At 10:10 a.m. on July 12, 3137, the whereabouts of the Tranquility were revealed. According to www.biquge.info the initial plan, the giant ship began to maneuver in deep-sea acceleration mode to avoid possible attacks by the Imperial Army.

Liao Fan never thought that destroying the unmanned reconnaissance plane would avoid being discovered by the Imperial Army. In fact, unmanned reconnaissance planes that detect the enemy's situation in a grid layout in hundreds of units will indicate the enemy's position regardless of whether their individuals are destroyed or not. It's just that the destroyed reconnaissance opportunity informs the mothership of the enemy's situation in a blank space.

At the moment of the encounter, Jasmine executed the C6 plan, and before destroying the reconnaissance plane, the Serenity sharply adjusted its attitude and pointed the bow of the ship to the channel to Mercury. Before the main gun hits the reconnaissance plane, there is enough time for it to return the footage of the Tranquility to the mothership. After the reconnaissance plane exploded, the Tranquility adjusted its attitude again, this time targeting the Earth's shipping lane.

When the Wanderer is fully launched, the light spot of the main engine is like a supernova, no matter where it is between the earth and the moon, it is impossible to ignore its existence, and the powerful energy release is to cast the shadow of the starship on the earth, the moon, the spaceport and so on. Therefore, once the Wanderer is launched, it is impossible to hide within a range of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

In contrast, the concealment of the Brande starship is quite good, it is also a 10-kilometer capital ship, and the light spot of the main engine of the Tranquility suddenly lights up and becomes dim and blurred. The faint orange-red light spots resemble the compound eyes of the ghosts of hell. Unless at close range of hundreds of kilometers, and directly facing the main engine vents, the Tranquility is just a vague shadow. Even if the enemy is lucky enough to observe the spot, it is impossible to pinpoint it. The huge hull of the ship swept in the direction of the earth with more agility than people imagined.

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It was the reconnaissance aircraft of the Shimada destroyer detachment that grabbed the tail of the Serenity. A fleeting shadow woke everyone in the detachment. It took less than five minutes for the destroyer group to enter deep-sea acceleration mode.

Shimada ordered six destroyers to form a group of two in a group to conduct a conical search along the direction of the Mercury Channel.

According to the last intelligence, it was found that the position of the enemy ship was less than 20,000 kilometers from the spaceport and only 110,000 kilometers from the center of the Shimada detachment. This distance is quite close for a starship. The firing range of the capital ship is more than 80,000 kilometers in the farther range. Up and down the destroyer group, it was busy. This is especially true after discovering that the opponent is a capital ship.

There is a huge difference in combat power between destroyers and capital ships. While an experienced destroyer operator is able to dodge most of the capital ship's attacks with its agility, its defenses are so weak that if it is hit once, it risks sinking.

The Shimada detachment was up and down, and no one underestimated the enemy. Those who can be selected for the expeditionary fleet are veterans. They put all their energy on combat missions, and as for whether they can survive the battle, only the recruits will worry.

After giving the order, Shimada contacted the two wingmen headed for the Spaceport Command and asked them to join the detachment. Since the enemy is of the capital ship class and it is not known if there are other enemy ships, it is unwise to divide the forces in any way. He decided to huddle together to face the looming threat.

His mind has changed, and instead of seeking face-to-face combat with the enemy, he seeks to stick to the other party's foundation and survive as much as possible. The capital ship is not an opponent that can inspire the fighting spirit, so let your own battleship or mothership worry about it. He decided not to take the initiative to attack, focusing on stalking and entanglement.

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Ozawa's strike detachment received the news that the expulsion detachment had encountered the enemy at 10:55. Their own reconnaissance aircraft have so far found nothing.

Unlike Shimada, he had fought against the Brand's starship, and was in awe of such an opponent who came and went like the wind and was accustomed to using laser weapons.

The order he gave to the strike detachment was exactly the opposite of that of Shimada's detachment, and he did his best to distance the ships, and while tracking down the enemy ships, he tried to avoid being caught in one net.

