Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 65
Many Space Force soldiers have never become captains after serving as soldiers all their lives. One reason may be that they are not qualified enough, but more likely it is because they have reached the qualifications and there are not enough captain positions on frigates, so they cannot become captains.

And now, suddenly someone from the deep space fleet was recruited to become the captain of the frigate at the speed of light, which inevitably made people feel resentful.

The soldiers below may just be happy and have no impact, but the decision-makers above have great opinions on this.

In the captain's room of the flagship Dawn cruiser of the United Nations' First Fleet, Qi Zhengxi was listening to the soldiers' reports.

"Captain, you promoted the man named Qin Xu last time. Although the commanders of the Second and Third Fleets had no right to interfere in this matter, they all expressed dissatisfaction to some extent. And what I learned recently is that Qin Xu and his team are still familiar with some basic operations of the frigate and learning basic captain knowledge. The war is coming, and I think that although it is only a frigate, we should still be cautious..."

"Really? I think this is something I have considered after careful consideration."

Qi Zhengxi didn't care about it.

"But……"

The soldier repeated many incorrect things he heard from other fleet commanders. Qi Zhengxi just listened and suddenly remembered what his father once said to him.

You may suffer infamy and misunderstanding, but as long as you think it is correct, you should continue to move forward firmly.

His father once lied to him that he had the superpower to predict the future, so even though he suffered from his misunderstanding, he would firmly continue on the road of EOD.

In fact, his father lied to him.

My father did not have the ability to predict the future. He only relied on professional knowledge and a little luck to complete so many EOD missions, and this luck would eventually run out.

Now it was Qi Zhengxi's turn to make a choice.

This time, he still chose to believe that Qin Xu had the super power to predict the future.

Although this is ridiculous.

However, after detailed investigation and what his father said to him, Qi Zhengxi was still willing to give his "father" another chance to prove himself.

Prove that he didn't lie to himself, that he really has the superpower to predict the future.

In other words, it proves that such supernatural phenomena exist.

This is ridiculous and outrageous.

For such a reason, he quickly promoted Qin Xu to be the captain of a frigate.

But this is indeed an obsession in his heart, or from childhood to adulthood.

Does the ability to predict the future exist in this world?

Although Qin Xu might have "lied" to him in the end, he was still willing to give the other party a chance to prove to himself that this kind of supernatural power existed and that his father had not lied to him before.

"Don't mention this matter in the future. I am the commander of the First Fleet. The responsibility for the failure of the war will fall directly on me. I have my own considerations."

This was said very directly, so the soldier stopped arguing and turned to report.

"The First Fleet of the Rock Republic was unable to return before the war started. They were attacked by the Ether Dragon and all used their hyperdrive engines to escape from the battle. It is expected that they will return in 13 years."

"How many ships are there in the two countries combined now?"

“地球联合国第一第二第三第四舰队合计40艘驱逐舰和160艘护卫舰，第五舰队正在组建中，目前只有10艘护卫舰。岩石共和国第二第三舰队合计120艘护卫舰。全部合计40艘驱逐舰和290艘护卫舰。”

The soldier said, suddenly talking about other things. "Although I am overstepping my authority by saying this, in order to cooperate with these 120 frigates, do we really need to go to war with the Bazadi Empire in two years? Our current fleet capacity is far from reaching the upper limit. Domestic military factories They have all started to move, and in more than ten years, our strength will be able to overtake the Bazadi Empire."

Qi Zhengxi was more leisurely at the moment, so he also started chatting with the other party.

"That's not the calculation. First, our fleet strength is increasing, why can't the opponent's fleet size also increase? Both sides are increasing at the same time. It's unclear whether the gap is getting smaller or larger."

"Second, although the Rock Republic only has 120 ships, they have an extremely militaristic ideological trend. This ideological trend can increase the shooting speed of ships by 15%. The key is that this ideological trend can unlock the decree of fighting to the death and their escape option. Being banned, the strength that can be exerted in a last-ditch battle is far beyond the simple data on paper."

"The ships on our side can only really exert [-]% to [-]% of their strength, while their side will exert [-]% on the spot."

After listening to what Commander Qi Zhengxi said, the soldier thought for a while and said.

"Then, Commander, what do you think our chances of winning this war are?"

Qi Zhengxi remained silent. When the soldiers saw this, they stopped asking, saluted and left.

The captain's room became quiet, Qi Zhengxi still remained silent for a long time, and never stopped tapping his hand on the table.

War is never certain to be won.

Although they did get some information about the opponent from the prisoners, they believed that as long as the Rock Republic and the Earth United Nations attacked at the same time, they would be able to defeat each other with great confidence.

But this victory is also based on the authenticity of the intelligence.

These prisoners may have told the truth, but it does not rule out the possibility that they themselves were deceived by their own country.

Qi Zhengxi did not believe that a civilization that casually launched aggression against other civilizations would let its complete military strength be known to the soldiers below.

And even so, these soldiers only knew the data from many years ago.

If the Bazadi Empire has been in the frantic shipbuilding stage for so many years, then the relevant information obtained now will definitely be outdated.

However, at the United Nations meeting, representatives of various countries were stung by the fact that 7 million people were massacred in the Colon colony for too long. In addition, the Battle of Barnard and the prevalence of xenophobia in the country made radicals rise.

The most important point is that the Rock Republic insisted on dying with its opponent in 2 years. For various reasons, it finally chose to go to war.

The other party is a martial civilization, and the Earth United Nations usually devotes its energy to development, and it has only been full-scale shipbuilding for the past ten years.

The foundation was really good, so after the shipbuilding dock started construction at full speed, it had four fleets in a short period of time, and even a fifth fleet was under construction.

However, the same sentence, if the other party has been building ships from beginning to end, regardless of people's livelihood, even at the expense of shutting down society to develop military power.

So no matter what, the Earth United Nations cannot be compared.

At the United Nations’ highest military conference, the fleet commanders of the four fleets and the Central General Staff participated in the video conference.

Facing the large-depth strategy proposed again by Qi Zhengxi, a group of radical military officers held objections.

"Commander Qi, are you being a little too cautious?"

Some officers shook their heads at Commander Qi's strategy.

　There is another change today, the monthly ticket plus change, about 5 pm.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)