Volume 10 Chapter 72 Conventional Tactics

Space, lit up by this endless light.

From a distance, you can only see clusters of white light swelling from the bow of the battleship, and then ** out.

left flank

Mid lane

right wing

Thousands of energy cannon light clusters, like white meteors, cut straight through the cosmic void, pulling out trajectories that appeared at the same time, intertwined with each other

At the forefront were a mixed formation of high-speed cruisers and destroyers from both fleets. The first to encounter and fire at each other were these ships that were advancing in a cone or triangle formation of ten

Maybe it's because of the hatred between each other.

Perhaps it's because of the need to grab strategic points.

Perhaps it's because this battle is too important to be lost

Therefore, unlike previous battles, this time the driving patrol groups of the two sides had already opened fire before they got close to the distance of strangulation

A cluster of energy cannon light that flies through the void.

From the left to the right of the corridor of the twin stars, in the vast cosmic void, row by row, piece by piece, full of comb-like white streamers.

This endless light pierced through the porthole of the battleship and reflected on the fat man's solemn face, on the cold and beautiful faces of Margaret and An Lei, and on the faces of Tsuyoshi Fujii, Macchia, Baras, Rabinsky, Blatter, and all the generals of the Filipino League

They fly in the endless darkness, though only for a fleeting moment. However, for everyone, this moment is so long

Finally, they staggered through the void and plunged into each other's cluster of warships

In an instant, countless red flames exploded on the battleship's body, and countless energy shields changed colors, and they exploded in everyone's eyes.

Bright as a star.

In the command hall, it was still noisy and busy. All the officers and soldiers are working desperately. They are either yelling at the communicator, typing on the virtual keyboard, walking briskly down the aisle, or pushing the icon with a push stick in front of the electronic sandbox

However, in the fat man's mind, all voices disappeared. Even time seems to be frozen.

This day, this moment, has finally arrived

Five years of the Great Patriotic War, nearly three years of space war, at this moment it was like a dream.

The human world is tormented by war. Countless warships opened fire in space, swam away, and destroyed. Countless mechs run across the land, grappling and exploding. Countless soldiers lay in pools of blood, and countless cities were reduced to rubble.

The dolls left on the muddy streets, the rooms between half-destroyed buildings that still had their old days, the lists of martyrs rolling in the streets, the long lines of refugees at the food pick-up points

Everything passed through his mind like a marquee.

And today, the war has finally come to its most critical moment. He finally encountered the biggest enemy of the Filipino League

Sober was on the other side, leading the huge fleet of the Western Covenant, which came in a state of overwhelming force. He wanted to pass through here, he wanted to cross the southeast, he wanted to wave his army north to Resque, Trevran, take away everyone's freedom and dignity, conquer the entire Filipino League, and put the whole universe under the imperial power of the Binarte Empire

Before he knew it, the fat man had clenched his fists and his teeth rattled.

He must not be allowed to succeed

Defeat him

Defeat him no matter what

If you want to do whatever you want, he will step over Lao Tzu's belly

That's going to take a big step

"The battle has begun." Hastings' voice sounded in his ears, and the fat man Huo Ran turned around.

The frail old man sat quietly in the command seat. The tactical computer's virtual light curtain, like a large semi-circular ball of light, surrounds itself and him in the center. The wandering battleship icons, the tumbling text, the dense data and lines, the telescope screen, the electronic sand table and the interstellar map all the light were beating in the old man's eyes.

"Have you read the battle plan?" Hastings raised his hand slightly, his wizened fingers darting between the virtual keyboards floating on the armrests.

"I'm done." The fat man sat down and stared at a command that jumped onto the screen with the virtual keyboard. This command, which commanded a controlled salvo of the central battleship cluster of the fleet, quickly merged into countless command strips and disappeared.

"Forget about it." Hastings said lightly to the fat man.

