Wings of the Starry Sky One hundred and four, the most important problem is food

One hundred and four, the most important issue is food

"Madam, I don't understand, you know, it's almost an impossible task, let's not talk about returning to the XY245 star field now, I don't even have a clue how to get Alliance One to avoid the pursuit of the Empire and leave this dangerous nebula." After the initial shock, Risen reacted quickly, and the expression on his face was as depressed as a gloomy thunderstorm in the heat of summer.

"Then, Captain, you have an hour to come up with a workable plan, not only to get us out of the Empire's pursuit, but also to get the Alliance One back to the XY245 space, remember, including the three hours of operation, a maximum of four hours in total." The lady looked at him with a hint of expectation.

"Madam, are you too demanding of me, I'm just an interstellar fighter pilot, this kind of work of drawing up combat plans should be left to staff officers, I'm not very good at this kind of work." Risen said helplessly, his first reaction and instinct was to immediately resign without hesitation, how could this task be so simple?

Jokingly, it was crazy for him to draw up such an almost impossible battle plan, not to mention, how could it be possible to set a time limit to formulate and complete his plan of action within four hours?

This is completely a Q-style fantasy that is divorced from reality, think about it, but to turn ideas into actual actions, then it is nonsense, is the Imperial fleet and a large number of interstellar fighters placed there vegetarian?

"Captain, do you think that my request is completely unrealistic? Is it simply difficult to be strong? Mrs. Almeda was not annoyed by Ryson's answer, and asked Risen with a smile, as if she had guessed that he would say this.

"Yes...... Uh, no, ma'am, no offense. It's just that it's too difficult to fulfill your requirements, especially someone like me who hardly has any experience as a staff officer. I'm an executor rather than a mastermind, and the plan I've designated may be full of holes, so why don't you leave it to another full-time staff officer to draw up a course of action? If there is something in their plan that works for us, we will do our best. ”

Lady Elmeida sighed and explained softly, "Captain, I understand. It is not that we have not ordered them to develop workable solutions. Unfortunately, a viable solution has never been forthcoming. I don't blame them because it's a very demanding ......."

"Since it is an extraordinary requirement, there must be an extraordinary plan, and our staff officers are not not excellent, but they may be limited by some fixed thinking or traditional logical framework. If there is a viable solution, it is certainly not a conventional or traditional solution, and this unconventional and non-traditional solution can only be achieved by adopting an unconventional way of thinking. It may also be possible to work it out. Do you understand? Captain. ”

"But ma'am, it's too risky. Non-traditional approaches often imply high risk. Once something goes wrong...... Risen shook his head involuntarily, and the boss in his heart didn't quite agree.

"It's not a request, Captain." Lady Elmeda, the top leader of the Alliance, said with sharp eyes and a firm tone, "This is an order. ”

"Yes, ma'am." Risen was stunned for a moment, and then he realized the identity of Lady Elmeda, she was the supreme leader of the Alliance, the supreme leader of the Resistance League, his supreme commander, and her orders must be carried out.

However, orders are orders, and he has no clue how to carry them out. Could it be that at the end, he spread his hands and said to Mrs. Elmeda, I'm sorry, I'm too young to complete the task you have assigned, so please be smart.

Anyway, this task itself is a little unreasonable, and it is normal that it cannot be completed, and it is estimated that Mrs. Almeida is also a little sick and rushed to the doctor, and I didn't listen to Mrs. Aren't others helpless? Even if he can't finish it, Madame probably won't have any actual punishment for him because of this, at most he will be disappointed again.

But just throw in the towel? Risen hesitated, did he give up so easily? He was a little unwilling, and he didn't want to see the look of disappointment on Mrs. Almeda's face.

But where do you start?

Looking at Ryson's sad face, Lady Elmeda slowed down slightly, "Captain, think about it, I will let the others help you as much as possible, if you need anything, please feel free to ask." ”

"Need?" Risen looked up, his eyes lit up, and asked, "Yes, ma'am." ”

"Oh, please, Captain."

"I'd like to ask Madame first," Resson thought for a moment and said slowly, "First of all, please answer me, why do you have to go back to the XY245 star field?" This star field, even if we are not familiar with it, but the people on the Herculess know it clearly, this star field, I don't think there will be only one space jump point leading to the XY245 star field, why didn't Alliance One withdraw from other space jump points? ”

Risen visibly felt Madame hesitate, she might be a little reluctant to talk about it, maybe there was some important secret involved, he guessed.

