Federation Star, Headquarters of the Military Department. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Yang Yi's return has not yet been officially announced, and Yu Hongyang and other insiders are under the control of the guard force, it is definitely not a trivial matter for all the eleven members of the Strategic Committee of the Military Department to return to the Federation Star. You know, the last time they got together was more than forty years ago. Just to ensure the personal safety of these bigwigs, the guard forces imposed martial law and blocked the entire Federation Star.

If the military department is the highest authority of the human federation in wartime, and its scope of authority exceeds that of the federal authorities, then the strategy committee is the highest decision-making body of the military department, that is, the brain of the military department. To put it simply, any major matter involving a cross-theater of operations must be deliberated by the Strategy Committee and can only be formally implemented after it has been voted on. The eleven members of the Strategy Committee thus became the most powerful people in the military department, and even in the entire federation. Not only are they all marshals or generalissimos, but they are also the overlords of one side, or represent more marshals and generalissimos. To put it simply, any one of them has a huge impact. Take Yu Mingzhen as an example, he represents the Jade family, and the Jade family is the first family of the Human Federation, which not only has strong strength, but also has extensive influence. Although Yu Mingzhen is not the head of the Yu family, everything he says in the military department represents the Yu family.

It's just that, for more than two hundred years, the members of the strategy committee have rarely gotten together.

In the beginning, it was mainly a safety concern. The eleven members of the Strategy Committee are all very important, and even a few accidents will cause the Human Federation to suffer heavy losses, and if they are wiped out by the enemy, the impact will be tantamount to a twelve-magnitude earthquake. At that time, even if the human legions are still guarding the fronts, the turmoil in the rear will destroy the morale and fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers on the front line.

To this end, the Strategy Committee operates on a rotational basis since its establishment.

To put it simply, the 11 members take turns to command the military headquarters, and the other 10 members are in their respective jurisdictions and are responsible for guarding the defense line. Except for major decisions related to the entire federation and multiple lines of defense, they are all discussed and resolved by video conference. In order to cope with the rapidly changing battlefield situation and to facilitate the command of the corps on all fronts, the rotating committee members have the right to make temporary decisions, that is, the affairs within the scope of their authority do not need to be discussed with other committee members, and are carried out in accordance with the rules set by the military department or the decisions made by the committee before. In addition to their greater powers, the Rotating Commissioners also have a heavier duty to guard their home system. Normally, the legions under the direct command of the Rotating Council are responsible for the defense of the home system and the Federation Star, ensuring that the garrison can unconditionally obey the orders of the Rotating Commissioner. Of course, in order to prevent a certain careerist from sitting on the throne during the rotation period, the term of office is five years, and it is not possible to be re-elected. At the end of the term, the outgoing rotating committee members must explain to the Strategy Committee all the things they have done during their rotation and accept the review of the Strategy Committee. During the review period, the regiment under the command of the rotating commissioner may be disarmed and sent to the barracks designated by the next rotating commissioner. After the review is completed, the armament will be re-armed, and the original station will be extended. Normally, the incoming rotating committee returns to their home system with their own legions, and is supported by other commissioners. Because none of the commissioners had an absolute superiority in strength, none of them could stand alone against the attacks of the other commissioners.

This system has been maintained for more than 200 years, and although there have been some problems during this period, it has generally been able to maintain.

The biggest problem is, in fact, it provides the basic conditions for the formation of a situation in which the warlords are separatized.

Quite simply, all the commissioners will spare no effort to train their own descendants, even if not to compete with the military and federal authorities, but just to hold their own fronts, and they must have a strong enough legion. The rotation system provides more convenient conditions for these members. If it was said that the rotation system was adopted in the first place for security reasons, after the various fronts were basically stabilized, it had little to do with security. The system of rotation still exists, and it has become a fixed pattern, in large part because of the reluctance of these commissioners to hand over their powers, let alone to obey the dictates of others, even the military and federal authorities.

Two hundred years is enough time for these commissioners to sit on the throne.

It is precisely in this way that the jurisdiction of the Human Federation is divided into eleven war zones, and each war zone has several to dozens of key defense directions, that is, the main fronts. Each theater is an independent kingdom that is nominally part of the Human Federation, but in reality it is its own battle. In other words, if it weren't for the common enemy, and the enemy would not treat the human legions in each theater of war differently, I am afraid that the Human Federation would have collapsed long ago.

Of course, there is another crucial factor that maintains the Human Federation, that is, the most important strategic resources are always in the hands of the federal authorities led by the Yu family.

This is the Origin Converter that determines the combat effectiveness of the Human Legion.

