The fighter wing of the federal army has a variety of formations, especially in the ground forces with strong power in the member countries, there are small wings of three squadrons, and there are also large wings of more than 12 squadrons, but there is only one kind in the space army, that is, the establishment of 6x12, each space army fighter wing has 6 squadrons, and the establishment of each squadron is 12 fighters.

Unlike the various equipment of the ground army (some of which are still using fighters in the Western era), there are only two types of fighters equipped with the main force of the Space Army, and they are also the two fighters with the best performance in the current Federal Army, namely the FF-S3 Swordfish heavy space fighter and the FF-4 Toryas general purpose fighter.

Based on the idea of the decisive battle of the federal fleet before the war, these two fighters were mainly carried on the Antietamine-class escort aircraft carriers converted from Columbus-class transport ships, and a very small number of Trafalgar-class fleet air carriers converted from the Magellan class.

In battle, the Space Force's flying team is not able to take the lead as it did in the Western era, and they can usually only undertake auxiliary tasks, such as chasing down the fleeing 'Space Pirates', short-range power reconnaissance or space patrols, and engaging enemy fighters and assault boats, and only occasionally cooperate with the fleet to attack.

The Aerospace Fighter Wing usually consists of 1 expensive FF-S3 Swordfish heavy fighter squadron, and 5 cheap FF-4 Torrias general fighter squadrons, in fact, the cost of the former, the latter 5 combined is not comparable, the Swordfish is equipped with heavy anti-ship missile attack ships, while the Torrias is only armed with aviation cannons, which will act in battle with He-class assault boats, as a pure auxiliary force.

There were two such fighter wings under Tiam's command, in fact, if it weren't for the heavy losses in the Battle of Britain, he would have had more than one of these numbers, but in the final assault on Ishfi he had to devote all his strength to trying to break through the Zeon army's defenses, for which less than a quarter of his fighter wing made it home alive, especially the Swordfish fighters carrying nuclear bombs.

So now he can only rely on such a 'little' fighter unit to fight against Zeon's MS troops, most of which he finally dug from the moon, after all, the fighter unit was originally defined by the federal army as an auxiliary force, and the number of fighters is not much, and even if the fighter is easy to produce, the pilot can be drawn from the ground army's flight team, but it is not something that can be replenished in a few days.

After learning the lessons of the defeat in the British battle, the Federation Army also realized that it did not have the weapons that could threaten the Zeon Army MS well, it should be said that the MS of the Zeon Army was very good at hitting the defenseless weakness of the Union Army, and the battleship's Miga particle cannon had enough, and it could even be said to be a one-hit kill threat to the MS, but it is conceivable that unless the battleship formed a dense artillery formation, and the MS charged head-on at this formation and was always within a range of ten kilometers, Otherwise, the battleship's Miga particle cannon would not be a particularly big threat to the MS.

And the anti-aircraft guns carried on the battleship, although they are not completely ineffective, can only be said to be ineffective unless the MS is stupid enough to withstand the fire of the anti-aircraft guns and not maneuver.

And the missile 。。。。。。。 We won't mention that.

In general, the Federation fleet does not have weapons that can threaten the MS well, and the only mobile weapon that can engage the MS is the Swordfish fighter.

Therefore, in this battle, the Swordfish fighter, which was originally used to carry heavy missile anti-ship, had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting against the Zeon MS, while the Torrias fighter, which was originally only an auxiliary Swordfish fighter, had to carry out anti-ship mission.

It's also a little laughable.

However, the federal army had no better choice, they could only strengthen the combat capability of the fighter force as much as possible, the Swordfish fighter canceled the six heavy missiles, and replaced it with four ground army AH-17 flying fly (FanFan) air cushion attack aircraft equipped with five rocket launchers, although the power of a single shot is far less than that of a heavy missile, but the dense attack of 20 unguided rockets is enough to destroy an MS in an instant.

If the pilots of the Swordfish were able to catch a fleeting fighter and then use it to hit the nimble multi-MS.

