Text: 20026, cat and mouse game

Risen was in front of him, with a thin statement of mission in front of him, the staff officers of the Alliance Headquarters were amazingly efficient, no, not only the staff officers of the Alliance Headquarters were efficient, but the Council and Mrs. Armeda were even more efficient, and this kind of major decision involving the strategic transformation of the Alliance was finalized in a very short time, and the inspired League staff officers quickly drew up the relevant battle plan, which was quickly issued to the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet after approval.

In fact, this thing is not so much a battle plan as it is an operational goal, a complex and complete battle plan has to consider too many factors, it is impossible to formulate it in such a short period of time, and the more elaborate and complex the thing, the easier it is to have problems in actual combat operations, if a link is not done well, it may even lead to the paralysis of the entire combat operation, especially the staff officers of the headquarters of the Resistance League still lack experience in this regard, let alone time, so, They have wisely adopted the method of a combat mission book, which only clearly defines the operational objectives that need to be achieved in this campaign, and does not stipulate specific combat operations and methods, and leaves it to the fleets to decide on how to accomplish the tasks.

In this regard, in view of the fact that the entire alliance headquarters is still in the process of being transferred and retreated, unlike in the 'life-and-death operation', the unified actions of the participating fleets are coordinated by the alliance headquarters, and the staff officers of the alliance headquarters are again 'lazy'. They divided the entire combat operation into two parts according to the region: the deployment of the various fleets that are currently scattered in various galaxies and star fields and rushed back, and the unified command and coordination of Admiral Martin of the Seventh Fleet, this veteran general will also lead the assembled fleet to avoid the monitoring and patrol of the Empire, and quietly bring this powerful combat force The Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet plays a role similar to that of a decoy land, continuing to stabilize and contain the Piper Fleet, not allowing the enemy fleet to lose confidence in pursuit and return to the Siberian system, nor allowing the Piper Fleet to discover the real fleet or traces. Otherwise. The bait becomes the prey. That's not good.

Only when the fleets have arrived in the operational field and the attack finally begins, will the Alliance headquarters intervene to coordinate, until then, the autonomy of all operations is left to the discretion of the fleets.

Such a decision was also a necessity of the situation, whether it was Admiral Martin's quiet build-up fleet through the blockade and patrol, entering the Siberian galaxy's JPL space jump point, or his own fleet's actions to attract and contain Piper's fleet. In the face of accidents or emergencies that may arise at any time, dealing with and responding quickly and promptly is a necessary prerequisite for successfully accomplishing the objectives set forth in the combat mission book.

"Alas, even though we are given a great right to act. But it's not that easy to accomplish this task. It is necessary to let the Piper fleet follow, but not to let them grasp the true position of the fleet, I think. It's like a game of cat and mouse, but it's more dangerous, we rats can't even let the cat find out, because we don't even have a place to hide, this balance, it's really not easy to master," this is Schnell, he muttered as he looked at the battle mission book in front of him, although his voice was small, but because the room was quiet, his complaint still reached everyone's ears.

"That's a question, Resson, I'll leave it to your air team." Yao glanced at Risen Brown.

"Oh, okay...... Wait, Fei Ren, what are you going to do with us? Risen asked.

"I think so, since we can't reveal the true location of the fleet, then, we will send our lightning fighters to attract the attention of the Piper fleet, from time to time to strike at the reconnaissance planes or search patrol planes sent by the enemy fleet, stimulate Rear Admiral Piper's nerves, and give him a little sweetness to taste when necessary, with Rear Admiral Piper's character, I believe that he will always follow us."

"What if the enemy fleet's reconnaissance planes track our starfighters to find the location of the fleet?" Schneier asked, questioning.

"This is very easy to solve, the starfighters sent out to carry out the strike mission do not fly back to the mothership directly, we can choose a few relay points with a different course from the position of the mothership, and send fighters and keyholes to respond at the relay points, the range of the sensors of the keyhole early warning and control aircraft is larger than that of the remote sensor pod of the Imperial reconnaissance aircraft, and we can take countermeasures in advance before the Imperial reconnaissance aircraft finds us. However," Sonia's expression became solemn, "there are also keyhole warning and control machines in the Imperial fleet, so we must be careful, although the locks."

