Chapter XXXIV: The Commander's Task

However, such a loss is very small for Mo Ran's warship, and the loss of the space-class battleship is a headache for Mo Ran. "Why didn't Ye Hua encounter a situation like mine when he was engaged in such a battle?" Mo Ran secretly thought that in the few battles provided by General Rui Laya for Ye Hua, Mo Ran did not notice that Ye Hua was troubled by the problem of the landing of the undead clan.

"Our side lost two space-class battleships, three lightly damaged, sixteen battleships, twenty-one seriously damaged, twelve lightly damaged, and one hundred and ten destroyers,......" As the battlefield was cleaned up, Wanliu also whispered about the loss of the fleet. The enemy fleet was completely annihilated. But a small amount of fighting continued, and some of the ships contained remnants of the undead. ”

Listening to Wanliu's report, Mo Ran's heart was gloomy, this battle had cost him almost half of his fleet, and it was still when he had two auxiliary ships. If the two sides have equal strength, then it is difficult to say who wins and who loses in the end. Thinking of this, Mo Ran couldn't help but take a deep breath, in the past, in the simulated battle, he didn't have to think about so many trivial things, just destroy the enemy's battleship. But when he faced the undead fleet, he found that there were too many problems for him to face. Now he also understands why simulated combat cannot be popularized in such a battlefield.

"Let the fleet finish the rest of the finishing work, and then let's go back to District Ninety-two first!" Mo Ran said softly, today's loss is a bit big. He just hopes that what he did was not wrong. The battle must end in a short period of time, and if the supporting fleet is known to the undead, there will inevitably be no flaws for the undead to know. Thinking of this, Mo Ran looked at the fleets that were rushing in the distance, almost none of the fleets were integrated, and there were even a few warships dragging rescue ships on the edge of the battlefield. If such a situation was seen by the undead, he didn't dare to think about what would happen to the Sixth Star Region in the future.

This is a battlefield, not a game. The undead would never let them go if they had the chance.

When the fleet was in order, Mo Ran also reported the battle situation to General Kun. "General, my fleet has suffered some heavy losses and needs to be repaired." After the report was over, Mo Ran whispered. "The casualties are also a bit large, and I hope to be able to provide some supplies." He was not very worried about the problem of warships, with the help of Admiral Releia and General Kun, his fleet could be replenished with the highest priority, but the personnel problem was not so easy to solve.

"Allow repairs, I will send the resources you need to District Ninety-two, this time has been hard for you." General Kun said with a smile. In fact, there are not many tasks assigned to Mo Ran by Kun. It's just that because Mo Ran is still nominally a subordinate of General Ruilaiya, he doesn't dare to give him a heavy task. Now that the battle here was over, General Kun couldn't help but think about the issues they had discussed before. "I've already thought about the way you said, how sure are you of such an action?" General Kun asked. Since Ye Hua made many people pay attention to humans like him in the Fifth Star Zone, General Kun also paid a little attention to Mo Ran, and after this battle, Mo Ran's command ability also made him feel satisfied. Although the losses were somewhat large, there was nothing to criticize about the command and the battles in the two battles.

"I don't know." There is no complete certainty, the situation is not as good as before, and Mo Ran is not completely sure that he can annihilate a fleet-class battleship formation of the undead clan in a short period of time, and theoretically, it only takes half an hour for the fleet supported by the undead clan to arrive at the earliest. Even if it's a hand-to-face battle like Fang Cai, it takes time to complete. Using Black Hole Bombs and Gravity Bombs in Undead territory is useless, wastes a lot of time, and will not be able to annihilate the Undead fleet.

"So how many fleets can give you confidence?" General Kun hesitated for a moment and asked in a deep voice. Obviously, he was still considering the possibility of Mo Ran's plan.

"I've seen Commander Ye Hua's combat video, and he used three Yuanzhou-class battleship formations to get that kind of result. And I need to carry a fleet that is not in order. If I were to fight, I would need four fleets to be able to inflict heavy damage on the two Undead Voyage-class battleship formations before the third fleet could support them. "Mo Ran didn't say that it was all annihilated, that was basically impossible. The large number of destroyers and littoral ships cannot be dealt with in a short time, so he can only deal heavy damage. As for whether it will severely damage the core of the fleet or the entire undead fleet, no one can say. Ye Hua's combat methods could not be replicated on the undead clan.

