Him and their stars

Colonel Yeager Soback is caught in the middle of a fierce battle between heaven and man. He looked at Yu Lian who was deep in thought again, and felt that with this guy's usual temperament, he would be willing to take this risk, right?

However, if I were really attacked by a predator ambush or some other strange enemy, this guy would definitely abandon me and run away without hesitation.

He hesitated for a moment and then said: "Actually, I have been to this galaxy before."

Colonel Yulian and his adjutants looked at him, and then added: "I have served in the Governor-General's Colonial Fleet for three years, and served as the charge captain and gunnery chief on the cruiser Sir Vicar No. 141. I once accompanied the fleet to explore the channel in that direction. However, as the current star map shows, we reach the Shepherd A galaxy, and then the border D912 galaxy, which is the end."

The Border D912 galaxy is exactly at the end of the route that Feifei drew on the star map, and getting there from the Shepherd A galaxy only requires two jumps.

"We walked all the way to the end. After some daily exploration, we still found nothing. On our way back, when we passed through the Shepherd A galaxy, we came across a sizeable pirate fleet."

"Pirates?" Fifiqi said, "But it can be seen from the star map that there is only one channel for this."

"That's right. Black (meow) channels and underground intelligence organizations always control the officially unknown channels." Soback said helplessly.

The official government actually has control over channels unknown to the public, but your level is not yet at that level. Yu Lian thought.

"Are you saying that the predator fleet is likely to retreat from the waterways controlled by the pirate groups?" Feifei asked: "In this way, it is also very likely to ambush through these unknown waterways and cut off our retreat. "

Colonel Yeager Soback nodded heavily: "This is indeed a very important aspect!" However, after hesitating for a moment, he said: "But when we fought against the pirates, we lost. "

Yu Lian and Feifei exchanged glances, and each saw the surprise flashing in the other's eyes.

Of course, the empire's fleet in the colonies cannot be compared with the local Guards fleet. The quality of the single-wheel crew is even inferior to that of the local sector guard fleet and the princes' fleet. But even so, the imperial army is still the imperial army. The lower limit is already beyond the reach of most countries. No matter what, they should not be defeated by the pirates...

Well, in this universe with super strong men and holy relics from previous civilizations, there are still quite a few Robin Hood stories. There are examples of imperial fleets overturning in the hands of pirates, but these are all placed in the thousands of years of history of the Age of Discovery. In fact, if any pirate really builds a battleship for the Imperial Army, he will definitely be the most handsome kid in the underworld in the universe in the past ten years.

As a result, no news was revealed at all. If it was just the empire that blocked the news, it would not be possible. It could only mean that the pirates on the opposite side also intended to cooperate.

Sobak added: "We did lose, but it was really inexplicable. When we discovered the pirate fleet, before we had time to prepare to start the bombardment, the shield generator and radar on the ship were interfered with. Immediately afterwards, It was a sudden bombardment from a long distance."

"Have pirates mastered such firepower?" Feifei became even more confused.

"I dare not say this. At least the bombardment did not come from the pirate fleet we discovered, but from other directions. Maybe they have ambushes. There are too many lawless places in the New World, and the scale of the pirate group is unimaginable in the mainland. "Soback thought for a moment and then added: "The pirates who attacked us last time in the Shepherd System were the fleet of Greenbeard Odgoth."

This is a familiar name. His active stage spans the New World and the Milky Way galaxy. He can be regarded as a mafia leader who gathers the stars. In terms of reputation and strength, he can also be ranked among the top five pirate kings in the universe.

Of course, how did the pirate fleet cross the star gate and come and go freely between the two galaxies... I can only say that everyone understands what they know, and there is no need to take it seriously if they don't. These days, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.

However, Yu Lian felt that the phenomenon described by the other party had been vaguely mentioned by someone. After thinking for a moment, he said to Soback: "You'd better return to the Snowstorm as soon as possible to take charge."

Seeing that the other party seemed to want to say something else, Yu Lian interrupted: "The imperial soldiers on that ship believed it, but they didn't believe me. To put it bluntly, once a battle breaks out, they might be worried that I would find someone. From the beginning, let you die in the rebellion in a reasonable and legal way."

The corners of Colonel Soback's mouth twitched. Since this guy said this, he must have put this idea on the agenda. He felt that he still had to rush back to the Blizzard immediately.

At this time, Yu Lian had already made a decision: "Let us know, change the direction of march, and go to the Shepherd A galaxy. We have indeed received bad news, but bad news is better than no news."

