Jupiter.

Once again, the virtual conference room was full, and as last time, the extra-long conference table belonged to the Chinese side on one side and the international fleet on the other.

Huo Qiang and Hal sat side by side, and the expressions on their faces were as gloomy as the sky where a rainstorm was about to fall.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Ye Han couldn't help but feel a sudden sudden, and a bad premonition couldn't help but gush out from the bottom of his heart.

The captains arrived one after another, not only the fleets near Europa, but also the two battle groups in Ilha Verde Yangzhou, as well as the captains who remained on the battlefield of Callisto.

Callisto is 1.88 million kilometers away from Jupiter and Europa is 670,000 kilometers away from Jupiter, with an orbital altitude difference of 1.21 million kilometers, and the two satellites are not currently in the same direction, and it takes more than five seconds for the conference signal to reach the battlefield.

The delay was annoying, but it was by no means insurmountable, so all the captains of the two fleets, except for the interceptor fleets, sat in this room.

As the master, Huo Qiang said unyieldingly: "General Halsey, have you all arrived?" ”

"It's all there." Halsey nodded.

"Alright, let's have a meeting now!" Huo Qiang slowly stood up, "Comrades, we have done our best, so far, the Fifth Expedition has achieved a phased victory, and it is an unprecedented victory!" ”

Speaking of this, Huo Qiang's voice paused, there should have been applause here, and there should have been cheers here, but everyone invariably chose to be silent.

It's not that they don't want applause, and it's not that they don't want to cheer, but the expression on Huo Qiang's face is too depressed, and the depression of the coming mountain rain makes everyone feel solemn, and they can't applaud, let alone cheer.

Huo Qiang breathed a sigh of relief: "We have indeed won, but don't be carried away by the victory, we have not achieved a decisive victory, our enemies are still strong, they are not far away, it will not take a few days to reach Jupiter, we are now holding the results tightly in our hands, and we will have to give up to the enemy in a few days!" Tell me, are you willing? ”

"Unwilling!" Ye Han instinctively shouted these three words, along with many fleets.

Halsey suddenly looked up at Huo Qiang, and there was already a bit of horror in his eyes.

Huo Qiang didn't seem to see it, or maybe he turned a blind eye, and said to himself: "Yes, I'm not reconciled, but I can't be reconciled, we have received an order to evacuate Jupiter, and we must withdraw Jupiter before the enemy arrives!" ”

Halsey quietly breathed a sigh of relief, he also thought that Huo Qiang wanted to disobey his orders and led the fleet to fight the aliens, almost scaring him out of a myocardial infarction.

Fortunately, the agitated Chinese commander did not lose his mind.

Huo Qiang took a deep breath, and slowly spit it out: "If you can sit here, you can at least command a frigate, the current situation doesn't need me to say, you also know that the entire human race has such a little bit of family money left, if they are all thrown here, there will be no future for human beings......"

Hearing this, everyone's mood sank involuntarily.

Huo Qiang continued: "I can understand the withdrawal, to put it nicely, if the fist is not retracted, it will not be able to hit more powerfully; To put it bluntly, the expeditionary fleet is not an opponent of the enemy, and it must avoid its edge to preserve its strength...... I don't know if you can understand me, but I hope you can figure it out, not only to figure it out, but also to do a good job in the ideological work of the fighters, understand what I mean? ”

"Understood!" The captains of the Chinese side replied in unison, and the captains of the Western ships listened to the thunder one by one, and even if they knew what Huo Qiang meant, they kept their mouths shut.

Huo Qiang said again: "Having said so much, in fact, I can understand, but I can't get over this hurdle in my heart, hehe, forget it, useless nonsense is here, I discussed the evacuation plan with General Halsey, and the preliminary arrangement is like this: all battleships that can fly will fly by themselves; If it can't fly but has maintenance value, it will be towed away by a capable battleship and slowly repaired on the way; There is really no repair value to sink directly into Jupiter, and the battleship must not be left to aliens, even if it is just wreckage! ”

Speaking of this, Huo Qiang glanced at Halsey: "This aspect is mainly the international fleet, it is inconvenient for me to participate, General Halsey, after the meeting, you and your captains will explain the details, how about it?" ”

How is it? Halsey rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that you have said everything that should be said and what should not be said, and you still need to ask me how it is?

But thinking so in his heart, he couldn't say it on his lips, Halsey could only nod like eating a fly: "No problem." Obviously, the identities of the two sides are equal, but if Huo Qiang is allowed to do this, he always feels that he is inferior to Huo Qiang.

Huo Qiang looked at his captain again: "Our mission is to assist the international fleet in evacuating Jupiter, and we also need to hurry up and transfer the materials on the abandoned warship...... General Halsey, do you have anything else to add? ”

Halsey sighed helplessly: "Nuclear fuel must also be transferred, and it is a top priority." ”

Huo Qiang immediately nodded: "This issue is arranged by General Halsey, and our side will cooperate unconditionally." ”

"Okay, then I'm welcome." Halsey finally couldn't help it, stood up and glanced at Huo Qiang, and grabbed the initiative strongly, "My arrangement is like this, the Clifton and Moore are in charge of the Duncan; The Queen, the Bold are in charge of the Boxer; The Roma Impero is in charge of the Republic......"

Halsey's arrangement is very simple, the warships of the international fleet are mainly responsible for transferring supplies, and the Chinese warships are mainly responsible for towing the warships, as for which warship to tow which, Halsey didn't say at all, just used the virtual screen to send the warships that needed to be towed to Huo Qiang, and asked Huo Qiang to watch the arrangement.

Huo Qiang was not polite at all, and arranged two warships for each friendly ship that needed to be towed, and acted synchronously one after the other, so as to avoid accidents in the towing process.

After arranging everything, Huo Qiang said again: "According to the order of the joint command, we must transfer a group of warships to the rear of the break, General Halsey, in view of the situation of your army, I think this task is more appropriate to be assigned to my fleet, you see?" ”

"My fleet can also go to war." Halsey said.

"Yes, indeed." Huo Qiang nodded in agreement, "Then how many warships can you produce?" ”

Halsey was almost stopped by Huo Qiang, although there are still many intact warships in the international fleet, there are many disabled warships that need to be taken care of, and there are really not many warships that can be transferred.

After hesitating for a moment, Halsey held out a finger: "A battle group!" ”