Counterfeit Hero

Outside the huge window of the flagship, planets suddenly appeared from the eternal darkness of the universe and came towards us. They magnified sharply before their eyes and then shrunk and disappeared. The light of stars reflected on the porthole, flickering on and off. It's like a cold fire, red but without temperature.

The command hall, which has a total of five floors, is illuminated as bright as day by electronic lights all over the ceiling. Standing next to the railing of the circular passage on the top floor, looking down from a high position, the bottom hall, filled with countless electronic device screens and interstellar maps, looks like a dream world. The changing graphics, flowing data and text are like colorful fish swimming around in the shallow coral reefs.

Because senior officers gathered in the conference room to hold a combat meeting, the hall seemed deserted. The staff officers in front of Xu Tianwang's console were just doing their work quietly, turning their heads from time to time to glance at the third floor above the hall, waiting. towards the end of the meeting.

This transition is about to end. Will the fleet continue to sail forward? In which corner of the dark universe is the disappeared Xijiao fleet hidden? What are the captains in the conference room, the senior officers on the staff, and the unfamiliar generals of the bandit army doing at this moment? Can they find out the Western fleet? Or, by this time, the key to the problem is no longer Western. About the fleet, but the conflict and distrust between these two strange teams.

All kinds of speculations and thoughts were rolling in their minds. The staff officers occasionally looked at each other, and they could see the same worry in the eyes of their companions who quickly looked away.

The suffocating atmosphere spread from the command hall to all departments of the entire flagship. The pilots in the hangar were listless, the fighter navigators in the navigation tower stared blankly, the crew members in the rest cabin were tossing and turning on their beds, and even the bartender in the entertainment area seemed a little absent-minded while wiping the glass.

Amidst this inexplicable depression, a staff officer quickly walked out of the suspended elevator from the hangar to the bridge, walked through the long passage with his companions, and after confirming his identity at the automatic door at the end of the passage, walked in The fifth floor of the command hall.

When passing by the first-lot combat discussion room belonging to the staff department on the fifth floor, the staff officer unexpectedly discovered that the lights in the discussion room were bright. Through the glass, he saw four officers who looked like wood carvings, three men, gathered around the tactical computer. One woman, one of them, was his familiar commander, the real commander of this fleet, Tony.

The staff officer couldn't help but pause at his feet. He looked at Tony in surprise.

In his impression, Chief Tony was always so calm and composed, as indifferent as the gentle breeze. But now, this young and handsome face showed undisguised despair. His eyes were staring straight at the tactical computer screen, as if something on the screen had taken away his soul.

The staff officer looked at the discussion room, and several staff officers passing by him also followed his gaze and stopped invariably.

While looking at each other, a thought came to everyone's mind at the same time.

Run away? !

There was silence in the discussion room for a long time. Tony, who didn't know that his expression was enough to cause panic, finally suppressed the turmoil in his heart and said with a bitter smile: "There is no doubt that our new commander is a monster."

"Tony..." "" Diana sat aside, holding her chin, her eyes blank: "Are you sure you are not mistaken?"

"I know it's hard for you to accept." Tony's blue eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked sideways at Diana and said calmly: "But, can I understand your words as an insult to me?"

Anna rolled her eyes depressedly and stopped bullying.

She wasn't afraid of Tony. In fact, although Tony was young, he did not have the sensitive and difficult-to-control emotions of most young people. He is mature and tolerant, never competitive, and to Diana, he is like her own brother. Even if he was insulting him by pointing at his nose and telling him, he could only smile bitterly.

However, Anna has always had absolute confidence in Tony's military qualities. Now that Tony has come to a conclusion, there's nothing to argue about. Moreover, with her own military knowledge, she could fully see that everything displayed on the tactical computer screen showed that the careless fat man's casual instructions were faster and more accurate than Tony's!

This is hard to believe, but it is an ironclad fact.

