The bosses from various departments have gathered together at this moment.
What they want to discuss today is the battle that took place in the Sylvian star system a few hours ago.
"President, I think we should not continue to expand the conflict with the ghosts at this stage. It is safest to have Commodore Jiang Xingchen's First Fleet withdraw immediately before they know where we are coming from."
The person who said this was the Minister of Federal Trade.
It cannot be said that he is timid and afraid of fighting. In fact, many federal officials are like this.
War is okay, humans are not afraid of it.
but...
I don’t want to fight for a subordinate civilization.
After all, 99% of the current human beings in the Federation were originally rescued by the resistance forces from all over the galaxy.
To them, subordinate civilization is just a bunch of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves.
More than four hundred years ago, the Federation was good enough to its subordinate civilizations, but the result...
In exchange, after the Federation's defeat, those second- and third-level civilizations have been oppressed for hundreds of years, and in many cases they are even more ruthless than the four major civilizations.
Then, the problem comes.
Where did the war happen?
More than two thousand light years away from the Alpha star system.
Who are these ghosts threatening?
It is also the potential affiliated civilization of the Federation more than two thousand light years away.
So, does the Federation really need to fight a war with ghosts whose outcome is unknown for these reasons?
This is not just the idea of the Minister of Trade, but also the idea of most of humanity today.
"President, I agree with Minister Luo. Even if they are elves, we can completely connect them to the federal territory to determine the outcome. With a population of less than 300 million, it can be done very easily for us at present."
"Yes, even if the Federation wants to implement a new subordinate civilization policy, it can wait until the ghost falls asleep again. There is absolutely no need to go head-to-head with the ghost now. It's not worthwhile!"
...
After a while, most of the officials spoke.
They all had the same opinion, opposing this war with ghosts.
This made everyone in the military look very ugly.
"President, I disagree with the ministers' opinions!"
Lu Weiming, who really couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and said directly.
"Yes, we can indeed avoid the ghost civilization, and we can even hide until they fall asleep again."
"But please don't forget that the distance of two thousand light years seems very far, but it is actually very close. Even if we recruit the First Fleet back and develop it step by step, the territory will still expand to the ghost in ten years at most.
sphere of influence.”
"The ghost will always be the unavoidable stone on our development path!"
"So, are you planning to pay the price of greatly reducing or even stagnating the development speed of the Federation in order to avoid the ghosts?"
"I want to remind you here that this war has never been for the subordinate civilizations, but for the Federation itself!"
At the end, Lu Weiming almost shouted.
Why can't these people understand?
Although we claimed to be protecting the elves, we started a war with the ghosts.
But in fact, even if there are no elves, the war between the Federation and the ghosts is still inevitable.
Even if no troops are sent to protect the elves now, as long as the Federation continues to develop, in a few years or in more than ten years, it will still expand hundreds or even thousands of light years.
When that time comes, will we have to face the ghost as a roadblock?
The only difference is that those civilizations will have been destroyed by ghosts by then. Not only will their population drop by more than 90%, but their technology will also be directly wiped out, returning to the primitive era.
By that time, even if we kill the ghosts, can these civilizations still develop the Greater Magellanic System for the Federation?
Can we also provide various technologies to the federation?
Pooh!
Stop being delusional.
"President, I agree with Commander Lu. If we want to fight the ghosts, we must fight as soon as possible before they can fully react!"
Perhaps, many people here are still unconvinced by Lu Weiming's words.
But at this moment, almost no one would jump out and directly criticize those who said this.
After all, to everyone here, this person is like a legend, and his seniority is as high as the sky.
Director of the Federation Fleet Battleship Design Department, Liu Feng.
This is the only human being who has lived for nearly five hundred years and has experienced both the old and new federations.
As soon as Liu Feng spoke out, the ministers who had just wanted to speak out against Lu Weiming also shut up for a moment.
At the same time, many people were also recalling what Lu Weiming just said.
Indeed, as long as the Federation develops, it will definitely collide with ghosts, and there is no way to avoid them.
Although this is the case, but...
"Commander Lu, I would like to ask, what are the military's chances of winning this war?"
"As far as the ghost fleets are known so far, I think Jiang Xingchen's first fleet can handle it."
"What about the unknown ones?"
"I can't answer this. After all, we don't know how many warships the ghost has and where its base camp is."
Lu Weiming shook his head and told the truth.
As of now, there are about more than 500 known ghost fleets. Excluding the 180 ships that were annihilated by the First Fleet in Sylvie, there are still about 300 or 50 ships.
With this amount, Lu Weiming thought Jiang Xingchen would have no problem.
But if you want to talk about the things that haven't been discovered, it's really hard to say.
After all, with the Sylvie star system as the center, the First Fleet has left behind monitoring devices, and the range that can be confirmed is hundreds of light years.
No one knows how large an area the ghosts are spread across, right?
"Commander Lu, you didn't even know the details of the other party, and you started a war rashly... Isn't it too childish?"
"No, although I don't know the extent of Ghost's sphere of influence and the size of its fleet, I do know some other information, some information that is very beneficial to us."
"Commander Lu, can you elaborate?"
"Well, let Director Xue from the Intelligence Department do the talking."
On the side, Xue Qiang from the Federal Intelligence Department nodded and stood up.
"Everyone, everyone knows that Brigadier General Jiang Xingchen captured eight ghosts before, right?"
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
After all, he is the boss of each department. He may not know the details, but he definitely knows it.
"We have tried many methods of interrogation before. We are not afraid of everyone's laughter. We are only missing the ten legendary torture methods."
"But it's a pity that we couldn't pry open the ghost's mouth. To them, we are food, so they don't bother to talk to us. Even now that they have become prisoners, this is still the case."
"So we started trying other approaches, like... drugs and technology."
"But the results are not very good. The interrogation drugs that are very effective on humans have no effect on ghosts at all."
"After all, they are a completely different species from us."
"It wasn't until we accidentally tried a drug that it had a miraculous effect. Then we pried open the mouth of one of the ghosts and obtained a lot of valuable information."
Xue Qiang kept talking.
And many people noticed that when he mentioned that kind of medicine just now, his eyes evaded for a while.
What kind of medicine did Wei Yinghun take in the intelligence department in the end, and it actually worked?
Also, why does Xu Qiang’s eyes dodge for a moment when this point is mentioned?
Finally, someone couldn't help being curious and asked.
"Minister Xue, can you tell me what drug the intelligence department used in the end to have its effect on the ghost."
"Well... okay, don't worry about everyone laughing. One of my men had a sudden idea and fed one of the ghosts some aphrodisiac."
What?
Minister Xue, are you sure you're not kidding?
Suddenly, everyone in the entire conference room was stunned.