"Report to the general, the vanguard fleet we sent out, a total of 60 ships, 23 have lost contact for unknown reasons."

Cai Qi was speechless in surprise when he heard this result, a third of the ships of the vanguard fleet lost contact, this could not be an accident, it must have encountered some trap.

"Immediately order the entire fleet to slow down!" Cai Qi decisively gave the order to slow down.

"Contact the vanguard fleet immediately and ask them to send the routes of all the ships!" Cai Qi continued.

"Yes, General!"

Not long after, the vanguard fleet transmitted the route information of all the ships, and Cai Qi ordered people to use computers to analyze and mark the routes of the ships that had lost contact.

Cai Qi read the results of the analysis, and immediately gave an order to adjust the route of the fleet and follow the routes that did not happen.

However, it didn't take long for the news of the ship's loss of contact to come, and Cai Qi readjusted the route again according to the previous method, still following those routes that had not happened.

After two adjustments, Cai Qi found that the previous routes had actually been reduced a lot, and now there are only 6 routes left that have not had accidents.

Although Cai Qi had already guessed that the ships that had the accident must have been ambushed, he didn't have time to figure out what caused these ships to lose contact repeatedly.

At present, the primary goal of the three fleets is to rush to the imperial capital as soon as possible and capture the heart of the Xinghan Empire in the shortest possible time, as for the reason why those ships lost contact, they can only be left for later investigation slowly.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, at present, the only way to explore the road is to sacrifice some ships, and losses are definitely inevitable, and Cai Qi has long been mentally prepared for this.

"Report to the general, another ship is missing, and there are currently three ships left in the vanguard fleet, which are in three different routes!"

Cai Qi looked at the route map and the computer's analysis results again, and now there are only three routes left that have not had an accident, and the problem he faces is to choose from the three routes.

At the beginning, the Lion Fleet adopted the method of advancing multiple routes at the same time, but through the sacrifice of the vanguard fleet, the main fleet has now concentrated on three routes.

However, there will be no accident next, no one dares to guarantee this, in case there is another ambush on a certain route, it will not be a ship, but a third of the fleet.

Such a multiple-choice question is by no means so easy to do, and if you choose the wrong one, you will lose a third of your ships, which is an unbearable loss for any fleet.

Just when Cai Qi was a little difficult to make a decision, he suddenly heard his staff say: "It's not good! Two more ships lost contact! ”

Cai Qi suddenly had a cold war when he heard this, and blurted out without thinking about it: "Order, the fleet stops advancing!" ”

"General, I'm afraid it will take a few hours to stop slowing down now, do you really have to order to stop advancing?" The operator was taken aback by Cai Qi's order and couldn't help but raise his own questions.

Cai Qi came to his senses at this time, and now that the fleet was moving at high speed, it was extremely dangerous to suddenly stop.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Cai Qi asked, "How is the ship that opened the road ahead?" ”

"Still moving on, at 350 knots."

"How far is the open-track ship from the asteroid belt?"

"It is expected to arrive in 25 hours."

"What about our speed?"

"It's about 200 knots at the moment."

Cai Qi thought for a while, then calculated it on his portable computer, and then said, "Continue to slow down, reduce to 150 knots." ”

At this time, the staff came over and reminded: "General, in this way, we may not be able to arrive at the imperial capital on time, if we are too late, we will not be able to explain to the commander-in-chief." ”

"If they all die, what's the use of going to the imperial capital?" Cai Qi said disapprenously: "Follow my order!" ”

"Yes! Checkmate. ”

At the request of Cai Qi, the lion fleet continued to slow down until 150 knots, and at the same time all the ships were concentrated on the same course.

After more than ten hours of sailing, the ship in charge of pathfinding in front finally sent back the news that it had now reached the asteroid belt.

After hearing the news, Cai Qi finally put his mind at ease, and he immediately ordered the fleet to speed up and rush to the asteroid belt as soon as possible.

"Report to the general, at the current rate, the asteroid belt will be reached in 10 hours."

"Very well, just follow this procedure." Cai Qi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Each ship will return to its normal shift order and wait for the next order." ”

Hearing Cai Qi's order, a soft sigh sounded in the bridge, and obviously everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense moment finally passed.

"General, let's go and get some rest." Staff suggested.

Cai Qi thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said, "No need, just get me some refreshing medicine." ”

The staff agreed and left the bridge and went to the infirmary to get medicine for Cai Qi.

