With new instructions from General Muhammad Ahmat, the fleet of the New Roman Empire quickly split into formation. 1(6) k small says αр.(1)(6) finishing

At this time, the umbrella formation of the left flank ship group of the Bundeswehr 13th Fleet was just above the galactic plane, while the umbrella array of the Imperial Army, which was rapidly splitting in half, was parallel to the galactic plane, directly in front of the opponent.

The divided Imperial fleets formed two parabolic formations, one of which jumped and rushed into the space on the opponent's upper edge, while the other slid into the space on the opponent's lower edge, forming an upward and downward attack.

Since the Imperial Army still had absolute numerical superiority, this tactic of splitting forces and attacking the weak enemy had already been shown before the two parts of the fleet had fully occupied the space on the opponent's flanks.

In the 'intertwined' light, the battleships of the Federation fleet's penetrated ships continued to explode, releasing a large amount of visible light and radiation, which 'stirred' and 'swirled' in the surrounding space.

Major General of the Commonwealth of the Perseus Star Bundeswehr, Anthony Britta soon realized the serious threat of his opponent's new strategy. However, he is completely inferior in numbers, but it is difficult for him to split the formation like his opponent and fight evenly with the opponent.

The situation did not allow him to weigh it again, so he quickly issued an order: "All pay attention, continue to deflect the formation downward, and attack the enemy below with all your might!" ”

Brita's intention was obvious, which was to concentrate all his efforts on defeating the Imperial warship group below. His fleet still has an advantage over a single Imperial warship formation, and as long as the enemy still adheres to the original idea of flanking from both sides, then his Federation fleet has enough opportunities to break the opponent one by one. But the risk of doing so is very high, and as soon as the adversary sees through his attempts, the entire fleet will most likely be desperate.

Jiang Ziyue commanded the "Siegfried" to follow the fleet closely and attack the enemy with the remaining weapons.

The Siegfried, which had followed the fleet to leap into the space above the upper edge of the enemy's parachute, now maneuvered downward with the fleet as the enemy's ship formation continued to deflect downward, always biting the enemy's flank.

However, the part of the fleet under the personal command of Admiral Ahmat did not always remain on the other side of the enemy. Because the Federation Fleet's parachute array also has a fast deflection speed, it can quickly form a focused 'shot' attack on the Imperial ship group that was originally below it.

The new enemy-friend situation made Jiang Ziyue realize that his side might be broken by the enemy, and immediately connected the communication with Ahmaiti.

Admiral Ahmat originally thought that he would be able to successfully reverse the situation of the entanglement and successfully flank his opponent, but unexpectedly, after splitting up the ship, he lost his numerical superiority and was attacked by a swift opponent. When Jiang Ziyue's stereoscopic image appeared in the tactical command center on the flagship "Cyrus the Great", Ahmati, who was urging his subordinates to speed up and maneuver to the enemy's side, became quite impatient and asked loudly: "Major, what is the matter with you?" ”

Jiang Ziyue said calmly: "Sir, now the enemy is trying to use the local advantage to carry out various tactics to break our army. It is recommended that your A ship group drag the enemy from the front, and our B ship group maneuver to the enemy's back to carry out the strike......"

As if he had received a great revelation, Ahmat hurriedly interrupted Jiang Ziyue's words, and said in a very confident and calm tone: "I have already seen the enemy's intentions, and I am about to issue an order to flank the enemy in front and rear. You can carry out my orders in peace. ”

Jiang Ziyue immediately heard the meaning of his boss's words, and now he had a new understanding of Admiral Ahmaiti. The commander of the Central Fleet detachment reacted flexibly not in judging the situation on the battlefield, but in the pretense of dealing with his subordinates. But he could only politely reply, "Yes, sir." ”

Sure enough, Ahmaiti's new order is a copy of Jiang Ziyue's suggestion. However, whoever first thought of taking advantage of the enemy's tactical intentions was able to take advantage of the enemy's tactical intentions, and the Imperial Army acted quickly.

