Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 1375: Encounter in the Zhenguang Galaxy (1)

The Star Cluster Law, which is recognized by all member states of the Star Cluster Union, clearly stipulates that if an act of war occurs between member states, it shall not affect third parties.

The description of this third party leaves a lot of room for maneuver. Not affecting a third country is a third party, but not affecting a neutral space station is also a third party.

The territories of the Red Maple Republic and the Xuanshui Federation do not completely overlap, and neutral space stations have been established in some parts.

It is illegal to pass through here, and it will cause the Xuanshui Federation to be criticized in the international community.

But when she received the notification from the command level, Alyssa looked at the coordinates and found that they were very familiar.

After the Swan completed the jump, An Yun looked at the white star in the galaxy that looked like a lighthouse and said:

"This is the Zhenguang Galaxy, the territory of the Knight Introduction Agency. Will it be okay for us to get closer?"

When tracking the starship, the Swan came to this neutral space station. It is famous for its colorful races and is the largest talent distribution center in the nearby star field. (See Chapter 1049 for details)
It would be fine if one or two warships jumped over, we could just treat them as passing by and turn a blind eye to them, but if two fleets jumped over, that was too much, and the Knight Introduction Agency would definitely file a complaint with the Star Cluster Alliance.

"How did the commander plan the route? Didn't he say that we would bypass this place according to the plan?"

Alyssa glanced at the screen next to the captain's seat:
"Someone has sent a question to the fleet commander, but there has been no response yet."

Long turned his chair at this time:
"That lieutenant general has always been very steady. What happened this time?"

"You mean Vice Admiral Ken? He is stationed in the Space Fortress Ilxia. The commander of the Third and Fifth Fleets this time is another major general."

Alyssa thought about it:

"I forgot his name. I'm not familiar with him."

Alyssa knew many senior military officials of the Whirlwater Federation. Those she was not familiar with should be newcomers who were promoted recently.

"Leave such an important operation to a novice?"

"The ability should be trustworthy, but maybe it's still not mature enough."

At this time, new content appeared on the monitor next to the captain's seat. Alyssa looked at it and said:
"We will speed through here. The command center has already negotiated with the Knight Introduction Agency."

Carlos said as he steered:

"I have a bad feeling we shouldn't be here."

"The command center was also helpless. The ships operated by the newcomers executed too many wrong commands. They did not have enough energy to follow the fleet's jump, so they had to temporarily change the route and come here."

The jump distance of a fleet is not determined by the longest ship, but by the shortest ship.

The original plan was to bypass the Zhenguang Galaxy, but the newcomer's operational error resulted in insufficient energy for the entire jump. Finding a supply ship to inject liquefied magic power would also waste time, so they considered changing the route.

However, it is indeed wrong to change the route temporarily, because unexpected situations may arise. As a commander, not considering the coordination of the new warships is a dereliction of duty.

There is actually plenty of time for combat, and waiting on the spot will not delay the opportunity to fight, but the new commander strictly abides by the time even when it is not necessary.

Just like Alyssa commented, lack of experience.

"I hope there won't be any trouble. Say something nice."

Carlos shrugged and controlled the steering wheel to follow the new route to catch up with the fleet. Now they needed to wait for the jump mechanism to cool down. They would stay in this galaxy for half an hour at most and then continue to jump away. The direction was to stay away from the neutral space station to avoid giving the fleet a chance to be criticized.

Everything went smoothly. The fleet was getting farther and farther away from the space station. Although the space station had already sent out a patrol fleet, it was only for surveillance, probably because they were afraid that the passing soldiers would appear bored and fire at them.

However, ten minutes later, an accident occurred.

An Yun held the device attached to his temple and reminded loudly:
"We have detected a warp signal. The number is two hundred, no! Five hundred, and it is still increasing. Judging from the signal strength, it is the fleet of the Red Maple Republic!"

Almost at the same time as An Yun issued the reminder, an emergency notice from the fleet command appeared on Alyssa's captain's seat monitor.

She immediately turned on the ship's radio:

"Notice to all ships, this ship has entered combat status, all members are at their positions."

The Third and Fifth Fleets, which were sailing normally, changed their routes and switched from sailing to combat formation.

It took only ten seconds from the start to the end of the jump, which was not enough for the fleet to complete the formation change.

However, the Red Maple Republic would not maintain its formation and leap to the face. The place where they appeared was still very far away from the Swan, and both sides had plenty of time to set up their formations.

"It is confirmed to be the Red Maple Republic Fleet. It matches the intelligence. There are about 1000 ships, of which frigates and destroyers account for the vast majority. Only a small number of large warships were detected by radar."

"It seems that the Red Maple Republic does not have many troops left."

The loss of large warships and crew members made it impossible for the Red Maple Republic to mobilize sufficient forces to resist the invasion of the Whirlpool Federation in a short period of time. This was consistent with what was stated in the briefing before the operation.

As mentioned before, it doesn't matter if the combat objective cannot be achieved, as long as the Red Maple Republic's fleet can be attracted away, it will be a victory.

Since this fleet appeared on the path of the Third and Fifth Fleets, it meant that the pressure on friendly forces in other directions would be much less.

From a tactical perspective, the arrival of the Third and Fifth Fleets in the Zhenguang Galaxy was a mistake, but from a strategic perspective, it was actually a blessing in disguise.

The huge fleet of nearly 1,500 warships quickly deployed into battle formation under the watchful eyes of the warships that kept jumping over from the other side, preparing for the next artillery battle.

Both sides looked a little awkward, mainly because the new recruits added to the fleet were still unskilled, and the formation did not look as stable as before.

The situation on the Xuanshui Federation side is not so bad. The total number of additional troops is about 500 ships, which only accounts for one-third of the total force. Besides, not all new recruits are so disappointing.

But the situation is different over at the Red Maple Republic. Their fleet is smaller than that of the Whirlpool Federation, and the number of recruits exceeds two-thirds.

It is true that having veterans lead new recruits can help new recruits quickly develop combat effectiveness, but this also has its limits. It's OK to let a veteran lead three new recruits, but if you ask him to lead a hundred, he will never be able to do it even if he dies of exhaustion.

By the same token, if the number of new warships in a fleet exceeds a certain threshold, it will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the fleet.

Both sides started to take action and form their battle formations almost at the same time, but it was obvious that the formation of the Rotating Water Federation was formed faster.

So the first shot was fired by the flagships of the third and fifth fleets of the Xuanshui Federation, followed closely by the warships that had completed their formation and pre-aimed.

At this time, the Red Maple Republic fleet's formation was still crooked, and they had not yet fully prepared for the attack. And after discovering that the Whirlpool Federation had opened fire, they were obviously even more panicked.

(End of this chapter)