187. Waiting hard
There was a "bang", and the general on the opposite screen had already stood up: "Which side's fleet, identify it immediately!" β
"Enemy!" The fleet ahead quickly sent back a simple message.
"Kill them!" General Lucas's face suddenly became extremely excited, pointing to the screen and ordering loudly: "Kill them, don't let any of them go!" β
"Whew!" Zhao Li let out a long breath and discovered the enemy's supply fleet, and the intelligence was not wrong. At this time, Zhao Li finally sat on the ground with confidence, and what was going on in front of him was no longer something that Zhao Li could control.
The extremely boring and extremely nervous waiting for almost an hour made Zhao Li almost exhausted. No wonder General Lucas aged several years in a few days because of the unfavorable war situation, this kind of war commander who involves the lives and interests of many people is really not something that ordinary people can do, even if General Lucas is an eighth-level master, he also has to pay the price for it.
Not to mention Zhao Li, this was the first time he coordinated a fleet to attack. Although the rear was all special forces, the attack of the forward fleet was solid. Such a simple command and coordination work made Zhao Li feel such pressure, so wouldn't a larger-scale and higher-level battle be even more cruel?
It's a pity that after the ambush battle began, Zhao Li's communication was cut off, and he couldn't see the battle situation ahead from his side, so he could only speculate from the excited shout of the fleet commander just now. That kind of sound should be fine, right?
"Good job, boy!" After General Lucas disappeared for a while, he reappeared on the screen in front of Zhao Li. The voice was very excited: "The supply warships of the brigade, this is definitely to provide supplies for the two battlefields of the edge planet and the journey planet, and now they are finished." Unable to suppress his excitement, the general paced back and forth on the ground for a few steps: "Without this batch of supplies, I see how long they can spend with us!" Boy, you've done a great job! β
"Thank you, sir!" Zhao Li was also infected by his happiness, and of course, he himself was also happy from the bottom of his heart. It's just that in the previous wars, Zhao Li ended in victory, so this excitement was not as strong as the general. The general was anxious for a long time by the half-dead war zone war report, and finally had a moment to raise his eyebrows.
"This battle is victorious, I will give you a promotion!" The general did not hesitate to throw down a large promise: "Continue to monitor the supply warehouse, I will inform you if there is news!" As he spoke, without waiting for Zhao Li's routine salute, he had already taken the initiative to hang up the communication.
Happy here, Zhao Li was worried about Li Mengdie and their side at the same time. They also don't have any news now, and Zhao Li can't guess what the specific situation is, so he can only continue to wait honestly.
Again, it was a long wait, before waiting for the enemy to appear, now waiting for the ambush to end, waiting for the results of the surprise attack on the supply warehouse.
This is more than two hours. Zhao Li didn't know how big the fleet sent by the general was, and he didn't know if there were any escort attack ships in the enemy's supply fleet, and what scale. Everything is just a surprise. The results of the battle are no longer something that Zhao Li can imagine.
"General!" Zhao Li stood up and saluted, and the general's communication was connected, not knowing whether it was good news or bad news. However, seeing the tall body and high emotions of the general, Zhao Li felt a little relieved in his heart.
"We successfully ambushed the rebels' supply fleet, Zhao Li." When he said these words, the general kept smiling, but he didn't have the excitement at the beginning: "All the escort attack ships were destroyed by us, fourteen supply ships were destroyed, and three were captured, not a single battleship of the enemy escaped, and we won a great victory!" Damn, it's been a long time since I've heard anything like this, so happy! Good job, boy! β
"Yay!" When Zhao Li heard the news, he couldn't help but raise his fist and cheered. The general's words also mean that the supply channel has been completely cut off by the political axe army, and an exposed supply channel has no much effect.
"Tell your informant that he can get a big bounty." The general did not pursue Zhao Li's gaffe, it seemed that he was also immersed in the joy of victory, and couldn't wait to start talking about meritorious deeds. From beginning to end, the general did not ask where Zhao Li's information came from.