The Torrias fighter, which undertook the task of attacking the ship, was a general-purpose fighter with a small fuselage and low cost, and there was no room for modification, so it only canceled two aerial guns and installed a wire-guided anti-ship missile in the vacated space.

If the pilots of the Torrias were able to dodge the Zeon anti-aircraft guns that could shoot them down in a single blow in the ever-changing tide of battle, and then use the already difficult wire-guided weapons to hit the Zeon battleship without the support of information equipment and pure visual vision.

Sounds not that easy, right?

But in any case, these fighters are indeed more suitable for fighting with the Zeon Army than before the transformation, the Federation Army has been as prepared for war as possible in a limited time, it is better to say, to complete the update of combat power in such a short time, there is no doubt that the Federation Army has done its best, the rearmament of the fighter unit has completed the transformation of all the airframes in just a few days, if it were not for the revenge and sense of mission, this would have been impossible, and the people below would have complained that 'the people above don't understand at all'.

But the Commonwealth Guards actually did.

Now, with this effort and intention, the Fighter Force of the Federation Army will shoot a deadly arrow of revenge at the Zeon Army.

After the Zeon fleet advanced to the two satellites that were used as air bases by the Federation Army, the Federation's flying team began to rise into the air as fast as they could, and then attacked the rear of the Zeon fleet!

The sudden air raid caught Zeon by surprise, and frankly speaking, the number of flying teams of the Federation Army was not to the point where the Zeon fleet could not cope with it, and if it was in an open field and could organize anti-aircraft fire, the Zeon Army could easily defeat this air attack.

However, now that the Zeon fleet has penetrated deep into the hinterland of SIDE5, and because they are moving the battle line, it is difficult to organize an effective counterattack for a while, and each warship can only fight independently without organization.

This was originally a method that the Zeon Army wanted to use on Rebier, but now that they themselves had tasted it first, they didn't know what Dozru was feeling at the moment.

Probably not that much.

In fact, the moment he saw those fighters, he understood what was going on, and he also understood that this was not an inevitable thing, it was his own anxiety that allowed him to narrow his vision to the point of view only looking at Thiam's fleet and ignoring those huge 'aircraft carriers'.

He resisted the urge to scold, because he understood that it was pointless to vent his emotions at this moment, on the contrary, he needed to remain rational and calm even more at this moment, and he said in a deep voice: "Convey the order, the whole fleet is ready for air defense!" ”

"Let the fleet 。。。。。。" At this point, he suddenly got stuck, because he didn't know whether to move forward or go backward.

But in any case, he had to give the order, because if the Zeon fleet neither moved forward nor retreated, but stayed where it was to entangle with the Union fighters, that would be the most stupid option.

It has to be said that the timing of the Federal Flying Team is very clever, at this moment the fighters and fleets of the Federal Army are facing the battle line of the Zeon Army, and the main force of the Zeon Army, the Msey-class cruisers, are designed to face all the turrets facing the front, which means that they have limited ability to respond to attacks from the rear.

If Dozru orders to move forward at this moment, he will have to endure the attack of the Federation fighters from the rear, and then he will have to fire at the Federation forces that are moving again.

So retreat right there?

This is an even worse option, retreating at the moment when the Zeon fleet is about to leave the SIDE5 area, it is equivalent to climbing the peak of 10,000 meters to 9,999 meters and turning around in vain, the blow to the morale of the army is even greater than continuing to move forward regardless of it, and Dozru will never believe that Thiam will let go of such a good opportunity to do nothing, just sit back and watch the opportunity pass, he will definitely cooperate with the fighter force to pay a heavy price and sacrifice, but there is no road to a glorious future.

Of course, in fact, there is a third option that the Zeon Army cannot use, and that is to send MS troops to intercept and stop the surprise attack of the Federation Flying Force.

But, as previously stated, most of the MS forces in Dozru's hands had already been transferred to the moon, waiting for the arrival of Rebier's fleet, not to mention, he couldn't risk exposing the Zeon Army's actual lack of MS intelligence to Tiam.

