Chapter 1724 An unexpected meeting
Wayne's judgment is naturally very reasonable. However, even now he can't actually come up with a specific strategy for what can and should be done next.
"Let's do some more reconnaissance. If the empire really takes the New World Highway to threaten Nantianmen, we are also obliged to determine the approximate size of their fleet." Michiel Kent said.
This is an assertion that is at least unmistakable. After all, everyone’s mission is to investigate.
However, when this time comes, it becomes increasingly difficult to continue the investigation mission. Wayne even believed that compared to playing hide and seek in the Dawn Star Territory, it would be more dangerous to investigate on the highways of the New World.
The fleet was originally planning to follow the Vulcan Airan all the way, but as soon as they arrived at the Iris Cross System, they suddenly discovered that a high-speed strike fleet composed of fearless, armored assault carriers and battle cruisers was waiting here. Routine maintenance is being carried out.
Needless to say, the outpost space station built by the Community here during the Condemnation War has been occupied for a whole year and has been converted into a dry dock and hangar.
The assault ships and Purple Lightning Dragon fighters that were patrolling the galaxy were wandering like hounds, exuding an aura of loyalty and cruelty.
The Venn Fleet said "Excuse me", retreated back to the original route, changed to a fork in the road, and hid in Tibet for several days. The most dangerous time was when they were really surrounded by enemy squadrons three times their size.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, most of these enemies are from the Imperial Alliance Army, and there are still certain problems with coordination. When the Venn fleet showed a desperate momentum, ignoring the surroundings and only advancing forward bravely, the encirclement net was quickly torn open.
Even so, the fleet still suffered a lot of damage. A light cruiser was sunk, and a seriously injured destroyer could not be rescued during the transfer process and had to be abandoned.
As the flagship, the Victory, which was always on the front line, also suffered a few shells. The most deadly one, the explosion even caused an earthquake on the bridge. As the captain and commander, Wayne also fell and hit his head.
However, as the saying goes, dancing within the enemy's control always requires risking one's life.
After all, Horatio Wayne and his comrades managed to escape the enemy's pursuit while retaining most of their combat power.
But then, they immediately discovered that they were getting farther and farther away from New Port Arthur, and instead they were getting closer to the Empire's Gate of Glory Colonial Sector.
Unfortunately, under the surveillance of the already prepared imperial fleet, they could hardly find a chance to return to the main channel, so they could only bite the bullet and continue to explore forward.
However, what is certain is that since the enemy has deployed heavy troops here, it can be confirmed by just thinking with your toes that they are indeed preparing to use Xinyumen as a springboard to attack Nantianmen. This also proves that Wayne's guess is indeed correct.
Moreover, the person responsible for fighting in this direction must be Marshal Farrell on the Vulcan Airan.
In addition, in addition to the Vulcan, there are at least two more dreadnoughts responsible for the attack in the direction of Nantianmen. This is what Wen and the others saw with their own eyes in the Iris Cross Galaxy.
"As you said, the New World Highway cannot sustain a large fleet." Wayne said.
"Compared with Saide's six Titans, this is indeed not a large fleet." Mihir said: "I still firmly believe that the combat power of the Imperial Army in the direction of Nantianmen is actually relatively balanced with that of Nantianmen."
"Relatively...right?"
"It's actually hard for me to imagine that Marshal Farrell would be a reckless and stubborn person. He may have some conspiracy."
In this year's guerrilla war in the Dawn Star Territory, the Imperial Army, which had an absolutely superior force, performed very ugly, but Yang Xiyi spoke highly of him. In this long hide-and-seek battle, the Imperial Army did lose troops, but important nodes including the Ring of Miracles were always firmly in the hands of the Empire, and the Yang Fleet's action space and combat capabilities were indeed being compressed bit by bit. . If the Tower of Babel had not appeared, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Yang Xiyi also believed that if the person in charge of the Dawn Star Territory was not Marshal Farrell, he might have recovered the Ring of Miracles.
...Of course, these words are just talking, and they are not like Yang Xiyi's style at all. They are probably the result of taking words out of context to spread falsehoods. However, in the minds of Yang Fleet, Marshal Farrell is indeed a scheming and troublesome enemy. image.
Yang Xiyi himself is indeed a master who likes to use tricks to trick people's mentality, but who can guarantee that his opponent is not?
Therefore, in the following period, the Venn fleet could only send its reconnaissance report in the direction of the Dawn Star Field in the form of encrypted gravitational waves. They didn't know if Yang Xiyi could receive the message, and they didn't know if the imperial army would intercept or even decipher the message. Of course, they were not sure whether they could get a response and next instructions.
At this time, everything is just a matter of knowing what fate is.
While waiting anxiously, the only thing that could give Wayne some relief was the occasional hunt.
Watching the Imperial transport ship disintegrate into space junk in the void, Horatio Vane could always make himself laugh, and this time was certainly no exception. Probably because of the very successful sneak attack, the fleet captured a considerable amount of supplies and even three prisoners from this fat and strong Angmang transport ship.
This was probably the most cost-effective hunting operation in the past few times, and he himself did feel a little relieved.
If Mihir Kentgu hadn't reminded him, even with this seizure, only half of the ammunition and energy reserves would be left. He should probably be more pleased for a longer period of time.
"It seems that we need to increase the frequency of hunting?" Wayne thought.
"That will only increase the possibility of us being surrounded and suppressed." Kent showed a light and free smile, as if he had reconciled with the filth and blood of the entire universe:
"But it's not a big deal. We have done our best."
