In the entire known star field, if the Heyue Province is used as the reference point, the direction where the imperial capital is located is the east, and the normal vector of the largest cross-sectional area of ​​the Heyue is the up and down direction as the positioning standard, then the west side of the Heyue is the destroyed Red Moon Province, and further west is the Aum Empire.

To the north of Heyue is a large nebula barrier, and the City of Sky is behind the barrier. In the northeast of Heyue, in the nebula barrier, there is a channel connecting the two interstellar powers, namely the Eye of the Sky.

The location of the Eye of the Sky is less than 30 light years away from the Oasis Galaxy, the northernmost star field to Heyue.

There are two dark nebulaes within the Hayue Province, namely the Bear Nebula and the Arctic Nebula. The Arctic Nebula is completely within the Heyue territory. The nebula also extends a nebula belt with the Bear Nebula connected to the Bear Nebula.

In the past, these two large dark nebula were the source of turmoil in Hayue Province, but now, they have become Heyue's wealth source, and countless nebula fleets have poured into it to hunt starry beasts. The daily output value of nebula beasts is as high as 100 billion!

Now that the Imperial fleet is coming, these two dark nebula have become natural barriers to the Kazuo province.

Under the protection of two large nebula, the Imperial Fleet had only two ways to enter Kawatsuki safely.

The first is to enter from the Black Forest Province northeast of Heyue, pass through an extremely narrow nebula corridor, and circle a long road of at least 300 light-years.

The second is to enter from the Cross Planet Province with the southeast wind of Heyue. In this path, after the fleet sets off from the Cross Planet Province boundary line, and after driving straight toward the center of Heyue for about 5 light years, it will encounter the Great Arctic Nebula. The Great Arctic Nebula is 40 light years thick, so it is impossible to travel. You can only circle north along the Great Arctic Nebula boundary line. After driving about 18 light years, a narrow, long and thin nebula belt will appear.

The nebula band connects the Great Arctic Nebula and the Bear Nebula. The narrowest part is less than 100 light fractions, and the dark energy concentration is also quite low. There are very few nebula beasts surviving inside, and large fleets can pass through safely.

If you follow the second path to enter Heyue, the distance is less than light-year, and there are no nebula around you. The probability of nebula beasts attacking is very low, which is much more reliable than the first path.

In fact, the Imperial United Fleet also chose this path.

At present, 108 fleets have gathered at the border of the Cross Planet Province, and the first batch of reconnaissance warships, a total of 224 have set out into the Hayue Province.

These reconnaissance warships have two tasks: first, to explore the road conditions and to detect the defensive power of Hatsuki. Second, to establish a safe quantum jump point.

The first task can be understood by anyone, which is something that any war must do. The second task involves technical details of large-scale quantum jumps.

Light-year distance is not far away, nor is it close. If you fly at ordinary sublight speed, you will have to fly for at least 30 years, which is obviously unacceptable.

With the current general technology of the Crimson Empire fleet, the only way to get the fleet to rush to the frontline of the war is quantum jump.

However, if so many fleets perform quantum jumps, the disturbances caused in the quantum ocean will be very severe. This situation is like lit up a large bonfire in the darkness, and in the darkness not far away, enemy snipers lurk.

If there is no safe jump point, then the fleet jumps on a large scale, which is queueing up to commit suicide!

Therefore, the mission of this reconnaissance fleet is extremely critical. If a safe quantum jump point cannot be established, the Imperial Combined Fleet will have to hover around the border of the Hayue Province without any progress.

When the Imperial Fleet began to operate, Kazuo was not idle either. Before the reconnaissance fleet set out, 32 Kazuo fleets gathered together in the fifth star field behind the Great Arctic Nebula, namely the space fortress in the Volcanic Island Star Field.

There are 32 fleets, each with standard configuration as one mothership, three frigates, three attack ships, and five reconnaissance ships. Each of these warships is brand new, and the outer protective coating of the warship is almost spotless.

But although the fleet is new, the warriors on the ship are not new. Each fleet has an average of 23,000 warriors, of which more than 60% come from the Earth Federation. More than half of these 60% of Earth warriors have participated in actual combat, and many elites have fought bloody battles with the Dark Shura people.

Overall, more than 30% of the fleet are veterans on the battlefield.