The group of Imperial warships, which had been violently attacked by the Federation Umbrella Array, stopped maneuvering to the enemy's flank and returned fire with all their might from below. The Imperial warship group on the side of the Federation Umbrella Array changed course while 'shooting' and moved behind the Federation Umbrella Array, which was almost parallel to the Silver Road. In this way, the two "engagements" conveniently formed a "sandwich" situation, and two groups of Imperial warships in a parabolic formation attacked the Federation fleet in the middle of the umbrella from top to bottom.

The Imperial Army's new tactics put Admiral Anthony Britta and his fleet under pressure. Although the directed-energy weapon firing windows placed on the surface of the battleship by the Federation Army can all fire backwards, the tail structure that concentrates the main ion thrusters and rocket thrusters is quite fragile. Moreover, the overall number is completely inferior to that of the upper federal army, and this kind of upper and lower flanking attack is for them to suffer from the enemy on the back. It is not able to concentrate all its firepower on one side of the enemy, but it is also hit by the enemy's front and rear fire. It was too late to change formations to respond, and the battle situation had already collapsed.

However, this situation does not mean the destruction of the Federation warship group. General Bretta knew very well that if all the ships were immediately stopped spiraling, accelerated forward, passed the frontal opponent, and then spread out into the superluminal speed and out of the battle, then they still had a chance to survive. It's just that his heart is caught in a 'fierce' contradiction, which makes it difficult for him to make a choice for a while.

"Sir, the ship's damage is getting more and more." In the flagship tactical command center, the staff officer anxiously reminded Britta.

On the huge stereoscopic image, the white 'colored' ship-shaped icons representing oneself disappeared one after another. The disappearance of each ship-shaped icon means that a battleship has been completely destroyed, and the power, life-support, and weapon systems on it have failed. As for the safety of the personnel above, this is not the focus of the flagship.

In the damaged battleship, every survivor who failed to leave the lifeboat, whether he was wearing a space civilian suit or a space combat suit, or power armor or other auxiliary 'sex' clothing, would automatically 'shoot' a distress signal. The signal uses the standard frequencies required by the International Committee of the Red Cross and can penetrate damaged spacecraft and provide 'precise' positioning for hospital ships and other rescue craft on both sides of the war. Of course, the warship will also receive these distress signals, but due to the fact that it is in the middle of the battle, all the display systems in the tactical command center of the flagship of the 'belligerent' will usually not mark the location of the survivors.

Still, Anthony Bretta is well aware that as a commander, he has a great responsibility for the lives of his subordinates. It's just that this responsibility is not a legitimate and reasonable excuse to escape, so it is not the main reason why it is difficult for him to make up his mind to retreat. The reason why he hesitated was that the other two ship groups of the Thirteenth Fleet were still alive and dead.

If these two fleets still exist, then there is no need for him to fight to the death with the superior enemy, but should quickly disengage from the battle and join the army. If these two fleets have been annihilated, it is understandable that they will retreat when they have no hope of victory and no hope of self-preservation. It's just that behind this forgiveness is inevitably a dishonorable name.

Rather than being pointed at by a thousand people, or dying with the enemy with a bang, this is exactly what Britta prefers to end up with at this time.

On the real-time video of the tactical command center, thousands of light eyes and death stinging from the Imperial fleet 'excited' the visual nerves of every federal soldier.

Rear Admiral Anthony Britta finally made the decision, he connected to the public communication channels of the whole fleet and addressed directly to every officer and soldier who was still fighting persistently:

"Officers and men of the Thirteenth Fleet, I am Admiral Anthony Britta, the commander of your detachment. Two other detachments, which had fought alongside us earlier, had disappeared and are still missing, most likely wiped out by the enemy. Now we are being flanked by a superior enemy, and even a retreat is hopeless. Brethren, we all volunteered to join the Wehrmacht and took the oath to sacrifice our blood and even our lives to defend the freedom and democracy of the human world! Today, in the face of the rampant and cunning of the authoritarian minions, we must not back down! Remember our oath and fight to victory to shed your last drop of blood! ”

"Fight to victory, shed the last drop of blood!" In the communication loop, someone immediately responded 'impassionedly'.

This slogan is not a tradition of the Wehrmacht's Thirteenth Fleet, but it is the epilogue of the enlistment oath of every soldier who volunteers to join the Commonwealth Wingwehr.

