648 The most difficult choice
The Y-axis strangulation battle lasted for more than an hour, and when Benson, who was in the rear, could no longer bear the pain of waiting, he ordered the most reservable group of 2,000 fighters to enter the battle. If the fighter group reaches 3,000 and he still can't get the data, he still has tens of thousands of brave fighters.
"Fight a war with Lao Tzu, I will accompany me to the end......"
The edge of the dark canopy had just sent off two thousand fighters, and now more than three thousand more brawlers had begun to assemble in space, and the silent soldiers did not say anything, just quietly waited for the commander's order. It is worthy of the elite trained by the Holy Empire, the battle situation is so unsmooth, there is no slightest complaint, and it is still disciplined.
It's a pity that Benson and Luo Fei are not really people who came out of the army, and their ability to perceive the subtle atmosphere on the battlefield is not the slightest bit worse. If impermanence was in it, he would probably have understood it at a glance, and now the morale of these soldiers was dry.
Yes, it's the word dry, you can't say that the morale of these soldiers is low, after all, they now have an advantage in numbers and warships, and they are all real elite veterans, it is impossible to fight a battle of this intensity and their morale will be low. But it's true that this battle is breathtaking.
At the beginning, if Benson hadn't thought about capturing the Moon Shadow and had chosen to attack in an all-out way, even if the Moon Shadow had rough skin and good performance, it would have been dried up a long time ago.
If Benson and Luo Fei had been able to rush to the front line and personally fly into the dark canopy to command when the battle was not going well, victory would have been in hand by now.
If you commanders could have been less abusive and more considerate of your own command mistakes when the tide of the war was deadlocked, then the soldiers' gaze on the Merchant would not have been so complicated.
Now the morale of the army under Benson's command is obviously restless, as if a barrel of gunpowder has become more and more dry, and once ignited, it will explode without distinguishing between the enemy and the enemy. If it's a more mature commander, you'll immediately find a way to appease the emotion, whether it's money or honor, even if you announce that you're going to play in the dark after the mission.
But Benson turned a blind eye to this emotion, in fact, he was not ignorant but he really did not have this experience. To put it bluntly, people like Benson and Luo Fei are a group of conspirators and villains. It's no problem to engage in conspiracy and raids behind their backs, and really fight an upright battle, so that they are not impermanent opponents with both hands.
At this time, the second group of 2,000 fighters had already rushed into the dark sky for more than half an hour, and there was still no news. At this time, the fighters on call sighed in their hearts one by one, and finally it was their turn, and it seemed that they were about to rush into this terrifying dark sky.
Just when the atmosphere was extremely depressing, suddenly a few small points of light flashed in the dark sky, and then these points of light became more and more, until at the end of the day, a battered fighter suddenly rushed out of the sky.
"Got it...... We've finally got it...... The last coordinate is in hand......" The communication channel, which had been silent for a long time, sounded a voice that excited everyone.
"Hooray......" The entire fleet went crazy, and even the three military observers who had been fighting in front of them put down their glasses and stood up to applaud the heroes.
More and more fighters came out of the canopy, and the first batch of more than 400 fighters that had been beaten and mutilated and scarred, were the first batch of combat fighters, that is, the great heroes of Y-axis strangulation. Behind them were the more than 2,000 reinforcements, who didn't seem to be firing.
"Report to the chief, after 45 minutes of fighting, the first echelon fortunately did not lose their lives, and finally got the last coordinate code, and the second battle annihilated more than 500 enemy fighters, and our losses were ...... Our side lost 580 fighters ...... "When it came to the worst, there were tears in the communication channel.
I thought that such a tragic victory could be exchanged for the praise of the commander, but Benson and Luo Fei didn't mean to encourage at all, "Well, we know it, you guys spread out on the left and right flanks, don't block the route of the meteorite attack......"
The pilot who fought bravely to be the first to rush into the coordinate point to get the data was stunned, he didn't expect that 580 lives would be exchanged for such a cold sentence. Are we just the tools in your hands? The pilot really wanted to reprimand a few words, but he couldn't hold back when the words came to his lips.
"Yes, Commander......"
In the Y-axis strangulation battle, the battle loss ratio of the two sides is basically one to one. When both sides had already killed the red eye, Benson's reinforcements finally arrived, and at this time, Tong Yan also made up her mind, and she gave the retreat order for the first time as the identity of the main mother.
"You can't let the brothers die in vain, withdraw it...... Now we can only rely on the light energy naval guns to provide us with protection, and if we die, we will die together......" Tong Yan finally made up his mind.
Ryan was a little nervous at the time, "Are you sure to pay attention? Do you really want to do space folding? We only have ten intact super satellites now, and we can't support Moon Shadow to space fold at all...... Not to mention the unknown star field, even if it is a space graveyard, we can't go there......"
"I know that you don't rush me, let me think about it again, withdraw Merlin and them first, and then discuss whether to transfer it......
