The two sides exchanged military salutes again, and the electronic virtual screen dimmed.

"I order, all the starships of the fleet, remove the energy shield, reduce the output of the main energy furnace by forty percent to start the jump, and at the same time inform all the officers and men of the fleet that this time we are rushing to the front line with great glory, if the war starts, it will be the day when the Shake Light Galaxy returns to the Federation. The starry sky of the Federation is destined to be engraved with our names. Looking at the dimming screen, the fleet commander, whose figure faded into obscurity, issued a deafening military order from his own command seat.

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

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As the staff officers of the fleet command headquarters under the command seat shouted loudly one by one, one by one, the orders were sent out in an orderly manner towards the starships in the starry sky, which had increased their speed to 10,000 km/s.

In the pitch black space, visible to the naked eye, the outer layer of the starship flashed with light blue energy shields and faded one after another, and the entire fleet, if it were not for the lights that the portholes were closing one by one, would be integrated with the entire starry sky.

In order to create a jump point that can pass through the huge 2nd Fleet, the main starship of the entire fleet must contribute nearly one-third of the reserve energy, and the energy shield that can ensure that the starship is not attacked by the energy cannon has to be closed.

This practice is undoubtedly extremely dangerous, especially at the moment of jumping out of the jump point.

If there is an enemy in that area, it will locate the location of the fleet's jump point according to the huge energy response and prepare an ambush in advance, and a salvo may cause heavy losses to the entire fleet.

Obviously, this does not fit the personality of Lieutenant General Qin Luochuan, who has always been known for his prudence.

"General, are we not too aggressive. If the Jeppen people choose to take a gamble, then we," the adjutant of the fleet whispered his own advice.

Fleet Adjutant Colonel Chen Chuanxin can be regarded as Vice Admiral Qin Luochuan's first staff officer in addition to the chief of staff of the fleet, and his thoughts naturally have his reason.

The safest way for the 2nd Fleet would be to go to the natural wormhole 1.5 billion kilometers away, and then reach the wormhole in the center of the Third Domain, where the garrison of the defense station had reconfirmed that everything was safe within a radius of 3 million kilometers in a communication two hours earlier.

Judging from the current maximum speed of about 36 million kilometers per hour for starships in various countries in the starry sky, it will take at least 20 minutes for any fleet to reach the energy cannon attack distance of 400,000 kilometers at full speed, which is enough for the starship that passes through the jump point to re-raise the energy shield.

However, as a result of that choice, the 2nd Fleet would not be able to reach Lafite until 4 days later, and if you take the initiative to jump, you can shorten the time to 2 days, saving at least half the time. Even, if things turn out to be unexpected, the 2nd Fleet can once again make a short jump within the system and reach Rafite directly.

In order not to be detected by the Jeppen reconnaissance ship's huge energy reaction at the jump point, the 2nd Fleet had to place the jump point inside the three-star domain 1.5 billion kilometers away from Lafite.

As Admiral Changsun Hong said, although the 2nd Fleet was dispatched with all its forces, it tried to maintain deterrence as much as possible, rather than really wanting to start a war. There is not much difference between the national strength of the Jeppen Empire and the Federation, and what the Federation is afraid of is the master behind them, the Great Eagle Empire, which is the huge strength of the star field spanning thousands of light years, and compared to them, the Southwest Federation is just the existence of a region for them.

War is only the worst-case scenario. If the Federation really wants to fight with Jeppen, it will not be one fleet of the 2nd Fleet, but at least three.

All choices are still based on the results of the decisive battle of the small-scale army forces invested by the two sides on the planet Rafi.

Judging from the starships arranged by the Jeppen people now, it is obvious that they do not want to enter the war in advance, but there are no absolutes, and this time, it is the Federation that has stirred their nerves.

It's just that between the two countries, is there less such a coming-and-go? The "defection gate" incident that occurred ten years ago led a lieutenant colonel to defect from the Federation as an air pirate was only one of the reasons why the entire federal military was humiliated.

Yes, a federal major general who has been investigated for three generations turned out to be a Jeppen person, which made the federal military top brass lose face, from the beginning of the military affairs chief's initiative to apologize and announce his resignation, the entire federal military blamed the resignation of more than a dozen high-ranking military officials.

However, since then, Changsun Hong, who is known as the federal military's toughest attitude towards the outside world in a century, has also stepped onto the stage of history.

But the Jeppen people, from their current ambitious emperor to the greedy nobles below, cannot be judged by common sense, especially in this extremely sensitive period, and the possibility of their ancestors having a crazy "raid on Fork Harbor" on the Blue Star thousands of years ago cannot be ruled out.

