Chapter Ninety-Six: Dark Clouds I

At the beginning of the war, when the Free Alliance failed to quickly take over the central galaxy, the scales of victory and defeat were already tilted towards the Yanhuang Federation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is just a passive federation in the early stages of the war, and it will still take a difficult process to achieve victory.

On the battlefield in the Quiet Lands, the 104th Fleet of the Federation Navy, led by their commander, poured fire on the enemy four light-seconds away. After the collapse of the two internal battlefields of the USS Federation and the Fortress, the Free Alliance Mothership Group also began to retreat into deep space.

"Admiral Feng Yiwu proposed to pursue, what do you think?" Fang Xue's communication from Feng Qingyin was connected to Lu Lu's communication because of priority at the moment when the battlefield situation changed. It's just that at this time, Lu Lu was watching the artillery performance of the 104th Fleet with most of his staff.

"At the limit of the effective range of the main gun, it also has a hit rate of nearly forty percent, and such a fleet is only a sub-fleet of the First Fleet, just thinking about it is really a nightmare."

Although the First Fleet is always nicknamed "asphalt road" within the Federal Navy, as the main fleet in the defense of the capital area, the First Fleet sitting in the central galaxy cannot really be just a spectacle. And judging from the battle report shared by the Flying Flight, the performance of the 104th Fleet is quite eye-catching in the entire cluster.

Although it was a tone of appreciation for his juniors, looking at the group of idle people on the side of the Federation watching the lively situation, Feng Qingyin didn't feel honored at all.

"Hats off, Commander." Lu Lu was the first to notice Feng Qingyin's almost iron-blue face, and out of a little weak thought, he quickly got up from his seat and saluted the other party.

Feng Qingyin looked a little helpless, and asked again while raising his hand to return the salute: "Feng Yiwu wants to pursue the remnants of the enemy, what is your opinion?" ”

"The enemy retreated, but did not fall into chaos. This kind of information is all too obvious. If we take into account our material reserves, such a symbolic pursuit is really unnecessary. Feng Yiwu was probably thinking about whether to make a tactical deception choice. When Lu Lu said this, he glanced at the battlefield situation map again, and a wry smile appeared on his face. Forget it, we have to reserve some spare strength until the Seventh Fleet is back in combat. ”

Will it take time for the special service fleet to run in? Feng Qingyin didn't know what kind of considerations Lu Lu was out of, so he objected to Feng Yiwu's opinion. But the Special Forces did show some sluggishness in this battle.

"I think so, then the 104th Fleet will be recalled." When Feng Qingyin and Lu Lu agreed on the same opinion, Feng Yiwu did not even have a chance to object.

And so the invasion of the Freedom Alliance came to an end. The Federation Navy recalled the pursuing fleet, and the Liberty forces made a decisive intragalactic jump after a vigilant retreat.

However, before the Allied forces were completely out of the line of sight of the Federation Navy, the most elite electronic ship under Feng Qingyin's command stepped forward and released the probe. However, the Freedom Confederate forces are also quite experienced commanders, and they quickly notice these little things floating in the universe.

"Tsk, it's been discovered." The technical staff in charge of gathering information lamented it very much. Although probes are inexpensive and easy to manufacture, they are also very fragile, and the shocks caused by the jump of any level of ship in the universe can have devastating results.

As a result, even if the Confederates discovered that the Union Navy had released the probes, they did not pay attention, after all, the signals from the probes did not have time to pass through the jump zone of effect before they jumped. So when the Seventh Fleet's electronic ships released probes, they didn't expect these probes to bring much information.

But this time, the storm rolling up on the surface of the star did Yan Huang a small favor, and at the moment when the figure of the Allied Forces disappeared into the universe, a message was received on the receiver of the electronic ship.

"......" The captain, who was just a captain, looked at the signal light in his hand and froze for a moment. Then he patted his thigh and stood up, very excited: "Will, forward the information received to the flagship." ”

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After the Free Alliance raid ended, a brief ceasefire began between the two sides in the Gillesis space. It was only from that moment that the small ships of both sides launched the fiercest battle in this galaxy. The flames of war entered the galaxy from the outer part of the star's gravitational zone, and neither the meteor swarm nor the large planets could escape the flames.

From the beginning to the end of this kind of reconnaissance battle, which would hardly rise to the confrontation of the Grand Fleet, all Lu Lu and Feng Qingyin could receive was a GIF of the strategic situation that had been carefully verified by the staff team, and the numbers that changed on the screen after each scheduled report.

