In many people's minds, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt that separates the north and south Alpha galaxies is a long and narrow area full of small celestial bodies.
Obviously, this understanding is very superficial.
The Southern Alpha Galaxy and the Northern Alpha Galaxy were originally a star system, similar to the Milky Way, but the scale is tens of thousands of times larger than the Milky Way. The area where the Greenwich meteorite belt is located was originally a huge black hole that stabilized the entire star system through majestic gravity. Billions of years ago, a disaster struck. The black hole collapsed because of its overwhelming mass, eventually forming this area filled with a large number of celestial bodies, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. However, this is not a long and narrow area in people's understanding. In terms of scope, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is similar to the Southern Alpha Galaxy and the Northern Alpha Galaxy, occupying about 30% of this twin star system.
Simply put, the size of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is equivalent to 90% of the Southern Alpha Galaxy.
However, there are no stars in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, so there is no stellar system, and there are only a large number of scattered and disorderly moving small celestial bodies.
These celestial bodies are actually the products of the collapse of the black hole.
In addition, there are many unknown areas in the Greenwich meteorite belt. According to scientists' speculations, after the collapse of the central black hole that had maintained the star system, only about 10% of its mass was transformed into a small celestial body in the Greenwich Belt, and all other masses disappeared. Although part of it is transformed into energy when the black hole collapses, that is, the ubiquitous original energy, there must be some that have not changed, and after billions of years of evolution, the scattered matter will reassemble to form a huge mass. Celestial bodies. Because there are no visible large celestial bodies in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, scientists believe that these large celestial bodies are invisible black holes.
As for how many black holes there are in the Greenwich meteorite belt, and where these black holes are, no one knows.
In fact, this is the key to why no one wants to enter the Greenwich meteorite belt.
For thousands of years, in the five Greenwich wars, the two sides rarely fought in the Greenwich meteorite belt. Whether it is the Silicon Charm Alliance, which initiates an offensive initiative, or the Galactic Alliance, which launches a counterattack after victory, all rely on several known routes to cross the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. Although both parties have established strongholds on the route to ensure the safety of the route, they have not explored the areas outside the route. In addition to the fact that the Greenwich meteorite belt is really too vast, there are not many resources available, and it is also related to the black holes that no one knows where they are. The result of this is that neither side of the war knows about the Greenwich meteorite belt, at least not as an in-depth understanding.
Of course, the Human Federation is no exception.
Although the home galaxy is just south of the Greenwich meteorite belt, humans have rarely stepped into the Greenwich meteorite belt for thousands of years. In the previous five Greenwich Wars, the Human Legion only crossed the Greenwich Meteor Belt once, which was the last war. Even in the battle against the Northern Alpha Galaxy, the Human Legion successfully passed through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt with the support of the Hidden Spirit Race.
This time is no exception.
Although in the last Greenwich War, the Human Federation had mastered several routes through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt to the Northern Alpha Galaxy, but the conditions in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt are unpredictable, and after a thousand years, no one can guarantee these routes. Still unimpeded.
Fortunately, the arrival of Amy and Barnes helped Yang Yi solve this problem.
It must be admitted that the intelligence agency of the Hidden Spirit Race is indeed extremely powerful. What Barnes brings is not a route, but a huge network of waterways.
How big is this waterway network
Although Yang Yi did not know the Greenwich meteorite belt, it can be seen from the route map provided by Barnes that the channel network opened by the Hidden Spirits almost covered the entire Greenwich meteorite belt, and he also explored the area near the route. The size, mass, shape, approximate location and movement of the main celestial bodies are marked. In other words, Yang Yi can not only rely on this to pass through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, but also build forward strongholds on the large celestial bodies along the way. If necessary, some large celestial bodies can even be transformed into space fortresses. Of course, this is not a problem that Yang Yi needs to consider now, because he does not have the strength to garrison the space fortress.
However, Yang Yi has reservations about the selfless support provided by the hidden spirit tribe.
Although there are enough reasons to believe that no matter how cold-blooded the Emperor is, he will not risk his own son and daughter. Amy stayed in the homeland galaxy, while Barnes followed Yang Yi on the expedition. If Yang Yi had two shortcomings, Barnes' ending would not be much better. But Yang Yi didn't think he could sit back and relax about this kind of pie in the sky, and he never believed that his luck would be better.
After the fleet set off, Yang Yi asked Yuyang to send an unmanned detector.
Barnes didn't say much about Yang Yi's conformist approach. In fact, there are similar regulations in the Legion of the Hidden Spirits, that is, before going to an unknown area, a full-scale exploration must be carried out, and the space jump can only be carried out after the situation of the destination is determined.
The unmanned detector carries quantum communication equipment, and will detect the nearby area after reaching the destination, and send the detected information back in real time. If the destination is dangerous, the unmanned detector will be lost, not the entire fleet.
