The stationed fleet of the No. 7 forward base came out of the airport under the leadership of the commander Lieutenant Colonel Li Shaojie, in order to ensure the absolute balance of power and prevent the Gaia civilization from having more warships after the four warships, except for leaving a squadron of warships to escort the No. 7 advance base, the remaining 36 warships lined up in the universe and headed towards each other.

After 30 minutes, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to 5 astronomical units, and at this time, the image transmitted back by the front fleet was clearer, and the fleet commander, Lieutenant Commander Li Shaojie, asked the entire fleet to deploy in the area, ready to intercept, and at the same time issued a stern warning to the warships of the Gaia civilization.

But the strange thing is that the opponent's battleship did not reply to the warning, and did not even reduce its speed by half a minute, and still came towards the direction of the No. 7 advance base at an extremely high speed. Just as Lieutenant Colonel Li Shaojie was about to give the order to attack at any time, suddenly the scene shown in the video made him stunned, in fact, not only him, but even Lynch, who was at the base, was stunned.

"This ...... What's going on? ”

As the distance closed, the images of the four warships could already be clearly distinguished, and it was only then that they were suddenly surprised to see an unimaginable scene. The four warships did not come towards the solar system in a formation, but as if three warships were chasing the first one, and there was a relatively long distance between the leading one and the three warships behind it, and this battleship was desperately heading towards the solar system regardless of anything. The other three ships followed, staring at the ship firmly, and although they did not attack with weapons, judging by the posture they showed, they should have pursued the first battleship.

"Commander, strange signal received!"

"Signal? What signal? Li Shaojie, who was a little stunned by this picture, hurriedly asked, and the correspondent immediately answered his question, the signal was sent in the direction of them with a communication device with low power. Due to the power of the signal, the signal is intermittent, and even normal communication statements cannot be fully expressed.

When the content of the signal is displayed, they can only see the words in it. And when these words were displayed in front of the fleet commander Li Shaojie and Lynch at Base 7, they even couldn't believe their eyes.

"Rebellion...... Desertion...... Seek help....... ”

These words were simply shocking, and when Lynch saw these contents, a year suddenly flashed in his mind, could it be that something big had happened to Gaia civilization. And the first battleship escaped from the Gaian civilization? As for the latter three chasing battleships to intercept this fugitive battleship?

The two civilizations have not had much contact between the earth civilization and the Gaia civilization since the end of the war, especially for the earth civilization, the Gaia civilization as an invader has brought great damage and unforgettable disasters to the earth civilization, and every earthling has never had a good impression of the Gaia people, although the two sides are no longer in a wartime state since the end of the war, they are still very wary of each other.

At present, the interaction between the two civilizations exists only with very few official ties with and between civilizations, and even normal diplomatic relations between civilizations have not been established. But for this former enemy, the Earth civilization still understands the general situation of the Gaia civilization. Although after the defeat of the Gaia civilization, the structure of the senate of the Gaia civilization was turbulent, and even some nobles who originally advocated attacking the earth civilization declined due to the defeat, but I have not heard of any major problems in the political structure of the Gaia civilization. And now, the other party actually sent such a message, and even put on this appearance of fleeing and chasing, what is going on?

For a moment, whatever hypothesis flashed through Lynch's mind. As Supreme Commander, Lynch must judge the situation as soon as possible and make the most appropriate decision. Suppose there was a rebellion in the Gaia civilization. And this fugitive warship is coming in the direction of the solar system, so what is it to accept the other party as a commander? Or order the fleet to drive out the other side?

Although this may seem like a simple decision, there are factors behind it. With the relationship between the Earth civilization and the Gaia civilization, once a choice is made, it will inevitably affect the change of state between the two civilizations. Lynch now had no idea which side of the Gaia civilization belonged to the fleeing spaceship, and who was chasing them? What about the so-called rebellion, what exactly happened to the Gaian civilization. Even why the fleeing spaceship came in the direction of the earth's civilization .......

