In the dark space, more than 200 warships of the Sixth Mixed Fleet sailed quickly in a neat queue, compared to the boundless space, they were more like a group of crawling ants, a group of lonely and lonely ants.

Time flies by day after day.

In the blink of an eye, the Sixth Mixed Fleet wandered in space for a month, and except for the miniature ghost fleet that it had encountered before, there was no trace of the ghost fleet, and the ghost fleet seemed to have suddenly evaporated in this space area.

The senior officers of the fleet have held several discussion meetings in a row, but after all, they have not discussed any effective solutions, or they think that what may be effective has not had any effect, for example, they deliberately created several miniature fleets of several warships to seduce the ghost fleet, but the final result is quite disappointing, and there is still no shadow of the ghost fleet.

Hua Chenyi, the supreme commander of the Sixth Mixed Fleet, had a slightly worse face recently, this time the Imperial Military Department gave the fleet only one month, and now the deadline has arrived, he has ordered the fleet to start the return journey, and the fleet will return to the ground military base in a few days, and this time the Sixth Mixed Fleet's clean-up mission can only end in failure, which is not the result he wants to see. Of course, the current state of his mood is not only because of the situation encountered by the fleet, but also because of personal problems, although he still insists on going to the medical department to visit Qi Yanyan every morning, noon and evening, but he seems to be getting farther and farther away from Qi Yanyan. It was a wound in his heart that could not be removed.

The Sixth Mixed Fleet embarked on a return journey, the target was the previous resident planet of the fleet - Planet Tours, a military planet close to the front line defense area of the Eastern Region of the Empire, the main task of the Sixth Mixed Fleet before was to intercept the infiltration of the ghost fleet of the Galactic Alliance, although the empire has made active protection, but there are still many ghost fleets of the alliance quietly entered the hinterland of the Eastern Region of the Empire.

Time flies, and a few days pass in a flash.

The Sixth Mixed Fleet finally returned to Tours, where more than 200 warships docked in a large spaceport in the Third Military District of Tours, and then teams of Imperial soldiers walked off the ships in a neat queue. Among them, the flagship Fang-class star field aircraft carrier opened more than a dozen exits at once. The first to go down were basically the soldiers who were the most common on the ship.

Back on the ground, most of the soldiers showed some joy and excitement on their faces, according to the fleet's notice that they could have five days of free rest this time, which was equivalent to a five-day vacation. For them. That's pretty good news. Although there was no fighting in this eradication mission, the daily work of ordinary soldiers was still essential, but it was slightly easier than the time of the war.

Half an hour later. The soldiers of the battleships of the Sixth Mixed Fleet gradually decreased, and most of the battleships only had some scattered Imperial soldiers walking off the battleships unhurriedly, and judging from their military uniforms, many of them were Imperial officers, and it was obvious that they were not in a hurry to get off the battleships with those ordinary soldiers, and a group of neatly arranged military vehicles near each battleship were also waiting quietly.

The situation on the Wolftooth-class starfield aircraft carrier, the main ship of the fleet, was somewhat similar to the situation of other warships, and sporadic Imperial soldiers were coming out of the battleship. At one of the exits, Fang Shi and Qi Yanyan slowly walked out of the aircraft carrier, and together with the two of them were Hua Chenyi and several other officers, the epaulettes of several of them revealed that their ranks were not low, the lowest were all major ranks, and one of them was a colonel-level officer.

As soon as Fang Shi and the others stepped off the battleship, several vehicles waiting not far away quickly drove in front of everyone.

He was greeted by a young major, who immediately stepped forward to give a military salute and gave a brief introduction to himself.

Soon, everyone sat in each car.

Fang Shi and Qi Yanyan shared a small car, and with them were Hua Chenyi's second adjutant, Major Li Lili.

The military car was speeding in the direction of the exit of the spaceport.

Fang Shi did not sit side by side with Qi Yanyan, but sat quietly in her back row, although the relationship between the two was very close, but it was only manifested in private time, and the two usually followed the normal relationship between the upper and lower levels. If the two of them had not had the opportunity to sit in a small car before, after all, he was only a mere chief of the mechanic group, although he had the rank of lieutenant colonel, in fact, he could only be regarded as a middle and low-level officer in the fleet, but now it is a little different, it seems that only two people belong to the minesweeping fleet.

After more than 20 days of recuperation, Qi Yanyan's body has basically recovered, and Fang Shi doesn't have to worry about anything at all.

Looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the car window, Fang Shi couldn't help but take a deep breath, it has been more than three months since he left Muenxing with the minesweeping fleet, and what happened during this period is naturally an accident that greatly exceeded him, according to the exact information he got in the sixth mixed fleet, the minesweeping fleet was almost completely wiped out, and only two battleships survived in the end, thinking of the familiar faces of the mechanic team, he knew that most of the people would never see each other again, and they had paid for the empire with their precious lives, and he can only be regarded as one of the lucky ones.

Being able to feel the warm sunshine again, Fang Shi felt that he was an extremely lucky person, he was still alive to continue to walk on the road of hope, to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish, and to continue to strive for his ideals or dreams.

