Chapter 642: Nova Preparations
"Is the message exact?" Inside the Supreme Fortress of Xandar Planet, a white-haired noble old woman asked a Nova officer in front of her.
As one of the important thugs of the Xia Empire, the Nova Empire inherits the traditions of the Xia Empire very well, and the supreme ruler is also a woman, that is, this old woman...... Nova Supreme Adora.
At this time, the Nova officer standing opposite her was the leader of the Nova Legion, the contemporary Nova Richard Ryder, who was also the strongest in the Nova Empire, and the strength of the ninth-level peak like Bradat Emperor Ma Pu Doufu was enough for him to leave a prestige in the relatively weak Northern Galaxy.
However, at this time, the supreme leaders of the two Nova Empires were full of worries.
"Quite exactly, for which we paid the cost of the lives of several intelligence officers." Richard Ryder's voice was a little muffled.
They were talking about Ronan's imminent invasion.
Chris can know that the invasion of the Kree Empire is coming, and it is naturally impossible for the Nova Empire, which has been fighting with the Kree Empire for thousands of years, not to get relevant information...... For thousands of years, God knows how many spies these two civilizations have stuffed into each other, anyway, there are countless races in a universe empire like them, and it is not too easy to plant spies, especially in the past ten years, because of the civil war in the Cree Empire, Nova has taken this opportunity to plant a large number of spies on Cree.
It's just that compared to Mengsk, who has no stake and has a good position within the Cree Empire, the spies of the Nova Empire have a slightly lower status in the Cree Empire, and the news they deliver is also slower, so they get the news a day later than Chris.
"They are all heroes of the rising stars, and history will remember them. How's the troop gathering going? How many more soldiers do we have? Adora sighed, then asked...... Nova didn't get the news early, but fortunately, they had already started to gather their forces in advance, so they wouldn't be too flustered at this time.
Yes, contrary to Chris's thoughts, the Nova Empire's gathering of forces was not actually due to Ronan's invasion, but as early as the first time he got the news of the civil strife in the Xia Empire.
"The forces are steadily being massed, and at the same time, the various legions are actively building defensive lines, but the total number of troops is only two-thirds of the original, and the rest have been taken away by Malik!" Richard's tone was full of helplessness.
Malik in his mouth, his full name is Malik Tozeur. He is the second strongest person in the Nova Empire and the number two in the Nova Legion, and his strength is on par with Richard.
It wasn't Richard, let alone Queen Adora, who gave the order to the Nova Legion to gather troops before, but this Malik Tozeur.
The reason why he is the second person of the Nova Legion, but he can bypass Adora and Richard to give orders to the entire legion, is because this Malik is not a Sandar man, but a Xia man.
The fact is that although the real Nova Empire is not weak, it is actually not at all capable of fighting against the Kree Empire, especially since this fight is still thousands of years.
And this can be done precisely because within the Nova Legion, at least one-third of the troops are actually all active soldiers of the Xia Empire, and when they take off the military uniform of the Xia Empire, they become the elite of the Nova Empire as soon as they turn their heads, and even the main warships of the fleet of the Nova Empire are basically provided by Xia.
This matter of stealing beams and changing pillars is not only done by the countries on the earth, but also by other civilizations in the universe.
The Kree Empire is naturally well aware of this, but as long as Xia and Nova don't admit it, it can't do anything at all.
Malik Tozeur, the leader of this part of the Shea soldiers, is also a pure-blooded Shea nobleman...... As one of the three major empires, although the population of the Xia Empire is as high as 100 billion, as a super empire that has blended tens of thousands of civilizations, the pure-blooded Xi'a people, as the main body of the nation and the ruling class, actually only account for less than 1% of the total population, so every pure-blood Xi'a person belongs to the human being in the Xi'a Empire, let alone a nobleman?
So even if Malik is only a viscount with a low title, it is conceivable what kind of transcendent status such a nobleman from the kingdom and the military power can have in the new star.
