1963. Preliminary negotiations
Seeing Admiral Qiyala's reaction, Lieutenant General Brent smiled slightly, and at the same time the stone in his heart was relieved.
In fact, many people in the Duchy of Dawn army are a little afraid of Sefrans-Tann, because she is too powerful. The fleet under her command has never been defeated. No matter what kind of desperate situation, she will seize the opportunity to make a comeback. She is simply synonymous with invincibility!
In some simulated war games, the only ones among Duchy of Dawn that can compete with Sefrans-Tann are Ling Liang and General Ling. The record between her and Tann is about 30-70, but this is already the best among all the generals. Ling Liang is better at strategy, and there is a big gap with Tann in terms of tactics.
Of course, it must be said that since General Ling learned how to command from Zero-Modal Probability Theory from the Givin, every time she had a simulated battle with Sefrans-Tann, she was very happy to admit defeat. She often gave up directly when others thought the two sides were evenly matched. In fact, it was she who calculated the future direction of the battle and found that she could not defeat Tann, so she readily gave up.
Therefore, many people in the Duchy of Dawn army have connected the power of Sefrans-Tann with Chiss, so now they are facing a person who looks like Although he is not as young and beautiful as Sefrans-Tann, General Chiss is equally extraordinary, and Lieutenant General Brent has always been beating the drum in his heart.
In his opinion, a person of Admiral Qiyala's level must have very strong control over her emotions. If he could make her expression change so drastically, it meant that he asked the right question.
Chiss, I really know that Gal-Gal!
"Have you... met Meng Gal-Meng Gal?" Admiral Qiyala's face turned cold.
"General! Chiss warship's main gun is charging! Do they want to start a war?" The adjutant came over and said to Lieutenant General Brent eagerly.
Brent waved his hand to signal him to calm down, and then said to Admiral Qiyala, "You don't have to worry about Gal-Meng Gal. It would be too bad if too much tension leads to a war between our two civilizations. In fact, I We did not encounter Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal, but one of our colonies encountered this creature, and we actually know nothing about Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal, so we hope to get some information from you."
Admiral Qiyala stared at Brent for a while, and then said, "Where are you encountering the colony of Mongolian Gal-Meng Gal?" Her tone seemed to have softened a lot.
"Levik planet... I will send the coordinates to you immediately." Lieutenant General Brent waved his hand, and Communications Department immediately sent the coordinates. He continued, "In addition, according to my The latest news we have received is that there is another planet called Kruda, which has completely fallen. Now the entire planet is full of Gal-Mongol Gal."
"Levik planet... I remember that is the sphere of influence of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. A troublesome race." Ziyala said with a frown.
"Ssi-ruuvi Imperium has become a thing of the past. Because they used anti-human, anti-social, and anti-civilization human battery technology, captured other races as batteries, wiped out at least seven civilizations, and caused the massacre of tens of billions of people, we, Grand Duke of Dawn, have personally ordered them to be eliminated." Lieutenant General Brent said with his chest raised.
This is a topic that doesn't need to irritate the other party too much, but can show one's own power.
Ziyala squinted her eyes and looked at Lieutenant General Brent. She lowered her eyes and seemed to scan other places. There seemed to be a screen there. It seemed that she was reviewing the scanning results of Eternal Super Carrier by her own sensor.
Then, Ziyala asked, "So Levik planet, what is the situation now?"
"We have dispatched a dedicated research team to study Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal, but with little success. At the same time, when Ssi-ruuvi Imperium was about to be destroyed, they adopted a fish-and-death strategy. They took the initiative to release Mongolian Gal-Mon Gal, although we immediately purified and controlled it, Gal-Mon Gal is still spreading to other parts of the planet. We are very troubled by the ongoing infection incidents," said Lieutenant General Brent.
"Levik planet, how many people are there? Where is your defense force?" Admiral Qiyala asked again.
