Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 4 The Cause of War
Under the painter's pen, the vast universe is full of bright stars and extremely beautiful, but the reality is completely opposite.

Because there are no stars, let alone stellar systems, the Greenwich meteorite belt has been shrouded in darkness for hundreds of millions of years.

In the pitch-black space, a light suddenly appeared, which quickly turned into a ball of dazzling light.In the blink of an eye, a jumping channel with a diameter of more than a kilometer appeared.Like squeezing toothpaste, a huge warship slowly sailed out.More light spots appeared nearby, and as the jump channels opened one by one, dozens of battleships completed space jumps one after another. This is a huge fleet.

The largest battleship is 1000 meters long, 800 meters wide, and [-] meters high. It is a standard SS-class battleship.

On the bow of the battleship, a red "3" and two crossed bloody scimitars are painted.It was the "Blood Battle", one of the nine SS-class battleships of the Human Federation, the flagship of the Third Fleet, a legendary battleship, and the Blood Scimitar was the emblem of the Third Fleet.

On the commander's bridge, a burly general stood behind the porthole, staring intently at the deep space outside.

He was over [-] meters tall and weighed no less than [-] jin. His pitch-black military uniform perfectly displayed his flawless figure, and the five golden general stars on his epaulets exuded an imposing majesty.A perfect man, a high ranking general.

Du Wantu!
Commander of the Third Fleet, one of the three generals in the Third War Zone, and the most powerful one, second only to the Commander of the Third War Zone and above the other two generals.

How could he be here?

"General, we are here." After the staff officer walked over, he pointed to the front left.

There is a dim point of light over there, at first glance, it looks like a star hundreds of millions of light-years away, it is the 7777th outpost that has been destroyed.

Not far away, two smaller but fast E-class warships, that is, large frigates, were speeding up towards the outpost.

Du Wantu didn't say much, turned around and returned to the commander's position.

Not long after, the image sent back by the frigate appeared in front of him.

Surveillance outpost No. 7777 has been completely destroyed. The warships that make up the outpost have been blown into three pieces, and there are a lot of debris and corpses floating around, as well as the wreckage of some spaceships.Although the flames of war have been extinguished, it is completely conceivable how fierce the battle was at that time.

"Report, no survivors were found, and no wreckage of the enemy ship was found."

Du Wantu frowned a few times, and looked at the staff officer who was reporting the situation.

"I have already ordered the 'Resolution' and 'Fortitude' to continue searching, but the first round of scanning has ended and nothing was found."

Du Wantu waved his hand, and the staff officer retreated tactfully.

After receiving the news, Du Wantu led the fleet to set off and rushed over as fast as possible.Unfortunately, he was still one step late.

What he cares about is not the more than a thousand officers and soldiers in the No. 7777 post.

The Third Fleet has thousands of warships and more than 1000 million officers and soldiers, and the No. 7777 outpost is a garrison force and has no direct relationship with the fleet.

To Du Wantu's regret, no wreckage of the enemy ship was found!

As long as the wreckage of the enemy ship is found, even if it is a piece of debris, it can prove that it was invaded by the Silicon Magic Alliance, and it can be used as a reason to declare war on the Silicon Magic Alliance.Without direct evidence, even if Outpost No. 7777 is destroyed, it will not be able to convince those members of the Federal Assembly who are immersed in the dream of peace, let alone convince other civilizations of the Galactic Alliance that war is imminent and the peaceful world is about to end.

"Report, the second round of search has ended, but nothing has been found yet."

"Nothing?" Du Wantu finally spoke, his voice low and hoarse.

"Assessment shows that the outpost exploded due to the internal high temperature, which is consistent with the attack method of the Silicon Magic Alliance, but it cannot be proved that it was done by the Silicon Magic Alliance."

"It's not evidence."

The staff officer didn't say much, and he knew it wasn't evidence.

If the outpost is attacked by wild silicon beasts, such as being treated as a natural celestial body by wild silicon beasts, laying eggs and hatching offspring in it, it will also disintegrate due to the high temperature explosion.

"Search again."

"General..."

"Do you have any questions?" Du Wantu looked at the staff officer. Although his expression was calm, the majesty revealed made the staff officer breathless. "Send personnel into the outpost, search carefully, thoroughly, and comprehensively, and don't let go of any clues."

"Yes!"

When the staff officer left, Du Wantu clenched his fists tightly, and then slowly released them after a while.

It has been almost 1000 years since the last, the Fifth Greenwich War, and the peace event has lasted for about 1000 years.This was the longest period of peace in the Third Age, with previous peace periods lasting less than 500 years.Many people believe that the war with the Silicon Magic Alliance will never break out again, that peace will continue forever, and that two completely different wisdom statements can coexist peacefully.

Peaceful coexistence?

