Chapter 168 Expansion
Under Qi Yiming's instruction, everyone quickly got into the state.
The fleet reorganization was taken over by Wang Shuhua, and Wang Sen was arranged by Qi Yiming to be responsible for the logistics support of the entire fleet. During this trip, Qi Yiming found that Wang Sen was indeed not suitable to be a front-line commander.
As for the others, Qi Yiming asked them to choose a warship they liked to be the captain, and the positions would have to wait until Wang Shuhua completed the reorganization of the fleet according to the organization he gave before they could be assigned.
In fact, Qi Yiming's fleet organization for Wang Shuhua was very simple. With the number of warships he now had, if it was based on the organization of the former Federation's interstellar fleet, it would not be possible to form a full-staffed interstellar fleet.
The former Human Federation adopted a super-large fleet organization, that is, a full-staffed interstellar fleet was composed of 5 Titan-class super flagships, 10 Chimera-class aircraft carriers, 50 Warrior-class battleships, 100 Blade-class battlecruisers, 500 Grizzly-class cruisers, 800 Scythe-class destroyers and 1,300 Petrel-class frigates.
These are just combat ships. Each time the fleet is in action, fifty to sixty special destroyers responsible for battlefield electromagnetic suppression and battlefield intelligence collection will be assigned to the fleet.
Add some logistics transport ships and battlefield repair ships. All in all, a fully staffed interstellar fleet will have nearly four thousand warships.
The few warships in Qi Yiming's hands are not even a fraction of them.
Wang Shuhua looked at the fleet organization table in his hand, and his heart was mixed with mixed feelings: "There are only a few warships, and you give me such a large organization, what should I do?"
Later, Wang Shuhua simply divided all the warships in his hands into two groups, the combat group and the logistics group, which was simple and rough.
Qi Yiming didn't say much after reading it, but just nodded and gave Wang Shuhua a thumbs up.
In fact, for the current situation, the fleet organization is not important. The warships in Qi Yiming's hands were all built by the Engineer in the past few months, and the technical standards are all the technical standards of the former Human Federation.
So the number of warships cannot be said to be overwhelming, but the quality of the warships can definitely crush any established fleet.
If the Wise One optimizes the firepower output of each warship on the battlefield, Qi Yiming can actually order the entire army to charge directly at the beginning of the battle without any command.
"Let's do this first. The population on Gaia is too small at present, and it can only support a fleet of this size. When our power expands and there are enough people, the fleet organization table in your hand will definitely be realized." Qi Yiming patted Wang Shuhua on the shoulder.
Wang Shuhua also understood that it was very easy for Qi Yiming to quickly expand the size of the fleet with the Engineer, but it was useless if there were warships but no one to drive them.
Two days later, the fleet was reorganized. Qi Yiming waved his hand and the fleet moved according to the order, heading straight for the border galaxy bordering the Commercial Alliance and the Ancestral Star Region.
At first, Qi Yiming thought he would encounter fierce resistance. After all, for the citizens of the Commercial Alliance, Qi Yiming and his men were considered foreign invaders.
But as Fang Min said, the fleet only encountered a small-scale resistance when attacking the free airport of the border galaxy. When the fleet occupied the airport and prepared to take over the administrative star below the airport, the ground had already sent a letter of surrender.
The various forces that knew the news did not react much, except that the official of the Commercial Alliance sent a stern warning letter to Qi Yiming.
However, Qi Yiming just glanced at the warning letter and threw it aside.
Moreover, the fleet did not stay at the border for long. After establishing a small forward base in the newly occupied galaxy, the fleet broke up and immediately radiated to the surrounding galaxies.
In just one week, four galaxies were occupied successively. Although only one of the four galaxies had a habitable planet, the other three galaxies were resource galaxies.
They all had a large number of rare mineral deposits. Taking over these three galaxies was of great significance to Qi Yiming's future development.
Finally, all the fleets gathered in the Landu galaxy, which was an important waterway connecting the Commercial Alliance to the border.
By observing the star map, we can know that as long as Qi Yiming takes over this galaxy, he can cut off the connection between the Commercial Alliance and the currently occupied area.
In this way, Qi Yiming can calmly complete the digestion of the occupied area, and the pressure of defense will be greatly reduced.
However, the senior officials of the Commercial Alliance are not fools. They also understand the importance of the Landu galaxy, so they have deployed a large number of warships in the Landu galaxy since the rebellion.
Qi Yiming may have to spend some effort to take over this galaxy.
However, according to the news brought back by the Zhancha fleet sent in advance, although there are a large number of fleets stationed in the Landu galaxy, the combat effectiveness of these fleets is not very strong.
Most of the warships are temporarily requisitioned merchant frigates, and only a small part of the fleet belongs to the local garrison fleet.
After obtaining detailed intelligence on the fleet stationed in the Landu galaxy, Qi Yiming immediately ordered the fleet to start attacking and clear all enemies in the Landu galaxy as quickly as possible to avoid more trouble.
This scale of battle is the best training for Qi Yiming's fleet.
Therefore, Qi Yiming did not let the Xuefeng rush to the front line, but just stayed behind the fleet to stabilize the fleet and prevent it from collapsing when necessary.
However, as the fleet commander, Wang Shuhua performed very steadily. When the number of warships was not dominant, he made the most of the excellent performance of his own warships.
Through large-scale maneuvers, he pulled the formation of the Landu Galaxy garrison fleet, fought several beautiful annihilation battles when the garrison fleet was exhausted, and successfully devoured several A-class fleets led by battlecruisers of the garrison fleet.
In the end, the Landu Galaxy defenders had to gather the fleet and shrink over the habitable planet of the Landu Galaxy to make their last dying struggle.
After many attempts, Wang Shuhua commanded the fleet, but failed to successfully break through the enemy's defense line, so he asked Qi Yiming, who had been staying behind, for help.
In fact, according to Qi Yiming's idea, he did not want to take over the command too early.
This tough nut to crack is a good training opportunity for Wang Shuhua's fleet, but intelligence gathered from all sides shows that the Commercial Alliance has reassembled two full fleets and is rushing day and night, hoping to arrive here before Qi Yiming takes over the Landu galaxy.
As the only entrance to the border galaxy and the hinterland of the Commercial Alliance, Qi Yiming dare not play any tricks at this time. Since the purpose of training has been initially achieved, stabilizing the current situation has become the focus.
So Qi Yiming took over the command of the fleet again.
Under the eager eyes of everyone, the Xuefeng slowly came to the front of the battle line and turned on the flagship lights.
"Attention, all ships, arrange the spindle formation with this ship as the base..."