Him and their stars.

Chapter 638 Is the big Khan out?
The news received by the fourteenth outpost was transferred to the commander of the Lion's Cave Fortress and the governor of the extreme frontier military region, Admiral Moscou Celerius within five minutes.

Prior to this, officers at all levels in the fortress had already started emergency preparations in accordance with the well-established combat regulations.The main shield of the fortress is being activated, the gun ports have been opened, and the patrol fleet is starting to move towards the place where the gravity signal occurred.The soldiers on various observation facilities scattered in every corner of the galaxy also boarded the transportation boat and evacuated towards the fortress.

Most of the defenders in the fortress didn't even react, thinking that their side had been included as part of the "Glory Mission" military exercise, and they simply acted in the instinctive way that had been trained countless times.Therefore, before Admiral Selelius got the news, the initial combat preparations for the entire galaxy had already been completed.

Admiral Selelius, 60 years old this year, is very satisfied.He was originally an old-fashioned soldier, so he naturally had the side of training madmen.The performance of the fortress officers and soldiers today has already made him look good.You know, he is not the only general in the current Lion's Den Fortress, but also the commander of the red side, General Farrell, in the "Mission of Glory" military exercise.

To be honest, the veteran was somewhat jealous of Admiral Farrell, who was nearly ten years younger than him and was already at the same level.

"A signal from the No. [-] gravity well?"

"Yes, according to the data fed back from the No. 14 deep space monitoring station, the No. 3 gravity well is indeed recovering. However, the current jump mass carried just exceeds five million tons." The intelligence official told him.

If it's only five million tons, it's just enough for an old-fashioned Dreadnought.Admiral Seleliu had not had time to breathe a sigh of relief, but the other party said: "However, the total mass is now steadily increasing. Although the No. 3 gravity well is an unstable transition channel, there have been seven or eight times in history. The stable mass exceeds 5 A million tons of time!"

"When was the last time?" Celerius just said, but then laughed at himself: "Uh, it was the time eighteen years ago, right?"

The intelligence staff nodded, and the chief of staff said: "I have ordered the fleet in the fortress to assemble and leave the port, deploy defenses outside the direction of the main guns, and have sent a report to Lieutenant General Ferosh of the Selection. However, there are still three days left to return."

"Five days?" Your Excellency the Commander raised his eyebrows.

The chief of staff quickly explained that after killing the star-eating worm, Lieutenant General Ferosh decided to lead the fleet to carry out a security patrol according to the scheduled fleet cruising route. Tactical behavior to go down.

As the second-in-command of the Extreme Border Star Region and the first-in-command of the fortress garrison fleet, Lieutenant General Ferosh certainly has this autonomy.

Celerius nodded.In his opinion, even if all the predators were mobilized, it would be difficult to break through the Lion's Den Fortress, which was armed to the teeth.Not to mention three days, even half a month can survive.At that time, not to mention the Choice, even the support fleets of several military regions after Jijiang will arrive.Maybe even the Forbidden Army Fleet that rushed over from Tianyu has already arrived at Luyuan Star.

"What about gravity wells 1 and 4?" he asked again.

"There is no response for the time being, and vigilance is being maintained."

"Can't be taken lightly and prepare a drone interception net."

Gravity wells No. 1 and No. 4 are stable transition channels leading to two star systems near the center of the galaxy.It has always been the main channel for predators to invade.However, the upper limit of the mass that these two gravity wells can carry is not high, and the enemy fleet that can jump into the galaxy at one time is also limited.

In this way, the first line of defense can be formed with unmanned array turrets and electromagnetic nets, which is enough to delay the advancing direction of the enemy fleet.

To put it bluntly, the galaxy that the empire chose to build a frontier fortress is very particular.What is needed is this kind of node that can just strangle the "pass".

Admiral Celerius thought about it for a few seconds, and then ordered: "Let the special arsenal ship, carrying space-bubble torpedoes, deploy in front of the No. 4 gravity well."

"In the actual combat on the far shore, the effect of soaking torpedoes in space seems to be not as good as the report said." The chief of staff said.

"Then it can't be expired, right?" Admiral Celerius twitched the corners of his mouth unhappily: "Won't antimatter materials decay after being stored for a long time? And it's so expensive to store."

It seems that the officers who are born with technical skills want to seriously discuss the difference between antimatter materials and nuclear fuel with the Commander, but the Commander has stopped this topic and said: "Send our handling opinions to Admiral Farrell. Ask for his opinion."

This is due to etiquette considerations.

Fortunately, Admiral Celerius is a man of etiquette, as is Admiral Farrell opposite.The latter said that he was only temporarily living in the Lion's Den Fortress as a participant in the exercise, and that he could not speak nonsense about the fortress's own affairs and frontier defense.However, if Your Excellency Selelius really needs it, I am willing to do my best to be your staff officer and give you some immature suggestions and so on.