The fat man was stunned for a moment, and his eyes moved from the command that kept rolling on the virtual screen: "Why?" ”

"I confess that when it comes to deduction, your abilities make me feel jealous even of you. Because this is your strong point, it is your habit to deduce before the war and work out a seamless battle plan. Hastings' fingers bounced on the virtual keyboard as he said, "It's not a good habit." ”

The fat man glared: "What's wrong?" ”

"War is not a game of chess, you rely on calculations, you can't finish it" Hastings said lightly: "I say this, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't make a perfect plan before the war." Rather, I want to tell you that not every battle can be planned to win. ”

He stopped and looked up at the fat man: "It's like this battle now." Come to think of it, you don't have a complete plan, do you? ”

"No," the fat man said dryly.

Hastings' words hit him in the underbelly. These days, countless deductions are countless failures. In the face of Sober's army, he almost lost faith in himself.

"The temple counts more and the one wins. The point of this sentence is more, not all. "No battle plan is perfect," Hastings said. If you want to calculate the whole battle situation before the battle, or you will find that when your army is not enough to control the battlefield and ensure execution, the war will be like a wild horse that has broken away, turning a path that you don't know the direction of when you least want it. ”

The fat man nodded.

In fact, he himself knows very well that the biggest key to the bandit army's ability to win every battle over the years lies in its combat effectiveness.

Just like in the battle on the western front of Leifeng Star Phoenix City, if it weren't for the strength of the first and second armored divisions of the bandit army, it would be almost impossible for him to successfully complete the strategic plan of sweeping through the enemy's several major theaters and cutting off the enemy's retreat. If the bandit army fails to complete the breakthrough, or faces an equal number of adjudicators, the entire battle plan will face collapse.

"It's like two people fighting, you have a lot of strength, you punch hard, you have a strong ability to resist blows, you can fight each other however you want. But if you change positions with the other party, and become strong and weak, it would be stupid for you to make a perfect battle plan. Hastings said.

The fat man listened attentively and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

"This is the second lesson I taught you, find opportunities in change." Hastings smiled slightly: "Whether it's wandering or dodging, if you know that your fists can't knock down the opponent, then, you have to find an opportunity to bite the opponent's neck and this opportunity will not appear in your battle plan." You can only get beaten while looking for opportunities. War is like life, you never know what you will encounter in the next moment. ”

As he spoke, Hastings raised his index finger slightly and tapped twice on the virtual keyboard on the armrest.

"The first and second lessons are over, and now it's your third lesson. That's why I've been waiting for you so far, the main reason why I've been waiting for you so far—the tactical command is to start us with the bandits. ”

The fat man followed Hastings' gaze and looked at the screen.

At this moment, the bandit army on the left flank has approached the second satellite of the [Volcano] star.

Volcano is the codename for the dark brown planet where the bandits are stationed.

This planet, which is ten times the size of Earth, has three moons, which are called Phobos, Deimos, and Deimos in order of distance from near to far. The largest of these is the crater-like crater on the outward side, pitch-black as a giant round carbon.

Among the strategic points in the left-wing theater of operations, the Volcano Star is naturally a top priority.

The dark brown planet guards the entire left wing of the Double Horn Passage. Every year from February to July, it runs on its current orbit. Its massive body, the satellites it orbits, and its gravitational reach occupy nearly half of the passage, cutting off the jump passage that could otherwise pass through it.

In peacetime, this is something that every navigator knows. The spacecraft's navigation system also has a schedule for changing routes for this particular segment. When the time comes, adjustments are made automatically.

Ships passing from east to west can only end their jump in the airspace where the bandits were located during the month, and then fly through the obstacle zone after a few hours of flight. Fly to the west of the [Volcano] star, and then enter another jump passage after more than two million kilometers to continue westward. The spacecraft flying from west to east orbits the east side of the planet from the west side, and then enters a short-range jump channel after breaking away from the planet's gravity.

Therefore, in the entire battlefield, the [Volcano] Star is regarded as the most important link in the defense chain of the Filipino Alliance.

For the Westop fleet, as long as they take the Volcanic Star and orbit the planet to the east, they will be able to enter the second half of the cut off jump channel. Jump directly behind the Fijian fleet.

