Because it is close to the Greenwich meteorite belt and the battle a thousand years ago, the vicinity of the fortress is very desolate, and the nearest star system is almost a hundred light years away. In Shen Chengwen's words, this is a "vacuum zone", and the only valuable existence is this fortress that has been abandoned for thousands of years. If the legion is not strong enough, even if the fortress is occupied, it will be difficult to capture nearby star systems.
Launching an offensive spanning a hundred light years is by no means an easy task.
Although after mastering the original energy and space jumping technology, long-distance navigation is no longer a problem, but in the vast universe, distance is still the biggest obstacle. Whether it is the Silicon Magic Alliance or the Galaxy Alliance, when conducting military operations, distance is the first consideration. It can even be said that both sides make battle plans based on the separation distance of the star system, which is the shortest distance for launching an attack.
If it's just a battleship, flying a hundred light years is not a difficult task.
The problem is that it is not easy to send a huge army consisting of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of legions to fight a hundred light years away. Not only does it require a lot of resources to project the legion, it is more troublesome to transport equipment and supplies to the front. The point is that the distance of a hundred light-years is definitely not too close. If ordinary methods are used, it would take a full thousand years for a spacecraft to fly at one-tenth the speed of light. The only feasible way is to make a space jump, and it is definitely not an easy task to establish and protect air routes during wartime. In fact, in the past few wars, both sides will spare no effort to destroy each other's routes.
From a military point of view, the attacking party must find ways to shorten the advancement distance of each attack, and it is best to control it within 50 light years. If it exceeds a hundred light years, even if the offensive has an absolute advantage in force, it may not be able to guarantee the unimpeded flow of the rear route. For the defensive side, the most ideal defensive tactic is to expand the depth and open the distance between the lines of defense, so that the offensive side has to cross a greater distance to launch an offense. In fact, this is also a true portrayal of the past few Greenwich wars, and it is also the key to the Galactic Alliance's passive position. That is, the northern part of the Southern Alpha Galaxy, that is, in the area adjacent to the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, the density of star systems is greater. The separation distance is shorter, and it is difficult to increase the defense by expanding the depth. The ability of the Silicon Magic Alliance to invade the Southern Alpha Galaxy and reach the hinterland of the Southern Alpha Galaxy in several wars is actually related to the greater density of stars in the Southern Alpha Galaxy. Simply put, the southern Alpha galaxy has a slightly smaller scale, but it has nearly 30% more star systems than the northern Alpha galaxy. Therefore, the southern Alpha galaxy has a denser star system and a shorter distance between the stars.
In fact, as early as thousands of years ago, after the Second Greenwich War, several civilizations proposed to destroy some star systems in the northern region and expand the distance between the star systems to enhance the defense strength of the northern region. , To respond to threats from the Silicon Magic Alliance.
Although objectively speaking, this is indeed an effective method, it cannot be achieved at all, because the basic pattern of the Galactic Alliance has been formed. The Northern Region is home to thousands of civilizations including the Human Federation, while other civilizations are obviously Unwilling to accept refugees from the northern region. Because thousands of civilizations are involved, and these small and weak civilizations are inextricably linked to the top civilizations, this matter will not stop at the end.
Obviously, in the Silicon Magic Alliance, there is no such problem at all.
If the coalition forces of the Galactic Alliance had not invaded the Northern Alpha galaxy more than a thousand years ago, the vicinity of the fortress would not have been so empty.
At that time, the Silicon Magic Alliance retreated across the board, not to mention blocking the alliance of the Galaxy Alliance from the Northern Alpha Galaxy, whether it could hold the homeland was a problem. When the human army, acting as the vanguard, entered the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, the Warlord of the Silicon Charm Alliance realized that there was no way to stop the human army from the northern Alpha galaxy, and the native star system would soon be attacked. , If you fail to gain a foothold in the homeland and allow the Human Legion to penetrate into the hinterland of the Northern Alpha Galaxy, the consequences will be unimaginable. It is a pity that the Greenwich meteorite belt has nowhere to defend, and the advancement of the human legion is too fast to readjust the deployment of troops. As a result, the King of War personally constructed this planetary fortress, and at the same time adopted a defensive tactic of solid walls and clear fields, that is, destroying all the star systems within a hundred light-years of the fortress, leaving the human legion with no choice but to attack. fortress. Although this decision caused the destruction of hundreds of star systems and the death of countless silicon-based creatures in these star systems, the effect was very satisfactory. Because the human legion had no foothold and could not invest enough troops, it failed. Lay the fortress in time. After the fortress was devastated, the human legion lost the basis for continuing its offensive, and therefore failed to enter the hinterland of the Northern Alpha Galaxy. It can be said that if the King of War did not destroy the star system near the fortress, allowing the human army to gain a foothold to continue advancing, even if the fortress was devastated, the Fifth Greenwich War would not end immediately, and it would continue for a long time. time.
