At about 12 o'clock on May 18, 2918, Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn of the Commonwealth Guard suddenly appeared in the "Yi" star field under the command of Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn of the Commonwealth Defense Force, forming a semi-encircled flanking attack on the Ninth Task Force under the command of Major Jiang Ziyue of the New Roman Imperial Army, which was preparing to retreat. Easy to read on mobile phones: αр.(1)(6) finishing

In the face of the sudden arrival of the Federation fleet, the Imperial soldiers did not even have time to put on space combat suits, and many rushed to their posts just wearing space civilian clothes. Even the commander Jiang Ziyue, who looked very calm on the surface, was just wearing the black 'color' civilian clothes with blue 'color' stripes and sitting on the captain's command.

It can be said that the federal army has fully achieved its "surprise" purpose. But the commander of the fleet, Admiral Nicholas Wolfensohn, did not intend to "win" as quickly as possible.

When the distance between the two armies was only 600,000 kilometers, Brigadier Admiral Nylas Wolfensohn ordered the fleet to slow down at a large radial rate and instructed the Chief of Staff: "Gunther, send a telegram to the Imperial fleet, giving them the power to surrender, the hospital ships may leave immediately, and the commander may negotiate with me if necessary." ”

"Sir, do you want to capture all of the enemy?"

"Be the best at what you can do." Wolfensohn nodded in his chest, "Those scientists are the most valuable trophies, and this interstellar planet that may be related to 'Antnest'. ”

Getting his opponent to surrender without firing a single shot, capturing the planet and capturing a group of Imperial scientists, along with Major von Jiang Ziyue, who had already made a name for himself, and a group of Imperial warships, would be the perfect victory for Wolfensohn in his career.

The advantages are almost all on the enemy's side, and Jiang Ziyue, who is under pressure, can't help but think of the one-to-thirteen "one-on-one meeting" near the "Taiji" star field in January last year. Now, Cleo, the muse god who is in charge of history and heroic epics, seems to have fallen in love with him and asked him to stage another classic battle in which the weak defeated the strong.

However, in the face of an opponent who is almost twice as numerous as his own and whose firepower exceeds this multiple, can Feng Jiang Ziyue do it? Not to mention that less is more, even whether or not you can lead the fleet to retreat safely seems to have become an "impossible task".

When the opponent's telegram came, everyone's focus was on him, the fleet commander.

Whether it is the captain of a battle-experienced cruiser, the nurse who has no interest or concept of combat on a hospital ship, or the scientific and technological personnel of the scientific expedition team who specializes in formulas and numbers, everyone knows very well that in the current harsh situation, war is death, and escape is not possible.

The enemy's dense funnel ship array is almost impermeable, with a distance of about 100 kilometers, spiral maneuvers of constantly changing curvature, and a new super battleship with a body length of several kilometers and hundreds of directional and kinetic weapons......

Although the speed had been reduced to less than a tenth of the speed of light, it was precisely this slow advance that made the Imperial Army see the lineup of the Bundeswehr fleet more clearly, and strongly felt its strict and mighty formation, and experienced its high fighting spirit, and was deeply shocked.

In the bridge of the cruiser "Siegfried," Jiang Ziyue sat in the captain's seat, ignoring the report of his subordinates urging him to reply to the telegram of persuasion or surrender, staring at the three-dimensional image showing the situation of the enemy and us, without saying a word.

The fleets of the two sides were at this time exactly-for-tat, head to head. But the conical formation of the Imperial cruisers and the loose scientific supply formations behind them are facing away from the giant "easy" planet, and they are advancing at the speed of one hundredth of light, and will soon be surrounded by the Bundeswehr funnel ship array.

Again, as last year, it is impossible to venture through enemy lines. No single trick can be used twice against the same enemy, especially this time in a completely different situation.

Twelve seconds had passed since the telegram had been sent. Excluding the time it takes for the radio to fly through this vast space and the time it takes for the machine to receive and compile the telegram, the Imperial Army has at least nine seconds to decide whether to fly the white flag or fight to the death.

Twelve seconds is usually too short to be noticeable, but now it's quite a long time for both sides.

One is eagerly looking forward to the perfect victory, and the other is struggling to find a way out.

Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn, who was arrogant, was also sitting in the commander's seat in the "Nimitz" tactical command center at this time, with a confident smile on his face.

