Starry Sky Wings Two Hundred Twenty-One, Piper's Fleet Pursuit

Text 21, Piper's fleet pursues

In the Siberian galaxy, the Imperial fleet is gathered, and this once remote and remote galaxy has become so lively.

The vast fleet, including dozens of Imperial-class space carriers, fast battleships, the last Sabre-class cruiser and destroyer, frigate, and thousands of Banshees, Super Banshees, Shortsword, Keyhole, Guardians, various types of starfighters and small ships, and so on, waited for orders in space near Planet Four, which was once the headquarters of the Resistance Alliance, and they were waiting for orders from one of the space carriers in the center of the fleet, the USS Independence, which had not been in service for many years, and was Admiral Callaghan's flagship.

The Imperial Admiral was standing in front of the porthole, staring at Satellite No. 2 in front of him with a gloomy face, billowing black smoke still pouring out from the shipyard of the former rebels, and from time to time there were sporadic explosions, one after another Imperial assault ships and space shuttles were coming and going between this huge shipyard and fleet regardless of the danger, the Empire's military, technical and intelligence personnel were impatiently trying to search for anything that might be useful from the ruins, and at his feet, another group of personnel was equally busy in another ruin, However, he didn't expect much from this, how could the rebels have withdrawn so cleanly, how could there be anything left that is not good for them?

When he first saw the scale of this super shipyard and base, and saw the two lines that were clearly fighter jets, even he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, no wonder the rebel fleet had developed so quickly, and fortunately they had discovered it in time. Fortunately, this place has been destroyed, otherwise, in a few years, it is not known how many heavy fighters and how many space carriers will continue to flow from here to the battlefield.

Alas, alas, the destruction of this place was not their handiwork, but the rebels themselves, before they arrived. He doesn't deny it. The rebels were forced to abandon and destroy their own most important bases. This is a very significant victory. But this was not enough, the blow only slowed down the pace of the rebels, but did not deal a real fatal blow to the rebels, and the rebels were not injured: so far, intelligence gathered from the two ruins shows that the place was largely empty before it was abandoned. The rebels have removed almost all useful equipment and materials, and if the rebels are allowed to retreat like this, it will not take too long, relying on these removed equipment and materials, a new rebel headquarters, a new super shipyard, and a new fighter production line will soon be rebuilt in another secret location that they do not know, and the rebel fleet will continue to expand at an alarming rate, at that time. Even knowing the location of the rebel alliance's newland headquarters. He wondered if the empire would have enough strength to launch another large-scale clean-up operation......

The rebels must not be given a chance to breathe, and must be pursued to the end, if not once and for all. At the very least, give them a fatal blow that is heavy enough, but the question now is, where are the rebels hiding? Four invading fleets surrounded Siberia from all sides, still allowing the rebels to slip under their noses.

The rebels must not have gone far, the previous battle in the Siberian galaxy can prove this, at least not long ago, no more than half a day, the rebels are still in the position where he is standing now, the speed of the transport fleet is not so fast, and to empty these two bases, it is conceivable that the scale of the fleet must not be small, so their actions will not be faster...... The admiral pondered that since receiving the news of the battle in the Siberian system, he had ordered all the fleets to rush to the system at full speed, and had expanded and strengthened the reconnaissance, search, and patrol areas of the fleets so that the rebels would not slip through the net, believing that it was unlikely that a large convoy of convoys would be able to escape their search net in such a short period of time.

But the rebels still escaped, and the admiral knew that the greatest possibility was that they slipped away through a spatial jump point unknown to the empire, and based on the short time they had fled, it could be judged that this spatial jump point was very likely to be in this galaxy or a neighboring star field......

He has sent a large number of reconnaissance and patrol planes to search for this hidden space jump point, the Siberian galaxy is the focus of the search, and the cunning rabbit has three caves, and he vaguely feels that the rebels have set their headquarters in the Siberian galaxy, which may have something to do with this. (At this point, the Admiral guessed correctly, the reason why the Alliance chose the Siberian System as the system where the headquarters is located in the first place was precisely because of the JPL Space Hop Point, and the consideration at that time was that if the Empire found that they could not gain a foothold, they could retreat to the territory of the Federation through this jump point, but no one expected that this route would eventually be interrupted like this.) ）

"General, Major General Piper's Communications." An Imperial officer walked up behind the admiral and reported in a low voice.

