People's Federation will live forever

The United Fleet, flying out of mass effect, appeared at a speed of 50 kilometers per second at a position of [-] kilometers outside Augustus. On the bridge, Major General Ratolova put the command scepter across his knees with both hands, listening to the AI's instructions. report.

"This city is like a maze, and those who go deep into it are bound to be trapped."

The major general said in a deep voice, the giant space colony with a total population of one billion is a real colossus. It has a deep interior and is intricate. As the capital of the fourth quadrant, as expected, it has lived outside the earth for a long time. China has established its own culture and identity. Their attitude towards UEG is ambiguous, and they are also very ambiguous towards the People's Federation. Augustus is still loyal to the UEG government, but they declare that they refuse to join the war.

"The Customs of the Augustus Colonial Government sent a message to clarify their neutral position. They hope that our fleet will not continue to approach, but they promise that they will never take the initiative to consider an armed conflict with us."

"Armed conflict?" Ratolova raised her head slightly, her eyes were filled with nothing but indifference, "Then it's up to them to decide."

Beside the Leningrad, one after another Dusk-class maintained a distance of [-] kilometers from each other and lined up. In the wide gap between the battleships, the flexible Thunder-class escorted a Dusk with three ships, which was higher than the normal fleet deployment. The way to enrich this fleet phalanx.The observers on Augustus will not be fools, they can see clearly what the full eighty human alliance warships mean, which requires a whole main fleet to deal with, but Augustus does not.

"Tell them that the continuous delivery of war resources to UEG is by no means neutral. As the commander-in-chief of the People's Federation Cruise Strike Fleet, with the authorization of the Supreme Command, I announce that the Augustus Space City will be implemented Embargo, and takeover of the city's aerospace sector by force - any vessel leaving port must be approved by our military, otherwise we will have the right to destroy it."

On the high platform in front of the bridge seat, Major General Ratolova inserted her silver scepter into a hexagonal groove, just like inserting a key, and the pattern of the AI ​​interferon became more vivid. A change took place not only on Leningrad, but on all ships in the fleet.

"The highest level of authorization has been obtained, the combat module is online, and all weapon restrictions have been lifted-activate the fifth combat plan, and it is being implemented."

A channel was opened between the lower decks of the Dusk-class, a magnetic acceleration track with flashing lights burst out with light, and the missile-shaped "Black Hornet" reconnaissance drone rushed out. The humans and machines flew faster because of the ejection, and the scouts on them began to scan the entire area, and in this wide void, the black bees began to drop cube-shaped relay satellites at intervals.

In this area where the People's Federation has never been, a communication network is being established.The holographic map scanned by the universe was also built. Ratolova looked at the map and noticed that there were too many asteroids here.

The more than 200 years of work in this galaxy not only dismantled the planets under their feet into pieces, they also cracked a large number of other planets in the galaxy. Thousands of trajectories completely turned the outer ring of the entire galaxy into an artificial asteroid belt.

It is precisely because the United Earth has mastered the planetary cracking technology that it can split stars so easily, and it is too easy to get, so in the view of the People's Federation, their mining capabilities are unbearably rough.The locals cannot extract useful elements from the earth and rocks that occupy the vast majority. Without fusion centrifuges, they just dig "rich ore" and then push out the honeycomb-shaped asteroids.

From the city group of Augustus, "cannonballs" are still being "fired".At the beginning, the fleet raised its vigilance, and then discovered that what was launched was packed pieces of excavated earth. These garbage were compressed like hills and then pushed out, using the vast space as a storage area, almost without any rules. .

The United Fleet adjusted its course to stay away from those large pieces of garbage.But the road leading to Augustus is full of meteorite fragments ranging from head to fist size. At the fourth cosmic speed of the People's Union ship, these meteorites hit the hull of the ship, and their power is no less than one. A heavy aerial bomb, such a space naturally rejects high-speed driving, and the People's Federation Fleet never imagined that there would be a day when it encountered such a ghostly place.The continuous explosions shook the hull as if in a war. Although the flexible nano-armor could withstand it, it was not a good thing.

