Every era leaves behind some iconic people and events.
These people and things will leave profound traces in the years, like the stars in the sky.
Many years later, when the world looks back and surveys the historical Milky Way, the first thing they see is still these little bits of starlight shining brightly in the Milky Way over time, and then they see the background of the entire starry sky near the starlight.
Therefore, how the stars twinkle within a certain era sets the tone for future generations to look back on this period of history.
In the forty years from 2920 to 2960, in what will surely be an infinitely long history of mankind, the two brightest stars must be the "Convention of Destiny" and the "Unknown Fleet" respectively.
The Pact of Destiny represents mankind's determination to make key changes in the face of a turning point in civilization. This determination is extremely great and has laid the foundation for the development of mankind in the galaxy.
The Unknown Fleet represents the bravery and fearlessness of the human military during this period, regardless of the cost.
Zhou Donglai's "rapid reproduction, expansion of forces, and dispersed advance" action policy is destined to be recorded in history in a controversial way.
Personal and collective values The conflict between the two reached its peak in the Nameless Fleet during these forty years.
This was a great sacrifice for all mankind, but it also ruthlessly trampled on the life choices of the young people who were quickly trained during these forty years.
In the distant future, there will definitely be people who think they are fair and say that Zhou Donglai's behavior is despicable, but in a sense, Zhou Donglai's courage to face despicable behavior is great.
But no matter how future generations will comment, whenever they open this history, the first thing that comes into their eyes must be the countless heroic deeds left behind during this period.
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April 1, 2931 AD The 6322nd Squadron has rapidly expanded to 1.07 million people ,
of which 18,000 are adults and the rest are all children. As usual, they quietly move forward in the gravity channel under the cover of the shielding field.
The team was relatively special among all the teams. They were very lucky to have encountered an area filled with β37 dark energy. They quickly drained the active β37 dark energy in this area, which was very easy to mine, and replenished a large amount of energy.
Moreover, three years after leaving, the staff responsible for education found that the intelligence development of the children of the universe who had been exposed to β37 dark energy radiation was 3% higher than that of ordinary people. This made the children of the 6322 team mature slightly faster. The pace of the training has been accelerated, and many talented children have emerged.
Hundreds of them have shown very obvious super-genius characteristics.
Now, tens of thousands of children aged seven to ten in the 6322 team have taken up various important positions ahead of schedule. .
And 6322 never encountered war during its eleven-year voyage, so it developed very quickly.
The Nameless Fleet has high hopes for this team, believing that as long as 6322 can continue to develop in this way, it will definitely play an extremely important role in the Nameless Fleet, and some of the genius children can become the top person in charge of key projects.
One girl even has the hope of receiving
In view of this, Zhou Donglai and others decided to increase the security level of 6322. Dozens of fleets slightly changed their direction of travel and approached the route of 6322. They could intercept the ambush ahead in advance and be ready to respond to any unexpected situations . Provide cover and provide 6322 with a safety factor second only to the core fleet.
However, the enemy's capabilities change rapidly, and it is inevitable that some fish will slip through the net.
At 6:00 a.m. on April 1, 2931, Major Wang Lei, the commander of the 4th Reconnaissance Company of the 8119th Squadron, which was responsible for covering the 6322nd Squadron, got up early as usual. While eating breakfast prepared by his wife, he explained the driving experience of the high-speed reconnaissance shuttle to his two six-year-old daughters and three five-year-old sons.
"Okay, the kids don't have to be detectives. Dabao and Erbao just If you pass the B-level scientific literacy assessment, you will have the opportunity to become a scientific researcher, but you don’t know where you will be assigned. You should tell less about your story, so as not to lead the children astray. "
The wife patted him helplessly. She touched her husband's shoulder.
Wang Lei chuckled, "That won't do. I'm the ace investigator in our fleet, so I have to train a successor, right?"
"Come on, forget it. This month, you have failed the S-class investigator assessment for the sixteenth time, and you are still an ace."
Wang Lei said angrily, "That's because I am too emotional, not because of my ability. No! You have to maintain my glorious image as a father in front of the children!"
The wife looked at her husband's angry and frustrated look and laughed dumbly, "Okay, okay, I was wrong. Please ask our Major Wang to forgive Xiaoke."
After saying that Then, his wife whispered to Wang Lei, "Major Wang, today is our wedding anniversary. I have contacted the after-school care center. The children will go to make up for the missed classes after school this afternoon. At 10 p.m., We will be sent home after ordering. Shall we go for a natural hot pot in the evening? I miss that taste so much. "
"Okay!"
The couple's five children all had genetic awakening levels of more than 50%. They had sharp ears, so they could hear the couple's whispers, but they didn't make a fuss.
