Chapter 54: Estrangement

After counting it carefully, Feng Yu had the most combat experience on the "Tempest", and even he couldn't think of any good way for a while, and other people like Lao Qiu who had a longer military experience were logistics support personnel, and basically couldn't give any advice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the end, Monica, who had experienced the "Yellow Sparrow in the Rear" operation together last year, gave a suggestion that was not a plan - repeat the old trick and leave her alone on the merchant ship that lost power, if she really can't keep this batch of goods, she will detonate these merchant ships, and no one will want to get FI alloy.

Monica's "phantom" ability is a viable way to effectively deceive the boarding and inspection personnel and cover up the explosives she is carrying. Moreover, WG1 is the main channel star field connecting the Cape of Good Hope and the non-Tai WH, and there is an endless stream of ships coming and going every day, as long as she takes the escape pod to get out of the Soros caravan, she doesn't have to worry about not coming back.

Although this is only a worst-case remedy, and it is not a specific course of action, it is better than nothing, and it retains a glimmer of hope for Fengyu to obtain the FI alloy.

The distance of 30 astronomical units between the WG1 shipping center and the 9th Fleet base is actually quite close, and together with the time required for acceleration and deceleration, it takes less than an hour to fly in curvature. Counting the decision-making time of the person in charge of the NO-stationed WG1 shipping center, the time of sending the spacecraft to inform the 9th Fleet, and the preparation time of the 9th Fleet, theoretically there will be a clear result within 12 hours.

And the importance that NO attaches to the FI alloy of 10 ships is obviously placed in a very high position, and only three hours after the "Storm" attacked the caravan of the Soros consortium, the 9th fleet came.

The "Tempest" directly hid in an optically invisible posture in the back of the WG1 shipping center relative to the 9th Fleet base, and observed the opponent's movements through Luo Yunxi's "reconnaissance" ability.

"Here it is, there is only one formation size." Luo Yunxi made a report as soon as possible.

The mental power imaging device consumes a lot of spiritual power from the awakened, especially since she needs to pay attention to this airspace for a long time, and she can't withstand such consumption, and there is no need to keep imaging all the time. This set of devices is mainly used to facilitate the command personnel in the bridge to understand the battlefield situation during the battle.

In Luo Yunxi's report, Feng Yu immediately analyzed this situation, "A formation of the UAC first-line fleet has 2 capital ships, 8 destroyers, and 100 MS, and in terms of the scale of troops, it is indeed not something we can compete with under normal circumstances." But our 'Tempest' can fight in optical stealth, which is enough to neutralize this advantage of the other side. Unless the person in charge of reporting the message did not make it clear and gave the 9th Fleet a wrong perception, it was prudent that they should not send only one formation. ”

At this time, Luo Yunxi expressed his opinion, "After experiencing the incident last year, it is possible that NO has lost confidence in the 9th Fleet, or does not trust them very much, so this time the transportation of 10 ships of FI alloy did not involve the 9th Fleet in the escort, but was secretly transported by the Soros consortium caravan." You say that there is such a possibility, but when I sent someone to ask the 9th Fleet for help, it still did not clearly explain what these goods were, so the 9th Fleet did not attach great importance to it and only sent a formation to come. ”

"The possibility you mentioned also exists, but we can't rely on the internal contradictions of the other side. I prefer that the 9th Fleet send a formation that was originally in the third level of combat readiness as the vanguard as soon as it receives the notice, and then there should be follow-up reinforcements. Feng Yu modified and supplemented it on the basis of Luo Yunxi's inference, and gradually restored the truth of the matter.

It was indeed because of the impact of Fengyu's "Yellow Sparrow in the Back" operation last year that made No realize that relying on fleet escort could not prevent a stream-of-consciousness ace like him from making a move. After losing confidence in the 9th Fleet's ability to escort convoys, and also out of the need for secrecy, there were very few people who knew about the caravan of the Soros consortium, just as if it was an ordinary caravan.

