Chapter 740 Victory or defeat lies outside the battlefield
Five days later.
The Sophie Galaxy is a typical middle-aged star system. If calculated from the orbit of its outermost planet, the galaxy is only "half the size of the solar system".
Since there are stars and planets orbiting them, it means there is a habitable zone - although the habitable zone only has a rocky planet obscured by a rich atmosphere.
According to the records of the Kron people, although the planet is located in the habitable zone, no signs of civilization, especially advanced civilization, have been found - because they have never detected one of the most important signs of advanced civilization activities in this galaxy.
1. Artificial electromagnetic signals.
In human's preliminary reconnaissance, no electromagnetic signals were detected. Humanity only discovered water and slight vegetation on this habitable planet called Sophie 4 by the Kron people through spectral analysis——
News of the discovery of water in exoplanets would have caused a sensation more than ten years ago, but in the eyes of today's humans, it is so ordinary that it is not even a topic.
As a result, the overwhelming number of human warships were like meteors, constantly passing by Sophie 4 from the sky.
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Sophie 4 planets.
Waves of breeze blew across the calm ocean surface, causing waves.
The seawater rippled towards the beach, but was blocked by a huge rock, causing waves of about one meter.
In the waves, two vigorous figures jumped out of the water with graceful postures and landed lightly on the rocks.
If humans see them, they will definitely be surprised by the magic of creation - because they are very similar to the mermaids described by humans. The lower body is dolphin-like, and although the upper body also maintains the skin of marine animals, they have evolved a pair of strong
Powerful upper limbs, and a pair of transparent fins on the "back" similar to wings.
Of course, compared to "mermaids", their appearance is really not "beautiful", at least it does not conform to human aesthetics - their necks are extremely thick, almost neckless, so that their facial features are piled up.
It has an obvious triangle shape.
Behind the "neck", there is a thick layer of folds like fish gills.
The "arms" and "wrists" of their upper limbs have evolved chitin structures similar to armor.
Their thick "necks" have extremely sharp teeth tied with water plants.
At this time, the two creatures simultaneously supported their bodies with their upper limbs and looked up at the sky.
It's a pity that the sky at this time is clear and clear, except for the large patches of clouds, there is only a blue sky.
The two creatures were not disappointed, but maintained their posture, staring without blinking, only occasionally sliding down the stone, and then jumping out again.
Time passed like this little by little, and just when the two creatures shook their heads at the same time, intending to return to the sea, a bright light suddenly flashed in the sky.
The creatures who were about to leave immediately straightened up and stared at the light. One of them kept making noises to his companions, with an expression of excitement obviously on his face.
The light is getting closer and closer, and the source of the light is getting clearer and bigger.
The two creatures looked at the silver flying instrument in the sky, which looked like a giant sea clam, with a look of infatuation in their eyes.
Gradually, this human-made probe began to slow down and slowly landed on the beach.
The two creatures looked like two statues from a distance.
Finally, they seemed to realize what was happening and jumped back into the water.
But their strong curiosity prevented them from giving up this hard-won opportunity, so they rode the waves with only their heads exposed, and slowly followed the waves to observe the alien objects they had never seen before.
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Mercury, main control module.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"
A continuous sound of shit sounded from the corner of the main control cabin.
Wei Qiang, who was in charge of remotely controlling the biological detector on the spaceship, felt like his butt was on fire, and his whole body jumped up instantly.
Although the Mercury is a fully automated and even unmanned space carrier, since it is now the headquarters of the entire human coalition's former enemy headquarters, human operators are assigned to every position.
Moreover, these on-call staff are on duty 24 hours a day.
After all...the war is about to break out. The human fleet has completed a comprehensive jump and is now splitting into two groups and heading towards the enemy's fleet.
Now, the Mercury is staying at the exit of the jump with a large number of support ships and escort fleets, waiting for the upcoming main fleet of Blue Star.
It can be said that everything on the Mercury now serves the purpose of war.
Therefore, as the scientific examiner on board the ship, Wei Qiang's position has been "squeezed" to the corner, and his task can only be regarded as a routine scientific expedition task - detecting wherever he goes, which is the usual human behavior.
purpose.
