Ripaland, Provisional Presidential Palace. （

With a soft sound, two six-meter-high arched relief wooden doors were pushed open by the guards standing on either side.

Vice Admiral Markey, commander of Newton's local fleet, strode into the room.

Empty room with lots of light. Sunlight shines through the high windows, reflecting a few squares of gold on the snow-white walls. A whole piece of Kasmal cashmere carpet with white lines on a red background covers the entire room of 500 square meters.

On the other side of the carpet, President Flavio is standing quietly next to the filing cabinet.

"What did Fisichella say?" Flavio's voice echoed through the high dome.

"Mr. President." Malchi, who was already a little gray, walked up to Flavio, stood up and saluted, looked back at the closed door, and replied, "Fisicella, refuse to accept the advice of my command. ”

Flavio nodded. He was not surprised by such a result.

He snorted coldly, put the folder in his hand into the filing cabinet, turned around and walked to the sand, and while motioning for Malki to take a seat, he asked, "Doesn't he know our proposal, and at the same time, the opinion of the High Command of the Coalition Forces?" ”

"This. I'm afraid he understands it very well. "Malki takes off his military hat. sat down: "But." He had good reason to refuse to attack the Leray Central System. ”

"Tell me about it." Flavio gritted his teeth.

"The Supreme Command sent to the ground. It's operational guidance. Malki got straight to the point: "Let Fisichella attack the Leray Central System Hop Point." Contain the Central Star Field and the Bermuda West Covenant Alliance. Create conditions for the Fiyan Nineteenth Fleet to take control of the Salga Longbow system. It is not necessary to carry out combat orders. Fisichella is entirely free to decide whether or not to do it at her own discretion. ”

"He judges?" Flavio blew his beard and glared: "It's obvious. Is his judgment different from ours? ”

Marcki placed his hat on the sand armrest. Shaking his head, he said, "Judge my command." He didn't approve of it. He thinks. After the Royal Elephant Fleet of the Binalte Empire and the Fifth Fleet of the Desik Land arrived in the central star field of Lelei. Douglas holds the Longbow Galaxy's strategic plan. In fact, it is bankrupt. In a situation where the enemy is outnumbered. He opposed the inadequacy of the forces of the Southeastern Coalition. ”

"Rat-eyed!" Flavio snorted, "Did he think?" The 19th Fleet was annihilated. The Southeastern Main Passage returned to the hands of the West. Can we still defend Newton's jump point until the end of the war?! ”

"We probably can't." Malki said in a deep voice, "However, he can!" ”

Flavio was stunned for a moment, then understood, and his face suddenly turned blue.

Now, the forces of the Filipino Alliance in the southeast are to be concentrated in the Newton and Galileo systems of Leray, the Minor Pyrenees system of Gacharin, the Four-Nation Alliance of Knavel, and the Tatanian Liberty Alliance and the Puditok Federation, a region similar in shape to the Big Dipper.

Tatania and Puditok, since the beginning of the war, have been fighting against the Desik Empire. Although in terms of individual strength, these two members of the Filipino Alliance are not much stronger than the Leray Federation before the war, but they are not inferior to Desik.

Historically, Tatania and Puditok have been an inseparable whole. Although they are nominally two countries, economically, they have a zero-tariff policy with each other, and militarily, they have hundreds of joint military bases that research, manufacture and use the same weapons. In terms of education, their citizens are free to choose each other's schools. On the political side, their parties form alliances with each other and run in coalition elections.

What is the difference between two such countries and one country?!

Moreover, in terms of national strength and land area, although Desik can rank among the top ten major countries, this old empire has long lost the prestige of overthrowing the Nademik dynasty and dominating one side. Even in the Western Testament, many small and medium-sized empires did not look down on the Desik Empire. Their royal family, their nobles, and even their army all smell of decay in their bones.

In the Great Patriotic War of Leray, Desik once sent troops to the Gachalin Empire and the Lere Federation, but their huge fleet and army tossed for a long time, but in the end they returned with nothing.

Therefore, the most stable of the current southeast star fields are Tatania and Puditok.

