Chapter XXXVIII

The fat man stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, smoking a cigarette.

The trees downstairs are already a piān green. The soft sunlight shines through the foliage, shining on the delicate lawn and clean pavement, and the color is golden.

Two birds chased past the window, descended sharply, and plunged into the woods, chirping and arguing. Four female cadets of different heights, dressed in reserve uniforms, held books and walked happily and laughing. They suddenly exchanged heads and ears, and suddenly fell backwards to play and laugh with their companions, and their slender and youthful posture made the quiet path seem to be much brighter.

Infected by this joy, the corners of the fat man's mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

"Dead fatty, Kàn laughs when he sees a girl." Margaret came from behind, took his arm, and looked downstairs with a smile as she spoke.

The fat man turned his head, and the beautiful face of the kàn woman, who turned all beings upside down, bathed in the sunlight under the slanted window, and the white neck and ears became more and more pink and clear, making people can't help but want to kiss it.

"Sè wolf!" The charm between Margaret's eyebrows and eyes opened up with only one squint, slapped a document into his hand and said, "Fat General, this is the message sent back by the exploration team today." ”

Oh? The fat man hurriedly threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the trash can on the side and opened the file quickly.

Since the successful trial of the new space jumping technique, the Leray military has formed a joint twenty exploration teams under the auspices of Mihailovi Temple, Flavio and Boswell.

Each exploration team has five exploration vessels that have been modified with navigation systems, engine control systems, and a central computerized jump data model, and are escorted, replenished, and maintained by a C-class fleet. Its mission is to quickly explore new space jumps along the space jump points that can currently be controlled.

This work was already carried out the day before yesterday, and the news sent back today is the first batch of exploration results. For the Lelei Federation, which is at the heart of the upcoming Great War, these achievements are even more important than the current showdown between Russell and Banning at the Metis Jump Point!

Seeing the fat man open the folder and read intently, Margaret tightened her arm with some distress.

Although he was born in special forces and fought on the battlefield, the fat man's body has always been very good. Now he is wearing a beautiful general's uniform, and he looks quite handsome from the outside. However, only by standing beside him and examining Kàn up close can we find the tiredness and haggard between his brows.

These days, he only has an hour or two off each day. The rest of the time, I spent the rest of my time in the laboratory, the president's office, the military headquarters, the major ports, and the bases, meeting with the military commanders of the major units, handling all kinds of official documents, and holding all kinds of meetings.

As Sobor went south, a great war was on the verge of breaking out. The fat man is calm and calm on the surface, and it seems that he has been preparing for a long time, just to meet the arrival of this day, and everything is under control. But in fact, whether it is An Lei, Fang Xiang, or Margaret, they often see the fat man standing alone in the corner smoking and frowning with a heavy heart.

They all know that in order to make the small ship of the Leray Federation survive in the rough waves of the space war, the fat man has been working hard for it since he wandered in the free world of Mars.

When the forces of the Leray Federation were left with only the seed fleet left behind by Hamilton, he played a trick on Mars, successfully crushed the alliance of Mars schools, and gathered these schools around him, thus pulling up the current bandit army out of nothing.

When Brody coup d'état, Flavio and Bernardo couldn't even speak within the Allies, he took the risk of ambushing the command cluster of Humphrey's fleet, captured the fleets of Feather and Feather, and took the Longbow system of Salga, which shocked the world!

When the Leray Federation was torn apart, but Chackner was still unclear, he went deep into the Canglang Star to rescue Chackner Marshal Li Cunxin, and led Chakner's troops to bravely enter the Hot Springs Pass, and raided the northern mountains.

Later, he led the bandit army to fight Leifengxing, made trouble in Heidfield, and joined forces with Hastingxin to subdue the military and political leaders of Feiyang and force Li Fu to leave. All of this is to save the fate of the Leray Federation, which is almost falling into the sky, and it is irretrievable for anyone to come!

Others just saw his dazzling achievements, but Kàn saw the strength of the bandit army and the advanced technology of the battleship mecha, but Kàn saw him rise from a mechanic to a general, and they were envious and jealous. But who knows how much this fat man has paid for this?

