The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 299 298. Living Dead Virus

The soldiers of the United Government Army in the Twelve Energy Star Systems were not aware of what was happening in the core area of ​​the Federation.

Because they were busy fighting countless federal government troops that were landing.

The soldiers of the United Nations government forces soon experienced the bitter consequences of losing air superiority.

This is despite the fact that each person has received the blessing of [democracy’s election] and has military training standards that far exceed those of the federal government’s military.

In terms of military quality and physical fitness alone, the two sides are not at the same level at all.

But in interstellar wars, the quality of ground force combatants is only one of many important factors that affect the outcome of the war.

Without the escort of the star fleet, the United Government quickly lost control of the outer space of the planets in the Twelve Energy Star Systems.

Soon after, the federal government's military gradually seized air supremacy within the atmospheres of various planets.

In order to ensure victory in this civil war, Marshal Meru made promises to many chaebols, families, and groups before the war started.

After victory in the future war, all members of the [Anti-Armament Ban United Front Alliance] will be thoroughly liquidated.

Control of nearly three hundred local colonial galaxies will be vacant.

At that time, the Earth Federation Government will carry out "power redistribution" based on the support of various chaebols, families, and groups for the federal government in the civil war.

This time, it is no longer a simple benefit like a "national defense order".

Rather, it determines the ownership of hundreds of local colonized star systems.

Since the establishment of the Earth Federation Government, there has never been such a large-scale change.

Within the federal government, those well-known forces that think they have the power to get involved are all gearing up for action.

No one wants to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Perhaps with a little effort, they can leap from an unknown small or medium-sized chaebol company to a ruler who has the power of life and death over an entire local colonial galaxy.

The temptation of power is far more exciting than simple money, and it can drive people crazy.

Marshal Meru did not use any additional defense budget or fiscal expenditure.

Just by relying on a series of half-hidden distribution of benefits after victory in the future war, it successfully attracted countless chaebols, families, and companies.

Many forces contributed money and manpower, and massive war resources began to converge on the federal government side in the civil war.

Although the quality of war resources provided by those chaebols, families, and companies varies greatly.

There are no uniform standards for the quality of troops, weapons and equipment, and various emergency war materials.

But the number is absolutely terrifying.

As for the consequences of failure in the civil war, most of the chaebols, families, and corporate forces involved had never thought about it.

In past history, the federal government's absolute dominance in the military field has given everyone sufficient confidence.

Not to mention that with the support of more and more forces, the federal government is increasingly feeling that it has the support of many people.

No matter what era, people prefer to add icing on the cake with lower risks rather than provide timely help.

In the "Energy Twelve Star Systems" battle, the federal government, which has an absolute crushing position in terms of the number and scale of starship forces, has clearly gained an advantage.

With such a massive enemy army and the investment of war resources.

For the first time, the main force of the United Government Army in the Twelve Energy Star Systems felt the pressure of war from the Starship Troopers dimension.

“Is the other side crazy?

Do you think you can capture the cluster of permanent fortification bases we occupy with your flesh and blood?"

In the base of the 6th Mobile Corps of the Heavy Guard Division, Peter could not remember how many times he had repelled the enemy's attack.

The planetary defense center where they were stationed was the most solid cluster of permanent fortifications on the planet.

In addition, the garrison troops are the elite first- and second-line troops among the main forces of the coalition government.

The federal government army on the opposite side wanted to win the battle simply by relying on numbers, which was too disrespectful of the soldiers of the Heavy Guard Division.

But even in this situation, the troops launching "suicide attacks" on the planet's defense center never stopped for almost 24 hours.

The number of troops surrounding the planet is more than ten times the number of troops stationed by the United Government in the planet’s defense center.

As for the enemy troops that have already landed on the planet's surface, judging from the large number of landing ships, the number of enemy reinforcements on the ground may have reached 10 million? Even 20 million? 30 million?

"They are just some unlucky guys who were ordered to launch a forced attack.

Their only purpose is to consume our ammunition and launch a tiring offensive against us.

The unmanned equipment responsible for reconnaissance of the regiment has been discovered, and there are supervision teams supervising the battle behind these troops.

