Him and their stars.

Chapter 923 A lot of guerrilla habits
This situation was a bit beyond Yu Lian's expectation.

So far, according to the scouting fleet's six months of exploration, two stable waterways have been determined from NR18 at the middle end of the New Continent Highway to the Devil's Labyrinth star field, which naturally constitute the supply route for the expeditionary fleet.The two lanes will overlap and intersect in the three galaxies of DL07, DL14 and DL17 respectively.

Of course, the current expeditionary fleet has formed two groups - the Empire faction and the Community faction.Even if the relationship between the two factions is not good-neighborly and friendly, they must be deeply enmity.Although both parties are members of the Galactic Civilization Council and are friendly allies in the legal sense, they are actually decent people with a clear mind. The supply channels of one's own side are clearly separated, do not disturb each other, and live in peace.The supply fleets of the two sides occasionally meet in galaxies with overlapping channels, and they will keep a safe distance, and give each other a safe blessing or something in a dignified manner.

But no matter what, the end points of these two supply channels are the galaxy where the Thirteenth Fleet of the Community had a fierce battle with the Predator Fleet. Now it has been controlled by the military and is temporarily named "Demon Frontier".

Now, this border galaxy of the Demon Realm has become the frontline headquarters of the two expeditionary fleets, gathering more than [-] warships for a long time.Various semi-fixed orbital military facilities are being built on the orbit of the planet, even including two temporary fortresses.The only terrestrial planet in the galaxy, a frozen planet and a desert planet, is also establishing temporary mining bases and military supplies production lines—most of the professional military consumables need to be produced professionally in the rear, but some relatively simple ones Military capital, however, can be produced on-site with local materials from the fleet's own equipment.

Admiral Connerys on Earth made up his mind to "strengthen the stronghold and fight a dull war", but why didn't King Thorane on the other side of the empire do the same?This is actually the most suitable method when one's own troops have an absolute advantage and have blocked all the enemy's room to move.

Real famous players don't all play left and right horizontal jumps at the limit, but choose the right tactics at the right time.

In short, the huge frontier galaxy of the Demon Realm has indeed been operated by the main fleets of the two countries so that it cannot be penetrated by a needle or splashed by water.The Predator didn't mean to send a fleet across this galaxy, even sending one or two scout ships would be absolutely impossible.

However, in the DL14 galaxy located in the middle of the supply route, the predator fleet did appear and was attacking the supply fleet.

Doesn't this mean that there is actually a third waterway here?Yu Lian immediately thought of this possibility, or rather, it was the only possibility.

It can't be that the Predator Fleet has already mastered some ancient black technology that can jump into subspace, right?If this is the case, why bother to farm in the New World?Isn't it good to jump directly to Tianyu and Nefei to ride face output?
Feifei also thought of this possibility, so she lowered her voice and said, "The gray fairy helped you unlock the sky of the Devil's Starfield last time, but didn't he give you a detailed star map?"

"There is only a rough one. She said that this era of the universe belongs to us. It is also the most important to explore by our own strength..."

No way, this riddle robot can always find a seemingly normal reason.What can I say?

At this time, Wayne had already turned around the battle scene detected by his own fleet.

As an excellent liaison officer of the logistics department, Yu Lian was familiar with the astronomical conditions of all the planets on the supply route, and quickly recognized that the battle took place on the orbit of the sixth planet in the DL14 galaxy.

This planet, tentatively numbered DL14-05, is a super-giant gas giant planet, even larger than the giant Jupiter of the solar system by more than one circle, and its mass exceeds the latter by nearly [-]%—— Of course, this is a rough calculation.

In addition, this giant planet has a very gorgeous halo, and has thirteen satellites of different sizes, two of which still have a considerable amount of solid water and air, which at first glance seems to be a miniature star system.

When this galaxy was first discovered, the empire is said to have carefully considered the possibility of developing immigrants on these two satellites.But the universe is so big, it is estimated that even if this generation of civilization kills itself, all kinds of livable planets will not be able to reach full capacity, so why invest resources here for immigration?
So far, all colonization on non-naturally habitable planets actually has certain military and political attributes. DL14, a barren galaxy located in the middle of a remote channel, does not yet see the value in this regard.

Yu Lian reckoned that the predator's attack fleet should be hiding near the orbit of the planet DL14-05, using the planet's magnificent halo to cover its tracks, so that it caught the Imperial supply fleet by surprise.

