416. Declaration of war
[Publish the two chapters together to prevent anyone from not understanding the protagonist's layout and scolding me.]
"Is this the power we need to use this time?" Tang Xiao looked at the documents in front of him and frowned, "5 Captor-class heavy munitions cruiser modified Homeworld-class aircraft carrier, 10 Grey Horse-class escort carrier, 5 Revelation-class light cruiser, 20 Revenge-class light destroyer, 80 Cobalt-class frigate... plus, Marines 15,000 people..."
With a snap, he threw the document on the table in front of him, scattering it like snowflakes, with a calm expression on his face, "Do you want the whole galaxy to know that we are going to invade and conquer? Francis should have said in yesterday's meeting that this battle was fought in Galactic Republic We are fighting under the nose of E. What we are fighting is political, not just who we want to defeat. If we follow your plan, then should we send the Hiigaran-class battlecruiser that we just tried on Golden Nyss Shipyard?"
"However, if we do not mobilize this level of power, we cannot guarantee that we can defeat Ayrou. Although they have just joined Galactic Republic, they have occupied Modell Sector for a long time and have been coveting Kuna Cluster. According to the investigation, they have two industrial planets, three colonial planets and a prison planet for prisoners, with a total population of 5.3 billion. Facing such an opponent, we simply cannot..." Qi Jian said.
"How to defeat the enemy is a question for you Staff Department and the frontline Commander. What I want to consider is politics..." Tang Xiao took the document on the top, picked up a pen and crossed out more than half of the strength on it, "Marines cannot exceed 3,000 people, Homeworld-class aircraft carrier has been cancelled, Revelation-class light cruiser has been cancelled, Revenge-class light destroyer has a maximum of 5 ships, and Cobalt-class heavy frigate has a maximum of 20 ships. All Hammer-class light frigate in stock will be sent, plus Shriken Class and Stilat Class Light Corvette. This quantity can be relaxed appropriately."
"But only these powers..."
"As I said, this is not an issue I have to consider, it is you." Tang Xiao leaned back on the back of his seat and said coldly, "What I am paying attention to now is our public opinion environment and political environment over there at Coruscant. Therefore, the battle that may break out at Kuna's Tooth cannot exceed the limit, and it cannot fail."
"Yes..." Qi Jian lowered his head, packed up the documents on the table angrily, and walked out of the office.
Tang Xiao continued to sit in his seat, thinking deeply. After a long time, he pressed the button on the table and said to the communication, "Make an appointment for Semirians and the Givin for me. I want to talk to their leader."
Qi Jian's face was full of depression, but there was no doubt about Tang Xiao's order. He could only find the current Commander of the Navy Igor-Zavalov, and put Tang Xiao handed him the list that had been altered beyond recognition, "General Igor, you also know the dispute between us and Ayrou, but the governor is unwilling to invest too much effort. How do you think this battle should be fought?"
Igor looked at the list and said, "Actually, this thing doesn't matter. It is true that using large battleships is too eye-catching, but..."
He flipped through the documents, "Didn't you hear about the war over there at Tatooine? We have special skills against the fleets of these backward races."
Qi Jian's eyes lit up and he said in surprise, "I thought of it! That's it!"
Kuna's Tooth Planet, Fourth Civilization Pioneer Corps mine.
The mine has been completely shut down. There are more than a dozen burning mine cars scattered outside, and hundreds of Annaj Planet people, fully armed, have blocked the only exit of the mine. Wearing respirators, they used spray paint to spray insulting pictures on the gates of the closed mines, and occasionally burst into arrogant laughter.
The Fourth Civilization Pioneer Corps miners inside were all silent and trembling.
Just now, a few miners wanted to go out to negotiate, but they were dragged aside by those Ayrou, who tore off their respirators and beat them violently. Those poor people were beaten wildly for 5 minutes in a semi-suffocated state, and finally they were thrown to the door while dying, and were quickly pulled back by others.
Because the mine is a mobile operation, there are not many supplies. The miners who are now stuck in the mine lack food and drinking water, but they dare not go out. But those Ayrou had transport planes to transport supplies, so they ate and drank in front of the miners. They also threw some food at the door, peed on it, and waited for the miners to get hungry and pick it up to eat.
Volgograd-Kanidi wanted to send a transport plane to pick up the miners, but as soon as the transport plane took off, Ayrou's spacecraft would fly over to warn them that they had violated their airspace, and if they did not return immediately, they would open fire.
The crowd in Black Horn City was furious. People from Pioneer Corps rushed to the office building where Kanidi was located and yelled angrily outside.
"Get out of here, coward!!"
"Garbage that cares about human life!!"
"My husband is still in the mine! Go rescue him quickly!!"
Although the guard's face was full of anger, he could only try his best to block the angry crowd.
