Chapter 1723 Demon’s Throat, I’m back again
"Devil's Throat, I'm back!" Horatio Wayne looked at the galaxy that had the most appearance in the past Conviction War, and looked at the galaxy where he had also shed his blood, and he was filled with emotion for a moment.
When he was twenty-six years old, all he could see were his figures when he was twenty-four.
"It's now called Dawn Pass." Kent reminded him expressionlessly.
"The fortress was renamed Unity Fortress, but it's not as appropriate as the old name." Wayne sneered.
Of course, everyone has seen the deformed remains of the Fortress of Unity. At first glance, the huge space relic looks like a shriveled apple core that has lost its moisture. It is full of historical scars and can make people feel cold all over.
Kent now only thinks that the thing looks very evil. However, if you think about it carefully, it makes sense that the corpses of hundreds of thousands of people are also incorporated into this huge solid steel "apple core".
And the situation is just as everyone imagined. More engineering ships are about less than 300,000 kilometers away from the wreckage of the Unity Fortress, busy like worker bees.
The framework of a space city has been set up.
"Do we really want to rebuild the fortress? No, we have to build a brand new fortress from scratch." Wayne said.
"No, in terms of scale, it's not the size of a fortress. It's more like a functional space city." Kent said.
"In other words, it is the initial stage for the construction of the fortress."
This inference is quite logical.
However, Kent felt that things were not that simple. Using a radio telescope, he saw with his own eyes many engineering ships circling around the ruins of Tuanjie Fortress, like flies jumping on a large group of graves.
However, because the distance is too far, the image is very blurry, and the specific work is really unclear.
He really wanted to get closer and take a closer look, but he also knew that this was unrealistic.
Afterwards, everyone quickly found a large area of fully formed space facilities in the outer orbit of the galaxy. From orbital power stations to mining plants to refineries, everything is covered.
It’s easy to understand. After all, Dawn Pass is part of the Dawn Star Domain. Although there are no habitable planets and there are large and dense asteroid belts, it is also rich in mineral resources.
It is actually quite convenient to build a fortress in this kind of galaxy. Although some high-tech core components still need to be shipped from China, the various materials that consume the most can be sourced locally.
Obviously, this is the pass of the Dawn Star Territory and an important construction site. Of course, the empire will carry out very strict control. Although the size of the Venn fleet was almost negligible, it still alerted the defenders' attention.
The good news is that there really aren't many defenders.
The bad news, even if it wasn't much, was easy to deal with the cats and dogs.
Soon, five heavy cruisers and a light carrier rushed over from near the construction site.
However, their movements were obviously hesitant. They were not fast and always had the feeling of turning back three times with one step, as if they were worried that a new enemy ship would suddenly emerge from the gravity well and give them a shameless sneak attack.
...It is understandable that Yang Fleet has used this trick several times.
Taking advantage of this gap, the fragile boats of the Venn fleet had already plunged into the asteroid belt. After surviving a circle and a half in the ice crystal maze surrounding the outer reaches of the galaxy, they suddenly rushed towards an already built orbital refinery. passed.
After conducting similar operations four or five times, the Imperial fleet stationed in this system also hesitated. They may have been worried that the main force of the Yang fleet would be killed in the direction from which the Wien fleet came, so they refocused their forces near the construction site.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Venn fleet also successfully returned to the Dawn Channel under the cover of the asteroid belt, and then returned to the vast world.
Of course, this is actually partly because the empire has limited troops here, and its first priority is to protect the construction site and various production facilities, so it has no choice but to let Wien's small fleet go.
"This reflects two things. First, the empire attaches great importance to the Dawn Pass project, and rebuilding the Unity Fortress represents their strategic considerations." Wayne said.
"Perhaps it's not just about rebuilding the fortress." Kent was still doubtful. "Second, the empire's military strength in the Dawn Star Territory is indeed decreasing." Wayne said again.
As it turns out, Horatio Vane's mind, however simple, is intermittent. He is a born fierce general who actually possesses a natural sense of tactics and the ability to act decisively.
He should also be the community commander who led the fleet to break through the Dawn Pass blockade for the first time since the war began.
Once the fleet reaches the Dawn Passage, subsequent operations will be much easier.
As we all know, this is a holy heavenly road that connects the Dawn Star Territory and the New World Highway, and also connects the empire and the homeland of the community. If the war had not occurred, it was almost certain that within a decade this waterway would become one of the busiest trade routes in the known universe.
