In the solar system, the S10-class battleship S10 sails aimlessly through space at a speed of 30 kilometers per second.

This is the mission given to these commanders by the combat command, in order to let them experience the vastness and solitude of space navigation - as future fleet commanders, their experience in space flight is no better than that of a group of scientific researchers and escort army forces, or even a group of businessmen who go to the eye to investigate...... That's a no-no.

Yang Wenzhi got up very early today, and at only seven o'clock he walked into the command cabin, and then woke up Major Olaf, who was on night duty last night.

"Yang, so early?" Major Olaf is a Central European, but has a Nordic physique, lying on the multi-functional chair and looking like a hibernating bear, when he saw Yang Wenzhi enter the door, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, glanced at the monitoring screen again, and ripped off the sensor attached to his wrist.

The sensor wasn't a multi-function watch, but a special electric shock alarm clock, the kind that emitted high-voltage current—and he was worried that he would fall asleep and wouldn't even wake up from the alarm clock, so he brought this gadget with him. Later, when it was his turn to work the night shift, he connected this thing to Aita, and in the event of an emergency, Aita was able to wake him up directly.

"It's only seven o......'clock," Olaf muttered as he stood up, "Is breakfast good?" ”

"I don't know, you can go and have a look, if it's good, bring me a cup of coffee by the way."

"Okay."

Olaf left, and Yang Wenzhi also opened the captain's logbook and turned a new page.

When he saw that the number of pages showed "30", he sighed silently, and then opened the tactical map again.

30, which means that they have been on board for a month, which also means ...... The battle for the Afriga galaxy has been going on for a month.

Or to be precise, they were pressed and chased by the enemy for a month.

During this month, whether it was the Ursa Minor fleet commanded by the twelve of them, or the Auriga fleet commanded by their colleagues at the command center, the guerrilla tactics were thoroughly implemented and executed.

But...... After losing the deterrence of rice grains, an ultra-long-distance mass killing weapon, the initiative of human beings has been eroded little by little.

There is no way, the speed of the battleship is not as fast as others, and the power of the main gun is not as strong as others, so it can only engage in petty theft and harassment.

But as the distance between the two fleets continues to increase, the fighter jets sent on the opposite side have almost wiped out the front-line detectors released by humans before - without the assistance of the detectors, the main guns of humans are now getting worse and worse, even if there is a powerful Aita to make ballistic corrections, it will not help.

Of course, this is not important, the important thing is that the large force of the Auriga fleet had suffered a massive attrition in a battle three days earlier - the enemy divided into two lines, relying on speed to form a pincer offensive, forcing the Auriga fleet to engage it, and finally the Auriga fleet lost eight ships to escape - but their result was only to destroy two enemy destroyers.

As a result, the Auriga's fleet was reduced to only ten ships.

Although their Ursa Minor fleet has no losses at the moment - this is also due to the fact that they are far away from the beginning and the enemy obviously does not pay much attention to their six small wrecked ships, but frankly speaking, in the face of the sudden fierce enemy, the six New Song-class battleships, if they really want to fight face to face, they can only be sent.

Looking at the positions of the ships on both sides, Yang Wenzhi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

The loss of battleships is trivial, but the enemy's position is already obvious and close to the "38th parallel"!

The so-called 38th line refers to a three-dimensional coordinate function with the main sequence star of the galaxy as the origin - this is the bottom line that the command ordered half a month ago that must be guarded! Its specific location is probably the space line between the fourth and fifth planets.

Of course, Yang Wenzhi probably knows why this is the bottom line, after all, there is a base on the fourth planet that has flown out of a spaceship, which is not a secret in the fleet, and the Asterisk Question, which was accompanied by the Aurigado fleet at the beginning, has been exploring the planet for a long time, and it is obvious that there is something worth discovering and guarding on it.

"Old Yang, it's early."

"Early."

As time slowly passed, colleagues who got up early also came to the command cabin, Zeng Yuanhai handed Yang Wenzhi a piece of bread, leaned in front of the big screen to take a look, and then shook his head: "Don't look at it, let's wait for the replenishment of troops." ”

"Hmm." Yang Wenzhi turned the chair, took the bread and nibbled on it, and took out two eggs from the other party's pocket.

