214. Plans are not as fast as changes (3)

The Imperial fighter group began to retreat. The first recommendation is to go to the eye and read the book quickly

It is a fool not to withdraw, in the face of this group of skilled, tacit but fierce rebel fighters, the commander of the Imperial fighter group finally understands that they have encountered a hard nail this time, although there are many newcomers among the Imperial fighter pilots who participated in this clean-up operation, but the veterans are not rare, many people have met and competed with the Federation's starfighters when patrolling the border galaxy, except for some elite pilots of the Federation, and ordinary Federation pilots can even gain the upper hand in the confrontation, That's why he dared to send only four squadrons of planes to entangle the rebels' nearly 80 interceptor fighters, and they can even deal with the regular pilots of the Federation, the rebels, although the high-level at the pre-war meeting repeatedly emphasized their danger, but he has studied a lot of records of rebel attacks, and believes that the rebel pilots are at most at the same level as ordinary regular Federation pilots or slightly higher, even if they can't have the upper hand because of insufficient numbers, it shouldn't be a problem to entangle them for a while.

His judgment, strictly speaking, was not very wrong, and the level of ordinary Alliance pilots was indeed roughly the same as he had guessed, with the exception of the Ninth Air Force, who were these people? The captains of the three wings, Ruison, Sonia, and Schneier, are all super trump cards, and all the squadron leaders are almost aces, and even Yao Feilun, the captain of the Archangel space carrier, is also an out-and-out trump card, and the three main fighter wings under its jurisdiction, the core of the Angel Wing is the elite pilots of the original Blue Angel Squadron, and the Thunderbird Wing and Tulip Wing are expanded from the Tulip Squadron and the Thunderbird Squadron that have been tested on the battlefield for a long time and have outstanding achievements. The Ninth Air Force is simply an out-and-out ace concentration camp, these people have high vision, strict requirements, strong generals have no weak soldiers under their command, and the pilots trained by them have been tested and cooperated in actual combat for more than half a year, making the Ninth Air Force even more powerful, and has become the most elite interstellar combat force of the alliance at present. Compared with the ordinary pilots of other fleets of the alliance except for the Seventh Fleet, their quality and ability are significantly higher. During the previous operation at Pearl Harbor in the Shangri-La system, when the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet and the Third Fleet were jointly operated, it was obvious that there was a difference in the quality of the pilots of the two air groups under the jurisdiction of different fleets.

Therefore, as soon as the actual battle began, the commander of the Imperial aircraft group was taken by surprise, and the situation in the air battle was almost one-sided, and the fighters of the other side were quickly destroyed one after another like moths to a flame. Even if the rebels were supported by keyholes and electronic storm* scrambles, it should not be possible to do such an exaggeration, these enemy planes are not only not inferior to the elite units of the Federation that they encountered in the frontline system, but they are still superior, and ordinary rebel pilots will definitely not be able to do this......

A rebel lightning fighter with five crash marks on its fuselage rolled sharply downward, breaking away from his line of attack fire, with great skill. The reaction was very fast, his attack did not work, the round of attacks just now, at most, only added some small trouble to the opponent's fighter ground shield system, just when he wanted to follow the enemy plane to chase down, a series of energy beams flying from the side accurately crossed the front of the nose. Forcing him to change direction and urgently evade, it was the cover from the companions of the rebel fighter who had been pursued before, the super banshee and lightning swept diagonally, and at this moment, he found that the covered lightning plane with light blue paint also had more than a dozen crash marks on the body.

Oh my God, this Imperial Commander feels dizzy, something is not going to work, another trump card? Why did most of the enemy planes he encountered today have crash marks on their fuselages, and there are as few as two or three? More than a dozen. With great effort, he had only shot down an enemy plane until now. The price paid was that he had narrowly escaped several times, who are these guys?

This discovery strengthened his confidence, and he immediately issued an order to all the Super Banshee fighters to retreat, and the fighter group on the other side had lost more than half of it, and it was basically impossible to form effective cover and cooperation, and the situation was about to collapse, and if he didn't leave, it would be a one-sided slaughter.

But to go, it's not so easy, lightning is not so easy to get rid of, and finally got rid of the rebel fighters - in fact, it was Risen who ordered to stop the pursuit and all of them to return, and the first wave of ninety-six Super Banshees was able to set foot on the way home, but only twenty-two, with a loss of more than two-thirds, and the alliance side, only eight lightning fighters, and the battle damage exchange ratio reached an astonishing one to nine, and the alliance side can be said to have achieved a hearty victory.

This disparity not only made the pilots of the Ninth Air Force elated and confident, but also surprised Riseen, although he estimated in advance that they would be able to stop this wave of imperial fighters, but the exchange ratio of one to nine was something he had not expected before, and there should always be some enemy planes that could break through their interception and approach the fleet and transport fleet to attack, and the lightning of the two squadrons left behind was to deal with these enemy planes that broke through, but he didn't expect it to be such an ending.

