Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 486 Jupiter Combined Fleet
After Paul revealed everything he knew about the Xel'Naga Demon Race, he sincerely expressed that if Zhong Cheng trusted them, the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force would all join the Federation Army and contribute to the human war against the Demon Race.

Zhong Cheng agreed after a little consideration. All the circumstances have shown that the Federation needs a powerful armed force of the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force.

Now facing the sudden attack of the demon army, the Federation fell into an extremely unfavorable situation as soon as the war started.

It can even be said that the first battle was a disastrous defeat. The top leaders of the Federation were wiped out by the demon army, the military administrative center was destroyed, and the most prosperous coastal city was occupied.

In addition, the demon army can support war with battle, quickly recover and increase its strength. If they cannot be eliminated with absolute superiority, they will only become stronger as they fight.

The Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force headed by Paul has shown great sincerity. They voluntarily put down their weapons and put their lives in the hands of the federal army.

Zhong Cheng rejected Paul's proposal to install federal supervisors in the reorganized Imperial Army. He did not doubt whether to hire someone or not. He believed in his own vision!

At the meeting, Zhong Cheng directly announced that the overall organization of the former Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force would remain unchanged, and that it would directly change its designation to the Jupiter Strategic Army of the Federal Army.

And return all weapons and equipment to them, and return more than 100 million officers and soldiers of the former Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force who were captured and surrendered in the previous war.

Paul and other former high-ranking generals of the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force were truly moved by Zhong Cheng's generosity, and they all expressed their willingness to absolutely obey the orders of the Federal Army Command and fight for the Human Federation.

After the meeting, Zhong Cheng came to the General Command of the Federal Army, which had been relocated to the Red Star Building in the center of Meridian City, and pondered for a long time before the map of the solar system in the combat command center.

The surrender of the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force and joining the Federation Army as a whole made the Federation Army's strength immediately plentiful.

But how to make good use of this huge force of nearly 2000 million still needs serious consideration.

Now the war between the Federation and the demons is mainly on the earth, but Ganymede, the source of the war, is a hidden danger.

If the analysis of the characteristics of the demon army is correct, the sufficient biological resources on the earth are the best planet for the development of the demons, and the underground ocean of Ganymede is their lair.

It is necessary to completely cut off the connection between the earth and Ganymede, prevent the demons of Ganymede from continuing to transfer to the earth, and trap the head of the demons to death on Ganymede, a barren planet.

If the demons don't have enough strength in Ganymede, it would be the best situation to take away the demons' lair.

It's just that in the satellite group of Jupiter and Saturn with Ganymede as the core, there are still more than 5 million human beings, and there are still millions of human soldiers who are still serving the demons without knowing it.

If the federal army in the asteroid belt theater is sent to Jupiter to attack the demon lair, it will be a cannibalism of human beings, and then they will fight with the demon army.

But if Paul's Jupiter strategic army was responsible for the attack on Jupiter, the effect would be completely different. Paul had a very high reputation in the original imperial army, and he could completely win the original imperial army composed of humans without fighting.

After Zhong Cheng expressed his thoughts, Sun Lin, Deng Jinhai, Shi Hanxing and others did not dare to support him.

Sun Lin said that Zhong Cheng had taken a great risk in agreeing to return the weapons and equipment to them. If he sent this army from the original empire back to the mainland to fight in the empire, would it be letting the tiger go back to the mountain?
Deng Jinhai is also worried that Paul may have no idea at first, but if they really win Jupiter and Saturn, they may have a different heart, and there will be unexpected changes in the battle situation.

However, Shi Hanxing expressed the completely opposite view. He was worried that the Jupiter strategic army might not be the opponent of the demon army, and the active attack might cause the federation to lose this important armed force.

The best way is to stick to the asteroid belt, wait for work at leisure, and consume the vitality of the demons in the desolate asteroid belt that lacks biological resources.

Zhong Cheng was moved by Shi Hanxing's suggestion, but the current conditions were immature. Before the deep space early warning system covering the space of the inner solar system was built, the demon army could completely bypass the asteroid belt defense line without knowing it. Directly attack the earth or Mars, the moon, or even Ceres and Pallas in the asteroid belt.

The Federal Army's space fleet will be exhausted and will be passively beaten.

So now we can only take the initiative to block the demon army in their lair, or at least keep them within the monitoring range of the federal army.

Only in this way can the main force of the federal army gather on the earth and annihilate the demon army on the earth.

As for the possible betrayal of Paul and others, Zhong Cheng thinks it is too much to worry about. In the current war with the demons, Paul has no other choice at all.

Only by firmly standing on the human side can we fight for a way out!
Paul was the former commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army, and he was a very good general with both wisdom and courage. Zhong Cheng thought he was inferior to Paul in commanding the space fleet.

In the ground war of the Mars Defense War, I defeated him by taking advantage of the right time, place and people, and I was a bit invincible.

There is no better interstellar war commander in the federal army than Paul. Only by entrusting him with the task of attacking the demon lair can Zhong Cheng fight against the demon army on earth with confidence.

The next day, the morning of April 8.

Zhong Cheng convened a combat meeting with the participation of all the top generals of the Federation Army. The top generals of the Federation Army in the asteroid belt theater and the Earth participated in the meeting via remote video conference.

The news that the Imperial Mars Expeditionary Force had surrendered and joined the Federal Army shocked the top generals of the Federal Army, but the change in the war situation also made everyone feel mixed feelings.

The sudden outbreak of the first solar system war ended suddenly again.

But what followed was the Second Solar System War, and there was no gap of a day between the two wars, leaving no time for the Federation to celebrate its victory.

The former opponents have become comrades-in-arms. This time they will face a brand new enemy, and the flames of war have even burned to the homeland of mankind.

Shi Hanxing briefly introduced the situation of the war and the situation of the demon army, and Zhong Cheng then announced the next battle plan.

The federal army in the asteroid belt will set sail with the main force led by Meng Ye, including 500 million mech legions, and strive to return to Earth before August 8.

The Mars Federation Army dispatched 500 million mecha corps to set off for the earth on a civilian spaceship. On August 8th, all of them will arrive at Tiangong City above the earth. After the assembly in Kunlun City is completed, the specific combat tasks will be announced at that time.

Zhong Cheng announced that the six former imperial space fleets currently in space on Mars and the four space fleets of the Federal Army will be merged, and all of them will be under the jurisdiction of the Federal Army's Jupiter Strategic Group Army.

The Jupiter Strategic Group Army has more than 600 million mecha corps and ten space fleets, becoming the most powerful combined fleet in the federal army.

The Jupiter United Fleet completed preparations for departure within three days, and then went to the asteroid belt in ten routes, and completed the recovery of the main asteroid bases in the asteroid belt, including Vesta and Juno, before August 8.

Then they will assemble to go to Jupiter, and the specific combat plan will be formulated by the Jupiter United Fleet Command itself.

Zhong Cheng only proposed a strategic goal, that is, not to allow the demon army on Jupiter to enter the inner solar system.

Zhong Cheng and other members of the Mars Theater Command will set out with the army to rebuild the Federal Army General Command in Kunlun City to fully command the war.

(End of this chapter)