Chapter 1770 The entire far coast should be given up
Major General Soback, who is not yet thirty years old this year, just watched everyone discuss passionately. Of course, although the atmosphere was lively and even quarrelsome, it did not deviate from its "safety first" policy.
This moved Sobek very much. All the elite soldiers transferred from the empire present considered him as an expert on the "Dragon of Dawn" issue.
He is the youngest person present, but he is also the one with the most say. When he was a young boy in the colony and dreamed of restoring the glory of his ancestors, he never expected that he would be like this before he was thirty years old.
So, while being moved, he only felt that the morals were not matched and the pressure was great.
He was about to say a few words when Lieutenant General Midbesh said in a decisive tone. "Then, we must send our response strategy to all friendly fleets."
The Chief of Staff said helplessly: "Sir, not all friendly fleets will be like us..."
"Cowardly, right?"
"Pragmatic, what I want to say is pragmatic!" the chief of staff said loudly.
The participants burst into laughter, and the scene was immediately filled with a happy atmosphere.
With such a good workplace atmosphere, we must not let everyone be deceived because of my family opinions. When Soback thought of this, he felt guilty, and hurriedly said: "In the final analysis, the commander and the subordinates just put forward some immature opinions."
"Brother, you are too modest. Or we are eager to be humble. "The lieutenant general said: "Facing that person, all the tactics we formulated are just treating a dead horse as a living horse."
Sobek was filled with admiration for a moment. He originally thought that he was already the most cowardly, no, pragmatic person. But I would never have imagined that General Midbexi is the real master!
Speaking of this, I heard the Lieutenant General mutter again: "To put it bluntly, shouldn't the world of extraordinary beings be solved by the extraordinary beings themselves? Shouldn't the majestic demigods go to the heavenly realm? Always choose between the Knights and the Inquisition? Isn't it too unethical to stay here and bully a weak and humble god like me? Humph, I can see now that the most unruly people in the universe are psychics."
However, those who rule the universe are also psykers! You dare to say this, I don’t know if you are really cowardly or really brave.
...But then again, I am also a psychic, but I can actually hear empathy. There must be some serious illness, right?
Seeing that the atmosphere here seemed a little subtle, the lieutenant general quickly added: "Of course, we are imperial soldiers, and everyone must be prepared to die on the battlefield! I just hope that there must be sacrifices. It's nothing more than embellishment. I'm sorry for your wife, children, and children who are waiting for you to come home!"
"You must live a solid life, and you must die well."< br>
All the senior generals present praised him one after another.
Soback looked at the fierce general opposite him with sharp eyes, and then glanced at his colleagues on the scene. He still felt that if the frontline generals of the Imperial Army were all of this type, he would not always think about being transferred to the logistics department. .
He looked at the star map, his mind moved, and he said casually: "In addition, we must also be careful about the possibility of the enemy fleet rendezvousing in the nebula in advance."
"This possibility cannot be ruled out. Sex." Lieutenant General Midbexi also looked at the star map and enlarged the frontal channel information. This general with a fierce face is actually a very careful person.
"You mean, the forked road will meet up at Channel 1?" the chief of staff asked.
As the only two passable main channels in the Far Coast Nebula, the I Earl Star Gap and the Lucknar Corridor are connected by four branch channels in addition to their intersection in the Seder System. This is the so-called "Far Shore Nebula Branch Road", and there are four in total.
However, three of the channels are all "north" of the Said system and have long been controlled by the empire.
What is left is the No. 1 branch channel. If you miss this place, Yu Lian's fleet will have to wait until they leave Nebula if they want to reunite.
Of course, according to the judgment of King Sand and his staff, it is unlikely that the rest of the fleet will meet in the nebula.
“The feeder channel is a bit narrow.” The pilot pondered.
"Then the dreadnought can also pass through." said the Chief of Operations Staff.
"However, the jump efficiency will be affected. Won't the Tuosen fleet and Karaman fleet behind take the opportunity to catch up? Then it will form a situation of flanking the two sides." The chief of staff thought for a moment: "Of course, they You can also catch up and launch an attack, forcing the enemy's Athena formation to divert into a side road."
Everyone looked at Lieutenant General Midbesh, who was there. But he spread his hands: "This is not something I can evaluate. Each of our fleets has its own mission and its own plan. Don't you know that mysticism has always been a characteristic of the Imperial Army? Of course, Even the staff department plays this trick, which may be closely related to the temperament of their supervisor. "
So is this person really a coward or a brave person? Soback shuddered. He suddenly felt that although he had some affinity with the Lieutenant General, this guy was quite mixed, so it was better to keep the friendship with colleagues.
The lieutenant general added: "In short, you'd better take care of your own work first. Under the current situation, as long as you don't make mistakes, you will definitely win. I hope everyone will keep this in mind."< br>
"As long as you can survive, it is victory." The chief of staff added, like an experienced mouthpiece.
