The sudden death of the commander, Vice Admiral Chaogui, did not plunge the Bundeswehr Fourth Fleet into a state of 'chaos' and 'chaos' without a leader. 1(6) k Small says àp.1(6)0m text version of the first deputy commander Gerald? Rear Admiral Hancock immediately took command and continued his fierce assault on the cone-shaped formation of the Imperial Army in front of him.

Wang Chaogui's strange cone array, which resembled a folded umbrella, began to show great power after his death. Dense 'crossing' firepower enveloped the entire Imperial fleet in the set, giving powerful damage.

Gus? Whitehead felt quite tricky. Although the goal has been achieved, this flanking attack successfully destroyed hundreds of battleships at the top of the enemy's formation, and Jiang Ziyue and Lotta's fleets have successfully escaped, but the main force of their own fleet is covered by the enemy formation, and it is difficult to get out.

"Full speed back!" Gus gave the order in a hurry.

However, he knew very well in his heart that simply retreating would not solve the problem. The battleship uses thrusters in the opposite direction to retreat, and its top speed can only reach a quarter of the speed of light, which is only half the speed of the maximum reaction forward. The opponent can easily follow him all the way to the punch.

The Imperial Army's cone-shaped formation moved quickly, frantically counterattacking while accelerating backwards. From a distance, the awls of the Imperial warship group were 'pumping' out of the cone sleeve with the tip cut off. However, the Federation could not allow the "ice cream" in their hands to slip away, and under the command of Hancock, the Fourth Fleet also began to accelerate, keeping up with the rhythm of the opponent's retreat, and maintaining strong pressure.

In this way, the ship formations of the two sides retreated and advanced, maintaining almost synchronous movements, and 'fiercely' exchanging fire. The speed of the Imperial Army's retreat is getting faster and faster, and the Federation Army is also clinging to the Imperial Army, constantly accelerating, maintaining a distance of about 200,000 kilometers from the other side. Casualties on both sides are also mounting. However, the half-surrounded Imperial army suffered more casualties, and many of the warships on the periphery of its cone array had been destroyed, shining brightly, and drifting in a state of disorder.

Soon the Imperial battleship reached the fastest retreat speed, and Gus quickly gave the order: "Stop retreating, go full speed!" Shrink the formation! ”

The Imperial warships erupted from their tail with a dazzling flame, the hydrogen-oxygen rockets and ion thrusters erupted in a thick wake together, and all the propulsion systems on the hull that could 'shoot' backwards were also activated, pushing the huge battleship to stop retreating and accelerate forward. This time, the Federation Army was unable to react, and continued to fly towards the rear of the Imperial Army with the huge inertia of the battleship.

I saw that the agile group of imperial warships accelerated forward while shrinking the formation, and quickly rushed into the gap at the top of the opponent's formation.

"Stop moving forward, go backward! Don't let the enemy run away! General Hancock shouted anxiously.

However, the Federals braked too late, and in a matter of seconds, the entire Imperial warship formation shrank into a long bar, burrowing through the gap at the top of the Cone-like formation of the Federation Army, and sprinting towards the highest reaction propulsion speed. Many Federation warships hurriedly turned their weapons to 'fire' windows and 'fired' at the enemy who had already rushed to the rear.

Rushing out of the enemy formation, Gus finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly issued a new order: "Disperse the formation and leave the battlefield!" ”

Braving the rays of light from the rear, the Imperial warships scattered one after another, 'excited' the Akuberi engines, entered a faster-than-light state, and flew away from the battlefield. More than half an hour later, Gus rendezvoused with Jiang Ziyue and Lota in the space more than 3,000 astronomical units away, and the battle with the Federation Army also came to an end.

In this sortie, the Imperial Army destroyed nearly 200 warships of the Federation's Fourth Fleet, more than half of which were battleships. He also destroyed one hundred and fifty-seven battleships, half of which were battleships, most of which were lost in the retreat of the fleet commanded by Gus. If the opponent's ships in the top area of the formation were destroyed and the warships were dispatched in time to make up for it, it would be impossible for Gus to seize this leak and unexpectedly retreat first and then advance, leaving the battlefield, and the losses would be even heavier. Therefore, Gus was quite dissatisfied with the results of the battle, and this result, which was similar to killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, was not his original intention.

