Paraná personally sent Cristina to the command room to rest, saying that it was the command room, but it was actually Paraná's bedroom. Paraná would always fall asleep in a chair on the bridge, but who would dare to divert the fleet commander's bedroom for it. Testin gave Captain Slarda a "you know" look, and Chief of Staff Anthony winked at the commander of the Korean Fleet, Dalin, but Barana didn't notice their small movements.

After settling the president of the Academy, Paraná decided to convene a combat conference. It's only been a day since Io returned to Earth, and strange events have occurred one after another, which has upset Barana. When Chrisselis' fleet appeared over Io, he felt like he and the Earth had fallen into a bottomless vortex. The fleet over Io is the beginning of all unexplained events. First of all, there are spies in the interior of the earth who have stolen the information on the Leap Technique. Moreover, someone leaked the news of Io's existence in the Apocalypse artifact. And Parana, as the commander of the fleet, was kept in the dark at first. Finally, a rabble invaded the Golden Hall of the Joint Council without warning. If the first two things are the appearance of traitors in the Academy of Sciences, then the third thing is almost impossible to explain.

The group sat down in the conference room of the Washington, with Testins standing behind Paraná. Paraná cleared his throat and gave a brief explanation of the situation.

They reconfirmed the arming of the fleet. The outer defense of the Moon and Earth is currently the responsibility of the remnants of the Third Fleet. Marshall had promised all the warships in their shipyard to give priority to replenishing their gaps. However, the construction of battleships often took several years, and the backbone of the fleet was difficult to replenish.

The Third Fleet in Paraná is also known as the American Fleet. The fleet consisted entirely of American warships. Although each fleet is under the command of the Joint Council, each country has different technology, tactics, etc. It is the most reasonable option to organize the warships according to the country. The fleet, in numbered order, belonged to Russia, Britain and France, the USA, Japan, China, Germany. The order of numbers comes from the order in which colonies were attacked when the United Earth Council was formed.

Among the many known planets, Earth technology is undoubtedly upstream. Although the earthlings pretend to be orthodox, it is just that they do not understand the technology of other races. The weapons of the Earth Battleship are mainly electromagnetic cannons and laser cannons. It belongs to the more traditional mechanical energy killing and thermal energy killing. The power of the Earth warship is dominated by fusion engines. While there are civilizations that have been able to use antimatter for energy and weaponization, the Earth has not mastered the technology. Even so, as the most powerful fleet on Earth, the Third Fleet has few opponents in the galaxy.

As the flagship of the Third Fleet, the Washington is the most advanced warship on Earth, and the only thing that can compete with her is the Yellow Emperor of the Fifth Fleet. The battlefleet was left with only the Washington and three Montana-class, and the combat strength was already incomplete, and Barana originally wanted them to go to the moon base for repairs, but the defense of the earth was not enough. As a last resort, I had to let the ship's engineers do emergency repairs. The aircraft carrier did not suffer any losses, but the existence of the aircraft carrier in a defensive war was of little significance. Fighters can take off from the ground, but aircraft carriers have little maneuverability and defense. The firepower of the destroyer fleet will not be enough to inflict a devastating blow on the enemy, and without the cover support of battleships and carrier-based aircraft, survivability will be significantly reduced.

Dalin's battleship detachment suffered the heaviest losses. But after all, he is a battle-hardened veteran, and he did not complain. In his heart, he thought Paraná had made the right decision. However, although the remaining battleships were not afraid of the bugs of Chrisselis, they were still helpless in the face of the strange power of the Apocalypse civilization. Such a bulky and expensive large warship was simply a live target.

Paraná understands Dalin's concerns. To deal with this mysterious force, you can't use the conventional tactics of fleet combat. Since the speed of the enemy is measured in the speed of light, then all defenses are almost self-defeating. The armor of the battleship has proven to be ineffective in blocking the attacks of the Apocalypse civilization. And the maneuverable destroyers and carrier-based aircraft are not as fast as the enemy. There was a huge disparity between the enemy and us, and they argued for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a plan to deal with it.

Anthony is an old man with a white beard, and he is also a lieutenant general, but he has experienced a hundred battles in his life, and he has seen a lot, and Parana has to learn from him. Although he had never seen such a strange thing, he offered the only correct opinion: "Since the enemy has such power, it is useless for us to defend ourselves." Now that the earth is safe, perhaps the enemy is gone. It is better to act as if they don't exist, and be on full alert for the surprise attack of Chrisselis. ”

Parana was very unwilling, but the laws of war were cruel, and the technological gap between the Third Fleet and the Apocalypse civilization was more than dozens of generations. He let out a long sigh: "Alas. That's all there is to it. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the screen in the conference room flickered twice, and suddenly an image of the laboratory appeared. On the other side of the screen is Christina, who has apparently regained her composure. I saw her face gloomy, holding a monitor and asking, "You've already seen this person." Everyone looked at it, and the person on the display was none other than the great scientist Rayto Trip.

Paraná nodded, and Christina immediately said, "He's a Christelis spy in disguise." Rambo just sent me a message and they found the real Rito Trip. And almost at the same time, the artifact you brought back from Io was gone. I suspect that the enemy has deciphered our communication channels, so you should suspend wireless communication until I complete further encryption. She apparently didn't mean to wait for them to reply, the screen flickered, and the screen disappeared again.

Far from being resolved, the mystery has become more complicated. The Mercury base is protected by Earth's most mysterious Sixth Fleet, which specializes in protecting the safety of Mercury's Supreme Academy of Sciences laboratories, and the artifact can disappear under their noses. Chrisselis doesn't seem to have this strength, could it be from the hands of the Apocalypse Civilization? How many forces does this spy serve?

Things are a little bit more visible, but the more you know, the more you don't know. Parana thought that the whirlpool was getting deeper and deeper, but in fact the whirlpool had drifted away from him.