"The main guns of the whole ship are aimed at the 3 o'clock position, and immediately shift to the 6 o'clock position after the attack, attack!" Lieutenant Admiral Darrens waved his hand with a cold face, and the main guns of hundreds of imperial warships roared at the same time, countless A huge laser beam rushed towards the 3 o'clock position. As soon as these hundreds of warships finished shooting, they immediately moved according to the order, because they all knew that if they didn't move, they would definitely be flanked by the enemy.
"The radar officer reports the situation!" Darrens' adjutant, a middle-aged man with short brown hair, the rank of lieutenant colonel, and a resolute face, immediately issued an order to the lieutenant who monitored the radar before Darrens could speak.
"Report sir, 30 enemy ships have been defeated!" The lieutenant replied with a salute.
"Enemy attack! Position at 5 o'clock, prepare to receive the attack!" The voice suddenly came out from the battleship's computer, and the ship's personnel returned to their posts to fasten their seat belts, or grabbed nearby objects. The warships outside immediately moved in front of the flagship, ready to block the attack for the flagship.
There was a flash of light on the screen, and the flagship ship where Darens was on shook for a while and then it was fine, but everyone knew that at that moment, more than a dozen of our own warships disappeared.
Darrence, who was sitting in the command chair, said coldly: "Map!" As his words fell, a holographic galaxy map immediately appeared in front of him. Several staff officers with the rank of colonel immediately took out their electronic pens and ran over.
"This is our position. We have found traces of the enemy here, here, and here. The number of enemy fleets has been identified here and here. They are 2,000 and 3,000 troops respectively." A colonel skillfully pointed out what he just said on the galaxy map with an electronic pen. place.
I saw a small blue triangle on the galaxy map surrounded by five or six red triangles. Darrens didn't speak, but quietly listened to the staff officer's analysis of the situation between the enemy and us. Others thought that he was thinking about the battle situation, but he was actually thinking about what happened during these days: "The Silver Eagle Empire ordered Lieutenant General Darens to lead 3,000 battleships to the Mu'o galaxy to destroy the pirates that disturbed the balance of the galaxy. Triumph. February 3, 3434 in the cosmic calendar." After reading out the order, a young school officer looked at Darrens with envy and jealousy.
If there are envoys from other empires who hear this order, they will definitely be very surprised, because generally speaking, any order from the empire must be preceded by the words 'in accordance with the will of the supreme emperor'. However, due to the presence of dukes and earls in the empire, all military orders start with 'Order of the Silver Eagle Empire Command', while government orders start with 'Order of the Prime Minister of the Silver Eagle Empire'.
After Darrens saluted, he took the order with a blank expression. He knew this order early on, and he also knew that he was personally named by the third prince to serve as the commander. Although they are not familiar with the third prince, everyone in the empire knows that the third prince is arrogant and bloodthirsty.
Besides, the Muo galaxy is basically the territory of the third prince. It can be said that the population of the Muo galaxy has been decreasing since it became the territory of the third prince. In a place controlled by such a horrible guy, there will definitely be one or two groups of pirates who can't stand the oppression, but it is absolutely impossible for these pirates to wander around after gathering 5,000 troops. Could it be that the third prince's private fleet of more than 100,000 troops is just for show
So needless to say, there is definitely a conspiracy to this one. Although Darrens didn't understand why the earl would agree to the third prince's request, he still followed orders as he was used to obeying orders. But what troubled him more was that the earl actually gave his daughter to his flagship. The Empire is different from the Federation. There are no women in the combat positions of the Imperial Army, so the appearance of the Earl's daughter made the soldiers of the flagship cheer loudly. But soon they began to sigh and let them know what kind of person the Earl's daughter is.
The earl's daughter first asked questions curiously about everything she saw, and then began to manipulate these instruments. What made people wonder what to do was that she was very interested in fighter jets, and even used her identity as the earl's daughter to force those The pilot taught her to fly a fighter jet.
When she got tired of those small arms, she started to put her mind on the battleship, not only forcibly snatching the right to control the battleship, but also driving the battleship, rampaging in the formation of troops. Fortunately, she didn't learn how to control the artillery system, otherwise I'm afraid Before the pirates were found, the fleet was completely destroyed by her.
When the Earl's daughter finally lost interest in these things, she began to entangle Darrence again. He wants Darrence to chat with her, play with her, and even come and stalk her during military discussions. Darrens scolded her a few words and even caused him to cry, make trouble and hang himself. In the end, Darrens had to confine her, otherwise there would be no need to fight this battle.
After dealing with the matter of the Earl's daughter, as soon as he calmed down, the radar found traces of the pirates, and the soldiers who had been annoyed by the Earl's daughter were excited and ready to fight. According to the investigation, the pirates were indeed 5,000 warships transformed from merchant ships, as the information given by the headquarters was.
