Chapter 167 Outbreak
The Commercial Alliance was in chaos, and it was heading for a civil war from the beginning.
In May of the 3321st star calendar, a large-scale protest march broke out in the Calero galaxy of the Commercial Alliance.
The marchers demanded that the Alliance government disclose the truth about the destruction of the Second Fleet, and also demanded severe punishment for local officials who embezzled soldiers' pensions.
Genoa was furious when he heard the news, and he pointed at the secretary's nose and scolded him for more than an hour before he gradually calmed down.
"Didn't I warn you to keep an eye on this batch of pensions? Why did this happen?" Genoa took a deep breath.
"Mr. President, I have indeed been keeping an eye on this fund, but I didn't expect the people under me to be so bold."
"Keep an eye on it? Why would such a thing happen?"
"I have reviewed all the accounts they sent me, and there is indeed no problem!!"
"Then why did it arouse public anger? The pensions given to the families were only one-third of the original pensions?"
"This... I am still investigating."
"Put the investigation aside for now, and arrest the relevant responsible persons first."
"Yes, I will do it now."
But the secretary hurried back to the office before he left, and said anxiously: "The Third Fleet, the Seventh Fleet, and the Ninth Fleet rebelled, and have occupied the Calero Galaxy, the Okashu Galaxy, and the Moriya Galaxy respectively. The Ninth Fleet is attacking the Odor Galaxy."
Genoa slumped down in his office chair, and kept muttering: "It's over... The Alliance is over!!"
At the same time, Qi Yiming also led everyone back to the Awakener Galaxy smoothly.
He first asked everyone to return to the surface of Gaia to rest, and he commanded the Xuefeng to go to the star system where the Engineer was.
The Xuefeng was severely damaged this time, especially the internal structure.
The damage to the structural layer can only be repaired in the dock, which is also a helpless thing. Even if the nanorobots are advanced, many internal lines and equipment cannot be repaired.
It took more than half a month to repair the Xuefeng. It was not because the Engineer was too inefficient, but because the repair of the Xuefeng required many rare minerals, which were not available on the Engineer, so the mining team had to find and mine them temporarily.
Fortunately, the asteroid belt near the Engineer is rich in mineral resources, and the mining difficulty is not great, otherwise the Xuefeng would not be repaired for a while.
When Qi Yiming returned to Gaia again, the news from the Commercial Alliance shocked Qi Yiming.
On May 19, 3321, the march broke out. At about 3 am on the 20th, four fleets of the Commercial Alliance successively revolted and occupied the administrative stars of their respective stationed star regions, and formed a temporary alliance.
At 5:00 on the 20th, the Alliance government held an emergency press conference, announcing that the Alliance had entered wartime control. At the same time, it also declared all the uprising fleets as rebels and called on the people in the occupied areas to form a resistance army to resist.
At the same time, the Alliance's First Fleet and Fourth Fleet had already set out. The specific direction of action was a military secret, so the spokesperson did not disclose it.
At 8:00 on the 25th, the First and Fourth Fleets raided the Calero Galaxy, but unfortunately the attack was blocked.
Vincent Kabul commanded the temporarily assembled commercial escort fleet, pressing a large number of poor ships to block the waterways of the two fleets.
The commander was afraid to act rashly, and the entire raid turned into a confrontation.
On the 26th, the Ninth Fleet appeared on the outskirts of the Calero Galaxy. In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, the First and Fourth Fleets withdrew from the Calero Galaxy.
By the time Qi Yiming received the news, the Alliance had been divided into three factions.
Led by the Kabul family, after the Ninth Fleet joined, they quickly occupied four star systems around the Calero Galaxy and established the Kabul Revolutionary Front.
The Fourth and Seventh Fleets, because of the breakdown of negotiations with the Kabul Family, occupied the Okashu and Sengu galaxies and the seven galaxy ports around them, established the Osen Federation, and declared sovereignty over all the territories of the alliance.
On June 10, the Commercial Alliance assigned a large number of local garrison fleets to the First and Fourth Fleets, and fought a fierce fleet battle with the two forces.
The battle lasted for 6 days. On June 6, the main fleet of the Commercial Alliance finally stopped the attack due to lack of follow-up after recovering three galaxies.
On June 7, the Kabul Revolutionary Front and the Osen Federation announced the formation of a temporary alliance to jointly resist the attack of the Commercial Alliance, and called on citizens in the Commercial Alliance to raise the banner of rebellion and join the resistance against the Commercial Alliance.
On June 8, in order to control the internal situation that was gradually out of control, the Commercial Alliance officials announced a curfew on all administrative stars, and citizens who went out at 7 pm would be shot on the spot on the grounds of espionage.
Qi Yiming shook his head and looked at the intelligence in his hand: "The Commercial Alliance is finished. The rebellion was not suppressed by thunder in the early stage. Now these people have gained a firm foothold. This battle is worth fighting."
"This is a good thing for us. Several Commercial Alliance star systems close to the Ancestral Star System are now in a wait-and-see state and have no intention of taking sides. Moreover, their fleet combat power is not strong. I think we can try to take these star systems first to see how they react." Wang Shuhua said, stroking his chin.
Qi Yiming did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Fang Min: "How many warships can we pull out now?"
During the time they were away, Fang Min had been in charge of the fleet construction.
"Not a lot, there are about 113 destroyers and about 70 cruisers. The main reason is that the mineral collection speed is too slow and cannot keep up with the production speed of the Engineer." Fang Min flipped through the information in his hand and said with a slightly excited voice.
Qi Yiming nodded. From the intelligence he got, the overall strength of the Commercial Alliance was not strong. Compared with the Cloud Ring Federation, it was really just a small country.
With the strength Qi Yiming has now, it is like playing to take over a dozen star systems from the Commercial Alliance.
But Qi Yiming still shook his head: "Now the time is not ripe. We are an external force. If we intervene rashly, it will cause disgust among the citizens of the Commercial Alliance. We need a suitable excuse."
"Excuse?" Fang Min looked at Qi Yiming with some doubts, and then smiled and understood Qi Yiming's concerns.
Qi Yiming saw Fang Min laughing, so he asked him: "Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
"You may be thinking too much." Fang Min organized his words and continued: "The reason why the Business Alliance is called the Alliance is because the various forces reached a certain agreement to form a joint government, so the only ones who can really be regarded as citizens of the Alliance are those high-ranking rulers and some large family forces."
"Just like the Xuanwu Star Region back then?" Qi Yiming suddenly remembered the Xuanwu Federation that was integrated under his military deterrence back then.
"Yes, as for the humans on the various administrative stars, to put it bluntly, they only recognize the local rulers or a certain family force, and have no sense of belonging to the country of the Business Alliance at all."
Qi Yiming understood why Fang Min said he thought too much when he heard this.
Why this happened, Qi Yiming could understand it after thinking about it.
On an administrative star, only a few elites can fly freely in the universe, while others can only stay on the ground for their entire lives. How can these people understand the outside world? It would be strange if they can feel a sense of belonging to the country of the Business Alliance.
"In that case, let's prepare for war. Let's start by taking over the two star systems near the Ancestral Star Region!!"
I've been really busy these past two days, so I'll just update one chapter today. I'll resume normal updates after these two busy days.