The Huff Empire, located about 3.7 light-years from the edge of the Lost Star Domain where Earth is located, borders the Orion Alliance, the Principality of Rank, the Nok Business Alliance, and several first-tier civilizations.

The Huff Empire is an old second-level civilization, with 9 life planets, 43 mining stars, and countless barren planets, for various reasons, the strength of the Huff Empire is not strong, and the military strength is much stronger than even the Orion Alliance, which has just been promoted to a second-level civilization.

The capital of the Haf Empire is Yunweixing, and the imperial palace is located on the western continent of Yunweixing, and the entire imperial palace covers an area of more than 300 hectares, which is larger than the Duchy Palace of the Principality of Rank.

Just as the Chinese Empire was considering its next major arms sales target, the Huff Empire was in unprecedented trouble.

In the palace of Yunweixing, Mian Kang, the general of the Hafu Empire, walked quickly into the office of the emperor of the current dynasty, the Hall of Glory.

"Your Majesty, General Mian Kang is here."

The attendant stepped forward cautiously and asked His Majesty the Emperor, who was worried about the virtual image.

"Quick, please come in."

Huff IX couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and his mood suddenly improved a lot.

When the close attendant heard this, he couldn't help but slander in his heart, now that the war is not going well, the emperor who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun is also anxious, this faint monarch who only has those women from all walks of life who are fat and thin in his eyes in Ping Yu, now he also knows that he attaches importance to the imperial general.

"General Mian Kang, Your Majesty invites you in."

Compared with the emperor who only has women in his eyes, the close attendants respect this general very much, and the 105-year-old General Mian Kang is an old man even in the Hafu Empire, with gray hair, but his spirit is very strong.

"There's Rauma-sama."

General Mian Kang strode into the Hall of Glory, and he really couldn't wait to meet the saint in person.

The battle report he had just received gave him a shocking feeling.

The Haff Empire was founded 672 years ago, the original Haff I was actually a duke of the Longshan Empire, because of the failure of the power struggle, after the exodus secretly controlled a first-level civilization, with the support of the Nok Business Alliance, and a hundred years ago and the Principality of Ranke became a second-level civilization.

However, compared to the seemingly weak Duchy of Rank, the Huff Empire is even more unbearable.

Due to its very good geographical location, surrounded by the Nok Business Alliance and the Orion Alliance, the Principality of Ranke and many small countries, this makes it very nourishing all the time, and larger countries such as the Principality of Ranke and the Orion Federation, the prototype of the Orion Alliance, are hindered by the Knock Merchant Alliance, and do not attack it, and other small countries are often bullied by it.

Later, small countries also took refuge in their neighboring powers, which made the Haff Empire stable for hundreds of years.

They don't need to produce battleships, the battleships needed for normal armaments only need to be purchased from the Nok Merchant Alliance, in order to control this little brother who originally came out of the Longshan Empire, the Nok Merchant Alliance has always forbidden it to build its own warship production line, and even high-end weapons such as main guns and planetary defense main guns cannot be produced by themselves.

From the ambition of Haff I to the slow decadence of the later Huff N, the royal family of the Haff Empire is not without people of insight, but after all, the royal family is hindered by its background and does not dare to offend the Noke Business Alliance, once it is regarded as the dark chess of the Longshan Empire, it is likely to fall overnight.

In this way, the Huff Empire has always been under the protection of the Nok Business Alliance, and the Nok Business Alliance is also a big business, and it doesn't care about having one more brother, and it has always been safe.

However, the Duchy of Ranke and the Nok Merchant Alliance suddenly entered a state of war, and the flames of war quickly burned from the two countries to the twenty or thirty countries of all sizes in the Lost Star Domain, and almost every one of them did not run away.

At first, Haff IX was anxious to curry favor with the Nok Merchant League.

"Stupid Rankers, they dare to provoke the great Nok Merchant Alliance, as loyal allies, we must send a powerful fleet into battle and defeat them."