Of course, after more than a thousand years, the situation in this area has changed drastically.
After the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, there are small black holes and energy black holes everywhere near the fortress, which are the remains of the ruined star system. Although Kutum took over, he did not plan to repair the fortress. After all, a lone fortress was of little value, but when constructing the Greenwich line of defense, Kutum still cleared the obstacles near the fortress, that is, those black holes.
The main thing is that the fortress is in the center of the entire line of defense, and those black holes have an impact on the routes passing nearby.
Obviously, when cleaning up the black hole, Kutum certainly did not expect that the human legion would once again cross the Greenwich meteorite belt and enter the Northern Alpha Galaxy.
This can not be blamed on Kutum, because Kutum did not know that the Emperor of War had already disappeared.
Perhaps in the past thousand years, the top warlords including Kutum have been preparing for war, and they all dreamed of being shameless.
In order to launch an offense, it is natural to clear the obstacles on the offensive route.
that's the truth.
About 30% of the Silicon Charm army that invaded the North Fourth Area, especially the Silicon Charm army commanded by Kutum, used the route from here to enter the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, and then reached the North Fourth Area. In addition, many legions returned to the Northern Alpha System during the retreat.
Only now, it is Yang Yi's turn to take advantage of this favorable factor.
Of course, if it is said to be advantageous, it is only relative, that is, there is no threatening black hole nearby, and unfavorable factors also exist, that is, the distance is too far away.
Let alone the main force of the Galactic Alliance, even the human expeditionary force may not be able to reach the star system a hundred light years away. With limited forces, it is obviously more difficult to ensure the safety of this one-hundred-light-year-old logistics supply line.
Fortunately, Yang Yi didn't plan to take the expeditionary army to adventure, and there was no need for it.
For him, jumping through space to reach a star system a hundred light-years away is not a problem.
Don't forget, Yang Yi has an imperial fighter, and Lin Feng also has one, as well as the little bit that can control the space, and the twelfth-level blue dragon.
To be on the safe side, Yang Yi and Lin Feng went one step ahead, followed by soldiers led by Shen Chengwen, and Barnes stayed in the fortress. Yang Yi asked Barnes to help, but hoped that Barnes could stay behind to guard the fortress to deal with possible attacks. According to Yang Yi's judgment, after they marched into the nearby star system and achieved victory, not to mention the top warlords, even those warlords who are not very powerful will be moved by the wind. If the top warlord sends troops again, he will definitely attack the fortress, because this is the best tactic for pushing back the human expeditionary force. As long as the fortress is laid down, because the rear is unstable, the human expeditionary force can only abandon the occupied star system.
This is a very simple truth, Barnes of course knows the powerful relationship, so after Yang Yi proposed it, he immediately agreed, and patted his chest to ensure that as long as he was still alive, he would not let the fortress fall into the hands of the enemy. , Let Yang Yi feel relieved and boldly attack the enemy's star system.
In fact, Yang Yi just didn't want Barnes to be there.
It's very simple. Yang Yi attacked the star system, but it was not Yang Yi who would occupy and control the star system, but Curia who had already received the order.
In any case, Yang Yi is a human being, not a silicon-based creature.
Even if Yang Yi tamed a twelfth-level blue dragon, and it was Lombardo's blue dragon, he would not be able to change his identity, let alone allow him to be recognized by silicon-based creatures.
What Yang Yi has to do is to use this time to help Curia unify the entire jurisdiction and remove the obstacles that prevent Curia from becoming the top warlord. According to Yang Yi, only when Curia develops and grows, they can gain a foothold in the Northern Alpha Galaxy and advance to the hinterland of the Northern Alpha Galaxy. As for whether Curia is reliable, it is not a problem at all in Yang Yi's view, because he once again proved his strength. As long as Curia was not very stupid, he would not have defeated the two top warlords and tamed Yang Yi, who was once a warlord's car and later a twelfth-level wild dragon owned by Lombardo. Besides, Curia has been actively cooperating and obedient to Yang Yi.
Because Barnes did not follow, and the large army led by Shen Chengwen was still behind, Yang Yi was not in a hurry, nor did he need to hurry. The point is that Curia also needs some time to mobilize the Silicon Charm Army, so Yang Yi has to slow down so that he can arrive in time.
"Thorn Galaxy" is Yang Yi's first stop and the beginning of a brand new journey.
In the lingua franca of the Silicon Magic Alliance, "Thorn" means "place of death"/this star system is indeed a place of death, at least for silicon-based life. Just from another angle, the Thorne galaxy can be said to be the most ideal foothold for the human expeditionary force.