From this point of view, NO's new strategy was successful, and even Awa-ker, who has strong intelligence capabilities, did not perceive it. But their luck is obviously not good, Feng Yu happened to lead the Awakened Pilot to WG1 to carry out the "Quasi-Ace Squad" plan, and happened to choose the Soros Consortium Caravan as the target to achieve the purpose of luring the snake out of the hole.

If NO informs the 9th Fleet of the situation of the Soros consortium caravan and does not consider what choice they will make at the moment, this incident will undoubtedly be a blow to the relationship between NO and the 9th Fleet, and mutual distrust and suspicion are secretly breeding.

On the contrary, if Luo Yunxi's judgment is completely correct, it means that the 9th Fleet still does not know that the Soros consortium is transporting FI alloy, which means that they really send only one formation, which is very beneficial to Fengyu.

Regardless of whether the "quasi-ace squad" at the tactical level can win this battle in the end, from a strategic point of view alone, as long as they can defeat the formation in front of them, they have already won. No matter what you do next, you will have something to lose, either to keep the relationship with the 9th Fleet and lose the FI alloy; Either keep the FI alloy and let the 9th Fleet know that it has lost the trust of the NO and be suspicious of each other from now on.

From the perspective of the 9th Fleet, it secretly defected to NO for a better future and a higher status. On the flip side, if it weren't for NO, they wouldn't have gotten any worse, and they would still be a first-line fleet of the UAC New African System Front. As long as you slowly boil up your qualifications, the promotion will come sooner or later, but it is not as fast as becoming a part of the no.

And after joining NO, the 9th Fleet was not lucky, last year it lost an ace pilot in the escort operation, and there are many hands on this matter, which has not been completely resolved yet, and still owes the commander-in-chief a reasonable explanation.

The commander-in-chief of the UAC New African Galaxy Front is a feudal boss, holding the military power of a galaxy, accounting for a quarter of the UAC's total military strength, and the other three-quarters are the sum of the New Asia Galaxy Front, the New American Native Defense Force, and the local garrison fleets of each star field.

The UAC occupation zone of the New African Galaxy has always been in a state of war and has been subject to military control, which means that this person is the military and political leader of this galaxy, and his position in the UAC military is the second person after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Unless such a person is mad, it is basically impossible to be co-opted.

As a battle-hardened first-line fleet, the 9th Fleet lost an ace pilot in its own stationed star field, and the opponent was only a "New African Resistance Army" that robbed caravans, which is basically impossible to happen, and it is no wonder that the commander-in-chief cannot accept the 9th Fleet's explanation.

Even if there is evidence that the one in hand is the legendary ace of the New Asia E4 campaign, "Storm", it would be necessary for the 9th Fleet to explain what exactly attracted such a master to fly over countless light years against them. Unless they dare to admit that they dropped the TEM-3 (U) engine and gave it to NO.

This is a felony of treason, so the commander of the 9th Fleet will not say it, and can only prevaricate that after Fengyu went to the non-Tai WH area to snatch the engine, he came to WG1 to yin them. After all, the 9th Fleet does have some historical ties with Fengyu, and although this explanation is far-fetched, it can be submitted as a written report.

The lawsuit never came to fruition in the New African Galaxy, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Front Army finally referred it to the Home Military Investigation Bureau for professional handling. After the matter came to this point, the 9th Fleet was safe, and it was still easy to get a military investigation bureau with NO's connections. As long as the formal investigation goes around, someone will naturally help the 9th Fleet clear its suspicions in the end.

Be that as it may, the losses of the 9th fleet were still there. The benefits of joining NO have not yet been seen, but one of the ace pilots they worked so hard to train has already died. This incident itself planted the seeds of discontent in the heart of the fleet commander, and if he knew that he did not trust the capabilities of the 9th Fleet, the estrangement between the two sides would inevitably grow deeper.

When the NO is fully launched in the future, the 9th Fleet will not be the staunchest follower, and it is likely to sit on the sidelines and see the situation clearly before choosing the final side.

It's just that as the core of this incident, the people on the "Storm" lack the necessary intelligence support, and the leopard in the tube can't see the whole truth after all. The final outcome of the course of events still depends on the determination of Fengyu and the performance of the Awoken pilots.