Jiang Ziyue's bold and ruthless attack not only destroyed the base of "Socrates", but also dragged the planet "Atlantis" into the abyss of destruction, and even brought a serious disaster to the star "Plato".

After the Big Bang, as expected before the war, the southern hemisphere of the planet "Atlantis" was cut off a small piece, the planet underwent a slight shift in orbit, and the rotation and revolution periods changed: the explosion at the base of "Socrates" caused a global earthquake and volcanic eruption, the atmospheric circulation was also drastically changed, and the entire ecosystem was subheavily damaged.

Floating in front of the observation window of Trident 001, witnessing the white polar crown at the north and south ends of "Atlantis" gradually being swallowed by smoke and lava, Teresa? Quiller shuddered, she originally only planned to lure the enemy with 10 million units of metal hydrogen at the "Socrates" base, but she didn't expect the opponent to be so fierce and unreasonable, directly bombing the base and causing an unprecedented interstellar disaster.

At this time, a large number of aerospace planes were busy shuttling between the planet and the spaceship fleet surrounding her, moving the victims from the ground to the fleet.

"Sir, all known inhabited personnel have been withdrawn to the fleet!" A staff officer's report came from the spacesuit.

"Continue to have the space planes in force, conduct a global search, and ensure that all residents can be rescued!" Quiller made a quick decision.

The "Poseidon" combined fleet acted quickly and efficiently, and within 24 hours, more than 20 million people living in the north and south of the "Europa" and "Latin" regions were evacuated to the fleet.

Although the vast majority of the inhabitants were rescued in time and successfully, they lost their home "Atlantis" forever, and many grieved and tearfully bid farewell to their beautiful planet, this "paradise in hell", a magnificent planet named after the legend of the distant and beautiful Great Western Continent, has become the ruins of human civilization, and forever engraved a notorious name in human history and legends, "Star Destroyer" Jiang Ziyue.

In any case, the extremely bad impact of the attack on the "Socrates" base affected the human world, so the British Immortal Interstellar Federation called the "culprit" Jiang Ziyue a "pladestroyer", and the incident itself also cast a terrible shadow on the hearts of the officers and men of the "Zheng He" fleet of the Imperial Army, because the extremely cruel behavior to the human compatriots and the extremely destructive behavior to the natural environment made the subordinates label their commander Colonel Jiang Ziyue as a "tyrant".

In the eyes of many: "Zheng He's fleet attack on the base of "Socrates" triggered the planetary cataclysm of "Atlantis", which opened an extremely dangerous era. Although human beings have had the ability to destroy the surface of the planet since the end of the 20th century, it is the first time that the act of actually destroying a planet or even affecting the stability of the planetary system in which it is located has been achieved.

However, this man-made disaster succeeded in forcing the Poseidon Combined Fleet of the Immortal Interstellar Federation to attack the Imperial Central Fleet, which was already in a supply dilemma. Marsh? Encirclement and suppression of the "East" detachment, Federal National Guard Admiral Theresa? Admiral Quiller had no choice but to concentrate his forces and retreat the more than 10 million inhabitants of "Atlantis", who were already in dire danger, and let the Imperial army resupply them before they escaped.

On the way out of the Atlantis field: the cruiser "Siegfried" is a large copy of Benjamin? Lieutenant Alfryck asked in the ship's internal correspondence, "Sir, why don't we attack while the enemy is saving the victims!" ”

Jiang Ziyue was silent for a while before responding weakly: "Benjamin, you are not egging me, but cursing me!" ”

"According to our usual human punishment, there is no difference between the consequences of killing one person and killing two!" Pilot officer Xu Kuishan said.

"Shut up!" Captain Rudiger came to the ship's internal communications? Natzmer shouted, then turned to say, "Sir, you are our commander, as long as it is your order, I will obey it!" ”

"Thank you, Rudiger!" Jiang Ziyue said gratefully, and then fell silent again.

