The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 268 267. Psychic

There are hundreds of colonized galaxies that have responded to the Earth Federal Government's call for armed conscription.

Although due to factors such as the economy and military development level of each colonial galaxy, the distance and other factors, the military forces under their command cannot be as well-trained as the federal forces.

But what the federal government wants is an attitude.

In a sense, the call to arms is more like a "compliance test" from the central federal government to the local colonial galaxies.

The federal government did not expect the troops sent from these local colonial galaxies to achieve anything in the "Great Crusade".

These "cheap" colonial troops are mostly used as cannon fodder, exploration, and to consume the manpower of the Arazi Zerg.

In certain internal strategic meetings of the Federation that could never be made public, "consuming the war potential of the colonial galaxies" was the top priority of this decree.

The colonial armed forces, with varying levels of armament, varied even more widely in numbers.

Colonial galaxies that possess habitable planets, or operate labor-intensive industries and have large indigenous populations, are often able to dispatch expeditionary support forces numbering tens of thousands.

In those colonial galaxies with harsh living environments, such as mining galaxies and industrial raw material galaxies, it is even difficult to put together an indigenous militia force that has undergone at least three months of professional armed training.

This conscription order, known as the "armed head tax," directly made large companies and chaebol organizations operating mercenary security businesses in the federation earn a fortune.

Whether it's arming training for these colonized galaxies or renting security forces, prices are skyrocketing.

Under such circumstances, the Slade Galaxy, which had always been famous as a mineral galaxy, sent out 120,000 armed forces.

It really attracted the attention of all the colonized galaxies.

Everyone else is just sending a bunch of cannon fodder to make up the numbers, why is the Slade Galaxy so different? Do they want to show off so much?

Even the federal government's new interstellar marshal was surprised to hear the news.

But this is definitely good news for the federal government.

The Thraide Galaxy's display of respect not only made the new interstellar marshal feel proud, but also demonstrated the Collins family's loyalty to the federal government.

Naturally, the armed forces of the Thraide galaxy were promoted by the federal government as a positive example of an "excellent student".

Although the federal government does not have any hope for the colonial galaxy troops, some of the colonial galaxies are really going too far.

Two to three thousand miners were dispatched, and a batch of antique guns that were older than the workers were randomly purchased from the black market. They were given a simple video training for a week or two and then sent over.

These confused workers, the indigenous inhabitants of the colonial galaxy, had no idea what they would face next.

They went to the battlefield with those old antiques that would jam after every two shots, and the enemy they faced was the Arazi Zerg, which was famous for its numerical advantage.

Even the federal military, which had tacitly regarded the colonial galaxy's armed forces as cannon fodder, could no longer stand it.

"We are the Federation Expeditionary Force, not a garbage shelter!

The battlefield performance of all colonial galaxy armed forces will be included in the assessment and evaluation.

If the situation is too bad, the expeditionary headquarters will report to the federal government headquarters..."

After issuing a serious warning and criticizing a considerable number of colonial galaxy forces that tried to fish in troubled waters and sent people to make up the numbers.

The expeditionary command highly praised the Thraide galaxy, claiming that if all colonized galaxies had the ideological awareness of the Thraide galaxy, then the expeditionary commander would even have the confidence to wipe out the Arazi Zerg from the universe within half a year.

Originally, they were somewhat indifferent to the comparison of the forces of the various colonial galaxies, but when they learned about the strength of the armed forces sent by the Thraide galaxy, they were dumbfounded.

12 fully armed troops can be easily distinguished even with the naked eye. These troops with highly strict military discipline are by no means comparable to the colonial militia who have only received one or two months of military armed training.

What's even more outrageous is that the armed forces of the Thraide galaxy carry military equipment and armed vehicles in quantities, quality and scale that are comparable to the main mobile forces of the federal government's land forces.

Many weapons and vehicle designs that cannot be named give people a feeling that they look very sophisticated.

Even so, the United Government deliberately reduced the number of large-scale weapons weighing tens of thousands of tons, such as the Leviathan Dreadnought.

