Chapter 10: Pioneer Overture (10)

June 1, RD23233, 21:00 standard time. The combined fleet ends the jump, with a jump range of 28500. Six hours later, enter the N0219G galaxy in the Colber sector of the Ferrion Field.

This is a galaxy formed around G-class stars, and the golden fleet finally stopped at 800,000 kilometers outside the star's coronal layer, spreading all the energy sails, greedily absorbing the energy emitted by the stars.

A composite pipeline with a diameter of 10 meters connects the Dilandal and the Blue Bird, and through this cable, the huge amount of energy on the Dilandal can be replenished to the Blue Bird. The Jade Bird's energy bay reserves can be said to be the best in its class, but for battleships, especially the Emma Starship, it is only three percent of the total.

The Bluebird only takes a few minutes to recharge, but the battleship usually needs to stay near the star for six to eight hours because of the huge energy required to open the air ducts. This trait seems to have been discovered by the Philians as well, and there have been several successful attempts.

Later, however, the Irma took advantage of this temptation, and not only did they eat their reconnaissance force in one go, but the Emma also received a large amount of non-energy supplies from the wreckage. After several successful ambushes by the Emma, the number of items carried by the Frion fleet that came to search for them dropped dramatically.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the understanding of the advantages and disadvantages between the two sides that Emma will avoid the main fleet of the Firion as much as possible. But the Firion have home advantage after all, and as time goes on, the room for Emma's fleet to evade will only get smaller and smaller.

When the hard days of Emma's fleet had just begun, the eldest lady of the Coezzo family was ready. As soon as the fleet finished jumping, the Emma people went their separate ways. Battleships require more energy, while smaller starships are primarily tasked with collecting water and raw materials for crafting food. In times of emergency, the Emma can only find asteroids with high mineral content and mine minerals to supplement the materials needed for the nanorepair system.

Fillion's main starship was not fast enough, and the small and medium-sized starships that caught up with the Emma were helpless to take the disaster-class battleships. However, this does not mean that the Philian are no longer a threat to the Emma.

After all, at the beginning, the Emma people who came to explore this star field were also equipped with battleships, but they were beaten to tears by the Border Defense Force, the third level of the Philian Force. This is the current situation where Raphael led Emma's elite squadron to jump into the sinkhole. After all, the good tiger can't stand the wolf principle, which is also common in the universe era, and a small number of battleships can only sigh in vain in the face of the overwhelming small and medium-sized starships.

Despite the continued deterioration of the situation in the fleet, pull? Raphael? Coezzo remained calm, knowing that at least for the moment victory was on her side. The Dhirandal has established a stable connection with the Yanhuang, and the fleet from the Fountain Domain arrived in the Ferrion Domain two days ago.

Although the two sides have not really converged, from the better and better state of communication, it can already be determined that the support force of the Yanhuang people is quite strong. Pull at this time? Raphael? Coezo didn't know how huge the fleet would be with the Yanhuang people who came to this star field.

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More than six hours had passed in the blink of an eye, and the Emma Starship had been recharged, and the Jump Engine had cooled down, ready to lead the fleet out of the system. Considering that it would be impossible to get rid of the natives of this field even if they made another jump, the Emma remained in the system and sent more starships to the asteroids to gather resources in case they were needed.

While the Emma were busy, a signal from the depths of the universe touched the Jade Bird's communication system. However, looking at the content of the communication, the two officers on the Blue Bird couldn't help but laugh: "The Federation Starship TN-******901 to TN******975: The fleet will carry out emergency replenishment at 12:00 standard time on June 2, please be sure to guide the coordinates." ”

According to the standard time displayed on the Jade Bird, it was already 11:00 at the moment, that is, the time left for the Blue Bird on the fleet side was only one hour. Just a little time to prepare a safety point, the Jade Bird really can't do it here. But if you want to report it to Emma, whether it is Wu Xiaoyu or Zhao Xinxing, they all feel extremely embarrassed.

However, embarrassment does not stop the development of events. Wu Xiaoyu must inform the Emma people and get them ready for salvage.

"In an hour, we will be able to see the love from our hometown." Wu Xiaoyu covered his eyes, not daring to look at the time in the corner of the screen.

"So, that's why you don't prepare a meal." Zhao Xinxing, who was on the side, looked at his captain, and then at the clones who were holding high-energy rations at their posts, and shook his head helplessly.

"Hmph, each other. Didn't you eat it either? I'll take a look at ......," Wu Xiaoyu said as he clicked on today's menu. "Uh~, today's lunch is braised beef again."

