The night sky is full of stars.

The dark gray starships are like the stars shining in the night sky, and the light is fleeting.

Between the dark light floating, the powerful warship group has already rushed forward tens of thousands of kilometers.

The expeditionary fleet of unprecedented scale, forming a mighty group of starships, will pass through the second wormhole in batches in 2 hours and enter the Zeta system.

Starry Sky 01 Starcarrier, Senior Commander's Rest Module.

Jingle bell~

The alarm clock rang, and Qin Tian opened his sleepy eyes.

Interstellar travel in the universe is different from the voyage within the earth, there is no difference between day and night, and in order to ensure that the diet and rest are regular, the fleet implements the earth calendar and 24-hour schedule from beginning to end.

Subconsciously raised his wrist and looked at the tactical watch, it was 'morning' at 7 o'clock, but in fact, for the expeditionary fleet during the crossing, it did not usher in the rising sun.

Turn over and get out of bed and wash up quickly.

The large-scale interstellar warship group is about to pass through the wormhole, this is not a trivial matter, and there is no room for any sloppiness, so Qin Tian must personally stare at it to rest assured, and this is also the reason why he rested in advance to recuperate.

Coming out of the fleet commander's rest cabin, Qin Tian happened to meet Zhu Yong, the head of the navigation department, who was also washing up and going out.

"Good morning, Commander Qin!"

Zhu Yong snapped and saluted.

After Qin Tian returned the salute, he smiled and said, "Let's go!"

Zhu Yong followed Qin Tian half a step slowly, and said with a smile as he walked: "Since the formation of our unit on December 25, 2023, we have experienced countless training and exercises, and now we are about to fight for the first time, which really makes me so excited that I can't sleep, Commander Qin?"

"Me?" Qin Tian shook his head and smiled, "I'm used to it! there's nothing to be excited about, when you get to the Zeta Galaxy, you won't be so excited after getting used to it for a while!"

Zhu Yong nodded his head and sighed: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while! Carefully calculate the time, we don't have a thousand days!"

Qin Tian smiled encouragingly: "Yes, so we are a very young army, and we should be more vigorous, more energetic, and more combat-effective than other branches of the military, and even the interstellar combat units of other countries on the earth!"

Although we were the latest to be established compared to other peers, we have the most advanced equipment, a larger staffing scale, and more hard training, and now we are the first interstellar combat unit to be put into actual combat, and this battle must be brilliant and famous!"

Zhu Yong said loudly.

The two came to the restaurant casually talking and laughing, and it was the peak time for dining.

If we talk about aircraft carriers, they are moving cities that sail on the sea.

Then the starship is a megacity flying in space.

Although the Star 01 interstellar carrier is highly automated and intelligent, it still has a full staffing of 2,807 people, including 1,800 aviation personnel, 80 marines, and the others are ship controllers and commanders.

Because this time it is to come to the Zeta system for actual combat, so since leaving the Eagle's Nest Space Base, the expeditionary fleet has implemented a three-level alert state, no personnel are on vacation, everyone works according to the shift system, all weapons and equipment are available at any time, 24 hours have people to ensure that communication and reconnaissance are normal, once there is an abnormal situation, you can attack or defend yourself as soon as possible.

The 24-hour day is divided into three shifts, which rotate every eight hours, so if there is another hour, those on night duty will retire from their posts, while those on day duty will take up their posts.

The time is a little tight, because in two hours, they will have to pass through the wormhole and enter the Zeta system, and this is the responsibility of the officers and soldiers on the day shift, and there is no room for any sloppiness, and they must be highly concentrated.

Qin Tian didn't chat with Zhu Yong anymore, and after quickly finishing breakfast, he went straight to the combat command center.

At the time of the changing of the guard, each department will have a brief handover meeting and a report to the captain.

Because the Starry Sky 01 interstellar carrier is the flagship of the expeditionary fleet, its importance is self-evident, so Qin Tian listened to the joint meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, it was reported by the Administration Department, who were usually mainly responsible for the administrative management of the crew, document data processing, welfare and entertainment, etc., during the interstellar ferry duty, the main report was whether the crew was in order, whether there were any injuries and diseases, whether there were any abnormalities in medical treatment and food hygiene, etc.

If there is a sudden illness of many crew members during the voyage, it will be treated as a major emergency, and there is obviously no problem with the starship that operates in strict accordance with the sailing regulations.

