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Kolev saluted with a proper military gesture.

Edwan, standing nearby, clutched his head with both hands, then spread his arms and shouted, "So, did you come here to hold a meeting just to show me the most basic respect? Can you respect my opinion?" Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⟡𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵

"Yes," Yang Ming nodded.

Edwan glared at him fiercely and cursed, "Then you'd better come back alive so I can properly judge you!"

"Don't raise the flag," Yang Ming said leisurely, "This kind of war is just a small scene."

Edwan suddenly thought of another identity of Yang Ming's and wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.

The man in front of him, who single-handedly piloted a Mecha against the Insect Queen, attacked the powerful fleet of the New Federation alone... Indeed, the conflict between Wind and the enemy country is a small scene.

"Then I'll organize the logistics," Edwan said with a bitter smile, "If we lose the war, the economy will immediately collapse, our risk resistance is still too weak."

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Edwan nodded in agreement, and Yang Ming, having no more worries, decided to face the Sherman Empire's war proxy head-on.

Of course, before proceeding with his own plans, he still needed to do a lot of preparation work.

An adequate general needs to accurately capture changes in the situation.

An astute leader, however, can guide changes in the situation.

When Yang Ming returned to Wind, the situation between the Nonar United Kingdom and Luofeng Empire had not escalated to the brink of war.

The United Kingdom was only mobilizing troops and continuously holding military exercises near the border of Luofeng Empire, with no clearer signal of war.

In this situation, allowing the enemy to fully prepare is tantamount to increasing the difficulty for one's side.

On his way from Ilando Star to Dark Star, Yang Ming commanded Lyu to do a few small things.

First, stir up war topics within the United Kingdom, using the United Kingdom's disgraceful defeat last time to provoke the public's emotions.

Second, widely release misinformation saying that Luofeng Empire is about to launch a retaliatory attack against the United Kingdom.

Third, attack the military network of the United Kingdom, steal the opponent's military secrets, and deliberately leave traces so that the opponent knows their military intentions have been exposed.

Coordinating with this, a large-scale fleet assembly started within Luofeng Empire.

The First, Second, and Fourth Defense Fleets began assembling at the border, while the entire Third Defense Fleet remained hidden, creating pressure on the opponent.

Luofeng Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs dispatched an envoy to the United Kingdom's Head Star with great fanfare, demanding massive compensation for the last war.

Meanwhile, Luofeng Empire formally submitted a note to their sovereign country, the Sherman Empire, requesting the Sherman Empire to condemn the Nonar United Kingdom and seek justice for Wind.

The effects of these maneuvers were very obvious.

On the third day after Yang Ming returned to Wind, the Luofeng Empire's mission arrived at the opponent's Head Star but was refused entry at the door.

The Prime Minister of the Nonar United Kingdom delivered a famous 'Doomsday' speech.

With the dramatic tension of a seasoned stage actor, he listed Luofeng Empire's wolfish ambitions, denouncing Luofeng Empire as a destroyer of peace and a new dark force rising in the Milky Way, declaring that if they did not exert all efforts to contain Luofeng Empire at this time, they would soon be annexed by them.

This Prime Minister also described the Wind Alliance as Luofeng Empire's 'greedy annexation of small neighboring countries';

The battle eleven months ago, in which the Nonar United Kingdom suffered a disastrous defeat, was 'a complete farce orchestrated by Luofeng Empire', causing them 'to launch a battle that was a severe misjudgment of the opponent at the wrong time without adequate preparation', leading to 'great national humiliation'.

Now, they must stand up, all citizens must be ready to align their fate with the fate of the nation, and launch a righteous self-defense war against the evil Luofeng Empire!

Before this public speech ended, the 'massive' fleet assembled by the Nonar United Kingdom at the border began to transition toward the border of Luofeng Empire.

They deployed unprecedented military strength.

4 large Shield Ships, 22 medium-sized Shield Ships, 2 space carriers, 3 heavy battleships, 43 medium-sized battleships, 127 light battlecruisers, 218 star patrol ships ranging from 300 to 600 meters, and 130 fire-support ships over 300 meters, as well as 229 comprehensive supply and transport ships.

