Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 227 Dramatic changes in the situation

Song Pu couldn't understand the government forces' behavior of continuing to throw dirty water on the rebels regardless of the facts.

"We know it is impossible to do this. Once we release today's video, public opinion in the entire star field will completely turn against us. What do they mean by this?"

Chen Ming also couldn't understand this operation and asked: "Is this really not intentional? Or is it something done by the NPC of the government army?"

Although Song Pu hopes so, after all, they can gain more advantages in this way.

But his understanding of his opponents and his own rationality still allowed him to deny Chen Ming's idea and said: "The opponent is definitely not able to restrain his own men. This is definitely something they did themselves."

Of course Chen Ming also knew this, but the problem was.

"Even if this is part of their plan, it's outrageous. Isn't it true that someone made a mistake?"

Song Pu shook his head slightly and said, "It shouldn't be a mistake, because it was too deliberate."

"They just lost this battle. The remaining fleet may not have even arrived home before they posted this message. This must have been arranged in advance."

Song Pu said: "Because our battle this time went too smoothly."

"Although there is an upper limit to the scale of expansion, these advantages must be taken before reaching the upper limit."

Song Pu did not refute Chen Ming this time and said, "I think the same thing."

"At the same time, we started to build publicity and momentum to make it more difficult for the government forces to obtain basic resources, and basically widen the gap with us."

"The opponent is not a fool. They must have their own arrangements for doing this. We must not relax just because we win this game. We must do more things to consolidate and expand our advantages."

"And our original plan was made when we were at a disadvantage, and it was still at a disadvantage after you expanded the industrial equipment."

"Now it's the other side that should be rushing to start the next war."

"Then we just need to take care of ourselves. As long as our goals and execution methods are fine, victory will be within easy reach."

"The foundation is what we fight for. Whoever has a solid foundation is likely to win in the end."

It was obvious that Chen Ming had given him special assistance and got a little carried away.

The emergence of these two problems gradually dissipated the joy of winning the battle in the hearts of several people in the communication channel.

"If you can accumulate strength through stable development, and finally crush your opponent head-on, it should be the safest way."

"Sure enough, we still need to keep an eye on it."

Song Pu continued to talk about his original thoughts: "Our original industrial base is seriously insufficient compared to the government army. We must find opportunities to occupy new industrial colonies. We may even need to take the initiative while the government army is recuperating. war."

"And the fact that they took the initiative to launch a war this time means that they have no thought whatsoever of doing it for the people, or even for the various civil forces."

Song Pu also immediately expressed his thoughts: "I think we should first use a questioning attitude to put pressure on the government forces, but do not take the initiative to start a war again, and instead gain greater advantages from other aspects."

Chen Ming asked: "Is the original plan not good enough?"

"We have proven the capabilities of the rebels. As long as we secretly add fuel to the fire, the government forces may even defeat themselves without attacking."

Hong Guanghong also expressed his thoughts after Song Pu finished: "I also think that we should not directly take the initiative to go to war to attack the government forces. I think development is more important than attacking."

"Although this is most likely a deliberate arrangement by the opponent, the objective fact is that their fleet strength has weakened a lot after this battle, and this will not change."

"So I think the best thing to do now is not to move. The general continues to make a defensive posture on the front line, and we continue to expand the industrial colony in the rear."

"The government forces themselves are in a situation where they have lost most of the people's hearts and support from all forces."

"Of course I'm not talking about you, I mean I made the plan based on this standard from the beginning."

"But the situation is different now. With your presence, each of the colonies we have on hand can stand up to several colonies of government troops. The conditions are much better than before. Naturally, the plans used in certain disadvantageous situations cannot be used."

Although Song Pu and Hong Guanghong have similar ideas, Song Pu's thinking is obviously more political, while Hong Guanghong is more inclined to rely on the overwhelming power of the general trend.

"What if we give them time to breathe? Can they breathe better than us?"

"So what's going on? What are they thinking?"

