President Song Tingrong was naturally shocked and furious at Lepunin's act of usurping his authority and arbitrarily mobilizing the strategic-level fleet to garrison, and immediately dismissed Lepunin from all his posts, arrested him, and handed him over to the military police for interrogation.

But no matter how he wanted to punish Admiral Repning, he could not recover the fact that the Immortal Interstellar Federation had lost the interstellar planet "Yi", although Song Tingrong did not have the determination to defend the "Yi" star before, but he gave up without a fight, and handed over the mysterious planet that had been torn up several times and paid a heavy price to the enemy, so much so that he poured part of his anger on the loyal and upright Secretary of Defense Five-Star Admiral Bloomberg.

"You have disappointed me so much, you have lost even the courage to resist, how can such a Wehrmacht make me confess to the people!"

Bloomberg replied firmly: "I feel deeply guilty of my humble position, and I beg the Commander to remove him from his humble position and hand him over to a military court!" ”

Song Tingrong did not immediately react to the self-blame of his subordinates, but slumped on the comfortable leather sofa, fell silent, and only said for a long time:

"General Bloomberg, do you think that in the current situation, Lepnin's deployment is our best option?"

"Yes, sir!" Bloomberg replied without hesitation: "Although Lepnin's actions are seriously illegal, they have also preserved the strength of our fleet, and allowed our army to concentrate its forces on the planet 'Aegis', which is enough to curb the invasion attempts of the Imperial Central Fleet on our borders!" ”

"Is this the so-called 'car protection'?"

"That's understandable, sir!"

Song Tingrong hesitated a little before saying: "General Bloomberg, you don't need to resign, I will appoint General Du Qifeng as the new chairman of the Joint Staff Committee, and cooperate with you to do a good job of resisting the enemy's aggression!" ”

"Sir, it is very likely that the enemy army has already captured the planet 'Yi', and with the character of the current commander of the Central Fleet, Badenbrock, the next step will definitely be to take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the planet 'Aegis', an important town of our army!"

However, for General Bloomberg's judgment, Song Tingrong muttered again, and said quite suspiciously: "You have already lost the 'Yi' planet without telling me......" But he still swallowed the latter words and asked instead: "General Bloomberg, do you have the confidence to defend the 'Aegis' planet?" ”

"No questions, sir!" Bloomberg replied firmly: "Not only can we keep 'Egil', but even the planets 'Egil' and 'Andromeda' will be safe!" ”

Song Tingrong looked at the resolute expressions of his subordinates and nodded slightly.

"But the lowly has a request, and I hope the chief will grant it!"

"You say!"

"Please authorize me to directly command all fleets of the Wehrmacht and the National Fleet, and to change any tactical to strategic deployments without your approval!"

Song Tingrong was taken aback, and then muttered, "You have a lot of requests!" ”

Bloomberg hurriedly explained: "Sir, the interstellar planet 'Yi' has been lost, and the key to the current crisis is in the direction of the planet 'Aegis', if our army concentrates all its efforts to defeat the enemy forces in this direction, it will definitely be able to regain the initiative in the war!" ”

There is nothing new in this strategic concept, and it is the same as the plan proposed by the two generals to the president earlier, so Song Tingrong also asked with some dissatisfaction: "Is this what Repnin called 'the end of the first war'?" ”

Bloomberg immediately replied, "Yes, sir! The tone was firm.

Song Tingrong did not make up his mind immediately.

With the current strength of the Bundeswehr, concentrating all efforts on the direction of the planet 'Aegis' means gambling on the national fortunes of the entire Perseus Star Federation.

The people's elected president of the Union sat behind a gloomy desk, his expression stiff and his eyes wandering.

The old general, Mr. Bloomberg, stood at his desk, looking respectfully at his commander-in-chief, his eyes full of anticipation and apprehension.

The spacious office fell into a deathly silence.

After a long time, Song Tingrong slowly stood up and finally said, "Okay! General Bloomberg, I authorize you to have full authority over all the space forces of the Wehrmacht to resist the enemy's aggression against our borders, and I hope that you and your soldiers will work hard to protect the freedom and equality of the people of the Federation! ”

"The humble duty must be done to the fullest, and then it will be over!"

