From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 519 Shocking Change
In the following days, Davis conducted lengthy negotiations on behalf of the federal government and the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government.

Moreover, through the secret line connected to the autonomous government, he negotiated directly with Chief Executive Alex and others hiding in deep space.

It has to be said that Brandon and Miller sent Davis out for a reason. Although he is the Secretary of State, Davis is extremely good at negotiation and consultation, and his energy is unlimited once he gets into the state.

With the help of the medicine he took every morning, Davis single-handedly "fought" against the galaxy's autonomous government.

Although the progress of the negotiations was beyond Davis' initial expectations, he had made thorough preparations and must have had many contingency plans, and the current situation happened to be one of the contingency plans taken into account.

Brandon, Miller and others naturally knew that negotiations with the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government would not be so smooth and would most likely end in a stalemate.

Therefore, Brandon still left Davis some conditions for compromise, allowing him to use these conditions in the negotiations to achieve his final goal.

Whether it is the federal government or the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government, they actually have their own weaknesses and goals at present.

The former hopes to quell the "rebellion" in the Rubion galaxy and prevent the chaos within the Federation from getting worse. At the same time, they also hope to re-establish their prestige in the process, and preferably take the opportunity to weaken the power of the autonomous government.

The latter needs the support of the federal government to widen the gap in strength between itself and the rebels, in order to prevent itself from being overthrown by the growing rebel forces in the galaxy, especially the Renaissance Alliance supported by Atlas.

It can be said that both sides have their own conditions to restrict the other side, which has also led to extremely slow progress in the negotiations between Davis and the autonomous government.

But this situation soon took a turn for the better.

After the Renaissance Alliance completed the equipment receipt, training and troop reorganization during this period, it also launched a "winter offensive" to the north, heading directly for the area controlled by the Galaxy Autonomous Government on Rubion V.

At the same time, the autonomous government also discovered through limited satellite reconnaissance that a force of the Renaissance Alliance had completed a secret crossing of the sea and landed on another continent.

This continent is also under the control of the autonomous government, and another space elevator standing on the equator, "Pillar of Heaven I", is also the most important space hub besides several aerospace ports controlled by the autonomous government.

Once we fail here, the materials and equipment shipped from other planets and industrial colony satellites can only be transferred via aerospace transport aircraft, and the efficiency of material transportation will be greatly reduced.

More importantly, the starport connected to the top of the space elevator is the largest military starport currently controlled by the autonomous government, and is also the most important mooring area for the garrison fleet near Rubion V.

Although the forces of the Renaissance Alliance may not be able to launch an attack on the starport through the orbital elevator for the time being, according to secret intelligence obtained by the Autonomous Government, the Renaissance Alliance is training HCP pilots, combat boat pilots and Hell Paratroopers with the help of the Atlas Group.
The first two have the ability to independently fight in outer orbit. As long as the Renaissance Alliance can get a few battle barges to release HCPs and combat boats below the planet's horizon, these small units can directly approach the starport with the cover of the wreckage in orbit.

The Hell's Paratroopers are not just a light infantry unit deployed to the ground, their predecessor has another name - the Orbital Commandos.

As the name suggests, they are also proficient in intrusion operations into starports, space stations, and colonial satellites, which means that the opponent can threaten the starport at the cost of huge casualties.

If Atlas's combat fleet appears near the planet again at this time, the garrison fleet will have to choose between "protecting the satellite port" and "saving itself".

If they choose to defend the starport, perhaps they can prevent the Renaissance Alliance from attacking the starport, but the fleet will also be "tied" near the starport. Once the Atlas Group really intends to take a military risk, these warships with limited maneuvering range will become targets in orbit.

Although the above are the worst-case scenarios made by the autonomous government based on the current situation, they cannot help but think so because it is directly related to their "end".

No one knows what the actual controller of the Atlas Group is thinking. From the previous conflicts between Atlas and the Federation, it is not difficult to see that this is a very courageous person who does not play by the rules.

Therefore, the senior officials of the autonomous government, including Alex, did not dare to bet their own future on the fact that the Atlas Group would not go bankrupt directly.

Davis, on the other hand, remained calm after receiving the relevant information, because he knew that the sudden turn for the worse on the planet could be said to have helped the federal government a lot, and the other party had to make a decision in this somewhat urgent situation.
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"So what do you think, Mr. Alex and everyone in the autonomous government?"

After the last round of negotiations began, Davis looked at Alex and others projected by the holographic projection equipment in the conference room with a smile on his face.

Today is his last day on Rubion V, and no matter what the final outcome is, he will leave after this negotiation.

Because in his opinion, when the Renaissance Alliance launched a new round of offensive, he would not be the most anxious one.

The federal government is not here to ask for help, but it is the Lubian Autonomous Government that needs help from the federal government, so if the other party cannot respond, it will not stay here.

