Chapter 629: 270 Keeping it conservative is impossible.
This battle in the Anubis Star Domain ended temporarily with the Empire’s successful advance and the New Federation’s unsuccessful interception.
Both the Empire and the New Federation lost a Dreadnought combat unit, with the Empire paying a price of two hundred warships and over two hundred thousand soldiers in casualties.
From the perspective of battle loss ratio, this could be considered a minor victory for the New Federation.
However, the Empire achieved its strategic intent by occupying the easily defensible Anubis Star Domain, directly gazing at the New Federation Head Star, Minter City.
As long as the Imperial Fleet transitioned out of the double black holes’ gravitational influence, Minter City would have no defense.
In this battle, the Empire’s first combat group’s strength was preserved over 60%, and subsequently, royally controlled fleets, noble private fleets, and vassal state mixed fleets would provide continuous support to the front lines.
It was estimated that the number of medium and large warships in the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet would exceed thirteen thousand.
The Empire had a Dreadnought that withdrew from the combat sequence, but subsequently, a formation of two battleships would rush in from the homeland.
“The more crucial weapons of the nation, the better.” —Levi Sherman.
Owing to mature jump technology, even though the Empire’s supply line was stretched thin, it was difficult for the New Federation to harass and ambush the supply line, as the fleet’s transitioned points were hard to pinpoint.
The Milky Way was too vast, with too few planets both suitable for human habitation and that constituted the main body of modern civilization, and the Desolate Star Domain was simply too extensive.
Now the New Federation had only one way out.
To win the upcoming Head Star defense battle.
The New Federation had already assembled all local defensive forces that could be mobilized outside of Minter Star, with a terrifying number of various medium and small-sized warships.
Many merchant ships were also requisitioned as transport ships, continuously transporting defensive armaments.
They tried to set up Minter City’s periphery as a real minefield.
The upcoming battle would directly decide the future destiny of the New Federation.
The battlefield was not limited to this place.
When Yang Ming rode a Bat Shuttle to Catherine’s Poisoned Stinger Ship, another battle occurring amongst the capitalist class had already begun.
The Imperial Invincible Fleet advanced to Minter City’s outskirts, factoring in jump and space travel, they were only a day and a half’s journey from Minter City.
Under immense pressure, all placebos had ceased their effects, and the public lost basic confidence.
The gather of wealthy merchants and capitalists in Minter City started to flee like an avalanche, desperately transferring assets.
Various factions had long awaited this scene, with Sherman Empire, the Free Federation, and the Guel Alliance’s big capital directly laying a net, utilizing the New Federation Free Trade interstellar convention to begin cheap exchanges of New Federation’s quality assets.
Most medium-sized and smaller countries were rather slow or lacked the strength, but the long-awaited Luofeng Empire opened their ravenous mouths at this moment.
Edwan and Yang Ming had long foreseen that there would inevitably be damage between the New Federation and the Empire.
Relying on his asset system, which he had cultivated in the New Federation for years, Edwan began to acquire various tech companies within the New Federation, securing many previously banned patent rights.
For Luofeng, this was the best opportunity.
Luofeng could only improve national productivity and further enhance national strength and people’s living standards by first matching the technological levels of advanced countries in the Galaxy.
Yang Ming’s Molly Miss Group was even more intimidating, because with Lyu’s assistance, combining overt and covert moves, they pinpointed and fiercely targeted the New Federation’s industrial system’s weak point, even managing to grab some lucrative assets straight from the Sherman Imperial Treasury’s mouth.
If the fleet battle targeted the bones and flesh of the New Federation,
Then the sniping of New Federation’s capitals by major assets in half the Milky Way was drawing the marrow directly from the New Federation!
In this war, Yang Ming could not contribute much, leaving everything to Lyu to maneuver.
He was certain that he was most likely going to become very rich, outrageously wealthy on a national scale.
The East Wind gradually moved away from the Star Domain crowded with Imperial Fleets.
Yang Ming smoothly entered the Poisoned Stinger Ship, receiving a corridor of welcome from his team members.
Salutes, greetings, flowers, and collective applause.
These Supermodified people also gazed at Yang Ming with scorching eyes, they bore the imprint of loyalty to the Empire, and due to the previous battle, held more admiration for Yang Ming.
The genuine treatment of an Imperial Hero.
Yang Ming looked around, quickly sensing a strong biological energy at the corridor entrance.
The pattering of footsteps sounded behind the crowd, a rhythm created by high heels against a metal deck.
This group of male and female team members exchanged glances, struggling to hold back laughter, nonchalantly returning to their posts or rest areas, allowing Yang Ming to easily see Catherine walking over with her hands behind her back.
She was so beautiful.
In the few seconds within Yang Ming’s mind, only this thought remained.
Today, Catherine was not only meticulously dressed, but she also sought the opinions of several mature female team members, adopting a style she had never tried before, nearly overflowing the bridge with feminine charm.
Her figure was already quite tall, and the crystal-colored high heels made her the favorite clothes rack of fashion designers;
The light purple strapless evening dress fit her enchanting figure’s curves, adding a few touches of feminine seductive charm, without seeming gaudy.
She wore subtle makeup, with her eyebrows appearing more slender and supple, as her long lashes fluttered, her gem-like eyes seemed to be speaking something to people.