"Is that so? Lord Rebier。。。。。。 ”

Back a little earlier, in SIDE5 Lum Domain, a place that was initially considered the main battlefield but was almost forgotten as the battle progressed, Thiam, located within the coverage of the Minovsky particles, had just received information about Rebir's defeat.

The defeat of the fleet was not the most shocking thing for him, in fact, on the battlefield of Rum, the Tiam's fleet, which was inferior in strength, had always been at a disadvantage, and he was already mentally prepared for the defeat, and this news did not make him feel at a loss.

But the collapse of the fleet so completely that even Reybir himself was captured was much more than he expected.

As the number two person in the Rybil faction and even the entire Space Army, he is not as close to Rebil as Kaninggan, but is just an ordinary friend and colleague, but Tiam's status and importance in the Space Army are still above Kaningan.

He was naturally aware of Reybier's importance to the Space Army, and almost instantly thought of the dilemma that the Space Army would face next, but before that, he had to think about another pressing issue.

Rebir's reinforcements were unable to arrive, which meant that Tiam's forces were now flanked by the enemy, and the Zeon army could rush out at any moment, and he was completely isolated.

Admittedly, the Zeon Army, which had just wiped out the main fleet of the Space Force (although the results were not perfect), would not be in much better shape, but it would not be a problem to unite with Dozru's forces to completely wipe him out.

After all, although the officers and men of the Zeon side did not have good skills in battle, they had a numerical advantage, and although the officers and men of the Tiam fleet fought bravely and played a very beautiful exchange ratio under the weakness, they could not ignore the fact that the absolute gap in the number of the fleets of the two armies was constantly widening.

In the face of a two-front battle, the Tiam's fleet, which was only struggling against Dozru, would have no power to fight back, and any outcome that Tiam's imagination could have to do with the annihilation of the entire army.

It sounded like he had no choice but to retreat here, or no one would be able to save him.

However, it is just a wonderful idea to go, and the importance of SIDE5 has been mentioned before.

The economic center of the cosmic colony, and even the entire human civilization circle, has gradually become important in recent years, where 80% of the commercial activities of the human civilization circle are concentrated, and it is also the most important transportation hub and logistics center in the universe.

If counted, this place was so important that even if the Federation knew that Zeon was attacking here and wanted to engage them in a location of their choice, they would have no choice, even if Thiam's fleet had already suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Britain.

The impact of the fall of SIDE5 is too great, to put it mildly, G3 is in a period of weakness after the disaster, and they are counting on the colonies of the universe to give them blood transfusions and hang their lives, and the other SIDES have been completely destroyed, even if it is for this reason, they cannot sit idly by and watch SIDE5 fall.

And it is precisely because of the importance of 'SIDE5' that Tiam and his troops will have to fight to the end in the face of the powerful Zeon fleet, even for emotional reasons, it is difficult for Tiam himself to accept the option of retreating.

If we retreat here, not to mention the aftermath of the fall of SIDE5, wouldn't the deaths of those sacrificed soldiers be meaningless?

What should be done, he fell into a short but painful struggle, but Thiam was Thiam after all, a wise and calm general, and the chaos caused by Rebier's defeat and the grievances of facing a bitter choice did not affect his thoughts.

After only a moment of silence after receiving information from the shuttle's Rybil fleet, Thiam made a decision:

"Sent to the entire fleet, reinforcements were intercepted by Zeon, and now 。。。。。。" He paused for a moment and chose a word that didn't sound so miserable: "It has been repulsed, reinforcements will not come, and from now on, the whole fleet of our army will begin to withdraw." ”

His words caused panic and uneasiness among many officers and men on the bridge, and although their good military qualities allowed them to stick to their posts, their vacillation was visible to the naked eye.

However, there may be some of them who are glad that they can finally retreat.

"Wait a minute, General Tiam!" After hearing Tiam's words, his adjutant, Colonel Gamilov Heyman, couldn't help but blurt out, his eyes were full of disbelief and humiliation, for this loyal believer of earth supremacy, the resistance to retreat is probably not just as simple as politics or military, but more of his kind of fanatical faith.

This pure faith can hardly be called a good thing, but it is also hardly a bad thing.