Ten minutes later, the car drove out of the spaceport.

Outside the spaceport is a huge city, a large military base that resembles a city to be exact, and the buildings of the base look a little uneven, and there are many special buildings with strange shapes.

Fang Shi now has a certain understanding of military bases, and many of the buildings are actually special military facilities, which he is not surprised of.

The car quickly sank into the No. 5 military base of the No. 3 military district in Tours, and drove quickly along the wide road of the base.

Half an hour later. The car stopped.

Fang Shi, Qi Yanyan and others got out of the car in turn, and Hua Chenyi and others in the car in front also got out of the car.

Under the arrangement of the base personnel, Fang Shi and Qi Yanyan and the others first went to their respective residences, where he lived was a very comfortable small suite, and it was not far from Qi Yanyan's residence, and it could be reached on foot for five minutes, which still made him quite satisfied.

As for his future whereabouts, Fang Shi had some understanding from Qi Yanyan, and now the minesweepers were almost completely wiped out, and as for him and Yanyan, the surviving people had to wait for the military headquarters to rearrange. According to Qi Yanyan's estimates. In the past, there were two main ways for the military to deal with it: one was to rebuild the mine-sweeping fleet; The other is to place them in other units. It's a bit of both. However, Qi Yanyan is more inclined to the latter possibility, the empire is currently in a period of all-out war, both professional combat personnel and combat readiness materials in all aspects are relatively tight, if the minesweeping fleet only loses part of its strength. However, it is highly likely that a supplementary reconstruction will be carried out. But now the minesweeping fleet is almost completely destroyed. If you want to rebuild, it is very unlikely.

Fang Shi didn't care much about the way forward, everything would be arranged by the Imperial Military Department. Even if he thinks about it, he can't change anything.

Fang Shi tidied up slightly in his residence, then hurriedly went to the door, asked the relevant personnel of the military base, and quickly found the special Tianxun room for external communication in the base. At this time, he naturally wanted to report his safety to his sister Ansu who was far away in the central star area, when he was in the Muenxing No. 9 Military District, he and Ansu said that the mission time was about two months, and this time it was more than three months at once, which can be regarded as a serious excess of estimates, and it is estimated that the little girl will be worried.

"It's the weekend, so it shouldn't bother Ansu."

Entering the Tianxun room, Fang Shi quickly dialed the number that he kept in mind, the Tianxun number he handled when An Xu first arrived in Xuehua City, and it was also the Tianxun number he was most familiar with now.

Soon, Tianxun was connected, and a familiar voice came from the long-lost side.

As soon as the voice entered his ears, Fang Shi immediately recognized that the voice was his sister Ansu, hearing the familiar voice, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, it has been more than four months since he left Xuehua City, he really misses his sister in the central star region, but unfortunately he is now a member of the imperial military, in this period of all-out war, he is not what he wants, he just hopes to end this war as soon as possible and live a quiet life.

When she heard Fang Shi's greeting, An Su in a villa room in Xuehua City was also quite excited, she hadn't heard her brother's voice for more than three months, and she was already a little worried in her heart, she had asked Ye Zhiqiu about her brother's situation many times, but the answer was almost the same every time, she knew that Ye Zhiqiu didn't want her to worry, but she was really worried. At this time, she finally felt slightly relieved when she heard her brother Fang Shi's familiar voice again, maybe she missed her brother too much, and at the same time, her eyes couldn't help but reddened slightly, and she was almost about to shed tears, and her voice trembled slightly.

"Why are you still crying, you can promise my brother that he won't cry again in the future."

Hearing Tianxun's voice, Fang Shi's heart was slightly mixed, and from that inadvertent slight sob, he could already imagine a picture of a little girl sobbing in his mind.

An Su said quite stubbornly: "I...... I didn't. ”

Fang Shi hummed lightly and continued: "It's good if you don't have it, how have you been doing in the past few months?" ”

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Fang Shi's news of the day lasted for an hour before he finally hung up reluctantly, and he was relieved to learn that everything was fine with An Su.

Soon, Fang Shi picked up Tianxun again, dialed the Tianxun of his senior sister Ye Zhiqiu, and also reported his safety, and at the same time discussed with her about the phantom mecha by the way, this time joining the minesweeping fleet machine repair team is a very big gain for him, for some of the phantom mecha that need to be further improved, he has a lot of ideas in the process of machine repair, although he doesn't know if it can be applied to practice, but he still put it forward as much as possible, after all, the design of the mecha is also a continuous attempt.

The call with his senior sister Ye Zhiqiu lasted for nearly an hour, during which Fang Shi also asked about the news of his teacher Huang Shujian, and learned that the old man was in good health, and he was relieved.

Walking out of the Tianxun Room, Fang Shi familiarized himself with the environment near his residence. This military base is similar to the military base he has been in before, and the area he is in now is a living area within the military zone, and all kinds of regular living equipment are very complete.

"I don't know how long I can stay in this military zone this time?"

