The clones Renes, Shen Yixing and Kobayashi led some of the clones' inner circle to seize control of nine human "Taimiao" class star warships, 200 armed escort spacecraft and more than 1,000 small starships, and went straight to Tabor News of the Star Military Port was quickly sent to Li Jianfeng in the form of a secret message.
It was Renes who sent the secret message.
Perhaps it was to reduce his guilt, or perhaps he didn't want to see the replicator's conspiracy succeed.
Li Jianfeng was greatly alarmed. At this moment, he was working with several senior officers from the Earth Federation Military Department to command the destruction of the replicator force that was also led by clones Renes, Shen Yixing and Kobayashi Mukami who participated in the "forcing the palace" operation. .
The sudden and complicated situation made it difficult for Li Jianfeng and several senior officers to distinguish the authenticity and make a decision. To be cautious, he quickly reported it to the Earth Federation Military Department.
This news was like a thunder that exploded in the Earth Federation Military Department in almost the same way. Facing people with the same identity but performing two completely different tasks, and each task was of great importance, the Military Department fell into extreme In anxiety and confusion.
At this moment, like Li Jianfeng and others, the Ministry of Military Affairs is also facing the same problem, that is, which party is the real replicator?
Are the two parties supporting each other, or taking advantage of each other?
After a short emergency meeting, Minister of Military Affairs Fan Yuxuan issued an order to dispatch a fleet to pursue the fleeing fleet. The order was naturally Li Jianfeng, the director-general of the Space Military Operations Administration.
The order given by Fan Yuxuan is to find out the identity and whereabouts of the fleet. Regardless of whether it is a clone or not, as long as there is a defection, it will be wiped out immediately!
Li Jianfeng did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered Rena White, deputy chief of staff of the General Administration of Space Military Operations, to lead a force consisting of 11 "Taimiao" class star battleships, 7 "Rongyu" class starships and 300 armed escort spacecraft and A huge fleet of 2,000 small interstellar ships went to intercept the fleeing fleet.
At the same time, the escape fleet led by the clones Renes, Shen Yixing and Xiao Linmu has escaped from the outer defense circle of Mars and is flying towards the outer reaches of the solar system at 30% of the speed of light.
Speeds are still increasing.
At this speed, the pursuit fleet led by White will definitely not be able to catch up with the fleeing fleet in a short time. Even if it catches up, I am afraid that the opponent has already entered the control range of the Tiberians.
Currently, the Tyborians have a total of three military ports in the solar system. They are located in the high-altitude orbits of Mercury and Neptune and in the Kuiper Belt. The three military ports support each other and serve as horns for each other, just like three big locks that firmly secure the city. Locking the throat of mankind before leaving the solar system.
Therefore, based on the route of the fleeing fleet, White speculated that it would most likely escape to the Tiberians' military port in the high-altitude orbit of Neptune, because this military port is the largest military port of the Tiberians in the solar system, and it contains more than 70% of their military base. Various starships and spaceships.
According to calculations, the fleeing fleet will arrive at the Neptune military port in 1 hour and 37 minutes.
White made a decisive decision and immediately ordered all armed escort ships and small starships in the fleet, except for the 11 "Taimiao" class starships and 7 "Rongyu" class starships, to pursue the target at full speed. The number was 200. ships and 1,500 ships.
At the same time, about 2,000 heavily equipped combat flying mechas were also dispatched, leaving only a small number of escort spacecraft for the main fleet.
Armed escort ships and small starships have smaller hulls and increase speed quickly, and will catch up with the fleeing fleet in about 50 minutes.
Thirty-five minutes later, the 200 armed escort spacecraft and 1,500 small starships sent by White were close to the target, about 5 million kilometers away.
One minute later, White sent an order to the fleeing fleet to stop the ship immediately and accept inspection, but the other party never responded and even turned off the communication equipment.
White did not give the other party another chance and immediately stopped shouting.
The shouting is procedural and he must act according to the rules, which is meaningless now.
Three minutes later, White issued the order for a full-scale attack. At one time, 200 armed escort spacecraft and 150
About 5,000 space missiles were fired from 0 small interstellar ships. They were like a dense group of meteors, dragging a long trajectory and flying towards the fleeing fleet at a fleeting speed.
At the same time, 2,000 heavily equipped combat flying mecha soldiers flew towards the target in two groups like two long fire dragons. Their mission was to outflank the enemy fleet from both sides and then launch a fatal blow against it.
Facing the overwhelming incoming missiles, the fleeing fleet responded quickly. They immediately activated the dark matter protection device and launched about 10 interceptor missiles.
In addition, in order to deal with the 2,000 heavily equipped combat flying mechas that surrounded them, the fleeing fleet also dispatched about 5,000 heavily equipped combat flying mechas, which also pounced on the mecha troops sent by White like two long snakes.
As the sky-high flames flashed one after another in the dark space, earth-shattering explosions occurred in the contact area between the attacking missile and the interceptor missile. Balls of fireballs bloomed like festive fireworks over an area of nearly 10,000 square kilometers. As for the pursuit fleet millions of kilometers away, they were shrouded in a bright light.
Five minutes later, the explosion gradually subsided. Almost all the attack missiles were intercepted. Only about 300 of them rushed into the outer defense circle of the fleeing fleet, but they were all blown up under the attack of the opponent's powerful ship defense weapons.
Although a few of the fish that slipped through the net hit several starships of the fleeing fleet, they did not cause much damage when the other party activated the dark matter protective barrier.
