Chapter 504 Take the initiative!

Author: Back to business

Chapter 504 Take the initiative!

"Fight! People oppressed by empires and foreign powers!"

Emilia's sonorous and powerful voice floated back and forth in the virtual space of the emergency meeting of the Sherman Empire's military headquarters.

The expressions of the two supreme commanders on the main seat and the several old men listening were as gloomy as water.

The more than thirty senior generals who attended the meeting were trying to remain as calm as possible at this moment.

"No one said anything?"

An old man said in a deep voice:

"Then let me tell you, just half an hour ago, the Luofeng Empire declared its independence.

"This is a long-planned political persecution against our Sherman Empire. Behind the Luofeng Empire there must be support from other powerful countries. The meaning of the Luofeng Alliance's existence is to target us!"

Admiral Thomas said solemnly: "Let's not rush to make a conclusion... Is it possible for Luofeng to win back? This is a country of heroes. They once had the courage to fire on the New Federation's voyage fleet, thus thwarting the New Federation's conspiracy."

"Thomas, didn't you watch those videos?"

"I'm on the front line," Admiral Thomas said sternly. "Before I was called in for a meeting, I was beating up those federal guys and maintaining an armed conflict on a scale of a thousand ships every week."

Someone said: "Play it all again, it only takes a few minutes anyway."

So three-dimensional projection screens appeared in the conference room.

"The Death of Edwan", "The Succession of Queen Luofeng", and "Luofeng Declaration of Independence", three videos were played in sequence.

Admiral Thomas's expression immediately darkened.

He leaned on his seat, lowered his head and sighed: "How much trouble has this bastard Foreign Affairs Bureau caused us?"

"Now is not the time to complain. Our border guards near the Luofeng Alliance have begun to assemble. It is expected that they will be able to gather initially in two galaxies."

Preliminary assembly refers to jumping to the designated airspace and entering the approximate attack direction.

If a rapid march is to be carried out, it is generally necessary to disperse and jump first, gather simultaneously, then establish a regional command network, and then coordinate the battle formation.

"Should we go to war directly with Luofeng?"

A general asked:

"The video of "The Death of Edwan" has spread throughout the entire online world, and people marching in the empire have begun to hold up portraits of Edwan!

"Now that we are directly going to war with Luofeng, how do we think about the impact on public opinion? How big is the political impact? Can our public opinion base still stand?

"Edwan was killed by the Foreign Affairs Bureau, including Princess Lorna. A monarch who sacrificed everything for his country died tragically at the hands of the Empire's Foreign Affairs Bureau. Shouldn't it be the Foreign Affairs Bureau that stands up and apologises? Why?

Are we asking our soldiers to bleed and die?"

"Shut up!"

The supreme commander frowned and scolded, and the general who spoke clenched his fists tightly.

"I suggest not to use force against Luo Feng for the time being... In fact, we don't have the extra strength to use force against Luo Feng now."

Several generals spoke one after another:

"I just ran a simulation of the supercomputing group. The known number of ships in the Luofeng Alliance is 9,210, of which more than 3,600 are retired imperial warships. Although the ships are older and exported

Certain firepower restrictions were imposed before, but its combat effectiveness is equal to 70% to 80% of our current main warships, which is more reasonable.

"And among these more than 9,000 ships, there are still more than 3,000 ships, which are locally produced ships of the member countries of the Fallen Alliance..."

"I would like to add that according to the information of the Military Intelligence Bureau, those imperial warships sold to the past have undergone certain upgrades.

"But one thing is that their ship production quantity is not comparable to what we can get from the medium and large military shipyards in the Luofeng Alliance. The Luofeng Empire's annual production limit of warships should be about 120 ships.

This is still the level after the Fallen Empire annexed most of the warship production lines of the Nornar United Kingdom.

"How long has it been since the Luofeng Alliance reached this scale? How can their industrial chain be unified and supported? Isn't it too late?"

"So, the other three powerful countries are actually trying their best to support this?"

"If you refer to the diplomatic alliance document issued by the Luofeng and Guel alliance, the answer is self-evident."

"This means that if we want to suppress the Luofeng Alliance, we must dispatch a cluster of ten thousand ships."

