In the face of Irina's rhetorical question, both Heathberg and Tririsel fell silent.

Although they all belonged to the conservative generals of the New Roman Empire, they were all old-school soldiers, and they were not good at disobeying orders and playing politics.

After a long hesitation and a rather difficult silence, Admiral Leopold Hisberg broke the silence first and said to Irina: "Well, Helwell, I am at your disposal." Then he glanced at Tryrisel.

Admiral Gerasim Andreevich Tririthel, commander of the Caesar's fleet, glanced back at Heathberg, then at Hervier Irina, and then said slowly: "Well, I am willing to obey the command of General Irina. However, I would like to state that Admiral Irina was authorized by the dictator to command me and my fleet, and once the dictator crossed Admiral Irina and gave me orders directly, I could only obey them absolutely. He paused deliberately, then added, "As a veteran, I want you to know this. ”

Seeing that he looked loyal, Hisberg hastened to warn him: "Gerasim Andreevich, you were worried that the dictator would purge you after we drove out the enemy army. ”

"That's right, my background makes me uncomfortable with the dictator." "But my duty makes me obedient to the dictator, and the two are not in conflict." ”

"Gerasim Andreevich." Irina, who is of German origin like Hisbes, also calls the veteran Tririsel in Russian tradition, "I accept your statement. Rest assured, I will give you a happy result, both for the Senate and the people of Rome, for the dictator Jiang Ziyue, and for you, Gerasim Andreevich, Leopold, and me. ”

"General Irina, then please give the order." Hisberg made an earnest request.

Irina looked at the two comrades solemnly and said, "General Trilisel, you immediately lead the fleet to the planet 'New Taiping' and join the 'Charlemagne' fleet. General Hisberg and I will return to the cruiser 'Hanuman' 119 at once, and take it as the flagship, and go with you, while you await my instructions. Note that all ships are resupplied as soon as they arrive on the planet 'New Taiping', and the supplies and energy of the logistical supply fleet are transferred to the combat ships as much as possible. VENI VIDI VICI.”

“VENI VIDI VICI.” The two fleet commanders responded in unison and raised their hands in salute.

As the slender cruiser "Hanuman" No. 119 spouted a brilliant red tail flame and disappeared into the vast space, thousands of warships of the "Caesar" squadron under the Central Fleet of the New Roman Empire followed closely behind with a huge array of ships and rushed to the "New Taiping" planet designated by Jiang Ziyue, the dictator of war and national salvation.

On the "Hanuman 119", which is sailing at the speed of light at the speed of "Akuberi" at level 6, the female general Irina, who is fixed to the battle position and wears a heavy space combat suit, has nothing to do, but her heart is complicated. Her mind was churning violently, not only because of the next battle that would determine the life and death of the empire, but also because of the great change in the central power of the empire after the destruction of the "new Byzantine" planet after the war.

Two big questions have been haunting Irina's mind:

"What kind of waves will that man, Jiang Ziyue, a supernatural genius of war, a dictator who has risen to the fore of civilians and soldiers at lightning speed, make waves after the war and after the disaster? And me, what should I do? ”

The same questions swirled back and forth in the head of another commander of the new Roman Imperial Army, another warship that was also moving faster than light.

On the battleship "Lin Biao", Li Jingxian, a lieutenant general of the New Roman Imperial Army, led his Mao fleet, which had been short of rear admirals, and successfully detoured to the hinterland of the Perseus Star Federation, preparing to blitz its capital planet "Andromeda".

Li Jingxian, the son of Li Zhongkun, one of the nine elders of the New Roman Empire, was once the "Prince-Party-Leader" of the "New Byzantium" planet, and had a lot of controversial history as the commander of the conservative Central Fleet.

For the glory of the new Roman Empire, Li Jingxian's biggest stain was that in mid-April 2920, during the Battle of the planet "Atlantis", he accidentally fell into the trick of Teresa Quyler, the commander of the Federal National Guard, and became a prisoner of the Perseus Interstellar Federation without firing a shot, and put the fleet in danger of being annihilated.

Although he was not the highest-ranking Imperial officer to be captured by the Federation since the war began, he was the most politically senior and unique officer of all time.

