Chapter 321 Attack

The call that Chen Ming made was quickly connected.

Bai Quan answered the call and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

As far as he knew, Chen Ming had been hanging around the Psychic Research Institute these two days. He didn't understand why he was needed in matters related to psychic energy.

And what Chen Ming wanted to tell him was not about the Psychic Research Institute.

"There was an accident. My fleet was attacked by the mechanical race."

"They made a lot of preparations in advance, blocking the jump engine, blocking the hyperspace, and sacrificing a large number of mechanical race individuals to damage the hull of the spacecraft and steal a batch of my goods."

Bai Quan was no longer confused after hearing this, but he was very surprised: "The mechanical race can actually steal your things."

"If the gap in fleet strength is too large, I can't withstand it even if I have psychic energy. For example, a main battleship can directly destroy one of my cruisers with one shot. Even if I am good at repairing, I can't repair a hammer if the spacecraft is gone."

"This time it's also my problem. I didn't consider the place so far away from the empire. There will be mechanical tribes everywhere. I thought that the support I could provide would arrive in five minutes at most, so I didn't arrange too many escort fleets. "

"As a result, I was unable to take defensive measures when the mechanical tribe came to attack."

Bai Quan asked: "It was outside the empire, right?"

"Yes."

"That's not surprising. Outside the empire, mechanical tribes may appear anywhere, but mechanical tribes like to form a star field in groups, which doesn't mean there are no scattered ones."

"How much did you lose specifically?"

"It's mainly a batch of energy crystal crabs."

"Energy crystal crabs!"

Bai Quan spoke faster for a moment.

He thought that Chen Ming was sending the goods he needed outside and was robbed by the mechanical tribe. It was just some basic supplies.

It turned out that the energy crystal crabs that Chen Ming sent to the empire were robbed by the mechanical tribe. This situation is not right.

"Why would the mechanical race rob this batch of stuff? It can't be that the information was leaked, right?"

"I don't know the specific reason either."

Chen Ming said: "But I can be sure that the mechanical race came to attack my fleet with a purpose, and they acted very decisively, just to rob the goods, and they knew that this was my goods."

"Because the mechanical race obviously targeted some of my spiritual power weaknesses when they attacked, and they retreated directly after robbing the goods."

"Retreated?"

Bai Quan's doubt was also the point that Chen Ming was puzzled about before.

Because it is normal for the mechanical race to rob the passing imperial spaceships.

But usually, after the rob, or before the rob, the mechanical race will choose to kill all the spaceships and the people on the spaceships.

Why didn't they continue to track, why didn't they destroy them, why did they let the fleet go?

Unless... the mechanical race thinks that doing so will fail.

Bai Quan confirmed the specific situation with Chen Ming again.

I learned that the mechanical race even ran away when Chen Ming's spaceship was trapped in the hyperspace cloud, and ran away as soon as they got the goods, without any nostalgia.

Obviously, they knew that Chen Ming's reinforcements were on the way, and any delay would leave them behind.

Because of this, Chen Ming was sure that the mechanical race must know that this fleet was his.

To be honest, Chen Ming had met the mechanical race several times before, although he never revealed his true identity.

But he must have left a very strong trace in the mechanical race's database.

It was normal to find that this was Chen Ming's spaceship.

So Bai Quan had no further questions, but this matter itself was a problem.

"If the mechanical race also has the technology to cultivate energy crystal crabs, then the loss of energy crystal crabs may lead to the mechanical race also having energy crystal technology."

The key is the number of energy crystal crabs seized by the mechanical race and their technology.

It is difficult to determine how good the mechanical race's technology is, but it can be seen from those mechanized psychic creatures that it is definitely not low.

So once the number of lost energy crystal crabs exceeds a certain number, the mechanical race may really be able to cultivate a new population.

"How many energy crystal crabs did you lose?"

"A few thousand."

"A few thousand..."

The number of a few thousand is very ambiguous, just stuck at the intersection of successful breeding and unsuccessful breeding.

After all, a population needs to have a base number guarantee, and it is absolutely impossible to breed a new population if the number is too small.

Even if cloning technology is used, it will not work. If a population has too few genetic samples, it will sooner or later become a lifeless group.

But a few thousand... This number gave Baiquan a headache for a while.

"In fact, the situation is not completely irreversible."

"Because as long as the intelligence within the empire is not leaked, the mechanical race should not know what specific goods I am transporting, at least not for the time being."

"They will need time to investigate the purpose of this batch of goods, and I still have a chance to snatch the things back."

"And I have also confirmed that the mechanical race must have a temporary base nearby, and they will definitely send the stolen energy crystal crabs there."

"My idea is to destroy the mechanical race's base and snatch the things back."

"But I have to ask for your opinion first, lest my actions lead to an early war between the empire and the mechanical race."