The reason why the two generals who are very different in age can live in peace in the Lion's Den Fortress is indeed inseparable from the fact that they are both fastidious people.

Very quickly, Admiral Farrell arrived at the headquarters of the fortress, and just after greeting the other party, he received a new communication.It turned out to be the spacecraft passing through the No. 3 gravity well.

They said that they were not plunderers, but ordinary citizens who were taken away by plunderers. At this time, they finally escaped from the evil den and went to a free society.

Then, a medium-sized transport ship that just jumped out of the gravity well channel appeared on the video.

Admiral Celerius, who was born as an old captain, quickly recognized that it was a Mensa-class medium-sized armed merchant ship.It can be regarded as a very classic ship model, which achieves a perfect balance of speed, durability, load, armament and cost, and has been used for three or four hundred years.Of course, the imperial military has used this kind of ship, but it is still very common for private freight companies.

Immediately afterwards, the intelligence department had obtained the information of the ship according to the hull number.

This is an armed merchant ship that disappeared in a predator attack fifty years ago, and it is a transport ship belonging to the Sea God Fleet.

At this time, the Mensa-class armed merchant ship on the video approached the fortress staggeringly, as if a Jiu Mengzi was sailing the ship.However, when faced with the order to stop the ship from the imperial fleet, she still extinguished her engine and closed all the gun ports.A mere armed merchant ship can't do anything to the imperial warship opposite even with its guns fully opened, but this kind of behavior is still very sincere.

However, the damage to the ship was indeed too heavy. After turning off the engine, it took nearly half a minute to stop the ship. It was obvious that the basic sensing system was about to fail.

The crew members on the imperial battleship watched this tragic scene, and immediately felt sympathy.

However, after looking at each other, the two generals in the headquarters gave the following judgment without blood or tears.

"It's suspicious." The old general Celerius said.

"Indeed." Admiral Farrell said, "Although there are refugees escaping from the looters' territory every year, it would be too coincidental for this to happen again at this time."

"Let the marines board the ship for inspection."

"It's best to have psykers... Yes, there are also quarantine and three-defense personnel."

"Quarantine? Well, is it a human bomb or a source of disease? You really need to be careful." Although Admiral Celerius felt that the "nomadic barbarians" of the predators should not have such technical means, it is better to be careful.

"Check everyone's list, and then put it on the next planet for quarantine inspection." He ordered.

He is not an idiot, how could he really let such an unknown ship enter the fortress?It is impossible even to determine the identity of the ship and its members.

Another hour later, the riddled transport ship continued to set sail under the "escort" of the imperial warship, and its target was the desert planet in this galaxy.Apart from a small city dedicated to local officers and soldiers, there were several temporary camps on that planet, which were prepared for this situation.

Less than an hour later, the headquarters received the identity information of all the refugees. The oldest was [-] years old, and the youngest was even a baby.The extremely efficient imperial army immediately connected with the internal affairs department, and it only took half an hour to complete the identification.

Indeed, with the exception of a few children born in slave labor camps in the Galactic Heart, all were citizens of nations who had disappeared during the years of raiding by the Marauders.

They were led by an Imperial Army major named Van Laken.

The identity of the Imperial Army major was also confirmed.During the Marauder invasion eighteen years ago, he was the captain of a destroyer lost in the fleet battle.I thought it sank with the battleship, but I didn't expect to be captured by the predators.

Of course, although the Tiriro people are a war nation with abundant martial arts, they don't have the idea of ​​"being a prisoner is a shame".An old military officer who has been living in the enemy's camp for eighteen years finally finds the right opportunity to escape from the devil's lair and rescues a group of refugees by the way. This is a proper heroic epic.Definitely something to hype.

In short, looking at the exhausted and blood-stained Major Laken, who was still in good spirits, all the soldiers of the Imperial Army were in awe.Looking at the refugees on the ship who lacked food and clothing, many of them were old people and children, the knightly imperial soldiers were even more moved, but they still refused to let the ship approach the fort without hesitation, and asked the military doctor on the fort to check Everyone's body demands.

"Please stay in the camp for as little as possible. Don't worry, there are well-equipped facilities, warm rooms, clean beds, and unlimited supply of hot water. The food, water, and medicine you need have also been delivered, and the military doctor will give them as soon as possible. Everyone, see the doctor." The leading officer said to Major Laken.

Major Laken was helpless, but he also knew that this was indeed a necessary procedure for the Imperial Army, so he immediately expressed the hope that he could meet with His Excellency the Commander and report important information.