Fortunately, at that time, Jiang Ziyue led the "Zheng He" fleet to arrive in time and raided the "Socrates" base on the planet "Atlantis", saved the Mao fleet, and then destroyed the "Atlantis" planetary ecosystem, creating the so-called "Star Destroyer" glory. And when he attacked the planet "Andromeda" before, he captured Song Xiaoyu, the daughter of the kidnapped Federal President Song Tingrong, and also became the core bargaining chip for Li Jingxian in the future.

In other words, the black history of being a captive of the Perseus Star Federation is enough to make him never turn over. But having a father who is a current patriarch is different. Although he had always been at odds with his father, Li Jingxian relied on the power of his father Li Zhongkun and successfully restored his military rank.

However, to regain control of the Central Fleet Detachment, which is a very important matter for the country and the people, it is still thanks to his former subordinates, or the "pawns" he once regarded as "pawns", the current imperial dictator Jiang Ziyue.

In the early morning of November 30, 2920, in the meeting hall of the "New Byzantine" planetary senate, Jiang Ziyue completed the legal procedures for voting in the senate, and soon after becoming the dictator of the Senate and the Roman people's war and national salvation, he secretly summoned Li Jingxian, who had an unexpected reversal of attitude at the meeting.

The location is the "Bodhi Ye" parked at the air and space airfield not far from the People's Square.

Although he was a little reluctant, when he boarded the plane and saw the dictator, Li Jingxian still took the initiative to raise his hand to salute and shout slogans.

As the dictator, Jiang Ziyue only nodded and then motioned for him to sit down. Then he said calmly: "General Li, I thank you for your support for me just now. ”

Up to this point, Li Jingxian was still unsure whether Wang Zeren's death was the work of Günter Fischer's One True God Brotherhood and the Dragon Slayer Society. However, one thing is very clear, Wang Zeren's assassination made Jiang Ziyue's power rise to the top.

He, Li Jingxian, chose to take advantage of the situation wisely when everything was unclear, and openly supported Jiang Ziyue.

Li Jingxian replied respectfully: "I, Li Jingxian, have the honor to work with Your Excellency, and I know Your Excellency's eloquence. At a time when the Senate and the people of Rome are at stake, I can only put aside my personal prejudices and fully support and obey Your Excellency's leadership......"

Jiang Ziyue waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "General Li, polite words will be excused." I have a battle plan, which is very risky, but I hope it will be up to you to carry it out. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"Sneak attack on the Immortal Interstellar Federation capital planet 'Andromeda'."

"Your Excellency's strategic goals?" Li Jingxian asked without thinking.

"Pin down the enemy."

"How many troops do you want to give me?"

"The current establishment of the 'Mao' fleet."

"I think that with these hundreds of warships, it is difficult to achieve the effect of containment." Li Jingxian's face was embarrassed.

"But you can get revenge." Jiang Ziyue deliberately paused, and then solemnly added, "Li Jingxian, the prisoner of war release officer of the Immortal Interstellar Federation. ”

"......" Li Jingxian's anger exploded instantly, but he could only be extremely suppressed and unable to speak for a while.

Looking at Li Jingxian's face distorted by humiliation and anger, Jiang Ziyue still remained calm and said, "General Li, I have no intention of stimulating you. I just hope that you can seize this opportunity, be loyal to the country in the public and take revenge in the private. ”

He also paused deliberately, still unhurriedly: "The Senate and the Roman people have never had to rely on captives for revenge. But I, Jiang Ziyue, have never neglected a person's ability because he was captured. ”

Li Jingxian did not immediately respond to Jiang Ziju's words, but then, there was an unbearable silence between the two. The atmosphere in the space plane became very unusual.

Jiang Ziyue's expression has been very calm. In the face of Li Jingxian, he was already full of psychological advantages, not only in the current position of power, but also in the immortal merits he had obtained early.

In Li Jingxian's view, Jiang Ziyue's calmness just reveals a sense of oppression that is so powerful that he feels depressed and even a little suffocated, not only because of the current power comparison, but also because of his extremely small military exploits compared to Jiang Ziyue. Although Li Jingxian can be regarded as the most brilliant and ambitious in the current "second generation" of the "New Byzantium", in fact, his military career is full of controversial failures.

