Let's turn our attention back to the Union Army, to the Union Army's flagship, the USS Anake, and to Rebil.

Just a few minutes before Reinstein ordered the shelling, the Federalists' realignment had reached the last moment, and the retreating Zeon Army MS barely stopped it, just sitting back and watching the Federans quickly 'regain lost ground'.

The situation was better than expected, and the Federation fighters achieved unexpectedly good results, but for some reason, the ominous feeling in Rebier's heart grew stronger, as if it were 。。。。。。 I feel like I'm being pointed at a gun.

The constant swelling of his eyebrows, about the position of the pineal gland, almost made him frown.

"Are you alright, Your Excellency?" The first to notice that something was wrong with him was still Kaningan, who asked worriedly.

"I'm fine," Rebil replied quickly, as if to avoid his own thoughts, and he asked, turning to Kaningan, "how is the First Fleet compared to this?" ”

Speaking of the battle situation, Kaningan no longer bothered with the question of Rebier's face, but replied, "It's not good。。。。。。 No, it's bad. ”

"How bad is it?"

"Casualties are secondary, mainly 。。。。。。。" Kaningan's face was ugly, and he seemed to be a little angry and said, "The main thing is that they are starting to waver. ”

Reybiel suddenly laughed: "It's just shaken, it's good enough that he didn't turn around and run away." ”

"It's no wonder that without Hua Ken, I can't command them like my fingers," Rebier said with an unchanged face: "If my army is superior, it will be fine, seeing that our army is inferior, they are careful, and it is inevitable that they want to preserve their strength." ”

"A bunch of mongrels!" Kanin said hatefully, "That's not their private army, it's the army of the Federation!" ”

"It's just a shameful thing to do such a shameful thing without thinking about winning with all your strength on the battlefield!"

"After the war, they all have to go to court-martial!"

"Then we have to win this battle," Rebier said calmly, "but it looks like we can remain undefeated, or if we can defeat without breaking our bones." ”

"This is just the beginning, trust me, Rod, they're going to give us more trouble when this battle is over."

"Maybe they're going to take me to court-martialed and put me in jail."

"How dare they?" Kaningan was furious: "Everyone knows it's not yours。。。。。。。 ”

"It's my fault, it's my responsibility," Rebil said with a faint but unquestionable force, "I'm their general, I'm the founder of the Space Army, and its failure is my responsibility." ”

Kaningan was momentarily speechless, and in all fairness, Rybil had a point, and although he knew that Reybil had done enough, people only looked at victory and defeat, and didn't care how hard the loser tried.

"Okay, don't talk about that," said Rybil in a relaxed, non-pretentious tone, "let's see if we can find something for them to do." ”

"Well, then, how about bringing the First Fleet closer to us?" Since Rebile said so, Kaningan had no choice but to obey.

"Although our fleet withstood Zeon's attack, the losses are indeed not optimistic, how about letting the First Fleet join us?" Kaningan paused and added, "Anyway, they can't do anything else now." ”

"And if you personally ordered it, those people in the First Fleet would not dare to disobey."

Rebier pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, although they will not dare not come even if I give the order, but it is useless for such troops to come, and those who have lost their fighting spirit will leave it to them, and it is not too late to liquidate after the war is over." ”

"And even if they come, they won't be useful, we can support here not because of how sufficient the combat strength is, but because of a good formation and the lives of the soldiers, the First Fleet has no fighting spirit, even if it merges with us, it will only mess up our formation, no matter how bad the command of Zeon is, he will not sit idly by and watch us integrate the fleet."

Kaningan also thinks about it, sometimes it's better to go alone than to expect unreliable allies, and it's more troublesome to watch out for teammates than to watch out for enemies.

You can kill your enemies with one shot, but your teammates must tolerate, make up for them, or even turn a blind eye to the stupid mistakes they make.

If you think about it this way, the sentence is not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates.

It's not just a joke, an unexpected reality.

"In that case," Kaningan said after a moment's thought, "how about having the First Fleet launch a counterattack against Zeon's rear?" ”

The main forces of the Zeon Army, including Lear's Division, which was about to engage the Second Fleet, were now located directly in front of the Second Fleet, which meant that the only ones who could stop the First Fleet's movement were the MS who had been left behind to contain them.

