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spn "Stand at attention!"

At the Hanking Space Port, the Zhonghua, which had just been overhauled, was launched into the air urgently. Not long after, Qin Baijiang, the commander of the rescue operation, arrived at the space port in a flying car, and the soldiers saluted.

Qin Baijiang did not delay. After returning the courtesy, he stepped directly onto the anti-gravity magnetic levitation circle and ascended to the battleship.

"Hello, Commander!"

Zhonghua's brain, the upgraded 'Zhonghua', appeared in a virtual form. When it saw Qin Baijiang inserting the authorization token into the captain's slot of the battleship, it reported, "Your Excellency, Commander, Hummingbird 3

The starry sky coordinates transmitted back by No. 1 have been input, and all officers and soldiers of the fleet are in place. Please give your instructions."[

Qin Baijiang: "China, how long will it take to activate the jump system?"

Intelligent Brain China: "The jump system is already being warmed up and can be started in 15 minutes. The entire jump process will take no more than an hour."

"Yes. The jump will proceed as planned."

Qin Baijiang then opened the ship-wide communication channel and lectured to the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers on the Zhonghua, "Everyone, according to your Majesty's order, I will lead everyone to the target star field to rescue our patrol ship.

It is the glorious tradition of our imperial military to not abandon any team.

I hope that this time we can successfully rescue those soldiers.

I hope that no matter how big or small the battle is, we can commit ourselves 100% to it.

I’m done with my speech, everyone should prepare for the jump.”

After just a few words, Qin Baijiang began to immerse himself in studying the pictures and listened to the latest news about Hummingbird 3 from time to time.

15 minutes passed quickly, and the Zhonghua's jump system had been warmed up.

"Jump countdown, 10, 9...2, start!"

As the Intelligent Brain ordered according to the set program, the jump system was completely opened, and the bow of the China began to gather a super bright light that exceeded the brightness of several suns.

The space seemed to be torn apart, and a dark wormhole loomed in the huge bright light. This was the temporary wormhole opened by the shipboard free jump system.

"Whoosh..."

A burst of white light flashed. The entire battleship Zhonghua entered the wormhole. After a few dozen minutes of sailing, it will arrive in the M33n25p69 star field.

At this time, at the Space Command, Sun Xiwu was deploying military defense together with Jiang Baili, Dai Anlan and others.

"This time the enemy's scientific research ship was able to pass through the Lost Star Territory safely, which proves that a safe route has been discovered.

From now on, our key defense direction will be this direction from the Trident Galaxy.

According to His Majesty's order, the Zhonghua, which arrived early for rescue, will stay there and set up a space jump gate.[

However, this time will take about 3 to 5 months.”

Jiang Baili took charge of the overall situation and continued, "In the past few months, we can only do our best to mobilize warships and supplies to set up defenses.

From the long-range scanning images, Zhinao roughly drew the location of this safe route, but unlike the Trident Galaxy, this time we lack a natural fortress and must use a powerful fleet to form a solid mobile defense line."

Sun Xiwu also said, "The enemy's scientific research ship has just appeared. According to our understanding of the Lost Star Territory, this route cannot be completed in less than two or three months. In other words, we have at least a few months to deal with it.

time.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy has some small-scale support fleet behind this scientific research ship, but it will certainly not be a large-scale fleet.

We have mobilized 31 battleships, 9 cruisers, and 10 transport ships, for a total of 40 large combat ships. This should be enough to cope with the initial situation."

Dai Anlan was about to speak when a message from the palace came in.

Zhang Shusheng appeared on the virtual 3 screen and said, "It has just been found out that this scientific research ship belongs to the Principality of Cork. The Principality of Ranke is a country that has just been promoted to the second level civilization and is very aggressive.

The Principality of Lanc has a total of 13 life planets and more than 30 mineral planets, and its overall strength is relatively strong.

In terms of fleets, the Principality of Lanc has three standing fleets.

The Principality’s Guards Fleet, the Principality’s First Fleet, and the Principality’s Second Fleet.”

After a slight pause, he continued. "However, fortunately, in addition to the relatively powerful Guards Fleet, the First Fleet only has 100 battleships, and the Second Fleet has 65 battleships.

Our pressure is not too great."

"What your Majesty means is that since the Principality of Rank is very aggressive, it also has many enemies. Those enemies will contain part of its power."

Dai Anlan said.

"Yes, among the dozen or so first-level civilizations adjacent to the Principality of Rank, there are two countries with peak first-level civilizations. These two countries with peak first-level civilizations have formed an alliance and have two fleets.

It was these two fleets that held back the First Fleet of the Principality of Rank alive.

Their guard fleet is even more afraid to use it arbitrarily, firstly to protect the imperial power, and secondly to resist the Longshan Empire’s Seventh Fleet."

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile.

Although the Longshan Empire is overbearing, its advantages have been demonstrated at this time. It attracts wind and enemies everywhere, and a new second-level civilization like the Lanke Principality is dragged down by its mere fleet.

A fleet of the Longshan Empire has more than 400 battleships. In comparison, from the information Zhang Shusheng found on the virtual Internet, on the surface, the Royal Guards Fleet of the Principality of Lanc only has more than 250 battleships.

