Chapter 590: Opening up Civilian Heavy Weapons

2210 of the Sith calendar.

The Sith Empire's fortresses around the predicted Zerg landing site have been completely completed.

There are dozens of large space fortresses in each star system, and large military bases have also been built on the surface of the planet.

All the nodes in the important routes from this star field through the center of the Milky Way have been armed to the teeth by the Empire's fortresses.

Eighty percent of the Empire's fleet has also gathered in this star field outside the Orion Arm.

Unfortunately, the capital of the Sith Empire, Ring World, is very close to this star field, with only more than a thousand colonies in between.

2211 of the Sith calendar.

The Sith Empire government evacuated all colonies within a diameter of 2,000 light years around the predicted Zerg landing site on the grounds of predicting a huge natural disaster.

The residents of these colonies brought their families and all their assets back to the heart of the Milky Way on transport ships.

Replacing them in the city was an Imperial Marine Corps, an auxiliary army unit, and an orbital airborne force.

Since the Empire sent all the newly incorporated civilizations to sleep in the Tomb Space Station after ruling the Milky Way, the number of alien soldiers in the Empire's Auxiliary Army has become increasingly smaller.

These soldiers did not die in battle, but were assigned to the Orbital Airborne Force because of their improved combat capabilities.

Now the entire Sith Empire has 20 billion Imperial Marines, 10 million Guards, 10 billion Auxiliary Forces, and 30 billion Orbital Airborne Forces. (Due to the lack of transportation units, most of the soldiers are usually trained and stationed in the garrison.)

Now, the soldiers stationed in this star region that is about to fight the Zerg account for 80% of the entire empire's military strength!

10 billion Sith Marines, 10 billion Auxiliary Forces, and 20 billion Orbital Airborne Forces have been transported to this star region in batches by transport ships for garrison.

Various equipment prepared for them are also being transported in a steady stream.

Because long-range weapons were weakened, all soldiers' weapons were replaced with electromagnetic rail rifles with a range of only 500 meters but greatly increased power. Once they were in close combat with the Zerg, their rifles could also fire shotgun shells. Each soldier was also equipped with a 1.6-meter-long long knife for use when there was no ammunition.

In order to prevent the possible emergence of Zerg drilling units, these soldiers began to reinforce various bases with the help of construction robots as soon as they arrived at the garrison planet.

The underground of each base was surrounded by thick armor plates. In addition, the soldiers also built fortresses, bunkers and trenches in many places that were easy to defend.

The robot troops also became the main force on these planets. Whether it was the Imperial Marines or the Auxiliary Army, each soldier could command two combat robots to fight.

In order to manufacture so many combat robots, the Sith Empire spent a lot of money.

The alien troops that were originally well-known to everyone have all been destroyed, not for anything else, but simply because they were worried that the excellent genes of these aliens would be discovered by the Zerg.

It would be no fun if those Zerg became stronger.

Year 2212 of the Sith Calendar.

In order to prevent the Zerg from using the resources on the living planets for supplies, the Empire installed powerful incendiary bombs on each planet with life.

Once the planet is completely occupied, these incendiary bombs will turn all the creatures on the entire planet into ashes.

The reason why they are not destroyed in advance is that Li Mingze is afraid that the Zerg will see that this area cannot be supplied and change the course.

The reason why nuclear bombs and other weapons are not used is that the Empire still hopes to restart these colonies after the war. After all, the atmospheric environment of these planets can still be preserved at that time.

At the same time, the Sith Empire laid countless mines on planets where fighting may occur.

These mines are spread all over the plains and mountains of these planets, and even the oceans are sprinkled with mines by the Empire.

The cities on these planets have also been transformed into "meat grinders", countless automatic weapons and traps have been installed everywhere in the city, and the city buildings have been transformed into fortresses.

Sith calendar 2213.

Li Mingze promulgated a new law that all goods produced by all companies must ensure that the inventory reaches 20 times the sales volume last year before they can be approved for sale.

The funds for the production of these goods will be provided by the interest-free loan of the Sith Empire Bank, with a repayment period of one hundred years!

At the same time, Li Mingze also announced that all taxes in the empire will be temporarily cancelled for ten years.

No taxes will be paid for any business activities and any income within ten years.

In addition, all residents must go to the nearest military headquarters for daily military training on Saturdays and Sundays! Strive to achieve universal military and militarization of the whole people!

The private companies that received the new law issued by Li Mingze went crazy, and loans were borrowed from banks one by one.

The manufacturers began to produce goods at full capacity, because without taxes, they could lower the selling price of the goods, and there is no doubt that sales will also increase greatly.

Isn't it just twenty times the inventory? It doesn't matter. Anyway, there is an interest-free loan from the Empire Bank. They just need to produce as much as possible and double their company's performance during the ten years of tax exemption!

Some people are happy and some are worried. Although the government does not collect taxes, everyone needs to participate in military training on weekends.

Every Saturday and Sunday, people can be seen wearing black military uniforms and coming to bases everywhere for training.

The empire's civilian material reserves have increased significantly in the past two years, people's physical fitness has also been steadily improving, and everyone has mastered combat skills.

Counting the one-month military training each year and the acceleration effect of the consciousness infiltration machine, the citizens of the empire have undergone two years of military training.

In addition to the accumulation of the previous training, every citizen of the empire can now be said to be a qualified soldier!

October 2214 of the Imperial Calendar

The Empire passed the Civilian Heavy Weapons Act.

The Act agreed to allow civilians to collect and possess heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, etc.

Of course, all heavy weapons can only be purchased through official channels and can only be collected at home and cannot be carried out.

These weapons are controlled by the Empire's chips. Once they are taken out of the house without permission, they will be unusable.

But correspondingly, the heavy weapons companies of the Imperial Family almost all sell weapons at cost price.

Now, almost every household has bought one or more heavy weapons to collect at home.

Not only because of its cabbage price, but also with the improvement of the treatment of the citizens of the Empire, the average living area of ​​every household has reached 500 square meters. Almost every male in every family will build a weapon collection room in his own home. After all, this is every man's dream.

In addition to being able to prevent accidents such as pirate and thug attacks, heavy weapons have become commonplace in almost every household.