"Stand upright!"

In the Hanjing spaceport, the Zhonghua that had just been overhauled was urgently lifted into the air, and not long after, Qin Baijiang, the commander of the rescue operation, came to the spaceport by flying car, and the soldiers saluted one after another.

Qin Baijiang did not delay, and after returning the salute, he directly stepped on the anti-gravity magnetic levitation circle and ascended to the battleship.

"Hello Your Excellency, Commander!"

The wisdom brain of the Zhonghua, the upgraded 'Zhonghua' appeared in a virtual appearance, and when it saw Qin Baijiang inserting the token representing the authorization into the captain's slot of the battleship, it reported, "Your Excellency Commander, the starry sky coordinates transmitted back by the Hummingbird 3 have been entered, and all the officers and men of the fleet are in place, please instruct." ”

Qin Baijiang: "China, how long does it take to start the transition system?" ”

"The transition system is already in the warm-up, and it can be started in 15 minutes, and the whole transition process does not take more than 1 hour. ”

"Hmm. Make the jump as planned. ”

Qin Baijiang then opened the communication channel of the whole ship and lectured to the more than 10,000 officers and men on the Zhonghua, "Ladies and gentlemen, according to Your Majesty's order, I will lead you to the target star field to rescue our patrol ship.

Not abandoning any team is the glorious tradition of our emperor.

I hope that this time we will be able to rescue those soldiers.

I hope that no matter how big or small the battle is, we can be 100 percent engaged.

I'm done talking, so let's get ready for the jump. ”

In a few simple words, Qin Baijiang began to immerse himself in studying the charts of the target star field, and listened to the latest situation about Hummingbird 3 from time to time.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the Zhonghua's jump system had been warmed up.

"Jump countdown, 10, 9...... 2. Launch! ”

As Zhi Brain ordered according to the set program, the transition system was completely turned on, and the bow position of the Zhonghua began to gather super bright light that exceeded the brightness of several suns.

The space seemed to be torn apart, and a swarthy wormhole loomed in the huge bright light, which was a temporary wormhole opened by the ship's free jump system.

"Whoosh......"

A burst of white light flashed, and the entire battleship of the Zhonghua burrowed into the wormhole, and after the next dozens of minutes of voyage, it would arrive at the M33N25P69 star field.

At this time, the Space Command, Sun Xiwu was deploying military defense with Jiang Baili, Dai Anlan and others.

"The fact that the enemy's research ship was able to pass through the Lost Star Domain safely this time proves that a safe route has been discovered.

From now on, our focus will change from the Trident galaxy to this direction.

According to His Majesty's order, the Zhonghua, which arrived at the rescue in advance, will stay there and set up a space jump gate.

However, this time will take about 3~5 months. ”

Jiang Baili took the overall situation into account and continued, "In the past few months, we can only do our best to mobilize warships and materials to deploy defense.

From the long-range scan images, Zhi Brain roughly drew the location of this safe route, but, unlike the Trident Galaxy, this time we lacked a natural fortress and had to form a strong mobile defense line with a powerful fleet. ”

Sun Xiwu also said, "The enemy's scientific research ship has just appeared, and according to what we know about the Lost Star Domain, this voyage will not be completed in two or three months. In other words, we have at least a few months to respond.

Of course, it is not excluded that the enemy has some small support fleet behind this research ship, but certainly not a large one.

We mobilized 31 battleships, 9 cruisers, 10 transports, a total of 40 large combat ships. It should be enough to deal with the situation in the early stages. ”

Dai Anlan was about to speak, but saw a communication from the palace come in.

Zhang Shusheng appeared on the virtual 3D screen and said, "It has just been ascertained that this scientific research ship belongs to the Principality of Cork. The Duchy of Ranke is a country that has just been promoted to a second-level civilization, and it is very aggressive.

The Principality of Ranke has a total of 13 life planets and more than 30 mineral planets, and its overall strength is relatively strong.

In terms of fleets, the Duchy of Ranke had three standing fleets.

Duchy Guards, Duchy First Fleet, Duchy Second Fleet. ”

After a slight pause, he continued, "However, thankfully, in addition to the relatively strong Guards Fleet, the number of battleships in the First Fleet is only 100, and the number of battleships in the Second Fleet is 65.

We're not under a lot of pressure yet. ”

"Your Majesty means that since the Duchy of Ranke is rich in aggression, it also has many enemies. Those enemies will hold back some of its power. ”

Dai Anlan said.

"Yes, among the dozen or so first-level civilizations adjacent to the Principality of Ranke, there are two countries at the peak of first-level civilizations. These two countries at the pinnacle of the first level of civilization formed an alliance with two fleets.

It was these two fleets that dragged the First Fleet of the Duchy of Ranke alive.

Their Guards Fleet was even more afraid to use it wantonly, firstly to protect the imperial power, and secondly, to defend against the Seventh Fleet of the Longshan Empire. ”

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile.

Although the Longshan Empire is domineering, it has reflected its benefits at this time, making enemies everywhere, and a nascent second-level civilization like the Principality of Ranke has been dragged to death by a mere fleet.

A fleet of the Longshan Empire has more than 400 battleships, in comparison, judging from the news that Zhang Shusheng found on the virtual network, on the bright side, the Guards Fleet of the Principality of Ranke only has more than 250 battleships, not to mention other combat ships, the battleships alone are a big difference, and it would be good to be able to defend.

