From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 339 The Flying Red Cross
Amber actually expected cooperation with the Federation.

After all, as one of the largest forces in human history today, the scale of those companies is certainly incomparable to that of the Federation, and the scale of cooperation and the profits created are also an order of magnitude higher.

So Amber had actually already planned to cooperate with this kind of official organization, but he just didn't expect it to come so soon.

But now that the other party has come to his door, he certainly won't let go of this business.

A few days later, a formal cooperation agreement was drawn up between Atlas and the federal government, the Regent Party, and the Princess Party, and Amber attended three signing ceremonies in one day.

Soon, the huge deposits from the three parties, including the "compensation" from the Regent and the Princess, were transferred to Atlas' account.

Unmanned communication relay nodes also began to be produced in large quantities and then shipped.

This time, in addition to the Yuge family's fleet, Atlas' transport fleet also officially participated in the deployment plan, and swaggered into the Federation and the Empire, and began to deploy unmanned communication relay nodes in deep space.

As the 'light spots' representing the communication relay nodes on the star map began to spread from the first two or three kittens to the two countries, Amber showed a satisfied look on her face.

Because this not only means that Atlas' business has begun to expand and officially embarked on the "monopoly road" in the communications industry, but also means that a large intelligence collection network covering the two countries has been completely laid out.
And now the situation between Atlas, the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire is like boiling a frog in warm water.

It seems that the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire have acquired some new communication technology, but in fact, when they become completely dependent on this technology and have nothing else to replace it, they will find themselves falling into the big net carefully woven by Atlas.

By then, as long as Atlas is able to defend this system, it will naturally be able to take the initiative in the dialogue with these two major forces.

The federal government, King Norton II, and Her Highness Agnes would naturally not have failed to think of such a problem.

They are not stupid and can easily figure out the interests involved.

But they have now been caught in a kind of 'chain of suspicion' and 'arms race'. Due to the strange relationship between the three parties, they obviously will not communicate with each other, so they can only assume the worst - that is, their 'opponents' have already cooperated with Atlas.

It is precisely because of this situation that they do not want to fall behind others in this technology, so they have to bite the bullet and cooperate with Atlas.

At the same time, these three forces will certainly not be obedient "users". They all plan to wait for the system to be officially put into operation, and then seize the opportunity to crack and replicate it.

However, due to the existence of Lilith, this idea can only be said to be too naive.
With the start of the formal cooperation, the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire also acquiesced to the Atlas Group's "humanitarian assistance" to the refugees generated by the war on the front line.

The troops of both sides that were deployed to the front line soon received orders from the highest command - as long as the Atlas team did not interfere with the combat operations, they should not actively attack or provoke the other side, and should act at their own discretion when it was time to "give convenience" and "give the green light".
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Under Amber's deployment, Atlas chose Pella IV, which had been visited many times before when transporting supplies, as the area for its first humanitarian assistance.

After an arduous planetary landing operation, a large number of federal troops were deployed to the planet, with a total of 70 combined brigade-level units.

However, during the airborne landing, although the Federation Army deployed a large number of aerospace fighters as bait to attract the firepower of the ground air defense forces, the loss of aerospace transport aircraft still reached an astonishing number. This also directly led to the fact that most of the troops deployed to the surface of the planet were in a state of shortage, and the overall combat power index did not open up a big advantage over the imperial ground forces on the current planet.

At present, the Imperial defenders on the planet have stopped mobile warfare, because they are well aware that aggressive maneuvers on the plains can easily lead to orbital strikes by the Federation Navy, which has already gained control of the sky.

Therefore, all these troops were withdrawn to the major cities and important locations of Pyra IV, preparing for the final "battle of trapped beasts".

Although the federal offensive forces had gained the initiative in the battle at this time, their situation was not much better.

Because the Empire's garrison gave up on mobile warfare with them, the Federation Army had to bite the bullet and start the urban siege and street fighting that the Army was most reluctant to face.
When the Atlas fleet, painted with the company's logo and a huge red cross, arrived, the Federation's frontline commander had mixed feelings.

He looked at the fleet "swimming" across the screen like a huge school of fish, and asked his adjutant in a somewhat complicated tone:

"Are you sure this is a 'humanitarian aid' fleet?"

After all, a fleet consisting of 90 combat ships and 80 transport ships of various types cannot be called a small fleet in any way.

Although there are no battleships in this fleet, the proportion of light cruisers has increased significantly after gradual replacement over this period of time.

"The Supreme Command has already conveyed the corresponding instructions, and from what I have seen, this is indeed a 'humanitarian aid fleet'. Look at their hulls, aren't there 'red cross' markings painted on them?
With this mark, they would never dare to do anything on the battlefield that would undermine their position, otherwise not only would their credibility be lost, but this sacred mark would also be dishonored."

"Yes. The Red Cross. How long has it been since this mark appeared in this form?"

"Ever since the last war, when a civilian Red Cross organization was bombed in a war zone, no one has been willing to provide related assistance under this symbol."

When the adjutant talked about this, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Back then, we and the Imperials were so into each other's business that the so-called 'rules of engagement' were basically thrown out the window by both sides in the middle of the war."

"Isn't that what war is like? When the fight between life and death gets intense, who will really abide by these unbinding rules and regulations?"

The federal frontline commander looked at the fleet in front of him and finally said:

"I hope they can really maintain neutrality and not interfere with this war. Pass the order on to the patrol fleets to keep watch. As long as the other side does not do anything out of line, do not interfere or provide assistance."

At this point, the frontline commander could not help but snort coldly: "I want to see how they deploy supplies and personnel."

(End of this chapter)