After explaining the situation clearly, Bai Quan also realized that this was a decision that needed to be made in a short time.

It must have been not long since Chen Ming's goods were stolen. If the speed of action is fast enough, the mechanical race may not even have time to investigate the actual function of the energy crystal crab.

But as long as the action is slow, the mechanical race will have a greater chance of understanding the technology of energy crystallization.

Chen Ming's current level is similar to that of a sophomore, of course, he can't make such a purely overall consideration, so he came to ask him.

There is no time to think more or ask other people's opinions.

Bai Quan must respond now.

But he thought about it and said: "I feel that even if I give objections, there is a high probability that you will take action directly, at most in a more concealed way."

Really.

Chen Ming responded in his heart.

He has sent the support fleet that just rushed over to find the temporary base of the mechanical race.

After all, he didn't know what the situation of the mechanical race base was, so he must be prepared to pursue it as soon as possible, and then decide whether to take action based on the final investigation results.

Of course, his fleet did not rely on the traces of the mechanical race fleet's jump to track it.

After all, how could the mechanical tribe not know about the tracking method that he knew? If you follow the jump trace, you will definitely be ambushed by the mechanical tribe.

Therefore, the specific location of the mechanical tribe’s base still depends on Chen Ming’s perception of the same hive mind network through his psychic power.

As long as you follow the feeling in your heart, you can find the mechanical tribe’s hometown.

Bai Quan also knows Chen Ming’s thoughts very well. He will usually make up for the losses he suffered.

Chen Ming knows too well that as long as it is not a real deep hatred, as long as the people who have had conflicts give compensation and sincerely apologize, many things will be directly passed.

But the mechanical tribe cannot give compensation, and Chen Ming must think about giving the mechanical tribe a hard time.

Bai Quan had no objection to this: "So if you ask me, you can go."

"After entering the second phase of reconnaissance, the Empire has already started preliminary friction with the Mechanical Clan. The Mechanical Clan is not blind to so many reconnaissance operations."

"It's okay to have conflicts with the Mechanical Clan, as long as it's not a large-scale war between the Empire and the Mechanical Clan star field, you can fight in that place at will."

With Bai Quan's words, everything Chen Ming did next was endorsed by Bai Quan, and of course all the responsibilities were borne by him.

While taking responsibility, he can of course enjoy the rights and benefits that come from responsibility.

The worst-case scenario of handling this matter is that Chen Ming leaked the technology of energy crystals to the Mechanical Clan and

triggered the war between the Empire and the Mechanical Clan in advance. This kind of thing is impossible.

War never starts because of someone. If it seems like this, it's just because that person is at the forefront of the times.

And if this matter is handled well, the final outcome may be to thwart the Mechanical Clan's plan to continue to open up and leave a way out for themselves in advance.

"But can you fight?"

Chen Ming thought about the last time he attacked the colony of the mechanical race.

At that time, his mastery of cruiser technology was not high, and he was far from being able to build a cruiser by hand.

He could only rely on the few afterglow cores in his hand and the cruisers he got by various means to fight the mechanical race.

At that time, he dared to fight and could fight, and he can do it now.

Speaking of it.

Chen Ming remembered that at the end of his last attack on the colony of the mechanical race, the mechanical race wanted to come and surround his spacecraft, and a fleet came.

As a result, this fleet was directly killed by a phase behemoth that suddenly appeared.

It has been a long time since the last time, and I don’t know if the phase behemoth was killed by the mechanical race. Will he encounter it again this time?

It’s too far away, it should be impossible.

Chen Ming threw the strange idea out of his mind and responded to Bai Quan with a slightly more restrained tone: "We can only attack the fleet that comes to attack them, but we have to wait until I determine the location of their base."

"Okay."

"Then can you send back the real-time video later? If there is a video, we can also help you analyze some situations here."

Chen Ming thought about it and said, "Okay."

The Queen of Worms will not appear in this operation because it is still evolving

Even if it is not evolving, it is not easy to appear.

After all, this raid on the base of the mechanical tribe is an urgent task. In pursuit of efficiency, it is necessary to capture the base of the mechanical tribe in a short time.

The Queen of Worms needs time to develop before it can attack.

When the Queen of Worms develops, the matter will be over.

Since the Queen of Worms is not here, it is not difficult to share some information about the mechanical tribe.

After receiving Chen Ming's reply, Bai Quan also knew that he should be busy next.

"Then I will notify a few people here and discuss the follow-up. We will help you and try to get the energy crystal crab back."

The communication ended.

Baiquan went to contact people.

Chen Ming also shifted his attention to the fleet that was looking for the mechanical tribe's base.

When Chen Ming was preparing to reinforce the fleet, he directly filled the team with the largest scale he could control now.

Except for HR who was responsible for guarding the home.