The degree is much slower than lightning, and there is no need to worry about it being able to track our lightning, and the fighters of the mission must pay more attention, and they must not get too close to the imperial fleet, and they must not be in love, otherwise they don't know when they will be discovered, and when a squadron of super banshees is approaching, then it will be over. ”

The atmosphere in the room was a little suffocating, and people's eyes unconsciously fell on Major Tulle, the captain of the 151 Early Warning and Control Squadron, who felt the attention of everyone, and couldn't help but sit up straight proudly, it always feels good to be taken seriously, but today this attention is a bit weird, and the keyholer machine is indeed a good thing, but it is in the hands of his own people, if the enemy also has it, and there are more of them, it will not be a good thing.

"I understand, Sonia, you don't need too many strike squads, three or four squads are enough, after all, our task is only to attract the attention of the Imperial fleet, not really want to pick up the Empire's reconnaissance planes or search patrol aircraft, and in order to avoid prolonging the battle, the strike team will be composed of the most elite pilots, and they will leave with one blow, and the Empire must not be given any chance to counterattack."

"Brother, remember to count me in." Schneier immediately leaned over affectionately and put his arms around Ressen's neck.

"Of course, you're indispensable, even if you don't want to." Risen gave a thumbs up to reassure his friend.

"Captain, I have a question, although I have no doubt that we will be able to attract the attention of the Piper fleet for a while, but I myself have a background in intelligence, and I know that if Rear Admiral Piper is not a fool, a trick like this cannot be concealed for too long, how long are we going to drag the Piper fleet? And it's important to note that the more time passes, the more dangerous it is for the fleet to be discovered, as the Empire becomes more familiar with the field, and they will adjust to our actions. Major Thule asked.

"Don't worry, Major, we don't have to wait too long, we just need to drag General Martin's fleet to arrive, preliminary estimates, it will take at least eight to ten days, in addition, we will not be active in this star field all the time, this is too close to the Siberian galaxy, imperial reinforcements will arrive at any time, we will reveal the location of the space jump point here to the enemy fleet at the right time, and attract the Piper fleet to the XY-1985 domain, if everything goes well, there, will become the grave of the Piper fleet." The girl said firmly.

"Hopefully, eight to ten days is long enough, but fortunately we don't have a convoy to follow, otherwise it's really hard to ......say," Major Thule added rejoicingly.

With a slow, clumsy convoy of transports accompanying the action, it is easy to make a fake come true if you don't lure the enemy, and the Alliance headquarters knows this, so the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet will act separately from the convoy commanded by General Oskany, and Lady Elmeda's Confederate One Speedship will also act with the convoy, and the two cruisers of the original Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet, the Bold and the Hundred-Eyed Giant, which can carry a squadron of Lightning-type starfighters, and the two destroyers Resolve and Courage, will be temporarily responsible for covering the mission, Of course, the strength of the two cruisers and the two destroyers was not enough to escort the last transport, but fortunately, they did not go to battle, but first sailed to the XY-field in a dense interstellar cloud to stand by, and the empire has not yet been able to discover the space jump point from the XY-domain to the XY-1986 field, so they don't have to worry about encountering any enemies, these forces are enough.

After losing two Sabre-class cruisers and two destroyers, the Archangel is only left with two destroyers to escort, and the escort force can be said to be pitifully thin, but they don't need any escort at present, once they are caught by the powerful Imperial fleet with four space carriers, how much of a role can the extra two cruisers and two destroyers play? The biggest role of these two destroyers accompanying the operation of the Archangel is by no means an escort, perhaps it is more correct to say that it is psychological comfort or dealing with emergency emergencies, etc.

The three ships slowly turned and officially parted ways with the transport fleet, and the crew stood neatly in front of the portholes, watching their friends sail farther and farther into the depths of the universe, the blue flame of the ionic engine at the tail of the battleship becoming more and more blurred as the distance increased, until it completely disappeared into the light of the stars.

Now, they're all left, and in the days to come, a game of cat and mouse with Piper's fleet will take place here and in the neighboring star fields.

"Who is the cat and who is the mouse, we may not know yet, just wait and see." Risen sneered and looked into the distance, and that direction was where Piper's fleet was now.