"The population of Xilu people is about 10 billion, and the population of the subordinate race Pia'ek people is about 5 billion." Lieutenant General Brent answered truthfully, "The defense force, according to the news we got a month ago, has a total of 4.1 million combat robots. The elite regular army has 20,000 people and the Pia'ek people army has 6 million people. In addition, in order to fight against the Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal, some Xilu people also organized a volunteer army, numbering about 500,000."
"Based on our understanding of Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal, Levik planet is likely to fall within a year. I hope you will be prepared for the worst and immediately block all waterways around Levik planet." Admiral Qiyala said.
"The waterway has indeed been blocked. Except for the transport ship carrying combat robots, other spacecraft are allowed in and out. We are doing everything we can to avoid the fall of Levik planet. Because this is related to the safety of 15 billion people." Lieutenant General Brent said.
"You came here to look for us, just to fool Gal - to fool Gal?" Ziyala continued to ask.
"We hope to establish a forward base at Levik planet, promote the development of Unknown Regions, and open up transportation between here and the Milky Way. Most importantly, we hope to establish a base with Chiss Equality, peace, and friendly relations. We will not let Chiss fall into our war behavior. For Unknown Regions, our goal is always peace," Lieutenant General Brent said.
"The purpose of peace also includes the destruction of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium?" Ziyala showed a sarcastic smile.
"If you can understand how many shocking crimes Ssi-ruuvi Imperium has committed for their human battery technology, I believe you will also support our actions. Chiss is a civilized, advanced, and enlightened race, and we have always believed so." Lieutenant General Brent said.
Admiral Qiyala thought for a while and said, "I can tell you your purpose of coming and what happened to Levik planet, including destruction of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium and Meng Gal-Meng The spread of Gal will be reported to Chiss Senate. Before getting a reply, I hope you can stay where you are and not take any extraordinary actions. Otherwise, the power of our Chiss cannot be underestimated."
"Don't worry." Lieutenant General Brent smiled and nodded.
This wait lasted three days. In the past few days, Admiral Qiyala's defense fleet has always been here, monitoring Second Exploration Fleet and preventing them from making any changes. And in the past few days, Admiral Qiyala refused all communication requests from Lieutenant General Brent and remained silent.
From this point of view, Lieutenant General Brent believes that she belongs to the kind of traditional soldier with a meticulous character.
Finally, the communication from Admiral Qiyala rang again. Lieutenant General Brent is always waiting on the bridge. In order to show his respect for Chiss, he even sleeps on the bridge these days.
The communication was immediately connected. Admiral Qiyala still had her meticulous and serious expression. She said slowly, "I have to say that regarding your visit Duchy of Dawn, there are differences among the four ruling families of Chiss Cabinet. However, after several days of discussion, a consensus was finally reached. They are willing to give you a chance to meet you in person."
"Oh, this is our honor. So, how do we go?" Lieutenant General Brent said.
"Your warships are not allowed to enter Chiss territory. You can only send a shuttle here. Moreover, you should be the commander-in-chief of this fleet, right? You must come in person." Admiral Qiyala said.
"This is natural. Then please give me some time, I need to form a formal delegation." Lieutenant General Brent smiled and nodded. In front of Admiral Qiyala, he pressed another communication button and said, "Kace, come back, you need to go with me."
[No problem General.] A response came from the communication.
Immediately afterwards, only a white spacecraft suddenly appeared from the void of the universe. This spacecraft had a slender and graceful hull, and what was very prominent was that there was a ring structure behind the spacecraft, making it full of beauty. Stetheus-class cruiser, Tang Xiao is handed over to the ship of Kace-Maxwell.
But the appearance of this spaceship caused Admiral Qiyala's expression to change drastically!
Because of its location, it is less than 1,000 kilometers away from Chiss's fleet!! what does that mean? This means that once it launches an attack on Chiss's battleship, they won't even have a chance to react!! Even if Proton Torpedo is launched, at such a close distance, the success rate of interception will drop to less than half!!