"Yes, General!" Zhao Li suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at the refreshed general, and couldn't help but ask: "General, what about our losses?" β
As soon as this question came out, General Lucas looked at Zhao Li with a strange gaze, and Zhao Li felt very bad. Immediately, Zhao Li realized that this question should not be asked by himself, and he may not have the authority to know, so he hurriedly remedied: "I'm sorry general, I shouldn't have asked." β
"You are the one who makes the plan, and you have the right to know the end result." The general looked at Zhao Li for a while, and finally spoke: "We have lost a total of three attack ships and severely damaged one, and compared to the enemy's losses, our side can be ignored." β
"......" Listening to this number, Zhao Li didn't say anything, losing three ships and severely damaging one, it didn't sound like it meant much. But Zhao Li knew that the manpower lost on these three warships was several times more than Zhao Li's previous losses when he was sniping at the rebels. A medium attack ship, at full strength, is four hundred people. Three ships, Zhao Li can no longer imagine. It's all a sacrifice because of their own plans.
"How's it going to be on your side?" The general didn't care about Zhao Li's attitude, in fact, he didn't notice it at all. The ambush supply fleet won a big victory, so what results of the surprise attack on the supply warehouse was what he wanted to care about.
"No news yet, General!" Zhao Li replied truthfully.
"Yes!" The general gave a noncommittal sigh of gratitude, and then smacked on the screen a few times, and soon, a satellite picture appeared in front of Zhao Li's eyes.
It was a view from the ground as seen by high-altitude satellite remote sensing. Surrounded by a thick green jungle, the two camouflaged supply warehouses appeared on the screen very clearly.
From the satellite view, it seems that there is no movement there, and the occasional movement of people is very calm, without the slightest nervousness of being attacked. It seems that Li Mengdie and they haven't succeeded yet.
There is such a satellite remote sensing video, and Zhao Li can clearly see the situation over there. However, most of the complexes are hidden in the dense forest, and there is no movement of personnel, let alone distinguishing which ones are their own and which are rebel sentinels.
However, one thing is certain, and that is that the number of sentinels guarding around the warehouse has increased considerably. It is estimated that from the moment they received the attack on the supply fleet, they strengthened the vigilance of the warehouse. This is very unfavorable to Li Mengdie and them.
Maybe today is the heavens that deliberately test Zhao Li's nerves, just after seeing this picture, Zhao Li found that there were several more small attack ships on the screen, hovering in the air for a while, and began to attack frantically somewhere in the dense forest not far from the warehouse.
Oops, was discovered? Zhao Li's heart suddenly rose from his chest to his throat. Those two warehouses are not far from the flight base, and the battleship can arrive in a few minutes. If it weren't for the discovery of any anomaly, it would never have been possible for a warship to attack somewhere in the dense forest.
This result made the general a little unexpected, and he also stood up a little nervously, staring at the screen tightly, as if he wanted to see some specific information from the screen.
At this critical moment, the screen dimmed violently, and there was no longer a display.
"This?" Zhao Li hurriedly slapped twice directly on the screen: "What's the matter?" β
"Our satellite has been discovered!" The general also sat down across the screen: "The eighteenth." They must have discovered our intentions. β
There is no doubt about this, from the moment the supply fleet was attacked, it is estimated that the rebels knew Zhao Li's operational focus. As can be seen from the increased posts, even the satellites above have now been shot down, which further confirms their suspicions.
"Don't be in a hurry!" The general looked at Zhao Li a little restless, and reminded: "Your battle plan has achieved the main combat goal, even if their operation fails, we will win." β
"Yes, General!" Zhao Li's answer was obviously a little lacking in confidence, and his worried look was clear on the screen.
"Where there is war, there are casualties, it is inevitable." The general could see something from Zhao Li's performance: "Even if the mission fails, they are heroes!" After affirming Li Mengdie's contributions, the general began to be stern: "If you are just afraid of your own casualties, quickly dispel that stupid idea." You are the supreme military commander of the fringe planet, don't be naΓ―ve enough to think that the war can end without paying a price! β
"Yes, General!" This time, Zhao Li also became serious. The general is not wrong in what he said, there can be no war without casualties, and there is no extravagance to hope for such an unrealistic miracle.