And this place is too important to sit idly by.As a result, the way the battleship marched changed, changing from a horizontal line to a column, with the Thunder-class leading the way. The blue kinetic energy barrier bounced off small gravel, and the laser close-in defense guns of the Thunder-class all over the body output forward, maintaining the The speed is getting closer and closer to Augustus.

"Augustus called and asked for understanding. The space city cannot be self-sufficient in food, so it relies on UEG's logistics network. If the People's Federation cuts off the air route, they will be in danger."

"Now is not the time to talk about conditions, and they are not qualified to talk about conditions! The only option for Augustus is to surrender to the People's Federation, disarm all armed forces and let our army station. When we take over the functions of this place, the People's Federation will be responsible for solving the problem. their import and export needs."

Invisible radio waves go back and forth between the space city and the fleet. It only takes more than ten minutes to cross the span of 50 kilometers. During this process, Augustus made many calls with the fleet. Distance changes.At first they didn't want the People's Federation fleet to be stationed, then they asked to allow the merchant group to retain some logistics autonomy, and finally, as the People's Federation fleet approached the orbit of the space city, the governor of the space city appeared on the communication in person.

This is an old man with a sad face on crutches. Unexpectedly, he asked General Ratolova to vouch for one thing:

"General of the People's Federation, if the People's Federation can ensure that the original administrative organization and personnel remain unchanged, the Executive Council and I are willing to cooperate with the People's Federation."

This condition is very straightforward, and it is almost not on the same plane as those just now, and it is almost disgusting to question General Ratolova, and these old people are very disapproving of this, and even show the face of a politician unabashedly:

"General, as governor, I naturally want to fight for the interests of businessmen and citizens, but you have clearly refused just now, so I have fulfilled my responsibility, and then I have to fight for my own interests. Is there any problem? ?"

The sadness had long since disappeared from his face, and the governor on the other side of the screen tapped his cane: "Since nothing else is possible, please allow me to make the last effort to ensure the benefits brought by the administrative system when we have lost other freedoms. Order is an essential premise. General, I believe the People's Federation sent you to control us, Augustus didn't want to see everything created here for 200 years disappear in chaos, did he?"

The capital of the fourth quadrant of Augustus is also an extremely powerful industrial center. The governor does not believe that the People's Federation cannot see this—"There may be famine and riots in the future, but these are all okay, as long as Our civil servants can recover everything, so the general of the People's Federation, as long as you say a word, I can immediately open up all the information about the space city to you. And I know what you have planned... The Republican Army is indeed here .”

That's right, the Republican Army frequently haunts the space city. They have already taken root in Augustus, accumulating strength in the workers and factories here. The governor is very clear, and his attitude is also very clear-"I Have nothing to say with these anarchists, absolute egalitarians, they want to wipe out the rich and destroy everything that civilization has built, your union had a dog that was not only disloyal, it was a mad dog .”

The governor knocked on his crutch angrily, which made Ratolova a little embarrassed: "This is not raised by us."

"It doesn't matter, since we have the same needs, then I don't mind telling you where they are..."

"Let's stop talking about the terms, 'Caesar' of Augustus!" Latolova interrupted the old man, her fingers tapped twice on the seat, the major general stood up, and the cap badge representing the fleet , the silver wings of the astrolabe were shining, overlooking the governor who ruled over a billion people condescendingly, "Do you think I am those stupid bureaucrats of UEG who will play official games with you? Your ignorance of the People's Federation is not as good as Governor Tidelman of Titan City... he has made a confession of his life."

The major general stared straight at the governor, that was not the expression of looking at a living person.

"If you don't understand, then I will tell you that you are not qualified to negotiate terms with us. The People's Federation will make a judgment. Whether you deserve it or not depends on your performance-the leader of the People's Federation has insight into everything." , you better realize that."

There are 200 warships with their guns opened here. As long as they are willing, this so-called [-]-year unplanned private construction and illegal construction can be completely demolished!Does the People's Federation care about the billion people here, and the huge space industry?I care, but the People's Federation cares more about whether it suits my taste or not!

The blood on the governor's face was fading. He remained calm, but his hand holding the cane shook slightly: "I...understood. What's your order?"