Falcon pinched the electronic board and read the contents of the report with a serious face: "In the past two hours, there have been 39 firefights, and our side has invested 41 frigates, lost 12 of them, and destroyed 20 enemy ships. We still have the advantage in basic tactics, but there have been reports that the enemy is becoming more and more difficult to deal with as the number of battles increases. ”

"With an increase in experience, the enemy's combat effectiveness will certainly increase. Looking at the Eastern Theater of Operations, which has been fighting with us in the Central System for more than a year, it can eat one of our fleets with only three times the number of troops. But the group in front of us, twice the superior forces, can't even get a tie. Lu Lu rolled his eyes unceremoniously. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many enemies and his side was not fully prepared, he really wanted to crush the enemy while he was still in infancy.

"Well, in fact, the most important thing is to find the enemy." Lu Lu said regretfully.

Unlike the Federation Navy, which needed to defend this important stargate, the location of the Freedom Alliance, a powerful attacker, was constantly changing. Despite the efforts of the intelligence officers, until now, they have only missed twice.

"If the frontal means on the battlefield can't get enough information, then you have to try it from another direction." Hayabusa said this, not because he was dissatisfied with the people of the reconnaissance fleet, but because this kind of thing is common, and besides, the collection and analysis of such related information is one of the responsibilities of the Federal Intelligence Department.

Lu Lu actually thought about this, but although the Federal Intelligence Department sent a lot of information, this information was complicated, and some of it even contradicted itself. Trying to find the right one from this large pile of information is like looking for a needle in a haystack. And the "needle" caught just came in handy, so the odds ......

However, since Hayabusa took the initiative to mention this, Lu Lu was still looking forward to the good news.

"Experts from the Analytical Directorate of the Ministry of Intelligence counted the supplies that the Freedom Alliance had transferred to the front line over the past two months. I guess I found good news. ”

"The enemy's replenishment is one step slower than ours." Lu Lu took the message from the Ministry of Intelligence and carefully marked the star map.

"Our supply lines are nine hundred and twenty standard voyages long, and the Freedom Alliance's is theoretically close to a thousand. Given the differences in logistical scheduling, if the 24th Fleet can interfere with their two nodes in Jussefer and Fossengorin, we will have a logistical advantage next month. ”

"However, the difficulty is too great, the 15th Fleet, which is good at guerrilla warfare, has been completely annihilated, and the 24th Fleet is only an auxiliary, and it is impossible for them to complete such a long-distance mission." Lu Lu's chief of staff reminded his boss very helplessly. "Besides, considering the personality of the other commander, if the logistical supply is reduced, he should immediately withdraw from the Gillesis Star Field with the fleet."

The command system of the Allied forces was quite chaotic, so chaotic that although Lu Lu had fought with the other party in the Gillesis Star Domain for more than two months, he still couldn't figure out how the command system composed of the other party's twelve senior officials worked. This is especially true of their performance on the battlefield, where their command styles and fighting styles are always changing, and they are changing for the worse.

The Confederate forces tend to collapse when it is impossible to collapse, and the unprepared Union Navy does not even have time to catch up. The Freedom Confederates sometimes attacked the Union Navy on a whim from the top, and attacks that were completely inconsistent with military doctrine cost the Confederates dearly and prevented the Union Navy from getting enough rest.

This varied and complex behavior is, in a sense, a "strategic" success of the Liberal Alliance. It was the success of the stalemate between the "amateur" mercenaries and the "professional" soldiers on the battlefield for almost two years.

It cannot be said that those people do not understand war, much less that they are incompetent and stupid, and although they should be court-martialed criminals in the eyes of the Union Navy, they are indeed the most suitable commanders of the army under the loose system of the Liberal League.

"Ahh......h The allies, who lost more and won less, still have the upper hand, how do I think something is wrong. ”

"The Confederate Army of the South was tougher than expected, but the advantage they had was exactly what we needed to get it done." Hayabusa calmly told the truth.

It's embarrassing, but it's true. The eastern battlefield has gathered nearly a million troops on both sides, and both sides are still doing their best to send troops to that battlefield. In order to maintain its superiority in the eastern theater, the Federation, which lost the initiative at the beginning of the war, even did not hesitate to use the Gillesis cluster as a decoy.

It was precisely because of the realization of the cruelty of this task that Feng Qingyin felt deep pressure. This general, who is as cunning as a fox on the battlefield, can face all hardships and dangers, but the only thing he can't face is the doubtful but still trusting eyes of his subordinates.

"At this time, our logistics are not broken, and the work of the Seventh Fleet in Gillesis is very fruitful." Lu Lu pressed his face to the table, although he looked a little tired, he did not forget to use his hand to pluck the scepter placed on the table, so that the scepter, which symbolized authority, kept rolling on the table. (To be continued.) )