As it turns out, Lieutenant General Thomas does have what it takes to become a generational leader.

His psychological quality is so strong that Yang Wei can't help but give a few thumbs up.

No one can win an unexpected war, and this is especially true in interstellar space warfare with similar technological prowess.

Lieutenant General Thomas, of course, can't.

Yang Wei couldn't understand why the two countries of the Güell Alliance and the United States of the Free States joined the war so suddenly and directly, and who gave them this motivation to act against their national interests together.

A war of this magnitude involves all aspects of off-the-field factors.

The Sherman Empire had already taken care of these off-the-field factors, and had already dealt with the other two powers that were most likely to change the balance of power between the Empire and the New Federation, and determined that they would not send reinforcements to the New Federation.

In addition to the main factor that the two families want to reap the benefits of the fisherman, the most important secondary factor is the strong military deterrent power of the Sherman Empire.

None of them knew how much power the Sherman Empire was hiding.

But the history of the galaxy has shown that the Sherman Emperor *** is only in control of the Empire's conventional forces, and the Empire has an incomparably powerful 'unconventional, combat power.

This powerful deterrent is the source of self-confidence of the Emperor's Ministry and the source of fear of the Alliance of the Free Masses and Güell.

Can ...... now

The two powerful countries that could have enjoyed the 'results' of the battle and further sucked the blood of the new federation and its younger brother in the camp, regardless of the possible retaliatory actions behind the empire, suddenly sent troops and entered the main battlefield, directly joining the queue against the empire!

This gave the new Union a morale boost.

It also made the imperial side extremely angry, but helpless.

Anger turned to anger, the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed, and Lieutenant General Thomas immediately made the most rational decision.

The whole army immediately carried out the No. 3 retreat plan with the battle cluster as a unit, and the whole army retreated.

Among them, the first, third, and fourth battle clusters, with full firepower output, are exerting pressure on the new Federation ship regiment and striking at the new Federation ship regiment's vital forces.

The 2nd and 5th battle clusters, with conservative fire attacks on the left and right flanks, and in the process of retreating, gathering towards the central sector for a second round of fire onslaught on the new Federation ship regiments pursuing head-on.

Lieutenant General Thomas's tactical intentions are clear.

Now that the situation is reversed, the new federation will inevitably be unwilling to let the expeditionary ships of the empire retreat calmly, and the former will inevitably be entangled forward.

The empire is next, and it is this psychological gap that fights!

Vice Admiral Thomas ordered the Imperial ships not to send reinforcements, but to attack the main one, and to fight and retreat, defending each other.

Only by destroying the living forces of the new federation can we continue to take the initiative in the subsequent battlefields!

Yang Wei kept thinking on the side.

Lieutenant General Thomas's move was very risky, and he was gambling that the reinforcements of the Güell Alliance and the United States of Liberty were all paper tigers and showmanship, and they would not really come up to fight the Imperial ships.

If the bet is right, this retreat is a strategic turnaround, and the loss of the new Federation will be higher than that of the Empire.

If the bet was wrong, the casualties of the Imperial Ship Regiment would be 30 to 50 percent higher than the casualties of the direct retreat of the entire line. ….

The safety of the whole army depends on one person, and under this incomparably huge pressure, Lieutenant General Thomas gave up his conservatism, rolled up his sleeves and red eyes, and made a big gamble with the other three of the four gangsters of the galaxy.

He won the bet.

The Güell and the Free Commons arrived in a hurry, and although they were ferocious, they were actually only out of range of the Imperial ships.

If you really want to fight a life-and-death battle with the Imperial Ship Regiment, one of the two Ship Regiments must cut off the retreat of the Empire's five major battle clusters, and exchange their own sacrifice for the Emperor's strength to suffer a heavy blow.

In fact, these two ship groups were only attacking the flanks of the Imperial ship groups, trying to increase their paper record, and they were not interested in intercepting the Imperial capital ship group at all.

On the other hand, the commander of the new Federation is eager to kill the enemy, eager to keep the Imperial capital ship group in this starry sky, and has ordered a strong attack on all fronts at this moment.

