The two fleets of the Free Army (formerly the Charno Front) and the 'Ninth' and 'Abyss' fleets have completely withdrawn from the frontline battlefield and secretly moved near the border between Charno and the Holy Alliance, while the other two fleets launched from Annoki. The fleet is also on its way secretly sailing.
?According to estimates from the headquarters, the entire assembly operation may take a month.
By then, nearly 60,000 interstellar battleships will converge at the secret assembly point with the combined fleet led by Yi Lexiang, who has emerged from the hinterland of the Imperial Alliance. Coupled with related supply ships, logistics ships, transport ships and various light vessels, the total number of ships of the Free Army will exceed 100,000, and the total number of combatants and non-combatants of all types will exceed 80 million. It can be said that this is the largest fleet in the history of Charnor. Even during the last interstellar war, Charnor did not assemble so many interstellar troops at once. After that, the control of this huge interstellar fleet will be completely transferred to Yi Lexiang's hands, and the Charno Command will no longer interfere with its command and stop all material supplies to avoid confirming the truth.
The withdrawal of so many starship troops from the front line of defense also left Charno's frontal defense at its weakest moment since the war began.
The Starfleet Force of the Democratic Alliance is still being assembled. Someone must do something to slow down the assembly of the Imperial Alliance, and the combined fleet deep in the hinterland is undoubtedly the best candidate.
The combined fleet is traveling in space along a non-existent route, which is less than 1 million kilometers away from the Tobis Empire's interstellar defense line. It is just outside the monitoring range of the Tobis Empire's interstellar radar, and is 30 kilometers away from their core area. Within a certain distance, the fleet completely relies on initial power to glide in space.
Under the cover of the dark cosmic background and the starship's camouflage force field, the Tobis Empire's reconnaissance ships never discovered that a star fleet was sailing silently under their noses.
"General, if we keep our current course unchanged, in thirty Earth hours, we will pass through this narrow area and enter the next empire."
This is the reason why Yi Lexiang chose Tobis Empire.
The Tobis Empire is the most powerful empire in this star field.
According to normal people¡¯s thinking, the combined fleet that goes deep behind enemy lines should avoid the Tobis Empire star field, but Yi Lexiang can always see details that are difficult for ordinary people to discover.
The Tobis Empire star field is quite irregular, which is the result of many years of border conflicts. Relying on its strong military strength, the Tobis Empire continues to encroach on neighboring countries. The area where the United Fleet is currently traveling is the best evidence.
This is a bulge located between the Nikola Empire and the Helmos Empire, less than a light-year apart. The top of the bulge is a resource star rich in minerals. Three years ago, Tobis brazenly sent troops to forcibly Occupied this planet located between the interstellar dividing line between the two countries.
If the Combined Fleet can maintain covert navigation, they can pass through the Tobes Empire undetected without conflicting with its star fleet. The national power of Helmos is much inferior to that of the Tobis Empire. The most important thing is that according to Yi Lexiang's calculations, there is also a hidden space gate in the Helmos Empire that directly connects to the 'Black Star Area' , so that they can return to the 'Black Star Area' for supplies and rest, and then choose another space gate to escape.
"Well, stay alert."
As time goes by, the interstellar reconnaissance ships of the Tobis Empire appear more and more frequently.
The combined fleet has disappeared from the sight of the imperial intelligence agencies for a long time, which makes all the empires in this area nervous. The appearance of the Charnorian star fleet was always accompanied by a sudden attack without warning. No empire was willing to bear such a blow, and the Tobis Empire was no different. They kept sending more reconnaissance ships to try to find the Charno fleet before they launched an attack. According to the intelligence provided by the High Command, the Charno fleet that entered the hinterland of the empire was well-equipped and possessed concealment and camouflage technology that the imperial people had not yet mastered. The imperial fleet was facing a powerful enemy.
"General, our unmanned detection boat discovered that there are heavy troops stationed on the border of the Hermos Empire." Chen Yatian handed the latest information to Yi Lexiang.
"In other words, we can't sneak across the interstellar dividing line." Yi Lexiang stroked his chin. They had been fighting in the hinterland of the empire for a while. A messy beard grew on his chin, which made him look like Much more mature.
"This is very detrimental to us. Once the Empire discovers our whereabouts, we will be attacked from both sides by the Tobis Empire and the Hermos Empire." Li Shaojun clicked on the starry sky map. This protrusion was too narrow, and the Empire's The battleships would arrive in less than an Earth time. If the Imperial Fleet bites the tail, the United Fleet cannotCan drive to that secret space door.