"The situation has changed, and the original plan must change accordingly. I have modified some of it in the past few days, but the framework is still the original framework and needs to be completely changed."

Chen Ming was quite interested in what Song Pu was doing in these overall aspects and asked: "What should be done specifically?"

Song Pu did not hide it and said directly: "First of all, we must fight for public opinion. We must not stop. We must let our rebels completely occupy the highest moral point as soon as possible."

"They were so far behind at the start, and some of their advantages were given away just now. If they weren't in a hurry, I would have to question their minds."

As soon as Song Pu finished speaking, Cheng Xinghe suddenly said in a somewhat excited tone: "I feel that we can take the initiative to pursue the victory and not give the government troops a chance to breathe."

"It is already unpopular with the people. After this incident, they can get even less support from behind."

But the specific arrangement is beyond anyone’s imagination.

"But I feel like we need to make new plans now to keep pace with the times."

"I think we need to discuss it."

The incomprehensible behavior on the other side makes it difficult not to suspect that there is some special arrangement.

"As long as we can develop according to the normal progress and have psychics around, the expansion of industrial facilities and the expansion of the production queue will definitely be faster and more efficient than them."

"It's because the original plan is a little behind."

However, others did not take the lead, and no one agreed with Cheng Xinghe's words.

Chen Ming asked again: "How do you plan to change? Take the initiative to attack? Or remain unchanged in response to changes?"

It didn't sound like there was anything wrong with it, but Chen Ming didn't express his opinion for the time being.

At this time, Dong Miao, who didn't talk much but had been quietly doing logistics work, also spoke at this time: "I think it's better to attack."

"Whether we can develop stably does not depend on us, but on the other side. If the other side ignores its own territory and directly breaks out with us, destroys our industrial base, and makes it difficult for us to continue, what will we do?"

"Don't forget, our goal is not to kill the government troops, but to survive for a month and then pass the test of encirclement and suppression."

"But if we don't defeat the government forces in advance to the point where they can't interfere with us, the government forces may jump out and stab us in the back at a critical moment."

"It's better to eliminate all instability factors in advance."

"Especially now, when the government troops are at the lowest point of public opinion and morality, it is the most suitable time to beat up the fallen dogs."

"Of course, the rear also needs to be protected. Our own development has definitely not changed."

"Then the public pressure on the government forces will definitely have to be full."

"We are not divided now. We are still under the framework of an empire. Public opinion still has a lot of value."

"There are also some places where we can exert influence on the other side, and it doesn't necessarily require war."

"For example, the simplest one is assassination."

"I think we still have an opportunity to do something like this now."

"We can't just sit back and wait for the opponent to die, right? We should attack and completely suppress the opponent."

At this time, Chen Ming suddenly realized that Dong Miao, who had never talked much, seemed a bit fierce.

All actions are done proactively rather than passively.

Of course, Dong Miao does seem to have strong capital.

Because Chen Ming has continuously expanded more than a dozen industrial colonies so far, consuming an uncountable amount of materials.

That's it, the rebels can still be supplied with supplies steadily, at least Chen Ming has never seen the warehouses he controls empty.

Dong Miao has always been doing the specific planning of industrial production and the allocation of materials.

I'll do the logistics, you go first in the fights, and if the supplies are enough, Dong Miao seems to have no problem saying these words.

So even though Dong Miao was very crazy, no one objected.

After all, we are just discussing the direction of the next plan and arrangement. We should express our opinions first and then talk about whether they are reasonable or not.

Now, the situation is relatively clear.

Song Pu and Hong Guanghong supported taking things slowly and waiting for work.

Cheng Xinghe and Dong Miao used a direct approach to kill the government troops.

Different opinions are divided equally.

The decision-making power to determine the main direction of the rebels' subsequent plans rests with Chen Ming.

Chen Ming was thinking while listening to his teammates. He didn't need to spend too much time thinking when everyone was waiting for him to speak.

Chen Ming cleared his throat and said, "I support putting frontal battlefield pressure on the government forces."

