After nearly 10 years of construction, the construction of mankind's first expeditionary fleet has been completed, and now the fleet has stopped in the orbit of the moon around the earth, and the officers and men of the Suzaku Army, who will soon set out for the expedition, have also been on board the ships for some time and have begun to familiarize themselves with these completed warships in advance.

Most of these warships are new warships, which use a lot of new technologies, and the size of the warships is also different, Bi Jing now all the warships in this fleet are more than one million warships, of which the flagship has reached more than 10 million tons.

In the past, most of the spaceships piloted by these officers and men were less than one million tons, so these officers and men had to become familiar with them for half a year before they could fly these spaceships.

After all, in addition to military personnel, the technical personnel in the space battle rank are also very important, after all, such a large number of space warships for expeditions, it is inevitable that there will be one or two space warships on the way to various problems, and at this time the importance of technical personnel is highlighted.

However, they will not set off until after the National Day of the Ming Empire, because this year is 2057 AD, that is, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Ming Empire, so after the high-level of the Ming Empire collectively discussed, they are ready to conduct an interstellar military parade, although the Ming Empire, like Zhu Lei's previous country, will have a grand military parade every 5 to 10 years.

But in previous years, there was only a military parade on the ground, but there was never a large military parade in space, so you took advantage of this expeditionary fleet to have a large-scale interstellar parade on the eve of the departure of the expeditionary fleet.

The protagonist of the parade is the expeditionary fleet that is about to go out, and all the more than 200,000 spaceships of the expeditionary fleet will participate in the parade, and then fly directly in the direction of the centaur constellation after the parade.

At this time, it has been 56 years since the launch of the first manned space vehicle by mankind, in which human space technology has made full progress, and human beings have officially entered the ultimate civilization from the primary civilization.

In particular, recent achievements include breakthroughs in controlled nuclear fusion technology, the successful Mars program, the launch of the first long-range probe, and the successful discovery of foreign civilizations.

And human beings found that extraterrestrial civilizations did not surpass humans in terms of technology as stated in science fiction films, and at this time human beings discovered that they were actually very powerful, even surpassing most civilizations in the galaxy.

So all of a sudden, all the people came and went, and their hearts were full of pride, after all, in just fifty or sixty years, human beings have reached the goal of other civilizations that have not succeeded for thousands of years, and even from the beginning of primitive civilization, it has only taken a few hundred years for human beings to advance to intermediate civilizations, so for these things, the official of the Ming Empire did not prohibit people from discussing these, after all, such an achievement, the pride of mankind should be, even if it is the high-level of the Ming Empire.

The time soon came to January 23, 2057, the day of the National Day of the Ming Empire, which is a very significant event for the entire Ming Empire, because 680 years ago today, the Ming Empire was established, and this empire has continued to this day, and has become a powerful intermediate civilization in the universe.

And today is also the day when the Ming Empire Expeditionary Fleet is about to depart, so at this time, the space near the earth is full of large and small spaceships, these spaceships only have large passenger spaceships, and there are also small private spaceships.

And these spaceships were all crowded with people watching the space parade without exception, and these people came to the vicinity of Space City early before the parade began, waiting for the parade to begin.

At this time, the high-level leaders of the Ming Empire were already waiting for the start of the military parade on the No. 1 Space City, that is, the first space city built by the Ming Empire.

Those who did not arrive at the scene were watching the parade in their homes, factories and on virtual screens in public places.

As the time reached eight o'clock, the national anthem of the Ming Empire sounded throughout the space city, although the sound could not be transmitted in the universe, but the radio waves could spread unimpeded, so with the space city as the center, the national anthem translated into radio waves was transmitted in all directions.

Moreover, in addition to propagating outward in the form of radio waves, even quantum waves for quantum communication and neutrino waves for neutrino communication propagate into the universe in a non-encrypted form.

Of course, although these communications are transmitted in an open form, it is very difficult for these civilizations to receive these radio waves and successfully translate the content of the live broadcast.

When the national anthem was over, all the spaceships that were about to leave this time started their thrusters and slowly flew in the direction of Space City.

The spaceship that first entered the parade channel in front of the space city is the smallest tonnage spaceship in the fleet, that is, the space frigate, although these frigates are the smallest tonnage in the entire space fleet, but the tonnage of each space frigate has reached 1.2 million tons, and the length of each frigate has reached more than 900 meters, and the width has also reached more than 90 meters, these outdoor worlds are three times larger than the aircraft carriers in the earth period, but these frigates are only the smallest space battleships in the entire fleet.

The space frigate is the short-range defensive firepower of the entire fleet, so there are not many large-caliber electromagnetic railguns that can attack at a long distance on it, and the main guns of each space frigate have only three electromagnetic railguns with a caliber of 500 mm, which can attack the enemy from a long distance, and the destructive power is still quite powerful, in addition to the three 500 mm electromagnetic railguns, the secondary guns of the space frigate are nine 230 mm electromagnetic railguns, as well as three laser cannons and three particle beam guns, The caliber of the remaining weapons is below 200 millimeters, after all, the main role of the frigate is to defend the opponent's space fighters and small target aircraft in the near range, such as the opponent's space fish plate and space missiles, so the space frigate does not need a strong ability to attack the enemy.

Of course, among the 200,000 space warships on this expedition, there are nearly 50,000 space frigates alone, and it is impossible for so many space frigates to have only these models, and there are a total of six types of space frigates on this expedition, but in terms of firepower, except for a few models that have been strengthened in large-caliber artillery, the other frigates are almost the same.

