There is a saying, considering the firepower of the battleship, a standard astronomical unit is really not an absolute safe distance, but after all, this is a convention that has existed since the early days of the interstellar voyage and has been regulated by national public law.
.To put it bluntly, what people on earth want is just an attitude.
Lieutenant Colonel Horatio Venn just maintained a polite, restrained, but unwavering expression, and firmly stared at King Suliuka behind the light curtain opposite.
Perhaps due to signal transmission, the figure of the elected emperor on the stretched screen is not so clear, as if it is covered with a hazy haze. But because of this, the unparalleled gorgeous appearance and fierce temperament
, but it seems to be smeared with a deep and majestic divinity.
On the community side, the officers and soldiers on the four destroyers were all paying attention to this communication. Through the light curtain, they all felt that the Dragon King from the Galaxy Empire was overlooking them, as if he was overlooking a group of ants.
Indeed, there are only three Fletcher 3s and one Trapper 2 destroyer on the Earth side. If you encounter the remnants of the Predator, you can happily pounce on them and bite them, while on the opposite side there are more than a hundred mighty ships.
The Empire's latest high-speed battleships, what's the difference between them and ants?
Not to mention the splendid Titan ship, and a large number of high-speed battle cruisers and aircraft carriers, just these few reconnaissance cruisers nearby are enough to wipe out all our own troops in three to five rounds.
The possibility of Earthlings even escaping is very small. Although the destroyers are high-speed light battleships, the Imperial Army opposite them are also high-speed battleships. More importantly, no matter how fast the battleship is, it is impossible to outrun the cannonballs. As long as one hits the opponent's side,
Rounds of dense barrages are bombarded, and once one's own ship is slightly damaged and slowed down, it will only become a prey to be slaughtered by the opponent.
If he was really a "smart person", he should have secretly evacuated when he discovered the arrival of the imperial fleet.
However, Horatio Vane has never been a "smart man" in the secular sense.
He calmly stared at the elected emperor behind the light curtain, who seemed to have a hint of divine coercion, repeated his request, and then said: "In order to ensure the legitimate rights of our country, we will always remain on alert. In addition,
We have reported the situation discovered here to the rear headquarters as soon as possible. If there are no accidents, the Independence should receive the communication today, and the Unity Ship side will receive the communication within this week."
"And in a dozen days, even the earth will know about it, right?" Brunhildt laughed.
If it were other imperial military aristocrats with strong martial virtues and bad tempers, they might have regarded this as a signal of escalating provocation. However, Brunhild just kept a dignified and graceful smile and said without saltiness: "Wei Wei
Lieutenant Colonel, did you say you have the logbook as proof?"
Wayne nodded and was about to say something more. Miss Elector interrupted him and said: "But you can't prove that your diary is not a forgery. Moreover, this is the New World after all, Lieutenant Colonel Wayne."
"But according to the 12th Amendment in Common Calendar 803, the exploration of the New World is still within the scope of the Galactic Exploration Convention." Wayne said seriously.
"Yes, I heard it. But what kind of creation is this ring? Does it fall within the scope of the Exploration Convention? Who can guarantee that this is not a weapon of mass destruction?"
For the first time, a trace of hesitation flashed across Horatio Venn's face, which was as firm as a statue: "Your Highness, this kind of reasoning will not make sense in the Galactic Civilization Council."
"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel, most of the time, the truth does not make sense, not just in civilized parliaments. However, I appreciate your unyielding and firmness, so please keep it. As for this ring..."
She waved her hand, unfolded a simulated hologram just made by the flagship AI, and marked a point with red.
"Let's explore from here. You can start from the other end. In this way, our safe distance is equivalent to the diameter of an entire planetary orbit. That's more than two astronomical units. Isn't it beautiful?"
Can it still be calculated like this? Horatio Wayne smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that this was actually the greatest result he could achieve.
In any case, Brunhilt is indeed a person who speaks her truth. At least she did not fire cannons to silence the four weak, helpless and pitiful Earth destroyers. She even ordered the reconnaissance fleet headed by the Buran to withdraw.
At a warning distance, let them go to the red dot they drew, which is the other side of the "ring" behind the star.
All in all, after all, the community came first, and the empire had a large number of troops and people, so everyone felt that they had the "right". So, putting aside the dispute and jointly developing it is a good solution.
Thus, the conflict was finally resolved satisfactorily.
It would be great if that were the case.
Lieutenant Colonel Horatio Venn watched the elected emperor say goodbye to him, watched the light curtain automatically close, and then let out a long breath.