Lieutenant Colonel Gunther Oswald, the chief of staff on the opposite side, was well aware that the invulnerability of Commander Nicholas Wolfensohn's invulnerable position, and the 'fine' and calculated timing of the attack, made it completely impossible for the opponent to attack, and it was almost impossible to escape.

Jiang Ziyue, who had a stern expression, did not have any illusions of defeating the opponent since the enemy appeared.

There are many examples of human beings winning more battles with less, but they all happened under specific historical conditions. Now, he is concentrating on the fact that the other side and the vast majority of his subordinates think that it is impossible to succeed.

On the image, the green and blue 'color' ship-shaped icons that were gradually moving, and the constantly beating enemy ship's action data 'shone' on his face, and the 'shot' back 'shot' was a strange light, like a beating 'spirit'.

Suddenly, his eyes widened and he gave orders one after another: "Reply to the other party's telegram ......"

The voice became a little sharp because of the suppressed excitement in his heart, but this did not prevent him from giving instructions to his subordinates. Jiang Ziyue finally emphasized: "We can definitely get out of the way!" ”

The distance between the fleets of the two sides has been shortened to an effective combat distance of less than 300,000 kilometers, and as soon as the commander gives an order, thousands of ion beams and 'excited' beams will shoot out in response to the sound, rapidly striking the opponent's hull and electromagnetic anti-shield, and 'excited' emitting a dazzling and brilliant death light.

A telegram was sent to the tactical command center of the Bundeswehr flagship "Nimitz", and the Imperial Commander Jiang Ziyue expressed his willingness to accept the instructions of General Nicholas Wolfensohn, but in accordance with the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked of the Interstellar Armed Forces (i.e., the Sixth Geneva Convention of 2649) and the tradition of 'engagement', unarmed hospital ships did not have to accept surrender and asked to leave first. Moreover, Jiang Ziyue also said at the end of the telegram that he hoped to gain some time in order to persuade his subordinates who were unwilling to surrender.

"When the enemy's flagship sent this telegram, we also detected that it was sending encrypted radio signals to its own fleet." The Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Gunther Oswald, reported, and expressed his thoughts in an affirmative tone: "Sir, I don't think that the enemy commander Jiang Ziyue will surrender easily. ”

The ominous omen in Oswald's mind reappeared, and he felt a vague, inexplicable fear of his enemies, especially the man with the strange name, von Jiang Ziyue.

"He had no choice." General Wolfensohn responded to his men's words in a cold tone, "Reply to the telegram, allow the hospital ship to leave first, and give the order to go down and maintain the current state." They dared to open fire, and we immediately tore them to shreds. ”

"Yes, sir."

"Be careful, don't fire at research ships and hospital ships, only hit enemy combat ships." Wolfensohn added that "the lives of scientists must be safeguarded. ”

"I understand, sir."

Just when Nicholas Wolfensohn and Gunther Oswald thought they were winning, they took the opportunity to reply to the telegram from the Federation fleet to persuade them to surrender, and all the captains and captains of the Imperial Army received instructions from the fleet commander, Major Jiang Ziyue.

The two sides continued to approach each other at a lower speed, and the spatial distance was slowly shortened. The confident Federation fleet is advancing steadily, while the passive Imperial fleet is cautious.

Despite being mentally prepared for the possibility of the enemy's tricks, the Bundeswehr did not notice that the two particle firing ports of the Akuberi engines were quietly being tweaked in the open bow gun 'door' of the Imperial warship.

Every Imperial warship has been put into a state of faster-than-light flight readiness. In their bridges, a holographic image is projected into the air, indicating that the energy ring of the Akuberi engine is climbing towards full grid.

200,000 kilometers apart.

The cry of "shooting" Jiang Ziyue spread to every corner of the Imperial fleet.

Thirty-one cruisers, five reconnaissance and communications carriers, and 10 logistics supply ships sprayed hydrogen and anti-hydrogen particle beams that caused space "waves" at the Bundeswehr ship array almost at the same time.

In the blink of an eye, with the light of annihilation, forty-six faster-than-light "warp bubbles" of different sizes formed in the Federation Army's funnel ship array.

The originally calm cosmic space was stirred up by these "warp bubbles" that suddenly appeared and were very close to each other, forming a wild "space storm".

