The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 301 300. End, Fermentation, and Decision
The defeat of the Earth Federation Government’s forces on the planets of the “Twelve Energy Galaxies” was foreseeable.

After all, not many people can survive a round against the Titan behemoths that are hundreds of meters tall, the Leviathan dreadnought mechas that weigh at least ten thousand tons, and those charging interstellar legion soldiers.

In fact, the moment these elite forces under the Thraide Galaxy appeared, the soldiers of the Earth Federation Government who had truly experienced the "Human-Insect War" knew it.

They have already lost, and what follows is just "garbage time".

The armed forces of those chaebols, companies, and families who only know how to fight when the wind is in their favor are even more vulnerable.

These third-rate armed forces that were forced to take shape, except for a few private armies that were heavily invested in by the military-industrial tycoons, are mostly just at the level of local colonial planet security garrisons.

It was already difficult to face those ferocious interstellar pirates, let alone fight against the main force of the United Government Army in the Thraide Galaxy.

In fact, when the United Government launched an army of alien deformed monsters onto the planet "Energy Twelve Galaxy".

When they saw these "armies of biological warfare machines", many chaebols and family-armed soldiers were terrified.

You know, those basic war bugs of the Arazi Zerg are already scary enough in their eyes.

Not to mention that the individual combat power of the soldiers completely crushes the alien deformed form of the Arazi war insects.

As for those alien-Kaijurchen hybrids that weigh thousands of tons, they are even more terrifying war machines that are daunting.

After realizing that they had no chance of winning the war, more and more chaebols and family armed forces began to surrender in an organized manner.

Those armed forces that faced the main forces of the United Government or even the Interstellar Legion were considered lucky.

Because at least the other side will accept their surrender.

However, those planetary troops facing the alien deformed army, Titan biological clusters, and Leviathan dreadnought mechas are not so lucky.

Even if they laid down their weapons and knelt down in surrender, they would not receive any mercy from the enemy.

Of course, the actions of the chaebol family armed forces inevitably affected the morale of the mobile infantry regiment, which was also a friendly force.

When you face the toughest enemy you have ever seen in your military career, and you still grit your teeth and fight to the death.

Your friendly forces have spinelessly chosen to give up, handing over important defensive positions to the enemy.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for the regular army of the Earth Federation Government to avoid collapse.

No matter how harshly the head of the planet where the Earth Federation Government Army is located uses his words, no matter how he warns those spineless friendly forces.

None of them can change the trend of the gradual collapse of the defenses of various planets.

Because even those chaebols and senior officers of the family armed forces gradually lost control over their troops.

When the offensive was going smoothly, the only unstable factors among these third-rate troops were the cannon fodder troops who refused to die obediently.

But as the situation deteriorated, even the Earth Federation government forces were unable to resist the enemy.

From top to bottom, the third-rate troops, whether they were cannon fodder soldiers or supervisors at the back, were all hoping to surrender quickly and end the battle with dignity.

It's not that there aren't some loyal warriors who "care about the federal government" and want to fight to the last man on the planet they are responsible for.

But not long after these guys shouted the slogans, they were killed by the officers below who united and shot them secretly.

If the front-line officers do not kill these brainless armed forces leaders, they will be killed first by their own terrified supervisory team members.

If the supervisors do not try every means to "revolt and mutiny", once the battle begins, no one can guarantee that the cannon fodder troops they supervise will not turn their guns around and fight to the death with the supervisors they hate before setting foot on the battlefield where they are bound to die.

From top to bottom, people at every level are under high pressure.

The instinct for survival makes these soldiers who are forced to go to the battlefield do terrible things.

The mutiny in the troops happened almost instantly.

Smart officers have already made responses that best suit the current situation.

More and more chaebols and family armed forces surrendered in an organized manner.

While the United Government forces chose to accept the surrender, they did not have the extra energy to guard the prisoners.

Their response methods are often simple and crude.

Re-commanding the surrendered chaebols, the family armed forces armed themselves and began to attack their former allies, the Earth Federation forces that were still resisting stubbornly.

This was seen by the coalition government forces as a "pledge of allegiance".

Those who are willing to launch an attack are those who sincerely want to surrender.