Unbeknownst to his subordinates, in the protective helmet of his heavy space combat suit, he was projecting his deceased wife, Lota, onto his retina? At this moment, he thought back to the broken corpse of his wife after the battle of the "African" star field, the earlier "New Rhine" planetary battle, the innocent people in the "Nuwa" castle, and the captain of the "Olympus" Ernst? Captain Guinski and Sergeant Chung Mingyi, thinking of the dead Omar? Azay still has the so-called "Antnest", recalling the distant and lonely interstellar planet "Yi", and Chen Weiyin......

He suddenly instructed:

"Abighiji, send a notification ship and tell the supply fleet that after completing the supply to the Mao fleet, take an inventory and see if the remaining supplies are enough for us to complete the expedition to the interstellar planet 'Yi'!"

As Jiang Ziyue expected and expected: the catastrophe of the planet "Atlantis" completely dragged down the combined fleet of the Federation "Poseidon", making the Imperial Central Fleet "Mao? Marsh? The "East" squadron was able to safely rendezvous with the logistical supply fleet of the "Zheng He" fleet at the edge of the solar sheath of the "Plato" star, and calmly accepted the supply and maintenance.

After the three groups met, Jiang Ziyue held a brief correspondence meeting with the commanders of the Central Fleet to propose his new goals.

"The failure of our army near the planet 'Aegis' makes us unable to defend the interstellar planet 'Yi', and the enemy will definitely take advantage of the weakness to attack, therefore, after the supply and maintenance work is completed, I will lead our border fleet directly to 'Yi', I hope you will follow me to recapture 'Yi' and redeem the shame of defeat in 'Aegis' and 'Atlantis'!"

Going to the interstellar planet "Yi" means that the Imperial Army will run for nearly 5,000 light years, whether it is the Mao fleet or the "Zheng He" fleet, they are already exhausted, and the energy supply plundered from the planet "Andromeda" and its surroundings is enough for these two fleets to expedition to the "Yi" planet, but the wear and tear of the ship's machinery is close to the limit.

Although the morale of the "Zheng He" fleet is still very high, the physical health of the officers and men has seriously declined under the influence of long-term weightlessness, frequent faster-than-light flight, and high-intensity combat: "Mao? Marsh? The situation of the "Eastern" detachment was even worse, and the successive defeats exhausted the will of the officers and men to fight, and they all looked forward to returning home as soon as possible.

The commanders of the Central Fleet are well aware of the dilemma they are facing, so the acting commander of the Mao fleet, Ngouabi? Colonel Seko was categorically opposed to Jiang Ziyue's plan.

"Colonel Jiang Ziyue, the Central Fleet has been heavily damaged, we were able to successfully retreat, we are already lucky, now the enemy in the direction of 'Aegis' must form a heavy force to pursue, we are very tired, I think we should withdraw to the planet 'Iserlon' as soon as possible, and rendezvous with the 'Charlemagne' detachment to defend the empty border!"

Adolphina? Colonel Steinmez also approves of Ngouwabi? Seco's opinion, she added:

"The victory of the Bundeswehr in 'Aegis' is very great, and the remaining forces are enough to capture and defend the planet 'Yi' with one hand, and pursue us with the other.

"Could it be that our 'three-headed dog' battle is over!" Jiang Ziyue muttered dissatisfiedly, in fact, the captains of the "Zheng He" fleet under his command were also unanimously opposed to his long-distance attack on the interstellar planet "Yi" regardless of reality, and then he shouted angrily:

"The Central Fleet has been severely damaged, the interstellar planet 'Yi' has also been lost, and the Senate and the entire territory of the Roman people have fallen into a dangerous situation without troops to defend!"

However, his colleagues strongly opposed and did not stop Jiang Ziyue's plan to expedition to the interstellar planet "Yi".

"Alright! Ladies and gentlemen! Jiang Ziyue explained his plan to his comrades in a firm tone: "The Senate and the consuls have given me complete autonomy to fight, but I don't have the right to ask you to continue fighting with me, but? I have made up my mind that the brothers of the 'Zheng He' fleet will also fully support me, so I hope that you will provide support as much as possible, and allocate to me the unmanned reconnaissance ships and notification ships that you can use before you return home!" ”

Ngouwabi? Colonel Seko immediately agreed to Jiang Ziyue's request, the battleships of the Mao fleet can carry a lot of unmanned reconnaissance ships and notification ships, and these fast and nimble little guys are exactly the role that the "Zheng He" fleet relies on in fighting behind enemy lines and long-distance raids, and they themselves want to return to China, and there are not many needs for reconnaissance and reporting.

