This is much more difficult than searching for galaxies.
After all, flow planets are not a rare thing. It can even be said that there are quite a few of them.
Take the territory of Arcadios as an example, there are at least tens of thousands of stray planets in it.
At the same time, if Arcadios deliberately hides, there are many ways to avoid deep space radar scanning.
The conclusion is that we want to completely search whether there are ghosts in these wandering planets.
Then we must search for planets one by one, rather than simply scanning a wave with deep space radar. This is definitely a time-consuming and labor-intensive project.
And in order to speed up this progress.
Jiang Xingchen also sent out the remaining 500 or so Zhurong-class battleships.
After all, the ghost fleets surrounding Sylvie won't be able to get in for a while, so it doesn't make much sense to keep the fleets here at this stage.
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Soon, another three months passed.
Somewhere in Arcadio's territory.
A fleet consisting of more than a hundred Zhurong-class battleships arrived here through hyperspace navigation.
More than ten light seconds in front of them was a huge wandering planet with a diameter of more than 30,000 kilometers, which was also their target this time.
Just in case, all fleets will not go directly to the orbit of the planet when conducting reconnaissance.
After all, doing that would be quite risky.
What if these thousands or even tens of thousands of ghost battleships were hidden, and the moment the fleet exited hyperspace navigation, they would directly focus their fire on them.
Tsk tsk...
Therefore, we usually choose a location ten light seconds away, conduct some reconnaissance first, and then get closer a little bit.
Everything is about safety.
At this moment, this fleet is commanded by Mu Qianshan, the First Squadron of the Federation's First Fleet, with a total of 127 Zhurong-class general-purpose warships.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?"
Coming behind the radar officer, Mu Qianshan asked.
"No!"
Hearing this, Mu Qianshan was not disappointed. After all, he had heard this answer many times in the past three months.
However, the radar officer's words at the next moment were somewhat different.
"Colonel, although no ghost battleship has been found, there is something strange about this wandering planet."
"Oh? What do you say?"
"Look..."
As he spoke, the radar officer opened an observation image.
After seeing the picture in the image, Mu Qianshan quickly realized what the radar officer was referring to.
"This is...the asteroid belt?"
"Yes, Colonel, it stands to reason that there cannot be an asteroid belt next to a rogue planet. Not to mention that the rogue planet cannot rotate. Even if it could, its gravity would not be able to capture such a large asteroid belt.
"
Listening to the radar officer's words, Mu Qianshan also nodded.
Yes, that's the truth.
Therefore, the existence of this asteroid belt has the word "problem" written all over it.
The most important thing is that Jiang Xingchen said that Arcadios must have used some method to hide the fleet and battleship factory.
after all...
As for the cloning base, it is okay to say that it can be deployed inside the wandering planet. It is normal that deep space radar cannot scan it.
But the battleship factory and the ghost fleet cannot be placed on the planet. Without some special methods, it is impossible to avoid deep space radar scanning.
And the existence of such a large asteroid belt...
Isn't it the best hiding place for the battleship factory and fleet?
Maybe...
I really hit the jackpot this time!
"Colonel, what do we do now?"
On the side, the adjutant also realized the problem and asked immediately.
"If it is really Arcadio's hiding place, and more than a hundred of our warships go up there, they will deliver food."
"Similarly, if you alert the snake too early, it may slip away."
"So...immediately arrange for a warship to retreat for ten light seconds, deploy a jump interference device, and at the same time launch a cold fusion missile into the asteroid belt!"
After pondering for a moment, Mu Qianshan decisively ordered.
For him, there are three things to ensure now.
First, confirm whether Arcadios is hiding here.
This can be known by launching a cold fusion missile into the asteroid belt.
If she is indeed hiding here, she will definitely intercept this missile!
Second, on the premise of confirming that Arcadios is really hiding here, prevent him from escaping.
This is also relatively easy, just deploy the jump interference device.
Although there is only a second-generation jump interference device on the battleship, it can still hold them back in a day or two.
Third, on the premise of ensuring first and second place.
Notify the remaining nine squadrons to assemble, and at the same time pass the message to Sylvie.
"Yes, Colonel!"
The next moment, one of the warships in the fleet had made a short-range jump, retreated ten light seconds, and deployed a second-generation jump jammer.
"Colonel, the jump jammer has been deployed."
"Weapons officer, use cold fusion missiles and aim at the asteroid belt!"
"Target locked!"
"emission!"
"Yes, the cold fusion missile is launched!"
From the missile silo on the back of the battleship, a missile soared into the sky, and after adjusting its attitude by relying on the auxiliary propulsion device, it flew straight towards the asteroid belt.
Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate...
"3 light seconds away..."
"2 light seconds away..."
"1 light second away..."
More than ten minutes later, the missile was less than 1 light second away from the target.
At this moment, several energy bombs were suddenly shot out from the asteroid belt, instantly spanning a distance of more than 200,000 kilometers, and blasting the cold fusion missile into the air.
"Colonel, it has been confirmed that based on the analysis of the interception firepower, it is the same secondary weapon used by the Ghost Battleship."
"Activate the jump disruptor!"
"Yes, the jump jammer has been activated, covering a range of 50 light seconds."
"Immediately send a message to all squadrons that we have found the target, let them move closer to us as quickly as possible, and at the same time send the situation to the Sylvie outpost."
"clear!"
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Sylvie Outpost.
The first airport.
Command center.
"Xingchen, I am really convinced by you."
"You really guessed it right!"
After reading the information that had just been transmitted, Lu Feng also sighed.
"What now?"
"What else can we do? Let's encircle and suppress him. After all, such a big threat cannot let Arcadios escape."
"Encirclement and suppression... Even if the first fleet just sent a new batch of Zhurong-class warships, the total number of them is less than 1,600. In terms of quantity, even compared to Arcadios' original fleet, it is insufficient.
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Lu Feng's eyes widened.
Originally, he thought Jiang Xingchen would say to throw a gravity bomb to knock him down.
But in the end, I didn't expect that he was talking about encirclement and suppression?
Fleet encirclement and suppression...
There is no advantage in numbers, and there is also no advantage in battleship performance. Even if they can be captured, the losses will be huge.
However, at the next moment, Jiang Xingchen's lips raised slightly.