The five-star general's answer was resounding.

Eric? Feng? Under the authorization of the president, the five-star Admiral Bloomberg issued a new combat order, and a large number of unmanned notification ships quickly flew away from the capital planet "Andromeda", jumped into the speed of light, and rushed to various places to convey the new battle plan, while the new flagship of the five-star admiral himself, the newly designed "mythical" class battleship lead ship "Pangu" No. 1, also followed the attack, leading nearly 100 new battleships and cruisers, to the border fortress planet "Aegis" at full speed.

Judging from the current actions of the Imperial Army, before he and the Eighth Fleet rushed to the planet "Aegis", there was enough time to launch an attack, concentrate superior forces and defeat the Ninth Fleet and the Tenth Fleet of the National Guard, which had returned from the "Yi" planet in vain, as well as the incomplete Seventh Fleet, and capture "Aegis".

However, judging from the offensive posture of the opponent's "Charlemagne" squadron and the actions of the cruiser fleet, which only went deep into the territory of the Federation, it was obvious that the decision-makers of the new Roman Empire lacked firm confidence in the policy of all-out attack on the Perseus Star Federation, or it can be understood that there was no high degree of internal unanimity, so Bloomberg was determined to take a gamble and order the Eighth Fleet to go directly to "Aegis" for reinforcements on the premise that the opponent's action would become sluggish after capturing the "easy" interstellar planet. And the main force of the Sixth Fleet was transferred away from the capital planet "Andromeda" and sailed for "Aegis".

As a result, all the main fleets of the Wehrmacht were concentrated in the distant border towns, and the defenses in the direction of the capital became extremely empty, but Bloomberg did not report his actions to President Soong Ting-rong, and the people and government of the Union thought that the Sixth Fleet was still stationed around the moon "Pelion" of the brown dwarf "Kronos", and the more powerful Eighth Fleet was guarding in the direction of the planet "Egil". The whole of federal society is still shrouded in the illusion of peace and prosperity.

"Five-star general, we're desperate!" The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the National Defense Forces, General Du Qifeng, said in a calm tone. Although he appeared to be quite calm and even relaxed on the surface, he was also very worried inside, after all, Bloomberg's deployment had made the defense forces of the federal capital extremely empty.

"There's no way, General Du, our strength has been squandered by ourselves, and now we can only ask the president to play an empty plan!" Mr. Bloomberg calmly responded to the accompanying chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"His Excellency President Dinh Rong used to be a good actor, but you didn't tell him the script, can he act in this play well? What's more, the whereabouts of the small fleet that attacked the planet Midgard are still unknown! ”

"He has given me full command of the Wehrmacht, and I must do whatever it takes to win the victory!" Bloomberg explained to his men simply, but the words were not in his usual style: "As for the enemy fleet disguised as a pirate, it can only be ignored for the time being, and the defense forces of the capital planet will definitely be able to stop its attack!" ”

Admiral Du Qifeng stopped speaking, he understood the old general's intentions, this time, Bloomberg came out with all his strength, concentrated the remaining main fleet of the Bundeswehr, and prepared to fight the opponent to the death in the "Aegis" star field.

But Bloomberg continued: "General Du, intelligence shows that this operation of the Imperial Army will be personally led by the new commander of the Central Fleet, Badenbrock, this person I am not very familiar with, do you know anything about her?" ”

"Her full name is Frederiga? Lenny? Feng? Badenbrock, the first female imperial marshal of the new Roman Empire, and the first woman in human history to receive the rank of marshal, commanded the Senate and the thousands of main warships of the Roman people at the age of fifty-one, as far as her current status is concerned, in the history of our two countries, there is only one commander who commands the general fleet of a country at a younger age than her, that is, Su Yu five-star admiral, of course, you also know that since Su Yu's five-star admiral, China no longer has a commander-in-chief of the space fleet, The President of the Federation has direct control over the various detachments through the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff! ”

"I don't care about Feng? Do you have more specific information about Badenbrock's personal historiography and personality about her experience and personality? ”

