Inside the hangar of the USS Angel space carrier. [Full text reading. 】

Amid the whining warning, the ground mechanics nervously guided the two strange-looking lightning bolts to slide into the take-off channel, saying that it was strange because compared to ordinary lightning, the powerful synchronous particle cannon and two ion cannons that should have been on the back of the plane had been canceled, and only four phased array laser guns were retained as self-defense firepower, and the three four-slot bomb points under the belly were equipped with three remote sensor pods, and the four ion engines installed in the rear of the fuselage were also slightly different from ordinary lightning.

This type of aircraft is a special reconnaissance aircraft modified from a lightning body, as a reconnaissance aircraft, it does not need strong firepower against the ship, and air combat with enemy aircraft is not its purpose, when intercepted by enemy aircraft, its best means of correspondence is to escape, although the long-range sensor pod under the belly of the aircraft is heavy, but because of the cancellation of several cannons, as a large energy consumer, the strength of the shield has also been greatly weakened. It is only similar to the strength of the ordinary Banshee shield, which saves energy, except for the use of remote sensor pods, all of which are directed to ion engines, so this kind of reconnaissance aircraft is not much stronger than ordinary lightning in absolute terms, but it is better in addition to the maximum degree from the cruising state, and it takes much less time than ordinary lightning, which makes it able to quickly shake off the opponent when intercepted by enemy aircraft, and escape without a trace.

"Archangel, here is the Echo Squad, and the Echo is ready to take off."

"Echo 2 is ready to take off."

"Echo Squad, be careful to avoid the main battlefield. Take advantage of the high performance of the airframe, quickly bypass the Keyhole One, and Lieutenant Commander Nigaul will also send fighter planes to provide cover, and after passing through, find out the current location, ship type, formation, and course of the Imperial Fleet, and report back as soon as possible. Yao reassured again.

"Understood. Captain. The pilot replied neatly.

Watch as Echo Team moves away from the mothership. Disappear in the direction of the battlefield that erupted from time to time with fireballs and energy beams scurrying forward. Yao let out a slight sigh of relief, and if it was really as Ruisen had guessed, then they still had some turning points, otherwise, if it was really the entire Imperial fleet that all rushed to cover the fleet, the pressure would be too great, and the disparity in numbers would be too great. Maybe there is still a little bit of possibility, but the slow transport fleet is definitely more than lucky.

She made up her mind and ordered her subordinates to connect the communication with General Oscany, although the report of the Echo 1 reconnaissance plane had not yet returned, she felt that it was necessary to say hello in advance, because the news was so important. It was necessary to inform the general. to avoid making wrong decisions in a hurry and panic.

"Just a fast ship in the Imperial fleet?" General Oscany pondered it carefully for a long time before reaffirming with a beaming face.

"Otherwise, the Imperial fleet wouldn't have been able to come so quickly. However, this is all speculation until the General reports that the Echo Team has not returned, but I think it's quite likely. Yao replied.

"It's better to be like that," the general muttered, assuring, otherwise, despite the emergency evacuation order, how many ships would have escaped, God knows.

But this is only possible, and it may not be General Oscany thought about it, "Because the evacuation order has been issued, the ships that were originally kept in orbit and on standby have all set sail urgently, and they have all set sail to the nearest space jump point, JpL's ships, just in case, these ships will continue to the JpL space jump point." ”

These ships were supposed to form a convoy and take the Jp2 hop as planned, but tripling to the Jp2 space jump JpL space hop point means that the Imperial fleet can have more time to catch up, and the slow fleet, the Imperial Starfighters can have more time and more opportunities to attack the transport fleet, and the Jp jump point is located in about the same direction as the Jp3 hop, so in the emergency evacuation evacuation plan, the fleet chose the nearest space jump point, JpL retreat.

The choice of JpL space hop point retreat is a last resort, the top of the alliance all know that this original death route to the Federation, the starting point of this route is almost a one-way line, there is no space jump point to other star fields, the only place that now has a fork is the xy-1987 star field, which still leads to the Almeron galaxy controlled by the Empire, since the current alliance fleet in the xy-1987 star field, the empire has strengthened the defense of the Almeron system, and as we all know, the Jp1 air country in the Almeron galaxy is heavily garrisoned, and the empire's eleventh fleet is stationed in the Corcoran system, which is very easy to reinforce the Almeron system。

Therefore, once entering the JpL space jump point, as long as the Imperial fleet is blocked in this JpL jump point in the Siberian galaxy, it will be very disadvantageous to the Alliance: the death route is interrupted, the Federation can no longer go, and it is impossible to turn back, and the Almeron galaxy may not be able to run into the Imperial Eleventh Fleet that rushed to reinforce it, it is a fluke, for a large transport fleet, its long voyage through many Imperial control star fields to the headquarters of the new alliance can be said to be difficult and dangerous, although it is not as dangerous as turning around and returning to Siber

