Starfighter

Chapter 4: Reasons for the war

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In the painter's pen, the stars of the vast universe are bright and beautiful, but the reality is completely opposite.

Because there are no stars, let alone star systems, the Greenwich Meteor Belt has been shrouded in darkness for hundreds of millions of years.

In the dark space, a little light suddenly appeared, which quickly turned into a dazzling light. In the blink of an eye, a jumping channel with a diameter of more than one kilometer appeared. Like squeezing toothpaste, a huge battleship sailed out slowly. More light spots appeared nearby. As the jumping channels opened one by one, dozens of warships completed space jumps one after another. This is a large-scale fleet.

The largest battleship, one hundred thousand meters long, one thousand meters wide, and eight hundred meters high, is a standard SS-class battleship.

The bow of the battleship was painted with a red "3" and two crossed scimitars. It was the "Blood War", one of the nine SS-class warships of the Human Federation, the flagship of the Third Fleet, and a legendary warship. The Bloody Scimitar is the emblem of the Third Fleet.

On the commander's bridge, a burly general stood behind the porthole, staring intently at the deep space outside.

He is more than 2.5 meters tall and weighs no less than 300 catties. The dark military uniform perfectly shows his body without half flaws. The five golden stars on the epaulettes exude an imposing majesty. A perfect man, a high-ranking general.

Du Wantu!

The commander of the Third Fleet, one of the three generals in the third theater, and the most powerful one, is second only to the commander of the third theater and above the other two generals.

How could he appear here

"General, we are here." After the staff officer came over, he pointed to the front left.

There was a dim spot of light over there. At first glance, it looked like a star billions of light years away. It was the destroyed post 7777.

Not far away, two E-class battleships, which are smaller in size but very fast, that is, large frigates, are accelerating towards the post.

Du Wantu didn't say much, turned around and returned to the position of commander.

Not long after, the image returned by the frigate appeared in front of him.

Surveillance post No. 7777 has been completely destroyed. The warship that constituted the post was blown into three sections. There were a large number of debris and corpses floating around, as well as the wreckage of some spacecraft. Although the flames of war have been extinguished, it is completely conceivable how tragic the fighting was going on.

"The report found no survivors and no enemy ship wreckage."

Du Wantu's brows jumped a few times, and he looked at the staff officer who was reporting the situation.

"I have ordered the'Resolve' and'Fortitude' to continue searching, but the first round of scanning has ended and nothing was found."

Du Wantu waved his hand, and the staff officer retreated wisely.

After receiving the news, Du Wantu led the fleet and rushed over as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, he was still a step late.

What he cares about is not the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of post 7777.

The Third Fleet has thousands of warships, more than 10 million officers and men, and the No. 7777 post is a garrison force and has no direct relationship with the fleet.

To Du Wantu's regret, the wreckage of the enemy ship was not found!

As long as you find the wreckage of the enemy ship, even a piece of it, you can prove that it was invaded by the Silicon Magic Alliance, and you can declare war on the Silicon Magic Alliance on this ground. Without direct evidence, even if post 7777 is destroyed, it is impossible to persuade the parliamentarians who are immersed in the dream of peace in the Federal Assembly, let alone make other civilizations of the Galactic Alliance believe that war is imminent and the prosperity of peace is about to end.

"Report, the second round of search has ended, but still no discovery."

"Nothing?" Du Wantu finally said, his voice low and hoarse.

"Evaluation shows that the outpost exploded due to the high temperature inside, which is consistent with the attack method of the Silicon Magic Alliance, but it cannot be proved that the Silicon Magic Alliance did it."

"This is not evidence."

The staff officer didn't say much, and he knew it was not evidence.

If the outpost is attacked by wild silicon beasts, such as being treated as natural celestial bodies by wild silicon beasts, and laying eggs and hatching offspring inside, it will also disintegrate due to the high temperature explosion.

"Search again."

"General..."

"Do you have any questions?" Du Wantu looked at the staff officer. Although his expression was calm, the majesty revealed made the staff officer breathless. "Send personnel into the post and conduct a careful, thorough, and comprehensive search again, and don't let any clues go."

"Yes!"

When the staff officer left, Du Wantu clenched his fists, and after a while, he slowly released them.

The last time, that is, the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, it has been almost a thousand years, and the grand event of peace has lasted for about a thousand years. This was the longest period of peace in the Third Era, and the previous peace periods were less than 500 years old. Many people believe that the war with the Silicon Magic Alliance will never break out, the peace will last forever, and that two completely different wisdom statements can coexist peacefully.

Peaceful coexistence

Shit!