Ray Bill touched the brim of his hat and fell into deep thought, this may not be a bad choice, the only problem is that the MS's maneuverability has an overwhelming advantage over the battleship, even if the First Fleet wants to fight back, it will be easy to be caught up by the MS.

Of course, in terms of top speed, it is still faster for the battleship equipped with large thrusters, but the acceleration time required for the battleship to reach the top speed is much longer than that of the MS, if the First Fleet escapes in all directions, it is just that, the number of MS left by the Zeon side is not so large that it can be dispersed and still be able to take care of all the warships, but if the First Fleet wants to unify the direction and advance towards the Zeon fleet in the Minovsky particle coverage area, it will be easily intercepted by the MS of the Zeon side.

If this is really done, then the losses of the First Fleet will not be small, and even all the losses may not be on the way to the charge, after all, Zeon's fleet will not stay where it is stupid, even if it does not have the ability to engage the battleship, it is still not a problem to run.

Reybiel isn't just a little funny.

This is the same dilemma faced by the Second Fleet, the gap in mobility means that the Federation's fleet is difficult to move, can only passively defend and lacks the ability to maneuver, and the side that loses the ability to maneuver in the universe can be said to have lost half of the defeat, Rebir has a huge fleet but can only resolutely carry out the defense, and it is also because of the patience that Zeon MS retreats because of the exhaustion of ammunition and food, because if it is not so, the Federation's fleet will not be able to fly at all.

Obviously, the absolute speed is superior to the battleship, but it is useless.

Frankly, it wasn't a purely tactical idea to have the First Fleet launch a counterattack, but Reybier never had more than just tactics in mind.

It's one thing to do it or not, and it's another thing to do it or not.

If the First Fleet had a better plan, Rebir would naturally be happy to see it, but he could not tolerate their stagnation, even if they all died in the way of the charge, it would still give the latecomers the courage to fight, but it would be worthless to be worn to death by fear of being worn to death.

Of course, this is not only the case, but the other reason sounds a little frowning compared to the relatively positive reason that the First Fleet cannot tolerate the death of the First Fleet like mud.

In the face of Zeon's main Second Fleet, its heavy losses were already predictable, of course, Reybir was not afraid of losses, but he had a chance to keep most of the fleet, but he accepted the challenge because the army had to flee without a fight, and if the loss could inspire the fighting spirit of the Federation Army, he would not be stingy in the slightest.

However, it must be admitted that if the Second Fleet suffers heavy losses, the strength of the Rebile faction in the Federation Space Force will be fundamentally reversed.

Before the war, the Rebir faction held control of all the main fleets except for the garrison fleet and the First Fleet, but now, Thiam's Third Fleet has been half wiped out, and it is conceivable that there will be more losses, Douglas's Fourth Fleet has been completely wiped out, the Fifth Fleet on the moon is not large, and some reinforcements have been drawn out to reinforce Thiam, and the Sixth Fleet has not had much strength shortly after its establishment.

If the Second Fleet had suffered heavy losses and the First Fleet had been relatively intact, then the faction of Vice Admiral Green White, the former commander of the First Fleet, who had been hostile to Rebier and supported by European and American arms dealers and other dead merchants, would inevitably swell, whether it was close to the point of parity with Rebier's faction, or overtaking him, which would not be good news for Rebier.

So, since the heavy losses of the Second Fleet have become a foregone conclusion, the First Fleet 。。。。。。。 It's uncomfortable to say this, and even Reybiel himself can't help but take a bite.

The First Fleet must suffer the same level of losses.

This is not to say that Reybir has such a strong desire for power, to the point that he has to keep power even if he wants to harm his own people, but it is better to say that he lives for ideals, power is a necessary tool for him rather than an end, and from this point of view, he is almost a desireless person.

But he had to do it, he could not tolerate the narrow-minded and greedy Death Merchants of the Space Army, which he had long built for the complete unification of humanity in the future, with the supreme goal of defending the Commonwealth and the interests of humanity as a whole, to be tampered with by the narrow-minded, greedy Death Traders.