The offensive and defensive battle of missiles here had just stopped, and the heavily equipped combat flying mecha troops from the two sides met head-on. The two sides launched a desperate contest like a feud.
The two sides fought in darkness. Since the mechas were both human beings and had the same model and color, they only relied on the identification friend or foe program temporarily loaded before the war to distinguish them. Therefore, the naked eye or electromagnetic scanning device could not distinguish each other at all.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the mecha fighting, the fleeing fleet accelerated again, sailing towards the Tiber star military port with all its strength...
Almost none of the ships in the fleeing fleet were forced to slow down. They only briefly slowed down when launching interceptor missiles and sending out mechas, but the time was very short. After that, through mutual firing of missiles and fighting between mechas, Opportunity to speed up your escape.
After 30 minutes, the mecha war finally came to an end. Due to their numerical advantage, the enemy's mechas were completely defeated, but it was also a tragic victory. There were less than 1,000 mechas that were complete and still capable of combat.
These mechas were lying across the main channel, like a copper wall blocking the pursuing fleet. At this moment, the 11 "Taimiao" class star battleships and 7 "Rongyu" class starships led by White were approaching the battle area.
The 200 armed escort spacecraft and 1,500 small starships that previously launched missiles at the fleeing fleet have disappeared.
Monitoring showed that they fled in pursuit.
But it didn't take long for White to find that they had stopped pursuing. About a minute later, he received a secret message from them. The secret message stated that a fleet of Tiber aliens appeared in front of them. The Tiber aliens passed the cosmic public channel Scream to them, claiming that the human fleet has approached the outer defense zone of their Neptune military port, and order the human fleet to leave immediately, otherwise they will be attacked indiscriminately!
Although this Tiberian fleet only has 5 star warships, its strength cannot be underestimated. According to past battle records, only three human "Taimiao" class star warships can severely damage one. It would take a long time to completely sink it. All arms join forces to fight and pay a considerable price.
The reason is that the Tiberians' biological protection device is perfect and almost indestructible. It can withstand a saturation attack by a medium-sized fleet for up to 20 minutes.
This protective device appears to be swallowing creatures, but it is not a creature in the biological sense, but something that humans cannot understand. After being attacked, it can absorb the kinetic energy and electric light generated by the explosion at an extremely fast speed. And dissolve it invisible, while repairing the damaged contact surface.
Therefore, it is quite difficult to completely destroy a Tiberian starship.
However, despite the civilizational gap and technological barriers, human beings have not been discouraged or given up. In the battle against a captured Tiberian small spacecraft,
In the 20-year study of the international spacecraft, although humans have not reverse engineered the corresponding biological protection device, they have also successfully found a way to crack it.
Human scientists used the Tiber Star language programming language system to successfully write a virus program that can prevent the biological protective device from being activated. As long as it invades the Tiber Star Starship central network system, the virus can be released and paralyze its protective device. .
Several experiments have proven that once the virus completes its invasion, it can prevent the activation of the Tiberian biological protection device, and the action time is as long as 7.5 minutes!
If you add in the restart and response time of the protection device, the virus can effectively disable the protection system for up to 8 minutes.
Don't underestimate these short 8 minutes. If a fierce attack on the Tiber Star fleet is launched during this period, the opponent will only be passively beaten, and there will be no suspense about being sunk.
However, there is a prerequisite for the use of this virus program, that is, it can only work before the Tiberians turn on the biological protection device, that is, it prevents the operation of their protection program. Once the opponent turns on the biological protection device, the virus will have no effect. .
Even if the Tiberians successfully invade the starship central network system, they will be quickly eliminated by the system.
Inside the flagship, White's eyes were fixed on the real-time monitoring holographic screen. At this moment, the 200 armed escort spacecraft and 1,500 small interstellar spacecraft that were pursuing the pursuit were already within the attack range of the Tiber alien fleet, and the enemy had already activated In the case of biological protection equipment, if you ignore the other party's warning, the situation will be quite dangerous.
White understood that it would be foolish to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Tiberians under such circumstances and the double disadvantage of being close to the Tiberian military port. The wiser approach would be to stop the ship immediately and take measures to avoid attacking.
White ordered all ships to immediately turn on all navigation lights and turn off the ship's fire control system, and then quickly reported the relevant situation to Li Jianfeng and Earth Federation Military Minister Fan Yuxuan. Soon, White received the order to lead the fleet back.
Obviously, the best opportunity to pursue and wipe out the fleeing fleet has been lost.
In the face of the absolute force of the Tiberians, Li Jianfeng and Fan Yuxuan did not want the force led by White, which consisted of 11 "Taimiao" class starships, 7 "Rongyu" class starships, 300 armed escort spacecraft and 2,000 A fleet of small starships went to accompany him.
This move makes no sense.
In the flagship, White, who had already executed the retreat order, stared at the holographic monitoring screen with a blank expression on the fleet of 9 "Taimiao" class star warships, 200 armed escort spacecraft and more than 1,000 small interstellar spacecraft. They sailed into the Tiberian military port on Neptune, their hearts filled with endless reluctance and helplessness...
Suddenly, a huge firelight illuminated the command module in the flagship palely. After his eyes adjusted, White looked out the window. He was shocked to find that the Tiberian Neptune military port was already a sea of fire, and the explosions of fire undulated with each other. ..
A battle broke out in the military port.
