(The XY-242 star field, although this star field is far away on the galaxy map, is still commonly referred to as the adjacent star field of the Shangri-La Galaxy from the perspective of interstellar transportation because of the direct connection between the space hop point and the Shangri-La Galaxy.)

The Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet had arrived at the intended rendezvous point of this star field, which was far from the normal shipping routes, and there were no planets of interest or gravel worth mining around, except for a dense nebula made of fine cosmic dust and particles, which had largely faded out of view since expedition ships surveyed this field hundreds of years ago, although there were many ships passing through it, However, they basically follow a fixed route connecting several space hopping points, and few ships or warplanes leave the normal route and come to this gray nebula for sightseeing and sightseeing, even the Resistance Alliance, which used to be the favorite to drill into remote corners such as nebula or gravel area, because it is too close to the Shangri-La system at the Pearl Harbor base, and the ships of the alliance generally avoid entering the XY-242 domain when planning their routes, and even if they enter this dangerous star field, they will leave quickly, let alone come to this corner.

But today, this dense nebula, which does not even have a name, has witnessed the most lively moment in the history of this star field, this corner, when the ships of the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet approached this nebula, they received a friendly greeting from inside the nebula.

This is the Third Fleet of its own people, friendly forces. They had been waiting for them inside this nebula for a long time, and they hadn't been spotted before, just because the nebula was blocking the sensor geographically, this fleet, including a Raider-class space carrier, more than a dozen cruisers and destroyers, and even a fast battleship among them, this Assaulter-class space carrier, they were no strangers. That's the USS Liberator space carrier that Risson, Philen, and Sonia have stayed and fought --- has been repaired.

"Welcome. Welcome back. Lieutenant Colonel Yao, Lieutenant Colonel Nigaul. Captain Aristide of the Liberator appeared on the screen in front of the Archangel's bridge, smiling.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Captain Aristide, and it's a pleasure to see the Liberator back into service." Yao stood up from the captain's seat, she had always had a good impression and respect for this upright and selfless old superior, and the reason why she became the captain of the Archangel. The old captain's recommendation was indispensable.

"I didn't expect you to be so punctual, and I thought it would take you a lot of time to sneak through the Empire's controlled area." The colonel said with satisfaction.

"Everywhere, it is thanks to the Keyhole Team and Fei Lun, with the Keyhole to carry out long-range guard missions, and Fei Lun's carefully planned routes, we were able to avoid the patrols and surveillance of the Empire." Risen said he wasn't exaggerating the task of transporting repair components and technicians. If you want to talk about speed and timeliness. It's more appropriate to send a fast battleship or cruiser, but if you want to sneak into the Imperium-controlled area without being detected by the Empire, it's better to send a space carrier. Having a keyholing machine on board a space carrier to perform remote alert allows them to take evasive measures before they are detected by Imperial patrol aircraft, and girls are already familiar with this kind of special mission, otherwise they will really have to work hard.

"I'll just say, they're not going to let us down." Another person also appeared, and this was a communication from that fast battleship.

This person, they are no strangers to him, but his military rank is different from the original.

"Captain Kirk?" Risen and Fei Lun were stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted. "No, General Kirk, aren't you on the Speed?"

"Haha, isn't this the Speedphone?" The general nodded and smiled.

"Speed?" The two of them must be godly, the screen shows the identification code and name of the ship, and this fast battleship is indeed the Speed.

"But I don't blame you for being clumsy, she is very different now, this ship was originally a Führer-class fast battleship, and now she doesn't have to take the death route, of course, she can't be left rusty in the shipyard, her main internal structure hasn't changed, and it's naturally much easier to change it back than to build a new capital ship."

"Old Kirk has now been promoted to general, as the fleet commander of our Third Fleet, and the Rapid has become his flagship, alas, he has been defeated again, and each time he has risen faster than me." Captain Aristide sighed.

Risen and Yao didn't know what to say, they were a little sorry, they knew that these two people were friends, of course there would be no problems with the relationship between them because Kirk was promoted to general first, Captain Aristide had caused her serious damage when he commanded the Liberator before, and it was not bad if she was not punished, and she should not be able to catch up with his local friend in the short term, and that time the Liberator

Risson, Yao, Sonia, and Schneier are all on board the Liberator, and the Swiss Captain is the Captain.

