Starry Sky Wings One hundred and seventy, Colonel Riley's report

One hundred and seventy, Colonel Riley's report

Didi Di Di ......, the sound of non-stop ringing on the communication terminal on the table reminds people that a communication has been connected.

"What's the matter?" Giraud. Admiral Steve was a little impatient with this sudden interruption, he had already instructed him not to disturb, but there would still be a communication coming in, and his lieutenant should know the seriousness of the matter, and this communication must have its importance.

"Admiral, Admiral Callahan is going to talk to you." His adjutant replied cautiously.

"Oh," the admiral was stunned, and the hero of the empire came to him again? The connection and relationship between them is not particularly close, especially in the past few months, they also had some minor verbal arguments over the former Imperial pilot, the rebel commander who killed his nephew, what is the matter with him today?

"Take it for me."

"Understood, Admiral."

Although the meeting between the two imperial generals was not warm and friendly, but at least it maintained the superficial courtesy and politeness, no matter what, both sides are still imperial soldiers, have common interests, and also have a common task of clearing out the rebels, in the process of this task, cooperation and coordination are indispensable, the incident that once caused them to quarrel is just a small dispute, not enough to affect the overall situation, their cooperation and common interests are always greater than the differences between them, Didn't they finally reach a consensus to eliminate that person as soon as possible?

"Your Excellency, I think you've already seen the report submitted by Colonel Riley." Admiral Callahan asked knowingly.

"Of course," Admiral Steve looked at the copy of the official report on his right. He didn't want to be bothered just now, and it was because of this report.

"In this report, we are honored to see the second fast space carrier of the rebels, and according to the information you provided, there are many more space carriers being built in secret workshops that we do not know about, and if strong measures are not taken, I believe it will not be long before we can see the third, fourth, and even fifth and sixth space carriers of the rebels. The current situation of the rebels with only one fleet will also soon be a thing of the past. Admiral Callaghan's tone was rather heavy.

"Admiral. Are you overly worried? "Admiral Steve didn't care." The Empire is also stepping up the construction of new space carriers, and our fleet is definitely expanding faster than the rebels, and I believe that the rebel fleet is unlikely to pose much of a challenge to the Imperial fleet in the foreseeable future. ”

"Oh, really?" Admiral Callahan mocked, "That's right, we're really ramping up the construction of a new space carrier." But, sir, have you forgotten something? ”

"Forgot something?"

"You have forgotten our current predicament, since we are expanding our fleet at such an excellent rate, why is the Empire in a serious dilemma of mobile forces when dealing with the rebels? I don't deny that the Imperial fleet is still much stronger than the rebels, but tell me why we are still in such a predicament. So that the rebel Seventh Fleet did whatever it wanted? How many warplanes and warships have we lost in recent months? And how many supplies and supplies were looted by the rebels? There was a hint of anger in the Admiral's tone.

"This ......." the head of the Imperial Security Bureau was speechless.

As the director of intelligence and security. He certainly understood how the current predicament had arisen. The Imperial fleet is undoubtedly much more powerful than the rebel fleet, but alas, the Earth Federation's starfleet is just as powerful. Although the two sides have reached a truce now, no one dares to guarantee or confirm whether the war will resume, so it is unlikely that the Imperial forces stationed in the border systems to confront the Federation will be reduced too much. It can be said that the current Earth Empire is not just fighting against the rebels, what they have to deal with is the joint combat force of the rebels and the Earth Federation, and without this part of the military strength of the confrontation with the Federation, the armed forces invested in the domestic suppression of the rebels will naturally be much less.

Originally, even the imperial fleet, which has been weakened a lot, is still much stronger than the rebel fleet, but the empire is responsible for maintaining and controlling the security of the galaxy, which is much more than the rebels, and the empire is absolutely impossible to implement the hit-and-run tactics like the rebels, they must garrison troops, and must maintain effective control over the galaxies, especially those with a tendency to waver, which has caused the dispersion of forces, resulting in the actual shortage of available troops, it is conceivable that It takes a lot of time and money to build a large army that can consolidate all the star fields at the same time.

To add insult to injury, the strength of the rebels has grown too fast, beyond imagination, and cannot be controlled, and at the same time, after a large number of new equipment such as the enemy's new starfighters, fast space carriers, and energy pulse torpedoes have been put into use, they have surpassed the empire in terms of the quality of weapons and equipment, which enables the rebels to use a smaller number of troops to deal with the larger number of empires, and counter the quantitative advantage with quality superiority, which further compresses the empire's military superiority.

