Abyss Solo

Admiral Thomas frowned as he looked at the four veteran officers from the Military Department sitting beside him, a heavy suspicion rising in his heart.

Thomas asked, "The Emperor Guard System still can't be activated?"

"We can't find the reason, we've been attempting constantly."

"Sigh, the problem is right here. If the Emperor Guard System could be activated, not to mention launching the Levi Fleet, our own military strength could also exert greater combat power."

"So, it's best not to start a war with the Wind right now."

One veteran general said in a deep voice:

"We can deal with the Wind anytime; the initiative is actually in our hands.

"Now, not just one vassal state has betrayed us. Suppressing the Wind and suppressing other traitors are essentially the same, there is no order of precedence."

"Has the command been given from above?"

"Not yet, they will make decisions based on our feedback. We cannot determine if and how this battle can be fought at the moment."

"I suggest," said Admiral Thomas in a deep voice, "to temporarily pacify the Wind Alliance through diplomatic and political means and concentrate on other vassal state battlefields for the time being. We are military leaders, not politicians, we must not act on impulse, everything should be based on facts."

"I agree with Thomas's viewpoint. The strength of the Sherman Empire doesn't need one or two battles to be showcased."

"Indeed, starting a war with the Wind now would put the Empire in a significantly passive position, and the public is clearly more sympathetic towards the Wind."

"Kill a few bastards from the Foreign Affairs Bureau to appease the Wind."

"Uh, there was an incident with the Foreign Affairs Bureau earlier; nearly all of the senior officials, including Princess Luna, were taken out in a clean sweep… Our information is lagging since there are always varying reports."

The Empire's nominal highest commander seated at the main seat, Atro from the Military Intelligence Bureau sitting in the corner, both made a listening gesture.

It was clear someone beside them was reporting.

Both of their expressions were somewhat playful; the old face of the highest commander showed a bit of shock, with the eyes, originally a single slit, trying hard to open wide;

Atro from the Military Intelligence Bureau, his expression froze there, then incredulously looked to the side.

"Is it true?"

According to the rules of the meeting room, the voice of the reporter also entered the virtual meeting room:

"It's true! The battle is still ongoing! Our main forces were heavily ambushed, and we're doing our best to disengage from the battlefield."

"What is the situation?"

Atro's Adam's apple trembled slightly.

He turned his head to look at the conference table, finding all the generals looking over; his lips quivered, then he straightforwardly said:

"Our sixth expeditionary fleet, which entered the New Auri Empire to suppress the rebellion, was suddenly attacked a few minutes ago. Without knowing, the main fleet tried to approach a star supply point, and unexpectedly, in an area very close to the star, the star suddenly exploded... A strong local flare appeared, and when they were hurriedly retreating, countless enemy forces suddenly appeared nearby… According to the intelligence, they were uncountable.

"Now, the sixth expeditionary fleet has lost over six hundred ships.

"They still haven't broken out of the encirclement.

"Hold on... The latest intelligence... Is it the Wind? The Wind Alliance's fleet! They ambushed our expeditionary fleet!"

"What!"

The entire virtual meeting room erupted into chaos.

"The Wind ambushed us?"

"Are they seeking death!"

"These Wind people are simply insane!"

"Do they intend to protect all the vassal states? Aren't they afraid of us!"

Admiral Thomas frowned tightly.

He suddenly thought of a possibility.

Had the Wind prepared so thoroughly?

Were the internal disturbances within the Empire all related to this Wind?

"Everyone! Gather all the forces we can mobilize, issue an assembly order to the nobles! Quickly report this matter to His Majesty!"

"Commander, His Majesty is due for a national address in two minutes."

"Damn it!"

The highest commander cursed, observing many eyes on him, immediately changed his tone:

"Damn the Wind!"

...

Space near the Head Star of the New Auri Empire.

The East Wind charged, fired, and an oval ion beam with a diameter of hundreds of meters lit up half of the sky, a series of explosions appeared upfront.

In the direction where the East Wind had fired, thousands of ships marked with the Empire's insignia were besieged near a dreadnought.

The dreadnought had already fired three times, but because the fleet attacking them was dispersed on a spherical surface, the result of the three shots was quite limited.

The surrounding fleets had already raised the flag of the Wind.

Ship after ship, under the mobilization of Lyu, performed nearly perfect tactical deployments.

Ships that exhausted their energy or suffered severe damage could always narrowly escape the firing line, with well-conditioned ships from the rear always able to fill in.

The fleet of the Wind appearing here had no Dark Star ships but was purely the conventional military strength of the Wind Alliance.

Unlike the Empire's combat system focusing on shield ships-dreadnought-firepower supplement ships, the Wind Alliance's fleet delegated part of the firepower supplement task to drone warfare clusters.

Currently, over a million drones were conducting a full-scale encirclement against the Empire's fleet.

These drones carried missiles with super warheads, and as long as they approached ships, they could effectively destroy the ships' shields.

The Empire's long-range fleet could no longer sustain itself.

In fact, Lyu had already started mobilizing some ships to gradually jump to the rear to prepare for the next attack.

East Wind's bridge.

Yang Ming sat in the massive three-dimensional sand table, watching his fleet's firepower gradually erode the Empire's expeditionary fleet, feeling inexplicably complex.

Having been mingling in the Sherman Empire for so long, Boss Yang doesn't have much affection for others, but he does indeed like the Sherman Empire's soldiers.