Soback felt that not only did he need to rush back to the Blizzard, but he even asked the captain and the others to be prepared to flee at any time. He felt that Yu Lian must be prepared to use him and Baolian Xue as cannon fodder for the rear, so he must be equally prepared.

For the next three days, everything was relatively calm. Yu Lian still sleeps less than six hours a day and tries his best to complete all daily affairs to perfection.

As for Colonel Soback, who has returned to the Buran, of course the same is true. In the next three days, all the officers and men on the ship were kept in the highest state of combat readiness. They were even more nervous than when they were conducting reconnaissance in the enemy's rear area last month, which made all the officers and men on the ship feel a little mentally weak.

However, such tension is not meaningless. At least, when the two ships arrived at the Hailing α system, which was one jump away from the Tree Shepherd A system, the imperial radar officer who had been on combat readiness duty received a clear distress signal. And it's real-time, which means that the other party is in this galaxy.

After getting permission from Yu Company, the Snowstorm broke away from the formation, maintained a constant speed, and drove little by little in the direction of the distress signal in a fighting posture. Then, behind the satellite of a desolate planet similar to the earth, a lying ship was seen. An Imperial destroyer dying in a crater.

The condition of this Apocalypse Eagle-class Type 3 destroyer is indeed miserable. Only two-thirds of the hull is left, and the other third was smashed into the desert more than 200 kilometers away and scattered everywhere. It's parts and pieces. Of course, the condition of the two-thirds of the hull is generally intact, but the scarred scratches on it are probably not mentioned, and the various damaged external accessories can also be ignored, but the most fatal damage is There is a transparent hole in the center of the ship. It looks like it was directly penetrated by the rail gun shell.

Generally speaking, after a ship is penetrated, there will be structural damage, triggering a chain reaction that collapses the entire ship. And this destroyer has persisted until now, which can only be said to be a great blessing.

Captain Hongshan was preparing to arrange a rescue team to search and rescue the survivors on the ship in accordance with the usual combat procedures, but Soback trembled and whispered: "Don't forget about the Lion's Den Fortress!"

Now, almost all senior officers already know that the predators have unknown biological weapons in their hands. As a result, many previous tactical training manuals must be replaced.

Fortunately, after being replenished at the Gate of Glory, the personnel on the two ships are still quite complete, including of course professional rescue teams. Colonel Soback then eliminated two landing craft and sent down a company of stormtroopers and two professional medical and insecticide teams.

After passing through the almost scrapped destroyer, they found the survivors hiding behind the thick isolation door on the bridge. There were a total of 4 officers and 28 non-commissioned officers, who were also the only remaining survivors of the destroyer.

Fortunately, no alien monsters were found on the ship. However, Soback still did not dare to be too boastful and did not immediately take these people back to his ship. Instead, he provided some space suits and supplies.

The most senior surviving officer, a Wulfling first mate with an unimportant name, told Sobek through the communication channel that they were the companion ships of the cruiser Sabretooth Tiger and had been attacked three days ago. Our side fought and retreated and fled back to this galaxy. However, due to the serious damage to the ship, we could only try our best to make an emergency landing on this satellite. The captain and most of the crew were also killed in the previous battle and the impact of the final crash landing.

As for the condition of the cruiser Sabre-tooth Tiger, which Soback was most concerned about, the Wolfling first officer recalled that the enemy focused most of its firepower on the largest target, which was the Saber-tooth Tiger. Moments before his own warship jumped to escape, he had already seen with his own eyes how the Saber-toothed Tiger was completely destroyed.

Soback lowered his eyelids and observed three seconds of silence for his old boss before asking: "So, what kind of enemy is it? Is it an ambush from the predators?"

The Wolfling first mate's big round face was as majestic as a bear, but there was obvious fear and confusion. It could be seen that he was indeed frightened by the previous scene, but more importantly, he felt unbelievable that his three views had been subverted.

"What happened to that wound? Was it hit by the Predator's rail gun?" Captain Hongshan also asked.

The first mate said naively: "Well, he was actually hit by a stone?"

Soback and Hongshan looked at each other and felt that this guy was indeed beaten to the point of losing his mind. They couldn't help but sympathize with him. They were about to comfort him when the bridge received a communication request from the Scarlet Throne.

After opening the communication, Yu Lian went straight to the point: "Let the survivors hide. The jump signal was captured in the direction of the Shepherd Galaxy, at least in three digits."