After fighting for so long, the war was only on the border between the two countries and Desik. Even if Jeppen and Seuss disregarded the main southeastern shipping route and the Republic of Chakna and sent troops to cooperate with Desiq, it would be impossible to easily take these two members of the Filipino Alliance, who lived and died together.

As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces in the southeast theater of the Filipino League, Tatania and Puditok are the biggest reliance of Fisicella!

Moreover, in his hands, there is also the Clavill Quad Alliance!

The Four-Power Alliance of Knaville is the Republic of Knavel, the Republic of Nasai, the Republic of Bacella and the Republic of Tansla. These four countries, except for the Republic of Knavel, which is a little larger, have only two immigrant planets in total. One of them, Bachella and the Republic of Tansra, are on the same immigrant planet. In terms of military strength, these four countries together are only forty percent of the pre-war Le Ray Federation, however, they have two advantages, that is, this war has not affected them until now, and they have an interstellar passage to the Republic of Fiyan.

Although this channel is really far away, it takes about three to four months for a single boat to pass, and about half a year for a fleet to sail. However, this is a passage after all! At the critical moment, this passage is the retreat of the Filipino Alliance Expeditionary Force fleet led by Fisichella!

The Knevel Quad, the Tatanian Liberty Alliance, and the Puditok Confederation form a fairly solid iron triangle. With this Iron Triangle, Fisichella simply doesn't care about the Le Ray Federation, which has lost the central passage to Le Ray, has little strategic value, and has been torn apart.

The devastated Atlantis star field is just a frontier that he can abandon at any time.

Therefore, as a coalition commander who does not belong to the Southeast Star Field, but leads the military forces here, Fisichella's thinking is fundamentally different from that of Flavio. In his opinion, he still has enough strategic depth, and what he needs to ensure is the security of the military forces in his hands, not these galaxies

Hundreds of millions of people in the galaxy.

Now, Binalt's two Elephant-class royal fleets, the Fifth Fleet of Desik Land, have joined the Southeastern War.

Coupled with the Western Coalition forces originally stationed in Bermuda and the central star field of Leray, even if you don't count the three super fleets of Ejepon that can arrive in a week, the military strength of Western Covenant in this area is far higher than the strength in Fisichella's hands.

In Fisichella's opinion, Douglas's strategic attempt to hold the Longbow system had already been shattered when the Royal Fleet of Binarte arrived in the central field of Leray. By any measure, Douglas would not be Humphrey's opponent. If he were the one who led the Nineteenth Fleet, he would have chosen to leave the Longbow system and quickly head north to preserve his strength. Instead of wandering around the Longbow system, as a cover for the Chuckner battle.

He was not Douglas, he could not make decisions for the Nineteenth Fleet. However, he could hold the reins of the Southeast Alliance in his hand and let this army stop outside the jump point of the central galaxy of Lelei.

No one could make him change his decision, even if it was Fei Yang's own fleet in the Longbow system and the enemy. Even Douglas was his student. The war had just begun, and Fisichella didn't want to suffer a predictable defeat because of a bad decision!

Fisichella's calculations, Flavio is well aware. However, there is no power to change.

At present, Le Lei has only one star field and two galaxies, and the strength of the air and land forces, with a total of three fleets, fourteen armored divisions, and thirty-two fully mechanized infantry divisions. It sounds like a lot, but most of it is improvised patchwork. Even if there are weapons and equipment supported by various countries, the quality of personnel is far from being comparable with the army of Le Lei in the early days of the Great Patriotic War.

Now the main force of the Southeast Expeditionary Force is stationed in the jump point airspace between the Newton system and the central system of Leray, but Flavio will not doubt at all that as long as the West Expeditionary Force attacks in a big way, as long as the loss of the Southeast Expeditionary Force is a little too much for Fisichella to bear, he will abandon the Newton system and retreat to the Galileo system. Thus, the Newton galaxy was once again abandoned in the flames of war.

This is absolutely unbearable!

"Does the staff have a plan to come up with it?" Flavio walked around the room with his hands behind his back.