Next is the navigation department, their task is to control the starship, steer according to the combat route formulated before departure, determine the position of the starship, record the logbook, etc., if there are any special events during the voyage, they should be raised at the joint meeting, such as whether there has been a foreign object impact during the voyage, whether the power system has failed, and so on.

The task of the Ministry of Communications is the simplest, because now the expeditionary fleet is in a state of silent navigation, there is no large amount of communication data between each other, and the personnel on duty at night are mainly to monitor and maintain communication equipment, and there is no problem at the meeting.

The same is true of the weapons department, which has not yet started the war, and their task is to supervise and maintain the ship's weapons and ammunition, and to test whether the ship's weapons are in a normal and usable state with random samples, and they will be extremely busy in wartime, because of a large number of ammunition loading, maintenance and overhaul weapons, etc.

The maintenance department has the most onerous tasks, they are not only responsible for ensuring the normal flight of the starcarrier, but also maintaining and overhauling the space fighters, space airships, unmanned fighters and so on.

Even if there are many intelligent robots to assist the operation, even if there are no fault problems, they must remain vigilant, conduct regular inspections, and conduct damage management operation training for emergencies such as hull damage, cabin fire, pipeline leakage, etc. at any time.

The report of the flight department was the simplest, and no space fighters were arranged to go out to patrol and guard during the crossing, so all the 258 TF-11 'Fighting Falcon' space fighters, 2 space traffic boats, 270 unmanned attack aircraft, and other carrier-based aircraft on board last night were only carrying out routine maintenance tasks, and at the same time, in accordance with the combat regulations, under the three-level combat readiness, there was a squadron ready to attack at any time.

The last report was the War Department, which had the heaviest task.

According to the battle plan at the time of the fleet's departure, the War Department has been constantly collecting all the information related to the battle, and then classifying, analyzing, and processing.

In particular, in the traffic control center under the jurisdiction of the War Department, the huge dimly lit cabin is full of various terminal display screens that exude a faint light, and the control terminals of a large number of advanced instruments and equipment, such as communications, navigation, radar, and remote sensing, are all here.

Although assisted by artificial intelligence systems, controllers still have to pay attention to flight safety, and take decisive measures once they find abnormal targets, or if other warships in the formation may collide with their own ships.

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After the major departments successively reported the relevant situation, the captain electronically issued the duty order, and the shift change was quickly handed over.

The officers and men of the Navigation Department, who took over the post, began to prepare for crossing the wormhole, and the War Department was also extremely busy, because it had to coordinate with the interstellar warships in its formation, strictly follow the established plan, and pass through the wormhole in a long serpentine formation at orderly intervals.

The captains who are responsible for controlling the interstellar mothership are all 'old drivers', they are very skillful and professional to complete the relevant preparations, Qin Tian listened to the rest of the stairs and went straight to the fleet combat headquarters.

This expedition to the planet Bor in the Zeta system, the expeditionary fleet can be described as a heavy gathering, gathering most of the interstellar warships of the interstellar combat force, including 2 assault ships, 3 reconnaissance ships, 10 frigates, 8 destroyers, 3 battleships, 3 interstellar carriers, 5 landing transport ships, 4 integrated supply ships, and 2 engineering ships.

It can be said that this expeditionary fleet is an elite fleet, and of course, it can be described as mighty when it crosses.

Therefore, as soon as Qin Tian entered the headquarters, he went directly to see the three-dimensional navigation situation map displayed by the holographic.

On the three-dimensional map, the three-dimensional model of the ship, which is many times larger in miniature scale and looks only the size of a palm, has a clear and three-dimensional visual display of the overall navigation situation of the fleet.

Ding Qi, chief of staff of the fleet's navigation, reported: "Report to Commander Qin, the reconnaissance detachment has already crossed through the Zeta system first and entered the Zeta system to carry out alert deployment! At present, the advance detachment is crossing, and the capital ship group is adjusting its flight formation, and it will pass through the past according to the established plan! It is expected that in 21 minutes, the Taishan interstellar battleship will be the first to pass through the wormhole!"

Qin Tian nodded slightly, and said, "Order the troops, and immediately enter the second-level combat readiness state after entering the Zeta system!"

"Yes!"

Ding Qili saluted.

