Text 145 Revisiting the Old Land (5)

"Stop moving forward and stand by now." Captain Aristide ordered.

"Yes, Captain, stop."

The Liberator fast space carrier slowly stopped in the center of a swirling reddish nebula, this nebula is not particularly dense, and the range is not large, it can only provide some simple cover, but something is better than nothing, and there is no better concealment environment in this nearby star field, except for a few scattered large debris groups that cannot be covered by even a destroyer.

"Major, the Liberator will stay in this nebula area and stand by, this nebula is relatively conspicuous in this star field, even with the naked eye, it is not difficult to find, if you get lost and can't find your way home, don't complain that we hide too well." Captain Aristide said with a serious attitude.

"No, Captain." Risen could only grudgingly smile at this, of course this is a joke, the navigation system on the lightning fighter will allow the pilot to bring the fighter back, navigate with the naked eye? What age is it now?

He understood Captain Aristide's intentions, and he was trying to ease everyone and reduce the rising tensions, as during their previous search operation, the search team led by Iasilia had discovered another Empire's unmanned monitor.

The fact that unmanned monitors were found again certainly indicates that their search is in the right direction, but at the same time it also means that they are getting closer and closer to the Imperial Army. Although Acelia acted quickly, she immediately destroyed the Empire's unmanned monitors. It was too late, though, and before it was destroyed, the unmanned monitors had sent an encrypted communication to the unknown Imperial forces, and the Empire was now sure to confirm that the space carrier was heading towards them.

Compared with the Imperial Army, which is well aware of their actions, Risen is blind to the other party's situation, is the Imperial Army a fleet or a base? How big is it? Where is the current location? What did they do about the Liberator, which was approaching them? Risen didn't know anything about it. It made him feel uneasy.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. This sentence is a classic, but at present, it is the Imperial Army who knows himself and the other, not him, so it is a little bad, no, it should be said that it is a big bad thing, but now it is impossible to retreat and give up the mission. After all, they only ran into two unmanned monitors. Risen also doesn't want to be saddled with the notoriety of being "scared off by two unmanned monitors." He could only do what he could now, try to arrange everything as well as possible, find the Imperial army or that jump point as soon as possible, ensure the safety of the Liberator, and then retreat.

"Order the search patrol team to take off immediately, and conduct a careful search according to the predetermined area of each team, and tell everyone to be careful, we have gone a considerable distance into the area in this direction, and I estimate that we should be close to the place we are looking for." He commanded in a deep voice.

"Prepare the covering forces as soon as they spot the Imperial Army. They are needed to pick up the search team on its return or to cover the Liberator's retreat. He thought for a moment. And one more sentence added.

"Yes, Major."

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"Captain. Can we really run into the Imperial Army this time? Looking at the Major's arrangement, it seems that the Imperial Army is only a stone's throw away from us. A young pilot asked Schneier in a nervous, but expectant, tone.

"Major, this is prepared in advance, a prepared attack and a surprise attack by the enemy, the result of the battle is very different, as for the Imperial Army, Bob, even if we can't meet this time, we will meet sooner or later, and the time will not wait too long, what's wrong? Looking forward to meeting the Imperial Army? Schneier patiently replied that the pilots of his Green Team were all newcomers and basically didn't have much actual battlefield experience.

"Isn't it true that we've been training for so long just to fight the Imperial Army? I can't wait, I don't know if I can shoot down an enemy plane in my first real fight? The young pilot's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Shoot down enemy planes? I think you'd better be prepared to be shot down first. Schneier couldn't help but sneer, "Is it so easy to shoot down an enemy plane?" Are you stupid as an Imperial fighter pilot, like a target in exercises and training, and you don't fight back there? They want to add an extra symbol to their fighter planes more than you do, and, you know, on the battlefield, rookies like you are the most preferred target for enemy aircraft. ”

"Don't always think about shooting down enemy planes, let's think about how to keep yourself from being shot down by enemy planes, so that you can survive the battle, especially if you are new to the battlefield." He admonished solemnly.

"But, captain, weren't you and the major able to shoot down enemy planes in the first actual combat in which we participated? I've looked at your combat record with the major, and if I'm not mistaken, you shot down one Hellcat and the major shot down two. Bob, who had been splashed with cold water on the spot, asked in wonder.

