This shock turned into shock, because in Dr. Cai Lili's view, if the future battle really unfolded as Jiang Ziyue envisioned, no matter what the outcome was, it would only have a serious impact on the "Himalaya" star and the "New Byzantine" planet, which was difficult to predict.

"Colonel, I'm worried that such a battle will have an immeasurable impact on the stars and even the entire planetary system!" She expressed her opinion tactfully.

"Dr. Cai, do you mean the immeasurable impact when you say negative?" Jiang Ziyue looked very serious.

"Yes, I think you are well aware that the Himalayan star and her Samsung system are very fragile......"

"Dr. Cai, are you categorically against my plan!" Jiang Ziyue interrupted her.

"Yes, I am firmly against it!" Dr. Cai Lili replied without hesitation: "Your idea is really dangerous, it is very likely to destroy the enemy, but it also destroys the hearts of the people of New Rome......"

"I still hope that you will support my plans, at least in action!" Jiang Ziyue interrupted her words again, and then patiently explained: "The purpose of the enemy army is already obvious, to use the current tactical advantage to threaten the people of the entire 'New Byzantium' planet and achieve their political goals, if we don't take advantage of this opportunity, our army will really have no way out, and the Senate can only compromise with the enemy army for the safety of the planet!" ”

However, in the end, it was the enemy forces that prompted Dr. Cai Lili to agree to cooperate with the military, and as Jiang Ziyue had predicted, the Bundeswehr task force of the Immortal Star Bundeswehr took advantage of the powerful position to kidnap the people of the "New Byzantium" planet in disguise, and its commander, Colonel Robb, took advantage of this advantage to try to achieve his political ambitions.

Just as Cai Lili weighed up, the notification ship sent by Robb issued an ultimatum to them and the "neo-Byzantine" planet behind them:

"I, Colonel Robbo, commander of the Bundeswehr 'Carrot' task force of the Immortal Star Bundeswehr, has completed the targeting of the planet 'New Byzantium' under my command, and I ask you to declare the planet undefended within twenty-four hours, withdraw the defending fleet, and accept the peaceful stationing of our fleet, otherwise, I will order fire without mercy, for the sake of the lives and property of hundreds of millions of people in New Rome, and ask the commander of the empire and the princes of the Senate to comply with my request!"

Robb's ultimatum did not use too strong words, nor did it show great momentum, and even the conditions were relatively relaxed, and he only demanded the withdrawal of the Imperial fleet in front of the gun, because he was determined to succeed, and at this time, his grand goal of "conquering 'New Byzantium'" was very likely to be achieved, and as long as the Senate accepted his demand, whether he ascended to "New Byzantium" or not, he would go down in history as "the first man to conquer 'New Byzantium'".

The Senate and the people of New Rome fell into a panic because of this, but Jiang Ziyue didn't care, the opponent's ultimatum made Cai Lili see a real threat, she finally changed her mind, but she still cautiously asked Jiang Ziyue: "Colonel Jiang, don't you have a more secure way?" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Ziyue replied without thinking: "As long as my fleet can immediately double the strength, I can immediately rush over and destroy the enemy, and the other way is to find the enemy's logistics supply fleet and then annihilate them, but if either of these two methods can be realized, I don't need to ask you for help!" ”

Later, he added: "Doctor, I am well aware of the great risks of such a counterintuitive war, and I am under great psychological pressure, but I must make a quick trade-off and decision, for I am a warrior of the Senate and the Roman people, and it is my duty to defend the people and the Republic!" ”

This time, Cai Lili didn't hesitate anymore and said, "Okay then! I grant your request! ”

"Dr. Cai, thank you!" Jiang Ziyue said gratefully.

So, Jiang Ziyue decided to plan the plan and immediately ordered: "Send a notification ship to inform the enemy army, just say that we accept the ultimatum, but it will take time to weave and coordinate the surrender work, please wait a while, we will evacuate the 'Himalaya' star field in ten hours, and also, report our plan briefing to the consul and the senate!" ”

"Siegfried" cruiser communications sergeant Abhigi? Kumanfur quickly conveyed the order.