Of course, this scientific expedition also has another significance, which is to see whether there are really intelligent creatures here.
If not, then humans will blow up the satellites of this planet.
Wei Qiang's unusual behavior instantly attracted the attention of the crew on duty next to him, and everyone looked at him.
"Old Wei, what are you doing?"
"The probe fell into the sea?"
"What did you find that made you so excited?"
Wei Qiang took a deep breath, pointed at the console screen and said loudly: "Damn it, there are living things on this planet!"
"What's wrong with life? Bacteria and plants are also life... There seems to be plants on this planet, right?"
"It's a hammer! I mean, it could be civilization!"
Following Wei Qiang's shout, several natural science crew members immediately straightened up their expressions and quickly trotted to the front of Wei Qiang's position.
What I saw on the screen was the endless sea and half of the beach.
In the undulations of the sea water, two slightly pointed heads floated back and forth like gourds and gourds. Through the clear sea water, one could see their upper limbs and fins paddling.
Everyone held their breath for a moment.
"I'll get closer!"
As the camera zoomed in, the appearance of the two creatures and their twitching eyes were clearly seen.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this moment, the door of the combat conference room behind him opened wide, and Yang Wenzhi walked out first.
When he saw the crowd huddled together in the corner, Yang Wenzhi frowned slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "We are about to check the wormhole generator, what are you doing huddled together?"
"Report!"
Wei Qiang, who was surrounded by the crowd, said loudly, with a slight tremor in his voice: "I seem to have discovered intelligent creatures on the planet Sophie 4."
Yang Wenzhi was stunned, and after a moment he strode towards the corner.
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Moon, space dock, chief engineer's office.
"Why do you have to occupy my office every time you come here?"
After Peng Xiaofei returned from the Enlightener's transformation site, he opened the door and saw Ye Ming sitting in his seat. He was stunned and started to complain. Of course, although he was complaining, the smile on his face was
But the intention cannot be hidden no matter what.
Ye Ming stood up with a smile, and the other party touched his shoulder and sat on the sofa.
"Why didn't you come to the construction site today? Why did you come quietly?" Peng Xiaofei smiled and walked to the water dispenser, intending to make a cup of tea for Ye Ming.
"Don't put pressure on frontline engineers."
"Well, so you're just putting pressure on me?"
"It's good that you know." Ye Ming smiled slightly, and then looked at Peng Xiaofei seriously: "Brother Xiaofei, can you take off on time in two days?"
Peng Xiaofei stopped, took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "To be precise, it will take off in 45 hours!"
Ye Ming nodded slowly, and the expression on his face softened slightly.
The upcoming battle in the Sophie Galaxy, after deciphering the intelligence sent by Gloria, has changed from a tactical decision to a strategic decision, and even... it is an extremely important strategic decision!
Needless to say, when he heard that the enemy had dispatched a fleet of three bases and was going to show off with humans in the Sophie galaxy, Ye Ming was "fearful" for a moment - it was not that he was timid, or that he was not timid.
Confidence gained.
But this battle was so important that he began to doubt it - even though he and General Qin both agreed that humans were already ahead of the enemy in both tactics and weapons.
But that’s a fleet from at least two bases!
At least two to three thousand ships!
But this fear only rose for a moment, and was then overshadowed by strong confidence.
Although the enemy is powerful and numerous, as long as humans can grasp the rhythm of the battle, and as long as the enemy does not teleport 3,000 warships to the battlefield like cheating, then humans can completely use the enemy's fueling tactics!
Of course, it's not enough for Ye Ming to have this kind of confidence - the former enemy headquarters must also have confidence.
Fortunately, the former enemy headquarters showed the same desire and confidence to fight.
Then what Ye Ming and even the military and industrial systems of the entire human society can do is to do their best to meet the requirements of the former enemy command.
What the former enemy headquarters needs most is a super-speed reconnaissance ship - only by grasping the enemy's movements in advance can effective decisions be made.
So, Ye Ming came to the modification base in person.
"As long as it can fly, what the frontline needs most now is a super-fast reconnaissance ship."
