"With the same number of fleets fighting, did Spee fall into disadvantage all at once?" Dozru frowned and muttered to himself.

"That bastard of Thiam is really tough。。。。。。"

As previously mentioned, General Thiam's fleet was nothing more than the remnants of the Third Fleet and part of the support of the arrival of the moon, and in Dozru's mind, the Tiam's fleet, which had suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Britain and the hastily formed a mixed battle between the two forces, was probably inferior to his Space Attack Force in terms of combat effectiveness, but now, with the same number, the advance fleet led by Lieutenant Commander Spee, in just ten minutes of firefighting, paid the price of a sinking of a light cruiser, a heavy damage, and a heavy damage to the flagship Scharnhorst.

This made Dozru feel extremely anxious, he was already a little physically and mentally exhausted from the pressure of this battle, and Thiam's unexpectedly tenacious fighting power naturally made him even more anxious.

"General Dozru, our army has arrived at the predetermined position, and the fleets are forming a battle line according to the pre-battle arrangement, do you have any other instructions?"

"No, just follow the original plan," Dozru thought for a moment and added: "No, once again, remind the fleets that without instructions from the Princeley, it is strictly forbidden for any MS to be thrown into the front. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency, would you like to make a pre-war speech?"

"Forget it, my father is on the Great Deggin behind," Dozru frowned and said helplessly, "He doesn't want to say anything, and I don't have that qualification." ”

"Besides, I'm not as eloquent as Brother Gilian, and my soldiers know what they should do, and I don't need to do anything superfluous."

"Yes, Xia Guan understands!"

"Your Excellency, the Tyam fleet has advanced, and our battle line has entered its range!"

"Tyam's flagship signaled a light, 'Although the universe is big, we have no way out, and behind our army is Rum, the earth'!"

"Tsk, Tyam, be clever," Dozru said in disgust, "really。。。。。。。 ”

"Leave it alone, everyone knows that we are here to overthrow the rotten Earth Federation and fight for the independence of the people of the universe in World War II, and the righteousness is on our side!"

"Signal out, the whole fleet, coordinate to shoot ready."

"Yes, Your Excellency, the whole fleet is ready for a coordinated firing."

"The commander's order has reached the whole army."

"Full-front warship broadboard marking, target, Federal Space Force fleet."

"The bow mark is starting, all crew members should find the nearest fixing point as soon as possible, and do not move around at will to avoid injuries due to bumps."

"The first line is below the flagship 'King Kong', and the coordinated shooting is ready!"

"The second line is below the flagship 'Roma', ready for coordinated shooting!"

"The flagship of the 1st Mobile Fleet, the Scharnhorst, is ready for coordinated firing!"

"Under the flagship of the 2nd Mobile Fleet 'Iwo Jima', coordinated shooting is ready!"

The various sub-fleets under the fleet have completed preparations for coordinated firing.

"This ship, the flagship of the Space Assault Force, the former enemy command ship, the Commander-in-Chief of the Space Assault Force, His Excellency General Dozru Zabi, the seat ship Urgure, is ready for coordinated firing!"

"The first, second, and third turrets, all the doors are targeted, the Minovsky particles are filled, and they are ready to be fired!"

"Give the order, Your Excellency, General!"

"Well, I see, the whole army listens to me," Dozru took a deep breath, and then let out a roar that seemed to be condensed by the twenty years of resentment of the people of SIDE3 against the Earth Federation: "All fleet, shoot together!" ”

"Kill them all!".

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"Why aren't we allowed to attack?" Captain Johnny Johnson (Note 1) angrily confronts the Federal Major officer in charge of Miranda Airport, and he grabs him by the collar and makes his face red.

"This is General Tiam's order, all fighter wings stay at Miranda Air Harbor!" The major grabbed Johnny Johnson's hand and pushed him away.

"When you are needed, the general will naturally order you to be dispatched, and now you all give me back to my fighter jets and wait for further orders!"

