Him and their stars.

Chapter 1904 Leader of Free Blue Star

So, after watching the Zerg fly away like migratory birds in the universe, the Silence also accelerated according to the original plan and left the battlefield where only a large number of warship wreckage and dwarf planet powder were left, and entered another gravity well.

They still maintained a semi-silent state, and when traveling at sub-light speeds, they tried their best to plan their routes within the outer ring of the galaxy to avoid possible surveillance or other fleets that might be encountered along the way.

It turns out that all encounters are unexpected.

Four hours after saying goodbye to the Zerg, a patrol fleet consisting of four destroyers appeared within the exploration range of the Silence. Needless to say, they were naturally the reinforcements that were called in.

Their combat power was less than one-third of the friendly forces that sent out the rescue signal, but they still rushed over without hesitation. Their actions were even faster than expected.

Putting aside one's own qualities and skills, at least the attitude is worthy of recognition.

This kind of bravery and brotherhood is certainly admirable. Moreover, four destroyers are not enough to fill the gap. Yu Lian decided to let them go.

Twelve hours later, another larger Imperial fleet appeared within their detection range. It consisted of two light carriers, three heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, six destroyers and twelve assault ships.

Needless to say, this was completely a makeshift operation consisting of three or four patrol fleets.

In addition, the two light carriers also released the fighter planes they carried early on, forming a warning area with a diameter of one astronomical unit, as if they were ready to guard against sneak attacks at any time.

This doesn't feel like patrolling on home ground, but more like marching in enemy territory.

Yu Lian felt that the imperial fleet that was rampaging within the borders of the former community was behaving much more coolly than them.

Even so, the Imperial fleet did not discover the Silence at the edge of the galaxy, nor did they realize that the world's unique conceptual weapon was locking onto them and could bring them into hunting range at any time.

"For this batch, perhaps five to six rounds of salvos may be needed. However, this is a conclusion drawn based on yesterday's battle situation, and it is really not accurate. There are too few examples." Feifei said.

It's not that there are too few cases, it's just an isolated case. Yu Lian nodded.

"However, the other party has already released the fighter planes in advance, so it is difficult for us to kill them quickly." Feifei said again.

Yu Lian pretended to be enlightened: "So that's how it is. The nemesis of the arc cannon is actually a fighter plane? You see, I said it before, the aircraft carrier party is the true evolution direction of war."

Feifei naturally would not object: "If you say so, of course it is. I believe that you have drawn such a conclusion based on sufficient scientific evidence, not just some special cases you occasionally encounter."

Perhaps it was because the soldiers of the community had just satisfied their self-need of "testing artillery with the Imperial Army", they actually showed a level of endurance that even Yu Lian had to admire, and they remained calm throughout the whole process.

Even the most ferocious first mate and Anne, who was most eager to create chaos, did not suggest "let's fire a shot".

Everyone watched this batch of rich prey float away from their sight, and then continued on their way.

"These should be all the patrol fleets in the surrounding star fields. There will be a big loophole in front of us, and we should speed up appropriately." Captain Nemo suggested.

The captain rarely makes radical suggestions, but now his suggestion seems very convincing. In fact, the navigator has made the same judgment before.

"Let's do it this way." Yu Lian readily followed the advice.

It turns out that as long as Captain Nemo can get away from the role of a well-trained Brahmin butler, his professional ability will always be trustworthy.

During the following few days of sailing, everything went smoothly for everyone.

Therefore, despite the distance covered by the branch line, the Silence still arrived at the Steel Rock Fortress on October 10. They have now entered the heart of the Helots star zone from the border of the Empire.

At the cruising speed of the Enlightened warship, it shouldn't have taken that long, but after all, we were running back and forth instead of running in a straight line. Arriving at the destination on the last day of early October was already beyond our initial expectations.

This incident tells us that we should not think that doing side quests will waste time, as there may be unexpected surprises.

This system is located at the intersection of Steel Trail 4 and Avenue 3, and is also one of the main transportation routes in this sparsely populated industrial star zone. There are all kinds of equipment, such as berths, repair shops, power stations, hotels, and other facilities. There is also a Steel Rock Fortress that has a history of more than a thousand years. It is said that it was the most important outpost of the Tirrero people when they explored and conquered the Helots star zone.

