In the end, Guren decided to mobilize a garrison fleet, plus five main fleets, to attack 6,000 warships.
Set a trap...
Encircle and suppress the Poisonous Scorpion Star Bandits!
This is a big deal!
You know, the empire now has a total of 20,000 warships deployed at the entrance of the Galactic Center Channel to the first main spiral arm.
In other words, there are only three garrison fleets and twelve main fleets in the empire's territory at the moment.
At least...
That's all there is to the surface.
Guren's order was equivalent to directly mobilizing nearly half of the fleet to participate in this encirclement and suppression operation.
Six thousand warships surrounded and suppressed one hundred star pirate ships. Isn't this a grand gesture?
But what Guren didn't know was.
Just when he was about to set a trap and carry out an encirclement and suppression operation, the fleet of the Scorpion Star Thieves had already penetrated deep into the hinterland of the empire without anyone noticing.
It is 280 light years away from the imperial capital.
Allston Starfield.
This star field is very special within the Kerry Empire.
because...
Since ten years ago, this place has been designated as a restricted area by the empire.
Any spacecraft that enters here without permission, once discovered, will be destroyed immediately without any reason.
No matter who you are!
At this moment, we are not in a certain star system, but in the void star sea.
One hundred warships, which looked very shabby in appearance, were staying here in silence.
Inside one of the battleships.
"In half a year, the Federation will launch a counterattack on the Milky Way."
"This time, no matter what, we have to find out what secrets the Kerry Empire hides in the Oston Star Territory!"
Different from the scenes Guren had seen, the bridge at this moment was all filled with humans.
And the person in question is none other than the current commander of the Federation's Tenth Fleet, Mu Qianshan.
In fact, they discovered the problem in the Oston Star Field as early as a year ago.
Moreover, in order to figure out Auston's problem, he and Liu Tao also planned several robberies of merchant ships in the empire, and even the attack on the administrative star a month ago.
The purpose is to arrest more people and see if anything can be found during interrogation.
But it's a pity that, let alone those caravans, even the highest officer on the previous administrative star had no idea about Auston's situation.
All they know is...
Auston has been sealed off for nearly ten years. Even if you enter by mistake, you will be killed without asking the reason.
A proper imperial restricted area.
Originally, they would have been prepared to come little by little.
After all, judging from previous interrogations, there should be various detection and monitoring devices scattered throughout Alston.
Once inside, it's easy to spot.
If you rush in directly, you might alert the enemy.
But a few days ago, the Federation determined the time to counterattack the Milky Way, and this time is only half a year away.
Therefore, before the counterattack begins, Mu Qianshan must figure out what secrets the Kerry Empire hides.
Time was running out, and there was no room for him to worry about exposing or averting the issue at this moment.
"Dude, do you really want to go in?"
"Although there is a hyperspace engine, I'm not afraid of getting stuck in it."
"But once we use hyperspace navigation, I'm afraid it will immediately be exposed that we are human beings."
"And this exposure is likely to alert the Kerry Empire and even lead to the re-unification of the four major forces."
From the side, Liu Tao asked.
However, Mu Qianshan was very determined.
In his opinion, if the Kerry Empire only had these forces on the surface, it would not pose much of a threat to the Federation.
It will be the same even if the four major forces unite.
But it would be very troublesome if Gulainn played the same trick as before, that is, using superficial forces to confuse the enemy, but actually hiding a large number of unknown forces behind the scenes.
Because the federation has already analyzed it.
After acquiring the entire technology library of the two Tier 4 civilizations, the Kerry Empire should have achieved many technological breakthroughs in the past ten years.
But the problem is that the more than 30,000 warships it can see now are still the same warships ten years ago.
This is very abnormal.
Well, considering Guren's past tricks, Mu Qianshan strongly suspected that the secret fleet built by the Kerry Empire was hidden in the Oston star field.
And this fleet...
It is very likely that it is different from the main fleet on the surface, but a brand new warship built after absorbing the technology of two other level four civilizations and making breakthroughs in a large number of technologies.
"Go in, do you have to go in? It doesn't matter even if you are discovered."
"Okay, you have the final say!"
Seeing that Mu Qianshan was so determined, Liu Tao stopped trying to persuade him.
Anyway, with the hyperspace engine around, he wouldn't worry about getting stuck in it.
"Order the fleet to set off immediately!"
"Yes, Brigadier!"
The next moment, the fleet that stayed outside the Osten star field disappeared from place through hyperspace navigation.
Although it is known from previously obtained intelligence that a large number of detection and monitoring devices are likely to be deployed in the Oston star field.
But Mu Qianshan believes that if this kind of monitoring network wants to spread throughout the star field without leaving any dead ends.
That project is too big.
Therefore, it is very likely that it is only deployed relatively densely within the outer 10-20 light-year range.
And if you go deeper, it is likely that there will be only a small amount of deployment, or even no deployment.
After all, the maximum distance of the Kerry Empire's jump engine in one jump is only about ten light years.
In other words, if someone breaks in, they should be discovered at the very beginning.
There is no need to deploy a surveillance network hundreds of light years in depth.
In fact, Mu Qianshan's speculation was indeed correct.
In the Orston star field, the Kerry Empire deployed a network about twenty light-years deep on the periphery, but after 20 light-years, the deployment density of monitoring devices became increasingly sparse.
Even after 50 light-years in depth, there is no surveillance network at all.
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Allston Starfield.
About ten light-years outside the Amos star system.
In the empty sea of stars, hundreds of swirling blue hyperspace windows suddenly appeared.
Immediately, a hundred warships with very shabby appearance sailed out one after another.
"Radar officer, report the situation immediately!"
"Report, no suspected surveillance creation has been found within one light year, and deep space radar is being used for long-range scanning!"
Hearing this, Mu Qianshan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, just as I guessed, after hundreds of light-years in depth, there is almost no monitoring network anymore.
Next, let’s see if deep space radar can discover anything in the Amos star system.
A few seconds later...
"Report, deep space radar scanning found that there are a large number of space artifacts in the Yamos star system, and more than 2,000 targets that were suspected to be warships were discovered."
Is that really the case...
After hearing the radar officer's report, Mu Qianshan nodded.
In this star system, more than two thousand targets suspected of being warships have been discovered. How many are there in the entire Osten star field?
In addition, another very important point is...
I need to find a way to see if these battleships are the main battleships of the Kaili Empire, or...
It’s a brand new type of battleship!
And if it is confirmed that the Kaili Empire is really secretly manufacturing new warships here.
Then, I still have to figure out what the comprehensive combat power of these battleships has reached!
"Liu Tao, are you interested in trying it out with me?"
"Everyone is already on the pirate ship. If I say no, why don't you just break in?"
"Haha, I'm aware!"
After hearing Liu Tao's words, Mu Qianshan also laughed.
Soon...
"The fleet sets off immediately, targeting the Amos star system ten light years away!"