Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Chapter 312 Turning the Impossible into Possible

"Based on what we know, we can confirm that these ugly insectoids living on Octopoda have a very sophisticated hierarchical system."

"Moreover, it must be admitted that the Badaf insectoids are more advanced than the human race in terms of adapting to the environment and in many other aspects."

Liu Qianchuan, the chief defense advisor of the Great Qian Empire, continued to add: "In addition to the eight main high-class insect species listed above as the major branches of the Badaf insect race,..."

"The Badaf insectoid race has a large number of slave insectoids that play different auxiliary roles."

As he spoke, Liu Qianchuan continued to display relevant graphic information on the light screen: "Auxiliary insects - don't be fooled by the fact that these 'little guys' are only the size of a football, they are just like spiders."

"However, they are known as the 'all-around support' among the Zerg."

"When these auxiliary insect swarms are mobilized, they can lift objects weighing hundreds of tons and move them quickly."

"The auxiliary insects are also the most representative and numerous slave insects in the Badaf insect race."

"The most distinctive feature of these slave insects is that they have no intelligence, are completely controlled by the higher insect race, and can undertake all kinds of auxiliary tasks."

"The nest building, transportation, road paving, and all the tools needed by the Zerg are all done by these slave Zerg."

"As a high-level life form in the Black Horse Galaxy, the Badaf Zerg not only possess powerful forms but also many very advanced technologies."

"The most common interstellar attack tactic used by these Zerg is to use ultra-long-range attack waves to propel asteroids, altering their orbits and causing them to collide with target celestial bodies at faster-than-light speeds!"

"The precision of the trajectory calculations is simply breathtaking!"

"This alone is enough to demonstrate the technological level of the Badaf Zerg."

"Moreover, the Badaf Zerg's expeditionary interstellar warships are also very advanced."

As he spoke, Liu Qianchuan brought up a set of images on the screen: "These things that look like giant meteorite nests are the warships used by the Badaf Zerg for interstellar colonization and invasion."

"Although they look ugly, it does not prevent these warships from becoming the main force deployment tool for the Badaf Zerg to carry out interstellar expeditions."

"As for what kind of power source the Badaf Zerg's interstellar warships use, we have searched through all the information we can find so far, but we have not been able to find the answer."

"But one thing is certain—their interstellar warships are incredibly fast and have an exceptionally long range."

The documents refer to this type of interstellar warship of the Badaf insectoid race as an "insect island".

"Insect islands are divided into several models according to their size."

"Each insect island is equivalent to a mobile insect expedition base."

"If this were Qianxing five years ago, a small insect island would have been enough to completely wipe out all life on Qianxing and complete their colonization invasion mission......................"

"Assuming we hadn't experienced this technological explosion, given the previous weaponry level of the Daqian Zhenguo army, how long could we have held out against the Badaf insectoid invasion?"

Shen Moshen suddenly asked, "Or rather, before we are wiped out by the Badaf Zerg expeditionary force, how many Badaf Zerg can we eliminate...?"

"Your Majesty, we have actually conducted simulations of this hypothetical scenario."

"Assuming the Badaf Zerg attack occurred five years ago."

Liu Qianchuan immediately replied, "There's a 90% chance we'll perish during the asteroid impact phase..."

"Because five years ago, we hadn't even mastered the technology of intercontinental ballistic missiles, so we were simply unable to effectively intercept and destroy the asteroid that was colliding with Qianxing."

"According to the information we have detected so far, the Badaf insectoids have driven at least one asteroid toward the direction of Qianxing."

"Based on the asteroid's orbital speed, it will collide with Qianxing in five years."

"Two months later, a small insect island of the Badaf insectoids will follow closely behind."

"If this asteroid collides with Qianxing, Qianxing will be sent back to the Ice Age."

"All life on Qianxing will be wiped out..."

Liu Qianchuan paused for a moment, then continued, "Even if a small number of humans managed to escape the asteroid impact by using the most solid underground fortifications..."

"Then, two months later, when the Badaf Zerg expeditionary force arrives, we will also be unable to avoid the fate of being completely annihilated..."

"In other words—if the Badaf Zerg invasion had happened five years ago, Qianxing would have been completely powerless to fight back?"

Shen Moshen pressed on, somewhat unwilling to give up.

“Yes!” Liu Qianchuan nodded: “If it were five years ago, we might not have even seen the Badaf insectoids before being annihilated by the asteroid impact.”

"In fact, we will never know until the moment of our demise that the reason why Qianxing was hit by an asteroid was not a natural disaster at all."

"It is not a targeted interstellar invasion..."

"Furthermore, if there had been no asteroid impact, given the strength of our Great Qian Empire's armed forces five years ago, they would have been no match for the surging expeditionary force of the Badaf insectoids."

"We can't hold out for much longer either."

"Because, five years ago, the thermal weapons we used could only inflict very limited effective damage on the Badaf Zerg."

“We have conducted a simulation—taking a regular infantry company of the Daqian Zhenguo Army five years ago as an example.”

"Even a company of soldiers might not be able to kill a single armored jaw beetle!"

"At that time, individual weapons were very difficult to break through the formidable defenses of the armored jaw beetle."

"Therefore, barring an asteroid impact, this small insect island deployed by the Badaf insectoids could wipe out all life on Qianxing in three months at most..."

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"So it really is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune......................."

Shen Moshen shook his head helplessly: "Fortunately, we still have time to prepare for this crisis."

"If the Badaf insectoid invasion had occurred five years earlier, wouldn't our proud Great Qian Empire have met a tragic end, collapsing at its peak?"

"Continue..." After a moment of reflection, Shen Moshen gestured for Liu Qianchuan to continue his report: "Given our current technological level and the research we've conducted, what countermeasures are feasible?"

