Seeing the steady stream of predator ships pouring into this galaxy, Colonel Soback almost wanted to cry. He felt that he must have offended the spirit of the universe during this period, and would say goodbye to good luck from now on.
.
Otherwise, how could he, an ordinary officer who just wanted to live a small life and seek promotion, fortune and restoration of his family name, accept the elite reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines? Why was he almost blocked by a large army of predators at a certain location next to the Abyss Nebula?
A small galaxy was wiped out? Why did we just breathe a sigh of relief and live a relaxing life for three to five days, and then the predators came again?
Although most of the raider ships that came over were dilapidated and looked like they had just escaped from the battlefield in panic, there were still hundreds of ships, including two dreadnoughts.
He knew that he should have been in the most dangerous situation in this reconnaissance mission. If the other party found him, he would have no reason to survive.
Fortunately, his paralyzed face caused by his crisis instinct prevented him from actually crying, so the crew members also calmed down after a brief panic.
"Don't be afraid. The remnants of the Marauders should have temporarily retreated and regrouped here." The experienced Captain Hongsha said to everyone: "They are more panicked than us. They can just think of running away like this. They don't have any thoughts.
Come search for us.”
This is indeed the case. The orbital cargo warehouse where we are located is located behind the gas giant planet Modan 4 in this system. The huge brown giant planet is right between ourselves and the Predator fleet, and of course it is also a barrier.
Almost all detection signals. If the space shock signal of the dreadnought warship's jump into the galaxy was not too obvious, and the Buran was specially used for reconnaissance and was equipped with the latest radars and sensors, it would probably be difficult to detect the opponent.
"Let's hide here for a while and continue to observe." Soback also regained his composure and said to everyone.
The key is that there is nothing you can do if you don't hide here now. Once the blizzard engine is started, who knows if the other party will notice some clues.
"It is still necessary to send a report to the Generalissimo's Mansion, saying that the enemy's remnant troops have been found here and are regrouping." Captain Hongsha said: "I have found a protoplasmic wave receiver on the space station, which can send encrypted messages."
Will it be discovered? The corner of Soback's mouth twitched. The power of the source mass wave signal was very high, and he did not bring a military shielding device, so he frowned and said: "Is there no other way? I
After taking a look, the mining site here belongs to the Galaxy Standard Mining Group. This is a royal enterprise, and the equipment should be very advanced, but considering the management cost, it is impossible to use expensive source waves, right?"
"There is a gravitational wave center that can automatically issue mining or collection orders to robots. Miners usually use this to communicate with the branch headquarters in Luyuan. However, it may take nearly a week for the news here to be sent to Luyuan, and usually only
I can send some emails. Uh, that's a way!" Captain Hongsha's eyes lit up.
What can we do? Colonel Soback thought to himself.
"If it is a high-power source wave signal and is found by the predator fleet, it will immediately determine that there is our reconnaissance fleet nearby, and they will definitely flee." The captain said.
Well, I'm afraid they will kill us first when they find out. Soback wanted to say this, but he nodded subconsciously with a straight face.
"But if we use gravitational waves to communicate automatically, predators will not care if they detect it. This kind of communication signal is for civilian use and is everywhere in the universe. As long as we use military ciphertext, they will not be able to intercept and decipher it.
"Captain Hongsha drags his chin and thinks about it: "With just a few changes, wide-area broadcasting can be carried out. But even under the most optimistic situation, it will take several days for Luyuan Star to receive it!"
"Aren't the fleets of His Royal Highness King Suliuka and Admiral Farrell in the Lion's Den?" the first mate reminded.
Captain Hongsha's eyes lit up, and he patted Colonel Soback on the shoulder: "Yes, yes, in addition to His Royal Highness King Suliuka, there should also be local fleets coming nearby. We will send out the signal, and reinforcements will be available soon.
People are coming from all directions. Is that what you mean?"
Colonel Soback laughed, feeling that he was not that thick-skinned yet, so he said modestly: "No, this is the method you and everyone came up with. Based on this, I can apply for a medal for you after the war."
The non-human and non-aristocratic officers present were a little moved. Even the veteran Captain Hongsha looked at Soback with a hint of respect. As a result, they worked even harder after that.
The wide-area signal was sent out quickly, and feedback was received within an hour, which was so fast that Soback was shocked. Later they discovered that the responder was not King Sulyuka who was still in the lion's den.
