Imperial New Calendar Year 734.

The Imperial Expeditionary Fleet and the Galactic Milky Way's three major power fleets engaged in the second large-scale battle at the twelve stars of the New Federation border.

The battle lasted sixteen standard Galaxy Days, with both sides primarily engaging in standoffs and probing tactics, continuously raising the stakes for the frontline fleets in an attempt to break the opponent's morale.

During the standoff, the empire's hero, the White Ghost, Honorary Earl, and then Imperial Expeditionary Army Commander Hanton delivered a speech to the Imperial Expeditionary Corps. After the speech, the main cannon of a heavy battleship from the empire's Fifth Combat Cluster fired first, igniting the Twelve Stars Battle.

In the Twelve Stars Battle, over a hundred thousand medium to large-sized ships were deployed by the Four Great Powers of the Milky Way.

The Empire lost over 9,200 ships, the New Federation lost over 8,960 ships, the Guel Alliance lost over 3,200 ships, and the Free Federation lost over 1,200 ships.

The empire's third and fourth combat clusters were nearly annihilated during the siege, and the conventional military fleet lost over one-third of its ships.

The New Federation's main battle fleet suffered more than half losses and was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, resulting in heavy losses for the Guel Alliance fleet, which angrily accused the New Federation, declaring the alliance treaty of the three major powers null and void.

During the war, the imperial semi-permanent fleet 'Levi' appeared, decisively securing victory in the battle.

The Guel Alliance fleet withdrew from the New Federation territory, and the Free Federation reinforced the main battle fleet to co-defend the New Federation Head Star, Minter City.

The Sherman Empire fleet took advantage of the situation to expand its occupied territory, using the twelve stars of the New Federation border as a springboard to reoccupy twenty-six administrative stars in the northern Star Domain of the New Federation, executing the Emperor's signed 'Plunder Order,' frantically transporting New Federation assets.

Every day, a large number of people 'voluntarily' migrated into the Sherman Empire v, becoming lower-class citizens of the Empire. This drew the attention of several interstellar human rights organizations and interstellar united organizations, but investigation ships from these organizations repeatedly met with accidents.

The Twelve Stars Battle became the key campaign for the two main galactic camps.

However, the New Federation and the Free Federation are actively using their influence to form a Galactic Milky Way Free Alliance joint military, attempting to contest once more with the imperial fleet.

The Imperial Expeditionary Army Commander White Ghost achieved unprecedented fame within the Empire. However, this hero, known for slaying the Insect Race and being the first transformed person to participate politically, aroused significant controversy domestically.

Three months after the end of the Twelve Stars Battle, a new fleet departing from the Emperor Star was about to reach the front line of the Imperial Expeditionary Army.

The flagship of this fleet, within its spacious lounge.

A projection screen was playing the speech from three months ago.

In the lounge, the passionate voice of the White Ghost Hanton echoed:

"Warriors of the Sherman Empire, brave fighters who courageously battle those coveting the Empire from the cosmic sky for the peace of the Empire and the safety of your families!

"Now! We have reached an incredibly difficult moment!

"The Empire faces unprecedented challenges, with the lives and personal property of hundreds of billions of citizens being coveted by other nations!

"These hypocrites, under the guise of freedom, poison our people with gas bombs, beautify their hegemonic acts with terrorist attacks, and use their overt acts of aggression in economics, culture, and thought to squeeze the survival space of this ancient regime, inevitably leading to this war!

"The empire's expedition is not to expand territory, as we have enough planets! The expedition of the Empire is merely to impose punitive measures on these regimes that continuously erode our right to live!

"In interstellar civilization, the resources on which humanity relies for survival, affecting every aspect of the lives of hundreds of billions of people, are built on the foundation of a powerful fleet...

"... Now! We are at the pinnacle of power in the Milky Way! But this is the most dangerous moment!

"These regimes, controlled by politicians manipulated by the big capitalist class, will at any cost, for their political interests and the interests of the greedy crocodiles behind them, dismantle our long-balanced and stable political structure, targeting us as their dumping ground, using all manner of beautified means to drain every drop of blood from the people!

"The internal problem of the Empire lies with the corrupt and decaying nobility, who endlessly oppress the commoners, an issue we can fight against and solve. We will continue the noble rectification and gradually weaken the privileges of the nobility amid historical tides. This is my life's goal and political ideal, and I will strive for it tirelessly!

"The external problem of the Empire lies with these so-called great powers, coveting the Empire's resources and eyeing the Empire's prosperous population with greed!

"Capital must build its lush profits on the hard labor of the poor class, which is why they continuously expand the number of impoverished people!

"Yes, this empire has existed for tens of thousands of years, but internally it is not decayed! Our military is built from the civilian class, and the true pillar of the Empire is the civilian class!

"We maintain a high spirit of morale!

"Today, we must declare war on those three great powers who sell out soldier's lives for politicians' interests, and also on the decayed and depraved aristocrats within the Empire!

"In my personal capacity as the White Ghost, I declare to all dissenters within the empire:

"We must eliminate all nobles who oppress the people! We must defend every citizen of the Empire's rightful respect!

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