"Don't show such an expression of generously willing to die, okay? I also feel that sooner or later, I will become a martyr, but it must not be today. It must not be today!" Wayne said angrily.
Kent laughed, this time it was not calm but full of life, and then replied; "This Angmang transport ship called Chi Ya No. 41 is not heading towards New Port Arthur. From the survival of the captives This can be confirmed from the information of the author and the captured voyage log.”
Wayne was immediately interested. During this period, the transport ships intercepted by his fleet were basically running back and forth between New Lushun and the Gate of Glory. This time, it was a bit of a fresh experience.
"What do these Angmans monkeys want?"
"There is a place called Lanza Galaxy? Do you have any impressions?" Kent asked.
Wayne was startled for a moment, then fell into deep thought. It took him nearly ten seconds to dig out a bit of information from a certain trench in the cerebral cortex: "I remember, it was before the Condemnation War, and we were exploring before launching a siege on the Marauder's Devil's Throat Fortress. Action, is it a joint action between us and the empire?”
Kent nodded: "Of course this is the official statement, and there are a lot of inside stories. Lan is talking about Zhenren Lan, and Sa is referring to Duke Sartolan. However, the real organizer is actually Boss Yu Lian, and It involves the battle between the Enlightenment Treasure and the Extraordinary One. I heard that the decisive battle between Zhenren Lan and Duke Sadolan was almost going to take place in advance.”
"Oh, Lanza Galaxy!" Wayne laughed.
"Of course, the final result is indeed co-management by the two countries. It is said that they put aside disputes and jointly develop." Kent waved his hands.
"Duke Sadolan is dead, but the empire has no intention of changing its name."
"They are not reduced to the point where they need to use this method to erase the enemy's existence."
At this point, both of them suddenly felt a little sad.
There was a time when the Blue Star Community and the Galactic Empire were actually very close. In fact, even the two soldiers had longed for the grand scene of the two countries jointly developing the Dawn Nebula and bringing "peace for a generation" to the entire universe.
Kent even really considered entering politics after retiring. Yu Lian's comment "You are qualified to be prime minister" still had a great impact on him. He was still naive and had never thought that Yu Lian had said the same thing to many people.
"I seem to have heard that there is more than one habitable planet in that galaxy, but only the Interstellar Development Company is doing preliminary work?" Wayne said.
If it were in the Milky Way itself, once such a wealthy galaxy was discovered, it would definitely be big news that year, and there would definitely be at least a dozen countries jumping out to declare their sovereignty with various reasonable or nonsense reasons. Of course, in the end, they still could only act based on the colors of the Alliance and the Empire.
But no matter what, the country of discovery will definitely devote the greatest manpower and material resources to the development of the galaxy. Even if large-scale immigration is not possible, space facilities that can represent sovereignty will be built as soon as possible.
This is in the New World, and because of the Dawn Starfield, which can be called the essence of the universe, the Lanza Galaxy has suddenly become a has-been Internet celebrity, and can only be initially explored by private companies.
"Yes, the empire doesn't know. Our side is the North Wind Planet Development Company...well, it is the Interstellar Development Company controlled by the People's Alliance." Kent's expression was quite complicated.
Horatio Wayne was naturally even more shocked: "Is this what he expected?"
Kent spread his hands to express that he could not answer, and added: "When the war started, the people from Beifeng Company were still on the planet, but they lost contact later."
"What a bunch of pitiful people..." Wayne expressed his humanitarian sympathy for these unknown people, and then said suspiciously: "Wait a minute, you don't want to go there to have a look, do you?"
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Kent smiled: "We captured new route information from the Amans. It is better than the one taken during the joint exploration operation. It was probably explored by the empire during this time. This may be considered a good idea. The escape route. The Angmans prisoner said that the empire has built a space outpost and planetary forward base in the Lanza system, but the garrison there is almost negligible. If we really do. When you run out of ammunition and food, just hide in that galaxy and become a savage.”
"...Hahaha!" Wayne felt that the joke was still a bit stiff, but out of support for his friend, he still tried his best to laugh.
"I have experience in base construction. Lanza's Holy Land Planet is better than Waterheim's underground cave." Kent added.
Wayne was no longer sure if this was a joke.
However, after all, he is not a rigid-minded old stubborn. After thinking for a while, he said: "Anyway, the channels of the New World Highway are blocked. We can indeed explore in that direction."
Kent reminded again: "According to the captured voyage log, if the empire's transport ship to Lanza is really once a week, we may encounter the ship returning."
"Then take it easy," Horatio Vene wrote lightly.
Anyway, the fleet really has no way to go. Now that there is new star map and channel information, it is probably like a hamster spinning in a maze that suddenly breaks through the paper wall and finds a new path. It is inevitable to start having fun. of.
As for people like Horatio Vane, they even began to rage.
They guessed the beginning, but not the end.
Two days later, in an unknown star system temporarily named "Lanza Passage" by the empire, the Victory met a strange small ship.
It was an unremarkable triangular interstellar cruise ship. Its outline was slightly imperial-style, but it was packed with too many irregular accessories, and the overall appearance of the whole ship suddenly became very civilian.
The scary thing is that the Victory was only discovered when it was at a safe distance on the other side. At that time, everyone on the ship was so shocked that they were jumping up and down.
However, it had no intention of avoiding it. It approached it at a constant speed and actively communicated, revealing the face of a tall, toned purple-skinned beauty.
"I am Agnes, an ordinary adventurer who occasionally passes by." She said seriously.