¡°And the Helmos Empire purchased anti-jump force fields at the border.¡± Li Shaojun added.
Yi Lexiang¡¯s brows wrinkled, this was something he didn¡¯t expect. He had some doubts as to whether his fleet was making too much noise.
Anti-jump force fields are undoubtedly the best way to prevent local warships from carrying out jump raids, but deploying such force fields also means huge energy consumption. Generally speaking, except for capital stars and important military and economic targets, few countries will build large-scale anti-jump force fields on their borders.
The universe is so big that there is no defense line without loopholes. This shows that the panic caused by the combined fleet within the Imperial Alliance is far greater than Yi Lexiang expected. Of course, the fragile psychological endurance of the imperial nobles is also a factor in this result.
"How about we make another jump? Before we enter the anti-jump force field." Chen Yatian always enjoys interstellar jumps.
"We don't have detailed spatial data. Isn't it a bit risky to do this?" Li Shaojun said hesitantly. As an intelligence officer, he lacked a little adventurous spirit compared with military commanders.
Yi Lexiang called up the interstellar panorama of the Hermos Empire, and the empire alliance countries shared intelligence, which allowed the combined fleet to master detailed starry sky maps. This place is too far away from Orbis, and Bazan and the others cannot reach here. Everything can only rely on the United Fleet itself.
"Where is this place?" Yi Lexiang asked, pointing to a large empty star field on the starry sky map.
Li Shaojun looked at it carefully and compared it with the information in his hand, "This is the capital of Helmos, the planet Tatar. As early as more than a hundred years ago, His Majesty, the first emperor of Helmos, moved the capital to his own safety. Moved here. To be precise, Taitar is a 'black star', and there is no planet nearby for the fleet to settle."
"Oh?!" Yi Lexiang nodded.
He remembered that Helmos was the only country that built its capital on the ¡®black star¡¯, and there were relevant records in the history books. Although this greatly increases the difficulty of supplying materials to the capital, it will also become extremely difficult for the enemy to attack here. Of course, there is no evidence that this black star has any similarity with the 'black star' discovered by the United Fleet in the 'black star area'. Taitar is a naturally formed 'black star'.
"What if we jump here directly? Without other stars as support, the coverage of the anti-jump force field here should be quite limited. And the possibility of us running into other things can be minimized."
"I think it's okay." Chen Yatian lowered his head and calculated on the tactical platform for a while, "The probability of an accident is only 28%."
"That means there is still a 28% chance that the fleet will hit something?" Li Shaojun shook his head worriedly. He always likes to do things that are 100% sure. This may be related to the fact that he has been engaged in intelligence work.
"Then let's bet our luck." Yi Lexiang agreed with Chen Yatian's suggestion. The secret of the space gate is the trump card for the fleet's survival, and it can never be detected by the empire.
Li Shaojun shrugged his shoulders, knowing that the final result would be like this.
The petite bodies of the two Tobis Empire's detective ships moved lightly across space. The ship's pilots carefully placed the detective ships at the edge of the interstellar radar's scanning range. In this way, once an unpredictable situation occurs, the defensive fleet will immediately discover it. This is a more commonly used auxiliary detection method.
The Kepler active radar on the bow of the ship continuously releases exploration waves into space. The radar soldiers on the reconnaissance ship concentrated on analyzing the various reflected waves fed back.
There seems to be nothing in the vast universe, but it is actually extremely lively.
In the ears of radar monitors, the universe is like a huge farmer's market, with various cosmic radiations and frequency waves such as background radiation and pulse waves filling the vacuum. Although the smart brain will filter out most of them through technical means, professionally trained radar monitors still need to manually screen the remaining signals.
The two Tobis detective ships detected a huge spatial fluctuation almost at the same time.
The wavelength of the spatial fluctuations is quite short, indicating that the location where the spatial fluctuations occur is quite close to them.
The radar monitors on the two detective boats pressed the alarm buttons in front of them at the same time. This was not a natural space fluctuation. Only starships could emit such sudden and short fluctuations when they jumped. What they needed to confirm was that this was a jump. Out is still a leap in.
The small unmanned detection radar was released from the belly of the detective ship's hull and quickly rushed towards the location where the wave was emitted.
The detective ship made a graceful rowIn an arc, the bow of the ship was pointed at its own base, ready to evacuate at any time. From this detail alone, it can be judged that the soldiers of the Tobis Empire are quite powerful in combat.