Chapter 1375: Encounter in the Zhenguang Galaxy (1)

The Star Cluster Law, which is recognized by all member states of the Star Cluster Union, clearly stipulates that if a war occurs between member states, it shall not affect a third party.

The description of the third party has a lot of room for maneuver. Not affecting a third country is a third party, but not affecting a neutral space station is also a third party.

The territories of the Red Maple Republic and the Rotating Water Federation are not completely aligned, and some parts have built neutral space stations.

It is illegal to go there, and the Rotating Water Federation will be criticized in international public opinion.

But when receiving the notice from the command level, Alyssa looked at the coordinates and found that the coordinates were very familiar.

After the Swan completed the jump, An Yun looked at the white star in the galaxy that looked like a lighthouse and said:

"This is the Zhenguang Galaxy, the territory of the Knight Introduction Agency. Will it be okay for us to get close?"

When tracking the starship, the Swan came to this neutral space station. It is famous for its colorful races and is the largest talent distribution center in the nearby star field. (See Chapter 1049 for details)

It's okay for one or two warships to jump over, just treat it as passing by and turn a blind eye, but two fleets jumping over is too much, and the Knight Introduction Agency will definitely file a complaint with the Star Cluster Union.

"How did the commander plan the route? Didn't he say that he would bypass this place according to the plan?"

Alyssa glanced at the screen next to the captain's seat:

"Someone has sent a question to the fleet commander, but there is no answer for the time being."

Long turned his chair at this time:

"That vice admiral has always been very stable, what happened this time?"

"You mean Vice Admiral Ken? He is in charge of the space fortress Ilxia. This time, the commander of the third and fifth fleets is another major general."

Alyssa thought for a while:

"I forgot his name, I'm not familiar with him."

Alyssa knows many senior military officials of the Whirlwater Federation. The people she is not familiar with should be newcomers who have been promoted recently.

"Such an important operation is handed over to a novice?"

"The ability should be trustworthy, but it may not be mature enough."

At this time, new content appeared on the monitor next to the captain's seat. Alyssa looked at it and said:

"We will speed through here. The command has negotiated with the Knight Introduction Agency."

Carlos said while turning the rudder:

"I have a bad feeling that we should not come here."

"The command is also helpless. The ships operated by the newcomers have executed too many wrong instructions. They do not have enough energy to follow the fleet's jump, so they can only temporarily change the route to come here."

The jump distance of a fleet is not determined by the longest ship, but by the shortest ship.

The original plan was to bypass the Zhenguang Galaxy, but the newcomer's operational errors caused insufficient energy to jump all the way. It would also take time to find a supply ship to inject liquefied magic, so they considered changing the route.

But it is true that this temporary change of route is wrong, because unexpected situations may occur. As a commander, not considering the coordination of the new warships is itself a dereliction of duty.

There is actually plenty of time for combat, and waiting in place will not delay the fighter, but the new commander strictly abides by the time when it is not necessary to strictly abide by it.

Just as Alyssa commented, he lacks experience.

"I hope there will be no trouble. Say something good."

Carlos shrugged and controlled the steering wheel to follow the fleet on the new route.

Now they need to wait for the jump mechanism to cool down. They will continue to jump away from this galaxy for at most half an hour. The direction is to stay away from the neutral space station to avoid giving the fleet a chance to criticize.

Everything went smoothly. The fleet was getting farther and farther away from the space station. Although the space station had already launched a patrol fleet, it was only monitoring, probably because they were afraid that the passing soldiers would be bored and shoot them.

However, ten minutes later, an accident still occurred.

An Yun held the device attached to his temple and reminded loudly:

"A jump signal was detected, the number is two hundred, no! Five hundred, and it is still increasing. Judging from the signal strength, it is the fleet of the Red Maple Republic!"

Almost at the same time as An Yun issued a reminder, an emergency notice from the fleet command also appeared on the monitor of Alyssa's captain seat.

She immediately turned on the ship's broadcast:

"Notice to all ships, this ship has entered combat status, all members are in position."

The third and fifth fleets, which were sailing normally, changed their routes one after another, from sailing to combat formation.

It took a total of ten seconds from the start to the end of the jump, and these ten seconds were not enough for the fleet to complete the formation change.

However, the Red Maple Republic would not maintain the formation jump to the face, and the place where they appeared was still very far away from the Swan, so both sides had enough time to set up the formation.

"It is confirmed that it is the Red Maple Republic fleet, which is consistent with the intelligence. The number is about 1,000, of which frigates and destroyers account for the absolute number, and only a small number of large warships are found on the radar."

"It seems that the Red Maple Republic does not have many troops."

The loss of large warships and crews made it impossible for the Red Maple Republic to pull up enough troops to resist the invasion of the Whirlwater Federation in a short period of time. This is consistent with what was said in the briefing before the operation.

As mentioned before, it doesn't matter if the combat goal cannot be achieved, as long as the Red Maple Republic fleet can be attracted away, it will be a victory.

Since this fleet appeared on the path of the Third and Fifth Fleets, it meant that the pressure on friendly forces in other directions would be much less.

From a tactical perspective, the arrival of the Third and Fifth Fleets in the Zhenguang Galaxy was a mistake, but from a strategic perspective, it was actually a blessing in disguise.

The huge fleet of nearly 1,500 warships quickly deployed their battle formations under the gaze of the warships that kept jumping over from the other side, preparing for the next artillery battle.

Both sides looked a little awkward, mainly because the new recruits added to the fleet were not yet skilled, and the formation did not look as stable as before.

The side of the Xuanshui Federation was okay, with a total of about 500 ships, accounting for only one-third of the total force, and not all the new recruits were so bad.

But it was different on the side of the Red Maple Republic. Their fleet was originally smaller than that of the Xuanshui Federation, and the number of new recruits exceeded two-thirds.

The old leading the new can indeed make the new recruits quickly form combat effectiveness, but this also has a limit. If you let an old soldier lead three new recruits, it's okay, but if you let him lead a hundred, he will be exhausted and can't do it.

The same reason, if the new warships of a fleet exceed a certain threshold, it will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the fleet.

Both sides started to move and form formations at almost the same time, but it was obvious that the formation of the Rotating Water Federation was formed faster.

So the first shot was fired by the flagships of the third and fifth fleets of the Rotating Water Federation, and the warships that had completed the formation and pre-aimed followed closely.

At this time, the formation of the Red Maple Republic Fleet was still crooked, and they had not yet completed their preparations after being hit. And after discovering that the Rotating Water Federation had opened fire, they were obviously more panicked.