However, under normal circumstances, this Viscount Malik is also obedient, and will not use his privileges to challenge the authority of Queen Adora and Richard, the number one, and fight for the interests of the Nova Empire...... After all, in a way, the interests of the new star are the interests of Xia.
But now the situation is different, after learning the news of the rebellion in Xia, Viscount Malik, who is extremely loyal to the queen of Xia, directly issued a military order to the legion without informing Adora and Richard, preparing to gather troops and respond to the queen's call to return to Xia to quell the rebellion.
Even the two masters of Adora and Richard didn't react to the transfer of the Nova Legion at the first time, let alone Chris, an outsider? So the misunderstanding naturally arises.
If it weren't even for the officers who received the order to confirm to Richard out of doubt, maybe the entire Nova Legion would have been packed up and taken away by Malik...... In an attempt to stop Malik from doing so, Richard almost didn't fight him.
In the end, Malik still took the third of the Xia soldiers, neither Richard nor Adora could do anything about this, not to mention that those Xia soldiers only obeyed Malik's orders, even if they did Malik and forcibly left these troops, those Xia soldiers would only become time bombs in the army, it was better to let them go.
It's just that as soon as the one-third of the troops belonging to Xia are withdrawn, the entire territory of the Nova Empire, especially the forward defense line facing the Zerg and the Kree Empire, will naturally become a sieve...... In this case, no matter how unwilling Adora and Richard were, they could only continue to follow Malik's orders, gather the remaining forces, abandon a large number of originally occupied territories and some inconsequential subordinate civilizations, and try to re-establish a new military front in the core area.
However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and it was at this time that the news that Ronan was about to lead the troops to invade came again, how could Adora, the queen, not be anxious?
"With only the remaining forces, how long can you stop Ronan?" After a long silence, Adora spoke.
She didn't foolishly ask Richard if he could repel Ronan's invasion, because that was impossible...... Without the support of the Xia Empire, none of the new stars are stronger than Kerry in terms of military technology, soldier quality, number of strong men, etc., and they are only one-fifth of the opponent's strength in terms of troops, let alone any treasures such as Infinity Stones.
With such a huge disparity, how can you win? Cosmic warfare is fought with hard power, and all kinds of tactics cannot be said to be useless, but in the case of not opening up, and only when the hard power of the two sides is not much different, it is possible to become the key to turning the tide of the war.
So this time the Nova Legion has no chance of winning, and there is only a question of how long it can be stopped.
"If you don't count the sacrifices...... One month. There was a long silence before Richard replied.
"It's only a month...... "Adora smiled bitterly, "Go ahead and do what you have to do......"
Richard didn't speak, just solemnly saluted Adora, and then turned away without hesitation.
Looking at his departing back, Adora let out a long sigh, if there were no accidents, this would be the last time the two would meet.
Not long after Richard left, Adora saw Roman Day rush in.
"What's so urgent? Roman," Adora asked, frowning.
"Oh no, Supreme, just now, the earthlings' missions all left without any notice!" Romand said with some anxiety.
“…… I know! Anything else? After listening to Romande's report, Adora said expressionlessly.
"This ...... Without! Seeing Adora so calm, Roman was very surprised, but he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Aren't you surprised by my attitude?" Adora suddenly sighed and asked.
"Uh...... No, I made a fuss!" Roman shook his head, it was true, about Malik, who had just happened, as a senior member of the emerging legion, he naturally knew about it...... Now that I think about it, my front foot wants to form an alliance with the earth to deal with the Zerg, and now the back foot has let go of the defense line against the Zerg, and it seems normal for the Earth Mission to say goodbye without saying goodbye, just now he was just a little anxious for a while and forgot about this, "It's just the reason for this matter, should we explain it to the Earth side?" ”
"Explain? Did it work? Adora shook her head and said, "You don't know yet, do you?" Ronan's fleet is already on its way. ”
"What?" Hearing Adora's words, Roman couldn't help but be shocked.
