"Elder!"
As soon as they saw Dongfang Tuo arriving, the Qinglan Star military and political officials who were chatting and laughing on the parade platform immediately stood at attention, made a fist with their right hand, placed it close to their heart, and bowed slightly to salute him.
The five hundred elders of the empire have an extremely respected status.
Even if they do not hold a position in the army or government, they still have majesty and power over everyone else, just because they are the empire!
Dongfang Tuo's face was as dark as water.
He nodded to everyone and waved his hands casually, indicating that everyone should not be so nervous.
Qinglan Star is the logistics transit base for the Imperial Expeditionary Force.
"Military logistics" was such a critical and lucrative field that it was naturally controlled by nobles and nobles.
Therefore, the military and political dignitaries who are qualified to stand on the military parade today to welcome the triumphal army are all from the four Elector families and their vassal forces.
They are all "our own people".
Since we are "one of our own", we can talk freely about many topics.
Unlike the fanatical people in the surrounding streets and alleys who kept shouting "Long live the Empire!"
, there was not much joy in the whispers of these military and political officials.
"Another 'brilliant victory', a new resource planet, haha.
It's a pity that I heard that the Holy Alliance implemented the strategy of 'fortifying the walls to clear the country, and resisting with scorched earth'.
Before retreating, they had blown up all the mines, and even used This very insidious method has polluted all the underground mineral veins.
It is expected that the pollution control work alone will take several years, and I don’t know how much money will be spent.
What kind of resource planet is this, and it is a bottomless pit!"
"Yes, there are also those people left behind by the Holy Alliance.
They have all been severely brainwashed and are very resistant to the empire.
Without a long period of education, I am afraid that they will not be able to become a good labor force for the empire, but it will also cost a lot of money.
To feed them with a lot of food, we can't kill all the people in the newly recovered world.
Who dares to make such a decision?
" "The support of the people in the rear has reached its limit.
No matter how much 'motivation' is given, it cannot stimulate greater potential.
On the contrary, the accident rate continues to rise, and small-scale riots also occur one after another.
However, most of the empire's power is concentrated on the front line. , unable to suppress the riots in the rear, As a result, the day before yesterday in the Martial Arts World of the Poisonous Scorpion Star Cluster, there was a terrible incident in which cultivators destroyed the entire starry sky battle fortress.
Cultivators even invaded the spiritual network and broadcast the whole process live.
It is a shame.
It is simply the greatest empire.
The shame of being killed by a little cultivator..."
"A small cultivator can't make big waves yet, but the inflationary pressure we are facing now is too great and has reached the critical point of collapse.
If the war continues, the vicious devaluation of the empire's crystal coins will be inevitable.
We Conducted detailed deductions, if the war If the current intensity continues for another year and the current resource supply is maintained, then the Imperial Crystal Coin will depreciate by at least 300% by February next year at the latest.
By the end of next year, it is very likely to depreciate tenfold, with disastrous consequences.
It’s more serious than the appearance of ten thousand cultivators!”
"So, the most important issue now is how to end this war with dignity!"
Dongfang Tuo's eyes were slightly narrowed and his face was expressionless.
He seemed indifferent to the comments around him, but he heard every word clearly.
He also knew that most of the discussions and complaints of these Qinglan Star military and political officials were deliberately told to him in the hope that he, as a senator of the empire, would propose a bill in the Senate to end the war as soon as possible. only…… Dongfang Tuo sneered in his heart.
Do these military and political officials think that the Senate does not want to end the war "honestly" as soon as possible?
But how could the Holy Alliance, which had just been torn off a large piece of flesh dripping with blood, give the empire this "honour" so easily?
Woolen cloth?
"Those on the front line have no regard for the hard work of operating supplies at the rear.
They only want to fight, fight, fight!
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If we continue to act like this, our logistics system will completely collapse!"
"That's right, I heard that the 27th Fleet stationed in the 'Tianyue Star Territory' recently had a mutiny.
The young officers in the middle and lower classes were a little emotionally unstable and unwilling to carry out the 'Stand in Place' order.
I still want to continue the offensive, expand the results, and further extend the front.”
"What do these guys with well-developed limbs and simple minds want to do, 'expand the results of the war'?
After expanding the results of the war and recovering the new planet, are they going to feed the highly brainwashed people above?
What bastards!
"These random guys only think about their own military exploits and medals, but they never consider the overall situation of the entire empire.
Once their blood boils and their minds are carried away, they can do anything.
And now there is another It's a very worrying phenomenon.
Young officers from different worlds seem to be connected and communicating with each other.
They seem to have formed many organizations like "clubs and federations".
They don't know what they want to do.
