The communication authority from the Celestial Army's Moon Headquarters was higher, and Zheng Guo on the screen was suddenly squeezed aside by the image of the old general Nie Jianrong.

"Chief!" Ye Fei hurriedly saluted.

He couldn't have imagined that he was just a small colonel, and that the Minister of Defense would personally communicate with him about anything.

Nie Jianrong's brows were furrowed, and a deep Sichuan character pattern had already appeared on his forehead: "Ye Fei, the situation is urgent, it's not good for me to talk nonsense, the Aquila immediately ended the mission of Proxima Centauri and rushed to Wolf 359 immediately." ”

"Yes! Jiang Xue—"

"Understood!" Jiang Xue directly drove the battleship in a circle, and she didn't even get out of the faster-than-light state.

Ye Fei's eyebrows were deeply locked: "Are you sure?" "According to the combat regulations of the Heavenly Army, it is not allowed to turn at the speed of light at all, but Jiang Xue just did so.

Ye Fei knew that Jiang Xue was not a risk-taking person, since he dared to do this, he must be completely sure, but he didn't ask, he was really a little uneasy in his heart.

"No problem at all!" Jiang Xue nodded heavily and took the initiative to explain, "The faster-than-light state just can't see the rear, up and down, left and right, there is no problem with the image in front, and the faster the speed, the clearer the stars in front of you, as long as you can see the stars in front clearly, you can determine the direction of the battleship's flight." ”

The star field that human beings can effectively control today is only about five light-years away from the solar system, and the farthest is only a giant star twenty-nine light-years away, and there are not many stars in spherical space at thirty light-years.

"What are you sure of?" Nie Jianrong didn't hear Jiang Xue's words clearly.

"Nothing. Check the star map, our ship has turned and is flying towards Wolf 359. Ye Fei's face was not red and he was not panting, "Chief, didn't the bone mound from Wolf 359 just be annihilated by our ship, why did you let us go there at this time?" ”

Nie Jianrong asked in a deep voice, "Do you remember the Zhongshan?" ”

"Zhongshan?" Ye Fei thought about it carefully, and his mind suddenly lit up, "Ah, I remember, it's the destroyer of the Third Fleet." The ship that tracked the Brown Spotted Behemoth. ”

Of the four destroyers of the Third Fleet, only one of them was the only one. The remaining three were all destroyed in the hands of sea urchins. At that time, it was quite impressive, but it was more than twenty days before the Moon Conference, and if it wasn't for General Nie to mention it, I am afraid that it would not be long before Ye Fei completely forgot about Zhongshan.

"Yes. It's that battleship. Nie Jianrong said. The Zhongshan escaped death at Wolf 359. However, in order to track the Behemoth, it has not withdrawn, and it is currently following the Behemoth towards Lalande 21185. ”

"Chief, please wait a moment." Ye Fei had a big head when he heard these messy star codenames. "Jiang Xue, where is this star?"

Jiang Xue was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "In the constellation Ursa Major, which is the direction of the Big Dipper, the straight-line distance from the Sun is 8.21 light years. ”

"Thank you." Ye Fei thanked politely, "Chief......"

"Ye Fei, you can't even figure out the star map, how did this captain be?" Nie Jianrong suddenly felt that handing over the Aquila to Ye Fei was a mistake.

Ye Fei was speechless, and said in his heart that it was better to hold back for a while and ask when the communication was broken.

"Alright, don't pretend to be pathetic." Nie Jianrong didn't want to pursue it any further at this time, "The brown spotted giant beast broke away from the superluminal speed at a position of about 0.8 light-years away from Laland, and the Zhongshan followed it out of the superluminal speed and found a bone mound, and many biological warships were fighting with sea urchins. ”

"Bone mound again?" Ye Fei was stunned, "The giant beast is going to the small fish ship with the outer bones, right?" ”

"I know that I can't hide it from you." Nie Jianrong's expression relaxed a little, "Like Wolf 359, the giant beast fought with the sea urchin again. ”

"Chief, I don't understand, does this matter have anything to do with my warship flying to the Wolf 359?" Ye Fei asked suspiciously.

