Volume 10 Chapter 71 Fire

Hastings' finger touched the button in the tactical computer command box. Press down.

It was a red button familiar to the fat man and every fleet commander, at the center of the hundreds of different colored keys in the circular command box.

"All in one"

As the virtual button was touched, a red line quickly passed through a rectangular pattern representing the central Skynet and the headquarters, and immediately dispersed into thousands of thin red lines, transmitting them to the fleet formation plan on the computer screen.

After a second at most, the lines extend to their respective ship icons.

In the next second, all the lines have turned green

In the command procedure, this means that whether it is Hastings's order, it has been transmitted through the central skynet of the command to the local skynet of the major sub-fleets, and then, to the command seat of the captain of each battleship.

The whole process is very intuitive

Although it may seem like a brief process of countless lines extending and turning from red to green, in this process, it is clear to the commander whether the command is passed on and whether the receiver has received and responded in return. If a line does not turn green, then it means that the battleship corresponding to this line has a communication problem. An emergency command system needs to be activated for recommunication.

Of course, if that happens, it's not Hastings' business. The staff officers of the base camp will have someone to follow up immediately. They will also check and fix the situation while using backup means to send the command again. Whether it is a system failure, electronic interference, or the refusal of the commander of the battleship to give an order, it will be dealt with accordingly by the relevant departments immediately.

"If it had been 30 years ago, it would have taken half a minute. A month ago, it took ten seconds. Hastings turned his head to look at the fat man, and said with some embarrassment: "Now that I have a little brat, it only takes two seconds." ”

With the old man's admiration, a smug smiling face drawn by lines appeared on the tactical computer. It's what a little kid looks like.

Although its new mastermind is far away on the wandering ship of Fiyan. However, the Lord did not prevent it from arriving in the Southeast Star Domain in an instant through the electronic network all over the human world, presiding over the main Skynet of the coalition fleet.

"Little bastard." The fat man scolded, ignoring the quick response of the middle finger on the tactical computer, raised his head, and looked at the Skynet main screen in the command hall with Hastings.

The existence of a little kid is just something that only a few people know. Not to mention that these staff officers present did not know, even these generals on the command platform did not know. Therefore, although the Skynet system controlled by the little kid had transmitted the entire command to the local Skynet, it still automatically delayed the time displayed on the screen for a few seconds when everyone watched Hastings activate the tactical computer.

Therefore, when the fat man and Hastings looked up at the Skynet screen, the command to attack all had just appeared on the big screen in front of them.

The red command frame was flickering, reflecting the flickering light and darkness of the entire command hall. As the shrill and piercing sound of the battle siren suddenly sounded, the entire hall suddenly boiled.

This is the order to fight

At this moment when the Western fleet was already approaching the 400,000-kilometer line, Field Marshal Hastings, who had been silent, finally gave the order

"It's Operation Plan No. 1"

The combat officer in front of Skynet, Admiral Rabinsky from Chakner, saw the command number on Skynet's screen at a glance.

Immediately, his roar rang out in the command hall.

"All battle groups, decrypt the No. 1 battle plan and execute it immediately"

The instinct of battle made the blood of every soldier rush from the chest to the top of the head at once, and the liaison officers of the major fleets called their own fleets like crazy to confirm the manual instructions. Under the roar of the intelligence coordinator, combat coordinator, and logistics coordinator on duty, the staff officers of the base camp decrypted the No. 1 battle plan that had already been stored in the main computer of Skynet, and transmitted the tactical schematic diagram and coordinate data of the plan to the computer of the corresponding captain or executive personnel.

The fleet of the Filipino Alliance, which was quietly suspended in the void like a knight ready to go, also boiled at the same time at this moment. The captains, who had been waiting impatiently, all jumped up from the command seat one by one

"Combat readiness, combat readiness," the captains roared.