"The opinion of the General Staff is that the strategic shift should be implemented as soon as possible." Lieutenant General Marchey said solemnly: "If we wait until the situation we predict is born, I'm afraid it will be too late." ”

"Retreat to Garilo?" Flavio stood up and looked at Malki with a shocked expression: "Do you know that doing this will not only make the little morale of the people who have just recovered disappear, but also make Fisichella's retreat more justified?!" ”

"Your Excellency, we have no choice!" Malki lowered his head and said, "If we can't take precautions, we won't even be able to keep the Garrilei galaxy!" According to the local intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency, the Brody rebels are stepping up their build-up and mobilization. Obviously, their target will not be distant Salga or Chacna. The Desik's Fifth Fleet that arrived at the Leray Central Star Field, the two Seuss A-class fleets and the six Jeppen mixed fleets stationed in Bermuda and Dustar, as well as the three super fleets of Jeppen [Reflecting the Sun], [Thunder], and [Storm], which have already set off from Jeppen mainland and rushed to the Bermuda galaxy, are a boulder hanging above our heads."

Flavio looked pale at the electronic plane interstellar map hanging on the snow-white wall, and listened to Malki's mouth spit out the judgment he least wanted to hear: "The battle situation in the war is interconnected, once Chuckner cannot quickly win the Battle of Resque, once the Free Passage of Mars is occupied by the West and cut off the main southeast channel, once the Nineteenth Fleet of the Longbow System is annihilated This boulder, it will lose the rope that binds it and fall with a bang." ”

There was a dead silence in the room, and Flavio stood quietly in front of the interstellar plan, his forbidden frowns, deep wrinkles, and slightly rickety body made this hearty and heroic veteran seem to have aged ten years all of a sudden!

He slowly turned his head: "We still have hope, don't we?" ”

He pointed to the map: "What about Tian Xingjian?" Where is he and his bandits? Admiral Bernadotte, didn't they say they had already arrived in the Longbow Galaxy, and the Hidden Front Fleet, maybe, they would"

Flavio didn't say any more, and the look on Markie's face said it all.

Tian Xingjian led a motley army gathered from Mars, their warships, their military literacy, and the most elite Royal Elephant-class fleet in Binart, were simply worlds apart. Perhaps, a detachment of the Binalt Empire only needs one wave of attacks to completely defeat them!

And in the depths of the nebula in Bermuda, how could the Tibetan Front Fleet, which had been hidden for months, lost its understanding of the situation, lost its intelligence support, and even had almost consumed enough energy to supply it, risk losing the last of its force to hit the stone with an egg?!

Another great retreat from home, it seems, is already the only option.

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At the junction of the Republic of Fyan and the Republic of Chakna, there is a galaxy called Trickland.

This galaxy is only a small province of the Republic of Feiyang, except for a small planet with a population of less than 10 million and three resource planets that have been almost exhausted, perhaps the most noteworthy thing is the geographical location here. With six A-class interstellar hopping spots, the Triflan system connects not only the hinterland of the Republic of Fyan, but also an enclave of Chakna, Siljak, and the Republic of Lane.

Now, the immigrant star, known as Al-Aqsa, has become the base camp of the headquarters of the Filipino coalition forces. The base camp is located here, firstly, because the geographical location is suitable, and secondly, it is also the tradition of the Filipino League.

Al-Aqsa not only has more than 20 large military bases, more than 200 large and small space military ports, but also has a complete and reliable wartime command system established since 300 years ago, as well as reserve material warehouses all over the depths of the galaxy.

What's more, it has a fortress that is said to never be breached, that is, the Joint Command Headquarters

On the ground, the Al-Aqsa Space Fortress.

Among the human countries, except for Desik and Seuss, each with a small fortress, and the Ryan, Naga Federation, and the Jeppen Empire each with a medium-sized fortress, the other more than ten fortresses are in the hands of the Feiyang Republic and the Binalt Empire. This kind of super battle fortress that can be stationed in several super fleets, has a perfect defense system, and can move freely, in a sense, is a sign of each force.

A battleship slowly flew through the porthole, and before it could disappear in the light of the stars, another battleship passed through the window with the same speed and trajectory.

Inside the porthole, there was a noisy noise, with human voices, footsteps, and electronic sounds mixed together.