After entering the tactical discussion room, Tony had retrieved all the intelligence data and Fatty's command records since the voyage. Sorting and comparing these is hard work. Fortunately, the perfect staff system of the Phantom First Fleet was enough for Tony to assign the work directly through his own authority in the tactical computer program and get the answer within twenty minutes.

Putting aside some of the regular orders of fleet command, there are several things worth noting in Fatty's instructions.

Five hours ago, on the first leg. When gravitational dark sulfur appeared ahead, Fatty gave the order for the fleet to move along a precise gravitational critical line. Four and a half hours ago, in the obstacle area of ​​the first leg, when the radar operator reported that a meteor swarm appeared ahead, he also issued an order to the fleet to maintain the same speed as the flagship.

On the third leg of the flight, when an electromagnetic storm appeared around him, he had already ordered to switch the communication method in advance. As a result, the fleet's communication remained smooth, and no one was aware of the electromagnetic storm around them. Only the database of the electronic system faithfully recorded the storm that passed through the fleet during that period and was enough to interfere with all communications.

Not only that, he also diverted his energy from the complicated instructions of the fleet's high-speed sailing, commanding the reconnaissance ships to explore all possible locations in the waterway where the West York fleet might be hidden. At the same time, he also commanded the fleet to constantly change according to the surrounding environment. The most suitable formation, command the defense ships to change their defense methods. The detail of his instructions is simply astonishing.

If he hadn't reorganized the intelligence data at this moment and compared it with the instructions issued by Fatty, no one would have believed that he could make such accurate judgments and make timely responses from such complicated and complicated data and intelligence.

He feels like a monster that can be restored to a war blockbuster in his mind by looking at the program code flowing like a waterfall on the screen. Not only did he transform the dense codes into pictures in his mind, he even looked at them more carefully than those who looked at the slow-motion pictures. He could even clearly see the bits of mud and water brought up by the churning horse's hooves. .

This kind of powerful intelligence interpretation ability is what every genius commander dreams of. This means that he can react faster than his opponents, has more time to think, and has less chance of making mistakes. It also allows the fleet to react faster and make tactical actions more precise.

Except for Hastings, Tony and others have not seen this ability in anyone else. It is not wrong at all to use monster to describe Fatty.

At this moment, the most calm among the four is not the taciturn Garfield, but Isaac.

He has been called a genius since he was a child, and he is second to none in the entire Hastings system where many geniuses are born. He never thought that anyone could achieve this level of intelligence interpretation. Moreover, Fatty showed more than just intelligence interpretation. He also made the correct decision in an instant, which meant that while he was interpreting intelligence, he was also doing deductions and calculations.

When the fat man gave the order casually, Isaac stood aside and watched. Looking back now, he even had a feeling that this voyage had happened long ago, and that the fat man behaved like this when he traveled back through time.

Having this idea was actually a blow to him.

He stared at the tactical computer screen in a daze, feeling as if his heart was shaking, and he had no idea what Tony and Diana were saying next to him.

"Okay," Diana said reluctantly, "I have to admit, I underestimated this guy. However, this does not mean that he has enough experience to lead the fleet to fight a battle. On the battlefield, the enemy is not a swarm of meteors. Or the Gravity Reef. Without sufficient military talent and intelligence, lack of experience or even character flaws, the entire fleet may be ruined."

Diana stood up and said, "His ability has won my approval. Just like a football quarterback, he has enough speed, strength and basic skills. However, if he wants to win the game, he should at least show it. His experience and wisdom. He can't pass the fatal ball, can't control the rhythm of the game, and doesn't even understand the rules of the game. Even if he is a superman, he is still a useless superman."

Anna opened the automatic door of the tactical discussion room, glanced at the staff gathered outside the door, and said to Tony without looking back: "We should go to the conference room. I think our superhuman commander has already He found the Xijiao fleet, or at least he made a decision instead of just continuing to move forward until he crashed into it."

When Tony, Diana and others walked into the conference room, the conference room was silent.

After seeing their commander, the captains all stood up and saluted.