Not to mention other combat ships, the battleship alone is a big improvement. It is good to be able to defend.

"Great, this way, the enemy can use at most the second fleet to fight us."[

Sun Xiwu said with a smile.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, "In such a large country, fleet mobilization is a cumbersome matter. However, we cannot take it lightly, but we must knock it off as hard as we can. If it comes in, we will knock it off."

This battle cannot end within a few months, so I specially arranged to build a two-way jump gate.

In this way, we wait for work at leisure and do not want to induce the enemy to engage in fueling tactics..."

According to Zhang Bing's estimate, it will take about 2 months to get from the Principality of Rank to the M33n25p69 star field. By then, the Principality of Rank can easily calculate the time it takes for the Chinese Empire to arrive at the M33n25p69 star field from the main base.

It's about a little over 1 month.

The purpose of setting up jump gates at all costs is to ensure supplies to the maximum extent. Any damage caused by battles can be repaired at any time.

This kind of interstellar guerrilla warfare not only requires the Zhonghua and the enhanced G-class battleships produced by the Black Plus Empire as the main force, but also requires clever and flexible command.

Don't hit the enemy too hard at one time, otherwise the enemy will attack in large numbers next time.

It cannot be too weak, otherwise it will not achieve the purpose of luring the enemy and destroying them.

Therefore, after receiving the latest information provided by Zhang Shusheng, the Military Academy began to revise the combat plan. Everything was based on the interstellar jump gate deployed by the secret troops personally authorized by His Majesty.

At the same time, the planetary defense forces under the Space Command commanded by Chen Jun also received orders. The planetary defense main guns of each planet, some meteorites, and the defensive guns hidden on the satellites must be fully activated as a precaution.

Although Zhang Shusheng left a small fleet consisting mainly of five battleships and five cruisers in the Trident Galaxy, and also left a similar fleet on Earth, when facing small-scale harassment, the planet's defense system is still very weak.

Useful.

Of course, a fleet would dare to attack the coastal defense artillery, but if there were only a dozen or so ships and they dared to try their luck on Earth, the thousands of planetary defense main guns would be enough to give them a hearty salvo.

Defensive artillery is dead, so although it is powerful, it is not expensive. Unlike mobile turrets like battleships, which are extremely expensive, Zhang Shusheng deployed a large number of them in one go.

Just when the Military Administration was busy mobilizing troops and setting up defenses, Hummingbird 3 was almost on the verge of surrender.

"Captain, we still have about 50 minutes before we enter the opponent's effective range."

Radar soldier Chen Fengliang shouted loudly, interrupting Zhen Zishan's thoughts.

"Um."

The entire patrol ship was immersed in the sorrow before heroic sacrifice.

Chen Fengliang kept staring at the radar and could only dictate his suicide note.

"Captain, have you written yours?"

Chen Fengliang asked a lot.

"Write? Write whatever you want. Talk too much."

Zhen Zishan gave him a fierce look, then turned his back to look at the navigation chart, as if talking to himself, "Your sister-in-law said that patrol ships are small, and if they encounter a situation, they can't run away or fight. Even her

She has the consciousness of being cannon fodder. She will even memorize my suicide note."

Although Zhen Zishan's tone seemed to be nonchalant, Chen Fengliang felt a little stuck, yes. Although the patrol ship was also a space force, its firepower was weak and it ran slowly. When encountering the situation, it could only be used as cannon fodder.

"You kid, don't think too much. If it weren't for cannon fodder like us, the enemy might have reached our door in one go. With a few rounds, your hometown would be destroyed."

Zhen Zishan smiled and cursed, and Chen Fengliang also laughed and didn't think about it anymore. Anyway, he would die with a dozen good brothers by his side.

Under the leadership of the two people, the atmosphere on the small patrol ship became much more lively. Everyone also prepared for the worst and did not worry too much about their families. Anyway, there is a country that will take care of them.

Until, there was a beeping sound.

"Captain, Space Command communications."

Zhen Zishan was stunned for a moment, and then connected to the communication.

Just the first sight shocked him. He stood at attention without saying a word and said, "Right Chancellor Jiang, Commander Sun, Commander Dai! Hummingbird No. 3 is reporting to you."

"Haha, you kid, you are already thinking about death, and you still do this to us. Are you complaining that we treat you as cannon fodder and ignore you?"

Jiang Baili said with a smile.

"Report, no."

Donnie Yen sweated.

Jiang Baili didn't waste any time and said, "Well, whether you have it or not, you have made a contribution this time, and you are still alive to come back alive to receive generous rewards.

Your Majesty has already said that you can choose titles, land, small spaceships, large spaceships, or islands. You guys, a dozen of them, have made a lot of money this time."

Zhen Zishan was stunned, what, what is going on, the enemy is very close, and he did not receive any support ships nearby.

Jiang Baili said, "Get ready. China has activated its free jump system and will arrive at the M33n25p68 star field, which is 100,000 kilometers away from you, in about 10 minutes.

You are rescued."
Chapter completed!