Oort Nebula, Forward Base 7.

The base commander, Colonel Lynch, is about to leave the base, news of his promotion to brigadier general has come from the Solar System Defense Committee, and his tenure at Forward Base 7 is coming to an end. In two days, Lynch will officially step down from his position as base commander, and he will never board the battleship that returns to Earth, and he will be officially promoted after returning to Earth, thus stepping into the rank of senior general.

In peacetime, it was not easy for Lynch to be promoted to brigadier general in a few decades, and thus to be called His Excellency General, which was not only an affirmation of his work during his tenure as the commander of the base, but also the trust and promotion of this young officer by the top brass of the military circles.

Especially in the past ten years, as the Earth civilization and the Blue Star civilization have joined forces to explore the Andromeda Galaxy, the No. 7 Forward Base, as the frontier, has taken on extremely important work. Lynch's excellent work has been affirmed and recognized by the federal government. And now, looking at everything familiar around him, Lynch has both expectation and sadness in his heart.

After all, having been here for so many years, it is impossible to do without feelings. The entire base is like his home, whether it is the ordinary people or soldiers here, or the buildings, passages and even grass and trees here, all of them are deeply imprinted in Lynch's mind.

"We've got a farewell banquet for you, and we're scheduled to ...... tomorrow night." As usual, listening to the reports of his subordinates on the work of the base, when the debriefing was over, a major said to Lynch.

"Farewell party?" Lynch looked around, his subordinates all looked at his chief with a smile, after so many years of colleague career, he was about to leave, and these subordinates actually arranged a farewell banquet for themselves without his knowledge, Lynch couldn't help but be very moved.

"Thank you. Thank you all for your support over the years. Lynch stood up and said solemnly to everyone, and these subordinates all looked at their commander with a smile, and they were equally happy with Lynch's promotion, and Lynch's personal charm and ability as a commander had already won their respect over the years.

Lynch accepted everyone's kindness, but he still didn't forget the daily work of the base. For this. Several of the officers who organized the farewell banquet had already thought about it, and they told Lynch that it would be coordinated in advance and would not affect the daily work of Forward Base 7.

After the meeting ended, Lynch's adjutant sorted out the documents for Lynch, and Lynch took a sip and asked, "Hasn't Colonel Andre arrived yet?" ”

"The Colonel's ship has set sail from the Pluto base, and it is expected to arrive at the base the morning after tomorrow." The adjutant replied.

Lynch nodded slightly, but didn't say anything more. This Colonel Andre is the commander who succeeded him at Forward Base 7, and Lynch's last day at Forward Base 7 is the day after tomorrow, that is, at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow. He will officially step down from his post as base commander. According to military regulations, as long as he leaves office and the successor is handed over, but generally the successor will meet with the predecessor in advance, and the colonel Andrei deliberately chose the time when he arrived a few hours before his departure, which made Lynch feel a little uncomfortable.

Perhaps, Colonel André had his own plans, or that as a former member of the German nation, he had a different idea of time than Lynch. However, in terms of handover, Lynch is very relieved. In fact, now he is ready to hand over at any time, and all the information of the base is also stored in the brain system. After Colonel Andre arrived, Lynch could complete the transfer of authority to the other party.

To be honest, Lynch has all the work to do now, and when the handover is complete, he will leave the No. 7 Forward Base that has been there for many years. But back at his quarters, Lynch was a little distracted, perhaps leaving a familiar place and returning to Earth. Coupled with the promotion, Lynch's mood has changed a little.

A hot bath and a glass of red wine made Lynch much more comfortable. Stand at the window and look at the view from the base in the distance. Lynch felt great emotion in his heart. This time, after he was promoted to brigadier general, he would no longer serve on the Earth Defense Committee, but instead be transferred to the joint department for the exploration of the Andromeda system. This was proposed by Lynch, as the commander of the No. 7 forward base at the edge of the solar system, and the important personnel in charge of some material support and base support, he knows a lot about the Andromeda galaxy exploration project.

