Ultimatum

  The anxious battle continued, with bright light groups flashing in the universe, and soon a series of injuries occurred on both sides.

  "Retreat, retreat!"

  "Escape further!"

  The battle stars of the Apollo civilization and most of the large flagships fought and retreated. Within ten minutes, they retreated from the New Humanity's air defense identification zone. The battle situation gradually narrowed, and the front line became a battle between drones. battlefield of confrontation.

  Several urgently launched curvature missiles seemed to hit some targets, producing bright light clusters.

  "Sir, the New Human Civilization has withdrawn its troops!"

  "I know, submit the battle report!"

  A group of angry giant squids began to count the losses of this local war and analyze the specific situation.

  No matter how angry and angry you are, you still need to have serious military literacy. If you don't even know how many soldiers you have lost, and you just fight back, it is simply a joke in the world. This time the war will not end overnight, and good opportunities can always be found for revenge.

  …

  Zhang Yuan and others are anxiously waiting for the battle report ahead.

  The strategy this time was too dangerous, and it really took a lot of risks!

  They have already discussed that if the other party does not even negotiate, but gets mad and attacks with all its troops, then the New Humanity side will still have to pretend to resist for a while, but in the end they will have to evacuate the large forces quickly to reduce casualties!

  After all, the paper strength of the new human civilization is really no match for the other party.

  "If war does begin, how much damage are we willing to take?"

  This is the first problem before us.

  After some discussion, the casualty rate of 5% is the bottom line for people. If the opponent really rushes in and fights hard, people will resist for a while at most, lose 5% of their troops at most, and then blow up the battle star. , completely escaped.

  Therefore, this is also the last round of psychological confrontation between each other!

  Just block the opponent and make it impossible for him to rush in, just give him a big beating!

  Of course, for now, humans still have the possibility of winning the bet. The Apollo civilization has been lingering and hesitating on the edge of the border, which shows that the other party has a lot of concerns. And the other party doesn't know whether humans have more trump cards, they just want to get the most benefits...

  Bright light clusters are flashing in the universe, and some people will lose their lives...

  "But so what?"

  Zhang Yuan sighed softly. In a war, someone will always die. How can there be any reason to imagine that people will not die?

  Even if humans possess virtual world technology, it is impossible to directly transfer the soldier's consciousness into the computer at the moment of death.

  Consciousness uploading has high requirements on the environment and requires several minutes of preparation time. Moreover, human beings' self-awareness is far from being able to teleport, so once the spacecraft is blown up, the probability of death is extremely high!

  But if you want to win this war, you must be tough, so that you can show that you have a bigger trump card!

  "Hey, this kind of performance can't be too rough and trigger the other party to retaliate regardless of the cost. It's difficult!"

  After another half-quarter of an hour, the war gradually stopped, and the unmanned spacecraft of the Apollo civilization staying in the air defense identification zone were all cleared by the new human civilization. This is a rare victory.

  After cleaning up these drones, the New Humanity's large flagship also hurriedly retreated.

  "Everyone, the battle report is out!"

  The captain suddenly spoke up, and the whole place fell silent for an instant.

  The human toll was shown on the screen.

  Because it was a sudden war, it came and went quickly. The human battle losses were not great. In addition to the loss of some drones, 6 guard-class ships were destroyed, plus a cruise-class spacecraft.

  A cruise-class spaceship can carry at least 20,000 people, which can be regarded as a relatively large combat unit. However, in this operation, the spacecraft was not manned. Instead, it rushed to the front and was controlled by artificial intelligence to attract the opponent's curvature-seeking missiles.

  Sure enough, the big spaceship was completely destroyed by the warp missile.

  In addition, the loss of 6 escort-class ships means that at least more than 600 officers on the human side have been killed or injured, and the probability of death is far greater than that of injury.

  Rescue is too difficult, and less than one person in a hundred can survive the destruction of the spacecraft.

  When he saw these casualties, Zhang Yuan sighed again and observed three minutes of silence.

  On the other hand, the new humans had more combat results. In addition to destroying some enemy spacecraft, they also destroyed a large drone center station, which was a high-tech platform that was blown to ashes by the "Planet Nemesis".

  This is a big guy, and its value is much higher than a cruise-class spaceship.

  "Sure enough... the attacking side does have a greater advantage. This is a big victory!"

  "Don't be blindly optimistic. The balance of strength between the two sides has not significantly reversed... Next, the other side may take revenge on us."

  "There is nothing to discuss now, let's continue with the next plan!"

  Zhang Yuan urged: "Hurry up and issue an ultimatum to them."

  "Yeah, write an ultimatum. We can't delay!"

  Just like that, Captain Feng bit the bullet, wrote an ultimatum, and asked the staff in the communications room to send it.

  [Ultimatum! ]

  [Due to unprovoked reasons, the Apollo civilization has been causing trouble and provocation near our alliance's air defense identification zone for three years... After multiple warnings have been ineffective, we hereby issue an ultimatum! ]

  [We require that all troops be withdrawn from our air defense identification zone within three months! ]

  It was also stated later that if the Apollo civilization did not leave immediately, the consequences of a full-scale war would be borne solely by the other side.

  [One mistake and everything is lost. It is best for the Apollo civilization to step back from the brink while there is still a chance to save it! ]

  [If you insist on going your own way, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history! Don't say you didn't predict what you said! ]

  Finally, he changed the subject and relented, saying that if there were really any problems with the "extra color paper", we could discuss it again.

  It's just a very simple sentence that reveals the meaning of the negotiation.

  "If the other party is not a fool, he should be able to see what the new humans mean: either start fighting quickly or negotiate quickly. If you don't fight or negotiate, I will come up and fight."

  There are some obscure meanings in this ultimatum. The first is the use of the word "alliance". They used to call themselves New Human Civilization. This is the first time in history that "alliance" has been used.

  Anyway, let the other party guess what it is like!

  The second is to give the other party a buffer time of three months instead of asking the other party to evacuate within one or two days. There is still room for negotiation in the middle. Anyway, it is to leave time for negotiations.

  Of course, there is a meaning here of "pulling the flag and pulling the tiger's skin". The natural ally of the new human civilization is located near the solar system more than 1,400 light-years away. Its combat effectiveness is unknown. At most, it is still some third-level civilization, and it is of little use in a real fight.

  There is also an ally at the military level, which is the silently developing Toss civilization, which is also four hundred light-years away from here. The Thos civilization doesn't even know about this yet!

  All in all, this is a semi-threatening letter.

  How will the other party react?

  I don't know, I really don't know.

  After kicking the "ball" to the opponent, Zhang Yuan took a deep breath and swallowed.

  Now the opponent's spacecraft is even further away from the human base camp. The distance of 4 astronomical units is actually quite far away, equivalent to the distance between the Earth and Jupiter. Even with the observation equipment in the power armor, it is difficult to clearly see the appearance of the opponent's large flagship.

  He suddenly realized that he had broken into a cold sweat without realizing it.

  People don't know each other's specific situation, and everything is a gamble.

  But the other party also doesn't know the specific situation of human beings, which is equivalent.

  "How will they react to this ultimatum?"