Although there has indeed not been a large-scale war in the past millennia, the small-scale conflict in the border area, that is, in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, has never ceased. Especially in the past 100 years, silicon beasts from the Northern Alpha galaxy have nested in the Greenwich meteorite belt almost anytime. Although this is the natural behavior of wild silicon beasts, this phenomenon indicates that the northern Alpha galaxy is already overcrowded. Wild silicon beasts have lost their habitat before entering the Greenwich meteorite belt and multiplying on small celestial bodies that are not suitable for spawning. Offspring. This also means that it will not be long before the Silicon Magic Alliance will launch a war in order to obtain a broader living space.

This is also the root cause of the inability of the two camps to coexist peacefully.

The Silicon Charm Alliance needs living space, and the Galaxy Alliance does the same. All intelligent civilizations need living space. After the existing living space is filled, in order to survive and multiply, it is necessary to find and open up new living spaces, such as occupying the homes of other civilizations through war.

In peacetime, the reproduction speed of creatures is very alarming.

In the past thousand years, the population of the Human Federation has increased by nearly a thousand times, not to mention the home galaxy, even the colonized planets are overcrowded. The situation of other civilizations in the Galactic Alliance is similar, all facing the resource and space crisis brought about by the population explosion. War can seize living space and consume surplus population. Even if the Silicon Magic Alliance does not launch a war, it will not be long before the Galactic Alliance launches a war.

However, starting a war requires a reason, a high-sounding excuse that allows the common people to be willing to serve as cannon fodder.

This is exactly why Du Wantu came here.

"General."

"Have you found it?" Du Wantu stood up and looked at the communications officer who was reporting the situation.

"The search is still going on, but a survival signal was intercepted, it was a rescue capsule, and the ID code indicated that it was a soldier at an outpost."

Du Wantu's brows jumped a few times.

The communications officer hurriedly said: "Yang Yi, the recruits enlisted this year have only served for one month."

"where?"

"About 1.5 million kilometers away from the post, we will fly to post 7778. Reverse speculation indicates that it is from the damaged service spacecraft "Faji"."

"Send someone over right away."

"Yes!"

At this time, the staff officer who had previously reported to Du Wantu walked over.

"What's the matter?" Du Wantu glanced at him.

The staff officer hesitated before saying: "General, I don't know if I should say something."

"You have been with me for ten years?"

The staff officer nodded, and then said: "He was a witness of the battle, or a witness, and he must know what happened at the time. However, without evidence, even if there are witnesses, we cannot persuade the members of Parliament. If we are therefore called careerists by some guys with ulterior motives, we will lose our trust and even lose the right to speak. When we have evidence in the future..."

Du Wantu squeezed his hands. "There are too many people who know about it and they can't keep it from."

"There is no need to hide it." When Du Wantu looked over, the staff officer said, "It is a felony to escape because of timidity and fear, and at least he will be exiled. He is a recruit. He is assigned here. He obviously has no background or background. Backer, no one cares about his life or death."

Du Wantu frowned and looked at the staff officer without understanding.

If it is for secrecy, the best option is to kill people.

"There is no evidence now, so the witness is of little value. When there is evidence, the witness will be able to play a role." The staff officer simply explained. With Du Wantu's shrewdness, he could obviously understand why it was exile, rather than being more direct.

"At that time, he will be obedient?"

"The general's worries are indeed correct. If it is the theater headquarters who exiled him, and the general who rescued him from the dire straits, then..."

When the staff officer said so, Du Wantu smiled.

"General, it is not too late to make a decision as soon as possible."

"Is there a suitable place?" Asking this question indicated that Du Wantu had been tempted.

"Fire hell."

Du Wantu's brows tightened, and then he nodded.

The staff officer didn't say much, Du Wantu had already adopted his suggestion, and all that was left were specific operations and some simple procedures.

At this time, more than one million kilometers away in the depths of space.

After slowly approaching, the lifeboat used its robotic arm to drag the pod-style escape capsule with red lights into the cabin. Only less than 5% of the energy in the escape cabin is left. If the lifeboat arrives a few minutes late, the personnel in the escape cabin will be frozen to death because of the exhaustion of energy.

Inside was a very young man. Judging from his appearance, he was less than twenty years old. It was Yang Yi.

He is still alive, but his breath is weak.

When the medical staff embarked on the rescue, the lifeboat returned to the battleship.

The third round of search was over, and there was still no discovery. With Du Wantu's order, dozens of warships entered the jumping channel one after another.

Soon, the area calmed down, and only the ruins of post 7777 were left.

A few hours later, a small spaceship arrived.

After finding two escape capsules in the wreckage of a spaceship, the small spaceship quickly left.