The Human Federation can compete with the four second-rate top civilizations, and it has persisted for hundreds of years, not only because Yu Linglong has laid a solid foundation for the Human Federation, but also because the officers and soldiers of the Human Legion are fighting bloodily on the front line, and it has a lot to do with the gift that the Star Soul Empress gave to the human race, or rather to Yu Linglong. It was after obtaining the Weaver's artifact that the Human Federation gained the ability to mass-produce Origin Converters. Although the technology of manufacturing ordinary small origin converters had been mastered before this, and the Jade family had established several production lines, the key raw material for the manufacture of the origin converter, that is, the original crystal, had been provided by the Weaving Star Clan, and the Jade family had never obtained the relevant technology. After obtaining the Sacred Artifact of the Weaver Clan, the Jade Family knew that the original crystal came from the holy weapon, and thus gained the ability to produce the original crystal on a large scale.

Obviously, such a key technology, the Yu family will not hand it over to outsiders.

In fact, the Jade Family's ability to dominate the federal authorities and thus control the entire Human Federation relies on the ability to produce Origin Energy Converters.

For hundreds of years, this key technology has always been in the hands of the core members of the Yu family, and no outsiders, even ordinary members of the Yu family, want to touch it.

It was through the control of the Origin Converter that the Jade Family became the most powerful separatist force in the Human Federation, and the other separatist forces had to curry favor with the Jade Family. It is precisely by taking advantage of this unique advantage that the Yu family barely maintains the unity of the Human Federation, at least not allowing the warlords from all walks of life to fight each other.

It's just that in the face of a powerful foreign country, the Yu family does not have the ability to defend the Human Federation alone, and must rely on other forces.

In Yu Mingzhen's words, the Yu family has been balancing the situation by providing Origin Converters, so that the warlords from all walks of life continue to work for the Human Federation.

Of course, it is not only the technology that produces the Origin Converter that is controlled by the Jade family, but also more, such as all the higher military academies under the direct jurisdiction of the military department. The officers trained by these academies are all related to the Yu family, and at least when they are officially in service, they need the small origin converter provided by the Yu family. It was also through the relationship with the officers that the Yu family had the ability to exert influence on the marshals and generalissimos of the separatist side.

Actually, this also touches on a deeper issue.

That is, the production of primordial converters, especially small ones, has always been insufficient, and in some cases even unable to keep up with the speed of consumption.

Obviously, this is precisely the key problem that limits the combat effectiveness of the human legion.

Although he has obtained the Weaver Clan's holy artifact and mastered the technology of producing primordial crystals, it still requires dozens of materials to make the Primordial Converter, especially the small Primordial Converter, some of which are extremely rare. As a result, the productivity of small primordial converters has not been improved. Because of the limited production, for hundreds of years, the Human Federation could only arm a small number of officers and soldiers with small Origin Energy Converters. While some veterans have received a small Elemental Converter through commendations, etc., generally, only officers trained in regular military academies are eligible for a Small Elemental Converter. In other words, the vast majority of soldiers in the human legion are not soldiers. As for the conditions necessary to control and use the small Origin Energy Converter, that is, the battle body, the Jade family has already found a solution with the help of the Weaver Clan and the Mason Clan, and has already promoted the fact throughout the Federation to ensure that all newborn humans have a war body.

Of course, the Human Federation needs not only small Origin Converters, but also large Origin Converters, especially for high-end goods on warships and fortresses.

Although the production of large primordial converters is lower, the demand is much less, so the supply and demand issues are not very prominent.

As for arming all officers and soldiers with a small Origin Energy Converter, that is unimaginable, and no one has ever had such an idea.

You know, the total population of the Federation of Humans is close to ten trillion, and after entering a state of all-out war, all citizens of appropriate age are obliged to serve. Although more people are needed to work in the rear, and not everyone has to join the army, the strength of the human legion has long exceeded 10 billion, and it is increasing at a rate of 5% per year. It was obvious that with the resources at the disposal of the Human Federation, it was simply impossible to create so many small Primal Energy Converters.

Fortunately, this is not only a problem faced by the Human Federation, but also the four second-rate top civilizations.

In peacetime, because there is no need to keep too many standing legions, the four second-rate top civilizations can also implement the elite army policy, especially the Kunyang clan and the Extreme Realm clan, their standing legions are all elite troops, and all officers and soldiers rely on small origin energy converters to obtain strong combat effectiveness. However, in times of war, with the expansion of military power and the huge casualties of war, no civilization can continue to implement the policy of elite soldiers.

In fact, this is also one of the key reasons why the Human Federation has been able to hold out for hundreds of years.

Except for officers and a few veterans, the vast majority of soldiers in the legions of both warring sides are ordinary people, and at most they only use weapons and equipment powered by Primal Energy.

According to Yu Mingzhen, if anyone can take the lead in solving the problem of producing small origin converters, that is, increasing the output of small origin converters, who will be able to seize the initiative on the battlefield and even gain an overwhelming advantage, so as to quickly win this war. (To be continued.) )