"The First Fleet is responsible for the Orb Belt, the Second Fleet is responsible for the Tapu Belt, the Third Fleet is responsible for the Enko Belt, and the Fourth Fleet is responsible for the Asteroid Belt. The goals of the other fleets remain unchanged. Everyone maintains the formation and starts taking action..."
Two and a half months later, the glacier front finally arrived.
It was another half day of gathering time. After all the motherships flew out of the wormhole and gathered together again, Lumba gave an order, and four motherships pointed directly at the general star field and jumped away quickly.
Each squadron of the combined fleet is composed of a mother ship, plus five planet-class battleships, as well as a large number of small combat units that perform reconnaissance, exploration, and ground landing operations.
With this power, even if it invades an ordinary second-level technological civilization alone, such as the Blue Sea Star Alliance, it has the strength to directly crush it.
The entire combined fleet has a total of twenty-three squadrons, and only the three core countries of the alliance can dispatch such a force in an understatement.
"Brother Lun, how long do we have until we meet the other side?"
After the four squadrons left, each mothership also began to release battleships.
Up, down, left, and right, all the battleships were in order.
Then, a large number of detectors were shot out in all directions.
The domain has been completely opened. At the peak of the first level of the planet, the radius of the world domain is close to 9,000 kilometers, almost enveloping the entire combined fleet.
Sensing all the movements around him, Wang Dong looked at Lumba.
"It's hard to be sure, but since the signal point here has been cleared by the other side, even if the main force is not there, they should have minions hiding around."
Lumba nodded and explained.
As soon as he finished speaking, five blazing white particle cannons suddenly lit up on the Bingqin's optical brain screen. Almost at the same moment, the three detectors were instantly blasted to pieces.
"Um?"
Slightly, Lumba frowned.
The five particle cannons all came from the other side. Before firing, our own detector was unable to detect any abnormalities at all, which means...
"The opponent's concealment and detection capabilities are better than ours."
"It can't be the Glacier Kingdom, and the Heavenly King Empire is also unlikely. Could it be the origin of those weird warships?"
As Lumba's thoughts flashed, Wang Dong and three others also walked to the light screen.
At this time, after the shooting, the enemy's minions, whose traces had been exposed, were immediately intensively bombarded by the battleships ahead.
"All squadrons pay attention to keeping the energy shield open. Enemy targets can absorb electromagnetic fluctuations to a large extent. Keep an eye out for their attacks at any time."
These were thorn-shaped objects like shadows. At the same moment they were shattered, the optical brain's analysis also came out.
After pondering for a moment, Lombard continued: "The optical brain. Always remind the Fourth Fleet and let them pay attention to the hidden targets that may be lurking in the asteroid belt until they receive the prompt."
To be able to elicit a decision to dispatch a joint fleet of such a size, and to have Lombard personally recruit people to deal with it, there is indeed something unusual here.
"Unlike the technology of the Heavenly King Empire, it cannot come from the Deshang Federation."
Simultaneously receiving various analyzes from the optical brain, Luo Lan's eyes showed some solemnity.
In a broad sense, the Heavenly Kings Empire is headed by the Heavenly Kings Empire. There is also the Deshang Federation, a third-level technological civilization, and a powerful alliance composed of thirteen second-level martial arts civilizations.
Generally speaking, the warships used by these countries are basically from the Tianwang Empire or the Deshang Federation, but now...
"Could it be that there is a new third-level technological civilization that has joined the Heavenly King Empire?"
Looking at Lumba, Loren frowned slightly.
Among the information disclosed at the resolution meeting, there are only dynamic power images of the Scorpion battleship, but according to the current situation, all the military technology on the opponent's side may have reached the third level of civilization, and may even...maybe stronger than our own Oren Star Alliance.
Even slightly better...
To such an extent, in Luo Lan's opinion, there is only one possibility... There is another powerful member in the alliance of the Heavenly King Empire.
"It's possible."
Lumba also had the same conjecture. He pondered for a moment, nodded, and said: "The optical brain will send the corresponding information to the decision-making meeting and keep synchronized with it at all times."
"Is this possible?"
Wang Dong was also receiving the analysis data, and contacted what he knew before embarking on the journey. His eyes moved slightly, and while thinking, he said: "The current situation, and the entire battle line of the Heavenly King Empire, only the Glacier Kingdom has a huge threat.
Scorpion battleship, and these mysterious detectors...
If a new third-level civilization joins the opposing side, I think the first place to deploy these detectors should be the main battlefield of the Uranian Empire.
Is it possible that the Glacier Kingdom received help from this civilization unilaterally and through other channels?
In other words, the Glacier Kingdom has developed a deep relationship with this mysterious civilization and has even joined them?"
