But Fu Wanting also had to admit that Gu Lein was indeed powerful.
After all, without Jiang Xingchen's step-by-step reminder, I would never have thought of this.
result...
There is a high probability that Gurren secretly set up Chen Cang, and then brought a fleet of tens of thousands of new warships back to Auston.
In this way, although many battleships were lost, at least half of the battleships were probably retained in the end.
As for the First Fleet, it can only retreat temporarily.
In the end, the tens of thousands of new warships preserved by the Kerry Empire will become a huge obstacle to mankind's counterattack on the galaxy.
At the same time, the Federation does not know how many sacrifices it will have to make in the future to eliminate these fleets.
The situation is different now.
Now that we know what Guren wants to do, we can naturally take corresponding measures according to his ideas.
only...
Although I know this, the problem is that I don't know where the opponent's guard fleet is gathering.
This is also a big problem.
Because if you can't find it after a day or two, the other party may have already completed the change of clothes, which will be difficult to deal with.
"Commander, the assembly point of the Kerry Empire's security fleet..."
"Are you trying to say that it will take time to search to find this rally point?"
"Yes, it will also be troublesome if you don't know the exact location."
"Don't worry, have you seen the seventeen locations marked on this star map?"
"This is..."
"After analysis, the Kaili Empire is most likely to be set up as a rally point."
Um?
Hearing this, Fu Wanting also focused her attention on the star map again.
The seventeen red dots are very conspicuous.
But why did his own commander determine that their assembly point was one of these seventeen places?
However, before she could ask, Jiang Xingchen had already answered.
"First, the assembly point cannot be too far away from Auston, otherwise it will only waste more time. Therefore, the set assembly location must be within a jump range of the Austrian star field."
"Second, this assembly point cannot be set up in the void star sea, but must be set up in a certain star system, because although those warships are finished products, the manufacturing factory cannot provide them with complete supplies and cannot support them for a long time.
Time battle."
"Therefore, its assembly point must be set in a certain star system to facilitate supply."
"Third, there are tens of thousands of warships. If it is an ordinary star system, it cannot supply such a large number of warships at one time. Therefore, the star system where the assembly point is located must be one that is better developed, has complete facilities, and has complete supplies.
Star system."
"Although there are many star systems along the outer edge of the Osten star field, there are actually only seventeen that can meet the above three conditions at the same time."
"At the same time, nine of them are barely satisfactory, and the Cleveland we are going to now is the most likely one among the seventeen locations!"
"Cleveland is a very large star system and a large trade hub for the Kerry Empire."
"It has thousands of large and small airports, countless supplies of all kinds, and a large number of caravans among them."
"Not only is it convenient to supply supplies here, but you can even forcibly recruit those caravan fleets and fill them into the fleet to fill up the manpower and control more warships."
So that’s it.
Fu Wanting also nodded after hearing this.
Indeed, if you put it this way, Cleveland is indeed the most likely place.
Even if not, after the fleet arrives, you can also send warships to the other sixteen locations for reconnaissance. Once discovered, the army will immediately dispatch through the hyperspace engine...
It can solve everything.
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Three hours later.
Thirty light years from Cleveland.
"Commander, the fleet has exited hyperspace and there is no deviation in coordinates."
"Deploy a jump jamming device and suppress communications in the surrounding area at the same time!"
"clear!"
After all, it's around Cleveland.
As one of the largest trade hubs in the Kerry Empire, hundreds of caravans come here or leave every day.
Therefore, even if it is thirty light years away, it is very likely to be discovered by a passing caravan.
Jiang Xingchen didn't want to alert the enemy.
After all, when someone changes their clothes, that's the best time, isn't it?
Therefore, as soon as he arrived here, Jiang Xingchen ordered the deployment of a jump jamming device and suppressed communications.
In this way, all passing caravans or other civilian spacecraft will be intercepted.
Moreover, because those are civilian spacecraft, it is easy for communication companies to suppress them.
There is another very important reason.
Over there is...
Jiang Xingchen needs to capture some civilian spacecraft for subsequent operations.
Just over ten minutes later, just as Jiang Xingchen expected, a private caravan from the Kerry Empire jumped here...
It is less than a light second away from the fleet.
This is an ordinary caravan consisting of dozens of small cargo ships, and there are not even escort ships.
When the caravan arrived here and discovered that a thousand light-seconds away, it was obvious that they were not imperial warships, everyone was stunned.
Soon, someone reacted and planned to report to Cleveland immediately and request support.
but...
With communications suppressed, messages could not be sent out at all.
The next moment, several battleships had already jumped to their side. Immediately, a large number of assault ships flew out from these battleships and forcibly invaded these small cargo ships.
Facing the heavily armed federal motorized infantry, these caravan members did not dare to resist and were unable to resist.
A few minutes later, all the battleships had been captured.
"Commander, all cargo ships are under control."
"Well, a small cargo ship...this is just right. Let's start taking action as planned!"
"clear!"
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More than an hour later.
cleveland.
Command center.
"Consul, Chester's guard fleet has arrived, numbering 280 ships!"
"I know, how many people have arrived now?"
"8920 ships, Archon."
Hearing this, Hodi nodded.
Unlike these people under his command, he knew the entire plan.
I also knew how important this plan was, so I didn't dare to be careless and stayed here for several days in a row without leaving.
"Where's the deep space radar?"
"It has always been in a non-stop scanning state. All targets within eighteen light years will actively verify their identities."
"very good!"
"Report, a suspicious target was found, eleven light years away from us."
Suspicious target...
In fact, it's not that they discovered anything. At this distance, even a deep space radar can only scan a target.
As for what this goal is specifically, it cannot be confirmed.
But...
In today's situation, any ship that does not pass by a suitable spacecraft will be defined as a suspicious target.
"Confirm identity immediately!"
"Yes, team leader!"
The next moment, the correspondent sent a communication to the spacecraft that was temporarily defined as a suspicious target.
"This is the Cleveland Command Center. Report your identity and purpose immediately. Repeat, this is..."
"Cleveland Command Center, this is the Lordings Caravan, scheduled to arrive in Cleveland today, registration number xjc191387690-7."
"Registration number confirmed, welcome to Cleveland!"
"Thanks!"
At this point, the communication ends.
However, no one in the command center saw it.
The spacecraft they were communicating with just now was slowly opening its cargo bay and immediately dropped a very huge piece of equipment.
A deep space radar!
The Kerry people who were still communicating just now were trembling.
Except for him, everyone on the entire bridge is human!
At the same time, similar things were happening in more than a dozen other stars.
The Zhurong-class battleship used the tractor beam to directly pull a small cargo ship into hyperspace, and then pulled it out after reaching the location.
Then, this small cargo ship will complete the last stage of the jump on its own.
And around these star systems...
Drop a deep space radar!
At this moment, all seventeen suspicious targets were monitored by Jiang Xingchen.