Chapter 39: Operation Scorpio
September 2, 3142 A.D. 3:34 a.m. LHG Fleet Headquarters Rising Sun Space Station
In the golden and ornate hall, nine collar badges engraved with cornflowers, officers with several gold stars on their shoulders and a man in a normal suit sat in a circle around a round table, the dust in the ashtray had piled up, and everyone's face was not very good-looking.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let's put an end to the mutual conflict for the time being, whose intelligence department has made a mistake and it is not too late to repel the Zerg's attack. The top priority at the moment is to determine a set of combat plans to counterattack the enemy back with the least possible cost. After a long silence, the middle-aged man in a suit finally spoke.
"Let me first state that until the specific intentions of the Zerg are determined, our O Alliance fleet will not support other fleets, and I have reached a consensus with my chief of staff on this point." The officer with a thick beard under his nose and five gold stars on his shoulders, but the one in the middle was replaced by the sun, and yes, this was the commander-in-chief of the O Fleet and the father of the most gifted young man in mankind - Marshal Taylor.
"Our fleet of country Z is also unable to help you, the battle ten years ago has greatly damaged the vitality of my fleet, and the strength recovered so far is less than seventy-five percent of that of ten years ago. At present, it is already difficult to carry the ferocious attack of the Zerg, let alone allocate a part of the fleet to support other places. Marshal Tang Kecheng followed and said, no one objected to these words, when the Z fleet was in trouble, the other fleets did not reinforce it at the first time, resulting in heavy losses for the Z fleet, if it were not for the Z country fleet desperately resisting the large forces of the Zerg, I am afraid that the entire human defense line would have completely collapsed. Therefore, at this time, the commanders of the fleets of countries M and E also had to secretly approve of Marshal Tang Kecheng's approach, since you didn't support me at the beginning, then I can also not support you today.
"We, the fleet of country M and the fleet of country E, have drawn up a set of preliminary plans, and I will inform you first." Marshal Edward, the commander of the fleet of country M, clicked on the holographic imager on the table, and the standard military star map appeared on the table, which was tens of thousands of grades higher than Yang Jingzhong's extremely crude map, and the defense strength of each galaxy, the operation of the star gate, and the size and location of the reserve force were all clearly marked.
"Our two fleets are ready not to reinforce the front line, concentrate the reserves on the left flank of the fleet of country E and the right flank of the fleet of country M, break through the defense line as much as possible, surround the control area of the zerg, meet in the rear of the zerg, and eat all this force."
"But have you ever thought about it, if the Zerg are not ready to attack the positions of the O Fleet fleet, but just wait for us to take the initiative to attack them, and then surround and annihilate our attacking forces. If so, what then? Tang Kecheng snuffed out the butt of his cigarette and said worriedly, this kind of tactical swarm has not been used, ten years ago, the fleet of country Z suffered heavy losses because of this tactic, and now it is absolutely impossible to let history repeat itself.
"Our reconnaissance ship has done reconnaissance in the rear of the Zerg, and has not found a large-scale force of the Zerg, nor has it found any signs of space centipedes, so, after the discussion of the General Staff, the Zerg is likely to feint to attack the jurisdiction of our three fleets this time, and the real main force is preparing to attack the O Alliance fleet. As long as we lightning-fast penetrate the Zerg's feint forces, they will naturally be in chaos, and the danger of the O Alliance fleet will naturally disappear at that time. ”
"Edward, you wait first," Marshal Taylor interrupted Edward's words: "The news given by my intelligence department is that the Zerg-controlled area opposite my O Alliance fleet has not changed in quantity, and the space centipede is nowhere to be seen. I think it's very likely that the Zerg used stealth units, but whether the real target is our O Alliance fleet or not is still up for debate. Standing still should be the best option at this point. ”
"But we can't sit still, can we? When the Zerg take the initiative, it will be too late, so it is better to give it a go. As long as we eat two-thirds of the current attacking force of the Zerg, even if the enemy's main target is our fleet of E and M, we can detect the enemy's defense density in time, so as to withdraw the attacking force first. At that time, your Allied fleet will mobilize reserves to come to the rescue, and I believe that the total losses will be far less than the losses of our passive defense. "Marshal Rokosov, commander of the fleet of country E, was so loud that the whole hall was almost trembling, and with a hot temper, if it weren't for the chief of staff desperately blocking on the side, he could even slap the table and point at other people's noses and scold his mother." As long as we do something, it's definitely worth it more than we have a useless bullshit meeting here. ”
"Alright, alright, don't be impatient. It's really useless to lose your temper here, I think it's okay," the speaker opened his special microbrain, and after entering something, the star map above the table immediately changed, "The five fleets in the LHG fleet in my hand are still combat-effective, and they are basically fully manned, so I will first transfer the three fleets of RB, HG, YD from them to the place where the control area of your fleet of country M and country E is bordered, in case the main direction of attack of the Zerg is your two large fleets, Then the command of these three fleets will be entrusted to you two marshals. In this way, your fleets of country M and country E can be free to fight, and even if the Zerg are targeting you, you can still have reserve forces to cover the retreat of the attacking forces. As for the O Fleet, it is still holding its forces and ensuring the stability of the defense line as much as possible. ”
"That's the best way to go."
As soon as the speaker's words were finished, they were immediately accepted by the commanders and chiefs of staff, anyway, it is impossible for the Zerg to fight near the solar system at present, rather than letting the general reserve stay in the solar system, it is better to send a part of it to the front line to resist the pressure.