"Fast"

"Ghost, all ready for battle"

"The power compartment, the engine is fully output, and the No. 1 energy storage ** port is fully open"

"The second formation is all there, the left rudder is 1200 ticks, full speed ahead"

"Keep up and keep in formation, ****, it's time for the war"

A frenzied roar resounded throughout the fleet.

A moment later, with a little blue light lit up, outside the porthole of the flagship [Heidefeld], countless Fijian warships began to move.

The generals turned their heads to look out the window.

A battleship passed by the mothership, its flat bow passing by heavy portside square-shaped outboard armor, then fin-like steering thrusters, protruding tractors, long secondary gun barrels, brightly lit bridges, short slashing wings, giant rivet-like rotating turrets, catfish-like tail thrusters, and finally long blue ionic wakes that slid past the portholes of the flagship command hall.

One battleship, two battleships as far as the eye can see, countless warships extending into the distance, march in unison.

Hundreds of warships are like hundreds of flying fish

They broke the tranquility of the space, rushed out of their formation, and flew at high speed in the direction from which the Western Fleet came

Eighty allied fleets, plus more than 30 bandit fleets, totaling tens of thousands of warships, made a collective attack, and the scene was spectacular

Although the presence was full of famous generals from various countries, who had experienced countless battles, and had long been accustomed to seeing the magnificent scene when the space fleet was dispatched, it was the first time they had seen the scene of so many warships concentrating on a narrow space corridor to face the enemy.

On the command platform, there was already silence.

Macchia stared out the window. Tsuyoshi Fujii's fingers clenched the railing, and Ballas held his breath. The rest of the people were also dizzy.

As a soldier of this era, it is so fortunate to be able to participate in such a great battle.

By this time, all the contradictions since the southward movement had been thrown out of the clouds.

400,000 kilometers away is their old enemy for many years. Defeating the opponent and carving your name in this starry sky, the name of the history, is the greatest dream of the soldiers of this era and the men of this era

When the generals were shocked by the scene of the fleet rushing outside the porthole, Felek and Sophie and others were already speechless.

The photographer had already turned on the camera. The twenty sub-lenses of the professional camera are all aimed out of the porthole. From different directions and angles, different distances and distances, this spectacular scene is recorded.

Outside the window, the battleships were in full swing, and the battle sirens sounded in the window.

Whether it was Felek, Sophie, or the photographer carrying the camera, they were infected by the breath of this battle, and their hearts were surging and it was difficult to hold themselves

Felek did not forget about his work.

Although each frame of these videos will be strictly reviewed by the base camp's secrecy department for more than ten procedures, it is still unknown whether they can be sent back for playback. But he still turned around and stood in front of the camera.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Felek. Right now, I'm reporting from the command hall of the USS Heindfield, the flagship of the Southeast Coalition of the Filipino Alliance. ”

Felek held the microphone, his voice a little hurried because he couldn't calm down: "You can see that behind me, the Fiji warships are attacking, I can't describe in words what I saw, and I also believe that when you see all this, you must be as shocked as I am." ”

"You may not know that at this moment, at a distance of 400,000 kilometers from us, the Western Fleet is thinking that we are rushing at high speed." Felek stared at the camera and said word by word, "Remember, it's a huge group of ships that is more than twice the number of my Allied fleet. They set off from the Binarte Empire, gathering along the way, snowballing and getting bigger and bigger. Part of them is attacking the Triflan system of our Filipino Alliance at the moment, while the other part, led by Sober, is heading to the southeast. ”

"Every Chacner knows how important it is for Leske to hold the central passage for Le Ray, for Chacner and for the entire Filipino League. Now that the battle is becoming more and more fierce in the Resque, it is the common desire of all the people of the southeast to stop the southbound fleet of Sober, and prevent it from reinforcing the two militaristic nations of Souss and Jeppen, and defeat them."

"They, carrying our expectations," Felek leaned over, staring out the window.