Fortunately, he was not too dizzy to be overwhelmed by this, he knew that this result was contributed to by a combination of many factors, including the alliance's superiority in the number and quality of fighters, the difference in the quality of pilots, the support of keyholes and guardians, the carelessness of the imperial commander, the decline in maneuverability caused by the quantum torpedoes carried by some super banshees in the empire, and the appropriate timing of the angel wing's entry into the battlefield, etc., continue to pursue, and run into the imperial fleet, many objective factors that were beneficial to the alliance in the air battle just now will disappear, and then the result of the competition, There will certainly not be such a fantastic exchange ratio again.

So he decisively ordered to stop the pursuit, their mission this time was to intercept and not attack, this mission has been successfully completed, there is no need to make any more extraneous branches, although some pilots are still regretting that they have not been able to achieve results in the battle (it is really porridge and less monks -_-), but orders are orders, and these pilots all know Ryson's final retreat decision in the Shangri-La Galaxy attack on the Pearl Harbor base, at that time, so many imperial warplanes and warships. Their local air captains are willing to give up, not to mention the few enemy planes today.

The Allied warplanes returned triumphantly, and behind them, friendly ambulance support ships were heading to the battlefield to rescue the ejected pilots, both Allied and Imperial, after a crushing defeat in the air battle. It is estimated that the Empire will not have the courage to send their ambulance support ships for the time being.

The pilots who returned to the Archangel were warmly welcomed by the ground mechanics, and their victory spread throughout the fleet and transport fleet. The Alliance headquarters sent a warm congratulations on this, but Risen did not have time to enjoy it, and he and Sonia and Schneier were soon called to the bridge, and the reconnaissance Echo team finally found and sent back a report on the Imperial fleet, a total of three Führer-class fast battleships and seven Sabre-class cruisers, as they expected, all fast ships.

But. They weren't happy for long, and after careful analysis, their situation was still not very optimistic, according to the fact that each Führer-class could carry a wing, and each Sabre-class could carry a squadron starfighter, it could be easily calculated that even if they shot down so many enemy planes, there were at least a hundred starfighters that could cover the Imperial fleet, which was not a small number. Compared to the starfighters owned by the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet, those super banshees just now were only half of the number of fighters owned by the Imperial fleet.

"What do you think?" Yao asked.

"There is more defense than enough attack. Sonia said bluntly. "The number of Imperial fighters is not much less than ours, attacking the Imperial fleet, the battle situation just now is reversed. They are waiting for work, and we are fighting continuously, even if there is no keyhole, but the Imperial fighters can get the intelligence and fire support of the fleet, the effect is the same, after the air battle just now, I think that no one in the Imperial Commander dares to underestimate the enemy, and will definitely devote all the fighter forces to go all out, and if we want to attack a target like a fast battleship, there will inevitably be some fighters who need to carry quantum torpedoes. This will invisibly affect the air combat capability of some of the Lightning. Under the advantages of one to the other, the one-to-nine exchange ratio just now will definitely not be repeated......"

"Insist on forcing the attack. The losses will be considerable. Risen shook his head helplessly.

"That's right, the Alliance Headquarters wants us to be on the defensive, not the offensive. Schneier also said.

"But," the girl bit her lip slightly, pointing to the location of the Imperial fleet displayed on the screen, "You see, the current movement of the enemy fleet, according to the report of the Echo Squad, after the defeat of the Imperial fleet in the battle, the enemy fleet stopped advancing for a while, and even showed signs of retreating, but now, the Imperial fleet began to move again, although the speed is not as fast as before, although the action is more cautious, but it is indeed approaching Planet Four." ”

"The commander of the Imperial fleet may be under pressure from above. Sonia analyzed lightly.

"Whatever the reason, but the Imperial fleet continues to approach, putting a lot of pressure on us, let it go, it will be difficult for the slow transport fleet to get rid of the tracking of the Imperial fleet, let this Imperial fleet keep behind, and wait for the rest of the Imperial fleet to catch up, then it will be over. Yao clenched his fists, "This fleet must be dealt a heavy blow, annihilating the enemy fleet or forcing it to retreat, perhaps in order to get out of the current situation." ”

Several people were silent for a long time, they all knew that this attack was not easy, but in the end, they nodded slowly one by one, the sacrifice may be great, but it is still worth it in exchange for the entire transport fleet and the alliance headquarters.

At this moment, a short-distance communication from within the Siberian galaxy reached the Archangel's bridge, and everyone on the bridge couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the avatar displayed on the screen.

"It's a pleasure to meet again, Captain, and congratulations on a brilliant victory. ”

This is their acquaintance, General Alfred, commanding the commander of the Ninth Fleet with the USS Sweeper at its core.

"Admiral Alfred, haven't you already left the Siberian system to join the Fourth Fleet? Why are you still here? The girl asked eagerly and in surprise.

"It's too late to rendezvous, I heard that the Imperial fleet is approaching the Siberian system, so I rushed back immediately, and I just jumped out of the jp1 jump point when I heard about your victory, but I don't think you should mind the help of the Sweeper. The general said with some smugness.

"How so? You couldn't have come at a better time. "A few people made no secret of their joy, it was such a coincidence, the Sweeper came back in time, it was really a plan that was not as fast as a change.

"Prepare for the offense. Yao turned to her adjutant, Lieutenant Edita, and ordered in a deep voice.