Chapter 494: The Ultimate Order
Three days later, the federal authorities issued a "mandatory conscription order", and the Human Federation officially entered a state of all-out war.
It's just that it's not something to celebrate, and no one is celebrating it. Earlier in the day, the last space fortress on the periphery of the home system, and the last stronghold on the outer defensive line of the home system, was breached by the enemy. Hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the 50 legions guarding this space fortress did not survive, and all of them died heroically. With the fall of this fortress, the outer defenses of the home system were lost.
For the Human Federation, it has reached a critical moment of life and death.
It can be said that the human army has nowhere to retreat.
Take one step back, and your home system will fall.
Although over the past thousands of years, the Human Federation has been strengthening the defenses of its home galaxy, and it has never stopped. By the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Human Federation had built three lines of defense for its home system. However, the peaceful and prosperous era that lasted for thousands of years has made the Human Federation relax its vigilance, and the defense deployment of the home system has become an ornament. Of the three lines of defense, only the outer line of defense was barely solid, while the other two lines of defense were almost non-existent, not only did they not have enough troops, but many of the defenses were not completed as planned. In addition, both lines of defense are within the home system, and if they can hold it, they will suffer heavy losses.
Of course, whether it can hold on is still a question.
The federal authorities blocked the news of the loss of the outer line, to be precise, there was no public information. This is understandable, and for anyone, it's a huge blow. Not to mention civilians, even those soldiers who are sworn to fight to the end, none of them have enough confidence. The key is that almost all the main corps of the nine theaters are placed on the outer defense line, and the remaining reserves are mainly newly built corps. Although there are still two lines of defense. But relying on those newly established legions that have no actual combat experience and have not even completed basic training will not be able to stop a powerful enemy. What's more, the other two lines of defense are even more fragile, and many of the defenses that should have been completed long ago are still on the drawing paper.
There were not enough corps, there were no solid defenses. How to resist the army of silicon charms?
Moreover, the federal authorities simply did not make the information public, and the grapevine had long since spread.
On that day alone, thousands of private ships escaped their home system. Of course, it was the rich who fled, and the rich who had no faith.
It's just that the fate of these people is tragic.
Under the blockade of the Silicon Fleet, not a single ship left the home system, and all of them were intercepted. And all of them were destroyed without exception.
Panic also spread quickly.
Although later in the day, the federal authorities activated emergency measures, dispatched the military and police to maintain order, and officially began to implement a mandatory conscription order, that is, all adults must enlist in the army, go to the nearest recruitment point as soon as possible to report, and obey the arrangements of the federal authorities and the military department. But this coercive measure did not work well, even if a large number of soldiers were recruited. It is also difficult to arm these servicemen in the short term.
It can be said that as long as the silicon charm army continues to advance. The Human Federation will have to fight the enemy on its own soil, that is, on several major planets such as the Federation Star and the Yanhuang Star. At that time, even if they can defeat the invading strong enemy, the losses they suffer will probably hurt the human federation greatly.
You know, even at the beginning of the Fifth Greenwich War more than a thousand years ago, the native planets of the Human Federation were not invaded. Last time it was hacked. It was about 4,000 years ago, during the Second Greenwich War, and the Human Federation almost perished because of it.
What to do next, how can you stop the enemy's advance?
Not to mention the common people, even the nine theater commanders such as Zhan Ruilin. At this time, they were also at a loss, and no one could come up with effective measures to deal with the enemy.
In the face of the menacing Silicon Charm army, as well as the already shaken morale, all the military can do is to issue an all-out anti-war order.
This is the second time in the history of the Human Federation that the military department has issued an "all-out war of resistance", and the last time was during the Second Greenwich War more than 4,000 years ago. At the beginning of the Fifth Greenwich War, because Xiao Wentian came forward, the military department did not issue this "final order".
The issuance of the "All-Out War of Resistance Order" means that the Human Federation has reached the most critical juncture, and it also means that the military department has delegated the military power that was originally monopolized to everyone. To put it simply, after the military department issued the "All-Out War of Resistance Order", all individuals and groups in the Human Federation will fulfill the obligation to resist the invasion, and at the same time obtain the power to form a military force to resist the invasion, which is often referred to as "all the people are soldiers".
However, this is not necessarily a good thing.
More than 4,000 years ago, during the Second Greenwich War, the military department issued the "All-Out War of Resistance Order" for the first time. Although the Silicon Charm army was eventually defeated and the lost territory was recaptured, the resulting chaos lasted for hundreds of years until the Third Greenwich War subsided. The point is that it is not so easy to get the armed men to lay down their weapons after mobilizing everyone to resist the invasion and defeat a strong enemy. At that time, the large-scale turmoil caused by this could be quelled, first, the outbreak of the Third Greenwich War, and the external threat was more serious than the internal contradictions, and second, the turmoil did not last too long, and many civil forces had not yet formed a scale and could not compete with the federal authorities that had entered a state of war, so they could only obediently hand over the armed forces in their hands. Of course, the main thing is the popular will, that is, the overwhelming majority of the people support the federal authorities to take back military power.
