Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting-Chapter 981: War Is Imminent
TL: GoldenLung
Within the army, the requirements for hierarchy were extremely strict. However, if this kind of hierarchy existed in the living area, it was not easy to relax. Taking off military ranks and entering the living area was not a mandatory requirement, but it was an unwritten rule here. Even the captain would often come to the living area.
In the following days, aside from the necessary daily practice, Lan Xuanyu and his team wandered around in the living area. Surprisingly, the restaurant here served food that tasted quite good.
One should not think that the food in a space fleet was monotonous. In fact, there was even a specialized cultivation area on the mother ship where various vegetables and fruits are grown. As for meat, it was stored in large quantities under refrigeration.
Of course, these foods were considered luxury items within the space fleet. Nutrient paste would get tiresome, and occasionally new flavours were welcome for one’s taste bud.
After a few days of getting familiar, Lan Xuanyu and his team started to have some understanding of life in the space fleet. They didn't have any missions at the moment, and for ordinary officers and soldiers, they usually worked for a period of time and rested for a period of time. Each position was rotated between at least two or even three people taking turn to work.
This was a non-war period, but once they entered war period, it would be different. The whole army would be mobilized and engaged in combat.
However, such peaceful days did not last long. Lan Xuanyu received a communication and was summoned by the captain.
Dragon Three Warship Command Center.
As a Dragon King-class escort ship, the command center was located at the highest point of the warship's front end. There were spacious portholes here that could see the vast space at two hundred and seventy degrees.
When Lan Xuanyu arrived, there were already more than a dozen officers in the command center, looking at the electronic map in front of them and discussing something.
"Report!" Lan Xuanyu stood at the doorway, saluting.
The officers inside couldn't help but look in his direction.
In the center, a middle-aged man with the rank of major general on his shoulder smiled and said, "Our youngest general has arrived. Xuanyu, come in."
Lan Xuanyu stepped forward, and he could feel the curious eyes of the senior officers of the Dragon Three warship on him. Yes! His young and handsome face, and the stars on his shoulders were somewhat incompatible. At least that's how it looked in the eyes of these senior officers.
Although it was his first time meeting the major general sitting in the main seat, Lan Xuanyu knew that he should be the captain of the Dragon Three fleet, and one of the representatives of the young faction in the military, Major General Yan Xinghe. At only 47 years old, he was already a powerful figure in the military, and was hailed as the most likely successor to General Bai Ling to become the commander of the Seventh Fleet.
Apart from Yan Xinghe, Lan Xunyu also knew Major General Shen Junjie and Colonel He Qingyi. He had never met any of the other military officers before, including three other Major Generals and the rest being Colonels.
Yan Xinghe obviously did not mean to introduce everyone present to Lan Xunyu. At this moment, a three-dimensional combat map was suspended on the table.
Yan Xinghe said in a deep voice, "War is imminent, and the mobilization order will be issued shortly. Our Seventh Fleet will be the main force in this operation. The Third and Fifth Fleets will attack the Dragon Horse galaxy from the flanks. We will coordinate our actions with them."
Upon hearing this, Lan Xunyu, who was standing at the end, couldn't help but be shocked. Was the Federation going to take action against the Dragon Horse galaxy?
Before coming here, he had studied a lot of information about the Dragon Horse galaxy. The information about the system was classified, and the War God Temple had specially sent him the data to review.
The Dragon Horse galaxy was extremely vast, even larger than the entire region currently occupied by the Douluo Federation. Within the Dragon Horse galaxy, there were hundreds of planets. In the areas that the Douluo Federation had explored so far, they had discovered over five hundred resource planets that could be used as administrative planets to sustain human life, and there were dozens of them. And this was still without fully exploring the Dragon Horse galaxy.
It should be noted that in the universe, planets that humans could directly inhabit without modification were very rare. That was to say, if the Douluo Federation could conquer the Dragon Horse galaxy, the entire Federation's territory would expand by almost ten times, and the number of administrative planets would increase by at least five times.