"Piper?" As soon as the admiral heard this name, his face immediately sank, and the biggest loss in this joint invasion operation was his fleet, although it was

Destroying a rebel convoy and its escorts, but those little losses were nothing compared to the fact that three battleships and seven cruisers, if it weren't for his own descendants and his former subordinates, he would have been stripped of his duties and handed over to a military tribunal to hold him accountable.

"What's the matter? Major general. He asked without any emotion.

"Sir, I found it, a reconnaissance plane sent back a message that they had found a space jump point that had not been marked on the star map before." Major General Piper no longer had the casualness of the pre-invasion meeting, and he behaved respectfully and cautiously. "That's how the rebels should have fled from this jumping point, you're really clever."

"Well, it's not that far." Admiral Callahan looked at the image displayed on the screen and nodded, "What's that end of the jump point?" ”

While most of the fleet is concentrated in the Siberian system, he and General Andrews' fleet are responsible for defending the logistical supply lines, and if there are already space carriers near the other end of the jump point, then these ships should also join the search for rebels.

The sooner you find the rebels, the better, and the longer the time drags on, the farther they run, and the less likely it is to catch them.

"It's a pity, sir, our reconnaissance plane has checked the star map, and the star field on the other side of the jump point is an unknown territory, and no one of our ships has visited it before."

"Unknown?" The admiral's brows furrowed, that is not easy to do, that star field is unknown to the fleet, but not to the rebel alliance, after entering that star field, even if you want to pursue, you don't know which direction to pursue, what should I do?

"Did the reconnaissance aircraft detect any movement of the rebel fleet?" He asked, with a glimmer of hope.

"This is not reported, sir, the reconnaissance plane has just passed through the space jump point, and the rebels have been on the run for a while, it is unlikely that the rebels will be able to find their traces immediately, if there is, the lower officer believes that our reconnaissance opportunity will report back as soon as possible." Major General Piper replied that he had become very disciplined now.

Admiral Callahan was disappointed, he stood silently, a little hesitant, the jump point was completely unknown, there was not even a minimum and possible direction, what kind of pursuit? It is not impossible to send a fleet into that unknown star field for a large-scale search, but perhaps, when they are running around in that unknown star field, the rebel fleet has already passed another space jump point, swaggering far away, after all, now the entire fleet is basically concentrated in Siberia, other galaxies and star fields, it is not completely left to the rebels to come and go freely.

Destroying the headquarters of the rebel alliance is important - this task has been completed, although it is far from perfect, but the elimination of the rebels in the "ghost domain" is also not to be underestimated, in addition to the Siberian headquarters, the rebels also have a considerable number of secret bases and space stations, the imperial monitoring network and base network need to be rebuilt, those half-hearted and destabilizing forces and planets also need to be threatened, and the disobedient guys exposed in this crisis need to be replaced by pro-imperial people and bureaucrats under the intervention of imperial force...... There are so many things going on that it's impossible to concentrate all of your fleet in one nameless field and aimlessly carry out a mission that might end up with nothing......

"Admiral, do you want to order the fleet to pursue through the jump point?" Seeing that the admiral didn't speak for a long time, his chief of staff finally couldn't help but ask.

Pursuit, it is definitely necessary to continue the pursuit, there is no doubt about this, the headquarters of the rebel alliance is a tempting big fat meat, as long as there is a little hope, he will not give up easily, but before the situation is clear, he will not send the entire fleet.

"Piper." He had made up his mind, raised his head, and the stern eyes and cold countenance frightened the heart-hanging major general, and he immediately stood upright, stood upright, and replied loudly.

"Here, Admiral."

"Order your fleet to search and pursue the rebels' fleet through the newly discovered space jump points."

"Understood, Admiral."

"Piper," Admiral Callahan softened, "don't blame me for not reminding you, after entering the unknown star field, send as many reconnaissance, search, and patrol planes as possible to find the space jump point or the location of the rebel fleet as soon as possible, and once you find the location of the enemy fleet, launch an attack immediately, and report to me, take advantage of this opportunity to wash away your shame." ”

"Thank you, sir, for giving me this opportunity." The rear admiral said gratefully, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the loss of the advance fleet had made him uneasy before, and now it seemed that his old superiors were still more protective of him.

"One more point," the Admiral said, half reminding and half threatening, "don't let me down again." ”

"If you can't complete the task, come and see you." The major general also replied sharply and dryly. "Go ahead." 21. Piper's fleet pursued