Such a space city with a long history is not treated as an antique, but is still conscientiously carrying out its armament tasks, just like an immortal veteran, which is quite admirable.

However, this place is far away from the border of the empire, so the fortress cannot be too large.

It is a local military base three levels lower than the Skyfort. Its overall scale is that of a space station with 10,000 people. Even the berths for large ships are semi-temporary parts connected by pipes.

Of course, probably because of the previous wide-area clear code distress signal, there were naturally no warships at the berth.

However, since it is a fortress, it has all the necessary shields, armor, deep space probes, gravity probes, automatic turret command centers, fighter hangars and fortress guns.

No matter how dogmatic the imperialists were, they never dared to take this matter lightly.

To be on the safe side, the Silence once again activated the energy-consuming "Mirage System" and sneaked into the shadow of a giant planet one astronomical unit away from the fortress, and then began the next step of work.

In front of Yu Lian, several screens popped up on the tactical holographic platform. Spectacular data graphics danced on them, drawing faint blue arcs.

Yu Lian turned his head and looked at the distant fortress that seemed to be hiding at the end of the starry sky. He vaguely caught the flickering lights on it, but they were like a group of fireflies that could be swallowed by the darkness at any time.

He lowered his head and naturally saw the technicians from the communications and science groups. They were like a group of dedicated coders working hard to operate equipment that did not belong to this era.

As a member of the working people, Marshal Yu actually appreciated this scene of hard work very much. He could feel a passionate power that could change the world, which was more intoxicating than any magnificent music or graceful dance.

Yu Lian could hardly hold back his urge to cheer for such a heroic spirit, and even wanted to have a glass of iced cola.

At this time, Lieutenant Hines also quickly reported in a hurried tone: "We have captured the signal cluster of Steel Rock Fortress and confirmed the existence of a dimensional communication channel. We are currently analyzing the nature of the enemy's code. Uh, this is a dynamic sequence code. We now need to perform chaos verification independently. It will take at least sixty seconds."

This wasn't a particularly difficult password, but it wasn't surprising. What everyone was hacking into was only the outermost layer of the Empire's military communication channels. It was said that officers above the school level had access and could browse the outermost military "secrets" at any time. The Empire's captains might even chat while sailing.

Under the suppression of the computing power of the Enlightened equipment, the scene presented a scene of almost dimensionality reduction. Just one minute later, the Silence had silently entered the encrypted communication channel.

On the terminal screen nearby, a series of briefings and the latest news soon appeared. Although they were not important high-tech military secrets, they were at least internal information that only officers above the mid-level could read.

Yu Lian quickly found the content he was interested in on a today’s briefing marked “Important”:

"The head of the Earth's government-in-exile 'Free Blue Star Alliance' has been determined to be Ms. Jessica Edward Young, the former Minister of Women and Children of the Blue Star Community."

Well, although it is not the information I want most, it is really a pleasant surprise!

The last time Yu Lian heard about Ms. Jessica, she was still on Earth. Now that he knew she had safely retreated to the Alliance, he was naturally relieved.

Then again, if she could escape, then Mr. Bai should be able to do it too, right? However, the latter is the same type as Marshal Paris. Even if he has a chance, he probably won't want to escape, right?

Yu Lian now had nothing else to think about. He only hoped that after getting the news that Ms. Jessica was safe, he could also hear good news about Mr. Bai.

To be frank, there were not many cabinet officials that he liked in the previous president's government. After confirming that Chairman Shawna and Principal Maxell had passed away, the only ones he was still worried about were these two.

Yu Lian opened the list of names on the briefing: in addition to Ms. Jessica Young, who served as president, there was also Mr. Qiu Mosheng, former Foreign Minister, who served as prime minister, and Ms. Wilbart, former ambassador, who automatically became foreign minister.

The above three are the three people with the highest status in "Free Blue Star", which can be reflected very intuitively from the order of the list.

It is understandable that since it is already a government in exile, diplomatic work is the top priority. In other words, apart from diplomacy, they really don’t have any serious work now.

In comparison, Qiu Mosheng, the nominal prime minister, has become a decoration.

That was enough. Yu Lian thought that if he were there, he would have found a way to send this man flying on a dump truck.

In addition, there are various departments such as national defense, internal affairs, finance, shipping management, etc., and the new chairmen and ministers of various departments are also in place. Although they are all like mascots, at least they have all the organs.

