Chapter 19: The Way Home
After Mo Ran came to the bridge, he contacted Wanliu. "How's it going?" Wanliu asked, letting the fleet move closer to another star system. "It's been solved." Mo Ran whispered. At this time, he really missed the Killing Palace, and if the Killing Hall was here, it wouldn't be so troublesome to deal with those employers. "Is Blue Butterfly there?" Mo Ran asked.
"What, miss me?" The figure of the blue butterfly soon appeared beside Wanliu, which made Mo Ran smile a little helplessly.
"Is there any way you can help me investigate these people?" The only thing Mo Ran could think of at this time was Blue Butterfly, and with Blue Butterfly's ability, it didn't seem very difficult to investigate some unimportant Protossmen. As he spoke, Mo Ran sent the information to Blue Butterfly about the employers that the captain had given him before.
"No problem, it's not difficult to see the mountains." After receiving the message, Blue Butterfly turned off the communication.
"What happened?" Ordinary things Mo Ran will not let Blue Butterfly investigate, if it happens, it can only be Mo Ran who has something to do here.
"Nothing." Mo Ran smiled and said that he just wanted to do business with these people.
Wanliu frowned slightly, then nodded. "If you need help, let me know." Wanliu heard Mo Ran's extraneous meaning, so she didn't ask more.
Mo Ran nodded. "By the way, has Elwin discovered a new undead starport?" Now that the matter has been handed over to Blue Butterfly, Mo Ran's mind is to return to this mission. "It's only been a long time since you've been away, Elwin is still moving towards the designated star system, if you were faster, you could catch up with her." Wanliu couldn't help but be helpless, he went to find the signal source this time, and it was only a little more than a day before and after, Erwin didn't go far at all, and a single jump could catch up with Erwin's fleet.
Mo Ran nodded. "If I find a new starport, I'll tell you right away." Moran whispered, then turned off the communication and asked the lieutenant to set a course to Erwin's fleet.
After Mo Ran arranged for the captain and them to enter the dormant chamber, he also returned to Alexia's battleship. Erwin searched the remaining locations and found nothing new. So far, they've only found a small starport of three undead people.
With mental calculation and unintentional circumstances, Mo Ran and the others almost had any difficulty in taking down the three small starports, and before the undead clan's support arrived, they moved towards the seventh star sector.
And the undead clan also roughly judged the size of Mo Ran's fleet from the wreckage left behind in several battlefields, and arranged a large number of space-class warship formations on their way to the seventh star region. They didn't have the idea of using the long-range warships, as long as the space-class warships sent out could delay the Moran fleet, the undead fleet that would then move in would be able to encircle and annihilate the fleet that dared to break into their hinterland.
Originally, Mo Ran's idea was to rush over as quickly as possible and deal with all the enemies that stood in his way before the undead could react, but Wanliu disagreed. "If we do this, we will suffer heavy losses, maybe it will be easier to break through the first two or three layers of defense, but the undead fleet that reacts will make more arrangements or traps on our way back." Wanliu whispered. "If we get trapped, we will also be very disadvantaged."
"What then? I can't go back! Mo Ran said in a deep voice. The reason why there is such a hurry is also due to the fact that a lot of supplies for the fleet have been used, especially in terms of ammunition. The ammunition of the undead is not common to the Protoss, and although there are supply ships to provide energy, the energy received from the three starports is pitiful. At the same time, they also got some clues from the consoles of the three starports. But the badly damaged control room needed better technology and resources to get more information.
"That's probably a good idea." Wanliu whispered. Hearing Wanliu's words, Mo Ran was stunned and a little puzzled.
"If we keep breaking through now, we can only break through the three lines of defense of the undead at most, and then we will be surrounded by the superior undead fleet. Even if we bypass these lines, the increased distance will greatly increase our odds of being discovered. But what if we go deep into the undead? "Wanliu analyzed." According to the results we have now, the undead have arranged a large number of fleets near the border, and most likely all fleets, without the containment of those long-range warships, we can move around within the undead. ”
"But food and energy ......," Moran said of the most fundamental issue.