"Stop deflecting the formation, concentrate all your firepower, and destroy the enemy in the front!" Anthony Bretta exclaimed 'excitedly'. This 'agitation' is not the release of emotions in the face of victory, but the madness of despair.

The fleet, which responded to the commander's call, stopped deflecting and concentrated all its firepower on the frontal Imperial fleet, completely ignoring the enemy behind it.

The Imperial warship group under Ahmat's personal command immediately felt the immense power of the desperate opponent. The slightly outnumbered Imperial warship group fought back in front of the dense firepower of the Federation Army, but still could not avoid the destruction of a large number of warships.

"Stop moving forward, go backward! One-tenth the speed of light! Ahmat hurriedly issued a new order to keep his distance from his rapidly approaching opponent and avoid more serious damage.

However, the losses of the Federation army are also rapidly increasing, after all, they are being attacked by the opponent's back. In particular, the particle beams that are 'shot' from the rear and the speed of light that are 'excited' are even more deadly.

On the "Siegfried", Jiang Ziyue once again gave an order: "Abiji, let all the cruisers that can still 'shoot' return to the team and join the battle!" ”

"Sir, haven't you already taken them all out of the fight?" Sergeant Abighij Kumanfre was somewhat puzzled.

"Give the order now, hurry." Jiang Ziyue urged, and then said to his subordinates: "The enemy is begging for death, let them die happily." ”

The cruiser "Siegfried" was located in the ship group located in the rear of the Federation Army. However, all the battleships of the Federation Army had already 'shot' at the targets in front of them with all their might, and did not pay any attention to them behind them. But the Federation fleet did not stop spiraling and accelerating, enough to see its determination to fight to the death.

At this point, Lieutenant Benjamin Alfrec, the navigator, said in a playful tone: "It's like facing a weak and helpless girl from behind......"

"Shut up, Lieutenant Alfryck!" This time, Jiang Ziyue, who was originally so tolerant of his subordinates that he almost became conniving, rudely interrupted his joke.

Alfreck was taken aback, he didn't expect the commander in the 'fierce' battle to be so serious and reserved. He hurriedly apologized and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, I just wanted to adjust the tense atmosphere. ”

Jiang Ziyue did not respond to him, causing an unbearable silence in the bridge's public communications.

The non-commissioned officers didn't know Jiang Ziyue's expression under the dark 'colored' protective helmet, and they didn't know whether he was angry with Alfrec, and no one dared to say anything. Although Lieutenant Alfrec's performance in the May battle began to be a little timid, until now he was completely qualified, even if he said something inappropriate on this inappropriate occasion.

After a while, the first mate, Captain Joseph Dietrich, said cautiously: "Sir, do you want Captain Staudett to temporarily take your place, and our ship returns to the low earth orbit of the 'easy' planet?" ”

At this time, everyone understood why Jiang Ziyue was angry with Alfreyke, and his heart had become irritable because he was worried about Chen Weiyin. Since the battlefield was about three astronomical units away from the interstellar planet "Yi", he could no longer grasp the evacuation of Chen Weiyin and the scientific expedition team in time. Since he left with the cruiser fleet, in addition to the four unarmed scientific research ships in the near-earth space of the "Yi" planet, there are only two reconnaissance and communications mother ships with no strike capability, and there is also a small group of marines on the surface of the "Yi" planet.

However, even a single Bundeswehr cruiser can pose a lethal threat to the expedition.

At the moment when he had seen the dawn of victory, Jiang Ziyue was even more eager to see the battle end as soon as possible and to rush back to the near-Earth space of the "Yi" planet.

"No, Joseph." Jiang Ziyue softly rejected the deputy's suggestion.

"Yes, sir." Dietrich replied in a low voice.

He had long expected that Jiang Ziyue would not accept this suggestion. The content of the suggestion is not in line with organizational discipline, although they can use the banner of receiving the scientific expedition team, but Jiang Ziyue is also a person who knows the severity. At the moment, it is crucial to ensure victory, and it is really a mediocre practice to suddenly leave the team to pick up a 'woman' who still seems to be safe.