This is exactly what Lieutenant General Thomas wants!

Yang Wei was surprised to see:

The empire, which should have been defeated, began to retreat in an orderly manner;

The Imperial ship regiment that threw all its firepower into the front, and the battle line that fought the surging new Federation warship group was chaotic;

The two ship groups on the left and right sides that should have charged the Imperial battle formation were only covered by full firepower by a small number of ship groups chasing the Imperial flank......

When Yang Wei looked at the back of Lieutenant General Thomas again, he suddenly felt that this ordinary human who could be pinched to death by him casually seemed to have the power of a giant shaped energy bomb brewing in his head.

Something.

"Thomas!"

An old general appears on the side screen.

"The new Federation warship group is in hot pursuit, we must make a trade-off, our troops will charge the enemy to cover the rest of the battleship group and calmly retreat! My department! Ten times as many casualties will be brought back to the enemy!"

"I'm sorry teacher, please allow me to decline your offer."

Lieutenant General Thomas raised his head slightly:

"If they want to fight, then we will fight to the end!

"There is no need to cut off an arm at this moment, our army will inflict more casualties on the enemy army at a loss of less than 20%!

"Emperors will never abandon their comrades!

"Please follow the commander-in-chief's orders! Your department will demarcate the range according to me, and use the number 12 formation to cross-cover!"

"Yes!"

The old general shouted angrily, and the image disappeared suddenly.

Yang Wei saw it in the back, Lieutenant General Thomas's slightly clenched fist that kept loosening.

Obviously, the pressure on this lieutenant general has reached a critical point.

A series of commands continued to come out of Lieutenant General Thomas's mouth, and the dozens of heralds around him were a little unable to keep up with his rhythm.

The five major battle clusters of the Empire are staging a movement battle in deep space, with abundant firepower and strong defense, and the ship attrition rate of the new Federation Ship Regiment that is attacking head-on has significantly exceeded that of the Empire's capital ship group!

The Imperial warship group slowly retreated, gradually transforming from a semi-encircled situation to only facing a fan-shaped enemy ship group.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield changed again.

The Güell Alliance and the reinforcements of the United States of Liberty on the left and right flanks seemed to have received a strong order from above, and the two reinforcements suddenly began to storm onslaught, and a total of five dreadnoughts opened fire with all their might, tearing open the gap between the left and right wings of the empire! ….

Vice Admiral Thomas uttered a foul language, but he calmly gave the order, and the ships began to retreat rapidly.

Yang Wei stood behind him with his arms crossed.

He can actually do a little thing at this time, such as calling on the Imperial soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, which can increase the Empire's combat power by one or two percent.

He didn't know how he got involved, and his prestige among ordinary soldiers in the empire was a little stronger than his appeal in the imperial society.

He gives a speech and then jumps to get one or two of the other side's ships, and the Imperial warship group can reduce a lot of pressure.

But he couldn't do that.

First, the imperial ministry did not make clear demands on him.

Second, it is in the empire's own interest to lose a large number of ships and lose its military strength.

Now Yang Wei's bottom feelings are complicated.

On the one hand, he was infected by the current atmosphere of death war, and the emperor *** human element named Hanton in his bones was already burning; On the one hand, we must maintain reason and restraint, thinking about how to make the situation more in the direction of our own interests.

In fact, letting the empire's ship group fight to the death with the other three is not a good opportunity to weaken the four great powers of the empire......

Yang Wei squinted slightly, and the thoughts in his heart gradually became lively.

Suddenly!

There was a soft ding, and the instruments that commanded the flagship suddenly froze.

Yang Wei is also a blink of an eye, Lieutenant General Thomas

A slender figure has already appeared in front of it, and the entire operation interface of the command platform has undergone obvious changes.

It becomes more concise.

The girl who suddenly appeared was obviously a realistic projection, and Yang Wei was too familiar with it.

She wore a double ponytail, covered in a submissive white metallic garment, and the collar around her neck was slightly conspicuous.

That's what it is...... Reason?