None of these questions can be answered, but now Lynch is not allowed to have too much time to think about it, he must make a decision as soon as possible, because the other party is not far from the 7th forward base, contact the Earth side to report. It is also not practical to obtain authorization and orders from the federal government and the military, and everything needs to be judged in a very short time.

"Colonel, the other party continues to send messages repeatedly." Lieutenant Colonel Li Shaojie's image lit up in the command center of the base, and he asked Lynch with some hesitation what he should do.

"Intercept the opponent's warships, and never allow the opponent's warships to enter the defensive range......." Lynch ordered without hesitation, and then he added: "Let the first ship be disarmed, supervised and controlled by three warships, and the ships behind can strike at any time if there are signs of attack." ”

"But Colonel, isn't it ...... to do that?" Li Shaojie was stunned for a moment, he had no meaning for the previous order, but he had a different opinion on the supplementary order later, in his opinion, this was beyond the authority of the commander of the No. 7 forward base, after all, this involved the general situation between the two civilizations, especially for the Gaia civilization, a cosmic civilization that had two wars with the earth civilization, Lynch's order seemed to be a little reckless.

However, looking at Lynch's stern eyes, he remembered that Lynch had actually been promoted, and as a colonel, Lynch did have some authority, but as a brigadier general, he was still qualified to do so. Moreover, Lynch has served in the No. 7 Forward Base for many years, and Li Shaojie has no doubts about Lynch's judgment and personal ability, and finally accepted this order.

After the order was given, the formation of the entire fleet began to change, and the fleet was divided into three, and half of the battleships went directly in the direction of the three battleships that were chasing the first Gaia civilization warship, and at the same time issued a warning for the other side to stop advancing immediately, and if they continued to advance, they would immediately attack. As for the remaining battleships, part of it was inserted directly into the middle of the two sides. For the purpose of dividing the two sides, the last three warships, including Li Shaojie's flagship, took on the posture of receiving the fleeing warship.

After the fleet of the Earth Civilization began to move, the last three warships chasing the battleship obviously hesitated, and their speed began to slow down, while the fugitive battleship continued to speed in the direction of the fleet of the Earth civilization at the highest speed. At the same time, they still intermittently signaled that they would automatically contact the armed forces as soon as they confirmed that the escape was successful, hoping that the Earth civilization would ensure their safety.

An hour later, the distance between the four battleships had been widened, and the fleet commanded by Li Shaojie had successfully completed the division of this battleship, perhaps seeing that something could not be done, the three battleships that were chasing the first battleship began to adjust their course, turned around one astronomical unit away from the defense circle of the No. 7 forward base, and then left in the direction they came.

Shortly after the three ships left, the curvature engine was turned on and the curvature state was put into a curvature state. As a result, after disappearing in the eyes of the earthlings, Li Shaojie breathed a sigh of relief, at this time, not only the three warships, but most of the fleet had surrounded the fleeing battleship, so as not to make any moves that would affect the safety of the fleet and the No. 7 forward base.

"Thank you earthlings, thank you so much." The Gaian warships began to slow down, and messages came from the other side to express their gratitude for the help of Earth's civilization.

"Please identify yourself and connect to 3D communication at the same time."

"I'm sorry. We can't do it because our communications equipment has been destroyed ....... The other party's message said. At this time, Li Shaojie also clearly saw through the image that there were indeed traces of being attacked on the opponent's hull, and a big hole was broken in the area a little behind the left wing of the battleship, which may be the reason why this blow caused damage to the opponent's communication equipment.

The other party told the earthlings that their communication equipment was completely unusable, and that they were now barely sending messages to the earth's civilization through the personal communication devices inside the spaceship. In addition, the other party said that they were fugitives this time. I only hope to be sheltered by the civilization of the earth, and there is absolutely no malice.