But Jiang Ziyue hurriedly said: "Abiji, withdraw the two orders just now, we don't have to tell that 'radish head' anything, and we don't need to let the Senate know our plan!" ”

"Chief ......" faced Jiang Ziyue's rare repetition, and his subordinates seemed a little overwhelmed.

"There's no need to inform 'Carrot Head', we're going to retreat without a sound!" Jiang Ziyue clearly told his subordinates, and at the end he said in a low voice, as if talking to himself:

"I wish he could see that we were going to conspire against them!"

"Sir, what about the Senate...... "Rudiger, the captain of the "Siegfried"? Natzmer had a rare question.

"Just carry out the order!" Jiang Ziyue said, his tone was a little heavy.

Neither reporting the Senate in fear and worry, nor informing the opponent who thought he was winning, Jiang Ziyue quickly led the fleet and quickly flew away from the planet "New Byzantium" and disappeared into the vast expanse of space.

His subordinates didn't understand why Jiang Ziyue's move was, and even thought that he was trying to avoid irritating the enemy and ensure that the "new Byzantium" planet would not be bombarded, and Robb didn't know the opponent's motives, because his ultimatum asked the opponent to retreat, and he didn't want the opponent to retreat but didn't let him know according to common sense, but because he had 24 hours left for the new Roman Empire, he didn't move his troops for the time being, so as not to respond to all changes.

In just ten hours, Jiang Ziyue led his "Zheng He" fleet and the scientific research ship "Qin Tianjian" 404 to successfully and covertly detour back to the predetermined attack position through frequent "Akuberi" faster-than-light sailing.

Through the special radiation-proof glass, Rob and Tiassi, suspended in the cabin of the "Chiyou", gazed at the blazing main-sequence star "Himalaya".

The sun "Himalayas" is just a series of boring letters and sequences on the astronomical chart, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is the master of the center of another human world in the New World, with a cultural status no less than the double star "Machu Picchu", she brought light and heat to the planet "New Byzantium", the birthplace and capital of the new Roman Empire, and always threatened the imperial subjects here, she once brought great disasters to the Senate and the Roman people, and also saved the empire from extinction.

Everyone, including these new generation of Immortal Spiral Arm interstellar humans who are fighting to the death, have successfully raided the Immortal Interstellar Federation fleet that invaded the planet "New Byzantium" in 2890 AD under the cover of the new Roman Empire Marshal Du Yimin's use of the "Himalaya" star flare.

Facing the battlefield of the past, and as a hero of the new era who inherited the mantle of his father, Rob Bo was quite emotional, and Skati under his command? Major Tiassi, however, expressed an ominous instinct in his heart:

"Sir, ten hours have passed, and I have a bad feeling that it is against common sense for the enemy to retreat so easily!"

"That Jiang Ziyue never plays cards according to common sense!" Robb quickly responded: "Since he retreated quietly and shook off the tracking of our reconnaissance ship, then it is likely that he has already figured out a tactic to deal with us, I really want to see how he can solve our tactic of kidnapping the planet 'New Byzantium'!" ”

Luo Bo, who was suspicious in his heart, was full of anticipation.

"At present, we rely on the 'Himalaya' star and the 'Helen' planet, the enemy's 'space storm' tactics will not be able to be effectively used, and the enemy's forces are at a disadvantage, and it is unlikely that they can find our hidden logistics supply fleet, they may have no choice but to abandon the 'New Byzantine' planet and escape!" Scati? Tiassi analyzed.

At this moment, the internal communication system reported that the discovery of an unmanned notification ship of the New Roman Empire, judging from the interstellar universal radio identification signal and gravity signature emitted when changing to "faster-than-light", should be on a civilian mission to monitor the "Himalayan 'Star' project."

