One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-One 5th Time

A few days later, the Jizhou battle group.

The virtual conference room was packed with seats. The command team headed by Huo Qiang and the eleven captains were all gathered together. All eyes were focused on Huo Qiang.

Chief of Staff Wu Han unfolded a virtual screen in front of him. With a swipe of his finger, the virtual screen floated to Huo Qiang: "Commander, this is the observation report in the past few days. The situation has become very obvious. Ninety-nine percent of the enemy's targets are Mars. "

To be honest, Wu Han was very dissatisfied with Huo Qiang.

The fleet had long since discovered alien anomalies, but Huo Qiang insisted on observing them for a few more days, wasting several days in vain.

At present, the direction and speed of each battle group are inferior to the aliens. Even if they return immediately, the aliens will reach Mars first. If it returns decisively in the past few days, the fleet can return to Mars ahead of the enemy and prevent the enemy from planning to attack Mars.

By first occupying Ceres and then crushing the enemy's attack, this battle can be brought to a perfect end.

But now? Huo Qiang delayed again and again, ruining the good situation and simply putting the initiative into the enemy's hands. Many people secretly speculated on what kind of medicine Huo Qiang was selling in the gourd, and Wu Han was no exception, and he vaguely felt that Huo Qiang seemed to be worried about aliens not attacking Mars!

It's a strange feeling, but it's real.

Although he had some thoughts in his heart, Wu Han knew very well what should and should not be said, so he only picked out the most critical things and kept the rest in his heart.

Huo Qiang didn't even glance at the report, and said in a deep voice: "Have all the enemy warships flown to Mars?"

"No." Wu Han said, "Probably 80%. The remaining one-fifth didn't move, probably because they wanted to block us."

"Stop?" Huo Qiang couldn't help but laugh, "This is interesting. We are trying to trick the aliens, but they are targeting us instead? Haha, that's a good plan!"

His tone was like ice in the cold winter, exuding a faint chill.

Zhuang Bo hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Commander, should we rush back immediately? I have already calculated that the positions of each battle group are good. It is still too late to leave quickly. At most, it will be a few days behind the aliens. Mars is there. With the Xuzhou battle group and four super cannons, there is no way we can hold on until the fleet comes back for reinforcements."

Huo Qiang pursed his lips and nodded: "The plan is okay, but it's a little conservative."

Zhuang Bo was startled and tentatively said: "Then return at full speed and intercept the enemy midway."

Wu Han reminded: "It's difficult, the enemy ships are too scattered."

Except for the enemy force in the direction of Ceres, which is an assembled fleet, the other enemy ships are all scattered, with as many as three or five ships and as few as one.

In addition to the enemy ships that failed to arrive at the assembly point in time, there are also many enemy ships that have appeared one after another in the past few days. They are located in several star fields, are large in number, and are widely distributed. Moreover, the advance of all enemy ships The direction is all Mars, and Huo Qiang's dozens of warships alone cannot stop so many enemy ships.

Zhuang Bo spread his hands and said, "It's impossible to return to the destination, and it's impossible to intercept them midway. I really can't think of a way."

Huo Qiang's eyes turned to the captains present: "What about you? What do you think?"

Everyone was like a gourd with its mouth cut off, and there was silence in the conference room.

"Don't have any ideas?" Huo Qiang raised his voice, but his eyes were filled with disappointment.

Ye Han really wanted to talk about scattered interception, but couldn't others think of such a simple answer? After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided to keep his mouth shut and listen to other people's thoughts honestly.

"Be bold. No matter how outrageous your ideas are, you can speak freely." Huo Qiang encouraged.

"It's better... to return reinforcements." A captain said with difficulty, "Mars has only one battle group, and the enemy has at least two hundred battleships. The gap is really too big."

"That's right!" Another captain agreed, "Even if there are super cannons, one battle group is too few!"

"It's okay to let aliens occupy Mars. What if they don't occupy Mars?"

What if we directly attack the earth? "Another captain said worriedly.

"That's right, there is still a battle group left on Mars. The Earth has nothing but super cannons. Landing a wave of aliens will be enough. If there is another wave..." He only said this, and what he had already thought about suddenly suddenly Don't know how to describe it.

But everyone else understood what he meant and agreed.

These captains took a good lead. Seeing this, the others finally spoke up. The captains each expressed their opinions. Although the specific opinions were different, there were only two opinions. Most people wanted to return to Mars as soon as possible, and a few wanted to return to Mars as soon as possible. People's suggestion is to intercept on the spot.

Ye Han wanted to say something new, but he was really not that good. He racked his brains and couldn't come up with anything new. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stood in the ranks of the minority, becoming a Menshevik.

Choosing to intercept on the spot was not Ye Han's thorough consideration. He simply felt that the field game style of making his own decisions was more suitable for him.

After Huo Qiang waited for the captains to finish speaking, he couldn't help but sigh: "You guys, to be honest, I'm very disappointed!" At this point, his voice suddenly paused, and after a long time it turned into a sigh, " Do you think that the target of the entire army’s dispatch this time is Mars or Ceres?”

From Zhuang Bo down to every captain, everyone here looked at each other, not understanding what Huo Qiang meant.

Huo Qiang added: "Do you still think that this mission is to use Ceres to contain the enemy and buy time for Mars?"

Zhuang Bo couldn't help it anymore: "Commander, I don't understand what you mean. What exactly do you want to say?"

Huo Qiang put his finger at his side, and an overhead view of the solar system suddenly appeared in the void. He traced a few fingers on the map, and the star map quickly enlarged.

He said steadily: "To tell you the truth, our goal is neither Ceres nor Mars, but it!"

Huo Qiang's finger poked hard at the star map, and the ever-enlarging star map suddenly stopped. Everyone took a closer look, and Huo Qiang's finger suddenly clicked on Jupiter.

Huo Qiang's words were like a thunderbolt that struck everyone's heart. Ye Han looked at Jupiter blankly, and then moved to Huo Qiang's expressionless face, as if a string suddenly broke in his mind.

I understand, I understand everything. No wonder I keep feeling that something is wrong. It turns out that the target above is Jupiter!

He stood up suddenly and asked in an extremely urgent tone: "Commander, is our mission to counterattack Jupiter?"

"It's not a counterattack, it's an expedition, the fifth expedition!" Huo Qiang punched the star map, smashing Jupiter to pieces.