"The warriors of the Senate and the Roman people, the enemy is approaching, and it would be a great insult to us to retreat!"

"Mao? Marsh? In the internal communications of the "East" detachment, the interim commander Ngouwabi? Colonel Seko shouted.

"I, the Senate and the Central Fleet of the Roman People's 'Mao? Marsh? Acting Commander of the Eastern Detachment Ngouwabi? Colonel Seko, now order the whole fleet to meet the battle, dense formation, assault at full speed! ”

His strong order won the unanimous response of the officers and men at the grassroots level, and the Imperial Central Fleet has always had a fine tradition of not fearing a strong enemy and going against the trend. Beckman and the third detachment commander Adolphina? Steinmetz changed his mind and followed suit.

More than 300 battleships and nearly 500 cruisers of the Imperial Army quickly flew away from the low-earth orbit of "Atlantis" and formed a dense conical formation.

Fearing that her opponent would launch a "space storm", Teresa? Admiral Quiller stretched the ship distance wide, arranged more than 10,000 combat modules into a huge umbrella array covering the opponent, and approached the opponent from the outside of the orbit of the planet "Atlantis" to avoid artillery fire and damage to the planet in the event of a battle.

The Federal National Guard and the Workers' Militia have a firm confidence in victory, they have an absolute superiority in strength and firepower, Theresa? Admiral Quiller placed Trident 001 at the tip of the umbrella formation, where she would serve as the mainstay to end enemy attacks.

The battle unfolded as scheduled, and in the midst of the staggered death, the soldiers on both sides did their best.

The New Roman Imperial Army was well-trained, well-organized, and accurate in shooting; The Immortal Interstellar Federation Army is numerous and full of firepower, and gradually, the two sides are staggered, turning into a protracted melee of stalemate, this continuous high-intensity melee will only become more and more unfavorable for the Imperial Army, their energy has been exhausted, and they are at a disadvantage in terms of number and firepower, and they can only fight for honor by virtue of the power of a single ship and the quality of their soldiers.

As the battle deepened, the Imperial Army "Mao? Marsh? The losses of the "East" detachment also grew. Although the losses inflicted on the opponent were also very large, they were never able to resist the overwhelming superiority of the enemy, and the will of the officers and men was slowly being exhausted.

"Detection of spatial fluctuations ......"

In the fierce battle, the fleet commanders of both sides received reports almost simultaneously.

At about 21 hours on April 13, 2020, the cruiser group of the "Zheng He" fleet, the border fleet of the new Roman Empire, slaughtered out of the void.

"That's great!"

The Imperial army in the bitter battle all became ecstatic.

"Assault at full speed, get rid of the enemy, and rendezvous with the 'Zheng He' fleet!"

On the battleship "Lin Biao", the acting commander Ngouwabi? Colonel Seko shouted excitedly, as if the order of doping had greatly motivated his subordinates who had not yet seen hope, and the formation that had become loose began to regroup, and the fire projection of the ships became more frenzied.

"I didn't expect ......"

"Trident" 001, Teresa? Admiral Quiller couldn't help but complain to herself, although she had been worried that the Imperial fleet attacking the planets "Midgard" and "Andromeda" would arrive, but she did not expect their reinforcements to be so "inappropriate" and so "inappropriate".

But the face of the female general in the protective helmet regained her confident expression, and even showed a victorious smile.

Her opponent didn't last long, either.

The Imperial Army that came with reinforcements only had 1,000 cruisers, and from the calculation of data, it was still far from being able to balance the balance of the war. Marsh? The "East" detachment, instead, is to add food to the federal army.

On the cruiser "Siegfried", communications sergeant Abighi? Cumanfur nervously reported: "Sir, do the commanders of the detachments ask for instructions to rush into the enemy line immediately?" ”

Faced with this inexplicable situation, Jiang Ziyue did not dare to rashly lead his troops into the already inextricable battle, but he gave instructions without thinking:

"All of them fly to the planet 'Atlantis' at full speed, send a notification ship to contact the Mao fleet, let them out of the battle, and go to the third rendezvous point to receive supplies!"

Obviously, he didn't dare to expect the imperial army to create miracles with fewer victories, and his goal was only to help the "Mao" in the fierce battle. Marsh? The "East" detachment retreated.