But Dietrich didn't stop there, he used his authority to quietly encrypt a text message and 'shoot' it over the radio.

The information was passed to the captain of the cruiser "Nezha", Captain Lota Stoldt.

The cruiser "Nezha," which had fallen more than 200,000 kilometers behind the imperial warship group, was damaged in many places, and its two ion thrusters in the tail and eight hydrogen-oxygen rocket thrusters were damaged, leaving only one ion thruster to work normally. Fortunately, the heavily armored Akuberi engine was still intact, so although the other weapons on the hull were damaged, it was still able to maintain some firepower.

At this time, Jiang Ziyue's new order had been accepted, and the "Nezha", which had been ordered to withdraw from the battle, was rushing in the direction of the imperial warship group, preparing to strengthen the strike firepower of the imperial army.

"Sir, a message from the Siegfried." Communications Sergeant Report.

"A message for me?" Lota Staudert was a little confused.

"Yes, sir. It is an encrypted message that needs to be on your terminal in order to be translated. The communications sergeant deliberately repeated, "'Private' messages from the Siegfried. She also changed "encryption" to "'private' privacy" to amplify the effect.

She said it on the bridge's public communication channel, which immediately caused exclamations from other comrades. The "Nezha" team, which is composed entirely of 'female' soldiers, is more advantageous and sensitive in gossip and intelligence warfare in the army.

"Give me a serious point, I'm at war now!" Lota Staudert reprimanded solemnly, "At this critical juncture, you still have the leisure to ridicule your superiors for official correspondence......"

Before she could finish speaking, she was dumbfounded. Because the translated message contents:

Lotta, I'm worried about the safety of Chen Weiyin and the expedition team right now, but we can't get out of the fight right now. I also know that you and Nezha are facing many difficulties, but I still hope that you can help me and go to the near-Earth space of the planet "Yi" immediately to meet them and protect their safety.

The message was entered in English and was signed by Commander Siegfried.

This is barely an official correspondence. Lota Staudert did not give much thought to who the commander of the Siegfried was, and the content of the message made her think that the message was sent by Jiang Ziyue.

"Let me protect my rival?" Lota couldn't help but mumble under her breath.

But she had no reason to refuse, as a soldier of the New Roman Empire, she had the obligation to protect her rival as a scientist, not to mention that the scientific expedition team was also emphasized in the text message, and she was even more responsible.

So, Lota gave a loud order: "Turn around immediately, and we will sail to the near-Earth space of the planet 'Yi'." How's the damage management going? ”

"The maintenance robots are all in use, and the situation is not good now." The damage management sergeant reluctantly reported.

"How's the propulsion system? How many thrusters can be repaired? ”

"Sir, only four hydrogen-oxygen rocket thrusters can be repaired, but it will take time to replace the nozzle and combustion chamber. It is estimated that it will take about twenty minutes. ”

"With only four rocket thrusters, it's hard for us to accelerate to the maximum reaction propulsion speed." Lota was overwhelmed.

Four rocket thrusters and one ion thruster can theoretically still propel Nezha to half the speed of light required for faster-than-light travel, but its acceleration process will become very long due to insufficient thrust, thus losing the significance of quickly returning to the near-Earth space of the "easy" planet.

"Nezha" is more than three astronomical units away from the interstellar planet "Yi", and it only takes three seconds to rush back at the speed of Akuberi. However, due to the serious impact of the gravitational pull of the "Yi" planet, there is a certain degree of distortion in the space around it, and the "Nezha" can only fly at a maximum speed of two levels to ensure the safety of the personnel on board. Therefore, the actual voyage takes about half a minute.

But now, half a minute has become a luxury. When the four rocket thrusters are repaired, they can't quickly rush to half the speed of light, and smoothly enter the superluminal warp bubble.

"Tell the maintenance team to speed up the work and repair the thrusters as soon as possible." Lota urged her men.

As for the current situation of the scientific expedition team, she has no bottom in her heart now. Inferred from the hostile situation at the time of the cruiser's departure, the Bundeswehr should not have discovered the expedition team on the planet "Yi", and even if they did, they should not have 'pumped' their forces into the attack so quickly. After all, scientific expeditions do not have direct military value.

