Before Li Quan could answer Shen Dan's question, the projected image had begun to be seriously distorted, and it was obvious that the signal had been interfered with.

Seeing this, Shen Shan was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, but there was nothing he could do, fortunately, the signal quickly returned to normal, and at this time, it was obvious that Li Quan had an extra bruise on his forehead, probably because he had been injured just now.

"Li Quan, say it quickly! What's going on? Shen Shan said urgently.

Li Quan panted and said, "General...... We...... surrounded...... Better...... A lot of mechs ......"

"Mecha?" Shen Shan was a little confused, how could the fleet in space be besieged by a large number of mechas? This doesn't make sense anyway, the rebels don't have a fleet at all, how can they let a large number of mechs watch the fleet?

At this time, the video signal was interfered again, and the video became intermittent, so I heard Li Quan say: "We ...... Loss...... Ground troops...... Damaged ......"

Shen Shan kept calling Li Quan, but the other party's video was already difficult to transmit, and the video call was cut off after a short time.

At this time, Shen Shan couldn't help but believe that the fleet left in Yueqiu was indeed attacked, and it was in a very dangerous situation, and it was very difficult to predict whether it could get out of the predicament in the end.

Originally, he was still very interested in applying for a list, but at this time, it was like being poured a basin of cold water from his head, and the whole person was immediately relieved.

At this time, the adjutant reminded Shen Dan: "General, this matter is very strange, where did the rebels come from? And it can besiege our fleet with a large number of mechas, which is unreasonable no matter how you think about it. ”

Shen Dan touched his chin and thought for a while, and said slowly: "Could it be that our intelligence is wrong, what did we miss?" ”

The adjutant said, "I'll have the information retrieved again to see if there's anything missing." ”

Shen Shan nodded, this is all they can do at present, and the adjutant immediately summoned intelligence officers at all levels after receiving the order, and used the computer to retrieval and sort out all the information.

After the adjutant left, Shen Shan summoned his staff to the conference room, and then told him what had happened in Yueqiu. The staff all looked at each other, and no one could figure out why such a strange thing had happened.

Shen Dan saw that everyone had no clue, so he had to say: "Now we don't have exact information, so we don't know the truth of the matter, but it's not important, now let's talk about it, what should we do next?" ”

The staff thought for a while, and then began to discuss one after another, Shen Shan was a little angry, and said in his heart: "At this time, they are still passing the buck to each other one by one, what a bunch of waste who eat idle food!" ”

Fortunately, there were still a few staff members who dared to speak, so one of them said: "General, I think that at this time we should immediately return to Yueqiu to rescue, no matter what, Yueqiu must not fall into the hands of the rebels again, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor will definitely blame him, and at that time our previous efforts will be in vain." ”

"No!" Someone immediately retorted: "It's too late to go back at this time, and it will take us at least 8 or 9 days to arrive, and what about Akahara?" Do you want to give up Akabara? ”

"Is Akabara important, or is Yueqiu important?"

"Although the leap hill is important, we can't come in vain this trip, the ground troops are still in the red plain, should we leave them alone?"

The louder the two men talked, and the others began to quarrel when they heard it, and the war conference room soon became a noisy vegetable market.

Shen Shan listened to the staff arguing endlessly, only to feel like his head was about to explode, and finally he couldn't bear to slap the table and scolded: "Enough! What kind of words is this! Don't forget who you are! ”

The conference room immediately fell silent, and the staff lowered their heads with shame on their faces.

Shen Shan scolded angrily: "Is it time to quarrel now? The enemy is still engaged in internal strife, so how can you solve the current problem? If you have anything to say, say it one by one, and others are not allowed to interject casually! ”

was scolded by Shen Dan, the staff didn't dare to speak, you look at each other, I look at you, the atmosphere became extremely depressing.

In the end, a staff member who had followed Shendan for many years said: "I don't think it's better to send a vanguard back first, investigate the situation clearly, and the main fleet will strive for a quick victory, take Chiyuan as soon as possible, and then return to Yueqiu quickly, what does the general think?" ”

Shen Shan thought for a moment, nodded and said, "At present, this is the only way to be better, so let's decide." ”

After speaking, Shen Shan stood up and walked out of the conference room without looking back, and he never wanted to see these staff members again.

A small force of about thirty ships quickly left the fleet and turned around and galloped towards Yueqiu, while the remaining main fleet rearranged and prepared for an air strike on Akahara.

Due to the change in the situation in Yueqiu, Shen Dan, who had lost patience, decided to abandon his previous plan and switch to a quick and decisive approach, directly attacking several cities in Chiyuan.

