Chapter 296: Comparison Of Enemy And Allied Forces
Liu Shengzhan looked at Fan Ren and Li Jian, the two brothers who were becoming increasingly mature before him, and a sense of pride immediately filled his heart.
One of them was someone he had unconditionally supported since the Earth era.
The other had a superior-subordinate relationship with him that was almost like that of teacher and student; he was also a promising talent whom he had selected from the troops back then.
Over a hundred years had passed, and now the youthful innocence was gone from both of their faces; they had fully grown into talents capable of taking charge on their own.
And what they had done had not disappointed him; one was making all-around efforts for the development and safety of all humanity.
The other was doing the same, and he had even managed, with the identity of Major General, to erase all traces of himself within Human Civilization, leading an extremely loyal isolated army to this unfamiliar star system and stationing there.
Moreover, for many years he had maintained high-intensity training, always ready to step forward for humanity’s safety.
His gaze shifted to the commanders in the audience below, and an eager expression filled Liu Shengzhan’s eyes.
This army also had an inseparable relationship with him.
The Azure Phoenix Legion’s fame-making battle was completed under his leadership in interstellar space.
Although the battle damage ratio was not very favorable in a 5000-to-500 matchup, it must be known that it was humanity’s first true proactive interception battle against an alien civilization.
He was very proud of this, having been the commander of this unit at the time.
And upon seeing this elderly person’s face, the commanders in the audience below immediately puffed out their chests even more.
However, Liu Shengzhan did not speak.
Although Fan Ren intended to invite him to take charge, it now seemed that these two had grown fully capable of shouldering great responsibilities.
“Sit down.”
Li Jian’s deep and resonant voice rang out in the meeting room. He looked firmly at everyone and said, “Next, an introduction to the basic situation of the Hans System.”
As he spoke, without any action on his part, the entire meeting room darkened.
Immediately after, on a huge metal platform in front of everyone, a massive simulated star system lit up.
And at the same time, A’dai’s voice rang out.
“The Hans Civilization is a planetary system with a red dwarf star as its star. This star system has a very interesting feature.
In normal star system development, red dwarf stars have weaker gravity due to mass, heat, and other reasons compared to yellow dwarf stars, which also means that most red dwarf star systems have fewer planets than yellow dwarf stars.
But the Hans System is an exception.
This star system has 12 planets, of which 8 are gas giant planets and 4 are rocky planets.”
“Please look here.”
As A’dai introduced, one planet in the simulated star system suddenly lit up.
“This is the Hans Civilization’s home planet. Like our Blue Star Hub, their space city is located 2000 kilometers above this home planet.
Here, there is a legion responsible for garrison defense, under which there is one Small Aircraft Carrier Flagship and a force of 30,000 battleships.
Note that this is the area with the highest concentration of military power outside of their Star Gate navy.
Moreover, in this recent period, the Hans Civilization has been vigorously procuring various types of assemblies at the Starfield Market, and their total number of battleships has reached 150,000.
Currently, preliminary speculation suggests that because the Hans Civilization Ministry of Industry spaceship assembly field is here, it is highly likely that the 50,000 newly equipped battleships will also converge in this unit.
In other words, there is a high possibility of a battleship unit totaling up to 80,000 here.”
As A’dai spoke to this point, a heavy atmosphere gradually rose in the meeting room.
With his introduction, everyone gradually understood the severity of this operation.
Obviously, if this speculation is true, then the number of enemies they would face in a single encounter during this operation would absolutely be several times theirs.
This would test whether the tactics they trained daily and the performance of their spaceships were effective.
However, Fan Ren had no worries at all.
The point he cared about was not the comparison of combat numbers.
“Next, here at the Star Gate, there is a unit of 20,000 battleships responsible for Star Gate inspection and garrison. This is a second-ranked but extremely high-priority elite unit.
The warriors of this unit are all selected from the top performers in the annual assessments across the Hans Civilization’s various troops.
However, a very strange point is that this unit, as the highest combat sequence unit, frequently experiences supply issues, causing considerable chaos.”
A’dai paused here, as if giving everyone time to think, before continuing: “Next are the locations of their remaining troops’ garrisons, most of which are near planets still in operation for mining collection.
According to intelligence analysis, a large part of this is a choice made to prevent uprisings by mineral workers.
Above is the general situation of the Hans Civilization star system garrisons.”
After A’dai finished speaking, Li Jian glanced at Fan Ren and saw he had no intention of speaking, so he stood up, came to the star map, and pointed to the direction of the Hans Civilization space city on the star map:
“Obviously, this is a very tough nut to crack.”
He lowered his finger, his face showing no worry, still with that steady demeanor.
“This operation is undoubtedly an extremely arduous combat mission. But the very reason the Azure Phoenix Legion exists is to crack the toughest nuts.
Perhaps those present do not know that our compatriots in Human Civilization are still using the most primitive, unupgraded Punisher battleships.
Even a large portion of their spaceships have not yet been equipped with warp engines.
In contrast, our Azure Phoenix Legion not only has warp engines equipped but also uses electromagnetic railgun long-range ammunition that even the Galactic Alliance has never had until now.
Our battleship main cannons now have twice the advantage over the enemy’s.
Our spaceships are equipped with nuclear fusion engines with nearly 80% conversion rate, forming a hybrid power engine group.
I believe this data needs no further introduction from me.
Our spaceships have far surpassed the Hans Civilization battleships in short-time acceleration and maximum speed.
Not only that, some of our Young Dragons have also been modified, equipped with electromagnetic railguns with firepower range comparable to battleships, and relying on their flexible ship hulls, the current Young Dragons even have a greater advantage than the Punisher in long-range combat situations.
Of course, the above is not all, but I believe that with just these, we have completely achieved a technological crush over the opponent.
I think this tough nut to crack is perhaps not as difficult for us as imagined.”
As Li Jian spoke to the end, a rare slight smile appeared on his face.
However, in that smile of his, there was clearly a hint of pride.