Obviously, this time the situation is completely different.
Among other things, the Sixth Greenwich War has just broken out, and it is clear that it will continue for some time, at least a few decades, maybe hundreds of years. If the "all-out war of resistance order" is issued now, then by the end of the war, the civilian armed forces that appeared during the war will definitely grow stronger. By that time, what will the federal authorities be able to do to disarm the civilian population without bloodshed?
You know, the last time was when the Second Greenwich War was about to end, and the Federal War Department issued the "All-Out War of Resistance Order". Because the war ended quickly, many of the civilian armed forces established during the war did not develop and grow, so the federal situation was not completely out of control, at least those civilian armed organizations that appeared during the war could not confront the federal authorities, and the situation of the unification of the human federation was maintained, and when the third Greenwich War broke out, the federal authorities still had a high authority in the minds of the people, and they were able to integrate the civilian armed forces in the name of guiding the war of resistance, thus ending the war that lasted for hundreds of years.
Of course, not everyone supported the issuance of the "All-Out War of Resistance Order" at this time, including Zhan Ruilin.
In the vote of the military headquarters, Zhan Ruilin and the two theater commanders voted against, while the other six theater commanders all voted in favor.
Zhan Ruilin knew very well that the commanders of the six theaters were fanning the flames, to be precise, they were using this incident to attack the third theater.
The reason is simple, the war has only been out for a few months, and the naturally generated civilian armed groups are all colonizing the galaxy, and none of them are very large. Up to now, the only one who has gone out to stand on his own mountain and formed a climate is only Yang Yi in the Third War Zone. Although Yang Yi is still nominally an officer in the Third War Zone and is controlled by Zhan Ruilin, he takes the civilian armed forces to Fengmars to stand on his own. What's more, the home galaxy was besieged, and almost all the star systems under the control of the Human Federation were occupied, and Zhan Ruilin couldn't order Yang Yi at all. Even if Zhan Ruilin can give orders, Yang Yi may not obey, at least he will not blindly obey the orders given by Zhan Ruilin.
It's just that there's a problem here.
This is the legitimacy of the civilian armed forces commanded by Yang Yi and the operation on Mars.
To put it bluntly, if the civilian armed forces under the command of Yang Yi are illegal and have no legal identity, and the combat operations in Beacon Mars are not ordered to act, and there is also no legitimacy, then no matter how much victory he achieves on Beacon Mars, it will not be recognized. It can even be said that the federal authorities and the military department can punish Yang Yi at any time in the name of "disobeying orders" and "acting without authorization".
Of course, if it is authorized, then Yang Yi's actions on Mars have legitimacy.
The military department issued the "All-out War of Resistance Order" at this time, in fact, to provide support for Yang Yi's actions on the beacon Mars, to be precise, to make Yang Yi's actions legal. In this way, even if one day in the future, Yang Yi is no longer Zhan Ruilin's subordinate, Zhan Ruilin cannot deal with Yang Yi in the name of "disobeying orders" and "acting without authorization", that is, he cannot fight Yang Yi in a legal and reasonable way.
In Zhan Ruilin's view, the theater commanders who voted in favor were supporting Yang Yi in this way, and hoped to use Yang Yi to dismantle the third theater. Because after Yang Yi develops and grows, if he is still an officer in the Third War Zone, then it is the Third War Zone that will benefit. If Yang Yi breaks away from the Third War Zone and becomes an independent military force, then the third War Zone will also suffer the greatest losses.
It's just that Zhan Ruilin also thinks that these guys are too short-sighted.
You must know that the current civilian armed forces are not just the troops led by Yang Yi. In almost all colonial systems, there are people resisting, and they can be considered civilian armed forces. After the military department issued the "all-out war of resistance order", it was equivalent to giving these civilian armed forces a legal status.
It is easy to release the tiger and return it, but it is not easy to catch the tiger that has been released.
It's just that the wood is already in the boat. Even if Zhan Ruilin united the two theater commanders and voted against it, it would not be able to change the decision made by the military department.
Of course, Zhan Ruilin also knows very well that this "ultimate order" is actually a double-edged sword.
Those with ulterior motives want to use this method to attack the third war zone, and in Zhan Ruilin's view, this is actually a rare opportunity. As long as this opportunity is seized, the Third Theater will not only not be weakened, but will become stronger, and it is even possible to integrate the military department. (To be continued.) )