The Predator fleet is composed of four medium-sized fire-breathing ships, four motherships, and more than twenty small ships of various types.As for the empire, the ones still resisting are two heavy cruisers, five light cruisers, and less than ten destroyers.As for those that have been sunk and turned into wreckage, it is really difficult to count for a while.

However, the problem with the crisis is that the empire's escort fleet has almost been completely penetrated by the predators, completely separating them from the three super-large transport ships that are comparable in size to the Titan ships.

Now, the four ugly predator motherships have flown to the side of the chubby transport ship, continuously smashing down the landing craft full of stormtroopers.At first glance, it looks like some kind of parasite that has torn a wound on its prey and laid eggs in it.

"If we ignore it, they might still last for two hours," Feifei said.

"In two hours... Maybe the reinforcements from the empire can arrive?" Yu Lian said.

You know, in order to maintain the safety of the supply line, in addition to having a dedicated escort fleet, the wealthy empire also organized three patrol fleets, which have been running back and forth along the entire waterway.To be honest, if the predators were really blocked in their lair by their own army, the patrol fleet would be suspected of wasting its troops.However, with enough troops in hand, there is indeed willful capital.

In addition, although the imperial fleet has an aggressive combat style, it is precisely because of this that the safety protection of the supply line has always been the top priority of their work.Whether it is the patrol fleet or the escort fleet, they are actually in charge of the most elite Imperial Navy warships.

If this is the case, maybe they can still persist until the arrival of the patrol fleet.

"The other party is busy with the war, maybe they didn't find Wayne and the others, but they can continue to watch." Feifei suggested.

Yu Lian thought that although I have such thoughts, how can I say such words?
"However, there will be diplomatic hidden dangers, and even great military hidden dangers. Since we are allies, we have the obligation to rescue." Feifei added.

Indeed, at least on the battlefield against the Marauders, the two sides were indeed allies.

At this time, Wayne sent a new battle situation: a heavy cruiser of the empire was hit by a proton torpedo on the side of the ship, and the hull was obviously broken.

... What kind of empire elite is this.

"Confirmed, it's not an imperial warship, but the Kaitai fleet." Wentong reported.At this time, perhaps the reconnaissance drone sent by our own fleet was already very close to the battlefield, and unexpectedly took a large picture nearby and forwarded it.Thus, Yu Lian, who was thousands of light-years away at the new Lushun base, saw the tragedy of a cruiser under siege at close range.

It was a Pegasus-class heavy cruiser designed and built by the Empire.Of course, it is also the heavy cruiser that the empire sells the most in the international arms market, and even gave production authorization to more than a dozen "allies".

But now this Tianma-class battleship that is being besieged, the exterior painting is quite normal, and the overall background color of army green can be regarded as quite satisfactory at least.However, there seems to be a lot of sharp and undulating pendants outside the hull, which should increase the firepower of the ship.In this way, the ship as a whole seems to be more ferocious and mighty, but it seems to violate the overall engineering aesthetics, and it seems very uncoordinated.

Come on, Kaitai people.No one but these big cats would do the stupid thing that amounts to posting a picture of a sports car with a streamlined aesthetic.

Sure enough, the claw emblem of Kaitai Kingdom's Space Fleet appeared on the side of the ship at the right time.It's just that the bloody silver sharp claw has been torn open with a big piercing wound, and it is still blazing.

"Why did the empire let the Kaitais be responsible for the fleet escort? Shouldn't the cannon fodder fleets of the dependent countries rush to the front line to fill in the line?" Yu Lian felt that this situation was really unreasonable.

fishing?He thought of this possibility, but looking at the four big and round transport ships, they were ancient holy military military ships capable of transporting hundreds of millions of tons of supplies at a time.Even if it is as rich and powerful as an empire, it is unlikely to use this kind of ship as bait.

However, whether it is reasonable or not, such a situation did happen.

Yu Lian believed that if it was really the elite Imperial Guard Fleet, it would definitely persevere to the end even in the face of a surprise attack by a superior enemy force.Regardless of whether the reinforcements from the empire arrive in two hours or take more time, they are very likely to create miracles.

It can be replaced by Kaitai people... In all fairness, although these fierce big cats were hanged and beaten by the outer ring fleet before, they actually still have quite a lot of fighting power.However, probably because of the national nature, Kaitai cat people are better at attacking with all their strength regardless of their heads, but they are really not good at this kind of defensive headwind.

