On November 7th of the Blue Star Calendar, after more than fifty days of sailing, the Gloria fleet successfully returned to the Iron-Blooded Star and was warmly welcomed by the citizens of Jotunheim. Although her father is Alonso¡¯s political enemy, this does not prevent people from loving Her Royal Highness the Queen. What's more, Gloria also brought back half of the expedition fleet, allowing 400,000 Iron-Blooded Empire officers and soldiers to stay away from the battlefield, return home safely, and reunite with their families. This move alone won her the praise of "profound justice" and also drew a clear line with the Ludwig family. Gloria¡¯s return is of even greater significance to the Iron-Blooded Star. Two months have passed since the recapture of Jotunheim in early September. Alonso is still the nominal head of the empire. His rule is limited to the areas around Jotunheim. He has no control over the provinces controlled by noble warlords. The government decree is almost a piece of waste paper. The crux lies in the conflict of ideas. If Alonso only overthrows the Ludwig puppet regime, regains his position as head of state, and maintains the imperial government and the interests of the great nobility, warlords everywhere will be happy to support him in coming to power. However, Alonso wanted more than just power. He also tried to put power in a cage, change the empire's political system that lasted for two centuries, promote a republic, abolish slavery, and create a civil country. This is tantamount to cutting the flesh of the aristocratic class with a knife. How can those with vested interests accept it? In any era, change needs to be achieved through violence. Alonso doesn¡¯t have many chips in his hands. Andre¡¯s space fleet is called surrender, but it may not be reliable. In the past two months, he has drastically reorganized the fleet, trained young officers, and at the same time relied on the "Ranger Fleet" to deter warlords from various places and maintain social stability. But this is not a long-term solution. Although Yin Jian is in alliance with him, the Ranger Fleet is an outsider after all and cannot be stationed on the Iron Blood Star for a long time, otherwise it will inevitably give the public the impression of a puppet regime. Gloria¡¯s return can be described as a timely help. First of all, Gloria's identity is very subtle, and she can serve as a mediator between the two factions, Alonso and Ludwig. Those middle- and lower-level officials who had followed Ludwig in the past wanted to join Alonso, but were worried about settling scores in the future, so they had been hesitating and waiting. Gloria's return dispelled their doubts. After all, Gloria was Ludwig's only heir. She stands with Alonso, which is enough to show that the conflicts between the two parties are showing signs of easing. In addition, the expeditionary force brought back by Gloria was also a timely blessing. With the addition of this army, Alonso will have the confidence to quell rebellions in various places. Yin Jian can also relieve himself of the heavy burden, withdraw the Ranger fleet, and end the journey to the Iron Blood Star. On November 9th of the Blue Star Calendar, two days after Gloria returned, the Ranger Fleet withdrew from the Iron Blood Star Territory. At nine o'clock in the morning, Jotunheim held a grand ceremony to send off Yin Jian and his party. Yin Jian shook hands and said goodbye to Alonso, Gloria, Nancy, Luna, Laura, Tifa, Nick, Jim and other friends one by one, feeling quite complicated. Everyone is also reluctant to leave. After nearly two months of rectification, Alonso has initially taken control of the situation on the Iron Blooded Star. Especially after Gloria returned with his fleet, the arrogance of domestic warlords has been greatly reduced, and social order has basically returned to normal. Next, Alonso and Gloria will work on transforming this dictatorial empire into a republic. This is an arduous project, and the resistance mainly comes from the aristocracy. Those warlords who are separatist must be eliminated with thunderous means. "These tasks take a lot of energy. Maybe after three to five years, when you return to this planet, you will see a completely different country." Watching Yin Jian and his party board the gangway, Alonso solemnly addressed him A military salute was given. "It's a pity that I can't go to the Laplace Star Territory to fight alongside you. I wish you a triumphant return." "See you later." Yin Jian returned him a military salute and waved goodbye to the people seeing him off. The hatch fell, and the battleship slowly took off, ejecting a bright stream of particles that passed through the atmosphere. Like a knight galloping on horseback, he "goes away", "hides his merits and fame", and rushes to a new battlefield. The "Ranger Fleet" went on an expedition to the Iron-Blooded Star in September. The battle ended two months later and returned to the Garden Star to rest. . Just one week later, Yin Jian and his fleet embarked on the journey again. This time the goal was to capture the Laplace Star Gate, the bridgehead leading to the Galactic Federation's base camp, the Red Transformation Galaxy. Time has come to November of the Blue Star Calendar, and the Laplace Star Field has become the focus of attention for all mankind. The Blue Star Alliance and the Galactic Federation, with a total of more than 20,000 warships from both sides, have gathered here, and the decisive battle is about to begin. With the Battle of Columbus Stargate as a turning point, for more than half a year, the Galactic Federation has been sliding towards the abyss. On the frontal battlefield, the Blue Star Alliance launched a massive counterattack with the momentum of the Battle of Columbus. In just half a year, it took back all the territory before the war, and then assembled a large army to march.The Laplace star field has blocked the gate of the Galactic Federation and blocked the routes between the major participating planets. An ordinary scalpel can accurately cut off the nerves of the human body and paralyze it. "Compared with the decline in the frontal battlefield, the fire in the Galaxy Federation's own backyard is even more intense. The four fleets, including Ranger, Tiamat, Queen Mother of the West, and Black Prince, relied on the mobility and concealment granted by the Fuyao System to attack everywhere, appearing and disappearing, frequently harassing Federation-affiliated planets, and even subverting the regime by force, pushing back the pro-Alliance faction. Politicians