Chapter 348: The Target
The two fleets of Longbow and Horn were unexpectedly defeated in the Antelope system, and the news shook the entire empire at once.
In the eyes of many people, today's Li Xingqi is already an indispensable overlord-level figure, and there are very few people who can defeat him, but they didn't expect that a small Silver Star Alliance could actually repel two Li Xingqi's fleets.
"It seems that Li Xingqi is not as powerful as the legend......" Maybe many people have such thoughts in their hearts.
Li Xingqi was furious when he learned the news, but he had no place to vent his anger, and almost all of the strategies he had done on this expedition from the selection of the people leading the troops to the implementation of the strategy, so he really couldn't blame others.
The main reason for his anger is not because he lost the battle, Li Xingqi has led his troops to fight for many years, how can he not know that victory and defeat are common things in soldiers. He was angry because it was likely to shake his authority and make the people who were afraid of him on the other side become ready to move.
Li Xingqi's worries soon became a reality, and there were already some voices questioning him in the army, which probably meant that Li Xingqi was also responsible for the defeat this time, and he should come out to express it.
There is such a discussion, which means that the people below are dissatisfied with him, and it is likely that it is because he used a new person this time, which caused the original faction to take the opportunity to make trouble.
Although these criticisms cannot shake Li Xingqi's position, he must be vigilant against this phenomenon and must not allow these rumors to turn into a surging wave of public opinion.
The best way to silence someone is to fight a big victory, so that no one can say anything.
Li Xingqi immediately made a decision and convened a military conference of unprecedented scale, at which he announced in a very high-profile manner that he would next restart the wheel of war, target several military alliances, and prepare to swallow them within a year.
As soon as the declaration of war was issued, the people under Li Xingqi were immediately excited, they started by war, and if they did not fight, they would lose the way to strengthen themselves.
So at the conference, the generals said one by one that they would follow in the footsteps of Li Xingqi and completely conquer the entire empire.
Through this military meeting, Li Xingqi reunited those important generals together, and his prestige returned to the top again.
Just when the entire Colonization and Security Federation was preparing for the war, there was one person who fell into extreme depression, and this person was Liu Yi.
Originally, Li Xingqi had already promised Liu Yi that he would focus on economic development in the next few years and not launch a large-scale war for the time being.
However, only a year later, Li Xingqi reversed his promise and once again set the huge war machine running.
Once the war machine is activated, economic development and everything have to be reared, and Liu Yi has prepared a series of development plans, but now he has to make way for war.
The first is that a large number of funds have been siphoned off, so that many projects that have been launched have to be stopped, and the other is that a large number of technical talents have been transferred, so that many research projects have to be suspended.
Liu Yi watched the good environment he had created with great difficulty become a bubble overnight, and he could imagine how bad his mood was.
However, Li Xingqi didn't care about these, he wanted to use the war to prove his authority, otherwise more and more people would come to fight his idea, so he must start this war.
Three months later, Li Xingqi personally led three fleets to the Antelope Galaxy, vowing to arrest Murong Xun for public trial.
Murong Xun naturally knew the news a long time ago, in fact, since defeating the two fleets of Longbow and Horn, Murong Xun thought of this result.
For this reason, Murong Xun has been actively looking for foreign aid, as long as he can bring in enough help, there is still hope for the Antelope Galaxy.
Being able to defeat Li Xingqi's fleet was a good sign for Murong Xun, and he took advantage of this to become a guest of honor in many military alliances.
After a series of diplomatic work, Murong Xun really brought in several military alliances, although these military alliances were smaller, but one or two fleets could still be done.
After putting it together, plus the Silver Star Alliance's own fleet, a total of 5 fleets finally gathered in the Antelope Galaxy, and since Li Xingqi only brought three fleets to the expedition, Murong Xun thought that even if this war could not be won completely, at least it could hold the Antelope Galaxy.
However, there is one thing that is more unexpected than Murong Xun, those military industrial enterprises did not give Murong Xun much support this time, but instead opened their mouths and raised the prices of various weapons a lot.
Murong Xun was very angry about this, and he asked the representatives of the enterprises who came to negotiate: "You guys are too fast to cross the river and tear down the bridge!" It's only been a few months? You can't be like that! ”
However, the other party had already thought of his words, and said with a confident look: "Lord Murong, don't forget, when you were in the most difficult time, we gave you the broken ship arrow for free, and we haven't mentioned half a word of money so far." However, after all, we are not engaged in charity, if you always make loss-making transactions, who will dare to support you in the future? ”
Murong Xun was speechless after hearing this, and couldn't say a word for a long time with his mouth open.