The result of this war was exactly as the soldiers thought. The pirates had no formation and no coordination, and 5,000 warships rushed over in such a chaotic manner, and were smashed to pieces by the imperial army waiting in full force. However, when everyone lost their vigilance, countless mysterious battleships with strong firepower suddenly appeared, beating the imperial army intoxicated in victory into a dizzy state, and lost one-third of the 3,000 troops at this moment. If Darrens and the other captains hadn't struggled to shift positions, the entire army would have been wiped out long ago.
Finally, the remaining troops were transferred to a meteorite belt, and began to use the meteorite as a cover to launch guerrilla warfare, but they were surrounded by these mysterious fleet groups. Although the guerrilla warfare effectively wiped out those enemies, due to the huge disparity in the strength of the troops, there are only about 500 ships left with a strength of 3,000 troops.
Darrens looked at the staff officers who were concentrating on studying tactics, as well as the officers and soldiers who were concentrating on controlling the battleship, and couldn't help but sigh. Although no one said it, everyone knew that these mysterious fleets were the third prince's private fleet.
Although Darrence expected early on that the third prince would come to murder his rival in love, he never imagined that the third prince would launch such a fierce attack knowing that the earl's daughter was on board. There can be no survivors under this fierce attack. If the earl's daughter is killed, he and the earl will be sworn enemies. Does the third prince no longer need to win over the earl
Thinking of this, Darrens frowned suddenly, because he remembered why the third prince, who had always flattered the earl, dared to fight openly. There was only one reason, the emperor started to attack the earl! Otherwise, the Third Prince, who cherishes his strength very much, would not be able to risk huge losses to attack him. In just a few short days of guerrilla warfare, he had already wiped out tens of thousands of the Third Prince's troops, which was equivalent to one-tenth of the Third Prince's troops.
If the emperor hadn't spoken, it would be impossible for the third prince to throw the bargaining chip for the throne here, and the emperor's order must be: whoever handles the earl and duke will be the prince. In this case, those princes would be willing to spend any money.
"Well, if the emperor starts to do something, the situation in the imperial capital will definitely be more dangerous than here. Oh, good friend, you must protect yourself well." Darrens sighed in his heart.
For the Earl, Darrence didn't have much affection except for his loyalty. Compared to him, he cared more about his only friend than his boss who single-handedly promoted him. He had criticized the earl and the duke in front of Kester more than once, because he thought that these two powerful adults did not have the bearing to make a big deal. According to their power, they would not have any objection to pulling the emperor down to do it themselves. But they just don't do this, instead they feel at ease in their status as power ministers.
Since they were all about being powerful ministers, they should be more reserved, but no matter what they did, they didn't take the emperor seriously, and they didn't even have a little hypocrisy to cover up. Ordinary power ministers still rely on the emperor to order the world, and do everything in the name of the emperor. But they actually threw the emperor aside and acted on their own, as if to show the whole world that they didn't need to obey the emperor's orders. Maybe Kester is right, they did this to show their loyalty to a mysterious person.
After knowing this secret, Darrens once revealed to Kester that the object of his allegiance is the earl of the empire, not the mysterious person who doesn't know who he is at all. Kester, on the other hand, expressed a bit veiled that his allegiance is to the entire empire, not to a certain person. Darrens understood the meaning of Kester's words very well. His allegiance was to this country, not the duke or the emperor, let alone that mysterious person.
In fact, Darrens didn't say some words, he didn't dare to say these words, because it would be treasonous to say them. In Darens' heart, the real object of allegiance is himself. He is willing to be loyal to the earl, one is that the earl has discovered his talent, and the other is that the earl is very powerful. If the earl is willing to be emperor, Darens is willing to eliminate all opponents for the earl. But the earl did not have this ambition. Instead, he faithfully waited for a mysterious person to ascend the throne.
Since the earl has no ambitions, and he is unwilling to dedicate his loyalty to that mysterious person, then he should keep his loyalty to himself. Darrens, who had made up his mind on the battlefield, didn't know where his decision would take him, but he didn't regret it, and there was no regret or regret for working hard for himself.
"Sir! The enemy ship has withdrawn suddenly!" The radar officer's shout made Darens wake up from his own thinking. Darrens looked up at the galaxy map, and those red squares began to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, and after a while they completely left the radar's detection range and disappeared completely.
Just when Darrens was about to ask what was going on, the radar operator's exclamation sounded again: "Report! A mysterious fleet of 20,000 has entered the radar's effective range!" Those who were about to cheer because the enemy ships left The soldiers immediately shut their mouths when they heard this, and all looked nervously at the large yellow square displayed on the screen.