However, Davis had a vague feeling that today's negotiations might get the result he wanted.

"Mr. Secretary of State, the conditions you proposed in the last round of negotiations were really harsh." Chief Executive Alex sighed and continued:

"And you also know that the situation on Rubion V has deteriorated. Even if we agree to your terms, it seems that it will not ease the current situation."

"Who said it can't be relieved?" Davis said slowly, "There's no need to hide it from you now. The 3th and th Fleets of the Federation Navy are currently on standby at a distance of standard jumps."

As soon as he said this, Alex and the others were stunned. Their expressions were like extremely thirsty travelers in the desert who saw a clear spring.

Davis had naturally expected their expressions. If the conditions that Brandon granted him to make concessions were bargaining chips, then these two fleets were his biggest trump cards.

After appreciating everyone's expressions for a while, Davis smiled and continued, "If you agree to the conditions I proposed before, then in three days the Rubion galaxy will receive support from two full-strength main fleets."
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20 minutes later, in the convoy heading to the aerospace port outside Bresk City.

After watching the convoy drive out of the city, Davis contacted Brandon who was far away in the capital through an encrypted communication terminal.

“Mr. President, they finally accepted Plan H. Although we have suffered certain losses compared to the best outcome, I personally think it is still acceptable.

In a sense, the large-scale offensive suddenly launched by the Renaissance Alliance has helped us, but I suggest that we send the 17th and 18th fleets into the Rubion system as soon as possible to prevent the Atlas Group from taking military risks.

Yes, the Atlas Group and the Renaissance Alliance have already started in-depth cooperation, so they are likely to cooperate with the Renaissance Alliance to launch operations."

When Davis finished his call with President Brandon, the convoy drove directly to a large mass accelerator in the aerospace port. The aerospace plane used to transport Davis and other accompanying personnel had been prepared and parked at the end of the acceleration track.

Soon, the federal government delegation also completed boarding, and the space plane will send them into space and dock with a long-range infiltration reconnaissance ship belonging to the 18th Fleet parked in orbit.

The mass accelerator, which had completed all preparations in advance, began to power on shortly after everyone completed boarding, and the aerospace port tower also approved the ejection request of this special plane.

"TJ-1121, attention, this is the tower, the mass ejector has completed the ejection preparation, ejection countdown 1 minute"

"TJ-1121 received, flight preparation completed and waiting for ejection, thank you for your guidance~"

"The target is about to launch. Hurry up!"

At an air defense position near the aerospace port, near an air defense vehicle covered with anti-infrared and anti-radiation camouflage nets, five "government army" soldiers were throwing several corpses dragged out of the air defense vehicle to the ground.

After leaving two people outside to guard, the remaining three immediately got into the air defense vehicle, and used the terminal pulled down from the corpse to obtain permission to switch the air defense vehicle's 'automatic alert mode' to 'manual mode'.

"The IFF unit has been shut down!"

"The current atmospheric data has been updated, and the high-energy laser killing efficiency is 82%!"

"Enough to lock the target, input mass accelerator parameters, and calculate the continuous tracking lead."

"OK, the system has completed the calculation!"

Following the operation of the three persons, the heavy high-energy laser turret on the anti-aircraft vehicle also began to rotate, and finally pointed to a 'virtual extension line' of the mass accelerator track.

But at this moment, the communication unit in the car suddenly rang. The leader of the three people looked at the screen and saw that it was a communication request from the air defense battalion command vehicle.

The leader quickly tapped on the screen and the communication unit switched to silent mode.

This behavior of not accepting communication requests, coupled with the sudden adjustment of the angle of the turret, naturally aroused the vigilance of the command vehicle.

The two soldiers on guard outside quickly noticed the other party's movements.

"Captain, there's a Mongoose coming this way, 600 meters away. It should be the infantry platoon assigned to this air defense battalion."

"It's okay, our goal will be achieved soon."

The soldier called the captain had a fanatical look on his face, and the breathing of the other two soldiers in the car became heavy.

"400 meters away!"

"300 meters away!"

"200 meters away! The enemy has already deployed their infantry and deployed their battle formation! Prepare to engage!"

As the soldier on guard outside the vehicle finished speaking, the huge mass accelerator in the distance finally released the stored energy.

Under huge acceleration, the space shuttle carrying the federal government delegation rushed out of the end of the curved acceleration track in the blink of an eye and soared into the sky.

The next second, a red beam of light suddenly shone on the aerospace plane, and after several seconds of continuous tracking and irradiation, it melted the external structure of the aerospace plane.

"boom!"

Under the incredulous eyes of all the witnesses, the space shuttle disintegrated and exploded in the air, and eventually turned into several fireballs that fell to the ground under the action of gravity.

(End of this chapter)