Henning Gessler was surprised by the remarks made by his boss, Mr. Bloomberg, who had never been good at speaking.

Mr. Bloomberg simply explained to him lightly: "It's all the president and his little lieutenant, and I'm just doing it in passing." ”

"Anyway, I'm very grateful to my sir, for rescuing me and the officers of the Thirteenth Fleet from the concentration camp." Henning Gessler looked excited.

"Henning, I've also seen reports from you and others about what happened to the Thirteenth Fleet at 'Yi'." "I don't think you have to take full responsibility for the loss of the fleet," Bloomberg said, "after all, you have encountered a force that may be completely unrivaled by us humans at the moment. ”

Although the report of the Thirteenth Fleet being "captured" by the "Yi" satellite is classified as top secret in the Perseus Star Federation, Eric von Bloomberg, the commander involved in the incident and former Minister of Defense, can still see the full contents.

In fact, despite being widely regarded as a traditional professional soldier, personally, Bloomberg fully believed the confessions of Admiral Henning Gessler and his men, and the fleet was easily hijacked by the "easy" star.

And he also believes that there is no need to impose physical restrictions on these people who have encountered alien super civilizations. However, this idea was not approved by President Song Tingrong, so Geisler and the other members of the 13th Fleet were imprisoned in the form of near imprisonment on the desolate "White Star" planet.

Compared with Robb, who also encountered the mysterious power within the "Yi" Star, Gesler and his subordinates were treated quite poorly.

In Mr. Bloomberg's eyes, however, they were a good force. He had come here for a vacation before, so he stopped by to visit Geisler and some of the officers and soldiers.

Henning Geisler, who had long since lost his fleet, was happy about the change in his state, but he was still worried, even frustrated.

He said to Bloomberg, "Sir, we don't have a single ship in our Thirteenth Fleet. Can the Ministry of Defense equip us with enough warships? ”

Bloomberg could only reluctantly say to Geisler: "Henning, I don't think there is much hope for the battleship in the short term. My plan is to temporarily turn you into infantry and be deployed on the planetary Andromeda ground. ”

"Sir, do you think that Li Jingxian will lead the fleet to land on the planet 'Andromoda'?" Geisler asked.

Bloomberg didn't answer right away, and after a little thought, he said, "No, your deployment is mainly to stabilize people's minds. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Geisler spoke with obvious suspicion.

"General Geisler, according to the appointment of the president, you are now under my command." Bloomberg said to Geisler in a serious and solemn tone, "Soon, a group of civilian transport ships will arrive on the planet 'White Star', and you must organize your men as soon as possible, be ready, and be at my disposal at any time." ”

"Yes, sir." Geisler replied with a loud voice, then turned to leave.

Looking at Geisler's distant figure, Bloomberg's face was solemn. The current situation may be the most critical moment in his career.

The critical moment in the old general's mind was not the invasion of Li Jingxian and his fleet of the new Roman Imperial Army. Instead, with the help of this invasion, Bloomberg and the mastermind behind it mobilized forces to prepare for an unprecedented operation in the democratic and free Perseus Star Federation.

At the beginning, Bloomberg, who had already resigned at home because of his opposition to the "Genghis Khan" battle plan, was very surprised when he met the two plotters. But the content of the conspiracy that followed made his surprise rise to the level of shock.

Although the content of the conspiracy was quite disgusting to him and contrary to his life creed, in the end he was persuaded to become an ally of the planners, and took the opportunity of Song Tingrong to use him again.

However, intriguing on his own soil because of his political stance was never what he Bloomberg was good at. Especially now, the officers and men of the 13th Fleet and the 10th Fleet of the National Guard are at the mercy of pawns, which makes him even more daunting. The old general is actually quite conflicted in his heart.

On the one hand, he had already acted according to the plan in the conspiracy, but on the other hand, he hoped that the "Genghis Khan" operation in front of him would end as soon as possible, and that the expeditionary Wehrmacht fleet would return to the country sooner, so that their operation would not be successful.

Bloomberg didn't know at this time, in fact, in the entire British Immortal Interstellar Federation, even President Song Tingrong and his "new favorite" Luo Xiaochen, did not know that the Bundeswehr expeditionary fleet, more than 6,000 light years away, had reached a life-and-death juncture.

