Chapter 110: The Glory of Blood IX
In the gray-and-white fleet, there was a slightly different one, with stout communication transmitters arranged on her external armor. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info No doubt, that's Sebisto? Al's flagship, the Black Lightning. On the bridge of the Black Lightning, fair-skinned but strong-bodied Sebistos could be seen everywhere.
Sebisto is a tribal name of Mimatar, unlike the Bruts who have a strong body and are not good at fighting, but now that Mimatar is in full decline, the Sebisto people value the tradition of wisdom and knowledge, making them gradually become the main force in reviving the Mimatar Empire.
The Celebistos were everywhere in Arr's fleet, and it seemed to be taken for granted. Just as there must have been many, many dark-skinned Krusha's fleets in Antu.
"Well done, the fifth on the left is finished with mines, and the artillery bombardment will drag down the fleet that they are filling in." When Al saw the thousands of battleships in the vanguard of the Antu fleet that had come to support him successfully break through the minebelt of the Federation, he understood that the situation on the battlefield had taken a turn for the better. So the commander, who had received a formal military education, gave new instructions to his subordinates.
Few of Arr's staff officers were professionally trained, but with their large numbers, they still stumbled to deliver the refined orders to the commanders of the various sub-fleets of Aral's fleet within a time that Alr could tolerate. Then the staff officers of the commanders of the various detachments continued to stumble and refine until each battleship received an order, and half an hour was almost over.
To Al's special luck, the Federal Navy did not have the idea of forcibly filling the position, and after the forward fleet of the Antu fleet cleared the mine belt, the Antu fleet was also able to obtain a relatively stable jump point. Of course, this needs to ignore the threat of that empty area being flanked by the three fleets of the Federation Navy.
Before Antu's forward fleet barely managed to gain a foothold, Al found that the front of his formation was showing signs of collapse under enemy bombardment.
"The back column stepped forward and stabilized the formation. The first column was down. Al gave orders to his subordinates with a stomachache on his face. The rotation of formations is only a minor adjustment, not a very technical task. But Al can only do it himself, otherwise those staff officers who don't know whether they are really stupid or fake will definitely say, "I don't know what to do, please ask the commander for instructions."
When Al finally stabilized his formation, the situation on the battlefield changed again. Following the stabilization of the Antu Forward Fleet, the Antu Second and Third Fleets broke away at the same time, and then gathered to the right, and after trying to avoid the torpedo attacks of the Federation, they crashed headfirst into the minebelt that the Federations had already arranged.
"Left, left, left, fucking fools." Sebisto? Al knew that Antu had chosen the most suitable formation for the flanking attack, the kind that was figuratively called the "reverse triangle".
But Antu, who was in the jump, didn't know that the Federation people seemed to know his thoughts for a long time, and blocked every inverse triangle position in the jump area with a large number of machine mines in advance. The Antu fleet, which had arranged its formation according to the original plan, constantly drove into the dangerous minebelt amid the "farewell" of torpedo missiles.
"Bastard, Antu is an Alliance Admiral, and I am also an Alliance Admiral. Before the Bazel arrived, I was the highest-ranking man on the battlefield, and what could be wrong with the Black Lightning taking over command. "Al tried to take over the battered Antu fleet, but the bastards who had fought so badly that they only had factional struggles left in their minds and refused Al's command with great determination.
Sebisto? Al was on his own bridge, and seeing the chaos of the battle, he really wanted to jump over and command the second fleet. It's a pity that this is the Free Alliance, even if he hisses in the communication channel, the people of the Second Detachment of Antu can just not listen to him and still do their own thing.
The personal relationship is good, but the faction is still a faction, and Antu's subordinates will not obey Al's command because Al is Antu's friend. Even if he is the highest-ranking commander on the battlefield, different factions are different factions, and refusing to carry out Al's orders is the right thing to do.
This "listen to me, won't listen to you" performance reassured the Freedom League's top brass that at least they wouldn't be afraid of a rival army suddenly attacking their base camp and that they would have no power to resist. Nothing is more important than the lives of these big monopoly merchants.
As for how to win? Isn't it true that whoever has more guns wins with more ships......
If 100,000 is not enough, it will be 200,000, and if 200,000 is not enough, it will be 400,000, what is the consumption of resources, what we have is money.
At the top of the ranks of the Liberal League are a group of successful businessmen who have a strange but profound view of war, but at the same time they are at the most naïve level of fighting. They are creating armies from the point of view of merchants, and then they are fighting in a childish way. The worst thing is that the large territory lost by the Yanhuang Federation has completely overwhelmed the minds of the merchants.