"Complete the takeover."

Her voice rang out all around her, and her raised right hand was aimed at the porthole ahead.

Yang Wei seemed to see that from the command system of this battleship, the entire imperial battleship group was covered with silver-white light waves.

Lee turned his head to look at Lieutenant General Thomas.

Her somewhat godless eyes swept at Yang Wei, and she didn't have any sense of color, nor did she have the agility of Ritsu.

"Please set strategic goals."

"Our regiment retreated to the rear with minimal casualties, repelled the enemy forces, and inflicted sufficient casualties on the new Federation regiment."

"Confirmed."

Li turned around, his right hand was slowly raised, and the points of light diffused from his fingertips were all accurate instructions.

Almost instantly, the entire Imperial battle cluster became a single unit, and each operator of each ship received an average of one instruction every three seconds to press a button.

The Imperial warship group, which was still a little messy on the edge, only took less than two minutes to complete self-restraint.

The Imperial battleship group was still retreating, but the retreat process became more ferocious.

Because of the retreating formation, the effective firepower utilization rate, which was originally only 75 percent at the maximum, has now soared to 90 percent.

The new federation has to rush forward at this point.

The friendly forces that came from both sides seem to have entered a state of death fighting.

The Imperial Ship Regiment began to abandon some of the ships that had lost their tactical value in an orderly manner, and the drone swarms that had been released before began to haunt the vast battlefield. ….

A tragic deep space collision began.

Yang Wei quietly stared at Li's back and didn't say a word for a long time.

……

The empire lost.

To be precise, the Empire is about to lose to the Güell Alliance and the Free Commons in this general battle.

The four major powers of the galaxy, the other three join forces, even if they are as powerful as an empire, they can't win this 'passive and unprepared, war'.

Four of the twelve stars that were originally occupied were lost.

Fortunately, this fierce battle only lasted more than two hours.

At the end of the fierce battle, the reinforcements of the four great powers arrived at the edge of the battlefield.

The reinforcements from the new Federation side were already most of the defensive force of Minte City, and the fleets of all regions were gathering towards Minte City to fill the huge defensive hole that appeared in the rear.

The United States of the Free States and the Güell Alliance mobilized several more capital ship groups and threw them into the edge of this starry meat grinder.

However, when they saw the reinforcements from the Empire, they took the initiative to retreat.

Nothing else, the Imperial reinforcements are a bit scary.

The military department came with two full-fledged battle clusters, carrying three completely new models of dreadnoughts.

The warship group of the nobles' private soldiers appeared on the right flank of the reinforcements, and although there were many miscellaneous ships and insufficient combat power, the number of ships above 300 meters exceeded 5,000.

The warships of the subjects of the empire appeared on the left flank of the reinforcements, a rabble, but the number of ships was more than three thousand.

The most fatal thing is that after these reinforcements, a group of battleships covered in darkness appeared, like ghosts that appeared from ancient times, quietly watching the enemies of the empire.

That's the real 'Levy, the Ship Regiment.

Although the number is not large, only more than a thousand, it is enough to express the Empire's firm determination to fight this war to the end.

After the previous fierce battle, the Empire and the New Federation suffered huge losses, and after reinforcements from both sides arrived, they were not confident enough to defeat each other, so they tacitly retreated on all fronts.

But the empire is

Lost.

Mainly, the Imperial Department contracted the defense line and prepared to deal with the follow-up attack of the three powers, and the new federation took the opportunity to recover the four administrative stars.

In terms of the loss of ships and soldiers, the two sides were actually divided.

The five capital ship groups were directly destroyed a quarter of the ships, another thirty percent of the ships needed to be repaired, twelve dreadnoughts, four became cosmic dust, and two needed to be pulled back for overhaul.

The loss of a quarter of the ships is equivalent to the loss of a quarter of the troops, and the lifeboats and escape pods on the ships are completely ornaments in a war of this intensity.

Shield ships and supply ships suffered the most serious losses, and fireships suffered more casualties.