"Sir, aren't we going to fight immediately to reinforce the Mao fleet?" Captain Rudiger? Captain Natzmer hurriedly asked.

"We're going to attack the enemy from the direction of the planet!" Jiang Ziyue said unequivocally.

Everyone immediately understood that the commander was going to use the planet "Atlantis" as a background cover to attack the enemy, so that the Federation Army would inevitably reduce the intensity of firepower in order to avoid causing too many accidental injuries to the planet when counterattacking, thus creating a favorable situation, but everyone also knew that doing so could only put themselves in a more advantageous attack position, and the restrictions on the enemy were very limited, and the absolute superiority of the opponent was still heavily pressed in the hearts of each of them.

As a result, the "Zheng He" fleet, which was about an astronomical unit away from the battlefield, sent a notification ship to venture into the airspace of the battle and flew towards the planet "Atlantis".

At this time, Teresa? Admiral Quiller did not pay attention to the actions of the "Zheng He" fleet at all, and did not divide her forces to attack, on the contrary, she ordered the imposition of firepower to encircle and suppress the Imperial Central Fleet, which was now under siege, and the superiority in strength made her confident that she could completely defeat the enemy army one by one.

The unmanned notification ship flew through a short super-light speed, shuttled through the rain of bullets, and finally made a connection with "Mao? Marsh? When the "Zheng He" fleet arrived at the predetermined airspace, the information fed back by the Mao fleet was also transmitted in time, but these information made Jiang Ziyue feel even more hopeless, especially desperate is that the energy of the Mao fleet is exhausted, based on the existing metal hydrogen stocks of each ship, excluding the consumption of this battle, most warships have been unable to maintain a superluminal voyage that spans more than ten light years.

"General Li Jingxian was actually captured...... 'Socrates' base stored 10 million units of metallic hydrogen ......"

In the internal correspondence of the bridge of the cruiser "Siegfried", everyone heard the voice of the fleet commander Jiang Ziyue after reading the briefing sent back by the Mao fleet.

He then fell silent.

"Sir, all the ships are in place, give the order to attack!" Abighiji? Cuman Velmo shook his hands.

Now, behind them is the huge figure of the planet "Atlantis", and half an astronomical unit in front of them is the brother fleet that is besieged by the enemy and is fighting bloodily.

However, Jiang Ziyue hesitated, but very, he gave a series of orders unmistakably:

"Abighi, send a notification ship to let the logistics supply fleet immediately rush to the standby assembly point on the periphery of the 'Plato' stellar sun sheath, inform the Mao fleet to fly towards the standby assembly point on the periphery of the sun sheath after breaking through, and order all ships to turn their course, enter the 'Atlantis' low earth orbit, and aim at the 'Socrates' base!"

The last order shocked everyone on the bridge.

"Sir...... Rudiger? Natzmer exclaimed in surprise in the internal communication, and at the same time he turned his head to look at Jiang Ziyue, but everyone was wearing space combat suits and anti-radiation helmets, and they couldn't see his face at all, let alone his expression and eyes.

"Sir, there are more than 10 million people living on this planet!" Second Lieutenant Xu Kuishan, the navigator, cautioned, his voice with obvious tremors.

"Sir, if you attack the base of 'Socrates' and cause so many metallic hydrogen explosions, you will definitely destroy 'Atlantis'!" Natzmer exclaimed.

Jiang Ziyue calmly explained: "I know very well what you say, but you should also understand that with our current strength, it is difficult to rescue the Mao fleet and retreat, I have detailed a lot of information about 'Atlantis' before the attack, according to my estimates, detonating the 'Socrates' base will not immediately destroy the planet 'Atlantis', and it is impossible to kill everyone in an instant, if the federal army quickly releases the Mao fleet for rescue, it can completely evacuate all the survivors before the planet is destroyed!" ”

In the end, he emphatically emphasized: "Only by doing this can we save the Mao fleet and ourselves!" ”

Before his subordinates could react to his instructions, he had already connected the entire fleet's radio and gave the order: "All warships enter Atlantis' low-earth orbit and aim at the 'Socrates' base!" ”

Then, he added: "If there is any violation of the order, military law will deal with it!" ”

Immediately after cutting off the fleet broadcast, he ordered the communications sergeant to send a warning broadcast to the planet "Atlantis" that the Imperial Army was going to attack the base of "Socrates".