He didn't feel that he was breaking out in a cold sweat, but he still felt a little dizzy, so he couldn't get up from sitting down. He also kept a poker face that was neither happy nor sad, and said to the three small windows next to him: "That's it.
Situation. Sorry, I can only do this."
On these three small windows are the captains of the other three destroyers, all of whom look frightened. Their average age is more than twenty years older than Wayne, but they are all majors. On the contrary, Wei
Well, this young man who has only been out of college for a few years was promoted to lieutenant colonel last month, so he also became the commander of this small patrol fleet.
Anyway, in this small fleet of four ships, almost all tactical actions have a complete set of instructions. The relationship between the battleships is closer to that of a leader and a wingman, so there is no need for a special admiral.
A person like Horatio Venn, who was born in a famous family and a famous school, and is "Jane in the heart of the emperor" because he is a topic writer, has always been promoted by the orbital elevator, and is often the most disgusted by people who do practical things.
. However, during the half-year expedition to the New World, he had already won the trust of his colleagues with his ability and military exploits.
"This is the best result." Captain A, who is fifteen years older than Horatio, said. This is a female captain who still retains her charm.
"Time waits for us not, let's land as well." Captain B, who is twenty years older than Horatio, said. This is a Gray, one of the minorities in the community,
After all, they arrived more than a day earlier than the empire. During this day, the four destroyers cautiously ran around the halo for more than half a circle, and even ventured close several times, but nothing unexpected happened. Now, the entire fleet has a thousand
There are many people, except for a few mentally weak chickens who were frightened by the terrifying scale of the giant structure. There are not even examples of combat or non-combat attrition.
Now, you can indeed try to log in and explore more deeply.
On the other hand, Major Mesud, who is thirty years older than Wayne and the captain of the destroyer Deokori, still said with a worried face: "We should send another emergency notification to the headquarters to ask the Independence and its main fleet to
Get here as soon as possible."
The two captains, whose names were not important, exchanged glances.
"No matter what, there is nothing wrong with being careful. When I was an explorer, I really saw a man who lived and died together. He abandoned all ethics and morals and fought with swords for a little money. Now this creation,
It is clearly a miracle, and it should not be coveted by humble mortals like us. However, it happened to be found by us mortals. The empire is also a mortal!" Probably under tremendous pressure,
The old captain seemed a little incoherent.
At the end, he still sighed: "Now that I think about it, whether the secret logbook we got from the predator transport ship is a good thing or a bad thing, I really can't tell now!"
Of course Horatio Wayne understood what the other party meant. This is equivalent to an ordinary person getting the same treasure map as a powerful but greedy dragon. A "smart person" who understands current affairs should choose to give up.
"We are soldiers of the community, there is no reason to give up." Wayne said.
Captain Mesud forced out a dry smile: "I understand. I just hope that the big shots above understand as well as you do. Okay, Commander, let's discuss how to land. Directly from those continents
Descending from directly above has proven to be unfeasible. Do we have to choose to go around those silver rings?"
At the same time, one of the big shots above, Major General Yang Xiyi, deputy chief of staff of the Blue Star Community Expeditionary Force, was working diligently.
Although many people believe that this wise general with the "Devil's Labyrinth Fox" was deliberately left behind because he gained too much limelight and offended the commander and chief of staff, but he himself
I don't think so at all. As a person who is obsessed with not retiring, Yang Xiyi has shown extraordinary diligence during this period. It was even harder than when he conquered the Demon's Throat.
According to his own words: "In the past six months, I have overspent all my efforts in the rest of my life."
Of course, the matter has not been settled, and Yang Xiyi's overdraft will still continue. Now, he is carefully reviewing the detailed reports sent from various strongholds in the war zone.
Of course, it is not about the huge ring structure. Now, it will take at least a week for the Unity Fortress far away in the "pass" of the Dawn Star Territory to receive letters from the depths of the Star Territory.
Yang Xiyi did not read the battle reports from the front line. In his opinion, since the Predator's flagship, the Ark of the Ancestors, was sunk, there were no battle reports worth reviewing.
Compared with trivial and scattered battle reports such as which galaxy has caught up with the remnants of the Predator, and which planet has annihilated the Predator guerrillas in the corner, the defense status of each planet's strongholds and the progress of construction are the most important.
It got him interested.
He quickly read the defense progress reports sent from various sources. Before he finished reading each one, he would write down red and black, and then send them to Major Michiel Kent next to him. The latter used three-digit numbers faster than Yang Xiyi.
Check and review times faster.
This is a hard but quite painful job. Whenever he sees a report that has been marked black, Kent can't help but sigh.