"Since everyone agrees, let's refine the battle plan and determine the time."
"Wait! The situation has changed! ”
Before the Speaker could finish speaking, a blue figure appeared in front of Marshal Taylor.
"Armas, what's going on?" The words were abruptly interrupted. The speaker was very unhappy in his heart, but there was nothing he could do, according to the military law, the microbrain of the general fleet level has the same status as the marshal and the chief of the general staff, and has the right to interrupt the speaker's words.
"There has been a drastic change on the front line, and the Zerg have begun to attack the defense line of our O Alliance fleet."
"What?!" Everyone present craned their necks almost at the same time, their eyes wide with shock.
Armas ignored the reaction of the chiefs, and continued to quickly show all the battle conditions on the star map, "Our fleet of country Y and country D are encircled, and there is no way to get in touch with them because of the strong electromagnetic interference. The LSB and BLS fleets suffered heavy losses and are now in retreat. I expect the Zerg to target the Chad system, where the headquarters of our Allied fleet is located. ”
The marshals frowned more and more, they didn't expect the Zerg's attacking force to open their mouths, wanting to annihilate the entire O Alliance fleet in one fell swoop, this is not as simple as shaking the defense line, once the O Alliance fleet is annihilated, the southern front of the entire human control area will completely collapse, and the solar system will also be directly threatened by the Zerg.
"Don't panic, everyone, the situation may not be as bad as we imagined," Marshal Tang Kecheng was the first to calm down, "The fleet of country Y and country D are just surrounded, and their own strong strength and relying on the defense facilities in the star system, they will not be completely wiped out so quickly." The top priority at the moment is to immediately transfer troops to reinforce the O Fleet, and it is not enough to simply transfer troops from the LHG Fleet, and I think that M and E countries can launch a counteroffensive appropriately, but they must be transferred from a part of the attacking forces to reinforce the O Fleet. As long as the front line of my Z fleet is stabilized, the reserves will go to reinforce it. ”
"Marshal Tang Kecheng is right. Armas ordered the three fleets of country F, BL, and HL to attack the left flank of the Zerg and get in touch with the fleet of country D as much as possible, and the three fleets of YDL, XBY, and NW to attack the left flank also asked to get in touch with the advance team of country Y. The reserve AEL, JK, BJLY, and LMNY fleets will build a line of defense on the front line of Atlantes, Leidse, and Achetes, and resist me as much as possible. The rest of the fleet will stay put, just defend their own system. Marshal Taylor also recovered from the shock, and as one order after another was issued, the fleet that received the task took action as soon as possible, even if the provincial fleet commander was still resting, the fleet microbrain would firmly carry out the orders of the superiors.
"Hmph, Marshal Taylor, I see that the outpost early warning radar of your O Alliance fleet needs to be checked, why didn't the alarm be triggered when the Zerg army arrived? That's a pretty serious mistake. Marshal Rokosov snorted coldly, and the attack opportunity he had won so hard was lost in vain, which made him quite unhappy. What's more, he really can't understand the fact that the O Alliance Fleet was caught off guard, could it be that the radar units and intelligence departments of the O Alliance Fleet are all-eaters? The Zerg transferred on such a large scale without even finding a single clue, and they didn't take action until everyone put their hands into the defensive line, and if he was the Speaker, he would definitely send Marshal Taylor to a military tribunal directly.
"Alright, Marshal Rokossov, instead of arguing about this kind of thing that should be checked after the battle is over, it is better to hurry back to the headquarters and deploy the next move." The speaker stood up and straightened his clothes, and the marshal and chief of staff also stood up, "According to Marshal Tang Kecheng's proposal, the counterattack plan of the fleets of countries M and E will remain unchanged, and one-third of the fleets from the attacking force will be transferred to reinforce the O alliance fleet, and my LHG fleet will also do everything possible to provide support." We hope that everyone will work together to minimize civilian and military casualties. The action plan is code-named, Operation Scorpio. ”
"Yes!"
September 3 at 6:40 a.m
"Peng!"
Yang Jingzhong and Xing Bingyan, who were awakened by the sound of the explosion, looked in horror at the three "terrorists" who were armed to the teeth and wearing hoods.
Sleepy-eyed glanced at each other.
"Are they terrorists?"
"It should be."
"But it's a military academy here, how can there be terrorists breaking in?"
"I don't know what he's meowing, but these two people are obviously terrorists, okay? Maybe the school was hacked while we were sleeping! ”
"Damn! So can we run or not? ”
"Isn't this nonsense? If you don't run, are you going to stay here for the New Year? I'm counting three, two, one, you're on the left and I'm on the right, run quickly, don't look back! ”
(The above is the result of eye contact between the two, not a word is spoken)
The two gave each other a thumbs up behind their backs, and after confirming the time synchronization, they began to count down silently in their minds.
"Which of the two of you is Yang Jingzhong?" Just as the two were fighting each other's inner drama, the "terrorist" in the middle spoke.
"He, he is!" Xing Bingyan immediately jumped up and pointed at Yang Jingzhong, so fast that not only Yang Jingzhong didn't react, but several "terrorists" were also dumbfounded.
"I can go to your uncle's Xing Bingyan! You betrayed me! Hmmm......"
Yang Jingzhong, who came back to his senses, was just about to scold, when a black cover covered his entire head.
"Good boy, we've found you."