"What a joke!" Johnny Johnson glared at each other with red eyes, and he pointed to the tragic battle outside the porthole and said, "Don't you see? Wait a little longer, our comrades-in-arms will all die, what's the point of attacking at that time? ”

"Damn it, look! The Theseus has sunk! The comrade-in-arms behind him suddenly let out an exclamation, and Johnny Johnson subconsciously looked in the direction that his comrade-in-arms was pointing.

I saw a huge Magellan-class battleship slowly exploding until it shattered into several pieces.

"Isn't that the Fourth Reserve Flagship?"

"Damn, the people up there are all done。。。。。。"

The Theseus is the reserve flagship of the Thiam fleet, a Magellan-class battleship transferred from the Fifth Fleet, and the crew on it is not unexuberant in fighting will, and the quality is not not elite, but it was directly hit into a torch by a Miga particle cannon that I don't know which ship launched, I don't know if it was a coincidence or a real Zeon gunner's extraordinary performance, this cannon directly hit Magellan's small section from a long distance, and then the burst of Miga particle jet directly pierced it.

Although the technical and tactical level of the Union gunners was much stronger than that of the Zeon gunners, and they could completely suppress Spee's First Mobile Fleet with the same number of them, when the two fleets opened their battle lines and fired at each other, the absolute numerical disadvantage still put them in a dilemma where it was difficult to fight back.

"Hey, did you see that?" Johnny Johnson shouted to the major: "If we continue like this, we will only lose more ships, now we should send fighters into the interior of the Zeon line and disrupt it!" ”

"Instead of wasting time here, for every second we waste, more Brotherhood will die for it, let's strike, Major!"

"No, you are the last reserve of our army, and you must not be released so simply," but the major did not enter, and he did not let go: "You are used to deal with the MS troops of the Zeon Army, if you are trapped in the battle line of the Zeon Army, you will only be defeated by their MS one by one!" ”

"Are you saying we can't deal with them?" Johnny Johnson was furious: "I laid two units in SIDE2! ”

In fact, it's not just him, the 114th Wing of the Third Fleet Air Force of the Federal Aerospace Force under his command is one of the few wings that still achieved good results against the MS in the last campaign, and it also flew the FF-S3 Swordfish fighter, which was more expensive and more powerful than the FF-4 Torrias fighter.

The 114th Wing is an air wing dominated by British pilots in Europe and the Americas, commonly known as the 'Canadian Wing' or 'Spitfire Wing', and is one of several elite flying teams in the Cosmos Force, along with the 'Sabre Wing' led by Francis Gabreski of the Fourth Fleet.

Of course, they are confident.

"That doesn't mean much," said the Major stubbornly, "I won't allow you to attack!" ”

"Don't you have a little humanity like this?" Johnny Johnson was suddenly blown up: "Our brother is bleeding non-stop!" ”

"Do you think I don't feel anything?" However, the major suppressed him with a louder voice, which made him shudder.

"My brother, but it's on the Theseus!!"

"Do you think I don't want to rush out?"

"That's my only brother!"

After he finished speaking, Johnny Johnson noticed that his body was trembling slightly, and his eyes were red, but the man was stunned and did not shed tears.

At this time, the comrade-in-arms behind him said in a voice that was low because of guilt: "Theseus, it was directly hit by the Miga particle cannon in the core。。。。。。 Survivor....... It should not be possible. ”

Johnny Johnson couldn't help but freeze.

"Alright, give me back," said the Major, pushing Johnny Johnson away, "I trust Admiral Tiam's judgment that now we can only rely on the artillery battle of the fleet, and since he thinks that you can decide the victory or defeat of the war at a critical moment, then I will believe the same." ”

"I believe。。。。。。。 You can avenge my brother。。。。。。。 He gritted his teeth and said that he really wanted to go to the battlefield and kill all the Zeon troops who killed his brother, but he was just a logistics officer and had no ability to fight at all: "So you'd better hurry back to your plane, don't let my brother die in vain!" ”

With that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Damn。。。。。。。 It's obviously in the Fifth Fleet, why was it suddenly transferred。。。。。。。 Only Johnny Johnson, who was closest to him, could hear it.

Seeing that the situation had come to this, the other pilots had no choice but to turn back and walk towards their fighters, leaving Johnny Johnson alone.

