Although Jiang Xingchen saw through everything.

But Fu Wanting also had to admit that Gu Ren was really powerful.

After all, if Jiang Xingchen hadn't been prompting him step by step, he would never have thought of this.

Outcome...

There is a high probability that it will be secretly displayed by Gruen, and then return to Auston with a fleet of tens of thousands of new warships.

In this way, although many warships were lost, I am afraid that in the end, at least half of the warships can be retained.

As for the First Fleet, it will only be able to retreat temporarily.

And in the end, the tens of thousands of new warships preserved by the Kairui Empire will become a huge obstacle to mankind's counterattack on the galaxy.

At the same time, the Federation does not know how many sacrifices it will have to pay in the future to deal with these fleets.

Now the situation is different.

Now that he knows what Gruin wants to do, he can naturally take countermeasures against his ideas.

It's just that...

Although I know this, the problem is that I don't know where the assembly point of the opposing garrison fleet is.

Again, this is a big problem.

Because as long as it drags on for a day or two and you can't find it, the other party may have already completed the change, which is not good.

"Commander, the assembly point of the Carey Imperial Garrison Fleet..."

"You're saying that it takes time to find this rally point, right?"

"Yes, it's also a hassle if you don't know the exact location."

"Don't worry, do you see the seventeen locations marked on this star map?"

"This is..."

"After analysis, the Kerry Empire is most likely to be set up as a rally point."

Well?

Hearing this, Fu Wanting also focused her eyes on the star map again.

The seventeen red dots are very conspicuous.

It's just that why did their own commander determine that their assembly point was one of these seventeen?

However, before she could ask, Jiang Xingchen had already opened his mouth to answer.

"First, the assembly point can't be too far away from Auston, otherwise it will only waste more time, so the assembly location it sets must be within a jump range of the star field of the Ostranian galaxy."

"Second, this rally point cannot be set in the Void Star Sea, but must be set in a certain star system, because although those battleships are finished products, it is impossible for the manufacturing plant to provide them with complete supplies, and they cannot support long-term operations."

"Therefore, its assembly point must be set in a certain star system to facilitate resupply."

"Third, this is tens of thousands of warships, if it is an ordinary star system, it is impossible to supply such a large number of warships at one time, so the star system where the assembly point is located must be those star systems that are relatively well developed, well-equipped, and well-stocked."

"Although there are many star systems along the periphery of the Auston star field, there are actually only seventeen that can meet the above three conditions at the same time."

"At the same time, nine of them are only barely satisfied, and Cleveland, where we are going now, is the most likely of the seventeen locations!"

"Cleveland is a super-large star system and a large trading hub for the Carey Empire."

"It has thousands of large and small airports, countless materials of all kinds, and a large number of caravans in it."

"Not only is it convenient to supply supplies here, but you can even forcibly recruit the fleets of those caravans and fill them into the fleet to fill the manpower and control more warships."

I see.

Fu Wanting also nodded after hearing this.

Indeed, Cleveland is indeed the most likely place to be.

Even if not, when the fleet arrives, it can send warships to the other sixteen places to reconnoitre, and once it is discovered, the army will immediately be dispatched through the hyperspace engine...

It will solve everything.

Three hours later.

Thirty light-years from Cleveland.

"Commander, the fleet has withdrawn from hyperspace, and there is no deviation in the coordinates."

"Deploy jump jamming devices and suppress communications around the perimeter at the same time!"

"Understood!"

It's around Cleveland, after all.

As one of the largest trading hubs of the Kerry Empire, hundreds of caravans arrive or leave every day.

Therefore, even if it is thirty light-years away, there is a high chance that it will be spotted by a passing caravan.

Jiang Xingchen didn't want to startle the snake.

After all, that's the best time when people change their clothes, isn't it?

Therefore, as soon as he arrived here, Jiang Xingchen ordered the deployment of jump jamming devices and communication suppression.

In this way, all passing caravans or other civilian ships will be intercepted.

Moreover, because those are civilian ships, the communication providers are also easy to suppress.

There is another very important reason.

Over there...

Jiang Xingchen needs to capture some civilian spacecraft for follow-up operations.

Just over ten minutes later, just as Jiang Xingchen expected, a civilian caravan from the Kairui Empire jumped here...

The fleet was less than a light-second away.

It was an ordinary caravan of dozens of small cargo ships, not even a frigate.

When the caravan arrived and found a thousand warships that were clearly not Imperial a light and a second away, everyone was stunned.

Soon, someone reacted and planned to report to Cleveland immediately and ask for reinforcements.

But...

When communication is suppressed, messages cannot be sent at all.

The next moment, several warships had already jumped to their side, and a large number of assault ships flew out of these warships and forcibly attacked these small cargo ships.

In the face of heavily armed Federal motorized infantry, these caravan members did not dare to resist at all and could not resist.

In a few minutes, all the ships had been taken.

"Commander, all cargo ships are in control."

"Well, small cargo ships ... That's just the right time, just go ahead and get started! ”

"Understood!"

More than an hour later.

Cleveland.

Command center.

"Consul, Chester's garrison fleet has arrived, 280 ships!"

"Got it, what is the total number of arrivals now?"

"8,920, Archon."

Hearing this, Hody nodded.

Unlike his men, he knew the whole plan.

I also knew how important this plan was, so I didn't dare to be careless, and I stayed here for several days without leaving.

"What about deep space radar?"

"It has always been maintained in a state of non-stop scanning, and all targets within 18 light years will actively verify their identities."

"Good!"

"Report, a suspicious target has been spotted, appearing eleven light-years away from us."

Suspicious target...

In fact, it wasn't that they found anything, and at this distance, even if it was a deep-space radar, it could only scan a target.

It is not possible to confirm what this goal is.

But...

In today's situation, any ship that does not pass through the appropriate will be defined as a suspicious target.

"Confirm your identity now!"

"Yes, Team Leader!"

The next moment, the communicator sent a communication to the spacecraft, which had been tentatively defined as a suspicious target.

"This is the Cleveland command center, immediately report the identity and purpose, repeat, this is..."

"Cleveland Command Center, this is the Lordings Caravan, scheduled to arrive in Cleveland today, report number XJC1913876907."

"Registration number confirmed, welcome to Cleveland!"

"Thank you!"

At this point, the communication ends.

However, the people inside the command center did not see it.

The spaceship that had been communicating with them just now was slowly opening its cargo compartment and immediately dropping a very large piece of equipment.

A deep space radar!

The Kerry people, who were still communicating just now, were trembling at the moment.

The entire bridge, except for him, is all human!

At the same time, such a thing is also happening in the other dozen or so stars.

The Zhurong-class battleship directly pulled a small cargo ship into hyperspace through the towing beam, and then pulled it out after reaching the location.

The small cargo ship then completes the final jump on its own.

And around these star systems...

Drop a deep space radar!

At this moment, the seventeen suspicious targets had all been monitored by Jiang Xingchen.

And the Kerry Empire...

I haven't noticed it yet!