"Although my spiritual power can greatly help industrial production, industrial production takes time."

"I still think that my psychic powers will be more effective on a direct frontal battlefield. I might as well press directly into the opposite hometown and wipe out the government troops."

"And haven't we calculated it before?"

"The overall strength of the government forces is about 1.5 to twice ours, with a maximum of 400 cruisers."

"Although there is no way to directly sweep us to death, it is not easy for us to do anything."

"But it's different now."

"If you don't look at the small boats, just look at the battle just now. More than 50 cruisers out of 70 fell on the battlefield."

"The remaining cruisers of the government army are only about 350 at most."

"Then how many of these 350 ships will be separated from the larger occupied area by the government forces and used as local patrols?"

"How many of them can actually be used on the front line?"

"The government forces currently have less than a hundred more cruisers than we have at most."

"As long as this gap does not directly lead to a full-scale battlefield battle, my psychic power can create a very big advantage."

"And during the war, both sides' fleets are depleted, but our production efficiency is definitely higher than the other side's."

"As long as there are no major problems on the frontal battlefield and the battle losses are one to one, the gap in the number of cruisers between us and the government army can continue to be equalized."

"So, I also agree with Dong Miao's statement."

"Moving forward on multiple fronts will put the greatest pressure on all aspects of the government forces."

Chen Ming's last words determined that the rebels' next overall direction would be to attack.

After continuing to discuss the details for a while, several people in the communication channel left the channel and went to do what they should do.

Only after a few hours.

The news about the government troops that Song Pu sent to his teammates regularly every day made Chen Ming very confused.

The rebels held a press conference organized by Song Pu and publicly presented evidence that government forces actively invaded the Galo-4 sector.

The government forces did not respond at all to this matter, as if they acquiesced that everything the rebels said was correct.

Public opinion turned completely in favor of the rebels.

And this led to the next few days.

Everywhere in Gallo-1 and Gallo-2, there were lower-level soldiers who completely lost their fighting spirit and retreated directly to their original areas.

Once the rebel fleet led by Cheng Xinghe arrived at the local area, they surrendered directly to the rebels on the spot.

The government troops did have their own supervisory team, and after killing a group of their own people, they managed to maintain the front line.

It did not allow Cheng Xinghe to easily occupy Gallo-3.

But even so, after losing political correctness, the government forces had lost their combat effectiveness and were retreating steadily in front of the fleets operated by Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming.

The original truce zone, now the most intense fighting zone, Gallo-3, was completely handed over to the rebels five days later.

The government army is also unable to maintain its basic bases of Galo-1 and Galo-2, and soldiers frequently flee from the army's garrison.

The military's decline and chaotic government also led to problems in the management of both sectors.

Crime incidents and pirates occur frequently, and people in the entire star region are in dire straits.

This situation would be even more serious if the system governments of each system or companies with local branches did not unite to form patrols with sufficient combat effectiveness.

The rebels are also proactive. Any system that is willing to surrender to the rebels will provide sufficient support and send a small fleet to station for warning.

The rebels continued to expand their influence, and successfully occupied more than a dozen inhabited star systems in Galo-1 and Galo-2 without any bloodshed.

It even included two important industrial colonies.

In the blink of an eye, it was the seventh day after Gallo-3 changed hands.

That is the eighteenth day after the simulation started.

Song Pu sent a message in the communication channel of the special terminal.

There was a military mutiny in the government army headquarters, and the government army capital planet has lost contact with the outside world.

But one thing is certain, that is, a large number of high-ranking members of the government army died.

When the news came, several people in the channel fell silent.

Chen Ming was the first to ask: "High-level executives? It shouldn't be the ones across the street, right?"

Song Pu said: "No, they are included in the list I received here. Three of them are lying there. Only one Ogijia survived because he was outside the army."

"But it shouldn't be them. Even if they don't have enough control over the government forces, they won't be killed by their men."

"Isn't it an internal fight?"