After achieving the speed of light, the spacecraft boldly flew about 900,000 kilometers behind the "Robb" task force, and passed through the outer coronal layer of the "Himalayas" stellar in the face of high energy and heat.

But Robb did not give the order to attack, he did not care about such civilian ships, in fact, it is not easy to launch effective tracking and strikes against such small eyes at this distance, so the "Rob" task force maintained its formation, allowing the uninvited guests behind him to fire the "Akuberi" engine again, stepping into the speed of light, and disappearing under the light of the "Himalayas".

The conversation in the flagship "Chiyou" continued.

"According to you, you shouldn't have a bad premonition!" Robb said and looked at the cold and glamorous subordinates beside him with interest.

"We now have the right time, place, and people, and we have the chance to win, but the victory is too easy, which makes me feel unsure!"

"The time and place are advantageous, but it is difficult to say that the strength advantage that our army only has is not a complete 'harmony'!" Luo is full of confidence, but he is also very cautious: "Jiang Ziyue is good at using strange tricks, so as to win more with less, this time we can't take it lightly!" ”

"Sir, there are still ten hours left, we might as well land on the 'New Byzantium' in advance!" Scati? Tiassi suggested.

"No, since an ultimatum was issued asking for a reply in twenty-four hours, we will act in accordance with the rules of the outer order, and we will act according to the reply of the Senate in twenty-four hours, but in the remaining time, we must find the movements of Jiang Ziyue and his 'Zheng He' fleet, and we will be equipped with reconnaissance ships and notification ships to expand the search area to the entire planetary system and its periphery!"

"Yes, sir!"

Robb turned his gaze to the star "Himalayas" outside the window.

Through the radiation-proof window, the churning little sun and the small spots of light that shine are like the flames of hell, constantly radiating the light of death to the world.

Time passed bit by bit, as the ultimatum time frame approached: the panic on the planet "New Byzantium" has become more and more intense, the entire planet has entered the highest state of alert, the Senate, the Privy Council and other important organs of the empire, a large number of strategically important scientific research institutions, and cultural assets have been transferred to the huge underground protection command post of the Great Wall Mountain Range, and a large number of people have also been evacuated to underground air defense facilities in various places to escape the devastating artillery fire from space.

In the ruling core of the new Roman Empire, only the consul Wang Zeren remained on the ground, and at this time, in addition to playing a substantive leadership role in turning the tide, it was more important to set an example of perseverance and perseverance for the people.

After receiving an ultimatum from the Yingxian Interstellar Federation invasion fleet, he sent a number of Senate royal unmanned notification ships to contact Jiang Ziyue and his "Zheng He" fleet, but there was no news, and now he is even more suspicious that Jiang Ziyue is fleeing, and his heart is full of fear and remorse.

"Your Excellency, there are less than three hours left, and you see if it is necessary for us to respond to the enemy's ultimatum!"

Diego is the question? Gatto, the Imperial Proclamator, and now the only one who accompanies the consul is the Minister of Propaganda of the Senate and the Roman people, and the other bureaucrats of the Privy Council and the chief staff Fischl? Günter goes underground.

Wang Zeren looked at his big-mouthed subordinates, smiled bitterly and said:

"How do you want me to respond, accept the enemy's ultimatum, announce your surrender to the whole universe, surrender your hands to the 'new Byzantium', and become the first consul in the history of the Senate and the Roman people to surrender!"

"What if this is only a ploy to deceive the enemy? What should you think about? Gato had a sly look on his face.

"Tricks to deceive the enemy!" Wang Zeren was quite puzzled.

"Please forgive me for being blunt, Jiang Ziyue has severed contact with the Senate since he led his troops back to defend 'New Byzantium', which shows that he has other ideas about the Senate, either disloyal or unbelieving, but you have also seen that although he did not report to the Senate, he led his troops to block the enemy's artillery path, it can be seen that he is not disloyal, but unbelieving, distrustful of the Senate, then, he quickly retreated this time, and his humble opinion is that he must have found an effective way to deal with the enemy, so we should cooperate with him as much as possible to drag the enemy!"

