vrcanaries Chapter 230 9%
Chapter 230 9%
Wade's escape did not attract much attention from the Earth Federation.
Even for the Earth Federation now, Wade's successful escape is actually a good thing.
Because at this point, the attacks from the Trisolarans were no longer limited to the RimWorld. This time, they had mobilized almost all of their hidden agents within human society, attempting to fight a decisive battle against the entire human civilization in this life-or-death race against time.
Three hours after the destruction of RimWorld, Earth was also hit by an unprecedented attack.
A mechanized force was invaded by the Trisolarans in a virtual network. The defensive force, originally intended to protect Earth, the mother planet, turned its guns on the entire planet in the blink of an eye and unleashed a barrage of missiles on the entire Earth.
Fortunately, after emerging from hibernation, Taylor had made new deployment plans for the Earth Alliance's defense forces, which allowed a large number of reaction forces to emerge immediately after the disaster and block the first wave of attacks.
Inside the Earth Federation office, Taylor's face looked extremely grim as he listened to his secretary's report.
The last time he showed such a grim expression was when Lin Xuan personally helped him break through the barrier.
"Mr. Taylor, you are truly a visionary. All the troops you deployed have now come in handy. Thanks to you, Earth was spared from disaster. After this matter is over, I believe you will be awarded the highest honor, the Planetary Medal, by the Earth Federation."
The secretary was still flattering him, but Taylor's expression showed extreme displeasure.
Seemingly noticing the change in Taylor's expression, the secretary abruptly stopped speaking and did not continue.
“Mr. Taylor, is there something on your mind? You seem to be preoccupied.”
Taylor remained silent for a long time before finally uttering two words—naive!
"what?"
The secretary seemed not to have heard Taylor clearly and subconsciously asked again.
"I say you are too naive. Do you know when this strategic deployment was made? In 1991, in 1991 AD, we were already using this kind of military deployment. But now, three hundred years later, humanity's strategic expertise has not made any progress."
"So, compared to our era, you're nothing more than a bunch of monkeys wielding high-tech energy weapons? The advancement of weaponry is completely out of sync with the advancement of strategy. I really don't know how you've gotten so backward!"
The secretary remained silent, for he indeed had no way to refute this statement.
Since the beginning of the deterrence era, humanity has rarely been involved in war; even when it has, it has been nothing more than routine military exercises.
After all, since the Trisolaran crisis, all of humanity has only one common enemy. In order to avoid unnecessary internal strife, almost no organization would launch an internal war.
Ironically, this has led to a gradual loss of understanding of war in human society.
Many military textbooks are still using materials from over a hundred years ago. The only difference is that people used to use tanks and airplanes, while now they are using warships and fortresses.
Taylor watched the mobile units speeding past the window and couldn't help but sigh.
"If Lin Xuan were still alive, humanity probably wouldn't have declined to this extent."
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On the other side, when the detailed battle report from RimWorld reached Luo Congmin, Luo Congmin, who had finally managed to calm down, once again smashed the tablet in his hand to the ground.
"Absurd, utterly absurd!"
"An army of 1.4 million! That's a full 1.4 million! So many people, and they couldn't even hold out a ring world for more than an hour! What a disgrace!"
"Even if you released 1 million pigs, it would take the Trisolarans at least three days and three nights to kill them. How could they collapse in less than an hour?"
Below the stage, all the senior executives of the local alliance fell silent. At this moment, no one dared to stand up and risk offending them.
The battle around the world shattered not only the beautiful dream that Wade created for all mankind, but also the backbone of human civilization.
Originally, everyone thought that the gap between themselves and the Trisolarans had been narrowed infinitely, and that they might even have a chance to launch a counterattack against the Trisolarans.
But reality slapped them hard in the face, telling all of humanity that the gap between humans and the Trisolaran civilization is not just limited to technological level.
The Trisolarans used almost no high-tech troops in this battle, which was somewhat different from the situation in the Doomsday War.
In the final battle of that year, the appearance of the droplet was a technological existence that humans could not understand. However, in the war in the Rimworld, the Trisolarans relied solely on some simple mechanical structures to carry out targeted destruction from beginning to end.
It can be said that they won entirely because of their strategy, or rather, their understanding of humanity.
Luo Congmin calmed her anger slightly. Looking at the group of Dilian executives below the stage, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
"Fine, let it be bombed. I'm too lazy to pursue these matters anymore. Now, all you committee members and representatives here, I just want to hear the truth from you: out of the 140 million troops stationed around the world, how many are actually combat-ready, excluding the elderly, the infirm, the disabled, and those who are receiving salaries without working?"
Luo Congmin doesn't believe that there's no exaggeration in the number of troops in this force of 140 million.
Corruption within the local federation has been rampant for the past twenty years, and even as president, she has been unable to completely eradicate it, and can only deal with it gradually.
But now, the defeat in the Battle of the World has completely exposed a corner of the corruption within the Earth Federation, allowing Luo Congmin to see just how rotten the Earth Federation has become from top to bottom.
However, no one spoke. Everyone pretended to be mute, lowered their heads, and dared not look Luo Congmin on the stage in the eye.
The scene was just like when a teacher says they're going to ask a question in class, and everyone is afraid of being called on.
"Is no one willing to speak? I have said that since this has already happened, I will not pursue his responsibility. I also know that such a big problem cannot be shouldered by one or two people. Humanity is facing internal and external troubles. I just want to hear the truth. Is that so difficult?"
Seeing that Luo Congmin was determined to keep bringing this up, some people in the audience finally couldn't sit still any longer.
Jiang Yuan, a general from the military headquarters, was the first to step forward.
As soon as he arrived, he took off his military cap and put it on the ground.
That means I'm telling Luo Congmin, "Today I'm going to make a huge mess of things, but after today I probably won't live much longer, so please believe what I'm saying, President."
"Your Excellency, my name is Jiang Yuan. I currently serve in the military with the rank of general. I previously served as a second-level commander in the early garrison forces around the world."
"From what I understand, because the early recruits for the Ringworld had better welfare benefits, and there are rumors that the Ringworld will be a necessary vehicle for humanity to escape to the solar system in the future, many Earth Federation officials have arranged for their families to be stationed in the Ringworld under the name of the garrison troops. Their vectors may account for 90% of the current troops in the Ringworld."
"Nine percent!"
Luo Congmin was shocked by the result.
"So, out of 14 million troops, only 140 are actual soldiers?"
Upon hearing Luo Congmin's question, Jiang Yuan immediately lowered his head.
"This... Your Excellency, the situation may be worse than you imagine. Ninety percent is only the percentage from the initial construction of the RimWorld. According to my calculations, the number of troops remaining in the RimWorld after this Trisolaran attack is probably less than 100,000!"