the days before i bought the galaxy

The Hongdu command tower is located on the highest peak of the entire planet.This uncharacteristic reluctance to hide the commander in an undisclosed location once puzzled many.However, it turns out that in the later arduous battles, it was precisely because of this obvious landmark that the defenders were able to persist until victory came.Everyone knows that at the top of that tower there is their leader, the man who put himself in the most dangerous place, just to let them know that he is like the dark red sun in the sky, sticking to the land until the last moment.

On the way to the command tower, people who are busy transporting supplies can be seen everywhere. For a battle-tested person like Menggalt, he can smell the approaching war with his nose.He stepped off the airship and looked up at the red command tower built beside the cliff.

The shape of this command tower is a bit like the famous Eiffel Tower. There are three floors of aprons built on the tower, which are specially used for fighter jets to take off and land.The command room where Warren is located is located at the highest point of the command tower. It is a room like a fully transparent pyramid, and the personnel inside can see the scene of the planet's surface through the reinforced glass at any time.Standing in Montgalt's position, you can only see the reflection on the pyramid.

This is simply telling the world, please shoot me.

Montgalt couldn't help but smile, and only Warren would have thought of such a way to boost morale.It is precisely because the position of the command room is so conspicuous that it can attract the enemy's firepower. As long as the tower does not fall, the spirit of the defending side will not fall.

The height of the command tower is more than 1 meters, and it took Menggalt nearly [-] minute to reach the top of the tower even by taking the super-high-speed elevator.

"Have you contacted Odin?" Menggalt had no intention of exchanging greetings, and directly asked the question he was most concerned about at the moment.

"Contacted once, but the communication quality is not very good, and now it is broken again." Warren shook hands with Montgart, "Odin said that he would try to slow down the pirates, but because of the large number of pirates, he can't be sure. The specific location of the opponent's vanguard allows us to be ready at any time."

"How many warships does he have? How many pirates do you know so far? How many pirates are there?"

"The locations where the pirates have been discovered so far are here. These are the pirate routes predicted by Odin. Odin believes that the opponent has at least forty medium-sized spaceships." Warren marked several red dots and red lines on the screen , "Odin has only one commercial warfare ship beside him, but his ship is equipped with a large number of mines, and he intends to set traps at these points."

Montgart stared at the star map on the screen.Since the spacecraft moving at full speed is quite fast, when the spacecraft encounters an almost stationary laser mine, the effect is like attacking the hull of the spacecraft with a super-light-speed missile, which is very terrifying.The only way is to slow down immediately to avoid entering the minefield, and at the same time concentrate the firepower to bombard the front.In this way, the enemy will not only lose the few spaceships that were in the front, but also have to find a way to pass through or bypass the minefield, plus the process of re-acceleration, at least several hours of time will be lost.However, is Odin's judgment really accurate?The universe is so big, as long as there is a slight deviation in the route predicted by Odin, those mines will pass by the pirates and will not have the slightest effect.On the contrary, Odin, because of the time lost in laying mines, he is likely to fall into the siege of pirates.

"What do you think?" From Warren's expression, he was not [-]% sure about Odin's actions either.

"Your adjutant must have received special military training." Menggalt's words made Warren feel relieved. "His estimation of the route of the pirates is very accurate. I think at least three of the five predetermined areas can successfully intercept the pirates. Although there may be a wave of pirates that will not be affected and catch up with Odin, but from the time point of view, it is likely that he will be able to intercept the pirates." There will be plenty of time to return to the Red Capital before the pirates."

"I hope so." Warren pursed his lips, "The first batch of developers who retreated to the Red City will arrive in six hours. After the developers have all arrived in the Red City, I hope you can give them a speech. At least let them not make trouble for us, the local security forces are enough to keep them honest."

"No problem." Menggal nodded, "Tell me your defensive deployment first, and we can make final adjustments while we still have time. In addition, I hope to carry out an active attack in three days. Instead of stressing to those refugees Listen, the reinforcements will arrive in ten days, so it's better to fight a beautiful counterattack to let them understand that the strength of the pirates is nothing compared to the local security forces."

"Yes. Are you sure of winning? You only have one medium-sized battleship, and you have to face forty times as many enemies." Warren asked seriously.

Menggalt smiled: "I just need to fight the vanguard of the pirates. If nothing happens, I can also bring Odin back by the way."

Warren couldn't help but smile.

Two days later, developers from various nearby planets arrived in Hongdu one after another, and they were greeted by guards from Clarke's stars who looked like menacing gods.They failed to contact any earthlings along the way. Although the housing conditions and food were not bad, most of the developers couldn't help being frightened, fearing that the planet had fallen into the hands of the Clarke people.