That would have made Thiam begin to think about the actual whereabouts of the Zeon MS, and then reflect on the risk to Rebil's fleet, which was more than an hour and a half before Rebir arrived at the intended ambush position, which was enough time for the Federation shuttle to report Rum's information to Rebier.

It seems that the Zeon fleet can really only be in such a predicament, and there is no other means?

Of course not, Dozru is also a famous general who is not inferior to Tiam, I saw him take a deep breath and quickly order: "All fleet, sink!" ”

The so-called sinking order is a tactical move that can only be used in a three-dimensional battle of the space fleet, which was originally used in the early days when humans had no concept of space warfare, and the pirates at that time would use assault boats to avoid the fire of merchant ships with sudden vertical maneuvers, and in the process they would constantly fine-tune the direction of the gunwal to ensure that they were in a state that could make it difficult for the merchant ships to fight back.

The basis for the realization of this tactical action is, first, the combat quality of the merchant ship's crew is not high, and it is impossible to quickly capture the traces of the pirate ship, and the second is that the pirates use assault boats that are lighter than the merchant ships, and can maneuver faster than the merchant ships.

However, on the scene now, the Zeon Army does not meet the two conditions, although the quality of the Zeon crew is high, but the Federation Army is not vegetarian, especially the level of gunnery, which is better than the Zeon Army, and the Zeon Army's warships are not better than the Federation Army in terms of mobility, and this is a very dangerous tactical action, human beings are creatures living on the plane in the final analysis, only a small number of talented people can adapt to the universe of up and down, left and right, without a constant coordinate system, rash use of this tactic, may be self-defeating, Stun your own people before confusing them.

So why did Dozru give this order?

Imagine that you have a straight line in front of you, with two endpoints being the fleet of the Federation Flying Team and Tiam, and there is a dot between them, which is the Zeon fleet.

When this point is moved downward, as it forms an angle with the two endpoints, in fact, this point is parallel to the plane formed by the line between the two ends, and the Zeon warship will adjust the direction of the broadboard in the process, and change the unfavorable situation of the belly and back to face the enemy head-on.

But will the Federation just let the Zeon Army regroup?

To adjust the battle line, it is by no means that each warship does its own thing, that will only make the originally good battle line become chaotic, and it must be adjusted uniformly according to the orders of the flagship, but this also means that if hundreds of warships are to act in unison, their actions will inevitably not be fast.

At least not faster than the flying team of the Federal Army.

At this moment, Spee's battleship moved, and he moved in the opposite direction of the Zeon maneuver, and rushed towards the Federation flying party.

When Spee ordered not to follow the fleet, but to act alone against the military orders, his men were actually very surprised and uneasy.

"We must provide an opportunity for Your Excellency Dozru to regroup," Spee said worriedly, "The fighter planes of the Federal Army are close at hand, and we must buy time for Your Excellency!" ”

"Even if it doesn't fully attract the attention of the Federal Flying Team," he has already begun to instruct the helmsman to turn, "at least some of them will be able to attract some." ”

Compared to the average soldier who didn't know the whole situation, Spee knew the whole picture of the battle and the dilemma Dozru was facing, and he knew that once the Federation flying team approached Dozru's front, the biggest secret of the battle, that is, the things of the Zeon MS troops, seemed to be completely revealed to a famous general like Tiam.

If Dozru didn't send MS troops and let the Federation fighters rage, it would make Thiam wonder why he would rather suffer heavy casualties than send MS to fight back.

It is naturally not a problem for Dozru to send MS troops to cooperate with warships to destroy the Union fighters, but Thiam is a person who has experienced the Battle of Britain, and he knows the size of the Zeon Army's MS troops, and he can see at a glance that the number of MSs here is suspicious.

In fact, even if the First Mobile Fleet launches a counter-charge, it is difficult to say how many Federation fighters it can attract the attention of the Federation, and it may even have no effect, isolating itself in vain.

But Spee's still gave this order, which was later evaluated by history books as 'looking at the whole picture, meaningless, only sacrificing in vain'.