They wanted to give their parents a little more private space.
At 7:30 a.m., Wang Lei and his company comrades completed their equipment inspections and each drove a high-speed reconnaissance shuttle out of the patrol mother ship to conduct routine patrols in different directions.
At 8:15 a.m., the 4th Company and the 3rd Company were halfway The mission handover was completed.
Then the 108 reconnaissance shuttles of the 4th Company left the curvature flight state and entered the original three-dimensional space to conduct a folding patrol.
In the next eight hours, these 108 reconnaissance shuttles will conduct a large-scale folding patrol for eight hours, and will enter the curvature flight at about 4 pm, and will meet with the successor in the gravity line channel. The 5th Reconnaissance Company handed over the work and returned to the 8119th Fleet.
At 8:35 a.m., the deputy company commander captured an abnormal signal.
Wang Lei and seven other comrades nearby turned to investigate.
At 8:53 a.m., Wang Lei Arriving first, and losing contact with his teammates.
Experienced Wang Lei had never encountered such a situation before.
A moment ago, he was still flying normally at 0.8 times the speed of light in the original three-dimensional space, but a moment later, all the equipment alarms on his reconnaissance shuttle sounded at the same time, indicating that his movement speed instantly dropped from 0.8 times the speed of light to 0, and his quantum information connection with the outside world was completely blocked.
In front of him, there was a sea urchin-like object with a diameter of about 150 kilometers observed by the naked eye.
The countless long needles on this sea urchin were pointed straight and released unknown fluorescent light to the outside, changing the space rules within a radius of 50 million kilometers nearby.
At the same time, Wang Lei's thinking was gradually stagnant.
The experienced Wang Lei quickly determined that this was a new type of soldier of the compound eyes.
The energy detector that was in effect for a short time showed that the energy intensity inside the sea urchin was comparable to that of a giant honeycomb ship.
He knew that something had gone wrong.
If he could not pass on the information, his teammates would approach one by one and be controlled one by one, and it might even expose the whereabouts of the 8119th branch fleet.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly found that the light on the sea urchin's needle began to condense and spread radially in one direction in space.
"Warning, space-crossing signal scanning has been detected. The enemy unit is trying to use the connection between the original three-dimensional space and the curvature space to conduct a deep directional scan of the energy dissipation index of the gravitational line channel within ten light years nearby."
Wang Lei felt bad. The enemy ship's scanning direction was exactly the direction of the 6322nd branch fleet, which would definitely expose its whereabouts!
Before his thoughts came to a complete standstill, Wang Lei activated the airborne micro-fragmentation bomb on his reconnaissance shuttle and set the detonation frequency of the fragmentation bomb to artificial encrypted information.
8:55.
A small-scale fragmentation bomb explosion set off a ripple in the starry sky of the universe.
The deputy company commander who was approaching quickly analyzed the encrypted information carried in this ripple.
"Everyone, disperse and evacuate, take shelter in the gravity channel K6541. Inform the fleet commander to increase patrol reconnaissance strength, open the overload concealment protection layer to pass through the front, and terminate it at a distance of 20 light years."
This is the core information that Wang Lei needs to convey to others.
There is another paragraph.
"I'm sorry, I can't return. Don't wait for me. Please tell my wife that I can't have dinner with her. But I love her deeply. Forward! Humanity! Forward!"
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March 2934.
The 173rd branch fleet directly encountered a medium-sized enemy army with 800 large combat units.
In the unavoidable situation, both sides engaged in a very high-intensity massacre.
Half an hour after the massacre broke out, the 173rd Fleet announced the powerful performance of the enemy's new combat unit to other fleets, while clearly recognizing the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, and prepared to start the second level of dispersed evacuation.
After sacrificing the lives of more than 700,000 people, accounting for 56% of the total population, the remaining more than 100 ships finally escaped successfully.
In this battle, a 13-year-old combat genius shined, breaking through from B-level to A-level in the battlefield, and killing a large number of pursuing enemy aircraft.
But after successfully evacuating, the boy cried so hard that his eyes were swollen.
Others asked him what happened.
He was incoherent and couldn't explain clearly, so he just played a combat video.
On both sides of the video screen, there are cabin videos of the boy and his teacher.
His teacher is a 132-year-old middle-aged warrior, A-class, one of the few survivors of the decisive battle before the separation, and highly respected in the 173rd Branch Fleet.
At first, the master and apprentice cooperated tacitly, manipulating high-performance all-round armor to harvest enemy planes at a very fast speed on the battlefield.
But soon, a fierce dispute broke out between the two.