With the proposal of this plan 20 years ago, the joint exploration fleet of the Earth civilization and the Blue Star civilization has successfully passed the artificial wormhole to the Andromeda galaxy, and what is even more surprising is that the artificial wormhole is extremely stable so far, and it will not cause a change in the timeline in the case of passing through the wormhole, that is to say, the timeline of the two sides connected by the wormhole is in the same position, and there will be no timeline shift.

This is extremely important, because only this determination can guarantee the full implementation of the entire joint exploration program. And the reason why Su Yichen and the others had such a situation at the beginning was that according to this information, it should be that the timeline had been irrevocably shifted when they first passed through the natural wormhole, resulting in the loss of nearly 400 years of time.

And now, the artificial wormhole of the Rand civilization has confirmed that there is no such problem, thus guaranteeing the full implementation of the entire plan. According to the reports of the returning spacecraft personnel, the exploration of the Andromeda galaxy is going very well. The two sides have found a suitable terrestrial planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, that is, near the location of the wormhole, and use this terrestrial planet as a base to explore the depths of the galaxy.

In addition, all the original planets found by the Homeland have also been searched and located, and the joint personnel are conducting a comprehensive investigation of the planet, if possible, this planet may become the first colonized planet in the Andromeda galaxy by the Earth civilization and the Blue Star civilization, but it will take a long time to determine whether to implement this plan, after all, there are too many secrets on this original life planet, especially those strange creatures on the planet and some outrageous ionospheric conditions, These must wait for the scientists to figure it all out before they finally come up with a solution.

Wasting his time on a base was not the life Lynch wanted, and the exploration of the Andromeda galaxy attracted him even more. In addition, as the exploration plan over there gradually unfolds, the manpower and material resources required will be increased. Lynch, a senior officer with both scientific investigation experience and extensive experience as a base commander, is exactly the talent that the joint agency urgently needs, and after Lynch is officially awarded the rank of brigadier general and completes his promotion. He will go to the Andromeda Galaxy to carry out a new mission as a civilization on Earth.

Thinking of this, Lynch's heart boiled, this is the career of a soldier! The anticipation of the future diluted the faint sadness that he was about to leave here, and drank the remaining residual wine in his glass, and Lynch went to bed early to wait for the farewell banquet to be over tomorrow. He's about to set off.

The evening of the second day also marked the end of Lynch's last day as commander of Forward Base 7. The farewell banquet held for him was held in the event space in the center of the base. The officers and soldiers of the entire base, except for the officers on duty and ordinary soldiers, most of the officers and some soldier representatives all attended this banquet, and the well-prepared banquet also made Lynch's heart full of gratitude and touch, and it can be seen that those subordinates have spent a lot of thought in order to see him off.

With excitement, Lynch stepped onto the important stage amid the applause of everyone and thanked everyone. It is also his encouragement and farewell to these familiar and cordial subordinates as a commander.

Lynch's thank-you speech was not long, he only briefly reviewed the years he had spent with everyone, and then thanked and said goodbye to everyone. Finally, to an even louder applause, Lynch raised his hand and announced the start of the feast.

Tonight, Lynch was the center of attention and the protagonist of the banquet. With a glass of wine, he clinked glasses and talked to everyone. As the commander, Lynch can almost call out more than 90% of the people here, and those who are attached to him are reluctant. But he also sincerely congratulated Lynch's subordinates on his ascension, and also took pride and blessings for their commander.

"Your Excellency, I will miss your ......." A young captain who had obviously drunk a little too much said to Lynch with tears in his eyes, looking at this captain, Lynch smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Hi hi! I'm not your Excellency yet, and why do you think about me? In that case, Jenny will be jealous, and I don't want to wait until I return to Earth and be hunted down by Jenny. ”

Lynch's voice just fell. There was a burst of good-natured laughter, and even the captain laughed embarrassedly. Jenny is his fiancée and a technical officer at the base, but she didn't have the opportunity to attend the banquet today because she needs to be on duty.

"Do a good job, and we'll have a chance to continue working together in the future. I will miss the days we spent together, including everyone! Lynch said to the captain in a serious voice, and as he raised his glass to the other young officers around him.