After dismissing the meeting with the commander of the Central Fleet, he directly issued the battle plan and the route of march that had been drawn up to the detachment command of the "Zheng He" fleet.

The officers and men of the border fleet are also exhausted, but compared with the Central Fleet, their morale is high and they are full of fighting spirit, when Jiang Ziyue's plan was issued, the detachment commander unanimously supported the commander's decision, and everyone firmly believed that Jiang Ziyue would lead them to create a "miraculous" victory again.

It is not only the officers and men of the border fleet who are also full of confidence in Jiang Ziyue, but even some people in the central fleet are willing to follow Jiang Ziyue and continue to fight with the "Zheng He" fleet.

Earlier, he urged his boss to inform Jiang Ziyue of the Anatoly attack on the planet "Atlantis"? Major Sherinsky. Although she did not attend the meeting of the fleet commanders due to her rank, when Adolphina? After Colonel Steinmetz informed him of the content of the meeting, he asked his superiors to lead his troops to follow Jiang Ziyue as before.

"I firmly believe that he will be victorious, and once we participate in the victory, the shame of the Central Fleet's crushing defeat will be alleviated, and you will be valued by the Senate for it, after all, most of the Senators do not want to see the Frontier Fleet win all the victories alone!"

Steinmez was taken aback by Sherinsky's analysis, and she said in surprise: "Anatoly, you really opened my eyes to an operational staff officer who actually analyzed politics!" ”

"Sir, military defeats often have to be compensated for by politics!" But Shelinsky looked quite helpless: "Now that the Central Fleet has been defeated, we're 'Mao?' Marsh? The Eastern Detachment was also defeated again and again, and was actually reduced to relying on reinforcements from the border fleet to survive, and if we go back like this, the responsibility for the defeat of this battle will completely fall on our heads! ”

"I understand what you mean, by cooperating with Jiang Ziyue, I can save some honor and avoid being held accountable!"

"Maybe I'll be entrusted with a big job!" Sherinsky continued Steinmetz's words.

"How!" Steinmez always seemed to be slow to react.

"Jiang Ziyue and the 'Zheng He' fleet are naturally already famous, but they are the border fleet, if someone leads the remnants of the Central Fleet to defeat without being discouraged, persevering to the end, and turning defeat into victory, then they will definitely become great heroes and be pushed to the Roman people!"

Hearing him say this, Steinmez finally showed a knowing smile and said: "The Chinese are right, crisis is danger and opportunity!" ”

Schelinsky did not finish, he continued:

"Colonel, just now I just considered it from the perspective of our Central Fleet, from the overall situation, in fact, Jiang Ziyue and his 'Zheng He' fleet have achieved great success, and their previous series of actions will greatly compensate for our army's presence on the planet." The defeat of Aegis' made it difficult for the federal army, which had already gained strategic superiority, to quickly expand the results of the battle in the coming time, and the guerrilla attack on the enemy's deep space made the federal government and the people feel the unprecedented pressure of war, and would force them to concentrate the remaining fleet on the domestic defense, so as to completely contain them to take advantage of the heavy damage of our central fleet to launch a major counteroffensive against the Senate and the Roman people! ”

"According to what you say, Jiang Ziyue and the 'Zheng He' fleet attacked the territory of the Immortal Federation, not to help our army achieve victory, but to insure the defeat of our Central Fleet!"

"Sir, I don't think so, my opinion is that the intention of the Senate and the Archons is that if my Central Fleet wins on the planet 'Aegis', then together with Jiang Ziyue's success, it will form an overwhelming total victory over the Federation, and if my Central Fleet fails, Jiang Ziyue's success will be dragged to the victorious enemy, and the wounds suffered by my Senate and the Roman people will not be further expanded!"

