have to be waxed. Coin-operated maintenance drones have to be dismantled into atoms, but if you want to pile up six Titans and three to four thousand country-destroying fleets in a galaxy like Said in the mainland, it is of course impossible. Impossible.

In the entire year after the war began, the Galactic Empire did carry out large-scale construction projects on the Gate of Glory and even the New World Highway. However, even with the empire's financial, material and engineering capabilities, it was impossible to really build the New World Highway into the mainland during this period of time. .

In short, according to the inference of the Grand Marshal's Office, there is only one Titan, two Dreadnoughts and 500 large and small battleships that can be used to fight at Nantianmen.

As for the Community Outer Ring Fleet on the opposite side, although a large number of elite soldiers and generals have been transferred to the front line of Sede, they still play the role of the general reserve team. After all, Marshal Joseph Bonaparte still had four Independence-class ships and 600 battleships.

Judging from the combat power on paper, the two sides are actually balanced.

In this case, any additional supply burden may cause a series of negative chain reactions.

In this regard, Marshal Farrell said sincerely: "Actually, I really have no interest in the ruins of the Enlightened One, and it is not my turn to have anything to do with it. I just heard that Xinyumen's agriculture has developed very well in recent years. It would be an absolute surprise if they could supply food to the Nantianmen army.”

"So we are really going to drive the interstellar battleship to New Yumen to collect food..." The adjutant sighed in astonishment, even a bit like wailing.

As long as he thought of the glorious imperial army riding a warship across the sea of ​​​​stars and landing in front of a small earthen kiln in a certain mountain valley, ordering the trembling old farmers to hand over the sprouted potatoes they used for winter, he felt that the scene was so beautiful.

If this continues, the imperial army's flag will be defiled by the dung of old farmers in the countryside.

Marshal Farrell was unmoved: "It depends on whether the people of that planet are willing to cooperate. If they are willing to contribute, it is not a big deal to get a medal or even a knighthood for their representative."

His attention seemed to have been focused on other important areas: "Is that thing possible to use?"

There was a brief silence from Admiral Seremer: "It is indeed feasible to a certain extent. The report from Lieutenant General Marvell of Tiangongyuan who is still in Dawn Pass has come over, saying that it can be cut again."

"Very good!" A very obvious joy flashed across Marshal Farrell's face. This may be the most satisfying time he has felt since leaving the Dawn Star Territory.

"It's just that the situation now is different from that of Yang Xiyi."

"I understand, I don't expect to be able to attack with one attack, but even if it's just a cover, it's necessary to give it a try."