After Richard obtained the relevant information, he did not spread it without authorization, and came to report to Adora as soon as possible, and he had just left not long ago. And although Roman is also a senior member of the Nova Legion, he is semi-civilian, and is more responsible for some diplomatic and logistical work, and he happened to be staggered with Richard when he first came, and he didn't know the news for the time being, so he was so surprised.
But now that he knew the news, he knew why Adora replied that there was no need to explain it to the earthlings.
Without the Kerry invasion, then even if Malik had taken a third of Nova's troops, the remaining army would still have enough power to fill the defences against the Zerg that had been released. In this case, the nova, which has always been known for its "reasonable justice", will naturally have no problem if it goes back and explains it to the earth.
But now that the Kree Empire is invading, it is not only impossible for the forces of Nova to fill the gaps in the defense of the Zerg Star Domain, but they must also withdraw all the remaining troops...... This means that the earthlings have to rely on themselves to resist the imminent invasion of the Zerg.
In the eyes of the top management of the vast majority of the Nova Legion, including Romande, with the strength of the earthlings themselves, it is estimated that they will already burn high incense if they are not destroyed by the Zerg...... In this case, what is the point of the nova not explaining to Earth?
So by this time, Romande had already left the Earth Mission behind, leaving only the fear of Kerry's invasion.
"In this war, we are more than lucky." Seeing that Roman understood, Adora continued, "Richard will do everything he can to hold Ronan back, and all we have to do is keep the Nova fire as much as possible. ”
"Supreme, tell me, what do you need me to do!" Roman said with a solemn expression.
"Then I will issue a war mobilization order, forcibly conscript all non-military ships to form a fleet, let the civilians evacuate in three directions, and Ilani will lead a fleet to Xia to find Malik and join Her Majesty Empress Lilandlin, although Xia is divided, but Empress Lilandlin still occupies half of Xia, enough to shelter our people." Adora paused, then continued, "But we can't put all our eggs in one basket, so I want you to lead another part of your people to Duke Gordonbamm!" ”
This is...... Betting on both sides? Your Excellency is worthy of the Supreme ...... Wait" But you just said that there are three directions to evacuate? ”
"Yes, the last fleet is the largest...... I'll arrange for them to be led by Jesse and migrate beyond the galaxy. Adora sighed.
"Extragalactic?" Romand's eyes widened, "You're sending them to their deaths!" ”
There is no doubt that Adora meant to migrate across large galaxies, and this is no joke, because even the closest to the Milky Way, the Great Magellanic Galaxy, home to the Cree, is 160,000 light-years away.
What is the concept of 160,000 light years? The longest diameter of the Milky Way is only 180,000 light-years. In the absence of a stargate, even the most advanced faster-than-light spacecraft with Nova would have to fly for tens of thousands of years.
"If you don't do this, do you think that with Ronan's character, you will let go of the other two?" Adora said with a cold face, it's not that she's ruthless, but that's the case, if this time Kerry is leading the army with other Kerry generals, she wouldn't have to do the same, but this time it's Ronan who is eager to wipe out the Nova Dead Clan. If she only arranges for civilians to evacuate in the direction of Xia, then with Ronan's character, 10,000 percent will send all her troops to intercept it.
Therefore, only by minimizing the size of the two fleets heading to Xia and using more civilians to attract Ronan's attention can we ensure their successful evacuation to the greatest extent.
In order to preserve the flame of the new star, Adora did not hesitate.
"As you wish......" Roman also understood the meaning of Adora's doing, although it was difficult to accept, but there was no better way.
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Cris, who has already set out on his way home, doesn't know what happened to Nova, but if he did, he would definitely give Adora a big medal.
Because of the location of the Nova Empire, if it wants to migrate outside the galaxy, the closest direction is exactly the direction where the Star Alliance is located, that is to say, this civilian fleet that is sacrificed as bait will almost 100% pass through the Star Alliance's control star field.
What is it? This is a free door-to-door population welfare......