Chapter 1188: Into the Tiger's Den
The converging star system is close to the Northern Regions, less than 500 light-years from the battle line, which is not safe. www.biquge.info It's just that, in a sense, the most dangerous place is the safest place, at least the scout ships sent by the Human Federation will not return immediately after passing by. In addition, all nearby star systems, as well as all space-hopping nodes that pass through the air lanes from that star system, have been controlled by the Troop fleet. Although the current fleet of the Troop Clan is no longer powerful, and it is relatively scattered, let alone encountering those human soldiers with royal-level fighters, even if it encounters the main fleet of the Human Federation, it may not be able to fight. It's just that the main value of the Troop Clan fleet is to detect the approaching danger and sound the alarm in time to make the asteroid where the decision-making body is located quickly leave.
Obviously, neither the human soldiers nor the scout ships sent by the Human Federation could get close to this star system without alerting the fleet of the Troop Clan. In addition, in the absence of accurate information, no one knows that the asteroid in which the decision-making body is located is in this star system.
Actually, it's a very common galaxy.
Although this star system is not in the North Fourth Region, during the Sixth Greenwich War, the Human Federation took over this star system from other civilizations in order to enhance rear security, and it is supported by most civilizations, including three first-rate top-level civilizations and four second-rate top-level civilizations. In the hundreds of years since, the Human Federation has developed two planets in the Habitat Zone, established colonies on them, and set up military facilities such as military camps to develop the star system. At that time, the Human Federation's control of the entire Northern Region was already a fait accompli, so it was normal to develop those star systems in the Northern Region that did not have indigenous inhabitants, at least not many civilizations considered the Human Federation's development to pose a direct threat to it.
It's just that this situation didn't last long.
After the Hidden Spirits launched the war, the Human Federation quickly adjusted its strategic deployment. Although the occupation of the northern region had been completed at that time, under the direct threat of war, not many people thought that they would be able to hold the star systems that had just been acquired from other civilizations and had not yet been developed, let alone built. What's more, under the influence of first-class top civilizations, not all civilizations will follow the Human Federation. As long as enough civilizations change their positions, it will be difficult for the Human Federation to gain a foothold in the star systems outside of the North Fourth Region. Since you are not sure enough to hold on to these newly acquired star systems, you can only choose to give up, or at least have to keep it.
It is under this general trend that the Human Federation has slowed down the rate of expansion, and the enthusiasm for the development of star systems outside the North 4 has also rapidly decreased.
Obviously, this galaxy, which has only two habitable planets and is not rich in resources, is naturally difficult to take seriously.
It wasn't until the three first-rate top-level civilizations collapsed one after another, and the four second-rate top-level civilizations came to the center of the stage, that the Human Federation regained its awareness of the importance of the Northern Region.
When war became inevitable, the Human Federation accelerated its deployment operations outside the North 4th Sector.
Although with the leadership of Yu Linglong, the Human Federation is no longer what it used to be, and its comprehensive strength is not much worse than the four second-rate top civilizations, but the foundation is too shallow, and the recognition and support it has received are far from being comparable to the four second-rate top civilizations. In addition, the hope of peaceful coexistence has not disappeared, especially at the insistence of Queen Renhui, the Extreme Realm Clan has always remained neutral, posing a threat to the other three second-rate top civilizations, and it has also played a role in restraining it. Even if war still breaks out, the Human Federation can use this time to improve its situation, such as expanding its sphere of influence and establishing an impregnable line of defense, forcing civilizations that try to use war to deal with the Human Federation.
As a result, the galaxies in the Northern Regions that were previously controlled by the Human Federation and were previously exploited have regained their value.
It was also at this time that the Human Legion returned to this star system and established military bases on the two planets that had already been developed. It's just that due to the limitations of the ability and the location of the star system is not very ideal, the human federation has not invested much in this. Don't forget, the star system is only a few hundred light-years away from the North 4 Region, and the Human Federation controlled the entire Northern Region at that time, so what needs to be paid great attention to and focus on building is the outer defense line, not an inner defense line only a few hundred light years away from the North 4 Region. Besides, if the four second-rate top-tier civilizations could be forced to abandon the war against the Human Federation by controlling the Northern Region, there would be no need to set up more defense lines at all, and naturally there would be no need to waste precious resources so close to the Northern Fourth Region. Even if the situation gets out of control, i.e., the war eventually breaks out, the Human Federation will be able to hold out for a long time with the outer line of defense. At that point, it's not too late to build an inner line of defense. At least at the time, no one believed that the Human Federation would quickly lose the initiative in the war, let alone lose it.