"Yes!"

Liu Qianchuan nodded and continued the demonstration on the screen: "Your Majesty, we are currently working on three plans simultaneously."

"First: Increase efforts to develop intelligent combat robots and build a combat force with intelligent combat robots as the main force."

"Second, research external combat armor and equip our soldiers with external combat armor for combat as standard equipment."

"Third, we should strengthen the development of individual combat weapons and equipment on the existing basis."

Liu Qianchuan continued, "Given our current level of technology, dealing with that asteroid that's heading our way shouldn't be too difficult."

"We can use the interplanetary orbital cannon to completely reduce the asteroid to ashes before it hits us!"

"Therefore, our focus should remain on the direct war against the Badaf Zerg."

"Is it possible for us to use interstellar orbital attacks to annihilate the Badaf Zerg expeditionary force outside of Qianxing?"

Shen Moshen then raised his question: "Just like how we destroyed the asteroid that crashed into Qianxing, how about using ultra-long-range weapons similar to interstellar trajectory cannons to annihilate the enemy in interstellar space!"

"Your Majesty, we have never given up our attempts and efforts to annihilate the Badaf Zerg expeditionary force outside of Qianxing."

Liu Qianchuan then explained to Shen Moshen, "Our research investment in the field of interstellar orbital weapons is also the largest."

"However, unfortunately, even if we had ten or twenty years to prepare, we probably wouldn't be able to do this in the field of interstellar orbital weapons, let alone five years."

"After all, the technology of the Badaf Zerg is very advanced."

"The insect islands they use are also the crystallization of the wisdom of the Badaf insectoid race."

"The insect island has very strong defense and evasion capabilities."

"Although we have at least dozens of options to deal with that asteroid that is heading towards Qianxing."

"However, after hundreds of simulations, we have no chance of destroying the insect island in interstellar space like we would with asteroids!"

"Don't be fooled by the fact that the Badaf Zerg's interstellar tool called the Zerg Island looks so unremarkable."

"But the performance of the insect island is not bad."

"To date, even our most advanced interstellar warships may not be as technologically advanced as those used on Bug Island."

"According to the data, the Zerg islands used by the Badaf are very effective at evading ranged attacks."

"We cannot achieve our operational objective of eliminating it outside of Qianxing."

“I understand…” Shen Moshen said helplessly, “In other words, even with the speed of our technological development, we still cannot avoid the fate of the Badaf Zerg landing on Qianxing.”

"Our first battle against the Badaf Zerg will still take place on Qianxing, right?"

“Yes..................” Liu Qianchuan nodded: “We are most likely unable to stop the Badaf Zerg expeditionary force from entering Qianxing.”

"Therefore, our current focus should still be on directly confronting the Badaf Zerg!"

"However, we have five years to prepare for this crisis."

Liu Qianchuan then added, "Perhaps we can achieve a major breakthrough in related technologies during this period."

"Therefore, we can only say that it is highly unlikely that we can prevent the Badaf Zerg from landing on Qianxing."

"But that doesn't mean we have absolutely no chance of achieving this..."

"It's just that it's more difficult."

"Then while preparing to confront the Badaf Zerg head-on, we should make every effort to try to break through the technological barriers of interstellar long-range strikes."

Shen Moshen immediately gave instructions: "As long as there is even the slightest possibility, we must not give up our efforts to annihilate the Badaf Zerg expeditionary force outside of Qianxing."

"As everyone just witnessed, the destructive power of the Badaf Zerg is absolutely terrifying!"

"If these insects were to enter Qianxing, it would be an unprecedented and unpredictable catastrophe for the entire empire."

"Even if we eventually manage to drive the Badaf Zerg out of Qianxing, Qianxing will suffer unimaginable casualties and losses as a result............................"

"We must strive to prevent such a tragedy from happening."

"Whether the creatures on Qianxing can be saved depends entirely on us..."

"Therefore, we bear a heavy burden."

"We bear the important mission of protecting the entire Qianxing."

"It's no exaggeration to say that the future of Qianxing is now in our hands!"

"We cannot afford to lose this war against the Badaf Zerg!"

"As the emperor of the Great Qian Empire, I will never allow the imperial army to be defeated by a bunch of ugly vermin."

As he spoke, Shen Moshen looked around at the high-ranking officials of Daqian present and said in a deep voice, "I know that everyone is under a lot of pressure right now, and so am I!"

"But some things have to be done!"

"I'll say it again—I only care about results!"

Shen Moshen immediately made the decision: "I don't care what you do, you must do everything in your power to minimize the damage this crisis causes to Qianxing's mainland..."

"If we can stop the Badaf Zerg from landing on Qianxing, that would be the best outcome."

"The pressure is on us!"

"I refuse to believe we'll be controlled by a bunch of ugly bugs!"

"We must not only stop the Badaf Zerg expeditionary force from landing on Qianxing, but I also want to see the Imperial army launch an expedition to Octopus Demon Star to completely destroy this source of evil that plagues the entire Black Horse Galaxy!"

Shen Mo stated firmly, "Don't forget, what our Great Qian Zhenguo Army excels at most is constantly creating miracles, turning those seemingly impossible things into possibilities!"

"The stronger the opponent, the stronger you become!"

"I believe—this time will be no exception!"

Shen Moshen encouraged, "We will definitely create another miracle and turn the impossible into possible!"

"We must not only repel these Badaf insectoid expeditionary forces."

"The Imperial army will also strike at the heart of the enemy, letting these despicable Zerg experience the 'pleasure' of being rubbed into the ground!"

"I believe—the Imperial army will still not disappoint me..."