The camera zooms in to see a unicorn battleship of the Republic of Fiyan passing by the porthole. To the right of this unicorn, a row of unicorn battleships advancing in sync stretched into the distance.

On the Skynet screen, the bandit fleet in the left flank theater, the Ryan fleet in the right flank theater, and the McKinley fleet in the central theater were like three waves of mudslides pouring down from the hillside, surging and overwhelming.

"The battle is about to break out, and in twenty minutes, or half an hour, our battleships will collide head-on with the Westo's fleet under the command of Field Marshal Hastings." Felek turned around and said in a solemn tone: "I am not a military strategist, let alone a prophet, so I don't know the final outcome of this battle. However, I can stand here, as a journalist, and faithfully record what I see with my lens and present it to you. ”

"This battle has only just begun, but it is destined to become history at some point. It will pass, it will end, there will be an outcome, and then it will be recorded in the history books, in the history of war, forgotten or remembered. However, remember this moment," Finally, he raised his wrist and looked at the time: "On March 15, 2064, at eighteen forty-eight o'clock, Field Marshal Hastings led his army against Western Covenant. The Battle of the Southeast began"

Felek said, turning to stare out the window again: "They're fighting for us, God bless the Fimeng"

The fat man sat next to Hastings, darling through Operation Plan One.

This plan was declassified at the same time as Hastings had just given the order to attack all of them. That is, until the battleships were ready to go out, the commanders and captains of the various fleets did not know their tasks and goals.

This was unthinkable in previous wars.

No commander dared not tell his men the entire battle plan even a second before the battle began. At that time, in order to ensure the final victory, the battle commanders were eager to copy every idea in their minds to the brains of their subordinates. Not only will they be able to understand every detail of the battle, but ideally, they will also be able to know their own way of thinking, and adjust accordingly in actual combat.

In the era of cold weapons, the role of the commander in on-the-spot command is minimal, even if he is in the same battlefield, but even after the most mobile cavalry is released, it is usually difficult for the commander to control the cavalry battle. It is even more fantastical to want to change the strategy in time with the battle situation. Therefore, the commander's deployment and tactical explanation before the war are particularly important. The rest depends on the subordinates to play.

With the advancement of technology, this situation has gradually improved.

By the time technology advanced to the modern age of the ubiquitous Skynet system, campaign commanders were already able to announce their battle plans before the war. At the same time, they are also able to change tactics in real time during the battle and seize the fighters.

And the role of the fleet commander, the captain in the battle, became relatively small. Their role is not on the tactical level, but more on training and leading their teams to become stronger, more cooperative, and more heroic and tenacious. What is required of them is no longer tactical thinking, but understanding and execution of tactics.

battle plans, and therefore became more secretive.

The kind of thing that leads to defeat because the enemy has obtained information before the war is difficult to appear in the battle of the space fleet.

However, this is not a reason for Hastings to issue a battle plan now.

The fat man found that in Hastings's battle plan, the battle within 400,000 kilometers was actually only the third part of the entire battle plan. The first and second parts, which had already been waiting for more than three hours, were automatically abandoned.

In this third part of the plan, Hastings put the focus of the battle on the three strategic points in front of the left, center and right.

The Left Wing Bandit is the second moon of the dark brown planet codenamed [Volcano]. In the middle, there is an open area with three short-range jump paths, and on the right, there is a gravitational reef in front of Ryan's fleet.

He will command the three-way fleet, centering on these three strategic points, and face off with Sauber

Time passes minute by minute. On the Skynet screen, the Fijian Allied fleet, which has seized strategic points, is getting closer and closer to the Western fleet. It seems that the intention of discovering the Fijian fleet is that the speed of the Western fleet is getting faster and faster.

Finally, the two sides reached both sides of the strategic points in front of them almost simultaneously, and the distance between them, less than 6,000 kilometers, was already within range

The fat man stood up with a brush.

At the same time as he got up, the main guns of the warships on both sides had already opened fire suddenly