In the Duchy of Ranks, Prime Minister Michael Bi has just summoned the Minister of Defense, Earl Combe.

In front of the two of them was a thick document with the Planetary Registration Committee written on it, and some other information was very fragmentary.

"Lord Duke, although this Chinese Empire has three registered living planets, it should only be a first-level civilization.

Although they have registered the planet, we cannot turn them into slaves, but we can conquer them and make them our vassals. ”

After reading the document, Comm realized that the whole thing had changed, and it was no longer as beautiful as he thought at the beginning, this was indeed a first-level civilization, but it was not that kind of primitive planet, nor was it the kind of first-level civilization that was closed and could not even go deep into space.

This Chinese empire not only registered its empire with the Planetary Council, determined the ownership of the living planet, and seemed to have gone to the Universe Bank to take out a loan.

There is a conventional rule in the Pan-Human Cosmic Alliance, that a civilization will not recognize its existence if it is not registered with the official Planet Registration Committee of the Pan-Human Alliance.

At this time, the safety of this civilization is completely unguaranteed, just like wild animals, any hunter can eat them if they see it.

With such a first-level civilization, it is very likely that the entire clan will become slaves, and even if they do not become slaves, they will completely lose their reading power and become the subjects of the conqueror's territory.

And if registered, then this civilization will be basically protected by the Pan-Human Cosmic Alliance, and it can still be conquered, but it enjoys a minimum of human rights.

Generally speaking, these registered civilizations have become vassal states after being conquered, and they are also given priority to supply and tax and strategic resources to the suzerain, and once the suzerain's war occurs, they are pure cannon fodder.

"Well, judging from all indications and the intelligence gathered by the intelligence services, this empire has a certain military force, and they should have procured warships from one or two foreign countries."

McBil highlighted the military prowess of the Chinese Empire, which is why he called Com.

"Lord Duke, according to the conventional situation, some first-class civilizations will purchase back some warships with the strength of the whole country, this civilization is in isolation, although the resources and specialties are unknown, but in the case of complete closure, the industry is underdeveloped, there is no foreign commerce, even if they rely on the cheap sale of resources and specialties, it is difficult to buy back a large number of warships.

There have been such extreme examples, where a first-class civilization sold all its life planets and bought back more than a hundred battleships.

However, from the data, there is no record of the sale of the planet in this country.

In my opinion, they should have 1~10 battleships, which is already a very fair figure. ”

Comm calmly analyzed.

"You think about the same thing as I do. We sent only 5 battleships, 10 cruisers, and 5 integrated transport supply ships in the first batch, and if the other side has 5, or even 10 battleships of this impossible number, then we will be on the passive.

Therefore, I ask the Ministry of Defense to reinforce the vanguard troops, and during this period, the vanguard troops must not leave the Lost Star Field, so as not to encounter any accidents. ”

McBi said calmly, he is an iron-blooded prime minister, but at the same time he is more wise, although the other party is only a first-class civilization, but once he is sure that his vanguard does not have an overwhelming advantage, he decisively decides to increase his troops.

"Yes, Lord Duke."

Comm first agreed, but then frowned, "But, Lord Duke, at present, our Guards Fleet and the First and Second Fleets are all in a confrontation with the Longshan Empire, as well as other surrounding countries, once we withdraw some of the main warships, they will be detected, it is likely to lead to accidents." ”

McBi nodded, he had already thought of this.

The Duchy of Ranke became a second-level civilization under the management of his grandfather, a famous iron-blooded prime minister who laid the foundation for the glory of the Duchy of Ranke for two hundred years.

In the eyes of the people of the Principality of Ranke, the economic development of the Principality was rapid, and commerce and industry were on the rise, but only militarily were not going well.

The Principality of Ranke has been heavily purchasing warships, and its two warship factories even work in several shifts every day.

However, a steady stream of warships sent to the battlefield were also wiped out by the enemy, becoming a pile of space junk or scrap from the battleship graveyard.

Whether it is a frictional battle with a certain section of the border of the Longshan Empire, or a long-term war with several surrounding first-level civilization peak forces, this kind of refueling tactics is constantly being carried out on both sides.

In the past 200 years, more than 4,000 battleships have been lost in the surrounding wars, which is a terrifying number, and now the total number of battleships in the principality is only about 500, and most of them have been dragged along the border.

A little bit of it was bought, a little bit was made, and it was sent to the front line, and then it was broken.

"Lord Duke, the people of Longshan are really hateful, they are waging war against several second-level civilizations in the surrounding area at the same time, but it is not a full-scale war, so we are tired of coping, but they can develop with peace of mind.

Now we want to pull a little bit of battleship, and we have to worry about being detected by them, which is really infuriating. ”

Comm said viciously.

