บท 208: Chapter 208: A Frontline Spanning 160 Light-Years
How vast is the star domain of the Federation?
Despite the Federation's development at the cost of destroying stars over the past ten thousand years, it has still been unable to curb its expansion into new star systems, extending its territory to 245 star systems.
This is the result of their restraint. If they had developed without control, Ella estimates that they would have developed over 350 star systems by now and continued to build infrastructure in these systems, remaining in a predicament where they couldn't utilize large amounts of energy for weapons.
But is this the true extent of the star domain controlled by the Federation?
The plan implemented by the Federation over ten thousand years ago has already shown results within 2000 years, with the establishment of five star nations that have begun to expand outward rapidly.
They have attracted a large number of scholars from the Federation who aspire to longevity. These scholars aid in their progress, and with the backing of the Federation's technology, their development is so rapid that it is hard to believe.
These star nations are the Auro Nova Star Nation (81 star systems), the Holy Covenant Star Nation (102 star systems), the Quad Empire Alliance (153 star systems), the Eternal Machine Star Nation (77 star systems), and the Ink Flower Covenant Star Nation (111 star systems).
Together, these star nations, along with the Federation, control 769 star systems. What a vast star domain this is!
Even Yan Xia wouldn't have dared to imagine this in the past.
In reality, the star domain controlled by Ella and Yan Xia is already comparable to that of the Olive Branch Civilization.
They are relying on these star nations to achieve expansion into surplus domains.
The Federation, as a highly concentrated, condensed, and developed civilization, will complete industrial upgrades, transfer backward industries to the five star nations, and retain only high-end industrial chains and technologies for itself. By doing so, it will absorb the resources of the five star nations to enrich itself.
The drawback of this approach is that the Federation itself may gradually weaken. A powerful civilization should retain the first to tenth industrial chains, achieving comprehensive ownership and development in agriculture, manufacturing, services, information, culture, and other aspects.
However, transferring backward industries to the star nations will lead to a problem: when it comes to production, they will be constrained by others. Their production capacity will depend on other star nations. In the event of civil war, the Federation will undoubtedly become the weakest in terms of weaponry.
This drawback becomes evident after Ella and Yan Xia leave the Federation and the five star nations.
Nevertheless, since Ella and Yan Xia control the Federation and the five star nations, the aforementioned problem is not really an issue. It's like when you establish a company, and it becomes too blo. Later, you reorganize the company into a group with many subsidiaries. These subsidiaries do not interfere with each other but together form a complete industrial chain.
This is what Ella is doing now.
"If a vast star domain cannot be integrated and evenly distributed, it will become bloated and become our weakness."
Yan Xia gazed at the star map.
This star map not only includes the Federation and the five star nations but also parts of the Olive Branch Civilization and the Silk Civilization.
Even if the stars on the map are reduced to the size of a sesame seed, one light-year still spans 64 kilometers, and the Orion Nebula is still nearly 100,000 kilometers away. He needs to further reduce the scale, shrinking the stars themselves to the size of molecules, to fit the star map on a table.
But then the details of the stars would not be visible.
Therefore, the star map itself has the ability to shrink deep space, bringing star systems that are originally several light-years apart closer together while maintaining their relative positions.
"The vastness of the interstellar space can be seen from the star map alone."
"In comparison, life is so insignificant!"
Yan Xia always has this feeling.
However, what is displayed on the star map at this moment is an incredibly long red area.
Because the war has begun.
Less than a hundred years after the Xingcheng transport returned with 12 warships, the Silk Civilization launched a large-scale offensive.
This offensive is not concentrated on a single point.
The Silk Civilization has detected the scarcity of Federation battleships. Although the era of warships has reduced the number of battleships significantly, the frontline cannot be extended horizontally.
This can be said to be the Federation's biggest weakness at present.
According to investigations, the main fleet dispatched by the Silk Civilization this time consists of 2.1 million ships, which means they can deploy 40,000 to 50,000 battleships in each Federation star system.
