Chapter 57 War is the most violent business 【5/5 ask for pre-order from pre-order】 (Ch 57)

Qingyuan No. Meeting Room
“The resource planet and several other habitable planets are already under our control. Because this place has been controlled by the Golden Tiger Galaxy for many years, there were no major problems after we took over.”
Qiao Rongrong added with some concern: “But it is a bit difficult to resume the mining work on the resource star in the short term.
Sun He said: “Don’t worry about the collection work for now. I have another use for this resource planet. What are the casualties and enemy annihilation in this battle?”
He looked at the deputy captain Tang Yuan who was in charge of these tasks.
Tang Yuan reported a series of data very professionally: “The Qing Yuan did not suffer any damage, but three Xiaolong fighters had some minor problems, but they were not too serious.
The damage to the Storm-class light interstellar battlecruiser No. 1 was relatively serious, with the overall damage to the hull armor reaching 40%, and the most serious part even reaching 80%! ”
Thinking back to Rona’s decision to directly ram the ship, Sun He was now amazed and impressed.
If it were him, he might not dare to give such an order.
Of course, the result of this was the miserable appearance of the first Storm-class ship.
“If we rely on the Giant Turtle Industrial Ship No. 0, it will take at least half a month to fully repair it. Fortunately, the Giant Turtle Industrial Ship No. 0 brought all the resources for repair when it left the starport.”
Sun He nodded. This was something he had prepared for a long time.
“What about the casualties?” Sun He asked immediately.
“There were no casualties, but seven female soldiers on the Storm-class ship No. 1 were seriously injured, and 23 female soldiers were slightly injured to varying degrees.
The seven seriously injured female soldiers were all gunners on the frontal gun position of the Storm-class ship No. 1. They were injured when their gun positions were destroyed during the bombardment with the Overlord-class interstellar battle cruiser of the White Chrysanthemum Fleet. “Tang Yuan said.
Sun He clenched his fists: “It’s because we are not strong enough, otherwise we wouldn’t take such a risk and let the female soldiers get hurt.”
“No, no, no, Captain. This is already a great victory. Before you came, the average death rate of our fleet in all previous battles was as high as 40%.
Over the course of a whole year, at least half of the female soldiers in a fleet will die. After joining the army, there are only a handful of people who can live for more than ten years like Captain Luo Na and Vice Captain Tang Yuan. “Qiao Rongrong saw Sun He’s self-blaming look and said hurriedly.
“Please arrange a time for me to visit these injured female soldiers later.” Sun He said sincerely.
When Tang Yuan saw Sun He’s concerned expression, she felt warm inside.
For these female soldiers, it is lucky enough to be able to fight for a captain who cares about the comfort of every female soldier.
“I will arrange this later. I will continue to talk about the situation of destroying the enemy. Because this time it was a chaotic battle, we cannot be sure whether the starship was destroyed by us.
We simply recorded the damaged starships of each fleet.
White Chrysanthemum Fleet: The fleet originally had a total of thirty starships, and a total of twenty-one were lost, including one T2 Zealot-class medium-sized interstellar cruiser, five T2 Scythe-class medium-sized interstellar destroyers, and fifteen T1 Guards-class heavy interstellar frigates.
Malthus Fleet: The fleet originally had a total of 24 starships, and a total of 14 were lost. One T2 Enyu-class light interstellar cruiser, three T1 Ishtar-class heavy interstellar destroyers, and ten T1 Ishkur-class heavy interstellar frigates. ”
Listen to this string of numbers.
Qiao Rongrong muttered to the side: “This war is really just burning money. Just these thirty-odd starships cost at least nearly a million units of crystal ore.
Adding the cost of repairing the evacuated starships, two to three million units of crystal ore will not be enough.”
“This is a very common thing. The resource planet we control right now has 60 million units of crystal ore. Even if we mine it at full capacity, it will take at least 50 years to mine it all.”
Tang Yuan said solemnly: “This is why the big and small forces of the Galactic Alliance, knowing clearly how terrible the cost of war is, still advocate launching a campaign of external expansion.
A businessman once said: War is always the most profitable business, no doubt about it! ”
“Sixty million units of crystal ore, these are ours! Now that I think about it, I still can’t believe it.” Qiao Rongrong was also very excited.