In the office building, Volgograd-Kanidi finally connected to Ayrou's communication, but this time the person who appeared in the holographic projection was a female Ayrou whom he did not recognize. She was wearing a military uniform and had an arrogant look on her face. "I am General Telsi from Annaj Planet stationed in Kuna's Tooth. My time is very tight. You only have 1 minute to explain your demands."
"Can't we coexist peacefully? I'm begging you, don't do this, put the miners back, and let's talk about it, can't we? We just want to transform Kuna's Tooth's atmosphere, shouldn't we develop it together in the future? Why do we have to go to this step... Why?" Kanidi was almost begging.
"Endor system, we Ayrou gave it to you Dawn Star Planet. You are not satisfied with this. You still want Kuna Cluster? So our request is very simple. You, get out, we stop." Telsi looked at Kanidi condescendingly, his self-esteem was greatly satisfied.
"There are several wounded among those miners, and they are tired and hungry. At least let them return to the colony first, and then we can have a good talk, okay?" Kanidi continued to plead.
"What do you, your untouchables, have to do with me? I've said it before, this is what will happen if you don't obey the ultimatum! Our intention is very clear, either get out, or let's see how long you can stay here!" Telsi said.
"I hope there can at least be a basis for negotiation that both of us can stand on... We can jointly develop and transform the atmosphere. Both of us can benefit!" Kanidi persuaded earnestly, "The situation is already very tense. Can we each take a step back... We can't fight. Many people will die in a war..."
"Take a step back? You want me to take a step back? Hahahahahahaha~~~~~" Telsi laughed loudly as if he heard some joke, and then cut off the communication.
Kanidi fell weakly on the sofa, staring at the ceiling with dull eyes, muttering in his mouth, "When I said many people died... I meant you..."
He is very clear about Tang Xiao's methods, and he is also very clear about Fourth Civilization's current strength that even he can only have a glimpse of. Naturally, he also understands what kind of existence Ayrou is in front of Fourth Civilization.
When there is a generational gap in technology, population really doesn't mean anything.
At this time, his adjutant Deng Deng ran up and said loudly, "Sir! A group of residents opened the gate without permission and drove out!!"
"What did you say?! Bastard! Bastard! Don't they think the matter is not big enough?" Kanidi was shocked and jumped up with a loud sound.
He ran all the way in the direction of Hangar Platform, then jumped on a shuttle and took off immediately.
Who would have thought that just as the shuttle took off, several Ayrou-made fighter planes flew over and broadcast on the public frequency, [Spacecraft in front, please land immediately. You have violated our Ayrou airspace. Please land immediately.]
Volgograd-Kanidi roared loudly, "I am Dawn Star Planet Colonial Group Commander! If you have the ability, beat me down! If you continue to beat me, it will be a total war!"
As he spoke, he pushed the joystick violently and flew towards the mining area.
His words also stunned the pilot Ayrou. For a moment, the pilot didn't know what to do, so he urgently asked General Telsi for instructions.
Telsi received the communication and immediately became furious, "Who does he think he is? Does he think I dare not touch them Dawn Star Planet!! Shoot him down!!"
Later, he seemed to feel that directly shooting down an official of the opponent was a bit too much, so he added, "Just destroy his engine."
After receiving the order, the pilot immediately started to accelerate, flew towards the Kanidi shuttle, caught up with the shuttle from behind, aimed directly, and fired the laser!!
Phew~~~!! A bright laser beam shone on Kanidi's shuttle for a full 10 seconds. The shuttle's shield was burned through, and its engine was directly melted by the high-temperature laser. The shuttle suddenly made bursts of explosions, pulling out a billowing black smoke and falling towards the ground.
Kanidi desperately pulled up the joystick and ordered the aerial robot to quickly repair the spacecraft engine. After a while of operation, the spacecraft finally lifted the front end and made an emergency landing on the ground. After gliding for hundreds of meters, it finally hit a rock and stopped moving.
At the same time, in the direction of the mining area, the captain Tusken who had previously clashed with Ayrou, Tiur, had already driven over with hundreds of vigorous pioneers. Because Kanidi had previously ordered Black Horn City to strictly limit the carrying of weapons, most of these people held some tools in their hands. The most powerful one was a portable mining laser with a range of less than 10 meters.
Tiur led the pioneers to confront those of Annaj Planet. The two sides yelled at each other and threw stones, but no further action was taken.
Because Pioneer Corps had no weapons, they did not dare to attack Ayrou who were armed with live ammunition. Ayrou was also ordered not to shoot first.
Ayrou is not an idiot, and naturally knows that whoever shoots in this situation will be at fault, so they just keep stimulating Pioneer Corps and want them to do something stupid.
