An unmanned notification ship that was chasing along the route of the "Robb" task force was shocked and puzzled by Robb's command, ending the "Carrot" counterattack and immediately withdrawing to the planet "Aegis".

"Sir, what's the matter, you want us to retreat at this time!" Scati? Tiassi asked, puzzled.

"There is no more detailed explanation in the order!" Robb was dissatisfied and helpless, he had already guessed what the problem was.

"Five-star General Bloomberg and General Du Qifeng fully support and agree with your counterattack plan......"

"The order was given directly by the president!" Robb interrupted Tiassi's words: "I think Song President Ting Rong was frightened by Jiang Ziyue and the 'Zheng He' fleet besieging the planet 'Andromeda' before, and her daughter was also unfortunately captured, which must have made him even more worried!" ”

"He doesn't want to make peace with the empire and save his daughter!" Scati? Tiassi was not only surprised, but also angry.

"It's possible, but I'm sure it's more likely to be the fear in his heart!" Robb didn't go any further.

In his eyes, Song Tingrong is just a politician, not a politician with strategic vision.

After Song Tingrong came to power, he launched a large-scale "Qin Shi Huang" operation, but in the end it ended in failure, and after restarting Bloomberg and other veterans, he finally annihilated the main force of the Central Fleet of the New Roman Empire on the new planet "Aegis", but he never expected the emptiness in the rear, and was exploited by the "god-like" Jiang Ziyue, attacked several planets one after another, besieged the capital "Andromeda" for several days, and wantonly ransacked the surrounding airspace, and even captured his baby daughter Song Xiaoyu, and destroyed the planet "Atlantis", Deadly tens of millions of civilians wander into space.

The people did not understand the significance of the victory in the Battle of Aegis, but they were deeply aware of the horror and devastation caused by the attack of the enemy fleet, and it can be said that the glory of the Bundeswehr on the front line was completely overshadowed by the defeat in the rear, and the voters were disappointed with the incompetence of their elected leaders, and Rong Tingrong and his government were under great pressure as a result.

In fact, after the battle of "Aegis", the new Roman Imperial Army has been weakened, if the "Radish" counterattack plan goes smoothly, the Immortal Interstellar Bundeswehr will eliminate the remnants of the Imperial Army, complete its work in one battle, and complete the unification of the Immortal spiral arm interstellar human world, all kinds of troubles caused by the attack in front and rear will be swept away, and Song Tingrong, as the president of the Federation and the leader of the human free world, will also shine brightly.

Thinking of this, Robb couldn't help but say to Scati? Tiassi said: "President Song missed the opportunity to shine in history! ”

"Please forgive the offense, you should think that President Song Tingrong lacks the qualifications to become the leader of the great cause of reunification!" Scati? Tiassi said boldly.

Luo Bo looked at her in surprise, he didn't expect that the cold woman in front of him knew himself so well, but he turned to analyze: "President Song Tingrong ordered the termination of the 'radish' counterattack operation, I think the only reason is that this battle plan was not approved by him, at that time, Luo Xiaochen and I had a lot of words to say that the five-star general Bloomberg was moved, and the 'radish' counterattack operation was regarded as ' The extension of Aegis's defense plan was carried out in the name of a campaign counterattack, and President Song must have found out that it was a strategic counteroffensive and launched it without his approval, and he must have been very upset and ordered it to be terminated! ”

"Sir, are we going to retreat next?"

Scati? Tiasi's question is very direct and realistic, because the "Carrot" counterattack operation plan has been revoked, which means that the five-star Admiral Bloomberg will not lead the Wehrmacht fleet to launch an attack on the two planets "Iserlon" and "Taiji" as scheduled, and the entire "Robb" task force will become a "lone army" in the true sense of the word, deep in the rear of the enemy country.

Robb didn't answer right away, but asked, "What do you think, Scati?" ”

"Continue to occupy the planet 'Arthurgard' for a while and expand our influence!" Scati? Tiassi replied without hesitation: "Although the facilities and materials in the surrounding star fields have been destroyed, I have calculated that our fleet is well supplied, plus the energy and materials collected on the planet in the future, it is enough for us to maintain the operation for about half a year, if we can liberate the planet 'Arthurgard' for more than three months, it will have a serious impact on the enemy country!" ”

"In our federal army, it can also have a significant impact!" Robb added that he was glad that Leng Yan's subordinates thought of it with him.

"But if you do this, the risk of disobedience is also very high!" Tiassi reminded.

"That's right, and the enemy won't rest on his laurels, but I've thought of a reason and how to stay behind enemy lines!" Luo was full of confidence.

