Him and their stars

Is the Blue Star Community strong? At least that's what most citizens think.

He is a country where humans are the dominant nation; he is a member of the first three rows of the Galactic Civilization Council; he has had a glorious record of defeating the empire (vassal kings and vassal states) with less and more on many frontal battlefields; he has a glorious record. It was the first political system in the history of galactic civilization to gain independence from the dominance of the empire; then, for a period of time, it even had the title of "the third largest military power in the galaxy".

Is the Blue Star Community really strong? At least that's what most civilized governments in the galaxy think.

He really has the airs of a "third largest military power". The total tonnage of naval warships ranks third in the Galaxy, the battleships rank third, and the dreadnoughts and psykers on the list are both fifth. The total strength of the active army (including stormtroopers, marines and planetary defense forces) is the second in the galaxy, and if the strength of the Empire and the vassal states is not included, it will be the first in the galaxy.

Of course, the Titan ship is actually third in the galaxy, but this ranking is meaningless. Except for the empire and the alliance, no country has these ultimate killer weapons in space, and such ships cannot be produced by shipyards alone.

In any case, with the above, a powerful country really has the appearance, even if it is a papered appearance.

But later history proved that the Blue Star Community was actually riddled with holes, and the hard steel shell outside had long been corroded until only a thin layer was left. If it was poked, the rotten atmosphere would disappear. It spurted out directly.

The Tulon incident was the first time it was "poked". In the original history, without the strong response from the seniors, the destroyers of the big cats finally arrived in Tulong. Once people come, it’s hard to leave. Later, after long negotiations, the Cathay Kingdom actually established an autonomous region in Tulon, with independent judicial power and even a garrison.

Is this what the so-called "third largest military power in the galaxy" means? All the countries did not react, but the big cats who had stolen the fish were completely aroused with greed and wanted to eat another large piece of meat, so they directly made the idea of ​​​​Stargate.

However, according to "later" historical memory, this should have happened in the year 831 of the Common Calendar, which is February next year. Yu Lian was a little confused.

... No, we can’t completely believe in subsequent history. This is also a mechanical view of history, which will be criticized by Teacher Li. Now that I have been reborn, everything has changed. The Catai cats did not succeed in Tulon but became disgraced, so their subsequent behavior will also change.

First of all, Teacher Li taught us that specific problems must be analyzed in detail, and the main contradiction must be identified. As long as these are determined, the enemy's behavior pattern can actually be analyzed.

Yu Lian began to think, and Colonel Yang Xiyi on the opposite side smiled when he saw this: "It seems that you must have thought of something, right?"

"Teacher Yang, I think the Kaitai people might want to do something big, and they want to completely expose the community's tiger skin."

"For example?"

"Carry out a sneak attack on the Outer Rim Fleet, the most powerful main fleet of the Community, and beat them up. Then they can fake a truce and find a third party, such as their Imperial father, to mediate."

"It sounds extremely ridiculous...what's the reason?"

"First of all, we have to start with the situation of the Kingdom of Kaitai in recent years. They..." Yu Lian organized his words and prepared to speak in a long way, but Yang Xiyi showed a distressed look and interrupted: "Oh, let's start with Wait. You were like this before. Every time you talk nonsense, you prepare a lot of long speeches. However, the person you want to convince is not me, but Admiral Paris."

"for this I……"

Yang Xiyi, who looks like a second-rate scholar, a third-rate literati, and a social worker in a small company, but not like a soldier, scratched his hair helplessly, picked up his military cap and put it on his head, complaining: "I've been in a lot of troubles lately. , just as soon as he took office, he blamed me for everything. The Kaitai people on the opposite side, the Bakvi bird people who are friends of the Kaitai people, the separatists of Rumina... all the intelligence of the forces is under my control. , do you understand? Yu Lian."

Yu Lian nodded sympathetically. If you were someone who was very ambitious in the workplace, you would certainly feel that the organization valued you, and you would be eager to show off your diligence. But the problem is, Yang Xiyi is, to put it bluntly, an energy conservationist who eats and waits to die. He really doesn't want to live a fulfilling life.

"Then, the 40,000 tons of high-explosive dust ordered by the Ministry of National Defense from New Yumen will be transiting through the Star Gate in the next few days. Oh, and 10,000 tons of them will still be sold to the empire. Their receiving officer will be here in the next two days. I will come to this star port to inspect, so I have to go to this star port myself to take charge of it to make sure everything is absolutely perfect! Now, you tell me that we are about to face a war? Oh my god, I am just a part-time worker. It’s just that my employer happens to be the military, so why are you forcing me like this?”

"That's it. Otherwise, why would the outer ring fleet gather here?" Yu Lian spread his hands and asked confidently.

"Because the Catai people on the opposite side must assemble a fleet every year, and occasionally they will bring their bird friends for joint exercises. So the outer ring fleet will naturally make the same move. Isn't this the existence of an army? Reason?"

"They even dispatched the Guards Fleet this time! It was Charon Mane himself who took action!"

