Wings of the Starry Sky One hundred and ninety-eight, controversy and regret

One hundred and ninety-eight, controversy and regret

The active volcano erupted with joy and excitement, and the shouts of victory resounded through every ship of the alliance participating in the operation, and the headquarters of the Resistance League, the council, and the supreme leader of the alliance, Mrs. Elmeda, sent the warmest congratulations to all the crew, technicians and pilots who participated in the life-and-death operation, and no one expected that the operation would go so smoothly - almost no losses, but the results were so brilliant.

According to later statistics, in addition to the complete destruction of the entire base, along with the destruction of the base, there were also two space carriers of the same class as the Archangel, two Führer-class fast battleships, seven Sabre-class cruisers, and nineteen destroyers and frigates. It is difficult to perform tasks effectively.

The losses of starfighters and pilots were equally heavy, more than four hundred and fifty starfighters were destroyed in action, most of them were old Banshee fighters and gladiator attack aircraft, and some were new Super Banshees - many Super Banshee fighters were taken away by the Thirteenth Fleet, which is quite a regrettable thing, no more than a hundred Imperial Starfighters could survive the explosion, and the pilots, including the reserves, lost nearly a thousand people, and the reason was very simple, when the battle alarm sounded, All the pilots and reserve pilots were gathered in the hangar and the standby room to prepare for the attack, and the main gun exploded and happened to affect the hangar and the standby room. In the successive bombings of fighter planes, most of the lives were taken, except for those lucky ones who had already driven the fighters out of the base before the explosion, and the rest of the people who were still alive were also blocked by falling objects, and most of them could not escape the catastrophe by the automatic escape pod.

But these losses are only superficial, and the reason why the Pearl Harbor base is particularly important is not the number of its stationed fleet and warplanes, but its status as the Empire's pivotal base in this star field group. It is stockpiled with large quantities of ammunition, food, fuel, medicines, vital spare parts, and other supplies sufficient to support long-term and large-scale military activities. There are numerous berths for everything from frigates to large space carriers to moor and reside. There are also large and small docks capable of repairing and refurbishing up to dozens of damaged ships at the same time, and even in this base, there is a significant production line of starfighters dedicated to the production of the Empire's latest Super Banshees to compete with the rebel lightning fighters...... All of these supplies were reduced to ashes in the explosion, and all support and maintenance facilities were reduced to rubble along with the base, losing the logistics center of the supply, support, and maintenance of the Empire's military activities in this stellar group. Maintaining the normal operation of the other Imperial bases in this cluster will inevitably be greatly affected.

And what about the losses of the Coalition of the Resistance, as the attacking side, according to the documents that were publicly declassified after the war, it is jaw-dropping and unbelievable that there were no losses.

Later historians pored over the Allied field combat archives and were able to come up with the latest figures for the League's losses, with one person killed due to electrical overload and seven Lightning fighters suffering moderate to minor damage as a result of collisions during training or mission. Three pilots were injured. Together with the other three injured as a result of various minor accidents, the total number of injured is six, and this is the total number of losses in the Resistance allies.

It's just speechless. This is not so much a loss as a tribute to the Resistance Alliance, to all the officers and men and technicians of the Alliance who participated in the life-and-death operation, to all the senior personnel of the Fifth Fleet who participated in the formulation of this plan, and to Risen who first proposed and led the conception and development of the entire plan. Lieutenant Colonel Nigaul's greatest compliment.

However, in addition to the joy and excitement, many people also have some controversy and regret about this operation, the main focus of controversy is on Ryson's decision not to continue to pursue the remnants of the Empire's fleet, Ryson's decision was accused of being too conservative, passive, lacking a proactive offensive spirit and adventurous style, and letting go of the imminent and already battered remnants of the Empire - this fleet includes one battleship, three cruisers, and five destroyers, and its strength cannot be underestimated, As a result, the victory of this life-and-death operation finally seemed imperfect, because it was later found out that there was no imperial fleet worth mentioning near the Shangri-La star field at this time, and the thirteenth fleet of the empire was still far away near the XY24 star field, and they rushed back to the Shangri-La galaxy after receiving the base's request for help, which would definitely not be able to catch up with this big drama anyway, and afterwards there was no accident in the Shangri-La galaxy that was enough to subvert the victory, and the alliance was completely able to clean up the remnants of the empire's heavily damaged fleet. And calmly evacuate before the return of the Imperial reinforcement fleet.

Especially the Third Fleet, although Admiral Kirk finally agreed with Ryson's decision, many people in the fleet did not agree with this decision, especially the pilots of the Eighth Air Force under the fleet, many of them were fledgling novices, and they were eager to perform and prove themselves in this operation, and in the end they only exchanged for a trip to the scenery of the Shangri-La galaxy, and retreated without firing a single shot in the face of the fat at their fingertips. Many people can't hide the disappointment in their hearts.

