Chapter 162 on the Journey

In terms of volume, the volume of the transport ship is almost the largest of all spacecraft. Even compared with the flagship warship, it is nearly twice as big. The huge volume can make the transport ship load more goods and reduce transportation costs.

But in terms of speed, the transport ship is the slowest of all spacecraft.

I have felt the high-speed commercial spacecraft specially made by the blue sky. Now sitting in a military armed transport ship, Yunyi even has the illusion that he walks much faster than the transport ship. It has been almost a week since departure, but the 21st Mixed Armed Fleet has not even gone out of the Weizhou Star Domain, and it is still flying leisurely and slowly. Since its departure, the spacecraft has been thinking about moving in the southwest, where it can reach the Xingzhou Star Domain through the long-distance XW01 wormhole.

At the current speed, the fleet will not reach the Unicorn Fortress in a month.

Although the speed of the ship is urgent, the maximum speed of the transport ship is also like this, and there is nothing he can do in a hurry, so Yunyi calmed down and locked himself in the room to study and design the mecha. A few days ago, he received a message from Yin Ji, the dean of Ta Dun College, and learned that in more than two months since his departure, there have been more than 100 innate mecha masters. And now there are more than 3,000 colleges that have reached level 10, and it is expected that in the next six months, the birth speed of innate masters will usher in a blowout, springing up one by one.

Yunyi knows that the design work on his side must be accelerated, otherwise when the students are innate, they can only drive the ordinary mecha purchased on the market to fight, and they can't exert their due strength at all.

Fortunately, Yunyi's skills in mecha engineering are very solid. In addition, during this period, as long as he is free, he will jump to the light brain for design work. Now the most basic overall structure has been prototyped. If it is not unexpected at the current speed, it will be completed in about a year or two.

In addition to designing mecha, Yunyi occasionally urges the blue sky and Lianka. The latter represents the joint family of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce to provide him with rare ores extracted from NW-AL0083. After Yunyi pays the corresponding amount of imperial gold yuan, the ores will be sent to a secret warehouse of Tadun College for storage. The former, although Blue Sky is responsible for the extremely important artificial wormhole communication line during this period, the construction of rare ore smelting plants cannot fall behind, which is related to the use of rare materials when manufacturing mecha in the future. If there are mecha warriors, there are also mecha design drawings, and mecha factories that manufacture mecha also have However, there is a lack of a few materials to produce mecha, which is enough to make Yunyi depressed to death.

Lan Tian is still more concerned about the mining and metallurgical factory, and sent his subordinates to take full responsibility for this matter. Moreover, the mining factory is located in the Kingdom of Maiah. As one of Yunyi's best friends, Omar will also be very careful about this matter and give a lot of help in the construction process.

According to the blue sky's estimate, it will take half a year at most, and this large space smelting plant, which can be regarded as the first in the southeast universe, the fourth in Chutang and the top ten in the southern universe, can be completely completed. At that time, whether it is the ore shipped from NW-AL0083 or acquired by Yunyi from other places, it can be transported here for processing to produce the rare materials he needs.

On the ship, in addition to designing mecha, Yunyi communicates with Lin Moxue every day. Although the distance is getting farther and farther, and the communication delay is getting bigger and bigger, but the two of them are happy, as if they feel uncomfortable without talking for a day. Of course, Yunyi mainly faked to learn about the frontline information from Lin Moxue in order to grasp the latest developments of the war.

Lin Moxue told him that the fleet of the new United States has gathered on a planet closest to the unicorn fortress and has no intention to launch an attack for the time being. Instead, relying on this planet, it has begun to build a military supply base.

After learning about the trend of the new United States, Yun Yi was a little impressed by his intention to prepare for a long-term war of resistance. It seems that there are also outstanding generals and marshals or staff officers in New America, who can clearly analyze the current situation of Chu Tang. Presumably they already knew that the forces of Chu Tang who came to support the unicorn fortress were not as harmonious as they thought. Although now forced by the situation to fight against the new United States, if a long time of indomitable and material consumption, morale will continue to decline. Naturally, some people can't help but leave first. As long as a warship leaves, there will be a second or third ship until they come to support the unicorn fortress. When all the warships left, it was time to launch a general attack.

Therefore, the most unfavorable thing for Chu Tang now is the long-term battle plan of the new United States.

I don't know if Lin Jiaoyang has come up with a countermeasure, and Lin Moxue is not very clear about this. He just told him that although Grandpa always smiles when talking to her, the intelligent Lin Moxue can still capture a trace of sadness from it.

But now, these things are not what Yunyi needs to consider.

There is still about a month to reach the unicorn fortress. If you are not close to reality, you can't observe the actual situation of the unicorn fortress closely. Even Cloud Wings can't take countermeasures. Instead of wasting time thinking about how to defeat the New American fleet, it is better to devote all your time to the design of the mecha.