There is no doubt that Lieutenant General Brent summoned Kace in person and made his spaceship appear. This was also a demonstration against Chiss!
This forced Admiral Qiyala to re-evaluate the combat capabilities of both sides. According to her judgment, once the two fleets engaged in a firefight, her winning rate had dropped from 70% to 50%. All this is because this cruiser can even sneak into them less than 1,000 kilometers away!
What makes Admiral Qiyala even more uneasy is that the one in front of her is just a Exploration Fleet. She already knows that Brent's military rank is only lieutenant general. So, what if it is a Admiral of the Navy? What is the size of the fleet he leads? Does the other party have a level like Fleet Admiral?
In fact, Admiral Qiyala knew that Chiss Cabinet discussed for three days whether to accept Duchy of Dawn's visit. A very important factor was the military strength displayed by the other party.
You know, among Chiss Defense Fleet, the largest battleship class is Heavy Cruiser. Among Chiss Defense Fleet, they use man-of-war [Note 1] to call their battleship, which is Heavy Cruiser. They have a total of three classes of capital ships, namely Firewolf-class (Firewolf-class), Groundlion-class (Groundlion-class), and the largest Nightdragon-class (Nightdragon-class).
Among them, the largest Nightdragon-class battleship is about 900 meters in length. The current flagship of Admiral Qiyala is a Nightdragon-class battleship, which is also the only Nightdragon-class in her fleet.
But in contrast, the fleet sent by Duchy of Dawn actually has a giant battleship of more than 5,600 meters! The appearance of this battleship gave the ruling families of Chiss Cabinet a great shock. Not only because of the advanced shipbuilding technology and craftsmanship displayed by the huge size of this battleship, but also because Duchy of Dawn has the ability to drive such a super battleship into Unknown Regions!!
You want to know, why is Unknown Regions separated from the rest of the galaxy? Isn't it because of the complicated and complicated hyperspace environment here, which is even called 'Chaos'? It is simply impossible for a normal spaceship to enter Unknown Regions through hyperspace navigation.
Even Chiss themselves can only rely on a limited number of hyperspace channels that have been summarized and discovered for a long time to navigate, and even so, they must use Force-sensitive pilots to complete navigation.
And in hyperspace, it is common sense that the larger the spacecraft is, the more difficult it is to pass through.
So now, Duchy of Dawn actually has the ability to drive this 5,600-meter-long super battleship into Unknown Regions? Does that mean that they already have the ability to launch a large-scale invasion of Chiss territory?
This situation really makes the ruling families of Chiss Cabinet feel a great threat. This is the real butcher's knife hanging over their heads!
Chiss territory is not afraid of Duchy of Dawn, but this is based on their belief that Duchy of Dawn cannot bring the fleet over. They will not naively think that their national power can be compared with Duchy of Dawn.
Although they will not be involved in the war on the other side of the galaxy, it does not mean that they know nothing about the war happening on the other side of the galaxy. After all, a war of this scale cannot be left unchecked.
Therefore, Chiss naturally knows how powerful Duchy of Dawn is, having fought with Galactic Republic for two and a half years, annihilating countless Republic fleet, and destroying four of Galactic Republic's twenty legions!
Therefore, normally, Chiss Cabinet would not agree to such diplomatic contact. But the most important reason why they agreed to Lieutenant General Brent's visit this time was to find out what happened to Duchy of Dawn, to understand what they were thinking, and whether they really posed a threat to Chiss territory.
However, now, in addition to this super battleship that can enter Unknown Regions, Duchy of Dawn's Exploration Fleet also has a Stealth Ship that can sneak into the monitoring range of their fleet within 1,000 kilometers! This is not an ordinary small stealth ship, but a cruiser level!
If a war does break out, the results may be disastrous for Chiss territory. Ziyala came to this conclusion.
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[Note 1: Man-of-war is an older term for battleships in the English environment. After entering modern times, it began to be replaced by the title Battleship.]