Him and their stars

It was probably because Miss Suliuka Wang was so confident in what she said. She even had a bright and refreshing smile on her face, just like the morning sun at eight or nine o'clock in early summer, warm and without any fireworks. Everyone was probably shocked by this scene, so they were in a state of pause for half a minute.

Then, Yu Lian saw Gia Feier covering her face and sighing. Ostana's smile was also slightly stiff, and then she winked at Admiral Farrell.

Indeed, Admiral Farrell is the only admiral on the ship besides King Suliuka. He is also a new generation "famous general" who has just earned enough reputation points in the Glory Mission. Naturally, he also has the most say. If there is anyone who can definitely convince Her Majesty the Queen, it must be him.

As a result, Admiral Farrell pondered for a moment: "Your Highness, based on the information obtained only five minutes ago, the total strength of the Predator fleet should be two to three times that of ours."

"Yes, and there is no guarantee that they will not continue to increase their troops." Brynhilt pondered for a moment: "I hope that the unstable route in the Lion's Den Fortress is collapsing. However, we cannot count on the Spirit of the Universe. Will always be on our side.”

"Indeed, we cannot treat our enemies as fools. Although the predators we have dealt with in the past are brutal and cruel, their tactics are not inflexible, and they should not base their operations on gambling." Farrell The general nodded in agreement: "We should estimate that the predators may have mastered the expansion laws of those dotted lines."

The dotted lines, of course, refer to the unstable transition channels on the star map.

"Sir, do you mean that the Marauders have mastered navigation technology that even surpasses that of the Empire?" Lieutenant General Luo Ruian, the chief navigator of the fleet, showed an incredulous expression. Looking at him like that, if anyone else had said this, they would have ridiculed or even scolded him.

"It's not impossible. It's hard to say about the Myshandar people, but the Elor people started exploring the universe not much later than us. They are also a famous aerospace nation." Brynhilt said.

"In the future, the empire's galactic defense line may need to change its defense mode. From stronghold defense to mobile defense." Admiral Farrell said: "However, this is another story. The problem now is, Your Highness, the predator If you really master this technology, you can use the Lion's Den as a base to launch a large-scale invasion of the Extreme Star Territory, just like what I did in the Glory Mission. However, they can be more flexible than me, because There is absolutely no need to go deep into the core of the star sector to gnaw at the well-defended fortresses and inhabited planets."

"They are nomads. Their purpose is not to fight, but to plunder." Brunhilt glanced at Ostana, who immediately understood and adjusted the star map. Immediately, a series of green dots were marked among the thirty or so galaxies adjacent to the Lion's Den.

"There are a total of twelve deep space mining stations, five orbital dome farms, and three settled planets. There is also a high-explosive dust absorption well and two arsenals. In addition to the guards, the number of civilians will exceed 50 million. Here The full calculation does not include the fallen Far Country planet."

With the predator's behavior, it is difficult to imagine how miserable that planet is now, but this is no longer the primary concern for everyone.

Yu Lian noticed that these green dots also included the Sarna star, and he suddenly felt a sense of sadness about the impermanence of the world.

"These are all their plunder targets." Ostana said.

"However, we cannot spread the entire fleet like pepper. If we try to defend every galaxy, we will only be unable to defend anywhere." Admiral Farrell sighed: "Your Highness , I understand what you mean."

"Yes! The plunderers know very well that after all, they are just interstellar nomads who rely on plunder to maintain their organization, and it is impossible to maintain their occupation for a long time. After robbing everything, they always have to retreat to the center of the galaxy. So, We will direct them to the only way they can return to their hometown, and we are not afraid that they will not come!"

The only way to go is naturally the Lion's Den Galaxy. If the imperial fleet can really retake it quickly, the predator fleets that have wandered to various galaxies may have no choice but to return reinforcements. For the civilians in the surrounding galaxies, what seems like a desperate move is actually the best choice.

In addition, if it goes well, maybe we can defeat the enemies one by one.

"The capabilities shown by this group of predators are quite methodical and they will not abandon the lion's den. They will definitely be heavily guarded and may even increase their numbers," Admiral Farrell said.

"I know." Brunhild nodded.

"If we are not careful, not only will we not be able to defeat them individually, but we may be surrounded."

"Sounds very interesting." Brunhildt immediately smiled, smiling beautifully.

"Very good!" Admiral Farrell also smiled: "We are the glorious Imperial Navy, and we will destroy the enemy when we see it! The enemy's strength is only three to five times ours, and they all escaped. The ranks of the Imperial Army Will our ancestors laugh at us?"

Brigadier General Ostana sighed silently, and simply made another gesture to Yu Lian. The latter originally just wanted to watch a show, but he came here. He seemed to have no sense of existence as the protagonist by not saying a word, so he said: "If you really want to catch a turtle in a jar, you might as well inform Luyuan and let the giant statue rush in." How about taking a shot here?"