Major Sherinsky's face was filled with a regretful expression, and he said helplessly: "Sir, please forgive me for being disrespectful, if I were the commander-in-chief, Field Marshal Badenbrock, I would definitely include Jiang Ziyue and the 'Zheng He' fleet in my battle sequence before the war, and then maintain a high degree of close contact with it, let Jiang Ziyue feint and contain the enemy's rear, and my central fleet will find an opportunity to launch a decisive battle, which will definitely ensure a big victory, which should also be the ideal ending that the consul who sent Jiang Ziyue to lead the 'Zheng He' fleet to attack would like to see the most, but it's a pity... … There are no ifs in history, and there is no room for assumptions in reality! ”

Listening to Schelinsky's assumptions and speculations, Colonel Steinmez looked stunned and asked, "How do you know that His Excellency the Consul sent Jiang Ziyue to fight!" ”

"The Frontier Fleet has always been under the direct command of the Consul, and the size and target of the 'Zheng He' fleet must have been approved by His Excellency the Consul Wang Zeren. It is unlikely that Zubaran's two 'generals on the map' would dare to directly launch such a politically controversial and military adventure-filled combat operation, and the nine elders were also born in the ranks of consuls, and have the ability to plan wars that no one else can match! ”

Shelinsky was very confident in his reasoning, but not so much in the commanders of the Maoist fleet, and he continued:

"The perfect ending for the next battle is Ngouwabi? Colonel Seko agreed to cooperate with the 'Zheng He' fleet to fight, so that the remaining two hundred battleships and three hundred cruisers of our entire Mao fleet could be put into the expeditionary operation, and the impact would be even greater! After saying this, Sherinsky then went on to deny: "Colonel Seko will not agree, he only wants to save the fleet now!" ”

Steinmetz also said with certainty: "That's true, but I can mobilize more people to join us in the fight back!" ”

After lobbying, Steinmetz asked Seko to agree to the choice between returning to China and continuing to fight side by side with the 'Zheng He' fleet, and as Jiang Ziyue and the fleet were ready to leave: "Mao? Marsh? Ninety-five battleships and one hundred and thirty cruisers in the eastern "detachment" at Adolphina? The battle sequence was joined under the leadership of Colonel Steinmez.

At 3:00 a.m. on April 14, 2020, the Central Fleet of the New Roman Empire "Mao? Marsh? The eastern "detachment and frontier fleet" Zheng He's fleet successfully departed from the stellar "Plato" star field, a small part of the fleet flew towards the imperial border planet "Iserlon", and the rest of the large fleet and logistics supply fleet turned around and advanced to the deep space of the Perseus Interstellar Federation, their target was the desert planet "Eden" under the banner of freedom and democracy of the Perseus Interstellar Federation.

The laser-engraved emblem of the double-headed eagle glittering in the light of the star Adam and the red dwarf Eve, making the dark gray wedge-shaped warship even more terrifying, and these ferocious imperial invaders struck out of the void and changed to the speed of light.

On the fourth day after the end of the Battle of Atlantis, the fleet of Zheng He of the New Roman Empire attacked the planet Eden, which was more than 2,000 light-years away from the planet Atlantis, which surprised everyone, because the Adam-Eve binary star system where the planet Eden is located is located on the inner side of the Perseus spiral arm near the center of the Milky Way, which is closer to the center of the Milky Way than the planets "Atlantis" and "Andromeda".

In other words, the "Zheng He" fleet did not directly attack the interstellar planet "Yi" on the outer side of the Yingxian spiral arm, but returned to attack the planet "Eden" in the opposite direction with a single shot, and the "Eden" living environment is extremely harsh, the population is small, the resources are scarce, whether it is political economy or transportation culture, there is not much strategic significance, and there is no shortage of strategic campaign target conditions that are listed as key at all.

But the Senate and the Roman people's fleet still attacked here with great fanfare, and the warships scattered and used their "chivalry" during the siege of the planet "Andromeda" to loot the space station and civilian ships, forcing away the people on it, and then ruthlessly destroying them.