"Our expeditionary early warning system recently included Wolf 359, where early warning satellites recently discovered a new exoskeleton colony, as well as sea urchins." Nie Jianrong's eyes were full of exhaustion, "According to the analysis of the Second Section of the General Staff, it is likely that the army of Outer Bone People is flying towards the solar system. ”

"What? I don't quite understand what you mean, what do the Outer Bone Army refer to? Ye Fei suddenly had a premonition that something was wrong.

Nie Jianrong patiently explained: "The bone mounds flying to the solar system are distributed in the vast airspace of about fifty light years, and through the analysis of the intelligence collected and summarized by all parties, the outer bone people who have entered the human line of sight before are only a small part of them, and the closer they are to the core area of these fifty light years, the higher the density of the bone mounds, just like a school of fish, less on the outside and more on the inside." ”

"Are you saying that the bone mounds we annihilated before were all peripheral communities, and now the core communities are approaching?" The scene of a large bone mound rushing towards the solar system appeared in Ye Fei's mind, and he immediately shuddered.

"That's pretty much it." Nie Jianrong said, "The colony you just cleaned up is just an appetizer, and we have reason to believe that in the future, the number of bone mounds entering our controlled area will skyrocket, but our fleet is too small. ”

Ye Fei could probably guess what Nie Jianrong wanted to say, and said with a wry smile: "Chief, what do you need me to do, just say it, all the officers and soldiers of the Aquila will resolutely complete the task." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to show your determination, the reason why I am telling you so much is to give you a general understanding of the current situation. Ye Fei, you also know that the only planetary systems we can control at present are Centaur α, Gliese 581 and Giant Star. Nie Jianrong stood up according to the table, "The garrison fleet of the Centaur α is enough, but if you defend it for a long time, you will lose, and the best defense is always offensive, so the headquarters hopes that you will lead the Aquila to establish the first layer of defense as a mobile force, and do your best to destroy the vitality of the enemy army." ”

"I just know that the battleship is too good, and it may not be good." Scissors muttered complaints.

"How? Is there a problem? Nie Jianrong asked solemnly.

"No report!" Ye Fei first expressed his determination, and then his tone changed. "I'm just worried, the Aquila is just a warship, what if I can't take care of it?"

"Isn't there still a Proxima Centauri fleet? Even if the Outer Bone Man breaks through Proxima Centauri, there is still a home guard fleet. ”

"I'm fine." Ye Fei said.

"Good!" Nie Jianrong slapped his palm on the table, "Ye Fei, those who can work hard, it's up to you this time." ”

The image on the screen flashed, and the old general Nie disappeared, and Zheng Guo, who was squeezed into a place just now, reappeared.

Ye Fei didn't have the heart to talk to Zheng Guola anymore at this time, so he simply explained that the Aquila had a new mission and cut off the communication.

"Boss. Do you think this is reliable? The black bear asked with a frown.

"The odds are high." Ye Fei said. "Think about it, although we have a lot of bone mounds, on average, it will take a few years to spread one, right? Again. Gliese and the bone mound of the Giant Star are still here for us. It can't be counted at all. When you think about it, there are fewer of them. ”

"That's right." The veterinarian immediately agreed, "That's good." The outer skeleton people are like bamboo shoots, and our fleet is busy. ”

"I'm not worried about the Outer Bone Man, after fighting for so long, we have already figured out the Outer Bone Man's routine, the trouble is the sea urchin, that thing is much more difficult to deal with than the biological warship." Ye Fei said worriedly.

"What? Do you think there will be a lot of sea urchins? The veterinarian was stunned, obviously not thinking of this question.

"Wolf 359 and Zhongshan each encountered a group of sea urchins, plus we just killed that one, there are only three of them." Ye Fei analyzed, "But I don't think it's that simple, the sea urchin must parasitize on the small fish, for parasitic creatures, parasitism has always been associated with the series, so I think the sea urchin will not give up easily once it stares at the outer bone man, and next, the opportunity for us to meet the sea urchin will definitely be indispensable." ”

"Afraid of what? You can't beat them! Scissors shook his fist vigorously, "We can clean up the sea urchins today, and it will be the same in the future." ”

"Do you worry about ourselves? I'm worried about the fleets on Proxima Centauri and elsewhere. Ye Fei said angrily.

