Him and their stars

According to the universally recognized star map drawing standards, stable transition channels are solid lines, and unstable channels that sometimes open and sometimes don't open are dotted lines.

But as long as it is a dotted line, it means that this can be used as a path.

"As you can see now, the far shore nebula, which was originally thought to be a restricted area for navigation, is actually not as difficult as we imagined... Moreover, with such a detailed star map, this is by no means just a matter of pirates and smugglers. What can be accomplished must be a feat that can only be achieved by a big country like the Empire that invests in the investigation and exploration of this nebula for many years regardless of the cost. So, the question becomes, what does the Galactic Empire want to do?"

Yu Lian paused for a moment, letting everyone carefully experience the horror after careful consideration.

In fact, you don’t need to think too much about it. After all, the community is the "rebellion" of the empire. Young people and middle-aged people may lack the necessary sense of crisis because of the lack of peace and defense in the galaxy in recent years, but the old people who have experienced the independent era are definitely not in this way.

No one knows better than them the true strength of the empire and the pride of the imperial nobles who followed the Emperors of the Morning to conquer half of the galaxy.

Fortunately, Brigadier General Marklov grew up close to that era, so he didn't ask any more questions and immediately fell into deep thought.

Yu Lian looked directly at the other party's scrutinizing eyes: "I believe that as soldiers of the community, we have the obligation to figure this out! Just to figure this out is enough for us to take this risk."

I still think this guy planned this for a long time. Hachiman thought.

"What if we missed the target? Captain Yu Lian. What if we didn't block the Marquis of Odegaard and didn't get the evidence we wanted? Our fleet was wasted in these unstable jump channels. But in the end we got nothing, so what should we do?”

"It's impossible to get nothing." Yu Liandao said.

"Huh?" The other party couldn't help but be stunned.

Yu Lian nodded to Feifei, who pursed her lips and smiled, then operated the information terminal again, and marked a few more flashing red light spots on his astrolabe.

"At least, we can be sure that organizations such as the Moda Black Flag Army, Blood Hand Brotherhood, and Iron Bone Guards all have strongholds here. Since we have already entered, why not just do a general cleanup of the Far Coast Nebula! The empire may have some tacit understanding with these underworld people, but we don’t! We can’t find Marquis Odegaard, so why can’t we find any other evidence from these guys? What does it mean to find nothing?”

Yu Lian looked at the thoughtful Brigadier General Makarov and confirmed that the old man was indeed attracted by his determined eyes.

"Thankfully, our fleet is all light and medium-sized ships! They are most suitable for these dotted paths in the nebula on the far coast." Yu Lian showed a cruel smile: "Taking a step back, I can at least give the ship to the distant shore. Kishi Nebula is doing a general cleaning! What could be more suitable for our fleet than an enemy of this caliber?"

Of course, pirates are just starting out, and the main course should be the stronghold that the empire is secretly building.

I have to admit that the Empire actually built a space fortress in the nebula on the far shore. The difficulty of this project is equivalent to that in the classical era, when engineering materials were transported up the winding path with a cart and a castle was built on a high mountain thousands of meters above sea level.

Not to mention the investment, just this kind of obsession is enough to send chills down the back.

However, without such a stronghold for transit, Marquis Odegaard's future attack strategy would be completely impossible to succeed.

Therefore, it must be dismantled! Burn it all! Grab them all! Only in this way can we be worthy of the empire’s persistence!

Only in this way can it be considered a feast worthy of the friends of the Thirteenth Fleet!

However, it would be too suspicious for me to find out about this kind of thing again. Let's just let everyone discover it "naturally and by chance" while fighting pirates. Yu Lian thought.

The Thirteenth Fleet is currently only a small fleet of twenty ships, but the pirate gangs mentioned in Yu Lian's words are all fierce bandits with hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of heroes. . But no one seems to think this is a problem at all.

"However, we don't have enough marines. If we encounter an attack on the pirate stronghold, we may...oh, sorry." As soon as Akinayama Hachiman mentioned this, he suddenly thought of the people who had already boarded the ship in New Seville. Those thousands of militia groups are better trained and equipped than ordinary police forces.

...You still said you didn't plan it first? He continued to observe secretly, but he couldn't help but look more closely.

The militia are so pitiful, were you tricked into boarding a pirate ship like this? Ah, no, considering the relationship between Miss Lilia Alfonso and you, maybe she did it voluntarily.

As for the soldiers of the militia, as long as they are sure to win and share the spoils among them, these guys will be happier than anyone else!

Thinking of this kind of thing, Akinayama Hachiman, who is still single, trembled and cried (in his heart). The reflection of his glasses already covered him with contempt and hatred.

Eleanor must have thought of this, and immediately cut out Yu Lian twice with a knife-like gaze, and then said to the general: "Now, it's all about your decision."

Brigadier General Marklov, who was on duty on Fog City No. 14, pondered for a moment, straightened his military cap, and looked at his two peers on the ship.