On the eighth day from the base, the fleet finally arrived at the XW01 wormhole entrance and exit from Weizhou Star Domain to Xingzhou Star Domain.

Compared with the prosperous wormholes in the past, the flow of spacecraft passing through the wormholes is obviously not as good as before. Although only a small number of people know about Qin Shou's rebellion and ordinary people don't know about it, these small people are all people who stand at the peak of Chu and Tang's power or wealth, and most of the spacecraft that usually pass through the wormholes are owned by these people. The situation in Chu and Tang now makes these people dare not act rashly, let alone carry out ocean trade as before. Maybe one day when the fleet goes out, it will be stopped by a warlord and packed away. It will be too late to regret it.

After passing through the wormhole and more than ten days of flight, after two days of wormhole, the fleet finally arrived at the Guzhou Star Domain, where the unicorn Fortress is located, the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Yangming.

Juzhou Star Domain is the only star domain among the eight star domains of Chu and Tang Dynasties that does not border the Zhongzhou Star Domain, where the capital Chang'an system is located. It is cheap. No matter where people come out of here go, they will be jokingly called "country bumpkin". However, Juzhou Star Domain is the only way for Chutang to conduct trade exchanges with the Cologne Chamber of Commerce, the Kingdom of Yangming and various countries in the southeast, so the prosperity of commerce and economy is stronger than that of Xingzhou Star Domain and Weizhou Star Domain.

After coming out of the wormhole, the fleet will turn north and is expected to reach the wormhole leading to the Guzhou star domain in about seven days.

Along the way, I didn't encounter any interception fleet, which can be said to be relatively smooth. Moreover, the wormholes that passed along the way were in the hands of Lin Jiaoyang, and no one came to embarrass them.

However, when it was about to reach the Unicorn Fortress, something strange happened.

On this day, Yunyi is sitting attentively in front of the light brain, studying the stability of an energy circuit. Master Niu had encountered this problem before when designing the mecha, and told Yunyi no less than three ways to solve it. However, at present, Yunyi suddenly thought that he wanted to add an energy control system to this circuit to better control the flow of energy. If this problem is solved, the energy recovery time of this mecha after releasing the combat skill can be shortened by at least a quarter. This is extremely important and beneficial for mecha cavalry regiments suitable for group warfare.

It's not easy to solve this problem. Yunyi racked his brains and tried countless methods but found no solution.

Just when he was extremely distressed and even had an impulse to kick over the light brain in front of him, he suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door.

sighed, and Yun Yi knew that he was a little impatient. This is the case with mecha design. Sometimes a small problem can bother the designer for a long time. But if you go out to move and disperse your efforts at this puzzled time, maybe you will think of the problem to solve when you turn the tendon in your mind. So Yunyi did not blame the man outside for disturbing his work, but opened the door calmly.

Outside the door is a relatively young soldier wearing the uniform of the logistics fleet. As soon as he saw Yunyi open the door, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Yun, something is wrong. Commander Zhang, please go to the command room immediately."

Yun Yi said strangely, "What happened? Why didn't Commander Zhang send me a message directly?"

"If it had been sent, it would have been sent long ago." The soldier's face was a little ugly and said, "Now the fleet has been surrounded by the enemy's Mi's particles and can't communicate at all."

Yunyi was slightly stunned. He had joined the army since he was a teenager and knew a lot about Mi's particles. In space, as long as there is a large area of Mi's particles, it can block the communication between spacecraft and other directions, which is a very widely used thing in war. But he had never heard that Mi's particles could also block communication inside other people's spacecraft, so after hearing the soldier's words, the first thought of Yunyi was that he was cheating, and the second thought was that Zhang Xintian's communicator was broken.

Thinking of this, he quickly opened the communicator and sent a message to Zhang Xintian.

When he saw the word "network interruption", Yunyi believed what the soldier said. Suddenly, he remembered the word "enemy" in what the soldier had just said, and then he suddenly realized: "You mean, we have been targeted by the enemy warships?"

"Not being targeted, but surrounded!" The soldier's face was a little anxious and urged, "Mr. Yun, go to the command room quickly."

Yun Yi didn't have time to ask many questions and quickly ran to the command room. Because he knows very well what will happen if a transport fleet meets the enemy. Although this fleet is known as the "armed mixed fleet", in fact, it is just installing some artillery and * launchers on ordinary transport ships. There is neither a necessary large-caliber main gun for warships, nor the ejection system of mecha and fighters. It is okay to deal with some small pirates who are not long-sighted pirates, if they encounter the enemy's regular army. At the speed of the transport ship, you can't run even if you want to run, let alone fight.

Running, Yunyi suddenly thought of another question.

The fleet is still in Chutang. Obviously, the enemy cannot be the fleet of New America. Moreover, Lin Jiaoyang and Qin Shou have reached an agreement to support the unicorn fortress. This fleet belongs to Lin Jiaoyang. I believe that as long as the military can distinguish it from the code name at a glance, how can they dare to risk the civil war to rob this fleet?

