Chapter 227 A Sudden Change in the Situation

Song Pu couldn't understand the government forces' behavior of continuing to throw dirty water on the rebels regardless of the facts.

"We know it is impossible to do this. Once we release today's video, public opinion in the entire star field will completely turn against us. What do they mean by this?"

Chen Ming also couldn't understand this operation and asked: "Is this really not intentional? Or is it something done by the NPC of the government army?"

Although Song Pu hopes so, after all, they can gain more advantages in this way.

However, his understanding of his opponents and his own rationality still allowed him to deny Chen Ming's idea and said: "The opponent is definitely not able to restrain his own men. This is definitely something they did themselves."

Of course Chen Ming also knew this, but the problem was.

"Even if this is part of their plan, it's outrageous. Isn't it true that someone made a mistake?"

Song Pu shook his head slightly and said, "It shouldn't be a mistake, because it was too deliberate."

"They just lost this battle. The remaining fleet may not have even arrived home before they posted this message. This must have been arranged in advance."

"So what's going on? What are they thinking?"

The emergence of these two questions gradually dissipated the joy of winning the battle in the hearts of several people in the communication channel.

The incomprehensible behavior on the other side makes it really difficult not to suspect that there is some special arrangement.

But the specific arrangement is beyond anyone’s imagination.

"Sure enough, we still need to keep an eye on it."

Song Pu did not refute Chen Ming this time and said: "I think the same way."

"The opponent is not a fool. They must have their own arrangements for doing this. We must not relax just because we win this game. We must do more things to consolidate and expand our advantages."

Chen Ming was quite interested in what Song Pu was doing in these overall aspects, and asked: "What should we do specifically?"

Song Pu did not hide it and said directly: "First of all, we must fight for public opinion. We must not stop. We must let our rebels completely occupy the highest moral point as soon as possible."

"At the same time, we started to build publicity and momentum to make it more difficult for the government forces to obtain basic resources, and basically widen the gap with us."

"The foundation is what we fight for. Whoever has a solid foundation is likely to win in the end."

"Then we just need to take care of ourselves. As long as our goals and execution methods are fine, victory will be within easy reach."

"But I feel like we need to make new plans now to keep pace with the times."

Chen Ming asked: "Is the original plan not good enough?"

"It's because the original plan is a little behind."

Song Pu said: "Because our battle this time went too smoothly."

"Although there is a high probability that this is a deliberate layout by the opponent, the objective fact is that their fleet strength has weakened a lot after this battle, and this will not change."

"And our original plan was made when we were at a disadvantage, and it was still at a disadvantage after you expanded the industrial equipment."

"Of course I'm not talking about you, I mean I made the plan based on this standard from the beginning."

Song Pu continued to talk about his original thoughts: "Our original industrial base is seriously insufficient compared to the government army. We must find opportunities to occupy new industrial colonies. We may even need to take the initiative to launch a new industrial colony while the government army is recuperating. war."

"But the situation is different now. With your presence, each of the colonies we have on hand can stand up to several colonies of government troops. The conditions are much better than before. Naturally, the plans used in certain disadvantageous situations cannot be used."

"The situation has changed, and the original plan must change accordingly. I have modified some of it in the past few days, but the framework is still the original framework and needs to be completely changed."

Chen Ming asked again: "How do you plan to change? Take the initiative to attack? Or remain unchanged in response to changes?"

"I think we need to discuss it."

As soon as Song Pu finished speaking, Cheng Xinghe suddenly said with a somewhat excited tone: "I feel that we can take the initiative to pursue the victory and not give the government troops a chance to breathe."

It was obvious that Chen Ming had given him special assistance and got a little carried away.

However, others did not take the lead, and no one agreed with Cheng Xinghe's words.

Song Pu also immediately expressed his thoughts: "I think we should first use a questioning attitude to put pressure on the government forces, but do not take the initiative to start a war again, and instead gain greater advantages from other aspects."

"The government forces themselves are in a situation where they have lost most of the people's hearts and support from all forces."

"And the fact that they took the initiative to launch a war this time means that they have no thought at all for the sake of the people, or even for the sake of various civil forces."

"It is already unpopular with the people. After this incident, they can get even less support from behind."

"We have proven the capabilities of the rebels. As long as we secretly add fuel to the fire, the government forces may even defeat themselves."

Hong Guanghong also expressed his thoughts after Song Pu finished: "I also think that we should not directly take the initiative to attack the government forces. Compared with attacking, I think development is more important."

"What if we give them time to breathe? Can they breathe better than us?"

"As long as we can develop at a normal pace, with psychics here, the expansion of industrial facilities and production queues will definitely be faster and more efficient than theirs."