However, there are actually many branches in the various galaxies that make up this channel. If these branches with different routes to the same destination are arranged and combined patiently, more than twenty routes can actually be formed.
So, of course, this also gives the people on earth full use of space.
At that time, Eleanor Bonaparte and her powerful Thirteenth Fleet were able to compete with the Imperial fleet on the Dawn Channel. The boat is gone.
Occasionally they would encounter oncoming enemy patrol fleets and transport fleets, but they could always avoid the danger with little risk, and occasionally find opportunities to take a bite.
Of course they also knew that there must be an angry Imperial fleet chasing after them, but as long as they couldn't catch up, they could completely ignore it.
In short, the voyage that followed for more than two weeks was basically the smoothest voyage of the Wien fleet.
In this way, after returning to the Fortress of Unity for the first time in a year, the Earthlings' warships returned to the new continent highway after a year.
When it was about to approach the Iris Galaxy, the lightly armed Venn fleet finally caught the Vulcan Airan. By this time, it was already the end of April.
They almost witnessed with their own eyes the huge battleship painted in crimson, flashing past the end of the sky and entering the jump orbit.
"This direction is not the Gate of Glory...but the direction of New Lushun." Kent said.
The two exchanged glances, each seeing the worry in the other's eyes. The movement of the imperial fleet is not surprising, but if it does happen, it will still bring heavy pressure to people.
"As for Marshal Farrell, does he think New Port Arthur and New Yumen are more important than the threat from Yang's fleet?"
"They have changed the way they fight. They just want to build a fortress in Dawn Pass to lock us down. After all, they don't know the existence of the Star Gate yet. As for the Vulcan, there must be other ideas." Kent pondered for a moment.
"I know, in fact, we need to go through the New World to penetrate the Nantian Gate." Horatio Wayne said: "As long as Gibraltar is captured, the connection between the outer ring, the far coast, New China and the mainland will be severed. The fortress is blocked. Although the main force of our army is still our largest strategic group with heavy troops, it will definitely become a lonely force."
This guy looks simple-minded, but in fact he is just too lazy to use his brain in areas that he is not interested in. However, only in terms of war, he is really terrifyingly sharp!
Kent looked at his friend with admiration and nodded with a heavy expression: "But... if it is to pass through the New World Highway, it will be difficult for the empire to maintain a large fleet. It should be difficult for them to break through the defense lines of Gibraltar and the outer ring fleet."
"What if the enemy comes from the direction of Blood Gate and West End?"
"The Blood Gate has been razed to the ground by Yu Lian. The entire Kaitai Kingdom after the Blood Gate has also been in turmoil. The Terrabi people have even established an independent country. I heard that they are still asking for the recognition of the empire and the canonization of the emperor. In addition, Guang The tens of billions of refugees pouring into the empire can leave him with no time to take care of the border sector, let alone the logistics of maintaining the main fleet. "Kent had a different opinion:
"However, they will never leave the refugees and the vassal states in civil strife alone. This will cause a huge blow to the prestige of the Galactic Empire."
At this point, Kent also felt a bit pity. If I were in my hometown, I would definitely make great efforts to collect information in this area. There is actually a lot of space that can be used, and maybe it can add fire to the empire.
"Indeed, it is difficult to build prestige, but it is easy to tear it down." Venn agreed.
"Even if there is an imperial fleet, it will only be small-scale, focusing on harassment and response."
"That guy is actually quite crazy. If I were there, I should have made the same judgment, but maybe not so decisively. Blessed by the spirit of the universe, he was right. Now the threat from the direction of the Blood Gate has been basically eliminated. "Wayne changed the subject:
"However, even a small-scale fleet to respond to the attack will definitely distract Marshal Bonaparte's attention. The empire has limited troops that can attack Nantianmen, but Nantianmen's troops are not stretched at all?"
Kent was speechless. Of course he knew that in order to maintain Said's front, Gibraltar's troops had been supporting it for several rounds. In addition, the Outer Rim Fleet even managed to squeeze out a group of fleets to stand by in New China, hiding behind the Tower of Babel to serve as backup for the Yang fleet.
"As long as the empire shows enough threat in the direction of Nantianmen... I don't know how, but they will definitely find a way, and that will be enough to cut off the entire outer ring and the far bank's retreat. When that time comes, If the main force of Saide's enemy launches a full-scale attack again, even Yulian will feel in a dilemma, right? "