"Notify the Allied Defense Forces to disarm the garrison fleet here, and the ships leave the city to surrender to our army, and our army will take over all the military facilities of Augustus—now, immediately!"

PS: There is at least one more chapter in the afternoon~~Maybe a little less, please don’t mind, hehe

Chapter [165] Start to calculate

"Interferon, report!"

Familiar address, and after a short delay of deja vu, the red AI projection appeared in front of Major General Ratolova, and a low and clear tone rang in the commander's ears——

The reconnaissance plane has already observed the movement of the ground defense army's naval garrison fleet port. The number of naval ships stationed here is not large, which is weak compared to the huge star city they guard.A total of 35 destroyers and a fleet of eight old-type battleships left their own port and sailed out of the intricate waterways of Star City at a slow speed. This is the last armed force that the UEG government has not transferred away locally. All the ships and equipment were used to supplement the defense of the earth, and the remaining warships could not threaten the normal forces of the People's Federation at all, and could only be used to maintain law and order and defend against pirates.

Everything was in line with the intelligence. These ships complied with the requirements of the People's Federation and left their stations, and faced the People's Federation fleet with their belly without turrets.The speed of the ships is firmly limited to the speed of the second universe, the number is very clear, and none of them will fall.They are sailing in the space zone designated by the People's Federation, and this process will last for about an hour until the People's Federation fleet confirms and takes care of them.

All their armed forces are here, and they may be able to relax a little at this time, because the most crucial step has been completed.Rear Admiral Ratolova ordered the fleet to keep a safe distance of at least 15 kilometers from the enemy ships for surveillance. The main guns of the main fleet focused on the weak points of these ships, and ordered five Twilight-class ships to lead [-] Thunder-class ships forward. Prepare to take control of the local starport.

Augustus has opened his doors wide, and his administration is broadcasting a proclamation from the People's Federation to reassure people.The dense traffic among the floating continents, the number of small spaceships that shuttle constantly are decreasing, and people who sense that the situation is becoming more and more serious have stopped going out. It is always the best way to save life and hide in such a season. The most correct way.

"The city is like a big net."

After the "light chain" connected by the Augustus space city cluster disappears, a moon can be filled in the widest gap between hundreds of land masses, but General Ratolova has no intention of letting the fleet drive in. The so-called "parade of the victors showing off their might" to frighten the locals is not in line with the general's values, and it is unnecessary vanity.

"If you go in, you may be locked by the stale atmosphere here. Our task is to control this place. After this goal is achieved, the rest is the 'special zone earth representatives', that is, those Siegfried students. Our next target is the third quadrant."

The People's Federation Fleet is cruising outside the city, and they have no plans to enter the city—"If you are so careful, are you still a winner?"

A deep male voice sounded from behind the governor, "Puff!" A match lit a cigarette.The man shook his hand and extinguished the flames. This tall and thin man had long hair and was casually wearing a coat of the Union Defense Force uniform. His scruffy appearance looked like he hadn't shaved for two months, but under the hair The pair of blue eyes are piercing, and the iconic hooked nose makes his identity ready to be revealed.

The man exhaled a puff of smoke: "A commander in the theater is so restrained. UEG's loss is not unjust. We are not inferior in equipment."

"Admiral Matthew Bunker!"

The governor leaning on crutches turned around and said with a complicated expression: "I'm going to regret it, because I don't think you can win the People's League at all. Even the Earth's defenses have been breached, and the Sun Fleet with hundreds of warships has lost. Now, what are you rebels doing?"

"It depends on Augustus's century-old management, and the most important thing." Matthew dusted off the cigarette ash, showing a smile, "You have no turning back, Mr. Governor."

Behind Matthew, two armed guards approached from left to right with guns in hand, motioning for the governor to come with them.In this office, the governor's bodyguards had already knelt in a corner, and the admiral's guards had already taken control of the mansion.

"You will bring disaster to this city, Matthew!"

The old man scolded, but Matthew was very disapproving.

"If my actions make people project hatred onto the people of Augustus, it is a reminder to all the children of the earth, reminding them of the true colors of the invaders. Since the people's league is so cruel, you bow your knees to them Surrendering won't end well either."

