Abyss Solo

[Time until the outbreak of the Battle of Sherman and Luofeng: 24 Galaxy Time.]

Near the Emperor Star Circle, the newly established 'Wind Campaign Command Center' was set on the Asalu Command Ship.

The Emperor Guard 2.0 System has completed the framework assembly of five combat clusters, and now the task is to fill these combat clusters.

The commander for this 'Expeditionary Force' is General Akz, an Empire admiral, an Honorary Duke, who, at ninety-six years old, possesses vast battlefield command experience.

Before the 'rising star' Thomas emerged in the Imperial Military Department, Akz was the most conspicuous 'old star' in military achievements over the past few decades;

Entrusting the expedition against the Wind Alliance to General Akz was clearly a wise decision.

General Akz has a personal quirk.

He likes orderliness and symmetry. He always keeps the phrase "symmetry creates beauty, orderliness highlights civilization" on his lips to reflect his fondness for certain space opera-type literary works.

So, after establishing the command system of the expeditionary force, he returned to his resting chamber, gazing at his square face in the mirror, meticulously grooming his neat eyebrows, pondering over the upcoming enemy.

Wind Alliance.

If someone had told Akz a few Galaxy Time prior that a whole combat cluster of the Empire would be consumed in less than two Galaxy Time, he would have surely given the speaker a resounding slap.

The Empire's combat clusters were both limited by the command system's capacity and considered from all aspects.

When an entire combat cluster of the Empire faced an ambush, the Empire would dispatch fleets to support them at the fastest speed;

To step back, an entire combat cluster, with two to three thousand main warships and the firepower of the Dreadnought, why couldn't they break through?

Akz believes that the millions of Imperial soldiers in the annihilated combat cluster couldn't all be fools.

Yet the fact remains, they couldn't break through or wait for the Empire's reinforcements.

There's only one explanation—they must have encountered excessively powerful firepower, been completely suppressed, and suffered massive losses in the initial rounds of fire exchanges.

This shows that the Wind Alliance is an enemy that absolutely cannot be underestimated.

Akz hummed a gentle melody.

He enjoys worthy adversaries.

In his seventy-two years of service, he has experienced hundreds of battles, the vast majority of which were extremely dull, resource-plundering operations, sending ships to intimidate weaker entities, and if they dared resist, destroying their military facilities and rounding up a batch of 'war criminals' to fill the Empire's Slave Status needs.

The three expeditions against the New Federation became stages for some young generals, where he merely danced around the edges;

He participated fully in combating the grand insect swarm, but most of the time, he was just standing behind the magical Emperor Guard System, observing how it maneuvered troops.

——This is the basic requisite for an Empire general.

"General!"

Suddenly, a robust voice called from the side.

The hand holding the tweezers in Akz's hand didn't tremble at all, his eyes shifted slightly to see the middle-aged officer through the mirror.

"Speak."

"Yes!"

The officer pulled up a virtual screen before him, quickly reporting:

"Currently, four-fifths of our forces have gathered, the noble private fleets have been smoothly reorganized, although some noble fleets have yet to set sail, an urging order has already been issued!

"The Elder Court has completed the docking with us. From now on, you have complete authority over all personnel within the noble fleets!

"Be cautious, in this expedition, many of the private fleet commanders are also the owners of these fleets!"

Akz halted his movement, slightly furrowing his brow.

Ah, whenever he frowns, the wrinkles on his forehead can't achieve complete symmetry, which quickly calmed him down.

"I despise politics.

"Go and give those noble lords a heads-up; from now on, my orders must be fully obeyed, and have more military police dispatched to these nobles' private fleets by the Military Department.

"Also report to the Military Department that I will make judgment calls to achieve the maximum possible victory in the war, regardless of whose fleet is sent to the front line.

"If these noble fleets falter at critical moments, I won't have the slightest tolerance for them."

"Yes!"

The officer saluted, then turned and left at a quick pace.

General Akz shook his head, resumed his humming, started squeezing the little blackhead on his nose, using this ritualistic act to activate his mind.

Is there some special arrangement for dispatching so many nobles by the Imperial Military Department?

Could it be that they intend for more nobles to make sacrifices, to alleviate domestic pressure?

If that's the case, it would be quite delightful.

Of course, Akz knows that these noble private fleets will be uniformly coordinated by the Emperor Guard 2.0 System; he merely needs to issue tactical commands in wartime, and Emperor Guard 2.0 will automatically adapt.

The Emperor Guard 2.0 is said to be an advanced version of the Emperor Guard System;

This system ought to be more powerful, considering the Emperor Guard System is an antique from tens of thousands of years ago, and the current Empire couldn't possibly lag behind the Empire from thousands of years ago.

In this battle, he doesn't need to spend too much effort, nor does he need to concern himself with political factors.

To defeat the Empire's enemies, bring victory back to Sherman;

This is his sole mission to complete.