Chapter 143: The Retreat of Eun's Fleet
The next afternoon, Demancha took the initiative to send a contact request to the Voyager. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Well, did the council agree?" At the first glance of Demancha, Zhou Xin, who had been anxiously waiting for nearly a day, asked directly.
"Sort ofβagreedβ" Demancha replied after a moment's pause.
"Consent is consent, what does it mean to agree?" Dart asked, frowning.
"Because before agreeing, a part of the parliament made a request." After a moment's hesitation, Demancha said.
"What requirements?" Zhou Xin asked very dryly.
Before he could answer, Demancha's face showed an embarrassed expression, and then he said in an embarrassed tone, "The council hopes that you can provide us with the technology we will develop in the future. They found that based on the current technology you provided, we were unable to manufacture most of the weapons and equipment recorded in your materials. β
As soon as Zhou Xin wanted to agree, Dart hurriedly refused: his tone was filled with a hint of anger, "No, you guys are getting an inch." While it is true that we will give you the information you have said, it is not now. We have already provided you with such a large amount of information, but I did not expect that you would not be satisfied, and you would have to make new demands on us. If you do this again, believe it or not, we'll break up and you won't have anything to think of next. β
When Dart said the first sentence, Zhou Xin understood his thoughts. Originally, he wanted to stop Dart from continuing, but after hesitating for a while, he gave up, in fact, he also wanted to test the attitude of the community in his heart.
"I knew I wouldn't." Demancha sighed, "I'm sorry, they had to let me try. Well, Captain Zhou Xin, the council has passed your request. We have already informed the inside line hidden in the top echelons of the Kazlan military. β
For this answer, Dart, who was still in an angry state, was stunned for a moment, and even Zhou Xin felt a little surprised. It took a moment for Dart to react, his tone still a little hard to believe, "What? Is that agreed? Shouldn't you report our attitude to Parliament again? Zhou Xin also looked at the other party with puzzled eyes.
With a wry smile, Demancha replied: "This is not necessary, in fact, the council has collectively approved your request in the morning meeting, but after the meeting, some scientific researchers found me and asked me to urge you to hand over the follow-up technical data as soon as possible, saying that it was uncomfortable to look at the incomplete information." Although I have repeatedly explained to them that this is easy to arouse your disgust, several of them stubbornly urged me to try, and even threatened to destroy all the previous information if I didn't try, although they knew that they would never do so, but-"
"But you actually want to try it in your heart, right?" Zhou Xin continued.
Demancha nodded silently, stopping what Dart wanted to say next, Zhou Xin said: "You can just say this kind of thing, why use this kind of threatening means to test us, but it will affect our relationship." Seeing that Demancha's face showed an apologetic look, Zhou Xin couldn't continue to scold, "Okay, let's just go over this matter." As Dart said, it is not possible for us to hand over the next part of the information to you for the time being. As for whenβ" Zhou Xin thought for a moment and then said in a serious tone, "Then let's wait until you get the neutron matter, and then we'll exchange it." β
Without saying anything next, Zhou Xin directly cut off the communication. After the screen went black, Zhou Xincai finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Huh-the community has finally agreed, and it can finally make progress." β
"This is just the beginning." Although Dart's face looked very relaxed, he reminded, "Until we really get the neutron matter, we still have to think of other ways." Nor is it inevitable that the Community's actions will succeed. β
"I understand." Zhou Xin nodded, his tone a little helpless, "But what do you think we can do now?" There are only a few probes on the northern continent that have worked continuously until now, and they have not given up the search, but compared to the entire huge continent, this is simply futile. β
Dart sighed, then grumbled, "If only the Ewen Empire and the Republic of Kazran could stop the war now, so that we have a chance to send more probes down, this damn war." β
"If it weren't for the damn war you were talking about, we wouldn't know the Kazlans still had a stock of neutron matter in their hands, so stop complaining." "But right now, I do think the same thing as you, I want this fight to end as soon as possible." β
"Your Excellency, the probe has found that the Ewen fleet appears to be retreating." As soon as Spred's words were finished, a report from the Voyager sounded in the command compartment.
"What, the Ewen fleet has retreated, let me see." Zhou Xin was about to speak, Atlas's startled voice rang out, and after a few seconds, she continued, "Brother Captain, really, the Eun fleet in all directions is retreating in the direction of the equator. β
"What a story." After listening to Atlas's words, Zhou Xin immediately laughed, and then he asked, "When did this happen?" β
"Just now." It was the Voyager who replied, "Ten minutes ago, the ship spotted signs of the activity of the Eun fleet, and thought that they were going to attack the Kazlan line again, but the entire fleet only slightly sorted out the formation and began to retreat. β
"Look at the retreating Ewen fleet on the screen." Dart touched his chin and said, "Looks like they can't hold it anymore in the end." β
"However, if they retreat like this now, what was the purpose of the previous ten days of fighting? It doesn't make sense. Spred looked a little confused.