, and it was not the local security fleet that rushed over from nearby, it was indeed the main force of the fortress garrison fleet that had just returned the seriously injured Yongjin to the temporary refuge in Sarna.
The garrison fleet of the Lion's Den Fortress is indeed in a bit of a mess. They were attacked from both sides by the "rebellious" Lion's Den Fortress and the Marauders. The Titan ship and flagship Tireluo Valiant Advance was seriously injured. The fleet commander, Vice Admiral Amoti, was seriously injured and fell into coma. The headquarters and
Nearly half of the officers on the staff were killed on the spot. Almost all the main battleships suffered minor or severe damage, and even double-digit large and medium-sized battleships remained in that star field forever.
If the raiders hadn't even thought about attacking the hinterland of the empire, they might even have been wiped out there.
According to common sense, no matter what kind of fleet it is, it will take a long time to restore morale after suffering such a tragic defeat. Even the Generalissimo's Mansion temporarily put this garrison fleet aside when formulating defense and counterattack plans.
Removed from the chessboard.
However, after sending the seriously injured ship and crew to Sarna, the remaining imperial officers were aroused. This was because their most senior officer on active duty, who was the deputy commander of the fleet at the time,
It was an Imperial Major General named Fritz Biffick.
This is a major general who has just turned thirty years old. The reason why he holds such a high position at such a young age is that he is the contemporary Earl of Cornis and a third-level psyker. More importantly, this man is indeed a
A brave and strong outstanding commander who regards death as his own.
When he was still a captain, he once accomplished the feat of driving a light cruiser and knocking a dozen pirate ships twice his size and tonnage on the head.
When he became the admiral of a patrol fleet, he had many more records of counterattacking against multiple enemies and achieving great victories.
This is certainly due to the high performance of the Imperial warships and the well-trained crews, but the courage and bravery shown by Rear Admiral Biffick in his command position must not be ignored.
Even the emperor had heard of his name and said that this orange-haired boy had the "appearance of a famous general".
In short, with the empire's military merit system, even if Major General Biffick is not a son of a great nobleman or a transcendent, he will definitely be able to achieve the rank of general by virtue of his military merits before the age of forty.
Now, due to the stupid defeat of his own fleet, this fierce general brother was in an extremely bad mood. When he returned to Sarna with a fleet full of injuries and illnesses, he received the news of the death of his most admired uncle.
Yes, Major General Biffick's uncle was the Grand Knight Commander Count Seliora who died on the planet Sarna.
Now, the news of the death of the Grand Knight Commander is still a top secret in the empire, but the Heraldry Academy still informed his close relatives of the bad news.
As a result, the young warrior's staunchness was about to turn into rage, and he urgently needed to destroy some enemies to relieve his pressure.
After arranging the wounded and seriously injured battleships, he felt that he had nothing to fear. At this time, he also received a wide-area communication from the Modan galaxy. After looking at the star map, he suddenly realized that here
There was actually a group of plunderers. And I was the closest Imperial fleet to them.
Rear Admiral Biffick used his charisma (physics) to convince the remaining captains and senior officers to reorganize the fleet. Without waiting for the order from the Grand Marshal's Palace, he headed towards the Modan Star Territory.
Pounced over.
Since Soback is preparing to finish this battle and go to the Royal Naval Academy to attend the adult training class for senior officers, he is somewhat familiar with the list of the new generation of famous generals in the empire. Of course, he has also heard about Major General Biffick.
Name.
He was a young man who even the emperor praised as having "the appearance of a famous general", and he was also a great nobleman. Isn't this the kind of connections Sobek urgently needs to make acquaintance?
He said that no matter who it was, as long as he wanted to lick it... ah no, as long as it was a colleague who came to attack the predators, he would definitely help.
However, how to help requires some attention to methods. After all, they only have one ship, so they can't just meddle in a decisive battle involving hundreds of warships and serve as cannon fodder.
"It just so happens that I learned a lot at the Ares Festival." Colonel Soback was full of confidence and felt the power of knowledge for the first time.
Captain Hongsha looked at the opponent who suddenly became angry and couldn't help but shuddered. He felt that he had vaguely seen this face somewhere.
All in all, this upcoming battle between remnant soldiers and remnant soldiers was indeed prompted by the Blizzard who was hiding here and observing in secret.
However, the predators didn't know what kind of army was about to come, so they made up their minds to meet the opponent here. While they began to form a fleet, they began to search the Modan system where they are now - since they decided
If you want to fight, you must be familiar with the battlefield in advance.
