Half an hour ago.

In the desolate cosmic belt far away from the Lighthouse Star, a Kunde fleet jumped out of the star gate, quickly divided into multiple groups, entered the jump mode, and sailed to the Lighthouse Star along different routes.

After the ravages of the Federation of Radiance and the Ethereal Sect, the range of the cordon deployed by the Scarlet Empire near the Lighthouse Star has been expanded several times. Not long after this Kunde fleet appeared, it was discovered by the space monitoring device in the area, and this batch of The Kunde fleet turned a blind eye to this, ignored it, and moved forward.

The command room of the main ship is mainly crystal blue and dark gray. The various operating consoles are all structures suitable for crustaceans. The fleet commander is a large lobster man who is obviously burlier than the average tribesman. There are fire signs on the carapace. Red stripes.

The Kunde tribe is also divided into different branch groups. One of the groups has a characteristic. When different emotions occur, certain parts of the carapace on the body will change color. The red pattern represents anger and excitement. This conductor The official was in a state of anger at this time, and the object of his anger was the enemy Red Empire.

Ye Lu, an officer of the Iron-Blooded Sect of the Kunde tribe, known for his radical style, volunteered to participate in the attack. He and most of the crew members of this fleet knew that there was probably no return, but they still had no hesitation. .

"How far is it from the lighthouse star marked on the star map?"

"Report to Commander, the journey still takes about four hours."

"Speed ​​up more."

Ye Lu's tone was filled with evil spirits, and he wished he could immediately pour the ship's artillery shells into the enemy's hinterland.

It has only been a few years since the Kunde tribe obtained a full set of star gate technology and advanced jump engines. Even if the star cluster-level civilization has strong productivity, it cannot launch large-scale troops. The Kunde tribe naturally lacks experience in using these two technologies and cannot play. There are so many tricks. Until now, many Kunde soldiers have not adapted to these new technologies.

Four hours of traveling time will naturally not have the effect of a sneak attack, but this is the limit of what the Kunde tribe can do. The most their stealth troops can do is quietly place the star gate at this location and hide it if it is closer. Can't stand it any longer.

However, this fleet did not care about being discovered and adopted a storm attack plan.

In the data of the crashed spacecraft, the location and approximate warning range of the lighthouse star were marked, stating that this was the command core of the Scarlet Empire. The Kunde tribe confirmed the authenticity of this through targeted remote observation, so they formulated a This plan to steal the family - take advantage of the opportunity when the Red Empire sends most of its troops to attack itself, and try to launch a fierce attack on the empire's butt from behind.

In a frontal battle, the Kunde people know that the odds are against them, so they can only take risks. If they can blow up the enemy's command core, they will gain a stage advantage, and the enemy will inevitably lose an important retreat.

This fleet is equipped with a large number of primitive psionic weapons. The Kunde people believe in the power of these weapons. As long as they are close to the lighthouse star and any one of them hits the planet, the strategic goal will be successful. The primitive psionic energy almost ignores the defense. Part of the shield will only be assimilated by it, providing energy for its expansion.

Although they knew that this trip was dangerous, the crew members of this fleet, including Ye Lu, were basically firm in their beliefs and not afraid of death.

On the one hand, it is the anger and hostility towards the empire, on the other hand, it is the fear deep in their hearts, and the reason for their fear happens to have a lot to do with Han Xiao.

Originally, due to their disadvantage in combat power, the Kunde tribe paid great attention to hiding their position. As long as their territory was not exposed, they could do many things with the strategic depth of the Light Dust Star Cluster.

However, the Red Empire army had been marching for half a month without much exploration and headed straight towards their territory. This suddenly disrupted the Kunde tribe's plan and made them panic.

The exposure of civilized territory will invalidate most of the methods prepared by the Kunde people, and will put all their troops in a dangerous situation. Countless people are glad to have sent away the vast majority of civilians early, otherwise they will be even more passive.

Forced by helplessness, the Kunde tribe had no choice but to activate this pending plan to steal the family. As the saying goes, all tactics are changed. Now that their lair has been exposed, the Kunde tribe plans to use a surprise force to destroy the empire's retreat.

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The initiator of this scene was Han Xiao, who provided intelligence, which helped the empire save a lot of energy and forced the Kunde people to take desperate risks.

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At the Lighthouse Star Command, Tarrokov and all the remaining officers gathered in the command room and looked at the star map on the virtual screen. The red dot marking the Kunde fleet was slowly approaching. In the upper right corner

There is also a countdown to expected arrival.

"As you can see, the enemy is attacking the Lighthouse Star and will arrive in more than three hours."

Tarrokov stood with his hands behind his back and looked around everyone, his expression calm and without any pressure.

Everyone's expressions remained normal, and they were not surprised at all.

This situation is a possibility that they have deduced, and they have already prepared a response plan. In Tarrokov's strategic sandbox, the enemy has almost no possibility of victory in frontal combat, and the chance of taking risks is as high as 95%.

During the Exploration War, the Red Empire had been attacked countless times. With rich experience, the officers present not only did not panic, they even wanted to laugh.

——Compared with their group of veteran drivers, this indigenous civilization without much war experience is still too young, and every move they make is within their expectations.

Without the high-dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter, you still want to make a sneak attack?

There is no life for the Federation of Light, but the disease of the Federation of Light.

The Lighthouse Star is prone to many disasters. To be honest, they are used to others coming directly to them.

After the last lesson, even if a large force was sent out, the Lighthouse Star still retained a sufficient fleet, and the expanded warning range caused the enemy to take longer to jump to the Lighthouse Star. A few hours would be enough for Gaolu, Renault, and Guan

Huan's allied troops rushed here through the star gate, and even the troops sent out could jump all the way back through the star gates built along the way.