In return, the speed under Yunyi's feet was not slow, and he quickly ran to the command room. Some soldiers and crew members, as well as the staff and technicians on the ship, all looked panicked. It seems that the personnel in these logistics fleets have not had a real war. When passing by the outward porthole, Yunyi glanced and could see a piece of glitter in the distance with the naked eye, and the planet could not be so dense. It could only be man-made objects. Now in this case, Yunyi could have guessed that those were the enemy fleet that targeted his warship.

It's just that the example is too far away. Even if Yunyi has the innate level 10 cultivation, it is impossible to see clearly what the ships are from such a distance. Only by relying on the carrier-based detection system can you see which side of the warships belong to.

"First team, can you hear it, please answer... First team, first team..."

"Second team, can you hear me, please go back..."

"The third team..."

As soon as he entered the command room, Yunyi saw Zhang Xintian shouting at the communicator. It seemed that there were all problems with the communication system on the ship and could not contact other spacecraft. In this way, the command of the whole fleet has been completely paralyzed. The people below do not know the above intentions. The fleet commander can't mobilize the detachment, and the captain can't command the warship. If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack, he can't organize it if he wants to resist.

Looking at Zhang Xintian's sweaty cry, Yunyi shook his head slightly and secretly said in his heart: Fortunately, this guy is not the commander of the main fleet...

"command with light signals!"

Yunyi couldn't bear to see the fat man's anxious appearance and reminded him. This is also a measure that the fleet usually adopts when it is inaccessible but close to each other. Use the flashing of lights to send some simple signals to let other warships know the intention of the captain of the fleet.

"Yes, why did I forget this?" Zhang Xintian patted his head and immediately asked someone to use the light signal to inform other spacecraft to prepare for a detour. After ordering everything, Zhang Xintian remembered the person who reminded him. He looked up, but it was Yunyi. He hurriedly thanked, "If Mr. Yun hadn't reminded me, I'm afraid I didn't know what to do until now."

On this ship, Zhang Xintian can be said to be the supreme commander. Although he is only a * commander of the logistics fleet, he also holds the power to stay almost everyone on the ship. But when he encountered this kind of thing and his contact with other warships was cut off, he didn't want to find anyone to discuss. After thinking about it, he thought of Yunyi, because Lin Jiaoyang personally informed him to take the young man to the unicorn fortress. It can be seen that this young man named Yunyi is definitely not an ordinary person. It is estimated that Lin Jiaoyang can come forward in person.

With this idea, Zhang Xintian asked someone to invite Yunyi to come over, but he didn't expect to help him a lot as soon as he came.

Yunyi sighed slightly in his heart, and he could see the quality of this fleet from such a thing. If Zhang Xintian didn't expect it for a moment, but his other officers or soldiers are the flagship of a main fleet, once they encounter this situation, whether they are officers or soldiers, they will immediately think of the light command signal, and everyone will remember clearly what the signal means. Let's take a look at the soldier who went to prepare the light signal and also checked what signal means on his light brain.

"It's nothing." Yunyi said lightly, "What happened? Where do those warships belong?"

"I'm from New America." Zhang Xintian said hatefully, and then switched the screen to the picture detected by the detection system. Sure enough, the thousands of warships that appeared on the screen were all poison fyer-class warships. This kind of warship is the unique military main warship of New America. Although Chu Tang also has such warships, almost all of them are placed in museums or laboratories of warship research institutions. It can't be seen outside, let alone thousands of them at a time.

Coupled with the rice particles scattered around, Yunyi can already imagine what the fleet wants to do.

It's just that he doesn't understand where this new American fleet entered the Chutang border. Although Juzhou Star Domain is the most remote star domain in the Chu and Tang Empire, the north and west are both within the Chu and Tang Dynasties, and the northeast is the Cologne Chamber of Commerce, which never allows warships of any country to enter the country; while the southeast is the loyal Yangming Kingdom of Chu and Tang, which is said to be a kingdom, but has actually become a puppet kingdom of the Chu and Tang. Everything should follow Chu Tang's instructions.

"Where did this fleet come from?" Yun Yitou didn't reply and asked.

"I don't know." Zhang Xintian said hatefully, "I was still sleeping just now, and I was suddenly called up by my subordinates. Only then did I see that the enemy did not know when they had spread Mi particles. According to the record, it should have been sprinkled with Mi particles on this route before we arrived here. We just didn't notice it and got in. Fortunately, the enemy's fleet is still some distance away from us, hoping to escape..."

Yunyi frowned. At this time, what he thought was not about how to escape from the starry sky, but why the New American fleet appeared here, and there were Mi particles scattered on the route to isolate the signal.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility and couldn't help shivering.

"Is there a long-distance wormhole from New America to Chu Tang?"