The Old Foxes' Countermeasures!

"With the Kindling Human Civilization Alliance's joint treaty in place, as long as we don't strike first, Star Destroyers can't indiscriminately kill innocent people.

"Since the Shannan Kingdom will most likely send a lone Star Destroyer into our territory to carry out a precision strike after we refuse its extortion, and its Star Destroyer is one of the most important pillars of the main battlefield, it won't be able to remain in our territory for long.

"Then we don't need to worry about it damaging targets within our territory, such as our Administrative Galaxies.

"We can simply have the Dark Peng stay with the Zhenyuan War Star.

"When the Shannan Kingdom's Star Destroyer attacks, the two can join forces to fight it!

"There's no need to demonstrate that we can drive off the Shannan Kingdom's Star Destroyer.

"We only need to put up a desperate fight and avoid defeat for a short time!

"Once the Shannan Kingdom's Star Destroyer, unable to stay for long, fails to break through after a prolonged assault and has to withdraw, we'll have achieved our goal!"

The old really were the craftiest.

While Dicimov was frowning over the problem, the old general chuckled and quickly came up with a plan.

"That's a good idea!

"By showing that we have just enough strength to defend ourselves, we can make the Shannan Kingdom powerless to deal with us—thanks to the Oda Shogunate, its Star Destroyer can't stay away from home for long.

"At the same time, we'll give the Oda Shogunate the impression that we need its help to hold the Shannan Kingdom at bay, and can only survive because we're capable of resisting a Star Destroyer for a short time.

"That way, we can refuse the Shannan Kingdom's extortion without making the Oda Shogunate feel threatened.