"This concludes the briefing session on the previous war."

"Next, we need to discuss and establish the development plan and direction of our Dragon Legion fleet for the next two and a half years, that is, during the period of the Oath Duel." Secretary Lilith began, revealing the next agenda item.

Military personnel must be present in this setting, so this occasion is very appropriate.

This is a good opportunity to finalize this development plan.

"First, we need to determine how much military force we need to defeat the Devouring Civilization in the Oath Duel," Secretary Lilith said, then looked at Grand Marshal Charlotte.

In this regard, military commanders are naturally more familiar with the matter.

Moreover, having just experienced a peak battle with the Devouring Civilization, their intelligence on the Devouring Civilization's fleet is quite up-to-date.

Charlotte didn't speak, but looked at Midel who was present: "I previously assigned this task to Marshal Midel to analyze."

Now tell me your analysis results.

Charlotte entrusted such an important task to others.

This clearly indicates an intention to train them.

Although Midel is now an Imperial Marshal and the Supreme Commander of the Ninth Fleet Group of the Wyvern Legion.

However, as is well known, there are distinctions within the current Imperial Marshal ranks.

This can be seen from the fact that on some important occasions, Grand Marshal Charlotte would ask whose opinion and who he would entrust with important combat missions.

For example, Marshal Akame, Marshal Chu Xuan, and Marshal Medusa have more prestige in Charlotte's eyes.

The others were slightly worse.

As the military power of the Dragon Empire continues to grow, there is a demand for many legion fleet commanders, which is why they were selected.

It's not to say that Grand Marshal Charlotte fully meets the requirements for an Imperial Marshal.

Let's get back to the main topic.

After being called upon by Grand Marshal Charlotte, Midor stood up and began to speak: "Based on the summary of our battle this time..."

Our combat strength is roughly ten to one compared to that of the Devouring Civilization.

Although we achieved a casualty ratio of 30 to 1 this time, it was largely due to the enemy's underestimation of us and the asymmetry of intelligence.

We'll never get a second chance like this from the Black God King.

Therefore, a kill ratio of 30 to 1 is difficult to achieve unless we possess true T7-class starships.

Therefore, if we calculate it as a ten-to-one ratio...

In the past two and a half years, after an arms race, the military strength of the Devouring Civilization will inevitably increase rapidly in a short period of time. According to our estimates, the number of interstellar warships will reach at least 100 million.

Furthermore, based on the conditions of the duel, the opponent is very likely to bring in reinforcements.

Therefore, the number of interstellar warships that the enemy will actually deploy on the battlefield will definitely exceed one hundred million.

Based on our assumptions, the final estimated number of enemy fleets should be around 200 million.

Moreover, this number is only higher, not lower.

We've calculated the worst-case scenario, and the number could reach five hundred million interstellar warships.

Five hundred million interstellar warships—what does that mean?

All the military commanders present were well aware of this.

Of all the known interstellar civilizations in the universe, excluding T1-class cannon fodder interstellar warships, the total number of all military-grade interstellar warships combined would probably be far less than 500 million.

It's even possible that the number of military-grade interstellar warships that have served since the founding of the Holy Elf Empire is far greater than this number.

So you can imagine how terrifying the number of 500 million interstellar warships is here!

This is naturally the worst-case scenario.

Marshal Midler continued, "If we simulate the most likely scenario, the enemy will have two hundred million interstellar warships."

Based on that ratio, we would need to prepare 20 million interstellar warships to have any chance of victory.

Twenty million interstellar warships.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this number.

It's important to know that the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire currently only has a total of over six million active interstellar warships, and after the recent battle, that number has been reduced to over five million.

Therefore, if Marshal Midor's request is followed...

That means the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire needs to build and deliver 15 million interstellar warships within the next two and a half years.

On average, five to six million interstellar warships are built each year.

That's equivalent to building a fleet the size of the current JF-17 Thunder Legion in just one year.

This places extremely high demands on the military industry of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.

"I believe everyone can figure out this math problem."

We need to build another 15 million interstellar warships.

