"It will take another 7 days. After all, the straight-line distance is 4.3 million light-years."
"As soon as you have any news, notify me immediately!"
"Yes, Commander!"
At this moment, it had been more than a day since Mu Qianshan lost contact.
And an entire legion, three fleets, and nine thousand Pangu-class battleships suddenly lost contact.
When the news reached the military headquarters, it immediately caused a shock.
That's a whole army!
That is an entire legion of the pioneering fleet!!
Those are nine thousand Pangu-class battleships!!!
You must know that the Pangu-class battleship is the most powerful battleship in the Federation besides the Battle Star.
Moreover, there are currently less than 50,000 Pangu-class battleships in the entire federation.
The loss of contact with the nine thousand Pangu-class ships can be imagined to cause a huge shock.
But now there is no way but to wait for the arrival of the two strategic reconnaissance fleets before further information can be obtained.
------
Seven days later.
Sextant a.
A Pixiu-class strategic reconnaissance ship quickly sailed out of the swirling hyperspace window.
"Captain, we have arrived!"
"Determine if there are any enemies nearby!"
"Yes, Captain!"
An entire legion had lost contact, not to mention that their current location was the location reported by the Fourth Legion's first fleet during routine contact. The captain did not dare to be careless at all.
"Captain, no enemy was found around, but..."
"But what?"
"But one light-year away, space radar discovered a large number of targets, which according to analysis are likely to be the wreckage of battleships."
"Go there immediately, but stay vigilant."
"Yes, Captain!"
Tens of seconds later.
The reconnaissance ship sailed out of hyperspace again and arrived at the location reported by the radar officer just now.
The radar officer immediately started operating.
Soon, one observation screen after another appeared on the bridge.
"Captain, according to data analysis, an interstellar war should have occurred here, and it would not have lasted more than ten days."
"At the same time, through analysis of the wreckage, the number of destroyed warships is roughly between 3,700 and 3,800, and about 700 of them are...Pangu-class warships."
Upon hearing this answer, the captain's eyes widened.
Something happened to the Fourth Army Corps!
"Immediately monitor the distance of a hundred light years around and report to the Liaison Command."
"Yes, Captain!"
------
Ten minutes later.
Military meeting room.
"Xingchen, convene an emergency military meeting. Is there any news about the Fourth Army?"
Jiang Xingchen had just entered the military meeting room through the remote conference mode.
Mu Zhengfeng asked impatiently.
after all...
Mu Qianshan, the commander of the Fourth Legion of the Pioneer Fleet, is his grandson.
"Yes, Commander, according to the news sent back by the reconnaissance ship, an interstellar battlefield no more than ten days old was discovered just one light-year away from the Fourth Army's last routine communication."
"In this battlefield, 3,700-3,800 battleship wrecks have been confirmed, and about 700 Pangu-class battleship wrecks have been confirmed. At this moment, reconnaissance ships are searching the battlefield to see if there are any survivors."
boom!!!
Jiang Xingchen's words were like a thunderbolt from the blue, exploding instantly in Mu Zhengfeng's mind.
In the past few days, he had been hoping that there was just a communication failure on Mu Qianshan's side.
However, he also understood that he was just deceiving himself.
After all, one battleship can have a communication failure, but if there are nine thousand battleships in the entire legion, is it possible that all of them have a communication failure?
At this moment, after hearing Jiang Xingchen say that the wreckage of about 700 federal warships had been confirmed, he almost lost his balance.
Fortunately, Gao Tianyang beside him reached out his hand in time to help him.
"Commander, don't be impatient yet."
"Although more information is still being confirmed, what is certain at present is that Mu Zhengfeng's flagship is not among the wreckage."
"Moreover, before connecting to the conference room just now, the reconnaissance ship reported that after checking several Pangu-class battleships, no corpses of federal soldiers were found."
"I think this is probably because Mu Qianshan collected the corpses of all the soldiers after defeating the enemy. After all, the enemy did not have to do this, right?"
Although it is possible.
But in fact, everyone understood that Jiang Xingchen was trying to comfort Mu Zhengfeng.
