Chapter 420: Peace
When the Star Alliance began to counterattack, the Batarian fleet also completely collapsed.
If you want to use a metaphor, then the fleet of 3,000 Batarian warships is like a big whale, and the Inquisition fleet led by Duanmu Huai is more like a sharp knife that appeared out of thin air, directly appearing between the whale and splitting it in two.
The Batarian fleet, which lost its center, fell into chaos, and then the unparalleled firepower of the Inquisition fleet caused unimaginable shock to these aliens. Under this chaos, the Batarian fleet became a mess—some wanted to continue to attack, some tried to regroup the fleet, and some just wanted to escape.
In fact, many Batarian warships did not die under the fire of the Inquisition, but collided with their own warships while avoiding the fire. If you can access the Batarian communication, you can hear fierce angry shouts, wailing, loud roars and orders, and desperate screams in this originally silent universe.
When the Star Alliance fleet entered the battlefield, only a small number of Batarian warships had begun to retreat. The remaining warships were either destroyed by their own people or completely blown to pieces by the Star Alliance or the Inquisition warships.
"I didn't expect it to be so easy..."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Admiral Baroque couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect the Batarian fleet to be so weak after the complete collapse. They were almost beaten and could only run away. In addition to a few warships being damaged, no warships were even destroyed on the Star Alliance side. This is enough to explain the problem.
But, what are those warships...
Looking at the Inquisition fleet not far away, Admiral Baroque was puzzled. During the attack, he also received an order from Admiral Kislev, telling them that "those church warships are their allies." This order initially made Admiral Baroque look confused, and he didn't know what Kislev was talking about.
Then he took a look.
Well, it's a church, and it's full.
What design style is this? ? ?
Admiral Baroque was sure that he had never heard of such a fleet within the Star Alliance, and these warships were much larger than the Star Alliance fleet...
"Ding--"
At this moment, the communication came, and then Kislev's face appeared on the screen again.
"Ah, Admiral Kislev."
Seeing Kislev, Baroque also smiled. This battle was too easy. For any commander, this is a good thing.
"This is really a perfect KO. I think we should open champagne to celebrate."
"Hahaha, let's talk about it after returning to the fortress, but now, I want you to immediately revitalize the situation and continue to pursue."
"Pursue?"
Hearing this, Baroque frowned.
"General Kislev, isn't this a bit... too risky?"
As a soldier, Baroque certainly understands the principle of not pursuing a desperate enemy, and although this time it is the main fleet of the Batarians, it is not all of the Batarians' fleet. At least one-third of the Batarians' fleet is in their own star field. In Admiral Baroque's opinion, this victory was already perfect. If the pursuit continued, it would be bad if the other party was desperate and capsized.
"Don't worry about this. The Inquisition Fleet will act with us. As for why we do this... you will know soon."
"Okay."
Although he didn't know why Kislev gave such an order, Admiral Baroque nodded.
Soon, with the Inquisition Fleet as the center, the First and Third Fleets were on the left and right, and the Seventh Fleet was in the rear, just like this, they bit the Batarians' fleeing fleet and chased forward.
For the fleeing Batarians, this scene naturally made them furious. It was fine that their main fleet was destroyed, but now this group of humans was going to kill them all?
The Batarian captain, who was a little angry, ordered to turn around and fight back, but he was directly blown up by the concentrated fire of the fleet behind him as soon as he turned around. So the other warships dared not make a sound and fled forward desperately.
"Everyone, come on, as long as we escape back to the garrison satellite, we'll be fine!"
While desperately speeding up and fleeing, the leading captain desperately encouraged his subordinates. As a member of the logistics fleet, he did not encounter the battle at the first time. Because of this, he became the commander with the highest rank in the fleeing fleet and had to lead these fleets to avoid the pursuit of humans.
Damn! I didn't expect things to turn out like this!
Five thousand warships, but now there are less than three hundred left, and almost all of them are fast small destroyers and frigates. Large warships such as battleships and transport ships were either destroyed or captured. Only these small warships really escaped!
But... this is also a good thing!
Thinking of this, the Batarian commander licked his lips and stared at the map in front of him. The advantage of small warships is that they can enter the atmosphere, and the Batarian military border fortress planet is just ahead. As long as they land on the planet, humans will no longer be able to catch them!
Fortunately, the small warships were faster, while the Star Alliance fleet was a bit slower. When they arrived, most of the Batarian warships had already disappeared on the military satellite not far away.
"Damn, I was still a step too late!"
Seeing this, Admiral Baroque hammered his chair in dissatisfaction. Although he did not agree with this plan of pursuing him, he was still quite unhappy when he saw the other party escaping from his hands.
So Admiral Baroque quickly contacted Admiral Kislev and began to complain.
"What now? Kislev?"
"Hehehe, don't worry, Baroque, we just have to watch next."
"Just watch?"
Just when Admiral Barok looked confused, he suddenly saw an Inquisition warship slowly sailing forward and arriving in front of Batari's military fortress planet. Then, a torpedo was quietly fired from it. out and flew to Batari's planet.
The next moment, the entire planet was suddenly covered in bursts of flames, and in the blink of an eye - it turned into a death star.