"Everyone already knows the situation. The only threat to the enemy's surprise attack is the original psionic weapon itself."

Tarrokov paced and said slowly: "We have sufficient reserve time. We must intercept and destroy all incoming troops. If any enemy ship is allowed to approach the lighthouse star and drop primitive psionic bombs, then we will

It’s troublesome.”

"I applied for the use of primitive psionic energy. Just like Black Star said, it's incestuous to come back without reciprocating." A hard-line officer sneered.

"Yeah, okay." Tarrokov nodded.

The use of primitive psionic energy is expressly prohibited in the explored universe, but since the enemy has already used it, the empire will no longer hide it. It will be polluted anyway, either you or me, so there is nothing to worry about.

However, although he was allowed to use this powerful weapon, Tarrokov had other plans. He said solemnly: "The original psionic energy is too lethal. If possible, try to use conventional weapons to fight and capture the enemy's spaceship."

With the tribe, this is a good opportunity to obtain information about the enemy. Don’t forget that we still know almost nothing about their civilization. Also, having the virtual mechanic unit on standby should make use of them.”

The empire itself has a large number of virtual mechanics. To deal with this kind of indigenous civilization, it does not plan to rely on the power of Transcendent A Grade allies... After all, Black Star's current appearance fee is still a bit high.

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After noticing the enemy's sneak attack attempt, Lighthouse Star summoned garrison troops from various places through the star gate, quickly assembled the troops, and then sent them out to intercept the sneak attack fleet from the Kunde tribe.

Not long after, the two sides encountered each other in the deserted cosmic belt near the lighthouse star. This time it was not as friendly as the conventional naval gunfire in the inner war of the explored universe. The two sides were frantically throwing primitive psionic energy at each other, just like throwing away.

Like a shit bag.

In the universe, the expansion speed of original psionic energy is slightly less fast. After all, there is not an entire planet's material for it to transform and devour, but it is still dangerous because it will not dissipate.

The original nether energy light groups remained in the battlefield for a long time and turned into obstacles that were almost fatal upon contact. The spaceship could only keep avoiding them in a dangerous way, and the nether energy groups continued to expand and expand, releasing a huge attraction.

It swallowed all kinds of broken spacecraft parts, like small black holes.

In such a complex battlefield environment, everyone is afraid of the other party's long-range strikes, so the frequency of boarding battles has increased. The empire is mainly the leader. The Kunde people only want to bombard them indiscriminately, and they are the one being boarded.

"Report to Commander, spacecraft No. 078, No. 075, and No. 102 were boarded by the enemy, and the guards on the ship were completely unable to resist."

In the command room of the Kunde main ship, the virtual screen showed a scene of superpowers slaughtering Kunde armored soldiers one-sidedly.

Ye Lu looked at this scene and said in a bad tone, "Is this the so-called superpower in the information? Is there a way to obtain extraordinary power without genetic modification?!"

"Commander, the war situation is not good for us, what should we do now?"

Hearing this, Ye Lu took a look at the overall situation. There was a gap in battleship technology and military strength, and the fleet suffered heavy losses.

Although this operation was similar to a suicide attack, so many people were lost without even seeing the shadow of the lighthouse star, so it was obviously difficult to carry out the operation.

Everyone looked at him, seemingly mentally prepared.

Ye Lu gritted his teeth, slammed the table, and said in a ferocious tone:

"It is my honor to fight side by side with you... The whole army obeys the order and activates the space-time shear!"

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On the other side, when the battle began, Han Xiao received the news and came to a remote projection on the lighthouse star to observe the battle situation.

The empire's interception of the Kunde fleet was devastating. The enemy had little ability to resist, and the generational gap in battleship technology was not so easy to make up for.

In the command room, Tarrokov calmly directed the overall situation, while Han Xiao was doing soy sauce on the side.

Seeing that the battle was going well, Han Xiao was a little confused.

"It's strange, the Kunde tribe seems to be vulnerable... How did they cause trouble to the empire in the previous life?"

The current situation is different from what he expected. In his opinion, since the historical background of the previous life stated that the Kunde people caused trouble to the empire, then they must at least fight back and forth, right? How can the enemy

Such a dish.

A group of virtual mechanics are working hard to crack the quantum network firewall of this Kunde warship, and the progress is gratifying.

In another ten minutes or so, we might be able to capture an entire fleet without having to take action ourselves.

"The Kunde tribe has no chance to make a comeback. They have been beaten until now. It's weird..." Han Xiao muttered secretly.

Just as he was thinking about it, the virtual mechanic team on the side suddenly let out a sigh, looked confused, and said hurriedly:

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, there is a problem on our side."

Tarrokov looked over and asked doubtfully: "What's the problem?"

"This... just at that moment, the enemy fleet's quantum network node disappeared. We couldn't receive any signal. The virtual invasion was automatically interrupted, not the network."

Before Tarrokov had time to think about it, a strange scene suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

Suddenly, all the Kunde fleet seemed to be stagnant and stopped in place.

The Imperial Army would not be in a daze together. They focused their fire fiercely and destroyed most of the battleships including Ye Lu's main ship in an instant.

At this time, a sudden change occurred!

I saw white noise and subtle spatial distortion appearing on the appearance of these destroyed warships. Before everyone could react, the next moment, these spacecraft suddenly became intact and returned to the state before being hit. At the same time, their positions moved towards

It has moved a long way forward without any movement and is at a standstill.

The Imperial fleet hesitated for a moment, then opened fire again, destroying these spaceships. However, the same scene happened again, and the position of the Kunde fleet moved a lot further forward.

This time, the imperial fleet did not attack. After a few seconds, the Kunde fleet suddenly jumped again, and its position jumped a long way forward. There was also no movement process, as if the frame was skipped.

"What's this……"
To be continued...