The explosion came from a formation of five cruisers located in the vanguard of the fleet. The capital ship group takes a distance of 0.05 AU behind the advance group. Originally, it was not expected that it would be attacked, but as a professional battle fleet, there were certain rules for sailing in formation. Preventing the reconnaissance detachments of the vanguard is a matter of course. In fact, the fleet also sent unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and combat boats before five cruisers.

Unfortunately, any defensive measure must be premised on the vigilance of the warriors' own will. Therefore, the loss of contact with the unmanned reconnaissance plane did not cause enough invariance, and the manned reconnaissance boat failed to transmit regular contact and was covered up by communication failures.

When the really brilliant light is about to explode, the fruit called regret, mixed with the bitter taste, can only be swallowed in our stomachs with our eyes closed.

Finding an attack is rather an insult to a fleet like ours with combat experience. The warriors forgot that they were still grieving the pain that their 'poor' opponent was about to endure, and quickly threw themselves into the fight.

"The enemy seeking mechanism is turned on, and all unidentified ships are marked with a red hostile mark. What the? Accidental injury? I don't care so much, as long as it's not my own ship, it's bad luck for them to stay here. ”

"The Jufeng No. 3 ship exploded, the No. 8 ship was heavily damaged, the condition of the No. 12 ship is unknown, and the other No. 1 and No. 2 ships are returning home."

"Let them retreat to the logistics ship group first to replenish their supplies, and then weave into the battle sequence. The captains of the two ships are on the flagship, and I want to ask them how they scouted! ”

In the communication circuit, there was the roar of Lieutenant General Karlsian, who was responsible for the battle. Since his reinstatement, he has been actively involved in the reorganization of the fleet, and has been demanding to participate in actual battles. We generally see this as a sign of his eagerness to salvage his reputation. Unfortunately, his dishonor is estimated to have followed him for a long time, and in the first battle of the fleet belonging to the Provisional Government, he was raided, and the pioneer cruiser group was damaged, and he was at fault as the responsibility for the campaign.

I no longer pay attention to the tragic ship-to-ship showdown that is taking place. Instead, there was a brief discussion with Maxim and Verelli. As for all the captains of the fleet in a hurry, it is no longer possible to have a videoconference. Powerful communication interference makes communication a little farther away a luxury that is difficult to achieve. The detachment is basically assisted by optical signals to relay probes and manned liaison boats, and then uses the encrypted circuit of tactical computers to complete the coordinated combat between ships.

Therefore, the strategic judgment can only be made between the three of us, and then the results and what needs to be done are informed to the combat units.

"Colonel Zhao Ping, have you watched enough of the show, I order you to divide the fleet to rush forward and deal a severe blow to the enemy in front of you!"

Karsian's face was unkind, his eyes were red, like a beast that had lost his mind.

"General Karlsian, please find out the specialty of my detachment first. Did you put us on the front line with a lack of combat ships, trying to get the interstellar infantry to strafe the enemy's battleships with assault rifles? ”

"Nonsense, I'm asking you to break through the blockade of the enemy fleet at once and put the soldiers on the right battlefield."

For this guy who has lost his mind, I don't think there is any need to be respectful and polite. Although he is a lieutenant general, he obviously has no actual combat experience, and after being raided, he yelled and messed up. In the form of chaos in the present fleet, more than half of it is caused by him, the commander who has lost his cool.

"General, please don't command indiscriminately. In the face of the enemy's obviously cosmopolitan fleet, sending a marine unit to surprise is simply a suicidal approach. I don't know why you would think that with my detachment you could break through the enemy ship group in front, but I suggest that you send a group of cruisers to attack the enemy's flank, pressing on the front with the battleship group to prevent them from maneuvering, which would be more effective and would not result in fearless sacrifices. ”

The technical terms that popped out of my mouth were not my own abilities, but the tactical plan that was drafted by Verelli and supplemented by Maxim after intense discussions. Although the two said that this was just a stopgap measure, and a more precise and detailed tactical plan needed to be worked out, in my layman's eyes, the two bulls were far beyond the scope of normal people.

"Nonsense! How dare you question my judgment as a commander, and I will deal with you in the name of cowardice......"

Karl, who was screaming, was carried out first. Immediately, a calm and serious face appeared on the communication screen.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh. I'm Senior Colonel Gates, a campaign staff officer. Vice Admiral Karlsian's abilities were questioned before he set out, but for the sake of fairness and to chill the hearts of the original fortress troops, he had to be put in command of the fleet. Now there are good reasons to deprive him of command. ”

"In order not to chill the hearts of the surrendered troops, you have set up our detachment on the fire and roasted it! If I didn't disobey the order and put my brothers in front directly, would no one care! ”

"Please don't say the impossible. Of course, we will not ignore the loss of important land forces, and even more so, we judge that you are fully capable of controlling the deterioration of the situation, Colonel. As predicted, you have taken good care of the lives of your soldiers. ”

Gates' rhetoric is exactly the same as that of his superiors. All of them are pawns, and they can replace anyone without hesitation, as long as they feel necessary.

I snorted and didn't argue with Gates.

The ensuing development of the war was exactly like Verelli's plan. The large force was divided into three parts, and my detachment plus a few destroyers and logistical supply ships remained in the rear of the battlefield as reserves. A large number of cruisers circled the left flank of the enemy fleet in the counterclockwise direction of the ecliptic plane, while the battleship groups lined up, thinking that the front of the enemy fleet was slowly pressing.

Soon the appearance of the enemy ship appeared on the wide-area monitor, and when I saw the ship, I exchanged colors with Verelli and Maxim, and saw the element of doubt in their eyes.

The Earth Fleet turned out to be a starship of the solar system. This means that it was not Mrs. Wall or the Branders who intervened. Could it be that the enemy we are facing is really the Saturn garrison that only has the level of a garrison fleet and lacks armor and heavy weapons?

Obviously this is not possible. The fleet in front of us has battleships, cruisers and even a space carrier. In terms of armor, firepower and tonnage, it is far beyond the size of a garrison fleet.

"Who are they? Where did it come from? Our solar system still has such a large fleet, how can no one know? ”

My questions lingered on the bridge, and no one could answer.

"Look, the enemy fleet is starting to retreat."

The words of the communications non-commissioned officer made me stop thinking and look at the electronic sandbox instead. Sure enough, through the results of electronic simulation, the stereoscopic image faithfully restored the scene that was happening on the space battlefield.

A large number of artificial points of light, representing enemy ships, slowly retreated along an invisible line. They took the salvo of the battle ship group as an opportunity to break away from contact with our first-line fleet, and a large number of space combat ships and drones belonging to the space carrier separated the combat ships of both sides. Although our battleship group continued to advance, and the cruiser groups on the flanks also pressed the enemy fleet with a pincer attack, their line finally survived.

The battle lasted 5 hours and 12 minutes, and the ships of the two sides disengaged, and the lines of fire exchanged were still blazing, but they no longer caused tragic casualties. With enemy combat boats and drones retreating, the battle is coming to an end.

Intelligence Non-commissioned Officer: "I know the identity of the other party!" ”

When information about the Neptune Fortress Garrison Fleet appeared on the wide-area monitor, the confusion did not diminish but became more confusing.

"Didn't Neptune Fortress fall a long time ago? Why are they here? It should be Proxima Centauri who is here......"