In the middle of the huge hexagonal hall high above the dome, a virtual screen sixty meters in diameter floated silently. The changing color image is like a miniature world. Underneath the light curtain is a giant central computer surrounded by three rings of consoles, inside and outside. Densely packed, soldiers in different uniforms of various countries rushed to and fro like ants. In mid-air, several suspension elevators take off and land from time to time, distributed on the platform halfway up the hexagonal wall, and the doors of rooms with different functions frequently open and close in front of the soldiers who come and go.

Perhaps the only thing that seemed quieter was the three-tiered curved platform near the almost unbelievably thick armor of the fortress's outer walls.

Hundreds of guards with loaded guns and ammunition guarded the three-story platform from top to bottom. Despite being in the same room, the quietness of the area contrasts sharply with the hustle and bustle of the surroundings. It was as if there was a transparent cover that separated the sides.

A staff officer with the rank of colonel walked briskly to the elevator, checked the identifier next to the expressionless guard on the identification card, and stood in a fixed area to receive the DNA instant collection and identification, before being allowed to board the elevator. After passing through the second level of guards and entering the door of the third level platform room, the same procedure and different types of tests were carried out twice.

When the white automatic alloy door opened and the colonel's staff officer flashed in, everyone's eyes in the room were focused on him.

"How?" Admiral McKinley, deputy chief of staff of the Feiyang Interstellar Navy and ninth on the list of famous generals, put down the electronic actuator in his hand and asked the colonel staff officer who walked through the door.

"Report to the General." The colonel's staff officer walked quickly to McKinley and saluted, and handed over an electronic folder: "This is the latest battle report I just received. ”

"Oh?" McKinley opened the electronic folder and said in a deep voice, "Is there a battle report for the Longbow Galaxy?" ”

"No, General!" The colonel replied solemnly: "The last time I got the information, I still came back four days ago. The Nineteenth Group Fleet has still not been able to be contacted. The intelligence network deployed by the Intelligence Bureau on the three immigrant planets in the Longbow system has not returned with any conclusive information about the war situation. All we know at the moment is that the battle is still going on. ”

McKinley frowned in disappointment, a pair of thick eyebrows that almost concealed the deep, sunken, slender eyes. The seven or eight generals in different uniforms standing around the huge electronic deduction platform couldn't help but stir.

"It seems that the Nineteenth Group Fleet is more than lucky." After a sigh, Admiral Leon Rees touched his chin, looked at McKinley solemnly and said, "Humphrey's two Royal Elephant-class fleets are one hundred and seventy percent of the Nineteenth Group fleet. And the combat effectiveness, I'm afraid, will be doubled. ”

McKinley looked at the report with a heavy face, and did not make a sound. Yuris's words were picked up by another middle-aged black man wearing the uniform of a general of the Celeliac Federation: "It's too early to draw conclusions. General Douglas was cautious, and Humphrey would not be so easy if he wanted to defeat him. Even if he can't hold on, Douglas can still choose a strategic retreat after all"

"General Hosseini, if Douglas chooses to retreat strategically at this time" Admiral Simon Binsky, who was standing on the left side of the deduction platform and had been staring intently at the deduction sand table, raised his eyes and said lightly: "What is the difference between this and defeat?" ”

Admiral Aminseni shook his head and retorted: "In terms of the big picture, we will indeed be very passive. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a staged failure. However, if it weren't for Marshal Hastings planning this sneak attack two months ago, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be qualified to stand here and look forward to it! Besides, who would have thought that after General Douglas had just completed a perfect sneak attack, the West Covenant fleet would arrive in the central star field of Leray? Three points of personnel, seven points of destiny, Sober would not have thought that the Longbow Galaxy would be attacked by our army, everything was just a coincidence. Even if the Nineteenth Fleet loses the Longbow System, it is a crime of non-war. In my opinion, being able to complete the sneak attack on Bluestone and destroy Xiyo's forward base on Bluestone is already an unexpected bonus. ”

"To say such things, General Hosseini is too unenterprising!" Rabinsky said coldly: "Now, judging from intelligence, the Mars Front, which can threaten the main southeastern shipping route, has been routed by the Suss fleet led by Ershkiv. If we lose the Longbow System again, not only will we lose the strategic balance of power over the Southeast Star Field, but it will also affect the Resque battle situation and the Newton System. You know, Siyo has long wanted to attack the Newton system and completely drive our coalition forces away from the central passage of Leray. And in my Reske, the battle is a pivotal moment in the tug-of-war. Once Seuss gains the support of the Western coalition forces from the main southeastern passage and regains a foothold in Resque, then our previous efforts will be in vain."

