Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

"The past is in the past, don't think about it anymore." Another old officer patted him on the back, "They don't want you to still be immersed in the past."

"Indeed, it's time to look to the future."

He laughed at himself, and said so——obviously, no one felt that he really went out.

Fortunately, the empathetic Hong changed the topic at the right time to prevent these old officers from unconsciously immersing themselves in the sadness of the past.

In fact, if it wasn't impossible, Hong wouldn't want these old military officers who were on the verge of retirement to leave their planet and travel thousands of miles to this planet to command another war.

After all, even if all of the red army is an automated unmanned army, the command can be carried out on a safe track, and there will be no real casualties in the whole process, but just let them unconsciously recall the battle with the race. The tragic land battle between cleanliness would make Hong feel very uncomfortable.

With the advent of the space age, the use and importance of the army are constantly being compressed and reduced. Most of the time, the space army is the protagonist of the war.

Once the space battle fails and the entire fleet and orbital defense platforms are wiped out, no matter how strong the army is and how tenacious the will to resist is, it will be nothing but fish on the chopping board, dying.

For an interstellar civilization, losing space means losing everything—the enemy only needs to send some ships to block the orbit, and drop nuclear bombs from time to time to neutralize important industrial areas, space launch sites, electromagnetic ejection tracks and other facilities , is enough to completely suppress this civilization on the planet, and no longer have the qualifications to enter space.

Without orbital skyhooks and space factories, it is impossible to break through the orbital blockade of the enemy fleet and rebuild even a real warship in space with the rocket's capacity of up to [-] tons at a time.

Even if their home defense army can hold the surface of their planet and prevent the enemy from landing on the ground, it doesn't make any sense.

After all, after they are completely pressed into the ground, the enemies who have mastered the space resources of the entire galaxy can develop and grow as they like, with technology becoming more and more advanced, and their power becoming stronger and stronger.

The side that is crushed on the planet can only struggle to survive in the face of endless nuclear bombing, its development is getting slower and slower, and its technology is stagnant.

They don't even need to confront the army on the planet head-on. They just need to stand in an invincible position and develop slowly. When they know that the technology is advanced enough, they can easily wipe out the resistance on the planet with the advantages that have formed a technological gap. Power, proclaiming the complete end of this civilization.

With the same level of technology, it is impossible to counter the fleet in orbit with the power of the planet itself.

Of course, this does not mean that the Army is completely useless—if your own civilization needs other planets or even star fields to exist, where there are still a large number of space docks that are continuously assembling powerful warships, then the Army’s resistance becomes very necessary.

After all, in terms of land warfare, the defensive side of the local battle has a huge advantage over the offensive side from afar.

Whether it is perfect logistics or strong productivity, it is much stronger than an attacker who has to transport everything from the rear or build a production line on the spot.

Moreover, unlike the unobstructed space, the environment on the ground is very complicated. The two sides are no longer simply comparing numbers. Comparing the strength on paper can basically determine the winner of the game.

Not to mention, the attacking side from afar is usually the side with relatively small absolute combat power. Under the circumstances that all conditions are unfavorable, how can they compete with the powerful defensive side that occupies the right time, place and people?

Therefore, generally speaking, the army of the attacking side will not appear on the equal battlefield - or the army will not be used at all, and the fleet will solve everything directly, and then wait for the technology of one's own side to crush and win the game.

Or, it is a battle against areas such as the enemy's space city and orbital residence. Not only are the opponents small in number, poor in logistics, and shallow in depth, but they can also directly receive heavy artillery fire support from the fleet, making it easy to take down the opponent.

But Jeffrey back then didn’t have this understanding—they were dazzled by the victory with the first civilization encountered hundreds of years ago, that is, the Shugar civilization, and mistakenly thought that they could rely on the technological advantages of their interstellar civilization In fact, it is easy to invade a backward civilization whose technological level is not as good as Shugel.

One didn't even have a launch vehicle in the true sense, it just happened to open a wormhole because of a high-altitude sounding rocket, and the army was still in a civilization equivalent to that before the Cold War.

Even if it's a racial cleanser, so what?

Therefore, under this kind of arrogance, the Jeffreys confidently projected their entire army into the hinterland of the Che Luo civilization at that time without doing enough early investigation.

As for the result - it's like the early battle players built 8 army teams to land according to their past habits, only to find out after they landed that the opponent was a stone man who was extremely strong and quickly recovered.

