The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2297, General Mobilization Order

As long as the star gate is discovered, the Galactic Empire will immediately choose war. This is something that everyone in the Principality of Dawn is very sure of.

The reasons have been mentioned many times. In short, the reason why the Galactic Empire is sure that it can defeat the Principality of Dawn in the war is that it is sure that the overall strength of the Principality of Dawn is far inferior to its own. But once the Principality of Dawn has a star gate, their overall strength will immediately leap to the same level as the Galactic Empire.

In other words, even if it is not as good as it is now, with the help of the star gate, the development of the Principality of Dawn will inevitably be several times that of the Galactic Empire. Then it won’t be long before the gap between the two sides will be leveled or even surpassed.

Even the dullest strategist, looking at the fragmented areas controlled by the Principality of Dawn on the star map, will make the same choice after learning that the other side has a star gate to connect these places together -

War!

When Qi Jian said this possibility, everyone in the venue fell silent.

After a long time, Ling Liang slammed the table and stood up, saying loudly: "I suggest launching Operation Zero immediately! Preemptive strike!!"

"Are you crazy? If this is a conspiracy of the Galactic Empire, we will be caught in a trap if we start the war early!" Francis Underwood objected.

"What about the military mobilization of the Empire?" asked the veteran Carls Walton, who replaced Matt Horner as the commander-in-chief of the Navy.

Saratan Moss shook his head and said: "The Galactic Empire has no signs of additional mobilization, and they have not increased their troops at the border. Several fleets at the border have not been mobilized."

Tang Xiao asked: "If the Galactic Empire does not mobilize or mobilize troops, what is the possibility of forcibly launching a war?"

"I can only say that for the Empire, doing so is equivalent to a military disaster." Carls Walton said in a deep voice.

Qi Jian also weighed his words and said slowly: "If the Empire wants to start a war, they do have enough troops. But they must solve the problems of funding, public opinion, and the rebel army, and most importantly, the opinions of the core circle of nobles. If they start a war without caring about it, it is possible that their backyard will catch fire directly. Therefore, I am skeptical about whether to take the initiative."

"If they don't start a war, what's the matter with the recent series of intelligence wars? Is it possible that they are actively reminding us?" Xian Hui asked back, "Soldiers are trained to be used! Tanks are built to fight! The same is true for intelligence! Intelligence is also time-sensitive!"

Although he has gained a lot of weight in recent years, this old general has always had a sharp eye. As Xian Hui, who promoted and trained the hacker team, his understanding of intelligence may be second only to Saratan Moss among those present.

"Is it possible that the Galactic Empire is doing this to test our reaction? Investing in intelligence costs to force us to make wrong and impulsive decisions?" Francis Underwood said.

"There is no other possibility. Prepare for war. I will leave immediately and return to Dawn." Severance Tann spoke very briefly, and was too lazy to listen to any response. She stood up and disappeared from the holographic projection.

"I also think that the Galactic Empire must have begun to prepare for war in secret! The reason they hide like this is that on the one hand, they hope that we will make a misjudgment, and on the other hand, if we also start preparing for war, then they will gain an advantage in public opinion." Helmut Zemo said.

"But their envoys are still on Dawn..." The Governor of the Developer Star Zone, He Ru, said hesitantly.

"Enough!" Tang Xiao raised his hand to stop the continued argument, "Since we want to fight, then let's fight."

...

11BBY, June 5, signed by Grand Duke Tang Xiao of Dawn himself, the Principality of Dawn officially issued a general mobilization order!

All active troops immediately enter combat positions. All reserve personnel are transferred to active service and report to the nearest barracks within three days. The Principality of Dawn changed from a limited compulsory military service system to a universal compulsory military service system. All men of military age must serve three years of military service and receive regular amateur military training.

All industrial production was transferred to a national centralized plan, and a wartime economic department was established to organize the transformation of all industrial production plants. Luxury consumption was prohibited, alcohol was prohibited on civilian working days, and all service industries were prohibited from receiving guests at 12 a.m. and were forced to close at 1 a.m.

A series of policies including people's livelihood, economy, production, industry, agriculture, education, etc., transformed the entire Principality of Dawn into a huge war machine!

It should be noted here that even during the Clone Wars, the Fourth Civilization only carried out limited mobilization. The main reason was that the development of the Fourth Civilization was still on the way at that time. Rash mobilization would destroy the accumulated development results.

But now it is different. The economy and industrial production of the Principality of Dawn have long been on the right track, so this series of very scientific total mobilization systems have been formulated very early. In this mobilization system, even which factories and companies are planned to transform, and which parts of which warships will be produced after the transformation, such detailed goals!

The total mobilization time is three months. After that, almost all of the production capacity of the Principality of Dawn will be concentrated on industrial production. If it is specifically about warship manufacturing, their warship output will directly increase by more than 5 times!

The Principality of Dawn will also have a huge army with a total of more than 1 billion people!

This mobilization system is also not available in the Galactic Empire at present. The Galactic Republic has not carried out such a national war since 4,000 years ago, and naturally it is very unfamiliar with this mobilization system. And even if they know some concepts and clues about total mobilization from the Principality of Dawn, they are unlikely to implement this mobilization system because of the complex situation within the empire.

This is undoubtedly a way to overdraw the country's development potential, but it is also undoubtedly a way to burst out the greatest power in a short period of time... The total mobilization system is actually one of the biggest reliances of Operation Zero to defeat the Galactic Empire in one year!

The general mobilization order was issued, and the whole country was boiling!

However, the propaganda machine of the Principality of Dawn did not directly promote the war at this moment, but was doing its best to promote the great achievements of Grand Duke Tang Xiao of Dawn, constantly praising and building momentum, almost praising Tang Xiao to the level of a wise ruler who has never been seen before and will never be seen again.

Correspondingly, the Galactic Empire was also very unusual. Although their propaganda machine condemned the sudden increase in the number of troops by the Principality of Dawn, they generally promoted the long-term stability of the Galactic Empire and its contribution to the unification of the Milky Way.

At this moment when the war is getting closer and closer, the media on both sides are terribly quiet... Not a word about the war!