After breakfast, everyone sat down one after another, preparing to hold a routine morning meeting, but when Yang Wenzhi was just about to start, Aita's voice rang out.

"Commander, receive the command center instructions, and prepare to access the video in three seconds, please prepare."

Aita's voice fell, and everyone got up almost reflexively.

A moment later, a laser was lowered on the table, and General Qin's figure appeared at the same time.

"Good morning, everyone."

"Good morning, General." Yang Wenzhi's expression was serious, and he bowed to the figure.

"After a pause, I'll announce the next phase of your mission."

Yang Wenzhi did not answer, but stared at the other party intently.

"Next, the ship you are currently on will be on a return mission, but your combat mission will not be canceled."

"In three hours, the Andromeda fleet, a total of 24 Eagle-class warships, will pass through the Star Gate and arrive in the Auriga Galaxy."

Yang Wenzhi's face did not change, but there was obviously a touch of joy in his eyes - although there are not many 24 ships, compared to the current entire Aurigaya battlefield, it is definitely a living force!

"When the Andromeda fleet arrives in the Afriga system, it will directly revoke the number and merge with your current six warships to form the new Ursa Minor."

After a pause, a smile rose on the corner of General Qin's mouth: "These thirty warships will be under the full command of the twelve of you." ”

In the command cabin, everyone inhaled instantly, and after a while, they shouted in unison: "Yes!" ”

"Again, you can verify all your tactics and ideas, don't be pressured, the whole of humanity is behind you."

"Yes!"

After ending the communication, Yang Wenzhi clenched his fists and took a few deep breaths before looking at the equally excited crowd again: "Thirty ships, according to the configuration of our six groups of people, it means that each of our groups can command five warships at the same time!" ”

"Then we can try to do a roll call!"

"It's one thing to set fire and roll call, it's mainly rice grains! Big brothers, there are no grains of rice, and now my heart is empty. ”

"Rice grains must not be able to make up that much for a while, right?"

"But a head office comes standard with one, right?"

"I guess it's enough to choke - Old Yang, can you see the Andromeda armory now? Look at what the ship's weapons have. ”

Yang Wenzhi nodded quickly: "I'll take a look at the permission right away—I want to apply." ”

"Well, the application passed."

Yang Wenzhi quickly operated on the tablet, and the projection in front of him showed the information of the Andromeda fleet.

These twenty-four Eagle-class warships are the second batch of fast warships built in the human space dock, and they belong to the kind that are pulled to the front line as soon as they come off the assembly line.

Quickly glancing at the weapon system, Yang Wenzhi's face rose with regret: "It's a pity, there are no rice grains." ”

"Oh no, how can you do it without rice grains? Let's use conventional missiles - what is it? , tactical nuclear warheads? ”

"Isn't it? Do you want us to drop a nuclear bomb in space? ”

"It doesn't seem to be a nuclear warhead, it's a conventional warhead."

"Conventional warheads? It's okay to jerk off...... I'm afraid it's enough to fight a battleship. ”

"Whatever, it's better than nothing anyway!"

While everyone was gossiping, Yang Wenzhi also finished the inspection, and after a while, he knocked lightly on the table, and everyone gradually quieted down.

Silent and taking a deep breath, Yang Wenzhi's gaze swept over everyone: "Don't complain first, we only have this condition at present, so ...... Let's think about how to use these thirty warships to complete the containment of the enemy. ”

Yang Wenzhi accurately summarized the current mission goal of Taiyue in the Afriga Galaxy, that is, "containment".

Containing the enemy, blocking the enemy outside the midline of the Auriga galaxy, waiting for the human army to explode, and then another wave of "pushback" is the main task of these people.

"Let's look at the tactical star map."

Yang Wenzhi removed the information that the Andromeda fleet that was preparing to cross the star gate in the triangular constellation galaxy was re-raised, and the tactical star map was re-raised.

He pointed to the executor fleet, which was "pursuing" only 10 warships left, and after a few seconds of silence, he said in a deep voice: "From the past month's dealings, we can judge that the enemy's goal is very clear, that is, to completely destroy us. ”

"I even have a feeling...... It's just that the enemy kind of wants to play a cat-and-mouse game with us. ”

Saying that, Yang Wenzhi looked up at everyone: "Let's empathize, if we are an enemy fleet, we have to carry out a mission to exterminate the target galaxy...... But in the same situation, what do you think we should do now? ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, and then fell into thought.