The so-called black mark means that after Yang Xiyi's assessment, if something "unbearable to say" happens, his side will have no ability to resist at all.
Either because of limited troop strength, lack of vigilance, or the fact that the commander is not pretentious about the new defensive tactics. In short, if a war really breaks out with a potential enemy, these strongholds will not be able to resist for more than twenty-four hours.
"Yulian and Hachiman's "Three-Dimensional Defense" was completed in the first half of last year. It passed the review of the Military Research Department in October and was sent to various headquarters. Lieutenant General Seyo ordered them to be distributed to various stronghold commanders at that time.
I'm going to the Ministry." Kent's words revealed great dissatisfaction.
It's just that the troops are insufficient. However, there are obviously more efficient, more scientific, and more stable defense methods, and they are all broken up in the paper and fed to your lips. Why are you unwilling to implement them?
Yang Xiyi shook his head and said: "This is not surprising. For the army, even if it is equipment with better performance that is visible at a glance, it will take a long time to adapt, let alone new tactics. The psychic power of the Blue Guard
There were only less than 200 soldiers in total, and it took three years to fully master the remaining company's four-man formation tactics."
Mihir had to admit that the other party was right, but after all, he was young and always had illusions, so there would always be gaps.
"Even if Lieutenant General Saiyo personally issued the order, the execution is another problem." Yang Xiyi smiled and pulled out the reports classified as red from the document: "However, at least there are so many confirmed reports.
In a unit that prepares seriously for war, based on this alone, Lieutenant General Seyo is actually qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the solar system military region or something like that."
The current top leader of the Solar System Military District is naturally the admiral of the Solar System Fleet, Admiral Conneris.
"Teacher Yang, you are indeed still full of resentment towards Admiral Conneris." Mihir said.
"I just made some immature private suggestions on real life out of a sense of responsibility as a senior military officer," Yang Xiyi said.
In short, what made both of them feel somewhat gratified was that the files marked in red accounted for at least one-third of the total.
These include the Yaochi planet where two friends Simon Vayali and Meng Jiao live, as well as the Dawn Galaxy, which always has some small problems during this period.
According to Yang Xiyi's standards, these are the places that can be salvaged for the time being.
For example, Yaochi and Shuguang are galaxies with the Gaia planet, and they are also at important transportation nodes in the galaxy network. If they were placed in the Milky Way, they would be enough to knock the brains out of several second- and third-tier regional powers.
"...Actually, according to my opinion, there is no need to retain most of the strongholds here. It is best to concentrate the troops on three to five points. The same is true for the fleet. As long as we focus on these three or five important strategic nodes
To ensure the necessary military presence, even if the empire occupies most of the Dawn Star Territory, they will not be able to carry out colonial development safely, and they will still have to return to the negotiation table." Yang Xiyi sighed.
"That guy also said that if you save people, you will lose land, and if you save people and land, you will save something." Kent said.
"No, that guy's idea is more extreme. He thinks that we should not argue with the empire in the stronghold of the Dawn Star Territory, but should withdraw all our troops here and seize the Unity Fortress with lightning speed. Take this as a basis.
Stronghold, fight guerrillas with the imperial fleet. Hey, hey, your eyes suddenly light up at this moment, Teacher Yang's heart can't stand it."
"I feel like this plan is somewhat executable."
"What a heck! You young men, just take it for granted. Putting aside the executability and success rate of tactics, it is almost impossible to give up a planet that has been occupied. Earth Gonggun alone
The princes can quarrel for a whole year, let alone the execution ability of officers at all levels." Yang Xiyi said angrily: "Unless it is the Imperial Army that is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor..."
"Isn't this what our Youth Club and Pioneer Party are doing?" Mihir said suddenly.
Yang Xiyi was silent for a moment, looking at his student and deputy expressionlessly with deep eyes. However, the latter looked directly at him without flinching, and a smile appeared on his lips: "The official is saying,
Problems with the military’s execution mechanism.”
"You'd better be talking about mechanism issues." Yang Xiyi said coldly.
Yang Xiyi's eyes were obviously sharp in the depth, and finally made Mihir flinch and lower his head slightly: "Then, I will quickly send these reports to Lieutenant General Seyo?"
"Yes, even with so much pepper, he still has a considerable part of the mobile troops in hand. I hope he can strengthen them all in the Dawn Galaxy. It depends on whether that guy dares to take action."
"Even if he dares to surrender, Commander Connors must agree!" Kent said helplessly: "So, do you think the Dawn Galaxy is the most likely to have trouble first?"