One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Three The Reason Was Found

Asteroid belt, Huo Qubing.

The target of this super battleship is a small group of alien battleships, fourteen in total.

The current situation in the asteroid belt is very complicated. There are enemy ships moving everywhere. Although there is no clear battle line between the enemy and ourselves, the scope of the confrontation between the two sides extends throughout the asteroid belt.

The expeditionary force has limited warships and cannot cope with such a huge defense area. With the addition of the asteroid belt fleet and the long-range defense bases scattered throughout the asteroid belt, it can barely cope with the enemy's multiple breakthroughs.

Originally, the Huo Qubing had been following the enemy ship unhurriedly and had no intention of pounce on it now.

It's not that they don't want to destroy enemy ships, but that the aliens know that their own warships do not have a speed advantage, and they also know the consequences of being targeted by super warships, so they set a safe distance.

To put it simply, the super battleship does not care what it should do when it is beyond a safe distance; on the contrary, if the super battleship crosses the safe distance, the alien fleet will immediately disperse, and only a few can escape.

This kind of cat-and-mouse chase has been staged dozens of times between the enemy and ourselves. Both sides knew the other's tactics, so Huo Qubing was not in a hurry before receiving the notification.

However, after receiving the notification from Ningwuguan, Duan Zhiyang could not sit still. Huo Qubing immediately increased his speed and pursued the enemy at full speed.

There was no obstruction in space, and every move of the Huo Qubing fell in the eyes of the aliens. They quickly thought of the battle in the direction of the comet. Before the Huo Qubing crossed the cordon, the group of alien warships dispersed in advance. Running around like a frightened rabbit.

When encountering this kind of situation in the past, Huo Qubing's approach was to fly to the inside of the asteroid belt to prevent enemy ships from taking the opportunity to break through. At the same time, he would keep an eye on one or two enemy ships depending on the situation, and collect some interest when he found an opportunity.

Today was no exception. Although he was eager to launch a rescue, the enemy could not ignore it. Duan Zhiyang could only endure his temper and command the warship to bypass the enemy's flank.

Finding that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, the scattered enemy ships turned and retreated to the outskirts of the asteroid belt.

In the past, this time was the time for the super battleship to pursue, but this time, Duan Zhiyang directly ordered the battleship to drive towards the comet.

Shortly after the order was issued, Chief of Staff Ma Junwei came to Duan Zhiyang with the latest enemy situation report: "Commander, the latest situation!"

Duan Zhiyang noticed that Ma Junwei looked wrong and asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

Ma Junwei said: "The situation is not right.

Enemies from at least three directions have already turned towards the comet. Time is still short. I think the comet will attract more enemies! "

Duan Zhiyang touched his stubble-covered chin and said thoughtfully: "What attracts the enemy's fleet? Our actions? Or our lifeboats?"

"It's not clear yet. We have too little information." Ma Junwei said.

Duan Zhiyang looked far-reaching, thought for a moment and said, "How are the enemies in the direction of the comet?"

"The remaining enemy ships are moving away."

Duan Zhiyang was stunned: "Didn't you return to Comet?"

"No, I can guarantee this." Ma Junwei said with certainty.

"Is it to rescue the remaining enemy ships?" Duan Zhiyang flicked his finger to bring up the real-time image near the comet, and then opened a virtual screen to display his own situation.

Ma Junwei said: "We are not the closest warship, but we are fast and must be the first to arrive in the airspace where the incident occurred. Those enemy forces are much closer than us. Based on their current speed, they must have arrived earlier than us. .”

"That makes even more sense." Duan Zhiyang said, "There are only so many remaining enemy ships, and we are so far away. If they want to escape, we have no chance at all. Now the enemies in the direction of the comet are fleeing, and in other directions We are concentrating on the comet again, how can the enemy be so conflicted? There must be something we don’t know about here!"

Ma Junwei said: "But it doesn't seem like the enemy is heading for the lifeboat. According to what we know so far, the remaining enemy ships probably haven't discovered the secret of the lifeboat yet... Could it be that they have already discovered it and are deliberately pretending not to know? Are you going to wait until more enemy ships gather there?"

"I don't think it's like it, but this is the most likely possibility!"

Ma Junwei hesitated for a moment: "Then... should we send a warning to the lifeboat?"

"The disadvantages outweigh the advantages, so I'd better not use it," Duan Zhiyang said.

Even if an alarm is issued, the lifeboat cannot escape before the enemy. On the contrary, it will affect the emotions of the soldiers. If the soldiers on the lifeboat cannot control their emotions and fly out of the arc when excited, they will be killed. All lifeboats were exposed.

"The problem with the enemy..."

Duan Zhiyang called up the latest enemy and enemy distribution statistics, and clicked on several enemy groups near the comet with his fingertips: "This, this and this are the groups of enemy ships you mentioned, right?"

"right!"

"Let the battleships responsible for them keep up!" After saying this, he lowered his gaze, "Then Yangguan and Jianmenguan will be deployed to fill in the positions, so as to maintain sufficient pressure on the entire combat zone!"

"Yes... what about the gap left by the Sunshine and Jianmenguan? We no longer have battleships to fill the gap!"

Duan Zhiyang said: "Contact the asteroid belt fleet and coordinate with the friendly forces to fill in. If the friendly forces don't have extra warships, let the defense points in these two directions be on top!"

Ma Junwei nodded: "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away!"

Neither of them mentioned the lifeboat again. Although they still didn’t know what the enemy’s purpose was, the expeditionary force would definitely not sit idly by and watch. At the very least, they would have to take advantage of the situation. In this case, it would be impossible to dispatch warships to meet the lifeboats. , we can only hope that the enemy will not pass the lifeboat assembly point.

It's not that they are heartless, but that the battle is fierce. A qualified commander will not let his personal feelings affect his judgment under any circumstances. No matter how high the price is, he must deal with the enemy first.

Just as Ma Junwei was about to leave, an intelligence staff officer hurriedly floated over: "Commander, Chief of Staff, we just received new information from Ning No. 1!"

The two of them were stunned, and Ma Junwei said: "Transfer it to me immediately!"

"Yes!" the intelligence staff agreed and immediately handed over a report.

Ma Junwei only glanced at it and immediately forwarded the report to Duan Zhiyang: "Commander, this is the report from Lin Yi. They have entered the comet!"

Duan Zhiyang directly pulled up a virtual screen and sent the report to it. Before he saw the content of the report, he first saw the pictures in the report.

It was a closed, dim, huge space filled with hexagonal ice nests. Many of the ice nests also contained alien warships.

Duan Zhiyang stared blankly for a few seconds, then suddenly looked up at Ma Junwei: "Is this inside the comet?"

Ma Junwei nodded: "Yes!"

"Great!" Duan Zhiyang was surprised and happy, "The reason has been found. Order all ships to move forward at full speed and immediately launch an interception!"