Because of their outstanding performance, they attracted the attention of the enemy command, and quietly laid a siege trap, preparing to focus on the attack and destroy the master and apprentice.
When the master and apprentice found that the situation was not right, they were already surrounded, and the folding channel had been closed, with no way to retreat. The master
and the apprentice decided in an instant that one of them must take the new S-class enhancement drug that is bound to be fatal, launch a strong attack to tear a gap in the opponent's encirclement, and cover the other person's evacuation.
After a short argument, the young genius took the initiative to choose the injection without consulting his teacher.
His reason was that the teacher was good at cultivating students, and he could die, but the teacher could not.
If he died, the teacher could still bring out more academies as excellent as him.
But after breaking in, the young genius found that he had been deceived. He didn't know when his teacher quietly replaced the S-class drug in his armor with a non-lethal A-class drug.
The boy was so angry that he cursed.
The middle-aged warrior said smugly, "You are too young to fight me. Come on, follow me."
"No... no... teacher."
The boy's eyes turned red.
After all, it was his first time to participate in a real battle. He lacked some experience. He was dominated by his own emotional ups and downs and his reaction became half a beat slower.
But the battle situation changed rapidly and there was no time to waste. The next moment, the middle-aged warrior had already turned on full overload and fought with more than a dozen evolved war bees of the same level.
"Asshole, if you don't want me to die in vain, just follow me!"
The boy finally moved.
"Look carefully, little brat. This is my last lesson for you. Now, I have surpassed the S-class, and I am infinitely close to the normal ability of a top warrior. How much you can learn depends on whether you are serious or not."
The teacher deliberately made a mistake and successfully tore two war bees into pieces.
One and a half minutes later, the boy successfully escaped, but the teacher's armor had been shattered, leaving only half of his body, and the Life Veter system was also broken.
The broken body of the middle-aged warrior floated in the universe, with only a tactical helmet used to send and receive information and control armor still on his head.
The enemy judged that he had completely lost his fighting ability, and turned to chase the boy who was running away.
The boy continued to flee.
However, the video recording did not stop.
The middle-aged man spit out blood from his mouth and said with a grin, "Little bastard. Let's go. I'm stopping here. You still have a long way to go. Although you are only A-level now, I really believe in you. I seem to see the shadow of instructor Tong Ling in you. You will definitely reach the top. By the way, help me sort out the relics in the combat readiness cabin after you go back. There is a piece of red cloth in the cabinet. My grandpa gave it to me."
The boy: "Teacher, what kind of cloth is that?"
"My grandpa said that it came from a flag. By the way, if my wife asks me what's wrong, tell her that I went back to my grandpa's hometown to eat barbecue."
The video footage stopped here.
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In August 2939, the 10881st Fleet was destroyed, with only a few ships escaping.
One of the Sprouting Ships, which was manned by a group of 5,000 rookies aged 10 to 15, managed to escape.
The other mature fighters in the Sprouting Ship had already died in the three-week pursuit, and the other children had also all died. Only these rookies were left in the entire fleet.
In the previous fierce battle, the remaining Sprouting Ships successfully sent out the boxes filled with frozen embryos before being destroyed, and they were gradually concentrated on the specially modified Sprouting Ship with mobility.
At this time, a total of 2.06 million frozen embryos were stored on this Germinal Ship, which was the only fruit left of all the civilization resources created by Fleet 10881 over the years.
The captain of the Germinal Ship was a 242-year-old first-generation veteran who had also experienced the previous mass escape. Fortunately, he was severely injured when the war started, and returned to the rear ship for treatment early, and successfully survived.
Under the leadership of the old captain, he brought the performance of the high-speed Germinal Ship to the extreme, and trained these recruits with an average age of less than 13 years old while fighting and escaping.
Under the command of the old captain who performed exceptionally well, these new recruits grew up quickly, using the limited equipment on the Sprout Ship to harass and cover the enemy forces, and miraculously held out for eleven months, fleeing more than 130 billion kilometers.
Unfortunately, although the young men and the old captain tried their best, the number of people kept decreasing.
At the last moment, except for the indispensable fifty-odd pilots, including the old captain, there were only sixteen fighters left.
When everyone was in despair, Tong Ling finally arrived with more than a thousand top fighters dispatched by Zhou Donglai from the core fleet, successfully resisted the pursuing enemy ships, and saved the 2.06 million frozen embryos.
But unfortunately, the old captain and the other 15 teenagers did not survive.
In order to cover the 100% smooth evacuation of the Sprout Ship and Tong Ling's special forces, the 16-man Sprout Ship took out a large-scale martyrdom fragmentation bomb from the tail warehouse, roared into the enemy camp, and perished together with the enemy's main ship.