After all, there are quite a few races in the universe that eat other civilized creatures.
But at this moment, no one would mention this possibility. Wouldn't that be irritating Mu Zhengfeng?
"Jiang Xingchen, how many fleets can you mobilize now?"
"Only the fleet directly under the headquarters, Chief of General Staff!"
Jiang Xingchen replied.
The other three legions are all performing missions in different galaxies. The one without a mission is the fleet directly under the headquarters currently stationed in the Sculptor dwarf galaxy.
"Well, thanks to the production of the Canglan system, a total of 8,000 of our latest batch of Pangu-class warships have rolled off the production line. Originally, they were going to be allocated to the defense fleet, but now it seems..."
"In this way, 7,000 of them will be allocated to the pioneering fleet as a priority. Let the fleet directly under your headquarters be fully staffed first, and then immediately set off for Sextant A."
"At the same time, bring ten gravity bombs and three zero-point energy bombs."
On the side, before Mu Zhengfeng could completely recover, Gao Tianyang gave an order directly.
"Yes, Chief of General Staff!"
"Well, then you go and prepare first. 7,000 Pangu-class battleships will arrive in the Sculptor dwarf galaxy and join you in three days!"
"clear!"
------
One hour later.
Sextant a galaxy.
"Captain, we have checked hundreds of federal warships again, and still the same as before, we did not find any corpses."
"What about the analysis of other battleships?"
"It's still under analysis, but we have confirmed that the opponent's warship has a hyperspace engine, and we have also confirmed that a large number of non-alien civilization corpses have been found."
"Can you confirm which race it is?"
"No, there is not a single race in those battleships, but many races. The number of races confirmed now alone is already over a hundred, and they are all races that are not in our records."
"Including the information previously sent back by the Fourth Army?"
The captain frowned and asked again.
You know, the Fourth Legion has been in this galaxy for several months, and the information that needs to be collected has been collected long ago.
Therefore, all civilized races in the Sextant A galaxy have been registered in the federal database.
"Yes, Captain, it contains the latest archived information of the Fourth Legion."
"So...the other party is not the civilization of Sextant A?"
"It's hard to say. It requires more investigation and analysis."
"I know, continue the investigation, especially the federal warships. Every ship must be completely inspected. There may be survivors, even if the possibility is infinitely close to zero."
"Yes, Captain!"
The whole thing is getting weirder and weirder.
Based on the current clues alone, the captain still cannot come up with any answers.
"captain!"
"What's up?"
"We received a call from the headquarters. The fleet directly under the headquarters will depart in three days and arrive 45 days after departure. The commander asked us to search the entire galaxy as quickly as possible after surveying the battlefield."
"Reply to the command, the order has been confirmed!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The Sextant Galaxy is a very small galaxy, with a diameter of only 5,000 light-years.
Therefore, for the Pixiu-class strategic reconnaissance ship, completing a preliminary search within 45 days is not a problem at all.
As for why it takes 45 days, this has been said before.
The Pixiu-class strategic reconnaissance ship pursues ultra-high speed, so in addition to installing a multi-core zero-point energy system, even the hyperspace engine is specially customized to expend more energy in pursuit of speed.
However, Jiang Xingchen's direct fleet could only complete hyperspace navigation at a much slower speed.
After all, with such a huge energy consumption, a few Pixiu-class strategic reconnaissance ships are no problem, but if the entire fleet dares to do this...
No matter how big the federation is, it can't help but build things like this.
------
Three days later.
Seven thousand Pangu-class battleships originally assigned to the defense fleet arrived in the Sculptor dwarf galaxy.
On the defense fleet side, the hearts are literally bleeding.
Almost all Pangu-class ships were previously supplied to the pioneering fleet in limited quantities.
It was not easy, and I was finally able to allocate a batch.
As a result, before I could get it, I was intercepted by the pioneering fleet again.
However, although they were a little aggrieved, they also understood that something big was going on now.
Therefore, no one is talking about this matter.
"Commander, the fleet has been assembled!"
"All supplies have been completed and ready to go!"
After closing the virtual panel in front of him, Ling Xiao still stood upright and said loudly.