"And if the People's Federation really has human beings in mind as they say, then the people of Augustus don't need to worry about any disasters happening here."

Matthew closed his eyes, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, turned his head to look at the Governor: "So don't make excuses, the only one who is really in trouble is yourself, Mr. Governor."

The cigarette butt fell to the ground, splashed sparks, and was stepped on by Matthew—"Let's go back to the Moby Dick."

The admiral waved his hand, and the guards followed silently. The passage leading to the exit was long and dark, but the admiral walked firmly.

"Go and say hello to the People's Federation Fleet and tell them that there is also an Earth Fleet that dares to fight them head-on."

An hour is not a long time, and the vigilant People's Federation Fleet has not yet circled the space city system of Augustus.The related docking work is going smoothly. According to the original arrangement, they will remove the impact point engines of these garrison fleets so that these ships cannot leave this star field, but they will still be responsible for the security of Augustus.Not only did the People's Federation not abuse the surrendered Allied Defense Forces, but it also had an effective recruitment plan, and even some active Allied Defense Force soldiers were taken to the MUV galaxy for "training"—so the local Also, High Command may soon issue unit serial numbers for official recognition.

At this time, in the direction of the space city, a giant asteroid with a land area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers suddenly exploded on the edge of a giant asteroid that was supposed to be a space city near the location of the United Fleet!

Of course, this cannot escape the eyes of the People's Federation of surveillance. The intelligence shows that a ship has crashed into the planet, and not only that, but also some civilian ships have taken off from the port, causing chaos. At this time, relevant information is also sent from the direction of the space city.

"An accident happened to a group of merchant ships who wanted to keep their cargo and forcibly take off?"

Space City asked the People's United Fleet not to fire, and they are trying to deal with it.This ugliness did not surprise Ratolova, it was in line with her impression of businessmen, and anything could happen in a war.

"A batch of impact fragments flew in the opposite direction to the fleet."

The collision caused a large amount of rubble to peel off from the rock mass. It was very unfortunate that it would appear in the direction of the fleet's travel, but it only needed a slight orbit change to avoid it...

!

In an instant, all horizons were filled with white flashes.

PS: I told the doctor that this year I got better, but it was not over. I often woke up and couldn't rest well. The doctor told me not to have so much pressure.

But dear doctor, the pressure of life cannot exist without closing your eyes.

We can only be patient.

Chapter [166] Matthew Bunker!

From the burst of light to the sound of the alarm, there is only a 0.02 second difference in the AI's record——

0.02 seconds, what can humans do?Human beings can't even transmit information from the eyes to the brain, let alone the brain processes information to make decisions.But at this moment, the value of the Leningrad's mass shield has risen rapidly, and it is only one step away from the critical value of overload!

[Energy allocation adjustment, activate the backup shield module]

On the twilight-level armor plate, the mass field generators hidden in the black stripe-like painting burst into sparks, and the original dark blue shield color became deeper, and it was precisely because of this layer of blue barrier that Let the smooth hull of the Dusk class not be directly contacted by the spewing fire dragon - the pure white high-temperature plasma flow is the flame drawn from the core of the star, and the columnar fire dragon comes from the bow and wraps along the arc of the hull to the stern , at this moment, the twilight class received the bombardment directly facing the solar flare level.

Then it stood upright, the sacrifice of the shield allowed a heat-insulating vacuum to remain between the hull and the plasma flow, even so, the high-temperature ablation-resistant coating of the dusk-class had also expanded, and the white hull was also heavily stained. Black, but it didn't explode, not only that, the weapons and equipment on board also survived, and at the same moment, according to the judgment of the AI, a round of quick-reaction-level blind fire was carried out against the target's incoming attack——

The ion reconnection cannon roared, and the beam of light from the Hammer of Dawn swept across the universe, but the luminosity of the continuously reflected flashes had exceeded the upper limit that all sensors could withstand. It was almost impossible to use a laser to directly illuminate the camera. Achievement!

So the current fleet is still in a state of ignorance. Where is the enemy and who is beating me?The sensors were invisible, the radar system was deafened by the ensuing wide-area super-intense EMP, and there were only two things we could be sure of.

First, we were ambushed!

