Chapter 195: The Test of Blood and Fire
"Sir, the vanguard reports that a large number of insect signals have appeared in the star field about 100,000 kilometers ahead!"
In Ricktown, a mixed fleet of Wehrmacht task forces is slowly approaching the planet Lobito. Chen Yun, who was temporarily ordered by Haoyi to command the entire task force for him, was discussing something in a low voice with several senior staff officers around the holographic command platform. The staff officer, who was in charge of liaison with the vanguard of the task force, suddenly strode over and reported in a loud voice.
"Let the commander of the vanguard immediately transmit the hologram of the target star field!" Chen Yunjian's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he ordered in a deep voice without hesitation.
"Yes, sir!" The staff officer left in a hurry, and a few seconds later, the image on the holographic command platform in front of him flashed, and a rather spectacular picture appeared in front of Chen Yun and the others.
"I'll go, so many high-level aliens!" Listening to the exclamation of the staff officer beside him, Chen Yun's heart jumped involuntarily.
The holographic screen is full of swarms of euglena kingworms and countless corrupters. Faintly, you can also see the huge figures of several nest lords. Super giant insects such as the Hive Lord are only possible in fully highly evolved swarms.
"Pass my orders and sound the battle alarm! The whole task force is in combat mode! Order the vanguard to immediately stop advancing, stand on guard, and wait for the main force! No one is allowed to go to war without my orders! According to a rough estimate, the number of those insects, Chen Yun's heart slowly sank.
Not counting those euglena king insect clusters that have no combat power, the number of corrupt people alone is at least above 100,000. And his own task force, which claims to be formed by a reinforced fleet, can actually use less than 500 battleships. Although, if you let the battleship and the Corruptor go head-to-head, the Corruptor will definitely not be the opponent of the battleship with absolute technological superiority. However, at the moment, the difference in strength between the two sides is nearly 1:20, and even if the battleship has strong firepower and protection, it may not be able to withstand the overwhelming sea of corruptor worms.
"What to do? Do you want to fight or go around? After the staff officers faithfully conveyed their orders, Chen Yun's heart became faintly flustered, and even his palms involuntarily began to ooze cold sweat slightly. This was the first time in his life that he personally commanded a mixed fleet to fight, and although Chen Yun had quite an excellent score in the space fleet command subject when he was in military school, he couldn't help but start to feel weak when it came to actual combat.
"If my uncle was here, what would he do?" Chen Yun, who was in a mess in his mind, desperately tried to calm himself down, and took a long deep breath, he tried to treat himself as Hao Yi to see if he could hold back the strategy.
"Sir, what now?" The staff officers guarding the command platform couldn't help but be a little worried when they saw that Chen Yun's face was cloudy and uncertain, and one of the colonels frowned and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"You say, is this insect coming at us?" Moving his hand to enlarge the hologram in front of him, Chen Yun asked Zhengse while proofreading the coordinates of the flight course of the alien insect.
"Judging by the subordinates, they shouldn't be coming at us!" The colonel probably also noticed that there was something wrong with the flight coordinates of the insect swarm, and analyzed in a deep voice: "Judging from their course coordinates, there is a chance that they are heading for the Lobito planet!" ”
"Order the main fleet to speed up, and after the turn of the vanguard, stop this group of brutes before they reach Lobito anyway!" Chen Yun suddenly slammed his fist on the edge of the holographic command platform, learned Haoyi's once habitual tone, bared his teeth and shouted: "Ya, Lao Tzu doesn't care whether he burns incense or worships Buddha on dog days, since he has been hit by our national defense force, let these brutes see our awesomeness!" ”
"Well said!" Chen Yun's arrogant and dry scolding made the originally slightly dignified atmosphere of the command center suddenly boil. Just as the staff officers were about to raise their voices to respond, Haoyi's unique voice suddenly exploded behind everyone.
"Uncle!" The officers followed the prestige, and when they saw that Hao Yi had entered the command center at some point, they were full of relieved smiles. His timely appearance made the stone hanging high in Chen Yun's heart finally hit the ground, and he greeted him with surprise and joy, respectfully saluted a military salute, and asked with a smile: "Why are you here?" The subordinates thought you were still resting, so ......"
"Then you'll treat me as if I'm still resting!" Haoyi interrupted Chen Yun's words with a smile, and then suddenly raised his face, and ordered: "Adjutant Chen Yun, I now order you to continue to command the task force with full authority to fight!" ”
"Huh?" Chen Yun's mouth turned into a huge O-shape, and his face was shocked and he froze in place, stunned as Hao Yi strode towards the command platform.
"Why are you stunned? Don't hurry up and carry out General Chen's order yet! Seeing that several staff officers on the side of the command platform also froze in place with an incredulous expression, Haoyi raised his face in displeasure and scolded in a deep voice, which frightened the officers and hurriedly got busy.
"That, uncle, since you are here, your subordinates should return the command to you!" Stunned for a while, Chen Yun finally came to his senses, ran over with a shy face, and said with a shy smile: "After all, my subordinates have never had the experience of commanding a large space fleet to fight, and my subordinates are worried about ......."