Cai Qi leaned back in his chair, intending to take a nap, but the alarm in the bridge suddenly sounded. The red warning lights dazzled everyone, and the sound of sirens was particularly harsh on the bridge that had just been relaxed.

Cai Qi jumped up in surprise and asked loudly, "What's the matter?" ”

The soldier in charge of monitoring the alarm system shouted loudly: "There is a huge energy reaction ahead!" Probably...... Oh, my God! What kind of weapon is this! ”

Hearing this, Cai Qi could no longer keep calm, and rushed to the soldier's side in a few big strides, and when he looked at the values on the monitor screen, he saw that the detected energy reaction had reached the level of dark red, which meant that the energy reaction in front of him was very huge, far beyond the ordinary battleship.

Generally, the energy of a warship can only reach the yellow area of the monitor index, and a fleet's particle cannon salvo can reach the red area, and to reach the dark red area, it means that the energy response in front is hundreds or even thousands of times greater than the fleet's salvo.

"Damn! What the hell is this! Cai Qi gasped in fright, and cold sweat ran down his neck.

At this time, the others also noticed an abnormality, not only the energy reaction was abnormal, but even the space was distorted to a certain extent, and there was a huge thing waiting for them in front of them.

Although Cai Qi didn't know what was in front of him that could create such a large energy reaction, he was sure of one thing, this thing must have come for his fleet.

The instinctive reaction to the danger made Cai Qi really feel a chill down his spine, and he shouted to everyone like crazy: "Quick! Let the fleet spread out! ”

The adjutant was shocked, slightly stunned, and then pressed the button of the communicator and shouted to the whole fleet: "Order!" The fleet will disperse immediately! Fast! Be sure to be fast! ”

At this time, Cai Qi had already rushed over, pushed the adjutant away, and shouted at the communicator: "Open the defensive shield!" Open your shield now! ”

"The energy index continues to rise! The energy index continues to rise! Cai Qi's shouts were mixed with the soldiers' reports.

All the ships that received the order immediately took action, and the captains of the ships could hear from Cai Qi's voice just now that something big must have happened, otherwise Cai Qi would not have shouted hysterically like this.

At the same time, the ships began to open their shields, but this took a few minutes to complete.

Seeing that the ships began to carry out their orders, Cai Qi calmed down a little, and due to excessive excitement, he saw him gasping for breath and staring directly at the energy reaction monitor.

At this point, the monitor reading has reached its peak, and perhaps the real energy response is even greater, but the monitor is no longer able to show it.

"There's a huge amount of energy approaching ahead! Expected to arrive in one minute! "At this time, all the ships have detected this huge energy, and there is no doubt that it is a terrifying energy weapon that has launched an attack on the lion fleet.

At this time, without Cai Qi's order, all the ships had already accelerated the speed of dispersion, and at the same time did everything possible to open the defensive shield as soon as possible.

"The bridge is hidden! All personnel immediately evaded! "The artificial intelligence system issued a warning, and at the same time automatically raised the protective layer, wrapping the entire bridge.

Everyone on the bridge lay on the ground, waiting for the moment of fate's judgment.

At this moment, directly in front of the lion fleet, a bright and dazzling light lit up, and then a huge red beam of light pierced the void and shone towards the fleet.

A huge beam of light pierced through the entire fleet, and all ships that were illuminated from the front turned into huge fireballs in an instant, and soon merged with the red beam.

The terrifying energy was so huge that even the battleships that had opened their defensive shields could not resist it head-on, and in less than a second, these ships were burned into steam by the high temperature and dissipated into space.

The warships that were far away from the huge beam were lucky to escape, and some ships that were closer to the beam, although they were not hit by the frontal shot, but the inside had already been burned into molten iron by the high temperature, and they could not escape this terrifying blow.

Cai Qi's flagship was lucky, far away from the huge beam, so he escaped. Although Cai Qi was not dead, the shock and shock in his heart made his whole body tremble involuntarily, and it took several attempts before he could barely get up from the ground.

"Quick...... Fast...... Fast...... Survey...... Loss...... The situation of the loss ......," Cai Qi said to the crowd in a trembling voice.

In fact, it wasn't just Cai Qi who was trembling, most of the people had the same situation, and even some people were still in great horror, constantly asking others if they were still alive.

"Report ...... Report...... Loss...... Preliminary estimates...... Big...... Probably...... I...... Oh, my God...... A third ......" was so great that the soldiers could not utter a complete sentence.

"A third!" When Cai Qi heard this number, his eyes went dark, and his body collapsed to the ground.