[Enemy fire trucks have all surrendered, a total of 150 vehicles with 750 crew members, all captured]
[The perimeter wall has been largely incinerated]
[Approximately 500 enemy construction machinery seized, currently being inventoried]
[680 enemy construction personnel and 4000 robots captured]
[Simple fortifications are being constructed to prevent potential enemy counterattacks, with a preparedness for a 10,000-strong legion to enter the border zone for vigilance]
A great victory!
Jiang Ye was in a very good mood.
He began to handle other miscellaneous matters on Jiang Ye Star. Although his current work focus was on Bi Rong Star, his hometown was still the fundamental base, and he couldn't afford to be negligent.
After only half an hour of work, another message arrived from Bi Rong Star.
[The forces of Qian Long Star have counterattacked, deploying approximately 400 military aircraft to airdrop tear gas and knockout gas onto our forces. All troops are equipped with anti-gas suits, and there have been no casualties so far]
Jiang Ye frowned.
Four hundred aircraft, that's something.
But, not much.
After Jiang Ye's long-term efforts, the forces on Bi Rong Star had established an underground mechanical兵工厂 (bing gong chang - arms factory), a drone factory, and four ammunition factories.
The production capacity of the drone factory alone could produce ten units per day.
These drones were not small aerial photography devices, but supersonic monsters with an 8-meter wingspan, capable of carrying several tons of ammunition and cruising for extended periods.
Because this type of drone appeared a deep sea dark blue under sunlight, they were commonly known as Sea Bird machines.
Previously, to conceal their strength, the produced Sea Birds were stored in underground hangars.
Now that the policy had changed, Jiang Ye decided to release them all to make a show of force.
[How many Sea Birds do we have in reserve?] Jiang Ye sent a message.
[350 units, with 300 currently in full operational status and ready for immediate deployment. 50 units are undergoing debugging and maintenance] Bi Rong Star replied immediately, as the signal was now very clear.
[Print a sufficient quantity of plastic surrender leaflets. The content is to be determined, but the general idea should convey that Jiang Ye Star's forces have achieved an overwhelming advantage, with various factions surrendering one after another. Joining Jiang Ye Star's forces, whether as an organization or an individual, will result in high salaries and preferential treatment. Resistance to the end will lead to certain death. Load the leaflets onto the Sea Bird machines and scatter them over the Qian Long Star forces' territory. After scattering, make a wide loop back to the base, reload with leaflets, and immediately ascend. Repeat this process continuously to create the illusion of thousands of Sea Bird machines for the enemy]
...
Qian Long Star, forward camp.
Night had just fallen, and the camp's buildings were illuminated with yellow lights.
A large number of engineers were still busy around the camp, operating machinery to construct fortifications and build more barracks.
Suddenly, in the distant night sky, a cluster of small orange-yellow dots appeared.
A piercing air-raid siren immediately enveloped the camp.
The engineers were very panicked.
However, there were no air-raid shelters, nor any decent cover to hide in.
The Galactic Empire strictly prohibited warfare between the various factions on Bi Rong Star. Under normal circumstances, there should be no bombings, but with enemy aircraft swarming through the night, everyone nervously lay on the ground, hands clasped over their heads.
The orange-yellow dots grew closer and closer.
The roar of fighter jets!
A dense swarm of drones instantly swept past, flying at a very low altitude, almost skimming the tops of the buildings.
The immense sound waves and air currents shook the entire camp, kicking up dust everywhere.
Soon, fluttering leaflets began to fall.
The engineers jumped up and grabbed the leaflets falling from the sky.
"Surrender leaflets?"
"Jiang Ye Star's forces possess absolute overwhelming strength? What a boast!"
"They're even made of plastic. If they were paper leaflets, they could rot in the ground."
"How inconsiderate! Aren't they just creating trash for us?"
The engineers were dismissive.
They patted the dust off themselves and returned to their posts.
But the air-raid siren, which had just stopped, sounded again!
"More enemy aircraft!"
"So many!"
"Quick, get down!"
The engineers panicked and lay on the ground.
Large formations of military aircraft swept over the camp again, scattering leaflets everywhere!
The engineers got up one after another to look at the new leaflets, the content was still the same.
However, the air-raid siren did not stop.
In the dark sky in the distance, a row of orange-yellow lights was rapidly approaching.
This time, many people did not lie down, but stood in place, looking up.
Roar! Air currents! Leaflets!
The entire Qian Long Star camp was in chaos, with dust being stirred up by air currents from all directions. The entire camp resembled a fire scene. Besides the flying dust, plastic leaflets were scattered all over the ground, rustling like fallen leaves in the wind.
"Jiang Ye Star's forces have so many planes!"
"How many is that? At least over two hundred?"
"Hey! Here they come again!"
The drones swept over the Qian Long Star camp, wave after wave.
Leaflets were scattered repeatedly.
Five hours later.
The ground of the Qian Long Star camp was covered with leaflets.
The engineers and robots were busy picking up the leaflets. The leaflets were made of inferior plastic, and if not cleaned up, a single spark could turn the entire camp into an inferno.
The air-raid siren had sounded countless times, and drone formations appeared in the distant night sky again.
The engineers had various expressions on their faces.
"That's over two thousand aircraft, isn't it?"
"How is that possible! Could it be that they're flying the same ones repeatedly?"
"There must be this many planes. This is clearly a show of force!"
"Terrifying. How much did it cost to build so many? How far has Jiang Ye Star's development progressed?"
"According to the publicly available data, they're at 90% of the Village level. But like us, they must be hiding their strength. Who knows, maybe these planes are just the tip of the iceberg."
"I'm starting to feel a bit weak. The enemy is too strong!"
...
Early morning.
Jiang Ye woke up and the first thing he did was head to his study.
[The leaflet dropping operation is complete, with a total of 3700 flight missions executed. Currently, it is observed that the Qian Long Star forward camp is reinforcing its troops. As of now, the enemy has deployed approximately 8,000 mechanical soldiers and 5,000 human soldiers along our border line, but they have not yet crossed the border, and are constructing a plastic wall along the border]
Jiang Ye pondered.
The other side had not counterattacked but had adopted a defensive posture.
It was likely that the aircraft harassment throughout the night had put some pressure on them.
According to the publicly available data, Qian Long Star's development index was only at 80% of the Village level, a full tier lower.
But judging by the number of personnel along their border line, they were far beyond that level.
No, the threat was too great, it must be eliminated as soon as possible!
Jiang Ye clicked on the screen to check the current reserves of his own forces on Bi Rong Star.
40,000 mechanical soldiers, 18,000 human soldiers
5,000 artificial human lumberjacks, 8,000 metal simulated humans
There were also some scattered personnel such as prisoners, scientific research teams, and business teams, totaling 2,000 people.
In other words, the total number of Jiang Ye Star's forces on Bi Rong Star was currently seventy-three thousand.
However, these seventy-three thousand people could not all be sent to the front line.
Jiang Ye calculated that he could only send fifty thousand to the front line, which was less than five times the opponent's numbers.
It felt... a bit weak.
No, he had to rapidly expand his strength!
Xu Yan had just returned to Jiang Ye Star, and he made a call.
The call was connected, and before she could speak, Jiang Ye immediately said,
"I need ten mechanical兵工厂 (bing gong chang - arms factories) built on Bi Rong Star. How much money will that cost?"