210: This sounds so familiar...

It was his first time using such a device for communication himself.

The sensation was quite marvelous, as if the weight of his body had completely vanished, yet there was still a certain sense of touch.

After adjusting to his perspective, the first things Xi Hai saw were Oran and Oudo standing on the command platform—

Good grief, those seniority bars are really longer than his life, aren't they?

"Oran, come over here for a moment,"

"I have a few questions; I want to know what you think."

Oran took a few steps forward, stood still in front of Xi Hai and saluted, then shouted:

"Sir!"

"First of all, according to your teacher, you directed most of this recapture battle,"

"When you were arranging tactics and mobilizing troops, what principles did you follow?"

Oran answered without hesitation:

"Under the premise of preserving our own effective strength, maximize the annihilation of the enemy's effective strength and weaken the enemy's war potential."

"That is, not focusing on territorial disputes, but focusing on the annihilation of enemy forces."

"Good,"

Xi Hai nodded. To be able to think of this point on his own was not bad—

But it was only 'not bad'.

"Then, what do you think is the number one priority in this recapture battle?"

"Constantly grasp the rhythm of the offensive, and seize and maintain the initiative on the battlefield at all costs."

"As long as our offensive speed is fast enough, the aliens can only ever be in a position of passive reaction. Even if they guess our next move, they will be unable to make effective deployments—"

"Furthermore, in this case, we can quickly carry out encirclement and annihilation before the enemy has fully mobilized and without effective support. The intensity of resistance we face will be countless times smaller."

Xi Hai looked at Oran, who had begun to talk eloquently about this viewpoint and was gradually getting into the zone.

He suddenly remembered something.

So, after Oran stopped, he asked directly:

"Then let me ask you, if you were to lead the fleet to launch an attack on The Consortium now, what kind of tactics would you adopt—no need to break it down to an executable level yet, just talk about your general ideas."

Hearing this question, Oran's eyes first narrowed, and then his brain began to work frantically.

The Supreme Director is telling him this now, could it be... no, don't think too much yet... So, in less than a minute, he spoke:

"I have a few preliminary ideas."

"Let's hear them."

"First, through large-scale, sudden surprise attacks, concentrate forces on three narrow fronts to form three 'arrows',"

"With these three 'arrows' as the first wave of impact, they don't need to worry about the safety of their flanks. Their only task is to use the Void Bubble Engines to pierce straight and continuously into the enemy's depth."

"Furthermore, on these offensive routes, all key enemy units should be marked,"

"It would be best if we could systematically paralyze the enemy's industry, command, and all other war systems during the offensive."

"Subsequently, when the three arrows have penetrated to a certain depth, they will converge in the enemy's deep rear areas to form a huge encirclement, and then launch a pincer movement to segment and annihilate all enemy fleets within the encirclement—"

"With the help of the Void Bubble Engines, blocking the Void Channels has also become possible for us,"

"Which means we can also intercept all fleets coming to support and annihilate them directly with superior firepower."

"Oh, of course,"

"This is a preliminary concept. Specific implementation would have to be combined with specific circumstances, for example, Ursa Major's..."

The more he heard, the more familiar it sounded.

After listening to Oran's preliminary analysis, Xi Hai expressed that he was reminded of an old acquaintance—

Key breakthroughs, pincer movements, encirclement and annihilation,

Isn't this just Blitzkrieg!

Good grief, truly good grief,

He's not even pretending anymore.

Good, good, good. Xi Hai looked at Oran.

"Oran, I have a task now that I need to entrust to you,"

"Take the First Mobile Fleet again and act once more in the name of the Sacred Stars Group."

"I will find a diplomatic casus belli for you when the time comes, and then—"

"You just need to elbow The Consortium regardless of the cost."

"Yes!"

"As for now—after you finish the cleanup work here, send those faculty members back to Tianjin Seat first."

"Yes!"

After giving his instructions, Xi Hai hung up the communication.

On Oran's side, he watched the holographic projection equipment slowly dim, his mind wondering about who knows what.

At this time, Oudo patted his shoulder and said softly:

"Keep it up,"

"Whether it's the future of the Legion or the future of humanity, it belongs to you all."

"Don't just stand there—there's a whole lot of work waiting for you to do!"

Then, without waiting for Oran to react, he turned and walked out of the Bridge.

He first glanced at his teacher's back, then out the window, and finally just sighed softly, walked back to the command platform, and picked up the command communicator—

Instantly, his entire aura changed, from a green student to a soldier who had crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood:

"The Consortium has designated this star system as a combat zone, right?"

The adjutant beside him stood at attention and replied: "Yes!"

"Good. According to combat conventions, all units here already belong to The Consortium's military units; there are no civilians,"

"Is that correct?"

Adjutant: "Correct!"

"Good!"

Oran switched the communication directly to the entire fleet—

"All hands!"

"In the name of the Commander of the Guardian Angel Legion's First Mobile Fleet, I sign the following order!"

"Exterminate all life in this star system!"

"Remember! Only The Consortium's military units remain here!"

"Do not be soft-hearted!"

...Meanwhile, at Ursa Major V01.01,

Logically, the Empire's offensive was still tens of thousands of miles away from here, so it shouldn't have been affected yet—

But the fact was that the entirety of Ursa Major V01.01 had also turned into a mess.

The reason was simple: their beloved Marshal had investigated and dealt with the previous Minister of Finance on charges of embezzlement and corruption,

And the new Minister of Finance wanted to collect taxes from first- and second-class citizens, only to end up shot... well, actually, he couldn't say how many times, in his own home.

At the scene, only a small amount of human tissue was found among a large amount of metallic substances—

Of course, it was still ruled a suicide.

However, the person behind this tax collection was that very Marshal.

Thus, unknowingly, a new round of the 'Battle Royale' within The Consortium was brewing in the shadows—

And at this critical juncture, a tiny FG300, carrying the most potent catalyst, quietly entered this massive powder keg...