For the officers and men of the First Mobile Fleet, Spee's order is equivalent to asking them to take the initiative to die, if they move with the battle line, even if the fighter unit of the Federation Army can rush into the battle line of the Zeon Army, the casualties that can be caused are limited, and the probability of survival is greater than that of dying in battle, but if it is a reverse charge, take the initiative to fight with the Federation's fighters, and the probability of dying in battle with only a few warships will be greatly increased.

It can even be said that it is certain to die.

Then the 1st Mobile Fleet began to turn.

They were full of a sense of responsibility and mission, believing that this task could only be accomplished by their glorious vanguard 1st Mobile Fleet, not because they did not cherish their lives, but because they resolutely violated the military order after understanding the almost certain death.

There is no doubt that at this moment their hearts are filled with pure patriotic fervor, they are convinced that their actions are protecting their homeland, and they are even willing to sacrifice their lives and die generously for this.

Because of this, it is sad that they have been deceived by the Zeon regime and are going to die meaninglessly at this moment.

The people of the universe are undoubtedly oppressed by the Earth Federation, and their rebellion is undoubtedly just, but this pure prayer for a better life has become a tool for a very small number of people to realize their ambitions, maintain their rule, and even simply satisfy their own distorted wishes.

It's particularly sad.

When he realized that Spee's fleet was not moving with them, but was charging in the opposite direction, Dozru thought for a moment that Spee had surrendered, but his sanity told him that it was impossible, and immediately realized what Spee wanted to do.

His heart was suddenly filled with shame, and he subconsciously wanted to order Spee to sail back, but in the end he remained silent and did not say a word.

Because Spee's actions may indeed play a role, the key to this battle is to make it impossible for the Federation Army to judge what the Zeon MS forces are doing.

In order to achieve this, Spee can be sacrificed.

Having his subordinates launch a suicide attack to save themselves, and misunderstanding (albeit only for a moment) their integrity and awareness, Dozru suddenly felt ashamed.

He clung to the metal railing of the command seat, his huge eyes widened, watching his subordinates die in anger, he didn't even notice how much force he used, and the force he used unintentionally even made the aluminum alloy railing completely deformed.

In this way, Spee's fleet embarked on a death journey with its own fleet.

The first to sink was the Msey-class fast cruiser Dresden.

The Dresden, the only ship in history to escape the Falkland fiasco, has become the first battleship to sink at this moment, and I don't know if it was a joke of history or simply the malice of the creator.

This was followed by the Msey-class fast cruiser Nuremberg.

By the time the First Mobile Fleet and the Federation fighter group were separated, only his ship, the Gneisenau, was left alive.

However, the reason why the Gneisenau survived was not because of how strong its combat effectiveness was, but because the Federation fighters did not focus on it.

The bulky Chibe class is by no means as light and agile as the Msey, and its old design makes its combat lackluster, but its strange front and rear turret design makes it the only battleship in the First Mobile Fleet that is also capable of fighting in the rear hemisphere, and this laughable reason has become the direct reason for the survival of the Gneisenau, because the fighter force of the Federation Army, compared to the Gneisenau, which can still resist a little, has preferred to sink the other Mseisenau.

But even so, Gneisenau has completely lost its combat effectiveness, not so much as "not sinking", but "not sinking" to be accurate, the turrets in the front and rear have been damaged, only a few anti-aircraft guns are still operating, and the main thruster has also been shut down, and now only one secondary thruster remains, and a small number of attitude control nozzles can operate normally.

Is this the end? Spee's face was covered in blood, and the impact of the battle had left him with a wound in the head, leaving a shallow gap, but he didn't have time to care about it at the moment.

Some of the FF-4 Torrias fighters, which had lost their wire-guided missiles in the attack on the First Mobile Fleet, began to return home, believing that it was Miranda's airport based on them.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, the airport is located right next to the Gneisenau.

Before you know it, you've already broken through so far.

Looking at the airport that was full of fighter jets, Spee gave his final order, which was found from the black box of the Gneisenau after the battle.

"To all the survivors of this ship."

Voices came from the horns throughout the ship, and in the background, there were terrible sirens, flashing dangerous red lights, and the corpses of the various crew members, and only a handful of people still lived to hear Spee's last words.