It's just that Li Mengdie is different, Li Mengdie is his childhood sweetheart who has been secretly in love for a long time, and she is also the girlfriend who has slept with Zhao Li. For Zhao Li, Li Mengdie has never contradicted any of his decisions, except for having disagreed with him on his safety. The students of the genius school, the young principal, do things for Zhao Li like this, except for the reason of love, I can't find any other reason.
"In war, there will be casualties!" Zhao Li sat upright in his seat, thinking about this. But the mind couldn't help but fly to Li Mengdie's side.
How is she now? With Saunders? What about the fighters? After being discovered, do you immediately abandon the mission and turn around? These thoughts seemed to be rolling in my head.
Even the victory of the supply fleet that annihilated the rebels could not make Zhao Li even happier. In the final analysis, Zhao Li found that he was not a cold-blooded soldier, nor was he the kind of person who would do anything for the sake of the end. Although the previous performances made others mistakenly think that he was such a madman, Zhao Li knew that he was not that kind of person.
At such a time, Zhao Li seemed to suddenly understand the mood of General Lucas when he sent himself to snipe the rebel brigade. Contradictory, reluctant, but it has to be so, because there is no other way. Although there had been a period of resentment against his superiors for a while because of this so-called order to send him to death, now, Zhao Li would rather the person who took the risk in front was himself.
If he hadn't sent Li Mengdie out, would he not have such worries? Why doesn't Sanders and James seem to have such a difficult choice? Don't you care about Sanders' last name? Don't care about James's last name? Just because they were once prisoners?
The three dantians took turns to push a true qi, circulating in their bodies, and with Zhao Li's thoughts, they flowed little by little. Soon, Zhao Li dimly entered that state of meditation.
A buzzing vibration woke Zhao Li from his state of meditation. Communicator! Zhao Li's first reaction was to turn on the answer switch of the communicator. However, the finger reached out and stopped.
After pausing for a moment, looking down at his current state, Zhao Li turned on the communicator switch.
"Zhao Li, mission accomplished!" There are no images, only sounds, which are communications from small personal communicators. Sanders' tired voice came from the communicator's speaker, bringing Zhao Li a long-awaited piece of good news.
It's strange that Zhao Li is not so excited, I don't know why. Hearing Sanders' voice, Zhao Li calmly replied: "Good job, man!" β
His answer made Sanders over there also very surprised: "Uh, why are you talking like that?" Odd! β
"What about the others?" Zhao Li didn't answer Sanders's words, and asked about other people's news.
"I haven't arrived at the rendezvous site yet, so I don't know the situation." It can be heard that Sanders is running away frantically: "Two supply depots, a military airfield, I am in charge of the No. 1 warehouse, and the task has been successfully completed." There were explosions at warehouse No. 2 and at the military airfield, but the exact extent of the damage is not known. β
"Rush to the rendezvous site and meet up with the others!" Zhao Li calmly ordered. At this time, there was no longer any need to ask them why there was an additional military airfield in the target of combat operations.
After hanging up the communication, Sanders thought a little inexplicably while running, what happened to Zhao Li? How does it feel weird to speak?
It seems that only Sanders has communication equipment, and Zhao Linai waited for a long time with his surname, and finally waited for another communication. This time, it was Li Mengdie who spoke.
"Zhao Li, the warehouse and the airport have all been blown up, and the airport will not be able to be used in a short period of time, unless they use a large number of sappers to repair it." Li Mengdie's voice was like a heavenly sound in Zhao Li's ears.
"Well done, Adie!" Zhao Li never hesitated to praise Li Mengdie: "What about the others? β
"It's just the three of us, the others ......" Li Mengdie paused gloomily: "I was on the task of luring the enemy before, and no one has come back until now." Our transport ship was also shot down! β
"Wait for them, if no one gathers in two hours, come back immediately!" Zhao Li calmly gave Li Mengdie instructions, and then quietly hung up the communication and began to contact General Lucas.
(To be continued)