"Let all the flight fighters go to sleep, and we are now operating with the lowest energy consumption. Towards the interior of the undead. If we make a big enough fuss, the undead fleet on the front will have to send a fleet back to defend it, and we will have more chances at that time. Wanliu analyzed carefully. However, she did not mention the danger of this plan, if it was within the undead clan, as long as they moved some starports or energy supply points, they would be very constrained without energy. They even had to stay in some star systems to collect resources, and then they were very passive. Moreover, marching with minimal attrition, if they encounter a formation of undead warships, they will have no choice but to escape.
It's just that Wanliu said this plan only to convince Cassos and Erwin that they would have a way, not to be pessimistic.
Mo Ran shook his head slightly. "If we do this, we will encounter a fleet made of the undead in the future, and it will be difficult for our ammunition to keep us fighting until we return." Moran didn't want to deceive Khassos and Erwin. He now has to explain the situation. "If we use the resources we have left now to break through and ask General Nohack for help, I think we still have a chance to escape. And if you go deep into the territory of the undead, it will really be dangerous in the end. ”
This is the first time that Wanliu and Mo Ran have different opinions. "There will be a lot of sacrifices after that." Wanliu whispered. Of course, she had considered this, and had even calculated how to break through the defenses of the undead clan above the fifth layer, but in the end, no more than a quarter of the fleet could go back. In other words, even the space-class battleship can only escape back to the battle damage of one. And the battleships could be wiped out.
"I think you should have a better way." Mo Ran looked at Wanliu and said with a smile, he also knew that the worst way was to directly break through the blockade of the undead clan, but if he went deep into the hinterland of the undead clan, Mo Ran would not see any hope.
"If we sneak through the loophole between the undead rooms, we may be able to minimize the damage, but we must not use the Jump." Wanliu whispered, this method is very risky, that is, to let their fleet be outside the vision of the undead, and use the loopholes in the undead defense line to intersperse back to the seventh star sector. If they are migratory, gravitational fluctuations will cause the undead to spot them quickly. This requires their probes to be the first to discover the movements of the undead fleet, and then to control them delicately.
"Then use it this way!" Mo Ran thought for a moment and answered. "I'll use the detector to detect the movements of those undead fleets in front."
"Hmm." Wanliu didn't say anything more this time, as long as Mo Ran decided something, she would not object to it anymore, and would only use the best way to complete it.
The Seventh Star Region is a very vast area, and even if there are many warships of the undead clan, it is impossible to arrange patrol fleets in all places, and the way to stay is to take advantage of the loopholes in the patrol of those fleets to complete this almost impossible task.
After assigning the task, Mo Ran also sent a message for help to the distant General Nohak, but he did not have a detailed location for General Nohack to choose, so he could only give a large area.
And Mo Ran soon received a reply from General Nohak, he would pay attention to the movements of the undead, and dispatch the fleet at the appropriate time to put pressure on the undead warship.
After receiving General Norhak's reply, Mo Ran's side also took action. Because the detector range of the Littoral class battleship is the farthest detection range that can be observed by the space-class battleship, Mo Ran is leading Alexia's space-class battleship to fly at the front of the fleet. And Wanliu had the fleet in a tight formation, three light-years behind the battleship of Moran. If anything happens at this distance, you can quickly jump, you can escape, and you can also quickly support.
On the other side, Ye Hua also returned to the Fifth Star Region after dozens of days of flight, and the spaceship flew directly to the Yuanhang-class battleship that came to greet him. Ye Hua woke up from his sleep and looked around.
"Commander, you're awake." Ye Hua, the commander of this Yuanhang-class battleship, didn't know him, but he still called him commander. Obviously, Ye Hua now has an absolute status in the Fifth Star Zone.
Ye Hua glanced at the commander, then nodded. After a little movement, Ye Hua walked down from the spaceship, shook his left hand, and after finding that there was no big problem, he looked at the commander of the battleship standing next to him. "Has there been any movement from the undead lately?" He asked in a low voice.
"No, there hasn't been any movement on the Undead side since the previous attacks." The commander replied. Ye Hua nodded, but his brows furrowed. "Can I borrow the bridge?"
"Yes." For the bridge of the battleship, the captain of the Protoss would never allow others to go, but Ye Hua wanted to find General Creevey to inquire about the situation at this time. According to his estimates, the undead should have launched two or three attacks during this time, but the undead did not make any moves, which is somewhat unreasonable.
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