On the side of the new federation, it was more miserable, the two capital ship regiments lost their numbers and formations, and they had the advantage in total at the beginning of the war, and finally sent 7,000 warships to the battle damage.

The good news is that most of the ships lost are from the miscellaneous army and the 'mothballed restart', old ships.

The bad news is that they don't have many ships to repair, and the amount of losses is about equal to the amount destroyed.

The Güell League and the United States of the Free States each lost hundreds of ships, each paying tens of nearly a million soldiers.

As soon as the battle ended, the online world of the galaxy boiled directly. ….

The general trend of public opinion is:

[The empire is still glorious with one enemy and three defeats, and the new federation is outnumbered and has suffered heavy losses. 】

Of course, this kind of boiling did not affect the political confrontation between the stars, and the military and foreign ministries of the empire began to be active, and a large number of voices questioned the government of the Güell Union and the United States of Japan.

Why did they go to war?

Now that you have decided to enter the war, why can't you completely annihilate the expeditionary ships of the Empire, only to lose both?

Now that the Empire has regarded the two countries as enemies, if the new Federation loses this war, then the two of them will inevitably face the Empire's invincible ships......

And so on and so forth.

The small half of the galaxy is truly a mess.

……

Flagship of the Imperial Battleship Group.

Projections of a group of generals appeared all over the bridge, standing quietly with their military hats in their arms, and a low mournful music swirled around, mourning the imperial soldiers who had been turned into cosmic dust in this battle.

After the memorial event, without any delay, Lieutenant General Thomas convened a military summary meeting.

At the meeting, the commanders of the various combat groups made a brief self-examination and summed up the shortcomings of the ship groups in various aspects before the Imperial Guard system took over the battle.

Yang Wei listened to the whole process, and the most emotion in his heart was the professionalism of the emperor team.

In human warfare, the higher the technological content, the lower the impact on the battle situation of the soldiers' own beliefs and morale.

The combat effectiveness of the Emperor *** team is really terrifying.

"What do you think, Hanton?"

Lieutenant General Thomas suddenly called the name, Yang Wei didn't have stage fright, he groaned a few times, and sighed slowly: "This war crime is not in the army."

The generals sighed separately.

Yang Wei Zhengse said:

"It's not you who need to be reviewed, I have been watching the whole battle, and I have seen the precision of your command and the bravery of our soldiers.

"The question is, why did the Güell Alliance and the United States of Free States suddenly join the fight?

"It can be seen that they were not prepared at the beginning, they were not determined to fight, and the number of ships that came was not very exaggerated, it was like a decision made in a hurry, rather than a premeditated plan with the new Federation.

"In the middle of the battle, why did the two start to storm again, regardless of casualties? It's a bit unreasonable, it's too abnormal."

An old general sighed, "This has happened, and we must prepare for the worst and use the strength of one country to confront the other three powers."

"This time, the conventional combat strength of our military department has been seriously depleted, and 30% of the ships need to be repaired and repaired, and in the next three months, our troops will be obviously insufficient."

"Yes, the three of them are in causf, not only for us to go on a huge expedition

It will also pose a greater threat to the entire territory of the empire, with local defense forces needing support, and regional emergency response forces also needing to occupy a lot of resources."

"Are we going to give up these eight administrative stars? Those four administrative stars were taken away by the other party, and there will inevitably be a series of negative effects on the plundering order in the future, and we will fall into absolute passivity in terms of public opinion."

General Thomas said, "We are only discussing military affairs, so prepare for a sneak attack and wait for orders from above."

"The Levy Ship Regiment was activated before, did you see that?"

The generals fell silent.

Yang Wei asked, "Is there anything taboo about this?"

"There's no taboo," Lieutenant General Thomas said, "Don't worry about them, let's fight at our own pace, if it weren't for the Imperial Guard system this time, we wouldn't be able to hold any of these twelve administrative stars this time." The meeting was adjourned."

Emperor Guard.

The back of the ponytailed girl appeared in front of Yang Wei's eyes.

Although this comparison is somewhat superficial, it ...... It's still more beautiful to have your own little law.

(End of chapter).

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