They soon discovered that this planet actually had two gas collection wells and a lava deep core mine, and they were both handled by automatic robots.
After receiving the news, General Huitan's eyes lit up, feeling that the spirit of the universe had finally opened its eyes.
After all, this guy is also a graduate of the Alliance's Groren Military Academy, and an excellent naval officer's knowledge of military engineering should be at least above the average, so he immediately made a calculation.
"Solid gas should be produced in the collection well! In addition to being used as backup fuel, it can also be used to fill the warhead of the missile. With some modifications, it can also be used as the energy core of the energy cannon. As for the deep core mines on the lava planet, it can occasionally be used
You can guess that there are zero elements. Even if there are none, there must be a lot of precious minerals. Oh no, what is important now is not precious minerals, but some heavy element minerals! But it can reinforce armor, cast orbital artillery shells, and even make treasures.
Where are the tools?"
After all, they are star nomads. Many of the predators' large ships have small production equipment, and they occasionally bring work ships with them when they carry out guerrilla warfare. Now, Huitan's fleet has two medium-sized work ships.
, can produce spare armor and ship parts. His own flagship, the Scarlet King, even has a mobile arsenal that he dug out from the ruins of an enlightened being in the center of the galaxy.
Of course, the last one is a secret that belongs to him, General Huitan. Not even the Great Khan, General Lange, a close comrade who is dead or alive, doesn't know.
In short, before the war with the imperial fleet, he actually got one last chance to supply, which made the leader of the long-bearded demon warlord finally show his first smile after the defeat.
However, just as he was thinking about it, someone else came to report that the troll fleet on the opposite side had already sent a ship to the automatic mine.
Oops! I forgot that Nilgda also took an online course in military technology! And he has been a bad guy who snatched lollipops from his friends since he was a child. He doesn't look like a troll at all, more like a cunning and greedy person.
Kalda Goblin and his loyal and honest father have different styles!
This guy wants to eat alone, General Huitan is really not surprised at all.
"Quick! Send our ship immediately! We can't let that kid eat us all by himself!"
For the next hour, the Troll and the Bearded Demon had intense and frank negotiations over the ownership of the automatic mines and gas wells - don't get me wrong, there was no fighting, at most it was just a fistfight between the crews of both sides.
I didn't even move the knife.
After all, Huitan and Nilgda are not fools, and of course they know their priorities. If they really get into a fight because of this matter, let alone defeating the imperial fleet later, they will probably be passed down as a joke until the next century.
Finally, the two parties negotiated and it happened that there were two mines and two gas wells each, so they could be divided equally.
However, what made them slightly disappointed was that there were not many supplies stored in the warehouse of the automatic mine.
But when they were checking the control terminal of the automatic mine, they suddenly discovered that there was actually a cargo transfer platform in this galaxy, hiding behind the brown gas giant planet.
Most of the cargo must be placed on the transfer platform. Both parties rushed over and finally received a space station filled with fuel and minerals.
Of course, it is not only the materials that are valuable, but also the fuel compression workshop and the special ore grinding workshop on the freight platform. Although these two automated instruments are for civilian use, they are not technologies that they, the remnants of the looters, can master.
With them, supply efficiency will be higher.
However, General Huitan searched the space station more and felt that someone had been here before, and they hadn't gone very far. When he asked Nilgda opposite, he found that this guy also felt the same way.
Have imperial ships come here? And they just left not long ago?
The long-bearded demon and the troll quickly came to this conclusion, and couldn't help but feel horrified. They guessed that it should be an imperial reconnaissance ship, not a large fleet with powerful combat power, but it was still hanging. It felt like a big promise.
In a Modan galaxy, there is always a ghost hiding in a dark corner, peering at itself in the dark.
This space station wouldn't have done anything, right?
The two looked at each other and ordered their subordinates to quickly remove all the materials. Of course, they did not forget to dismantle the compressor and fine grinder and move them onto their flagship.
The Predators' manufacturing and scientific research levels may be limited, but their ability to dismantle things has always been very high.
After the packing was completed, General Huitan was still thinking about sending someone to search to see if he could find the imperial reconnaissance ship that had hidden somewhere. But at this time, another report came that the imperial fleet had already
Entering the next galaxy, you will arrive after another jump. A conservative estimate is that it will only take four or five hours.
"It came too fast! This is not just going through the motions." General Huitan couldn't help but glare at the troll, feeling that this guy had made a misjudgment and was probably going to trick him to death.