Brilliant, Glory, Flashing, and Superb were all driving warships.

In addition to the nine cruisers that Chen Ming could control, a total of thirteen cruisers were in the fleet.

As for the types of these cruisers.

Chen Ming did not bring the defenders or standard cruisers of the mechanical race that he had captured before.

In addition to letting Huihuang drive the Huihuang class, Huiyao drive the Huiyao class, Shanguang drive the Shanguang class, and Chaofan drive the Zhigao class.

All the cruisers prepared were made by Chen Ming directly with psychic energy, all of which were Stardust class.

A total of nine ships.

One Stardust class can release 1,600 meteor fighters for self-destruction in one round.

If there are nine Stardusts, that is 14,400 meteor fighters, a total of tens of thousands!

This is just one round, Chen Ming's psychic energy can replenish war supplies for all ships in real time.

Meteor fighters are of course within the scope of supply.

Just release a few more rounds of fighters.

That scene should be quite magnificent.

Chen Ming's heart is already looking forward to it.

Although the loss of supplies may be a little bit, the effect will not be bad, and aren't supplies used for use?

Accumulating supplies that cannot be used is just garbage.

And this time he made a new attempt.

In addition to the thirteen cruisers in the fleet, he also matched 260 destroyers in a ratio of one to ten.

There are only two types of these 260 destroyers, sixty of the Fourteenth Legion Law Enforcer class used to defend the line.

And the remaining two hundred ships are equipped with tachyon spears, energy crystal storage devices that can keep up with the terrifying energy consumption of tachyon spears, and antimatter reactors and antimatter engines.

Tens of thousands of self-destructing small planes and two hundred tachyon spears will definitely bring endless surprises to the mechanical race.

Chen Ming did not bring smaller guards, after all, even the smallest boats are just cannon fodder and have no meaning.

As long as he can raid first in the subsequent battles, he will have a great chance of winning.

While Chen Ming's fleet was searching for the mechanical race base.

Chen Ming's prosthesis at the headquarters was also taken away.

The people at the headquarters took Chen Ming to a military base near the city and sent Chen Ming all the way to the door of a conference room.

When standing at the door, Chen Ming heard people talking about him, which was what he had just said to Bai Quan.

Just when Chen Ming was about to push the door in, he suddenly heard someone say: "Chen Ming made a mistake in military purposes and should be punished."

This sentence made Chen Ming stand still at the door, and he did not push the door in. He also stopped the person who brought him here and asked him not to make a sound.

The man in the meeting room continued: "If the mechanical race also obtains this technology, the consequences will be disastrous."

"There is no way to make sure that the mechanical race did not take the opportunity to seize the sample to obtain the technology after remediation."

"This situation is quite serious,"

Chen Ming felt that these two sentences would be the consensus of many people who disliked him.

After all, he had already beaten back the direct harm, and the legion commander came out to guarantee it, so no one dared to touch this bad luck directly.

But as long as he caught a hole in his mistake to attack, no one could say anything.

Even the legion commander could not protect Chen Ming when Chen Ming made a mistake.

However, Chen Ming immediately heard a familiar voice speaking again: "The premise of questioning is that there is a real mistake. As long as this matter can be handled well, it is not a mistake, but the right thing to do."

"Besides, Chen Ming has been a civilian from the beginning. It is the job of others to ensure the transportation of military supplies. We cannot just blame him."

If Chen Ming remembered correctly, the voice that refuted later was Qiu Bowen, the general who had previously targeted him.

Although it is possible that Qiu Bowen found him at the door and said this, at least he gave Chen Ming face in front of others.

Chen Ming pushed open the door.

The layout of the conference room appeared in front of him.

It can only be said that it is very familiar.

It was the same as the conference room where Bai Quan invited him to attend the military meeting for the first time.

But at that time, Chen Ming had just started to learn military command and basically did not understand anything.

And now, at least Chen Ming can understand, and he is also qualified to speak here.

Qiu Bowen, Bai Quan, and three other lieutenant generals that Chen Ming had never seen were standing at the front of the conference room at this time, chatting with each other.

"He's here."

Bai Quan's words attracted the attention of several people present to Chen Ming.

The three lieutenant generals didn't know who had just said bad things about Chen Ming, and they all chose to keep silent tacitly.

Chen Ming didn't bother to care about them.

And Qiu Bowen didn't seem to have any changes in his mentality, as if it wasn't him who was embarrassed by Chen Ming some time ago.

After shaking hands with Chen Ming as usual, he made a gesture of invitation to Chen Ming and asked Chen Ming to sit directly in the main seat.

After all, the key to this emergency operation lies in Chen Ming.

Chen Ming was not polite and reached out to control the computer next to him.

A picture was projected on the conference table.

A fleet was sailing in the channel and was about to cross the channel and arrive in the hyperspace of a galaxy.