“I didn’t say that we have to mine this resource star ourselves.” Sun He suddenly said.
These words stunned Tang Yuan and Qiao Rongrong.
Sun He crossed his arms and announced his next decision: “I plan to sell all the ownership rights of this resource planet and several neighboring habitable planets.”
“Sell it? Why?” Qiao Rongrong was so surprised that she almost jumped up.
“Captain, I also think that your suggestion is somewhat inappropriate. I wonder how many mercenary fleets are eager to have their own resource star and their own star field.
You actually want to sell it?” Tang Yuan was also somewhat opposed to this decision.
Sun He raised his hand and turned on the star map projection.
“I can understand your desire to have your own territory. After all, staying on a starship all the time, even if you have enough food and drink, you will still feel uneasy.”
It seemed as if something in Tang Yuan and Qiao Rongrong’s heart was touched.
“But this star region is not suitable for us to develop into our territory. One of the reasons is its geographical location. With our current strength, it is difficult to fight against foreign civilizations for a long time.
Besides, do you really think that the Golden Tiger Lord will watch us snatch away the star field that originally belonged to him?” Sun He asked.
Qiao Rongrong retorted: “But according to the laws of the alliance, this star field was recovered by us, and now it belongs to us. If the Golden Tiger Lord tries to snatch it, it will be against the law!”
“The previous civil war in the alliance was also against the law, but what was the reality? Our battle with the Grizzlies’ Fourth Fleet was on the hot news, but the alliance didn’t care at all.
Even if the Golden Tiger Lord is concerned about the existence of the law and does not attack us directly, he still has various means to deal with us.
As long as we are still here, we can’t escape these troubles! To be honest, this star field and the resource star in front of us are a hot potato for us.
And according to the strength of the Qingyuan Fleet, it is not yet capable of operating a territory on its own. “Sun He said seriously, this is what he thought.
At the same time, there is another unmentioned reason, which is that he is in urgent need of funds!
Although the resource star in front of us has 60 million units of crystal deposits, it will take time to mine them.
According to the mining speed of a crystal mineral resource star within the alliance, the average annual mining volume is only 1.5 million to 2 million units.
This cannot meet Sun He’s current needs, he needs to cash it in quickly!
“You just said you wanted to resell it. Do you have an idea about it?” Tang Yuan noticed Sun He’s intention and asked.
“I think you should be familiar with the Nine-headed Bird family.” Sun He said with a smile.
“The Nine-headed Bird Family is one of the second-rate forces in the alliance; and they are also the ones followed by the Nine-Phoenix Galaxy that we originally depended on!” Qiao Rongrong exclaimed.
“Before our fleet entered this star field, I sent a message to someone in the Nine-headed Bird family.”
Sun He said confidently: “Now, I have the bargaining chips to sit down and talk with them. I plan to find an opportunity to discuss this deal with that person…”
Beep, beep
Qiao Rongrong’s communication device rang.
“Sorry, it’s the bridge contacting me.” After getting Sun He’s permission, Qiao Rongrong answered the call.
“What? People from the Nine-headed Bird family want to have a video call with the captain of our fleet? Right now!” Qiao Rongrong exclaimed, looking at Sun He in disbelief.
The thing we just talked about happened immediately.
“I didn’t expect that they were so well-informed.” Sun He smiled slightly: “Let the bridge connect the communication channel.”
Qiao Rongrong swallowed and nervously asked the bridge to connect the communication channel.
“Captain, then we…” Tang Yuan was also a little restrained at this moment.
After all, they were about to meet people from the second-rate forces in the alliance.
Don’t underestimate them just because they are second-rate. There are no more than ten forces in the entire alliance that can be called second-rate.
The Grizzly Galaxy, the White Chrysanthemum Galaxy, and the Golden Tiger Galaxy, which had previously competed with the Qingyuan Fleet, were only fourth-rate forces.
“You stay here too. In the future, our Qingyuan Fleet will have more and more contacts with these big forces, and you have to adapt.” Sun He didn’t say another word.
Soon, their Qingyuan Fleet will become one of them, and even surpass them far.
A few minutes later.
A video communication screen appeared on the table in the conference room.
The video shows an office scene, with a nine-headed bird statue placed in a corner of the office.
A feminine woman in formal attire was sitting there, watching the video with a smile.
“Hello, Mr. Sun He.”