"Great, this way, the enemy will use the Second Fleet to fight us at most."

Sun Xiwu said with a smile.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, "In a huge country, the transfer of the fleet is a cumbersome matter, however, we can't take it lightly, but we must knock it out a little bit, we knock it out a little."

This time the battle is unlikely to end in a few months, so I specially arranged for a two-way jump gate.

In this way, we will wait for our work at ease, and not wait for the enemy to do the tactics of adding fuel to the ......"

According to Zhang Bing's estimate, it will take about 2 months to reach the M33N25P69 star field from the Principality of Ranke, and the Principality of Ranke can easily calculate that the time for the Chinese Empire to arrive at the M33N25P69 star field from the main base will be about a little more than 1 month.

The purpose of laying the jump gate at any cost is to ensure the maximum supply, and to repair the battle damage at any time.

This kind of interstellar guerrilla warfare not only requires the Zhonghua and the reinforced G-class battleships produced by the Heijia Empire as the main force, but also has a skillful and flexible command.

Don't hit the enemy too hard at once, so that the next time the enemy will come with a large number of soldiers.

It should not be too weak, as it would not have the purpose of luring and destroying the enemy.

So, after getting the latest news provided by Zhang Shusheng, the Military Affairs Yuan began to revise the battle plan again, and everything was based on the interstellar jump gate that His Majesty personally authorized the deployment of the secret troops.

At the same time, the planetary defense units under the command of the Space Command under Chen Jun have also been ordered to fully activate the main planetary defense guns of each planet and the defensive guns hidden on some meteorites and satellites to prevent accidents.

Although Zhang Shusheng left a small fleet of five battleships and five cruisers in the Trident system, and an identical fleet on Earth, the planetary defense system is still very useful in the face of small-scale disturbances.

Of course, a fleet dares to fight with the shore defense artillery, but if it is only a dozen ships, if they dare to try their luck by touching the earth, the thousands of planetary defense main guns are enough to give them a hearty salvo.

Defensive artillery is dead, so although it is powerful, it is not expensive, unlike mobile turrets like battleships, which are expensive to death, Zhang Shusheng laid a large number in one go.

Just when the Military Affairs Institute was in full swing to mobilize the army and lay out defenses, Hummingbird 3 was almost cornered.

"Captain, we have about 50 minutes left to get into the effective range of the other side."

Radar soldier Chen Fengliang shouted loudly, interrupting Donnie Yen's train of thought.

"Hmm."

The entire patrol ship was immersed in a sense of sorrow before the heroic death.

Chen Fengliang kept staring at the radar, and could only dictate his suicide note.

"Captain, did you write yours?"

Chen Fengliang asked more.

"Write? What to write. Talkative. ”

Donnie Yen murdered him, then turned his back to look at the chart, as if talking to himself, "Your sister-in-law said that the patrol ship is small, and once you encounter a situation, you can't run away, you can't beat it, and even she has the consciousness of being cannon fodder." She will memorize my suicide note. ”

Although Donnie Yen's tone seemed to be full of indifference, Chen Fengliang felt a little blocked, yes, although the patrol ship is also a space force, its firepower is weak, it runs slowly, and it can only be cannon fodder when it encounters a situation.

"Don't think too much about it, if it weren't for our cannon fodder, maybe the enemy would touch our door in one go, and a few shots would go down and destroy your kid's hometown."

Donnie Yen scolded with a smile, Chen Fengliang also smiled, and didn't think about it anymore, anyway, he would be accompanied by more than a dozen good brothers when he died.

Driven by the two of them, the atmosphere on the patrol ship that is not too big is also much more lively, and everyone has plans for the worst, and they don't worry too much about their families, anyway, there is a country that will take care of them.

Until, a tick sounded.

"Captain, communications from Space Command."

Donnie Yen was stunned for a moment, and then connected to the communication.

Just at the first glance, he was taken aback, and the whole person didn't say a word, and immediately stood upright, "Jiang Youxiang, Commander-in-Chief Sun, Commander Dai!" Hummingbird 3 reports to you. ”

"Haha, you kid, you are all pregnant with the heart of death, give us this set. Is there a complaint, saying that we treat you as cannon fodder and leave you alone? ”

Jiang Baili said with a smile.

"Report, no."

Donnie Yen Khan said.

Jiang Baili didn't talk nonsense, and said, "Well, whether you have it or not, you have all made meritorious contributions this time, and besides, you still have the life to come back alive to receive a rich reward."

Your Majesty has already said, titles, land, small ships, large ships, islands, you can choose. You dozen boys, you earned it this time. ”

Donnie Yen was stunned, this, what's going on, the enemy is close at hand, and he hasn't received a support ship nearby.

I only heard Jiang Baili say, "You guys get ready, the Zhonghua has activated the free jump system, and it will arrive at the M33N25P68 star field 100,000 kilometers away from you in about 10 minutes."

You have been rescued. ”

It wasn't until Donnie Yen hung up the communication, and in the cheers of more than a dozen soldiers, that he completely believed that the empire actually used the flagship of His Majesty the Emperor in order to save them, and started a free leap thousands of kilometers away.

(To be continued)