Chapter 98 Amber, do you want to run?
“General, the fleet has all completed the jump. The imperial fleet has been found in the target area. The straight-line distance is 290,000 kilometers. From the scale and fleet configuration, it is similar to what Commodore Duwell described. It’s consistent, it’s an imperial expeditionary strike group.”
“Got it.”
The middle-aged man on the captain’s seat nodded slightly and stared at the holographic projection in the center of the bridge. On the platform, in this miniature 'cosmic space' are our own fleet, the imperial fleet and the planet Robert IV.
This is the bridge of the Kraken II-class battleship ‘Destiny’, the flagship of the Thirteenth Fleet of the Federation Navy.
The middle-aged man at the captain's seat is the commander of the Thirteenth Fleet, Vice Admiral Guterres of the Federal Navy.
At the same time, he is also the commander of the combined fleet composed of the 13th and 14th fleets.
After the tactical staff returned to the combat intelligence center under the bridge, two figures projected by the holographic projection equipment appeared on both sides of Guterres.
The commander of the Fourteenth Fleet, Rear Admiral Griezmann.
And the interim commander of the task force, Commodore Dewell.
"General Duwell, your courage has obtained enough information for us. Please allow me to express my respect to you."
Turning to look at the old man beside him, Guterres's tone was full of sincerity.
"Needless to say, General Guterres, without the support of other people in the fleet, it would be impossible for our remnant force to delay your arrival."
The holographic image presents The old man waved his hand.
“Thank God, you just arrived.”
Hearing the words of the old general, Guterres and Griezmann looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh.
Before the fleet set off, Marshal Trafalgar communicated with them separately, so they knew more or less the 'story' behind the fleet's departure.
Before the communication ended, the old marshal also told them three things.
First, if you encounter an imperial fleet in Robert's system, you don't need to communicate and open fire directly.
Second, don’t advance rashly, act steadily and be careful of the empire’s reinforcements.
Third, if the war gets serious and may become irreversible, Guterres can use his identity to open another encrypted file.
"The invasion of the Imperial Fleet is an established fact. Let our combined fleet fire the first shot of the counterattack. General Griezmann, has the special communication ship returned?"
“Yes, after extracting relevant combat information and data from General Duwell’s fleet, the special communications ship has returned.”
It seems that he can see the worry on Guterres’ face. , Griezmann added.
“Don’t worry, it’s a specially selected ship with the shortest service time. The jump engine is as good as new. The planned escape location is only 1,200 kilometers away from the Navy Command’s spaceport. It’s guaranteed to be better than using a penetrating communication tower. The relay is passed quickly ”
"I hope so."
While Guterres was communicating with the other two fleet commanders, the voice of the tactical information coordination officer of the combat intelligence center came from the bridge.
"Warning! Space collapse has been detected!"
"Warning! Abnormal mass growth has been detected in space!"
"Determined to be an enemy fleet Leaving the jump!”
At the same time as the voice of the tactical information coordinator came, the sensor array of the reconnaissance ship also captured the area near the Empire's Eighth Expeditionary Strike Group, and there were continuous flashes of light.
The three fleet commanders looked stunned. The empire's support fleet also arrived at this time.
“Marshal Trafalgar’s prediction was quite accurate,”
“Play with them first and see how good they are.”
Guterres turned to both sides After taking a look, the other two fleet commanders nodded, indicating that they were ready. After receiving the signal, Guterres immediately changed his tone and said loudly:
"The entire fleet, the formation is deployed! Go all out, our army will win!"
While the two huge fleets of the Federation and the Empire are about to fight in space, they also pass dedicated The communication ship conveyed the news that "a fleet decisive battle is about to begin" to our own forces on the planet.
The ground forces on both sides immediately became nervous, and the remaining soldiers of the Federation were even more morale-boosted after learning that the main fleet had finally arrived.
On this day, near the space elevator on the surface of the planet, two ground units from both sides also came to the eve of the decisive battle.
The two fighting forces unanimously chose tomorrow as the 'D-Day' to capture the base area of the space elevator.
The depressing atmosphere of the impending war seemed to affect both sides at the same time.
The scenes of confrontation between the two sides' infiltration teams at night in the past few days strangely did not take place tonight.
The two sides had a tacit agreement to only maintain basic patrols and security units, and did not send out more infiltration teams to test the other side's defense line.
At the north and south ends of the space elevator base area, in addition to the sentries and night duty personnel of the two troops, other soldiers also slept the most peacefully in these days.
At the hidden spot where the federal force headquarters is located, Lieutenant Colonel Dallas and Amber are standing on the roof of a command vehicle, looking at the space elevator in the distance that looks like the mythical Tower of Babel.
Although she didn’t know why Lieutenant Colonel Dallas suddenly invited her to have a night chat, since it was an order from her superior, Amber couldn’t find any suitable reason to refuse.
"Warrant Officer Amber, tomorrow we will begin the final step of executing the combat plan. As the original initiator of this plan, are you nervous?"
Lieutenant Colonel Dallas took a deep breath of electronics. Smoke, and then looked at Amber standing aside with a half-smile.
“I can’t say I’m nervous, but I didn’t expect that this plan would actually come to this point step by step.”
Lieutenant Colonel Dallas' question actually made Amber feel a little emotional. After all, this strategic maneuver plan seems like a fantasy when you think about it carefully now.
“Anyway, even if this plan is not completed in the end, it is better than being divided and eaten by the imperial troops. This is why I finally decided to implement this combat plan.”
Lieutenant Colonel Dallas stared at the space elevator in fascination for a while, and then continued:
"In the previous operational meeting, I asked you to lead a team to break into the space elevator tomorrow and find a way to recapture the space station. Will you? What’s your opinion? I feel like I’m always catching a sheep.”
The background of Lieutenant Colonel Dallas’s words was based on a high-risk mission assigned at today’s combat meeting.
While the fleets of both sides were engaged in a decisive battle, the Federation dispatched a escort detachment, preparing to compete with the Empire's ground support fleet remaining in Robert IV's synchronous orbit.
And try to recapture the military port and space elevator, then re-activate all defensive weapons.
If this mission is successful, even if the Federation fleet falls into an unfavorable battle situation, some people can be evacuated using the space elevator.
It will be better if the battle goes smoothly. The federal troops can use the space elevator to quickly deploy ground troops and clear out the imperial troops on the surface.
In this case, this fleet hopes that friendly forces on the ground can cooperate while they attack.
And if the space elevator is to be reactivated, Randall and the key in his hand are also essential.
So Lieutenant Colonel Dallas finally decided to let Amber, the only psychic agent, lead the team to complete the assault.
“No, sir, after all, you probably don’t have anyone else like me. I can fight hahahaha.”
Amber laughed, and he actually had no objection to this task.
Just like what he said, there is really no one in the team who is more suitable for this kind of infantry assault mission than him.
What's more, it just gave him a reason to go to the space station.
"You're such a kid"
Lieutenant Colonel Dallas smiled and shook his head. After a giant hysterosaurus exhaled a long stream of smoke, he put away his smile and stared at Amber's face seriously. Eyes asked:
"Amber, if you successfully board the space elevator, you won't plan to come back again, am I right?"
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