In order to attack the troops with easier supplies, the Imperial Commander reversed the previous base layout and built a series of bases that were the same as the supply relay bases located in the third line of defense. In this way, the attacking forces attacking from the defense base do not need to set off with full supplies in the defense base, but can use the supplies from the transit base in the middle of the march. This undoubtedly reduces the workload of logistics in the defense base, reduces the inconvenience of a large amount of base facility space for supply, and greatly increases the combat radius of the mecha. However, this layout also has the biggest drawback, that is, once the enemy army breaks through the outpost of the first line of defense, it is difficult for the transit base of the third line of defense to resist the opponent's attack by relying on its own garrison alone. This easily caused the loss of a lot of materials and dispersed a lot of defensive forces. But for this kind of **** imperial commander, he laughed at it, he thought that even if the Federation counterattacked, the strength of that counterattack was limited.

However, the Federation's offensive came to a halt after a fierce day, and too many mechs were wounded and needed to be repaired during the implementation of Plan 3, especially from Emma's troops. After the implementation of the simple plan No. 1, these troops who won the victory in the Emma theater inevitably developed the idea of underestimating the enemy, resulting in heavy losses in the attack on the transit base that had been prepared, and among the 28 mechs destroyed, 19 were Emma's reinforcement mechs, which was almost one-third of the mecha of Emma's troops who participated in the attack.

In addition to the larger-than-expected mech losses, the Federation Army also had to restore some of the defenses of the staging bases and outposts. So that in the possible counterattack of the Empire. Buy some time for reinforcements to arrive.

Only eight troops were ordered to attack this time, with less damage in yesterday's attack. Fortunately, there are only eight defense bases in the Empire, and each group is responsible for one. But Night's hopes of being able to capture that base were slim, as this morning the fighter forces brought bad news that Imperial airborne reinforcements had arrived on the Red Cloud front, most of which had been assembled at Tyranse. The original Tyrans garrison set out to reinforce the defensive base in front of Tyrans. On this morning's photo, the number of mechs in the 67 defense base has reached the size of one commando, while other bases have also increased to varying degrees by one to three commandos. On average, the number of attack forces that the Federation forces can commit to is only about one squadron. The largest 177 attack force also has only fifteen mechs, which is only half of the Imperial troops.

However, fortunately, Lieutenant General Guderian did not ask the troops to attack desperately, but characterized this attack as a tentative attack, a diversion attack, which means that once the situation is found to be unfavorable, the pilot has the right to retreat on his own.

"Sir, we might as well bring the Mammoth Squadron with us, that would be better." Joe knew that the target of this attack had gathered the defensive forces of nearly one commando, and he couldn't help but ask the night to bring the mammoth of that squadron with him. Relying on fifteen mechs and one chariot of the night to attack his opponent Joe felt a little unrealistic. The private of the squadron that followed his unit did not have the skills of the aces. Even if they were able to take out their opponents one-on-one, then Duke Snowy Night's commandos and Nights would have to face eighteen mechs. This doesn't seem to be a big difficulty.

"No, Joe. That's what Lieutenant General Guderian meant. Night shook her head and dismissed Joe's opinion. At this time, Ye has to face a commando mecha, once these Imperial troops evade their own reconnaissance and raid the 209 base, it is difficult to defend with only three turrets and one squadron of mechas, so after leaving 40% of the Imperial strength of the mecha troops, the night also left the Mammoth Squadron. This was the minimum defensive force requested by Lieutenant General Guderian, which was done on the entire Union front.

"Wasn't that guy very bold in the Battle of Tris, why was he so careful in making plans now?" Hearing that it was the lieutenant general, Joe couldn't help but complain again. Guderian's plans in previous campaigns were quite bold, abandoning the defense of Tris, luring the main forces of the Empire into the army, and then rallying all the federal forces for a siege. At that time, Guderian did not think about the defense of the rest of the surrounding area at all, and acted completely desperately.

"Don't say that, Lieutenant General, Joe. We are in a defensive position in the Battle of Tris, and the offensive line of the Empire has been mastered by the lieutenant general, so the lieutenant general dares to do that. Richard advised Joe.