But his opponent is also in trouble.

Despite being humiliated twice by his opponents, Acting Commander Gerald? Rear Admiral Hancock still advocated immediately leading the fleet back to the territory of the Perseus Interstellar Federation, because the Fourth Fleet had already lost nearly forty percent of its combat ships, and if it continued to cross the 135th parallel, it was likely that it would not be able to contain the enemy's territory, and would be completely annihilated by the new Roman Imperial Army.

However, the easy abandonment of the attack was bound to greatly affect the entire "Argo Expedition" plan. As a result, many of his commanders did not approve of an immediate return to the territory of the Federation.

As deputy commander of the Third Detachment of the Fourth Fleet, Robb is also involved in multi-party communications at the fleet's decision-making level. He could barely understand the arguments of his comrades, and put forward his own thoughts: "Lords, containment does not have to be at the intended destination, and destroying the enemy here can also make the enemy feel threatened, and it can also play a diversion role. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Luo, now that the enemy and us are equal, it is not easy to destroy the enemy." Hancock was embarrassed and said, "If we fight with the enemy to the point where we lose both, we will no longer be a threat to the Empire." ”

"Why can't we learn from the enemy's methods? A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye! Robb said confidently.

General Hancock immediately realized what Robb was going to say, and he asked, "You mean to launch a space storm as well?" ”

"Yes, sir." Robb replied.

But some people immediately questioned: "But we haven't even established a theory of this tactic, and we haven't practiced it." Can imitating the enemy in such a hurry have an effect? ”

"That's right, and it was the enemy who thought of this tactic, and they should have thought of a way to deal with it a long time ago." There are still a lot of echoing voices, but the content is what Wang Chaogui said before.

"What the enemy can do, we will definitely do." Robb was not going to talk nonsense with the doubters, and said directly to Major General Hancock: "General, I ask you to allocate me two hundred warships, and I will launch a space storm to blow up most of the enemy's forces, so that our army can form an advantage over the enemy, and then destroy them one by one." ”

Robb's words made Gerald? Hancock fell into deep thought. He didn't want to have a big battle with the enemy, and the shame of being beaten to the ground and the death of the main general in these two battles. But the future of the entire Fourth Fleet was on his shoulders, and he could not afford to take risks easily. Robb's idea gave him new hope, so he asked, "Lieutenant Colonel Luo, are you sure?" ”

"Sir, if you don't have absolute certainty, I never give advice that you are not sure of." Robb replied confidently, as if he understood the meaning better than Jiang Ziyue, the pioneer of the space storm tactics.

"Sir, there are too many uncertainties in adopting this tactic, and it is really a bit risky." There are those who insist on opposition.

Hancock hesitated for a moment and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Luo, I have decided to change my mind and look for the enemy for a decisive battle. Of course, just use the tactics you proposed, and let the Imperial hillbillies compensate for the taste of space storms. ”

"Yes, sir." Robb responded excitedly.

The open-minded General Hancock placed greater trust and expectations on Robb, and after a short rest to rendezvous with the supply fleet, he immediately allocated more than 50 battleships and 140 cruisers under Robb's command to serve as the launching group of Space Storm. Subsequently, he ordered the supply fleet to retreat to the territory of the Federation, and at the same time 'drawn' all the cruisers escorting him, and formed a new capital ship group with nearly 1,000 warships with the original battle ship group.

After the reorganization of the fleet was completed, General Hancock sent more unmanned reconnaissance ships to expand the search area and find the Imperial Army.

But at this time, the Imperial Army had already hidden far away.

As a result of the second 'engagement', Gus? Whitehead's fleet was nearly unable to escape, forcing Gus to reflect on his proposed attack tactics, feeling that the risk was too great. Therefore, after he rendezvoused with Jiang Ziyue and Luota, he immediately gave up his previous preparations for a new raid, entered the speed of light, and flew in the direction of the empire for nearly two hours, arriving at a space one light year away from the 135th parallel. On the one hand, it can rendezvous with the logistics supply fleet that has been transferred here to rest the fleet, and on the other hand, it can avoid the reconnaissance of the Bundeswehr as much as possible.

