The fall of the Human Federation had been entirely foreseeable.
The Great Khan's fleets were not something any single empire could stand against. Even Xi Yan had only dared to take on the Great Khan after gathering fleets from several empires and spending years churning out warships himself.
The Human Federation stood directly in the Great Khan's path of conquest, leaving it no choice but to face the Great Khan's Main Fleet head-on.
Xi Yan had once offered Sidney a suggestion: the United Nations of Earth could hand all its fleets over to the Interstellar Human Military Junta, then surrender to the Great Khan. That way, the Great Khan could pass straight through its territory to fight Xi Yan.
Obviously, the United Nations of Earth would never accept such terms.
The United Nations of Earth never surrendered.
And so, even knowing that the price would be the annihilation of their fleets and the Great Khan's furious retaliation, no one objected when Sidney ordered the entire nation to prepare for war.
After sending most of its population to the Interstellar Human Military Junta, the United Nations of Earth finally had nothing left to worry about.
The entire nation united in a single effort.
In the end, events unfolded exactly as the battle reports stated. In the first battle, the United Nations of Earth Fleet joined forces with all the fleets of the United Nations of Earth and repelled the Great Khan's first assault. The latter fleets were wiped out.
The second battle was also the last. The United Nations of Earth Fleet was annihilated, writing humanity's glory with their lives.
Those two battles dealt the Great Khan a devastating blow, forcing it to halt and recuperate once again.
Humanity's sacrifices deeply shook the Sea of Stars, and alien opinions of the