Compared with Jiang Ziyue, who was born low and constantly won by surprise, Li Jingxian can be said to have been defeated again and again, and even became a prisoner and relied on Jiang Ziyue to rescue. In other words, ordinary people may be grateful to Jiang Ziyue. But he is Li Jingxian, the "prince-party-party-leader" of the "neo-Byzantine" market. Jiang Ziyue's words not only uncovered his scars, but also talked about his sore spots, which seemed to him to be a great insult to himself.

However, Jiang Ziyue provided him with a chance to wash away his shame after all, and there was nothing more pleasant than personally striking a heavy blow to the enemy country that had captured him. Li Jingxian still tried his best to control his emotions and said to Jiang Ziyue: "Can you allocate more ships to me?" ”

"Nope." Jiang Ziyue categorically rejected Li Jingxian, "When I first attacked the Immortal Interstellar Federation and fought in several places, the firepower of the 'Zheng He' fleet under my command was not as good as the 'Mao-Ze-Dong' fleet. However, I only give you a clear goal, which is to attack the planet 'Andromoda', as for the detailed attack plan, attack route, side objectives and combat methods, etc., you will make and decide on it yourself, and you do not need to report to me and the Central Fleet. As long as your fleet can reach the star system of the planet 'Andromeda', it will be considered to have fulfilled the orders I have given. ”

Jiang Ziyue's instructions made Li Jingxian puzzled and asked, "It's that simple?" ”

"Yes. I don't care how you hit 'Andromeda' or what you're going to do when you get there, just get to 'Andromeda'. Your fleet will deal a heavy blow to the morale and psychology of the enemy's citizens, and even cause social panic on the planet 'Andromoda'. ”

"Can I understand that you authorized me to carry out an unlimited attack on the enemy's country?" Li Jingxian asked.

"In the official order that will be given to you later, it is only to ask your fleet to enter the star field around the planet 'Andromeda', and there will be no other instructions." Jiang Ziyue said, "Other things on the battlefield are handled cheaply by you, the commander. ”

Li Jing agreed after a little thought, and he said, "Well, Your Excellency the Dictator, I will take over this task. I, Li Jingxian, promise to successfully complete your task. Then he stood up and prepared to salute.

Jiang Ziyue also stood up and stretched out his right hand to him.

Li Jingxian also quickly stretched out his right hand, shook hands with the dictator, then raised his right hand, put the palm of his hand to his heart, and then threw it out to the upper right and straightened it, shouting: "VENI VIDI VICI."

“VENI VIDI VICI.” Jiang Ziyue also returned with the same Roman salute.

But Li Jingxian didn't turn around and leave immediately, but hesitated for a moment before saying, "I have a personal request." ”

"With regard to Ho and her children, I have instructed Günter Fischer to evacuate them with the family of the senators." Jiang Ziyue told Li Jingxian calmly and unmistakably.

LI JING PAUSED FOR A MOMENT, THEN RAISED HIS HAND TO SALUTE AND SHOUTED, "VENI VIDI VICI."

Li Jingxian, who received the order, did not waste any unnecessary time, and he took an aerospace plane to space without even seeing his father again, transferred to a transport ship and rushed to the planet "African-African" to take over the "Mao-Zedong" detachment stationed there.

Jiang Ziyue, on the other hand, said in public propaganda that the Mao fleet would be used as the dictator's headquarters fleet to protect the great retreat of the "new Byzantium" planet. In fact, it was a cover for Li Jingxian's behavior.

At this time, although the Mao fleet was far from reaching the level of full strength, it already had a total of 300 "commander" class battleships, including the flagship "Lin Biao," 400 cruisers of various types, plus 200 armed logistics supply ships and more than 100 cruisers attached to the escort logistics supply fleet, and its combat effectiveness was quite strong.

The fleet is basically still the original staffing, and most of them are Li Jingxian's original subordinates, so they are very happy about Li Jingxian's return, and their confidence and fighting spirit have also been greatly enhanced. Li Jingxian didn't waste even a second of time, and led the Mao fleet to start immediately.

Following an extremely remote route far from the Milky Way, Li Jingxian commanded the Mao fleet to march smoothly and covertly to the capital planet "Andromeda" in the hinterland of the Perseus Star Federation. Also on December 10, 2920, the Mao fleet finally approached the bow shock of the star system where the planet "Midgard" is located.

