Chapter 1278 Safeguard Measures
Since ancient times, it has been difficult for both sides to carry out covert operations in war.
The larger the size of the army, the easier it is to detect its actions, and it is almost impossible to hide it from the opponent.
The same goes for Alyssa. Even if the void is really empty, thousands of warships thrown in can only be regarded as a drop in the ocean, but the mobilization of the fleet cannot be hidden from the respective investigation teams or even agents.
But similarly, war is not about playing cards brightly. Even on the frontal battlefield, the intelligence received by the rear commanders is lagging, vague, or even wrong.
You need to arrange tactical strategies on a map shrouded in the fog of war, where you can't see the other side and sometimes can't even accurately determine where your own people are.
It's no wonder that commanding is a science, and it's really not a job that ordinary people can do.
This is true on the frontal battlefield, and the small actions behind the scenes are even more confusing. It can even be said that the secret confrontation between the two sides was more active than the frontal battlefield.
This may be one of the reasons why recyclers are unwilling to participate in the war. It is easy to hide from open guns and hard to defend against hidden arrows.
Alyssa was very aware of the danger she was in. They were in enemy-occupied territory, carrying agents to connect with another wave of people. Although she didn't know what they were going to do specifically, she knew from the bottom of her head that it must be intelligence work behind enemy lines.
The powerful combination of absorbers and optical camouflage allows the Swan, a battleship more than 300 meters long, to quickly melt into the air. If there is any problem with the ship coming to join, no matter how hard it is to fire a bombardment, You can still get the upper hand by speeding up and running away.
All we have to do now is wait.
Everyone leaned on the backs of their seats to relax. Only An Yun was still staring at the radar display to ensure that he could detect an approaching ship as soon as possible.
At this time, a beep requesting to enter the bridge came from the rear. Alyssa clicked on the surveillance camera inside the ship and found that it was Shadow Tiger.
"Are we there yet?"
Shadow Tiger immediately floated in. Due to the microgravity environment, the fur all over his body exploded, making him look like a big civet cat with exploded fur.
"We have arrived at the scheduled location, but we have not seen any ships yet."
Shadow Tiger thought for a moment and said:
"I am an outsider in ship navigation. I know that I should not interfere with the captain's decision, but please listen to my opinion."
He said:
"I thought there might be something wrong with the boat that came to join us."
"What's the reason?"
"I was discovered at the hospital's junction. Although the Red Maple Republic did not follow the traces to find me, it is possible that they could trace upwards and discover this operation."
"This operation was an order given directly to me by the military."
"Yes, but there may be problems on the other side. I never doubt the abilities of those colleagues in the Red Maple Republic."
Alyssa thought about it and realized that what Shadow Tiger said was indeed possible. Anyway, it wouldn’t be too much trouble if she had a steady hand.
So Alyssa turned on the light wave inside the ship:
"This is Captain Alyssa, announcing that the entire ship has entered Level 2 combat status. All personnel are in place."
Immediately after turning off the broadcast, she said to Long:
"All weapons start self-checking to ensure that they can be used at any time."
The second level of combat status refers to the non-combatants returning to the cabin, combatants, damage control and mechanic teams all on standby at their respective positions, and the automatic loader starting to operate to load all guns.
Compared with the first-level combat alert, which starts directly and shuts down all non-essential facilities in the ship, the second-level combat alert simply ensures that it can be launched at any time.
If you cannot maintain this state during a long voyage, you will be unable to bear it.
Of course, Alyssa still hopes to complete the handover smoothly.
Now, we need to wait for the connecting ship to arrive.
–‐‐——–‐‐ Time passed little by little. Due to the uncertainty of deep space navigation and the fact that this was still an enemy-occupied area, it was normal for a certain degree of delay to occur even if the connection time was specified.
What's more, Alyssa and the others arrived earlier. It wasn't until the third hour after the boat stopped that An Yun reported:
"The transition signal appears, and the transition will end after ten seconds."
This sentence made everyone on the bridge perk up.
"The jump is over. The target appears on the radar. It has not yet entered visual distance. Based on the signal strength, it is estimated to be a cruiser."
The ship coming to join must not be a big ship, it is usually a cruiser or a high-speed frigate. Considering the concealment, it may also be camouflaged to a certain extent like the Swan.
"Want to initiate communication?"
"No."
Alyssa asked Villania not to worry: "The ship is still a little far away from the joint coordinates. Let's wait until they are close to visual distance."
The image of the optical sighting equipment was brought up to the main screen of the bridge, and everyone stared at the blurry engine light that suddenly appeared in the darkness.
After a while, the engine light began to become clearer, and the shape of the ship's hull gradually entered the visual range of the optical sighting equipment.
Judging from the appearance of the hull, it is a cruiser of the Spinning Water Federation. They like to build the cruiser like a cigar with a built-in bridge, rather than like the Swan, which has an illegal bridge on its back.
It can be seen that they are using conventional navigation to rush to the rendezvous point at full speed. I believe that their radar must have been turned on, but because the Swan has an absorber, they cannot see where the Swan is.
Alyssa did not stop at the meeting point, but kept a little distance. Seeing the other party heading in the direction of the meeting point, it felt like it was right.
But this cruiser didn't seem to have any disguise. If it were forced to say so, it would just have the hull number and the flag and military flag of the Swirling Water Federation obliterated.
With this level of camouflage, although we can say that we are recyclers when questioned, and this ship is a second-hand ship bought from the army of the Spinning Water Federation, is it a bit too ostentatious to operate in enemy-occupied areas with such arrogance? ?
Alyssa vaguely felt something was wrong, but at this time, the cruise ship near the rendezvous point fired red, blue, and yellow flares in sequence, and fired them repeatedly according to the agreed pattern.
This is a secret code for the connection. In order to ensure the safety of both parties, the two parties will not communicate by video phone during the connection process. It is best not to even communicate with each other.
The signal was correct, but I still felt vaguely uneasy.
Looking back at Shadow Tiger, his cat face also looked serious.
Noticing Alyssa looking over, Shadow Tiger said:
"I completely obey your decision, Captain, but please be careful, something is indeed wrong."
Alyssa nodded, it seemed that this thing was not her fault.
"Remove the optical camouflage, turn off the absorber, send out a light signal, and let the ship come over."
The Swan immediately emerged from stealth and fired one flare after another, immediately attracting the attention of the cruiser. It changed its course slightly and flew towards the Swan.
"Sanna?"
"Ah? What's the matter, sister Alyssa."
Shanafia was lying on the porthole behind the bridge looking out of boredom, but she was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"You and a few others will accompany Yinghu for the handover later. If there are any problems, bring Yinghu back immediately."
"Okay, no problem, leave it to me."
Shanafia patted her chest happily, which made Shadow Tiger a little confused.
The safeguard is this little elf girl who is no taller than my waist?
(End of this chapter)