Vice Admiral He hurried back to Starfleet headquarters with the news. Admiral Aoki Kuzan did not leave. Although he was a guest, he was still a hostage. It was just not listed as a condition for negotiation, not as a prerequisite for negotiation.
The news of the defeat of 500,000 battleships led by Admiral Kuzan shocked the top brass of Starfleet Headquarters. This was something they never expected.
However, there are not many mistakes that General Kuzan said about the Battle of Gemini.
150,000 battleships fought against an enemy space city and 50,000 battleships, and the two sides ended up in a draw, which is acceptable.
However, whether it is true or false remains to be investigated.
But the question now is how to talk about it next and how to redeem people.
Marshal Warring States asked, "I have another question, who is in the hands of the Twin Stars now? Sand crocodiles? Or bats?"
Lieutenant General He said: "I also asked General Kuzan, and he said that he had fought with a strong man who used the hot sandstorm sword, and it should be the Sand Crocodile."
Akainu Sakaski asked: "Who won?"
Lieutenant General He smiled and said: "Of course it is General Kuzan."
Marshal Kong frowned, "Since when did the Sand Crocodile have the sword intention?"
Kizaru Polusalino smiled and said: "He hasn't fought anyone seriously for a long time. It's not surprising that he can practice swordsmanship. The imaginary enemy is Kuzan. My light and Sakaski's enthusiasm are against each other."
The effect of his sand is not ideal."
General Zefa said coldly: "It can be fully demonstrated that this guy has been thinking about dealing with the Star Fleet."
Lieutenant General He said seriously: "I have been thinking about a question. They say this is a battle between the sand crocodile and the bat. So now that the sand crocodile is alive, what will happen to the bat."
"Then he must be dead." Akainu Sakaski said contemptuously, "Even Sand Crocodile can't win, so that's all."
General Zefa pondered and said in a heavy voice: "No, no, I think there is another possibility, that is, the bat and the sand crocodile have formed an alliance."
The conference room suddenly fell silent. Everyone was surprised, but also felt that it made sense.
Lieutenant General He said: "I think so too. I also asked General Kuzan about it, but he couldn't tell me. However, I think it is best for us to treat the sand crocodile as an ally of the bat in the subsequent negotiations."
Marshal Kong nodded, "This is very important. Try not to give away the Sand Crocodile battleship in this negotiation."
Lieutenant General He smiled and said: "I am going to use maintenance supplies to negotiate. Sand Crocodile now has a large number of damaged warships, so there must be a lack of maintenance supplies."
Kizaru Porusalino smiled and said: "This is good, it will not help increase the number of troops."
Akainu Sakaski retorted, "Why don't you help the increase? If you repair 500,000 battleships, there will be more than 100,000 battleships."
"Sand Crocodile must have also lost many battleships."
"Who knows? Kuzan doesn't even know."
"Okay, that's it for today, let's go."
Marshal Kong saw the two generals bickering and simply announced their disbandment.
…
Gemini Starfield, Space City Plaza.
Nicole Robin gathered the Sand Crocodile's subordinates and met Sand Crocodile Sand Crocodile via video.
The sand crocodile made by the intelligent Miss Jeanne d'Arc appeared on the big screen and announced three things to his subordinates.
"First, we will form an alliance with the Bat Star Thieves Alliance from now on to jointly deal with the interstellar fleet, but this matter needs to be kept secret."
Everyone has no objection. Being released from prison is the best outcome.
Someone asked in a low voice why, and someone was smart enough to give a pretty perfect answer.
The sand crocodile must not have the upper hand in the battle with the bat, but the bat cannot kill the sand crocodile. After all, it has the ability to transform into sand.
It just so happened that Starfleet arrived. With a common enemy, it was natural for them to form an alliance.
"Two, Starfleet sent 500,000 warships to Gemini to suppress..."
Many people were frightened and some were paralyzed. They did not think they could defeat it.
"I teamed up with the bats and just defeated them."
Everyone was immediately excited. Not only the survivors, but also the glory. As an interstellar pirate, being able to defeat the interstellar fleet's army is worthy of bragging.
"However, our enmity with Starfleet has deepened, so we must be more careful in the future."
"yes."
Everyone answered in unison, and now they don't think that forming an alliance is a bad thing at all. Everyone knows very well that the crocodile on the sand cannot win, and it must be a bat.
"Okay, I have something else to do next. All affairs of Baroque Works and the Twin Stars are temporarily handled by Nicole Robin. Her words are mine."
"yes."
"That's it, let's all disperse."
…
As Lieutenant General He returned to the Gemini Star Territory with a list of repair supplies and met with Nicole Robin to discuss the ransom issue, the Gemini Star Gate was also opened with restrictions.
Two versions of the news were circulated. One was the version concocted by Yamazaki, which concealed the part about the death of the sand crocodile.
Starfleet took advantage of the crocodiles and bats to fight in the sand, and dispatched 500,000 warships in an attempt to completely suppress the Twins.
But the fleet was defeated, and Commodores Smoker and Daschi and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were captured.
The first is the Star Fleet version. Seeing that the Sand Crocodile was defeated by the Bats, General Kuzan led the army to help the Sand Crocodile and eradicated the power of the Bats in Gemini. Now Lieutenant General He is bringing countless repair supplies to help the Sand Crocodile rebuild its fleet.
.
The results were both expected and unexpected.
Unsurprisingly, there are generally five reactions. One is to believe in Sand Crocodiles, and the other is to believe in Starfleet.
The third is that they believe in sand crocodiles but do not fully believe them, thinking that they are exaggerated.
The fourth is that he did not fully believe Star Fleet, thinking that he did indeed do it, but then retreated on his own initiative. Then the Sand Crocodiles captured the garrison fleet and shamelessly asked for ransom to make up for the losses.
Fifth, there is ambiguity, believing both but not believing, and making wild guesses.
What was unexpected was the statistical results over time.
Less than 1% chose the first option, and less than 5% chose the third option.
More than 15% chose the second option, and 67% chose the fourth option.
It can be said that in most people's minds, although Starfleet has various flaws, its image is positive, and the Sand Crocodile is famous for its greed in the universe.
…
At the same time, the Revolutionary Army also received news about Nicole Robin, and they were relieved to know that she was fine.
Monkey D. Dragon left his stronghold and continued to wander around the planets, looking for inspiration and thinking about how to deal with the Star Fleet.
On the other hand, because Lieutenant General Tsuru insisted on only providing maintenance supplies, and the maximum amount was 100,000 copies, which was far lower than Yamasaki's expectations, the negotiations reached a deadlock.
100,000 maintenance supplies are equivalent to 100,000 warships.
Obviously, Starfleet believed that after the war, the Sand Crocodile suffered serious losses and was in urgent need of repair supplies.
If maintenance supplies are blocked, Sand Crocodile's strength will be blocked.
Yamasaki believes that if it is just maintenance supplies, then 500,000 maintenance supplies will be provided.
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Two weeks after the war, Nico Robin asked Lieutenant General Crane to leave.
"Since Starfleet is not sincere, there will be no place for Starfleet in the Twin Stars. Since you are a diplomat, you can leave."
"What do you mean? What if I don't leave?"
"You're going to die."
"You mean, Mr. Sand Crocodile is planning to fall out with Starfleet?"
"In this situation, what else is there between us?"
"He doesn't want 100,000 maintenance supplies, and he doesn't want interstellar trade either?"