Chapter 5: The Assassin in the Shadows (No. 5) 4

"Then it's better to do this, I will withdraw all the local defenders of the Holais people and a town from the ferry of Moss Town, and let's use the large camp under Ling Zunbu to defend the city together, what do you think?" Ye Zifeng had a smile on his face, ignoring the fact that he was holding back his anger now, and pretended to be kind and pretended to have a consultative attitude. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info At this time, Cullen felt that something was wrong, and there was no problem in using the strength of the large battalion to naturally protect the imperial capital, but the problem was that his own territory was not within the circle of the large battalion, and withdrawing the Holes people was equivalent to opening the door to the Mosnan Plain to the enemy, and there was no possibility of survival in his own territory. As soon as he thought about this, the problem arose, after several generations of his family's business, the most fertile land on the Mosnan Plain had accumulated a huge amount of wealth for his family, all accumulated in the family domain, and once his own territory fell, these wealth would be looted by the enemy, and the family's centuries-old business would be ruined. Cullen didn't want that result.

However, Ye Zifeng's words made Cullen fall into such a contradiction. If you don't send troops, your own territory will fall, and you will be ashamed of your ancestors, but you can be praised by His Majesty the Emperor in public. When he sent troops, he lost his position and had a reputation for being unfilial, although he kept his own territory, he lost face in public, not only lost his position, but also lost people. Cullen regretted this, why didn't he hear Ye Zifeng's words in the morning. Before going out, when he consulted with the other two dukes, the two dukes persuaded him not to go alone, he had experienced too little, he didn't know how to make small means between nobles, and once he stumbled, he didn't know if it was so simple to be ashamed, but at that time, Cullen didn't say this proverb into his ears, and he was arrogant that an emperor who was two years younger than himself and had been on the throne for less than a year would not pose much threat to a rookie duke like himself, and he was enough to deal with it alone, So Cullen left behind under the worried gaze of the two dukes, "I'll take care of everything, and the two lords will rest in my house for a while, waiting for my good news." So, because of his conceit, Cullen fell into the embarrassment of this matter.

Sweat slowly flowed down his sideburns, Cullen bit his lips tightly, his blue tangled expression, his eyes were round, his body kept trembling, and his beautiful blonde hair was wet with sweat and stuck to his face, how embarrassed and embarrassed. The surrounding nobles secretly rejoiced, and they all forced a smile and twisted their heads to the side, not only Marshal Kulun who was struggling, but the only one in this room who was still looking at him was Ye Zifeng with a smile on his face.

"How? Marshal, have you reached a conclusion, we are waiting for your reply. The anger in Ye Zifeng's heart disappeared completely at this time, and while he was secretly happy in his heart, he suddenly realized when he was so good at speaking. I recall that when I was in class at Newcastle College, the teacher taught the pre-war mobilization speech, which made everyone in the class enthusiastic, but only Ye Zifeng, the scorpion was poisonous, and he was as calm as an old monk, and his heart was like stopping water, looking directly at the teacher who was impassioned and loudly reciting the teaching case of the teacher on the podium, and the students below who seemed to be about to charge into the battle and bomb the bunker in the next moment, as if they were watching monkeys, a gong and a gang of tricks, and the most important thing was that there was no need to spend money, So Ye Zifeng felt that there was enough reason to laugh, so he laughed unscrupulously. Afterwards, Ye Zifeng was dragged to the dormitory by Ye Kexin to preach, coupled with Feng Fengxiang's personal visit, he finally promised to hold back if he wanted to laugh in the future, and never make a sound. At that time, the teacher in class immediately wrote hard as soon as he got out of class, and gave Feng Fengxiang a letter of rebuke with righteous words, which denounced Ye Zifeng's various things, and finally wrote twelve big characters in Chinese and English in red italic No. 1 bold font, "Ye Zifeng is not suitable to be a fleet commander", and a whole line of exclamation marks was added to show the focus.

It seems that he is good at it, in this magical space. Ye Zifeng naturally didn't believe in the theory of crossing, as for why he came here, although Ye Zifeng couldn't explain it clearly, he was sure that he was facing something more serious than how to go back. What he didn't know for sure was that when he was killed by the so-called enemy, he would really die.

But thinking of this, Ye Zifeng suddenly realized a serious problem, he was just thinking about how to resist the enemy before, and forgot about the most fundamental and important problem.

