The meeting lasted for over two hours.
All the information held by the Solaris Star forces was provided to Jiang Ye, including the troop deployments of the four major powers, their hidden structures, subsequent plans, and even the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of some key figures within these four powers.
Most crucially, Solaris Star possessed many critical network nodes of the four major powers.
Gongbilige promised that these network nodes could be transferred to Jiang Ye's forces at any time.
The four planets had invested over a hundred billion in network security. Once Solaris Star handed over the network nodes, this hundred billion in security protection would turn to dust.
Jiang Ye felt the thrill of bypassing the enemy's Maginot Line.
The cooperation between the four major powers was remarkably tight, with each intertwined with the others.
Whether it was facilities, personnel, or information systems, they were tightly integrated like Lego bricks, inseparable.
On the surface, their unity was enviable.
But with Solaris Star's betrayal, this complete unity became a joke.
Fearing that delays would cause complications, Jiang Ye immediately began mobilizing troops.
The troop mobilization order was issued at 7:10 PM on Monday.
By 5 AM on Tuesday, the first batch of 100,000 mechanical soldiers had arrived at the front lines, setting up camp in the wilderness less than a kilometer from the four major powers.
At 7 AM, 50,000 living soldiers arrived at the front lines, and at 3 PM, another 100,000 mechanical laborers arrived via capsule ships.
The camps of the four major powers reacted immediately, quickly setting up electromagnetic defense walls and connecting them to the main power lines of the three power generation plants behind them.
The blue-purple electromagnetic barrier was activated instantly, completely enclosing the camps of the four major powers, like a giant glass cylinder inverted over them.
Jiang Ye's side remained unhurried, continuing to issue mobilization orders.
Factories behind Jiang Ye Star began to shut down one after another. Mechanical workers marched out of the factories in columns and boarded military ships without hesitation. From the satellite's night-time imagery, within a few days, the bright spots that originally represented Jiang Ye Star's forces had largely extinguished.
Androids also received conscription orders to help with fortification construction and material transport at the front lines, earning a thousand yuan per day. Out of sixty thousand androids, forty thousand signed up and were quickly transported south in batches.
By Friday evening, Jiang Ye Star's forces had assembled 700,000 troops. Their camps stretched out like a sea, and the lights at night surged like a tide, completely encircling the bases of the four major powers.
The gaze of the entire planet Birong was focused here.
Over a hundred factions, through various information channels, were observing this brewing conflict.
Although everyone knew that Jiang Ye Star's forces were currently very strong, the sudden mobilization of 700,000 troops still shocked the entire planet.
In such a short time, they had managed to raise 700,000 troops? How many more were there in reserve?
Many smaller factions felt despair at this number.
In situations where casualties could not be inflicted, numbers became a hard indicator of combat power. One pair of fists could not defeat four hands; whoever had more people could capture the rest as prisoners.
Many small factions had a total population of less than 50,000, or even less than 10,000. If not for the distance, they would have been swallowed whole by Jiang Ye Star's forces, who wouldn't even bother chewing, let alone spitting out the bones.
As for those mini-factions with only a thousand or eight hundred people, they had already resigned themselves to fate. Their own scale was not even enough for Jiang Ye Star's forces to have a single meal, so they lay down and waited for the game to end.
Everyone assumed that Jiang Ye Star's forces would use their overwhelming numerical advantage to sweep through the camps of the four major powers.
However, Jiang Ye's first target was the strongholds of the four major powers.
Another invasion force of 300,000 troops advanced at night, rapidly leaving the territory of Jiang Ye Star's forces. They split into three routes, with 100,000 troops in each, charging towards the main bases of the Cyber Star, Night Feast Star, and Machine Star forces.
As for the Solaris Star forces, only a small team of 500 people was sent to take over the network of the Solaris Star base. Half of this team were hackers, and Shi Zhizhi was among them.
On Sunday, at 11:30 PM, twilight descended.
Jiang Ye sat upright behind his desk. In front of him, over a dozen holographic projection screens were arranged in sequence, displaying data, live feeds of various units, and communication windows with key officers.
If war were a game, all the maps and control keys were now within his grasp.
Wherever Jiang Ye's gaze focused, that projection screen would automatically move to the front of him and enlarge.
The 300,000 invasion troops were still over ten kilometers away from the enemy's main bases. The terrain was covered in dense forests and rugged roads. Even though most of the invading soldiers were tireless mechanical troops and the human soldiers wore exoskeletons, it would still take half an hour to reach their destination.
"Che Zhen, the 700,000 troops at the four camps can move now. First, form up, and we expect to attack in about half an hour," Jiang Ye said.
"Understood! The order has just been issued!" Che Zhen's voice message was immediately transmitted back, but the sound was severely distorted, with crackling static, like a captain's voice from an ancient airplane. "The enemy has initiated signal jamming, so there might be a slight delay. We are attempting signal counter-suppression; it's not a major issue."
Jiang Ye turned his attention to the invasion force, where a change had already occurred.
The enemy's main bases had detected the approaching attackers. Swarms of drones flew out, deploying smoke bombs and tear gas.
Large clouds of white smoke burst open like giant flowers, causing the trees to sway wildly and leaves to fall.
It was already nighttime, with dense forests, and now it was filled with smoke and gas. The invading forces were immediately thrown into chaos.
Jiang Ye reached out, constantly switching perspectives. He could see the view from each mechanical soldier's perspective. But no matter how he switched, the surroundings were in utter disarray. Tear gas canisters, like hailstones, rained down, completely obscuring vision. To avoid the effects of the tear gas, human soldiers began to don gas masks and protective suits, but this further hindered their movement and vision.
Fortunately, the front-line unit officers reacted quickly: "Human soldiers, one kilometer to the left! Mechanical soldiers, one kilometer to the right! Avoid trampling!"
The chaotic troops began to separate.
The number of drones deployed by the enemy was astonishing. Satellite estimates put it at 50,000. The area for several kilometers around the invading troops was enveloped in smoke and gas, making the entire forest appear as if it were spontaneously combusting.
Soon, the human soldiers and mechanical soldiers were separated.
Human soldiers, relying solely on their eyesight, found it difficult to advance in these conditions, their speed reduced to a crawl.
But the mechanical soldiers continued to advance, even picking up speed. They relied on signal to confirm each other's positions and could move forward even without visibility. Moreover, without the encumbrance of human soldiers, they could run freely.
Jiang Ye spoke, "Che Zhen, the invasion force has encountered some issues. Deploy 60,000 reserve troops to support them. They can be mechanical soldiers. Use rolling deployment tactics, with three soldiers forming a unit. Spread out as much as possible, sending troops out sequentially to create a large net that sweeps through the forest before regrouping. Once the journey is halfway through, transfer command of the reinforcement reserves to the front-line officers. You focus on the four camps."
"Understood!" Che Zhen replied. This time, his voice was much clearer, indicating that the signal warfare had gained the upper hand.