Mid-October 2204, Proxima Centauri.

In the darkness, the three battleships advanced at a constant speed, and not far away, a huge shadow gradually enveloped the formation.

It was an asteroid with a diameter of about 400 kilometers, and the formation did not dodge, but flew straight towards the asteroid.

Several shimmering dark red bright spots suddenly appeared on the surface of the dark asteroid, forming a circle in which a series of radio waves split open to reveal a brightly lit airport.

The three warships slowed down and slowly flew into the airport.

After two months of unremitting efforts, the forward base located in Proxima Centauri was finally completed not long ago, although the project was a little rough because of the rush period, but except for this small flaw, the forward base already has perfect maintenance capabilities.

Battleships are sophisticated and valuable weapons platforms, invincible on the battlefield, from perfect maintenance in peacetime.

No matter how advanced a warship is, it cannot be fought for a long time without maintenance, and only by maintaining a good state can the warship give full play to its combat effectiveness.

The reason why the hull of the engineering ship Liuzhou is designed so strangely is to carry out necessary maintenance and repair of other warships, but the space environment limits the efficiency of the warship, and comprehensive maintenance must be carried out in a well-equipped base.

That's why the forward base had to be built, it was a logistics base, not a military fortress built on asteroids.

The three battleships slowly moored to their respective berths, and the large airlock directly above the airport was quickly closed, and then the engineers from the Liuzhou immediately rushed up to conduct a comprehensive and detailed inspection of the battleship.

Ship maintenance is not only the work of the engineers, but also all personnel on the ship must participate in it and work together to complete the mission.

He Zhou arranged the work on the ship and jumped down from a position hundreds of meters high.

The asteroid's weak gravitational pull caused him to descend like weightless cotton wool until his legs hit the ground. The impact is not as strong as a two-meter jump in standard gravity.

The air pressure in the base was normal, and although He Zhou was wearing a full set of pressure suits, he did not buckle his helmet.

"Lao He-" An elongated shout came from overhead, and as soon as He Zhou looked up, he just saw Bi Qun waving as he landed.

"Lao Bi, the speed is good, it was arranged so quickly?" He Zhou greeted with a smile.

The Great Wall was the smallest warship of the expeditionary force, so it naturally had fewer affairs.

"What." Bi Qun Ha smiled, "The battleship is arranged by the first mate, he is much more familiar than me." ”

He Zhou was stunned for a moment, and suddenly couldn't cry or laugh: "You are really good." ”

"Lao Liu is here!" Bi Qun pointed to the Songshan number.

He Zhou turned his head, and sure enough, he saw Liu Cheng fall to the ground, beckoned to the two of them, and pointed to the Yanjing not far away.

"Let's go, call us both." Bi Qun exerted his strength slightly, and his body flew in the direction of Liu Cheng as if he was flying.

Liu Cheng said hello to the two of them, and the three of them floated to the flagship Yanjing together.

After more than two months of cooperation, the three of them are already very familiar.

It took them more than two months to find out the remnants of the Outer Skeleton hidden in various parts of the Centaur α one by one, and the remnants of the Outer Skeleton Army were completely defeated under the joint encirclement and suppression of the three warships of the Outer Skeleton Army, most of the enemy ships were directly destroyed, and a small number of enemy ships escaped from the galaxy and their whereabouts are unknown.

A few small fish and shrimp can't make any waves, and even if they fly to the solar system and are guarded by the Second Fleet, they don't want to take advantage of anything, and the First Fleet has no ability or time to hunt down the fleeing enemy forces.

The overall strength of mankind is still too weak, and the expeditionary force only has the ability to defend the point, but does not have the basis for large-scale operations on the line or surface.

In addition to this, the newly established galactic early warning system is also in working condition.

The galactic early warning system of the Centauri α is only a simplified version, and the accuracy and reaction speed cannot be compared with the early warning system of the solar system.

The three of them arrived at the Yanjing to report to the fleet commander Lu Jian, on behalf of the Great Wall, the Yellow River and the Songshan officially returned to the building, Lu Jian was very happy: "It's just right to come back, let's go, go to the conference room." ”

Why do you have to have a meeting again? The three of them looked at each other and followed behind Lu Jian.

After arriving at the conference room, I found that all the captains had arrived, and everyone had been together for almost a year, and they usually stayed on their respective warships, and they had not been in contact with each other for a long time, so they were not particularly familiar, and they greeted each other politely before sitting in their places.

Interestingly, the gravity in the base is very low, but the gravity on the battleship is quite normal, and it always gives people the feeling of putting the cart before the horse.

Lu Jian, who was sitting on the main seat, cleared his throat: "Call everyone here, there are a few things. First, I just received a notification from the headquarters not long ago that the Russian army of Wolf 359 has been reconnected, and as for whether to fight or withdraw, the Russians have not yet made the most decisive decision. ”

"Lao Maozi is really unreliable, this is good, originally we only need to deal with the Sirius community, but now we have added a Wolf community, and let people not live?" Xu Dong habitually initiated.

Xu Dong is Lu Jian's old subordinate, and he can't be more familiar with it, and on this occasion, he alone dares to say anything.

"What's the use of talking about that now? Listen to the commander. Liao Zesheng said.

Lu Jian didn't have a trace of displeasure when he was interrupted: "Xu Dong got to the point, the situation we are facing is a two-sided battle. ”

As he spoke, Lu Jian pressed in front of him, and several bright spots immediately appeared on the conference table.

"This is Wolf 359, and this is Sirius." He nodded on two bright spots, "This is the solar system, this is Proxima Centauri." ”

Wolf 359 and Sirius, which form a triangle with the solar system, appear to the naked eye to be an isosceles triangle with a top angle of the solar system, and Proxima Centauri is just below the center of the triangle.

Lu Jian pointed to the point of light and said: "According to the news of the Russian fleet, the outer bone group of Wolf 359 has left, and its current destination is unknown, and it is likely to fly to Proxima Centauri; The mechanical civilization also confirmed the news that the Sirius colonies had flown away earlier, and from various indications, the target of the two colonies was likely to be Proxima Centauri. ”

"Commander, I still don't quite understand." Xu Dong said suspiciously, "Let's talk about how many light years at every turn, yes, the distance of a few light years is not far for us now, but this is also a matter of the last few years, and it is not so easy for the Outer Bone Man to fly to us, right?" I've never heard of them flying faster than light, and it took a long time for them to fly to Earth when the Skeleton Man first appeared. ”

Everyone nodded their heads and turned their eyes to Lu Jian in unison.