Smith took Richard's words and continued: "At this time, we are in an offensive position, plus the empire evenly distributes forces to all defensive bases. This makes it difficult for us to judge the thoughts of the Imperial Commanders, and we must strictly prevent some Imperial Commanders from taking advantage of our unstable foothold and sneaking up on the base we have so hard to capture, and last night is the best lesson. ”

"Well, without the support of the Mammoth, we may not be able to defeat some of the Imperial mechs inside. Isn't it just a little bit more numerous? Qiao said nonchalantly, but this guy's tone was a little unconfident, because he also knew that it was too difficult to defeat the mecha of an imperial commando team in this mission.

"Then at this time, it's time to wait for some mechs from Tris, and when they take over the defense of Base 209, we can go." Night said as she got up and poured a glass of water over the water dispenser. Then he sat in the commander-in-chief's chair, and through the large display screen in the command room, he paid attention to the desert in the east.

Richard and the others also poured a glass of water each, found a seat and sat down and waited. Smith also made a point of contacting the operator of the geophone, asking him to notify the command room as soon as the mech's footsteps were heard from the east.

Waiting is always the most uncomfortable, and as the time ticks and ticks, the most impatient Joe has begun to look at his watch impatiently.

"Why hasn't the reinforced squadron arrived yet?" Joe, who was sitting on the sofa next to the command room, said, according to the departure time on yesterday's news, the squadron was almost supposed to arrive, but in the desert east of the base. Not even a single sound could be heard. The logistics personnel in charge of monitoring the base's ground listening equipment thought that something was wrong with the equipment. I also specially arranged for someone to check it once, but the result was that the instrument was in good condition and there was no problem.

"Maybe it's because of the delay." Richard said that was the most likely scenario.

"Maybe Lieutenant General Guderian supported one of our squadron of Rangers, so the geophones can't hear it." Optimistic Joe always thinks on the bright side.

"If the Rangers float forward, the dust will long ago be raised from the east. The sky was blue now. Smith retorted, pointing to the endless blue sky on the display screen.

"What's going on. Why don't we contact Tris. Joe suggested that something was not right at this point.

"You really have to ask what's going on, and if there is a change, you should notify us." Night turned on the base's telecommunicator. But there was silence in the communicator, not even the sizzle of a call.

"Looks like there's something wrong with our telematics." Night tapped on the communicator panel embedded in the table, as if that would make the device right.

"It's really broken, why don't we try it with the mecha." Richard reached out and was about to open the door, but the door was opened from the outside.

A maintenance officer ran in in a panic, and said to the night without even respecting the courtesy: "Sir, emergency communication." ”

"Don't panic, what's wrong? Take your time. Night stood up, patted the lieutenant on the shoulder, and motioned for Richard, who was standing in the doorway, to pour him a glass of water.

"Thank you. Sir. The second lieutenant took the water that Richard handed him, and when he thanked him, he turned to the night and said, "Earlier, when I was tidying up the cockpit of the Major mech. Suddenly, it was discovered that the Major's mecha had a communication record, which was from the Tris base, and he called several times in a row. In the form of a message, they said that they could not contact our base, and could only send a fighter unit to contact us. Then I took it upon myself to contact the Tris base, and they told me that the reinforced squadron mech was not attacking, and that our attack for today had been canceled. The above requires us to all be on standby, and not to take the initiative to attack the Imperial forces outside our defensive line. ”

The second lieutenant said a little confused, but the meaning was clear. The reinforcements they hoped for at night did not depart from the Tris base for unknown reasons, and it was unknown why the Federation forces were forbidden to attack the Imperial forces. These orders made Ye very confused, at this time, the Empire was able to assemble defensive forces for an hour later, and the longer it dragged on, the more detrimental it would be for the Federation to complete the preparatory campaign, after all, the Empire's military strength in the Tyrande region was superior to that of the Federation.

