Wings of the Starry Sky 211. Detour

The text is two hundred and eleven, and the detour

Is it confirmed? ”

In the Siberian system, aboard the Archangel space carrier, Risen asked the same question with the same eagerness as the Imperial General Piper.

In fact, he didn't need to ask at all, just by seeing the gloomy expressions on the faces of Mrs. Elmeida and General Oscany, he knew that between the truth and their speculation, it should already be eight or nine ten, but the general psychology of human beings is like this, until the last moment, they are unwilling or reluctant to give up, even if the hope is slim, even if the probability is low, but it is better than the hope is dashed, it is better than no possibility.

"Unfortunately, it's confirmed." On the big screen in front of the bridge, the top leader of the alliance shook his head helplessly. "The Alliance Headquarters did not receive this communication in time due to the chaos of the retreat, but fortunately, there are two other monitoring stations that have also received this communication, plus what you intercepted, we finally received a total of three reports on this communication, although the content of each of the transmitted communications is not very complete, but we have been able to restore more than 90% of the content of the original communication by combining the content of the three communications."

"Your analysis is correct." Lady Almeida continued with a sad expression, "We have contacted other transport fleets, so far, only the PQ17 transport fleet has not had any news or response, our technicians have analyzed the three locations where this communication was received, and the approximate location of the communication from the middle counter-deduce, and we only have one transport fleet active near that star field. ”

She took a deep breath. "It is clear that the PQ17 transport fleet has suffered an accident and has been destroyed by the Imperial fleet."

Everyone on the bridge bowed their heads in silence, silently mourning for their fallen friends.

"In addition, there is one more thing that has been confirmed, and that is the problem of our energy pulse torpedoes." Admiral Oscany said worriedly, "The Second Fleet, which went to delay and harass the Empire's second invading fleet, suffered a great loss, when they thought it was safe. The Imperial Starfighter unexpectedly emerges from a space jump point. Caught up with the fleet that was retreating. Even though our escort ships and pilots tried their best to cover with all their might, two destroyers were sunk, one cruiser was heavily damaged, and the core of the fleet, the fast space carrier Challenger, was hit by three quantum torpedoes, which were lucky not to be sunk, but were moderately damaged, and the Second Fleet basically lost the ability to continue its operations on the ground. Relying on the speed of our space carrier and its familiarity with the star environment, the Second Fleet managed to escape the pursuit of the Imperial Fleet and is currently retreating to the Haikou Shipyard for further refurbishment. ”

"Ahh Although they were already mentally prepared, several people couldn't help but be taken aback, and Yao, as the acting fleet commander, felt even more afraid, fortunately, the Archangel space carrier had been staying in the Siberian galaxy to carry out defensive missions, otherwise, this would have happened. Despite the large number of carriers. It is really difficult to say whether the Archangel space carrier, which is slightly more powerful in combat but has a slower speed, will be able to escape the pursuit of the Imperial fleet.

"Combined with the encounter of the Second Fleet and the communications of the PQ17 transport fleet. We can be sure that the Empire has indeed found a way to deal with this torpedo, and given that some commanders believe that our Energy Pulse Torpedoes may still give us some tactical advantage, we do not intend to impose a ban on the use of them by combat units, but the orders for the prudent use of Energy Pulse Torpedoes and the precautions related to them have been communicated to the fleets, and you will receive this order as well. ”

"Yes."

"In addition, the unfortunate incident through the PQ17 transport fleet reflects that we have other problems."

"Other questions?" Risen felt that it was enough of a headache now, they had enough troubles, how many more problems could there be?

"yes, it's a bit contradictory to the information we've received from agents within the Empire." Lady Elmeida explained to the bewildered ones, "According to the ground communications of the PQ17 fleet, we generally know that the Imperial fleet that attacked them had at least four large internal forces, including four space carriers, two battleships, several cruisers and a large number of destroyers, and in the verified information that our agents later supplemented, the composition of the fourth Imperial invasion fleet was very similar to that reported by the PQ17 fleet, so, The enemy fleet attacking the PQ17 fleet was supposed to be the fourth invading Imperial fleet reported in the intelligence, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the origin of this Imperial fleet. However, intelligence shows that this invasion fleet led by Rear Admiral Piper should have launched an invasion from the Qinling system, but the Qinling system did not find any invading imperial troops, but was in the XY-299 star field. In the Imperial Fleet in the Qinling Galaxy, where did the enemy army come from? And how did they avoid our monitoring network? ”

"After careful analysis, the headquarters believes that there are no obvious loopholes in our monitoring network, all systems are working normally, and it is impossible for this fleet of the Empire to bypass so many monitoring platforms without being noticed, and to get so close to the Siberian galaxy that it can pass through our tight monitoring network silently, and there is only one conclusion, the Imperial fleet must have come from a hidden space jump point that we don't know, this space jump point is in the XY-299 domain or a nearby star field." She said firmly.

