Free Web NovelChapter 2560: Chapter 25: The All-Out Assault Begins!
"Alright, now listen to my command. The Western and Southern Allied Armies, redirect your fleet’s forward direction and launch an attack on the enemy headquarters to the southwest."
"Yes!"
When Jia Yan uttered these words, two members of the Jia Yan Squad suddenly appeared in the interstellar space, responding loudly to the order.
"The Northern and Eastern forces, listen to my command, launch a counterattack on the enemy headquarters in the northeast."
"Yes!"
On the other side, two strong ones from the Jia Yan Squad appeared again in front of the cameras.
"Commence the general attack!"
"Yes!"
These words from Jia Yan, now as an evolutionary creature, were like an imperial decree in the Orion Arm. With the utterance complete, the entire Orion Arm sprang into action!
Countless creatures, countless fleets, countless soldiers, countless materials, and even countless ordinary people, all contributed resources to the army. Those with money offered money; those with strength offered strength.
Suddenly, the war materials and momentum within the Orion Arm surged powerfully, with battleships having increased by thirty percent recently through purchases.
One must know that there were already many battleships in the Orion Arm. Adding thirty percent more made it almost unimaginable how many there were.
However, this replacement was necessary. The battleships in the Orion Arm were self-made, many of them hastily built, naturally inferior to those procured from the outside. Especially as the Orion Arm previously had no way to purchase resources from the outside, now it’s buying big in one go.
The external starfields would not dare to make exorbitant demands on the Orion Arm in this situation, because win or lose, as long as Jia Yan, the main participant, is not dead, the Orion Arm will become the strongest starfield in the surrounding galaxy for a long time. After all, it’s a starfield that has eliminated many Galaxy Level powerhouses, and it is extremely formidable to starfields that lack even a single Galaxy Level powerhouse.
So they naturally could only treat many goods as ordinary products for sale. Even if they are slightly more expensive than usual, purchases during wartime are inherently like this. At least they didn’t dare to drive hard bargains, which is already commendable.
Hence, with a large amount of materials now being daringly sold to the Orion Arm by other starfields, Orion Arm’s merchants instantly became coveted by all starfields.
"Oh, the strongest of your starfield actually spoke out."
On a certain Trading Star, Jia Rong, who hadn’t left this planet for a long time, heard the voice from beside him.
He looked at the screen on the television, then frowned slightly.
Turning to kiss the beautiful woman who spoke, he shook his head helplessly, "Are you trying to remind me that he’s my relative?"
This woman was the female journalist from an extraterrestrial domain with whom Jia Rong had dealt in earlier days. Though she looked like an Earth person, she was actually from a completely different species. Recent research suggested that the two species could interbreed.
And indeed, Jia Rong had won her heart.
"I didn’t mean that, it’s just that I’m a reporter, right? So, can you tell me? What exactly is your relationship with this Mosquito Patriarch?"
The female journalist asked with baby-like curiosity. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
"I won’t tell you," Jia Rong’s words made her heart ache slightly.
She felt deceived by this Earth member of Jia’s family. She hadn’t intended to have anything to do with this young master of Jia’s family initially, but his mysterious background intrigued her, and gradually, he became part of her life.
She had remained chaste, never engaging with any man before. Yet now, hearing that this legitimate son of Jia’s family, the one she loved, was being so evasive, tears welled up in her eyes, fearing she would suffer a fate similar to his mother.
Just as the female journalist thought she would be placated and eventually just become a secret affair...
Jia Rong suddenly picked up the conversation again.
"I won’t tell you. You can come with me to Earth and ask my family. They will tell you."
"Hmm? Come with you to Earth, does that mean—!"
The female journalist’s eyes almost gleamed with delight.
"That’s right. I’m planning to introduce you as my official girlfriend to my family. What, did you think I’d just keep you in the dark? Please, I’m not like that guy; I won’t make a woman suffer."
As Jia Rong spoke, he cast a brief, deliberate glance at the giant mosquito on the media screen, then gave a cold snort.
Naturally, Jia Yan didn’t know that his son, far off on a Trading Star, had found him a daughter-in-law.
If he knew, his mood would probably be very good.
Although he didn’t quite get along with or couldn’t quite accept his son, when it came to grandchildren, there probably wouldn’t be so much estrangement. This is human nature.
"Alright, stop the recording now."
Jia Yan instructed the media, and before long, he flew out of the sub-space external boundary, and the media shooting ceased.
Not long after, small fleets carrying the media swiftly left this segment of the starry sky, as their task had concluded.
Jia Yan retained a few members of the Jia Yan Squad who had come here.
"Now there’s no one else around."
With one foreleg, Jia Yan drew a line in the space, causing a field-like, yet not quite field-like, thing to appear in the entire space.
Wrapping his key subordinates and himself within, Jia Yan guaranteed that no one outside could hear their conversation here.
"Let’s discuss the arrangements for supplying the war materials."
"Lord, we feel there’s still a shortfall in material resources for this battle. Unless we have a continuous purchase of external resources while fighting, the consequences of supply interruption would be unthinkable."
"Indeed, the same goes on my side. If we fight according to the Lord’s plan, I’m worried our resources will be dangerously tight. Such battles are a test of our external and business capabilities, as the starfields selling to us will likely increase prices due to the war."
Several subordinates expressed great concerns regarding Jia Yan’s proposed comprehensive counterattack strategy.
The concerns were mainly material-related. This war, destined to be significant, aims to completely shatter and annihilate the enemies. The logistical demands are immense. Moreover, the Orion Arm has been engaged for so long that even the best accumulations are depleted, not to mention the Orion Arm never had a deep foundation to begin with.
The issues they’re raising point to the Orion Arm’s major concern: the commerce-dependent lifeline.
If merchants saw profit, leading to raised prices or closing some channels, the entire war could unravel very unpleasantly.
"No need to worry, if they dare play tricks, I’ll personally visit those starfields or business groups."
Jia Yan solved the issue with a cold chuckle.
The subordinates immediately dropped the matter.
Having a Galaxy Level existence personally go over, not just some commercial companies, even entire starfields could only surrender.
This analogy is akin to nuclear weapons — once unsheathed, it’s a massive threat.
They could simply announce what Jia Yan just said, and all surrounding starfields wouldn’t dare disobey.
The deterrence of a Galaxy Level powerhouse is earth-shattering, especially a Super Star River Powerhouse like Jia Yan who eliminates other Galaxy Levels as if they were mere weaklings.
"Now, let’s discuss the issue of recruiting troops. Last time you mentioned there was a problem? This time it must be resolved because I’m planning to use a strategy leveraging a massive troop advantage to crush the enemy, allowing the war to conclude more swiftly and minimizing our personnel losses."
The issue of manpower has always plagued the Orion Arm.
Although outsiders viewed the Orion Arm solely winning by force of numbers, the minimum requirement for anyone to enter the battle stage was a Sky Level existence. For the Orion Arm itself, a Sky Level existence wasn’t considered a weakling.
Thus, there were substantial manpower issues.