"How is it possible? It's a simulation of internal strife and who is the fool. It must be a fake death."

"But I'm a little unclear about the meaning of their death, so I'm going to synchronize the news with you first, and then I'll investigate again." "I feel like something will definitely happen within a day."

A few hours later.

Song Pu hurriedly asked Chen Ming to set up a voice communication channel and immediately pulled everyone in.

He said in a slightly uneasy tone: "The latest information is that a new rebellion has broken out in the Gallo-2 sector."

"A new rebel force accepted the legacy of the government forces and began to take over the original galaxies of Gallo-1 and Gallo-2 that we had not yet had time to attack."

Chen Ming suddenly seemed to understand the plan of the government troops and said: "They want to destroy themselves and then take the opportunity to reincarnate."

"Completely abandon the identity of the government troops and transfer the people's resentment to the NPC government troops."

"But I have a question. Shouldn't the government forces be considered destroyed in this way?"

Song Pu said to Chen Ming, who had not thoroughly studied the rules of the simulation: "Although they belong to the government army, their purpose from the beginning to the end is just to kill our rebels and maintain the stability of the star field."

"It doesn't matter who killed it or how it was killed. In the end, as long as stability can be maintained, it doesn't even matter who is the person who maintains stability."

"Just like our goal is to delay for a month, it makes no difference whether we linger for a month or just kill all the government troops and live openly for a month."

Chen Ming nodded. Although he understood the rules, he still didn't understand a little: "In this case, if the government forces fail to put enough pressure on us on the frontal battlefield and cannot annihilate us, then it doesn't make much sense, right? "

"That's right, so the newly emerged rebels will definitely take action against us in the end. They should also have some off-the-grid tactics in the process, such as using outside public opinion to cause trouble."

"We are rebels again. Our base is civilians and soldiers who sympathize with the suffering of civilians. We can only privately find ways to interfere with their development after reincarnation. It is impossible to say that we will take the initiative to take action against the new rebels. .”

"This should be considered a conspiracy."

Song Pu didn't sound too worried in his tone. After all, he was now the leader of the rebel forces and he knew everything about the rebels' experiences these days.

He knew that it would not be easy for the rebels to succeed. Even with the support of the government forces and the support of public opinion, it would never be that easy to keep up with the pace of their development.

"So although this seems to be a feasible method, it is not so feasible if the specific situation is known."

"As long as we control the direction of public opinion well when we have the first-mover advantage."

"Besides, the demise of the government forces is not enough to prove that the new rebels are capable of taking charge of this star field. It will definitely require the intervention of higher-level official forces."

"We can publicly express to the new rebels that we are willing to maintain peace for a month and wait for the test of time."

"But I can be sure that the government forces will never coexist peacefully with us, and they will definitely use more than this."

Chen Ming suddenly had an idea and said, "Do you remember that missing battleship? Is it possible for them to use this thing to do something?"

"The weapons and shield systems of that battleship have been destroyed. Even if the other side is given another month, there is still no way to repair it. This high probability can be ruled out."

"It's better to consider other means they may use and prepare in advance."

Time passes day by day.

Chen Ming continued to cooperate with Hong Guanghong to expand the colony and ensure basic industry.

Song Pu continued to pay attention to the overall situation at all times and deployed various means against the new rebels.

Cheng Xinghe is still wiping out the remnants of the government forces, trying to control more galaxies, and preparing for the possible attack by the new rebels and the upcoming encirclement and suppression in a month.

And in this process.

The development momentum of the rebel army that had just emerged could be said to be extremely rapid.

In just a few days, it rapidly expanded from a corner of Galo-2 to occupy most of Galo-2 at a speed that no one expected.

The new rebels continue to develop towards Gallo-1, and the speed of expansion is becoming more and more exaggerated.

At the same time, the remnants of the government army have been operating near the edge areas of Galo-1, Galo-2, and Galo-3 and 4, constantly interfering with Cheng Xinghe's work.

