Chapter 1258: Confidential Mission
The meeting has ended.
The last batch of reinforcements arrived on time.
Zhao Chen selected his new recruits and, as usual, led them back to his squad.
What followed was the usual training and instruction.
And just as the captain had said, it happened a day later.
All communication networks of low- and mid-ranking soldiers on the mothership were blocked.
It is estimated that only certain commanders and generals on the bridge had the right to communicate with the outside world.
Such caution is enough to show that the upcoming classified mission is extremely important.
Zhao Chen stayed in the training room, watching the drivers who were now training using simulation equipment because they had no actual combat missions.
He was thinking about this confidential mission.
This battle between the two universes has been going on for over a month.
In fact, this refers to interstellar warfare between major powers.
This kind of war can last for months or even years.
Everything is perfectly normal.
Even before the universe is unified, some interstellar powers may still wage wars for hundreds or thousands of years.
After all, it's not until the crucial moment.
I'm not entirely sure.
No one would be willing to fight with all their might at any cost!
But Zhao Chen could actually guess why.
He raised his hand, and before him appeared some information Zhao Chen had captured about what had happened in this universe over the past month, before the 'network outage'.
He also created his own data analysis software.
They are all about 'alien invasion'.
It can be observed that during this month...
Alien invasion incidents are increasing exponentially.
The frequency and intensity of the outbreaks in just this one month have exceeded those of the entire previous year.
There must be something fishy going on.
Zhao Chen suspected that the Star Alliance's higher-ups had realized that the moment of a large-scale alien invasion was approaching.
They wanted to wait until the crisis hit.
To seize that small universe resource.
They never built more powerful interstellar warships, or even T7-class interstellar warships.
Therefore, seize the microcosm.
It is of utmost importance.
And the sooner the better!
Because no one knows when those alien species will launch a large-scale invasion!
It is highly likely that this classified mission is closely related to seizing the microcosm.
This could be the decisive battle.
Beep beep beep beep
Just then, a red light flashed in the cabin where Zhao Chen and his team members were located.
"Announce to the entire ship that all crew members are on first-level combat readiness."
All personnel returned to their fighting positions.
Then the voices of soldiers from the bridge could be heard.
Zhao Chen immediately stood up and addressed the squad members who hadn't yet reacted: "Everyone, return to our rest area immediately."
Be ready for battle at any time!
"yes!"
The soldiers in those squads immediately headed towards their squad's rest area.
Soldiers could be seen running briskly in the corridors of each compartment.
Zhao Chen quickly returned to his team's rest room.
As you can see, some soldiers have already returned.
They were dressed neatly, holding helmets, and sitting in their seats.
Zhao Chen glanced at the time.
There are three minutes left.
According to the regulations for emergency combat readiness on starships, once a Level 1 combat readiness state is entered...
All combat personnel must return to their combat posts within five minutes.
If this time limit is exceeded, the relevant soldiers and personnel will be punished accordingly!
Fortunately, all the soldiers in Zhao Chen's 18th squad returned within four minutes.
Zhao Chen glanced at the team roster.
Then he pressed the ship's communication device: "Eighteenth Squad, 398 men, all present."
Please provide instructions.
Cao Zhenlong's voice came from the other end of the communication.
"Received. Remain in place."
Zhao Chen remained silent.
They simply stayed quietly in the lounge.
Everyone in the lounge fell silent.
Some people might be nervous, wiping away their sweat.
Time seemed to slow down at this moment.
Zhao Chen suddenly raised his head, his gaze seemingly seeing something through the hull of the ship.
Their mothership is using some kind of space jump technology.
Because Zhao Chen had experienced space jumps multiple times before, and he was also familiar with starship technology.
And his super soldier instincts.
He felt it.
That means they must be preparing to carry out some classified mission and are heading to some battlefield.
Unfortunately, although Zhao Chen is now a lieutenant, he is only a mid-to-lower-level figure on the mothership.
I can't know too many things.
About ten minutes passed.
A video window suddenly appeared in the lounge.
The person appearing on the other end of the video window was not Cao Zhenlong, but their commander-in-chief, the old lieutenant colonel!
"All starfighter pilots, squadron commanders, and platoon leaders."
I am Hong Qing, the commander-in-chief of the interstellar fighter squadron on this mothership.
You are about to carry out a crucial combat mission.
We will attack a vital enemy military base.
Our mothership, and other carrier starships.
You will form a super flight squadron, and your responsibility is to escort the interstellar bombers to that target base.
During this time, eliminate all enemy units you see.
After completing the mission, return to base.
After hearing about the task, no one showed much emotion.
Because it seemed like a very simple combat mission.
Starfighters escorting star bombers.
"In this operation, you will need to traverse a super asteroid belt region."
Our intelligence indicates that this is within the supermeteorite belt region.
There might be some small enemy fortresses, defensive facilities, starfighter bases, etc.
You need to eliminate them and get through them.
At the target base, there are 3,000 interstellar warships stationed, along with related defensive facilities.
You need to protect the star bombers and ensure they complete this mission while fighting against these three thousand starships.
After listening to the second half.
Many people felt as if they had suddenly fallen into an ice cave.
Not only do they have to cross areas of super meteorite belts that have been laid by the enemy.
They also need to face three thousand interstellar warships stationed at the target base.
Those are interstellar warships, not interstellar fighters!
Zhao Chen frowned.
This mission is extremely dangerous!
It should be noted that this applies even when the two companies are at the same level.
A single interstellar warship can easily destroy thousands or even tens of thousands of interstellar fighters.
The existence of Star Shield greatly increases the defensive capabilities of interstellar warships.
"This mission is dangerous, but it is of vital importance to us in the Covenant."
Therefore, the leader of the Star Alliance issued a special order.
All starfighter pilots who successfully returned from this mission.
Those who hold the rank of sergeant can be directly promoted two ranks.
Those who are first-ranked lieutenant officers can be directly promoted one rank.
If you achieve outstanding results in eliminating the enemy during battle, there will be other rewards!
Upon hearing of this reward, many soldiers who had been worried moments before now had greedy looks in their eyes.
One battle, and I've advanced two levels!
As the saying goes, a generous reward will surely bring forth brave men!
This is not without reason.
This reward greatly encouraged everyone.
But Zhao Chen remained unfazed.
For a small team like theirs, a mission of this difficulty would be a disaster if even 20% of them survived, let alone the complete annihilation.
Now we can only hope that the enemy's starships stationed there aren't any T6-class!