Chapter 49: The Last Line of Defense
There are no secrets hidden in the universe, and as long as something happens, it will definitely leave clues. Blue Domain's optical observation technology has been able to observe the details of a planet's surface from light years away, tracing the details of the stories recorded by the light.
Dewey, who had left the Camun fleet, did not immediately return to his base. Instead, the "Old Friend" was piloted into deep space near the Boundary River. This distance was just enough for Dewey to use an optical telescope to observe the battle for Pearl Harbor that took place in the boundary river 10 days ago.
The outer compartment located at the edge of the battleship slowly opened, and this time it was not an airship that was released, but a barrel-shaped optical telescope with a diameter of two airships. Dewey remotely manipulated an airship to adjust the angle of the telescope, and with clear coordinate navigation, the telescope accurately completed the angle adjustment. The lens of the telescope begins to adjust the focal length back and forth after the angle is aligned. The screen of the battleship also presents a blurry picture with the adjustment of the focal length. After Dewey manually adjusted the micro-focus, the picture projected onto the screen gradually became clearer. Silent battle artillery fire is unfolding on the screen the fierce battle of 10 days ago.
Dewey, who had done all this, was about to sit down and watch, when sound and light sirens sounding to detect faster-than-light flight sounded throughout the ship. This made Dewey, who was just about to sit down, jump up quickly, and hurriedly cut off the energy of the whole ship, and the entire battleship and the giant telescope that existed next to it immediately turned off the lights and quietly hid in the vast night.
Outside the battleship, in the cosmic space with night and starlight as the background, a distorted space opened up a high-speed route, moving in the direction of the blue domain, Dewey held his breath, behind this group of moving objects, hundreds of thousands of regiments of routes in an orderly manner, as if they were chasing the previous one.
Under the darkness of the night, Dewey kept watch for eight hours. Dewey knew that this pursuit of the previous and subsequent marches had marked the official break of Pearl Harbor. Now in this interstellar space, except for the defenders of Pearl Harbor, all other combat forces have returned to the home planet. In recent years, the people of the Blue Regions have been invincible, and under the guidance of the idea of attacking and defending, the construction of the so-called defense system is only the Skynet Project and the Pingzu Pass Qianguan Project built at the front-end pass in order to preserve the so-called fruits of victory. However, the rear space, which is truly guaranteed to be free from aggression, has not even been able to establish a set of interstellar celestial body defense systems.
Dewey wanted the army to move forward quickly so that he could successfully get out of the risk of exposure. Dewey didn't want the army to move forward so fast, crossing this space, there would be no natural barriers like the Boundary River, Pingzu Pass, and the Bill Line. In the midst of such contradictions and entanglements, Dewey spent a difficult 8 hours, until he confirmed that the army was far away, and then turned on the telescope and the large screen again, and this time, he did not dare to turn on other energy sources.
On this day, the people of Blue Regions received good news and bad news. The good news is that Gaia's side thoroughly investigated the real enemy forces stationed in Haike Yingzhou and expelled them all. The Gaia-Blue Domain material transportation route is officially opened, and all transport ships will be mobilized in the Gaia region to load all transport, pioneering, and even small warship conversion cabins to the limit, regardless of energy consumption. This is undoubtedly a charcoal in the snow for the blue domain home star that is in an emergency of ecological resources, and at the end of autumn, there is no harvest of grains, with these, at least to survive this winter.
When those "prophets" re-emerged their gambling arguments and prophecies: they had long argued that the defenders of Haike Yingzhou were false paper tigers, but before they could publish the next prophecy: "All the Kamon people are paper tigers", the news of the loss of Pearl Harbor and the destruction of the boundary river was transmitted back to the Blue Domain.
Since taking office, Zhao Yao, who has been in the ship port for half of the time to supervise the construction of ships, finally reluctantly left this bitter cold place and returned to his home planet to do combat deployment after receiving the news.
"Save time, all the information is here, you don't need to report it, I'll give a briefing." Zhao Yao, who hadn't closed his eyes for 2 days, didn't feel sleepy at all after hearing the news of the rout on the front line: "Ship Harbor Star has done its best, and a total of 1,110 warships have been produced in the past 20 days, which is far from enough." Now there are only 5,000 V86 warships, 20,000 comprehensive ships, and 20,000 other small ships. On the enemy side, Wei Ran's last intelligence showed that there were 200,000 warships in Kamon's attack on Pearl Harbor alone. The number of the rear fleet of Carmon is unknown, but it is conservatively estimated at 200,000. In terms of the planetary defense system, with the addition of General Pangu, all the loopholes that have been neglected in recent years have been fixed. In terms of intelligence, Chen Yang, the last intelligence officer to break into the world of Carmon, encountered an accident, and the last intelligence showed that the intention of the Carmon people this time was obvious, not in Gaia but in the Blue Domain. In terms of ecology, the latest supplies will ensure that we survive this winter, but it is still unknown what the ecology will be restored to next spring. That's the situation, do you have anything to add? ”
"Combat power is one thing, and public opinion is another. We can't guarantee to win, but we're sure to fight to the death. I am afraid that the public will not be able to support it, and the internal chaos will be the first. ”
"For the rout of the boundary river, the people of the Blue Regions are fully mentally prepared. But at that time, the enemy had not really come to the doorstep after all. Judging by the current signs, there are already those who advocate peace talks. The situation that General Pangu said is also my concern. "The newly appointed chairman of the human resources board of directors who replaced Zhao Yao was Zhao Yao's original subordinate Le Peng, and before he could continue to speak, Yuan Fengying grabbed the handle.
