After a routine check-in in the afternoon to set reconnaissance and patrol goals, Li Qing picked up the book and started studying again. Occasionally when he got tired, he raised his head to take a look at the situation and chatted with several senior crew members on the bridge.

Most of these senior crew members are NPC humans. Occasionally, there are some players with innate talents suitable for being captains or crew members, but they are not on the ship.

Many people think that they should have a good relationship with the crew and pay more attention to everything.

Li Qing felt that it was not necessary, or that it was not necessary for ordinary crew members. Only senior crew members and captains could get familiar with it.

Ordinary seafarers don't need to have any good relationships at all. As long as their treatment is not bad, they don't find trouble, and their wages are not in arrears, it's OK. We are all on the same ship. If you don't cause trouble, who will.

Senior crew members and captains are actually the same. They will die in the same way if the battleship is in trouble. However, they are the senior crew members on the ship and have the most contact with the commander. They usually don't look up and down. It's good to chat and get familiar with each other.

Of course, this situation only applies to ordinary captains and senior crew members. If it is an elite captain with a blue name or above, it will be different.

An elite captain with powerful talents can increase the combat power of battleships very high. Such a captain will definitely be taken seriously and must be taken seriously.

The vanguard fleet had already begun the jump on the second day, but it was not until the fourth day that Li Qing's escort fleet received the order to jump.

For this kind of jump, if there is a flagship, the flagship will be wrapped in a force field and the entire fleet will jump together. If there is no flagship, the battleship with the shortest jump distance in the fleet will generally be used as the standard.

Half of this fleet are cargo ships and cannot be equipped with level five jump engines, but they are not the lowest jump engines either.

When the jump was completed, Li Qing checked the jump distance on the star map and determined that all cargo ships were equipped with third-generation jump engines, with a maximum jump range of 30 light years.

The distance from the transit base to the outpost is about more than 1,500 light-years. Considering that the distance between galaxies is variable, this means that it takes 60-70 jumps to reach it.

The cooling time of the jump engine is three hours, which means it will take 210 hours or about 10 days without stopping.

But in reality it’s not that smooth. Most areas can be jumped over directly, but some galaxies cannot be jumped over due to some special anomalies or special geographical environment, especially deep into the Zutar star field, which is covered with thick nebulae.

, the jump engine will be greatly disturbed. Low-level jump engines cannot be used at all, and they can only fly through normally.

In the past few days, the fleet has been jumping continuously, and it has been about thirty light years in one jump. It has been relatively smooth and has not encountered any obstacles.

But when they left the transit base and entered the nebula in the Zutar star field, Li Qing saw for the first time a substantial layer of gray dust in the starry sky, as if the entire starry sky was covered by a layer of fog.

In front of the bridge, you can see that not only the visual range has dropped significantly, but also the radar detection range has gradually shrunk and decreased.

It is worth mentioning that the command bridge of a battleship is not located in the front of the battleship. It is generally located in the middle of the battleship, which is the position of the central core module. It is usually surrounded by heavy layers. Some may have a small part protruding out, but they are all covered by thick

Thick armor package.

The reason why you can clearly see outside the glass when standing in front of the bridge is because the spacecraft's sensors, including a large number of detection and camera lenses, detect everything around you clearly, and then project it under the huge glass in front of the bridge.

, so it feels like the bridge is directly exposed, which is not actually the case.

Like frigates and destroyers, the display form of the bridge is limited. If it is the command flagship of a large fleet, the internal shape of the bridge is round, with transparent glass on all sides. When entering the bridge for the first time, it will give people the impression that the bridge is protruding.

The glass bead-like illusion on the hull allows you to see the starry sky in all directions of the battleship.

But in fact, the command bridges of these flagships are hidden deep inside the battleships. It is only possible to see the command bridges unless all the battleship shields and thick armor are broken.

To put it bluntly, the command bridge of the battleship cannot be seen from the outside. The interior is only designed this way to give the captain and commander a sense of flying across the stars.

It looks like there is a cold starry sky outside the thick glass, but in fact there is thick alloy armor outside the glass.

The transition stage is relatively safe, because the landing points are random. Even in the same galaxy, the landing points will be slightly different from the star map. This is slightly different. In the real starry sky, the landing point will be thousands of times.

Thousands or even hundreds of millions of kilometers away, even if there are insiders, it is difficult to ambush.

Therefore, the early reconnaissance is actually just a formality. The real possible danger is in the star field near the outpost.

Time passed by during the jump. On the ninth day, the fleet jumped to the location again. Li Qing saw the reconnaissance channel light up and turned on the projection of a young man wearing the uniform of the expeditionary force. He had introduced himself once before.

His name is Lu Qing, and he is a member of the Tianhe Lu family. He said expressionlessly:

"The fleet has arrived at the scheduled location. There are many galaxies that cannot even enter at sub-light speed. At the same time, this star field is occupied by a very large pirate group called Lester. We have now entered the edge of their sphere of influence. From now on

At the beginning, the reconnaissance team cheered up and expanded the reconnaissance range to at least one million kilometers. Signing in every half hour means safety, and if it exceeds the time limit, it means there will be an accident."

After releasing the task, the man's projection disappeared. Li Qing opened another branch channel with only two people and said to Li Min:

"We still divide according to the previous division, I am in front and you are in the rear."

"Can."

The two destroyers quickly broke away from the team and flew into the distance.

The arrangement was the same as when he first set off, but this time he did not dare to set up a patrol with the main fleet. Instead, he turned on the spacecraft sensors to the maximum, scanned the surroundings continuously, and even personally synchronized the radar scans scanned by the sensors in front of him.

