The appearance of the Imperial Army's reinforcement fleet put the leaders of the Democratic Salvation Alliance, which launched an armed uprising, into strong pressure. Although the strength of the new fleet has not yet been 'figured', the fact that the Empire's reinforcements can arrive so quickly will undoubtedly make the newly established "United States" a little precarious. The Senate in the "African" planet Governor, Victor? Jones had redeployed his forces and was ready to launch a new "encirclement and suppression" against the rebels.

As the military leader of the rebel army and the deputy of the defense minister of the "United States of Immortals", U Dan Ching, a retired major of the Imperial Army, Zibberson, suggested asking for help from the marines who were still stationed on the planet "African".

"They will put forward harsh political conditions that will make us lose our independence." Chai Sangling, the political leader of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Salvation Alliance and the president of the Provisional Politics of the United States of the United States of Hong Kong, said worriedly.

Wu Danqing deeply agreed with the words of his political partner, and then said: "Yes, in the past few days, they have turned a blind eye to Jones's actions, allowed the lackeys of the Senate to attack us, and have exposed their 'shady' schemes, hoping that we will lose both sides and benefit the fishermen." ”

"If we can't defeat Jones before the Imperial reinforcements crush the fleet of the Federation Army, it will be difficult to control the planetary situation, and the only thing that awaits us is the gallows." Qi Bosun said solemnly.

"Our aim is to give the people of New Rome the benefits of freedom and democracy, not to be dependent on a powerful state." Chai Sangling said resolutely.

This guy said the Immortal Interstellar Federation as his own a few days ago, but now he says that the Federation is a powerful country. In Qi Bosun's eyes, this 'female' person is simply a bit inexplicable.

"With our current strength, it won't be too much of a problem to hold the Governor's Palace. But it was very difficult to destroy Jones's power. That's why it's better for us to work with the Bundeswehr. "Zibson stuck to his ideas." As for the conditions they may put forward, we will agree to them for the time being, and how they will 'operate' in the future is a question for the future. ”

His words inspired the two chiefs.

The "temporary" president hesitated for a moment and finally made a decision: "Well, I now authorize you to represent my country and our army to negotiate with the ground forces of the Bundeswehr and ask for their support." ”

"It's better to ask Minister Wu to take me there, in case the other party offers a sky-high price, I won't be able to decide." Zibson advises cautiously.

"It's fine." Wu Danqing is happy to accept this mission.

Sure enough, as Zibson expected, the Bundeswehr interstellar marines stationed on the planet "Africa" made a "sky-high" request. They went so far as to make a "shameless" demand that the "United States of Anse" be incorporated into the Union, and what was even more serious was that the other side also demanded that the troops of the "United States" be placed under their command in order to coordinate and unify military operations.

Wu Danqing and Qi Bosun were difficult to accept for a while, but finally agreed. As a result, the two forces smoothly merged and prepared to fight against Victor? Jones and his loyal police and the remnants of the Senate guard hunt for turtles.

At 5 a.m. on December 2, when the Governor's Palace is located in the Eastern Hemisphere, Victor? Jones led his troops in what was known as the "final general offensive".

The rebel 'rebel' army, which had been desperately guarding the provisional presidential palace of the "United States" for days, suddenly disappeared without a trace. The security police and senate guards of the planet "Africa" quickly recovered the Planetary Governor's Palace.

But Victor? Before Jones could relive his old feelings of dominating the planet, the Bundeswehr marines and the "United States" Wehrmacht troops in and around the Governor's Palace swarmed out and hunted them down. The battle lasted just over half an hour before it ended, and the "final assault" lived up to its name, and Jones was finally reduced to a prisoner this time.

The situation on the surface of the planet "Africa" has thus stabilized.

The commander of the Bundeswehr expeditionary fleet, Xu Hongzhao, who was in space, was very satisfied with the decisive actions of his subordinates, and now focused all his attention on the work of searching for reinforcements from the enemy's fleet. The opponent simply tried the hit-and-run tactics and then disappeared without a trace, with no further forces committed and no battleships in the process. All kinds of signs made him doubt his strength.

Jiang Ziyue knew that his strength was limited, so he led the fleet to constantly carry out rapid maneuvers on the periphery of the stellar "Solomon Gate" system, so that even if the opponent detected his own fleet, he would always see part of the illusion because of the high-speed movement. But he knows very well that this strategy is only a stopgap measure after all, and sooner or later it will be recognized.

He was also very worried that he might be alone. Although he learned from the notification ship that caught up with his fleet on the way that the Imperial Archon Wang Zeren's true attitude towards his disobedience to orders, he was not hopeful that Wang Zeren would give the order for reinforcements in time. Therefore, Jiang Ziyue sent a notification ship to the planet Iseron on the one hand to report on the battle situation of the "Hannibal" detachment to destroy the planet and fall, and on the other hand, he racked his brains to find a way to defeat the enemy.