Zhao Xinxing, who heard the meaning of Wu Xiaoyu's words, quickly turned his head to stare at Wu Xiaoyu and said, "You, do you really dare to say that?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"What? Who do you think made us eat braised beef-flavored rations for seven days in a row? Zhao Xinxing deliberately raised his voice.

Hell, if Wu Xiaoyu wasn't the captain, Zhao Xinxing would really want to slap this thing to death. Because of the menu she had arranged before, the crew had eaten up the other flavors of dry food first, leaving a large number of braised flavored rations. Among them, the high-energy rations with the flavor of braised beef are the most left.

"......" is not my fault. Wu Xiaoyu lowered his head, he had contacted his hometown a week ago, but the Blue Bird followed the Emma people to hide in Tibet, and there was really no way to get supplies. No, it seems that the hometown is in a hurry, and is ready to use the acceleration track to send a "courier" to the Jade Bird.

However, while the success rate of this emergency supply mission is not high, the greasy food that also succeeds has become less important. Choose between eating, eating, and eating well, and everyone will choose to eat well......

The two of them, who thrived in the light of the Yan Huang tradition, became the backbone of the Federation Navy and knew very well that in the supply sequence arranged by the Yan Huang people for their own people, food was always the highest priority.

In the face of appetite, what weight can the faces of the two lieutenants have. Don't want it first, and then when you need it, you can make do with picking it up again. Wu Xiaoyu calculated in his heart, and at the same time, so did Zhao Xinxing, who had the same idea. Although the two of them think so in their hearts, they are not really so bottomless in actual action.

The Blue Bird's communication to the Dhirandal, the flagship of the Emma fleet, only briefly mentions that in order to receive supplies from the federal navy, the Emma need to provide at least 10 million kilometers of safety buffer.

As for how the supplies came from and what supplies they contained, the Jade Bird said that it did not know, and just blindly urged the Emma people to provide instructions on the safe zone.

Balranta? Colonel Dole was pleased with the information provided by the Bluebird, after all, as the de facto operating officer of this fleet, he knew too well the situation of the entire fleet.

It is true that energy can be replenished by stars, and food can be relied on synthesizers, but all this is only at the level of necessity. This consumption of materials at the lowest level is constantly weakening the morale of the entire fleet. If it weren't for the fleet commanders' constant victories to lift their spirits, this small fleet would not have been able to survive until now.

You must know that before the official contact of the Yanhuang Federation, the mainland side of the Emma Empire tacitly assumed that this fleet belonged to the highest level and was missing in battle. To put it more bluntly, although there is no definite evidence, the probability of death is very high.

In the end, this is the judgment of the Emma people based on their own knowledge. In other words, for the Emma Navy, this fleet would surely die under normal circumstances. Because of this, the announcement of the Yan Huang people made the Emma people seem slow to react when they were overwhelmed.

For Balranta, though? For Colonel Dole, the reason why the fleet has been able to hold up until now is closely related to the one from the Coezzo family. If it wasn't pull? Raphael? The fleet was wiped out by the native fleet in the first week of its arrival in the Nova Domain.

At a time when the fleet was about to reach its limit, Colonel Dole needed all the good news that could be uplifting. Even if the Yan Huang people said that they were about to provide a supply, this kind of in Balanta? Colonel Dole seemed to be the news that he was almost hoping for.

In the bridge of the Dillandal, the girl was still leisurely sipping a valuable black tea. It's just that when his subordinates hesitated and wavered, he said in a tone of indifference: "Whether it's true or not, we don't seem to have any other choice at this moment." So, it's okay to give it a try, as long as we're prepared. ”

The noble girls all said that, and Colonel Dole's thoughts were firm. Of course, Barranta? In order to carry out the strategy of His Excellency, Colonel Dole would not simply let such a large empty area appear in the fleet's defense circle.

It was beyond the range of the standard stargate, a huge area where it was impossible for this fleet to complete the blockade. However, narrowing the defense to a single starship, especially a small starship like the Blue Bird, is never an insurmountable barrier.

The Emma fleet has been disarmed from the guerrilla defensive circle, which is easy to leave the battlefield at any time, and has been replaced by a loose formation that is more conducive to maneuvering and evasion. At the same time that the Jade Bird broke away from the fleet protection circle, the Emma Battleship's excellent weapon system was once again running at full power, and almost at the same time, the Blue Bird's radar warning system erupted with an extremely piercing scream.

All of the Blue Bird's activities were within the range of the Emma's battleship's weapons. This only shows that even if the two sides act together for several days, they have not been able to accumulate enough trust because they are not equal.