Various strategic weapons were not on display, in an effort to make the equipment level of the Thraide Galaxy's armed forces appear at the same level as the federal government's army.

"Damn Sam Collins, he's almost ruined all their family fortunes, right?!"

"Who knows? I heard that the Collins family's transformation was very successful. It seems that they have indeed made some achievements in the fields of arms manufacturing and mercenary security."

"I understand. The Collins family regards this expedition as an opportunity for advertising.

Using 120,000 elite armed forces for advertising?

It’s a big deal.”

“Just wait, they are very arrogant now.

When we get to the Zerg colony planet, we’ll beat them all without making a sound…”

The various colonial galaxy forces were talking about the Thraide galaxy's active participation.

Almost everyone is pessimistic about this.

No matter how glamorous your appearance is, you still have to speak with strength on the battlefield.

Weren’t the federal government troops also very powerful at the time?

As a result, less than an hour after landing, more than 100,000 soldiers were massacred by the Zerg.

While all parties were discussing this, the expeditionary force command had already begun to make relevant operational deployments.

The previous expeditionary force commander was implicated in the "Clandaff Rout" and has resigned.

The new commander is a trusted subordinate of the new interstellar marshal.

Naturally, we will do our best to fully implement the strategic deployment of the Interstellar Marshal.

First, we need to deal with the numerous Arach Zerg colony planets outside the Clandaf galaxy.

After eliminating these unstable factors, we will concentrate our forces to deal with the core planets that are "heavily guarded" by the Zerg.

In the specific process of action, it is also necessary to implicitly implement the "elimination of low-quality population" and reduce the federal government's future high welfare fiscal expenditures.

Millions of colonial galaxy armed forces were sent to the outer Zerg colony planets to carry out lower-intensity landing operations.

The troops directly under the federal government army were sent to carry out some more important and higher-level tasks.

On the surface, the federal government has been fair and just, but battles involving direct troops are more dangerous.

But only the soldiers who are actually participating in the combat on the front line know that the air strikes and fire support from the Federal Air Force and Starfleet Force serve almost exclusively the federal government forces.

The armed forces of the colonial galaxies can only rely on the pitifully small amount of heavy firepower they carry to fight against the Zerg army.

The department responsible for the arrangement of specific tactical tasks is the most mysterious core department of the Earth Federation Government: the Psychic Strategic Force.

Under the rule of the Earth Federation Government, there is a group of people who have evolved special telepathic or psychic abilities.

They are called "psychics". Since the discovery of psychics, the Earth Federal Government has established a special service agency to monitor and manage psychics as a spiritual resource.

After hundreds of years of development, psychics have become the absolute main force in the senior management of the federal military and political system because of their own powerful advantages.

Carl is such a "psychic".

When he was a student, he was discovered to have the ability to "read minds", and he was able to communicate telepathically with humans and animals on a spiritual level.

Influenced by the "Arachi Zerg Attack on Earth", he and his classmates responded to the call of the federal government and joined the army.

As a "psychic", he easily passed the federal military assessment and was assigned to the Psychic Strategic Force, known as the "Cradle of Federal Marshals."

It can almost be said to be a step to heaven.

His classmates and good friends, Carmen, Rico and others, can only serve in the front-line starship forces and the Mobile Infantry Regiment.

Through reflection on the "Clandaff Rout" and summarizing the lessons learned, the Earth Federation Government finally began to pay attention to the Arazi Zerg.

The command of Zerg forces, the ruling class, the brain worms, and the possible existence of higher-level Zerg commanders are the focus of research on the Psychic Strategic Force.

To this end, the expeditionary force did not hesitate to use the elite of the federal government troops as bait, trying to lure out the senior commanders of the Zerg for capture and experimental research.

“A week ago, Marshal Lip, who was in charge of literature and art propaganda, went to the Whiskey Outpost on Planet P to express his condolences.

Then an alarm was sounded at the Whiskey Outpost, claiming that it was attacked by Zerg.

But as far as we know, there were no signs of Zerg activity within 300 kilometers around Whiskey Outpost before this.

We have reason to suspect that this was a purposeful and premeditated attack by the Arazi Zerg against senior members of the federal government.