He grabbed the hat from his head and slammed it to the ground.

"Damn it!"

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And what about General Matifa Tiam, who ordered that the flying team should not be allowed to attack?

He fell into deep thought on his flagship.

It's weird。。。。。。 How could it be so easy?

This seems a little strange to say, the scene is obviously the Federal Army is at an absolute disadvantage, where does it seem to be relaxed?

However, in Thiam's mind, the battle was indeed too easy.

It was so easy that Tiam's was uneasy.

Don't look at the scene of the Federation army was suppressed in the artillery battle, but in fact, because of its superb artillery level, in exchange than the Federation army is not inferior to Zeon, in the final analysis, the Zeon army's artillery level is not worth mentioning at all, in the previous British campaign, which was also commanded by General Thiam, it was not the Zeon army's (in Tiam's opinion) very poor gunners who defeated the Zeon army, but their MS troops.

However, until now, the Zeon Army has not sent their MS, but has challenged his fleet with artillery warfare in his own short time, which of course feels incredible, Thiam does not believe that Dozru does not know the level of gunnery of the Federation Army, and fighting an artillery battle with the Federation fleet will only cause more damage to the Zeon Army, but why does the Zeon Army insist on using the stupidest and most casualty method instead of sending their MS troops?

It's puzzling.

Could it be that the losses in the previous battle were too large to be able to play? Thiam's idea only stayed in his mind for a second before he vetoed it, although it was humbling, but no one knew better than Thiam himself that in the Battle of Britain, his Third Fleet basically did not cause many casualties to the other side, and the so-called inability to fight because of too much damage was just a self-deception.

But it is precisely because of the full understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Zeon MS unit that Thiam has also made a lot of preparations to deal with it.

Until now, however, these preparations have not been useful.

"General, just now, the Theseus sank, do you want to move the reserve flagship back?" As he pondered, his adjutant, Colonel Gamilov Heyman (Note 2), spoke.

However, Thiam didn't reply, squinting in the direction of Wangure on the screen, wondering what the little Zabi cub wanted to do.

There were already many officers in the Zeon Army who studied on Earth, and even their highest military academy, the Zeon High Non-Commissioned Officer Military Academy, was still under the supervision and guidance of the Federal Army just a few years ago, just like the naval colonels in the Western era had their own small circles, even if they belonged to enemy countries, many people knew each other, and even friendships, Thiam himself had exchanges with many of Zeon's generals, including Dozru Zabi.

Although he called Dozru the little cub of the Zabi family, he did not despise Dozru, let alone treat Dozru as a gentleman who completely relied on his father's Yu Yin to become a general, as the mainstream view within the Federation Space Force was, on the contrary, he knew even better than most of his officers how difficult Dozru was.

He still didn't know that Dozru, an enemy general who was very different in age from him, could almost be said to be his fateful opponent in his military career, fighting with him from the beginning of the war to the end of each other's military careers.

"General, what are you thinking?" Colonel Gametov asked again.

"I'm thinking about what the hell Dozru Zabi is up to, why don't you send their MS troops." Thiam finally came to his senses, and he replied to Gamitov.

Speaking of which, he didn't like Garmitov very much, his lieutenant was originally a hardcore earth supremacist, and after the British war caused his homeland in Western Europe to suffer heavy losses, the whole person became even more perverse, and Thiam really didn't like such a person.

"Could it be to preserve strength?" Gamiltov replied: "According to the plan, His Excellency General Rebil's fleet should be less than six hours away from Rum. ”

"And many Zru Zabi want to save their strength to deal with Admiral Rebil's fleet?"

From the beginning of the war, because of the high concentration of Minovsky particles in the Rum Universe, the Tiam fleet had cut off contact with the Rebil fleet, and only the liaison ship with a half-hour cycle was regularly responsible for conveying the battle situation of the Router to the Rebil fleet that was rushing at full speed, so Gamitov could only roughly estimate the time when the Rebil fleet was away from here according to the predetermined time.

