Just as Wang Xiaohai was searching for the divine crystal, the second fleet of the Ludo galaxy went to check the situation on the third planet, and then a battle broke out.
Most of the spacecraft on the third planet were commercial, lacking even a single cannon. The number of escort warships was less than 100. The Alliance Fleet consisted of three fleets, each with 1,500 warships. Each ship had approximately 1,000 mech warriors. Including the commander and other support personnel, each fleet had a military strength of 3 million soldiers and 1.5 million mech warriors. This meant that the three fleets had over 9 million soldiers, a figure the Alliance government claimed was 10 million.
The Second Fleet was commanded by Admiral Zhang Jianhou, with Chief of Staff Wu Dongxing. At this moment, the two were working on a plan in the combat command room of the mothership Xingyu, while several deputy chiefs of staff stood by to offer suggestions.
"I think we should send a few reconnaissance ships to investigate first, and then make a decision after they come back." The chief of staff made a cautious suggestion.
"Chief of Staff Wu, your worries are unnecessary," Commander Zhang Jianhou said. "How much armed force does the Third Planet have? A hundred warships at most. With a thousand of our naval guns firing simultaneously, we can easily crush their resistance. If we delay our reconnaissance any further, everyone on the planet will become a demon."
The Alliance government received a distress message from the governors of the third planet in the morning and sent a fleet there just a few hours later. It was obvious that it attached great importance to the invasion of evil spirits and intelligent robots.
"This... is too aggressive..." Chief of Staff Wu seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"If we're any slower, we'll be too late," Commander Zhang said. "Don't forget, it was because we were a step behind that they captured the humans on Planet Seven and held them hostage. Now we're caught between a rock and a hard place. They'll surely use the humans as a shield, rendering our naval guns incapable of attack. So, we can only blockade Planet Seven and prevent them from leaving."
"This is different," said Chief of Staff Wu.
"What's the difference? Are you hesitating because of your son Wu Ci's rebellion?" Commander Zhang said, "The message sent by the governors of the three planets stated that Chairman Wu of Spaceport City was forced to surrender the aerospace carrier on the third planet."
"He's not my son. He severed ties with me ten years ago!" Chief of Staff Wu said. "Commander, you are so noble and upright that I am ashamed of myself. Your niece is also on Planet Three, but you don't seem to care."
The other people in the command room looked at each other. The two superiors seemed to have a disagreement. They could only choose to remain neutral or support the commander.
In the end, they acted according to the commander's plan, and all the warships of the Second Fleet headed towards the third planet of Ludo.
Half an hour later.
"Commander, something terrible has happened!"
A deputy staff officer received a new report and rushed over.
"What is it?"
Commander Zhang Jianhou of the Second Fleet put down the cup in his hand and slammed it heavily on the table, causing ripples on the water.
"Five hundred warships have lost contact and are floating motionless in the starry sky like meteorites," said the deputy staff officer.
"What's going on?" Commander Zhang Jianhou asked. "Is there any video footage?"
The deputy chief of staff handed the video to Commander Zhang Jianhou. It was a ring-shaped storage disk.
The commander swipes the ring in his hand against the ring on the storage disk. The magnetic code is passed, the storage disk emits light, and a picture like a movie clip is projected on the wall.
The fleet charging towards the planet was divided into three echelons. The five hundred warships in front of the planet suddenly lost control, extinguishing all lights and generators and slowly sliding forward. No matter how the thousand warships behind them sent signals, there was no response. Faced with this situation, the remaining thousand warships could only halt and wait in the starry sky.
Commander Zhang Jianhou fell silent.
"What's going on?" he asked his deputy staff officer. "It's impossible for five hundred captains to betray the alliance at the same time! Call a meeting of all staff officers immediately!"
Operations command room.
The staff officers and commanders were arguing about the fact that the five hundred warships had no connection.
"I think there are three possibilities - the first is that the captains of the five hundred warships are simultaneously controlled by evil spirits using supernatural powers, such as mind control; the second is that the warship systems are instantly breached and occupied, and the captains lose control of the systems; the third is that the captains of the five hundred warships agree to betray the alliance government at the same time, but this possibility is the lowest." The glasses on the tip of Chief of Staff Wu's nose flashed with wisdom.
Then the staff in the command room argued endlessly about the first and second possibilities. After arguing for dozens of minutes, they still didn't know which of the first and second possibilities was more likely. If Wang Xiaohai was in the command room, he would immediately conclude that it was the computer's fault, because the evil spirit's final conclusion was to pause and stop moving forward, stay where it was, and send out a reconnaissance ship.
The reconnaissance ships subsequently dispatched by the Second Fleet also made contact silently like the 500 warships.
The entire fleet was in a panic, and Commander Zhang immediately contacted the Supreme Consul of the Alliance to report the situation.
"Calm down. Let's keep this a secret for now. My approval rating is already very low, and if another disaster like this happens, I'll likely step down," the Archon said. "As for the matter of the third planet, let's keep it a secret for now. Our government can handle it slowly. So, your fleet will slowly withdraw..."
"puff--"
The image of the Archon turned into a flurry of snow.
"Quickly cut off the network and upgrade the system!" Commander Zhang Jianhou shouted. He finally understood why the warship in front had lost contact.
The network system maintenance officer rushed over. He had been a programmer for twenty years and his hair had become bald like a Mediterranean. Finally, he joined the army and now has the rank of colonel.
The maintenance officer was very capable and fixed the system in just a few minutes.
"Fortunately, the attacking virus wave wasn't very strong," the maintenance officer said. "The virus code changes according to the wave's strength. It's an autonomous, evolving virus. The closer to the wave's source, the stronger the virus's power. All I can do is reformat the system and shut down external network connections."
In fact, the operation is not very complicated and can be done by ordinary network administrators. However, most people cannot figure out what virus is attacking.
"If we shut down the network, won't we be unable to contact other spacecraft?" Commander Zhang Jianhou's mind lit up. "No wonder we can't contact the out-of-control spacecraft. There's no external network."
"Yes and no," the network maintenance officer said. "The ship that lost contact was close to the attack wave. Its systems were directly destroyed, or perhaps controlled by the enemy, making repairs and reinstallation impossible. Our warships and the mother ship are in the rear, and their backup systems are intact."
Commander Zhang Jianhou turned to the subordinates in the command room and ordered: "Use lights to signal the entire army to retreat and leave the area of the virus attack wave!"
"Got it!" Everyone saluted and left.
Ten minutes later, the missing 500 warships retreated and caught up with the retreating fleet. The beams of the naval guns gathered and attacked the 1,000 retreating warships!
The Ludo Galaxy War breaks out!
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