For Fiji, this huge planet and its three moons are natural space blocking positions, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The defense fleet can not only meet the enemy from the front with its back to the planet and contain the opponent's penetrating assault, but also use the gravitational pull of the planets and satellites to suddenly launch diagonal assaults from both sides of the planet. What's more, because of the existence of short-range jump channels in the rear of the battlefield on the right flank, it will be easier to supply or reinforce than on the right flank. The central Filipino reserve fleet can completely put more than ten *-class fleets into the left flank theater in a very short period of time.

In the face of such a natural position, if the defenders have sufficient troops, I am afraid that no one in the Western Coalition Army is willing to gnaw on this hard bone

In the eyes of many Filipino League generals who have prejudices against the bandits, this is also one of the reasons why the bandits are annoying

When the Allied fleet arrived at the Two-Pointed Star Corridor, as soon as the bandit fleet turned around, it directly occupied the left flank theater of operations, and then did not move. It seems to know that in any case, this place with a critical geographical location and easy to defend is something that Xiyo is unwilling to use as the main direction of attack, and the Filipino coalition forces dare not ignore it. In the event of any danger, the coalition forces desperately had to come up with reinforcements to help them defend.

This kind of cautious calculation is despicable

Deimos is the main defensive point chosen by Hastings

The position of this black satellite at this moment is behind the left side of Phobos-3, one left and one right, one behind and one behind Phobos-3, like two shields, blocking the front of the [Volcanic] star. If the oncoming Western Fleet wants to break through the defense line of the bandits, it must first take the area where the two satellites are located.

This is not an easy task.

In space battles, the battle between warships depends on who can occupy the attack position in the shortest time and who can destroy the opponent faster. Among them, in addition to the performance of the battleship itself and the tactical command of the commander affect the victory or defeat, the terrain is also an important factor in determining the victory or defeat.

Compared to the bandit fleet with its back to the planet, the West Fleet lacks space to advance at high speed.

It's like a group of cavalry trying to storm the opposing team, only to find that behind the opponent is the city wall. This means that they have to slow down as they weave through the opposing formation. And the cavalry, which has lost its speed, is no different from a dish.

In space battles, too.

Moreover, the planet behind the bandit fleet is far from being as simple as a wall blocking the way for the Western fleet.

That meant that when they were engaged with the bandits, they couldn't do a penetrating assault, they couldn't go full speed. Once entangled, their battleships will spend more time turning in an arc and less room for choice. It will also be slower to enter the attack position.

Therefore, although he knew that Sober had put sixty *-class fleets on the left flank, the fat man was not worried at all.

The strength of the bandit army is not only reflected in the sneak attack.

Eleven bandit fleets, ten doomsday-class space carriers, plus the Phantom fleet and Chuckner fleet, will teach anyone who despises bandit forces a lesson

On the Skynet screen, the vanguard of the bandit fleet has bypassed Phobos-2. Bypassing from the left were the 4th and 5th fleets of the bandit army commanded by Vice Admiral Feuwen. Rounding around from the right was Chacner's 12th Fleet, commanded by Zhang Pengcheng.

However, to the surprise of the fat man, it was not the main fleet of the bandit army that broke out at the forefront.

Rather, it was Lecht's Phantom First Fleet

Don't

"I don't know as much about the specific tactics of the bandit army as you do." Hastings spoke: "You didn't go to military school, and compared to the others, your sixteenth-ranked general is a bit unworthy of the name. What I'm teaching you today is not a fantastic tactic, but the most basic conventional tactic. However, "

He said, smiling slightly. There is endless conceit and pride in the smile.

"This is a regular tactic belonging to the god of war, Hastings"

On the screen, the destroyer cruisers of the two fleets are getting closer and closer after the first round of firefighting. The main formation of battleships also entered the firing range.

Hastings turned on the command channel of the command system, picked up the communicator, and his pale face was a sickly red.

"The first stage, meet the enemy"