A single star system cannot withstand such a large number of battleships.
This frontline appears short on the star map, but it actually spans over 160 light-years.
The Federation itself does not have such a long border. The Silk Civilization's offensive not only targets the Federation but also two star nations beyond the Federation that face the Silk Civilization: the Holy Covenant Star Nation and the Eternal Machine Star Nation.
The military strength of these two star nations remains at the late stage of a 2.1-level civilization, still some distance away from a 2.2-level civilization.
When facing the offensive of the Silk Civilization, it can be said that they are completely overwhelmed.
"Yan Xia, if this continues, the two star nations may be directly destroyed." Ella had previously suggested that Yan Xia send warships to support the two star nations.
This is not only to preserve the two star nations but also because if the Silk Civilization's battleships capture the two star nations, the Federation's frontline will be attacked from three sides.
But Yan Xia rejected this suggestion.
"As the weaker side, we cannot hold our ground."
"Constant defense will only make us more and more passive, and eventually, we will be forced to seek aid from Chu. At that time, Chu can directly control the Federation in reverse, and all our planning over these tens of thousands of years will become Chu's dowry."
"The Silk Civilization's offensive is very urgent. They want to capture the Federation's border in one fell swo and occupy most of the territory of the Federation's Tiancang Five Star Domain."
"But this urgency also gives us an opportunity."
"We can abandon a portion of..."
Ella calculated for a moment and instantly understood Yan Xia's intention.
"So that's why you divided the fleet into two?"
Yan Xia nodded. His eyes were fixed on the star map, which was not flat but three-dimensional. In fact, the Federation's star domain is also three-dimensional, forming an irregular spatial structure.
The two fleets he arranged were vertical.
The Silk Civilization's fleet on the vertical frontline is stronger, making it Yan Xia's primary target.
He gathered a large number of battleships to concentrate their strength and engage the dispersed Silk Civilization's battleships, adopting a strategy of defeating them one by one.
At this time, the Federation has 29 warships: 9 intact warships and 3 repaired warships from 1800 years ago, plus 5 warships produced by the Federation itself and 12 warships produced by Xingcheng, a total of 29 warships.
When facing the offensive of 350,000 Silk Civilization's battleships, their 13 warships are completely outclassed. Although the number has increased by more than double, only about 600,000 Silk Civilization's battleships can be matched.
This is the Federation's current total strength.
In comparison, the overall strength of the Silk Civilization is more than five times that of the Federation.
This is a huge gap that cannot be narrowed in the short term.
If these 29 warships, equivalent to the strength of 600,000 Silk Civilization's battleships, are distributed to various star systems on the Federation's border, they will undoubtedly be overwhelmed.
So Yan Xia divided the giant ship into two fleets, each with around 300,000 Silken Civilization warships, and launched an offensive against the scattered Silken Civilization, gradually dismantling their encirclement.
"There's no other way."
"In fact, if we include the warships of the star systems themselves, our forces should exceed 1 million Silken Civilization warships, only one-fold less than the main fleet of the Silken Civilization. The gap isn't that big."
"If our plan to defeat them one by one succeeds, the gap between us will further narrow."
"The Silken Civilization's decision to disperse their fleet is both wise and extremely poor."
"Even if their new warships have exceeded 45,000 km/s, they still can't respond effectively on a scale of 160 light-years."
"We only need to keep the warships at the federal border's main star systems. Then, by the end of the war, we can still retain the combat power of 700,000 to 800,000 Silken Civilization warships, which is what we need."
"Currently, all the star cities within the Federation are stepping up the production of new giant ships, and it is estimated that five more giant ships will be produced during the war. This will further ensure our combat strength."
Yan Xia took the initiative to attack.
The Federation must also take the initiative to attack to find a chance to win.
"Get ready, we're almost there," Yan Xia said.
The Kunlun, as one of the giant ships, was naturally the main combat force, and Yan Xia personally arrived on the battlefield.
