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On May 18, 4023 AD, the Provisional Government of the Solar System was formed. On 18 June, the official residence of the Provisional Government was officially inaugurated, which will be the political center of the new regime for a long time to come.

The man-made facilities set up by the government's administrative organs under Europa's solid ice, surrounded by a 50-kilometer-deep sea of life, blend in with Europa's hockey-like ice ball under the cover of the natural environment, and are extremely difficult to identify.

Walking through the long passage of the administrative office where you can see the ocean outside, you always have the illusion that you are in an ice vault and you are the only one who survives.

Teresa and I left the Speaker's Mansion side by side, having just ended a very unpleasant conversation. We are here to win the rights of tens of thousands of Martian sons to mine rare earth ores and helium on Europa. After all, most of the children of Mars are miners, and whether it is from a professional perspective or a shortage of personnel in government mining agencies, this should be a win-win cooperation.

Teresa dragged me with her mainly because the testimony of me, a person with deep knowledge of the Children of Mars, would reassure the government's security services that they were not putting a bunch of guys in important mining positions.

However, after the actual negotiations, we realized that we had thought too much about the livelihood of the provisional government.

"Why do you think Jupiter's fortress took a tough and uncooperative stance in the first place? Could it be that the two generals are really people who are hungry for power and see the opportunity to ignore even righteousness and morality? They saw the greatest weakness of Jupiter's fortress at this stage, and they were afraid that we would force the implementation of universal democracy regardless of the actual situation, so they had to carry out such an unwise move. ”

Hearing Clark behind his desk say this in an extremely solemn tone, I had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the negotiations ended in failure.

While walking down the empty corridor, Teresa pouted, not knowing who she was angry with.

"Don't be too upset, there's no way around it, it's a fact that although the territory of Jupiter's fortress is vast, it can't support a large population. If you unfreeze everyone regardless of it, the end will only be to let hunger take everyone's life. ”

"I'm not mad at it. I was angry that I was too naïve, and I took it for granted that the huge fortress of Jupiter would definitely be able to provide enough resources for life. I can't imagine that the natural conditions here are too harsh, and it is impossible to complete the closed loop of biological consumption. The fact that the food supply of Jupiter's fortress actually relied on the Saturn colony to replenish it, why hadn't I heard of it before! ”

"That's to blame for ignoring the relationship between current affairs and politics too much in the past. Anyone who cares a little about the internal affairs of the solar system will know the dilemma of Jupiter's fortress. ”

The two of us exchanged unnutritious conversations, and we knew that there was nothing we could do about current affairs. At this stage, the Provisional Government is not yet able to release all 50 million people. Because that will deplete the food reserves inside the fortress in an instant, and then there will be a terrifying scene of cannibalism.

According to Clark, it is necessary to make the fortress of Jupiter work properly and make it a regime with its own people. The Saturn colonies have to work together. As for the fact that the coalition government has fallen apart and most of the local governments in the solar system are in an independent state, it is not as easy to get the help of the Saturn colony as imagined. It is expected that a paper order will be issued, and it is impossible for the other party to obediently hand over the grain. As for how to deal with it, it is necessary for the fleet and the government's diplomats to study it together.

In more cases, Clark did not elaborate with us, after all, this has already involved the secrecy of the Provisional Government, and Teresa is not an important member of the government, and the necessary confidentiality principle must be observed.

We broke up in a harbor deep under Europa. Looking at Teresa's small body, walking in the middle of a huge facility with few people, I couldn't bear to see her so depressed.

"Don't worry, I'll try. Not only for the children of Mars, but also for the 50 million people, anyone who lives in hibernation for a few years will have serious social and theoretical problems, and I will never allow such a tragedy to happen to them. ”

Teresa's fair and delicate smile squeezed out a smile, "I didn't worry about anything. With you as a big hero, is there anything else that can't be solved? I'm just worried that it will take too long to wait until the buddies thaw and see an old woman who looks like me picking them up and laughing at me. ”

After telling a very cold joke, Teresa turned her back, waved her hand with her back to me, and walked quickly to the shuttle on standby.

is really a stubborn and lovely girl, you must know that many girls of her age are still at the age of longing for Prince Charming and imagining a fairytale life in the future, and she has to carry the weight and responsibility that does not belong to her age too early.

