In the Shattered Star Region, Zhao Jian's forces may not be the strongest, but they are definitely the most well-informed! His stealth reconnaissance stations tracked the fleets of various countries 24 hours a day, and monitored the movements of the 18 delivery areas of the three star gates. Any ship that comes through the Star Gate will be discovered by him as soon as possible.

Therefore, when an Italian fleet and a Japanese fleet from afar met near the relatively remote No. 3 Star Gate, Zhao Jian faintly felt an unprecedented majestic "amusement"!

This should be the first contact between the Italian and Japanese armies since the conclusion of the alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan in April. The Italian side sent an ocean-going fleet of 16 combat ships and 4 supply ships, including 1 battleship, 3 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 5 destroyers and 4 submarines. Battleship Doria.

But what made Zhao Jian find it interesting was that the Japanese fleet that made contact with the Italians did not belong to the Japanese Navy, but to units from the Japanese Army. There are more than 80 warships in total, except for the flagship "Shenzhou Maru", which is a "Yanglu ship" that has made later generations complain for decades, the rest are high-speed gunboats of less than 1,000 tons.

As the country with the strictest military factional struggle in the world at the moment - Japan! The Army, which has always been at odds with the navy, resolutely chose the road of "self-reliance" when faced with the difficult problem of "having to seek the navy if it wants to use troops abroad."

Perhaps in their eyes, bowing to those damned "octopuses" is something more unacceptable than defeat. Therefore, if the army wants to fight out, it must have its own fleet! And this is what makes Zhao Jian and many people feel that they can use it to complain for a lifetime!

If the IJA and IJN are two armies belonging to different countries, then the former's vigorous development of the navy is not a kind of self-improvement and enterprising spirit. But these two groups of guys who don't like each other are a special family, and the funny things they make make outsiders look incredible.

It is precisely because of this comical antagonistic spirit that the Japanese army not only grabbed things from the navy, but also squandered their already abundant resource reserves on their strange products with big brains. He even played tricks in the last Tang-Japan technical exchange event and abducted all the ship technical experts from Datang. to help them improve their shipbuilding system.

So much so that when the event ended and all the Datang experts returned to China, the head of the expert group wrote in the summary report submitted to Mengzong...... "We have successfully assisted the Japanese side to fulfill their desire to completely split their military industrial system in two!" ”

Up to now, the Japanese Army, which has been on a large scale of shipbuilding, has surpassed the Navy in terms of total tonnage of ships, and the Navy has successfully developed a space mecha with better performance than the Army's Type 97 light mecha. A large amount of manpower and material resources were scattered and used by the two armies, which were hostile to each other, and the resulting waste problem became a common secret that both sides knew well but never mentioned.

In fact, even at the time of joining the Axis Alliance, the actions of the Japanese Navy and Army in this area of the Shattered Star Zone were very different.

On the Japanese navy, Isoroku Yamamoto, who belonged to the "Zhimei faction," advocated "dividing land and ruling the country" and avoiding conflicts with European and American countries as much as possible while ensuring that there was an occupied area. In particular, try not to mess with the "Martians" who live on the opposite side of the Shattered Star Zone. The other party is the country with the most intact industrial capacity after the great immigration, and it is better for Japan to provoke Britain and France than to provoke this!

The Japanese Army, on the other hand, is obviously much more "frenzied." Whoever loves you! Lao Tzu is the world! Death is part of the world war, don't play if you're not happy!

In this way, with the Japanese navy already establishing an occupied zone, the Japanese Army also sent a fleet to join in the fun. It also happens that Italy, as an ally, also hopes to establish a mining base in the Shattered Star Zone, so it hopes to cooperate with the Japanese side, which provides human resources nearby. As a result, the Army, which was reluctant to even eat with its own navy, gladly accepted the invitation from the allied navy.

The two awesome men converged and headed together into the depths of the main planet's domain wall, where there was still a sizable area that was not claimed for the time being. Although this side is a bit far from the stargate. However, it is also far away from the scope of activities of other forces, which is very suitable for early development.

And this "borderless land" in their eyes happens to be Zhao Jian's territory!

So when Thor reported to Zhao that there was a 70% chance that the combined fleet, which was carrying a large amount of infrastructure supplies, would set up camp near his home. Zhao immediately suspended the exercise and led his army back to his hometown.

It is an eternal truth that the side of the couch does not allow others to sleep peacefully!

Although the entire scope of the Shattered Star Sector is vast, not everywhere can be shrouded by the wall of the realm. It's not that any place is suitable for nesting. The hiding place that Zhao Jian has chosen so far, except for the fact that it is not convenient to be far away from the three star gates, the conditions are very good in other aspects.

Plus they just recently found an iron ore asteroid nearby. The repair station has been towed to the vicinity of the mining area, where preparations are underway for mining. So after Zhao Jian and his subordinates summed it up, he decided to play "hide and seek" with these guys who broke into his backyard and lure them to other places.

However, just as Zhao Jian was about to make a battle plan, Thor suddenly reported another not-so-good piece of information to him. When one of their reconnaissance stations tried to get closer, they discovered that one of the Italians' supply ships was carrying a giant soldier. The other party saw through the optical camouflage on the spot and captured the reconnaissance station.

Thankfully, Thor initiated the self-destruct procedure in time, so that neither the reconnaissance station nor the technology on it fell into the hands of the enemy, but this failed reconnaissance operation also exposed their existence and aroused the alarm of the other party. And after Zhao Jian learned that the other party had actually brought a giant god soldier, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"I've found out, these Italians don't forget to take their giant god soldiers with them wherever they go!"

Looking at the latest enemy situation that had just been initiated, Zhao Jian reluctantly overturned the plan that had just been made halfway through. As a symbol of the highest deterrent power of a country, the Giant God Soldier has a short time limit for sustainable activities, but its combat effectiveness is undoubtedly strong! And this time, the Italians brought the same flying Caesar, and if it was there, the lure operation that Zhao Jian had envisioned before would inevitably turn into a suicidal operation.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Jian finally sighed helplessly.

"Inform the Star Castle and ask them to make a 'mark' for the newly found Second Mining Area, and then withdraw to the Sea of Vine with the First Mining Area, where we will join them. That's right! Thor, you inform Chiyou by the way, just tell her...... I'll help her get the last condition of detoxification! (To be continued......)