He pointed at a star system close to the edge of the galactic center. It was also the galaxy adjacent to the Lion's Den Galaxy, connected through the irregular transition channel.

Indeed, if this galaxy were bombarded with a cannon. All the Predator fleets will be trapped in the Extreme Star Zone with nowhere to escape. At that time, as soon as the reinforcement fleet from the empire arrives, they can crush all these interstellar nomadic armies that have lost their way back.

"Hey, that seems to be a solution!" Brynhilt's eyes lit up: "This way there is no need to take risks. We only need to hide behind the fortress group and ensure that the core master area of ​​the star area is not disturbed... That's it... Do you think I would say that? Yu Lianqing, is it fun to act stupid like this? "

This, I think is very interesting! Yu Lian thought.

But at this time, someone next to him seemed to have a really moving expression. This is a major general who is more than two meters tall and has a strong body like an iron tower. He is probably in his early forties and has a strong man's hairstyle. As soon as he took a step forward and wanted to persuade him, he was pulled back by Giafel.

Yu Lian knew that this was the number one master in the fleet, Major General Misaro, who was currently serving as the commander-in-chief of the fleet's stormtroopers. The "City Breaker" of the Fifth Ring of the Blood Road is, of course, also an astral knight. His official position is actually the leader of the "Qu Ling Army", one of the elite armored grenadier regiments directly under the Grand Marshal's Palace. He was originally a blue man during the military exercise. The main force of sharp knives used in land battles and gang-hopping battles, now the entire regiment has been recruited by Miss Suliuka Wang to serve as thugs.

As we all know, the blood path is the berserker in the spiritual path, and they should all look like rough men with low IQs.

If it were anyone else, Brünnhilt would really be too lazy to explain, but since it was the chief double bonus stick that he personally brought, he still said patiently: "I know what you want to say, Major General Misaro. Using the Colossus will certainly keep all the looters within the empire, but it will also drive the enemies who have lost their way back completely crazy. Once they are trapped and still fighting, we will probably have to pay more casualties if we want to eliminate them. Lion's Den Fortress Tens of millions of civilians in the surrounding areas will also have to endure greater suffering."

Major General Misaro suddenly realized this.

"In addition, the previous emperors and His Majesty the Emperor have never given up on the complete conquest of the Galactic Center. If we don't do it now, it's because the gains outweigh the losses, but that doesn't mean we won't do it in the future. Cutting off the access to the Galactic Center will be done once and for all, but this is actually a coward. I don’t like what you said!”

Major General Misaro suddenly showed an expression of admiration and nodded solemnly.

...Well, with this expression of being taught, admired and moved just right, who would believe that this guy is a rough guy? Yu Lian couldn't help but rolled his eyes in his heart.

No, Lieutenant General Luo Ruian over there had already shown an expression of "Damn, he got the better of me".

Hey Hey hey! After all, he is also a psyker! This is where office politics begins. Are you guys being too low-key?

At this time, Brigadier General Ostana Barr had already begun to walk to the second floor. She should be preparing to convene a meeting with middle-level staff officers to formulate navigation and tactical plans. Lieutenant General Luorian followed closely behind. He was the chief navigator. Even if he had no knowledge of tactics, he should still follow at this time.

As for Giafel, he also took away Commodore Misaro who was still preparing to sit in a daze on the bridge - with this guy's size, even if he just stood there without talking, he still had a strong presence. He was probably planning to spend more time in Brunsy. He brushed his face in front of Walter.

They should be going to check on the mecha's maintenance. Yu Lian was still very interested in this area, but unless everyone had taken too many moon candies, how could the empire allow a foreign psyker to enter a hangar with a heraldry machine?

In short, now that Brunhildt had made up his mind and had Admiral Farrell's endorsement, the entire fleet suddenly entered a state of frenzy. They didn't even formulate any ingenious marching plan such as luring the snake out of its cave or attacking eastward or westward. They just chose the nearest channel and headed towards the Lion's Den Galaxy.

Not only did Brunhildt not conceal his actions, he even broadcast the marching route to the surrounding star field in a wide area, as if he was afraid that the predators on the opposite side would not discover him.

It is unknown whether the Predators got the news, but by November 2, that is, when the main force of Brunhildt's fleet had completed half of its voyage, a group of people was hiding in the Ryuga T12 galaxy. A small imperial fleet also got the news.

Needless to say, this is naturally the mobile fleet belonging to the Astral Knights commanded by Viscount Shameen. It only has about a dozen battleships of all sizes. It is really difficult to put it in a fleet battle. It's not even a squadron, so it really doesn't play any role.