Almost the entire army was wiped out, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

So far in the war, the old Jeffrey Federation was seriously injured, and had to continue to squeeze their colonies, which triggered the independence of the empire. The Farsati took this opportunity to swallow the Cheluo civilization and obtained the population to break the situation. And the territory, which eventually led to the disintegration of the old federation, and the Jeffrey civilization fell into a long-term melee.

That tragic land battle certainly caused a lot of pain, and the many things that followed caused the technological level of Jeffrey's civilization to stagnate for a long time, so that seeing Hong still looked so backward.

However, it also brought a very profound lesson to the Jeffreys, and even the entire cat league, so that they can always remember a sentence whenever they encounter similar things.

"Never, never underestimate your enemy."

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Volume 190 The Road to the Cat League: Chapter [-] [-]rd Coloring Action

In order to completely disintegrate Ai Xing's resistance and remove the unsightly color in the territory, Hong named this operation "Operation Coloring" and prepared a huge budget for it.

After all, the difficulty of transporting landing troops to the enemy's homeland by spacecraft can be imagined—especially when the opponent is still an artificial intelligence that will never compromise with each other and will only fight to the last soldier, it is simply difficult to land. sky.

If it weren't for the fact that Maomeng has no external pressure at all during this period, it can spare energy to arrange these Aixing people. In addition, the technology of Maomeng has improved a lot over the years, and it can be regarded as half a generation. It's a bad advantage, otherwise Hong would never spend so much energy on such a thankless thing.

For the first batch of vanguard troops alone, Hong prepared an army of about 500 million tons, including about [-] main battle tanks, nearly [-] various types of light and heavy artillery, self-propelled laser air defense, electronic warfare, cruise missiles, and power generation vehicles. There are nearly [-] such support units in total.

Of course, this army is not for head-to-head confrontation with the opponent. If we really want to confront the opponent's main force head-on, it will definitely end in a disastrous defeat.

According to Hong's investigation, the current army in the Aixing equatorial habitable zone has at least a six-figure base in tanks alone. Even if its technology is slightly behind, her troops can be easily piled up by numbers alone.

After all, the impact of the gap in land warfare technology on combat effectiveness can be said to be the smallest among all military branches. The technology of the navy and ocean decisive battle determines everything. One generation away is equal to crushing, and the loss ratio of the high generation against the low generation is easy 1 to 10.

But the army, although technology is definitely important, but everyone is using guns after all. As long as the guns can penetrate deep enough, and the level of electronic warfare is not crushed, the old cars 50 years ago can be used as much as new cars. .

The strategic purpose of this force is to open up a control zone in the weakest area on the enemy planet to protect the first batch of engineering equipment airborne with the army to establish a forward base and assemble a simple production line.

It's not that Hong intends to produce tanks. This kind of complex weapon looks small, but in fact it is related to a heinous number of industrial chains. I want to airborne a little by myself. A set from mining, smelting, production and assembly It can only be said that I think too much.

The main purpose of these production lines is to produce fuel - this thing is easy to produce, basically a liquid hydrogen factory can be completed by adding some supporting facilities, and secondly, the usefulness of this thing is really important, most of the mass consumption of an army is in on it.

Once the fuel problem can be solved, Hong can save a huge amount of transportation capacity for fuel transportation, and can deploy more troops, and the ground troops will also gain strong self-sustainability, cheap fuel replenishment, and then support many originally expensive action.

Therefore, the first batch of tanks launched by Hong are mainly pure electric, in order to squeeze out more quality to the factory.

Although this thing has a long battery life, it is basically enough to go for [-] kilometers on a full charge, and it is difficult to find an opportunity to charge the fission pile with the army in the field state. It is really anxious to rely on this thing to take the initiative to attack .

But it doesn't matter, Hong really doesn't need them to take the initiative to attack or travel long distances, just need them to be the base defenders-although the pure electric tank has a long battery life, its advantages are also obvious, it doesn't need to be like an extended range tank Go through the process of fuel-to-electric drive, but only need electricity for the whole process.

Electricity?

First set up a few fission power stations on the ground, and then quickly start assembling medium and large fusion reactors to supply energy.

Their landing force lacked almost everything except electricity.

In addition to the troops on the ground, Hong also prepared 40 large aerospace aircraft carriers and 60 orbital support ships.

The former is responsible for delivering some large and sophisticated equipment to the ground that cannot be delivered by the landing pod, and after the completion of the ground liquid hydrogen fuel plant, the follow-up troops are delivered at a low cost-the one-time landing pod is still too much. It’s a waste, it’s okay to respond to emergencies in the early stage, but if you really want to fight for a long time, you have to rely on a reusable aerospace plane.