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Leaving Europa, my destination was directly the Fortress Cosmoport. It became the base camp of the incoming fleet, and all the ships and members of the sub-fleet, including the Wanwang, were still assembled here in a state of readiness.

When I got back to the Kings, I was overwhelmed by a mountain of things. The service measures that were originally provided by the logistics department or the auxiliary department of the military department now have to find their own way to solve the problem.

The replenishment of ships, the preparation of ammunition and accessories, the replenishment of lost personnel, the adjustment of the existing structure of the troops, and so on. After losing the assistance of the coalition government and the military department, these things that can be easily completed with a click on the terminal under normal circumstances require the efforts of the entire fleet, and in many cases, even the participation of the fleet leaders and the help of the fortress.

Only those who have actually experienced it will know that the so-called army organization is such a complex and sophisticated machine. In such important core institutions as the General Staff, the Ministry of National Defense, the Logistics Department, the Local Military Districts, and the Coordination Department, it is true that with the front-line personnel alone, the entire fleet is almost paralyzed and unable to move.

All day long was inundated with applications, protests and invincing from front-line troops. Metaphors such as the salary thief, the rice worm, etc., even calluses rise in the ears of listening. Finally, two months after the establishment of the provisional government, the time passed by mid-July, and everything was back on track.

During this period, whether it was us or the top of the fleet, the biggest fear was actually an enemy attack. In that special period, due to the structural changes and the imperfect relationship between the new organizational structure, the troops were actually paralyzed, and if someone really attacked, we would probably have to raise our hands and surrender.

On 21 July, this was the first real tactical arrangement meeting of the fleet since it fell into the predicament of restructuring, and no one had the ability to assign or even mobilize even a single detachment of the fleet before that.

The meeting was held in a conference room in the Cosmoport with a view of Jupiter. In our eyes, this is a huge planet with a slightly dark red color, and the big red spot is like the eyes of a giant beast, staring at the people who inadvertently look out the window, making people have a kind of sigh of being in a magnificent environment, their own extremely small, and the illusion of being stared at by something, trembling in their hearts.

All in all, I don't like this meeting room, it's insecure, and the tendency to desert is what I don't like the most.

The meeting was chaired by Kramer and attended not only by the officers of the fleet, but also by the fortified personnel and several government bureaucrats.

Seeing the presence of non-fleet personnel, I realized that this operation was not just a drill.

The meeting took place in a solemn atmosphere.

Sure enough, the meeting was held for the sake of the exercise.

“...... As it stands, we can only survive if we gain de facto control of the colony of Saturn. Otherwise, the fortress of Jupiter and the provisional government relying on it are like duckweed without roots, and they will not survive. ”

The Chief of Staff of the Fleet, even if he was speaking in place of the commander at this time, his reporting style was very much like Kramer, cold and direct, with almost no scene to say, and the fast attack directed at the target fully demonstrated this characteristic.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made exploratory contacts in the early stage. Unfortunately, the other party rejected our request. Although their reason is that Titan, the main agricultural planet of the Saturn colony, has suffered a large-scale technical failure, resulting in a large-scale crop and agricultural by-product failure. However, a long-term agricultural colleague in the government told me that this kind of thing can only happen theoretically, and even if there is a large-scale crop, as long as the seeds in stock and the genetic map in the database are still there, they can be reproduced at any time. ”

The statement that the bureaucrat claimed to be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and his colleagues in agriculture almost made me laugh out loud. They themselves used to be professionals in agriculture, and as for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, although the name is not wrong for the newly established Provisional Government, there is always the illusion that it is not worthy of the name.

Some of the officers in the hall who were not very focused were already laughing. Fortunately, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were not big names before, and they didn't care about these laughter, which were infinitely close to mockery, but showed a shy look, grabbing their heads and saying that they were too serious.

It occurred to me that it wasn't because the peasant-turned-diplomat was too easy-going for the people of the Saturn colony to be fools.

I then put aside the idea of seeing clearly the bureaucracy of the Provisional Government. In any case, their backing is our fleet, and to look down on them is to ignore the existence of such a force as ours. No matter what reason Saturn has, since they look down on us, they must show their strength to prove that they have the confidence to despise us.

As the meeting progressed, I realized that my position had changed unconsciously. Before this, the Saturn colony was still my own people ingrained in my mind, thinking that the people of the Provisional Government would work together as if all the demands would be met, and this did not need to be explained or justified, everyone was a solar system person, and they were branches under the coalition government, so they should naturally cooperate.