-- What is your enemy?

"Marshal Cullen, we don't have time to delay, the sooner we send our troops, the better the chance of success, I don't need you to make a decision, and I don't need you to lose that person." The expression on Ye Zifeng's face changed suddenly, his eyebrows were raised, and his voice of shouting also went up a level, "Before coming here again, I have made up my mind, today you just agree that I will also send troops, and if you don't agree with me, I will also send troops, if you feel unhappy, you can take your family back to your territory, I will not stop you." ”

Ye Zifeng turned to Pandes, who was standing respectfully on the side.

"Minister of War, Lord Earl Pendes."

"The minister is here." Penders bowed towards Ye Zifeng.

"Immediately send fast horses to spread the order to every large battalion, and there must be no mistakes along the way, and whoever stands in the way does not need to say much, and will be decided. Within ten hours, I will begin to mobilize 100,000 steppe legions according to my plan, and all cities will begin to operate according to my orders, and if anyone does not comply, they will be executed. Within ten days, I will see the fortified positions behind Moss, the Stone Fort Fort, and the 50,000 steppe legions crossing the river on the left and right, and if there is any violation of the time, it will be executed. Obey the order and make a decision. Those who disobey the order and do not respect it will be decided. Go ahead and do it. Ye Zifeng waved his hand to Pendes, then turned to the nobles who were stunned after listening to Ye Zifeng's words, and announced loudly, "This is the end of the meeting, everyone should disperse, if you want to meet with your own territory as soon as possible, you can donate to the Finance Department in your own name, how much you want." ”

"Your Majesty." All the nobles, including Kulun, stood up and bowed to Ye Zifeng together, praising Ye Zifeng as a saint. After Ye Zifeng looked around the room full of nobles, he nodded slightly, and left from the side of the conference table, and the nobles waited for Ye Zifeng to walk to the door, then turned around and bowed to Ye Zifeng here, and said in unison, "Congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

Ye Zifeng stopped, turned to look at Pendes, "After the order, you come to me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Penders walked over to Ye Zifeng's side, bowed deeply, and then left in a hurry.

Ye Zifeng no longer looked back at the nobles in the military affairs hall, and left in the company of the palace maid, losing his figure in a corner.

"What do you say? The body is missing? Ye Kexin looked at the report from the underground city of the captain of the commando team outside the base, and couldn't help frowning, and asked loudly.

"That's right, sir." The captain stood straight, facing Ye Kexin sweating, "After we broke through from the outside of the broken place, we didn't find the black shadow mentioned by Major Brandton, nor did we find the unknown creature killed by Major Brownon in the maintenance passage, not even a trace of blood, but there were indeed bullet holes on the wall that Major Brownon shot missed, and a section was indeed missing in a row of bullet holes, so it can be determined that there is something standing in the middle, but it really doesn't make sense that there is no trace left otherwise." ”

"There is some truth to that, but this shadow was indeed scanned by the radiographic scanner, and we captured the image." Ye Kexin leaned back on the backrest, "You go back first, I've worked hard for you." ”

"It's not hard, sir." The captain let out a sigh of relief, immediately gave a military salute, and left Ye Kexin's office in a hurry, so fast that the kung fu captain had disappeared in front of Ye Kexin in the blink of an eye. The captain was afraid that Ye Kexin would stop him if he had something temporary.

"Major Brandton did see something." Ye Kexin muttered to himself, tapped the keyboard a few times at the same time, and after moving the mouse and clicking on a few folders, he found a few files that were not too deep, and the title of the folder was obvious, "About the "Stalingrad" Fleet Commander Fleet Commander TSAS Task Force 1st Group Investigation Report on the Explosion and Damage Area of the Nitrogen 13 Storage Tank and Radiographic Scanning Image Data".

The lengthy title made Ye Kexin really have no patience to read it, and quickly clicked on the radiographic scanning images in it, and a panoramic scanning black, gray and white three-color image full of 3D three-dimensional sense popped up instantly, Ye Kexin flipped down a few photos, and stopped when he turned to one of the pictures, in the calm and straight channel, an extremely blurry black shadow drew a light gray illusory light and shadow, Ye Kexin stared at this picture, and then clicked the copy button, and copied it into the report that had been written for nearly 20,000 words.