"You know what? When my aunt and I first commanded the fleet in battle, I didn't even know how to use this command platform! Before Chen Yun finished speaking, Hao Yi interrupted him again and said with a straight face: "Moreover, not everyone is born to fight or command battles!" The so-called experience often has to be exchanged for blood and even life! At the moment, I, St. Prori, am a new country, and we need too many good and young commanders to fight together for our great country. We don't have that much time, and the enemy won't give us enough time to train good commanders through so-called military schools and stuff. Therefore, all we can do is to train our officers at all levels with actual combat and blood! Do you understand, General Chen! ”
Chen Yun's military rank is a major general, but usually Haoyi only calls him by his full name or directly calls him Lao Chen and adjutant, and has never called him General Chen so officially. For a while, Chen Yun's heart was full of thoughts.
"Come on, this is your post! From now on, even I will be your subordinate! Your Excellency, Commander! Hao Yi raised his right arm to Chen Yun with a smile and gave a standard military salute solemnly.
“xiexie! Uncle Xiexie's trust in his subordinates! Chen Yun, whose eyes were slightly oozing warm liquid, solemnly returned a military salute to Haoyi, and then slowly walked to the command platform and ordered a staff officer in a deep voice: "Update the real-time image of the target area immediately!" ”
"Updating, sir!" With the staff officers on the holographic image of the command platform, the light flashed, and a group of video data transmitted back by the vanguard unit was suddenly presented in front of everyone.
"Yo, it seems that the scale of this swarm force is not small!" Seeing the dense army of alien insects in the image, almost covering the entire starry sky, even Hao Yi couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and said with a slight change of color.
"It is conservatively estimated that the strength of the swarm is at least about 300,000, and nearly forty percent of them are composed of those corruptors who can compete with large space warships!" Chen Yun frowned and analyzed Haoyi.
"That is, at least 100,000 corrupters?" Hao Yi crossed his arms and rubbed his chin, and asked in a deep voice, "How does General Chen plan to deal with this alien insect army?" ”
"Before they can spot us, gather our forces first, and then launch a wave of speed and firepower from behind against the swarm, disturbing the swarm formation as much as possible. Then, then concentrate the firepower, rush through the area where the swarm is gathered, and rush to the planet Lobito as fast as possible! After getting in touch with friendly forces, with the help of the Ricktown Army's relatively complete outer space firepower network and the firepower of those anti-orbital heavy artillery on the ground, you can repel the army of insects that may make a comeback! ”
Chen Yun skillfully manipulated the holographic command platform, called up the star field where the insect swarm army was located, and then pointed to the planet Lobito not far away, and explained to Hao Yi that the tactical idea that had just popped up in his heart for a short time.
"Well, that sounds good!" Although his intuition told Hao Yi that Chen Yun's seemingly perfect tactic had some kind of flaw or danger that could not be Yujian, Hao Yi did not deny him to his face. Haoyi knew that unless he was a genius, it would be impossible for any new young commander to make a commendable perfect record without making any mistakes when he commanded a large army in battle for the first time.
Of course, as for whether Haoyi himself is a genius, this product is obviously too lazy to think about it.
"Uncle, is there something wrong with the tactics of your subordinates?" Chen Yun, who seemed to be vaguely aware of something, frowned and anxiously asked Hao Yidao.
"If there is a problem, we will only know when we get to the battlefield! I'm not a wizard, I'm a prophet! You know, on the battlefield, anything can happen! In addition to a good set of tactics, commanders need to have a clear mind, be able to respond to the changing situation anytime, anywhere, and correct the shortcomings in their own tactics! Haoyi reminded with a straight face.
"Yes! Thank you for the reminder! After pondering Hao Yi's meaningful words in his mind repeatedly, Chen Yun nodded seriously, turned around and ordered loudly to the staff officer on the side: "Pass the order, after the main force of the task force and the vanguard force turn, immediately change to a diamond-shaped formation!" Prepare for a chiseling attack on the Insect Troops! ”
Hearing Chen Yun's military order, Haoyi's brows couldn't help but jump again. The so-called diamond-shaped formation in Chen Yun's mouth, he was naturally quite clear. That's a common tactical formation that is mentioned in the Space Force command class. Its purpose is to form a peripheral diamond-shaped formation by troops with combat effectiveness in the event of a critical situation during the march, and to tightly defend the troops without combat strength or those who have been severely damaged and lost their combat strength in the middle of the diamond-shaped formation, so as to minimize the casualties of the troops and break through the enemy's encirclement as quickly and effectively as possible.
Although Chen Yun had shouted the rhetoric of letting the insects see the power of the Wehrmacht before, the tactical decision he made subconsciously exposed his strengths and weaknesses to Hao Yi very clearly.
"Chen Yun, Chen Yun, it's a little more stable, but it's a pity that it's not ruthless enough! Well, in time, you may become a general known for your steadiness! Seeing Chen Yun in front of the command platform, frequently issuing military orders in high spirits, and quietly observing his Haoyi, he couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.