Shit!

Although it is true that no large-scale war has broken out for thousands of years, the small-scale conflicts in the border area, that is, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, have never stopped.Especially in the last 100 years, silicon beasts from the Northern Alpha galaxy have nested in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt at almost any moment.Although this is the natural behavior of wild silicon beasts, this phenomenon shows that the Northern Alpha galaxy is already overcrowded, and wild silicon beasts have lost their habitats before entering the Greenwich Meteorite Belt and breeding in small celestial bodies that are not suitable for spawning offspring.This also means that it won't be long before the Silicon Magic Alliance will launch a war in order to obtain a broader living space.

This is also the root cause of the inability of the two camps to coexist peacefully.

The Silicon Magic Alliance needs living space, and the Milky Way Alliance does the same. All intelligent civilizations need living space.After the existing living space is filled, in order to survive and reproduce, it is necessary to find and open up a new living space, such as occupying the homes of other civilizations through war.

In peacetime, the reproduction rate of creatures is astonishing.

In the past 1000 years, the population of the Human Federation has increased by nearly a thousand times. Not to mention the home galaxy, even the colony planet is overcrowded.The situation of other civilizations in the Milky Way Alliance is similar, and they all face the crisis of resources and space brought about by the population explosion.War can take away living space and consume excess population.Even if the Silicon Charm Alliance doesn't start a war, it won't be long before the Galactic Alliance will start a war.

It's just that launching a war requires a reason, a high-sounding excuse that can make ordinary people willing to act as cannon fodder.

This is exactly the purpose of Du Wantu coming here.

"General."

"Did you find anything?" Du Wantu stood up and looked at the communications officer who was reporting the situation.

"The search is still going on, but a survival signal was intercepted, it was a rescue capsule, and the identity code showed that it was a soldier at a post."

Du Wantu's brows twitched a few times.

The communications officer hurriedly said, "Yang Yi, the recruits who joined the army this year have only served for one month."

"where?"

"It's about 150 million kilometers away from the outpost, flying to outpost No. 7778. Reverse speculation shows that it comes from the damaged service spacecraft 'Hairknot'."

"Send someone there immediately."

"Yes!"

At this time, the staff officer who had reported the situation to Du Wantu came over.

"What's the matter?" Du Wantu glanced at him.

The staff officer hesitated for a moment before saying, "General, I don't know if I should say something."

"You have been with me for ten years, right?"

The staff officer nodded, and then said: "He is an eyewitness to this battle, or a witness, and he must know what happened at that time. However, without evidence, even if there are witnesses, we cannot convince the members of the parliament .If we are called careerists by some people with ulterior motives, we will lose our trust and even lose the right to speak in the society. When we have evidence in the future..."

Du Wantu pressed his hand. "There are too many people who know about this, and it is impossible to hide it."

"There is no need to hide it." When Du Wantu looked over, the staff officer said, "It is a felony to run away because of timidity and fear of fighting. At least he will be exiled. He is a recruit and was assigned here. Obviously, he has no background and Backer, no one will care about his life or death."

Du Wantu frowned, and looked at the staff officer in confusion.

If it is for the sake of secrecy, the best choice is to kill people to silence them.

"There is no evidence now, so witnesses are of little value. When there is evidence, witnesses will be able to play a role." The staff officer simply explained.With Du Wantu's shrewdness, he could obviously tell why it was exile instead of being more direct.

"By then, will he be obedient?"

"The general's worry is indeed right. If it is the theater command that exiles him, and it is the general who saves him from the dire straits, then..."

When the staff officer said this, Du Wantu smiled.

"General, without further delay, a decision must be made as soon as possible."

"Is there a suitable place?" Asking this question showed that Du Wantu was already tempted.

"Fire Hell."

Du Wantu frowned, then nodded.

The staff officer didn't say anything more, Du Wantu had already adopted his suggestion, and the rest was just specific operations, some simple procedures.

At this time, in the depths of space more than 100 million kilometers away.

After slowly approaching, the lifeboat used its mechanical arm to drag the pod-style escape pod with flashing red lights into the cabin.The energy of the escape cabin is less than 5.00%. If the lifeboat arrives a few minutes late, the people in the escape cabin will freeze to death due to the exhaustion of energy.

Inside was a very young man, judging by his appearance, he was less than 20 years old, it was Yang Yi.

He is still alive, but his breath is weak.

The lifeboat returned to the battleship while paramedics began to rescue him.

The third round of search was over, but still nothing was found. Following Du Wantu's order, dozens of warships entered the jumping passage one after another.

Soon, the area calmed down, leaving only the ruins of the No. 7777 post.

A few hours later, a small spaceship arrives.

After finding two escape pods inside the wreckage of a spaceship, the small spaceship also sped away.

(End of this chapter)