And secondly, Ratolova, who participated in the defense of Sira, instantly recognized this tactical style, which was completely different from the clumsy Sun Fleet.Nuclear flash bombs, nuclear long guns, unexpected, familiar taste, unmistakable.

"It's that man!"

The Major General was extremely frightened and angry, and in the end, only anger was left——

"Matthew Bunker!"

In the space filled with asteroid garbage that the United Fleet passed through, those "meteorites" that looked like meteorites and were indeed meteorites suddenly moved. , when the anti-radiation heat-insulating material coating is exposed, it can be seen that this is a United Earth spacecraft with a body length of more than ten meters-asteroids of this size are everywhere here, and just before they start their engines , almost no infrared radiation.

Now that they have them, these aircraft use light radiation as a signal to act, and they do not rely on communication under a strong electromagnetic field to start their actions. In the direction of the fleet, every machine fired all the missiles on its body, and ran away immediately after firing, lest the People's League would stare at them.

But now the People's Federation is not interested in taking care of these annoying guys, and the fleet immediately began to maneuver under strong interference.With the impact of a series of nuclear jets, multi-layered solar sails popped up in front of the ship's photoelectric sensors to block the dilute and continuous light radiation. While restoring the peripheral vision, the entire fleet must be assembled immediately. Right now, the radar has lost its function, and the radio communication Naturally, they were also washed up by the EMP, so they irradiated intense lasers from the battleships to each other—from the close-in defense guns, because only lasers with more concentrated energy can break through the barrier of optical radiation.

"Fleet changes, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Meet the enemy, but where is the enemy?Early reconnaissance hadn't found it, and now nuclear flash bombs are deafening and blinding the cruise strike fleet.And at this moment, the hundreds of missiles thrown by those hastily dropped bombs had already approached the fleet for hundreds of kilometers. Aim in reverse and detonate instantly!

Another round of nuclear flash coming from the opposite direction, and the fiery nuclear jet caught in it!Plasma flames rained down from the rear, most of them missed, some of them were blocked by the shield, but some of them broke through the defense, and the vaporized armor penetrated into the interior of the battleship!

The situation is too chaotic, there are nuclear bombs coming from nowhere.Nuclear bombs, in addition to nuclear bombs or nuclear bombs, AI has judged more than 400 nuclear explosions, most of which are small nuclear bombs with an equivalent of tens of thousands of tons. This is why General Ratolova said that he is ready to meet the enemy.

"These are just means to interfere with our army's judgment and create chaos. They want to take advantage of this gap to gather ships for ambush." ​​The major general analyzed calmly.

Suddenly, the major general raised his head abruptly: "The surrender fleet? Get rid of them!"

The moment the raid started, the fleet that had originally surrendered for disposal had already moved.They turned over, just like a person turned over, replacing the weak point of the abdomen with a back full of ion cannons and armor plates and fired at the United Fleet-you can be sure they were ready to fire, the ion cannon's The salvo kicked off, and these warships also opened the densely packed vertical launching units on the hull, and the missiles came out one after another, unsurprisingly, all of them were yellow and black nuclear symbols!

But they were not as fast as the beams of light. One after another, the light knives crossed this distance and slashed at these ships. The AI, which had already aimed at and locked their positions, could fire accurately even if they were disturbed, preemptively.The beam of light pierced through the hull of the battleship, pierced through these old-fashioned destroyers, and detonated the missiles that hadn't rushed out of the launch tube inside the ship.The fragments of the explosion hit the nearby ships, and hundreds of Dawn Hammers fired from the United Fleet cut them into pieces like a comb, and the laser-cut hull was blasted to pieces by high-speed ion cannonballs until it was blasted into a star field. as far as the residue!

But the People's Federation Fleet also ran into the wave of salvos that were dying to counterattack. The two sides were too close to use maneuvers to avoid the shells. I saw the shields of these 50-[-]-meter-long boats break like glass, and the armor was dented by solid shells.Under the scorching heat, the hull also boiled, and metal blisters burst from the deck, and the internal equipment and circuits were turned into a mass of coke in the firelight, because the impact of kinetic energy was taken out of the hull, like sprayed blood——

The battleship was burning, and the losses had already reached double digits in just a few seconds.And this counterattack before death is not over yet, a large number of nuclear missiles were killed hundreds of kilometers away, and another wave of light radiation hit, covering the hot nuclear jets like a storm, and the United Fleet was caught in this burning world before it could be rectified. in the fire.

