There Is No Armistice Day in Xinghai

In the year 3271 of the Star Calendar, the Human Federation maintained an armed peace with several alien civilizations for forty-seven years. Fleets faced each other at both ends of the Star Gate, and colonial troops were stationed at the border. Military expenditures consumed nearly one-third of the federal annual budget. Everyone knew war could come. But everyone feels that it won't be today. During the military academy's joint deduction, Shen Li, a student from the staff department, discovered a set of inconspicuous data. Enemy advance efficiency is 7.3% Faster. The external load of the transport ship dropped by 11%. The resynchronization time of the last three star gates has been shortened at the same time. Ninety-seven seconds later, the Hertha IV colony lost contact with the Federation. Military academies have stopped teaching. Students are awarded titles in advance. Shen Li was packed into a transport ship and sent to a grassroots combat company that had just lost one-third of its troops. From that day on, he never returned to class. Border conflict. Regional war. Proxy war. Battle for the Stargate. Expedition. General mobilization. Until the entire star sea was dragged into a full-scale war. Many years later, when the fate of millions of soldiers, thousands of battleships, and more than a dozen star systems appeared on the combat map at the same time, he still remembered the question the instructor asked him: "What if your judgment is wrong?" His answer never changed. "So I figure it out before the enemy." From the military academy's deduction table to the battle command seat of a million-strong fleet. The war did not give him time to grow up. ——The war begins with Hertha IV. As for Xinghai, there will never be an armistice day again.