The latter is a specialized small warship, equipped with an engine with low specific impulse but relatively high thrust, so it can maneuver quickly in the deep gravity well of low-earth orbit; the belly of the hull is equipped with thick armor, which can greatly Weaken the ground's counterattack firepower; the weapon is equipped with a large number of infrared lasers and ground-to-ground nuclear bombs, providing the Army with a firepower platform from space.

Under the suppression of orbital firepower, the surrounding area of ​​thousands of kilometers near the landing site and the area under the entire orbit of the support ship have been cleared. Whether it is an aircraft or a missile, one is blown up as soon as it takes off, and the survival time is measured in minutes. , It's like an electric mosquito swatter slaps mosquitoes, crackling.

This is also the reason why fighter planes have basically withdrawn from the stage in modern warfare—even if there is no superior field of view and firepower on the orbit, in normal symmetrical warfare, fighter planes and missiles themselves can hardly break through the armor clusters. Laser air defense net.

Strong lasers are devastating to air units. In front of a laser anti-aircraft vehicle with a range of hundreds of kilometers when paired with a power supply vehicle, the shell of the aircraft that is not even armored is like paper paste, basically burning one at a time. The hole is measured in seconds from being discovered to being destroyed, so it can be said that there is no resistance.

Missiles are treated similarly. All light missiles without armor basically have no possibility of breaking through the air defense network. However, unlike fighters that have completely withdrawn from the stage, missiles can still occupy a place in the modern army.

It's just that, compared to before, modern missiles present a polarized state-or they are small loitering missiles, which are directly combined with light infantry, and together with small drones, become the rapid firepower that infantry can obtain.

Or, it is a large hypersonic missile, a missile starting at more than ten tons, taking the ultra-high-speed penetration route, and most of the time it is used as the army's tactical nuclear weapon delivery vehicle.

As for the ones in the middle... probably only found in museums.

However, Hong knows why the Ai Xing people still have a large number of air force and light missiles after they already have a mature vehicle-mounted laser air defense.

Because, the Ai Xing people back then were not a unified civilization.

"According to our preliminary investigation of the surrounding area, this place should be a large history museum of a star-star nation called 'Maga' back then."

While walking in the dilapidated building, Hong broadcast live broadcast through the accompanying robot.

In fact, almost the whole process of this war was broadcast live on the Cat League Internet. Anyway, I don’t worry about leaking military secrets. Letting everyone eat melons together when they have nothing to do can also strengthen the cohesion of the Cat League.

Although in the eyes of other civilizations, the cohesion of the Cat League has almost broken through the sky, but this thing is not too much, and it is definitely better to have more.

Although shooting these dilapidated cities, lost civilizations, and occasional flashes of skeletons left hundreds of years ago will also cause many people to feel psychologically heavy-this is normal, let alone It is said that the Jeffreys themselves have almost no feelings for the Aixing people, unlike Hong and Xier who have deep hatred.

Even if the group of people who had the most direct conflict and hatred with the Ai Xing people were directly pulled over, and let them see these completely defeated scenes, after the excitement of revenge, there will inevitably be some sad mood.

Although most of the time, she also consciously avoids this kind of scene, so as to prevent everyone from losing interest when they watch the big explosion together.

However, she didn't cover up all the scenes, and only broadcast the scenes that everyone liked to see to the public-for Hong, it was not difficult to do so, and everyone would not have any opinions on it.

But she did it anyway.

First of all, when Red is guiding the domestic cultural awareness environment, it has always implemented a very core policy, which is to be as objective and comprehensive as possible, instead of using selective reports that most countries will use.

Of course, this will cause great difficulties in guiding public opinion, and it does not seem to have any special effect, but Hong still insists on doing so.

This can be regarded as a little capriciousness of Red—even if they are their own side, their reports are bound to be a little biased, but if possible, Red still hopes to let the public make the most authentic and most open reports. inner judgment.

Like this time, the reason why she consciously showed the cruelty and destruction brought about by war to the people is to let them understand that war is definitely not a play, and it is not just a matter of simply swiping the screen twice to make the other side turn against you. game.

War kills people.

Whether it is yourself or the enemy.

Hong didn't want the people of the Cat League to be immersed in their mighty power, immersed in their victories with almost no casualties, and forget the most essential and real appearance of war.

Hong doesn't even hope that when they have conflicts or even conflicts with other alien civilizations one day in the future, they will sit in the glamorous back and shout for war because they have lived in peace for too long, and then wait until The opposite media reported their casualties, and when they saw the cities and people who were hurt by the war they applauded, they said "we didn't know this would happen".

