ACT381: Before the Storm
"Hongling, what's wrong?"
"Young Master, we have just detected the appearance of German warships near Stargate No. 2 again, this is the 17th time this month, and the frequency is three times that of last month."
"Is it still the same as before, just take your head and leave?"
"Yes! After only 15 minutes, Thor said they were more skilled than before. ”
Hearing Hongling's words, Zhao Jian pondered slightly for a moment. He actually knew very well in his heart that these Germans were not coming for their own star fort.
When he first discovered the overall jump of the German fleet, Zhao Jian had been silently watching the other party's activities in the dark, and even deliberately sent eyeliner to the stargates of Jupiter and Saturn. As a result, they found that these German warships actually crossed directly from Saturn, and did not appear at the Jupiter Gate at all, and only passed through Jupiter on the way back, creating the illusion of Tupiter's round-trip training.
It should be noted here that human beings have discovered in recent years that the process of crossing the star gate is not a "moment" in the senses, and there will be a "delay phenomenon" in the middle.
Several French scientists who made this real yàn prepared two pocket watches with perfect synchronization of time, and then a scientist took one of the pocket watches and took a boat to run back and forth between Venus and the Earth. Comparing the time of the two pocket watches, the one that passed through the stargate was already 18 minutes slower than the other. After that, they did it a few more times, and each time the result was different.
Only then did humans know that it turned out that it was not time-consuming to go to the star gate!
Therefore, except for Zhao Jian, who has "inserted eyes" in the three star gates, the eyeliner of other countries has never been able to find the cattiness in this, but Zhao Jian still vaguely sees the intentions of the Germans.
Since they can skip two gates at once, it should be okay to skip four at a time and fly directly to Venus, right?
Since the beginning of 1939, Germany has been actively expanding its armaments after acquiring Titan and Titan, two colonial satellites rich in resources and with a large number of heavy industrial facilities.
Britain and France naively thought that Hitler was preparing for the Soviet Union. Nothing was stopped. Stalin, on the other hand, believed that the new "good friends" would not immediately tear up the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" that had just been signed, and were still preparing for an invasion of Finland in an orderly manner.
It was during this period of time when the shackles were completely lifted that Germany's navy, land, and air forces made great progress! The overall military power is rising at an extremely frightening rate!
"Interesting! It seems that the Germans are almost ready......"
Looking at the exclusive information at hand, Zhao Jian felt a little difficult in his heart, should he notify the French?
At present, both Britain and France are blindly optimistic about the current situation, but those "people of insight" have chosen the wrong direction for their preventive measures. In October of this year, a large French fleet suddenly sailed to the Shattered Star Zone to join up with the French pioneer group that had been active there.
Their main tasks here are twofold, one is to obtain new energy ores for France, and the other is to establish a "forward position" here. Trying to block the main German fleet at Saturn.
The idea is positive, but unfortunately it is in the hands of the Germans!
After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Jian finally gave up the idea of reminding the French. After all, he is now a "black household" who does not dare to show his face casually, and if he takes the initiative to report the news, can the other party not say anything, and if he can't do it, he can still come to fight his own idea. So instead of a thankless task, sit back and watch how the French, without dwarfs, women and foreign leaders, surrender fancies!
"Sue Sù Tol, just stay tuned!"
Without caring too much about the "idle business" of the French, Zhao Jian is ready to continue to be a "quiet beautiful man"! His mission now is to continue to contain forces from all walks of life. At the same time, beware of being eaten yourself. After the Star Castle's storage zài leaked out, it attracted a lot of covetous eyes, and these guys were currently waiting around them for an opportunity, and no one knew which one would pounce first.
At present, the countries of the outside world only know that there is such a special force in the Shattered Star Region. I don't know what the exact strength of Zhao Jian's hand is. After seeing Italy, Japan, and the Tang Dynasty fall in place one after another, any country that wants to rely on force to use force cannot help but hesitate.
The French, who also covet the castle of the stars, are no exception!
In fact, the French, whose intelligence system was not reliable, did not know about the situation here at first. Thanks to the British tip-offs, the French government was made aware of the possibility of a "fully functional facility of ancient people" in the Shattered Star District, and the purpose of the British. It is to drag France in.
Relying on its own developed spy intelligence network, Britain was the first country other than Datang to learn about the existence of Xingbao, and it is naturally salivating for this good thing. But when they saw the Japanese and Italian fleets in full swing, the Royal Navy, which was full of self-confidence, had to think twice.
The navy believes that if only the Far Eastern Fleet is attacked, then nine times out of ten it will be to take their "beauty" Hood into it. And if the home fleet is used, not to mention the problem of the defensive void it causes, with the current poor financial situation of Britain, such a large-scale expedition may not last too long.
In desperation, the English gentleman had no choice but to abandon the rather tempting idea of "eating alone" and instead co-opt the French, who had recently sided with him on the German question. They invited France to also send a fleet, and the two sides cooperated to fight the "boss", and the equipment was divided equally, and the pressure from the outside world was also borne together, which can be said to be a quite economical method.
Therefore, out of greed, the French government also sent a large fleet to the Shattered Star District at the invitation of the British government. Even in order to show the sincerity of cooperation, they sent the battleship Richelieu, which had just been completed!
Also because of the "rush effect" brought about by the Great Migration, the lead ship of the Richelieu-class battleship was completed nearly a year earlier than in another time and space. Designed primarily to deal with the threat from Germany and Italy, this class of French battleships was armed with the sometimes popular 15-inch guns, and the two ferocious quadruple turrets, all forward-mounted, capable of exerting their full firepower in the event of a frontal charge.
Under the leadership of this "offensive" battleship, the French fleet joined the British Far East Fleet when it came to the Shattered Star Zone, plus the Netherlands, which later joined the group, these three have become the most powerful forces in the Shattered Star Zone at present, and even the United States and Japan dare not underestimate them.
However, these three did not take the initiative to trouble Zhao Jian at present, but first opened the mine in a stable place. Having confirmed that the prey was dangerous, the fleet commanders of Britain and France believed that a rash attack would only repeat the mistakes of Japan and Italy, so the capital ships of the two countries were currently parked in their respective spaceports to recuperate, and some schoolchildren were sent every day to test the reality of Zhao's ship.
Relying on the "gravity generation device" purchased from the United States with a large amount of money, both Britain and France have established long-term bases in the Shattered Star Zone. When they took the initiative to contact the U.S. government, they just had the mentality of trying it out, but they didn't expect that the other party would really see the money and agree to sell such an important black technology device.
Therefore, the two families were not ambiguous, and each paid $50 million to buy three sets back.
What the Americans think, Britain and France don't know, and they don't bother to care, they only know that with this thing, they can establish a long-term stronghold suitable for human life in the Shattered Star Zone. The two countries are currently stationed near the No. 1 and No. 3 stargates, respectively, and keep an eye on passing ships.
Especially the German ships, they generally don't care if they come from the moon, but if they want to return to the moon from Saturn, they will be troubled by the patrol fleets of the two countries.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain seemed to want to convey a message to Hitler...... "Hurry up and take the people to Saturn and your great forest to stir up the foundation!" ”
In short, the Shattered Star Zone is not peaceful at the moment, but it is beyond imagination in order, and the ships and pirates who used to be rampant can only survive in the cracks. No one knows how long this situation will last, but Zhao Jian believes that this is just the last moment of tranquility before the storm comes! (To be continued......)
PS: The second more is achieved! Also, look forward to Operation Trebuchet!