Chapter 905 Your Excellency the Commander is really busy
Ostana smiled and said: "Serving a true dragon is indeed different from serving a mortal, and you will always take some risks. But compared to what you can get, whether it is fame, profit, or even the sense of accomplishment of realizing your ideals
, this risk is not worth mentioning at all. More importantly, it will never be boring.”
She really didn't feel hard at all, and there was even a hint of pride in her calm smile, which was obviously full of loyalty to her master.
Yang Xiyi always felt that there was something in this woman's words, but for a smart man like him, he naturally knew what he understood and what he didn't understand, so he repeated it with a smile: "Indeed, we ordinary uneducated common people have nothing but Taoism."
"It's hard work, I really don't know what to say."
"In addition, what I said just now is actually just a joke. After all, the ruins of the Enlightened Ones appeared in your territory. Without your official invitation, the empire, as a friendly diplomatic country of your country, will naturally not do anything to force the army to come.
Disrespectful thing to do in sector orbit."
"Friendly diplomatic relations! We are now being pointed at by 1,000 naval guns. A temporary detection station that can accommodate up to 1,000 people, what can we do?" Yang Xiyi said with a smile.
"I can understand your concerns and apologize to you. But I hope you understand that His Royal Highness King Suliuka will also unite the large fleet to set off in the near future. There will be some fixed tactical formation training here. Something small may happen.
It's just a small misunderstanding."
"This misunderstanding cannot be some kind of metaphysical concept."
Faced with Yang Xiyi's weirdness, the chief of staff responded with a hearty smile: "As you said, the universe is too big, and coincidences will always happen."
All in all, no one seemed to have the upper hand in the conversation between the two wise generals. In the eyes of others, the two were just spewing nonsense words at each other across the screen, but they
Both parties involved understand that in this delicate situation, it is actually the best thing to maintain a communication channel that everyone likes to hear and see.
As a result, within the next twenty-four hours, the Imperial Fleet did begin to conduct training for formation operations. The obstruction they would face was almost non-existent, but they never crossed the middle section of the New World Highway Channel.
During this period, Major General Yang Xiyi also had frank exchanges of views with Major General Ostana Barr several times. Although they could not reach consensus in most cases, at least they still achieved results: both sides believed that in order to ensure smooth future operations,
, should establish a unified coalition logistics command.
Indeed, they are all pragmatic people and know that the so-called coalition headquarters is meaningless, but they can work hard on logistics.
"Your Highness appreciates your opinion very much. She will also report it to our Fleet Headquarters and Privy Council as soon as possible."
"I will also draw up a preliminary plan as soon as possible. I still have some experience in writing homework."
"It's just that, General Yang, I am more than 90% sure that the proposal proposed by His Highness can be passed by the Privy Council; but how many percent are there for a plan drawn up by a top intellectual general like you?"
"It is my job to propose a plan, and whether it is adopted or not is the choice of the leaders. There is actually no conflict between freedom of choice and procedural fairness. As long as you learn to express your opinions frankly in person, that is a mature quality. Plagiarism
I believe that both people and countries should possess such qualities."
In short, although the verbal exchanges continued, the communication was also going on. The two of them even discussed the personnel structure of the logistics headquarters while playing tricks. If it weren't for the expedition fleet of the Blue Star Community, they finally arrived at the scene.
, they may have already started making personnel arrangements.
Like the Imperial Army's expeditionary fleet, the Community's fleet also dispatches a vanguard fleet composed of high-speed battleships. This is actually the standard formation operation of the space fleet. Once the size of the fleet reaches a certain level, even after passing a stable high-speed battleship,
Mass gravity wells will also cause "traffic jams", and it will be difficult to deploy firepower and fleets in the shortest time during combat. In this case, it is very meaningful to divide the fleet into several formations and advance in batches.
The choice was made.
Of course, if the fleet is too large and the command is not effective, or the commander has certain strategic choices, there may even be situations where several formations are separated by dozens or hundreds of light years across several galaxies.
The current Earth Expedition Fleet feels a bit like this. You must know that the vanguard fleet, with the battlecruiser Hydra as its flagship, arrived at Planet N at 4:15 a.m. on May 18. But at this time,
The main fleet formation with six Independence-class dreadnoughts as the core has just arrived in New Lushun.
