Him and their stars.

Chapter 1723 Devil's Throat, I'm Back Again

"Devil's Throat, I'm back!" Horatio Wayne looked at this galaxy that appeared most frequently in the past Judgment War, and looked at this galaxy where he had shed his blood, and was filled with emotion for a moment.

When he was 26 years old, he looked around and saw the image of himself when he was 24 years old.

"It's now called Dawn Pass," Kent reminded expressionlessly.

"The fortress has been renamed Unity Fortress, but it's not as appropriate as the old name." Wayne sneered.

Of course, everyone has seen the deformed remains of the Unity Fortress. The huge space relic looks like a shriveled apple core that has lost its moisture. It is full of historical scars and makes people feel cold.

Kent now only thought that the thing looked very evil. However, when he thought about it carefully, it made sense that this huge solid steel "apple core" contained the corpses of hundreds of thousands of people.

And the situation was just as everyone imagined. More engineering ships were less than 30 kilometers away from the wreckage of the Unity Fortress, busy like worker bees.

The framework of a space city has been built.

"Are we really going to rebuild the fortress? No, we are going to start from scratch and build a completely new fortress." Wayne said.

"No, judging from its scale, it's not as big as a fortress. It's more like a functional space city," said Kent.

"In other words, it is the initial preparation for the construction of the fortress."

This inference is quite logical.

However, Kent felt that things were not that simple. He used a radio telescope to see with his own eyes that many engineering ships were circling around the remains of the Unity Fortress, like flies dancing on a group of graves.

However, since the distance is too far, the image is very blurry and it is really unclear what the specific work is.

He really wanted to get closer and take a closer look, but he knew that was unrealistic.

Afterwards, they quickly found a large area of ​​fully-formed space facilities in the outer orbit of the galaxy, from orbital power stations, mining plants to refineries, with everything from scratch.

It's easy to understand. After all, Dawn Pass is part of the Dawn Star Region. Although there are few habitable planets and large areas of dense asteroid belts, the mineral resources are also very rich.

It was actually quite convenient to build a fortress in this kind of galaxy. Although some high-tech core components still needed to be shipped from China, the most expensive materials could be obtained locally.

Obviously, this is the pass of the Dawn Star Region and an important construction site, so the Empire will of course carry out very strict control. Although the size of the Wayne fleet is almost negligible, it still alarmed the attention of the defenders.

The good news is that there aren't many defenders.

The bad news, even if it’s not much, it’s easy to deal with these six cats and dogs.

Soon, five heavy cruisers and a light carrier rushed over from the construction site.

However, their movements were obviously hesitant. They were not moving very fast and they kept looking back every few steps, as if they were worried that new enemy ships would suddenly emerge from the gravity well and launch a shameless sneak attack on them.

...It is understandable. Yang Fleet has used this trick several times.

Taking advantage of this gap, the fragile small boats of the Wayne fleet plunged into the asteroid belt. After circling a circle and a half in the ice crystal maze surrounding the outer periphery of the galaxy, they suddenly pounced on an already built orbital refinery.

After four or five similar operations, the Imperial Fleet stationed in this system also fell into hesitation. They may have always been worried that the main force of the Yang Fleet would attack from the direction where the Wayne Fleet came from, so they re-concentrated their forces near the construction site.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Wayne fleet successfully returned to the Dawn Channel under the cover of the asteroid belt, and returned to the vast world.

Of course, this is actually partly because the Empire's military strength here is limited, and the primary task is to protect the construction site and various production facilities, so they had to hold their noses and let Wayne's small fleet go.

"This reflects two things. First, the Empire attaches great importance to the Dawn Pass project, and rebuilding the Unity Fortress represents their strategic considerations." Wayne said.

"Maybe it's not just about rebuilding the fortress." Kent still had doubts. "Secondly, the Empire's military strength in the Dawn Star Region is indeed decreasing." Wayne said again.

Facts have proved that no matter how simple Horatio Wayne's mind is, it is also intermittent. He is a natural born warrior, and he actually has a natural tactical sense and the ability to act decisively.

He should also be the first Community commander to lead a fleet to break through the Dawn Pass blockade after the war began.

Once the fleet reaches the Dawn Channel, subsequent operations will be much easier.

As we all know, this is a holy road that connects the Dawn Star Region and the New World Highway, and also connects the Empire and the Community's homeland. If there is no war, it is almost foreseeable that this route will become one of the busiest trade routes in the known universe within ten years.