But it's not much worse, and the alliance is almost at a dead end

But it is much better to have a chance to walk into a dead end than to be completely destroyed in the Siberian system, as long as they can leave the Siberian system through the jump point in time, they can get temporary safety, because although the empire already has a device to deal with the energy pulse torpedo - the alliance intelligence personnel have identified that this is a large calculation system called the hive, although it is not known what it is, but the alliance intelligence personnel analyze that since this thing is called large, it is impossible to install the starfighter, and before the imperial warship arrives near the space jump point, the energy pulse torpedo will block the imperial starfighter from passing through the jump point and pursue。 It still worked, and by the time the Imperial warships arrived, they had already been able to get a considerable amount of time to evacuate as soon as possible, although it may not be a lot of time, but there was no doubt that the Empire's relatively little knowledge of the Death Route, and the Alliance's familiarity with the Death Route, would give them a great chance to get rid of the Empire's pursuit.

"And what about the other ships?" Yao asked, noticing the general's words. That is to say, the ships that have been loaded and are on standby.

The general hesitated for a moment. Only then did he hesitate and said, "There are no ships on Planet 4 and Satellite 2 yet. Take-off will be stopped and loading will continue as originally planned. ”

In the end, he decided to take a risk, because these final loading sites were some of the key large-scale equipment needed for base construction and shipbuilding, such as power furnaces, shield generators, large automatic defense turrets that can deal with warship attacks, automatic welding machines, large intelligent robotic arms, etc., and it was not so easy to dismantle, it was a time-consuming and laborious job. In addition, the construction of the space carrier Sweeper was delayed for some time, so the loading of these equipment was dragged to the end.

It would be a pity to throw them all to the Empire or destroy them, and to rebuild the Alliance headquarters or the Newport News-class shipyard and use them, General Oskani thought silently, he still wanted to try harder, and of course, if necessary, he believed that he would not hesitate to discard these.

"What about Lady Elmeda?"

"Madame insisted on the last wave of evacuation." The general smiled wryly and sighed. "I don't think it's wise, but frankly, it does give a lot of psychological comfort to those who haven't been evacuated yet. But Madame's safety"

"I understand the general, the Fifth Fleet will stand between the fleet and the Imperial fleet for defensive tasks." The girl said calmly and firmly.

"Thank you, Captain. Good luck to all of us! The general cut off communications.

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The fierce air battle continued, the two starfighters on both sides - Lightning and Banshee were rolled together, energy beams of various colors and missile trails were all over the airspace, and the interceptor fighters of the Alliance were originally inferior to the Imperial attack aircraft group after the Angel Wing of Sonia Land left the main group, but because of this, the Imperial Commander who commanded the attack aircraft group did not take them to heart at first, he was careless, he decided to send four squadrons of class Banshees to entangle these lightnings, and the others continued to move forward.

However, within minutes of the start of the battle, the continuous cries for help and screams in the communication made him quickly regret his decision. Although the alliance's fighter group does not have an advantage in terms of total numbers, it still has the upper hand against the four squadrons of banshees, plus lightning can completely overwhelm the banshee in terms of performance, and most of the pilots of the ninth air force are veterans who know how to fight in formation, use collective strength to defeat opponents, as well as the command of keyhole early warning and control aircraft and the support of electronic storm jammers, so not long after the battle began, the air battle situation began to tilt sharply towards the alliance, and the banshee fighters of the four squadrons of the empire were completely pressed and beaten, and they couldn't entangle the alliance's fighter group at all, and the other imperial fighters who planned to continue to move didn't go too far, keyhole and kept an eye on their every move, and the empire flewOften, they hadn't 'advanced' far before they heard a rapid beep of alarm from the cockpit

By the time the Imperial Attack Fleet Commander understood the danger of these rebels and was ready to deal with these hateful rebels with all his might, it was too late, and the Angel Wing had already arrived on the battlefield from the direction of the dazzling star, although the sensors on the Banshee fighters had already reported to their pilots the approach of another group of enemy planes, but the harsh light made them unable to see the attacker, and the fighter group of the Angel Wing easily cut into the melee from the most advantageous position

Risen had already shot down two Banshees, and as the commander, he knew that they were already in danger of winning today, so he was in no hurry to find his third victim, Lock O1 had already reported to him the approach of the Echo Squad, and he left the center of the battlefield with his wingman.

"Echo Squad, this is Tulip One, we've seen you on the sensor, get through as soon as possible, we'll cover you." He called.

"Thank you, sir."

The two reconnaissance planes swept past the edge of the battlefield with great speed, and almost did not encounter any trouble, and the troubles that should have been encountered had been solved by the two lightning planes in advance.