"Maybe it's just their commander hesitating." Spred guessed, "After all, they have lost a large number of warships, including the mothership, and they will be reluctant to retreat like this." As he spoke, he looked at the Kazlan defense line over the northern continent, "After so many days of testing, I think they have already found that they have no chance, so they have to give up." β
Zhou Xin nodded, "For the Ewen fleet, there is no point in continuing to hold on, and holding on any longer will only increase unnecessary losses." The next thing they had to think about was how to deal with the Kazlan's counterattack. Then he also turned his perspective to the Kazran defense, "Hasn't the Kazran fleet noticed that the other side is retreating until now?" It's a little sluggish. β
Not long after Zhou Xin finished speaking, the Kazlan fleet finally discovered the intentions of the Eun, and their warships hurriedly started to pursue the Eun fleet, which had retreated far away, but it was obvious that it was too late, and they did not even see the shadow of any Eun warship. Although Zhou Xin couldn't see the expressions of the Kazlan people, he should have been a little annoyed when he thought about it. However, they took the opportunity to push the direction outward quite a bit.
However, to Zhou Xin's surprise, the Eun fleet did not withdraw directly to their own territory as they thought, but stopped when it was still about a thousand kilometers away from the equator. After observing for a while, Zhou Xin and the others found that the flames emitted by most of the warship engines of the Eun fleet were significantly weakened, and it seemed that the entire fleet was ready to stop there.
"What are you thinking?" Spred asked suspiciously, "No matter how unwilling you are, there is no point in the fleet stopping here." β
Dart had the same doubts in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he said with some uncertainty: "There is only one possibility for me to think, could it be that the Eun people want to push the border in the direction of Kazran?" β
"It's not impossible." Zhou Xin said thoughtfully, "Although they don't have the ability to land on the Northern Continent now, they can still move the border line in the direction of Kazran. But what's the point? I remember that both of them are incapable of exploiting the resources of the seabed, so what is the point of them occupying such a large and useless sea surface? Could it be that in a short period of time they have developed a way to exploit the resources of the seabed? How can they have such idle time? In the end, Zhou Xin didn't believe what he said.
"Maybe it's just comforting." Dart's tone was a little strange, "At such a heavy cost, they are not willing to get nothing, so they are angry and occupy some useless places as compensation?" β
After discussing for a long time, everyone finally found out helplessly that only Dart's most unreliable speculation seemed to be the most likely to be close to the truth. Half an hour after the Uen fleet stopped, Kazlan's pursuing fleet finally appeared in front of them. However, when he saw that the Eun fleet had already set up a formation and was waiting in front of them, the originally imposing Kazlan fleet hesitated. Then, with just a few symbolic shells, the Kazlan fleet came to a halt at the edge of the range of the Eun. However, the Ewen fleet ignored the sporadic attacks from the other side, and just stayed quietly in place, and the two fleets faced each other.
The Kazran fleet that participated in the confrontation also included stealth warships that had made great achievements in the past, but in this case it was difficult for them to play their role, and they were not even as good as those ordinary warships. Therefore, in comparison, the two sides of the confrontation should still have the strength of the Ewen fleet, but at this time they did not take advantage of the situation to attack. However, after the confrontation lasted for half an hour, perhaps the commander of Eun could not bear it anymore, and almost at the same moment, the Eun battleship began to slowly move in the direction of Kazran's fleet as if it had received an order. After seeing the movements of the Eun fleet, the Kazlan fleet also seemed to be a little scared, and they subconsciously retreated some distance. However, the Eun fleet only made a threatening move, and without firing a shot, they only slowly advanced for more than ten kilometers before they stopped again.
Somewhat surprisingly, the standoff between the Kazlan fleet and the Eun fleet continued for three days, and even after the community obtained the news of neutron matter, it was not over.
As usual, this is the time of day when Voyager is in regular contact with the Community. However, unlike the previous days, Demancha, who appeared on the screen, was visibly happy.
After the routine greeting, Zhou Xin asked curiously, "Why do you look so happy today?" Is there anything happy happening at the base? β
Shaking his head, Demancha replied with a smile, "Don't you know, since we got your information, our technology has made new breakthroughs every day, and this breakthrough will be pleasant every time. If you do what you say, then I'm going to be happier. Then there was a hint of mystery on his face, "What makes me happy now is that it has something to do with you." β
"You've found neutron matter?" Hearing Demancha's words, Zhou Xin's first thought was this, and he blurted out with excitement.
This time Demancha nodded, "Indeed, we have already found the location you mentioned about storing neutron matter in the inner line of the Kazlan military. β
"In what place? Did you get it? When will we be able to get it? Spred, who was next to him, rushed to ask a series of questions.
"Most of the neutron matter is stored in the underground base of a large city near the center of the northern continent by special means, and only a small part of the neutron material is made into ammunition and scattered throughout the territory of Kazlan for the supply of warships." Demancha explained the distribution of neutron matter in detail, and then his expression became a little solemn, "This kind of information is kept secret even from most of the high-ranking officers inside Kazlan, and only those who have access to neutron matter are qualified to know, and our inside line has not been able to get this information with great difficulty." As for getting it, it's even harder, and I'm afraid we can't do it with our inside line alone. Then Demancha went on to make a further investigation, "Not to mention the largest depot in the center of the continent, even the smallest base, which has only a dozen neutron munitions, is very well defended. Engaging with live ammunition requires at least three layers of defense, covering all of the Kazran's most rigorous forms of authentication. Moreover, this verification is independent of each ammunition depot, and even if a person is qualified to enter one ammunition depot, he is not allowed to enter other ammunition depots. It's already so hard to get into, let alone get the neutron munitions out of it. β
After listening to the information introduced by Demancha, many people in the command cabin showed disappointed looks......