As for the reserve fleet, which mainly includes a large number of logistics, auxiliary and transport ships, and also brings 20 fully-equipped Marine divisions, it has just arrived in Xinyumen. It is said that the commander of the Marine Corps who communicated with the fleet even spared
I am interested in practicing with the New Yumen garrison to exchange feelings and so on.
This is actually understandable. After all, isn't the Imperial Expedition Fleet on the other side looking for a way to do something? The vanguard fleet led by King Suliuka is already preparing to march to the Devil's Labyrinth, and the main force led by King Soleyn himself is still in the colonial sector.
They marched slowly inside. As for the support fleet composed of fleets from various vassals and princes commanded by Admiral Farrell, they had not even passed through the Gate of Glory.
Since the imperial fleet is so impressive, the people on earth certainly cannot lose to the opponent. You know, this is the largest expedition fleet to destroy a country that has been formed since the founding of the community! You must fill up your aura!
"I guess that's what our commander thinks. He's such a good person at doing homework." The person who spoke was a tall bald man, probably in his early fifties.
Although he is about to enter old age, his figure is still tall and burly, like a strong young man in his twenties.
He is Vice Admiral James Picard, the admiral of the Community's Tenth Fleet, and the deputy commander and forward fleet commander of the expedition fleet. He and his fleet are the first Earth expedition to reach the middle section of the New World Highway.
fleet.
This general, who looked quite powerful and domineering, once served as the dean of the Lunar Military Academy and served as an instructor for Yang Xiyi for two years. When the latter graduated and practiced as an intern, he happened to be serving in the army under his command.
With so much shared experience, the two of them would either become friends or enemies, but fortunately, they were the former.
Although from the outside, Yang Xiyi and his old boss are completely opposite types, they probably complement each other. The two have a good relationship, a friendship where they can sit together and complain about their boss while drinking.
Lieutenant General Picard, a tall and muscular man with no hair, and Yang Xiyi had not seen each other for two years. Therefore, the first thing these two friends who had been friends for many years did after meeting was to complain about their boss. This seems very reasonable.
Lieutenant General Picard then told Yang Xiyi that the Marine troops currently stranded in Xinyumen were indeed preparing to engage in joint exercises with the local garrison, but the participants were not just them, but also included the Republic of Minlan.
A land combat force united by the Kingdom of Erke and other countries.
"It is said that armies from at least twenty countries are participating. Your Majesty the Commander has already mentioned the exercise plan to the Earth." Lieutenant General Picard sneered.
"His work efficiency in this area is indeed admirable." Yang Xiyi said.
"Then why not hold the Celestial Galaxy Cup and the Olympic Games? This is how people can make the best use of their talents and resources," said the bald general.
"...General Picard, organizational ability is actually the same as commanding ability. At least judging from his current resume, Admiral Conneris is an elite with outstanding ability." Yang Xiyi said.
"But this does not mean that he is an outstanding commander, especially when we clearly still have a choice."
Admiral Connors is the commander of the First Fleet, also commonly known as the "Solar System Fleet" or "Home Fleet", named Admiral Sherman Connors.
He is also the supreme commander of this community expedition fleet.
However, the reason why he was able to hold this position was after a considerable period of power play.
In other words, as early as the Galactic Civilization Conference in Huaxu was held, and representatives from various countries were quarrelsomely discussing how to correct or even abandon the "New World Combat Readiness Limitation Treaty", the formation of the expedition fleet had already begun. The selection of the commander was naturally the most important issue.
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At present, the most prestigious general in the entire Blue Star community is of course Marshal Norm Paris, who was then the Minister of Unified Military Command. However, after all, this old man is the number one military person in the country, and he is also in his nineties.
He is an old man. It sounds particularly unreliable to allow an old man of this age to lead the army in person on the front line.
In addition, after all, Mr. Paris is also from the Victoria Lee era. He is a pure and noble professional soldier of the old era. Although he has a good relationship with Chairman Nishita, he is not a pro-alliance faction of political allies.
The Co-Prosperity Party's group of comprador lackeys who made their fortune in the imperial era will not have a good face. Even if such a person is young and powerful, the big shots above will not be too willing to hand over the command of the largest expeditionary fleet since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
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Of course, the above are all conspiracy theories. In fact, the Marshal strongly recommended young generals from the Mesozoic Era to serve as commanders.