"But now, we don't have time to search again

The location of this space jump point," General Oscany continued, and the urgent work was to try to evacuate the Siberian galaxy, and since the exact location of this space jump point was not known, the nearby star fields centered on the XY299 domain were listed as a high danger zone for navigation. ”

"It also means that our original evacuation plan is no longer possible." General Oscany's face was unusually grim.

Risson, Yao, Sonia and others all understood what the general meant, and the original evacuation route of the Alliance Headquarters and the Newport News Super Shipyard was to start from JP3 Hop, passing through many star fields including X-299 on the way to Alpha Base. Then they went to the Alaska system, where the headquarters of the new land was located, and now it seemed that the sudden appearance of the Empire's fleet was like a large guillotine, completely cutting off their path.

"So, we have to take a detour?" Yao's eyebrows quietly furrowed imperceptibly, the entire evacuation operation was already very annoying, and it was already very troublesome to change the plan temporarily. And a new evacuation plan had to be reworked in such a short period of time. It's for them. It was a test for General Oscany.

"That's right, and you'll have to take a pretty long detour, so you can't go through the JP3 jump point, and the Shinchi route is expected to start from the JP2 jump point instead...... General Oskani explained to them, pointing to the map map of the new locations on the screen.

"I said, can't we start from the JP3 jump point, since XY-299 and its nearby star fields are dangerous areas for navigation. Then start from the XY272 star field and adjust the course and try to bypass this star field. This will save a lot of time and travel. Schneier asked in a whisper.

"Nope." Risen also replied to his friend in a low voice, "If it's normal, of course you can, but at the moment, the Imperial fleet is less than two days away from Siberia, and starting from the JP3 jump point is equivalent to halving the Imperial fleet attacking from the XY-299 star field." In addition, the speed of the convoy of convoys we escorted was slow. I'm afraid that before we can get around completely, the ships at the end of the convoy array will be caught by the Imperial fleet, without the help of the energy pulse torpedo. Maybe our fleet will still be lucky enough to escape, but these transports and cargo ships may not be able to escape. ”

"Oh, that's right." His friend grunted, "It's really inconvenient to have no energy pulse torpedo." ”

"That's right, the empire is not stupid, they are prepared this time, and the future battles may be more difficult and dangerous, we must be more cautious."

"I'm not too worried, we didn't have energy pulse torpedoes before, we didn't fight the same battle, and now it's like going back to the past." Schneier doesn't seem to have taken the issue too seriously.

But Risen didn't think so, he didn't speak, he was thinking, indeed, his friend was right, the Resistance League did not have energy pulse torpedoes before, but at that time, the Alliance's military strength was much weaker, they relied on covert operations to survive, there was basically no decent fleet size, most of the time it was a small single-ship guerrilla operation, and the Empire didn't seem to take them seriously, treating them as a realistic threat.

He still remembers that when he and his friends were rescued by the Alliance, it was the solo operation of the fast battleship Liberty, and in Operation Firefox, the Resistance Alliance took a lot of effort to put together a temporary fleet, and the Alliance didn't even have a space carrier at that time, where is like now, there are six regular fleets, each fleet is powered by a space carrier as the core of the fleet, and the Empire, the original number one enemy, the Earth Federation, has now taken a back seat, and the strategic focus of the Empire has completely shifted to the Alliance......

The current way of fighting will definitely be different from before, and he is completely sure of this, and it is definitely not as simple as before.

“...... "Of course, because of our detour, we are likely to be caught in the trap of the Imperial fleet invading from other directions, which requires us to maintain a high degree of concealment in our operations, and the possibility of an urgent change of course at any time cannot be ruled out. ”

"I understand." Yao nodded and asked again, "When can I go?" ”

"Some of the ships have been prepared, but most of them are still being urgently loaded, and the ships that have been prepared will be on standby over the orbit of Planet Four to form a transport fleet, and the other ships will join this fleet when they are loaded, and given the redundant time that must be set aside, we have given a dead order that within twenty-four hours, no matter how loaded they are, all ships must depart immediately." General Oscany replied.

"In the process of retreating, it is difficult to say whether it will meet the Imperial fleet, everyone, it is up to you." Mrs. Elmeida solemnly pleased.

"Ma'am, have we ever let you down?" Risen gave a powerful answer on behalf of everyone. "Not really." The lady smiled and said softly. 211. Detour