After many rounds of screening of the surrendered garrison fleet, although only 20% of them were ultimately usable, Lance once again gained a large number of troops.
Finally, after completing the reorganization, the size of the Rose Fleet increased to 3.8 billion battleships in one fell swoop.
As for the additional one billion warships, they will still use warships provided by the Federation.
Before he knew it, Lance no longer looked down on the Empire's battleships...
Even if Chris told them that the Federation could help them solve the problem of the highest authority of the royal family!
At the same time, Lance also recruited a large number of civilians on Rabi Planet to join the army.
However, these civilians are not like the soldiers that Lance reorganized from the surrendered garrison fleet before, and they only need a little adaptive training before they can be used.
These civilians have not received any systematic military training. Even if they are being trained now, it will take at least several months for them to meet the actual combat requirements.
At this time, the latest information came from those members of the civilian faction who were still hiding in various parts of the empire.
According to intelligence, the empire's top brass has issued a conquest order. The military will assemble three star fleets and a total of 30 billion warships to go to Keller, the star system where Rabi Star is located.
The estimated arrival time is about one month later.
If it were before, the three star fleets would definitely make Lance's scalp numb.
But now, he really doesn't take these three star fleets seriously!
After all, the Federation's battleships are much stronger than the Empire's battleships in terms of performance in every aspect.
Even if it is 3.8 billion versus 30 billion, which is a numerical difference of almost one to ten, Lance is sure of winning.
Not to mention that there is a big question mark as to whether the empire's fleets, under the command of noble commanders, can exert 20 to 30% of their combat power.
A month passed by in a flash.
After all, the Empire has space teleportation technology, although its space teleportation technology is still very rudimentary. At the same time, due to energy problems, it cannot build large or even super star gates like the Federation.
However, there is still no problem in relying on small and medium-sized star gates to sneak attack on Rabi Star.
Lance didn't want to have his lair stolen by them while he was fighting the Imperial fleet on the front line.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, Lance asked Chris for assistance to help him defend Rabi Star during the war.
Chris nodded and agreed to this request without even thinking about it.
After all, this is part of the agreement between the two parties, and the interests of the federation also need to support Lance's rise to power as soon as possible. If necessary, Chris is even prepared to take the initiative to speed up the process of Lance's overthrow of the nobles.
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Ten light years away from Keller, tens of billions of warships lie in the void.
Originally... this should be a shocking scene, but anyone can see that although this fleet is large in size, the quality of its soldiers is very problematic!
Except for a few fleets whose arrays are very neat, most of them are a little crooked and not at all what a well-trained interstellar fleet should look like.
In the bridge of one of the Titan-class battleships, more than a dozen richly dressed nobles were sitting around a table.
However, they were not discussing the upcoming war, but rather leisurely drinking afternoon tea and chatting, as if they were on an outing...
"Speaking of which, those two guys Osar and James are really useless. There are five billion battleships, and in the end, not even a single message has been spread!"
"Who says it's not the case? In the end, we were so tired that the three of us made a special trip."
"Just look at it, they were on an armed trip at that time!"
"That's right, hahaha!"
Suddenly, the entire bridge was filled with laughter from these three people, while the others seemed to be used to it and did not react at all, except for one of the staff officers...
Smile, you can still smile now.
After a while, I’m afraid I won’t be able to cry even if I want to!
Looking at the three commanders of the star fleet, Lucas sneered in his heart.
As a member of the civilian faction, he is in a key position, that is, as a staff officer to the commander of the star fleet.
Therefore, he did not go to Lasais like others, but continued to stay and continued to provide various intelligence to Lance.
The three commanders didn't know it yet, but their every move had been known to Lance clearly through Lucas.
"Commander, the fleet has finished resting, do you want to set off now?"
The captain looked at the time, frowned, and came to one of them, the president of this expedition, Commander Reyes, and said.
"Asshole, didn't you see that we are having afternoon tea? You have no eyesight!"
"Okay, Rails, you don't have to be so irritable, you might as well finish it as soon as possible!"
"Yes, although the starry sky is beautiful, you will still get tired of it after staying there for a long time. Let's finish it early and let's go to the Rabi Star to rest comfortably for a few days."
"Okay, since you all say so, let's set off!"
Rails was right. After staying in space for more than a month, he was indeed a little tired.
It's better to finish the business early and rest on Rabbi Star.
Speaking of which, Rabi Planet is a seventh-level life planet with a beautiful environment and pleasant climate...
"Why are you still standing there? Didn't you hear what we just said? Let's go quickly!"
"You really have no discernment at all!"
Rails, who was imagining himself sunbathing on Labising Beach, happened to catch a glimpse of the captain who was still standing aside with his peripheral vision, and he immediately started to curse.
"Yes, Commander!"
"How many times do I have to say, I am the commander-in-chief? Is your head full of mush?"
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"
Although he was on the verge of exploding, the captain still suppressed his anger.
And this scene was all seen by Lucas on the other side.
Lucas naturally knew about Siwitt's origins.
A down-and-out aristocrat from the empire. Every generation of his family has been very upright. There has never been an incident of bullying civilians. In fact, he often helps civilians.
However, such behavior is ultimately incompatible with the aristocracy as a whole, and therefore, the Siwitt family has been ostracized by other aristocrats for many years and gradually declined.
Nowadays, his entire family has no other assets except the ancestral home, and he is afraid that he will be reduced to commoners in this generation.
It seems that Sivit can fight for it!
Looking at Captain Sivert who was suppressing his anger, Lucas couldn't help but think in his heart.
"Order the entire fleet to start the jump engine and implement a joint jump with the third jump array."
"Target, star system Keller!"
Just as Lucas was planning how to win over this lonely nobleman, inside the bridge...