"I believe that you can lead us to another victory, a miraculous victory, sir!" Scati? Tiassi was also full of confidence in Robb, but then, she suddenly asked, "Sir, aren't you worried about Miss Song Xiaoyu at all?" ”

This unexpected question caught Luo Bo a little off guard, and he hesitated for a moment before replying: "The 26th received the enemy intelligence brought by my reconnaissance ship, and I learned that Song Xiaoyu was captured by the enemy, and I was a little worried at first, but thinking about my own experience in the Imperial Army's prisoner of war camp, I am very relieved, with Xiaoyu's identity, the enemy army has no reason not to treat him preferentially!" ”

At the end, he said solemnly: "Skaty, don't worry about our control, since we want to occupy the planet 'Arthurgard' for a long time, then we still have a lot of work to do, convene a communication meeting, I want to announce a new plan!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

On April 29, 2920 UTC, Colonel Robb of the Interstellar Bundeswehr finally reached another peak in his career, achieving a record that can be considered surpassing his father's, leading the "Robb" task force to capture the planet "Arthurgard" in the heart of the new Roman Empire.

Unlike the previous two invasions of the Neo-Roman Empire by the Immortal Interstellar Bundeswehr, this time Robb and his task force completely occupied the planet "Arthurgard", although there were 170 million citizens of the New Roman Empire on the planet, but they lacked troops. Ms. Iqbal had no choice but to declare the planet undefended as is customary, and obediently accepted the "peaceful stationing" of the Bundeswehr.

Thanks to the active cooperation of the local government of the planet, the presence of the Federation Army did not cause military turmoil and bloodshed, which earned Colonel Robb and his fleet a good reputation.

At the so-called "Planetary Liberation Ceremony of Arthurgard", Robb stood on the towering steps in front of the Doge's Palace, and proudly announced to the audience below:

"My fathers and fellow villagers, I feel extremely honored that the rule of autocracy and centralization has been irreversibly ended at this moment, and we have acquired the power we were born with, the ...... freedom and democracy."

Robb then promised to start the democratic process in the coming month, holding a "federal" universal suffrage to elect a new planetary government and parliament.

Planetary Governor Farrell? Iqbal, of course, also cooperated with the announcement of the schedule.

As a result, the media, which has always had the style of "riding on the wall," gave Robb high praise: Some self-proclaimed "well-known" people on the planet "Arthurgard" even called him a "liberator," a "fighter for peace," and a "famous general of the ages," and they were full of praise for his "exploits" in overthrowing totalitarian rule and establishing a democratic system without firing a single shot or shedding a single drop of blood.

Robb was very proud of being regarded as a "liberator" and "fighter for peace", but he did not stop there: as soon as the "liberation ceremony" was over, he turned to his deputy, Scati? Tiassi ordered: "Immediately order the dispatch of a notification ship to return home to report the victory, so that the entire federation will know about our success!" ”

And then he turned to Farrell? Iqbal said: "Lady Iqbal, I ask you to have an official ship to spread the great feat of the liberation of the planet "Arthurgard" to all parts of the empire, especially to the planet "Neo-Byzantium", and to emphasize that you escaped without Jiang Ziyue and the fleet of 'Zheng He' and blew up so much infrastructure in space!" ”

Farrell? Iqbal seemed reluctant, but she agreed, and quickly set up the work.

Scati? Tiassi, however, was not at ease with the governor "appointed" by the Senate, and she said to Robb: "Sir, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to let the planetary government's official ships publicize it!" ”

"No!" Luo Bo said without hesitation: "Let our ship go to publicize, many people will think that we are deliberately exaggerating, in fact, it is okay not to send it, the so-called 'public intellectuals' and 'democracy activists' who have always been very unhappy with the Senate in the non-governmental media will naturally spread the news of Jiang Ziyue and the 'Zheng He' fleet running away quickly, but what they say is more difficult to convince the people of the New Roman Empire and the Senate, and let Iqbal send a ship to convey it in order to play a role in confirmation!" ”

"Sir, you're also going to fight a media war!" Tiasi's tone was a little admiring.

"Jiang Ziyue deceived me with media information, and I want to use this to stink him, the so-called repaying the other with the way of others!" Robb was very pleased with his strategy and showed considerable pride.

"So what are we going to do next, the situation here seems to be stable, are we still going to attack the 'New Byzantine' planet?"

"We're going to stay here first. Although we fell for Jiang Ziyue, but since he gave up the planet 'Arthurgard', it means that the new Roman Empire simply lacks the strength to defend the planet in the hinterland, and can only focus on defending the capital. ”

"But if our army retreats then, all the efforts on the planet 'Arthurgard' will be in vain!" Scati? Tiassi couldn't let go of the planet in his hands.

"Scati, the 'Carrot' battle plan has been revoked by the President, and my original grand plan has not been realized, so I must change my strategy and adapt at any time, so that our fleet can have the greatest impact before it withdraws from the territory of the New Roman Empire, so that the layman in the presidential palace can understand what is professional, and understand that what the enemy can do, we can do the same!"

About twenty-four hours later, the Senate of the new Roman Empire learned that the planet "Arthurgard" had changed its flag.

What made these arrogant imperial rulers even more angry was that the hero Jiang Ziyue and the "Zheng He" fleet, who had just announced their return from a great victory, had left behind 170 million Roman people without firing a single shot, destroyed the surrounding space facilities, and fled from the planet "Arthurgard", and now they are still missing.

And, to make matters worse, because there was no blockade in time, and in fact, it was impossible to block the news, and the Roman people under the rule of the Senate already knew about the fall of the planet "Arthurgard", and the great heroes they admired retreated without a fight, leaving a large number of their compatriots to fall into the hands of the enemy.

