The moment the image appeared, Barana secretly screamed badly. But he deserved to be the youngest fleet commander in history, and he was extremely fast, and said quietly at the moment: "Christelis, fortunately, fortunately." The other hand reached behind his back and gestured to Testin.

Testin understood and immediately opened his terminal to contact the ground base, but as soon as he opened it, he stomped his foot angrily and shook his head at Parana.

Paraná's face shook slightly, and when Christelis saw this, he smiled: "Human, you have no choice. Send the device you found to my ship at once, or I'll kill you first, and then I'll get it myself. ”

Barana sneered, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. If you're really going to do that, why talk to me first. You're a rat trap, and you're afraid that the device will be damaged. As he spoke, he gestured to Testin.

Chrissellus was a little annoyed: "Hmph, give you a time to think about it when you are on Earth!" If you're going to-", he said as the voice stopped abruptly and the image vanished.

Paraná breathed a sigh of relief, he knew it was a routine communication code change, and now his terminal should be out of the enemy's control.

"Order, the ground forces give me wired communications, don't let Christelis intercept the signal, and change the password every five minutes for wireless communication." Paraná commanded the terminal, "Testin, how long will it take us to go up." ”

"Thirty minutes, Your Excellency."

"Good. Leave a few people to carry that device, and the others, evacuate quickly! ”

Boarding the submersible and preparing to ascend, Parana kept thinking about it. This is the NGC5139 star cluster in the constellation Centauri, located 15,000 light-years from Earth. How did Chrissellus end up here without the Snap Technique? Or is it just a false alarm?

The terminal in Paraná suddenly rang, and the picture showed Slarda, the commander of the flagship of the Third Fleet "Washington", who was a little flustered: "Sir, a few minutes ago, the radar suddenly detected a large fleet of Chrisheris. They suddenly appeared in outer orbit! I thought it was a malfunction, but now we can see their ship visually! ”

Barana's heart moved, and he cried out, "No! It's the Folding Leap technique! The Kriselis fleet uses the Leap technique! Damn, quick, Slarda, call up the image of the enemy. ”

The screen flashed, and Io's outer orbit appeared. I saw that the battleships of Chrisselis were densely packed all over the sky.

"I have complied with the wartime instructions and ordered all men to be ready for battle on your behalf. At the moment all officers and soldiers should have been in combat positions. ”

Parana nodded in satisfaction: "Contact Earth immediately, tell them the information from our side, and wait for instructions from the United Earth Council." ”

Paraná didn't panic at all. He usually governs the army strictly, and even after half a year on this comfortable planet, his troops still maintain a high combat effectiveness. Even if the Third Fleet is outnumbered, it will be enough to rely on the Leap technique to escape. Leave an empty fortress for Chrisheris. He asked Ritotrip, who was beside him, "How long will it take for the device to be transported to the ship?"

Rito Tripp replied, "An hour is enough." Slarda on the other side of the terminal thought for a moment: "Relying on our ground firepower and warships, it should be no problem to hold them off for an hour." Sir, when are you arriving? ”

Paraná said, "Fifteen minutes." The enemy is not ready to attack yet, so don't open fire yet. ”

Suddenly, a hint of uneasiness flashed through Barana's mind like lightning, why had Chrisselis given an hour to prepare for us? Doesn't he know that we can escape with the Leap Technique?

To test his uneasiness, Paraná ordered a warship to take a short turn.

I hope my uneasiness doesn't come true, Paraná thought to himself.

"That ship's hopping mechanism is out of order, sir." Slarda made a follow-up report.

Paraná ordered another ship to make a turn, but the result was the same.

Sure enough, it seems that Chrisheris has the ability to stop us from making the leap. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and according to Slarda's report, Christelis's fleet must have jumped over while I was diving in a submersible. And the first thing Chrisselles said was for me to hand over the device...

It wouldn't have been such a coincidence, Chrisselis must have known the discovery of the device, how likely is it that they would crack the Level 1 encrypted communication... Or, another possibility?

Parana was somewhat worried that there were likely spies of Chrisselis within the Third Fleet. The folding technique is not yet available, and it seems that there will be a bloody battle today.

The deep submersible finally surfaced. The anxious Parana took the group to board the spaceship that had been waiting for a long time, waved his hand and ordered the ship to sail.

Back on the bridge of the Washington, Paraná found commanders of all ranks waiting for him. The Chief of Staff of the Third Fleet, Anthony, the Commander of the Battle Fleet, Dalin, the Commander of the Destroyer Fleet, Fletcher, the Commander of the Aircraft Carrier, and the officers of the High Command System have arrived. Parana looked at the countdown to the attack on the big screen, there were still twenty minutes left. He also did not make combat mobilization, and straightforwardly began to assign tasks.

The battleships of the Third Fleet had twenty-inch railguns and used fusion armor-piercing shells with a muzzle velocity of 34 times the speed of sound, enough to penetrate the biological shell of the Kriselis. The warhead contained a nuclear charge equivalent to 3000 tons of high explosives, which could explode inside enemy ships. Humanity has long learned the lesson of blood not to use large-yield nuclear weapons in space. The destroyer has more flexible maneuverability, can dodge various attacks, and uses small-caliber railguns to fire various special warheads. The aircraft carrier carries thousands of small ships, which are used to intercept enemy small ships and harass enemy large warships.

Paraná knew that once it took off, it would be enemy on all sides in the outer orbit, so it was better to rely on the Io Star and use the ground firepower of the Io Fortress to fight against the water. The order was immediately given to all ships not to rise into the air, and the aircraft carrier released all carrier-based aircraft.

The news that the Leap could not be used had been conveyed to all the officers and men, and everyone was well aware of the brutality of Chrisselis, and no one had any intention of giving up, and they were all gearing up for a decisive battle. Commanders of all ranks returned to their respective command posts, and the only senior commanders in the bridge were Parana, Testin, and Slarda. The three stared at the countdown to the attack on the screen, and neither of them spoke.

Parana suddenly spoke: "What is going on on the other side of the earth, I have been contacting them for nearly an hour, and I haven't even replied a word." ”

Slarda shook his head: "I don't know. According to the regulations, the fleet commander-level expedited contact should receive a response from the permanent members of the United Earth Council within 5 minutes. ”

Barana sighed and said helplessly, "Who knows how long it has been since they received this kind of contact. Maybe they just forgot about it. Forget it, if there are no reinforcements, let's rely on ourselves to find a way to break through. ”

That being said, it was not easy to break out of the encirclement of half of Chrisselis's fleet. There has been no precedent for a siege since humanity was at war with Chrisselis. In the face of the folding and jumping technology, the so-called encirclement is like covering the ears and stealing the bell. But because of this, human beings have never had the experience of breaking through, and this battle is bound to be extremely dangerous.

Parana was nervous, but he was not afraid. Precedents are set by people, and Paraná is ready to be this trailblazer.

Seeing that the countdown to the attack was reaching zero, Paraná contacted Ritotrip, who responded that the device had been shipped to the Washington.

With the sound of an alarm, the lights of the whole ship instantly switched to a blinding red. The entire Third Fleet was ready to go, just waiting for the Kriselis fleet to come into range.

However, neither Paraná's radar nor Chriss's biosensing detected it, and a strange whirlwind blew in the underwater space at a depth of 50,000 meters.