"If we leave like this, SIDE5 will-"

His incredulous words were interrupted by Tiam's slightly impatient words: "SIDE5 is bound to fall, I don't need to say that, I know better than you." ”

"Then why, General?" Colonel Gamilov said almost rudely, of course, Gamilov, who came from a European aristocratic family and was well-bred, was by no means so rude, and now his demeanor shows how shaken he is.

Being able to serve as Tiam's aide-de-camp, Gamitov himself is naturally a hardcore Rebil faction, and it is probably not scientific to say that Rebier's defeat and capture had no effect on him, and with this humiliation, it may not be surprising that he showed such a vacillating posture.

"Because。。。。。。 Even if we stay, it's useless. It was not Thiam who answered him, but Lieutenant Commander Breckos Fra, the captain of the Tyam.

Breckos' face was not pretty, and he was equally shocked by the news of Rybil's fleet, but for some reason he was able to see the situation more calmly than Gamitov because he was very much in favor of Tiam's decision at this time.

"What did you say?" Gamitov couldn't even care about the respect for Tiam, and at this moment, he was naturally not angry about Breckos's interjection.

"It's just a matter of stating the facts," said Breckos with the same grim expression, "even if we continue to fight, nothing will change, only the whole army will be destroyed, in this case, it is better to retreat for the time being and save ourselves." ”

Breckos is right, in the final analysis, the Tyam fleet no longer has the strength to continue fighting, not to mention the follow-up Zeon reinforcements, even if it is the Dozru fleet in front of him, he has no certainty of victory, even if he takes a step back, what if the Tiam fleet tries its best to defeat the Dozru fleet? Eventually, he had to retreat in front of Zeon's reinforcements.

The point of holding on to SIDE5 no longer exists, it has nothing to do with feelings, it has nothing to do with politics, it's a purely rational military problem, no, it's a math problem, in this problem, the number of Tiam's fleet is too small to make the equation of holding SIDE5 hold, that's all.

In fact, this is just a situation that Gamilov can figure out with a little calm thinking, it can only be said that at the moment Gamilov himself is a little concerned and confused, and at this moment he has obviously reacted, opened his mouth, but he can't say anything, he has the quality of an officer, and he is not a person who talks nonsense with his eyes open.

"That's right, it's not that I don't want to hold SIDE5, it's that we don't have a choice," Tiam patted Gamilov on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, we'll be back one day." ”

"This war has just begun."

This sentence was Thiam's heart, even if the Federation was extremely unfavorable in form, even if even the soul of the Space Army, Rebir, was unfortunately captured, he never felt that the war ended here.

Someday, the Federation Army will return, and this sentence is not reckless.

However, he would never have imagined that this would be the last time he and SIDE5 would ever see each other.

The time left in the colony of those dozens of moons is numbered.

———— Dividing Line————

"General Dozru, the Federation fleet has begun to retreat!!"

The news of the defeat of the Rebir fleet, Dozru's side received the same time as Thiam's side, just when Dozru had just announced the good news, and the space attack army was jubilant, and it was discovered that the Tyam fleet began to retreat, and now Dozru could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and Tiam's retreat meant that the last unstable factor on the battlefield had also stabilized, and Zeon's victory was beyond doubt.

"Hooray!!"

"Long live Zeon!"

"We've won!!"

The officers and soldiers cried with joy, hugged each other, and shouted in celebration, and seeing that this was a very unseemly scene for a soldier, Dozru did not stop it, just shook his head and smiled at all this.

After a while, the officers and soldiers turned their heads to look at Dozru: "Congratulations, General Dozru, you have led us to win this war, you are undoubtedly the number one general in the universe century!" ”

"That's right, what Reybir and Tiam, can't compare to you at all!!"

The officers and men congratulated Dozru, and there may have been some compliments, but judging from the enthusiastic eyes of the officers and men, even those who were willing to compliment agreed with this view.

A slightly hideous smile appeared on Dozru's scarred and rugged face, but he did not immediately stop the compliments of the officers and soldiers, apparently he felt that he deserved the title.

No matter how detached a man is, what general can refuse the title of the world's No. 1 general, not to mention that Dozru is a soldier and a good man (for family and friends), but not detached.