In addition to the surrounding environment, the picture also showed part of the fleet.

For a while, the generals sitting in the conference room, except Bai Quan, were a little hesitant to speak.

Because usually, when a fleet of more than a hundred ships is carrying out operations against uncertain enemy configurations, it must be equipped with at least five different types of ships to help commanders cope with complex and changeable combat environments.

And Chen Ming only equipped two types.

But Chen Ming equipped the law enforcers modified by the 14th Legion, which ranked first in defense among all destroyers, and the armor-piercing class designed by Xinda Company, which has now begun to be put into military production.

And the armor-piercing class has a nickname in the armies of all parties after one year of development, "gun mount".

After all, the armor-piercing class is not for armor-piercing, but for the large weapons that can be installed on the armor-piercing.

So Chen Ming seems to have driven two hundred armor-piercing ships, but in fact, it is no different from going out with two hundred tachyon spears.

Such a mixed fleet can be said to have no ability to cope with various battlefield environments.

It is the law enforcers in front, and the two hundred tachyon spears in the back are fiercely output.

It is simple and crude to a certain extent.

And cruisers are even more so.

All they can see at this time are Stardust class.

Of course, the capabilities of this cruiser designed by Tachyon Technology Company are also well known by the people present.

They all had some understanding of Chen Ming's previous fighting style, and knew what kind of effect this kind of warship would have in Chen Ming's hands.

So after imagining such a scene.

Several general officers who pursued tactical strategies were a little at a loss for words.

Bai Quan was not surprised at all. Chen Ming liked to use more people to defeat fewer people and use force to suppress others. He never stopped using his psychic power.

Problems that could be solved with firepower were not a problem in front of him.

Such firepower was definitely enough to sweep across a galaxy.

As long as there were no accidents in the galaxy of the mechanical race, it would only be a matter of time to eliminate the mechanical race.

I just don't know if the mechanical race will transport the cargo hold they robbed away.

This depends on Chen Ming's subsequent investigation.

One minute later, Chen Ming's fleet had passed the end of the channel and was about to enter the hyperspace area of ​​the galaxy in front of it.

Bai Quan suddenly came out and reminded: "There are signs of disturbed emptying in the clouds near the location where the channel connects to the hyperspace area of ​​the galaxy, indicating that there are often spaceships here."

Bai Quan's reminder was of course because he was afraid that Chen Ming would not notice it and be attacked by the mechanical race in the galaxy.

However, Chen Ming followed all the way through his own perception. He knew very well that this galaxy was the temporary base of the mechanical race.

"There may be mechanical race defense means in the hyperspace, pay attention to safety."

"Understood."

Chen Ming responded, closed his eyes directly, and focused all his attention on the fleet that was about to fight.

Qiu Bowen stared at Chen Ming for a while.

Even though he had known the effect of Chen Ming's psychic power before, he still couldn't understand it when he saw that Chen Ming could still use psychic power to control the spacecraft even though he had almost crossed the distance of the entire empire.

Even if the psychic power of a level 6 psychic has a range of only the size of a galaxy, Chen Ming's psychic power effect has obviously surpassed that of a normal psychic.

I don't know what secrets Chen Ming has.

He shook his head, and said with emotion or something: "This should be the largest-scale battle that is about to break out since the conflict between us and the mechanical race began."

But surprisingly.

When Chen Ming left the channel and entered the hyperspace area belonging to the galaxy, there was no mechanical race troops in the hyperspace to block him.

There was not even a warning spacecraft.

The people present obviously didn't expect this to happen.

"Did we... find the wrong place?"

"Shouldn't we?"

"Let's go in and take a look first."

"Okay."

Just as the few people finished their brief words, the door of the conference room was suddenly knocked.

"Come in."

Qiu Bowen's words fell, and someone pushed the door in and handed him a document.

He glanced at the empty space shown on the projection screen of the conference table, and took advantage of the fact that the war had not started yet, and said directly: "Chen Ming, do you need the legion to provide you with some ships and war supplies?"

Chen Ming immediately distracted: "Yes, of course."

At the moment he said this.

He sent a team of five destroyers, ended the hyperspace voyage ahead of time, activated the hyperspace channel system, and entered the galaxy.

The situation inside the galaxy was also shown on the conference table in front of him.

This is a galaxy with six planets.

In the habitable zone of this galaxy, there is a planet that has obviously undergone a lot of industrial transformation.

That is the destination of Chen Ming's trip.

The target has been found, but Chen Ming did not act rashly.

Because, around that planet, there are a lot of ships and the wreckage of a lot of orbital defense facilities.

And, the surface of the planet is constantly erupting with large areas of fire that can be seen from outside the planet.

And these fires are still expanding.

Someone... no, something has arrived here faster than Chen Ming, destroying everything belonging to the mechanical race.