As a result, initially, the Human Federation only used this star system as a base for peripheral advances. To put it simply, it is to provide necessary support for passing legions and fleets, such as allowing legions to be temporarily stationed here, allowing fleets to stay here, and making final preparations for going to the battlefield. It can also provide support to those legions and fleets returning from the front line, such as resting here, shortening the time of the round trip and reducing the pressure on the rear.
As for resisting the enemy's attack here, apparently no one thought about it.
Not only in the early days of the war, but even in the era of Yu Qingyu, no one thought that the human legion would one day fight the enemy here to the death.
When that day comes, it will obviously be too late to build defenses.
In fact, after Yu Qingyu, the Human Federation began to strengthen the inner defenses, but due to the serious reduction in overall strength, there were no extra resources to build other star systems, and no one would use precious resources in those star systems that could not be defended at all. As a result, after the military headquarters issued the order to defend to the death, the legions of each star system could only strengthen the defense line with local materials.
Obviously, the results are not going to be much better.
It's just that this galaxy is lucky.
While the system had previously served as a base for advancement, supporting legions and warships, it was somewhere between the two lines of defense of the Human Legion. Of course, this is also a very normal thing, that is, the star system that acts as a forward base is generally behind a certain line of defense, and it is not too far from the next line of defense that is predetermined, in order to provide strong support to the front-line combat forces. As a result, after the fall of the defensive line, the human legion directly abandoned the star system and retreated to the reserve defensive line behind. Although the Human Legion destroyed all of the system's infrastructure during its retreat, it did not do much damage.
After that, the Beast Legion arrived and took over the star system.
Also because of the proximity to the battle line and the more suitable natural environment, the Beasts also set this star system as a base for advancement.
In fact, it is only the forward base of the beast clan.
Due to the destruction of infrastructure, the Kunyang Clan did not enter the star system, and even rarely came here, after all, the Kunyang warriors had much higher requirements for survival conditions than the Berserker warriors. Besides, the elite legions of the Kunyang clan are generally rarely deployed in the front, and are only sent to the front line when they are on combat missions. Most of the time, it was the beast clan that stayed on the front line to guard the battle line.
The Berserkers didn't make a big deal of infrastructure construction here, but only set up a few military camps for the legion to be stationed temporarily.
Quite simply, with the situation at that time, almost everyone thought that the war would end soon, and the Human Federation would not last long at all, so there was no need to build on the front line. As for the future of the Northern Region, it is clear that it has not yet been put on the agenda by the three second-rate top civilizations. In addition, the Berserker Clan does not have a decent fleet, and the assisting Troop Clan fleet and the elite legion of the Kunyang Clan are deployed in the rear, and they will only come to the front line when they attack, so there is no need to provide a temporary foothold for the Troop Clan fleet close to the battle line. Besides, since the advance distance of each attack is not too far, it is not necessary to re-establish the fleet base after each attack.
After this, the three second-rate top-tier civilizations launched two more attacks, pushing the battle line thousands of light-years.
As the Beast Legion departed, the system fell silent again. Although warships occasionally passed by, no one paid attention to the star system again.
Now, of course, the exception.
After the "Scorching Flame" came out of the space jump channel, Queen Kangsheng immediately sensed a large number of extremely powerful Origin Energy fluctuations.
As Orlan said, there are at least 10,000 warships of the Warring Clan in this star system, and many of them are capital ships.
What's more, these warships are in combat readiness.
In addition, there are many soldiers with small Origin Converters, and all of them are on alert and ready to go into battle at any time.
When the "Scorching Flame" finished its space jump and was slowing down, four small warships flew towards it.
It's a battleship, not a reconnaissance ship, just not a capital ship. This small warship has the same maneuverability as a reconnaissance ship, but the firepower and protection are much better than that of a reconnaissance ship. In the fleet, such small warships mainly accompany the capital ships in battle, providing cover for the capital ships. Its main value is to deal with the enemy's space fighters and prevent them from launching direct attacks on the capital ship.
Of course, such small warships were also often used for patrol missions.
It's just that, in addition to these four small battleships, there is a formation of dozens of warships not far away, and the capitals of all the battleships are facing the "Scorching Flame".
It is clear that these battleships are on alert and will fire at the "Scorching" whenever they detect an anomaly.