However, while he was still struggling with how to deal with the enemy, the enemy had already discovered his whereabouts one step ahead.

When the unmanned reconnaissance ship first reported that the opponent had only 800 cruisers, Xu Hongzhao was still a little suspicious, fearing that the enemy had a larger fleet and was constantly maneuvering in order to lure the federal expeditionary fleet away from the planet "Africa." When the subsequent repeated reconnaissance only found the 800 cruisers that were discovered for the first time, Xu Hongzhao returned to his original suspicions, made up his mind, and led the fleet to pounce on it.

The frightened cries of the early warning sergeants rang out in the bridges of the Imperial cruisers. A thousand battleships and five hundred cruisers of the Bundeswehr, less than two million kilometers away from them, changed to the speed of light and began to form formations.

"Spread out the formation, enter the faster-than-light speed, and retreat to the next rendezvous."

Jiang Ziyue did not hesitate to give the order to escape. Before the opponent's battle formation arrived, their small and nimble cruisers had time to quickly enter the speed of light and escape from the opponent's attack.

Where is Xu Hongzhao willing to give up easily, disband the formation, and re-enter the speed of light.

A constant pursuit of fleets entering and exiting faster than the speed of light begins. The two sides pursued the periphery of a planetary system 200 to 500 AU from the star of Soloom's Gate. The originally calm space of the universe was constantly "stirred" by the space "waves" emitted by the continuous "stirring" of these more than 2,000 warships, and it was very lively.

Escaping can only be a temporary strategy.

So the captain of the cruiser "Siegfried", the flagship of the Imperial Army, Rudiger? Captain Natzmer worriedly said to Colonel Jiang Ziyue: "Sir, it's not a way to run like this." ”

"But if it's going to be a decisive battle, we're not opponents. Besides, His Excellency the Consul also asks us to delay as long as possible. ”

Jiang Ziyue said helplessly.

"I'm afraid it won't be delayed for long. The enemy has this great advantage, and it is easy to intercept us if he divides a fleet of equal strength and rushes to us. ”

Natzmer's words are entirely justified. Through the gravitational detection system, the scale and direction of the space "waves" initiated by the adversary can be completely obtained, so as to calculate its route. In this way, you can use your own ship to rush to the vicinity of the enemy's route that may be out of space faster than the speed of light at a faster speed than your own space, ready to intercept it.

"Rush to us and intercept our ......"

Jiang Ziyue repeated the captain's words, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he exclaimed excitedly:

"In that case, let's strike first and intercept them halfway."

"Halfway volley?"

"Yes." Jiang Ziyue explained: "When entering the faster-than-light state, the battleships must be very separated, especially the battleships. In faster-than-light sailing, battleships are single-handed. The detachment set by the fleet to change out of the faster-than-light meeting point is predetermined, and it cannot be changed at any time during the faster-than-light process. Therefore, even if the speed of light is temporarily changed, it can only be fought by a single ship. This time, we have the advantage. ”

His subordinates didn't understand Jiang Ziyue's meaning too much, but soon, Jiang Ziyue formulated a new combat command and issued it to each cruiser when it was changed to faster than the speed of light again.

The Bundeswehr expeditionary fleet once again moved faster than the speed of light, quickly completing its formation, and pursuing the Imperial Army in a counter-action advance.

Jiang Ziyue's cruiser fleet waited until it was 'pressing' closer to more than 500,000 kilometers before calmly escaping.

Xu Hongzhao took the trouble to re-issue the order and follow the direction and scale of the space "wave" "excited" by the enemy's Akube engine.

The flagship of the Wehrmacht Expeditionary Fleet, the "Wu Qi", took the lead, broke away from the battle formation, and 'shot' positive and negative hydrogen particles, producing annihilation, 'excited' space 'waves', and leaping into the void.

When the order was conveyed to the battleship "Pershing", the flagship of the Second Fleet, it was questioned:

"Sir, the enemy must have some trick up his sleeve if he keeps running like this."

It was Lieutenant Luo Xiaochen, a trainee officer who had enlisted in the army before the expedition, who spoke. As a herald in the flagship tactical command center, he can also be informed of the current situation between friend and foe.

"Eight hundred cruisers want to deal with our thousand battleships and five hundred cruisers?"

Second Fleet Commander Hadrian? Lieutenant General Ed 'Mon' Sen said contemptuously. This attitude is not only towards the enemy, but also because of the lack of knowledge of the enemy.

"But if we are intercepted while we are sailing faster than light, our battleships will be strong and will only be beaten passively. They can use this tactic to wear us down. Luo Xiaochen put forward a hypothesis that seemed fanciful.

"Interception while traveling faster than light? It's unheard of. ”

It is not so much an exclamation of the merciful imagination of his subordinates as an irony of his subordinates' thoughts.

"General, this tactic is entirely possible......"

Hadrian? Lieutenant General Ed 'Mon' Sen interrupted him and said, "Lieutenant Law, please concentrate on your own work. ”