Those who hesitate and start to find various excuses to refuse to fight will be regarded as false surrender and will be shot on the spot.

Soon, confusing battlefield scenes began to appear on various planets.

The troops, all wearing the same Earth Federation uniforms, were fighting each other.

The troops from the Thraide galaxy were fully armed and lined up at the edge of the battlefield to supervise the battle.

Naturally, the coalition government would not have much mercy on these surrendered enemies.

The main force of the United Nations government army even looked down on these troops who retreated at the critical moment.

As for the regular army of the Earth Federation, it is even more impossible for them to let go of these friendly troops who betrayed them on the battlefield.

The ground forces gradually collapsed, and the starship forces that the Earth Federation valued the most were not in a much better situation.

If it were only a fleet of nearly a thousand space battleships, the Supreme Commander of the Federation Star Fleet felt that they would still be able to fight.

But with the emergence of the "Three-Body Fortress", this high-attack and high-defense interstellar war fortress has eclipsed the Earth Federation starship forces.

At the cost of more than 280 main interstellar battleships, they only managed to eliminate 20 to 30 space battleships from the Thraide galaxy.

The daunting "Three-Body Fortress" is still in the starry sky, steadily and ruthlessly harvesting the interstellar battleships belonging to the Earth Federation Government.

The supreme commander of the Earth Federation star fleet still cannot accept the reality.

"Why does the damn Thraide galaxy have such a horrible space war fortress?"

He thought about it over and over again, but couldn't understand how a remote colonial galaxy could have such powerful starship research and development and construction capabilities.

You know, interstellar battleships are not like those low-tech military products such as individual firearms, artillery, and ground vehicles.

A Starry-class destroyer with the lowest combat sequence in the Earth Federation star fleet's main force.

Even if its complete set of design drawings were copied one-to-one and thrown to all local colonial galaxy forces.

Even if there is enough funding, it would be impossible to build it without ten or eight years.

Because the Earth Federal Government’s blockade of interstellar battleship-related technologies and manufacturing equipment is extremely strict.

Only in the core area, those monopoly military-industrial tycoons that have close ties with the Earth Federal Government are qualified to produce and build.

For hundreds of years, the colonial galaxy forces did not even have the technical reserves, facilities and equipment to build the lowest-tech outer armor of a main battleship.

How is it possible to design and build a "space war fortress" that can crush the Earth Federation's main starships in one step?
At this moment, the supreme commander of the star fleet was full of doubts. He even began to suspect whether the star fleet had been completely infiltrated by the Thraide Galaxy and whether there were a large number of spies.

But the starship officers in charge of frontline combat command don't have the time to play guessing games with the Supreme Commander on the battlefield. "Your Excellency, the Twelve Energy Stars can no longer be defended.

The ground troops' requests for help are becoming more urgent with each planet.

We don’t have any reserve troops left.”

"Your Excellency, Commander, you must make a decision soon.

If we evacuate and transfer in time, perhaps we can still retain important manpower for the Federation Starfleet Force..."

“Sir, the collapse of the Energy Twelve Star Systems’ ground forces is a foregone conclusion.

Even if our star fleet drags on until the end, there is no way we can save the situation."

"Sir, it's time to give the order!"

The encrypted communication channel of the Earth Federation Starfleet was buzzing with noise, as the commanders of each starship kept persuading the supreme commander to make a decision early.

The implication of everyone's words was to abandon the ground troops still resisting in the Twelve Energy Star Systems and evacuate as soon as possible.

The Supreme Commander also knew clearly that this was the best decision to preserve the vitality of the Earth Federal Government's starship forces.

Once all the ground forces are defeated, even if the starship forces win, it will not change the fact that the Earth Federation has lost control of the energy of the twelve galaxies.

What's more, the star fleet is still a long way from "victory".

Whoever dares to make this decision will bear the biggest blame for the defeat in the "Energy Twelve Galaxies" battle.

The supreme commander felt his throat tighten as everyone was waiting for him to give the order to retreat.

Everyone wanted him to take the biggest blame.

"Order, the entire army will move forward and retreat to the Leipzig system to build a defense line..."