He can make certain compromises, but that must be under his control, and it will not endanger the entire Space Army, if someone wants to turn the Space Army into a spokesperson for the interests of a small group, he will fight them to the end, even if it is to destroy the Space Army itself!

A federation without a space army is better than a federation with a space army, but only for a few.

Because of this, he doesn't like such things, but he will not hesitate to do them, and unlike Lear, who still struggles with the means (although he has been much better lately), Reybir is the one who will do whatever it takes to achieve a goal.

Thinking about such a thing, Reybir can't help but be happy.

Glad he didn't live beyond 0087.

But if he had lived to that point, the completely degenerated Federation Space Army on the other world line would not have appeared.

In Kaningan's eyes, Rabir was silent for a moment, and then he said to Kaningan, "That's a good idea, so be it." ”

"Order the First Fleet to move forward and launch a surprise attack on the Zeon Army's fleet."

"It would be great if we could induce some MS to evacuate."

It was an easy decision, just as he had ordered Varken to resist on the spot, and he had once again thrown the First Fleet into another hell with a very low chance of survival.

Although the First Fleet has always been controlled by rival factions, the entire Space Force is the brainchild of Reybier's brainchild, and it would be too cold-blooded to say that he has no feelings.

But he didn't intend to defend himself, so he just smiled wryly and said, "What a frustrating choice, Rod." ”

Of course, he wouldn't want to make such a decision if he could, but the world is like this, and you will always be in such an unreasonable situation that forces you to decide between a bad choice and a worse choice.

"I understand that this is also a helpless thing." Kaningan couldn't help but reassure.

"I hope so." Rabiel said with his spirits lifted.

Kaningan smiled and replied, "You're always right—"

“————！！！”

"Beep——! Beep ——!! Beep ——!!! ”

"Boom! - Knock!! ”

"Ahhhh

However, before Kaninggan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a sudden strong vibration and a piercing alarm, and the Annak suddenly shook violently, and Rybir was better off in the command seat, although the whole person almost rolled out of his seat, but he grabbed the armrest and fixed his body at the last moment, and he could even hold down the hat on his head.

But Kaninga, who was standing and listening to Rybil, had no such luck, and he didn't even grab anything, so he stood beside Reybil, and when the violent tremor came, he was thrown out of the way!

Ray Bille saw him involuntarily driven by the force of the shock, hit his waist on the railing, and then the whole person fell to the ground like an upside-down onion!

Rebier's command seat was not high from the ground, but it was also more than 2 meters high, which made Caningan, who was over half a hundred years old, unconscious on the spot, and his originally slightly blackened face suddenly turned pale, and two nosebleeds flowed down his nostrils!

"Rod!!" Ray Bil was shocked, and as soon as the shaking stopped, he quickly jumped from the command seat.

"Alarm cleared!"

"The main reactor is being reset!"

"Hurry up and investigate, what the hell is going on!"

In the midst of the chaos on the bridge, Rebiel carefully picked up Kaningan, and as he moved, the blood coming out of his nose immediately stained the placket of the Union uniform.

The heartbeat, the heartbeat is still there.

Breathing is also normal.

Although he understood that this did not necessarily mean that there was no major problem with Caningan, Rebil couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He commanded the guards, who were also a little embarrassed and light-headed, "Hurry up and send Brigadier General Kaningan to the infirmary, and make sure he's safe!" ”

"Yes, General!"

After dealing with the Caningan matter, Rebiel finally had time to confirm the condition of the battleship, he sat back in the captain's seat and said, "Report the situation, what happened?" ”

"How's the Annak doing?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the person who had already confirmed the condition of the battleship said loudly: "Your Excellency, our ship is under attack from an unknown source!" ”

"The ship suffered minor damage, the No. 5 nozzle of the main thruster was damaged, and the damage management team is rushing to repair it!"

"Can you determine the type of attack?" Rybil took a deep breath, and he began to realize that something was wrong.

The bad premonition fueled his brow once more, but now, there was no one on the bridge who could see his abnormality.

"It should be a live-fire attack。。。。。。 An intelligence staff officer said cautiously, but before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Rybier.

"I don't want this kind of word should, perhaps, give me a sure result."