"Yes!" Du Qifeng immediately replied: "He joined the army at the age of sixteen, participated in many battles in 2**0 and before, served as the captain of the 'Raging Wave' Emma's flagship 'Lohengrin' in the 'Himalayas' Star Field Battle, performed well, and was later promoted to the commander of the detachment. Machu Picchu's Star Field Battle bravely attacked, broke through our warship formation, so that the remnants of the Imperial Army were able to escape, and later served as the commander of the Central Fleet detachment, military and civilian officer, chief of staff of the Central Fleet, deputy commander, vigorous and resolute, majestic and decisive perfectionist, this is the most common evaluation of her by her colleagues and subordinates in the Imperial Army, in addition, the Imperial media called her the undefeated commander! ”

"Perfectionist, Undefeated Commander!" Bloomberg said thoughtfully.

"Yes, so far, she has not had a record of defeat in her military career, and she has completed her mission very well!"

Listening to General Du's words, Bloomberg nodded lightly, and then turned to ask: "General Du, do you know if General Su Yu's son, Colonel Robbo, has acted with us!" ”

"General Zhou Jiande commanded the 27th Detachment of the Eighth Fleet, and concurrently served as the captain of the battleship 'Chiyou', sir, do you have anything special to take care of?"

"No, the order goes down, one, before our fleet completes the assembly, any ships that are ordered to assemble are not allowed to engage the enemy, even if the planet 'Aegis' is occupied, and second, all the space station garrisons must hold their positions to the death, and they are not allowed to retreat without my order, and if it is really not possible, let the space station and the enemy die together!"

"Sir, this doesn't seem to be effective in delaying the enemy's attack!" Du Qifeng cautiously objected.

"Please, go down! General Du! Bloomberg said firmly: "Give me access to Colonel Robb's correspondence!" ”

With countless spaceships jumping into the superluminal state, the universe and time and space operated according to the ruler of the human epoch until March 2920, which was half a month after the Federation planet "Midgard" was attacked by the Imperial fleet.

As judged by the five-star Admiral of the Commonwealth Bundeswehr Bloomberg, after the Central Fleet of the New Roman Imperial Army successfully captured the interstellar planet "Yi", it turned the spearhead of the attack to the federal military town of "Aegis", but the commander of the Central Fleet, Imperial Field Marshal Frederiga? Lenny? Feng? Badenbrock did not move as fast as before, and due to the quarrel between the two factions of the Senate over the plan to attack "Aegis", the female imperial marshal did not dare to attack rashly, which gave Bloomberg five-star Admiral and the Immortal Interstellar Bundeswehr fleet enough time to complete the assembly.

On March 27, 2920 UTC, the Senate and the Central Fleet of the Roman People's Army, Alexander and Attila, two detachments from the interstellar planet Yi, rendezvoused with the supporting Constantine fleet, and approached the sun sheath of Amarthea, the main star of Aygis.

Although the first phase of the "Three-Headed Dog" battle plan went very smoothly, now the objectives of the campaign of the new Roman Imperial Army have changed, and the senators, who are far away from the line of fire, after fierce arguments, are determined to capture the important military town of the Federation, the planet "Aegis".

The Imperial Marshal of Badenbrock was very dissatisfied with this kind of layman's blind command and arbitrary change of planned objectives, and the slowness of the course of the war also exceeded her expectations, which made her even more annoyed, according to her previous assumptions and plans, half a month ago, the three detachments should have met and launched an attack on the planet "Aegis" to lure the opponent's main force to dispatch, but the old fellows in the Senate quarreled endlessly, and they were indecisive in the selection of combat targets for the implementation of the second stage, As a result, the part of the fleet she personally led has only been delayed until now to join up with the two detachments that have completed the attack on the planet "Yi".

The planned plan of a large-scale annihilation of the enemy in the "Yi" star field also did not succeed, which was bound to allow the opponent to concentrate the existing forces to the maximum to defend against "Aegis".

According to the reports of the unmanned reconnaissance ships and notification ships dispatched, the Bundeswehr fleet has completed the build-up in the airspace of "Aegis", and judging from the content of the radio communications made public by the other side, the Minister of Defense Erik? Feng? The five-star general Bloomberg was on the front line and commanded the army to resist the enemy.