After confirming the safety of the surrounding airspace, Gus called both Jiang Ziyue and Lota to the battleship "Gustav II".

The 12,000-meter-long "Gustav II" belongs to the "Commander" class battleship of the Empire, with a huge body similar to the Star Destroyer in the late twentieth century science fiction movie "Star Wars". It's just that it doesn't have the meaningless tall tower and dish antenna in the movie, it has a smooth body, all the weapon firing windows have been included in the hull, and the surface is "shooting" from the starlight and cosmic radiation from thousands of light years away, revealing a domineering and mighty like its name.

The two "Mythical Hero"-class cruisers, the "Siegfried" and the "Nezha," which are only more than 300 meters long, are docked on one side of it, and they are like two small dots.

The "Gustav II" is very wide and the long passage makes Lotta? Staudett was thrilled. The passage of the "Nezha" can only pass two pairs of self-propelled poles side by side, but this huge battleship can pass eight pairs side by side!

"One day, I'm going to be the captain of a Commander-class battleship." With the self-propelled pole sliding at high speed, Lotta swears.

On the side-by-side self-propelled pole, Jiang Ziyue showed no interest in the magnificent battleship, and lazily responded to Lotta's words: "I would like to stay on the cruiser Siegfried forever." ”

"You're not growing up like this, Ziyue." "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and in the same way, a captain who doesn't want to be a battleship captain is not a good captain." ”

"Huh." Jiang Ziyue smiled at Rota's words, "Rota, didn't you notice? Ever since I went to the Yi field to carry out the 'Cleopatra' project, I have barely fulfilled the duties of a captain. And you, after joining this 'pirate' fleet, don't seem to be just the captain of a cruiser. ”

"You mean, we've all become fleet commanders?"

"Isn't it? You've got to command hundreds of warships. How does it feel, Commander Stoldt? Jiang Ziyue teased the other party, "Bald 'female' commander." ”

Lota didn't care about his questioning, but asked seriously, "Don't you like bald heads?" ”

Jiang Ziyue glanced at her and said softly: "Actually, I have liked 'women' with long hair since I was a child, maybe because of the influence of my mother." ”

"Do you want me to have a hair transplant? Another long hair? Lota spoke in a serious tone, as if asking her lover.

"Oh, no, no, don't get me wrong." Jiang Ziyue hurriedly clarified, "Lotta, don't always involve yourself. ”

"Of course I misunderstood when you said that." Lotta reminded solemnly, "We've been to bed." ”

Jiang Ziyue was very dissatisfied with her words and said, "How can you say this? You're blackmailing me like this. Besides, you got into my 'bed' by yourself, and I didn't do anything to you. Why do you keep talking about this yourself? ”

"And what do you want? You take advantage of all the cheap, and you want to get rid of it? "On the night of the second day of July, on the planet Iserlon, you were lying in my arms on the way back to the military apartments. ”

"Oh, Lotta, how can you be so unreasonable? I was drunk that night, and where am I lying on top of you all at your mercy? Jiang Ziyue looked a little angry, "I have already explained to you that I don't love you, I am not suitable for you, and you are not suitable for me." Forget about you and me, those things don't make much sense to mention again and again. ”

"I slept with you, and you said forget it." Lota was also very angry and yelled at Jiang Ziyue, "What did you take me for?" ”

"What do you mean to sleep with me?" Jiang Ziyue looked aggrieved, "You took advantage of me and slept next to me while I was drunk, okay?" ”

"That's not called sleeping with you, what's it called?" Lota asked rhetorically, "Now the whole world knows that you and I were expelled from the army because we slept together." ”

"You're so shameless, you can say this kind of thing!" Jiang Ziyue roared angrily.

"Who is more shameless? I'll forget if you sleep, but when you go home, you bring another 'female' soldier home! Listen to what others say about me, a 'stupid' woman' who falls in love with a 'flower' heart and a big radish, and deserves to be expelled! Lota looked aggrieved.