The starting point of Haff IX is very good, the strength of the Nok Business Alliance is well known, even in the southwest star field of the entire galaxy, it is famous, and together with the Longshan Empire, it is known as the most promising country to advance to the third level of civilization in the past five hundred years.

What about the Duchy of Ranke? There are only more than a dozen living planets under its jurisdiction, and there are not many artificial stars and mining stars than the Huff Empire, and such a country going to war with the Nok Merchant Alliance is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg in the eyes of Huff IX.

When Haff I dared to defect to the Longshan Empire, he was full of adventurous spirit and speculation in his bones, and this surname was well continued, and every emperor was taught by the previous emperor before taking over how to curry favor with the magnates of the Noke Business Alliance, how to safely speculate on politics, and if he was wise enough to protect himself.

They have been doing well, which is why a second-level civilization with less than 300 battleships can keep its many life planets and mining stars from being snatched up by its neighbors like tigers and wolves.

They're just too good at speculation.

There is a famous saying in the Huff family, let the courtiers do the important military and political affairs, as an emperor, you should enjoy it, and you can curry favor with the Noke Business Alliance at critical moments, you can be opportunistic, and you are an excellent emperor if you seek benefits for the empire.

Harf IX did the same, and like his fathers, he appointed the brilliant and powerful Mian Kang as a great general, and restrained him to the death, giving him supreme power, making him noble, and making him work hard for the empire, but unable to resist.

As soon as the war broke out, Hav IX could not wait to order the fleet to be ready for battle.

Mian Kang raised objections at that time, believing that the current strength of the empire's fleet was too weak, and if it were not for the strong garrison fleet stationed in the empire by the Nok Merchant Alliance, the conventional warship force would only have more than 300 battleships, and even if the imperial family's guard fleet was included, it would be less than 500.

This number seems to be a lot, but Mian Kang, as a general, naturally knows some of the details of various countries, such as this Principality of Rank, which has been fighting with the Orion Alliance for more than two hundred years, is not so simple, and their strength is not something that the Huff Empire can afford, and even the quality of the warships is stronger than the second-hand goods eliminated by the Huff Empire decades ago.

However, Haff IX did not listen.

"Now is a golden opportunity, the territory of the empire has not expanded for more than a hundred years, and I must restore the glory of my ancestors.

We just need to join in in the name of assisting in the operation, and it should be very easy to take down a planet or two. ”

This is what Harff IX thinks, and it is also good to take advantage of the fire and rob and eat some scraps after the Nok Merchant Alliance.

Mian Kang finally put forward his own opinion, he thought that it was too risky to enter the war with the military strength of the empire, and it was likely to provoke fire, after all, behind the Principality of Ranke was still standing the Longshan Empire, although the Nok Merchant Alliance was strong, but once it was at war with the Longshan Empire, it was likely that it would not have time to take care of a small vassal country like the Haff Empire.

After all, for the Nok Business Alliance, the Huff Empire has little effect other than slapping horses.

Although Haff IX was stupid, it didn't mean that he was stupid, he was also aware of this crisis, and finally he listened to Mian Kang's opinion, and the fleet of the Huff Empire temporarily joined the alliance army of the Orions and fought together.

After all, the Orion people have moved closer to the Nok Merchant Alliance, although the two sides do not meet, but they can play a role in supporting each other and containing attacks in wartime, and the Nok Merchant Alliance also values the Orion Alliance, a newly rising civilization.

Compared with a lifeless empire like the Huff Empire, the Orion Alliance is composed of a group of wolf-like first-level civilizations, with strong strength, wealth, and technological and military strength.

Huff IX knew that it was impossible for the Nok Merchant Alliance to wholeheartedly reach a comprehensive military alliance with a small country like himself, and to engage in a coordinated attack, the only way to do it was to cooperate with the Orion Alliance, and the two countries also bordered each other.