Shen Shan informed the ground troops to evacuate as soon as possible, and at the same time issued a warning to the city that an attack would be launched in 24 hours, and those who remained in the city at their own risk.

As soon as the warning was issued, several cities immediately became a pot of porridge, and people fled outside the city with the old and the young, and many of them were injured and killed as a result, but people had no choice, and if they did not leave, they would surely die.

At the same time, all kinds of robbers took advantage of the fire to smash shops and set fire to the city, which was about to be reduced to ruins before the air strikes arrived.

Disgruntled citizens filmed this scene and posted it on the Internet, which soon spread throughout the empire, and for a time various public opinions on the Internet condemned the 7th Fleet's practices.

But now he can't manage so much, and the scolding on the Internet won't let him do anything, and if he loses the battle, he will be in big trouble.

As soon as the time came, Shen Dan immediately ordered the attack to begin, and it took less than half an hour for the fleet to turn several cities in the Akabara into scorched earth.

The people who were hiding in the wilderness shed tears as they saw their homes in ruins, and their resentment towards Shen Dan and the empire increased.

This time, Shen Shan also specially instructed the fleet to destroy all kinds of space facilities in Chiyuan, so as not to make any more trouble among the rebels.

After doing this, Shen Shan didn't have time to deal with the aftermath and hurriedly returned with the fleet and rushed towards Yueqiu.

A week later, the 7th Fleet finally returned to the vicinity of Yueqiu, and the troops that had been sent earlier immediately sent someone to report.

"Report to the general, by the time we returned to Yueqiu, the battle was over, Colonel Li Quan's troops had suffered heavy losses, and the remnants of the fleet had to withdraw to the Icefield Star for rest. In addition, we have also extracted some data from battlefield satellites, and we have roughly understood what happened. Said the person in charge of the report.

Shen Shan asked with a cold face, "What about Li Quan?" Why didn't he come to see me? ”

"Colonel Li Quan is wounded, if the general wants to summon him......"

"Forget it, this matter will be dealt with later, and you continue to report." Shen Dan waved his hand and said.

"Through the extracted data, we analyzed and learned that the rebels launched a counterattack after the departure of our main fleet, and they gathered a lot of mecha to fight for the city with our ground forces, although Colonel Li Quan's troops had struck, but considering that our own troops were also on the ground, the blow was not large."

Hearing this, Shen Shan said angrily: "What a woman's kindness! ”

"And yet...... However, this was just a trick of the rebels in order to attract the attention of the fleet, and then the rebels took extraordinary measures to send the mecha into space with a large number of rockets, and launched an attack on our fleet with the mecha. ”

"How is this possible, relying on rockets to send mechs into space, how many rockets do you need. This kind of obsolete thing is still being made now? The adjutant couldn't take it anymore and couldn't help but interrupt the reporter.

In fact, Shen Shan also has such doubts, rockets are still used by people now, and if they use rockets, they will inevitably be intercepted by the fleet, how can they surround the fleet in turn?

However, the intelligence officer said: "This is a true thing, and the commanders will know it later when they watch the video." According to incomplete statistics, the rebels may have fired thousands of rockets at that time. ”

"Thousands of rockets?" Shen Dan and the adjutant were so shocked that they couldn't keep their mouths shut, such a number was too terrible to believe.

"Yes, there are indeed thousands, and although the fleet intercepted them, many of them still missed, so the fleet was surrounded by a large number of mechs." The intelligence officer said.

Hearing this, Shen Dan fell silent, if what the intelligence officer said was true, it would prove that the rebels' move was premeditated, otherwise it would be impossible to get so many rockets in a short time.

Although it is not difficult to make something as old as a rocket, to accumulate such a large quantity, it is by no means improvised and can only be premeditated.

Shen Dan said secretly: "If the rebels planned to do this from the beginning, then the previous defeat was probably the result of their deliberate weakness......

Thinking of this, Shen Dan broke out in a cold sweat, and a fear immediately hit his heart, his plan was seen through by the rebels from the beginning, and he was led by the nose by the enemy from beginning to end.

Using the strong advantage of the fleet to defeat the rebels and the local army in one fell swoop, this was Shendan's original plan, but he didn't expect the rebels to take advantage of this, making Shendan think that he had won an overwhelming victory, and then divided his troops to the Arazuki Star and the Red Plains Star, at which time the rebels launched a counterattack in one fell swoop.

At this time, Shen Shan felt that he was someone else's prey, and he was played by the rebels from beginning to end.

"Hell!" Thinking of the reason, Shen Shan angrily slapped the table.