"Our side has launched the A-type standard escort formation." Horatio Venn said: "It can be changed to a confrontation formation at any time."

His meaning was very clear, whether it was reinforcements in the past, observation in secret, or even leaving directly when nothing happened, his side was already prepared, but this required Yu Lian to make a decision.

Wait, why am I making the decision?What about your own admiral?Having said that, the admiral of the S4 escort fleet is Commodore Lufu, right?What about others?Why was this little major like you, the captain of a destroyer, communicating with me just now?

"Brigadier General Rufu has now moved to the Jianchang ship to sit in command." Wayne shrugged, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.However, he was not born with a sneer at all, and it seems that he has indeed improved a lot in terms of self-cultivation. "The first order of command of the escort fleet has been handed over to Colonel Payne, the captain of the New Rome."

...Well, Commodore Luffy was actually born as the security director of the dreadnought ship, but he was the head of security and the captain of the charge with the rank of the navy.Later, he went to study for a maritime degree, and he also served as the captain of a large transport ship for a period of time. Being the commander of a supply fleet is actually considered a professional counterpart, but he really has little experience in commanding fleet operations.

Of course, he at least knows how to hand over the authority to a professional person, which is not bad.

However, Colonel Payne, the captain of the New Rome, was really unfamiliar to Yu Lian. He only vaguely remembered that Michelle Kent was serving as the second officer on this ship...

Mom, it's scary to think about it carefully!

余连刚想要说什么，便听菲菲道：“S4护航舰队包括游隼级轻母1艘、郡级重巡洋舰1艘、郡轻巡洋舰3艘和阳炎级驱逐舰6艘。如果我们现在赶过去救援，其实是有一战之力的。”

Yu Lian nodded.

"Your Excellency, don't think that this is an uninhabited galaxy, just wait for both sides to fight and hurt each other, and then kill them to silence them." Feifei said.

Yu Lian subconsciously nodded, then hurriedly shook his head, and couldn't help but cast a sideways glance at the other party from the corner of his eye.He felt that no matter how careless he was, he wouldn't really be able to backstab his allies, and he really wanted to do some showmanship, wouldn't it be nice to have a "accidental injury" or something?
Thinking of this, he made up his mind.

"The on-site command is handed over to your fleet commander. However, before the battle, you can launch three rounds of gravitational wave signal irradiation to the opponent."

This is actually announcing its existence to both parties.If the predators attacked the fleet a little bit clearer, they should have stopped fighting with the Kaitais and reorganized their formation.

that's the truth.After the four fire-breathing ships of the Marauders fired a salvo at the only remaining heavy cruiser of the Kaitai, they began to slowly retreat while shelling.Backing at the same time with them also included those small and medium-sized ships that were constantly bleeding the rest of the Kaitai warships.

As for the motherships, they turned their bows decisively, and began to accelerate towards the edge of the galaxy.They didn't even recover the stormtroopers who had already been cast on the transport ship, and this state suddenly seemed a bit embarrassing.

However, what surprised everyone was that one of the Old Saint-class transport ships also dragged its bulky body out of the formation of the Imperial Supply Fleet, and accelerated to catch up with the mother ships.

"They have captured one of the Old Sages." Feifei said.

"It's so fast." Yu Lian was slightly startled.

To put it bluntly, the Predator is an enhanced version of a more organized pirate. When it comes to snatching ships, even the Imperial Guard Fleet may not be so professional, but this level of professionalism is really amazing.

At this time, there was no need for the Earth Fleet to wait any longer. The six Kagero-class destroyers began to accelerate and enter a high-speed charge, launching proton torpedoes at the enemy fleet.

However, when the opponent is already prepared, this weapon is not so much an attack as a deterrent.Only a small destroyer-sized Marauder battleship could not dodge it, and was destroyed by torpedo penetration on the spot.But the rest of the battleships took this opportunity to distance themselves from the Kaitai fleet and began to turn and accelerate.

They quickly caught up with the mothership and the captured Old One class transport ship, and began to accelerate their escape in the direction of the gravity well leading to the DL015 galaxy.

"As expected of a predator, you really have a lot of guerrilla habits!" Yu Lian sighed.

"Does this mean they are at the end of their rope?" Feifei asked with her head tilted.

"...No, it shows that they have high fighting spirit! They really think they can win." Yu Lian sighed.

(End of this chapter)