How long Fang Shi can be in this military base now depends on the arrangement of the Imperial Military Department, according to Qi Yanyan's estimate, before the military arranges, the two may have to cooperate with the Imperial Military Department to understand and investigate the relevant matters of the minesweeping fleet, and then the relevant arrangements will be made, and it may take ten days and half a month to make it soon.

After familiarizing himself with all aspects of the living quarters, Fang Shi returned to his residence, but as soon as he sat down, there was a knock on the door outside the room.

Fang Shi immediately stepped forward and opened the door, but it was none other than him. It was Hua Jiangyu and Ah Kuan. Several people seemed to be in very good shape, and their faces were filled with a faint sense of excitement.

"Hehe, boss, you're finally back, and a few of us came to look for you at noon. It's a pity you're not there. Otherwise, we will be able to leave the military base at noon. Hua Jiangyu said helplessly.

"Leaving the military base?"

Fang Shi's face showed some confusion slightly.

Hua Jiangyu continued: "Yes. The fleet gave us five days of vacation, which we couldn't waste, and we decided to go to the nearby entertainment city to relax. Hehe, how can this kind of thing be without you, the boss? ”

"This ...... This ......"

When Fang Shi heard this, he showed some hesitation.

Hua Jiangyu raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "What's wrong?" Boss, don't tell me you don't have much time, I can inquire clearly, he should have nothing to do these days. ”

Fang Shi said with some hesitation: "It's nothing, but it's ......"

Without waiting for Fang Shi to speak, Hua Jiangyu seemed to realize something, and interrupted mysteriously: "Boss, don't you need to ask someone for instructions?" ”

When Ah Kuan and Teng Li heard Hua Jiangyu's mysterious words, they all cast curious glances, and Wang Chong even said directly: "What, does the boss still want to ask someone for instructions?" Who is it, so face-saving? ”

Hua Jiangyu smiled, but he didn't say anything.

Fang Shi showed some helplessness slightly, then coughed lightly and said, "I don't belong to the Sixth Mixed Fleet, so I naturally want to ask my superiors for instructions when I ask for leave."

"Really?"

Wang Chong and the others looked like they didn't believe it.

Fang Shi replied without question: "Yes. ”

Not long after, Fang Shi found Qi Yanyan, but in fact, he didn't ask for instructions, but only gave Qi Yanyan a squeak, after all, according to Hua Jiangyu's arrangement, it seems that it will take two or three days to go this time, if he leaves without saying a word, it is obviously not good.

Qi Yanyan didn't object, but just asked Fang Shi to pay more attention to safety.

During this period, Fang Shi asked Qi Yanyan if he was interested in going together. However, Qi Yanyan shook her head and refused, she was still very clear about the relationship between Fang Shi and Hua Jiangyu, she didn't need to make any fun, and she wasn't very interested in it.

That night, Fang Shi left the military base with Hua Jiangyu and the other five people, and went to the entertainment city, which was about two hours' drive away from the military site.

Three days later, Fang Shi returned to the military base, in fact, he was not very interested in the entertainment city, the reason why he agreed to go was entirely because Hua Jiangyu and the others, during the war between the Star Luo Empire and the Galactic Alliance, the opportunity for several people to get together was very rare, after Hua Jiangyu and the four of them finished this five-day vacation, they were going to follow the sixth mixed fleet to leave the military base to start their new mission, and he still had to wait for the relevant arrangements of the imperial military department, and the next time they met, they didn't know that it was the Year of the Monkey.

Two days after returning to the military base, Fang Shi and Hua Jiangyu still had a lot of contact, and the main activity was to enter the machine control simulation room together, form a team battle mode, and conduct a system simulation battle, which can be regarded as machine control simulation training.

For the deficiencies and defects of Hua Jiangyu and Wang Chong and others in the battle, Fang Shi will take the initiative to point out one or two, and suggest some directions for improvement based on his own experience, although I don't know if it will help them, but pointing it out can at least be regarded as a wake-up call for them, as long as they pay a little attention, there should still be a certain positive effect.

After a five-day vacation, Hua Jiangyu and Ah Kuan left the planet Tours with the Sixth Mixed Fleet.

Looking at the battleships flying into space in the direction of the spaceport in the distance, Fang Shi sighed slightly, time flies too fast, the time to get together is always very short, and in his heart, he hopes that they can be safe.

After Hua Jiangyu and the others left, Fang Shi and Qi Yanyan also began to cooperate with the relevant personnel of the Imperial Military Department to understand and investigate the relevant aspects of the attack on the minesweeping fleet. In fact, this information is still very limited, but Qi Yanyan, as the commander-in-chief of the minesweeping fleet, is obviously much clearer than Fang Shi, she has almost completely experienced the whole process, and the most critical issue is about the identity of her adjutant Rune.

Fang Shi hadn't heard Qi Yanyan talk about Rune's identity as an alliance spy before, and he was slightly surprised to learn the relevant information, when he talked to Xu Xinghai about the identity of the other alliance's spy when the second machine repair team of the No. 3 battleship rioted, he didn't expect that there was a second alliance fleet in the minesweeping fleet, and it was actually Qi Yanyan's lieutenant, and the alliance's spy was really pervasive. (To be continued......)