"Important information?" The officer on the opposite side directly withdrew his sympathetic expression, looked at the other party suspiciously, and then the major pulled him directly to a hidden place, and then dialed the communication of the headquarters.

On the holographic projection, the figure of Admiral Selelius appeared immediately.

"This is only me and the members of the headquarters. Your important information can be disclosed." The general said.

Major Laken originally hoped to meet the commander, but after thinking about it carefully, this request was indeed unlikely, so he told the other party seriously that the internal conflicts among the major predator tribes in the galaxy had ended, and the new commander Khan has been produced.

"Great Khan?" Admiral Celerius was slightly startled, and then said in a deep voice: "I understand, thank you for your hard work. Major, the empire will never forget your achievements. Now, go and have a good rest."

Thus ended the sudden opening of Gravity Well No. 3 and the ensuing invasion warning.

The good news is that it wasn't an army of marauders that had intruded into our system, but a ship of fleeing refugees.The more than 4000 refugees on board were then placed in camps on the surface of the planet, where they were well cared for.Imperial soldiers in protective suits also landed here and began to conduct the necessary protective checks.

The bad news is that this so-called Great Khan is gone.

"How many years has it been since the Predator Group in the Galaxy has seen this great Khan?" Celerius frowned and said to himself.

"It's been nearly two hundred years. The last time the Great Khan was the patriarch of the Maishanda troll clan, he launched an invasion during the Fifth Galactic War. Of course, it also achieved His Majesty's battle of fame." Farrell While speaking, the admiral cupped his hands in the direction of Tianyu.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Emperor Eliser was able to win the final victory in the election of the emperor is of course inseparable from the fact that he personally took down the head of the Great Khan.

Although the countries of the galaxy cannot extend their own territory and rule to the galaxy, they have actually dealt with those outlaws who live in the only "forbidden zone of civilization" in the entire galaxy, and they still have a certain understanding of their basic status of.

The Marauders are not a single civilized race, but a loose confederation of dozens of groups made up of countless races that have lost their footing in the galaxy.The leader of each unified group is called the Khan, and the leader of the Khans is the Great Khan, which is a bit like a mafia.

Of course, these groups are composed of outlaws of various ethnic groups, but there are still so-called "subject ethnic groups" within them, which is also the basis for the khans to stabilize their rights.

The Eeros, the Maesanders, the White Demons, the losers of the civilized hegemony that have been completely annexed by the empire and the alliance, and even the Favre dragons and thunder giants that have been said to have been exterminated.

If you want to survive in the Yinxin, you will naturally develop a sturdy folk style and a strong fighting quality, but after all, the predators are only a kind of organization level close to nomadic tribes and underworlds, although their plunder can always cause serious damage to civilized countries. The damage is just that.

However, in the history of the empire and the alliance, there is no shortage of glorious battles that pushed back into the galaxy and used the bones of the predators to pave the way for bravery.If it weren't for the fact that the star system near the center of the galaxy is too harsh and the resources are too poor, there is no way to uproot them, and these outlaws have long been completely reduced to historical terms.

There are even gossip rumors that the reason why the empire and the alliance did not completely wipe out the looters is actually to save such a "strange point" for the military to use.

Of course, large and small military-industrial complexes can make money because of this, which is another topic.

However, it would be another matter if there was only one Great Khan in Yinxin who could force all the families to obey and dispatch all the resources and troops of the predators in a unified manner.

On this point, Yu Lian's hometown actually has a strong say.Throughout the dynasties, the Central Plains dynasty has never been afraid of nomads, but they are afraid of nomads suddenly led by a man from heaven.

"Whether it's true or a rumor, don't take it lightly." Admiral Selelius said, "It needs to be reported to the Privy Council and the Grand Marshal's Office immediately."

Admiral Farrell also sighed: "This incident happened again here, and I don't know if the exercise can continue. In the past two years, everything has really gone wrong in the empire."

According to the original plan, Admiral Farrell will set off tomorrow to lead the last fleet of the red side to join the exercise front.He originally wanted to perform well in this exercise and set an example for the young generals of the "post-war generation" of the same age, but he didn't expect so many things to happen.

For an actor who has prepared for today's performance for a long time, isn't the most annoying thing are these uninvited guests who disrupt the order of the stage?

"Naturally, it should go on." Admiral Selelius comforted, "The mission of glory is to deter evil. Isn't the predator in the opposite galaxy one of them? There are hundreds of people in the star area behind us." Wan Dajun and more than [-] warships. Even if the group of nomadic barbarians really have the so-called Great Khan, would they choose this time to launch an attack?"

Indeed, the current extreme frontier star region is definitely full of troops.As long as the newly elected Great Khan is not an idiot who has lost his mind, it is absolutely impossible for him to make mistakes during this period.

(End of this chapter)