"hiss-------!!!"
Seeing this, Baroque's eyes suddenly widened and his whole body became cold. He finally understood why Kislev asked him and others to catch up!
They came to see a show!
The Star Alliance said before that they destroyed the Batarian home planet. Not only did the people have many doubts, but many people in the army were also confused about this - after all, they had not heard that the Star Alliance had any special weapons. Who did it?
Now, Baroque saw this scene and finally understood.
It turns out it was this fleet that did it!
I see……………
At this time, Baroque completely figured out that all this was a play from the beginning, and they were all actors in this play, in order to stage such a war and prove the power of mankind to all forces!
"Okay, Admiral Baroque, it's over."
At this time, Kislev's voice came.
"We should go back and pop the champagne."
In this way, the fleets of the Star Alliance and the Inquisition returned in triumph, and the entire battle process was also released by the Star Alliance. For a while, the people of the Star Alliance also cheered, especially in the end, the battleship of the Inquisition destroyed Bata with a torpedo. Rui's military fortress planet has made many people extremely excited.
Obviously, this means that the Star Alliance was not talking nonsense before, they did destroy the Batarian home planet!
After this battle, the power of the Batarian people completely declined. After this, conflicts and disagreements arose among the Batarian people due to huge losses. Eventually, the originally unified Batarian civilization split into several small groups. , no longer has the prestige of the past.
Of course, this is something for later, let’s not mention it for now.
The battle between the Star Alliance and the Batarian fleet was naturally seen by the three major races of the Citadel Council. If there was no evidence that humans destroyed the Batarian home planet before, then this time they were completely and completely clear. He clearly saw how the other party destroyed a planet!
Now the three major races couldn't sit still at all.
Of course they know the winning point of this war is when those huge warships appear silently in the Batarian fleet. Obviously, this terrifying force possesses very terrifying power and can easily enter other fleets to launch surprise attacks. Coupled with the fierce artillery fire and the almost impenetrable protective shield, it is impossible to fight!
So soon, the Citadel Council sent representatives again, and this time they came not to mediate, but to seek peace!
With such a fleet, all the races in the Citadel combined might not be able to defeat it! Not to mention, the other party can appear silently in any corner without being noticed, which means that they can even appear on the home planets of other races at will... How about a hammer?
Don't be afraid of thieves stealing, just be afraid of thieves missing you.
There is no other way, just ask for peace.
Of course, at the beginning, the Citadel representative planned to show off by relying on his long history as a cosmic race. But for Li Longcheng, when he learned that the entire galaxy was once the territory of the human empire, he felt that The behavior of wealthy landowners pretending to be aristocrats is not a problem.
As for how the two parties negotiated, this is the basic summary.
Representative of the Citadel: We, the members of the Citadel Council, span the galaxy and have vast resources and financial trade channels. If you don’t join us, you will be excluded! Completely isolated!
Li Longcheng: We have an extermination order.
Citadel representative: Our Citadel race battleships number in the tens of thousands! If we really get angry, even humans will be in danger.
Li Longcheng: We have an extermination order.
Citadel representative: What you humans are doing is extremely evil and lawless! Aren’t you afraid of being cast aside by other racial civilizations in the universe?
Li Longcheng: We have an extermination order.
Citadel Representative: Can’t you say something else?
Li Longcheng: We have an extermination order.
Citadel representative: You’re done, aren’t you? !
Li Longcheng: We have an extermination order.
Citadel representative:…………Let’s talk about the specific conditions.
Li Longcheng: We have an extermination order.
Citadel representative:……………………
In the end, the Star Alliance reached a series of agreements with the Citadel Council, including that the Star Alliance would join the Citadel as a permanent council member, and would also receive preferential treatment from interstellar business and trade forces, as well as a series of Agreements in the financial industry, commerce, service industry, trade and talent exchange, and technology exchange.
After lowering its stance, the Citadel gave the Star Alliance enough face, and the Star Alliance did not push the Citadel too hard. The two sides reached a series of mutually beneficial agreements. Of course, the Star Alliance certainly got the better deal.
After the agreement was signed, the Citadel representative also relaxed, but it still remembered its mission.
"Mr. President, I think you also know that the treaty we signed contains a treaty on military force restrictions. Regarding that huge fleet, their tonnage and size have exceeded the requirements of the Citadel regulations..."
"Oh, this matter..."
Hearing this, Li Longcheng suddenly realized and nodded.
"No problem, I can contact the representative of the Tribunal and let both of you sit down and have a good talk."
"……………………??? What do you mean???"
"The Tribunal is our Star Alliance ally, but it is an independent force."
Looking at the confused look on the Citadel representative's face, Li Longcheng kindly explained it to him.
"We have signed an offensive and defensive alliance, but the fleet of the Inquisition does not belong to us, so...if you want to discuss the issue of military tonnage restrictions, you have to talk to them in person."
"…………………………"
At this moment, the representative of the Citadel wanted to tear up the agreement and throw it in Li Longcheng's face.
After all this trouble, are you kidding me?
But I can't tear it up... I'm so angry!!!