That time the mothership was seriously damaged, and they were not actually affected, on the contrary, Yao was also promoted to the captain of the Archangel space carrier, and Risen also became the captain of the Ninth Air Force, and Captain Aristide, the most affected should be him, although there is actually no punishment, he still serves as the captain of the Liberator space carrier, but this stain record will always accompany him, otherwise, maybe, the commander of the Third Fleet is now him.

Speaking from the heart, General Kirk is also a rare and excellent commander of the Alliance, not everyone can easily command a ship through the death course, there are too many dangers and accidents, and the commander needs to have a good and stable psychological quality, excellent and accurate judgment ability, and the ability to flexibly take various measures according to the situation, but Ryson guessed that in addition to these, the Council and Mrs. Almeda finally chose Colonel Kirk instead of Colonel Aristide to serve as commander of the Third Fleet and promote him to general, Perhaps it was not only to reward and compensate General Kirk for the rich results brought to the alliance by going back and forth to the death route for many years, but also to the defeat of Captain Aristide.

"Alright, Aristide, this can only be described as luck and coincidence, your luck is already much better than mine, do you remember some time ago, my only job was to command a ship to run long journeys back and forth? You became the captain of a space carrier, I was so envious at that time, aren't you still the captain of the mothership now, and you can still participate in such an important combat operation, are you not satisfied? Why don't you think about me at that time? General Kirk said, and he couldn't help but sigh that the Eye of Death had really helped a lot unintentionally.

"Makes sense." Captain Aristide nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly, he thought of something, and glared at the two people on the screen, "Two, you haven't forgotten anything, borrow my things, those skilled pilots and fighters, when will they be returned?" I said that I would return it after use. ”

"This" Risen and Yao glanced at each other embarrassedly, they were really a little embarrassed when they mentioned this, it wasn't for Captain Aristide to remind them, they almost forgot that the Archangel had borrowed the damaged Liberator fighter and pilot when it set sail, as for the return issue? It's been so long, and they have long since lost the intention of returning it.

"Don't listen to him, the Liberator is full now, and even if you want to return it, he won't have a place to accommodate it." General Kirk said.

"The establishment is full, but the people are different." The captain sighed, "Except for a few backbones, almost all the other pilots are novices, just this morning's simulated formation flight, there were more than a dozen collisions, large and small, fortunately, with the protection of shields, everyone is fine, but many fighters have to be overhauled after returning." ”

Risson's face became serious, and he reminded, "Captain, the formation must be accurate, otherwise it will not have any effect."

"It's very difficult to drag such a thing, the spacing is so small, and you have to keep it in sync."

"We've trained on the voyage as well, be careful, it should be fine, they've done it well."

"How do your men compare to mine? What are you kidding, you aces will not be mentioned, just when the Ninth Air Force was established, there were already a large number of skilled and battle-tested pilots joined, and other novices have already become veterans after such a long time of fighting under your tutelage, and your new pilots are estimated to be less than one percent, and we, on the contrary, have less than one percent of the personnel with actual combat experience in the Eighth Air Force, and it is indeed not easy for them. Captain Aristide snorted, "Got it, that's why I suddenly remembered to ask you to return the personnel. ”

As soon as "this" was said to return the personnel, Risen was immediately speechless.

"All right, Aristide," General Kirk immediately came up to play the round, "don't insist on any more restitution issues, lest the young people laugh at us for being stingy, but, young man, the plan is yours, and you know how important it is, and if your plan goes well, we won't have much time, and since you said that the formation is not a big problem, I think you will take over the next training, and you must complete the training task by surprise before the offensive operation is launched." ”

"Yes, General." Rison replied.

"Poor Stark, he's been struggling for the past two days, but he's finally relieved." Captain Aristide smiled.

Lieutenant Colonel Stark, the captain of the Eighth Air Force of the Third Fleet, is on the same level as Risen in rank, but now is not the time to be polite, they don't have much time.