"Yes, a Guards Fleet composed of more than a dozen royal 'cruises'! Prince Charon Mane is a guy who likes to show off, so it is reasonable to want to come to work for the army. Even if it is to let the future Great Protector After all, the Kaitai fleet on the opposite side has to come out with 120% of its momentum! Isn’t this the reason for their army’s existence?”

From the world view of a cynical absolute liberal, the above remarks are quite reasonable. Yu Lian was speechless for a moment.

He was just thinking about how to refute when he saw that the colonel had already opened the information terminal in the office and connected to the fleet headquarters on the Hyperion.

"Where is your Excellency, Commander?" the colonel asked.

"I just finished the meeting and are getting ready to go to dinner. Colonel, what can I do for you? Do you need me to transfer you?" The answer was a female officer with the rank of lieutenant, who should be a member of Admiral Parker's adjutant corps.

"It only takes him a few minutes. Didn't your Excellency say that the student who made great contributions in Tulong is a talent and needs a few words of encouragement. He just arrived in Hong Kong today. By the way, Liddy, what are you doing today? The lip gloss you use is Xia Luwei No. 7, right? It suits you really well."

It has to be said that although Yang Xiyi's appearance is only close to the bottom line of "handsome guy", he has good temperament and good demeanor and is a promising "elite bureaucrat". His playful smile is quite charming. The little adjutant over there suddenly chuckled: "Hehe, I will change the color next time. Oh, and there is also perfume. Guess which one it is."

"Okay, let's guess slowly in private."

The young adjutant was overjoyed and received the signal to the commander.

Yu Lian stared at Yang Xiyi, wishing he could turn his eyes into sharp blades and cut him into pieces.

"...Don't look at me like that! This is all to survive in this workplace." Yang Xiyi did not look back, but his whole person was full of realist vicissitudes and sadness.

"I will tell Sister Jessica."

"Even if you tell her, this is already a fact! Her professional field is more cruel than mine, so she will definitely understand."

"I will also tell Xiaoxuan, Xiaoyong and Xiaomi that their father has completely degenerated into a greasy and incompetent uncle!"

"You brat, what do I have against you? Can you call me greasy and incompetent when it comes to survival in the workplace? This has nothing to do with children!" Yang Xiyi was furious. He jumped up and wanted to argue, but saw the light screen on the communicator over there. A flash of light revealed an old man dressed neatly in military uniform, unsmiling, with a face and body as hard as granite, with four sparkling general stars shining brightly on his collar badge.

He is Admiral Norm Paris, the admiral of the Community's Outer Rim Fleet and the commander-in-chief of the Outer Rim Military Region.

Yang Xiyi quickly stood at attention and saluted, and instantly switched to a solemn and determined expression, and said seriously: "Your Excellency, Commander, Colonel Yang Xiyi, Director of Intelligence Staff, is reporting to you. Oh, this is Warrant Officer Yu Lian. He is indeed a talented person, right?"

The colonel's action of standing at attention and saluting was so swift that even Yu, a psyker, didn't even react. He was immediately slowed down by half a beat. At this time, the old general's lightning-like eyes had already swept over and saw Yu. He didn't even have time to put on his military cap, and his eyes suddenly flashed with obvious anger.

"Warrant Officer Yulian, right?"

"Central Defense University's 830-level student, Yu Lian, is reporting to you."

"Don't report to me. After you graduate, it's unclear whether you can stay in the army." The general said coldly: "I heard that you performed well in Tulong?"

"Well, it's all thanks to senior sister... Lieutenant Colonel Eleanor Bonaparte's decisive command and the heroic killing of the enemy by all the soldiers of the garrison. It was just a coincidence."

"Huh, overly modest words sound very hypocritical. Coupled with your weak face, no wonder you have such a reputation."

"Well, Your Excellency, have you heard of me..."

"Your principal, Lieutenant General Maxell, and I are old friends. However, you definitely don't want to know what he thinks of you." The admiral sneered: "In any case, you have made great achievements in Tulon. It’s true, but having a good starting point does not mean that everything will go smoothly in the future. I hope you can digest the gains from this internship and make persistent efforts so that you can take care of yourself.”

Yu Lian resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and along with Smiley began to wonder whether he should roll this guy into a meat ball and feed it to the amoeba in space. But this guy is so old, even an amoeba can't eat such old meatballs, right?

"Colonel Yang." The general said to Yang Xiyi again.

"The official is here!"

"Take this little guy to try the special athletes' hotpot in the Outer Ring Military Region, let him live in the fleet guest house, and book him a passenger ship ticket for the next two days. Your 'elite bureaucratic group', especially the moon people, are It’s no use anymore, he has some influence with the senior management and the media. I don’t want him to go back and say, our outer ring fleet doesn’t understand etiquette! Then, disband.”

Before Yang Xiyi saluted, General Paris had already cut off the communication.

The colonel breathed a sigh of relief and patted Yu Lian's shoulder comfortingly: "Don't mind, it's not that he hates you, but he hates all the moon people and elite bureaucratic groups. At least you can look forward to our special Jian'er pot, which tastes real. Very good. So, today is not all bad."

Ahaha, today is another happy update.