In the end, he had no choice but to issue the order to retreat.

If we continue to procrastinate, it will only result in more casualties and will not be able to change the collapsing situation.

After receiving the evacuation order, the commanders of various starship units, starship captains, and officers all breathed a sigh of relief.

The light spears fired by the "Three-Body Fortress" in the Thraide Galaxy were randomly shot at the Earth Federation starship forces like drawing a blind box.

Not everyone has the courage to be hit head-on by the "light spear" and melted instantly.

Once the evacuation order is issued, it also means the abandonment of the ground forces within the twelve energy star systems.

Gather the troops, board the ship, and evacuate...

The starship forces simply did not have enough time to complete the transfer of ground forces.

As one starship after another accelerated away from the battlefield, they activated their superluminal jump engines.

This great battle that took place in the "Twelve Energy Star Systems" has finally come to an end.

The aftermath of the battle and the impact of victory or defeat are still gradually fermenting.

But for those truly powerful people in the Earth Federation, the information currently available is enough to support them in making some key decisions.

It is no exaggeration to say that those all-powerful federal noble families and monopoly tycoons who are in the core area of ​​the Earth Federation learned the news of the outcome of the "Twelve Energy Star Systems" war even faster than the front-line soldiers and officers of the mobile forces on the planets of the "Twelve Energy Star Systems".

Harry Kane was one of the first people in the core area of ​​the Federation to receive the news.

He and his family control nearly 30% of the medical research and development and production capabilities in the core area.

Kane Pharmaceuticals is an absolute monopoly pharmaceutical giant in the core area and as many as one hundred and twenty-three local colonial galaxies.

Like other monopoly tycoons and families, the Kane family achieved great success in business. After accumulating massive wealth, they also extended their tentacles to the military and political circles.

By Harry Kane's generation, the Kane family has supported nearly a hundred federal lawmakers through political donations.

Many middle-level command officers in the Star Fleet and the Army Mobile Infantry Regiment were also bribed.

But unfortunately, he was the behind-the-scenes supporter of the previous Star Marshal.

The Kane family was suppressed after the new interstellar marshal came to power.

The monopoly military-industrial chaebol alliance replaced the monopoly pharmaceutical chaebol headed by Kane Pharmaceuticals and became the most powerful chaebol force in the Federation.

Taking sides is a science.

The more powerful a chaebol family is, the more carefully it should choose its side during the change of federal regime.

Now is the time when the monopoly military-industrial chaebol alliance is in the limelight.

Harry Kane wisely chose to lie dormant until the chief of security at an airport asked him for help and begged him to accept his allegiance.

In the past, the head of an airport security bureau was not qualified to answer his own phone calls.

But the existence of the "Slade Galaxy Spy" has aroused the interest of the head of this monopoly pharmaceutical chaebol family.

“Are you sure?
Has the Federation Star Fleet really evacuated the Twelve Star Systems?"

"Yes, Lord Kane.

The two captains of the main battleships we supported in the star fleet have confirmed the accuracy of the intelligence to us through encrypted communications.

Moreover, when the starship forces evacuated, they did not assist the ground forces in their transfer.

The consortium's military think tanks analyzed that either the starship forces were defeated too quickly and did not have time to evacuate the ground forces.

Either the ground battlefield is on the verge of collapse and there is no value in evacuating..."

"How could the troops of the Thraide system push the Federation Army to this extent?"

After listening to the report from his subordinates, Harry Kane fell into thought.

"What's going on at the lunar military base recently?"

"The channels we have at our disposal can only confirm that Marshal Meru is hiding on the moon base.

The specific circumstances are unclear.

However, there are reports that the federal strategic military equipment base is on standby for war.”

After gathering all the information and intelligence, Harry Kane fell into thought again.

Kane Pharmaceuticals’ current scale and influence are certainly not achieved by abiding by laws and regulations and operating honestly.

The blood on the hands of Harry Kane's parents and ancestors is no less than that of those military-industrial monopoly tycoons.

It is the gambling-like decisions and ruthless and decisive style of action that have made Kane Pharmaceuticals what it is today.

Harry Kane knows that now is the time to make his own choice.

(End of this chapter)