They originally received orders from Admiral Selerius and were preparing to rush to the Lion's Den Fortress. However, there were not many live ammunition in the fleet. After destroying the star-eating worm in the Sarna system, there was not much left. So, under the suggestion of Colonel Soback, everyone took a slightly detour and rushed to the arsenal located in the Alicorn 12 system to replenish weapons.

They worked very efficiently. They completed the supplies in less than a day and were ready to go to the battlefield. However, what they never expected was that before they arrived, they received news that the fortress had fallen, Admiral Selerius had been killed in battle, and the garrison fleet and the Yongjin had been severely damaged.

No matter how brave the Astral Knights are, they know that their small fleet can never be an opponent of the main fleet of hundreds of predators, so they can only temporarily hide in the asteroid belt of the Dragon Fang T12 system. Be prepared to observe the situation secretly.

Of course, this move is indeed a bit unseemly. For these proud astral knights, it is absolutely humiliating. If Shameen and Sobek hadn't had a high reputation among the knights, they would have been called cowards.

Fortunately, they did not wait too long, and finally received the wide-area communication intelligence from the reinforcements before everyone's morale sank to the freezing point.

"Hey, okay! We are saved!" Colonel Soback was so moved that he almost raised his hands to sing and dance. He was the one who asked the entire fleet to hide in Ryuga T12 to observe the situation secretly, so he was naturally under the greatest pressure.

Viscount Shameen, Major General Bai Ya and others glanced at him, feeling a little helpless.

"He is obviously a strong man, but he is born like a bear!" Major General Bai Ya shook his head.

Shameen said: "Even if there are no reinforcements, we don't need anyone to save us. However, with the reinforcements, now we have to think about what to do. It's not ridiculous to hide all the time!"

"Indeed." Bai Ya nodded slightly: "At least we have to collect some enemy intelligence for His Highness."

Soback listened to the leader of the fleet and the leader of the knights starting to discuss where to set up an ambush and sneak attack. They even talked about going to the lion's den to find out. He almost wanted to curse.

Why are you so brave? Even the majestic Titan ship was beaten to a pulp and fled. Our small fleet with less than ten ships and less than 20,000 soldiers, why does it have to go to the front?

Even so, he still pretended to be calm and said: "Indeed, it is important to find out the enemy's situation. However, I think that since the predators have captured the Lion's Den Fortress, they should now launch a large-scale attack on the surrounding galaxies. were plundered. We are Star Knights. Isn’t it our primary responsibility to protect the people?”

The senior officers in the bridge all looked at Colonel Soback, whose face seemed to be glowing, and hesitated to speak.

"Now, we are here..." The colonel pointed to the Longya T12 galaxy where they were located, sliding his finger along the transition channel drawn with a solid line, and then clicked on a galaxy marked with a human icon. On standard star charts, this is the sign of an inhabited planet.

"This is Kalundam, with a population of 50 million, more than Sarna."

Compared with Sarna, which has the special effect of "unstable geological structure", the planet Kalendan has the positive buff of "rich nutritious food". To put it bluntly, it is a habitable planet with fertile land and rich products. It can be regarded as an extreme planet. The largest grain producing area in the region. And we all know that where there is food, there will be a population, and where there is a population, there will be qualified workers. As a result, the imperial government built a large-scale arsenal and fleet maintenance equipment in the mineral-rich Alicorn 12 system next to the Kalundan system.

"What the plunderers lack most is food, and plundering in this direction can also replenish a large amount of weapons and energy." Colonel Soback pondered for a moment: "So, my suggestion is that our fleet should be like this On this route, we will take advantage of our maneuverability and rely on the asteroid belt of Kalendan to intercept the predators."

Anyway, there are guard stations, unmanned patrol aircraft, and orbital defense rings on the planet Kalundan. Even if the predators really come, they can still hold on until His Royal Highness King Sulyuka arrives, right?

Seeing that everyone was listening to him, he added: "Of course, we must also try our best to collect the enemy's intelligence. Therefore, my subordinate's suggestion is... to divide the troops! Most of the fleets are defending in Kalundan, but one ship is divided The scout ship is heading for the lion's den, and all it takes is a cruiser."

Then, he secretly encouraged himself and put on an impeccable high profile: "This suggestion was made by me. So, as for the reconnaissance ship..."

"Just let you take command? Well, that's fine!" Viscount Shameen made a decision.

"..."

"You are a hunter. Perception and observation are your strengths, and you are also resourceful and resourceful. You are indeed the most suitable person for this task." Shameen pressed Colonel Sobak's shoulders hard and sighed with a heavy face. One sound:

"You can't charge into battle and defeat the enemy head-on! I can't strategize and adapt to circumstances! As for the main force of the Marauders, please leave it to me!"

etc! This is different from what was promised! I've already put on such a high profile, so you have such a sense of honor, shouldn't you rush to do dangerous work?