Fortunately, the next morning, they finally met a representative of the Slim Chamber of Commerce.Charlie Bergman, a good old man who seemed to have a gentle temperament, told them some precautions, such as the area where they can move freely and the list of contraband.Almost everyone thinks that these clauses are necessary. If these people who don't know each other are mixed with a pirate insider, the result will be absolutely devastating.More importantly, the serious attitude of the Slim Chamber of Commerce made them feel that the other party really wanted to provide them with a safe haven.

The panic gradually dissipated, and people began to have fun in their own houses, arranging the standardized villas bought from Bethel into individual appearances.Some have even opened pubs and restaurants in refuge areas, providing a place for everyone to chat.

At noon on the third day, when the developers learned that a frigate of the local security force was stationed on the planet, they all breathed a sigh of relief.The Vigilante might not be out for a pirate attack a hundred light-years away, but they would definitely find a way to rescue their comrades.What's more, this Captain Menggalt Kong also publicly stated that the reinforcements will arrive in ten days at the latest, and the guarding ability of Hongdu can last for a month.

In the afternoon, the frigate Walrus belonging to the local security force set sail to meet the pirates.All the developers collectively sent off their patron saints, and they even collected a sum of money in private and gave it to Captain Menggalt as a thank you gift.During the farewell ceremony, some of them finally met the long-famous leader of the Slim family, Warren Slim.Just like the rumors, this young man who has not arrived this year does have an admirable temperament.Unlike Captain Montgalt, who was composed and calm as a mountain, the vigor that rushed over Warren made people feel confident in him for no reason.

You only need to stick to it for ten days, and then you can watch the local security forces beat the shit out of the pirates.

At this time, almost everyone in Hongdu believed so firmly.

In addition, the guarding force of the Red City that Warren showed to all developers is indeed far beyond the force that an ordinary C-level resource planet should have. In some people's minds, this refuge experience has almost become their future. Talk at the dinner table.

At 1212:5 on May 26, 19 in the Milky Way Calendar, Hongdu received a communication from Captain Menggalt. The frigate Walrus had encountered the vanguard of the pirates. In the first exchange of fire, Captain Menggalt led the army We have wiped out 27 small spaceships of the opponent, and we are continuing to search for Odin's whereabouts.

This battle marked the official start of the defense of the Red City. Four hours later, Captain Montgalt successfully rendezvoused with Odin, who was about to fall into the encirclement of pirates.Odin immediately gave up the already damaged Thunderstorm commercial warship, and used this spaceship to successfully blow up one of the enemy's medium-sized spaceships, and severely damaged the other two medium-sized spaceships.

At about 5:26 on May 23, the frigate Walrus withdrew to Hongdu before the pirates, and all the defensive facilities around Hongdu were activated.After the tentative attack ended, the two sides entered a stalemate.

On May 5, two other bands of pirates arrived in Hongdu and formed a complete siege on Hongdu.

The next day, the pirates launched a fierce attack on the space portal outside the Red Capital, and the Red Capital sent a large number of fighter jets to harass the pirates' attack.The two sides fought a three-day tug-of-war near the portal. In the end, the pirates used a super-powerful missile to destroy all the facilities outside the portal, leaving an originally complete interstellar port with only a shining purple portal.Due to the high price of super-powerful missiles and the fact that they are hard to come by, the pirates can no longer carry out the same heavy firepower attack on the Red City.In order to prevent Warren from calling for reinforcements through the portal, the pirates established a dense firepower network outside the portal.

On June 6, the pirates began to concentrate their forces to attack the outer defensive circle of the Red Capital from one direction.Due to the dense defensive forts and the continuous interference of fighter jets from Hongdu, the pirates are advancing very slowly. It is estimated that it will take five days to actually reach Hongdu.At this time, everyone in Hongdu was waiting for the coming reinforcements.

On June 6, the pirates advanced 2 kilometers.

On June 6, the pirates' advance speed was slightly increased, and until midnight, they had advanced a total of 3 kilometers.

On June 6th, the pirate's spacecraft was already in sight, but the reinforcements that were supposed to arrive were still nowhere to be seen.

On June 6th, the pirates reached outside the atmosphere of Hongdu, and the protective cover over Hongdu was opened.In order to make room for the subsequent spacecraft, the pirates spent half a day clearing an area outside the Red City close to the atmosphere.After noon, the pirate spaceships lined up in dense formation and began to bombard the Red Capital shield.By this time, the interference of fighter jets has become meaningless, and only the competition of attack and defense remains.

On June 6, the bombing above the Red Capital continued.The artillery fire that exploded on the protective cover blocked the brilliance of the dark red sun, turning the whole world into a sea of ​​flames that flickered.

On June 6, the protective shield over Hongdu was already crumbling, but the reinforcements had not yet appeared.