All enemy troops that enter within 1.5 kilometers of the planet's defense center will have only two outcomes.

They will either be beaten to death by us or shot by the supervision team behind them..."

The captain of the fearless mecha crew shared the news he had just received from the regiment headquarters with Peter and others.

The cruelty of war is always more horrifying and despairing than what is described in film, television and literary works.

In fact, the federal government did not send many troops to this planet.

The vast majority of the supporting troops came from the chaebols, families, and corporate forces.

The indigenous people in various local colonial galaxies received only a few weeks of temporary military training before they were forcibly conscripted and sent to the battlefield of permanent fortification clusters garrisoned by the main forces of the United Government Army.

The weapons distributed were all those that had been eliminated by the federal government’s military, or were unsalable goods that were stored in the warehouses of various military-industrial tycoons and corporate forces.

The average survival time of an indigenous soldier who sets foot on the battlefield of the planet's defense center is less than sixteen seconds.

The most terrifying thing is that these indigenous soldiers had no choice at all.

In peacetime, the indigenous people of these local colonized galaxies are not recognized at all in the eyes of the United Government.

At that time, they were still able to complain about the discrimination and injustice they encountered through protest marches.

But when the civil war engulfed the entire federal government, they realized that the real doomsday was beginning to approach.

Those financial tycoons, families, and corporate forces that truly control the power of life and death in local colonial galaxies.

With one order, these indigenous people who are not recognized by the federal government will be sent to the battlefield and begin their journey as cannon fodder.

First, veterans with military service and experience were drafted.

Next come adult males over 25 who have received more than three months of federal military training, a full cycle.

Next came all adult males over the age of 18, and the military training period was greatly reduced from the original three months to within one month.

The tycoons, families, and companies that rule the local colonial galaxies have been constantly promoting the idea that this is a war fought for the sake of future generations of the indigenous people.

If these indigenous people don't go to the battlefield, their descendants will have to sacrifice for them.

But this propaganda quickly became outdated as the war intensified.

Because even many local colonized galaxies have begun to lower the age of compulsory conscription to 14-16 years old. This truly enables three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to go to the battlefield together.

No matter what the federal government and local colonial galaxy ruling forces promote.

Many indigenous people knew clearly that this civil war had nothing to do with them.

Regardless of the outcome of the civil war, what will change is only the ruling class of these indigenous peoples.

Even if the federal government collapses, the people most affected will be the federal citizens who have enjoyed high welfare policies throughout their lives.

I have no right to enjoy the benefits.

Now that the war has started, do you need me to fight for my life?
There are many indigenous people who can see this truth clearly, but unfortunately, they have no ability to resist at all.

In the interstellar age, the hierarchy of human society has become even stricter.

The wealthy people of the various colonial galaxies, small and medium-sized families, and non-core members of the chaebol forces can only be regarded as marginal figures in the federal government system.

The saddest thing for ordinary natives of colonial galaxies is that they can learn about the federal government’s brilliant technology, convenient civilian technology, and the dreamlike life on their home planet Earth through the quantum communication technology of the interstellar era.

But while they were amazed, they could only accept painfully that all this had nothing to do with them.

That is everything that belongs only to the citizens of the Federation and the people in the core areas of the Federation.

They charged forward numbly in formation on the battlefield, fell down in pain after being shot, or collapsed in fear, cowering to move forward, and were shot dead by the supervisory teams behind them.

If you are lucky, you will be assigned to the "corpse collecting team", crawling on the battlefield to collect the uniforms and weapons of the fallen soldiers.

Some of the blood-stained uniforms and weapons did not even have time to be washed. After a simple wipe, they were handed over to the next batch of cannon fodder soldiers waiting to charge.

Until the troops in their war zone were exhausted, those members of the "corpse-collecting team" who were lucky enough to have escaped were distributed antique firearms that were old enough to be their grandfathers.

Under the watchful eyes of the supervision team, they, like their fathers and grandfathers, stepped onto the battlefield to fight for the interests of chaebols, families and companies.

“Boom~Bang~Bang~”

Peter touched his ears which were numb from the shock. The slight vibration above his head came from the bunker-buster bombs dropped by the atmospheric air force under the federal government's starship force.

