"I can't believe that we can produce so many heavy fighters in more than half a year." Risen was amazed and then sighed endlessly, if he hadn't really seen the rows of lightning fighters in the hangar when he boarded the ship, he would have wondered if the school was joking, where did the alliance get the rare alloys, precision machining processes, engines, electrical equipment, weapons, etc. necessary to make fighters? Can the Confederacy really produce everything? He was a little skeptical. But at least one thing is certain: the starfighters in the hangar are not toys or ornaments, but real, cutting-edge weapons that can be attacked.

"This is also a great credit to you, not the data you brought back, but I'm afraid that the mass production process of lightning has not started yet, and we are afraid that this attack will be much more difficult. Captain, it's a pleasure to be with you again. Colonel Taylor said with relief.

"It's my pleasure, sir, can you tell me about my new position?"

"Oh, of course, Captain. Let me give you a brief introduction, at present, all the fighters on the Raider are temporarily organized into the 17th Air Force, under the jurisdiction of the 71st and 52nd Starfighter Wing, the 141st Early Warning and Control Team, the 9th Electrical Interference Team, and the 15th Ambulance Support Team, the 17th Air Force is headed by Colonel Alfred, who is also the commander of the 52nd Starfighter Wing, and I am in charge of the 71st Starfighter Wing. Our wing has three teams, the 4th, 5th, and 6th, and you are the captain of the 4th team, captain, is there a problem? The school looked at Risen who was a little excited.

"No, school." Risen straightened up and replied loudly.

Saying that there is no is false, in fact, Ruisen's heart is still a little uneasy. It is not surprising that he had not been a captain before, he had to learn a lot of things that he did not understand, and, because he had not been tested, both superiors and subordinates would stare at him like an eagle, especially since he was also a celebrity, so he attracted more attention to see if he lived up to their name, whether he could live up to their expectations, and lead them to victory.

But Risen is not overly worried, in the team of starfighter pilots, the emphasis is on strength, and it is not difficult to win the trust of the people below. It's OK to meet and exceed their expectations. Once the pilot below discovers that he is indeed competent, indeed an expert, he will be able to lead them to victory in battle and lead them to survive from the battlefield. They will obey his leadership, not just his orders.

As for his strength, although he has not been on the battlefield for more than half a year, he has no doubt that he has this confidence.

"Very well, Captain." Colonel Taylor nodded in satisfaction, "Come with me, and I'll take you to meet your pilots." ”

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In the Raider's pilot's cabin, Risen saw the men and women who were about to become his subordinates, and several of them were new pilots who had just finished their flight training. The childishness and impetuosity on their faces betrayed them, and there were four Risen students whom he did not recognize, who were not the students he had taught, and who had probably graduated from other flight training schools; The other three were acquaintances, one of the cadets he had taught, and he seemed to remember their names; Although the last four are not much older than these newcomers, they feel more calm and reserved at first glance, and they are much more reliable than those newcomers.

While Risen was observing them, these people were also looking at Rise, the three cadets Risen had taught, not to mention being excited after recognizing Risen, and the others were confused by the captain who stood behind their wing commander Tyler, who they didn't know? To the four recruits, the captain seemed to be very easy-going, but to the veterans, Risen had a mysterious feeling that could not be seen.

"Take a break." After the school return ceremony, he pointed at Risson, "Girls and boys, let me introduce you, this is your new captain, Risson. Captain Nigaul, I think some of you are familiar with your new captain. ”

"Hello everyone, um, Louie, Jessica, Hatch, we meet again." Risen smiled and nodded.

"Instructor, no, captain, it's our honor to be able to fight under your command." The joy and excitement of the three young men were palpable, and they felt that they were really lucky, they had no idea that this famous legend would be their new captain.

"Instructor? You guys...... Oh my God, aren't you three instructors ......" The others reacted quickly, Rissen. Nigaul, is it any wonder that the name is familiar?

Including those old pilots, everyone's eyes on Risen have changed, the legendary hero of Operation Firefox, the black tulip on the battlefield of Henison's meat grinder, did not expect that one day this person would stand in front of them and become their new captain......

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In the first week of the month of Ephemeris 807, the 10 fast ships of the Seventh Fleet of the Resistance Alliance quickly completed the assembly in the predetermined sortie area, with the Raider fast space carrier as the flagship of the fleet, and the other ships scattered in a spherical shape around the perimeter of the Raider, guarding the mothership like a moon of stars. The fleet is currently heading at a normal cruising speed towards a space jump point in this star field, and at the other end of this jump point, the Holland space station in the XY-193 star field is the first intended combat target of the Alliance's counterattack. Today, mission briefings are being conducted separately on each of the warships participating in the operation.

On board the Raider, the combat pilot briefing took place in a long conference room. The seats in the briefing room were filled with pilots in orange combat flight suits, and in front of them was a briefing table and a huge electric screen, and a 40-year-old man, Colonel Alfred, the captain of the 17th Flying Team, stood in front of the briefing table to give a pre-takeoff briefing to the pilots.