Soback almost stood up and saluted the lieutenant general. What he likes most is such mature and prudent remarks and attitude.
In this way, the military discussion ended happily with all the senior generals reaching a consensus.
...Originally, this is indeed how it should be.
However, just as the meeting was about to end, a communication was received from the Lucknar Corridor, coming from the friendly Karaman fleet.
As the imperial fleet responsible for chasing the Athena, they finally caught up with their target near the A11 galaxy in the Lucknar Corridor, and they could prepare for the next move.
"We attack." Lieutenant General Karaman sent an instant message. However, due to severe magnetic interference within the nebula, the picture and sound are somewhat distorted.
“General attack?” Lieutenant General Midbexi asked his friend.
“No, drive the enemy away when we are tired.” Lieutenant General Karaman, who has the face of an elite aristocratic officer, seems to be the type who cherishes words as much as gold.
Soback looked at Midbexi and found that the latter closed the corners of his mouth. Although the sound could not be heard, the subtle mouth shape was probably "Here comes the damn thing again, exactly." It's going to overturn" and so on.
This is really knowledge...well, the curse of psychic energy! Yeager Soback was full of struggle, saying that he did not want to have such keen observation skills.
The holographic projection of Lieutenant General Klarman on the opposite side stared at Midbexi, his tone was still stiff: "If we can succeed, please cooperate."
"Understood." Lieutenant General Midbexi said: "Yes. Please control the scale of the battle.”
“I know better.”
Aren’t you two good friends?
……
On the Fuxi, when Yu Lian appeared on the bridge with a relaxed pace, the atmosphere here was still not anxious, and the number of people on duty was still about 30% of the normal cruise level.
The entire ship did not enter a state of emergency combat readiness, and it did not even notify all officers and men to stop taking rotations and rest. It seemed to be a little relaxed and heartless.
However, Yu Lian was very satisfied.
Just this detail is enough to prove that the officers and soldiers of the entire fleet do have the temperament to deal with things without panic. They will not change their pace because of the enemy's actions, nor will they let themselves fall into mental tension at any time, but they can maintain professionalism and efficiency in handling affairs. This is completely different from laziness and laxity. Yu Lian felt that this was the true temperament of a strong military.
As long as it does not become arrogant and arrogant, it is necessary to continue to maintain this calm and composed temperament.
Chief of Staff Mkawa saw Yu Lian entering the bridge and hurriedly greeted him.
Yu Lian scanned the timely star map of the Far Shore Nebula and only saw that on the solid line representing Earl I Star Gap, the four black triangle icons representing the Imperial Army had arrived in the galaxy next door. middle.
From the star map, it seems that this situation is really about to cause trouble. This is naturally a timely report sent back by the Sky Survey Eye and the reconnaissance ship at the rear.
"The Royal Rabbit where Soback is located is over here?"
"It's certain. In addition, the flagship should be a Yanlong-class dreadnought. At their current cruising speed, they will catch up with us in 70 hours at the fastest. Do you want the entire fleet to be put into combat readiness?"
"No need for the time being. The enemies coming here will not do anything unnecessary." Yu Lian was very sure.
Now our fleet has completed most of the channel in Earl Star Gap. If all goes well, it will leave the nebula within 80 hours and enter the most stable young and middle-aged galaxy group in the far bank star region.
On the other side, the Athena formation taking the Lucanal Corridor probably followed this schedule.
According to the original plan, the two fleets will meet at the Xinliao Galaxy on the border of the Far Coast Star Zone before the arrival of June, and then rush to Xinshuntian to redefine their defenses. A large amount of military supplies are stored there, and it is also the capital of the Far Coast Sector and the largest residential settlement.
Of course, this is when everything goes well.
Yu Lian knew very well that the empire would never let everything go smoothly for him.
Yu Lian nodded and quickly turned his gaze to the Lucknar Corridor next door. If he said that he was about to have a storm, the situation of the Athena was simply dark clouds.
No. The thunderstorm has actually started over there.
Of course, the thunder is loud, but the raindrops are really ordinary.
"How is the battle going?"
"It ended 5 minutes ago. Because General Bai had already prepared for the battle, in the A11 galaxy of the corridor, the entire army suddenly turned around and turned around, giving the empire's pursuit fleet a head-on attack. . The enemy fleet took the initiative to leave the battle line. "
Of course General Bai was talking about "Tai'a". After the girl arrived at the Fifth Ring, the National Defense Committee awarded her the rank of major general in accordance with the traditional treatment of psykers. Compared with someone else, Tai'a's promotion of rings is generally in line with the basic law, and the Gungun princes of the earth are not so fussy when assigning military ranks.
However, the real commanders of the Athena formation are actually Major General Leis and Brigadier General Teach. One of them is the former deputy commander of the Far Coast Fleet and has been the right-hand man of Sylvester for more than five years; the other is the captain of the Athena and a traditional old ship who has experienced hundreds of battles. long.