The Earth warriors formed the skeleton of the fleet and ensured the absolute loyalty of the fleet.

At this time, the 32 fleets had already arranged their quantum jump arrays and were about to enter the frontline battlefield. In the communication channels shared by major fleets, Governor Zhang Yuan of Hatsuki was doing the final war mobilization.

Zhang Yuan's voice was very low, but there was a solemn will in his low voice.

"Four years ago, I participated in the Battle of Shouyang Star. I witnessed the fall of heroes and the retreat of Dark Shura. We won, relying on the sacrifices of heroes and the sacrifices of countless warriors! Now, we walked out of the Star Sea Corridor, possessed more powerful power, and encountered stronger opponents. The strong enemy is in front of us, like a surging wave, and any retreat will lead to a tragic fate. At this moment, we can only break through the waves and advance!"

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

An echo like a tsunami sounded in the communication channel.

After the sound was about to stop, Zhang Yuan finally said: "May the river win and win! May the earth shine in the stars! Go to fight!"

As the sound fell, the fleets began to accelerate. After flying for a while, the fleets dispersed and flew towards their respective quantum jump points. After they reached the predetermined jump points, the quantum engine started and the hull dissipated in a mass of illusion light.

With their appearance, He Yue has long built a large number of safe quantum jump points. In terms of mobility, He Yue's fleet has far surpassed its opponents.

From a distance, this scene is like a ball of brilliant fireworks slowly blooming in the dark starry sky, extremely magnificent and extremely expensive.

Countless warriors used their lives and blood to illuminate the dark starry sky.

Through the holographic image, Zhang Yuan watched this scene silently.

He has participated in many wars, and after standing at a high place, he can also obtain a lot of first-hand information. The Kawatsuki fleet is about to face an extremely tragic battle.

There were more than 700,000 fleet soldiers set out this time, but the ones who could survive in the end would not exceed 100,000. Countless young people with flesh and blood, countless beautiful lives, and countless moving stories would turn into a ball of interstellar dust in the war.

When the last fleet disappeared into the starry sky, Zhang Yuan sighed lowly.

He is not alone, Liu Rui, Lu Meng, Fengling and others are all standing beside him.

Lu Meng is not a native earthling. Although she joined the Earth Federation, she has never experienced the war between Earth and Dark Shura. For her, who was born in the southwest province, the concept of national and ethnicity is very weak, and her personality is indifferent, so she has always been calm.

But now, facing the burning fighting spirit of countless Earth warriors, she was still moved. She turned to Zhang Yuan and said, "Governor, are you worried? In fact, there is no need. Although our warriors are fewer than the Imperial Combined Fleet, they are the most majestic warriors I have ever seen. They are the iron fists clenched together, and the Imperial Fleet is a mess of sand. The victory of this war must be on our side, and there is no doubt about this!"

Liu Rui is the consul of the General Secretary of the River and the pure earthlings. He can best understand Zhang Yuan’s mood at this moment. For them, victory has never been a multiple-choice question, but the only direction.

In this war, the Kazuo people may surrender in exchange for survival, but the people on earth will be crushed to pieces for victory!

He understood that Zhang Yuan's sigh was a kind of emotion and pity. Every soldier in the fleet was young, and he was in full bloom and in great years. They should have enjoyed the most beautiful time in their lives, and had a passionate or peaceful and warm love, or traveled around to experience the beauty of the world and the magic of nature. But now, they have to enter hell and fight for the future of the race.

This is the most helpless choice.

He whispered: "Governor, this is probably the fate of our generation. From another perspective, it is not uncommon to be able to pass away in the burning of blood and fight to death for the love in my heart."

Zhang Yuan nodded slightly: "It's right to say that, but I hope this is the last generation."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at his disciple Fengling: "Little guy, I'm so sorry for dragging you to such a Shura field."

Fengling blinked his big eyes: "Teacher, this place is 100,000 times better than the garbage recycling site."

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The Kawatsuki Fleet set out in 10 hours and 24 minutes. The first battle broke out. It was located at No. 5 Yunwan east of the Great Ark Nebula. One reconnaissance ship of the Third Reconnaissance Team under the 13th Fleet on Earth encountered an Imperial reconnaissance ship.

This was an unexpected encounter. The commanders of both sides were stunned for a moment, and the encounter immediately broke out!
Chapter completed!