"Yes, yes! Excellency! The frightened intelligence staff officer hurriedly said: "We judge that this is a live-fire attack." ”

"The attack grazed the ship after hitting the Kamchatka, and then penetrated the foredeck of the Virginia, and the Kamchatka confirmed that the battle was sunk, and the Virginia was broken, and the captain replied that it was being rescued."

"The attack that grazed the ship destroyed the No. 5 vent of the main thruster, causing an energy jam that made 。。。。。。。" While the intelligence staff officer spoke, he couldn't help but have a strong fear that as long as this attack was a little higher, then the Annak would sink without any power to fight back: "The main reactor of this ship has been stopped urgently, and the ship has temporarily lost power!" ”

"How long will it take to regain momentum?"

"A hot start can lead to a bigger failure of the reactor, and in order to avoid the worst outcome, we have to reset the reactor output power for a cold start。。。。。。 It takes at least 30 minutes. ”

30 minutes? Rabiel couldn't help but grit his teeth.

However, before he could think about it, another attack from the Zeon army attacked the formation of the Second Fleet.

Fortunately, this time, the unknown attack only destroyed one Salamis-class fast cruiser on the periphery of the Second Fleet.

This made Reybiel a little unbelievable, no matter what it was actually attacking, it had already captured the Annake at the very center of the Second Fleet, which meant that it only needed minor adjustments to target other warships and maximize its effect in the center, so why change its target?

He would not have imagined that in fact, it was not the center of the Second Fleet that Reinstein ordered the bombardment, but the outer position near the edge, after all, Reinstein, who launched the attack, never intended to kill Rybier, he just wanted to put more pressure on Rebier, reduce the damage and create opportunities for Lear's assault.

But after all, the mass accelerator is located on the moon, it is a weapon with a fixed base, and it is located in the very center of the Minovsky particle cover, which can only be fine-tuned with optical equipment according to the coordinates provided by Reinstein, which will inevitably produce a small angular difference, which is not visible at short distances, but in the long-range shelling thousands of kilometers away, this small difference almost becomes a big failure that kills Reybier and makes Lear burn it all the time.

Although Reinstein didn't know that Rybier was on the verge of death, he sensed the danger of doing so and simply redirected his attack.

There was a terrible scream from the signal corps: "Jaba Walker, confirmed by bullets!" ”

"The communication is unresponsive, and the Jaba Walker is confirmed to be sinking!"

So fast! Reybir was shocked, and then silently calculated the time, from the attack on the Anak to the sinking of the Jabba Walker, the period was only 。。。。。。 He looked at his watch.

But in less than ten minutes.

Reinstein ordered the Moon's mass accelerator to use a smaller mass to avoid accidental damage to the Zeon Army due to an excessively large attack range, although the attack area of the mass accelerator became smaller, but comparatively, because the mass body was smaller, it required less power and preparation time.

"Your Excellency, the results of the ballistic analysis have come out," the intelligence staff officer said with a nervous face, "The direction of the origin of the Zeon Army's attack comes from the moon!" ”

"Judging by it, this is the 。。。。。。。 of the lunar surface"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Reybier: "The mass accelerator on the lunar surface, I know!" ”

Yes, he knew it existed, but he didn't take it into account.

It sucks.

"Rod, do you remember, before the war began, you said, 'Losing the moon is a failure,' and now it seems that you were right," he said, habitually turning his head to find his best friend, "You're always right—"

Then Rebiel realizes that Kaningan is no longer there, and that he is lying in the infirmary, uncertain about his death.

Well, at least for now, we don't have to worry about the movements of the First Fleet, thinking of the discussion with his best friend just now, he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, and then quickly made a decision.

There is no means of countermeasures, the power can be called a one-hit kill, and it is impossible to judge the landing point and dodge.

Such a weapon could not face the enemy head-on, especially since it was launched less than ten minutes apart, and no unit could continue to fight against the attack, not to mention that the Second Fleet itself was already at a disadvantage in the battle with the MS.

There is no point in continuing to hold on.

Not to mention that at this time, in order to avoid an attack that would come from nowhere, the formation of the Second Fleet was slightly scattered.

It sucks, Reybir couldn't help but think to himself.

So he gave a loud order: "Power on the whole fleet, I have something to say." ”

He was about to give a reasonable, but hardly acceptable order.