Ryan's worry is actually the worry in the hearts of everyone present, impermanence is not around, people have lost this perverted human radar, and the amount of super satellites consumed in the past two years is much greater than the amount produced, so that the space folding in the canopy has become a luxury.
If everyone can prove that the brief email just now was indeed released by Impermanence, Tong Yan and Ryan would definitely not have the slightest hesitation to immediately prepare for the space folding, because they knew that Impermanence would never fight any uncertain battles. But now the authenticity of this email is up for debate.
Although this email is the highest top-secret channel that it directly broke into, it seems to be impermanent, but the fate of 100,000 people is decided with only six words, and the responsibility is too great to be carried by Tong Yan.
"On one side is the lives of 100,000 people, and on the other side is the command of impermanence...... How should I choose, who can teach me ......" Tong Yan is in unusually painful pain now.
At this time, the fighters who were holding the space position finally returned, and the soldiers supported each other with grief and anger on their faces. "Why did you order a retreat? Did our brothers die in vain? More than 500 people, where did 500 brothers die, but the last coordinate point was still lost......
"Who the hell gave the order, this is a betrayal...... We're going to complain, we're going to appeal to the Impermanence. What are we coming from the Matou Empire for? We didn't come to die in vain, if you want to retreat, what did you want to do in the first place, let us hold the coordinate point...... What ...... for?"
The brawlers who entered the Moon Shadow were all furious, and the frustration in their hearts had nowhere to vent but meaningless abuse.
"Enough is enough! The soldier's order is to obey, have you forgotten the discipline that the army has taught you?Or do you think this is a bandit's den, a place where you don't need to talk about military regulations? Lawless......" Merlin stood up at the critical moment and scolded, not to mention that all the brawlers still obeyed Merlin, because he was the first general to follow Impermanence.
At this time, the entrance and exit gates of the Moon Shadow were already in chaos, and the wounded soldiers were lying on the ground, and the medical staff in white coats were urgently rescuing the wounded. The soldiers who still had the strength to be angry shut up under Merlin's reprimand, and all of them bowed their heads to their chests.
At this time, a holographic screen suddenly appeared in mid-air, and the figure of the master mother Tong Yan appeared in front of the people, "I gave the order to retreat, I am willing to take all the responsibility, if you have grievances, come and scold me......" Tong Yan finished speaking, and there was a dead silence in the passage.
Who can scold Tong Yan, in the past few years of the construction of the Moon Shadow, the busy image of Tong Yan has been imprinted in everyone's hearts. Countless soldiers of the Black Horse Battalion, those soldiers who came from the Matou Empire, have long recognized Tong Yan as their master mother from their hearts. That's really convincing, and now everyone finds that it is Tong Yan who has been scolding for a long time, and they don't dare to speak.
"The way the battle has been fought so far, which is something that no one wants to see...... I'll show you a video, it's one of the few cameras left in the ruins of our spaceyard, thanks to our super satellites......"
The holographic screen was almost full of snowflakes, and everyone knew that it was quite difficult to communicate in the dark sky, and the bayonet was able to do this step beyond all the scientific research institutions in the universe.
In the snowflakes, people can vaguely distinguish the image of the task force, and in the core area of the fleet, there is actually a meteorite belt lined up in a neat queue, standing quietly, and there is a faint fire from the engine behind the meteorite.
"Damn, it's really a desperate plan to hit this with a meteorite? We can't sit still, rush out of the city and die with them......" A group of fighters were crazy, especially led by Lu Li, who knew that his left arm bone was broken, and he jumped to his feet and scolded.
The video is not long, but the information revealed is already clear, and everyone's end is really just around the corner. Immediately after that, the camera turned on the screen, and a simple email appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"Retreat...... Fold...... Impermanence ......" Tong Yan pointed to the three phrases on the email and explained, "This is an email received by the Moon Shadow's highest-authority communication channel before you retreated, signed by Impermanence. As you know, during this attack, the number of our super satellites has been reduced from 65 to 10 now, and we can no longer keep in touch with impermanence......
"We can't prove the authenticity of this email at all, I can only preliminarily estimate that the authenticity of the email is 65%, as for how dangerous it is to fold the space in the dark canopy, I won't repeat it......" Tong Yan suddenly paused.
"There is only one solution to the current dilemma...... It's an all-hands vote, our fate shouldn't be decided by one or two people, each and every one of you is the owner of the Moonshadow......"
After saying that, nearly 100,000 people in the Moon Shadow and Bayonet Meteorite bases all received a top-secret email. When everyone opened the email, three big types of blood red came into view.
1. The Moon Shadow and the Bayonet Base fold the space, and use the protection of the dark canopy to avoid enemy attacks.
2. The Moon Shadow includes a bayonet base, changes its defensive stance, and rushes out of the dark canopy to fight the enemy in a decisive battle.
3. Surrender.
At that moment, the 100,000 people did not make a sound, as if time had stood still, and the most difficult choice was about to begin.