Now that I think about it, this idea changed radically after the fall of the earth and the establishment of the provisional government. The change in my own force field is the best example of this, and I guess that if we have to let an institution like the Saturn colony cooperate with us, we will only have to conquer it by force except for trading.

When I really think about using force, I still sigh at this shift. It is said that political stability is the foundation of social stability, and this sentence is not wrong at all, and now these people are still in the solar system, and they have to face the aggressor, because of the disappearance of the coalition government, the two groups that were originally their own people's organizations and should work together to resist the aggression will face each other.

"Zhao Ping, your detachment has to play an important role in this mission, do you have any questions?"

General Kramer's questioning pulled me back from my musings to reality.

"No problem, sir. Since it is related to the survival of 50 million people and the survival of the government of the entire solar system, if the government of Saturn does not know the current affairs, it is necessary for us to teach them how to behave. ”

I described it as funny, and there was laughter from the room. In fact, from the bottom of my heart, I am still reluctant to take this action. After all, the opponent is the Saturn government, and everyone was still on the same front a few months ago, is it really necessary to do so absolutely now? Isn't it enough to drive the fleet over and threaten it?

Although I think so, I do not mean to publicize my thoughts, and although I am a colonel, I have not reached the point where it is necessary to make a strategic judgment, so I have no position to question the decision made by General Kramer and others.

What I can do now is to do this as quickly as possible. It would be great if you could minimize casualties in battle.

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"Now start the battlefield timer, 0:00:00. For the sake of the interests of the 50 million people, and for the sake of maintaining the unity of the solar system, I hope that you will view this battle with neutrality and impartiality. This is not a struggle between good and evil, and there is no deep hatred between the two sides of the fight, in fact, we used to be brothers. However, in order to survive, there is no way to do it. Please remember this, we are fighting for survival. ”

There was no normal roar of anger after the battlefield was announced in the communication loop. The matter with the troops is really worrying. Luckily, our opponents weren't elite troops, at most the colonial garrisons at the end of the coalition government.

The operation was a medium-scale campaign with the Marine Corps as the main force and several combat ship squadrons cooperating. 20 battleships and 43 cruisers were mobilized in front and rear, plus combat boats and transport and supply ship groups, a total of 103 starships participated in the battle. The Marine Corps is based on the original interstellar infantry as the backbone, and with the addition of a group of soldiers temporarily requisitioned from the fortress and thawed from the hibernation crowd, the attack is 4,000 people, about the size of 1 infantry division.

Tactically it is not complicated. In the name of negotiation, we sent shuttles and escort combat boats to attract the attention of Saturn's direction, and then the fleet divided into two groups took control of the Saturn system from both directions. Once the battle ship group gains the upper hand, the transports and assault ships carrying this large number of interstellar infantry will be dispatched to take advantage of the superiority in the deployment of forces to eat Saturn's military forces one by one, and then turn to surround the government institutions that Saturn has deadly placed on Titan, forcing them to surrender.

Since the opponent can only be regarded as a paramilitary force, the will to fight of the former enemy combatants is highly questionable. I have no objection to the victory of the battle, but I am worried about the casualties on the side of Saturn. After all, the other side doesn't necessarily see us as an enemy in the first place.

Attacking them, we actually have a lot in common with the bandits, and under the questioning of my inner morality, I can only try to minimize the casualties of the battle and comfort myself.

Maxim: "Sir, something is wrong. Since entering the Saturn system, the intensity of intelligence interference has risen dramatically, as well as exceeding the capabilities of the garrison. Will other forces intervene? ”

Other forces.

I thought first of Mrs. Wall, and then of the Billand fleet. If Saturn had already surrendered, we would now likely encounter a real battle fleet head-on. Compared to the expected colonial garrison, whether it was Mrs. Wall or the Branders, their fleets were not vegetarians.

Bad feelings then took over me, and since fleet warfare was not my forte, I focused on how to deal with the ground forces of the Saturn colonies, and how to control their central space stations and important satellites more quickly and effectively.

Didn't the experts of fleet warfare consider the possibility of the two opposing fleets entering the war?

Before there was time to discuss countermeasures with two think tanks, the light that could bleaching the line of sight exploded on the wide-area monitor.

In this way, unwillingly and unknowingly, we ran headlong into the professional combat unit defending the Saturn system. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.