The moment the radar officer reported, the computer also listed the data distribution of the fleet's warships. Seeing the above data, everyone took a deep breath, because this fleet unexpectedly does not have warships below Tier 3, all of them are Tier 1 and Tier 2 warships. No wonder the warships that attacked him just now fled immediately. Facing such a powerful fleet with such a high level, who would stay here and wait to die
The rank distribution of the Imperial fleet is not as complicated as that of the Federation. The Empire simply refers to all warships with more than 100 main guns as Tier 1 warships, those with 80 to 100 guns are called Tier 2 warships, and those with 60 to 80 guns are called Tier 4 warships. , 60 to 40 ships are called Tier 5 warships, while those below 40 are collectively called Tier 6 warships.
"The 20,000 ships are all Tier 1 and Tier 2 warships?" Darrens muttered thoughtfully when he saw the number. The communication soldier also turned around at this moment and said to Darrens: "Report, the other party has sent a contact communication, can you connect?"
Everyone looked at Darrens, and everyone felt that Darrens should think about it before making a decision, but Darrens let them down. Almost at the same time as the communicator reported, Darrens said: "Come in."
Everyone shut their breaths and nervously watched the slowly unfolding screen. When the screen unfolded, there was a young man with shawl-shaven blond hair, handsome appearance, but with a somewhat sloppy demeanor, with the rank of Lieutenant General of the Empire on his shoulders. He waved to Darrence with a smile, and said cheerfully, "Yo ho! Brother, how are you doing these days?" Seeing this man, everyone sat down on their seats in relief. This is a good friend of his chief, Lieutenant General Kester, who is one of the two heroes of the empire alongside him.
Darrens twitched the corner of his mouth, and said with a flat smile, "Not bad, less than 500 of the 3,000 troops left."
Kester made a surprised expression and shouted: "Not bad? 3,000 troops were surrounded by 30,000 regular troops for four days. After destroying nearly 10,000 enemies, I still have 500 troops left. Isn't that not bad? If it were me one day earlier They killed you right from the start! You guys are too modest, you know that being too modest is pride! This is terrible.” Kester said and shook his finger.
"Help me with supplies, repairs and navigation. These brothers haven't rested for days." Darrence looked at the subordinates who had fallen asleep on the ground, and said to Kester with a sigh.
Kester nodded: "No problem, come over to my place, I got a good bottle of wine." Darrens nodded speechlessly.
In the commander's room of Kester's flagship, Darrens asked, "How is the imperial capital?"
Kester smiled: "I thought you could bear it until when you asked." After taking a sip of wine, he continued, "One word: chaos! Two words: chaos! Three words: chaos! Four Words: Very confusing! Five words..."
Seeing that Kester wanted to continue, Darrens hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, I know emperors are very messy, let's talk about how messy it is."
Kester took another sip of wine before saying: "On the first day after you left, the slaves rioted in the various manors of the imperial capital, a riot involving nearly ten million people! The police department and the intelligence department didn't even notice any signs of it. , so after the riots, the heads of the two departments were replaced."
"Substitution? Who has been replaced?" Darrens immediately raised his head and asked when he heard this. Because the police department of the imperial capital and the intelligence department of the imperial capital control the public security and intelligence of the entire imperial capital, if the selection of a bad candidate is a little bad, it will cause chaos.
"Duke Pat Ormes will serve as the new chief of police in the imperial capital, and Duke Jelson Ormes will serve as the new chief of intelligence in the imperial capital." Kester said while chewing on a piece of beef.
"The two brothers of the Ormes family? They are relatives of the emperor. Didn't the earl and the duke object?" Darrens asked in surprise. The fact that the emperor's relatives hold these two sensitive positions means that these two departments are controlled by the emperor.
Kester shook his head and said: "There is no objection, because their minds are all focused on going to the Wanluo Federation." Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed and said: "The way they looked when they took office, it seems that as long as they Get out, and the slave riots will subside immediately. Hehe, it’s a pity that the slave riots have spread to other planets, and the entire capital circle is in chaos. The police are simply not enough, so they had to come to me in the end.”
"Please? Why?" Darrens also pinched a piece of beef and started to eat it.
"Hehe, only my Third Fleet of the Praetorian Guard is there in the entire capital circle. Of course, your Fourth Fleet is also there, but you, the commander, are not here. If you don't ask me, who do you ask?" Kester smiled proudly.
Darrens asked in puzzlement, "Only the third and fourth fleets are left among the seven fleets of the imperial guards? Where are the others?"
"They were all transferred to other places to fight pirates. They all took the whole fleet to go. You are special. You only led 3,000 troops to fight pirates."
"They're all going to fight pirates? Why don't you have a share?"
"Hey, when the high command issued the order, I happened to be playing with Mei Mei in the suburbs, so I didn't receive the order. Originally, the high command wanted to punish me, but when the slaves rioted, they had no choice but to curry favor with me."