At the same time, the "Zheng He" fleet changed formation, with 1,000 cruisers arranged in a parabolic formation, with their bows facing the ground south of the planet "Atlantis", and slowly moving with the planet's rotation.

Very, Abighiji? Sergeant Cumanfur reported: "Sir Jiang, the entire fleet has completed its aiming and deployment, and we have requested an order to open fire!" ”

"Wait a minute!" Jiang Ziyue said softly.

"Sir, if you still hesitate, it is better for us to directly reinforce the Mao fleet, then it will be an open battle between our Senate and the Roman people's soldiers!"

Benjamin, who hasn't made a sound? Lieutenant Alfryk persuaded, but what this cynical fellow had been saying at this time seemed righteous and awe-inspiring.

However, Jiang Ziyue replied in a calm tone: "No, Benjamin, I'm just leaving some time for the enemy people to escape from the base, and at the same time letting the commander of the enemy's joint shipyard know in advance!" ”

Sure enough, after the warning was broadcast, the surface of the planet "Atlantis" was in chaos, especially the "Latin" zone in the south of the planet where the "Socrates" base was located, but due to the fact that the former National Guard commander Teresa? Admiral Quiller had already evacuated and destroyed the vast majority of the planes, leaving large numbers of people with no way out, causing further chaos.

The Federation Army and the Imperial Army in the fierce battle received a warning broadcast from the "Zheng He" fleet to attack the base of "Socrates". Admiral Quiller was shocked and furious.

"It's crazy!" The admiral's angry screams were heard on the radio, she knew that the enemy's purpose was to force her to lead her troops to give up the encirclement and suppression and go to the disaster, but she had no good plan to deal with it for a while, so she could only quickly order:

"All combat modules turn, close to the planet 'Atlantis', ready to dispatch marines and space ships to evacuate the inhabitants!"

"General, are we going to let the enemy go like this?"

The commander under his command expressed doubts, because the situation was really very favorable to the Federal National Guard, and if they persisted, they would be able to completely annihilate the Imperial Army.

"Once all the metal hydrogen in the 'Socrates' base is detonated, the planet 'Atlantis' will be destroyed, and we must hurry up and evacuate all the inhabitants, otherwise, we will be sinners for the ages!"

Teresa? Quiller did not hesitate, destroying the enemy and protecting the people, she knew it very well in her heart.

Very, tightly surround the Imperial Army "Mao? Marsh? The 10,000 combat modules of the Eastern Squadron began to turn, cover each other, and gradually break away from the battle, and Admiral Quiller and her National Guard and militia were in no way inferior to the regular Wehrmacht, and the coordination and cover between the various detachments were very close and in place, and they always maintained the suppression of the Mao fleet with superior firepower, and at the same time gradually drifted away, making it difficult for the Mao fleet to seize the turn of its ship formation and split the gap.

"Report, the enemy forces are beginning to turn away from the battle!"

On the cruiser "Siegfried," early warning sergeant Tang Xingyun made a report based on the information transmitted by the unmanned notification ship, and at this time, 10 minutes had passed since they lined up in an array to complete the aiming of the "Socrates" base.

"Sir, it looks like we've achieved our goal, so we don't need to bombard the ground!" Captain Rudiger? Natzmer exclaimed happily.

"No, you have to fire!" Jiang Ziyue insisted on his order, and his tone was ruthless: "We must cause a catastrophe and force the enemy to rescue the planet's inhabitants, otherwise the Mao fleet and we will still be very dangerous!" ”

"The enemy is not equipped with the 'Akuberi' engine, and it is impossible to pursue our army at the speed of light!" The navigator Xu Kuishan followed and said: "Now that the enemy has stopped attacking Mao's fleet, they can completely escape to the assembly point for replenishment, and if we attack the ground again, it will cause a great humanitarian disaster, sir, please think twice!" ”

"Please carry out my orders!" Jiang Ziyue raised his voice: "Abiji, turn on the whole fleet broadcast!" ”

At this time, Tang Xingyun made an urgent report: "Sir, we have detected that an aerospace plane is flying away from the 'Socrates' base, it is a federal 'Langhua' type civilian small aerospace aircraft, it has flown out of the atmosphere, and its course is the enemy's joint shipyard!" ”

"Don't worry about it!" Jiang Ziyue didn't care, and instead broadcast to the whole fleet:

"I am Colonel Jiang Ziyue, the commander of the fleet, and I now order a salvo to launch a salvo at the ground 'Socrates' base on the planet 'Atlantis'!"