So, under the order of Haff IX, a fleet led by more than 200 battleships and more than 400 warships set out for the battle.

There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, no one knows that there is a shocking giant crocodile hidden behind the Duchy of Ranke, the secret entry of the Rong family of the Silver Moon Empire, and the result of the dove occupying the magpie's nest is to make the strength of the Duchy of Ranke soar, and for a time the Orion Alliance was too busy to take care of itself, and all the surrounding small countries were beaten.

The Huff Empire is the unlucky side.

"My great general, when I heard this bad news, I felt great grief in my heart, woo woo......"

Haff IX saw Mian Kang walking in, and squeezed out a few tears, more than 400 warships were completely annihilated by the Rankian army on the front line, although at the last moment, the support fleet of the Orion Alliance arrived and blocked the counteroffensive of the Ranks, but the Huff Empire suffered a catastrophe.

More than 400 warships were completely destroyed, and although the bad news was still in the blockade, both Haff IX and Mian Kang had to face this nightmare that they could not wake up to.

The entire Huff Empire, even if it opens the combat readiness warehouse, is only more than two hundred new and old battleships, including more than a hundred battleships of the Guards Fleet.

Haff IX was almost so frightened that he couldn't sleep, and summoned Mian Kang into the palace overnight.

"Your Majesty, I have ordered the various families to temporarily concentrate their fleets, and our crowning family's fleets will also be all concentrated."

As a military family, the Mian family has a fleet led by 30 battleships, and now it is impossible to take the lead in cobbling together.

"How many ships can we scrape together?"

"About 120 of them, so that we have more than 300 battleships at our disposal."

General Mian Kang frowned and said, more than 300 battleships look terrifying, but just thinking about the more than 400 battleships on the border line that were eaten by the Rankers in one go, he is also uneasy to see the wind and rain.

The difference in strength is too great, especially after the Rankers and the Longshan people and other civilizations began to collude, this crisis became stronger and stronger.

"Too little, too little. My great general, we need more battleships, we need more and more advanced battleships. ”

Huff IX babbled in pieces, like an incoherent old man who was frightened, and as if he had made up his mind, he said: "I have decided to buy more battleships, and you immediately ask the Nok Merchant Alliance for the purchase of 200, nay, 500 battleships, and I will ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pay for this urgent military expenditure as soon as possible." ”

When Mian Kang heard this, he was annoyed in his heart, he asked for more battleships many times, but was rejected by Haff IX, he was like an old miser, he refused to purchase new battleships, and the ten or twenty ships purchased every year were not enough to offset the old ones.

Now seeing that the empire is in danger of falling, at least a few planets are in danger of losing a few planets, he was suddenly frightened, and he actually opened his mouth to buy 500 battleships.

It's a pity that it's late.

"Your Majesty, I have already contacted the Shang Alliance, and they refuse to sell the battleship."

Mian Kang had to say this frustrating news.

"What? They refused to sell battleships? No, it is absolutely impossible. We are strategic allies, and they will never be able to. ”

Like a child who has been bullied, Huff IX jumped to his feet and roared angrily, and it seemed to him that he had finally made up his mind to buy a large number of battleships, only to be told that they would not sell them.

Mian Kang shook his head and said, "This is the joint decision of the Supreme Chamber of Commerce of the Business Alliance, and this is their official reply. ”

When Haff IX saw the intelligent projection image opened by Mian Kang, he knew that it was all a foregone conclusion.

"Why, are they abandoning us......"

Mian Kang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Noks are estimated to have made a big move, otherwise they will never ban the export of battleships. ”

"What to do, what should we do, my general, you must have a way, you say, I order you to say, this time I will definitely listen to you, you are right, you are the most loyal courtier of the empire......"

Mian Kang sighed, he was really not used to the style of this emperor, but when he thought of his family, he couldn't help it, and said after a long time, "There is a way, I don't know if Your Majesty has heard of a civilization called the Chinese Empire." (To be continued.) )