Scissors rolled his eyes: "Pull it down, you are only the head of the Aquila now, and you are not the commander-in-chief of the Heavenly Army, this shouldn't be bothered, it's better to save it." ”

"That's it, I think the scissors make sense, let's fight ours well, the better we fight, the less pressure the brother troops will have." The black bear rarely agreed with the scissors' point of view, causing the scissors to raise their necks at Jiang Xue triumphantly.

"What do you say, what is your current status, what is the current status of the chief, can it be the same? The leader has reached the point of worrying about the country and the people, otherwise we are all subordinates, and others are leaders! The veterinarian said in a weird way.

"That's it." This remark drew a chorus of approval.

"You guys!" Ye Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Yes, I don't want to be so useless, listen to the command of the headquarters, and fight wherever there is a problem." ”

As much as he did to obey the fate of heaven, Ye Fei was not arrogant enough to think that the Aquila was invincible in the world, but against the Alien Skeleton and the Sea Urchin ship group, I am afraid that there is really no one stronger than the Aquila in the current human fleet.

On May 10, 2208, the Aquila arrived at Wolf 359 after a nineteen-day flight.

Wolf-359 is a red dwarf star with a diameter of only 16 percent of the Sun, it is a completely irregular flash star like Proxima Centauri, and there is only one perimenous dwarf planet orbiting around Wolf-359, and the surface of the tide-locked planet is covered with dark brown crystals due to long-term attacks from stars, which is somewhat similar to the black glass of Proxima Centauri.

In addition, Wolf-359 orbits only one outer asteroid belt, similar to the Kuiper Belt, which is so small that it is so close to the star that it is less than the orbital radius of Venus.

All in all, this place is a miniature version of the planetary system in the eyes of humans who are accustomed to the solar system, and everything is pitifully small.

After the Aquila got out of the faster-than-light state, it immediately found the bone mound hidden in the asteroid belt, not because everyone's eyes were good, but the bone mound cat with a diameter of nearly 1,000 kilometers was in a scattered asteroid, like an elephant standing in the middle of a group of rats, which one would not see except the blind?

This bone mound is even a little larger than the only planet of Wolf 359.

In addition to this, the optical system also captures signs of sea urchin activity. In addition, in the not wide space between the asteroid belt and the planets, there are still the wreckage of dozens of warships, that is, the battleships left behind by the First Army of the Russian Expedition, as well as the destroyers of the Third Fleet.

Time was tight and the task was heavy, Ye Fei didn't have the heart to entangle with the enemy at all, and without saying a word, he ordered the power shock ship to attack.

The Aquila had no intention of participating in the war at all, but the four air supremacy fireships had made a preventive disengagement, and the space carriers were also ready to attack.

The rampage shock ships brutally rushed into the enemy's ranks, and the first thing to deal with was the Sea Urchin ships hiding in the asteroid belt.

I don't know if it's because this batch of sea urchins has been entangled in the bone mound for a long time. The total number of sea urchin ships here is about 30,000. It can be seen that the loss suffered by the outer bone people is not small.

The shock ship flew by, and the sea urchins and asteroids in a straight line scattered into flying cosmic dust at the same time, and the enemy army struggled to support under the continuous impact of the shock ship, and it didn't take long for the whole to collapse. Scattered and fled.

All this was already expected by Ye Fei. The Aquila struck at the same time as four air supremacy fireships. Go around stopping sea urchins.

Discovering that the sea urchins were being attacked by an unknown fleet, the exoskeleton man, who had been suppressed by the sea urchins, suddenly came to his senses and actually sent an army of biological warships to join the ranks of beating the water dogs. Flank the Sea Urchin Ship Group with the Aquila!

This accident was really unexpected, the Aquila was counted as one, and no one would have imagined that there would be such a change.

However, the appearance of biological warships had no effect at all, the Aquila directly included biological warships in the target of the attack, and the dense group of biological warships was continuously impacted by the shock ships no less than a hundred times, and tens of thousands of bio-warships were mixed with only a few more asteroids, turning into a fine dust belt.

By the time the Aquila had basically cleared out the Sea Urchin ships and the Outer Skeleton Man had suffered heavy losses, half of the asteroid belt had completely turned into dust, and many warship wrecks had also been damaged in the battle.