However, there are actually many branches in the star systems that make up this route. If you patiently arrange and combine these branches that lead to the same destination, you can actually form more than 20 routes.

So, of course, this also gives the people on Earth ample space to utilize.

Back then, Eleanor Bonaparte, with her powerful Thirteen Fleets, was able to fight the Imperial Fleet on the Dawn Channel for a long time, not to mention the four small boats in Horatio Wayne's hands.

They would occasionally encounter oncoming enemy patrol fleets and transport fleets, but they were always able to avoid danger safely and occasionally find an opportunity to take a bite.

Of course, they also knew that there must be an angry Imperial fleet chasing them from behind, but as long as they couldn't catch up, they could completely ignore it.

In short, the voyage of more than two weeks was basically the smoothest voyage for the Wayne fleet.

In this way, after the Earthlings' warships returned to the Unity Fortress after a year, they returned to the New World Highway after another year.

When approaching the Iris Galaxy, the lightly equipped Wayne Fleet finally caught up with the Vulcan Airan. At this time, it was already the end of April.

They almost witnessed with their own eyes the huge battleship painted crimson flashing by at the end of the sky and entering the jump orbit.

"This direction is not the Gate of Glory... but the direction of New Lushun." Kent said.

The two exchanged glances, and each saw the worry in the other's eyes. The movement of the Imperial Fleet was not surprising, but when it really happened, it still brought heavy pressure to people.

"Does Marshal Farrell think that New Lushun and New Yumen are more important than the threat from Yang's fleet?"

"They have changed their way of fighting. They only want to build a fortress in Dawn Pass to lock us down. After all, they don't even know about the existence of the star gate. The Vulcan must have other ideas." Kent pondered.

"I know. In fact, we are going to break through the South Heaven Gate through the New World." Horatio Wayne said, "As long as we capture Gibraltar, the connection between the Outer Ring, the Far Shore, New Shenzhou and the mainland will be cut off. Although the main force of our army stationed in the fortress is still our largest strategic group, it will definitely become an isolated force."

This guy looks simple-minded, but in fact he is just too lazy to use his brain in areas he is not interested in. However, when it comes to war, he is really sharp and terrifying!
Kent looked at his friend with admiration and nodded with a heavy expression: "But... if they want to go through the New World Highway, it will be difficult for the Empire to maintain a large fleet. It should be difficult for them to break through the defenses of Gibraltar and the Outer Fleet."

"What if the enemy comes from the Blood Gate and West End?"

"The Blood Gate has been razed to the ground by Yu Lian. The entire Kingdom of Kaitai has also been in turmoil since the Blood Gate. The Terrabi people have even established an independent country and are said to be requesting the Empire's recognition and the Emperor's canonization. In addition, the tens of billions of refugees pouring into the Empire alone would leave him no time to take care of other things in the border star regions, let alone maintain the logistics of the main fleet." Kent had a different opinion:

"But they will never leave refugees and vassal states caught in civil strife alone. This will cause a huge blow to the prestige of the Galactic Empire."

At this point, Kent also felt it was a pity. If he were in his native land, he would definitely spend a lot of effort to collect information in this area. There is actually a lot of room for use, and maybe it can add fuel to the fire of the empire.

"It's true that prestige is difficult to build, but easy to tear down," Wayne agreed.

"Even if there is an imperial fleet, it will only be small-scale, mainly for harassment and support."

"That guy is actually quite crazy. If I were there, I would probably make the same judgment, but perhaps not so decisively. May the spirit of the universe bless him, he is right, and now the threat from the Blood Gate has been basically eliminated." Wayne changed the subject:
"But even if it is only a small fleet supporting the harassment, it will inevitably distract Marshal Bonaparte's attention. The Empire has limited troops that can attack Nan Tianmen, but Nan Tianmen's troops are also stretched to the limit."

Kent was speechless. He certainly knew that in order to maintain the battle line of Said, Gibraltar's troops had already provided several rounds of support. In addition, the Outer Ring Fleet even squeezed out a group of fleets to stand by in New Shenzhou, hiding behind the Tower of Babel to provide backup for Yang's fleet.

"As long as the Empire shows enough threat in the direction of Nantianmen... I don't know what method they will use, but they will definitely find a way, which will be enough to cut off the retreat of the entire outer ring and the far shore. If that time really comes, if the main force of the enemy in Sai De launches a full-scale attack again, even Yu Lian will feel caught in a dilemma, right?"