Risen was impressed

When Schnell and Jessica and the others cryptically reported these rumors to him, Shoulder, laughed indifferently about it.

They have already achieved a victory beyond expectations, and they can't hope for more, Rise, as the formulator and leader of the action plan, he knows how risky this action is, how difficult it is for them to go to the end step by step, if there is some deviation in any link, for example, the Trident main gun did not explode unexpectedly, or the explosion did not cause more damage than expected, and the shield or anti-aircraft battery of the fortress is still there, they have to launch a final attack on the damaged base according to the original plan, Even if it succeeds, how many pilots, starfighters, or warships will be lost? Although this loss is expected in the scenario, when the task is unexpectedly completed without the imaginary loss. He felt that he had already earned it, so he would take it when he saw it.

The remnants of the empire's fleet, now let them go, they can fight again in the future, with hindsight, anyone will do it, and in fact, the people on the battlefield, who can really predict what will happen next? If you have completed the task, but because you are greedy for small profits. In the end, there was a real accident. And then the pilot who died for this stupid decision to add to the snake. I can't come back to life.

Fortunately, most of the pilots of the Ninth Air Force of the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet, which he was a member of, supported his decision, which made Rysson feel quite gratified, after a long time of fighting together, especially the victories under the leadership of Ryson, which made the pilots fully trust their commander's ability, even if they do not understand it for the time being, they will respect and obey his decision. They believe that Risen is the kind of person who can lead them to victory over time.

For this reason, at the celebration and exchange of laughter and victories between the two air teams, there was a little skirmish between the members of the two air forces, and the cause was that the members of the Ninth Air Force were not angry with some members of the Eighth Air Force and complained to their captain, although the people of the Eighth Air Force expressed it in rather suggestive language, after all, Risen was a high-ranking officer, and they did not dare to make a mistake. But. This was already intolerable to his teammates. In the eyes of the members of the Ninth Air Force, what qualifications do these guys, who have not been on the battlefield for a few days, dare to criticize their captain? A Super Ace is the winner of the Star Wing Medal, the highest honor awarded by the Alliance to starfighter pilots, with sixty-seven downed aircraft. It is not their turn to blame him for tactical problems......

"They can say whatever they like, the two fleets are ready to move separately, and I'm not the captain of the Eighth Air Force, the battle is over, and now it's under the control of Lieutenant Commander Stark." He replied lightly.

"You're so easygoing." Schneier shook his head.

"And what do you want me to do? Let Lieutenant Colonel Stark confine them en masse? Or drag it out and beat it up? I'm not so ungraceful. When he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but show a hint of yearning, "What they said may not be unreasonable, it's a fast battleship and three cruisers, to be honest, if I don't talk about them, I regret it now." ”

"It's a pity, but I don't regret taking the medicine. By the way, what about our troublemakers? What to do? ”

"They can be regarded as earning back face for our air team, making the other party disgraced, there is no need for a big punishment, a small warning is still needed, close the three-hour confinement, and let them rest on vacation for the rest of the day."

"You...... Are you a warning? I think it's about the same reward. Schneier glared at him, "I knew this was the case, and I would have gone up and kicked it too." ”

"Hey, you dare? I can tell you that if it were you, it would be different, high-ranking officers who know the law and break the law, the punishment will be increased, and the prison will be one day's confinement. Risen laughed.

"Hmph, shameless fellow." His friend gave Risen a blank look.

He suddenly laughed, "Those guys in the Eighth Air Force must be very sad now, the provocation was the first, and then the battle was defeated, Lieutenant Colonel Stark's face, it was a whole ugly, I can see that he still respects and admires you very much, I didn't expect his own soldiers to be so uncompetitive, so ...... The newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. ”

"Come on, you still have so much time to care about other people's affairs, and then, we still have something to do, before returning to the Siberian system, we need to take a detour to do some finishing work and put more pressure on the Empire." He groaned, remembering the reason Madame Almeda had explained to him earlier for attacking the Pearl Harbor base, which was now finished, but would the Empire really be forced to evacuate the stellar group? Will the alliance really be able to regroup its forces as it wants, and will it really be able to gain strategic buffer space as it wants? to cope with the expected large-scale imperial attacks in the future......

He suddenly felt a little headache, these strategic problems......

He shrugged, what about him? Anyway, it wasn't a question for him to consider, although he asked these questions first, but in fact, Lady Almeida didn't need to explain so much to him, he ...... It's nothing more than a tactical commander. One hundred and ninety-eight, controversy and regret