"I have thought of all of these, but the question is, how to cooperate, whether to persuade the enemy to prolong the ultimatum and make them stay in place longer, or let them do their best to the planet, these are not determined because Jiang Ziyue has not been contacted, as a commander, Jiang Ziyue should be very clear that if you want friendly forces to cooperate, you must clearly express strategic and tactical intentions or explain the method of cooperation, but he does not, then assume that he is not escaping, but really found an effective way to deal with the enemy as you wish, He obviously doesn't need us to do anything for him! ”

"Your Excellency, if Commander Jiang can solve the enemy alone without our cooperation, even if Jiang Ziyue really abandons us as you feared, but the enemy is simply unable to maintain more occupation with us with such a small number of troops, and their commander is afraid that he just wants a false name of forcing the surrender of 'New Byzantium', as long as our reinforcements arrive, the enemy will inevitably retreat, then you now have a golden opportunity!" Diego? Gatto's eyes lit up as he spoke, as if there was a large pile of gold in front of him.

Wang Zeren seemed to realize the true meaning of Gatto's words, looked at him sternly, and said: "Duke Gatto, please make your words clear, now there are only you and me here!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, please forgive me for my courage, the whole planet is under martial law, the senators are concentrated in the underground command post, and at this time you can mobilize any loyal people on the planet to carry out any orders you give, and the lowly thinks that now is the best time to take force action against the conservatives......"

"You're inciting a coup d'état and a civil war!" Wang Zeren sharply interrupted Gato's words, but that was all, and did not criticize Gato further.

On the contrary, Gato continued to speak without scruples: "I want to believe that Your Excellency has also thought of doing this, the Bundesmail fleet has created this opportunity for you, Jiang Ziyue will also keep the country for you, and the only thing left is for you to kill and decide, the Senate and the dictator of the Roman people, the glory and power ......"

"Gatto, that's enough!" Wang Zeren said calmly: "The Senate and the people of Rome have never produced a dictator who came to power in a coup d'état, maybe a certain tyrant will do this in the future, but I, Wang Zeren, will never take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters!" ”

Gato was about to make further contributions, but Wang Zeren waved his hand to stop him.

"I am very grateful for your loyalty and courage, but not everyone can be like you!"

After hearing Wang Zeren say this, Gato no longer admonished, he now fully understands that Wang Zeren is still not at ease with Jiang Ziyue in his heart, not doubting Jiang Ziyue's ability, but his loyalty, of course, in the thinking of those in high positions, loyalty is often a symbol of ability.

"Even so, there is still a suggestion for the humble position, I hope your Excellency will adopt it!"

"Please!"

"Regardless of whether Jiang Ziyue can really repel the enemy army, someone on our side must go to negotiate with him, and he is willing to take on this heavy responsibility, I hope Your Excellency will authorize it!"

Wang Zeren responded without hesitation: "Okay! I authorize you to negotiate with him! ”

But then, he solemnly added: "But all your considerations and starting points must be based on the premise that Jiang Ziyue has broken his oath to the Senate and the Romans and led his troops to escape!" ”

"Obedience!"

Gato had already thought of his rhetoric for facing the enemy, but he did not expect in advance that Wang Zeren would not be willing to follow his advice and take advantage of the invasion of the enemy to launch a coup d'état and seize power.

Just as Gato was about to leave, Wang Zeren stopped him again and said:

"Gatogong, like Jiang Ziyue, you are one of the few officials I have taken care of since the grassroots level, I thank you for your loyalty, but please don't overthink my thoughts, I Wang Mou has always regarded himself as a rare idealist in the Senate, upholding justice and loyalty, so, Gatogong, your allegiance is not only to me, but also to the Senate and the Roman people as a whole!"

"Humble duty understands!"