Several guys who guessed that Tony was imprisoned for refusing to obey orders were a little embarrassed when they saw the fat man's eyes casually glanced over. At the same time, I was wondering in my heart, my voice was quite small, how could it seem like it was heard by this bandit army lieutenant general, his ears were so good?

Little did they know that General Tian of the bandit army had always treated a gentleman with a villain's heart. Even if they didn't guess like this, the look in General Tian's eyes when he glanced over was still weird - he must have said something bad about me just now!

"How is the situation?" After Tony saluted the fat man, he sat down on his seat and asked his chief of staff Wei Jin in a low voice.

"We haven't received any news yet." Wei Jin whispered what had just happened in the conference room, and finally said: "The captains' opinion is that if the battle to the west is not possible before the fleet arrives at the fifth leg, Stop advancing at the sight of the fleet."

"Who said this?" Tony said calmly.

"That's what everyone said." As if seeing something wrong with Tony's tone, Wei Zan said politely, and quickly stopped several captains who were about to come over with his eyes.

"Promising ones," Tony said with a cold face: "Draw up a list of names for me, and I will promote them to noble positions.

No matter how stupid you are, you will know that Tony is sarcastic, let alone these subordinates who have followed him for many years and know him well. For a moment, the officers of the Phantom Fleet were all silent. They didn't know why Tony, who had just been pushed aside, stood so firmly on the side of the fat man, and at this moment, did he have confidence in the fat man, or did he? , what does he know?

"Pfft", the flight recorder emits several crisp electronic beeps, the spacecraft trembles for a while, and the low-speed jump in the last distance is over. Ahead is the starting point of the fifth leg and the last obstacle area of ​​the Cigar Nebula. .

The captains who had been whispering, and the bandit generals and staff who were discussing and contemplating in front of the star map all raised their heads. Everyone's eyes were focused on the fat man.

Even An Lei, Helen and Margaret who were present at the meeting could not help but show a hint of worry in their eyes.

The fat man sat on the seat with his eyes, nose, and heart in mind. He could not see any joy, anger, sorrow, or joy, and he was calm and calm as if he were a stone Buddha.

The fleet is adjusting its formation according to the sailing plan, conducting routine ship inventory, equipment inspection and external defense detection, and is preparing to enter the obstacle area of ​​the fifth leg. Time passed by, and everyone was restless as they saw that the fleet had completed its preparations and slowly began to accelerate.

Still moving forward?

Suddenly, the green light of the communication device flashed, and a staff officer suddenly exclaimed.

"Discover the Xijiao fleet!"

This sound was like a strong wind blowing away the dark clouds in the sky. The entire conference room suddenly became noisy and noisy.

The officers jumped up from their seats and swarmed to the Skynet terminal on the side of the conference room.

It was the bandit reconnaissance ships Little Thief No. 2 and Little Thief No. 3 that sent back the signal.

At the place where Fatty planned, they finally caught the tail of the West York fleet. On the screen, the Xiyue fleet was ready to go, like a pack of wolves hidden in the darkness. Only a few ion streams from the steering thrusters illuminated their presence from time to time.

At the starting position of the sixth leg, the satellite of planet No. 3 in the Oxtail system found them at the projection position of planet No. 3. God, that was a bow that had been strung. The West York fleet was preparing to launch an attack with a forced short-distance jump. ! If there is no precaution, it will be a fatal blow! The three planets that happened to form a straight line gave the West York fleet an excellent ambush point!

Everyone turned their shocked and admiring eyes to the fat man sitting on Mount Tai. There is nothing better than this to hold the pearl of wisdom. When everyone was uneasy, General Tian's sharp sunlight had pierced the eternal night. "The West York fleet has nowhere to hide!"

The fat man smiled faintly, his eyes shining with wisdom, and he looked at the route map quietly, with a light breeze between his brows.

A bunch of idiots, if I can't find the Xijiao fleet, I won't order to stop advancing?

Do you really think I'm stupid? ! .