Chapter 276: Reversal
“On the left, this is Human Civilization’s main battleship. Everyone has seen it; there’s nothing unusual about it.”
Mai Si’s gaze was somewhat deep; he too had some doubts in his mind, but facing the strong requests for dispatching troops from certain people in the Hans Family, he had to inform them of this doubt in advance.
Otherwise, if something unexpected happened in the future, he didn’t want to be the scapegoat prime minister.
Having been in office for over 300 years, he was a prime minister renowned for his steady character.
“On the right, according to the comparison charts in the Galactic Alliance database, as expected, it should be the pirate group established by the remnant clan of the Fox Civilization after their annihilation—the ones who have been wandering in our star domain for over 400 years and were once one of the only two in this star domain.
In other words, the Fox Pirate Group.”
“Impossible!”
“Yes, Prime Minister, I know what you want to say: it was the appearance of the Fox Pirate Group that destroyed our expeditionary force.
But that’s simply impossible.
As far as I know, the most famous main warship under the Fox Pirate Group is a dreadnought warship left over from when their civilization was annihilated.
Apart from that, due to the close attention from the Sirius Civilization, they have had no room for development, and their few activities have only involved plundering passing small merchant convoys.
In short, they may have battleship configurations, but it’s absolutely impossible for them to destroy our expeditionary force in interstellar space with those. Prime Minister, this isn’t realistic.”
The speaker was a Mai-surnamed chief official from the Ministry of War. Only after his speech did he realize that the object of his rebuttal was the head of his own family.
Clearly, he had been too hasty.
Opposite him, Luo Er was somewhat surprised by this scene and then laughed.
He wanted to see how this prime minister would blatantly call a deer a horse in front of so many people.
But Mai Si’s reaction was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Prime Minister Mai Si showed no sign of anger; he calmly shook his head, paying no mind to this outstanding military headquarters general from his own family.
He knew that this Mai Jie’s urgent rebuttal was because that expeditionary force commander Mai Er was his own older brother.
He paid it no mind, glanced at Luo Er opposite him, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
“Yes, I don’t believe it either. Gentlemen, please don’t get agitated; let me finish.”
He shook his head, then pointed at the two warships and said:
“According to the descriptions from the frigate pilots who escaped back with the expeditionary force, that battleship fleet that suddenly appeared had hulls just like the warship on the right.
Of course, up to now, we still haven’t discovered any news of the Fox Pirate Group appearing in the nearby star domain.
But this is the reality: this battleship undoubtedly belongs to the Fox Pirate Group.
Unless some other force, such as Human Civilization, made targeted misleading paint jobs to deceive us.
But I can’t think of the purpose or motive for doing so.
Human Civilization?
That’s impossible; they don’t have that capability.
Although their warship structures and shapes are similar, keep in mind that this was an interception battle that took place in interstellar space.
According to the descriptions from our pilots who escaped back, this interception fleet appeared extremely suddenly, likely using delivery methods.
This necessarily rules out Human Civilization; they couldn’t possibly have fleet delivery capabilities that only Titan-class Battleships possess.
And in our Alpha Centauri star domain, think about it: what other force has that capability.”
Mai Si’s words were vague and confusing; as the crowd puzzled over them, they couldn’t help but think along with what he said.
Today’s meeting mainly discussed a proposal put forward by certain people from the Mai Si family regarding declaring war on Human Civilization.
And now, under Mai Si’s lead, the meeting content had shifted to that destructive war of the expeditionary force that occurred dozens of years ago.
At this moment, even the proposer Luo Er couldn’t help but think: within a 10 light year radius around this star domain, which forces possessed strategic delivery capabilities.
Fox Pirate Group?
Of course that’s impossible; Apart from one dreadnought warship with induced jump ability, they fundamentally couldn’t possess a Titan-class Battleship.
If they did, it wouldn’t be up to us second level civilizations to worry.
The Sirius Civilization is the one watching the Fox Pirate Group most closely; at that point, the Sirius Civilization would step in to resolve the issue.
Hmm, wait!
Sirius Civilization.
“Heavens!”
“Shh!”
Mai Si looked at Luo Er’s shocked expression, raised one finger to his lips, and shook his head.
“Impossible!”
“How so?”
To be honest, Mai Si was old; he only wanted to steadily enjoy the remaining short span of his life.
Even, if possible, he wanted to use his personal wealth to try purchasing advanced delaying aging drugs that could extend life to 800 years.
But this requires a timing!
At this moment, facing Luo Er’s rebuttal, he also wanted to see how this hawkish main war advocate would think.
After all, he also felt it was unlikely.
Everyone in the meeting room turned their gazes to Minister of Personnel Luo Er, clearly waiting for his analysis result.
Luo Er fell silent after rebutting.
But not long after, he furrowed his brows and slowly said: “Unlikely. Although they have always maintained a certain level of attention here, their main military combat readiness is stationed at the front, where there exists a level 3 civilization comparable to or even surpassing their strength.
And as early as many years ago, we analyzed their civilization’s view of us and their strategy.
That is, to use time to force us, so that when our resources are exhausted, we are forced to invest in them and become their subordinate civilization.”
At this point, Luo Er gave a meaningful glance at Mai Si opposite him.
“Continue!”
Mai Si did not avoid it and returned a smile, but Emperor Hans Ming on the throne urged.
“Yes, Your Majesty. What I said above is the predictive analysis we once made, but obviously, in the years that followed, as time passed, this policy we predicted was correct. They want to exploit our resources issue in the Centauri Alpha star domain to force us, when resources are exhausted and we have no way out, to proactively invest into their civilization’s embrace and provide them with free human resources.
Therefore, I believe that under our civilization’s current situation, it is impossible for them to take action unnecessarily!
Hm?”
“Is that so?”
Mai Si laughed. He looked at Luo Er’s even more furrowed brows and smiled back.
But evidently, the other party had already entered a brainstorm and had no time to heed his mockery.
On the other side, Hans Ming, as a young emperor with extensive knowledge, instantly discerned the meaning from this statement.
But he did not show a bitter expression; instead, he looked at Mai Si with great excitement.
“In other words, this is a completely effective method?”
“No! Your Majesty!”
Seeing this, the smile vanished from Mai Si’s face, and he became anxious.