The Dragon Horse galaxy was in a semi-encircled shape with regards to the region controlled by the Douluo Federation. Therefore, it was also a necessary path for the Douluo Federation to continue interstellar colonization.
In the Dragon Horse galaxy, there were many powerful races. Among them were two huge administrative planets, known as the Dragon Horse Twin Stars. The volume of both planets was more than ten times that of the Douluo Star, and they had abundant resources and excellent environments. However, there were also two major races, the Celestial Dragon clan and the Celestial Steed clan, living there.
The Celestial Dragon Star’s head that Lan Xuanyu had encountered was one of the strongest beings on the Celestial Dragon Star.
These two major races ruled over most of the other races in the Dragon Horse galaxy. Within the Dragon Horse galaxy, there were hundreds of known races. In relative terms, the entire Dragon Horse galaxy was a loose collection of independent entities that did not belong to each other. The Celestial Dragon Star and the Celestial Steed Star were nominal allies, and other races had to submit resources to avoid being attacked by the two major races.
Celestial Dragon Planet and Celestial Steed Planet were both staunch supporters of the bloodline theory. They firmly believed that, except for themselves, all other races were inferior, so they disdained to conquer the territories of those inferior races, but only required them to surrender resources.
Therefore, the Celestial Dragon clan and the Celestial Steed clan did not mine resources themselves, but only collected them.
The expansion of the Douluo Federation inevitably led to collisions with the Dragon Horse galaxy. The two major races sent envoys to make the Douluo Federation submit.
As the Douluo Federation was unwilling to do so, a war ensued.
Both the Celestial Dragon clan and the Celestial Steed clan were extremely powerful races. Their adults could freely soar in space. However, they were technological dinosaurs. In that war, the Douluo Federation actually won. With the powerful combat capability of their space fleet, they defeated the two major races.
However, the Douluo Federation suffered heavy losses in that battle, with three cosmic fleets almost completely wiped out. If the battle had continued, the outcome would have been difficult to predict, if it weren't for the need to prevent the Mother Ship from directly attacking the Dragon Star and Celestial Steed Star.
It was precisely after that battle that both sides began to be cautious. The Dragon and Celestial Steed clans realized that there were enemies in the universe who could rival them, and began to pay attention to the Douluo Federation and gather various forces in the Dragon Horse galaxy.
The Douluo Federation also accelerated its development, adding two more cosmic fleets, increasing its original five to a full complement of seven cosmic fleets.
In terms of technological development, the Celestial Dragon and Steed clans were unable to catch up with the Douluo Federation for a while, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
The Dragon Source Crystal conspiracy discovered by Lan Xuanyu was a major operation orchestrated by the Celestial Dragon clan against the Douluo Federation. If it weren't for Lan Xuanyu's timely discovery, the Douluo Federation would have suffered heavy losses. The Celestial Dragon and Steed clans would definitely not have let such an opportunity slip by.
Why did the mother ship of the Space Fleet need four Dragon King-class escort ships to guard it? In fact, it was because after a major war many years ago, such arrangements were made to guard against infiltration attacks by the top-level powerhouses of the Celestial Dragon and Steed clans.
With four Dragon King-class escort ships guarding it and a powerful all-around radar detection system, even super-god-rank experts could not sneak into the mother ship without making a sound. Once detected, the mother ship would immediately activate its protective shield.
Lan Xuanyu didn't expect that right after joining the Seventh Fleet, he would be involved in such a large-scale military operation. The Federation was about to go to war with the Dragon Horse galaxy again.
The Dragon Source Crystal incident infuriated the high-level officials of the Douluo Federation, who were also shocked at the same time. The fact that the Celestial Dragon and the Steed clans came up with such a method to deal with the Federation was a surprise, while the Federation was unaware. They had understood how to manipulate the Federation's strong desire for resources.
