It turned out that the federal government's fleet was originally going to destroy the rebel stronghold here in one fell swoop, and they were well armed, and their attack plan was very clever, and even a qualified fleet commander was elected. (This has never been the case in previous raids.) ）

With such thorough preparations, when the attack began, the Federation fleet did have the absolute upper hand as they had planned. In a row, he knocked out several of the main ships that the rebels had worked so hard to accumulate.

However, although the rebel fleet cannot defeat the Federation on the frontal battlefield, they are the masters of this galaxy after all, and they have prepared a lot of traps in order to deal with the invasion.

Not long after the start of the war, the rebel ship commanders realized that they could not suppress or delay the Federation fleet in a frontal battle, so they adopted a more dangerous battle plan.

The plan was carried out in this way, and the rebel fleet changed its formation and retracted the battle line on the frontal battlefield, changing from attacking to fighting and retreating, attracting the Federation fleet to follow.

After the opponent took the bait, the rebel fleet accelerated its retreat and retreated to the edge of the asteroid belt. Then the Federation fleet was slowly introduced into the asteroid belt.

There, the rebels inflicted heavy damage on the Federation's vanguard fleet with a large number of intelligent attack nuclear weapons that had been arranged, and one of the 5 million ton tactical nuclear weapons also killed the enemy's flagship with explosive character!

From there, the tide of war began to take a turn for the worse, and the fleet of the government army, after losing its commander-in-chief on the flagship, fell into civil strife immediately, and for a time could not even elect a temporary commander-in-chief.

In the end, these death-scared government fleet executives discussed it and decided to run away at this critical moment in the battle, when they had already achieved a comprehensive advantage in the battle in the asteroid belt......

Hearing this, Shen Chao finally understood what Roy meant by the extreme corruption of the federal government in this plane that Roy had told him a long time ago. The captains of a large number of federal fleets who occupy important military positions in the fleet actually only have such a little military literacy.

It's simply not basic organized. It's no wonder the rebels have been able to hold out in this galaxy for so long. It turns out that it's not that the rebels are too strong, but that the Federation's organizational ability is too weak.

As for Shen Chao, what was the funny scene they had just seen of the small fleet chasing the big fleet running around? It was actually an attempt by the rebels to beat the autumn breeze while the government forces retreated.

The commander of the rebel warships wanted to see if he could seize the opportunity of the other party's escape and capture a few Federation warships. Anyway, it's not the first time they've done this kind of thing.

But their opponents are not pigs after all, although military literacy is rubbish in comparison. He didn't have the will to fight, but he had fought with them many times, so the main battleship was beaten just now. A scene of the auxiliary warship being protected and retreating.

If the Budapest hadn't arrived on the scene, in another ten minutes, the Federation's fleet would have been able to recharge and escape the system with the faster-than-light engine on. With a "tie" record, he returned to the main base to celebrate. (The first few purgies were all defeated)

As for why the rebels do not celebrate when they see the powerful enemy retreating, but go over and continue to fight hard, and even fight to the death of a battleship?

It's not that they can't see the weakness of their fleet's firepower. Can't beat the other party. It's not that they are too greedy and don't grab uncomfortable ski. It's that they know their opponents too well and must try to grab the opponent's battleship.

Although the fleets of the Federation look miserable at the moment, the flagships are lost. But unlike them, the fleet of the federal government can accept defeat after defeat without much blame. (The results of the previous sweeps of the Federation fleet were far worse than this)

As long as the Federation's fleet withdraws back to the systems they control, they can use the Federation's vast industrial system to build more and stronger warships. Recruit larger troops.

With new ships and operators, expand their fleet. The federal government's fleet can come back at any time to wipe out the main base of the replicants. Just like they did the first few times.

The rebels are in much worse condition, their main base is only such one, and their industrial capacity is almost equal to none, so the ships can only fight less and less.

Although the average level of replicants is extremely high, there is never a shortage of high-quality battleship operators and wise and brave battleship commanders. But they can't afford a war of attrition.

Although the losses in this battle were not very large, they also lost several capital ships, and although the enemy began to retreat, the main forces remained.

They must make up for their losses as best they can, or they will be powerless to resist the order to be slaughtered the next time the government fleet comes to clear them. That's why Shen Chao and the others could see such a strange scene when they arrived.

Back on board the Budapest. After the battle, it took about half an hour to receive the prisoners and negotiate with the rebels, and Roy used this time to explain to his friends what he had experienced over the year.