"It should be the other side that should be in a hurry to start the next war."

"They are so far behind at the start, and some of their advantages have just been given away. If they are not in a hurry, I will have to doubt their brains."

"So I think the best thing to do now is not to move. The general continues to take a defensive posture on the front line, and we continue to expand the industrial colony in the rear."

"Although there is an upper limit to the scale of expansion, these advantages must be taken before the upper limit is reached."

"If you can accumulate strength by developing steadily and finally crush the opponent head-on, it should be the safest way."

Although Song Pu and Hong Guanghong have similar ideas, Song Pu's thinking is obviously more inclined to politics, while Hong Guanghong is more inclined to rely on the general trend to crush the opponent.

It sounds fine, but Chen Ming has not expressed his opinion for the time being.

At this time, Dong Miao, who didn't talk much but had been silently doing logistics work, also spoke at this time: "I think it's better to attack."

"Whether we can develop steadily does not depend on us, but on the other side. If the other side ignores its own territory and directly explodes with us, destroys our industrial base, and makes us unable to drag it on, what should we do?"

"Don't forget, our goal is not to kill the government army, but to survive a month and then pass the test of encirclement and suppression."

"But if we don't beat the government army to the point where they can't interfere with us in advance, the government army may jump out and stab us in the back at a critical moment."

"It's best to eliminate all unstable factors in advance."

"Especially now that the government army is in the public opinion, In terms of the lowest point of morality, it is the most suitable time to hit the dog when it is down. "

"Of course, the rear must also be protected. We must develop ourselves. This point has not changed."

"Then the pressure of public opinion on the government army must be full."

"We are not divided now. We are still under the framework of an empire. Public opinion still has a lot of value."

"In addition, there are some places where we can exert influence on the other side, and it does not necessarily require war."

"For example, the simplest one is assassination."

"I think we still have the opportunity to do this now."

"We can't just sit and wait for the other side to die, right? We should attack and suppress the opponent comprehensively."

Chen Ming suddenly found that Dong Miao, who had always been quiet, seemed a little fierce.

All his actions were active, not passive.

Of course, Dong Miao seemed to have the capital to be fierce.

Because Chen Ming has continuously expanded more than a dozen industrial colonies so far, consuming countless huge amounts of materials.

Even so, the rebels' supplies can still be supplied steadily. At least Chen Ming has never seen the warehouses he controlled empty.

Dong Miao has always been in charge of the specific industrial production planning and material allocation.

I will take care of the logistics, you go first in the fight, and if you are full of materials, it seems that there is nothing wrong with Dong Miao saying these words.

So although Dong Miao said it very arrogantly, no one objected.

After all, now they are just discussing the direction of the next plan. Let's express our opinions first and then talk about whether it is reasonable or not.

And now, the situation is relatively clear.

Song Pu and Hong Guanghong support taking it slow and waiting for the opportunity.

Cheng Xinghe and Dong Miao's main idea is to go straight and kill the government army directly.

Different opinions are equal.

The decision-making power to determine the main direction of the rebels' subsequent plans is placed on Chen Ming.

Chen Ming was thinking while listening to his teammates. When everyone was waiting for him to speak, he didn't need to spend too much time thinking.

Chen Ming cleared his throat and said, "I support putting pressure on the government army on the front battlefield."

"Although my psychic power is a great help to industrial production, industrial production takes time."

"I still think that my psychic power will have a better effect on the direct front battlefield. I might as well press directly into the opponent's home and wipe out the government army."

"And didn't we calculate it before?"

"The overall strength of the government army is about 1.5 to 2 times ours, with a maximum of 400 cruisers."

"Although they can't kill us directly, it's not easy for us to do it."

"But it's different now."

"Don't look at the small boats. Just look at the battle just now. More than 50 of the 70 cruisers fell on the battlefield."

"The government army The remaining cruisers are only about 350 at most. "

"How many of these 350 will be divided up and used as local patrols because of the larger occupied area of ​​the government army?"

"How many can actually be used on the front line?"

"The government army currently has less than 100 more cruisers than us."

"As long as this gap is not a full-scale battlefield war, my psychic power can create a very big advantage."

"And when fighting, the number of fleets on both sides is consumed, but our production efficiency is definitely higher than that of the opponent."

"As long as there are no major problems on the front battlefield and the casualties are one-to-one, the gap between the number of cruisers between us and the government army can continue to narrow. "

"So, I also agree with Dong Miao's statement."

"Multiple fronts will bring the greatest pressure to all aspects of the government army."

Chen Ming's last words determined that the overall direction of the rebels would be mainly offensive.

