177. Controversy
After listening to Yao's brief introduction on this mission, the dozen or so people sitting in the room, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't know what to say.
"This is the order given to us, and I believe that there should be no problem with the formal order, but the question is an informal inquiry later, if you have any opinions, let's talk about it." Risen broke the silence first, he had already guessed that there would be such a result, because he had seen it with Fei Lun and Sonia before, and it was also this kind of death-like silent reaction, even for these veterans who had been on the verge of life and death, not to mention Major Wilson of the Hundred-Eyed Giant, although he himself came with this order, but it was also the first time to see the full specific content of this top-secret order, and Sonia, who had the most stable psychological quality and was the most calm and composed. Yang's simple later assessment was that he was frightened.
But Resson, Philen, and Sonia were not intimidated, and immediately after their initial shock, they decided to convene a military meeting to discuss whether they could complete a mission. So, in the small conference room of the Archangel, all the important people of this fleet quickly gathered, they are the core leaders of the newly established Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet, including the captains of four escort destroyers and cruisers, the three starfighter wings of the Ninth Air Force, and the captains of special squadrons such as the 151st Keyhole Early Warning and Control Squadron, the Prowler Electronic Storm Jammer Squadron, and the Ambulance Support Ship Squadron. and the captain of the Storm Commando who is responsible for directing the assault ship to carry out raid and boarding operations, and so on.
"Relax, isn't it a discussion now? Any comments and suggestions. People are free to speak, and it's not a formal order, it's just asking for our opinions, eh? Yao looked at the still silent crowd in the room, people were thinking, they were hesitating......
"In my opinion, this previous mission was to intercept the damaged Imperial space carrier returning home. It's normal. But the latter one. The attack on Pearl Harbor is simply suicide, and the people of the High Command have broken brains, you can think of this? What is the difference between attacking a large military base with our little force and hitting an egg against a stone? This is not the Harley system, Pearl Harbor is not the Agarma base, and we are not the Seventh Fleet. Our current strength is even half of what the Seventh Fleet did when it attacked the Argama base, and the Pearl Harbor base, as the central hub base of the Empire in this star field group, is definitely much stronger than the Argarma base......." Schneier was the first to jump out and shouted.
"Hey, you don't have to be so excited, it's just High Command informally asking for our opinion." Risen hurriedly explained.
"It's strange not to be excited, informally? And the official order is already close to it, if we do not clearly express strong opposition. I am afraid that this so-called opinion will be transformed into a formal order. Wake up, man, why you sent us your opinion. I think it's the miracle you did before, and the people in High Command are looking forward to doing it again. Schneier muttered. To put it lightly, so easily, can it still be called a miracle? Although we succeeded last time, our fate was hanging by a thread, and we didn't have a choice at that time, but this time it's different, the choice is in our hands, and we don't have to take this unnecessary risk of death. ”
"Sir, I agree with Captain Schneier's words, forgive me for being tempted, but I think it's really unwise, it's too risky, regardless of whether the attack can be successful or not, the Empire is now worried about not being able to find the location of our fleet and bases, and it is by guerrilla warfare and covert actions that we can compete with the powerful Imperial fleet, and now we will take the initiative to send it to the door and launch a regular offensive war against the Empire, and the military commander of the Imperial fleet should be satisfied now......." The captain of the Courage, Major Kane, said dissatisfied.
"Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor," Major Thule shook his head and smiled wryly at his dissent, "I believe we all know about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor nearly a thousand years ago, and that surprise attack was a great success, but that does not mean that we will be able to repeat the same glorious victory if we do it again." I once went to Pearl Harbor with the 11th Fleet, which is the sixth military base named after Pearl Harbor, and the history of the base is displayed in the central square of the base, and every Imperial officer and soldier who served at the base asked to visit and learn about this history. It will never happen again', in the past thousand years, there has indeed been no recurrence of similar incidents, and now, we are going to repeat this scene, Pearl Harbor has been waiting for nearly a thousand years, I wonder if this is a rare opportunity to wait for shame? ”
"Even if most of the Imperial fleet, which is home to Pearl Harbor, has already attacked and suppressed the Seventh Fleet, we are far from strong enough to launch an offensive war, and Pearl Harbor is more than just a military base," reminded Major Wilson, captain of the cruiser USS Cenpius.