It even has support departments such as the General Office, Secretariat, Security Bureau, etc., and they are fully staffed. The organizational structure looks more advanced than that of most multinational companies.

In short, judging by the standards of the government in exile, this "Free Blue Star" movement must be the most neat and formal one.

Feifei was also surprised and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is actually the best result!"

Indeed, if all off-field factors are put aside, Jessica is indeed the best candidate. She is one of the youngest members of parliament in the history of the community, has an excellent personal image, and has many supporters in the alliance. When she served as the Minister of Women and Children in the coalition government, she also worked hard to do a lot of practical things, and she has undoubted political achievements.

Being able to do things and put on a show, he possesses all the qualities of a top politician.

In addition, she is the wife of General Yang, the "magician of victory". Naturally, she is the absolute core of the war faction and can represent the will of many people.

In comparison, Mr. Qiu, the Foreign Minister and a veteran in the political arena, is suspected of being a deserter, and he also has a strong smell of the decadent and decadent remnants of the old era; Ambassador Wilbart, after all, lacks qualifications and has too deep an alliance background.

The above is the official aspect, as for the personal aspect...

"Sister Jessica is one of us." Feifei exclaimed: "Juque said that he would not let the Free Blue Star Movement go off track. So this is what he meant! Mr. Tan Tai said that he was training Juque to be the next headmaster, but now it seems that if he is limited to the small territory of the Spiritual Research Association, it might be a waste of his talent."

"If I tell this to my eldest senior brother, I don't know whether he will be proud or helpless. But, considering the time, the Nefi people haven't arrived in Nefi yet, right? Can they start remote interference now?" Yu Lian was skeptical.

"The stage of the exiled government is far away in Nephi. We know nothing about what happened there; but what is certain is that you have powerful friends there. Your subordinates and partners will always be supported."

"Ahahahaha, it turns out my friend is so awesome!" Yu Lian laughed dryly a few times.

Feifei shrugged. "The key lies in the result. Yu'er, since Free Blue Star can open for business in Nefei, it means that it is already a legitimate government recognized by the Alliance."

Indeed, no matter how much the Alliance pretends to be a grandson, it can never really acknowledge the Empire's annihilation and occupation of the Community, so it can only acknowledge that this "Free Blue Planet" is the legitimate representative of the Community.

Once the alliance is recognized, it will naturally influence the attitudes of most countries.

Feifei said: "This means that the Pioneer Party, which was established only two years ago, has already become the ruling party of the Blue Star Community."

Can this be calculated this way? Yu Lian was slightly startled, and then realized that Sister-in-law Jessica was indeed one of the founders of the Pioneer Party, a veteran who could definitely be included in history books.

In theory, her position and qualifications within the party are much higher than those of Yu Lian, a non-partisan who avoids suspicion.

In addition, the legal leader of the Pioneer Party is still Mr. Qi. He was even remotely assigned to the position of Chairman of the National Defense Committee, but it is not known whether he was aware of it.

However, having said that, the status within the party and the status within the government are actually different. This design always feels like there seems to be something wrong.

In addition to the president in exile and the chairman of the defense committee, the cabinet of the exiled government also includes four former members of the Pioneer Party, including Foreign Minister Lina Wilbart. But isn't this lady non-partisan? Hasn't she always been an internationalist? When did she join?

But no matter what the final facts are, no matter what kind of interest exchanges and power games have taken place behind the scenes, judging purely from the results, the Pioneer Party is undoubtedly the ruling party.

".Wouldn't the Pioneer Party be the biggest winner?" Yu Lian muttered, "A hundred years later, there will definitely be conspiracy theorists who say that this was all designed by the Pioneer Party."

Feifei smiled and said, "The premise is that we will also be the winners a hundred years later."

Although conspiracy theorists always consider themselves idealists who pursue the truth, they are actually quite extreme realists at heart and always like to talk about the winners.

All in all, this is good news both publicly and privately. As for how good it will be, we still have to wait and see what happens next.

Yu Lian decided to temporarily turn his attention away from Nefi and focus on the military situation at hand. Just as he was about to ask about the progress of the intelligence and communications teams, Lieutenant Hines took the initiative to report:

"Sir, I just received news that Vice Admiral Jaeger Sobek is also leading the exercise fleet to this direction."