After a moment, Smir looked up and asked tentatively: "Destroy the human fleet in front of you as quickly as possible, and even ignore the warships that can't pose a threat to you, destroy the human beings early and call it a day." ”

"Yes, it stands to reason that way. But they are clearly ...... There is an intention to expel and chase our fleet, you see the battle three days ago. ”

Saying that, Yang Wenzhi called up the star map three days ago.

Seeing that there were still eighteen points of light in the Aurigaya fleet on the star map, everyone's expressions darkened - although there was no one on the battleship, nearly half of the losses still made people feel very powerless.

"The Auriga's fleet was preparing to move to point T, intending to harass around the flank, but the enemy directly split into two and almost made dumplings. And we were at point H at the time, and we wanted to make a plan, but the other side always had the main guns of eight battleships facing our direction......"

"Our opponent hopes to completely annihilate the Auriga fleet, but the position of the Auriga fleet is very coquettish, and there are not a few cannons, so we have enough energy to escape. But you see, they're not in a hurry right now. ”

"Therefore, the enemy is not in a hurry to destroy the human race, but wants to destroy the human warship. In other words, in the battle with humans, find out the technology of humans. Yang Wenzhi took a deep breath as he spoke, pursed his lips again, and his expression gradually became serious: "Even I suspect that the enemy and ours have similar thoughts......

"What thoughts?"

"We're stalling for time, aren't they stalling for time?" Yang Wenzhi looked at everyone and said word by word: "Don't forget, we defeated their artificial singularity, and they can still come by star road!" ”

This sentence made everyone fall silent at the same time.

Yes, the executor knows very little about humans, but why don't humans know about executors?

At the very least, how big is the civilization of the executor, and how many warships can be put into the battlefield...... None of this is known to mankind.

After half a ring, Zeng Yuanhai asked, "That'...... How do we do it? ”

"Since General Qin said, we don't have to have a psychological burden, we can try all the tactics and ideas. Then we can give it a try. Yang Wenzhi took a deep breath again and pointed to the asteroid belt where the star field of the "38th Parallel" was located.

"When the 24 Eagle-class warships of the Andromeda fleet come over, we will meet in the asteroid belt."

"Then, we rely on the large asteroids in the asteroid belt as cover to ambush the enemy wave!"

"Ambush? I'm afraid that as soon as the battleship entered the galaxy, the enemy noticed it, right? ”

"Well, by ambush, I mean ...... We hide the missiles that can be carried behind the asteroid and see if we can carry out a sneak attack with conventional missiles. ”

"Moreover, we can also verify that the enemy is not aiming to destroy us...... Or for fun. ”

……

Ye Ming didn't stay on Earth for long, and he returned to the moon again. After all, it was a time of war, and he was the chief scientific advisor to the Taiyo Operational Command Center.

But since the enemy's strength suddenly skyrocketed, there was not much he could do, and the rest was mainly fought by Taiyo's commanders.

Commanders, too, have to grow up.

And judging by the results of the battle, the commanders grew quite quickly - when the Andromeda fleet merged with Ursa Minor to form the new Ursa Minor fleet, the commanders who had high hopes quickly fought a beautiful "ambush" battle, destroyed one of the enemy's capital ships with one-for-one losses, and also successfully relied on the asteroid belt for a new maneuver.

This can be regarded as a chance to breathe the Auriga's fleet, which has only ten warships left.

Of course, what humanity lacks now is time, as long as it is given a chance to breathe, then humanity will continue to drive warships to the front line.

As for what the front-line commanders were worried about, Ye Ming thought it was possible, but it was not serious.

After all...... At present, there is no indication that the executor has a weapon that is one "dimension" beyond the human - don't look at the human warship now the speed and main gun power are not comparable, but there is no obvious generation difference between the two sides, and they are still in the same "dimension".

And the second-generation rice grains that humans are engaged in are weapons of another dimension.

Therefore, even if Ye Ming is in the lunar Taiyo base, his job is still concentrating on the modular artificial singularity that can only be personally responsible for him.

(End of chapter)