Observe with the crew manning the radar sensors.

In space, the radar scan is centered on itself, and the scan image is a huge sphere composed of small lines, with itself in the center of the sphere.

"Beep beep beep!"

A crisp alarm sounded, and a red light lit up somewhere on the right edge of the scan. He immediately looked over, and nineteen light spots appeared.

He immediately pressed his hands on the radar scan and stretched it to the left and right. The radar scan was immediately stretched and expanded. The nineteen light spots turned into the outlines of nineteen battleships composed of countless rays. After a closer look, he immediately recognized it.

It is a pirate cruiser, two pirate destroyers, and seventeen pirate gunboats.

"Go around to the right and pause after a thousand kilometers."

The fleet immediately issued an order, and the battleship trembled slightly. The changes in the destroyer could be felt from the changes in the radar scan.

The warship circled an arc to close the distance between the two sides, including all nineteen light spots in the scan. Feeling that there were no other warships behind the nineteen pirate ships, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief and ordered:

"Send the radar scan back and continue the radar scan."

In less than half a minute, Li Qing received instructions from Lu Qing, who commanded the reconnaissance force in the large fleet:

"Continue to observe for a quarter of an hour. If there is nothing abnormal, give up the observation and return to the team."

"OK."

Turning off the communication, Li Qing ordered his men to continue observing from a distance.

Although cruisers are one level higher than destroyers, and normally the detection range of level five sensors is further than that of destroyers, there is no need to expect the use of advanced radars on pirate ships. The characteristics of pirate ships are that they are messy, and they like heavy firepower, strong armor and light shields.

To put it bluntly, pirate ships like various modifications to enhance their firepower and armor, but their shields are generally weaker than those of conventional warships.

In addition, the levels of various functional accessories of the pirate ship are not high, from the reactor to the jump engine thruster, etc., the average level is lower than the player configuration.

He kept a distance and observed for a full fifteen minutes. Until he left, the nineteen pirate ships did not notice him, let alone a huge caravan millions of kilometers away.

Afterwards, the caravan kept traveling normally. It seemed that it had no intention of jumping or entering super-light speed. The reconnaissance fleet stayed in the distance, encountering some large and small pirate fleets from time to time. Occasionally, Lu Qing would mobilize several pirate fleets at the same time.

A reconnaissance ship goes to a certain place for reconnaissance.

It can be seen that they are quite familiar with this place, as if they already know where the danger is.

Li Qing obeyed the instructions honestly and went wherever he was told, but while performing the mission, he carefully wrote down Lu Qing's instructions. This was all experience in commanding a large fleet, although it was only experience in reconnaissance.

Although I only have two ships now, there will always be a time when I will command a huge fleet in the future. I can accumulate some experience now so that I won't be in a hurry and be at a loss when the time comes.

Lu Qing was born in the Lu family of Tianhe, which was a more powerful military leader than the Li family in Qinghe. It is not clear exactly where Lu Qing came from, but he was able to become a leader in this large team composed of hundreds of noble family members.

His command is enough to illustrate his excellence.

Time passed by slowly, and although Li Qing remained vigilant, he couldn't help but relax as time went by.

At a certain moment, the communication channel suddenly opened, and before he could react, he heard a huge roar and a slight tremor coming from the channel.

Lu Qing's projection, who was located in the center of the light screen, had a gloomy face and shouted an order:

"Everyone shrinks the reconnaissance range to 500,000 kilometers, braces oneself to increase the frequency of reconnaissance, and informs me immediately if there is any abnormality."

He did not explain that the sound of the bombardment just now was obviously at least a large main gun level. If they could hear it through communication, it must be an attack directly attacking his warship. This made Li Qing extremely surprised. You must know that Lu Qing

At this time, anyone in the middle of the caravan can be attacked, then...

He immediately sent a message to Li Lie to inquire. About ten seconds later, Li Lie sent back a message:

"Just now, a large pirate fleet rushed straight into the fleet, and they have already fought against the main force, but don't worry too much, you can still handle it."

Li Qingqi said:

"Why did the pirate fleet rush over directly? Did you get the news in advance?"

"No, it's just that the reconnaissance on the other side made a mistake and missed a few pirate ships, and the news about the fleet was leaked."

"Well...."

"By the way, don't make such a mistake. This trip has brought together most of everyone's assets. I have invested more than 7 billion star yuan. If anything happens, I will be held responsible according to the responsibility. It will not be easy in the future."

."

"I'll pay attention."

Li Qing clicked his tongue. Fortunately, all his supplies were stored in the universe in his hand, otherwise he would have been nervous and worried.

Next, he asked Li Lie about the battle situation there every half an hour and got a rough idea of ​​the situation there.

This pirate fleet that rushed over came from the Lester Pirate Group, with eleven battleships, hundreds of cruisers and destroyers, and nearly two thousand pirate gunboats. It was not a small scale, and it was obviously prepared.

It is a pity that the escort fleet is stronger. Not only is the fleet stronger on paper, but the quality of the battleships is also higher. They are basically equipped with level four and level five. The most important thing is that the fleet commander is powerful.

The commander of the fleet is Yu Yuefei. This beauty of the Yu family not only has purple epic command talent, but also awakened psychic powers. The two abilities are superimposed, and the bonus to the fleet is ridiculously high. Under her command, no one can

It took a short amount of time to easily defeat a similar number of pirate fleets.

Unfortunately, Li Qing was not at his headquarters and did not witness the fierce battle. He only intercepted a few fleeing pirate gunboats and saw blood.

After the battle, Lu Qing directly transferred the player who made the mistake back in the channel and replaced him with a destroyer.
To be continued...