Everyone in the New Roman Imperial Army did not expect that Robb, a major of the Immortal Interstellar Bundeswehr, in order to avoid a mediocre performance in the decisive battle of the fleet, had already volunteered to command the cruiser "Zhiyuan" to go to the planet "Yi" to carry out a sneak attack, preparing to establish "miracle skills".

As a result of breaking away from the fleet in time and making a large circle, approaching from the other side of the "Yi" planet, the "Zhiyuan" was fortunate to avoid the detection systems of the imperial reconnaissance ships and notification ships that were constantly shuttling around the battlefield, and successfully approached the atmosphere of the "Yi" planet.

At an altitude of 3,000 kilometers above the surface of the planet Yi, the cigar-shaped "Zhiyuan" approached the area of the scientific expedition of the New Roman Empire at low speed.

"The enemy on the ground was concentrated on the high ground of a plain six thousand meters ahead, and no heavy weapons were found. At least five transport-type aerospace aircraft were spotted in the atmosphere. The AWACS sergeant once again reminded Captain Robb, "But at two o'clock, at a distance of 20,000 kilometers, there are two enemy reconnaissance and communications carriers and four scientific research ships. They shouldn't have noticed us yet. ”

"Only reconnaissance and communications carriers are not to be feared." Robb said contemptuously. He then announced his plan to have the first mate take control of the cruiser to monitor near-Earth space and destroy the two reconnaissance and communications carriers of the Imperial New Roman Army if they dared to attack, while he led the Marines into the atmosphere to attack the expedition team on the ground.

"Sir, is it necessary for you to go out yourself?" The first mate asked.

"Don't forget, I'm from the Star Marines." Robb proudly replied, "It's 'handed over' to you in space." ”

After saying that, he immediately lifted the safety buckle of the seat, left the bridge, and came to the escape pod behind the side of the bridge.

This is a compartment for Marines to exit directly and personnel to escape in an emergency. The cabin 'door' faces the tail and forms a 60-degree angle with the longitudinal axis of the battleship. The electromagnetic projectile in the cabin was already carrying seven marines wearing power armor, who would follow Robb and the eight marines in the escape pod on the other side of the ship directly into the atmosphere, and the aerospace plane at the bottom of the battleship would also carry another thirty-two marines to land.

At the end of the projectile belt is an empty power armor. It is taller than the other Marines' power armor, as it has an extra layer of reinforced armor and a more powerful power system than others. Both of these power armor shoulders are painted with a green dragon swimming downwards. This is the costume mecha "Hidden Dragon King" of General Su Yu, Luo Bo's biological father.

Jin Tongluo Industry made this costume mecha for Su Yu to strengthen defense and power, but the general did not wear it once until he died. Before this expedition, Robb had to rely on his connections to re-'get' it from the war-ready material warehouse to his cruiser.

Robb fixed himself, then opened the back of his space combat suit and drilled out. In the near-Earth space of microgravity, he deftly and gracefully floated towards the "Hidden Dragon King", burrowed through its open back, and then activated the life support and 'manipulation' control systems, closing the power armor.

The faux fabric that wrapped Robb's body and limbs quickly warmed and pressurized, making him feel as if he was in the warm embrace of his father sixteen years ago. This costume mecha created for his father's 'door' is very suitable for Robb's figure, making him quite easy to use.

"Brothers, follow what I have just arranged, and proceed!" Robb shouted in the communication system, "Attention, try to catch it alive." ”

"Yes, sir." Four, two, seven interstellar marines responded in unison.

"What did we say?" In keeping with the tradition of the Federal Marine Corps, Robb seriously questioned his hands.

The Marines chanted in unison: "Ho Ha Ho Ha"

The escape capsule quickly 'pumped' air and decompressed, opened the multi-layer airtight 'door' and armored 'door', and presented the black 'hole' and 'hole' of the interstellar planet "Yi" in front of the Marines' eyes.

"Let's go!"

With a command, the electromagnetic projectile "firing" belt was activated, and the heavily armed marines were "shot" out one after another.