"So what's the solution?" Hosseini shrugged his shoulders and said to Rabinsky: "We still have to face reality after all. Rather than expecting Douglas to fight Humphrey with the Nineteenth Fleet, it is better to preserve his strength. Or, hopefully you Chuckner will be able to get Reske back soon. Chuckner, it's time for more oil. ”

"To put it lightly" Rabinsky scoffed: "You Silyak go and see"

"For my Silyak Army"

The two of them talked about the fire, and their voices grew louder and louder. The face is red, as if he may draw his fist at any time. However, no one spoke out to persuade him. Several generals from different countries seem to have become accustomed to such situations. McKinley was still reading the battle report, and Yuris was quietly discussing something with Admiral Havinster of the Puditok Federation.

Several other generals on the side are also doing things in various places.

"General Bernadotte, I heard that your rear admiral has led the fleet out of the Mars Front and into the Longbow system?" Lieutenant General of the Republic of Chakna, Eleskira, is the lowest-ranking general in the command. Unwilling to argue with a bunch of generals, he walked to the side of the information desk, touched the arm of his old friend Bernadotte, and asked in a low voice. He now, since the stalemate in this strategic discussion, Bernadotte, with a faint expression, sat next to him, flipping through the computer. Simply participate in other people's disputes.

"It's no secret." Bernadotte looked up with a wry smile: "Don't ask me where he is, I don't know." ”

Malach shrugged his shoulders, he did want to ask where the fleet, which was said to be made up of armed merchant ships and a few tattered warships, was in the Longbow system now, of course, he didn't expect this fleet to save Douglas's Nineteenth Fleet. Just think about the comparison between the armed merchant ships and the Pinart's [Great Wave]-class battleships, and he wouldn't have any such ridiculous thoughts. He just wanted to ask if there was any news about the Douglas fleet in that fleet. Being able to deliver a message back, perhaps, is the greatest use of that small land fleet.

With this in mind, Malach looked at the computer screen in front of Bernadotte.

"What is this?"

"Screenshot of Central Skynet's surveillance of the city in the rear." Bernadotte slowly switched between the pictures on the computer screen.

Pictures pass by Malaci's eyes.

In the streets of Heidfeld, Fyandu, countless people gathered around the bulletin boards on the streets, in front of public television, death lists, newspapers, television stations, and government press centers. It was a heavy, expectant face. The photograph freezes in that moment, with no sound and no color.

The same image appears in Lane, in Chakna, in many different countries, in different cities, in different streets.

"We're waiting," Bernadotte let out a deep sigh: "They're waiting, too." ”

Malach looked at the time of the surveillance screenshot and asked heavily, "Are they waiting for the battle in the Longbow Galaxy?" ”

"Yes!" Bernadotte lit a cigarette and let the cyan smoke linger in front of his eyes: "The successful sneak attack on the Longbow Galaxy is the most exciting news in recent times. And the news that the Binalt Imperial fleet will immediately attack the Longbow system is the most worrying news in recent times. ”

Looking at the pair of long-awaited studies in the photo, Malach suddenly felt a palpitation.

Those relatives of the officers and men of the 19th Group Fleet are also in the crowd at this moment, right?! The whole universe is waiting.

and so on,

and other lists of the dead,

Wait for the dust to settle.

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"Left rudder

"Understood, left rudder

"Speed four."

"Duck in an emergency, engine on!"

"Boom!"

The battleship was shaking violently, and the sirens were constantly sounding.

Hoffman, captain of the battleship USS Oscar of the 191st Fleet of the Nineteenth Flotilla of the Fiyan Group, clung to the handrail of the command seat. Beside him, several sweaty staff officers were shocked and staggered and were still rushing around. In the control room, the officers and men of Feiyang, who had risen from the ground, rushed to their posts one after another, and the sound of local orders in the communication channel was from beginning to end, without the slightest pause.