With the People's Federation Fleet as the center, an area of ​​[-] kilometers is completely covered by strong light and waves of fire!The temperature at the lowest point within the range reached tens of thousands of degrees Celsius. Even if some of these terrifying light radiations fall on the Augustus space city, they can still bake the thick dome of the city into mushy glass and ignite the artificial fire inside. The shade of the forest sparked a fire—and it did happen, but compared with the magnificent stage created by the spectacular "thousand nuclear bombs" in front of you, what is a little accompanying damage?

But suddenly, from the world of light and heat, dozens of warships rushed out from the middle with flames!It was indeed blazing. The heat-dissipating coating on the outer layer of the battleship was completely evaporated, revealing the dark background of the ship. The nano-fabric on the surface that blocked kinetic energy was ignited and extinguished by the light radiation. The huge space battleship flew through space with rumbling black smoke Over the city, they were wounded and had some attrition, but they still stood here.

And the whole fleet of the false surrender has been wiped out—but it feels like everyone here, that fleet is a sacrifice sacrificed to hold him back!

"The unmanned reconnaissance plane is back online and is performing enemy hunting again"

The laser beams irradiated from the ship docked with the relay satellites previously deployed everywhere. These little gadgets that were just mentioned looked like a multi-faceted diamond, refracting the received laser light in all directions.It looks like light, but it is flickering at high frequency tens of thousands of times per second. After receiving it, Renlian's unique decoder is equivalent to connecting to a thousand gigabytes of bandwidth. The reconnaissance drone that was previously blocked by EMP is back online , also use the laser to transmit the data back.

"The shield is restarting, and the damage control is transferred to the background operation"

In the tiny channel opened under the ship's armor, some "black ants" were spreading along the hull.Although the micro damage control robot is not as advanced and powerful as the nanofluid robot on the Yaoxing star, after all, Dusk and Lei Ming have no space to prepare nanofactories, and this is worse than traditional engineering drones.These microrobots can also clean up damaged structures and crystallize to form a firm patch.But the bright side is easy to repair, the real trouble is those mass generators that were burnt out by overload, the benefits of the shield are always as much as the trouble.

"Leningrad calls port control force, repeat, Leningrad calls!"

Ratolova tried her best to shout on the communication. After the wave of light radiation just now, the main force and the separated formation lost contact. Before the communication was restored, she asked Interferon to repeat this message.

"There is an ambush, leave the range of Augustus Space City, leave, and join the main formation!"

Finally, the information of the fleet controlled by the port came over, and the content of the information cast a shadow over Latolova's heart-"I found enemy warships, they are hiding inside the asteroid...We are surrounded!"

After a moment's pause, the message sounded again: "White whale... found the enemy's flagship Beluga, formation, concentrate fire!"

The military port that was dispatched by the People's Federation Fleet to control was where the Allied Defense Forces used to be stationed here, known as the sword of Damocles hanging above Augustus' head.This location is located above the center of the space city, and it can monitor the entire Augustus, but from another level, it is also wrapped by Augustus.

The continents that have been split from the planet are so huge that even the cities built on them tens of kilometers away are as small as dust, and in front of these cities, a 600-meter warship is also a speck of dust.People's Federation's reconnaissance planes didn't find them. They didn't find the ships in the honeycomb pits, because these pits have a diameter of more than ten kilometers and are distributed everywhere. They only need some necessary camouflage and concealed infrared signals. Dense asteroid junk makes no difference.

When these warships started their engines and emerged from the hidden mines and asteroid packages, the sharp increase in the number of signals became worrying.The closest distance was only a few thousand kilometers, and it directly entered the engagement range of the warships of the two sides. The People's Alliance fleet composed of five Twilight ships and fifteen Thunder ships was surrounded from the beginning.

"Compared with two years ago, their technology has improved again, and they are getting stronger and stronger."