After carefully reading the report he drafted himself, Ye Kexin nodded with satisfaction, clicked the print button, and the printer integrated with the desk immediately began to buzz to work, and the A4 printing paper printed with No. 5 Song characters was neatly arranged on the printer pallet, Ye Kexin let out a sigh of relief and leaned on the back of the swivel chair.

The solar system, between Jupiter and Mars, the asteroid ring.

The "Praetorian Guard" fleet, the third branch of the fleet in the Martian defensive orbit, the lead ship of the destroyer fleet "Lance", the destroyer "Lance".

"We're close to our destination, sir." A major staff officer reported to the captain of the destroyer sitting in the captain's seat that on the electronic sand table, three battleships were shuttling through the dense asteroids, and after constantly avoiding the asteroids, the three battleships still maintained a perfect triangular formation and moved forward slowly. Not far ahead is a cherry-red target area, where their trip ends.

"Reduce the speed of advance, keep the fleet on alert, unlock all weapons, send carrier-based aircraft for long-range reconnaissance, and report back as soon as there is a situation." The captain, with his hat pressed low, stared at the electronic sandbox as he gave orders to his lieutenant.

"Yes, sir." The adjutant nodded, and began to relay orders to the second-level command center, which communicated with the other two ships in the fleet. This process lasted less than a minute, and the order was immediately delivered, and the captain got up from the captain's seat and slowly paced to the floor-to-ceiling observation window at the front of the bridge. At this moment, two jet-black streamers passed from the left and right of the bridge, like a falcon that melted into the night sky, silently.

"Falcon, falcon. This is the Eagle's Nest, can you hear it? The crew responsible for communicating with the pilot of the Night Owl fighter, spoke to the pilot of the Night Owl fighter into the microphone on the console in front of him.

"The sound is clear, and the communication is non-anomalous." The Night Stalker pilot responded, "Heading towards the target area, there is nothing suspicious on sight or radar." ”

"The camera was taken in real time, and not a single point was missed." The captain spoke at this time, "Pay attention to safety, anything can happen in the asteroid belt, do not approach objects suspected of being battleships, and return immediately." ”

"Falcon understands." The Night Stalker pilot responded, and the intercom fell silent.

There are large and small asteroids constantly shuttling past the fighter jets, and some asteroids will suddenly cut into the fighter plane's orbit from the side, but for the pilots who have carried out countless actual aircraft training in such an unexpected situation, it is easy to save the day, but even the most experienced pilots have to be more careful in this dangerous asteroid ring, after all, the mass and energy of any asteroid here are far greater than the electromagnetic railgun, once they drive the "night owl" If a fighter is hit, it will definitely destroy the plane and kill people, and there will be no chance of escape.

Not far away, an asteroid that seemed to be floating calmly was suddenly hit by an asteroid coming at a fast speed on the side, but the asteroid that was hit was unharmed, and the asteroid flying from the side was broken into bones, turning into asteroid fragments with a diameter of three to four meters, cutting straight through the asteroid ring and flying towards the earth. However, most of the debris hit other asteroids, and it is estimated that very few debris can successfully fly through the asteroid ring, and even if they do, they will indeed be burned up as they pass through the atmosphere.

The swarm of debris flew in front of the two Night Stalker fighters, as if watching a deadly meteor shower in space.

"Falcon, falcon, please reply, are you damaged?" The radar in front of the crew detected the previous asteroid impact, and the computer calculated the area where the asteroid debris passed just in time to include the two fighters.

"Eagle's Nest, we're fine, we're on the edge, we haven't been hit." The "Night Stalker" fighter pilot appeared to be calm and recovered, but the data detected on the vital detector showed that he was nervous and frightened, and his heartbeat skyrocketed, from the original 87 beats per minute to 121 beats per minute.

"Take it easy, you'll be fine." The captain noticed this and immediately reminded him.

"I see." The driver took a deep breath and tried to calm his nerves.

The two "Night Owl" carrier-based fighters were extremely close to the center of the target area, and when they were 500 meters away from the center, the two fighters began to change course, and according to the instructions of the computer, they began to follow a circular orbit with a radius of 500 meters from the center, and the two fighters were at both ends of the circle, and at the same time the airborne radar scanned this area, and the radar images were quickly transmitted to the electronic sand table of the "Rifle" destroyer, and the captain left the floor-to-ceiling observation window and came to the electronic sand table, staring at the constantly updated radar scan data.