And he really deserves this title, after all, this battle, although the direction is controlled by Gilian, and the intelligence and improvement are completed by Gisilia, but the battle plan itself is indeed the handiwork of Dozru, if it were not for the planning of him and the staff of the attacking army, without him, regardless of personal gains and losses, almost all the MS was handed over to the command of Gisilia, and one person faced the actions of the Tyam fleet with an advantage in technology and tactics, this battle would never have been successful.

There's nothing wrong with having him frankly happy at the moment.

However, although the officers and soldiers were in a carnival mood, some people still remained calm and reasonable, and it didn't take long for a staff officer to interject in a 'puzzled feeling': "General Dozru, the fleet of the Federation Army has begun to retreat, are we going to pursue it?" ”

However, this simple question caused Dozru to hesitate, and the Zeon Army had the power of choice compared to the Federation Army, which had no choice but to flee in a hurry.

"No, leave the pursuit to the eldest sister。。。。。。 Leave it to General Cesilia's troops, they should be almost there," Dozru hesitated for a moment and said, "Our army's combat strength is also 。。。。。。 Leave Tiam's fleet alone, if they retreat, we'll turn back and occupy SIDE5. ”

Dozru has his own considerations, in the eyes of this general who avoids political instincts, he has no reason to continue the pursuit, this is not because he does not want to expand the results of the battle, but in the battle just now, although the Zeon Universe Attack Fleet has a numerical advantage, but the losses are not smaller than the Tiam fleet, and it is already at the end of the strong crossbow, the so-called poor Kou Mo Chasing, the Tiam fleet has not yet reached the point of total annihilation, and continuing to pursue the Tiam fleet will inevitably lead to further expansion of casualties, This is something that the general of the Space Attack Force instinctively wants to avoid, and besides, the Space Attack Force does not pursue, and there are no special forces rushing here.

Moreover, even Rebier's fleet has already been defeated, and now that the surrender of the Earth Federation is a matter of time, there is no need to let the soldiers die in vain in order to blindly expand the results of the battle.

This is Dozru's idea, if you just look at the fact that you are not willing to waste the lives of your soldiers for the sake of personal exploits, Dozru is undoubtedly a good general who loves his soldiers like a son.

But this is a real stupid choice in politics, although Dozru deliberately made himself not so politically savvy, but to be honest, even if he is not like this, he has no political talent, he can only say that he has the level of common sense of ordinary people, which is harmless to ordinary people, but it is a huge injury to Zeon's de facto supreme military command.

He was completely unaware of how much trouble he would bring to him and the Zabi family by watching the retreat of the Tyam fleet, which was not a word for the Zabi family after all, nor did he realize how much of an obstacle the safe return of the surviving Tyam fleet and the second in command of the Federal Cosmos Force Marc Tifa Thiam would be an obstacle to Zeon's next phase of combat operations.

However, for Dozru, who believed that the war was over and the soldiers no longer needed to shed blood, he probably didn't think about it in the first place.

In fact, Zeon's staff did have a war plan against Luna-2 and even descending to Earth, but Dozru didn't really think it was necessary to carry it out.

After all, Zeon has already won, undoubtedly victorious, and further attacked Luna II。。。。。。 Even the Earth, which will only make more soldiers sacrificed.

The Confederation should not continue to resist。。。。。。 Right?

He put a little anxiety behind him, and said to everyone with a solemn face:

"Ladies and gentlemen, too many good people have died for the sake of victory in this war."

"They are our comrades-in-arms, our compatriots, our heroes - I suggest that all officers and soldiers pay tribute to their comrades who died in battle."

A moment later, all the officers and men of Zeon's fleet, from the captain to the orderly, stood up in unison, and then headed in the direction where SIDE3 was.

"All of them, pay tribute to the heroic spirits who have disappeared in the sea of stars-!!"

With the sound of Dozru, the Zeon fleet also began to return to occupy SIDE5, and the two fleets that had fought to the death not long ago stopped the exchange of fire in vain, and separated from each other, which even looked a little ridiculous.

Only the wreckage of the shattered battleship tells people that this is not a bad joke.

With the truce in the Rum region, the battle that bears its name has finally come to an end.

It seems that this war will end with a lightning victory for one of the sides, but only a few people know that this is not the end, but only the beginning of the war.