"No, it can't be, Zeon's strategy should be to eat the weak our army before Lieutenant General Rebil joins us, and then concentrate on Lieutenant General Rebier," Thiam shook his head and said, "This is a very reasonable choice, and I will do the same." ”

"And, if it weren't for that, there would be no way to explain why they were in such a hurry to attack our army."

"No matter what you say, MS is also a weapon with battleships as the core of use, if there is no battleship, it is meaningless to just have MS, even in order to preserve strength, it is impossible to use this kind of bayonet tactics."

"After all, the battleships are definitely not as good as the MS to replenish, and the number of warships on the Zeon side is already at a disadvantage."

"But the artillery war is obviously our forte, and we deliberately challenge our army on this, tsk, what is this guy Dozru thinking。。。。。。。" Thiam's brow furrowed in annoyance.

He didn't believe it was a tactical mistake on the part of Dozru, but instinctively felt that there was a conspiracy in it, but after thinking about it, he didn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

The question that he couldn't think of clearly, so he forced the questioner to tell himself that it was okay, and Thiam squinted his eyes and made a quick decision.

It has to be said that Thiam is worthy of being the second best general in the Federation Space Army's one-year war, and even in the entire history of the Federation Space Army, second only to Rebir, and he immediately grasped the problem that Dozru was most reluctant to let him notice.

"Adjust your tactics, Gamiltov," Tiam ordered to Garmitov, "keep the bow facing now, slowly retreat, and retreat behind Rum." ”

"By the way, shoot the signal flare for retreat, as many as you want."

"General, are we going to retreat?" Gamitov's face turned blue for a moment, he clenched his fists tightly, the muscles in his hands bulging, and he looked at Tyam with a dissatisfied expression.

However, Thiam didn't notice his adjutant's face, he just touched his chin, and squinted at the figure of Wangure while thinking: "No, it's just a feigned retreat. ”

"As I said, Dozru's purpose is to annihilate our army completely, so as to prevent us from joining up with Lieutenant General Rebil and joining the decisive battle, if he fails to annihilate us, but only drives us away, then when they and Lieutenant General Rebir have a decisive battle, they will inevitably be attacked by our army's flank."

"Dozru will definitely chase after us, and will not sit idly by and watch us retreat."

"We will retreat behind Rum in this way, and the satellites of Rum can defend us against some of the artillery fire, and give our troops a breather from being numerically disadvantaged."

"Once the Zeon fleet has penetrated deep into SIDE5, we will order the fighter wings stationed in the various satellite airports to attack!"

"I see," Gamitov said excitedly, "In this way, the formation of the Zeon fleet will be overwhelmed by our fighter wing, and the room for maneuvering in the Zeon battle line between the satellites will also be reduced, and when the fighters disrupt them, our fleet will take the opportunity to launch a counterattack!" ”

Thiam wanted to say no, his fighter wing had lost most of its weight in the Battle of Britain, and the remaining number of harassment was enough, but it was by no means enough to break the Zeon battle line, his purpose was to use the fighter wing to force out the MS troops of the Zeon Army, as he thought before, if he couldn't figure out the answer to the question, then force the questioner to tell himself, since MS is the core of the problem, then force it out, as long as it appears in broad daylight, no matter what kind of conspiracy there is, it will be clear at a glance.

However, in this way, the fighter wing, which was caught in the battle line of the Zeon Army and faced the double attack of MS and battleship anti-aircraft fire, can imagine what will happen.

Anyway, the fighter wing was originally used to fight against the Zeon Army MS attack, and the consumables that sacrificed in exchange for the breathing space of the main fleet were just a way for them to be consumed, Thiam did not cherish these subordinates, but there was no room for this kind of thing in the war, the so-called mercy is not the reason for not taking charge of the army, and Thiam is not a fool who will lead to defeat because he cherishes the soldiers too much.

"That's it, you go deal with it quickly." Tiam's mind was still on Dozru's purpose, and he didn't want to explain the question, so he waved his hand at Garitov in a somewhat perfunctory way.