He's a madman. In order to win, or just to win a glimmer of hope, he embarked on this path without hesitation, which ordinary people would not even dare to think about.

He was a miserly money junkie. In order to save up an army of bandits, his eyes lit up when he saw anything, and he even grabbed a handful of the wind blowing beside him. Technology, wealth, talents, what can be scavenged, he scavenged all into his pocket, and then pinched, kneaded, pieced together, little by little to build the current army that amazes the world!

Artificial intelligence, advanced mecha warriors, 12th generation [rampant] mechas, battleship stealth technology, electronic jamming technology, split technology, ramming tactics, [Doomsday]-class space carriers, grandfather Hastings and Chackner Marshal Li Cunxin spare no effort to support...... Everything of this kind is obtained by this white and chubby guy who has relied on a single strength to support the present!

If he had been equally pessimistic when everyone was pessimistic about the future of the Legre Federation, if he had given up when Hamilton had died and the Union had been torn apart, if he had rested when he was sad and tired, then there would have been absolutely no bandit army now, no Federation now!

Fat people are the darlings of all Lerays, and this statement is not wrong at all. In these days in Leray, Marguerite can really feel the country's love for her men.

Because every Lelei knows what this fat man has done for this country. I also know how difficult it is to get to this point.

The fat man walked so lonely and hard. They can't help him, they can only love him!

And now, a big war is coming!

Fate, just step by step, came here, and put the decisive battle in the southeast star field. On the surface, this seems to be Hastings' choice when he challenged Sauber, but in fact, Hastings's challenge must also follow the entire pattern of war.

The reason for the outbreak of war from the southeast is also the reason for the decisive battle. In the midst of it, the Le Ray Federation has no escape.

The only one who doesn't believe in evil is this fat man with a whimsical or even whimsical brain.

This guy who doesn't know the height of the sky wants to turn the tide with one hand, and wants to use his whimsical ideas to change the fate of the Leray Federation. He's done a lot, and there's a lot more to do, and he needs to do it every minute.

Especially at the moment when the fat man has a little kid, a bandit army, a new space jumping technology, an increasingly powerful ability to influence the world, and is getting closer and closer to his dream!

"Four star fields, twenty-three galaxies, five new discovery jump points! A planet suitable for immigrants! The fat man finished the paper in his hand and raised his head, his eyes shining.

"Great!" With the fat man's scream, Margaret was held in his arms and kissed him before she could come back to her senses.

"Dead wolf." Margaret's towering breasts clung to the fat man's chest, and she gasped for breath only halfway, and her sideburns were scattered with a coquettish sound.

"Immigrant Planet! Immigrate to the planet! ”

The fat man chirped again, kissed Margaret's soft lips, and said excitedly: "There are only two public galaxies from the Lelei Central Star Field!" ”

"Dead man, this is the military headquarters!" Margaret twisted the fat man's waist in shame and glanced around. But when he saw that the staff officers who came and went had strange expressions, their heads bowed and their steps were hurried, and their faces were even more feverish.

The fat man let go of Margaret and excitedly kàn the document in his hand.

In recent years, three convoys of transports from the Freeport of Mars have arrived. Later, there were many more ships coming along the Freedom Lane.

These fleets of former pirate ships, transports, merchant ships, and civilian passenger ships are anchored in the harbors of the major immigrant stars. A total of more than 100,000 spaceships of various kinds are densely packed one by one, stretching out in the outer space of the planet, covering the stars and the sun, and the scene is extremely spectacular.

At the same time, on the other hand, the battle in the Metis system has also entered a critical period. Every minute and second that Russell is currently fighting for the Federation is a bloody fight of the front-line soldiers.

Therefore, starting the Leray resettlement program as soon as possible is the most important task of the government and the military that are currently remaining in Lere. The sooner the Leray Federation's immigration plan is implemented, the sooner he will put aside his worries, and the bandit army will be able to devote more fully to this decisive battle that is related to Lelei's peace for hundreds of years in the future!