They look at the source of the sound and spend the last days of their lives.

"Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for walking me here," Spee said into the communicator, and at his hand was the corpse of the signal soldier, "to be your commander is the proudest thing in my life. ”

"Now let's carry out the glory to the end and do the last thing for our motherland."

"This ship is no longer salvageable, and next, we will ram the Miranda air port."

"May the blessings of the motherland be with us, and the Principality of Zeon will be glorious forever."

"End of call."

This was the last voice of the Gneisenau, and then, the large battleship plunged headlong into Miranda's airport, and then the explosion caused by the overloaded reactor almost destroyed the airport, and buried more than a dozen Torrias fighters who were receiving supplies, as well as thousands of logistics personnel of the Federal Space Force, but the damage it caused was much more than that, because of this trauma, Miranda cracked and peeled off along the outer wall of the airport, In the next few hours, a huge hole with a radius of more than 1 kilometer was formed, and the SIDE5 people gathered on this outer wall, and the innocent people who were then swept away by the vacuum convection outside the hole, it is estimated that more than 10 million people.

This was the largest trauma suffered by SIDE5 since the start of the war, and for this reason, the 1st Mobile Fleet on the Zeon side was completely wiped out, except for the former flagship Scharnhorst.

However, as later generations commented, the result of the blood paid by Spee and his fleet was 'meaningless and a sacrifice in vain'.

The fighter unit of the Federation Army, after paying a certain sacrifice and being slightly delayed, still rushed into the battle line of the Zeon Army, and was forced to helpless, Dozru could only order his MS troops to attack, he hoped that Tiam would not notice the problem of the number of his MS troops, but the reality is not a novel, and when it comes to the end of the blindness, unreasonable negligence will never happen.

What's more, Thiam originally deliberately let the fighter unit attack in order to confirm the condition of the MS unit of the Zeon Army, and the Federation fighter unit participating in the assault was jointly killed by the Zeon warship and the MS, and only a few high-speed Swordfish heavy fighters were recovered by the air carriers of the Thiam fleet after leaving the combat area.

After paying such a terrible price, it was impossible for Thiam not to notice the unreasonably small number of Zeon MS troops.

Then he quickly reacted to what was going on, he suddenly felt cold, he could guess the general plan of the Zeon Army, and he could also guess that the main force of the Zeon Army should be on the moon, because it was the only stronghold near Rum where a large number of troops could be hidden, but he did not know where the Zeon Army was preparing to carry out a surprise attack, and on the battlefield full of Minovsky particles, he had no way of knowing whether Reybier's main force had been attacked.

If His Excellency Rebil is not attacked, he must be informed immediately.

He could only immediately order: "Hurry up and send a shuttle to inform Your Excellency Rebil, just say that the direction of Rum is not the main direction of attack of the Zeon Army, the main force of the Zeon Army is likely to be near the moon, Your Excellency may be the real target of the Zeon Army, please be careful!" ”

After saying that, the federal herald who received the order quickly boarded the shuttle and rushed towards the moon, while Thiam sat back in his commanding seat, but his instinct as a famous general made him constantly start to think about various situations.

If you have been attacked, should you be rescued from here? Even if you have to suffer heavy losses, you have to get out of this already meaningless battlefield.

If you have been attacked, but have already won, then you should stay where you are, entangle the Zeon fleet, and create the conditions for total annihilation.

But if you have been defeated。。。。。。 That's too bad, we have to evacuate quickly, the Federation that has lost the main combined fleet, at least to ensure a fleet that is enough to protect itself, it is not enough to rely on the remaining Fifth and Sixth Fleets, the Third Fleet must also be preserved as much as possible.

Hopefully, the worst hasn't happened yet。。。。。。 No, you can only trust Lord Rebir completely.

It must be fine, he's Abraham Rebil.

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Note 1: The AH-17 Feifei air-cushion attack aircraft is also one of the many strange weapons in the original book, all of which are armed with only two 5-pack missile launchers, and it is said to have been widely acclaimed, and it is still in service until the Battle of Gripps。。。。。。