Mrs. Almeda glanced at Risen a few more times, and his mind came to mind the young man's profile, his battle history, how he got into the League, and his contributions to the League......

He is obviously trustworthy, and if he can't even trust such a person, then who else can the alliance trust?

"Captain, tell me, what is our alliance lacking the most at the moment?" She asked softly, as if she had made up her mind.

"This, I don't know, it should be fighters and warships, our military strength is really far from the Imperial Army." Risen was stunned, did this have anything to do with the question he asked?

"No," said the Supreme Leader of the Alliance, shaking his head, "it's food. ”

"Grain? No, the 7th Fleet is well supplied, and I haven't heard of food shortages. Risen was a little incredulous.

"Because your 7th Fleet is a key object of protection, it is in a priority position in terms of material distribution." The Grand Commander explained with a serious expression, "But in some bases, we have begun to implement strict food rationing. Captain, in fact, since the withdrawal of material aid from the Federation, we have encountered many problems, among these problems, the food problem has always been our most troublesome problem, our own food production base is still under construction, the current output cannot meet the requirements of the growing resistance alliance, since we cannot get it from the Federation, then we need to find some food from within the Empire. In the past, this problem was not particularly prominent, but under the strict blockade of the empire for nearly a year, the previous channels for obtaining food were either interrupted or difficult, and our food reserves were almost exhausted. ”

Risen was shocked, he didn't know about this before, this is also normal, this kind of strategic intelligence is extremely confidential, if it weren't for the critical situation, he a little captain, would not have let him know.

"If we don't have enough warships and fighters, we can hurry up production, and without pilots and other technicians and crews, we can recruit and train, but if we don't have enough supplies and supplies, our production personnel and technicians will be starving and unable to work, even if we have the ability to recruit new crews and train new pilots, what can we do to feed them? We can't let them fight the Imperial Army on an empty stomach. ”

"So, we took a lot of effort, a lot of explanation and persuasion, and finally arranged an important meeting with the Lombardy planetary government, and this meeting was very important, Captain, you know why."

Risen nodded, Planet Lombardy is an important agricultural planet, and the population is not very large, so the production of grains and meat, dairy products, etc., is supplied to other planets in large quantities, combined with the previous words of the rich man, he knows that this meeting must be talking about the food supply problem.

"The meeting is scheduled to take place in six hours later, in the orbit of the seventh planet of the Lombardy system, returning to the XY245 star field is not the ultimate goal, the ultimate goal is to go to the Lombard galaxy through the JP4 space jump point in the XY245 star field, deducting the time to the JP4 jump point and reach the seventh planet, we only have four hours at most to manage to get out of here, you understand." Mrs. Elmeda took a calm sip of water.

"Is there a way to notify the Lombard planetary government, postpone the meeting, and arrange another location and time?" Risen was silent for a moment, then asked tentatively.

"Nope." Mrs. Almeda categorically refused, "Not to mention that our remote communications have been disrupted, and we can't even send out an emergency distress signal. More importantly, Captain, you don't understand how much effort it took us to gain this opportunity, the Lombards' original attitude of doubt and distrust of the Alliance, and our recent series of victories, our long-standing and unremitting efforts, and our inadvertent opportunity to help them, have reluctantly changed their views and made them agree to such a meeting. For the haughty and sensitive Lombards, who reluctantly agreed to a meeting, only to have the alliance not arrived, in their character, this time was seen as a sign of insincerity, even an insult, and perhaps the relationship between the alliance and them was not completely broken, but it would not be so easy, at least not for the short term, to give us food. ”

"Of course," the supreme leader sighed softly, "there is really no way, we can only admit it, and then try to explain and explain to them in the future, we may be able to think of other ways to supply food, and our grain reserves should be able to hold on for a while." ”

Although Madame said so, from her frowning brow, Risen was probably not so simple and easy, she was a strong, reasonable woman, and she would not have made such a very difficult request if it had not been for the fact that things had really become very urgent.

"Ma'am, I'll do my best." Risen stood up and saluted.

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