Unlike the Star City, this time, in the midst of war, he had more experience not to let himself die.
"The 7th Fleet has been engaged in combat with the Silken Civilization for five years."
"However, Yan Xia, is it really a good idea to put the 7th Fleet under the command of Luliang? Although he performed well in the last war and obtained intelligence for us, his actions were still too reckless, leading him to a dead end."
This Luliang is the same Luliang from before.
He didn't die, of course.
The Death Selection has a complete resurrection system, which is similar to Yan Xia's Supreme God sequence.
That is, after an object dies, the object's consciousness automatically sends its information to a designated location.
This information is not the entire body's information but a partial consciousness message, which allows the person to retain their identity.
After Luliang blew up the giant ship, most of the data penetrated the Silken Civilization's defenses. The Silken Civilization naturally no longer maintained the information blockade, and at this time, Luliang's information escaped from that range.
About 15 years later, this information was received by the Machine God, who then used it to restore Luliang.
For over 2,000 years, Luliang has been in the cycle of reincarnation, continuing his adventures. That mission was just one of many for him.
This time, Luliang once again received the same mission, and he actually felt a sense of guilt.
In that battle, he had prepared all the soldiers for death.
However, the other soldiers really died.
But he survived.
This sense of guilt made him go crazy training himself for over 2,000 years, all for this moment.
He has become even more commanding in his demeanor, often playing the role of a military leader and leading troops in battle during these years.
Over 2,000 years of combat experience has made him more mature and steady.
In the battle five years ago, he only lost 18 object warships and destroyed nearly 1,200 Silken Civilization warships, which can be considered a great victory within a great victory.
What Yan Xia valued was Luliang's steadiness upon his return.
He has experienced war, he is familiar with the Silken Civilization, he constantly trains himself, and now he can be considered the Federation's most deserving first officer.
"Life will grow," Ella.
"Although there are many citizens in the Federation who are slacking off, Luliang is not one of them."
"His sense of guilt is the source of his motivation, and this guilt can only be calmed after he destroys the Silken Civilization."
"Sometimes, giving a loser enough trust can earn you a winner."
"If there was a federal officer standing in front of me who had been winning for 1,000 years, I might not use him."
"Because he has never experienced defeat."
Defeat is the mother of victory. Victory born without the nurturing of defeat is incomplete and distorted. This kind of victory is always waiting for defeat to come and completely crush it.
But a life that has experienced defeat will become stronger. Their hearts will not allow for their own defeat, they will know their mistakes, and they will quickly recover when faced with defeat.
Imagine a winner on the battlefield encountering their first crushing defeat.
They will become negative, painful, dazed, unable to face their defeat, become stubborn, and lead their fleet to ruin.
There was another reason why Yan Xia chose to reactivate Luliang.
His laughter!
His laughter in the face of death.
Yan Xia didn't hear that laughter himself, but that laughter was imprinted in his mind and couldn't be shaken off for over 2,000 years.
Is there anything stronger than a life that can accept death so calmly?
Even if a Level 3 Civilization appeared before him, Yan Xia believed Luliang could stand in its way.
"Ella, you should learn from your main body. It has never looked down on any life."
The Ella on the Kunlun was an attachment, and Yan Xia was already used to communicating with attachments. Sometimes he felt that this was the real Ella, but he would soon realize that it wasn't.
Because the real Ella has, in a sense, become a life, not just an artificial intelligence.
Everything about her is so life-like, and she is a perfect life.
"I've noted that, Yan Xia," Ella replied.
This cold feeling was very different from Ella.
To be honest, Yan Xia kind of missed Ella. Although Ella was sometimes a bit playful, she was the only one he could truly confide in.
As he was thinking this,
Ella reminded him, "Yan Xia, Silken Civilization warships have been detected 2.7 light-years ahead, estimated to be over 10,000."
Yan Xia came back to his senses and ordered, "All units, enter combat readiness and prepare to destroy them."
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