Qin Tian returned the salute and left, and went straight to the combat command seat.

At this time, Feng Peng was discussing the details of the campaign and tactics with the senior staff officers.

"It has been a full 5 days since the Pioneer starassault ship completed its reconnaissance mission and returned to Dastan to now we arrived in the Zeta system, and in these five days, the battle situation in the planet Bor must have changed dramatically!"

"The results of the simulation show that when we left, the remaining 8 starships of the Quartes could not hold on for too long, and if they didn't change their tactics and work together, they could only last 12 hours!"

"Then I hear you say that, but the Borian rebels may have won the war?"

"That's not necessarily, we don't know about the Quartes, they may change their tactics in time after heavy casualties, if they can gather 8 broken starships to defend one or two large islands, the Borian resistance really can't do anything about them!"

"What is the current situation of the planet Bor, after half an hour, everything will be clear! I believe that the Vanguard interstellar assault ship that set off first has collected a lot of information, and after we complete the impulse crossing, we will be able to receive the report, and what the situation is, at a glance!"

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Qin Tian did not participate in the discussion of the staff officers, and after smiling at Feng Peng, they all waited patiently.

More than twenty minutes later, one after another starships flew quietly, and after passing into the wormhole, it was like suddenly disappearing into the vast starry sky.

Not long after, in the Zeta system, huge starships suddenly burst out of the darkness.

The vast Zeta galaxy ushered in this group of uninvited guests, and in the silent airspace about 200,000 kilometers away from the wormhole, they launched a formation assembly.

At the same time, the first to set off the Vanguard interstellar assault ship and two reconnaissance ships, after detecting the arrival of the main force of the fleet, also immediately transmitted back a large amount of encrypted data.

Starships slowed down, as if they had stopped in the starry sky.

On the 'Starry Sky 01' interstellar carrier, the intelligent communication terminal quickly completed automatic decryption after obtaining a large amount of quantum encryption transmission data, and transmitted the intelligence data to the fleet combat command.

These valuable data are closely related to the latest war trends on Planet Bor, and they are too important for war decision-making and operational plan adjustment, so after obtaining the data, the staff officers immediately flew up to analyze the information and data in their respective professional fields.

The preliminary analysis report was completed quickly, Qin Tian got the report as soon as possible, and after quickly scanning it twice, he couldn't help frowning.

Seeing this, Feng Peng on the side immediately took the copy curiously and quickly reviewed it at a glance.

The war on the planet Bor is not over yet, but the situation is already a little more complicated than expected!

At present, there are 6 interstellar warships left in the Quat Temporary Alliance, and the situation of the ships is not optimistic, but they have changed the previous 'separate battle' tactics and formed an air strike combination that can take care of each other in attack and defense.

Each combination is not like before, running around the planet aimlessly, and they have selected three large islands with large areas and many resources on the surface of the planet Bor to carry out landing operations.

Probably through large-scale and indiscriminate devastating strikes, their three landing sites, various buildings, facilities and equipment were razed to the ground early, which greatly facilitated their air-ground coordinated landing operations.

With two starships in the air providing heavy fire support, and mecha units on the ground attacking step by step, the Quat have basically completed the capture and clearance of three large islands in the past five days, and are now stepping up construction to become an important base.

On the other hand, on the side of the Bor rebels, the fall of three large islands is undoubtedly a nightmare for them, which is equivalent to being divided into several large pieces, and they must pull out these three nails for the future development and stability of all countries and peoples.

But for the Bor rebels, who did not have obvious air superiority, it made no difference if they organized a large-scale beach landing operation before they took out the Quatters' starships, and they were completely willing to die.

Therefore, the Bors transformed a large number of sea ships, equipped with a large number of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and launched an active suicidal offensive with high-density anti-aircraft firepower and a large number of fighters to contain the Quet starships.

At the same time, with a large number of ships and landing craft, the ground armored units were sent to the beach to start a tug-of-war with the ground mecha units of the Quets.

The two sides fought fiercely around the three major islands, and the losses were very heavy, the interstellar warships of the Quat people were basically unable to hold on, and the casualties of the Borian resistance were too huge.

Both sides are almost exhausted, everyone wants to grit their teeth and hold on to the end, so they all fight as if they are dying, and in order to win the war, all kinds of inhumane means are used, so that the battlefield of war has become purgatory on earth......