War is of course optional, and when necessary, Hong will not influence her decision-making because of her policy of peaceful negotiations—Hong is very aware of the consequences of her every action, but she is equally aware that her own Every decision has a purpose.

What Hong needs is for everyone to understand what they need, what their purpose is, and what the consequences will be.

Then, after weighing the three, you can still make your own choice firmly, instead of being trapped in the cocoon of information and drifting with the flow, casting your precious vote without knowing it.

Many humans call the Cat League an extreme authority, and Hong does not object to this statement. After all, if her dictatorship with unlimited power and unlimited tenure is not considered an authority, then no one can be considered an authority.

But on the other hand, while being so authoritarian, the Cat League is also very democratic-the media try to provide objective and neutral reports as much as possible, allowing the public to think independently without being selectively reported; anyone They can directly express their opinions to the supreme leader of civilization on an equal footing, convey their truest feelings to the worst level of civilization, and get instant feedback from her without prevarication.

So far, I am afraid that no democratic country has been able to do this.

Is the Cat League authoritarian or democratic?

The Maomeng people don't know, but they don't care either. From the outsiders' point of view, these things need to be argued for, but in their point of view, they are nothing more than mediocrity.

Even if the Cat League is classified as an extreme authority, so what?

No matter how gaudy other people say, it can't change their truest personal experience - they are much happier than anyone else now, it's as simple as that.

This is also the confidence of Red Dare to report objectively. The more objective and fair the situation is presented, the stronger the cohesion of the cat alliance's civilization will be. The approach adopted by the Union has a significant advantage.

They are not afraid of being exposed.

Because the truth cannot be debunked.

"This is their historical and cultural relics exhibition area. You can see that most of the booths are empty, and they should have been moved before the war." With a deep explanation, "However, we can still see some history about the Ai Xing civilization through this part of the cultural relics that have not been transferred in time.

"Although they are very aggressive and have violent temperaments, what is certain is that they are not a civilization of racial cleanliness—as early as hundreds of years ago, our scholars had speculated like this, but after landing, only This is truly confirmed by their remaining records."

"From the documents that have been found so far, it can be seen that at least until the time when the Ai Stars launched the first carrier rocket and let the probe fly to Katus, they still thought about the civilization of the industrial age observed on it. ——that is, the old Katus communicated.”

"Is it possible that you plan to find out the situation and launch an invasion when the technology develops to a sufficient level?"

A barrage raised questions.

"Of course it's possible, but it doesn't have any effect." Hong lightly supported a broken stone platform with his left hand, and raised his index finger with his right hand to explain, "Because of the invasion, that's within the normal range—as long as If the purpose of the aggressor is occupation and expansion, not genocide, then it still belongs to the normal category.

"Because here, what we are comparing with it is not peaceful diplomacy between normal countries, but extreme civilizations such as racial cleanliness and genocide.

"The most important thing is that according to our records, after getting in touch, the other party did not show any hostility, let alone suppress us with the help of nearly a hundred years of technological first-mover advantage—you can also see from this war that, For space civilizations, it is too easy to suppress a civilization on the ground.

"If they are really hostile to us, then it is impossible to allow us to develop into space step by step, and even after forming a fleet that can barely compete with them, they suddenly attack.

"Therefore, we believe that during the negotiations between the two civilizations in the early and mid-term, the other party should have no obvious hostility towards us—let alone shut down all communications, and attack with all their strength like a racial cleanser."

"What's that for?"

They also became suspicious.

"Yeah, why is that?" Hong's voice became softer and softer, "Yes...why?"

Hong doesn't know.

For this reason, after gaining a firm foothold in the early stage, she gradually began to investigate some places where there might be clues, in an attempt to find out the answer that has plagued the Catus people for thousands of years.

In order to give an explanation to the more than 7 million people on Catus who have returned to ashes, she must find the truth.

The truth that killed nearly 30 billion people on both sides and dragged both sides to the brink of extinction.

The former Hong didn't have that ability, because she needed to fight with the enemies that came one after another, and fight with all her strength against the new enemies who tried to exterminate them.

But now, her feet have stepped on this piece of land that once gave birth to those who tried to completely exterminate them - Hong believes that she is very, very close to the answer.

Close at hand.

Volume 190 The Road to the Cat Alliance: Chapter [-] [-] Blood Hunting and Hunting Cats

On the 23rd day after the coloring operation started, Hong made a very important discovery.

Somewhat beyond their expectations, this discovery that brought breakthroughs in the source of the truth did not come from the possibilities they had previously imagined, such as the confidential data in the core database, the top-secret documents under heavy defense, and so on.