The safest place for Lere immigrants is not Mars, let alone the countries of Chacner and Fiyan. Mars could be captured by the enemy, and no matter how much Chuckner and Feiyan cooperated, they would not be able to accept nearly a billion people. The safest place is a new planet of immigrants that the enemy can't find.

The success of the new space jumping technology has turned this plan from an illusory to a hopeful. And this document in my hand today has turned all this into reality!

The fat man's eyes were blazing and he looked out the window.

In the sun, the skyscrapers stretch out into the mountains beyond. This city in the basin is perhaps the least affected by the artillery fire of the entire Leray Federation. Although it is not as prosperous as before, these tall space cities, the elevated highways that whirl the sky, the space trains and intercity spaceships that come and go, still make this city everywhere with traces of the three hundred years of peace of the Leray Federation.

And now, all this will start in a new place.

Lelei will have a new territory, and the people of Lelei will have a home free of war!

"Does the president's office know?!" The fat man clutched the document in his hand.

"Got it." Margaret smiled slightly: "Admiral Mikhailovich and President Flavio have ordered the start of the immigration program. The three giant transports that have completed the transformation have already set off, and they will be transporting supplies, engineering mechs and personnel in advance, scouting and building a settlement base. ”

"Okay." The fat man said: "Butt calculations how long does it take to complete immigration?" ”

Margaret replied, "If the planet transformation goes well, it is expected to take a week." ”

As she spoke, she pointed to an interstellar map under the folder and said, "Also, you kànkàn this." ”

"What is this?" The fat man asked strangely as soon as he lowered his head and looked at the coordinates of the newly discovered jump point.

"This is a new jump point for new airspace discovery. According to the plan, our exploration ship carried out a type 1 (old space jumping technology) jump exploration and a type 2 (new space jumping branch) jump exploration on it, and we found that the type 1 jump arrived at a new galaxy, while the type 2 jump reached a galaxy that we had already discovered. ”

The fat man's heart jumped suddenly, and he hurriedly asked, "What is the jump point of the existing galaxy?" ”

"Yes!" Margaret nodded, "A Type 2 jump from this jump point will lead to the RU-7021 system. ”

"R......" The fat man quickly opened the instrument on his arm, projected the interstellar map onto the glass in front of him, and then looked for the galaxy line that began with the number R.

"Found it!" The fat man's gaze rested on a public galaxy marked by only one jump point, "This is ......"

His gaze stretched along the public galaxy numbered 7021 to the other jump point connection lines, and he suddenly turned his head in amazement: "From here, to the Western Monterey Empire?" ”

"It's unimaginable, isn't it?" Margaret sighed: "Although we all know that the new jumping technology will change the existing routes and rules of the human interstellar map, we still didn't expect that the Monterey Empire, which took three months to sail according to the original route, was only seven jump points away from Leray. ”

She smiled, wrinkling her nose playfully, "It would be nice if we could find a jump point to the Binalt Empire." ”

"Although it is a matter of time, the probability of issuing regulations in the short term is very small." The fat man looked into the distance, "If there really is a day, even if the bandit army is only one-twentieth of the opponent's, I am confident that this war will end!" ”

"Fatty." Margaret stared at him and suddenly screamed.

"Huh?" The fat man turned his head.

"Actually, you're still worried about the upcoming battle, right?" Margaret asked in a low voice.

The fat man was silent, his face tense, and finally nodded a little weakly.

"Is it because the gap between the bandit army and the opponent's strength is too big, or do you think that if my grandfather has something to do, he can't shoulder the burden of commanding the allies?" Margaret smiled at the corner of her mouth.

The fat man's honest face twitched twice, and he drooped his eyelids and said, "What did he tell you?" ”

"Kàn come, or my grandfather understands you." Margaret grabbed his arm: "The allies have set off for the south today, and my grandfather asked me to tell you that the core of war is not procedures, not weapons and technology, but people." Therefore, if you want to defeat your opponent, you should know your opponent more than deduction. ”

The fat man pondered.

To be honest, although he has a bandit army in his hands and a new space jumping technique, the fat man knows that in front of a peerless genius like Sober, all this is not reliable.