"No, pass on salary, your worries just now are not wrong, but I judge that this battle cannot be fought." Lieutenant General Qin Luochuan stood with his hands in his hands, and confidently explained to his confidant staff officer: "What you see is only my Southwest Federation and Jiepeng, if you look at the starry sky, you will find that the situation between the countries in the starry sky is complicated, and it is not that he Emperor Jiepeng can do whatever he wants. ”

Seeing that Chen Chuanxin was still a little puzzled, Lieutenant General Qin Luochuan smiled faintly: "Although the Human Federation has long existed in name only, and has lost control of the conflict between human countries in the starry sky, it does not mean that the Great Eagle Empire, which has the strongest military strength, can do whatever it wants, and the only people in the Kyushu Alliance who can compete with the Great Eagle Empire have long been enthusiastic about the Great Eagle Empire that has fanned the flames everywhere and caused local wars in the starry sky, especially some young hawk soldiers have long spread all kinds of remarks that they will not hesitate to fight with the Great Eagle Empire, The Great Eagle Empire is also full of contradictions at home, if it intervenes in the war of medium-sized countries like our Southwest Federation and the Jeppen Empire, they are likely to be forced to dispatch regular fleets, then, like a barrel of explosives that has been lit with a fuse, the war in the entire starry sky will break out. Judging by the number of starships in service with the Great Eagle Empire over the years, it is clear that they are not ready for a full-scale war. From what I know of them, they prefer to quietly dismantle their powerful opponents through various conspiracies, so as to make themselves the boss of this starry sky, rather than risk using force.

Five hundred years ago, the Rus' Empire, have you forgotten? Known as the second power in the starry sky, but in the end, the big eagle used the meridian virtual "Silver Heart Exploration Plan" to drag down the domestic economy and trigger a coup d'état, which eventually led to the independent establishment of dozens of regions, and the territory has changed from the once vast 800 light years to only 400 light years now, and even now, it has not completely recovered.

The ambitious emperor of Jeppon seemed to have great ambitions and talents, but in fact, he knew very well in his heart, knowing that without the help of the Great Eagle Empire's fleet, they would be on their own? I'm afraid that I won't get any benefits in the war, and even the whole country will be dragged down, a hundred years ago, if it wasn't for the Great Eagle Empire to replenish their warships and mecha at any cost, they would have been sent back to the surface of the planet by my Southwest Federation to farm. Under such circumstances, it is natural for both sides to contain the situation of war.

For example, in today's situation, a Blowing Snow-class intelligence ship, covering the Tidal-class destroyers to attack the borders of our Federation for a long time, using all kinds of camouflage, is nothing more than trying to capture the super spy of our Federation, and those two Yamato-class battleships that stay at the border seem to be menacing, in my opinion, just to embolden their mecha troops to Rafi. Even, that's for me to see, they don't hesitate to fight, in fact, but the outside is strong and the middle is strong, they really underestimate the chief of my federation. If you want to fight, then fight, the eldest grandson, there is my Chinese ancient style! ”

"The eldest grandson is indeed a tough person。。。。。。 Chen Chuanxin nodded and agreed.

"No, you're wrong, everyone thinks that the eldest grandson is a hawk and has no compromise with the outside world." Qin Luochuan shook his head and sighed: "This time, the super spy who escaped from the Jiepeng Empire and hid in Lafite Star in our Federation is related to the safety intelligence of the national level, and we naturally want to take him back at all costs." But what a horrific event would it be if the Jeppen Imperial warship invaded the border and was known to the people of the Federation? When the time comes, under the high-pressure protests of the people, a political struggle that can endanger the security of our federation will be forced to be staged, and that will be no less than the losses caused by a war. Moreover, I'm sure that the holograms of the two starships of Jeppon Nation infiltrating the territory of our Federation have long been on someone's desk...... Therefore, even if it is a war, the intensity of the war must be controlled within the scope of our control. The eldest grandson can stay in this position, not only because of his toughness, but because of his political wisdom! ”

Chen Chuanxin's face was abrupt, and he also sighed: "It is said that politics is the fig leaf of the country and big people, but the army is the big stick of politics, and this sentence is indeed true." ”

"You're right, but you and I, as soldiers, are serving the country and the nation, and we just don't forget our original intentions." Lieutenant General Qin Luochuan glanced deeply at his confidant staff officer and said lightly. "Admittedly, I ordered the fleet to start the jump and buy two days, but that was to rescue the most promising genius scientist in my Southwest Federation, not because she was the daughter of the chief of the military department."

Obviously, this is a very pure military man and does not want to get involved in higher political battles.

It's just that when you need to stand in line, who can be alone?

The colonel's adjutant didn't see it, and the lieutenant general commander who turned around had a faint melancholy in his eyes!

He, from the moment he issued the military order, finally made a choice without hesitation.

After all, that person is standing in the interests of the entire country and nation.

That was enough for him to make his choice.