As a result, the expansion rate of the old rebels has slowed down in the past few days.

Not even a slight drop, but a big gap.

Of course, several people on Chen Ming's side knew that the new rebels had the shadow of the original government army. It was normal for the government army to develop quickly due to the interference of the government army, but the speed was a bit exaggerated.

And for some reason, public opinion in the entire Star Territory seems to show signs of comparing the new rebels with the old rebels.

Forget the comparison, what is very strange is that public opinion seems to place the achievements of the new rebels on the head of the old rebels, as if they are trying to climb up by stepping on the old rebels.

This direction is obviously wrong.

But that's all. Public opinion did not directly disparage the old rebels, but put the new rebels in a higher position in disguise.

Recently, Song Pu can only use his own propaganda to suppress this trend, but the effect does not seem to be very satisfactory.

The direction of public opinion in the entire star field is favoring the new rebels, which is very strange.

When Song Pu once chatted with Chen Ming, he bitterly said that the spies he placed in the new rebel army could only barely obtain some information.

It felt like these people who originally belonged to the government forces seemed to have changed after the rebellion. They suddenly had a belief in serving the people. They were even more outrageous than their rebel soldiers and were quite difficult to penetrate.

Some of the intelligence that the spies reluctantly obtained seemed to show that the new rebels were unstoppable in their expansion.

The various industrial production efficiency behind them is also extremely exaggerated, at least more exaggerated than when the government troops originally occupied the galaxy.

It's as if their logistics and engineers can crush Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao.

In addition, Song Pu's assassination plan could not be effectively implemented. After all, the government army had collapsed when the previous assassination plan was still being arranged. Several major tasks were legally dead, and the real body had long been hidden. Where to go.

Ogijia, the only one with information, has been running around in the four star districts, constantly harassing Cheng Xinghe's fleet with plunder and some unknown funding.

There is no way to assassinate him even if he stays on the fleet.

Although the overall situation for the old rebels is still stable and improving.

But seeing the unstoppable rise of the new rebels next door still added a bit of pressure to the minds of Chen Ming and others.

What Song Pu has been thinking about for a few days are several opponents belonging to the government army.

At this time, he was at the rebel headquarters, sitting openly in the office.

Several of them had undergone plastic surgery using the top medical technology of this era when the government army fell. Unless they had the ability to obtain tissue samples to compare their genes, no one would be able to tell their original identities.

Although it would be a bit embarrassing to do this in a simulation under normal circumstances, it would obviously be even more embarrassing if you lose.

At this moment, in their commander-in-chief's office, the commander-in-chief saw one of his teammates on the terminal asking him: "How is the situation?"

The expression on the commander-in-chief's face was tense. He flicked the ashtray in the ashtray that was already full of cigarette butts and said, "Very good. Okay, it's a bit inexplicable."

"What do you mean?"

"It's just baffling."

The commander-in-chief looked inexplicably uncomfortable and continued typing on the terminal: "This was originally a plan we made when Zi'a was in a desperate situation. Logically speaking, it won't go so well. We must work hard to achieve it."

"But I really didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

"Even if the government troops are our own, the adjustments that need to be made in accepting the systems and public opinion in their hands, and even in various irrelevant aspects, give me the feeling that it is very smooth. The smoothness is a bit exaggerated."

"Maybe it's just luck."

"hope so."

Ogika, who was watching the conversation between his teammates at this time, did not dare to speak on the terminal, but his heartbeat accelerated a lot.

He put away the special terminal in silence and continued to devote himself to the task he was supposed to perform.

Time continues to pass.

As the date draws closer to the end of the thirty-day countdown.

Chen Ming also felt a bit of pressure unconsciously.

It's not the pressure brought by the danger-sensing psychic energy, but a special pressure.

It's obvious, but the source is unknown.

It's like instinct.

Although it was strange, Chen Ming felt that he could not ignore the source of this pressure.

However, there are no clues.

There are no clues as to the source of this pressure.