McBil shook his head and said, "It's a very clever way to govern the country. The Longshan Empire has been a second-level civilization for thousands of years, and its national strength is a hundred times that of ours.

They are constantly at war with the surrounding countries, but they do not directly conquer us, because they do not have the appetite to eat such a large area, in order to constantly weaken our strength, so that we can never catch up with them.

Moreover, they are also concerned about the reaction of the third-level civilization. If you go too far, the territory will expand rapidly, causing the intervention of the third-level civilization, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

This kind of refueling tactic has made the people of Longshan extremely happy for thousands of years. ”

Com: "Aren't they afraid that this tightrope trick will end up crushing them?" ”

"It's not easy to talk about, except for the third-level civilization to attack it, only the Nok Merchant Alliance can fight against it at any cost, so that it can fight and lose."

Michael Bi shook his head, even if he was like him, he really couldn't think of a way to deal with the Longshan Empire.

This damn empire flatters the superiors, respects the third-level civilization Silver Moon Empire, and oppresses and scolds the subordinates, making a large number of civilizations dare to be angry and dare not speak.

Com: "Alas, the Longshan Empire is too powerful, not only do they have several large warship companies, they have the ship-building strength of the Southwest Star Domain, which is second only to the two third-level civilizations, and their scientific and technological strength is also more developed than ours. ”

Mike Bi nodded, if it was ancient times, an existence like the Longshan Empire would have been beaten to death by a group long ago, but now, even if a large number of first- and second-level civilizations are united, they are not its opponents, but may be attacked by the Longshan Empire because they take the initiative to attack.

"Send it from my private fleet, this time the operation should be as secret as possible, the vanguard is my cronies, this time I will send my family fleet to participate."

Mike will clean up his mood and no longer think about things that far away, the top priority is to eat the Lost Star Domain, and then the Principality of Ranke will have the hole cards to compete with the Longshan Empire for hundreds of years.

"Lord Duke, you have really done your best for the country."

Comm sighed.

The two immediately discussed the dispatch of warships.

McBie had already made up his mind, and instead of drawing warships from the last reserve fleet of the frontier or the principality, he would draw a fleet from his own family to support the vanguard.

Anyway, even if there is any loss to the fleet at that time, the principality will compensate according to the price.

"Prime Minister, with these 25 battleships, 17 cruisers, and 8 supply ships, our operation will definitely go smoothly."

Comm was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Prime Minister McBi to be willing to take out more than one-third of the fleet, with 42 capital warships, 8 supply ships to go to the Lost Star Field, plus 15 capital warships in the vanguard, that is, 57 capital warships, enough to deal with any enemy.

At the same time, the vanguard fleet of the Principality of Rank, which entered the Lost Star Domain, did not slow down after receiving the order, and the Ministry of Defense's order was just not to leave the Lost Star Domain, but the actual situation was beyond the expectations of the Ministry of Defense.

"Hmph, the order of the Ministry of Defense is not to leave the Lost Star Domain, let's get close to the edge, if there are enemy ships appearing, we will destroy them, so that we can be regarded as complying with the order."

Therefore, under the ignorance of the distant Ministry of Defense, and under the poor communication conditions of the Lost Star Domain, the vanguard fleet of the Principality of Ranke drove straight into the field under the order of Commander Poke, and drove directly to a place close to the Zhennanguan Star Domain demarcated by the Chinese Empire.

In Poke's opinion, fighting against the Longshan people and other countries on the border, one careless will die in space, and there will be no bones left, but what about being lost in the interior of the star field?

What's here? Indigenous or sailing?

"Maybe they have sailing ships, backward ships that use super solar-powered sails. This is the best opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and you must do your best to destroy the enemy, or the first chance to enter. ”

The scientific research ship has lost contact, and Poke is not worried, he has a route map and a lost star field to make a detour, as long as he does not underestimate the enemy's rash advance.

What he didn't know was that this Ranke fleet, which had been circling in circles on the periphery of the Lost Star Field, had been discovered shortly after it arrived, and the ultra-long-range warning radar on the super battleship Zhonghua had already captured its existence.

"Good boy, good fellow, I didn't expect the enemy to come just as quickly!!"

Qin Baijiang saw the radar screen of the super battleship Zhonghua, which represented the model cursor of the battleship, with 5 battleships, 10 cruisers, and 5 integrated transport and supply ships.

There are a total of 20 large warships, of which 15 are main combat ships.

On the other hand, on the Empire's side, 30 battleships, 15 cruisers, 6 destroyers, and 12 transports were all in place, although the radars of the other warships of the Empire did not detect this sneaky guy, but the radar on the China locked it all the time.

A war of annihilation triggered by the enemy's recklessness is being tensely arranged.

(To be continued)