"The high command wants to punish you? Are the earl and the duke not in the imperial capital?"
"Of course not, they are secretly forming troops on the front line." Kester said with a curled lip.
Darrens nodded: "No wonder." He finally understood why the emperor dared to act. In the past, no matter what happened to the earl and the duke, one person stayed in the imperial capital. Now both of them have left. When encountering such a golden opportunity, It's no wonder the emperor didn't act. In other words, the earl sent the daughter to him not to let the third prince take care of the daughter and not dare to attack him, but because he knew that the imperial capital was full of turmoil, so he wanted to protect the daughter himself. Thinking of this, Darrence suddenly realized that he had forgotten something very important. What exactly was it? It's a pity that he is used to not thinking about it for the time being if he can't think of it, so he let go of this thought.
"Hehe, do you know how long it took me to put down the slave riots? Tell you, it's only one day, and I put down the slave riots in the capital circle in one day!" Kester stretched out a finger and kept shaking, and He continued without waiting for Darrens to speak: "Do you know how I started? I used heavy troops at the beginning, found a planet with the most violent riots except the imperial capital, surrounded those slaves, and gave them A super massacre came. Hehe, the live broadcast of the massacre was so bloody that it flowed like a river. From space, you can see a large area of red. Hehe, in order to increase the shocking scene, I ordered Laser weapons are not allowed, only laser knives can be used to chop and kill. Haha, and after the soldiers finished the massacre, I specially invited them to eat bloody raw beef, haha, am I a bad character?" After finishing speaking, he was proud looked at Darrens.
"You just killed the slaves of a planet, and then broadcast the killing scene to the rioting slaves, and solved the riot?" Darrens asked.
Kester smiled and said, "That's right, that's what I did. After seeing the stereoscopic images, those rioting slaves were all scared and hid back to the manor. Hehe, look at how easy my method is."
Darrens frowned and said: "Your method can only temporarily suppress the riot. The next slave riot will be more intense. You should execute all the slaves who participated in the riot."
Kester smiled and said: "I'm afraid of trouble. It will take more than ten days to kill them all. Anyway, if they dare to riot, it's fine if they can't be killed."
Darrence shook his head and sighed, "Oh, you're just soft-hearted."
"By the way, why don't you ask me why I came here?" Kester leaned forward and Darrence asked very interestedly.
Darrence smiled and said, "I'm not asking you, I'm waiting for you to tell me."
"Hey, I was deceived by you again. After I quelled the riot, I found that you had been gone for several days without any news. I realized that something was wrong, so I brought the Third Fleet and Fourth Fleet to find you."
"The Fourth Fleet is here too? Why didn't you see it?" Darrens asked in surprise. In fact, what surprised him was not that the Fourth Fleet also came, but how could Kester mobilize his own fleet? No one in the Fourth Fleet could mobilize except himself. Could it be that those officers began to waver when they saw that the situation was wrong? It seems that you have to teach them well when you go back!
"Hey, stop talking. I wanted to bring the Fourth Fleet, but they said they wouldn't listen to anyone except your orders. Now they are still staying outside the capital circle." Speaking of this, Kester came forward He whispered: "Brother has a way, I'm afraid the Earl can't command the Fourth Fleet, right?"
Darrens smiled slightly, and also whispered back: "You are not bad, can the Duke command the Third Fleet?"
The two closed their mouths and looked at each other, and suddenly they clinked glasses with laughter. They all know that the other party has completely turned the fleet under his command into their own personal belongings.
"That's right, when I first arrived in the Moo galaxy, I received orders from the earl and the duke. They ordered us to rush to the front line as soon as possible. They said that the great cause requires us to do our part. What do you think should be done?" Kester said with a serious face.
Darrens pondered for a while and said: "It seems that the two adults don't even want the forces in the empire in order to attack the Wanluo Federation. Seeing how impatient they are, I dare say that this war is to welcome back the mysterious person. They called Let's go, one is to increase the fighting power, and the other is to make us pledge our allegiance to that person."
"Then shall we go?" Kester was a little anxious.
Darrens said with a smile: "Go, of course we will. If we want to climb to the top, we must have military exploits. How can we not go to such a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds? As for the matter of allegiance, we will wait and see when the time comes."
Kester nodded and drank the fine wine in silence, and Darrence did the same. After a while, Kester suddenly smiled lewdly and said, "By the way, you went with the Earl's daughter this time, lived and ate together these days, did you give her to that?"
Darrence's face turned pale. He finally remembered what he had forgotten. He actually forgot to release the earl's daughter who was in confinement. Thinking of the count's daughter's current state, Darrence couldn't help but shudder, and immediately got up and turned around and ran away. And Kester, who vaguely knew what was going on, of course hurriedly followed behind, ready to watch the excitement.