When all the frigates flew through the parade channel, the second echelon began to slowly enter the parade channel, the number of the second echelon is more than the first echelon, the number has reached more than 60,000, but most of the spaceships in this echelon are auxiliary spaceships, most of these spaceships have no attack power of their own, but they are indispensable for a fleet, and the size of these spaceships is also different, some tonnage is about the same size as the frigate in front, But some are larger than three or four frigates, and these auxiliary ships do not mean that there are absolutely no weapons, but compared to professional combat ships, their force is too weak, among which the largest caliber electromagnetic railgun is only 155 mm, not to mention other weapons, but the number of weapons on it is very considerable, after all, in space combat, general auxiliary ships are the most vulnerable to the attack of the opponent's small space vehicles, Therefore, the main threat to the auxiliary ships is these small space vehicles, so his artillery is not too big.

After nearly 70,000 various auxiliary introductions, the huge and hideous appearance of the space destroyer flew towards the parade channel, compared to the space frigate, the destroyer is many times larger in terms of volume, even the smallest space destroyer tonnage has reached more than 3 million tons, and the largest space destroyer tonnage has reached more than 5 million tons, which can already be compared with some smaller space cruisers, and compared to space frigates, space destroyers have a thick layer of armor, Therefore, in terms of strike resistance, space destroyers surpass space frigates by dozens or even hundreds of times.

There are more than 40,000 space destroyers on this expedition, which is almost reaching the level of space frigates, after all, this time human beings and other galaxies need attack capabilities rather than defense capabilities, so spaceships with a cost-effective offensive and defensive balance like space destroyers are still quite needed.

The main gun of the space destroyer is nine 1,000 mm electromagnetic railguns, and the secondary guns are 12 500 mm electromagnetic railguns and six other energy beam weapons, and in terms of defense, these space destroyers use 1,000 mm thick armor, and these armors are all the latest alloy materials of the Ming Empire, and the performance is quite superior, whether it is in terms of attack resistance or heat resistance and energy strike resistance, it has quite excellent capabilities.

After all the destroyers left the parade channel, the large space warships in the fourth wave began to enter the parade channel, compared to the previous spaceships, these are the real main forces of the Ming Empire, although these spaceships may not be very numerous, but their power and deterrence are not comparable to other spaceships.

In the fourth wave of spacecraft, the tonnage of all space warships reached more than 5 million tons, of which the largest tonnage reached more than 8 million tons, and the longest body length was more than 8 kilometers.

In this wave of military parades, there are not only hideous space cruisers, but also space aircraft carriers with the appearance of China Resources, and a small number of industrial ships.

When all the spaceships of the fourth wave had left the parade channel, the last spaceship slowly drove towards the parade channel.

This battleship is also the most powerful weapon that humans can build at present, a space battleship.

After several modifications, the final tonnage of the space battleship reached 13 million tons, while the body length exceeded ten kilometers. It can be said that this space battleship is a real giant, and it is also the final fire of mankind.

So far, human beings have only made a week of such a thing, but the cost in the middle is not comparable to other space warships, in order to build this space battleship, human beings have spent more than ten years of hard work, you can imagine how much manpower and material resources were spent during this period.

But all this is very worthwhile, looking at the space battleship that slowly flew to the middle of the parade channel, whether it is the ordinary people or the high-level of the Ming Empire in the space city, they are very excited, because seeing this spaceship, everyone's confidence in this expedition is extremely strong, you must know that this is a spaceship ten kilometers long, with tens of thousands of various artillery pieces on it, of which the caliber of the main guns is more than 5000 mm, you can imagine how powerful the main guns of this space battleship are, What's more, judging from the information sent back by the probe, the scientific and technological level of the other civilization's civilization is not as high as that of the human civilization on the earth, and even the number of spaceships is not as large as that of the earth, most of which are spaceships with a volume of no more than one million tons.

Because the fundamental law in the universe is that the law of the jungle eats the strong, once a civilization walks out of its home planet and enters the space age, it will face the challenges of various civilizations, so it is necessary for civilization to survive in the universe and maintain strong force, and only under the maintenance of strong force will it have equal power with other civilizations.

At this time, Zhu Lei, who was sitting in the command cabin, was also very excited, although it was said that this expedition would take a very long time, and it might even take decades to return to the earth again, but he was undoubtedly very proud to be able to go on a real expedition to extraterrestrial civilization as the first time for human beings.

However, his psychological pressure is also unknown to outsiders, you must know that the entire fleet not only has nearly 100 million soldiers, but also nearly 100 million ordinary workers and technicians, so the life and death of nearly 200 million people are on his shoulders.

Looking at the Space City from the hanging window of the command module, looking at the familiar figures on the big screen in the middle of the Space City and the huge glass window next to it, he felt very uncomfortable, after all, he had always thought that there would be no more for him in this expedition.

Because his prestige in the Ming military is high enough, and even has reached the level of high merit, if it is placed in ancient times, then his fate is self-evident, so before the commander of this expedition was not appointed, Zhu Lei did not expect that this expedition would have his share, even if it was an ordinary soldier, it was impossible, after all, he was very content with such a high merit before and now he could have such an ordinary life, but no one would have thought that when the commander of the fleet was appointed, he would be himself.

In fact, for Zhu Lei's worries, whether it is the cabinet of the Ming Empire or the emperor of the Ming Empire, he knows it, but he still appoints Zhu Lei as the commander of this expedition without hesitation, because the current emperor of the Ming Empire has rented it as the prince of the Ming Empire to cultivate, although he has not been officially appointed as the crown prince, but all the high-level officials of the Ming Empire are very clear about the emperor's meaning, and they also agree very much, So no matter how high the prestige of the people and the military of the Ming Empire is in Zhu Leizai, they don't care.