In order to show their sincerity, the other side also took the initiative to ask for the landing of their warships by the Earth civilization, as long as they could promise to ensure their safety. Faced with this situation, Li Shaojie considered it and decided to accept it. Send a battleship to dock with the opponent's ship, and then board the opponent's battleship to take control of the ship, only after this is done, he can completely rest assured and take it back to the 7th forward base.

The docking went smoothly, and indeed as the other party said, the docking work was quickly completed with the cooperation of the other party. Then the soldiers of the Earth Fleet boarded the opponent's warship, and soon Li Shaojie received information that he had taken control of the opponent's warship, and after confirming this, with Lynch's consent, Li Shaojie's fleet took the Gaian warship towards the No. 7 advance base.

At the No. 7 forward base, the heavily guarded airport, as the commander, Lynch, in full armor, watched Li Shaojie's fleet return one by one, and when the docked Gaian warship was firmly docked at a berth under the command, not long after, more than a dozen Gaians stepped off the battleship under the "escort" of the soldiers.

These dozen Gaians don't look simple, from Lynch's understanding of Gaia civilization, they should be noble members of Gaia civilization, and at the forefront is an old man in gorgeous clothes, although his expression is a little tired and depressed, but judging from the temperament he reveals, there is an atmosphere of a long-term superior.

When the Gaians were taken to the lounge where the airport was located, Lynch was already waiting for them. Seeing Lynch, especially noticing the rank on his uniform, the old man asked with a slightly complicated expression, "You are the supreme commander of this forward base, right?" ”

"Yes, who are you? Why did they flee to our Earth civilization? What happened to your Gaian civilization? Lynch looked at the old man and asked calmly, but his heart was extremely curious.

"I think we should talk about it separately." The old man did not immediately answer Lynch's words, but looked left and right.

"It can't be!" Lynch's adjutant vetoed it on the sidelines, what a joke, the other party is a Gaia, what if he talks to their commander alone in case something happens? Besides, until now, the so-called rebellion and escape have been the other party's family, and the earth civilization has not determined this situation at all, in case this is a deception, it is not impossible for the Gaia people to try to invade the earth again with this method.

"Young man, do you think that an old man like me still has the force to be feared?" The old man smiled slightly, and at the same time said, "If you are not safe and secure, you can check whether I am carrying a weapon ......." ”

"It's ......." The adjutant was stunned, it was true that the other party was a very old man, not to mention killing people, even ordinary people could knock him down with one punch without carrying a weapon. However, the condition he put forward was still dangerous after all, and when the adjutant hesitated, Lynch nodded first: "It's okay, I can accept your invitation, please come with me." ”

"Thank you......." The old man smiled and nodded, and then walked into the small conference room with Lynch, sat down on the comfortable sofa, and soon a soldier brought green tea, Lynch took the tea and made a gesture of invitation, and then took a sip of tea.

"Green tea, nice drink, I tasted it at your Pluto base in Space City back then." Originally, Lynch thought that the other party would not adapt to the drink of the earthlings, after all, there is a big difference between the two civilizations, and not even everyone on the earths likes tea, who would have thought that this old man actually raised his eyebrows when he saw the green tea in front of him, and then took the teacup very skillfully and tasted it.

"You've been to Space City at Pluto's base?" Lynch asked in surprise.

"Yes, it was many years ago, and your earth civilization didn't have this forward base back then, and the time was too long, and the memory was a little blurry." The old man smiled and nodded in reply.

Lynch's expression was a little serious, he secretly guessed the identity of this old man, with the other party's expression and answer Lynch could hear that this old man was not lying, if he really went to the space city of the Pluto base, then it was probably before the outbreak of the second war, because according to historical descriptions, the Gaia people first sent a mission to negotiate with the earth civilization, although this negotiation was a trap deliberately set by the Gaia civilization from the outbreak of the war later, but that negotiation is a very important thing in history, This was more than 400 years ago, could it be that this old man was actually one of the members of the mission more than 400 years ago? (To be continued......)