"Isn't there a harrier?"
"The Harrier is still not fast enough, and the Harrier does not have a weapon system. Now the enemy has followed our lead and sends reconnaissance ships here all day long. In the previous reconnaissance, the Harrier has lost two ships. Now go to the Dias 2 system
What is being detected is the Kron people’s manned reconnaissance spacecraft. Their speed is faster, but the enemy’s reconnaissance ship is also very fast... I’m afraid it will be troublesome if the two sides fight.”
Ye Ming briefly introduced the situation to Peng Xiaofei.
Peng Xiaofei's brows instantly wrinkled. After hesitating for a while, he said: "Listen to you...it seems that the key to fighting is outside the battlefield?"
Ye Ming exhaled slowly, smiled and nodded.
In history, except for a few battles that happened very suddenly and truly large-scale battles, in which battle did the key to the showdown lie outside the battlefield?
Information about the enemy and ourselves, logistical supplies, equipment upgrades, weapon supplies... these are all invisible on the battlefield, but they play a decisive role in the battle.
The fundamental reason why humans dare to fight this battle is that humans have judged that it will take time for the enemy's fleet to assemble! And it is very likely that it will come in waves!
As long as humans can rely on superior weapons and equipment and tactical systems to master and occupy, no matter how many enemy ships come, they can still defeat it.
What's more... as long as it delays for a few months, humans will be able to move out of the super battleship.
"Okay, since you patted your chest, I'll take my leave first." Ye Ming saw Peng Xiaofei bring the teacup over but stood up: "I won't drink the tea anymore - you see, I've been really busy these days.
busy."
Ye Ming said, raising his wrist and taking a look, then took a breath, calmed down and answered the phone.
The call was from Yang Wenzhi.
Frankly speaking, now that he saw Yang Wenzhi's communication, he felt a little uneasy, fearing that there would be some trouble at the former enemy headquarters, or that he would make some new and unpleasant discoveries...
"Academician Ye, we have some new information." Yang Wenzhi's voice was hesitant on the phone.
Ye Ming frowned slightly and felt a little thump in his heart, but soon he hummed and said calmly: "What's going on?"
"On the fourth planet of Sophie, an undersea civilization was discovered."
Ye Ming was stunned for a moment. He blinked hard: "What?"
"We discovered an underwater civilization..."
"Damn it!" Ye Ming suddenly cursed: "Didn't it mean that there is no civilization in the Sophie Galaxy, only primitive creatures?"
"We thought so too, but the scientific expedition team on board the ship sent a detector over and immediately discovered two little mermaid boys..." Yang Wenzhi said with a hint of helplessness in his voice: "The satellites of Planet 4 are very strange.
, there is a circle of asteroids with a high iron content. Our original plan was to blow up a few asteroids to interfere with the enemy's observation, and then hide our support fleet behind - because we are currently far away from the fourth planet.
It's very close, and the Mercury plans to merge there to avoid the enemy."
Ye Ming licked his lips, and there was an expression on his face that he didn't know how to describe.
After a few seconds of silence, he slowly exhaled: "What would happen if it didn't explode?"
"If we blow it up, we can form an electromagnetic shielding circle. If we don't blow it up, we won't be able to form it... Well, if the enemy doesn't have a super-speed ship like a beheading, it actually doesn't matter." Yang Wenzhi coughed lightly as he spoke: "
After all...all the support ships and logistics ships are here, it would not be fun if the enemy suddenly came over."
"Well...if it explodes, it will definitely have an impact on the planet's ecology."
"It's a devastating blow..." Yang Wenzhi added: "We did some calculations and basically... we are going to experience a round of small-scale extinction. That's why we released the scientific research ship for final confirmation."
Ye Ming hummed and fell into a long silence.
After a long time, Ye Ming whispered: "How intelligent is this civilization?"
"Now the scientific research personnel of the spacecraft are already designing a communication plan... but they found signs similar to tribal emblems on their bodies, and although effective communication has not yet been completed, it can be confirmed that the two indigenous people who came into contact with us
… He is full of curiosity about foreign creations and maintains a certain degree of rationality.”