After discussing the details for a while, several people in the communication channel left the channel and went to do what they should do.

Just a few hours later.

The news about the government army that Song Pu sent to his teammates on a daily basis made Chen Ming very confused.

The rebels held a press conference under the organization of Song Pu and publicly produced evidence that the government army took the initiative to invade the Galo-4 star zone.

The government army did not respond to this matter at all, as if it acquiesced that everything the rebels said was correct.

The public opinion completely turned to the rebels.

And this led to the next few days.

Everywhere in Galo-1 and Galo-2, the lower-level soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit and retreated directly to their original places.

Once the rebel fleet led by Cheng Xinghe arrived at the local area, they surrendered directly to the rebels on the spot.

The government army did have their own supervision team, and after killing a group of their own people, they barely maintained the front line.

Cheng Xinghe was not able to easily occupy Galo-3.

But even so, after losing political correctness, the government army had lost its combat effectiveness and was defeated by the fleet of Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming.

The original ceasefire zone, now the most intense battle zone, Galo-3, was completely handed over to the rebels after five days.

The government army could not even maintain its own base of Galo-1 and Galo-2, and soldiers frequently fled from the military base.

The decline of military power and the chaotic government also led to problems in the management of the two star regions.

Crimes occurred frequently, pirates were born frequently, and the entire star region was in dire straits.

If the galaxy governments of each galaxy or companies with branches in the local area had not united to form patrols with sufficient combat effectiveness, this situation would be even more serious.

The rebels also took a full attitude. Any galaxy willing to turn to the rebels would be given sufficient support and a small fleet would be stationed for vigilance.

The influence of the rebels continued to expand, and they successfully occupied more than a dozen inhabited star systems in Galo-1 and Galo-2 without bloodshed.

Among them, there were even two important industrial colonies.

Time came to the seventh day after the change of ownership of Galo-3.

That is, the eighteenth day after the simulation began.

Song Pu sent a message in the communication channel of the special terminal.

There was a military mutiny at the government army headquarters, and the government army's capital planet had lost contact with the outside world.

However, one thing is certain, that is, a large number of senior government army personnel died.

When this news came, several people in the channel were silent.

Chen Ming asked first: "High-level? It shouldn't be the ones on the opposite side, right?"

Song Pu said: "No, they are on the list I received. Three of them are lying there. Only one Di Jia survived because he led the army outside."

"But it shouldn't be them. Even if they don't have enough control over the government army, they can't be killed by their subordinates."

"It's not an internal conflict, right?"

"How is it possible? Whoever simulates an internal conflict is a fool. It must be a fake death."

"But I don't understand the meaning of their death now, so I will synchronize the news to you first, and then I will investigate it."

"I feel that something will definitely happen within a day."

A few hours later.

Song Pu hurriedly asked Chen Ming to set up a voice communication channel and immediately pulled everyone in.

He said with a slightly uneasy tone: "The latest intelligence is that a new rebellion broke out in the Galo-2 star zone."

"A new rebel force has accepted the legacy of the government army and started to take over the original star systems of Galo-1 and Galo-2 that we have not had time to attack."

Chen Ming suddenly seemed to understand the intentions of the government army and said: "They want to wipe themselves out and then take the opportunity to reincarnate."

"Completely abandon the identity of the government army and transfer the people's resentment to the hands of those NPC government troops."

"But I have a question, shouldn't the government army be considered destroyed in this way?"

Song Pu said to Chen Ming, who had not thoroughly studied the rules of the simulation: "Although they belong to the government army, their goal from beginning to end is just to kill our rebels and then maintain the star field. 's stability. "

"As for who killed them and how they killed them, it doesn't matter. In the end, as long as we can maintain stability, it doesn't even matter who maintains stability. "

"Just like our goal is to delay for a month, it doesn't matter whether we survive for a month or kill all the government troops and live a month openly. "

Chen Ming nodded. Although he understood the rules, he still didn't understand a little: "In this case, if the government troops can't put enough pressure on us on the front battlefield and can't wipe us out, there is no point in doing this, right?"

"That's right, so this newly emerged rebel army will definitely fight us in the end, and they should have some tricks in the middle, such as using public opinion from the outside world to make trouble. "

"We are rebels. Our foundation is civilians and soldiers who sympathize with civilians. We can only try to interfere with their development after reincarnation in private. It is impossible to take the initiative to take action against the new rebels."

"This should be considered an open conspiracy."

Song Pu's tone was not too worried. After all, he is now the leader of the rebel forces and knows everything about the rebels' experiences in recent days.

He knows that it is not easy for the rebels to succeed. Even with the funding of the government army and the support of public opinion, it is definitely not easy to keep up with the pace of their development.