But rather than cowering when faced with a choice for the sake of face or whatever, a person like Reybier who makes a decision before the situation takes a turn for the worse is the one who sees that something is impossible.

The communication was quickly connected, and when Rebil's voice rang out, the Federation officers and soldiers, who had begun to feel anxious and panicked, quickly calmed down.

It may even have become a kind of belief, a habit of faith that nothing cannot be done as long as the man speaks.

"To all the warriors of the Federation who are still fighting, I am your commander, John Abraham Rebil."

"The flagship Anak has suffered trauma from not being able to move, and I am in the process of replacing the flagship."

Rebiel thought for a moment, sighed, and said bluntly:

"As everyone knows, this fleet has been subjected to ultra-long-range artillery bombardment from the moon, and at present our army has no means of countermeasures, and continuing to fight here at this moment will only increase casualties and is meaningless."

"I am here to give the last order of this operation." Rebier endured the discomfort and said the order he didn't want to say word by word: "I order all the warships of the whole fleet to retreat separately and reassemble with the Luna II fortress as the goal. ”

After losing so many people, it was only in exchange for such a result, Rebir couldn't help but smile bitterly from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't regret it much, he was not that kind of person.

He knew that he had done his best, Reybir had used everything at his disposal to fight for victory, in this case, there was nothing to regret if he failed, this time he failed, and he would win it back next time, and the war was far from reaching the point where defeat was already assured.

Then there is nothing to regret, regret and regret are the most unnecessary emotions, it can only make things worse and nothing good.

"Today we lost a lot of good people, we lost a lot, we were defeated, now we are going to run away and we will definitely lose more people in the future."

"But does that mean a victory for Zeon?"

"Far from it! As long as I, Rebier, are alive, as long as all the soldiers who are loyal to the country, as long as there is one person alive between us, the Federation has not yet failed! ”

"I'm going to withdraw from the battlefield now and head to the Luna II fortress to prepare for Zeon's invasion, and I ask everyone to do the same, and to concentrate on Luna II when they leave this battlefield."

"This time we lost, next time we want to win back!"

"We can produce weapons, we can replenish lost ships, you think this is the end of the war? On the contrary, the war has just begun! ”

"We will never succumb to the tyranny of Zeon, we will fight them until the last moment!"

"That's all I have to say, now that everyone is out of the battlefield as fast as possible, I ask you to be careful to protect yourselves until the moment of victory comes."

"May God bless you, long live the Federation."

"Reybiel finished talking."

These words were not a lie or a joke on the part of Reybil, but a heartfelt thought.

The Federation hasn't lost yet, and even if it is defeated this time, it will win after all.

The forced evacuation of the Zeon army before they ran out of ammunition and ammunition was bound to lead to huge losses for the Second Fleet.

The First Fleet will be less stressed, and the losses will be less, and the internal struggle of the Federation Army is almost visible.

The disaster on Earth is very serious, how much power can support him to rebuild the Space Army?

Zeon's victory is a foregone conclusion, and for quite some time, the universe will be completely dominated by them.

。。。。。。

Despite all the unfavorable and even desperate circumstances, he really intends to regroup, or even start over.

Such a person does not know how much higher than the kind of coward who uses a suicidal special attack to 'make a clear will with death' as soon as he fails.

It is a more difficult road to live than to die easily, because only the living are responsible, and the dead are not.

This old man, who had previously said that he did not have another twenty years to rebuild the Space Army, but he fearlessly chose a more difficult path before he really faced the difficult situation of rebuilding the Space Army.

Even if you can die at any time because of old age.

Another attack by the Zeon Army came, this time losing a Magellan-class battleship, with the mass directly penetrating the core, cutting the ship in half.

However, this time, it was also an attack that could not be seen, defended against, or dodged, but the soldiers of the Federation Army did not feel real fear, and they methodically began to choose the most suitable route for themselves to escape.

At this moment, the forces of the Black Triple Star had locked onto the Annak and were rapidly approaching.

Lear's troops, on the other hand, also arrived less than 20 kilometers from the Second Fleet's defensive line.

Three parties, about to crash together.

That's bound to be an extraordinary spark.