However, these two veterans are also pragmatic and low-key types. They all said that Miss Tai'a is the talkative person in this road, at least in name.
In addition, to say that it was a head-on attack, to put it bluntly, it means that the empire took the initiative to leave the battle line after suffering small losses.
Of course, considering Tai'a's own temperament, if her own losses were greater, she would not hide it in the battle report. Since it is a "head-on attack", it at least means that the losses of the empire's pursuers will exceed those of our own side.
Not bad! Yu Lian thought. I didn't expect that girl to have the talent to lead troops in war. Although she was not the one commanding the fleet, the maneuver of turning around and turning around seemed like something she could do.
With determination, you have the talent to become a famous general.
In a sense, decision-making is even more of a test of talent than strategy.
Yu Lian suddenly showed a comforting smile: "It's still a typical counter-pursuit and counter-harassment, but the results this time are more fruitful than last time, right?"
"Yes, at least for sure. Four destroyers were sunk, one light cruiser was seriously damaged, and we lost 1 Lightning Striker and 1 Ranger-class light cruiser at the cost of three White Devils and four Phantoms. , shot down 13 enemy planes. "
"This exchange ratio should continue to be publicized. In this way, more and more countries will think that the imperial devils are exaggerating. The combined fleet of our friends quickly mobilized their strength. The significance of this series of small-scale battles is not just about the results on paper." Yu Lian smiled.
Actually, Yu Lian has been doing this all this time. After all, Saide has fallen, and Xinya has a large army pressing down on the border. The local soldiers and civilians always need some good news to persevere.
The chief of staff still had obvious worry on his face: "It's just that in order to meet the pursuers, the march of General Bai's fleet was affected. Before they left the A11 galaxy, the enemy pursued the fleet all the way. Also arrived. Now, the number of enemy ships behind them has exceeded 400, and there are two dreadnoughts.”
Yu Lian did not take it seriously: "The capacity of the gravity well in the corridor is limited, and the imperial army will slow down."
The chief of staff certainly agreed with the commander's judgment, but still said: "However, it cannot be ruled out that they will continue to attack later. Do the same thing."
Compared with the caution on the I Count Star Gap side, the pursuers on the Lucknar Corridor side were much more active.
If the imperial troops on both sides were wolves, one side would be like following an injured tiger, and the other side would be like tracking a herd of deer.
“Very good, I originally thought that when we sailed out of the Far Shore Nebula, it would be time for the Imperial pursuit fleet to launch an attack. They would definitely be like a pack of hunting wolves, following, harassing and tearing apart Bite. When we are completely exhausted, it is the final siege. However, it is obvious that the enemy is ready to start early."
Major General Mkawa said quite seriously: "Only the Lucknar Corridor started in advance. As for the I Earl Star Gap, because of your presence, the pursuers did not dare to make mistakes. Your Excellency, you alone have the power to intimidate It’s as good as a Titan.”
He really thinks so.
Yu Lian smiled noncommittally, walked to the star chart terminal, and enlarged the projection of the far shore star area.
"The enemy's personnel and warship status are actually far superior to ours, and they actually have a mobility advantage. Once they are within the star area, they are more likely to complete the encirclement of us."
His fingers slid across the channel of Earl I Star Gap. When his fingertips slid from the nebula to the hinterland of the star region, the icon representing the route suddenly changed from two zigzag lines to a network extending in all directions. status.
Chief of Staff Mkawa nodded slightly and added: "Just now, the staff has completed ten cruise calculations. Everyone can basically be sure that if we follow the original plan and rendezvous in the Xinliao galaxy, the enemy fleet is likely to be here. There is indeed a huge security risk in completing the encirclement. Of course, the premise is that they must gather twice as many troops as ours on the battlefield.”
If there are not so many people, even if the encirclement is completed, It will definitely be penetrated by us. What Major General Mkawa wants to say is actually this.
He is always worried that the combat effectiveness of this fleet is based on the commander's personal prestige, but unknowingly, the mentality of the strong has already appeared in every soldier, and of course Including the most staid old chief of staff himself.
"There are so many of them." The major general added: "Sir, the more it is at this time, the more we need to avoid losses. Before the fleet is fully prepared and rested, all battles It’s all worth the loss.”
Yu Lian was very pleased. It is precisely because of such mature and steady veterans that he is not worried that his remaining fleet will completely turn into arrogant and arrogant soldiers.
"What are your suggestions?"
The old chief of staff's cheeks trembled, and there seemed to be a hint of struggle and desolation in the wrinkles.
However, he did not hesitate after all, and said in a deep voice: "Abandon the rendezvous in the Xinliao galaxy, divert to Shuntian for supplies, and deploy the original battle plan. Your Excellency, I believe that the entire far shore There is no point in defending the star zone at all.”