"Crazy people!" Many commanders in the "Zheng He" fleet shouted, but they still obeyed the order to activate the weapon system and launch a fire salvo.

It was midday in the area where the "Socrates" base was located, and on a sunny day, a thunderbolt pierced the ground, causing a large explosion.

The Socrates base covers an area of 1,000 square kilometers in a parabolic shape, and its 10 million units of metallic hydrogen are stored in 100 underground warehouses, which are distributed 200 to 3 kilometers underground, and have a heavy layer of concrete and armor protection, which is not easily destroyed by ordinary fire.

As a result, the "Zheng He" fleet adopted the means of precision and repeated strikes, each cruiser bombarded a square kilometer of ground fixedly, and repeatedly struck with high-energy particle beams, antimatter particle beams, lasers and electromagnetic artillery shells, supplemented by ground-penetrating missiles specialized in attacking key tasks, until they penetrated the top layer of the warehouse and detonated the metal hydrogen reserves.

Very, in the explosions one after another, an incomparably dazzling flash of light overshadowed the sun "Plato" in the middle of the sky, and then turned the sky into night, and then the supersonic shock wave pushed through the atmosphere, sweeping all things in the heavens and the earth, followed by a terrible sound wave that can kill most animals, and after a long time, an orange-red mushroom cloud full of death quickly rose into the sky.

The soldiers in space watched a huge fireball rise from the southern part of the planet Atlantis, break through the atmosphere, and spray into space like the sun.

"Keep the fire and keep shooting!"

Jiang Ziyue's ruthless order came from the radio communication circuit.

Suddenly someone shouted hysterically in the communications of the fleet:

"We have blasted open the gates of hell, and it is impossible to atone for all deaths!"

But the "Zheng He" fleet still maintained a salvo firepower and continued to bombard, ensuring that the remaining metallic hydrogen underground produced a new nuclear explosion, and the gates of hell were then completely blasted open......

The deepest and largest metallic hydrogen warehouse at the "Socrates" base was finally detonated, and more than six million units of metallic hydrogen exploded almost simultaneously, the largest nuclear explosion in human history was finally produced.

The explosion was so large that it could not be quantified in human terms even hit the "Zheng He" fleet in orbit more than 1,000 kilometers above the planet, and people in space could see with the naked eye that the planet "Atlantis", which was the size of the Earth, was visibly trembling.

"These demons!"

The Federation Army's communications were filled with angry curses, but to no avail.

"Accelerate closer to the planet, and be sure to get all the inhabitants into space before the planet is destroyed!"

Teresa? Admiral Quiller was anxious.

For security reasons: "Socrates" base is forbidden to any citizens within a 1,000-kilometer radius of the base, so the entire base will not have much direct damage to the inhabitants if it turns into a super-large nuclear explosion, but the overall geological conditions are very unstable "Atlantis" after this difficulty, it will be a catastrophe, the destruction of this planet will be the next global earthquake and volcanic eruption caused by a super-large-scale nuclear explosion, with the scale of the "Poseidon" combined fleet, it can fully accommodate more than 10 million "Atlantis" planet residents, Her only concern was time.

The imperial troops, who had also witnessed Jiang Ziyue and the "Zheng He" fleet making a large nuclear explosion half an astronomical unit away, were also stunned with fright, and the incomparably magnificent but incomparably terrifying scene was transmitted to the officers and men of the Mao fleet, although it lagged behind, but it hit their hearts heavily.

"All attention, retreat to the predetermined meeting point!"

"Mao? Marsh? The commander of the "East" detachment and the commander of the "Zheng He" fleet issued orders almost simultaneously.