Speaking of the Mesozoic Era, the most famous one is probably Admiral Jordi Bonaparte, the current commander of the Outer Rim Fleet. This general, who is less than fifty years old this year, although he is a son of a noble family,
He also grew up on the battlefield. He suppressed rebellions, suppressed bandits, chased pirates, beat up cults, and even had conflicts with the imperial guard fleet. He was indeed a strong man.
But we all know that Admiral Bonaparte is the commander of the outer ring fleet, and his fleet is the main force guarding the outer ring gate of the community. Behind their defense area is the Kingdom of Cathay, which has been coveting its territory, and other
The empire behind it. The sea-fixing needle used to control the country naturally cannot be moved lightly.
Therefore, the only thing that can be used in the expedition is the Solar System Fleet, which is stronger on paper and has no defense area.
Then, without knowing what kind of overt and covert struggles took place in the court of the Earth, he finally became the Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Fleet, and became Admiral Sherman Connors, the Admiral of the Solar System Fleet.
In fact, this is an expected appointment. After all, the expedition fleet is composed of the First Fleet, the Seventh Fleet and the Tenth Fleet, and the "Solar System Fleet" numbered as the First Fleet is the main force.
The commander of the main force and the First Fleet is in charge of everything, as it should be.
However, this is also an unreasonable appointment. Because Admiral Connery was born in the so-called "civilian service". Although he has been promoted in officialdom throughout his life, he has nothing that can be used and is convincing.
of military exploits.
Yes, this 53-year-old Admiral Connerys, who was born into a famous family and went to a prestigious school, has two doctorate degrees, has engaged in star exploration, archeology, managed armaments and personnel organizations, and managed propaganda.
I have organized large-scale activities and exercises, and even done financial management, but I just don’t have much practical experience.
It must be admitted that he did every job very well. During his tenure at the National Defense Commission, when he was managing the finances of the entire army, the accounts were definitely the best since the founding of the army.
This is the kind of general that the Lords of Earth like the most. And he is only in his fifties now. He is in the prime of life. He is not the right person to succeed Marshal Paris, an "old die-hard" from the War of Independence, as Minister of Military Command.
A natural candidate?
The only problem was that he had no experience in commanding actual combat troops, so it would not look good to be promoted directly to the position of military commander. So, under the arrangement of the Gongon princes, he served as the commander of the Solar System Fleet in the year before BC.
Lord Gongun probably also knows that although the Solar System Fleet is the most powerful actual combat force of the community and is also a special maneuver force, these are only forces on paper, and in fact there are very few actual combat opportunities.
This is probably why the officers and soldiers of the Outer Rim Fleet have always believed that they are the only strong force in the community, and that the Solar System Fleet is actually a proper road specimen.
Yang Xiyi was also from the Outer Ring Fleet, so it was inevitable that he would have this idea, but this was not out of prejudice, but from his own judgment. He was born as an intelligence officer, and he understood very well how to see the essence through intelligence.
In terms of actual combat experience, the solar system fleet is not even as good as the patrol fleets of some remote planets that have to fight pirates.
Of course, low-level actual combat experience is often not as good as high-level exercises and training. However, as far as Yang Xiyi knows, although there are many exercises of the local fleet, they are mostly for show and are far from being considered high-level.
No wonder General Picard is full of doubts about Commander Connerys.
"Our supreme commander is not like a soldier. He is more suitable for the Capitol of the Eternal City rather than the bridge of the Independence." General Picard sighed, looked at the gloomy Yang Xiyi, and comforted: "
Don’t worry, brother Yang, it’s a taboo for military strategists to prevent the generals from being at peace with each other and the three armies. I admit that I have emotions, but I am also a professional soldier, very disciplined, and I have not violated any of his orders. He ordered me to arrive before the 20th.
When we arrived at the middle section of the New World Highway, I led my troops to arrive three days in advance."
"So, does he have any further orders?" Yang Xiyi asked.
General Picard hesitated for a moment and then said: "You have been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Fleet. Of course, you will continue to hold the position of New World Defense Command concurrently, but you will have to work on the Independence in the future. I guess
, when His Excellency the Commander arrives here, the formal appointment will be issued."
"So, when will he arrive?" Yang Xiyi asked curiously.
"Of course we have to wait until the eighteen-nation joint military exercise in New Yumen begins! Don't worry, it's just a Marine Corps military exercise on the surface of the planet. No matter how big the scale is, it won't be much bigger. It will take another week at most."
"Your Excellency, Commander, you are really busy!" Yang Xiyi couldn't help but said.