Colonel Finn, the taciturn chief of staff, nodded and continued to execute his character, who may have no dialogue in the entire book, to the end.

"Captain Yu Lian, send me the star map and give me half an hour for secondary analysis." Captain Carlos, the fleet navigator, said a few more words.

Yu Lian nodded, but he was a little surprised. Being able to conduct a secondary analysis of such a large-scale star map in half an hour is not a super-powerful business ability, but at least it can be considered an elite.

Mr. Paris is so awesome! Since there is such support, what reason is there not to get things done!

"Give me half an hour. However, I personally believe that there should be no problem with basic navigation safety."

The implication is that you don’t have to worry too much about losses during unstable navigation.

The Commodore smiled: "The creed of the Community Navy is to destroy the enemy upon sight!"

Yes, if there were foreign troops on the opposite side, Brigadier General Marklov would definitely ask his superiors for instructions first. However, there are pirates and smugglers on the opposite side! Now that their traces have been discovered, they should be wiped out. Isn't this the basic obligation of the navies of all countries?

You still need to ask your superiors for instructions on this kind of thing, so next time a thief breaks into the military camp, just call the police.

"Then, gentlemen, please take this time to formulate a preliminary battle plan. I am waiting for good news from you." After leaving this order, Brigadier General Marklov closed the communication.

Eleanor was very happy. It was great to have such a reasonable (nominal) boss who was willing to accompany her madness.

Yu Lian is also very happy, because so far, the plan has worked.

"Did you hear the general's order? Brother Hachiman, on the premise that Marquis Odegaard will ambush us, start formulating a tactical plan?" Yu Liandao said.

This guy has completely assumed the role of chief of staff! Madam Deputy Commander, you just don’t care? Akinayama Hachiman glanced at Eleanor covertly, but probably because her eyes were obscured by her glasses, the Commander's wife was unmoved and instead showed an expectant look.

"I have great trust in Lieutenant Akinayama's ability. As long as you can show off your ability to plot against me in the first mock battle after entering the school, the mere Marquis of Odegaard is completely worthless!"

It is true that the future Marquis of Odegaard is also a famous general in the galaxy, but he has never taken advantage of Hachiman. Oh! Can I actually see the fateful showdown between old enemies more than ten years in advance? This is so hot!

However, the person involved really couldn't ignite it.

What the hell! I've never heard of anyone formulating a tactical plan in half an hour! Hachiman rolled his eyes and almost cursed out his words.

"I don't know the strength of the opponent, nor the type of ship in his hands." He pushed up his glasses with a wry smile: "At most, let's be more cautious..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Lian motioned to Feifei to open the detailed celestial conditions of the ISA782 galaxy for him.

There is a binary star structure composed of two accompanying brown dwarfs, and there are six planets, including an icy planet, two gas giant planets, a desolate earth-like planet and two lava planets.

In addition, between the gas giant planet, which is about the same size as its parent star, and the icy planet, there is actually a whole belt of icy asteroids.

"What a barren land!" Ina muttered in a low voice.

Of course, the icy planet and the Earth-like planet can undergo planetary transformation... However, the government and consortium will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to do this in such a remote place. What a big project!

"We can also focus on observing that terrestrial planet. If there are creatures that can dehydrate themselves and turn them into paper people, it would be best to burn them all on the spot." Yu Lian said a joke casually, and then once again felt that he was the only one in the joke. Understand the sadness and loneliness.

So, with everyone looking at them inexplicably, he could only quickly change the topic back to business and continued: "Considering the shipping situation in the Far Coast Nebula, the first step to calculate is safety, seaworthiness and maneuverability. Sex. Then a ship must be more suitable than a fleet."

Everyone thinks it makes sense.

"... You have also seen the star map just now, and no wider jump channel has been found so far. Then, a heavy cruiser with a mass of about 300,000 tons is the best choice. It just so happens that the empire started testing one last year The latest cruiser, the Clear Sky, is claimed to be the most perfect cruiser!”

The people present, at least at the command level, were all serious top naval students. They were all familiar with all kinds of cutting-edge weapons, especially new warships. They all thought of this heavy cruiser that was a big hit at last year's military ship show, and they immediately thought of it. It makes more sense.

"If I were Marquis Odegaard, I would definitely choose this battleship." Yu Lian said in a determined tone.

Nonsense, that guy himself is one of the designers of the Clear Sky class, and the attack fleet he will lead in the future will all be Clear Sky class. It is said that when I was promoted later and the dreadnought was replaced as the flagship, I cried for a long time.

"This warship has no actual combat experience yet!" The senior sister frowned and said, "Where is our database?"

"No more details than what was disclosed in "Ship Magazine" last year. As for the Empire, except for the appearance at last year's ship show, it has implemented very strict confidentiality measures at other times. We don't know what subsequent improvements she has, or even I don’t know how many ships the empire has already commissioned.” Akinayama Hachiman pushed up his glasses, this time preparing to use reflections to cover up his troubles.

"Look, we don't know everything about the enemy, right? Now, Brother Hachiman, can we formulate a battle plan?"