Just as Lynch was saying goodbye, encouraging and comforting everyone one by one, no one noticed that a sergeant suddenly walked in from the door of the venue, and he rushed away quickly, looking around as he went, and when he saw Lynch's position, he quickened his pace.

The sergeant came to Lynch's vicinity, first found Lynch's adjutant, pulled him and whispered something, the adjutant was stunned for a moment, and then asked a rhetorical question, which was quickly affirmed repeatedly. The adjutant told the sergeant to wait, and hurriedly stepped forward to approach Lynch, who was talking to the others, and then whispered a few words in Lynch's ear.

"The message is confirmed?" Lynch was also stunned, but he quickly returned to normal, and his expression became solemn and asked.

"It's certain, there's no going to be wrong." The adjutant pointed to the sergeant.

"Sound the alarm, the base is in a state of emergency!"

"But sir, ...... now." The adjutant didn't expect Lynch to give this order without hesitation, he wanted to tell Lynch about it, just follow the normal regulations, after all, it is Lynch's farewell banquet period, and Lynch will leave tomorrow.

"Nothing, now! Right away! Lynch was categorical, and there was no veto in his eyes, and the adjutant immediately nodded and walked away quickly.

In less than a minute, all music suddenly disappeared from the joyous banquet, replaced by the sirens of a state of emergency. At this time, Lynch had already walked to the front of the stage, and said to the stunned crowd with a serious expression: "State of emergency!" All activities are cancelled immediately and each will be back to work within 10 minutes! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone instantly understood in their astonishment, and replied in unison, and then all the soldiers evacuated in an orderly manner and rushed to the area of their respective posts, as for Lynch, he also left the venue accompanied by the adjutant and the sergeant who had just arrived, and went directly to the command center.

By the time Lynch arrived at the command center, the entire command center was already in place. After Lynch sat down in his seat, an intelligence officer reported the sudden situation to him in detail, and Lynch did not interrupt the other party's narration while listening, but listened quietly, and only after the other party had finished speaking, Lynch asked, "Did you send information to the Pluto base and the earth?" ”

"According to the regulations, it has been sent." The intelligence officer replied.

"How long will it take for the other side to approach our No. 7 Forward Base?"

"According to the speed of the other party, it will take about 3 hours to reach the range of the No. 7 forward base."

"Inform the base fleet to be ready to attack at any time, and the base defense weapons are ready to ...... at any time." Lynch gave the order one by one, and when the order was given, he stood up, walked to the middle, and then motioned for someone to zoom in on the image of the target, and soon a somewhat blurry but still distinguishable image appeared in front of him, looking at the content of the image, Lynch frowned deeply.

In the image, there is a starry sky, and in this starry sky, there are four ships flying in a strange attitude in the direction of the solar system, and according to the direction of the other party's route, the 7th forward base is the first to bear the brunt. These are not the most important things, because the most important thing is the shape of these four spaceships, which can be recognized at a glance by all people of the Earth civilization, especially the military, and in the image these four spaceships with obvious geometric shapes should be the spaceships of the Gaia civilization.

Gaia civilization's spaceship? How did they get here? It has been so many years since the war between the earth civilization and the Gaia civilization ended, although the Gaia civilization was defeated, but as a second-level cosmic civilization, they are still a member of the cosmic civilization, and the victorious earth civilization has been sublimated in the war, although the war between the two civilizations has ended, but the relationship between the two sides has not been very good, although it is no longer the relationship between the previous state of war, but the mutual hostility is still obvious, except for some official bland exchanges, other exchanges are not at all.

But now, in the Oort Nebula, four Gaia civilization spaceships flying towards the solar system have been discovered, and even these four spaceships should be the most powerful Kara-class warships of the Gaia civilization from the appearance of the Oort nebula. Could it be that the Gaian civilization is not willing to accept the defeat of the previous war and try to start another war? That's not right! The other party clearly knew that today's earth civilization had long since changed from what it used to be, how could it be possible to only send four warships over? Aren't they afraid that with the combat power of the No. 7 Advance Base, they can easily take them out in just one turn? (To be continued......)