"Even that old fellow from Bloomberg has personally gone into battle, and it seems that the enemy is determined to defend the planet 'Aegis'!"

On the battleship "Constantine the Great", the general flagship of the Central Fleet, facing the holographic images of the commanders of the various detachments, Badenbrock said with a stern expression.

"The hesitation of the elders has cost us a great opportunity, and now it has become very unwise to storm the planet 'Aegis', and the marshal is advised to change his plan, abandon the attack, and instead defend the border!"

It was the new Chief of Staff of the Central Fleet, Helweil, who made the bold proposal? Admiral Irina, the female general is fifty-one years old, but she still has a youthful appearance and a beautiful appearance that many women envy.

Frederick said after a little thought:

"Helwell, I have also considered that there is not much left of the main force of our army, and if this attack encounters an accident, the favorable situation we have worked so hard to win will disappear immediately, and besides, I have already submitted my opinion to the Senate!" Then she turned to the commanders under her command:

"However, now that the Senate's determination has been decided, our soldiers can only move forward bravely and win the victory regardless of everything!"

"From the analysis of the intelligence collected so far, the remaining main fleet of the enemy has been concentrated on the planet 'Aegis', and if we take a strong attack, it will inevitably be a fierce battle!" Helwell? Irina said.

"This will be a war of annihilation!" Frederiga agreed, and then said firmly: "We must annihilate the main force of the enemy's fleet and capture the planet 'Aegis', I now announce the attack order: with the general flagship of the headquarters fleet as the core, all the combat ships will be arranged in a conical formation, and they will attack at six o'clock in the earth standard time, and directly go to the planet 'Aegis'!" ”

The intention is obvious, and the direct assault to lead the other party to the decisive battle is indeed the usual command art style of the imperial marshal, but the glamorous chief of staff thought of more, and hurriedly added: "Marshal, please give an order to send a notification ship to inform the 'Charlemagne' fleet to launch a feint attack in the direction of the planet 'Egil' to contain the enemy!" ”

"I had already sent a notification ship to deliver the order!" Frederiga said coldly.

The generals who participated in the communication meeting were even more convinced this time that the rumors about the feud between their commander and the chief of staff were true, but no one was good and did not dare to say anything? Commander of the "Alexander" detachment Adams? Admiral Ma Sun, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kobayashi Koichi: "Attila" Squadron Commander Sergea? Bint? Mujshid? Root? General Rahman, Chief of Staff Birdmonet? All four of them were silent.

However, in fact, the order carried by the general ship sent by Field Marshal Badenbrock was to transfer the troops of the "Charlemagne" detachment and rush forward to support the upcoming battle of the "Aegis" star field.

At this moment, an urgent communication came, and the battleship "Brahma", the flagship of the escort supply fleet, had a major metallic hydrogen explosion, including the commander Gillette? Vice Admiral Aitch and all the personnel of the headquarters were killed, and before the start of the war, this rare accident was a bad omen for the entire Imperial Central Fleet.

Just when the generals were in shock, Admiral Irina calmly suggested: "Marshal Badenbrock, the escort supply fleet has a great responsibility, and now such a serious accident has a great impact on our army, so I humbly request to go and command the escort supply fleet!" ”

"It's okay, you have full authority to take full command of the escort and supply fleet!" Frederiga readily agreed to his men's request, and despite the chief's duty on the flagship, the Imperial Marshal seemed to want her to be as far away as possible.

"Yes, Marshal!" Admiral Irina responded happily.

At the end of the communication meeting, Admiral Irina immediately moved to the battleship "Youli Poshi" (Youli Poshi, that is, Guangyan Tiannu, this is the official Chinese name of this ship, and the people are often called Guangyan Tiannu), and took full command of its 2,500 logistics supply ships, more than 400 battleships and 1,000 cruisers escorting it.

The news of the explosion inside the "Brahma" was tightly sealed, and most of the officers and men did not know about it, so it did not have any effect on the morale and fighting spirit of the entire fleet, but the commanders of the detachment who knew about it were quite puzzled.