"If that happens, the main reason is not only war but also ecology. We won't be able to last long, unless the supply chain on the Gaia side continues. But who can guarantee anything after a real war? ”
"Gaia has done everything they can, and as for what the Principle Director is worried about, I don't think Gaia will commit much. Let's strengthen ourselves. Pangu understood what Yuan Fengying meant, but to keep the course of supplies needed to disperse a large number of troops, and this time he couldn't let this chairman meet him.
"If we negotiate, what leverage do we have?"
Lan Yongxu's words made everyone's eyes immediately focus on him.
"Gaia. With 8 bombs tied, the Kamon people hit us, and we blew up Gaia, how? ”
"Hehe, another newborn calf. It is well documented that the Kamon people have been dying for more than 600,000 years. Do you think he would give up a chance to destroy the enemy for the sake of a Gaia? ”
"And how did Hyde do that?" Zhao Yao's rhetorical question was unexpected by Pangu. I can only sit upright and answer cautiously.
"General Hyde. When he proposed negotiations, it was when Blue Domain and Carmon had been fighting for many years, and there was not much difference in the strength of the two sides. Now, most of the good ships in the Blue Domain have been snatched by Carmon. Do you think that the Kamon people will still agree to negotiate? Taking a step back, even if they agree to negotiate, they are proposing conditions that are absolutely unacceptable to us. Pangu stood up and looked around: "Think about it yourself, use Gaia as a bargaining chip to negotiate, or if we lose Gaia, with the current state of the Blue Domain, will we still have any hope of living?" Gaia, it's a hole card, not a chip! ”
After Pangu finished speaking, he immediately took the case and left.
Outside Turner, with a broken arm, Turner returned, this time staring at the stars as he had done a century ago. "A century ago, this was a barren planet with no name, only a string of numbers. With you, there is the glory of this planet. Chu Tiankuo and the old man stood side by side, staring at the night sky outside the stars, and from there, the largest planet was also 1 light-year away.
"Hehe, this may be fate. Now that it's back here, the so-called glory is mostly just a boast of future generations. ”
"You don't have to be so modest, it's not certain whether there will be descendants to sing it in the future. The people of the Blue Domain, hehe, shout every day to learn from history, it seems that if the lessons of history want to teach these people, the blood shed before is far from enough. ”
"Oh? And what did you learn from the history of that war? ”
"It is clear that it is simply impossible to win a long-range interstellar war. No matter what others think, I'm optimistic about this war. Back then, the Kamon people also came here across the stars with a mighty army. Aren't they arrogant and suffering because they ignore the existence of this little Turner star? ”
Chu Tiankuo's words triggered Turner's contemplation. A century ago, when he proposed to build a defensive cannon on this planet, he was laughed at by everyone.
"You said that you were also a young master back then, how could you use all the money to repair a broken cannon barrel. Not only do I can't understand this, but all the people in the Blue Regions can't understand it. ”
Turner lowered his head and smiled, that hatred, that state of mind, how many people can understand. He didn't want to explain, but continued to look at the night sky, as he had been decades ago, watching over those who had set out from here but never returned, watching for a false dream for the rest of his life.
Chu Tiankuo guessed that this must be a touching story, but Turner was reluctant to say that this legend was also buried in the torrent of time. Before Chu Tiankuo could continue to unearth the story, under the darkness of the night, a message had already come from the Distorted Time and Space Monitor.
"All on alert, missiles loaded."
Under Turner's orders, the few remaining battleships assembled and pointed the ammunition ports in the same direction.
As the light of the voyage pierced the void, the communication signal of the Nuwa was immediately transmitted to the receiver. This scarred battleship made everyone who greeted it feel that it was a miracle that it was able to sail back.
In wartime, navigation control, even if the battleship is about to explode, it will not be allowed to cut directly into the channel and enter the shipport for repair. Turner and Chu Tiankuo repeatedly confirmed that there were no pursuers after the battleship, so they allowed the Nuwa, who had returned from the front line, to make a forced landing on Turner Star surrounded by 6 warships.
"The Confederate expeditionary force is all killed, and the pursuing army of Carmon is behind me."
As soon as the hatch opened, Wei Ran was busy repeating the message that had been repeated hundreds of times. The war has swept away the immaturity of this young face, but the panic has not disappeared because of the vicissitudes of life.
"Chief of Staff Wei Ran, the information you have sent one after another has bought a lot of time for the home planet. Your perseverance in Pearl Harbor has unexpectedly exceeded everyone's expectations. You're tired, so take a break. ”
"You're General Turner?" Wei Ran couldn't believe that in front of him, this old man with a broken arm actually appeared on Turner Star again.
"Yes, General Pangu is here too. and Chu Tiankuo. ”
Wei Ran's gaze moved along Turner's arm to the man who was slightly older than himself but also younger, but the surprise and relief on his expression was replaced by a wave of uncertainty, as if he hesitated again before speaking again.
"General Chu's name is also admired for a long time, but you shouldn't have resigned as the general of Pingzu Guan so irresponsibly at that time."