The Federation soldiers, who were full of confidence in victory, did not expect that the enemy, who had been 'cornered', would suddenly launch such an unprecedented "warp bubble" counterattack, and they could not react at all.

The well-formed Bundeswehr fleet was immediately caught up in this invisible "space storm". A large number of warships trapped in the "warp bubble" were scattered by the powerful faster-than-light "warp bubble" and "disrupted" the flight state, and were forced into the opposite direction of the faster-than-light state.

The worst of the situation were the warships on the edge of the various "warp bubbles", which, although they were not forcibly brought to the speed of light, were plunged into an even more terrible catastrophe. Under the influence of the "warp bubble" of mutual disturbance, the "waves" of space are disorderly and very "chaotic" and "chaotic", forcing those unfortunate battleships to become extremely bumpy, or enter a high-speed irregular rotation state, and then have a high-intensity collision.

In this unprecedented man-made "space storm", the Bundeswehr fleet staged the tragedy of "famous generals skewering" one after another.

The new battleship "John Paul Jones," which was huge in the fleet, was on the verge of a "warp bubble" disturbance, and was not only carried to the rear by an irresistible space "wave," but also had a terrifying collision with its sister ship "Drake," which was originally more than 100 kilometers away.

Each warship is equipped with a collision avoidance system to prevent collisions during dense formation and reaction propulsion navigation. However, under the strong coercion of the "space storm", this system could not work at all.

The 2,800-meter-long "John Paul Jones" completely lost control in the violently disturbed space, and was carried backwards while rotating the hull backwards along the horizontal axis. Its blunt bow that was raised high slapped back just in time for it to hit the stern of the Drake's hull, which was already in a state of jolting behind the side.

The nose and tail of the John Paul Jones immediately shattered, and the Drake fell into a longitudinal rolling state and crashed headlong into another sister ship, the Cuthbert Collingwood, which was out of control.

The "Drake", which suffered heavy losses both at the beginning and at the end, completely lost its combat effectiveness.

Another "famous general"-class battleship, the "Heihachiro Togo," was slammed by the "George Dewey" in front of it, and flew backwards involuntarily under the strong hijacking of the space "wave," and was directly 'inserted' into the tail by the bow of the "Zheng He," which was deviating from the course on the side. The ion propulsion system and the hydrogen-oxygen rocket propulsion system at the tail of the "Togo Heihachiro" were all scrapped at once, and it was nicknamed "the marshal of the navy who was blown up".

More Federation warships were coerced by the powerful "space storm" and were swept into the "warp bubble" in the opposite direction, helplessly and involuntarily entered the faster-than-light state, and quickly moved away from the "easy" star field.

Dozens of battleships and cruisers, including the flagship "Nimitz", were instantly thrown out of the more distant "Yi" star field by the "space storm" formed by many "warp bubbles" at the superluminal speed of about two levels of the Akuberi speed.

All 99 warships of the Bundeswehr were 'affected' by the terrible "space storm," the funnel ship formation completely collapsed, and the officers and men also lost their murderous spirit and high fighting spirit.

In just a few seconds, the originally dense and well-organized Federation ship array was completely reduced to the point of being scattered and chaotic, and it can almost be described as a state of embarrassment by "falling 'flowers' and flowing water".

At the same time, on the flagship of the Imperial Army 200,000 kilometers away, the mastermind of this "space storm", Major Feng Jiang Ziyue of the Imperial Army, was full of joy and 'agitation', and gave a loud order: "Disperse the formation, accelerate the retreat, and rendezvous at the first assembly point on the return voyage." ”

With enthusiastic cheers and happy taunts in the communication loop, the Imperial task force quickly dispersed in all directions. The ships sped away, ignoring the 'chaos', 'chaos' and collisions of the Federation fleet, and fired the Akuberi engine again, causing a space 'wave' to enter the speed of light.

Jiang Ziyue, a soldier of the New Roman Empire, continued to continue his reputation after a pair of thirteen staged "lonely heroes" last year.

This time, with his outstanding talent and extraordinary imagination, he led the Imperial Task Force to create an unprecedented "space storm", disrupting the superior enemy in a tight formation, so that the task force could still retreat in the face of being trapped in a desperate situation.

This time, Jiang Ziyue had already put on a space combat suit and leaned on the captain's seat safely.