Li Jingxian disclosed the instructions of the dictator Jiang Ziyue to the captains of the ships under his command early, but it was always difficult for him to make up his mind what strategy to adopt after entering the planet "Andromeda".

Jiang Ziyue gave him a lot of freedom to play. A disgraced man who leads a fleet back to the enemy country to carry out a massacre is an eternal revenge story, but it is obviously not in line with the qualities of a modern soldier. The other side of the problem is also quite difficult, that is, he leads the fleet alone into the territory of the enemy country full of dangers, which is undoubtedly very dangerous.

Along the way, the constantly updated intelligence reports show that although the Immortal Interstellar Bundeswehr has poured out, there is still the 10th National Guard Fleet stationed around the planet "Andromeda", with more than 600 new and old battleships, more than 1,000 cruisers of various types, plus scattered armed ships of other Wehrmacht and National Guard, and the armed yachts of the wealthy class in the Federation, surpassing the Mao fleet in strength and firepower. Therefore, once the war starts, Li Jingxian and the Mao fleet are facing an extremely difficult battle in terms of data comparison on paper.

Li Jingxian, who entered the Imperial Army as a soldier before he was a minor, said that Jiang Ziyue's instructions were not only to lure him to commit crimes, but also to set up difficulties in his life.

"What kind of waves will that man, Jiang Ziyue, a supernatural genius of war, a dictator who has risen to the fore of civilians and soldiers at lightning speed, make waves after the war and after the disaster? And me, what should I do? ”

However, for this series of questions, Li Jingxian no longer has the heart to think further. The intelligence officer reported the destruction of one of the enemy's unmanned reconnaissance ships, while the other was not completely destroyed, allowing it to fly into the faster-than-light Akuberi and unsuccessfully intercept it - the whereabouts of the Mao fleet were apparently completely exposed.

Although Li Jingxian had a grudge against Jiang Ziyue, he still commanded the Mao fleet to march along the route of Jiang Ziyue and the "Zheng He" fleet to attack the Perseus Federation at the beginning of this year, and as a result, his traces were exposed in the star field close to the planet "Midgard".

"Okay, let's have a gorgeous march." Li Jingxian said firmly, and then confidently gave the order, "The conical attack array, the logistics fleet will follow, half the speed of light, and all of them will attack the 'Ymir' sun sheath!" ”

Soon, the Mao fleet took the battleship "Lin-Biao" as the top of the cone, arranged in a large conical formation with a wide distance between ships, spit out a gorgeous and dazzling orange tail flame, and advanced towards the edge of the bow shock wave of the star "Ymir", the main star of "Midgard". The logistical supply fleet followed closely in a prismatic formation.

In order to show his attitude as an aggressor, Li Jingxian also ordered an announcement to be broadcast on the public interstellar general channel, asking the civilian ships of the British Immortal Federation to avoid and the warships to surrender, otherwise they would be killed. And he also revealed his identity, claiming that this round of attacks was to wash away the shame of being captured before, and would lead the Imperial fleet all the way to the destruction of the planet "Andromeda".

It was December 11, 2920 Human Standard Time, and it was only eight months after Jiang Ziyue led his troops to attack and Li Jingxian was captured on the planet "Atlantis". Therefore, issuing this kind of announcement is a very serious provocation and threat to the citizens of the planet "Midgard" and even the citizens of the Perseus Star Federation.

The public opinion of the entire federation also exploded.

At this time, the defense of the planet "Midgard" was in front of the Mao fleet, which was equivalent to no defense, except for two military space stations and dozens of cruisers and destroyers of the National Guard stationed on them, there was no regular armed force.

Li Jingxian unceremoniously launched an encirclement and annihilation of the two space stations and the ships of the National Guard, destroying them all with several rounds of fire volleys. Then, the Mao fleet flew to the planet "Midgard" in an umbrella formation, forcing the local authorities of the planet to publicly declare that they would not be defended.

However, Li Jingxian learned his lesson this time, and did not go to the ground to surrender, nor did he let the other side send a representative to board the ship and beg for surrender, but quickly led the fleet to leave, got rid of the Bundeswehr reconnaissance ship, and flew into the deep space outside the Yingxian spiral arm, hiding his tracks.