The formation of four Yuanhang-class warships is not a small number, and even General Kun needs to be carefully measured. If this fleet can't annihilate the living force of the undead fleet in a short period of time, it may be very dangerous in the future.

"What if I provide you with six fleets?" General Kun said in a deep voice, and then looked at Mo Ran. "Giving you the command of six long-range warship formations, how far can you go?" Mo Ran was stunned, he himself couldn't believe that General Kun would say this. After all, the number of intact fleets in General Kun's hands may only be about twenty! Six ships are almost a quarter of the current fleet of the Sixth Sector.

Mo Ran couldn't help frowning. When he simulated it before, he had already tried to control four long-range warship formations at the same time, and at that time he was already a little struggling, and he didn't know if he could control six fleets by himself. "General Kun, I haven't tried to control so many fleets!" Mo Ran told the truth, after all, once decided, then he had to bear all the final results. Those voyage-class battleships are not bionic fleets, but fleets controlled by real Protosss personnel!

"Mo Ran, do you think a commander should be able to do anything?" General Kun asked him in a low voice, obviously Mo Ran still hadn't understood what he was supposed to do as a commander.

"Of course, it is the ability to control the entire fleet, as well as battlefield analysis, fleet management, personnel deployment, material distribution, ......" If you want to talk about what a commander should do, Mo Ran couldn't help but whisper. These are the things he learned when he simulated operations, and they are also the basis for mastering a fleet.

"That's what an astronaut-class battleship captain should be able to master. And as a commander of a Voyage-class battleship, you don't have to worry about that. General Kun shook his head slightly and said, obviously dissatisfied with Mo Ran's answer. Didn't you notice that the information you received during these two battles was very limited? Except when your Voyage-class battleship was damaged, the losses of other fleets were rarely reported, didn't you realize what a commander should do? ”

Mo Ran was not stupid, when General Kun said so much, he understood. The information during the battle was reduced only so that he had more time to think about the whole battle instead of wasting his energy on the little things. Previously, when he was in an Astronaut-class battleship, the lieutenant would also report to him the damage to each battleship, as well as the damage to the battleship itself. But when he stood in the Yuanzhou-class battleship, that information was gone, and even the damage to his own battleship was only reported to him after the battle. All he could get here was reports of the loss of battleships.

At first, he thought that this was because Wanliu was his lieutenant and might not be able to deal with so much information in a short time, but now it seems that these are not the reasons, but most of the problems will not be passed on to him at all, just to allow him to concentrate more energy and carry on the whole battle.

"As the commander of a Voyage-class battleship formation, what we need is your grasp and control of the entire war. You don't need to worry about trivial issues anymore. All you have to do is let your fleet complete the tasks you've been given. General Kun whispered. Otherwise, do you think that we, the generals, can control such a large fleet? When he said this, General Kun couldn't help but ask with a smile. War cannot be without death, what you need to do is to grasp the overall direction and go in a direction that is beneficial to you. The situation in the Sixth Sector is not good in itself, but I still have to continue to create some battles, which is to make it impossible for the undead to supply and assemble quietly. Now the Fifth Sector also knows this situation and moves. However, this is not the time when just thinking about it can solve the problem, and we are still at a disadvantage in most battles, but I believe that even if the Fifth and Seventh Sectors are lost, we in the Sixth Sector will be able to hold on here, unless the Undead are besieged on three sides. ”。

Facing General Kun's words, Mo Ran didn't know how to evaluate it, at least on the surface, the advantages of the undead clan were greater. However, in terms of energy resource reserves, the Sixth Star Region occupies a greater advantage. If it is really a long-term war, then the probability of winning the Sixth Sector in the end is still very high. After all, without sufficient energy and supplies, the undead warships would be no different from scrap metal.

However, if the energy of the undead reaches a certain warning value, no one dares to guarantee that the undead will not attack the sixth star zone at the last moment. Thinking of this, Mo Ran couldn't help but look at the battlefield in front of him. "Is it because the resources are starting to run out, and then the fleet is sent to directly investigate?" No one could tell Mo Ran the answer. No one knows if things will develop as General Kun imagined, or if the undead will finally make a desperate attempt to attack the Sixth Star Zone.