It is made of an asteroid, there is a ship that can repair the space carrier has an important starfighter production line, it is an important production workshop for the Imperial Super Banshee starfighter, the number of permanent fighters and attack aircraft, the lowest time is not less than five hundred, we don't know how many Super Banshee can match the lightning, not to mention the powerful shield system, the thick outer rock layer here can provide excellent protection for the base, and there is also a door specially designed to deal with the attack of the main warship called ' Trident's high-powered main guns, plus a large number of anti-aircraft guns and other defensive facilities, not to mention us, even if the Seventh Fleet is also added, no, even if all the fleets of the alliance are concentrated, whether they can capture Pearl Harbor is a problem......."
"What else do you ask? Tell the High Command directly, it's impossible to do it. If the High Command wishes, let the Seventh Fleet complete it, they are better than us in terms of ships and fighters, both in terms of quantity and quality......"
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In the midst of your fierce opposition, Risen turned his attention to the order, which was an order to intercept a damaged Imperial space carrier returning home, but below the order, the Fifth Separate Mobile Fleet was also asked to give an opinion and report on the feasibility of attacking the Pearl Harbor base, and the signatory below the order was Mrs. Ahmeda.
As for the official volley mission, Risen felt that there was nothing to say. The Imperial space carrier, the Fortress, was damaged and moderately damaged in a recent combat exchange with the Confederate Seventh Fleet, and was preparing to return to the Pearl Harbor base for overhaul under the escort of a cruiser and two destroyers, and the High Command ordered the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet to destroy the Fort before it arrived at the Pearl Harbor base, which is why the Hundred-Eyed Giant arrived in a hurry, and while they were in a meeting, the entire fleet had adjusted course and headed to intercept the Fortress.
Although the time is pressing, Risen is not worried, as long as the intelligence is accurate, the Archangel is completely able to intercept this ship in the Normandy galaxy before the fortress arrives at the Pearl Harbor base, although it will be a hard battle, but there is no big problem in dealing with a moderately damaged Imperial space carrier, and these pilots under him are no longer rookies who have just entered the battlefield, after several months of training, except for a few newly added people, Most of them have already transformed into veterans with actual combat experience.
Cheap goods delivered to your door, no white picks.
Speaking of the Fortress, to destroy it, Risen also felt quite regretful, he and this ship are quite fateful, this space carrier is the mothership that trapped him in the nebula in Operation Firefox, if there was no Archangel at that time, there was no support from the Blue Angels, it is estimated that Risen would have to explain there, now it's okay, it's still the Fortress, or the Blue Angels, or him, or the Archangel (although a ship has been changed), but this time the unlucky object has been replaced by the Empire.
And the attack on Pearl Harbor, he smiled bitterly in his heart, Schneier's guess is not unreasonable, if the top of the alliance does not have the slightest expectation that he can create another miracle, he will not believe it, but miracles are not as simple as coming easily, why call it a miracle, simply put, it is impossible to make it possible, impossible is inevitable, it may be abnormal, behind a successful miracle, there are countless failures, and if it succeeds, it is called a miracle, And the slightest carelessness or ill-consideration or accident is called arrogance and stupidity.
The heated discussion lasted for nearly two hours, almost all of them objected, except for Yao and Risen who did not speak, even Sonia also expressed her incomprehension of the intention of the alliance's high command, but Resson was not surprised by this, she has always been a rational and calm person, it is himself, he thought about it for a long time, and it was basically the same as other ideas, and in his heart, like everyone else, there was a big mystery, in his opinion, this kind of operation to attack the large military base of the empire was really unnecessary, It's not too much to say that it's brute, the last time the alliance attacked a large emperor ** base was in Agama, and that was the only time.
That time, although the Alliance was victorious, it was also a victory with so much sacrifice that it was later almost chased into hiding by the Empire.
"So be it." Yao concluded, "It will be some time before the submission of the submission, and I hope that you will think about any better ideas during this time, and I will summarize your opinions and report them to the High Command." Ah, there is another point, this matter must be kept strictly secret, it involves speculation about the intentions of the Alliance's next combat action, and it is not allowed to mention it to anyone except all of you here, and I do not need to remind you of what to do. Disband. ”
"Yes, sir."