"Longyuan" war fortress.

In the heavily guarded combat command hall, the stars are shining, the strong are like clouds, and the commanders of the major fleets have gathered together, and the air is filled with a fierce and fierce iron-blooded conquest atmosphere.

In the middle of the hall, there is a three-dimensional three-dimensional projection sand table with a length and width of more than 30 meters, on which is the battlefield situation map of dozens of star fields in the northwest border of the empire and the surrounding areas. There is also a team of senior engineers on hand next to it.

The sand table is extremely accurate, as large as the entire galaxy, as small as every planet, every channel, stargate, wormhole, all of which are clear and delicate! If you zoom in on a local area, even the shape, size, and structural composition of a certain meteorite are recorded!

In a word, in the vast starry sky that stretches for more than ten thousand light years in the entire northwest of the empire, all meteorites, ice crystals, dust clouds, or other ancient monsters with a diameter of more than ten meters can be found on this sand table!

Behind this sand table are hundreds of the Empire's latest "Chaos Type 9" comprehensive data analysis and processing centers, tens of thousands of information transfer stations all over the major star fields, hundreds of millions of intelligent automatic monitoring bases, groups of reconnaissance fleets, monitoring networks covering the entire fault space, and nano information collectors all over every starry sky, such as the Ganges River sand.

After a large amount of information is collected, filtered and sorted out by thousands of super optical brain hosts, and then jointly analyzed, deduced, and proofread by hundreds of high-level wise men, the final results will be obtained, which will be reflected on this sand table and serve as an important reference basis for commanders to make battlefield decisions.

This is the most intuitive embodiment of the superpower of the empire, and it has the ability to carry out such meticulous monitoring of such a vast territory, except for the Chinese Empire in the Anthropocene, any other known powerful alien civilization may not have such abundant manpower and material resources!

Although for some unknown reason, the unexpected raid of the Gambino civilization succeeded smoothly, it was a variable from outside the battlefield, not a problem with the Empire's information surveillance system. Once the system is working, the power is absolutely astounding!

Many generals whispered in front of the sand table, exchanging each other's views on the battlefield situation, the pursuit battle has lasted for many days, and the combat units have won a lot, but the commander's camp has slipped too fast, and it has not been able to encircle it for the time being, so the generals have to work hard for a while.

The familiar sound of footsteps sounded behind them, and the generals all turned around, stood upright, and saluted the marshal who had just walked in.

Xue Cangyun looked at the excited and expectant eyes of his subordinates, nodded with satisfaction, walked to the sand table, and asked, "How far is our legion from the camp of that bastard in Sagusnoch?" ”

A wise woman operated on the sand table a few times, and replied respectfully: "According to the information fed back by the reconnaissance fleet half an hour ago, they have now reached the edge of the Dominion of Siloa, and are gathering the last group of occupation fleets that have been separated, and then ...... It will follow the Sc-9903 channel, completely withdraw from the range of the empire's power, and return to the royal court! ”

Although the Empire's monitoring network has been damaged to a considerable extent in those occupied areas, it is impossible to completely shield the eyes and ears of the Empire in a short period of time with the methods of the Gambinos, and with the use of some covert means, the Imperial Legion is still able to track and monitor them uninterruptedly.

The specific locations of the two huge fleets are clearly marked on the sand table, and it can be seen that the cursors representing the two sides have almost coincided, and as long as they chase through a few more wormholes, it will take no more than five hours to bite the tail of the Gambino army.

Of course, the pursuit and annihilation battle has been carried out so far, and the two armies are also very close to the outer edge of the Empire's power range, and at most one day later, they will enter the wild area between the traditional power boundaries of the two races.

Although Xue Cangyun didn't intend to let go of this group of aliens, the order given to him by the top echelons of the empire before setting off did not include permission for cross-border pursuit, and if he didn't listen to the greeting and acted without permission, it would be a trouble.

"The group of fat-brained guys above always like to stick to some inexplicable and meaningless principles, I really don't know what they have in their heads!" The marshal secretly cursed in his heart.