But that's not all, the Aquila must clean up the bone mound to end the fight. Ye Fei repeated his old tricks, focusing on hitting the shaft on the bone mound.

During this time, the outer skeleton people tried to resist in vain, but without exception they were suppressed by the air supremacy fireship, and they did not give up until the burst bomb was dropped, and when the Aquila withdrew from the bone mound, at least 20,000 small fish followed closely behind.

These small fish were lucky enough to escape the explosion of the bone mound, but unfortunately their fate was not much better, and they were brutally cleaned up by the power shock ship that had been on standby, and they were basically wiped out.

The Aquila horse, which ended the battle, didn't even have time to pick up those escaped fish that slipped through the net and went straight into the faster-than-light speed to fly to Ross 128.

The power of the blasting bomb was insufficient, and all the outer bone and biological warships inside the bone mound were destroyed, and the internal structure was also devastated, but the bone mound was not blown up, and it still looked like an asteroid with a diameter of nearly 1,000 kilometers.

However, in order to avoid the Aquila, the speed of the bone mound changed. Soon after the Aquila left, the dust crushed near the bone mound was absorbed by the bone mound, and gradually the dust on the asteroid belt became less and less, and it didn't take long for the asteroid to be captured by the bone mound, and a few months later, the asteroid belt of Wolf 359 was almost emptied by the bone mound, leaving only a few survivors, and the diameter of the bone mound also increased from less than 1,000 kilometers to more than 2,000 kilometers, becoming the second asteroid orbiting Wolf 359...... The most incredible thing is that it is still in the habitable zone!

The planet, which is only a little over 2,000 kilometers away, is too small to produce life, but this planet was originally a bone mound belonging to the Outer Bone Man, and even if it was blown up by a blast bomb, there would be some hidden "cabins" inside it that left thin air and microorganisms.

What's more, the asteroids attracted by the bone mounds have a large number of icy asteroids!

The icy asteroid melts quickly in the short period of time of the star explosion, but because it is still too small, the asteroid composed of solid gas melts, and the gas escapes directly into the universe, and the asteroid composed of water melts, a small amount of water boils and evaporates, and the rest of the water refreezes due to the end of the stellar explosion.

Many years later, the asteroid was tidally locked, forever facing the star, the front side becoming similar to another asteroid in occasional flares, and the back side leaving many frozen lakes behind.

Some lucky microbes accidentally enter the glacial lake to thrive, eventually forming countless microbial communities under the lake. Become a special planet of life.

However, human beings are very aware of the origin of this planet, and no one has ever thought that there will be life here, so that the microorganisms under the lake can develop naturally without human interference.

On May 29, 2208, the dusty Aquila arrived at Ross 128, located in the direction of the constellation Virgo, about eleven light-years from the solar system.

Ross 128 is still a flash star, with an orbit close to the galactic plane and a little larger than Wolf 359 in diameter, about 0.21 times that of the Sun. It has a brown dwarf companion, a giant planet that resembles a star in structure but is not massive enough to ignite a fusion reaction, and the structure is so simple that it can be seen at a glance.

Not long ago, a high-speed reconnaissance ship from the native solar system discovered a bone mound.

The high-speed reconnaissance ship is a new type of reconnaissance ship designed by the military in order to effectively control the surrounding area of the solar system, with extremely powerful power, reaching an unprecedented speed of 142 times the speed of light, and it only takes 28 days to fly from the solar system to the Ross 128 10.98 light years away.

This kind of reconnaissance ship has given up all unnecessary equipment, including armor and weapon systems, in order to increase its speed, and it is completely like a thin skin and stuffed goods, and it cannot do anything but conduct reconnaissance, even if it hits a slightly larger asteroid, it is in danger of crashing.

Fortunately, such reconnaissance ships are unmanned.

However, the Aquila did not find the shadow of the bone mound, and re-contacted the lunar headquarters only to learn that the bone mound had left the Ross 128, and the reconnaissance ship was not equipped with a magnetometer to track the bone mound in faster-than-light flight, and had lost the enemy's position.

The Aquila set out again on its journey after leaving behind two early warning satellites, rushing to Lalande 21185 at full speed. (To be continued......)