Chapter 2595 The giant looking down at the ants
Although the Ke'shan family world has gathered a considerable amount of troops, all the ethers know that these are just self-stabilization and the loss of the right to the void, unless the other party intends to occupy this place intact. world, otherwise the numbers wouldn’t mean much.
There are also some ethers that place their hopes on the reinforcements sent by the central family.
"When will the reinforcements sent by the Supreme Council arrive? And what about the reinforcements from the O'Tar family world?"
"It is not yet certain whether the news has been sent back to the Supreme Council. The war is developing too fast. The expeditionary force we sent a month ago has now been beaten by the enemy at our doorstep. The messenger asking for reinforcements was not sent until three days ago. Waiting for reinforcements is almost a luxury. "
Ammonium'Technetium glanced at the star map and found that Minkeshan was relatively close to the main star of Titanium among many families at present, but now this short distance has almost become an insurmountable gap. As for O' There is no need to expect the Tar family, which is a "retirement world". The family is famous for its beautiful environment and a large number of strange fruit products. It has been designated as an official training place by the Supreme Ether Council. Only the most respectable heroes of the Tau Empire can Only then can they retire here. The Tau people attach great importance to protecting their heroic elders, so there are many defense platforms in the orbital space of this world, but they do not have a very strong naval force.
After a discussion, all the ethers shook their heads slightly, putting on worried faces that only they themselves could recognize.
"Then, I think there is no other way to deal with it except waiting for the other party to negotiate."
Ammonium'technetium stated the current situation very decisively and straightforwardly, Ammon'ke pursed his lips tightly and looked at the red lump without saying a word. Ammon'technet glanced at him several times but didn't respond. Obviously he wanted to hear what this Ether, who was known for his wisdom and thoughts, had to say. Opinions rather than sitting on wax here.
“I don’t know what the situation of those expeditionary force soldiers is now.”
A female ether rubbed her hands and spoke with sadness. She was the ether in charge of civil affairs and one of the few who opposed the hasty launch of this war.
"With so many children, how many fathers and mothers can return home? Maybe we should take the initiative to contact them to at least ensure the safety of those expeditionary force personnel"
"During negotiations , the active party will easily fall into a disadvantage. If we do this, we will probably fall into the trap of the other party. They will use the captured personnel as blackmail and force us to accept many unreasonable conditions. What we should do is It’s best to delay until reinforcements arrive.”
The ether who spoke had long braids, moderate lace on the collar of his robe, and a emblem ring on one of his thick fingers.
He is the ether responsible for supervising the work of the Water Clan embassy. He is also the ether who manages the vassal races in the family world. He speaks with great weight in the ether parliament.
Amun'lu hummed, seeming to agree, and then asked:
"How long will it take?"
"I don't know, we have almost no understanding of this race. But what is certain is that they and the inhabitants of that planet belong to different ethnic groups of the same race, which may be similar to the difference between urban residents and rural residents. I have said a long time ago that those who attacked the colonies may not be the natives of the planet. This The classification of ethnic groups is very complicated, and it is very risky for us to act rashly before we understand the situation."
His words only caused a chuckle from the people around him, because this person supports the war, and he also knows it. His words were a bit hindsight, so he shrugged.
“But what I thought at the time was that maybe we could get them to join the Greater Good through reasonable communication, and then slowly get to know each other and resolve conflicts. I admit that I did make an error in judgment on this point.”< br>
"It's useless to say all this now. The focus is on how to hold off the opponent and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
Anun'lu stood up, grabbed a pointing stick, stretched it towards the star map across the table, and followed the direction Sexual symbols were slowly drawn across the star map, imitating the movement of the fleet from Tau.
"Follow this route, at the maximum cruising speed of the Tau Guardian Fleet."
As he spoke, he paused. ".As long as we persist for 1-2 weeks, reinforcements will definitely arrive."
Then grunts and muffled discussions filled the conference room. .
"The enemy cannot give us such a long time. Their naval guns are now above our heads."
"Perhaps. We can pretend to negotiate with them? Accept everything they have Conditions."
Amun'Ke has not spoken for a long time since he last spoke. He looked at Ammon'Ke and knew that the other party was the most determined opponent at that time. After sighing softly, he said:
"Am'Ke, what do you think."
As soon as he opened his mouth, all the ethers turned their attention to this ether.
Am'Ke is a very special one among them. In the last war with the Zerg, he was the one who made a desperate move in the Delmara system and used the main fleet to lure the Tyranid fleet to the asteroid belt. In the middle of the war, he defeated the enemy that was the greatest threat to his family's world at the expense of his flagship. It was also his strong request to implement part of the scorched earth strategy that slowed down the Zerg's advance. However, he did not like to stay with the Fire Clan. Most of the time he lives alone, and even though he has outstanding military exploits, he often discourages war.
But there is no doubt that many people in the Ke'shan family regard him as a true wise man and leader, and his prestige among the people is extremely high.
Under the gaze of all the ethers, Am'ke was silent for a moment, and then said slowly:
"Soldiers, weapons, battles, dangers, big and small, strength and weakness, all in the blink of an eye. ”
After saying that, he sighed softly, and some of the surrounding ethers couldn't help but sigh, because this sentence was said once by Ammon'ke when voting on whether to launch military operations, but it failed to change the result.
N'Ke then said:
"They stopped there, not waiting for us to negotiate, nor to threaten us."
N'Lu immediately asked :
“What’s that for?”
"Let us resist."
"What?"
"He gave us time, allowed us to continue to call for reinforcements, call for troops around us, and he gave us time to organize resistance."
Am'ke said words in a calm tone that made the surrounding etherics tremble with fear.
“Don’t you understand? No matter if they are reinforcements from Tau, reinforcements from O’Tar’s family world, or reinforcements from anywhere, they don’t take us seriously in their eyes. They are primitive people. This is a gesture. No matter how many come, they will accept everything. They want to completely defeat us, completely defeat us from the material to the psychological level, so that we can recognize the gap between each other. They never saw us as opponents from the beginning. They were giants looking down at ants.”
(End of this chapter)