Whether it is experience, military cultivation or the strength of the bandit army, he is too little compared to Sauber. If you are not careful, you may be wiped out.

As soon as he thought that he had no chance to make a mistake in front of Sober, the fat man felt very painful and depressed, and he wanted to find an opportunity to greet Sober directly with a gun. And this last point is obviously not possible. This, in turn, exacerbates the level of depression.

Out of natural vigilance against Sober, the fat man has been carefully studying and deducing the current forces and situation on both sides these days.

The results of the deduction are not encouraging.

With Sober's military prowess and the forces at his disposal, the fat man found that no matter what method he used, he could not take advantage of his opponents. Lure, set up an ambush, attack its central command cluster through stealth tactics, or appear behind your opponent through the Mars Channel...... All the conceivable schemes, once put on Sober, are more like creating an opportunity for the opponent to set a trap in a trap.

This is a rare situation for a fat man to feel completely incapable before the war.

However, now Margaret relayed a few words of Hastings's admonition, and the fat man suddenly felt as if he had really ignored something.

He muttered a moment and turned to Margaret, "I just thought, calculate the time, and Sober has already received the news that the capital of Desik has been attacked. ”

Margaret looked at the fat man in confusion and nodded, "Of course." ”

The fat man said: "If he ordered the fleet to speed up to Desik, then, it should have passed by now...... Not...... KA-52 public galaxy. ”

"That's right," Margaret carefully looked at the starmap projected by the fat man, nodded, and asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

"You know, there are a lot of small jumps between the Mars Passage and the Main Passage. Sister Xiang dispatched reconnaissance ships on the segments that could be reached at these jump points. And the KA-32 galaxy is one of our monitoring segments, but ......" the fat man's expression was serious, "until now, we have not received any news about the passage of the main force of Sober!" ”

Hearing the fat man say this, Margaret also felt a little strange. Although the main force from the west came to kàn, it is not yet the time for it to pass through the KA-3Z galaxy normally. However, when Desik's urgent call for help is factored in, the Sober fleet is too slow.

"In addition, although it is from the battle situation, Sober is now the best choice and the best time for the West to go south," the fat man said solemnly, "However, I have always been vaguely strange about a question......

"What's the problem?" Margaret asked.

"Sober ordered the formation of the Southeastern Front a few months ago, and because of this, he had enough time to assemble the huge strength of more than twenty Western Covenant member states, totaling four hundred and sixty A-class fleets," the fat man paced back and forth two steps, looking out the window, "But, don't you think he's used too much?" ”

"The lion fights the rabbit," said Margaret without hesitation, "since Sober has received a challenge from his grandfather, he naturally has to do his best. Moreover, given the importance of the southeast, the use of troops also needs to be cautious and steady. With a little more troops at hand, it will be more calm. There's nothing strange about that. ”

"That's what you thought, and that's what I thought before," said the fat man, "but just now you relayed your grandfather's words, but you reminded me." ”

"What?" Margaret asked.

"Character!" The fat man raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Sober's character!" ”

Nature? Margaret kuttered at the fat man in confusion.

The fat man's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he said: "Based on my deduction of the deployment of troops in the various major theaters, I can conclude that their deployment of these more than four hundred fleets actually has a great impact on their strategy in other aspects. Even many theaters of operations have temporarily halted their offensives in order to provide resources and forces to Sober. ”

Margaret listened quietly, without questioning or refuting.

Although given the complexity of modern warfare, it is not easy to comprehensively sort out and understand the entire military pattern of the enemy by analyzing the intelligence of the sea. However, she believed that as long as the fat man came to this conclusion by deduction, he would be right.

Grandfather Hastings once said in private that the fat man's ability to deduce alone is enough to be a staff officer!

More importantly, for a general staff department, completing a deduction is only a calculation of the battle plan or the deduction of the battle situation to prove whether a certain judgment and choice is correct. For a commander, completing such a deduction can form the most intuitive and advanced grasp of a war.