In contrast to the Freedom Alliance's botched command struggle, there is still a competition for resources between factions within the Gillesis cluster. But as the commander, Feng Qingyin could still take command of the special service fleet from Falcon's hands with just one sentence.
Even if there are various emotions in the hearts of many officers of the special service fleet, as long as the special service fleet is in the formation of the Gillesis cluster for a day, as long as Feng Qingyin is still the commander of the Gillesis cluster, the special service fleet obeys her command to fight, it is the consensus of everyone.
Therefore, for the members of the Union Navy, the execution of orders has never been a matter of personal will. Whether there is life or death ahead, only the order is absolute. Although the soldiers of the Federation seem to interpret the word "obey orders" almost perfectly, it is only clear to Feng Qingyin that the people of the special fleet are not obeying their own orders, they are only obeying the orders of His Excellency the Commander of the Gillesis Cluster.
Although every soldier knows the phrase "a soldier's duty is to obey orders", no army can carry it out consistently. The Starship Army can't, the Emma Navy can't, and the Federation Navy can't. An army that only knows how to obey orders cannot guarantee victory, and soldiers who only know how to obey orders never have good results.
A subtle paradox haunts the army, and it haunts every soldier. Later, it was discovered that what sustains the combat effectiveness of the army is not unconditional obedience, but obedience to a fair rule.
Most of the rules that belong to the military are similar, such as terms such as obedience to commands. But there are subtle differences in the rules of the army, and the major empires in principle allow troops to surrender when they suffer more than seventy percent casualties. If you are a layman, you must think that such military regulations are so humane and how respectful they are for human rights.
In fact, the Galactic Empire is also allowed to surrender in more than seventy percent, provided that it loses its direct commander. The prerequisites for the Federation Navy are slightly different from those for the Starship Force, and the first three commanders in the command sequence are all dead. Although the Emma Navy also has a requirement that the commander is dead, the requirement is that the commander must be killed.
This provision of the Galactic Empire's Starship Army is almost aimed at the noble commanders within the Starship Army, and the fleet can surrender, but the surrender must occur after the death of the commander. This makes it necessary for the nobles who occupy the vast majority of commanderial positions to have certain abilities to avoid being killed by their own subordinates who are "greedy for life and afraid of death".
The conditions of the Yanhuang Federation are so harsh, only because of the morality of the Yanhuang people. In the traditional concept of the Yanhuang people, they are ashamed of surrendering and proud of dying in battle. There are far more cases of total destruction than surrender, whether it is the most recent surrender of the Federation Navy, or a border conflict between the Yanhuang Federation and the Galactic Empire more than two hundred years ago.
At that time, the battle had already ended with the total destruction of the Federation warships, so the logistics support fleet was under the strong onlookers of the starship army, and the only twenty remaining supply ships chose to surrender. The surrendered Yanhuang and the survivors rescued by the Starship Army were treated like heroes in the Galactic Empire, and were even released after the conflict was over.
Although in the eyes of the young Yan Huang people, the opponent of the Galactic Empire's Starship Army is a little weak, but a subtle fact is that when the Starship Army chooses to surrender, it is only because the opponent is the Federation Navy. When both sides are marked by the phoenix flag, the position of the soldiers always seems delicate.
Unlike the subtle tacit understanding between the descendants of the earth, the Emma Empire, which conquered the southern part of the universe, is a different style.
The military regulations of the Emma Navy clearly require that the Guard be with the flagship, and the fleet with the Guard. Assuming that a fleet of Emma's navy strictly enforces the rules, then when the casualties exceed seventy percent, the flagship guard and flagship must be the most intact part of combat effectiveness. Unless there is a situation such as the collapse of the ceiling of the flagship and the death of the hapless commander, the premise of the commander's death is almost unlikely.
The military system of the Freedom Alliance is completely different from that of the previous three countries, with large commercial monopolies in the country having their own military forces, and mercenaries active in various conflict scenes have rich experience in small-scale operations. A large number of mercenaries who occupy the middle and lower command positions of the Allied forces are best at protecting themselves, and the terms of surrender become the best excuse.
It can be used when retreating, when escaping, and even when collapsing, at least without surrendering, isn't it. But on tens of thousands of battlefields, the conventions and habits among mercenaries have created a serious conflict with military regulations that do not have enough credibility and deterrence.
Although the Free Confederates continued to triumph in battles with the Union Navy, the Confederate commanders on the battlefield had to struggle between disobedient subordinates and too obedient subordinates. (To be continued.) )