1602. Intelligence (Part 1)
"I want to make sure Modell Sector is foolproof now!" Tang Xiao asked, looking at Volgograd-Kanidi who were participating remotely through holographic projection, "My request is Modell Sector needs to increase the standing army by 20 million, and build spaceports at Annaj Planet, Vaxian Planet and Orville III Planet that can accommodate 500 warships for docking and replenishment within two months!"
Volgograd-Kanidi said, "In the past month, the immigrant population of Modell Sector has increased by more than 5 billion, and this number is still increasing. Under such circumstances, large-scale projects may exist..."
"What I want is the result! Once Modell Sector falls, then there is indeed no need to consider immigration." Tang Xiao interrupted him coldly.
"I have already started to let immigrants join the construction project and provide relief for work. This will speed up the construction progress of the space port. If the requirements are lowered, it is possible to complete the space port that can accommodate 500 warships to dock and supply." Kanidi said expressionlessly, "But this will undoubtedly slow down the construction progress of the colony, and many people will starve in the future."
"Modell Sector is about to become a battlefield, and this time, Galactic Republic will use all possible means. Maybe soon, you won't have to worry about the population problem." Helmut-Zemo said coldly.
Kanidi's eyes flashed with anger, "What are you talking about!?"
"Planetary Shield of Annaj Planet, how many times do you think Orbital Bombardment can withstand it?" Zemo was obviously provoking, "Once you can't handle it, I think you won't have to worry about overpopulation right away."
"Then you dare to come over and say this to me face to face?" Kanidi was obviously angry, his voice was like a roaring lion.
Qi Jian stood up and smoothed things over. "Comrades, Annaj Planet is not the only issue we need to consider. Galactic Republic's movements are still difficult to judge. There is a lot of information from all aspects. The only thing we can be sure of is that Galactic Republic will launch a full-scale attack against us within two months at most. Therefore, in addition to Modell Sector, we also need to prepare for defense in other directions."
"What can Military Intelligence Department say?" Tang Xiao raised his eyes and looked at Madam M.
"Galactic Republic is now paying more and more attention to intelligence work, and it is becoming more and more difficult for our agents to infiltrate. What is certain now is that there are a lot of hyperspace fluctuations in the Republic 17th Army jurisdiction and 20th Army jurisdiction." Madam M said, "But this intelligence can be anything. Such as civilian spaceships, such as supply ships or engineering ships. 17th Army's jurisdiction now needs to be rebuilt, so it is not surprising that there are a large number of spacecrafts. But from another angle, this may be Galactic Republic's plan to make do with Kira planet's dilapidated base, and then directly gather troops to attack."
"If this is all, then I think there is no need for you Military Intelligence Department to exist." Tang Xiao's tone turned cold, "Wouldn't it be better if I built a few more hyperspace outposts?"
Madam M's face turned slightly pale. Tang Xiao's words could be said to be very serious. In fact, she also knows that Tang Xiao's temper is getting more and more irritable, and the saying "Being with the king is like being with the tiger" is gradually reflected in him more and more vividly.
And Tang Xiao is not losing his temper irrationally, he is just increasingly unable to accept failure. Especially when Duchy of Dawn's discovery became more and more powerful, Tang Xiao began to have more choices. Now he will not give Madam M any face to these awakened Legendary figure. With Duchy of Dawn's national power, it is very easy to replace them.
"Galactic Republic's fleet assembly this time is mainly at Core Worlds. This situation is different from before. In the past, they would gather the fleet near the front line and launch an attack after sufficient supplies. But now they probably don't think so." Madam M said, "That is their plan to launch an attack from Core Worlds. This will increase the suddenness, but after all, the fleet is not in good condition, so their first strategic goal after launching the attack should be to occupy a planet as an advance base."
Madam M opened another page of data and continued, "In addition, our lurking agents also discovered that during the recent period, Kuat Drive Yards's resource demand has increased sharply and has exceeded the normal range..."
"What does it mean to exceed the normal range? Kuat Drive Yards will also save its own production capacity?" Tang Xiao's expression finally softened.
In fact, looking at the entire galaxy, it is very difficult to obtain intelligence. Because the distance between galaxies is calculated in light years, the distance from Core Worlds to Outer Rim is tens of thousands of light years. At this distance, any observation method is in vain.
To put it bluntly, if you look at Coruscant through an optical telescope from Dawn Star Planet, what you see in the optical image is still the situation of Coruscant tens of thousands of years ago. Just kidding, maybe what you saw was the war between Kwa and the Zhell...
Under such circumstances, if you want to obtain information, there is basically only one way - send intelligence personnel or reconnaissance aircraft over, go directly to the vicinity of the planet to check, and then send the information back through hyperspace communications.
Therefore, compared to the war within the planet, which has long been able to open the entire map through satellites, in the interstellar era, intelligence warfare has become more primitive. The reason why traditional agents like 007 were able to shine before was also for this reason.
The job of an agent is to personally obtain information and then send it out. There is basically no possibility of obtaining information from a distance.
In the early days of the war, because the war was originally a civil war, personnel from both sides were mixed together and everywhere. It was basically difficult to distinguish who was an agent and who was a secret agent. So at that time, especially for Dawn Star Planet, who had focused on the intelligence penetration of Galactic Republic for a long time, the intelligence war had a great advantage.
However, as the war continues to advance, Galactic Republic has also purged its own internal affairs time and time again, and the entry and exit management of the spacecraft is also very strict. Now in terms of intelligence acquisition, the two sides have returned to the same starting line. The competition now is purely about the methods of both sides.
For example, Tang Xiao wanted to sneak into Planet Korriban before, because this planet was within the control of Galactic Republic. Although it was relatively remote, he still had to ask Corellia's gangster Crimson Dawn to sneak in quietly. This is also caused by Galactic Republic's spaceship management becoming increasingly strict.
Madam M said, "Under normal circumstances, Kuat Drive Yards will not directly fill up its production capacity. Because of Galactic Republic's financial problems, the orders they received have not yet reached saturation, so they are basically in a state of saturation. It is a stage of scientific operation. If you want to operate at saturation, you need to invest additional manpower and material resources. These manpower and material resources will not disappear out of thin air after the production is completed. Therefore, unless this state can be maintained, a short-term production capacity explosion will always be accompanied by a large loss."
Qi Jian frowned and said, "So, this time Kuat Drive Yards imported a large amount of supplies, does that mean they spent a lot of money?"
"As far as I know, Galactic Republic's financial situation cannot afford it." Madam M said.