"So although this seems to be a feasible method, it is not so feasible if we know the specific situation."

"We can control the direction of public opinion when we have the first-mover advantage."

"Besides, the demise of the government army is not enough to prove that the new rebels are capable of taking charge of this star field. It must be the intervention of higher-level official forces."

"We can publicly express to the new rebels that we are willing to maintain peace for a month and wait for the test of time."

"But I can be sure that the government army will never coexist peacefully with us, and there are definitely more than just these means."

Chen Ming suddenly had an idea and said: "Remember the missing battleship? Is it possible that they can use this thing to do something?"

"The weapons and shield system of the battleship have been destroyed. Even if the opponent is given another month, it will not be able to be repaired. This probability can be ruled out."

"Let's consider other means they may use and prepare in advance."

Time passed day by day.

Chen Ming continued to cooperate with Hong Guanghong to expand the colony and ensure basic industry.

Song Pu continued to pay attention to the overall situation at all times and arrange various means against the new rebels.

Cheng Xinghe was still destroying the remnants of the government army, trying to control more star systems, preparing for the possible attack of the new rebels and the encirclement and suppression that would come in a month.

And in this process.

The development momentum of the rebels that had just appeared was extremely rapid.

In just a few days, it expanded rapidly from a corner of Galo-2 and occupied most of Galo-2 at a speed that no one expected.

And the new rebels continued to develop towards Galo-1, and the speed of expansion was getting more and more exaggerated.

At the same time, because the remnants of the government army had been active near the edge areas of Galo-1, Galo-2, Galo-3 and Galo-4, they constantly interfered with Cheng Xinghe's work.

As a result, the expansion speed of the old rebels fell behind in the past few days.

It was not even a little difference, but a big gap.

Of course, several people on Chen Ming's side knew that the new rebels had the shadow of the original team of the government army. It was normal for the new rebels to develop quickly with the interference of the government army, but it was a little too fast.

And for some reason, there seemed to be signs of comparing the new rebels with the old rebels in the public opinion of the entire star field.

Forget about the comparison, the strange thing is that the public opinion seems to put the achievements of the new rebels on the heads of the old rebels, as if they want to climb up by stepping on the old rebels.

This trend is obviously wrong.

But that's all. The public opinion did not directly belittle the old rebels, but put the new rebels in a higher position in disguise.

Song Pu can only use his own propaganda to suppress this trend recently, but the effect seems not very ideal.

The public opinion trend of the entire star field is leaning towards the new rebels, which is very strange.

Song Pu once complained to Chen Ming that the spies he planted in the new rebels could only barely get some information.

It feels like these people who originally belonged to the government army have changed after the rebellion. They suddenly have the belief of serving the people, which is even more outrageous than their rebel soldiers and is quite difficult to infiltrate.

And some of the intelligence that the spies barely obtained seems to show that the new rebels are not only unstoppable in their expansion momentum.

The various industrial production efficiencies in their rear are also extremely exaggerated, at least more exaggerated than when the government army occupied the galaxy.

It was as if their logistics and engineers could crush Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao.

In addition, Song Pu's assassination plan was not effectively implemented. After all, the government army had collapsed when the assassination plan was still being arranged. Several main tasks were legally dead, and the real body had long been hiding.

The only one with information, Di Jia, has been running around in the four star regions, relying on looting and some funding from unknown sources to constantly harass Cheng Xinghe's fleet.

This has been staying on the fleet and there is no way to assassinate him.

Although the overall situation is still stable and improving for the old rebels.

But looking at the unstoppable rise of the new rebels next door, it still adds a bit of pressure to Chen Ming and others.

And what Song Pu has been thinking about for a few days are several opponents on the side of the government army.

At this time, he is sitting in the office at the headquarters of the rebels.

They all underwent cosmetic surgery with the top medical technology of this era when the government army collapsed. Unless they have the ability to obtain tissue samples for gene comparison, no one can see their original identities.

Although it is somewhat embarrassing to do this in a simulation under normal circumstances, it is obviously more embarrassing if you lose.

At this moment, in their commander-in-chief's office, the commander-in-chief saw one of his teammates asking him on the terminal: "How is the situation?"

The commander-in-chief's expression was tense, and he flicked the ash in the ashtray that was already full of cigarette butts and said: "Very good, a little weird."

"What do you mean?"

"Just weird."

The commander-in-chief looked a little uncomfortable, and continued to type on the terminal and said: "This was originally a plan we made when Zi'a was in a desperate situation. It shouldn't be so smooth. We must work hard to achieve it."

"But I really didn't expect it to be so smooth."