There were no accidents in the previous space jumps.
Of course, this does not mean that accidents will not occur in the future.
Don't forget, the range of the Greenwich meteorite belt is extremely wide. According to the route map provided by the Hidden Spirits, the north-south width of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt exceeds one hundred thousand light-years, which is equivalent to three times the long diameter of the Southern Alpha Galaxy. Even the shortest route has a range of more than 150,000 light-years. At such a long distance, even the Yukage ship would have to make hundreds of space jumps, so it was a short and extremely long journey.
After completing the tenth space jump, the fleet has sailed for approximately two thousand light years.
Here, Yang Yi made the fleet stop for the first time.
In fact, the fleet sailed not far away, and it was still in the southern area of the Greenwich meteorite belt. Yang Yi allowed the fleet to stay here for only one reason, that is, there is a planet with a diameter of more than 3,000 kilometers, and a stronghold can be established here to support the transport spacecraft.
Because it is only a temporary base, the main purpose is to provide a place for the spacecraft to transport materials and serve as a material transfer station when necessary, so the construction work is not troublesome. Carlson is present, and the large-scale engineering equipment provided by Yujia is also spent. Not much time.
However, Yang Yi's request to Carlson is not so simple.
What Yang Yi asked for was not just a material transfer station, but also a solid fortress that could be defended. According to Yang Yi, no one knows what will happen in the future, and no one knows whether he can gain a foothold in the Northern Alpha Galaxy. If everything goes well for the expedition, that's fine. The problem is, if it doesn't go as expected, then you have to prepare more before encountering setbacks.
Obviously, Yang Yi prepared for the worst.
To put it simply, if after entering the Northern Alpha Galaxy, you are fully counterattacked by the Silicon Charm army, fail to gain a firm foothold, or even suffer a fiasco, then you have to retreat, or at least get out of contact with the enemy. At this time, a strong fortress is of decisive significance.
In fact, this is also the core part of Yang Yi's expedition plan.
This is, before entering the Northern Alpha Galaxy, a large number of fortress-level fortresses will be built along the way, relying on these fortresses to consolidate the strategic route through the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, so as to ensure that the life route is unimpeded. Even if the expedition is smooth sailing, these fortresses can become a foothold for subsequent troops. After all the fortresses along the way are established, Yang Yi has not only a strategic route, but a wide area. In other words, Yang Yi intends to use the fortresses built on the route to control the Greenwich meteorite belt. After the completion of these fortresses, the human army commanded by Yang Yi can attack, retreat and defend. Not only can it take the initiative in warfare, but also get rid of dependence on other forces.
Obviously, this is also the fundamental purpose of Yang Yi actively leading the expedition to the Northern Alpha Galaxy.
Not to mention Yang Yi, even Xiao Wentian would not be arrogant enough to think that the Human Federation can defeat the powerful Silicon Charm Alliance with the support of the Star Weavers. You know, even if all the civilizations of the Galactic Alliance unite, they may not be able to defeat the Silicon Magic Alliance. The expedition to the Northern Alpha galaxy is nominally to dominate the war through a proactive counterattack. However, with the top civilizations such as the Lei Ling clan and the hidden spirit clan sending troops to participate in the battle, even if Yang Yi can win the counterattack, he will also win the Star Soul Queen. It’s impossible to become the master of this war. In addition, after the scale of the war expanded, even if Yang Yi was reluctant, he had to rely on the support of other civilizations. At this time, even if the Queen of Star Soul comes forward in person, she can only choose to compromise in order to obtain the support and assistance of top civilizations such as the Lei Ling tribe and the hidden spirit tribe. It can be seen that the counterattack led by Yang Yi does not bring the initiative, at most it only maintains the current situation.
Under these circumstances, Yang Yi still actively advocates launching a strategic counterattack, in order to open up a new world.
The point is, in Yang Yi's view, the Greenwich Meteorite Belt is the only way out for the Human Federation.
Although there are not many resources in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and there are not many planets for human survival, as long as you have a firm foothold here, as long as it becomes a force that can control the strength of the two major alliances, as long as it can determine peace and war, mankind will Can survive here.
Perhaps Yang Yi was not the first to think of this, but he must be the first to take action.
For thousands of years, the Human Federation has not been taken seriously, at least it has not received the respect and treatment it deserves. Continue to stay in the Galactic Alliance, not only will it be difficult for the human federation to develop and grow, it will even suffer a disaster when it poses a threat to a top civilization someday in the future. If the Human Federation wants to grow and become a force not to be underestimated by anyone, it must break away from the Galactic Alliance.
Although the future is uncertain, Yang Yi is confident.
This is not a choice, but the only way out.