When all the details of the war are sorted out and formed in the bottom of the heart, a kind of intuition will inevitably arise in the mind of the war commander. This kind of intuition, based on deduction and judgment, is the talent that every commander and even every famous general in the world dreams of!

Even Grandpa Hastings admits that in this regard, the fat man is unparalleled in the world!

"So," the fat man turned to Margaret, "with Sober's strength and pride, would he allow himself to win the battle with his old enemy with a fleet four times the strength of the Filipino Alliance, which was so advantageous that it would even need to affect the offensive of other theaters to be assembled?" ”

"No!" Margaret's pupils shrink.

"Then, coupled with the fact that he has not yet passed the KA-32 galaxy segment, even if we can't draw a conclusion, we can at least think of a possibility," the fat man said lightly: "That is, Sober's strategic goal is not only the southeast star field!" ”

"Not only the Southeast?" Margaret was stunned for a moment, then thought of the split of Liver, the battle situation of the Carlston Galaxy, and the other possibility that came with it, and her eyes suddenly widened in horror, "Could it be Fei Yang?" ”

"It may be Feiyang's Meima Star Domain," the fat man said slowly, "However, compared to directly attacking Feiyang Mainland, I think there is another possibility......"

His finger pointed to the Catalan system of the Naga Federation, and followed this line all the way to the Altair system of the Republic of Lane leading to the fortress of Al-Aqsa of Fiyan and the Chackner Long March Star Field: "If I were Sober, I would choose this route!" ”

"Republic of Lane!" Margaret's military talent is extremely high, and in the blink of an eye, countless possibilities have come to mind.

She had to admit that what the fat man said was right!

All the while, all eyes were on the Southeast Passage and the Carlston Galaxy. It seems that the West Covenant has always been firmly pursuing a strategy of flanking the Filan through the southeast and the Carlston Galaxy.

However, everyone overlooked that between the central star field and the east, in addition to the Carlston Galaxy and the central channel of Leray, there is actually a passage. That's the Republic of Lane!

The former Republic of Lane had a strong military and was also close to Fjyan and Chakner, so it was able to quickly get support from both countries. Coupled with Li Fo, it is as stable as Mount Tai! The war with the Naga Federation has always prevailed, and there is no possibility of a sudden rout and opening the passage.

However, today, this impossibility has become the most confusing and greatest possibility!

You must know that the war between Ryan and the Naga Federation was fought quite fiercely, and the military consumption of the two countries was not small. The current Republic of Lane is no longer the country that was strong and strong, only ranked behind Chakner, and its national strength is still above Jepensus.

Moreover, with the split of Fei Yang, Lane openly supported Liver, which has created a gap between Fei Yang and Lane. Coupled with the fact that Chackner was entangled by Seuss and Jeppen and couldn't spare his hands at all, and Hastings sent a lot of Feiyan fleet to join the Allies because of the crisis in the southeast, and went south with all his might, so ......

A chill crept up from Margaret's back.

She seemed to see that when the Filipino Alliance was still in internal strife, when Chakna and Sujay were still desperate, when the Naga Federation and the Republic of Lane were fighting fiercely, Sober, like a poisonous snake, watched everything quietly, accumulating its venom, looking for an opportunity, ready to launch a fatal blow!

Those agents who sacrificed their lives to pass on the forces and movements of Western Covenant back home are nothing more than Sober's pawns!

The speculation of his strength in the base camp of the Allied command was in his plan at all!

He went south like a secret, but it was a ruthless move to force his grandfather Hastings to play with his whole army. He wants to defeat his grandfather openly at the tactical level in the southeast campaign, and he must also defeat his grandfather at the strategic level of the chess game in the world!

What he wants is a complete victory!

Margaret's face was pale, and she grabbed the fat man's arm tightly: "Since Grandpa wants me to remind you, does it mean that he has already guessed this possibility?" ”

"Of course." The fat man smiled and patted Margaret's hand gently.

"Really?" Margaret still felt that the chill on her body could not be subdued.

"Maggie, don't forget......" The fat man squinted his eyes and slowly said to the golden sun in the sky, "He's the god of war, Hastings!" ”