Li Weizhong, who was next to him, lowered his head and estimated, and said: "With our marching speed, if we want to catch up with this group of dogs, it can be done in three hours at most, and if we send a part of the high-speed assault fleet to pursue lightly and drag them first, we can solve the problem in one hour!" ”

"Well, that's something we can consider." The marshal nodded, "If you have any other ideas, you might as well tell them all and listen to them!" ”

Meng Yuequan thought for a while and said: "That great commander is one of the few powerful people in the Gambino royal court, and there may not be some powerful hole cards in hand, so we will catch up like this, maybe we just hit its calculations, so it is better to be cautious." ”

"Taking a step back, even if there is no conspiracy, if it is willing to give up part of its forces to hold us back and let the main force retreat at full speed, it will be difficult for us to do it."

In the current comparison of strength, the Imperial Legion certainly has the upper hand, even if the number of Gambino fleets is still ahead of the Empire, but in terms of actual combat power, the two are not at the same level at all. Therefore, in such a situation, the best thing to do is to abandon part of the troops, lose part of the booty, and accelerate the retreat of the main force!

As long as you exit the border and enter the Savage Star Field, the nature of the war will be different.

Xue Cangyun's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "What do you think?" ”

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected!" An indifferent voice sounded,

"We just have to chase and destroy across the border, and when we have all the invading mongrels are solved, and then block the news afterwards, no one will know what we are doing at the border!"

The generals' eyes looked over and found that it was Feng Linbo who looked haggard when he spoke. Since the collapse of the Northwest Line, the admiral has few troops left, and he has been drinking all day long, almost completely decadent.

Although there is no news on the above, everyone knows in their hearts that after this battle, he will definitely be sent to the Imperial Military Tribunal, even if the main responsibility for the matter is not on him.

Xue Cangyun glanced at this robe, who was also a famous soldier in battle, and his heart was slightly gloomy, and said:

"Of course I want to do that, but once we get out of the border, our information advantage is not so obvious. What's more, it's easy to deal with a Sagusnoch, but if their royal court is determined to send troops to respond, we will have to face the elite main force of the entire royal court! The war will inevitably become protracted and complicated, and when the time comes, it will ......"

Others don't know, but he understands in his heart, although the incident happened suddenly, but the top level of the empire currently has no plans to start a full-scale war with the Gambino civilization again, because most of the empire's mobile strategic forces have been put into the Xiaoyang galaxy, and they are fighting to the death with the Northern Hell civilization there, and the war situation has entered a critical stage, and there is no room for rash start of another large-scale war. Unless it was the Empire that ordered the mobilization of the whole country.

Li Weizhong rolled his eyes and said: "According to the information we have, we have not found any signs of large-scale troops from the Gambino Royal Court, so I don't think it's a big deal to pursue across borders, and with our strength, even if we encounter the main force of the royal court, we can guarantee a full retreat, huh...... The only concern is the dissatisfaction of the old guys above. ”

"It's better to be like this," Meng Yuequan said.

"Marshal, you can send a message to the Imperial Military Department asking for a cross-border pursuit, but you can't let the Supreme Council know about it, so that you can ......"

Xue Cangyun knew in his heart that the military's high-level considerations were relatively simple, and military factors had always been given priority, and they would not need to take too many aspects into account like those politicians. Therefore, his request will most likely be granted. When the time comes, the bosses of the military department will naturally go to fight with them.

"Alright, let's do it!" The marshal nodded and made up his mind, and ordered:

"Feng Linbo, I'll give you 150,000 high-speed assault ships now, plus thirty special ability legions, you will lead the army and set off, and you must hold off their main force! Can it be done? ”

The admiral was taken aback, and immediately understood that the marshal wanted to make him make meritorious service in this way to atone for his crimes, and even if he was caught as a scapegoat by some powerful forces in the future, he would not be completely powerless to fight back.

He glanced at the marshal gratefully, and saluted solemnly: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

……

In the camp of the Grand Commander.

Viklas was discussing a retreat with Sagusnoch, and the cunning and gloomy wise man was a little confused about the fact that the Imperial army was getting closer and closer.

“…… Our time is running out, so our subordinates feel that by abandoning half of our troops and booty, and pestering them regardless of casualties, we will have a chance to return to the royal court safely! It said to Sagusnoch.

"Can't we have so many fleets and have a good fight with them?" The Grand Commander was obviously a little unwilling, and his tone was cold and authentic.

"Your Excellency, I am sorry that the result of the balance of strength between the two sides ...... That's how it should be! The old wise man said helplessly.

"Then what's the point of us going out on a big expedition this time and spending so much manpower and material resources?" Sagusnoch was a little angry, and the majestic coercion was released without reservation, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became heavy and depressed, so that the strong people below fell to the ground and trembled.