This kind of weapon can only hit buildings 300 meters underground at most, which is just a superficial injury to the planet's defense center.

Above low-Earth orbit, heavy orbital ship-borne artillery, high-energy particle beams, and various tactical nuclear bomb projectors from the Federation starship forces continuously bombard the planet's defense center.

The way the Earth Federation Government waged war had not changed fundamentally in hundreds of years.

After a large-scale air raid and bombing, countless cannon fodder groups charged forward.

After several rounds of this, the ammunition reserves of the heavy vanguard division were consumed, and the enemy was forced to concentrate highly and tense for several hours.

This was followed by a round of tentative elite raids.

If the offensive is successful, the probing attack will be fully upgraded.

If the offensive fails, they will once again launch large-scale air strikes and bombings, followed by another exhausting offensive by the cannon fodder army.

This cycle repeats itself until the United Government forces stationed at the planet's defense center reveal a flaw.

This kind of "hawk-like battle" where one has to retreat and defend is a torture for both sides.

For the main force of the coalition government forces, it was even more frustrating.

But there is no other way. This is the best way for the coalition government forces to exert their advantages after they lost air superiority.

The war was at a stalemate for nearly a week, and the troops of both sides in the Twelve Energy Star Systems were somewhat exhausted.

Far away in the core area of ​​the Earth’s federal government, the situation on the mother planet Earth is also terrible.

Marshal Meru insisted on using the military police and security forces in the core area to deal with the emergency health incident caused by the recent bio-terrorist attack.

But this thing named "Zombie Virus" by the Federal Ministry of Health is much more troublesome than she imagined.

In just one week, it completely swept the entire planet.

You know, this is the mother planet of the Earth, which has an extremely high level of military security.

Initially, the federal government set up centralized shelters in cities where the virus had broken out.

A large number of medical staff were dispatched to provide centralized treatment for those infected people.

But as more and more infected people mutated into violent "living dead", they frantically attacked all living people within their sight.

The order on the entire mother planet Earth was completely disrupted.

By the seventh day, the federal government had completely given up on the infected. Any federal citizen with symptoms of infection or signs of pupil abnormalities would be shot.

Marshal Meru even received a warning from the home planet's garrison that the federal government had completely lost effective control over most of the cities on the home planet.

Originally, the situation should not have been so exaggerated. After all, no matter how powerful the T virus is, the combat effectiveness of the transformed zombies is far inferior to that of the alien deformed ones.

But at this time, the mother planet Earth was almost crowded with dignitaries and wealthy people who came to seek refuge from various star regions of the Federation.

These powerful figures who have connections in various local colonial galaxies have complex relationships with members of the federal government parliament and various monopoly financial and corporate forces.

Even Marshal Meru did not dare to offend most of the federal elite at the same time.

The order to "armedly clean up the living dead" was shelved.

Until the situation becomes completely irreversible.

A large number of the mother planet's garrison troops fell under the attack of the virus.

The limited armed personnel are concentrated around important ground military bases on the federal government’s home planet.

Marshal Meru emphasized that he would stand together with all the citizens of his home planet.

However, in fact, the one who remained on the mother planet was her substitute puppet.

The Star Marshal himself had long since moved to a safer lunar base.

At the same time, Marshal Meru was also attacked by many powerful forces such as monopoly tycoons, families, and companies.

Because this biological terrorist attack on the mother planet Earth has posed a real threat to the powerful forces behind the scenes who control the entire federal government.

Marshal Meru was able to endure the protests from the people of the Federation, and even the protests from the Federation's citizen groups.

But facing these wealthy and powerful forces, Marshal Meru had to calm down and think about the consequences.

So the news that a group of starships were being transferred to the front line to defend the core area of ​​the federal government soon leaked out.

As soon as the news came out, Director Joseph received the latest instructions from the "big shot".

Those members of the Gust gang who were suspected to be spies from the Thraide Galaxy were released from their cramped detention rooms, and their food and accommodation standards were comprehensively improved.

In addition to restrictions on their freedom of movement, these people will no longer be considered "criminals who carry out terrorist acts."

Although he lost the information channels to communicate with the outside world after being detained, Gust still knew clearly that his action was successful.

(End of this chapter)