"Nothing happened to me and Dana, just like nothing happened to me and you." Jiang Ziyue clarified.

"I believe in you, Ziyue." Gus? Whitehead exclaimed.

It turned out that during the quarrel between the two, they had unconsciously arrived at the tactical command center of the "Gustav II". Except for Gus, almost everyone in the tactical center is staring at the two protagonists of the scandal.

Gus glanced at the two of them, smiled and said, "When a man and a 'woman' go to bed, it's not a problem, it's called physiological needs." In addition, sleeping is not a thing, but a biological habit. So, Captain Stoldt, you should also believe that our Jiang Ziyue has nothing to do with his beautiful 'female' soldiers. ”

Gus's words were simply falling into the ground, which made Jiang Ziyue ask angrily and hatefully: "Gus, how can you ......?"

"Enough!" Gus interrupted the other party's words and said solemnly: "Only between immature lovers will they suspect each other's 'relationship' with the opposite 'sex' for no reason. I would like to remind you both that we are still at war with the people of Rome for the Senate, not the time to flirt. ”

After listening to Gus's words, Lota stared at Jiang Ziyue with satisfaction. Jiang Ziyue twisted her head to the side angrily, avoiding her gaze. In Jiang Ziyue's eyes, the bald Lota is becoming more and more like a 'female' hooligan, with a peculiar 'sexy' appearance and a warm and cunning heart, and she will do whatever it takes to 'get' the man she likes.

"I'm here to discuss my next move." Gus shifted the subject to the topic, changing the huge stereoscopic image in front of the seat as he spoke.

Jiang Ziyue immediately said: "I suggest that the space storm tactics be re-adopted......"

"No, no, listen to me first." Gus waved his hand and said, "You see, this is a simulated roadmap based on the analysis of the data that was used to detect the enemy's movement in the first place. ”

Lota glanced at the image and said, "Isn't the enemy marching on the planet New Rhine?" ”

"Do you think the enemy is just trying to attack the New Rhine?" Gus asked, "With more than a thousand warships?" ”

"If the Federation is determined to seize the planet New Rhine, it will inevitably need to send more than half of the fleet to secure victory." Jiang Ziyue said, "Of course, this fleet may be the advance force to test our army. However, after encountering the enemy, I have always been suspicious of the enemy's motives. ”

"You're saying that the enemy's offensive posture against the planet New Rhine is fake?" Lota was quick to respond.

"It doesn't have to be fake." Gus replied for Jiang Ziyue, "See? Ruler on the figure. Neu-Rhine is more than 2,800 light-years away from Iserlon. Even if the whole flight was at level 6 at the speed of Akuberi, it would still take more than two days. Together with the national defense strategy pursued by our country, you can speculate about the intentions of the Bundeswehr. ”

Jiang Ziyue said without thinking: "They want to swallow both ends." ”

Lotta then asked, "Ziyue, do you mean that they want to capture the planet New Rhine, lure the 'lure' Central Fleet to come to the rescue, and then take advantage of the situation to capture the planet Iserlon?" ”

Jiang Ziyue did not answer her question, but Gus analyzed: "In this way, the Central Fleet that was lured out will be in a dilemma, whether it is to continue to rescue New Rhine, or to turn around and recapture Iserlon, the future is bleak." The enemy can even assemble superior forces to fight the Central Fleet that has lost its base after taking Iserlon, and annihilate our main fleet in one fell swoop. ”

After he finished speaking, he smiled and said: "Lotta, you should learn from the decision-making level of the Bundeswehr and kill three birds with one stone." You can't do it like in the past, taking the initiative to dedicate yourself but still being repaid by your opponents. ”

"Gus, how can you do that?" Jiang Ziyue expressed dissatisfaction with Gus's words.

Lota didn't buy Gus's account, and said, "My Ziyue is not my enemy, how can it be said to be an opponent." ”

After speaking, regardless of everyone's eyes, he took the hand of Jiang Ziyue, who was also hanging on the self-propelled pole next to him.

But Jiang Ziyue quickly shook off and drove the self-propelled pole to move away.

"It looks like your strategy of gentleness has failed once again, Captain Stoldt." Gus said mischievously.