After returning to the fleet, Yang Yi immediately made arrangements for Shen Chengwen to send a group of officers and soldiers from the special reconnaissance brigade to reach a fast spacecraft sent by the Yu family to return as quickly as possible. To be on the safe side, Yang Yi personally urged the officer who led the team to make him deliver the goods to Yu Linglong. Later, Yang Yi also contacted Yuyang, who was staying in the rear, and asked Yuyang to arrange personnel to respond, and let Yu Linglong make preparations.
Later, Yang Yi received a message from Yu Linglong.
As long as the materials are available, the Yujia factory will produce at full speed, ensuring that what Yang Yi needs will be delivered before the expeditionary force reaches the northern Alpha galaxy.
Next, it can be said to be smooth.
Although many small celestial bodies along the route have been invaded by silicon beasts, and it can be said that none of them are spared, none of the large celestial bodies discovered by Yang Yi and the others have been invaded, and the distance between these large celestial bodies is less than a thousand light years. It happens to be a space jump node on the route. The most important thing is that these findings prove that there are not many high-level silicon beasts that have entered the Greenwich meteorite belt and are nesting here, perhaps only the twelfth-level silicon beast. The main activities in the Greenwich meteorite belt are ordinary silicon beasts. Although many small celestial bodies have been invaded, the impact on the route is not great, and the threat to the expeditionary force is minimal.
Of course, Yang Yi did not carelessly underestimate the enemy.
At every space node along the way, Yang Yi asked Shen Chengwen to deploy a squadron consisting of a hundred soldiers. In nominal terms, it stayed to assist the engineering troops that arrived later to carry out engineering construction, but in reality it was to sweep the nearby areas to ensure the safety of the space nodes.
According to Yang Yi's plan, before the expeditionary force reaches the northern Alpha galaxy, a guard force of a legion will be deployed at each space node. If necessary, some space nodes will be turned into space fortresses. Obviously, in Yang Yi's view, the safety of the route comes first.
It's just that this requires enough troops and it takes a lot of time.
Fortunately, Yang Yi has enough troops and time.
Three months later, the Expeditionary Force crossed the middle line of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt and entered the northern part of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, which was the ceasefire line stipulated in the armistice treaty signed by the two sides after the Fifth Greenwich War. In other words, from this moment, the expeditionary force entered the territory of the Silicon Charm Alliance.
So far, the expeditionary force has advanced five thousand light years in the Greenwich meteorite belt, and the voyage has exceeded eight thousand light years.
Limited by conditions, the expeditionary force only established more than 20 space nodes along the way, and only a few were established near large celestial bodies. Because of the limited engineering personnel and the insufficient engineering equipment and materials sent by Yujia, the construction of the rear stronghold is far behind the advancement speed of the expeditionary force. Regardless of whether Yang Yi is willing, the expeditionary force has to stop here when the rear is not stable enough and the logistical supplies are not in place. However, according to Yang Yi's plan, even without these troubles, the expeditionary force would stay here for a period of time. The key is that the expeditionary army commanded by Yang Yi had already completed its first mission when they arrived here.
A few days later, the vanguard of the Star Weavers arrived.
Because the route behind them was unimpeded, the Weaver Star Clan Army moved very fast.
Followed by the pioneer troops of the Zhixing tribe, there was also a transport fleet sent by the Yu family, and it was a fleet dedicated to transporting supplies for the expeditionary army.
According to the plan, the expeditionary army will continue to advance after the vanguard of the Star Weavers arrives.
However, Yang Yi adjusted his plan and decided to stay here for a period of time. The main thing is that no one knows the situation ahead, and no one knows whether there is an enemy ahead.
Before the vanguard of the Star Weavers arrived, Yang Yi sent the special reconnaissance team out, but he didn't receive any news.
Although Barnes said that the Silicon Charm Alliance did not establish a line of defense in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt like the Human Federation, but set up some very scattered strongholds similar to outposts, but Yang Yi has always maintained the information provided by the Hidden Spirits. Hold a half-trusted attitude. Besides, it was before the war broke out. After the war broke out, especially after the Silicon Magic Alliance took the initiative to withdraw from the Northern Alpha Galaxy, it would definitely set up a line of defense in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt. At least it would strengthen its defenses and would never be as negligent as before the war broke out.
Regarding Yang Yi's decision, the commander of the forerunner troops of the Star Weavers had no objection, and had no right to oppose it.
The Queen of Star Soul has long appointed Yang Yi as the chief staff officer and royal adviser of the Star Weaver Clan, and also granted Yang Yi the discretionary privileges. Moreover, for this expedition, Yang Yi served as the front-line commander in charge of front-line combat operations. When the enemy's situation is unknown, Yang Yi naturally has the right to adjust the battle plan.
However, Yang Yi did not delay too long.
A few days later, the officers and soldiers of the special reconnaissance brigade returned one after another. At the same time, Barnes also received the latest information from the rear.
The Silicon Charm Alliance did not strengthen the defensive deployment of the Greenwich Meteorite Belt!