The man sent to negotiate was speechless when he saw that he was speechless, and took advantage of the victory to chase and say: "Lord Murong, I advise you to make a decision earlier, otherwise as soon as Li Xingqi's army arrives, it will be too late for you to buy weapons." ”
Murong Xun thought about it, the most important thing now is to win the war, and as for the matter of money, you can think of a way later.
"Okay, I'm not going to bargain with you, but I don't need conventional weapons now, can you sell me another batch of broken ships?" Murong Xun said.
"I'm afraid this is very difficult, the shipbreakers we produce are very limited, most of them have already been ordered, and it is impossible to provide them to you for the time being."
"How can you do this!" Murong Xun roared angrily, "I don't need any other weapons!" That's what I want! ”
"I'm sorry, we really don't have enough Shipbreakers for you right now, you might as well think about other weapons......"
In the end, Murong Xun didn't buy the ship-breaking arrow he wanted, so he had to purchase a batch of conventional weapons such as mecha and missiles, but Murong Xun also knew that these conventional weapons were of very limited help to the war situation.
Two weeks later, Li Xingqi's fleet arrived at the outskirts of the Antelope Galaxy, where three fleets were already on standby, and the other two fleets were deployed in the system to support them at any time.
With their absolute numerical superiority, the Silver Star Alliance's side was very confident in this war, so they did not adopt the tactics of shrinking and defending, but planned to keep the enemy out of the galaxy.
As everyone knows, this just falls into the routine that Li Xingqi is best at, if the other party shrinks into the galaxy, and then cooperates with the defense of the broken ship, Li Xingqi will be very difficult.
Now the Silver Star Alliance has taken the initiative to fight outside the galaxy, which just gives Li Xingqi room to show, although the number is less than the other party, but Li Xingqi has full confidence.
As soon as the battle began, Li Xingqi first adopted a cautious and tentative attitude, and did not immediately use his means, but the fleet of the Silver Star Alliance was eager to make meritorious service and fought very impatiently.
Since defeating the Longbow and Horn fleets, these commanders of the Silver Star Alliance suddenly have a strong self-confidence, and they all hope to defeat Li Xingqi as well, so that they can make the entire empire famous.
Therefore, as soon as the battle began, the three fleets could not wait to launch a fierce attack on Li Xingqi's fleet, hoping to defeat each other in a single battle.
However, they ignored the fact that the opponent was Li Xingqi, and they all thought that Li Xingqi would make irreparable mistakes under great pressure like other commanders.
However, what kind of person is Li Xingqi, he rose all the way by war, although he is not very old, but he has more combat experience than many people who have been admirals all their lives.
Li Xingqi saw that the other party was rushing up, and he was eager to eat himself in one bite, so he wisely chose the strategy of avoiding the edge first and patiently looking for opportunities.
Li Xingqi's fleet fought and walked, and did not stick to too many entanglements, making full use of the vast cosmic space to deal with each other.
The three fleets of the Silver Star Alliance pursued and intercepted, and they all hated to be the first to defeat Li Xingqi. However, no matter how hard they tried, they were never able to besiege Li Xingqi's fleet.
Li Xingqi has seen the flaw of the other party through patient maneuvering with the other party, that is, the other party lacks unified command, each fleet only cares about itself, and rarely considers the cooperation with other fleets, in fact, it is three fleets fighting separately.
Understanding the weakness of the other party, Li Xingqi naturally had a countermeasure, he let the fleet keep wandering, and used various methods to widen the distance between the three fleets of the other party.
When Li Xingqi saw it appropriate, his fleet suddenly changed direction, surrounded one of the opponent's fleets, and relied on local numerical superiority to storm the opponent.
How could one fleet of the opposing side resist the siege of three fleets at the same time, in less than half an hour, the entire fleet was beaten to pieces, although it was not completely destroyed, but it also lost the ability to continue fighting.
The other two fleets of the Silver Star Alliance only found out at this time, so they hurried to the rescue. However, it was too late, the besieged fleet had already been disabled, and Li Xingqi immediately gave up the encirclement and turned to the fleet that rushed to the rescue in time.
At this time, Li Xingqi already had an absolute advantage in numbers, he concentrated his firepower to attack one of the fleets, and the opponent was overwhelmed by dividing it by two, and soon took the initiative to retreat.
Where did the remaining fleet dare to fight, so they also turned around and fled, and Li Xingqi chased after him all the way, beating both fleets of the other side to heavy losses, and the first battle laid a huge advantage.
The three fleets of the Silver Star Alliance were defeated in succession, which made Murong Xun and the others realize again that Li Xingqi was still that military genius who was very difficult to defeat, and anyone who dared to underestimate him would definitely lead to a tragic end.