"Ahem, you kid has a very clear understanding of our experience, you have so much time to care about this, why don't you focus more on training, then your training performance will be much better than now." Although there was some blame in his tone, Schneier couldn't help but feel a little complacent, after all, his past had now become the object of other people's attention.

"Doot" "Doot", the sudden sound of the alarm in the cockpit immediately attracted his attention.

"Captain, it looks like we've found it," the young pilot exclaimed excitedly, "an unusual energy response, yes, it must be, this must be the space jump point we were looking for, it's great, we found it first." ”

"Maybe." Schneier set his sights in the direction of the energy anomaly, but saw nothing, almost within the far perimeter of the sensor's detection range, at that distance. He couldn't see anything with his naked eyes, only a dark universe.

He was slightly relieved that the sensors hadn't found any red dots on Imperial ships or planes, but that was hard to say. If you don't find it, it doesn't mean that the Imperial warship or fighter plane is not there, aren't the two Imperial unmanned monitors not discovered by the sensors on the fighter?

Schneier thought it would be better to report the news back first, and while he cautiously piloted the lightning close to the energy anomaly, he connected to the mothership......

"Be careful, Schneier," Risen said, happy and worried, "keep your eyes peeled and don't let go of anything suspicious." ”

"Suspicious? Man, hasn't this been in front of us all the time? We're all here. The Imperial Army still didn't see a shadow. That's the biggest suspicion. They don't really all go to sleep. Schneier muttered.

"Less nonsense, although I don't know where the Imperial Army is yet, I know at least one thing, and that is that the Imperial Army will never sleep heavily." Ruison said worriedly, this situation is too calm, and it is too weird, the later the Imperial Army appears, the more worried he is, if the Imperial Army has been discovered. Even on the scale of the Fifth Fleet, he would not be so worried and afraid. The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, what is there to be afraid of. They can do what they have to do, if they can't fight, they can still withdraw, not like now, they can't advance, they can't withdraw, they don't know what measures to take, what actions to take is the right thing.

The unknown enemy is the most terrible enemy.

"Captain?" Risen turned his gaze to Captain Aristide, and when he couldn't make up his mind and didn't know what to do, he naturally turned to the ship's supreme commander, Captain Aristide.

"Still haven't found anything?" Captain Aristide groaned and asked, "Is that energy anomaly point a space jump point?" Is there anything near it? ”

"Nope." Risen looked at the console, "Captain Green's search team has approached the energy anomaly, and can confirm that there is nothing special in the vicinity, no nebulae, no rubble bands, no interference detected, and no Imperial fighters or warships hidden in rubble or mutilation, what should we do?" Captain. ”

"Hmm......" Captain Aristidi didn't make up his mind right away, he was still thinking about it.

"Liberator, that's right, this is indeed a space jump point, haha, we found it, do you want me to start the space jump engine and go over there and see what it is?" Schneier continued to report.

"No, wait a minute, don't do a space jump just yet." Captain Aristide suddenly stood up from his chair and asked directly, "Captain Schneier, are you sure that there really isn't an Imperial Army near the space jump point?" ”

"No, Captain," Schneier piloted his fighter around the space jump point twice, "at least I didn't see any enemy planes on my sensors, and I didn't see any unmanned monitors in the naked eye. ”

"Helmsman, start the engine, maximum speed, let's get closer to that space jump point." He commanded.

"Captain?" Risen startled and asked the Liberator to leave the nebula and step forward? Could it be that the captain wants the Liberator to perform the space jump herself? That's incredible, it's enough to let the fighter pass through and check it out.

"Let the weapons department prepare the energy pulse fish, and after the Liberator is within torpedo range, Major, you can arrange for the captain to activate the space jump, and once the captain finds any problems, we will immediately block the space jump point, and then retreat." He smiled, "Don't worry, Major. ”

"Yes, Captain." Risen understood.

"Recall the other search detachments, and at the same time let the covering units take off," he thought for a moment and ordered. This should be the last action, there was no problem before, if something really happened, it should be almost at this time, this time must not be careless......

As the Liberator's ion engine continued to increase its thrust, the Liberator gradually accelerated, leaving the pink nebula and heading in the direction of the space jump point.

"Captain, I think I'd better go to the hangar." Risen felt that he had better go outside with him, he should be fine here.

"Understood, Major, if there is any situation, we will inform you." Captain Aristide nodded.

"Thank you, Captain." Risen raised his hand in salute.

However, he himself did not expect that not long after he left the bridge, before he reached the hangar, something happened.