“…… The goal of the mission is this Holland space station. As far as this space station is concerned, it has no particularly important military significance, and it used to exist only as an outpost of the Empire, with only a few escort ships stationed there, and the number of fighters will not exceed one company at most. But that's all in the past. Since the launch of the Empire's clearance operation, the number of fighters on this space station has increased to one wing after another, two squadrons of gladiator attack aircraft, and one cruiser and four destroyers for conventional ships, which are sufficient to cope with the general attack of our army. However, it is still insignificant in relation to the strength of the 7th Fleet. ”

"The reason why it was chosen as the first target, in addition to his weak military strength, is also due to the complete set of fully functional communication arrays installed near this space station, which consists of thirty subspace communication satellites. It is a key node for effective communication and liaison in all star fields near the Empire. A lot of space communications are forwarded through this array. Destroy them completely, and the Empire's ears in the nearby star fields will be deaf, and their communications will be greatly affected. In the event of an attack by our troops, it is impossible to raise the alarm so quickly and call for effective reinforcements......"

Sounds simple, Risen muttered, is it that easy?

"Of course, the empire knows its importance, and naturally it will not ignore its security, although the space station itself is not strong, but the space station can send out an attack alarm in time through this set of communication arrays, and the empire can quickly mobilize reinforcements from the nearby star fields to come to the rescue. That's when we're in trouble. Therefore, the first step of the operation is to interfere with the communication of the space station, so that it cannot issue an alarm in time, this step will be completed by our electric storm jamming fleet, first by them under the escort of fighters to jump into the XY-193 star field to discharge interference, after successfully jamming the communication, other lightning fighter fleets and early warning, control fleets will follow. ”

"Here I have to warn you, no one knows how long the effective jamming can last, we estimate that it will not take more than 10 minutes at most, and the empire will find a way to break through the jamming and issue an attack alarm, so the first target of your attack after entering is not the space station, but this set of communication arrays, after destroying all thirty communication satellites as quickly as possible, and then dealing with other imperial fighters and ships."

"The 52nd Fighter Squadron and the 71st Battalion of the 4th Company were responsible for launching the attack on the communication array, the 2nd and 3rd Squadrons of the 52nd Company were responsible for covering the 1st Squadron, and the 5th and 6th Squadrons of the 71st Company were responsible for covering the 4th Squadron. Once the communications array is destroyed, all fighter fleets will turn their targets to the Imperial cruisers and destroyers to prevent them from escaping through space hops, and finally the Imperial fighters and space stations, with the entire attack coordinated by the 141st Early Warning and Control Team. ”

“…… Basically, the operation will be carried out primarily by carrier-based aircraft aboard the USS Raider fast space carrier to test the integrated combat capabilities and coordinated attack capabilities of the 17 flight squadrons after the completion of the integration The fighter fleet on other escort ships will be mainly used to defend the fleet security, or as a back-to-back support attack force if necessary. So, let's just do it neatly, don't let the pilots of other teams see our jokes, understand? Captain Alfred said.

"Understood." Everyone replied in unison.

"Come on board, guys, our victory today will mark the beginning of a new era for the Resistance Alliance." The colonel gestured with his hand raised.

One by one, people stood up and walked outside in an orderly manner.

"If such an advantageous force can't come down smoothly, then we can simply buy tofu collectively and crash to death." Schneier whispered indignantly on the side.

"The key is not in the troops, the key is in time. I said, you have to cover the first team and don't make any mistakes. Risen replied.

"Understood, I shouldn't be reminded by you."

"Hey, Schneier, cover yourself too." Risen thought for a moment and said again.

"You too, Risson, your fourth team is the main attacker, be careful. If their 5th and 6th teams don't cover properly, inform me, you used to cover me, let me cover you once today, hehe. His friend patted him on the shoulder.

"Come on, you better take care of the first team, I'm not so pitiful......"

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Risen carefully climbed into the cockpit of the lightning starfighter through the boarding ramp, and returned to the familiar surroundings, making him feel an indescribable intimacy. His lightning fighter has been painted all black according to the style he used to fly a banshee fighter, and the nose is still the conspicuous tulip, and at the tail, there is also a tulip picture there, which is his tulip team logo, all tulip fighters have this logo on the tail, but the tulip logo on the nose is only his lightning starfighter.

He checked the condition of the various systems on board according to standard procedures, and he was quite satisfied that all systems, including weapons, engines, shields, communications, etc., were in a completely normal state. Just then, he saw a deck guide in front of him waving a red-flashing signal sign at him, and he nodded and started the engine.

Under the guidance of the deck pilot, the Lightning fighter slowly arrived at the launch tunnel and took place. Risen cleared his throat and began to call, "Tulip One calls the Raider Control Heart, this is Rissen. Captain Nigaul, request to take off. ”

"Understood, Tulip One, you can take off."

Risen gave a thumbs up, and he increased the thrust of the Lightning fighter, and under the strong thrust of the four engines, the Lightning fighter broke away from the launch channel of the Raider in an instant and rushed into the brilliant and charming cosmic starry sky......

He is back, and after nearly a year of silence, the black tulip, the legendary symbol, has once again reappeared on the battlefield under fire......