The story of Bai Xingjian and the Great White Fleet made Li Yao have a lot of mixed feelings. He did not expect that such an interesting person would emerge in the Federation when he was sleeping in the hibernation cabin and performing such a splendid legend. How exciting!
Thinking for a moment, Li Yao asked, "What is the capability of the Great White Fleet like? How much is the gap between it and the Burning Prairie Fleet?"
Tang Dingyuan smiled and said, "The gap is too huge. After all, one of them is an ace troop that has been established for a hundred years, and the other is a miscellaneous troop that has only been established recently.
"This is a Deep Sky Fleet that values bloodlines, heritages, and resources above all. A ground troop can be called 'veteran elites' after twenty to thirty years of bloody battles, but a Deep Sky Fleet cannot be called 'mature' without a hundred years of polishing.
"First of all, the Burning Prairie Fleet is the 'central army' in the Union Army. A large part of the annual defense budget, as well as the most advanced starships and experimental magical equipment, is sent to the Burning Prairie Fleet.
"The Great White Fleet, on the other hand, only has Jin Xinyue as its backer. However rich Jin Xinyue and Skyfire are, it is impossible for them to spend all their money on the construction of a fleet that is like a bottomless hole.
Besides, a lot of advanced technology and experimental magical equipment could not be bought with money. They were all top secrets!
Therefore, although the Great White Fleet is much better than other miscellaneous troops in terms of scale and equipment, it is still incomparable to the Burning Prairie Fleet.
Then, there are the officers and the sailors.
The Burning Prairie Fleet has its own training base named 'Burning Prairie Military Academy', which accepts the most distinguished students from the seven Sectors. Every one of them is the best of the best. The tradition has been maintained for a hundred years. It means that the most distinguished talents of the Federation have all been 'harvested' by the Burning Prairie Fleet in the past hundred years!
The best talents had all joined the Burning Prairie Fleet. None of them were willing to join the Great White Fleet, whose reputation was not very good, and whose commander was a weirdo. What should they do?
As usual, Bai Xingjian was searching for the 'former space pirates' who had just been released from prison after decades of imprisonment. Also, through Jin Xinyue's mediation, he tried to find a way to release a batch of captives of the Uranian Ring Sector that were rather excellent in the war against the Uranian Ring Sector. The more brutal the commander of the Uranian Ring Sector that fought the Burning Prairie Fleet in the battle, the more Bai Xingjian liked him!
Right. Other than the Uranian Ring Sector, although the Nether World Sector, the Water Crystal Sector, and the Forest Ocean Sector had joined the New Federation peacefully, there were a lot of oppositions, too. Those oppositions were not very willing to work for the government of the Federation, or at least for the Burning Prairie Fleet. There was no telling how Bai Xingjian convinced them to send such people to the Great White Fleet!
All in all, unlike the shells of their starships, which were painted in white and looked bright and magnificent, the members of the Big Bai Fleet were nothing more than a bunch of devils dancing in the air!
"Their equipment is not as good as theirs, and their crew is just a bunch of random mobsters. How can the combat ability of the Great White Fleet be one tenth of the Burning Prairie Fleet?
"However, it is perfectly normal. The Burning Prairie Fleet is the trump card of the Federation after all. No miscellaneous troops can challenge the Burning Prairie Fleet's position in the Federation in the first place. It is already the best that Bai Xingjian can lead the Great White Fleet from a ragged 'garbage fleet' to what it is today. I can only say that he was born at the wrong time. It is quite a shame!"
Li Yao thought of something and asked, "Why do you say that? Hasn't his performance been quite good?"
"If he had not been so arrogant and extreme, and if he had stayed in the Burning Prairie Fleet and listened to Bai Kaixin's orders obediently, his achievements would've been much greater. It must be noted that Bai Kaixin is already the Chief of Staff of the Burning Prairie Fleet, second only to the commander-in-chief. He also has a lot of shares in the Glorious Sunlight Group and is on good terms with the big shots on Li Yao's side!"
Tang Dingyuan remarked with mixed feelings. "It's true that Bai Xingjian's performance in the war against the Uranian Ring Sector was indeed unpredictable and unpredictable. However, the art of war must be based on the combination of the unorthodox and the orthodox. It is impossible for him to win every battle with unexpected schemes!
Perhaps because he had been with the 'former space pirates' for too long, Bai Xingjian's commanding skills were gradually mixed with the distinctive features of space pirates. He was agile, evading the enemy's main force, and running away as soon as he attacked.
Such a tactic was indeed very effective when he led a small-scale assault fleet for guerilla warfare and harassment, but that was all there was to it!
In the strategic final battle that would decide the fate of the two superpowers in the sea of stars, such a tactic that was no different from a mosquito bite was not of much significance. It was only a supplement and a support!
The Burning Prairie Fleet used to be the coalition army of the various sects of the Flying Star Sector. As a starship civilization, the Flying Star Sector boasted a profound heritage in the art of commanding large fleets in the first place. One of the best in that regard was Yan Xinjian, who was known as the 'strongest fleet commander of the Flying Star Sector in the past thousand years'!