No one noticed that several drones in the sky were monitoring every move here, and on a hill one kilometer away, a figure dressed in black was coldly watching the confrontation between the two sides through the drone's monitoring screen.
The dry wind on Kuna's Tooth Planet blew up his hood, revealing a gloomy face underneath.
Helmut-Baron Zemo.
He picked up a communicator and said calmly, "How's it going, Ah Xiao."
The voice of Ni Yongxiao came from the communicator, "It's done. A human whose hometown is in Annaj Planet, he often comes to the settlement of Kuna's Tooth. This is actually a unique spice made by Ayrou - Rocnar Blue (Rokna Blue). Ayrou rarely goes out to contact other races, so their foreign trade has always been done by Human race on Annaj Planet. This person often visits Tatooine, and I found it.
"You know what I'm trying to say."
"Of course, it's done." Ni Yongxiao finished speaking and sent a communication band over.
Baron Zemo looked at the person named Russo on the communication band, smiled coldly, connected the communication, and then said gloomily, "Do you remember Gori from Tatooine? Mr. Russo."
At this moment, he was confronting Fourth Civilization Pioneer Corps outside the mine. A human being who was scolding him suddenly changed his expression. He took two steps back without leaving a trace and quietly said to the communication, "Who are you? What do you mean?"
"You gambled at Tatooine and owed Gori a sum of money, didn't you? In order to get the money back, he told everything... including... your family living in Annaj Planet..." Baron Zemo's voice was terrifying.
"You! What do you want to do! I'm warning you!! I..." Russo Before he finished speaking, he saw a picture projected on the holographic projection of the communicator.
He only saw four or five people wearing animal masks holding guns to the heads of his wife and parents. He quickly turned off the projection and shouted in a low voice, "You... what do you want to do!? Let go of my family!"
"Then... just shoot." Baron Zemo's words suddenly became calm and emotionless.
"Shoot... you mean..."
"That's right. Dawn Star Planet's Pioneer Corps are really annoying, right? Shoot and kill them. Dawn Star Planet and I also have a grudge. Every time you kill 10 Dawn Star Planet people, I will let one of your family members go. Let me count... you have to... kill 30... hehehehehe..."
"Shoot? You... the superior asked us not to shoot..."
"Thirty... shoot!" Baron Zemo shouted sharply.
Russo trembled all over, he finally gave in, didn't he just kill a few Dawn Star Planet people? In the past few days, Ayrou has long described the people of Dawn Star Planet as a group of stupid, bad, and greedy pariahs. The person who kidnapped his family also claimed that he had a grudge against Dawn Star Planet.
Then... kill it! They are just a bunch of untouchables anyway!
Russo's eyes turned cold, and he finally pulled the trigger!
Xiu Xiu Xiu~~~~~Blaster rifle fired out bunches of crimson blaster beams, exploding on the Fourth Civilization Pioneer Corps people! Several people fell down immediately!
As soon as he saw Ayrou actually firing, Tiur roared and rushed forward with the mining laser, and the furious Pioneer Corps people also rushed forward!
Ayrou saw that the other side actually dared to charge forward, so they also pulled the trigger one after another!!
The unarmed Pioneer Corps members fell down in large swaths, and the others realized something was wrong and ran away screaming.
"10, 11, 12..." The cold voice in the communication slowly counted in Russo's ears, but Pioneer Corps's people had already begun to run away, and he could not catch up. At this time, he had almost fallen into madness, "There are still... 18 left!"
His red and bloodshot eyes searched everywhere, and finally focused on the mine behind them, where there were hundreds of weak untouchables who had been blocked by them for several days!
Baron Zemo looked at the killing with a cruel smile on his lips.
This method is exactly the same as what he used at Cerea. Of course, it is also very effective. He is good at manipulating people's hearts, and he naturally knows when to give him a push.
He took out his communicator and said calmly, "Mr. Governor, the plan is going smoothly."
"Thank you for your hard work, Baron Zemo. Finally, remember to wipe your hands and feet clean." Tang Xiao's tone was equally cold.
Baron Zemo smiled faintly and issued an instruction.
"27, 28, 29..." Russo, who had already entered the mining area and was going on a killing spree, suddenly saw those people wearing animal masks pointing guns at the heads of his family members...
Shots were fired.
"No!!!!!!!!!!!!" Russo let out a shrill scream.
He fell to the ground and watched the people in the holographic projection walk away, leaving only a few cold corpses. His heart finally collapsed. He put Blaster rifle on the ground, held the muzzle of the gun in his mouth, and slowly pressed the trigger with a trembling hand...
At the same time, Glory mothership command center.
Tang Xiao waved his hand, "Send the image to the entire galaxy through HoloNet! Galactic Senate filed a formal accusation against Ayrou! At the same time, in the name of protecting the safety of the colonists, Ayrou...
Declare war! "
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