The fleet formations have been disbanded, and the ships have split up to go faster than light. For the time being, he did not need and could not command the fleet, and as for the command and control of the 'Siegfried', he had been represented by First Mate Captain Joseph Dietrich since its departure.

Under the safety buckle, Jiang Ziyue, who looked quite "bloated" because of wearing a space combat suit, did not move. Since the astronauts wore the dark 'colored' protective helmets of their space combat suits, no one could notice that the commander was close to prostration.

The oppression of danger, the thrill of adventure, and the surprise of innovation weave into Jiang Ziyue's consciousness, bursting out with brilliant light and color, enveloping the world in front of him. In the colorful world in front of him, he seemed to hear the cheers of victory and the applause of praise again.

In the midst of the excitement, he suddenly heard his name being called.

At first, the sound was small, almost drowned out by the noisy crowd, and slowly became clear. The voice was a little unfamiliar, but it was familiar and emotional.

Then he saw the man who had called him.

The man had flowing hair, a finely sculpted face, and eyes that shone like black pearls.

It was his former lover, Chen Weiyin.

Chen Weiyin stood in the colorful world, calling his name affectionately and waving at him.

He wanted to respond loudly, but he couldn't.

In the colorful light and shadow, a black 'hole' appeared behind his beloved 'woman', which gradually expanded, and finally swallowed Chen Weiyin, and then engulfed the colorful world in front of him.

"VVI!" Jiang Ziyue, who woke up from the brink of collapse, shouted the nickname of her former 'girlfriend'.

At this time, Jiang Ziyue remembered that Chen Weiyin and the ten members of the scientific expedition team were still on the planet "Yi".

Leaving behind her beloved like this, although she can only be regarded as a 'woman' who was once beloved, led the army to escape?! Jiang Ziyue couldn't stop torturing his heart.

The other side of the 'engagement' may not be called a 'belligerent' yet, after all, the Bundeswehr did not fire a single shot until four hours later to regroup and restore order in the fleet.

After counting, in this unprecedented man-made "space storm", two battleships of the Federation tracking fleet were completely lost due to collisions, two battleships and one cruiser lost the ability to fly faster than light, and seven battleships and four cruisers were traumatized to varying degrees.

A total of 214 officers and men were killed, including the captain of the battleship Drake, whose fate was most tragic. Two others are unaccounted for and 16 injured.

When the statistical report came, the tactical command center of the flagship "Nimitz" suddenly "banged".

Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn slammed his fist into the integrated console of the USS Nimitz's tactical command center.

This blow of rage and humiliation did not have any effect on the sturdy integrated console, but it symbolized the complete shattering of Nicholas Wolfensohn's personal reputation and glory.

The Federation fleet, which has absolute superiority, takes advantage of the time and place, and almost completes the situation of catching turtles in the urn against weak opponents. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye, the genius of the Imperial Army's inventive and creative abilities completely turned the tide around, and the Jedi took a storm and retreated.

This battle was a great shame for the Bundeswehr, which was about to surround the other side with double forces, and even made the other side 'get 'left' at a loss, and let the other side flee unscathed.

"Is this the theoretical 'space storm'?!" Wolfensohn exclaimed angrily and hatefully, "Feng Jiang Ziyue, this man, finally let me see it today. ”

"Sir, almost all of the damage this time was due to the collision." Lieutenant Colonel Gunther Oswald, chief of staff, guiltily analyzed, "The enemy took advantage of the fact that our ship formation was too dense, causing disorderly 'waves' in space, causing our warships to collide with each other out of control. If the distance between the ships is increased in advance in the formation, collisions should be avoided to the greatest extent. Failing to think carefully in advance of the humble position, he was really ashamed of the cultivation of the Federation and the generals, and was willing to accept military sanctions. ”

Gunther Oswald looked deeply remorseful. Formation is one of the great responsibilities of the chief of staff of the fleet, and he, of course, must be responsible.

Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn waved his hand and said, "Gunther, now is not the time to hold him accountable. In any case, I am the commander, and the biggest problem lies with me. But now we are not defeated, we just let the enemy openly flee from our eyes. You immediately organize a reconnaissance force and send reconnaissance ships to search for the enemy and find their traces as quickly as possible. ”

"Yes, sir. Do we want to inform Headquarters about the situation this time? Oswald asked cautiously.