Chen Ming had nothing to say and could only continue to perform the tasks he had undertaken.

But strange things often happen one after another.

For some reason, the new rebels have only been expanding and have not shown a clear hostile or friendly attitude towards the old rebels.

But if there is no attitude, at least it seems that there is no intention to fight.

It seems that we really have to wait with the old rebels until higher-level intervention.

Is this really possible?

Unknowingly, the time has reached the twenty-third day of the simulation.

Chen Ming has stopped expanding the industrial colony and helping Cheng Xinghe fight in recent days.

The entire sector has reached the limit of what industrial equipment can achieve under the premise that the sector can operate normally.

Cheng Xinghe no longer needs Chen Ming's help in encircling and suppressing the remnants of the government army.

Because Dijia was also definitely eliminated by Cheng Xinghe during the siege a day ago.

The remaining NPC soldiers didn't need Chen Ming's help at all.

So Chen Ming simply found a research institute to stay, using the high-speed thinking brought about by deep consciousness to study something that could be studied in the eyes of others.

But today, when Chen Ming noticed that the one-month deadline was coming soon, he suddenly had a problem.

So he contacted Song Pu and asked: "The people in the government army have changed their identities. When the one-month deadline is up, what will happen if the top management liquidates them?"

Song Pu has been a little haggard these days, which seems to be due to the recent momentum of the rebels.

However, he patiently explained to Chen Ming: "First of all, the senior management is not a fool."

"Secondly, although we are simulating and limiting the scope of the four star regions, there will still be people from the outside world and other places in the empire keeping an eye on the location here."

"One month is up. No matter where they are, the former government troops will be directly picked out by the higher-ups. They will not be able to escape."

"That's why I can't understand what they're doing now. They're not planning to blow themselves up against us when the deadline comes, leaving us with no energy left to deal with it, and then break us up and fight for a draw, right?"

"I think it's possible."

"Well, let's take a look. At least our apparent strength now is an advantage. There is no need to make risky moves."

"Privately, I have been accumulating public opinion. Although it is difficult, it is still possible to collect clues to equate the government forces with the new rebels. There is always a chance to completely tear the disguise of the new rebels to pieces."

Two days passed again.

The twenty-fourth day comes.

Song Pu found Cheng Xinghe on the communication channel and said that he had discovered the whereabouts of a fleet suspected of being government troops or new rebels near the headquarters.

And there seemed to be traces of the battleship in that fleet that had disappeared for a long time and was so dilapidated that it had no combat effectiveness.

Let Cheng Xinghe go back with a fleet and find a way to destroy them.

Cheng Xinghe naturally had no objection.

But when Chen Ming saw this conversation, his forehead suddenly hurt, as if something bad was about to happen.

But one thing Chen Ming can be clear about is that his danger-sensing psychic ability is completely ineffective.

And this is just a simulation, there is no danger to life, and there is no way that this psychic power will take effect.

But he just had a headache.

The strange headache cannot be said to be due to his spiritual power having some additional effects, right?
Chen Ming couldn't understand it and couldn't be sure.

And if there is a fleet near the headquarters that allows Song Pu to call Cheng Xinghe back, it is impossible not to let Cheng Xinghe go back, right?

So Chen Ming could only give a symbolic reminder: "Be careful."

after one day.

Thirteen hours later to be precise.

Chen Ming was still conducting research on the machine race in the research institute, chatting with Cheng Xinghai who was playing games next to him.

However, at this moment, the special terminal he placed on the table next to him suddenly vibrated.

He immediately picked up the terminal and looked at the terminal screen.

Then, he froze.

Because the terminal continuously sent messages about the death of three teammates.

Song Pu, Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao all died in just ten seconds.

Only Song Pu left his last words before his death.

But Chen Ming didn't have time to see it yet.

The next moment, the news of Cheng Xinghe's death also popped up on the screen.

Chen Ming took his eyes away from this new news and looked at Song Pu's last words.

"Machine clan."

(End of this chapter)