Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 331 Divine Punishment

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. The 13th and 15th Fleets filled the gaps left by the 7th and 8th main fleets and cooperated with the Star Ring Group to complete the initial defensive military exercises.

Most people viewed this military exercise with a "let's watch the show" mentality.

After all, in their view, this exercise was like drawing a target before shooting an arrow; the Star Ring Group was basically destined to lose, and everyone just needed to follow the script and play their part well.

What's the point of watching these military exercises?

Perhaps the only interesting thing is that both sides bring out some new equipment that we've never seen before.

However, this new equipment is relative. Everyone knows that the data that can be released to the public is generally not very important.

Since the beginning of Chinese civilization, there has been a tradition.

Equip a batch, produce a batch, and develop a batch.

Back when Wang Miao and his team were developing Zero Point Energy, the outside world was still looking forward to the production of cold fusion, so everyone thought that even if the two sides went to war, they wouldn't use any real equipment.

However, the alliance did a lot of hype, not only defining this military exercise as the first battle after the alliance gained control of military manufacturing, but also putting advertisements everywhere, so much so that even the dog at the village entrance knew about the military exercise.

The local coalition did much the same, not only doing a lot of publicity but also equipping the military exercise with a professional commentary team.

"Earth Union Television, Earth Union Television, welcome to today's special program. I am your host, Little Tree. Today we have invited our special guest, Wallfacer Number One: Mr. Frederick Taylor."

"Mr. Taylor, it is an honor to invite you to our studio again."

The host, Xiaoshu, smiled at Taylor.

"Don't worry, our program this time comes with the latest translation AI, so there will definitely be no accident like last time."

Taylor gave an awkward laugh upon hearing this.

The last interview left him with considerable psychological trauma. If it weren't for Lin Xuan breaking through his wall in just three hours when he was a Wallfacer, he probably wouldn't have been able to adjust his mindset so quickly.

"Mr. Taylor, we would like to know how much you know about the military strength of both sides in this military exercise?"

Once at work, Taylor immediately became serious.

"I do have some authority to speak on this matter. A few months before coming here, I specifically visited the research base of the Earth Alliance to learn about the latest research results of Professor Wang Miao and Dr. Ding Yi. However, I cannot disclose the specifics yet, as this is a military secret."

"However, there's no need to be too disappointed, because you should be able to see a prototype of the new equipment in this military exercise, so you can still look forward to the upcoming exercises."

He deliberately kept everyone in suspense here, which was also to raise expectations for the subsequent explanation.

"As for the Star Ring Group, I have also learned about their research progress."

"To be honest, they are probably not as good as the regular army of the Earth Alliance."

"However, the Earth Federation has only authorized the Group Alliance to manufacture military units for two and a half years. It is already quite remarkable that they have achieved what they have today."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoshu's eyes lit up.

"Mr. Taylor, do you mean that the Earth Alliance has a technological advantage in this military exercise?"

Taylor paused for a moment. This time he was smarter and knew that the other party was setting a trap for him, so he did not give a very definite answer, but instead said it in a very tactful way.

"Well... I can't say for sure. The two sides may have different technological focuses. However, on the front lines, the group alliance's advantage is probably not as great as we might think. So they may need to consider their tactics more carefully."

He was being very conservative in his statement, and everyone understood what he meant.

One is a regular government army that has been developing military technology for nearly two hundred years, and the other is a ragtag force formed by the integration of group capital. The technological gap between the two sides will probably be difficult to close in a short period of time.

Although the Star Ring Corporation has extensive experience in building interstellar warships.

However, people are still not very optimistic about AAA. Even some mainstream media they support only focus on the Star Ring Group's military contributions and do not pay much attention to the technological comparison between the two sides.

Soon, the military exercise officially began.

The Star Ring Corporation's vanguard fleet has moved.

The vanguard fleet consists of three ships, all composed of assault ships and destroyers, giving it a high degree of maneuverability compared to other main battle fleets.

Two of them are even equipped with warp drive engines, which can increase their speed in a short time to bypass the defenses of most of the Earth Alliance's particle weapons.

The remaining fleet was equipped with short-range space shears, making it suitable for a direct assault after the first two fleets had dismantled their defenses.

According to the normal military exercise script, these three fleets will attempt to break through the three points of the joint defense line in turn. If the breakthrough is successful, the group alliance will be considered to have won the military exercise.

But just as everyone was waiting to see what would happen to these three fleets, a sudden change occurred!

Suddenly, a golden beam of light shot out from the direction of the Star Ring Group, heading straight for the Earth Alliance's defensive position.

The golden beam of light was like a divine punishment from the heavens; wherever it went, all defenses were instantly destroyed as if they had been swept away.

The defensive line that the Earth Alliance had set up was instantly destroyed by this attack.

Countless defensive melee cannons were annihilated the moment they came into contact with the golden beam of light, disappearing completely into the universe.

"This is... a battleship's main gun?"

Many viewers watching the live stream were stunned, completely bewildered as to what had happened.

Wasn't the first military exercise everyone watched a battleship versus assault ship exercise? Why is Star Ring Corporation suddenly deploying battleships?

It's like two kids fighting, agreeing to spar with sticks, but one of them suddenly pulls out an AK and starts spraying bullets at the other.

The most bewildered were probably the ground forces officers who were on the front lines of combat.

They had received orders beforehand, and their superiors had told them that this military exercise might be different from previous ones, and that they should make several preparations, but no one said that it would be different in this way.

What's the point of fighting? The moment the infantry landed, the enemy dropped a nuclear missile.

Is this really a military exercise? If it's going to be like this, does the Earth Federation's high command think the entire Carbon-Based Federation is their hypothetical enemy?

But they clearly didn't know that what they were seeing was not part of the military exercise script at all.

At this point, the war between the Earth Alliance and the Group Alliance has officially begun!