In addition to the Star, more than 800 warships from the Federation's First Fleet have already completed their assembly here.
The temporary commander is Colonel Mu Qianshan, the commander of the First Squadron.
Since he has not yet been promoted to the level of commodore, he does not directly command a fleet like Lu Feng, but still serves in Jiang Xingchen's first fleet.
However, although he was not promoted to the position of fleet commander, Mu Qianshan's car made Lu Feng very coveted.
That was a battleship, and now there are only three in the entire federation.
"Colonel, the Brigadier said that because of the last operation, the ghosts may wake up early and hunt everywhere. While our fleet is all deployed here, other places..."
"Let me ask you, are those civilizations affiliated with our federation?"
After hearing his adjutant's words, Mu Qianshan asked calmly.
"Well, they are still hesitating. At present, they have signed an agreement with the elves."
"Isn't that what it is? The Federation is only responsible for protecting our own affiliated civilizations, and the elves are now in a state in the Federation itself. You haven't heard of it, right?"
"this..."
The adjutant has naturally heard of it.
After all, when the fleet is on non-combat missions, it is possible to contact family members in the homeland.
Of course he knew how popular the Elf Queen and her group were in the Federation.
There are even quite a few calls for the elves to be directly integrated into the federation instead of existing as a subsidiary civilization.
If the First Fleet fails to protect the elves' home planet, it may cause a lot of damage to the entire Federation when they return.
The most important thing is that Mu Qianshan was indeed right. Although most of the other surrounding civilizations have expressed their wishes, they have not yet made a final decision and are still not affiliated with the federation.
This is not a civilization affiliated with the Federation. Isn’t it shameful for you to let Federation soldiers shed blood on the battlefield to protect them?
"Now you understand, this is the attitude that the Federation wants to show to all civilizations. If you join us, we will keep you safe. But if you don't join, then I'm sorry. Just ask for your blessings!"
"I've given you a chance, but who made you hesitate? And to be honest, those civilizations don't have much potential, and they won't be of much use if they are brought in. In this case..."
Mu Qianshan did not continue.
However, the adjutant already understood.
Although the Federation needs affiliated civilizations to help develop the entire Large Magellanic Galaxy, compared to these civilizations with no potential, the Federation naturally prefers civilizations like the elves, which have unique technology and great potential for future development.
In addition to developing the galaxy, you can also contribute to the development of the Federation in many aspects such as technology, right?
"Report, the monitoring device we left in the Luolor star system has detected more than fifty ghost battleships."
"Report, more than 30 ghost battleships have also been discovered in the Sandor star system."
"Report..."
At this moment, a large number of reports suddenly sounded.
The monitoring devices that the fleet had left in various star systems have detected the invasion of the ghost fleet.
When this number is added up, there are as many as 700 warships.
And this is only the result of hundreds of light-years around. There is no way to know how many ghost battleships are farther away.
"Sound the battle alarm, raise shields on all warships, and recharge weapons."
"Yes, Colonel!"
The next moment, thirty ghost battleships escaped from the transition state and arrived in the Sylvie star system.
Speaking of which, Ghost's battleships are very similar to those of the former Star Sea Federation. Its fleet only has one type of battleship instead of being composed of multiple types of battleships.
Moreover, the length of each battleship is a full 3,200 meters, which is much larger than the federal battleships.
"All fleets, start attacking!"
"Yes, Colonel."
The Ghost warships were almost caught off guard. The Ghost warships that had just emerged from the jump state had been killed by a wave of concentrated fire before they even had time to open their shields.
It is a pity that the energy weapon of the federal destroyer frigate only has the main gun, and it cannot attack beyond 1.7 light seconds. Otherwise, a wave of attacks should be able to directly cripple the opponent.
But taking out eight ships and damaging a few was considered a good start.
"Report, the ghost is releasing fighter planes, and there are a lot of them!"
"Order the mecha units on the aircraft carrier to dispatch, and the mecha units on the other warships are also ready to attack."
"yes."
"Coordinate the fleet, build a fire circle, compress the enemy ship's action range, and at the same time let all frigates and destroyers start deploying barrages to intercept enemy fighters."
"clear!"
The frigates and destroyers, which had been watching the show for a long time, finally waited for the order.
One after another, they used railguns to launch a large-scale, intensive barrage attack in the direction of the fighter planes.
The mecha troops followed the edge of the fire circle and surrounded them.
"Report, high energy accumulation on enemy ship detected."
"Command all battleships, no rules evasion strategy."
"Yes, Colonel!"
A few seconds later, more than twenty ghost battleships also began to counterattack.
A large number of energy bombs were poured out. Fortunately, the distance was not close, and Mu Qianshan gave timely orders.
The hit rate of this wave of ghost attacks was extremely low. Hundreds of energy bombs were fired, but no more than thirty were hit in the end.
But even so, its power is still a bit staggering.
As long as a Qingluan-class frigate is hit by one energy bomb, 80% of its shield will be consumed, while the Wuluo-class destroyer, although much better, can consume more than 40% of its shield with one energy bomb.
In other words, Houyi-class cruisers and Xingtian-class battleships are relatively stable.
"Report, the frigate Yellow Bird was hit twice and severely damaged!"
"Can you still move?"
"The power is 70% damaged and can only move slowly."
"Order the Yellow Bird to retreat to the rear of the fleet, and at the same time order all Houyi-class cruisers to move to the front of the fleet."
"Yes, Colonel."
Mu Qianshan realized that he had underestimated the Ghost Battleship.
I thought that there were more than 800 warships, and if I wanted to capture thirty ghost warships, it would not be a waste of effort if I was still calculating in my head but not paying attention.
But they ignored that although they had more than 800 warships, most of them were actually unable to attack at this distance.
In the final analysis, the Qingluan-class frigates and Wuluo-class destroyers are too weak.
Therefore, in fact, there are only 28 Houyi-class cruisers and three Xingtian-class battleships that can participate in long-range bombardment. There is no significant gap in strength.
In addition, every opponent has the strength of a federal battleship...
If we had known this, we should have gone all out in the first wave of offensive and used the main guns of all cruisers and battleships.
In this case, the situation should be much better now.
"Report, transition gravity waves have been detected, number twenty, bearing 1-4-4, distance 1.5 light seconds."
"Report, transition gravity waves have been detected, number thirty, bearing 1-3-5, distance 1.8 light seconds."
Just when Mu Qianshan had a headache, bad news came again.