A week has passed, and Marshal Lip's remote vital signs monitoring is still active.

However, outer space monitoring showed that the Whiskey Outpost was dead silent, with no signal response and no signs of Zerg activity.

Carl immediately formulated a combat plan and arranged the nearest elite mobile infantry regiment: the Tough Guy Regiment, to go to the Whiskey Post to carry out a search and rescue mission.

But you must remember that rescue is not the primary goal. The important thing is to lure out the high-level Zerg commander hiding underground.

The Star Marshal has secretly ordered that the Tough Guys and even Marshal Lip can be sacrificed when necessary..."

Carl was startled when he heard the instructions from his immediate superior.

In order to gain the upper hand in the "Human-Insect War", the federal government even sacrificed a marshal.

Compared with the senior Zerg commander, a marshal in charge of literary and artistic propaganda has become insignificant.

However, what frightened Carl the most was the elite unit number "Tough Guy Regiment".

Because not long ago, his classmate and good friend Rui Ge excitedly told him that after fighting hard, he finally succeeded in joining the elite force of the Mobile Infantry Regiment: the Tough Guy Regiment.

It seemed that he saw the struggle in Carl's heart.

"Karl, as a member of the Psychic Strategy Force, you must put aside your personal emotions.

In our eyes, there are no classmates or comrades-in-arms.

Every federal government army unit and every soldier is a chess piece in our tactical deployment to achieve our strategic goals.

The process is not important, we only look at the result!"

After giving Carl a final reminder, his immediate superior left.

As "psychics," the future ruling class of the federal government are taught from the outset to reject the emotions of ordinary people.

The direct superior knew that among the "tough guy troops" acting as bait, there were Carl's classmates and friends.

In addition to trapping the senior commander of the Arazi Zerg, this was also a "test of obedience" for Carl.

As a regime with highly centralized military power, the federal government has a strict internal hierarchy.

Only "psychics" can join the Psychic Strategic Force, and they are recognized as "high-quality humans" within the federal government.

They were trained as middle and high-level ruling class.

And those ordinary people, who are the largest in number and the most ordinary, are civilians in society and can only serve as front-line mobile infantry regiments in the army.

Seen as a burden and a consumable.

With certain skills and knowledge, through acquired efforts and family support, one can become a doctor, lawyer, scientist in society, or a high-level soldier in the military such as the starship force.

These people are considered the backbone of the federal government.

But even the starship force is just a heavy chess piece in the eyes of the psychic strategy force.

The federal government never makes this strict hierarchy public, but no matter how it is concealed, it always exists objectively.

Carl knew he had to make a choice now.

In fact, he had no choice at all.

My immediate superior has said so much, which means that there is no chance of recovery.

The "Hard Man" troops must search and rescue Marshal Lipp.

They, including the marshal, will all be baits to lure the brain worms out.

Carl numbly followed orders and issued this nearly suicidal order to the "tough guy" troops on standby at the front line.

He arranges this kind of "suicide mission" almost every day.

But when it really came to his classmates and friends, he truly realized that the military orders were not a series of meaningless numbers, but real people.

Perhaps it is because he has not been in the Psychological Strategy Force for too long, and his humanity has not yet been destroyed by such cruel "obedience training".

Or maybe I recalled the little things I did with my classmates and friends during college.

After struggling for a long time, Carl finally used his command authority to add a colonial galaxy armed force to the defense zone where the "Tough Guy" troops were once stationed.

Once the "tough guy" troops are attacked, the nearest garrison troops are obliged to go to support.

After much deliberation, Carl finally chose the Slade Galaxy Force, which was the strongest colonial galaxy armed force on paper, to garrison.

"Brother Rui, I've tried my best. I can only help you up to this point..."

Looking at the P star defense zone deployment map, Carl sighed deeply.

On the other side, the "Atonement Army" of the Thraide Galaxy, which received the order to change guard, finally transported a large number of weapons and vehicles to the new defense zone with the help of dozens of transport ships.

The "Atonement Army" did not have to wait too long, as calls for help from friendly forces on the front line soon came in frantically.

(End of this chapter)