Nicholas Wolfensohn replied without hesitation: "If you lose Gunther, defeat is defeat, and we have nothing to 'deceive'." We all understand the truth of shame and courage, and now is the time to practice it. Moreover, this interstellar planet, which may be related to 'Antnest', has fallen into our hands, and we must notify the headquarters to send an expedition team as soon as possible. ”

"I understand, sir."

After arranging for the reconnaissance and communications carrier to send an unmanned reconnaissance ship to track down the enemy fleet, Lieutenant Commander Gunther Oswald saluted and left to write a report to the Ministry of Defense and the President.

Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn raised his heavy right hand in return, looking at his subordinates who had disappeared into the armored 'door' of the tactical command center, and his heart was 'aroused' with a wave of grief and indignation.

"'Space Storm'?!" Wolfensohn muttered.

He also refuted Gunther Oswald before, saying, "If you are Jiang Ziyue now, what will you do in the face of our superior forces?" ”

Now he asked himself, "If I were that Imperial Commander, would I think of it in a hurry?" Turning the dense characteristics of the enemy formation into a weakness that leads to defeat? ”

The boiled duck just flew away, and it only flew away after biting the person who was about to enjoy the duck's 'meat'!

At this time, Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn's feelings of contempt, hatred, and anger at the enemy and Jiang Ziyue were added to the sense of shame and vague admiration.

Lieutenant Colonel Gunther Oswald, who left the tactical command center, was thinking about the same thing. If you are in the position of an opponent, can you create such a "miracle" on a whim?

A new tactic! New tactics!

Gunther Oswald was suddenly enlightened.

The idea of human warfare has always been determined by its own level of productive forces, and it is unlikely that it will produce strategic and tactical theories and practices that transcend its time. It is unlikely that the soldiers of the Sail Era will put forward the theory of integrated naval and air operations in later generations, and they will not be able to put it into practice. The military in the era of aircraft carriers would not have imagined the form of warfare in the faster-than-light interstellar age, because it was extremely unrealistic.

Almost all military men and military theorists are realists and pragmatists in the true sense of the word. Their life's 'fine' energy is often spent on how to use existing science and technology to create more effective tactics to defeat the enemy.

It's not so much about "creating" as it is about "digging".

Whether it is the "slash array" invented by the famous Theban general Epaminonda in ancient Greece in the Battle of Leuctra, or the tactical innovation of the famous Japanese Navy General Isoroku Yamamoto using an aircraft carrier to attack Pearl Harbor, they are all tactical innovations by using existing science and technology to tap the tactical potential of the armed forces with the current scientific and technological level to the maximum.

Humanity has achieved superluminal interstellar voyages, and accordingly interstellar warfare. However, limited by the current level of science and technology, Starfleet battles have always been limited to the confrontation between fleets. Even with the Akuberi Engine, which can cause spatial 'waves', it is only used as a twin particle cannon in combat.

Now, Jiang Ziyue, the genius of the Imperial Army, has applied the function of the Akberi engine to warp space for combat purposes, although it is alternative and has a "non-mainstream" flavor, but it has fully explored the war potential of the Akberi engine.

"Maybe this will be the beginning of a tactical revolution? Or is it just a flash of inspiration, and then it will be lost in the dust of history? ”

Faced with this kind of question, Gunther Oswald could not wait and see from the side of the crowd as a bystander.

As a soldier who was involved in the "tactical revolution" that might be about to take place, or one of the victims of Jiang Ziyue's "strange tricks", he must comprehensively analyze the process and harm of the other party's "space storm" and think of a countermeasure.

However, both Brigadier General Nicholas Wolfensohn and Lieutenant Colonel Gunther Oswald were too focused on the opponent's tactical inventions, and were attracted by Jiang Ziyue's novel "strange tricks", thinking that the enemy was just fleeing to escape.

Because in the general understanding and thinking, after the enemy in a disadvantaged position has successfully escaped, he will only launch a counterattack after gathering enough troops.

After all, "a shot back" requires not only resourcefulness and courage, but also strength.

When the ships of the Imperial Task Force 9 changed to the speed of light and assembled at the first rendezvous point of the scheduled voyage, Jiang Ziyue's counterattack plan was already clear to him.