Additionally, the heavy battleships were equipped with supercomputing mainframes capable of instantaneous calculations in complex battlefield environments.

A powerful fleet of nearly eight hundred warships grandly appeared outside the borders delineated by the Luofeng Empire.

This is enough military strength to sweep through the nearby small and medium-sized countries.

After suffering heavy losses last time, how could the Nonar United Kingdom muster such a large fleet within a year?

Not to mention their domestic populace, even the junior officers of the United Kingdom know nothing about it.

These ships are not just for show; one-third of them are "mysterious mercenaries," with advanced ships and well-trained crews, reacting faster than the United Kingdom's regular forces.

But in any case, for the Nonar United Kingdom, they have already sent out their elite, pressed with all they have.

In response, the Luofeng Empire gathered all the "visible forces" they could deploy, including the main battleship formations from the allied three minor countries.

32 medium and large shield ships, six small and medium aerospace carriers, 17 medium battleships, 82 light battlecruisers, 184 various types of star patrol ships, 95 two-hundred-meter-class firepower replenishment ships, and 140 integrated supply ships.

No battlefield supercomputer main brain.

On the surface, the military strength of the Luofeng Empire has already been overwhelmed by the opponent.

Within the four major defense fleets of the Luofeng Empire, there is a considerable number of small warships, which in such a battle, are just cannon fodder that explode on contact, with no need to be deployed.

One small transport ship after another, marked as interstellar journalists' ships, appeared outside the battlefield.

Under the manipulation of a particular person—Boss Yang, the second confrontation between the Luofeng Empire and the Nonar United Kingdom was externally announced as a "regional hegemonic status" struggle.

If both countries were to suffer losses in this battle, it would be an opportunity for other countries to develop.

The fleets of both sides entered the farthest range of exploration, each maintaining restraint, starting this pre-battle standoff.

Having already gone to war once before, this time there was a bit of "personal grudge," immediately setting up their battle formations.

The Luofeng Empire continued with the "fence" tactic, fully utilizing the effects of the shield ships and integrated supply systems.

While the Nonar United Kingdom's fleet adopted the classic "Sky Wall" firepower deployment tactic, aiming to maintain distance, leverage firepower advantages, focusing on a war of sustained attrition to crush the shield ship supply system of the Luofeng Empire.

Such a vast scale of warship groups on both sides... actually only represents half of the combat cluster strength of the Sherman Empire's expeditionary army back then.

Meanwhile, on the border in another direction of the Nonar United Kingdom, one ship after another maintained silence while swiftly passing by a "normally operating" sentry boundary stele.

In each ship, thirty percent were high-fidelity simulacrum robots from Dark Star's mechanical thought bodies, seventy percent mechanical guards, directly or indirectly controlled by these thought bodies.

They all donned Wind military uniforms, and they adjusted their appearances to match a batch of Wind soldiers.

After silently crossing the boundary line, they immediately assembled in the gravity stabilization zone.

A rusty, 800-meter-long light battlecruiser served as the flagship of this fleet.

Yang Ming stood on the flagship command platform at this moment, quietly observing the star map before him.

Lyu's realistic projection appeared beside him, speaking quickly:

"Boss, the enemy's main fleet has engaged in a standoff with our side, and there is a ragtag fleet on the periphery of their head star, composed of medium and small ships, but their numbers exceed three hundred, and their firepower should not be underestimated."

"How long can we hold on the front line?"

"Calculating from the moment the enemy starts attacking to when we begin our retreat, we can probably hold for about two Galaxy Time, but the enemy does not seem intent on attacking yet."

Yang Ming chuckled silently: "What are they waiting for? Are they creating opportunities for us?"

"They are likely waiting for political maneuvers," Lyu said calmly. "In their subconscious, war serves politics, the ultimate tool of political struggle."

"Then I won't be polite. Target point three, begin collective warp transition to their Space Port's supply dock."

Lyu responded affirmatively: "Understood!"

Outside the bridge, each ship was enveloped in a silvery-white light curtain in unison.

Space generated ripples as these ships slowly progressed, disappearing one by one.

Minutes later, the most crucial military-industrial base of the Nonar Kingdom's rear, with cities ranking top three in economy and population on the main administrative star, sounded out a harsh air raid alarm.