All he said was unclassified information, including the existence of the Temporal Council, the origin of the Budapest, and the purpose of the Council's recruitment.

The other rebel commanders all had an unreal feeling when they learned that they had been rescued by the alien naturals, and after a brief moment of surprise, they were all drawn to what Roy said was an organization that could accept them. They asked for more information.

At this time, Shen Chao was receiving a batch of equipment on the flight deck of the Budapest. Just now when he handed over the communicator to Roy, he also temporarily handed over the command to Vice Captain Damien (does anyone remember this?). ）

He arranged it this way because the work he was dealing with was more important than connecting with the replicants. The battle was over, and he didn't need to rush to contact the leaders of the replicants.

Those people need to make up the "background knowledge" from Roy first, understand their origin and needs, and be ready to receive them, and then he himself will appear as the "boss" to have a "labor negotiation" with the other party's representatives.

The reason why they had to arrange it this way instead of having a direct conversation was not because they thought that Nei Shen Chao liked to put on a score, but because there were too many potential recruits they were facing this time, and it was too important to them.

The necessary placement can help them to establish the image of a large, well-organized and trustworthy organization, which will be beneficial for negotiation and recruitment, as well as for the management of large numbers of recruits in the future.

After all, humans are animals driven and influenced by emotions, and replicants are no exception. When you see that they are well-organized and have complete etiquette, you can naturally establish the impression that the other party is a big organization and that your credit is guaranteed.

Right now, Shen Chao's job is to collect loot after every battle. Although he didn't think much of the opponent's warships and weapons, and it was difficult to bring the entire battleship back, it didn't mean that the battle was in vain.

A long time ago, Hargrave had asked him to expand his inventory and get some samples of important technology from other high-tech planes, such as information or engines from FTL technology.

With a faster-than-light engine with a different principle, they will be able to increase the combat effectiveness of the soon-to-be-formed space-time fleet by several notches. But their schedules were so full that they couldn't dedicate time to exploring a dangerous high-tech plane.

And now they have just won a battle, and they have captured so many warships, but they all have the ability to sail at warp speed, which is just in line with their trophy conditions.

The reason why these ships didn't run just now was not because they were good, but because their warp engines took an extremely long time to recharge each time. And the combat efficiency of the Budapest gave them no time to escape, so they surrendered one after another.

At the end of the battle just now, Shen Chao remembered this matter, so he sent several teams of marines and sappers to surrender together. The Marines were responsible for bringing the men back, and the sappers were responsible for disassembling the warp engines from several of the opposing team's capital ships.

Today, the work has been completed. Several large metal boxes, nearly 10 meters long and wide, and nearly 5 meters high speed, have just been transported by a small spaceship into the cargo unloading area on the aviation deck and lowered.

Shen Chao watched as Hargrave led a team of technicians to unpack and inspect their loot. After talking about more than a year of recuperation, the old man no longer looks like an old man.

In appearance, Hargrave now looks more like a middle-aged man, with gray hair and white body, wearing a white coat and directing others to carefully inspect the equipment in front of him.

It took them an hour and a half to receive six large warp engines and some supporting equipment, as well as standing spare parts, and to carry out a systematic inspection.

After the inspection, Hargrave said that if he was given a few months, he could apply the equipment to the Budapest and give their warship an additional way to fly faster than light. It even combined with the element zero to create a new faster-than-light sailing mode.

At the same time, the rebels finally completed the background information, and also received the surrendered warships and prisoners of the Federation fleet under the coordination of Damien and Roy.

Shen Chao didn't look down on these warships with low combat effectiveness, but the poor rebels were different, they had never had the opportunity to capture the federal government's warships on a large scale before. It has always been possible to play only merchant ship modifications.

Fortunately, the "allies" who suddenly appeared on the battlefield not only helped them win the battle, but also gave them almost all the lucrative spoils, much to the delight of the rebels' senior commanders.

With the help of the Marines sent by the USS Budapest, they quickly took over all 28 surviving ships of the Federation fleet, including the large ones that had been dismantled with faster-than-light engines.

After doing this, they once again asked for a meeting with the leaders of the "Space-Time Council". And this time, Shen Chao finally agreed.

Ten minutes later, the Budapest returned to the paradise of the replicants, the planet called Iros, along with the rebel fleet that had expanded several times over. (To be continued.) )