The blue star is burning fiercely, throwing light and heat into space many times more than its parent star, the sun. Even if you watch it indirectly from the screen, you can feel the irresistible terrifying energy.
A middle-aged man with a stern face stood in front of the screen, quietly looking at the blue star, with three dazzling generals on his shoulders.
At this time, the door opened and an officer walked in. He first gave a military salute and then said: "Report to the general, the forward reconnaissance ship has arrived at the second relay point two light days away and is expected to arrive at the scheduled position in one day."
, conducting reconnaissance. No unknown fleet has been found so far, and the two fleets of Lancers are still staying in the outer space of the orbit of Planet 4, with no abnormal movement."
The middle-aged man said: "Maintain the route and enter the inner space of the galaxy."
The young officer hesitated and said cautiously: "General, do you want to wait for the intelligence from the rear to be sent before entering the inner space of the galaxy? The internal gravity of this galaxy is chaotic. Once you enter, it will take at least 10 days to get out again."
The general said calmly: "Why, are you afraid?"
The young officer's face suddenly turned red and he said loudly: "When have I ever been afraid? General, if a fight really breaks out, please send me to the battleship at the front. I will never come back until the battle is won!"
The general showed a hint of appreciation and said: "What you are worried about is that the other party may have an ambush. Not to mention that the Lancers only came with two regiments, and the attached fleet is not our opponent at all. Even if their strength is doubled, it will only be
Let’s call it a draw. Even if they send all their mobile forces with no clear movement here, we can retreat. What else is there to worry about? In fact, the worst possible outcome is a war.”
The young officer said: "That's what I'm worried about. If we start a war rashly, General, you may have a hard time explaining it."
The general disagreed, "Am I, Sun Zhengyuan, that kind of warmonger? Obviously not! We will not start a dispute first, but if the Lancers dare to provoke, of course they will fight back hard! This is self-defense, do you understand?"
The young officer didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he didn't dare to persuade him.
The general looked back at the blue star on the screen and said: "I really don't know when we will be able to use the resources of this star. It is really a miracle that a living planet will appear in such an environment. Such a miracle
, must not be allowed to be exclusive to the Federation.”
At this moment, a communication request lit up on the general's personal terminal. Sun Zhengyuan frowned slightly and said, "This is a communication from the Fleet Headquarters. You can go down first."
The young officer saluted and withdrew.
Sun Zhengyuan opened the communication channel, and an image of a round-faced old man appeared on it. Although the old man's beard was gray, his eyes were still stern. He was dressed in marshal's uniform. He did not look very majestic, but rather kind.
The image is still, and only the voice comes out: "Zhengyuan, are you ready to enter the galaxy?"
In fact, the fleet headquarters is dozens of light-years away. Real-time communication is achieved using quantum technology and micro-wormhole relay stations. However, this method is very expensive and the amount of information transmitted is extremely limited.
"Yes."
"There have been frequent changes in the Federation recently, and there have been frequent provocations in various frontier star fields. What I want to say is, exercise restraint."
"Understood, Marshal."
"You are Lin Xuan Shang's favorite general, and you are very powerful in fighting. But the war with the Federation is not a trivial matter, and it is not something we can decide. It is best not to let the war break out in our hands, do you understand?"
"Understood, Marshal."
"Okay. There are currently three regiments of Lancers who have no clear destination."
Sun Zhengyuan's eyes lit up and he said loudly: "This is easy to handle!"
"Um?"
"Nothing. I can only promise one thing. If we can't beat the shit out of the Lancers with the same force, I will resign immediately!"
"Restrain!" There was a hint of dissatisfaction in the old man's voice.
"Understood, Marshal!"
"Try to exercise restraint!"
"clear!"
The communication became unstable for a while and was interrupted.
This is because the energy of the microwormhole relay station is exhausted and it can no longer support information transmission. If you want to communicate again, the relay station needs at least 10 days to recharge.
When the communication was cut off, Sun Zhengyuan breathed a sigh of relief and strode towards the command room.
The huge fleet seemed to be motionless in the void. Only the engines emitting blue light throughout the hull reminded that the fleet was traveling at sub-light speed.
But from inside the starship, even the n7703 galaxy in front of us seems to be stationary.
The color of the leading starship's engine suddenly changed to a darker blue, and then the image around the ship was distorted. It suddenly accelerated and flew into the n7703 galaxy. The other starships also started their warp engines and followed the flagship into the galaxy.
As soon as it entered the galaxy, the fleet released its warp flight state in the huge gravitational field of the blue star, switched to sub-light flight, and rapidly reduced its speed. Even the most advanced starships of mankind are still as fragile as before the stars.
Babies are broken when touched.
At this time all starships received an open communication.
This is a message from the Lancers. The content is formal and official. It mainly declares that this system has been included in the territory of the Federation. Any unauthorized entry will be regarded as an invasion. In serious cases, it will be regarded as a declaration of war against the Federation. At the end of the statement,
A section of coordinates was attached, requiring the fleet to meet at the designated location and cooperate with the investigation.
"Cooperate with the investigation?" Sun Zhengyuan sneered, deleted the message directly, and then said: "I want to see how you want me to cooperate! Attention, the entire fleet, enter the first level of combat readiness, form a battle formation, and advance towards the target coordinates
!”
The huge fleet slowly adjusted its direction and sailed towards the coordinates sent by the Lancers. At this moment, both sides were far outside the visible range, but without seeing it with one's own eyes, one could know that there would be a large number of starships waiting at the coordinates.
Sun Zhengyuan was not afraid at all. Similar armed confrontations have occurred many times in the past few years, and the gun almost went off on several occasions.
On the other hand, Sun Zhengyuan also had no doubts about the strength of his opponent.
This time, the Third Squadron not only brought all the original main starships, but also deployed an additional batch of main starships from other squadrons. The overall strength was greatly increased, and the comprehensive combat power was 50% higher than the full strength.
Sun Zhengyuan is also very confident in his commanding ability. Although he has only fought against the Federation secretly, according to the past record, he has never been defeated as long as his combat power reaches two-thirds of his opponent. If the two sides have equal military strength, then
He basically wins big.
Normally speaking, the Lancers were two regiments equivalent to one squadron in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Now that Sun Zhengyuan was superior in terms of strength on paper, he was even more fearless.
The Federation may have laid a trap, but in Sun Zhengyuan's eyes, isn't this also an opportunity to find the opponent's main force for a decisive battle? Although both sides are regular fleets and have set their flags, they cannot fight like they did when pretending to be a star thief, but at least they can practice tactics.