"Sir, the whole detachment has completed the reloading of the delayed warheads. Forgive me for being stupid, we have five Elder Eagle class, even if the opponent is the Jiaolong of Shiyuan Chief, it is not impossible to win, how could you adopt this... Such a cautious strategy? ”

Seeing that Chief of Staff Yamamoto did not say anything, Ozawa patted him on the shoulder and signaled him to be calm.

"Yamamoto-kun, I know what you're trying to say. With such a sloppy tactical arrangement, even if you defeat the enemy, you will be treated as a laughing stock, right? ”

As an old subordinate, Yamamoto lowered his head embarrassedly.

"If you've really seen the combat power of the Brand's starship. I don't think you think so. The Gu Ying level is too different from the other party, and if you want to get out of the way, you can't help but think of some tricks. ”

Seeing that the chief of staff was still suspicious, Ozawa was not pressing, he surrendered his deep gaze to the electronic sand table, revealing a tangled silhouette.

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At 14:20 in the afternoon, the Imperial capital ship group that stormed the interstellar base was instructed to suspend the attack and retreat 5,000 kilometers to an absolutely safe area. The commanders of the attacking fleet held a videoconference to discuss the matter.

"Tada Jun, what are you crazy about, we just need to work harder and succeed, at this time order to retreat, are you a spy of the enemy? How do you ask me to give an account to my dead brothers! ”

"Hechuan, don't talk nonsense. The captain's decision is to start from the big picture, be careful that I arrest you for cholera crimes! The words of Chief of Staff Yuo Mikami had no effect on the captains of the battleships, and the atmosphere between several people was still awkward.

"It's not that I don't care about the Warriors' results, but things have changed. The enemy appeared in advance. What is our mission? It is the main force of the fleet that drags down or even destroys the people of the solar system. The starbase will not run away if it is placed here, but the enemy's fleet will leave. If we capture the Drondal Starbase now, the enemy forces behind it will definitely know the news. They will realize that we have free up our hands to clean them up, and the fools will crouch there and let us launch a counterattack. My plan is to take advantage of the time window when the enemy thinks that our fleet is still fighting against the interstellar base, and all the capital ships will turn around and bite the enemy's main force, and try to bite them so hard that they can't move. When the time comes, what's the harm of calmly dealing with the interstellar base! ”

The meeting came to a standstill, and everyone stared at each other until Shi Yuan broke the silence.

"But how can you be sure that the main force of the enemy is behind it, as far as I know, only one enemy ship was found, and there is no evidence of the existence of the main force of the enemy."

Shi Yuan's question was agreed by most people. If, after all-out encirclement and suppression, an enemy ship finds that there is no main enemy force at all, it is not a big loss, but it is equivalent to the speed of the attack that has been delayed by others.

Tada Jun unhurriedly signaled Mikami to release the information that had been prepared for a long time. On the electronic sand table, a beautiful and majestic starship is displayed in front of everyone in the form of stereoscopic projection.

There was a lot of admiration in the communication circuit.

At least these men only know what beauty is when they only know the rushing Malu.

Every time I see the Brande Starship, I feel an uncontrollable throbbing in my heart. I remember when I was a teenager and had a great vision for the universe. Tada lost his mind as he looked at this beautiful spaceship.

“。。。 Are you listening, sir? ”

Voices drifted in from afar. He was reluctantly pulled back to reality.

"Do you have questions?" Tada glared at Mikami with an angry expression that had been woken up from his sweet dream, making the latter frown.

"General Shi Yuan wants to confirm to you the combat characteristics of enemy ships. I remember you saying that you fought with such a starship. ”

"Oh yes, when I was the commander of the detachment, I was ordered to stop the Brandites." , Tada Jun showed a look of reminiscence.

Everyone showed a look of careful listening, and even the unscrupulous river put away that indifferent look and cast a serious gaze.

"After many years, I can still remember the battle clearly... The battleships of our army, which were still cutting-edge at the time, were the predecessor of the Tenryu class... As soon as he took a look, he was sunk in less than 20 minutes... ”

His voice was so heavy that he could hear choking and trembling. Even Kawakawa didn't care about sarcasm at this time, but showed a solemn expression.

They finally understood why they were going so far.