Eventually, the rebel pilots were no longer considered amateurs. Represented by Nigaul, many of them graduated from the Empire's regular flight academy and introduced a whole set of training models from the Empire to the rebels

At the same time, they also joined the pilots of the Empire's old rivals, the Earth Federation, which made them more professional, more trained, and more dangerous and terrifying, and even Colonel Riley admitted in the report that these people were by no means stragglers, they were a group of real flying elites, and these flying elites, as time went on, more and more Imperial ships and warplanes destroyed in the hands of these rebel pilots.

Of course, the empire's fleet expansion speed is faster than that of the rebels, but the destroyed fleet and fighters are also much faster than the rebels, the Fifth Fleet is the best negative example, in just a moment, it completely lost three space carriers, four battleships, thirteen cruisers and a large number of destroyers and escort ships, and the large number of interstellar fighters carried by the ship and its nearly 1,000 flight elites with actual combat experience and countless skilled shippers and officers were all killed on the ship, which is impossible to replenish at once in any case, Colonel Riley's report clearly mentions that a rebel space carrier has been severely damaged, but as long as she is not sunk, she can be repaired, and the crew and pilots above her can return to the battlefield to take revenge on the Empire.

In the long run, even if the empire's shipbuilding speed is faster than that of the rebels, it is not necessarily that the gap in strength between the two sides will be widened, and with the increase in the strength of the rebel fleet, it is more likely that the gap in strength between the two sides will get closer and closer.......

In this regard, the director of security could only smile helplessly, "General, if you are looking for me to complain, or to vent your dissatisfaction with me, then you have already done it." ”

"Of course not," said Admiral Callaghan, "just to remind you what you think of the points made in Colonel Riley's report?" ”

"Hmm." The general of the Security Bureau struggled to recall the opinion on the report, "I don't have any opinion on the full production of the Super Banshee, but there may be some problems with the full one-on-one redress, General, the cost of the Super Banshee is three times more expensive than the Banshee fighter, and I am afraid that the capital budget will cause controversy." ”

"That's one of the reasons I came to you, although the Super Banshee is not as good as the rebels' lightning in terms of performance, the gap is not big, in terms of numbers, we can definitely surpass the rebels, it also has the ability to space jump, we can regain the advantage and the initiative. As for the budget, I am not without consideration, so I intend to make a joint proposal with you, in the name of the Security Service and the Military Department, to ....... the crisis and problems we face," he implied implicitly, "to make it clearer. What do you think? ”

"No problem." Of course, the director is no stranger to this kind of budget grabbing tricks, "I will ask them to prepare a real situation report, which will be handed over to you for viewing and signing." ”

"Okay." Admiral Callahan nodded in satisfaction, "What about intelligence?" Isn't there anything new about the movements of the rebel fleets, the main bases of the rebels, their secret workshops, and the wavering elements within the empire? ”

"You're right, that's exactly what I can't do at the moment to meet the requirements set out in the report." Admiral Steve said regretfully, "The four rebel bases and space stations destroyed in the previous clean-up operation are all we have, and since then, the rebels have tightly controlled and strengthened security and secrecy, and they have even abandoned the Andona space station where one of our spies stayed before our fleet arrives." ”

"I know, alas, that this fateful piece of information almost led us to capture Elmeda, but alas...... also took the life of an excellent intelligence officer in vain. The admiral shook his head bitterly, and the image of Risen appeared in his mind, that his so-called miracle had ruined the great opportunity to destroy the rebels in one fell swoop.

"Other than those two, I don't have any opinions on the rest."

"The rest is not a big problem, it's just that, according to what you said, this stalemate is very difficult to break, and against this kind of guerrilla warfare, accurate intelligence comes first, and the Security Service actually lost to the rebels in the intelligence war." Admiral Callahan said unabashedly.

"This ......" The head of security was slightly embarrassed, but what others said was indeed the truth, and he couldn't refute it, in order to save face, he said, "Don't worry, General, we won't have to worry about the rebels soon, and even the Federation will be subjugated to the Empire, you can rest assured." ”

"Of course, I know what you mean, but only if your plan succeeds, I've heard that the test didn't seem to have gone wrong recently, and other civilian ships have witnessed this failure."

"It was just a minor setback, and the unfortunate ship that belonged to the wavering forces within the empire had been destroyed, there was no rescue pod, the distress signal was jammed, and no one could leak the secret."

"I hope so, when is the next test?"

"It's not decided, but if you're optimistic, it should be within six months, and technicians need to fully analyze the cause of the accident and make improvements, which will take time." "Good luck then, Callaghan, done." One hundred and seventy, Colonel Riley's report