"Considering that the United States of Freedom and the Guel Alliance among the three major powers have made it clear that they will support the Luofeng Alliance, the total number of ships they may provide may be between 6,000 and 9,000."

"If we want to suppress them, we must dispatch two super large clusters of 10,000 ships? At least six dreadnoughts?"

The meeting fell silent instantly.

When the empire faced the great insect tide, it had already depleted a huge amount of its military reserves.

Moreover, the prerequisite for foreign conquests is to maintain sufficient military strength at home, so that all the empire's war potential cannot be used.

Now the empire is at war on two fronts.

In the new federal war situation, 60% of the empire's conventional military strength was involved. Including the reserves, more than 40,000 main ships could not be mobilized.

Otherwise, if the New Federation takes advantage of the situation and counterattacks, the problem will become even bigger.

The empire has used more than 8,000 main battleships to conquer several tributary countries that had previously declared independence.

Currently, the military reserve has only more than 22,000 main ships that can be directly mobilized, but half of the more than 20,000 ships are responsible for the protection of the Imperial Star Circle.

Conquer the Fallen Alliance, face the possible emergence of the United States of Free America, support the Guel Alliance, and the Empire...

You may not win.

General Thomas frowned and looked at the four military veterans sitting next to him, with doubts rising in his heart.

Thomas asked: "Is the Imperial Guard system still unable to start?"

"I can't find the reason, I keep trying."

"Well, that's the problem. If the Imperial Guard system can be activated, not to mention activating the Levi fleet, our own military strength can also exert stronger combat effectiveness."

"So, it's best not to start a war with Luofeng now."

An old general said solemnly:

"We can clean up Luofeng at any time, the initiative is actually in our hands.

"Now it is not just one of the vassal countries that has betrayed us. Suppressing Luofeng and suppressing other traitors have the same meaning, and there is no order of precedence."

"Has the order been given from above?"

"Not yet. The higher-ups will make decisions based on our feedback. Whether or not this battle can be fought and how it will be fought cannot be determined at all right now."

"I suggest," Admiral Thomas said solemnly, "temporarily use diplomatic and political means to appease the Luofeng Alliance, and focus on the battlefields of other client countries at this stage. We are generals, not politicians. We cannot act on impulse and seek truth from facts."

"I agree with Thomas. The strength of the Sherman Empire does not need to be supported by one or two battles."

"Yes, starting a war against Luofeng now will put the empire into great passivity. The people are obviously more sympathetic to Luofeng."

"Kill a few bastards from the Foreign Affairs Bureau to appease Luofeng."

"Well, something happened at the Foreign Affairs Bureau before. Almost all the senior officials, including Princess Lorna, were wiped out... Our news is lagging behind now, because there are different news all the time."

The nominal supreme commander of the empire on the main seat, and Artero of the Military Intelligence Bureau sitting in the corner, both looked attentively and listened.

This was obviously someone beside him reporting.

The expressions of the two people were also a little playful. The old face of the supreme commander was obviously a little surprised, and his eyes, which were originally only a slit, tried to open wide;

Artero's expression from the Military Intelligence Bureau stayed there, and then he looked aside in disbelief.

"real or fake?"

According to the conference room rules, the person reporting the voice also entered the virtual conference room:

"Really! The battle is still going on! Our main force that was ambushed suffered heavy losses and is already trying to get away from the battlefield."

"what's the situation?"

Artero's Adam's apple trembled up and down.

He turned to look at the conference table and found that all the generals were looking over. His lips trembled and he said directly:

"We entered the New Ori Empire's Sixth Expeditionary Fleet to suppress the rebellion. They were suddenly attacked a few minutes ago. Without their knowledge, the main fleet tried to approach a star supply point, but ended up very close to the star.

In the area, the star was suddenly detonated... There was a strong flare locally. When they retreated in a hurry, countless enemy troops suddenly appeared nearby... According to the intelligence, they were countless.

"Now the Sixth Expeditionary Fleet has lost more than 600 ships.

"They haven't been able to break out of the encirclement yet.

"Wait a minute...the latest information...is Luofeng? Luofeng Alliance's fleet! They sniped at our expedition fleet!"

"What!"

The entire virtual meeting room was blown away.

"Luofeng is sniping us?"

"Are they looking for death?"
To be continued...