It's really worrying. ” "They are all connived by those realm owners.
Those realm owners in the remote worlds of the empire are all a bunch of ambitious, selfish, short-sighted, greedy bastards who never consider the overall situation!"
Dongfang Tuo sighed again.
As the president of the Imperial Development Bank and the logistics leader of the expeditionary force who manages astronomical amounts of military resources, he is very aware of the topics that everyone is talking about.
Devouring dozens of worlds in one breath, the empire has reached the limit of phased expansion.
If it continues to blindly expand like this, it will become an infinitely expanding giant beast, and will eventually be crushed by its own weight as if it was stranded on the beach. whale, exploding from the inside out.
Therefore, from the perspective of the overall interests of the empire, regardless of whether it is "decent" or "dishonorable", the Empire's counterattack, which has lasted for more than ten years, must be ended as soon as possible.
But the officers on the front line who are eager to make contributions, especially those young and middle-aged grassroots officers who are ambitious and passionate and have been severely brainwashed by the slogans of "The Empire is Invincible" and "Long Live Human Civilization", do not think so.
They are eager to make contributions, to expand their territory, to leave a name in history, and to become glorious heroes in the rise of human civilization!
In a cosmic war that spans dozens of worlds and stretches for tens of thousands of light years, it is extremely difficult for the rear to be effective against the deep space fleets at the forefront that are floating in the depths of the boundless sea of stars. controlled.
Every deep space fleet has super starships with a length of more than ten kilometers.
They have air and water purification systems that can self-circulate.
They often have storage that can be supplied for ten or twenty years.
Although the smell is unpleasant, it can satisfy Synthetic foods for basic energy needs.
With these things, each deep space fleet is a self-sufficient small entity.
Even without supplies, it can continue to fight for several years.
The so-called "deep space" means going deep into the starry sky, independently exploring, fighting and conquering. .
Many times, what the deep space fleet does on the front line cannot be observed at all times from the rear.
Even if it is observed, there is no way to stop it.
More importantly, the deep space fleet is not directly controlled by the four elector families.
The empire is too huge.
The vast sea of stars determines the ultra-high difficulty of centralized power.
His Majesty the Emperor cannot completely control the entire empire, and neither can the four Elector families.
At this moment, of the hundreds of fleets stationed on the front line, only half were directly under the four Electoral Prince families, while the remaining half came from the relatively independent peripheral worlds of the empire.
Although the "Expeditionary Force Base Camp" was established to coordinate all fleets, the actual controllers of these fleets were the world lords of the outer world, who were unruly and greedy warlords.
These warlords are often happy to see the radical behavior of their young and middle-aged officers.
After all, if they can capture one more resource planet, these warlords can accumulate more military exploits.
Moreover, before others arrive, they can also loot the newly recovered planet first.
Even if the Holy Alliance really implements the "scorched earth strategy", as long as they are willing to dig three feet into the ground, they can still find some junk.
For these warlords whose home base is 108,000 light-years away, they did not even think about long-term control of these frontline resource planets from the beginning, but they had the mentality of "getting a handful and leaving".
They acted even more unscrupulously, like a gang of robbers.
As for what to do with these planets that were first implemented by the Holy Alliance to implement a scorched earth strategy, and then were stripped of their bones and plundered by the Imperial Army, how to hold on to the ever-extending front line, and the pressure on logistical supplies to increase exponentially...these messy questions, just Leave it all to the "Expeditionary Force Headquarters" and even the "Imperial Senate" to deal with the headache.
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Anyway, they just patted their butts, brought a lot of military exploits and medals, and came in "triumph"!
Thinking of this, Dongfang Tuo agreed in his heart that the military and political officials around him said that those Qiu Ba on the front line were a bunch of bastards!
At this moment, the impassioned march sounded, and the vibrations in the air and the ground became more and more intense.
The crowds of people from all directions roared heart-breakingly like a volcano erupting: "Long live the Empire!
Long live the Imperial Army!
Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"
Long live human civilization!
Long live!”
The victorious army appeared.
In the sky is a floating mountain-like ground assault ship, floating slowly like hundreds of dark clouds made of steel.
On the ground is a murderous full-crystal armored battle group with helmets and armor.
To the majestic drum beat, we marched towards the main road and the parade platform.
"Conquer!
Immortal cultivators!
Conquer all demons, demons and heretics!"
"Rule!
Real humans!
Rule this dark sea of stars and cold universe!"
"The battleship flies over the rolling waves!
The glory of the empire shines forever!"
"Glory to the Empire!
Glory to the Imperial Army!"
The war song of the True Human Empire, accompanied by the cheers of the people, resounded throughout the heaven and earth, in all directions.