"Even if the government army is our own people, the adjustment of the galaxies and public opinion in their hands, and even various irrelevant aspects, gave me a feeling that it was very smooth, a little exaggerated."

"Maybe it's luck."

"I hope so."

At this time, Di Jia, who was watching the conversation between his teammates, did not dare to speak on the terminal, but his heartbeat accelerated a lot.

He put away the special terminal in silence and continued to devote himself to the task he should carry out.

Time continued to pass.

As the date gradually approaches the end of the 30-day countdown.

Chen Ming also felt a little pressure unconsciously.

It was not the pressure brought by the danger perception psychic power, but a special pressure.

It was obvious, but the source was unknown.

It was like instinct.

Although it was strange, Chen Ming felt that the source of this pressure could not be ignored.

However, there was no clue.

There was no clue to indicate the source of this pressure.

Chen Ming had nothing to say and could only continue to perform his task.

But strange things often happen one after another.

For some reason, the new rebels have been expanding and have not shown a clear hostile or friendly attitude towards the old rebels.

But if there is no attitude, at least it seems that there is no intention to fight.

It seems that they really want to wait for the intervention of higher levels together with the old rebels.

Is this really possible?

Time has come to the 23rd day of the simulation without knowing it.

Chen Ming has not expanded the industrial colony or helped Cheng Xinghe fight in recent days.

The entire star zone has reached the limit of industrial equipment that can be reached under the premise that the star zone can operate normally.

Cheng Xinghe didn't need Chen Ming's help in the suppression of the remnants of the government army.

Because Di Jia was also confirmed to be eliminated by Cheng Xinghe in the suppression a day ago.

The remaining NPC soldiers didn't need Chen Ming's help at all.

So Chen Ming simply found a research institute to stay in, using the high-speed thinking brought by deep consciousness infiltration to study some things that can be studied in the eyes of others.

But today, when Chen Ming noticed that the one-month deadline was about to expire, he suddenly had a problem.

So he contacted Song Pu and asked: "The government army has changed their identities. What will happen if the high-level liquidation is completed when the one-month deadline is up?"

Song Pu has been a little haggard these days, apparently because of the recent development momentum of the rebels.

However, he still patiently explained to Chen Ming: "First of all, the top leaders are not fools."

"Secondly, although we are simulating and limiting the scope of four star regions, there will still be people in the outside world and other places in the empire who are watching this location."

"A month is up, and the former government troops will be directly caught by the top leaders no matter where they are. They can't escape."

"So their current approach makes me confused. They are not planning to self-destruct with us when the deadline comes, so that we have no spare energy to deal with it and beat us to a draw, right?"

"I think there is this possibility."

"Well, let's wait and see. At least our strength on the surface is still an advantage now, so there is no need to take risky actions."

"Privately, I have been accumulating public opinion. Although it is difficult, it is still possible to collect clues to equate the government army with the new rebels. There is always a chance to completely tear apart the disguise of the new rebels."

Two days passed again.

The twenty-fourth day arrived.

Song Pu found Cheng Xinghe in the communication channel and said that he had found the whereabouts of a fleet suspected to be the government army or the new rebels near the headquarters.

And there seemed to be traces of the long-lost battleship in that fleet.

Let Cheng Xinghe take a fleet back and find a way to destroy them.

Cheng Xinghe naturally had no objection.

But when Chen Ming saw this conversation, his forehead suddenly hurt, as if something bad was going to happen.

But Chen Ming could make it clear that his psychic power of danger perception was completely ineffective.

And this was just a simulation, and there was no danger to life, so this psychic power could not be effective at all.

But he just had a headache.

Strange headache, it can't be that his psychic power has some additional effects, right?

Chen Ming couldn't understand it, and there was no way to be sure.

And the appearance of a fleet near the headquarters that allowed Song Pu to call Cheng Xinghe back couldn't possibly stop Cheng Xinghe from going back, right?

So Chen Ming could only symbolically remind him: "Be careful."

One day later.

Thirteen hours later to be precise.

Chen Ming was still conducting research on the mechanical race in the research institute, chatting with Cheng Xinghai who was playing games next to him.

However, at this moment, the special terminal he placed on the table next to him suddenly vibrated.

He immediately picked up the terminal and looked at the terminal screen.

Then, he was stunned.

Because the terminal received information about the death of three teammates in succession.

Song Pu, Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao all died in just a dozen seconds.

Only Song Pu left the last words before his death.

But Chen Ming didn't have time to read it.

The next moment, the news of Cheng Xinghe's death also jumped out of the screen.

Chen Ming withdrew his gaze from the new message and looked at the last words Song Pu said.

"Mechanical race."