The battle that took place around the Tofan Star-1 satellite, including Lu Yuan's side experience and the part that was later missed, was collectively called the "Tofan Encounter" by the media. Although the two sides involved in this war have always been difficult to identify. However, in terms of scale, it can be called the largest interstellar war that broke out in the galaxy in the past two decades, and it has quickly entered the vision of the entire galaxy.

The war was sparked by the Star-League's sudden campaign against pirates - according to Batarui officials, the Star-League launched a dastardly sneak attack on the Second Fleet of the Batarui Empire (owned by the country's regent) while pretending to attack the pirates! The Second Fleet resisted stubbornly, sinking and damaging three Starlink dreadnoughts and 22 cruisers, and severely damaging the invading enemy! The Second Fleet was outnumbered and withdrew to the Imperial mainland.

At present, the Batarui Empire is mobilizing the strength of the whole country to actively resist the invasion of the Star Alliance. At the same time, he also launched a political offensive in the Divine Fortress, and it was necessary to ensure that the Star Alliance invaders were punished by justice......

So the reporters thought about it for a while, and after finding that they couldn't even convince their knees, they collectively turned around and decided to take the news released by Starlink as the standard.

The battle report on the side of the Star Alliance is quite simple, not talking about motives, not talking about right and wrong, only about the facts of what happened.

In the first stage, the pirate side (the Star Federation has always insisted that it is a pirate and has never had any diplomatic contact with the Batari Empire) lost one dreadnought, sixty-five cruiser-class warships, and three hundred and seventy-one frigate-class warships, and other warships were not included in the calculation...... captured 780,000 pirates; The Star Alliance side suffered losses in the battle of four cruisers (out of battle), eleven frigates crashed, 27 seriously damaged, 22 fighters, and 812 killed.

The second phase is very vague - and this is what the journalists are most interested in - because there is also a second phase of the battle that has taken place!

When the Second Fleet of the Batari Empire was on the verge of destruction, the First Fleet of the Empire rushed to the vicinity of Tovan. However, it accidentally hit the merchant ship group moored in the synchronous orbit of the third satellite of Tofan - this place was originally designated as a "forbidden war zone", backed by the third satellite of the habitable planet, and it was originally intended by the Star Alliance to prevent the warring parties from accidentally hitting the merchant ships. and set up temporary mooring points. (Bataari's First Fleet violated a number of Citadel Conventions in this attack.) has been complained to the Citadel Council by Starlink...... But Batarui couldn't take care of it anymore. ）

In order to rescue the merchant ships, the Star-League Temporary Fleet fights back against the fleet of unknown origin (the First Fleet of the Batarui Empire)!

After the two sides fought to exhaustion, they both withdrew from the battlefield, and the "Tofan Encounter" ended.

……

In this battle, there is actually no problem with the confirmation of the warring parties - the Batari Empire and the pirates are one, and everyone in the galaxy knows this except for Batari's own death! The so-called "Second Fleet of the Batari Empire" is actually the Pirate Fleet on the Skirian Border.

However, in the course of the entire battle, there were still two doubts.

The first. Why didn't the Citadel stop the fight before it escalated?! Journalists know that according to the authority of the current Citadel Council, the truce is actually a matter of one sentence! As long as the order of the Citadel Council is sent to the Tofan Star area, the two sides will have to choose to sit down and fight! That's it.

The second question is - how severe are the losses of both sides?!

Anyone who knows a little bit about politics can understand that the basic strategy of the Citadel Council before - to promote the invasion of the new race human beings into the Divine Star Domain, so as to expand the sphere of influence of the Citadel Council. At the same time, the Batari Empire, which is adjacent to the Star Alliance, is used to curb the development of human beings.

It is based on such a "basic strategy" that the human race, as a new race that has only recently stepped into the pangalactic era, is allowed to own the fourth largest fleet in the entire galaxy; And the Batarui Empire, despite its slavery and support for piracy, went beyond verbal accusations. He has never been punished in any way by the Council of the Citadel.

But now? According to well-informed sources, "Batarui has returned to the Stone Age"! The two Dreadnought-class battleships, the "Kashan" and the "Anhe", all crashed. Cruisers go to seven or eight out of ten! The losses of frigates and naval servicemen are even more innumerable! Now the empire's only remaining naval power has slipped below the thirty in the galaxy!