Although he was an ancient man who perished hundreds of years ago and had a lot of dishonorable things in his life, his commanding arts were indeed 'horrifying'. I once carefully studied the books on starship commanding that he left behind and analyzed his cases. Both the cases where he annihilated the space pirates as the 'deputy commander of the coalition fleet of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City' and the cases where he resisted the coalition fleet of the Cultivators as the 'commander of the fleet of the space pirates' after he defected to Spider Den amazed me. I did not know that there was such an extraordinary person at the edge of the cosmos!
It was a pity that Yan Xinjian was born at the wrong time and perished as soon as he appeared. He did not encounter the best age when the Kunlun relic was developed, the seven Sectors were fully integrated, and the super starships were galloping in the sea of stars like dumplings!
The Burning Prairie Fleet inherited the commanding arts of the 'Flying Star School' represented by Yan Xinjian. That was the 'righteous art of war' that dominated the sea of stars. Even I learned a lot from the classics of the Burning Prairie Military School!
Bai Xingjian did not learn such a marvelous art of war but took the wrong path to learn the tactics of the space pirates with his cleverness. Wasn't it a case of picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons?
Faced with such a lonely Sector as the Uranian Ring Sector, the tactics of the space pirates might work for the time being, but the Black Wind Fleet was not something that the fleet of the Uranian Ring Sector could compare to!
That was what I felt most regretful about. Bai Xingjian's performance in the war against the Uranian Ring Sector with a garbage fleet after he was mentally deranged and his level plummeted. I could not help but imagine how tough he would be today if he had held back his temper and listened to Bai Kaixin's command obediently years ago, advanced into the Yuanying level smoothly, and fully absorbed and inherited the 'Flying Star School' represented by Yan Xinjian.
What a pity! What a pity! What a shame! Bai Xingjian had a chance to become a famous general who could have dominated the sea of stars and fought back against the Imperium. But he was mired deeper and deeper in the wrong path. His talents and potential were wasted for nothing!
As the commander of a miscellaneous army such as the 'Great White Fleet', Bai Xingjian's future will end there, won't it? "
Firefly was a super amalgamation of hundreds of starships that were connected to each other. Therefore, Tang Dingyuan was both the captain of Firefly and the commander of the "Firefly Fleet". He had a subtle feeling of appreciation for Bai Xingjian and disappointment in him. He shook his head and sighed, revealing his true feelings.
Li Yao scratched his chin. It was indeed a pity for Bai Xingjian, but if it weren't for him, his little disciple Jin Xinyue wouldn't have been able to recruit such a 'genius'. Pondering for a moment, he asked again, "What's the level of this Bai Xingjian right now?"
"Bai Xingjian's Cultivation plummeted once due to mental derangement," Tang Dingyuan said. "It was rather difficult for him to train himself back to his previous level. In the past thirty years, Jin Xinyue has provided tremendous resources to help the few generals under her command who know the arts of starships. With all kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, he managed to break into the Yuanying level. Right now, he should be in the beginning level of Yuanying!"
"Oh? Is he a pure admin-type Cultivator? "
Li Yao knew that the commanders of armies were often admin-type Cultivators. If they were from the ground troops or the Exo Societies, they might have the dual talents of a battle-type Cultivator. But it was not necessarily the case for the commanders of fleets. "What about his personal combat ability? Can he fight?"
"He should be a pure admin-type Cultivator," Tang Dingyuan said.
"Bai Xingjian was a maintenance apprentice in the Burning Prairie Fleet in the beginning. He seemed to have some talents in maintenance. But he was soon transferred to the management of the bridge. Later, he walked on the path of 'Warship Connoisseur'. He is a pure admin-type Cultivator! As for whether or not he can fight, I don't think he has ever fought in person. Besides, neither the captain of a starship nor the commander of a fleet should engage in melee combat. His own combat ability should be … unremarkable, right? "
"Alright!"
Cui Lingfeng had been listening to the communication between the two of them that was ten times faster than normal people. After Tang Dingyuan told him about Bai Xingjian's background, Cui Lingfeng made the final decision. "Captain Tang, let's pause the interrogation and deal with our 'allies' first. Tell the Great White Fleet that they are allowed to dock at the outermost dock of Firefly for maintenance, but they will have to wait for a day because we have just quelled a not-so-serious rebellion of the Immortal Cultivators. There are still some troubles that need to be taken care of.
If there are any difficulties, we can ship a batch of supplies to their starship first.
Captain Lin, you will bring two members of Team Red Lotus to Bai Xingjian in person and 'explain' what happened on Firefly to him. Make sure that you make it clear that all the riots have been perfectly resolved by Team Red Lotus in time. We do not need the help of our 'ally' who is most adept at thievery. They can just wait outside dutifully in case of any 'misunderstanding'. Is there a problem? "
Li Yao smiled. "No problem."
He rubbed his fists in his heart and could not wait to meet the general under his little disciple's command.
Tang Dingyuan, on the other hand, was still sighing nearby. "We are obviously allies. Why did things turn out like this?"
"Captain Tang."
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