Hoffman turned his head and ordered loudly to the first mate beside him: "Let the damage management team immediately count the damage." ”

The first mate stumbled towards the central console under the command station. His command computer also had a problem, and if he wanted to obtain the loss data, he could only ask in person.

"The right rudder follows the main formation!" Hoffman ignored the first mate, who was stumbling up the stairs, and quickly ordered the main navigator. His swarthy face was full of bruises, and his blue eyes were already bloodshot.

"Understood!"

With the deflection of the control rudder in the hands of the main navigator, the huge battleship, under the cover of friendly ships, swung the ship to the right. After several successive course adjustments and acceleration, it finally reattached itself to the left flank of the battleship's main formation.

"The main cannon is fully charged!" A sergeant in front of the console reported loudly.

"Targeted!" Hoffman stared fiercely at a Biinart cruiser on the screen of the aiming system that was turning to open fire, and waved his hand violently: "Fire!" ”

The main guns, which had been accumulated for a long time, suddenly erupted in the stagnation and trembling of the entire battleship. A dazzling white flash enveloped the battleship, which then dimmed, pierced through the void, and plunged headlong into the port side of the Binarte cruiser.

A perfect attack!

The energy projectiles fired by the 2,800 mm caliber main gun were definitely not something that the weak armor of a cruiser with an energy shield that had turned red could withstand it. The white meteor easily pierced through the hull, and two seconds later, a violent explosion erupted from dozens of portholes and cracks on the port side of the battleship, completely tearing the battleship apart. In the night sky, like a firework, the air of the ship itself became an accomplice, and countless fragments flew in all directions.

"Hooray!" In the control room, the officers and soldiers of Feiyang high-fived each other.

The battleship was turning rapidly.

When the command computer returned to normal, and when the battleship [Mermaid] wrapped the damaged [Oscar] into the main formation with its body outside the porthole of the left wing, Hoffman, who was holding the loss report, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The report brought back by the first mate showed that the loss of the battleship was not large, there was no irreparable trauma in all important parts, and it was a miracle that the energy shield had left seventy percent of its strength after two attacks and was steadily recovering. Hoffman believes that Lady Luck has not abandoned herself, at least, the [Oscar] can survive this fourth phase of the battle.

When I looked out the window, the whole universe seemed to be set on fire. One after another, the lights flashed through the portholes, reflecting the interior of the ship transparently, and the nebula stars in the distance, along with the unicorn-class battleship, were completely overwhelmed by this colorful light.

Behind the body

It's a huge warship. The ships traveled through energy cannons, and the gauge shone blue or red in the night sky. From time to time, the ship exploded with white light from the main guns, which was dazzling and moving. Space fighters, like bats, stumbling up and down in the night sky, missiles, electronic bombs, and energy cannons of defensive turrets crisscrossed the air, and from time to time fighters were hit, turning into a ball of meteors flying to the depths of the universe. From time to time, warships were broken in strong explosions, throwing out countless wreckage fragments and human bodies.

"Captain, the flagship has come to order, change into a circular defensive formation, retreat into the nebula, and carry out the fifth phase of the battle plan." The panting first mate jumped up as soon as he sat on the console and reported loudly.

"Execute!" Hoffman waved his hand wearily.

This battle has been fought for a full forty-five hours.

On this narrow fairway, neither side has much room for detours. Whether for profit, hatred, or honor, the Binartes are the enemies that the Fiyan people care about the most. Therefore, from the very beginning, the battle entered a white heat.

In order to break through the fourth stage, the Binalte Imperial fleet was forced to pay a battle loss ratio of 3 to 1. Under Humphrey's command, the Feather fleet even used their aircraft carriers as cover to block the sneak attack of the Feiyan detachment ambushed in the nebula, allowing the main force to break through at full speed.

Nearly a hundred Binarte Imperial warships were lost in the most crowded part of the section. However, when the follow-up fleet of Binarte poured into this channel like locusts, gradually squeezing forward, the Fyan fleet had no choice but to retreat.

At this stage of the battle, the Fyan and Binarte empires were again tied. Although the battle loss ratio was higher than that of the Narte Empire, the Feiyang fleet was finally forced to abandon the inexhaustible positions. In the future, the Nineteenth Group Fleet will finally lose its threat to the Blue Stone Star, control the Longbow Star Field, and flee to the depths of the universe.

