Chapter 557 Grand Fleet
"'Infinity' is not in serious trouble for the time being. It can continue to fight after replenishing some consumables and supplies.
Except for the Lubion system defense we captured before In addition to the battleships in the fleet, the Third Task Force currently has four battleships left, five heavy cruisers, 14 light cruisers, and a total of 50 destroyers and frigates.
The high-speed raid by the federal fleet was indeed sudden, but due to the 'Cliffs tactics' and the early arrival of the unmanned fleet, it did not cause us too much damage.
The current battleships are sunk. The rescue work for the survivors has been completed, and the casualty statistics have been completed. The cargo fleet has entered the jump after completing the launch of the air and space transport fleet. The mission of the third task force has been completed. Please give instructions"
This was the report Randall heard after Amber and Cliffs arrived with the reinforcement fleet three days after the battle.
After Cliffs heard his senior say the word 'Cliffs tactics' in a serious manner, he still twisted his body uncomfortably.
"Thank you for your hard work Randall. Two consecutive fleet battles are too difficult for you and the Third Task Force."
Amber walked to Landel. Del's side saluted him with a serious and solemn expression.
He must admit that this 'playboy' former federal naval officer did take the lead in this emergency and did not let the situation develop into a worse situation.
Hearing Amber's words, Randall shook his head, and then said:
"It's not hard work, it's what our fleet should do, if our third task force escapes , then Atlas’s previous operations in the Rubian Galaxy will be in vain.”
Speaking of this, Randall raised his eyebrows, looked at Amber and said:
“Also What you said just now, what do you mean by 'too difficult'? This is obviously overkill, okay! How many warships does our third task force have? What is the scale of the enemies we encountered in these two fleet battles?"
“Of course we know, otherwise why would we rush here as soon as there was a problem in the Lubion Galaxy?”
Amber put her arm around Randall's shoulders. He knew that the latter was in some kind of excitement that would only appear after a disaster.
"Don't worry, old man, now that we are here, you don't have to worry. No matter what happens next, I will be there to bear it."
After that, An Per patted Randall on the shoulder, and then walked to the panoramic porthole of the Dawn.
At this moment, near the 'Dawn', many combat prepositioned ships that resembled 'mobile docks' after deployment were carrying out emergency repairs on the damaged ships of the Third Task Force.
The Atlas fleet has completed the suppression of the three space elevators of Rubion 5, and the fleet controls the arrival area of the space elevator and the star port higher up.
The Marines, who temporarily acted as orbital paratroopers, under the leadership of the Immortal Legion, cooperated with the ground forces of the Renaissance Alliance to control the base area of the space elevator.
At this point, Lubion 5’s external channels have been completely controlled by the Atlas Group and the Renaissance Alliance.
It can be said that there is not much suspense in the next part of the ground battle.
Although there are still a large number of 'rebels' and 'insurgents' under various banners on the entire planet, the Lubion system government also firmly controls the administrative capital and surrounding areas, and during this period It was gradually fortified over time.
But as Atlas’s ground forces began to use space elevators and aerospace transport fleets to deliver to the surface of the planet, whether it was Amber, Franklin or other forces on the planet, they all knew this. It's only a matter of time before the war ends. By the way, after the attack on the federal secretary of state, a group of senior officials of the Rubian system's autonomous government headed by Alex, perhaps because they were worried that their deep space colonial satellite would be attacked by the federal fleet, immediately rushed back to Rubian. Five reassures people and hides in a bunker in the administrative capital.
As a result, they were all blocked on the planet
However, although the situation on Lubion 5 was already developing in a one-sided direction, Amber did not give the order immediately Conduct large-scale ground operations.
Because the situation of the entire Rubian galaxy is actually not clear yet.
Especially after receiving the news that the 23rd and 24th fleets of the Federation Navy had entered the jump and were most likely heading to the Rubian system for support, Amber knew that everything was not over yet. settled.
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Five days later, the reassembled Federation fleet was discovered by the ultra-long-range detection array jointly built by Dawn and Infinity in the orbit of Lubion 4.
According to everyone's inference, the Federation fleet should have released a collection ship near this gaseous planet to collect some anti-hydrogen and deuterium in low orbit to provide fuel for the battleship's fusion furnace.
This also means that the Federation fleet is preparing for the next battle.
The tracking and detection results of the ultra-long-range detection arrays of the two super flagships in the next few days also confirmed everyone's speculation - after completing the supply, the Federation's large fleet began to use the ecliptic plane to accelerate , and headed towards Rubion No. 5's position to kill again.
As the distance continued to get closer, the Atlas Combat Fleet also detected more and more detailed information.
“Judging from the scale of the fleet, the support force of the Federation Navy seems to have brought a lot of extra warships, which has supplemented the establishment of the 17th and 18th fleets. You see, no more, no less, Just the characteristics of four full fleets."
On the bridge of the 'Infinity', Randall said while looking at the combat information presented on the holographic projection platform.
“This is in line with the combat style of the Federation Navy.”
An older voice came from the screen on the other side, who was participating in the battle meeting through the ultra-long-distance communication system. 'Senior Advisor' Guterres.
"When conducting support operations, if conditions permit, the support fleet will generally bring more ships to supplement the supported fleet."
Guterres seemed to have thought of something and paused. After a moment, he continued:
“This also shows that the 23rd and 24th fleets have actually received orders to support the Rubian system long ago and have been on standby or else they will be dispatched in an emergency. "It's definitely too late to bring these extra warships."
"The Federation has already planned it. It seems that it wants to take this opportunity to fight with us."
An. Po's voice came from the other side, but it was emitted by the speaker of the holographic projection equipment, and his own figure was also made of holographic images.
Because the Dawn is not near Rubian 5 at the moment, Amber took the Dawn and part of the fleet to jump into the deep space of the Rubian system and lurk two days ago.
Although he knew that the Federation fleet had probably detected this situation, the other party would definitely be wary of it without knowing the whereabouts of the Dawn and these battleships.
"So Amber, what are your plans?" Randall asked.
“Now that we have come to this point, the federal government has no intention of communicating with us. What else can we plan to do? Of course we will attack them head-on!”
(End of Chapter)
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