came to power and severely damaged the morale of the Federation. In particular, the Shenyin Star and the Iron Blood Star rebelled from the federal camp, causing Edward's party to completely lose its military advantage over the alliance and fall into a great passive position. Nowadays, there are coups happening on the participating planets every day, and they announce their withdrawal from the Federation, which is like cutting flesh with a dull knife. The longer the confrontation, the more the strength of the Federation is reduced. The longer the delay, the more unstable the morale of the military will be. In this situation, federal decision-makers such as Edward, Wang Yong, and Yang Hao had no choice but to make a desperate move and seek a reversal on the battlefield. The Laplace Star Gate has become a strategic location for both sides to compete for. Over the past two months, both sides of the confrontation have frequently launched exploratory attacks. Both sides can still maintain restraint and avoid friction turning into a decisive battle. This is because both sides are wary of each other and hope to strengthen themselves as much as possible before the decisive battle. On the side of the Galactic Federation, the size of the fleet has reached its limit. If they want to gain more combat power, they can only seek support from J?rmungandr. In the Battle of the Garden Star, J?rmungandr lost three demon lords and all the planetary beasts. The space monster army under his command was severely damaged. Only low-level space monsters such as the meteor beast and the white blood cell beast were left. The quality was insufficient, but fortunately they could still rely on quantity. make up. In the past few days, Jormungandr has continuously opened the mobile star gate and launched the space monster army into the Laplace star field to support the Federation fleet. The joining of these new forces added confidence to Edward's party. Just wait for J?rmungandr to finish deploying its troops, assemble tens of thousands of warships and hundreds of millions of space monster legions, use absolute military superiority to make up for the strategic passivity, and complete the victory in one battle, completely defeating the Alliance fleet. In contrast, the alliance's military strength has not significantly expanded, but the quality of weapons is quietly changing and upgrading. This change is reflected in two aspects. The first is the upgrade of battleships. During the Battle of Columbus Stargate, the Alliance's main battleships were similar to those of the Federation, both had nuclear-powered engines, and the weapons they were equipped with were almost the same. Fleet strength mainly depends on the tonnage of the ships. The only difference is reflected in Yin Jian's "Ranger Fleet". This fleet, equipped with the Fuyao system and capable of stealth and leaping, dealt a heavy blow to the Federation and revealed the future development direction of human space operations. After the Battle of Columbus, federal officers and soldiers were as fearful of the Ranger Fleet as tigers. Edward's party can only comfort itself with the excuse that "the Fuyao system is expensive and not suitable for promotion." However, after the Battle of Columbus, this self-deceptive statement was self-defeating. In less than a year, the alliance military purchased more than a thousand spiritual ships and hired mechanics from the Qiu Hao Army to modify the ships in service, install fuyao systems, and replace anti-matter engines. So far, half of the alliance warships have been upgraded. The efficiency is so high thanks to the improvement of the manufacturing process of the Fuyao system. ¡ª¡ªXiaobai used the "He Luotian Acting Method" to deduce the wormhole analysis array and no longer relied on the Zerg mother mother soul, which caused the cost of the Fuyao system to drop sharply, allowing it to be mass-produced and equipped with the Alliance fleet. In space combat, the first important thing is the battleship, followed by the mecha. The second major technological advantage of the alliance military is mecha. Still taking the Battle of Columbus as the dividing line, the mechas equipped by the Alliance and Federation pilots in this battle were mainly fifth-generation, such as the Cheetah series and the Raven series. Supplemented by a small number of sixth-generation aircraft, the Alliance side is equipped with "Nameless"; the Federation side is equipped with Taurus. During the Battle of Columbus, "Nameless" and "Taurus" faced off head-on on the space battlefield for the first time. The actual combat results showed that "Nameless" had a certain advantage, but "Taurus" also had its own unique features, and its disadvantages were not obvious. Until Wang Xinyu escaped from Crouching Tiger Star, joined Qiuhao Military Industrial Group, and brought the core technology of miniaturized protective shields, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. In early October, Wang Xinyu completed the upgraded design of the "Wuming" prototype at Qiuhao Military Industry, and launched an upgraded version of Wuming equipped with an extreme air-breaking cannon, an anti-matter cannon and a -level protective cover. Actual combat tests have shown that this new version of "Nameless" is both offensive and defensive, and in the showdown with "Taurus", it has an overwhelming advantage from beginning to end. For this reason, Wang Xinyu named it "Matador" and declared that it would become the nemesis of "Taurus". During the war years, military technology was of great importance, and the promotion of new mechas was extremely efficient. "Matador" will begin mass production in October and will be gradually equipped with frontline Space Marines in early November, eliminating old mechas. In the Laplace Star Territory, the Alliance mecha troops often fought against the Federation pilots. Originally, there was a win or loss for each other, but since they switched to the "Matador", the Alliance pilots were defeated in the duel with the "Taurus". rhythm. "Taurus" is famous for its defense, but now the "Nameless Matador" is also equipped with a protective shield, and its defense power is not inferior. Special weapons such as extreme air breakers and anti-matter rocket launchers can easily penetrate the "Taurus" protective shield. With both offense and defense, he is in an invincible position. The popularity of "Fuyao Battleship" and "Matador" has become a crucial weight, breaking the balance of the Laplace Star Territory, and the balance of victory has quietly tilted towards the alliance.