At 8 o'clock on December 13, 2920 human standard time, the three fleets of the Immortal Interstellar Bundeswehr that carried out the "Genghis Khan" operation arrived near the "New Taiping" planet of the New Roman Empire located on the side of the Perseus spiral arm near the core of the galaxy.

Under the illumination of the main star of the "New Taiping" planet, the two red dwarfs orbiting each other, "Celestial Circle" and "Place", the lost supply fleet and demoralized Federation warships were once again assembled and rested.

This assembly was the final preparation for the next long journey back home. Due to the destruction of the logistical supply fleet and the depletion of the civilian ships that had previously attacked the New Roman Empire, the Wehrmacht combat ships were no longer able to return to their normal routes. Therefore, at the suggestion of Zhang Bingye, Manuel Velaskos ordered the fleet to redistribute the existing energy while it was resting.

Each of the five to eight warships forms a small group of ships, docks very close to each other, and then shares the ship's metal hydrogen reserves and other military supplies to ensure that each warship has enough energy and supplies to fly back to the Perseus Star Federation for the next faster-than-light voyage.

These small ship groups are very far apart, basically more than 20,000 kilometers, and some of the adjacent ship groups are even more than 100,000 kilometers apart.

The main purpose of this was to prevent the Imperial Army from using "space storm" tactics against them, but it also caused the entire large fleet to be spread too far apart. The entire expeditionary fleet was like scattered sand, sparsely distributed on the outer edge of the stellar bow shock wave in the "round sky" where the planet "New Taiping" is located.

At this time, the Federation Expeditionary Fleet still had strong combat power. The three fleets, Henry Highfield's Sixth Fleet, Zhou Jiande's Eighth Fleet, and René Martin's Ninth Fleet, all maintained a complete strength. A total of more than 4,000 battleships and nearly 4,000 cruisers could completely compete with the remaining forces of the Central Fleet and the Frontier Fleet of the New Roman Imperial Army.

However, the determination to retreat has been decided, and even if he is very reluctant in his heart, Manuel Velaskos still wants to withdraw his troops. It's just that he still has to face Jiang Ziyue, a genius who has never been defeated in the entire Yingxian Spiral Arm Interstellar, is really insufficient.

Although many traces of unmanned reconnaissance ships of the new Roman Empire were found, most fleet commanders, including his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Zhang Bingye, were optimistic about the retreat.

However, as their opponent, Jiang Ziyue is not optimistic at all.

Although Jiang Ziyue superbly predicted that the enemy would retreat from the direction of the "New Taiping" planet, and the unmanned reconnaissance ship also successfully showed the enemy's current supply deployment clearly in front of him, the planned two sub-fleets of the Central Fleet "Charlemagne" and "Caesar" did not arrive in time, and the great fighters were slowly passing away.

The report from the unmanned carrier revealed that Admiral Hervier Irina, who had united the two detachments, was still on the way. In other words, when the Immortal Interstellar Bundeswehr Expeditionary Fleet is about to make further withdrawals, the two fleets with strong combat power are too late to intercept them.

Jiang Ziyue felt deeply helpless. The man he had to trust, Irina, apparently remained in line with his fears, lacking loyalty to him as a dictator, or putting his own selfish interests above the interests of the country and the people.

In fact, at this time, the two detachments of the Central Fleet "Caesar" and "Charlemagne", led by Irina, had already bypassed the planet "Arthurgard" and approached the planet "New Taiping". The unmanned reconnaissance ship and notification ship in front had already discovered the enemy's position, but Irina strictly ordered the fleet to keep her distance, and had no intention of starting a war, nor informing Jiang Ziyue of her situation.

The border fleet under Jiang Ziyue's new command has already set up a position and is ready to launch a war of annihilation against the invading enemy expeditionary fleet together with the Central Fleet.

"Your Excellency, the detachment commander is asking if we are going to attack the enemy."

Correspondence Sergeant Abighige Kumanfur aboard the Siegfried reported loudly.

"With the strength of our border fleet alone, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat such a large fleet of the enemy." Mouthy copy Benjamin Alflake said.

