From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 633 Cautious Trafalgar

President Brandon and Defense Secretary Miller were actually a little surprised to hear Marshal Trafalgar's question.

After all, after the three men completely controlled the Federation, the division of labor had actually been completed. President Brandon was responsible for internal affairs, Defense Minister Miller was responsible for military-political coordination and army construction, and Marshal Trafalgar was in charge of operations and military power. Generally, Marshal Trafalgar would not ask the two of them about fleet operations, but would make decisions directly on his own.

Obviously, compared with the "one-man rule" culture within the Atlas Group, Marshal Trafalgar's "one-man rule" in military affairs on the Federal "Iron Triangle" side is more thorough.

So when Marshal Trafalgar asked the two for advice, their first reaction was even a strange thought like "Has this old man finally lost his temper?"
However, seeing the serious expression of the Admiral, Brandon and Miller quickly realized that Trafalgar was really looking for them to discuss something. The former quickly replied:

"If the intelligence is true, and we can conclude that the Atlas Group and the Renaissance Alliance are indeed planning to join forces to launch a massive attack on us, then we should also assemble our fleet and prepare for it, right?"

Defense Secretary Miller, after thinking for a moment, asked back:

"Since this information is an official document jointly submitted by the Central Intelligence Department and the Naval Intelligence Bureau, it means that the authenticity and reliability of the information should not be a big problem. According to common sense, you can make your own response decision. But now that you are asking for our opinions, it means that you, Trafalgar, have other ideas?"

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing this, Marshal Trafalgar suddenly laughed: "Miller, you really understand me."

As he spoke, Marshal Trafalgar activated the holographic projection device on the desk in front of him and called out the currently updated situation star map. He saw that at a certain edge of the area currently under the actual control of the Federation, 10 red arrows representing the standard fleet were staring at them covetously.

If it were any other naval commander, he might have already ordered the fleet to assemble and prepare to fight the invading enemy.

But the person sitting in this position is Marshal Trafalgar, a man who is radical and bold in battle and can do anything to achieve tactical goals. But he is extremely cautious in the pre-war planning stage and will never let go of any doubts.

Since the rise of the Atlas Group, the Admiral has been collecting intelligence about this giant company through the Naval Intelligence Agency, especially about Amber, including her life, combat experience, combat style, and personality.
He simply ignored the information from the Federal Army Personnel Department because in Marshal Trafalgar's opinion, Amber was most likely in a state of "disguise" during her time as a Federal psychic agent, so her experience of being captured by the Federation and transformed into a double agent was not credible.

So he started to analyze it from the experience of Amber's separation from the Federation and the establishment of the Atlas Group. From a certain perspective, this was also a coincidence.
"According to my analysis of Mr. Amber, launching a large-scale attack right now is not in line with his usual decision-making habits. He is a commander who is good at using 'unexpected tactics' to achieve 'winning more with fewer troops'. He is also very cautious and likes to 'make a fortune in silence'. Therefore, under the current circumstances, it is unlikely that he will suddenly make such a move to confront us head-on."

Listening to Marshal Trafalgar's analysis, Miller and Brandon slowly realized that something was wrong. The Federation had been paying close attention to Atlas Group and Amber during this period. They had also read Amber's character analysis report more than once, so they felt that the current decision was not in line with Amber's usual style.
"Marshal Trafalgar, what you said makes sense, but I think there is one thing we must also take into account. That is, there are indeed ten fleets staying on the edge of our control zone, ready to take the next step in our control zone at any time. This is an indisputable fact, right?"

After a moment of silence, President Brandon suddenly spoke:
"But what if, I mean what if, the other side really intends to launch an attack? Or even more so, what if the other side wants to take advantage of our current cautious mentality and make us think that they are bluffing, thus causing a serious strategic misjudgment?
These are ten fleets, and the combat power of the Atlas Group's combat fleet is not comparable to those of the rebel forces. According to intelligence, even the fleet of the Renaissance Alliance was trained by Atlas, wasn't it? "This time, I agree with the President. "

Defense Secretary Miller also spoke, and it was rare that he agreed with Brandon's military views, which caused the latter to turn his head and pay attention.

"Judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Atlas Fleet, these ten fleets can indeed pose a fatal threat to us. If, as the President said, this is a strategic deception planned through reverse thinking, and we really do not move our troops as the Atlas Group expects, there may be big problems."

Hearing the two's opinions on the deployment of the Atlas Fleet, Marshal Trafalgar smiled and said half-jokingly, "It seems that the two of you are going to wear the same pants this time?"

Miller: "We are just considering it from a relatively conservative perspective. After all, you are already a radical guy. If the two of us also follow the radical approach, there will be no sober person left among the three of us~"

"No problem, your opinions are reasonable and well-founded, there is nothing wrong with them." Marshal Trafalgar nodded, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes, "But I still need to observe one thing before I can make a decision."

Brandon: “What is it?”

Marshal Trafalgar: "You will know when the time comes~"

A few days later, the long-distance reconnaissance ship that had been lurking in the front-line space finally sent back the latest reconnaissance intelligence.

In this intelligence, in the column about the approximate composition of the Atlas combat fleet, the two purple high-risk units of "unknown super flagships" were placed in the most conspicuous place.

This also means that the Atlas Group has basically deployed all the main forces of its current combat fleet on the front line, as if it is determined to "determine the outcome in one battle."

The latest front-line reconnaissance intelligence, including the reconnaissance team belonging to the fleet at the edge of the control zone and the repeated contacts with the reconnaissance team sent by the Renaissance Alliance, was quickly delivered to the desks of the three people.

Then, after another closed-door meeting, Marshal Trafalgar finally issued the combat order of "Sea King Fort No. 1" to the Federal Navy.

In the Federal Navy's "Operation Code Comparison Table" for that year, "Poseidon One" represents the order for "all naval combat ships to go into battle."

(End of this chapter)