When Barnes sent the information, Yang Yi still didn't believe it. However, the officers and soldiers of the Special Reconnaissance Brigade who went out for reconnaissance proved the intelligence provided by Barnes. At least within a thousand light-years ahead, no enemy's line of defense has been found, even if there are not many scattered strongholds, and most of them have been abandoned. Although many areas were not searched, no enemy was found in the areas searched by the officers and soldiers of the special reconnaissance group.
Obviously, Yang Yi is very puzzled, as are the others.
You know, before the Simei army retreated, the Star Weavers had already sent troops to join the war. Not to mention a top warlord like Dibabu, even a warlord with inflexible mind can think of it, in order to grasp the initiative in the war, and to dominate the war, the Star Weavers will definitely launch a counterattack, and will pull it on. Human Federation. Even if the Silicon Magic Alliance has not suffered severe damage, there is still sufficient military strength, and the defense deployment of the Greenwich Meteor Belt should be strengthened after the retreat. It is absolutely impossible to not be defensive unless the Silicon Magic Alliance has a serious civil unrest. This is not impossible, because after Kutum is over, other top warlords will definitely scramble to seize his territory and fill the vacuum created by his death. But in Yang Yi's view, this possibility is not big. At present, if the top warlords of Dibabu still focus on themselves and pose a fatal threat to the Silicon Magic Alliance, then the legendary warlord will certainly not stand idly by. As long as the King of War will take charge of the overall situation, all top warlords will have to step aside, and the Silicon Magic Alliance will also unite.
Could it be said that the legendary war emperor did not come forward to preside over the overall situation
Doubts turned to doubts. After the preparations were in place, Yang Yi did not delay. With the return of the last group of officers and soldiers of the special reconnaissance brigade, Yang Yi issued the order to start.
This time, it was still the special investigation team that opened the way, and Barnes once again asked for it, and Yang Yi agreed again.
A few days later, the fleet came to "Point A", which was the first forward post built by the Silicon Magic Alliance discovered by the officers and soldiers of the Special Reconnaissance Group.
In fact, this is a medium-sized celestial body with a diameter of about one hundred kilometers.
Like those celestial bodies attacked by silicon beasts, the inside of the celestial body was also hollowed out. The difference is that the inside of the celestial body has a honeycomb structure, divided into thousands of areas of different sizes. Although the officers and soldiers of the special investigative brigade had reported the situation and took a video recording of the inside of the celestial body, Yang Yi still personally inspected it. Just as the special reconnaissance team reported and reported, the Silicon Charm soldiers stationed there retreated very quickly. The various areas inside the celestial body were very messy, and there were still many things that were not taken away, including some heavy weapons that were completely destroyed. In addition, there are some corpses of Silicon Charm fighters in several areas. It's just that these Silicon Charm fighters all died naturally. The enemy did take the initiative to evacuate this post, because all the valuable and capable things in the post were gone. It can be judged from the corpse of the Simei soldier that the enemy left here not long ago, that is, before and after the Simei army withdrew from the North Fourth District. Because before the outbreak of the war, Kutum guarded the Greenwich meteorite belt, so all the Silicon Charm soldiers stationed here were Kutum's men. Obviously, it must have been after the news of Kutum's death came back that the Silicon Charm fighters there withdrew back.
In addition, this is a frontier post that has existed for a long time and has been highly valued.
Among other things, there are many heavy weapons in the post, and mainly defensive weapons. In addition, there are many areas in the outpost for the Simei fighters to live in. It is conservatively estimated that these areas can accommodate a total of millions of Silicon Charm fighters, that is, hundreds of Silicon Charm troops can be stationed here. With the technology of the Silicon Magic Alliance, as long as necessary, this post can even be transformed into a super battleship, sending hundreds of Silicon Magic Legions to the battlefield. If it is a defensive battle, this outpost can be transformed into a medium-sized space fortress. In other words, this post has a high military value. If there is no special reason, there is no reason for the Silicon Magic Alliance to abandon this outpost.
Kutum's death is obviously not a special cause.
Of course, Yang Yi did not personally detect the enemy's outpost.
When he arrived at the center of the outpost, Yang Yi stopped and gave Shen Chengwen a look.
Shen Cheng didn't ask much, and immediately propped up the energy barrier, enveloping the entire area, cutting off the connection between the area and the outside world.
At the same time, Lin Feng activated the communication equipment he had brought.
Not long after, Yuyang's three-dimensional projection appeared in front of everyone.
"Yuyang, just the three of us now, let's talk."
"I also just received the news, and I will send it to you now."
Yang Yi nodded slightly, and didn't ask any more.
Soon, another three-dimensional projection of a person appeared in front of everyone, a little fuzzy, but it was obvious that the person was Jackson.
This is not real-time communication, but a video recording.
It was after receiving the news from Yuyang that Yang Yi offered to personally explore the inside of the outpost, thus avoiding Barnes.
Jackson's activities in the Northern Alpha Galaxy are top secret, not to mention Barnes, even the Star Queen does not know.