Jiang Ziyue did not respond immediately. This time, the new Roman Empire frontier fleet led by him was much larger than the fleet he commanded before, but it was still the same as before, and there was no command and staff department. The operation of the fleet depends on the commander of each detachment, but the strategy is largely dependent on him.

At this point, it seemed that he had the upper hand, both in terms of luck and talent. From predicting the retreat route of the enemy fleet to grasping the enemy's situation with reconnaissance ships, they were all very accurate and timely.

However, in terms of troops, the border fleet has always been at an absolute disadvantage. It is almost impossible to successfully intercept and annihilate the Bundeswehr Expeditionary Fleet.

Therefore, in an earlier logistics supply assembly, Jiang Ziyue held a communication meeting attended by all the captains. Considering that he would most likely not be able to receive support from the Central Fleet, he once again proposed to his men an attack tactic that he had used before.

The bold and demanding tactical concept surprised most captains. However, some captains who have been fighting with Jiang Ziyue in the past few years still understand the huge effect of this surprise attack.

In the end, the captains agreed to carry out the tactics of the dictator of national salvation and war, and did some study and practice on the way to the "New Taiping" planet.

This plan to intercept enemy ships without the participation of the Central Fleet was called the "yo-yo" plan out of secrecy.

It's just that when the enemy situation became very clear, Jiang Ziyue did not give the order to attack as decisively as before, but became hesitant. Because the disparity between the forces of the enemy and ours is too great, the border fleet currently has less than 5,000 cruisers left, which is only half of the opponent's in number, and the firepower is even more incomparable.

If you choose to avoid the war, you can't do it.

Let the Federation fleet escape back to the country smoothly, while the strength of the Central Fleet and the Border Fleet is still there, and the comparison of the strength of the two fleets can still tend to be balanced. Therefore, the Bundeswehr, based on the failure of this expedition, will not dare to attack again in the short term, and the Senate and the Roman people can concentrate all their efforts on the "new Byzantine" planetary retreat.

Jiang Ziyue, who was in a dilemma, couldn't help but think of the scene when he teamed up with Gus and Lota to attack the superior enemy.

However, as the dictator of the Senate and the Roman people's salvation and war, he had no time to waste his feelings of remembering the deceased wife of his old friend, and he had to make a decision as soon as possible.

"Abighiji!" Jiang Ziyue ordered in a loud voice, "Pass the order, the whole fleet will attack, and implement the plan 'yo-yo'!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Dictator!" Cumanfur responded excitedly.

"Rudiger!" Jiang Ziyue then ordered Captain Rudiger Natzmer, the captain of the "Siegfried", "Attack, my Jiang Ziyue's fleet, the flagship is always the first shot of the battle." ”

"Understood, Your Excellency!" Natzmer replied loudly.

Jiang Ziyue continued: "Publicly broadcast our slogan of victory: VENI VIDI VICI."

SOON, WITH THE ROUSING SLOGAN "VENI VIDI VICI." ON THE PUBLIC RADIO, THE "ZIEGFRIED" RETREATER SPAT OUT A DAZZLING TAIL FLAME AND LEAPED INTO FASTER-THAN-LIGHT SAILING.

A frightening battle alarm sounded inside every Bundeswehr battleship.

The cruisers of the New Roman Empire's Frontier Fleet burst out of the void and opened fire quickly, spilling countless dead lights. Without waiting for the Bundeswehr to strike back, they quickly departed and sailed faster than light.

The "faster-than-light raid" tactic is staged again.

This time, Jiang Ziyue made adjustments according to the enemy's position.

For the Bundeswehr fleet of the Perseidians in groups of five to eight, and the Frontier Fleet of the New Roman Empire in groups of fifty to sixty cruisers. The Imperial cruisers changed to the speed of light at a distance of about 300,000 kilometers, quickly launched artillery bombardments on the Union forces from multiple directions, and ensured that each enemy ship was besieged by six to ten cruisers.

Follow the principle of "it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers". Jiang Ziyue threw all the nearly 5,000 cruisers under his command into battle, and concentrated on attacking the periphery of the Federation Expeditionary Fleet's ship array, that is, more than 600 battleships in more than 80 ship groups far away from the side of the "Tianyuan" and "Local" twin stars.