Separating this mysterious force from the Heavenly King Empire, they may even be in opposition to the Heavenly King Empire. It was only because of the problem of the glacier front that the war broke out with the Southern Cross Alliance...
A new idea, and according to Wang Dong's analysis, the possibility of this idea is quite high.
"No matter where the opponent comes from, we must first find out their details."
Lumba nodded, and while sending Wang Dong's analysis back to the resolution meeting, he commanded the fleet, continued to maintain the formation, and approached the target area at a constant speed.
Anti-laser technology is widely used, and most of the space battles use particle cannons.
From time to time, a few pillars of blazing white light would illuminate the void, and then the fleet would respond quickly.
In this back-and-forth contact and testing, the huge combined fleet gradually began to penetrate deep into the battle line.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the enemy's hidden power has been discovered in the asteroid belt... The battle situation is within our control. It is over."
In less than two days, the first one to formally encounter the enemy was the Fourth Fleet, which had been specially reminded.
In the picture synchronized through the hyperspace communication device, extremely far away and extremely cautious, the Fourth Fleet, with countless small combat units controlled by the brain, was intensively exchanging fire with the enemies hidden among the asteroids.
The planet-class motherships and battleships opened their defensive covers and retreated further away, paying close attention to the battle situation.
"While destroying the enemy, pay attention to all the situations around you. If there is chaos in time and space, maintain your strength as your first goal..."
Scroll the battle screen of the Fourth Fleet to the lower left corner of the light screen. After giving instructions there, Lumba continued to observe everything within a radius of 30,000 to 40,000 kilometers through the field.
"All warships ready for action."
Seven or eight minutes later, I saw that nothing unusual could be detected around me, and in front of me, the losses to our own fighters and mechas gradually began to increase.
The mothership gave an order, and with it as the leader, there were five more battleships driven by energy balls, and they all approached the asteroid belt at the same time.
"Ready to fire."
At 20,000 kilometers, another order was given, and various naval guns began to charge power at the same time.
"Fire!"
Ten thousand kilometers, the range where the power of naval guns is not seriously spread.
The void suddenly lit up, and nearly a hundred huge pillars of blazing white light penetrated everything in an instant.
Almost at the same time, on the Tianqin, the picture that was originally synchronized with the Fourth Fleet suddenly lost its signal.
"Replay, slow play, analyze."
Lumba's eyes jumped, and his mind reacted instantly: "Fleet 1, 2, and 3, maintain the highest alert."
The eyes of Wang Dong and others also condensed...
There are only two possibilities for losing the signal instantly, one is that the other side activates space-time interference by opening a wormhole, etc., and the other is... the entire fourth fleet was destroyed instantly.
However, the second scenario should be impossible. No matter how much firepower there is, it is impossible for one mothership and five battleships to be destroyed at the same moment.
"Start the space-time interference, that is to say, there are superior forces on the opposite side."
"But what happened just now...the ones hidden in the asteroid belt are just small units on the opposite side that mainly focus on interference."
Wang Dong frowned, and the optical brain slowed down and analyzed the last scene.
"93 naval guns, 16 from the Fourth Fleet, and 77 from the opposite side."
"The firepower from the opposite side is hidden inside the asteroid."
"Three possibilities."
"Their fleet is hidden inside the asteroid in an unknown way."
"They have deployed hidden defensive facilities inside the asteroid."
"They transformed the asteroid into a war fortress."
In the infinite slow playback of the last scene, 77 light beams are coming from two large asteroids in that area.
After sending this analysis to all squadrons and back to the alliance headquarters, Lombard frowned deeply and felt truly vigilant for the first time.
Judging from various circumstances, their frontal enemy may no longer be the Glacier Kingdom, but this mysterious force of unknown origin, but within a year or two, it has completely controlled the entire Glacier Front.
To be able to deploy such a force in the asteroid belt... this force's investment in the entire glacier front is probably beyond everyone's imagination.
"Hopefully it's just a simple technological civilization."
"otherwise……"
The final news of the fourth fleet has not yet been sent back, and the main fleet's advance is still continuing. The hearts of Wang Dong and the four others shrank at the same time.
"Commander Lumba, we suffered a premeditated ambush from the other side. The other side was suspected of building a war fortress in the asteroid belt. We lost a mothership and three battleships..."
It was not until seven minutes later that the interrupted signal resumed.
One after another, the two warships that followed Lumba's instructions and immediately activated the escape program after sensing something was wrong appeared in the optical brain connection.
However, time and space are chaotic, all detection signals have failed, and they cannot determine the absolute true situation on the other side.
In addition, it was probably the same reason for the opponent's failure to complete a precise bombardment against them.
"Come closer to us."
Lomba sighed in his heart. The opponent's ambush was unexpected by everyone, and the target was focused on the mothership. After all, the Fourth Fleet was still unable to be saved.