"Wait a minute, Your Excellency!" At this moment, however, the captain of Tyam's flagship, a lieutenant colonel named Breckos Fra (Note 3), said anxiously: "Please think a little more, as Rum will inevitably suffer heavy losses from our firefight." ”

To briefly explain the current battlefield situation, the Federal fleet blocked the front of the Rum colonies in the name of protecting Rum, and formed an artillery front, in front of them was the Zeon Army battle line on the outer edge of the Rum Universe, and Thiam's order was to ask the Federation fleet to retreat behind Rum, but in this way, Rum became the meat shield of the Federation fleet in disguise, directly in the middle of the exchange of fire between the two fleets.

"Now is not the time to care about this kind of thing!" Gamitov loudly rebuked Breckos: "We should be thinking about how to defeat Zeons now, and there is no room for worrying about the life and death of the cosmic people。。。。。。 ”

"We should think about it now," Tiam interrupted by his sudden words, and he glanced at Garitov with some displeasure, very dissatisfied with the adjutant of the earth supremacist, "How to save our army as much as possible and kill and wound the enemy army, this is our duty as a general, Lieutenant Colonel Fra." ”

"Your kindness is noble, but it is a little out of place now," he glanced at Breckos with some displeasure, too: "There is room for our army to be superior, but our army is now at a disadvantage, and there is no room for the civilians, and the only thing you should consider now is how to help your comrades achieve victory." ”

"But General, we promised the people of Rum that we would protect them," Breckos said incredulously, "If we can't protect them, it's fine, after all, our army is really at a disadvantage, and I won't say let my comrades sacrifice themselves, but。。。。。。 ”

But with such an order, it is obvious that you are not only unable to take care of them, but you want to use them as a meat shield!

Breckos failed to get the second half of the sentence out of his sentence.

"There's no way around it," Tiam's thoughts were interrupted again and again, and he replied impatiently, "Think about SIDE2, SIDE1 and SIDE4, all we have to think about now is victory, if we lose, even if we don't use this method, the people of SIDE5 will still be doomed, instead of this, let them contribute to the victory of the Federation, at least if we win, their losses will be much better than being completely occupied by the Zeon army." ”

"Their sacrifice is noble and necessary, after the victory of our army, the Federation will definitely help them rebuild their homeland, but now, we don't have this kung fu!"

"But, General, our promise 。。。。。。。"

"Nothing, Lieutenant Colonel Fran, I've already explained it to you, and I don't want to explain it to you a second time!"

Thiam said angrily: "You are a soldier, you should obey orders, now hurry back to your post!" ”

“。。。。。。。” Fura lowered his head, no one could see his expression, but his deep voice already explained his mood at the moment: "。。。。。。。 Yes, General. ”

After doing all this, Thiam turned to the somewhat gloating Gamitov and said, "You too, didn't you hear my orders?" Now hurry up and give the order, don't waste any more time! ”

"Yes, General!"

With that, Gamiltov hurriedly left the bridge.

There was still an excited and fanatical look on his face.

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Note 1: Johnny Johnson, like Francis Gabreski before him, is the ace of World War II flight change neta, he is the number one ace of the British Royal Air Force in history, has been fighting on the Western Front and the elite German Western Front Air Force, until the end of the war, he has obtained a total of 38 confirmed crash records, and not only has he not been shot down, but he has never been hit by the Luftwaffe once, known as the 'Spitfire King who never gets hurt'.

He was not only an ace pilot, but also an excellent air commander, in the Great War, he took over the Canadian Air Corps, which was composed of Canadian volunteers, and successfully turned this scattered unit into the most elite air regiment of the Royal Air Force, because of his command skills and leadership charisma, after the war he gradually developed in the direction of air commander, until his retirement, he was already the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Air Force, with the rank of major general.

Note 2: Gamitov Heyman, the founder of the future Federal Army's special operations unit TITANS, but now, he is only a colonel under Tiam, and if not a nobody, he is not an important person.

Note 3: Breckos Fra, the future founder of the Federal Army's special operations unit A.E.U.G., Gamilov's lifelong enemy, who later died in the assassination of Titans, is also a captain now, but he is still not an important figure in the One Year War.