Relying on a surprise attack and local superiority, the Imperial Army launched the first round of "faster-than-light raids", which caused heavy damage to most of the targets. Even the Federation's new Mythical-class battleships were badly damaged.

The first to be attacked was the Bundeswehr's Sixth Fleet Division. The commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Henry Highfield, appeared somewhat dispossessed and failed to respond quickly and effectively to the enemy's situation.

The attack of the new Roman Empire lasted more than half an hour, and after three rounds of attacks, about 50 battleships and more than 20 cruisers of the opponent were incapacitated, and the Bundeswehr organized a powerful and effective counterattack.

Manuel Velascos, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Fleet, ordered a change of formation to meet the enemy. Each of the five adjacent ship groups is grouped together to increase firepower and allow ships to fire freely at enemy ships that appear at any time.

Jiang Ziyue quickly turned his attack to the Eighth Fleet on the other side of the Federation ship array.

However, Vice Admiral Zhou Jiande's Eighth Fleet is not only well-trained, but also battle-hardened.

The attacked battleships and cruisers were very quick and precise to meet the Imperial forces that appeared around it. With its powerful firepower and protection advantages, the battleships of the Eighth Fleet were like supernovas that erupted, taking on the fierce firepower of their opponents and at the same time shining brightly, beating their opponents with brilliance.

The Imperial Army quickly delivered three rounds of strikes, but this time the losses were huge, destroying less than fifty battleships and cruisers, while destroying more than two hundred cruisers themselves.

With such an exchange than fighting, the border fleet of the new Roman Empire will soon run out of blood in front of a formidable enemy. Jiang Ziyue had to quickly terminate the operation and disengage from contact with the enemy fleet.

"Is this what is called a 'faster-than-light raid'? But that's it. Manuel Velascos saw that his opponent's two waves of attacks were not too effective, and he couldn't help but let out a contemptuous round of scorn, and then prepared to give the order to pursue.

However, in the communication system, Zhang Bingye, chairman of the Joint Staff Committee, hurriedly said: "Sir, I am afraid that the enemy's attack is just trying to delay our actions. I don't think we should be in a fight, we should retreat right away. ”

"Judging by these two waves of attacks, the enemy did not have many troops, they were all vulnerable cruisers. We should seize the opportunity to give annihilation. "Velascos is not full of fighting spirit.

Strictly speaking, his fleet had not yet achieved decent results in this expedition - the slaughter of civilian ships and civilians of the New Roman Empire was not a victory, although the number of casualties far exceeded that of most previous Union military operations. Therefore, even though he is now facing serious logistical supply problems, Velascos, a former fierce general, still wants to give it a go, make some achievements and return to China.

His subordinate Vice Admiral Henry Highfield, commander of the Sixth Fleet, agreed, exclaiming: "With my fleet, we can crush them." ”

However, Vice Admiral Zhou Jiande of the Eighth Fleet and Vice Admiral René Martin of the Ninth Fleet sided with Admiral Zhang Bingye and opposed the pursuit of the Imperial Frontier Fleet, insisting on an immediate retreat.

Zhang Bingye added his reason, saying: "Sir, half an hour ago, our unmanned notification ship reported that it had discovered the gravitational waves of a huge fleet of the enemy in the star field more than a hundred light-years away from the planet 'New Taiping'. This should be the remaining main force of the enemy's Central Fleet. And our energy reserves can no longer support us to return to the country after a decisive battle, and if we delay any longer, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out. ”

Listening to the words of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Manuel Velaskos fell silent.

Zhang Bingye's words are very reasonable, but he is desperate for a real military victory, but it is difficult for him to give up the good opportunity that flashes in front of him.

Less than a month ago, at the inauguration ceremony, President Song Tingrong had high hopes for him, and he also vowed to win. Unexpectedly, now that he has become a butcher, he will be so embarrassed and resentful to withdraw to the country in such an embarrassment.

When the commander of the Immortal Star Bundesmail Expeditionary Fleet, Berascos, was in a state of indecision and conflict, his opponent, Jiang Ziyue, the dictator of the Senate and the Roman people's salvation and war, led the fleet again to kill and make a decision for him.

Swarms of cruisers of the Imperial Frontier Fleet have changed their speed of light at about 300,000 kilometers of the opponent to launch new artillery bombardments.