By then, our active fleet will consist of over 20 million Warframes.

This includes 30,000 T6-class interstellar warships, 5 million T5-class interstellar warships, and the rest are all T4-class interstellar warships.

In addition, we need to have around one hundred starships in our Golden Scarab-class heavy interstellar dreadnoughts.

This is the result I simulated and predicted.

If there are any problems, please point them out.

After Marshal Midor finished speaking, she sat down.

Each participant received a document containing detailed information about the Starfleet expansion.

"Does anyone here have any objections to Midel's data conclusion?" Grand Marshal Charlotte asked, looking at everyone present.

Her gaze swept over each person.

At this moment, Zhong Xiaxia stood up and said, "I think 20 million interstellar warships are not enough. We need 30 million interstellar warships to give us at least a 90% chance of winning in the oath duel."

Compared to the others present, Zhong Xiaxia was probably the one who had stayed in the Devouring Civilization the longest and knew the most about it.

Zhong Xiaxia paused, then added, "Based on my understanding of the Devouring Civilization."

The Devouring Civilization actually possesses strong military potential; their very existence is for the purpose of war.

We have also informed His Majesty of another confidential intelligence report...

At this point, Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia stopped speaking and looked at Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen nodded, indicating that she could continue.

Marshal Zhong Xiaoxia, having received permission, continued, "Based on some intelligence information we obtained during this phase of the war..."

We know that, in reality, many interstellar civilizations have connections with the Devouring Civilization.

For various reasons, both sides are giving away benefits to each other.

Therefore, if the Devouring Civilization enters a full-scale war preparedness phase, it will spare no effort to develop its military power.

Even if we destroyed some of the stargate networks in the home universe of the Devouring Civilization before this, they can still rely on the military-industrial power of those interstellar forces that are secretly colluding with them to develop their own legion fleets.

Therefore, I believe that the number of legion fleets possessed by the Devouring Civilization will be even greater at that time.

They might even try to persuade the interstellar forces that secretly colluded with them to declare their stance, publicly support them, and demand that they send their own legion fleets to participate in this oath-taking duel.

Therefore, I believe that 20 million interstellar warships are far from enough!

After Zhong Xiaoxia finished explaining her thoughts, she sat down.

Many people present cast approving and appreciative glances at him.

As a newly appointed Imperial Marshal, leading an auxiliary legion fleet, he dared to express his attitude and thoughts at a meeting of this level for the first time.

This clearly shows that Zhong Xiaoxia is someone who dares to take on any responsibility.

"Does anyone else have other ideas?" Charlotte didn't immediately discuss the things Zhong Xiaxia mentioned, but instead continued to look at the others.

After looking around, no one spoke.

Charlotte continued, "First of all, the conclusions that Midier and Zhong Xiaxia just reached are correct."

After all, these are all just speculations. Since that's the case, any of these are possible before a conclusion is reached.

Whether or not we can build that many interstellar warships is not really our concern.

After all, this is a task for the Imperial Industry, and it depends on whether the resources can meet these construction needs.

When Grand Marshal Charlotte said those words, Lilith's secretary couldn't help but roll her eyes. Wasn't this tantamount to saying that this was part of her job?

That's true; she's the head of the household, so naturally she needs to make arrangements in this regard.

"I will discuss this with the secretary, His Majesty the Emperor, and the leaders of the military industry department later."

Now that we have decided to expand our military on a large scale.

Our military headquarters is responsible for two things.

That is, after the expansion of the military, is our existing military combat system still suitable?

And who will be in charge of the additional fleet groups and legions that will be added after the military expansion?

It's important to understand that if we don't change the military system, we will have at least thirty more legion fleet groups in the future, which means thirty legion fleet groups.

That would require commanders of thirty legion fleet groups.

We need to select this person in advance.

Previously, choosing one or two was relatively easy.

However, selecting more than thirty at once is quite difficult.

"After all, this is the fleet commander, the supreme commander responsible for hundreds of thousands of interstellar warships." Grand Marshal Charlotte said this with a very serious expression.

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