The graceful and majestic ship of the battleship Oscar, tilted and deflected in the silent void. The main thrusters at the tail and the steering thrusters on both sides allow her to swim quickly and nimbly like a fish attached to the outside of a school of fish.

Outside the window, the broken friendly ships were still exchanging fire with the enemy, and the dazzling light was getting sparser and farther and farther away. Faintly, you can still see the mixed formation of destroyers and cruisers on both wings, like the tentacles of an octopus in the deep sea, gradually shrinking.

Hoffman, who was scattered all over, took a cigarette handed over by the first mate, leaned over and lit it.

"Go on like this" The bloodshot first mate's voice was a little hoarse: "We're afraid"

The smoke swirled down the windpipe and in his lungs, and Hoffman burst into a violent cough

The first mate's prediction was correct, but who is to blame?

Douglas cannot be blamed for this. No one could have imagined that in less than sixty hours after completing the sneak attack on the Blue Stone Star, the two Elephant-level royal fleets of the Binalt Empire had already appeared in the Longbow Galaxy.

The full-fledged Nineteenth Group Fleet of Feiyang has a total of four A-class fleets, while the two Elephant-class fleets of the Binarte Empire, although they are different in terms of establishment and name, can be regarded as the size, that is, the size of six A-class fleets. Moreover, this is not the fleet of Jeppen or Seuss, this is the elite fleet of another superpower that is evenly matched in terms of personnel and ships to comprehensive combat effectiveness!

What's more, their commander is Humphrey!

That is the first few big enemies in the Fei Yang intelligence department, and all the ** people are famous for their solemn talents.

Being able to compete with him in the first three stages of the battle already shows Douglas's level. If you were someone else, I'm afraid, the Nineteenth Group Fleet is now a rabbit fleeing in terror, and you can only panic in the hinterland of this Western Covenant.

The battle plan is not to be said, this section of the channel from the Blue Stone Star to Torrecles has been used to the limit. Blocking the ambush, everything that can be used is used. The losses of the two Elephant-class fleets in Binarte were much higher than those of the Feiyang fleet. Judging from the entire battle situation, after all, it was still impossible to stand up to the steady advance of the Binalte fleet.

In the silence, in the distance, a huge flash of light streaked across the night sky.

After a commotion, the command room fell silent. Through the coordination system, everyone present could clearly know that in the fleet responsible for the broken off, there was a Shark-class cruiser named [Green Field], which turned into dust in the universe. This battleship was destroyed while facing ten high-speed destroyers alone. Her sacrifice bought time for the fleet to evacuate.

The patrol groups on both flanks had completely shrunk back, and the Binarte Imperial fleet had already given up the pursuit because of the fierce eye of the main formation of the battleships of Feiyan and the complicated terrain ahead.

A communications soldier, with red eyes, turned on the communication recording.

It was the deep voice of Joseph, the captain of the USS Green. His voice was messy, and he seemed to be giving instructions and praying. Around, there were the shouts of other Feiyang warriors, the sound of footsteps, the electronic sound of instruments and equipment, all the sounds, mixed together, making it impossible to distinguish at all

Eventually, the sounds, after a cacophony of noise, died out neatly.

Hoffman's cough echoed through the silent command room. He bent over, slowly ripped off his hat, and slammed it to the ground. His bloodshot eyes were already filled with tears.

This is war. As powerful as Feiyang, it will also bleed, it will also be sacrificed, and it will also hurt to the bone marrow!

Ahead, there is a small asteroid belt.

Without the obscuration of nebulae and dust, you can see through it almost at a glance. But this damn asteroid belt is right in the middle of a narrow shipping lane! Even if it can be passed around it, the position it occupies will completely slow down the speed of the entire retreating fleet! At least a third of the battleships must pass through the asteroid belt!

What does that mean? That means that the Binarte warships, which are biting their tails, will happily accept their prey.

In the command channel, Douglas's tired voice was heard.

"The ships turned freely, scattered and retreated, and the 191st Fourth and Fifth Squadrons were broken!"