The whole "neo-Byzantine" planetary society was in a state of panic.

The pressure is not only due to the enemy invasion, the crisis seems to be deepening.

The notification ship sent by the Senate to the planet "Iserlon" earlier to mobilize the remaining forces of the Frontier Fleet and the Central Fleet also returned to the planet "New Byzantium" at this time, but it brought information that the situation had deteriorated even more, and that Blake, who had re-commanded the Frontier Fleet and the Central Fleet, had returned to command? Admiral Karios replied that the Bundeswehr had assembled a fleet and was attempting to launch an attack on the planet "Iserlon", and it was impossible to transfer the fleet back to defend the planet "New Byzantium".

"Your Excellency, we all want to know, where is the Jiang Ziyue who you want us to award the 'Diamond Sword, Oak Leaf and Gold Caesar' medal, and his 'Zheng He' fleet now, as well as the Blake you personally appointed? Karios, why are you nesting your fleet on the planet 'Iserlon' now! ”

In the office of the Privy Council consul, the female senator sleeve Greenjied? Roki angrily questioned Wang Zeren, who seemed to have become irritable and even a little hysterical since the Battle of Planet Aegis and the crushing defeat of the Central Fleet.

In the face of the anger and doubts of Roki and a group of conservative senators, Archon Wang Zeren said unhurriedly:

"Everything is under control, Jiang Ziyue and I have already made arrangements, focusing on defending the capital planet 'New Byzantium', and abandoning the planet 'Arthurgard' is only temporary, the purpose is to divert the enemy's attack direction from 'New Byzantium', and lure them into the ambush airspace of the main force of our border fleet, so as to annihilate them all!"

In order to make his words more convincing, Wang Zeren also showed a confident expression of ambition when he spoke.

"Then can you tell us where Jiang Ziyue and the 'Zheng He' fleet are, why don't you report back to the Senate!" Roki was still skeptical.

"The airspace hidden between the planets 'Athurgard' and 'New Byzantium' is hidden from the needs of military secrecy, and I can't tell you the exact location!"

When Wang Zeren said this, he deliberately looked down on the conservative elders, and in his eyes, these politicians and bureaucrats who had done nothing in military affairs were completely unqualified to dictate to him and his army at this critical juncture.

"What do you think of us!" Roki is aggressive, this time, she has the potential to tear her face with Wang Zeren and break with her publicly.

Wang Zeren said calmly:

"The princes also know that in the Planetary Battle of 'Aegis', the 'Constantine' and the other two flagships of the Central Fleet under the command of my Senate, the 'Alexander' and ' Obviously, the Senate and the Roman people have been infiltrated by the enemy, and if we do not strengthen the secrecy measures, the important deployment of our army is very likely to be known by the enemy spies who have infiltrated around us, so Wang begs forgiveness, even in this office with top-level secret facilities, I cannot inform the detailed military operations at will! ”

"You mean to say that both the Senate and the Privy Council have been infiltrated!" It was Li Zhongkun who raised the question, and he was surprised by Wang's words.

"Ben? Elder Abdulaziz has already begun to investigate, but in any case, I, Wang, will never gamble with the interests of the Senate and the Roman people, please believe that Jiang Ziyue and the 'Zheng He' fleet will appear in time where they should appear, the 'New Byzantium' will be impregnable, the 'Arthurgard' will also be very restored, and the victory will always belong to the Senate and the Roman people! ”

Although Wang Zeren's impassioned statements will be doubtful, but with Grindeld? The conservative senators, led by Roki, were eventually persuaded to go back.

Wang Zeren sat back on the cold consul's throne in exhaustion, but at the same time raised his right fist and slammed it the heavy oak desk.

"Jiang Ziyue, Feng? Jiang Ziyue, what the hell are you doing, where do you put my trust! ”

However, in the face of the current crisis that seems to be unsolvable, Wang Zeren can only pin his hopes on his seemingly disloyal Zhiyong Shuangquan, Jiang Ziyue and his "Zheng He" fleet.

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected!"

For commanders who are thousands of light-years away, this is an eternal truth, when human beings are still confined to the outer space of the distant earth to conduct wars, information technology enables commanders and commanders to seamlessly connect and grasp the battle situation in real time.

However, when human beings flew out of the atmosphere and began to cross the speed of light and march into deep space, the timeliness of communication was far behind the speed of marching, which was like returning to the ancient times of the earth, and the rear commander's control of the front-line commander and the understanding of the war process completely relied on the same notification ship as the ancient messengers and heralds, which also made the core of national power have to give the front-line commander greater authority so that he could carry out effective operations according to local conditions.

The retro mode of warfare allows many front-line commanders in extreme situations to be unfettered, allowing them to give full play to their talents and easily magnify their personal ambitions and carry out rebellious conspiracies.

Jiang Ziyue knew very well that his current series of actions would inevitably suffer from the serious suspicion of the Senate and the consuls, but compared to the safety of the entire Senate and the Roman people, this unnecessary suspicion was nothing?