"It doesn't look like there's anything out of the ordinary at the moment." A staff officer on the side whispered to the person next to him.

"Could it be that the information given by the base is wrong?" The person who was talking to him pointed to the constantly updated radar scan data on the electronic sand table with some confusion, "There is nothing at all, not even an asteroid, this is the vacuum zone, what's so strange?" ”

"Nothing?" The captain overheard the conversation between the two and dug a word out of the second person's mouth, "Vacuum Zone?" ”

The captain became more and more puzzled, his eyes covered by shadows frowned slightly, staring closely at the spherical area with a diameter of 500 meters that was still free of any objects despite constant updates, his brain was running rapidly, and the idea of constantly sifting through this one by one suddenly became a reality in his mind. In order to realize this idea, the captain immediately twisted his body to the crew responsible for liaising with the fighter pilot.

"Falcon, falcon, can you hear me?" The captain said.

"I can hear you, Eagle's Nest." In less than two seconds, the Night Owl fighter pilot responded.

"'Turtle' navigation mines were laid along the orbit to bomb the center of the target site." As soon as the captain said this, there was silence in the bridge, and everyone's eyes were focused on the captain.

"Eagle's Nest, please confirm the order, do you confirm that it is a mine-laying bombing?" The driver's voice came from the intercom at this time, and there was a sense of unease in the flat voice.

"Mission confirmed, mine-laying bombing immediately." The captain's tone was firm, and at the same time he raised his right hand and pressed the brim of his hat very low, revealing his large clear, bright eyes with blue pupils.

"The falcon received it, the radar scanning stopped, and the mine-laying bombing was carried out immediately." The driver's voice came from the intercom, along with a faint white noise and a slight button press.

The two "Night Owl" carrier-based fighters began to lay mines at the same time, the two side-by-side hatches in the tail of the fusiform fighters slowly opened, and one by one the "turtle" navigation mines in the shape of a flat cylindrical body slid out of the nacelle along the tracks, and then suspended in a vacuum. One of the two fighters was responsible for half of the orbit, and in a short time, a total of 20 navigation mines were evenly arranged in the orbit.

"Eagle's Nest, the navigation mine has been arranged." The driver said.

"The automatic initiation has been modified, and the initiation procedure is controlled by the Eagle's Nest." The captain sat back in the captain's seat, "Your mission is complete, return immediately." ”

"Falcon received." The pilot's voice came over the intercom for the last time, then turned into a cacophony of white noise, and the captain realized that something was wrong.

"Immediately detonate the mine, targeting the center of the target area."

"But the explosion will affect the fighter jets, do you want to wait a little longer." The crew, who had already taken over the control program, was in control of the twenty navigation mines, but he did not understand the captain's orders, and his finger hanging on the "Y" button was not clicked.

"We can't wait." The captain sighed, "Start the mine immediately." ”

"Yes, sir." The crew had to let go of the hesitation in their hearts, and the white noise coming from the communication had proved this, either the two fighters were interfered with at the same time, or the communicators of the two fighters were damaged at the same time, or the two fighters were silent, and there was absolutely no fourth possibility.

The distractions in their hearts were eliminated, the crew clicked the "Y" button, and in the space where metal fragments were floating in the distance, twenty dark navigation mines were activated at the same time, and the high-pressure gas controlled the course of the mines, and the twenty mines drifted to the center at the same time.

The smoke of the explosion gradually dissipated, and calm returned to the darkness of space.

"Three warships simultaneously activated the ship's radar for scanning." The captain calmly ordered.

The high-frequency phased array radar located in the bow of the battleship is turned on, and after a short time, the image is presented on an electronic sand table.

The light-gray battleship floated in mid-air on the bridge like a ghost. The streamlined fitness seems to indicate its agility, the constantly flickering blue light seems to indicate its illusory, and the undamaged bombardment after the bombing of twenty navigation mines with a power equivalent to that of a small atomic bomb proves its strength.

He is indeed powerful, unusually powerful.

"Send information to the base immediately and request reinforcements." The captain stood up from the captain's seat and walked to the floor-to-ceiling observation window, staring out at the deep starry sky and the glowing sun in the distance, as well as the gray ghost invisible to the naked eye.

(To be continued)