Also according to well-informed sources, the Star Alliance Navy did not take advantage, and "the results of twenty years of shipbuilding were ruined"!

There are as many as 28 cruisers that crashed and were directly decommissioned in this Battlestar Alliance! The entire temporary fleet is said to have only two ships in good condition when they entered the port. And just like that, one of the ships had just had time to evacuate its crew, and there was a violent explosion! The tragic state of the fleet simply brought tears to the eyes of those who saw it! On the premise that no dreadnoughts will be dispatched in the future, the regional control force of the Star Alliance Navy will be directly reduced by 60% (the loss of cruisers)!

The Star Alliance Navy will not be able to recover for at least five years......

The Citadel could have chosen to intervene in the half-hour interval between the first and second phases. But why is the Citadel Council silent? Until the two sides fight to lose? Could it be that the basic strategy of the Citadel Council has changed directionally? Or is there something wrong in the middle?

Reporters are desperately trying to dig out the trick!

……

Citadel Space Station, Citadel Tower. Council Hall.

"This is a shameful mistake! Someone has to be held accountable for this! Councillor Serarui angrily banged the table! This has completely disrupted our plans, and we will have to delay them for at least five years! ”

"Nope. It's not a mistake," said Congressman Turi, who spread his hands and somewhat helplessly corrected Senator Serari's words. "We all know that it's really just a misunderstanding! No one could have predicted that the pair of blue giant brothers in the Spear Galaxy would suddenly become angry, interrupting the entire buoy network for six hours! No one could have predicted! ”

"We have to confirm one issue first," at this time, as the representative of the strongest nation, the Asari spoke, stopping the two men from arguing. "A rare ionization storm suddenly appeared in the Lance Galaxy, paralyzing the network of buoys in the vicinity. The first thing we need to confirm is that is really a natural phenomenon? Is there a human element to this? The conclusion I got from the Council of Cerrith was that the current technology could not do that...... What does the Serradian Institute say? ”

"Same." The Serari shook his head. "Damn, in order not to let the situation get out of hand, we have to pull them back again! It is not in our interest to weaken humanity and Batarui too much. ”

"Let those damn slave traders die!" "We're going to consider the loss of 29 cruisers on the human side!" With the number of warships they had left, it was difficult to maintain even the basic security of the colony. If humanity starts to shrink at this point, or even shift the direction of colonization to the expansion of the Citadel Star Field, that will not be what we want to see. ”

"If we give up on the Batare, they will go further down the wrong path until they get together with the bandits of the Realm of the Gods." "Well, tell the Batarui that we can accept them re-establishing an embassy in the Citadel, even though I don't want to see those Four-Eyed Pirates again!" As for human beings...... First of all, I hope that the Turks can help humanity maintain the security of a part of the border as a Star Alliance friend......"

After seeing the Turui representative nod in agreement, the representative of Asari continued, "Secondly, the matter we discussed before can be started in advance. Funded by the Parliament, the Turks and the Star Alliance will jointly develop a new generation of frigates, which will help to restore the combat effectiveness of mankind to the best of its ability......"

"There is one more thing that can enhance the confidence of Starlink." "We can inform the SBC ambassadors and allow them to submit new ghost candidates, which will help keep the SBL's influence from slipping down too much." It was after learning about Li Huamei's deeds that the representative of Serari said to the Star Alliance Ambassador Udina, "I think humanity is ready to take on more responsibilities...... the one who said."

In fact, the three people standing here were all supporters of the argument of "curbing the development of Starlink" before. But now that Starlink's losses are too heavy, it is no longer in their interests, so their position has also changed 180 degrees!

"Hope...... The storm in the Lance galaxy is really just a coincidence. When the meeting ended, the Asari said something vaguely, and no one heard.

In the shadows, Zhao Min and the "Phantom Man" looked at each other and smiled - there has never been a real "coincidence" in this world......

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ps: I don't really want to write about politics either. However, in this volume, the encounter with Tofan happens to be the first turning point between the past and the future, and since then, the trajectory of many people and events has changed clearly......

PS2: It's finally time! (To be continued)