"Second Lieutenant, you immediately call in personnel to repair the base's telecommunication system." Night knew that this ensign might not know more things, and the only way to understand what was going on was to communicate directly with the Tris base, so Ye found something and sent the ensign. He then beckoned the three of Richard, ran out of the command room, and ran to the hangar where the mechs were parked.

After the four of them got on their respective mechas, Smith quickly established a shared system for the communication of the four mechs, and then contacted the Tris base at night, "This is the 177 attack force contacting the Tris base at the 209 base, can Tris hear me?" ”

"This is Tris Base, 177 Attack Force, 209 Base, thank goodness finally being able to contact you, Night Major. I'll go to Lieutenant General Guderian for you right away. A relieved voice was heard from the correspondent, who then transferred the night newsletter to Lieutenant General Guderian's office.

"The admiral is good, the lieutenant general is good." In Guderian's office, General Choga was there. The men of the Duke of Night and Snow Night commando immediately saluted the three commanders.

"Take a break, you don't have to be so restrained." General Qiao Jia said with a smile, and said to the night after returning the salute: "Night, I knew that you would contact us in a hurry, so I also came to Lieutenant General Guderian's place." This will make it easier for you to find the two of us. ”

Ye nodded and said, "General Qiaojia, I want to know why today's action was canceled?" "Night will not call Joga Uncle in the presence of others, after all, it will hinder the general's prestige in front of others. If the three Richards and the Admiral are also familiar with each other, there is no need to pay attention to the name of the night.

The corners of Joga's mouth hooked slightly, and he motioned for Guderian, who was standing on the side, to explain the reason for the night.

Guderian smiled bitterly and picked up a notice from the table, this notice was impressively stamped with the seal of the Supreme Command of the Federation, it seems that this order is the highest order under the command, or it will be stamped with the seal of the Supreme Marshal to authorize it to be used.

"With immediate effect, all federal forces cease any offensive operations and move to the defensive on all fronts. All units are on standby at their current locations pending review by the gendarmerie. Guderian still spoke of the content of the order in very concise language, then put the order into the scanner and said, "A copy will be uploaded to your mech, and you can see for yourself." ”

Didi, with a crisp prompt sound, the map display in the cockpit of the mecha suddenly changed to the command stamped with the handsome seal. The four of them quickly skimmed through it, and the content of the order was no different from what Guderian had said.

"How can this be, don't you know that we are fighting with the empire here." Night said with a frown.

"They know, but they've decided to stop the war for a while." Joga sighed and said, this armistice order is equivalent to giving the empire a chance to breathe, so that the commanders of the empire can reorganize their forces and counterattack the forces of the Federation.

"And what is the gendarmerie doing here?" Joe asked curiously, the gendarmerie in the army didn't have a good reputation, and none of the soldiers wanted to be targeted by this group of guys.

"The aftermath of the mutiny of the Eleventh Fleet, the mutiny of a fleet has never appeared in the history of the Federation. This incident made the old people in the House of Representatives always afraid of another mutiny in their own troops, so under the vigorous pressure of this group of fools, the military bigwigs made up their minds to suspend the operation of the army and carry out a complete purge. Of course, there was an element of non-cooperation between Field Marshal Apdui and the other four marshals, or a highly cohesive Supreme High Command would not be at the mercy of the Chamber of Deputies. General Choga said with a wry smile that this large-scale purge was an absolute disgrace to the army, and it was a manifestation of the suspicion of the army's loyalty at the top.

"The damned Eleventh Fleet, it's all wiped out and it's a scourge." At the mention of the Eleventh Fleet, a burst of anger erupted in the night.

"Calm down, night." Qiao Jia raised his hand and pressed it weakly, asking Ye to calm down, "This is not the time to find out who is responsible for this order. The order of the military headquarters has been issued, and we may not disobey it, so we can only go to the defense on all fronts at this time. At this time, if there is a large-scale movement of troops on our side, it seems that some of the gendarmes inside will be nervous, hehe. ”

"Isn't it not possible for us to move our troops at this time?" Night frowned again, if he couldn't mobilize his troops, it meant that the Federation forces at this time might be broken by the Imperial forces. (To be continued......)