Wings of the Starry Sky Two hundred and thirty-three, the lurking crisis

Text 233, the hidden crisis

What? Never seen the Imperial fleet? Risen asked in surprise, no wonder the time has been so calm.

"Yes, Captain." The pilot of the Echo 4 reconnaissance aircraft reported, "I and the Echo 2 have been lurking in the designated location according to the reconnaissance plan, but we have waited for a long time to find the shadow of the Imperial fleet, and even the Imperial reconnaissance aircraft and patrol planes that were active frequently in the past cannot be seen. ”

"How? This Imperial fleet is playing missing again? But it can't be, there's no reason why the enemy can't escape our surveillance. After the end of the communication, Risen frowned, and had arranged several reconnaissance planes and fighter jets in their rear to turn off their engines and hide on standby, and if the Imperial fleet really came in this direction, it would definitely not be able to escape their surveillance network.

Unless, instead of going in this direction, they choose something else.

Other directions? His heart moved, "Is it ......?"

"Risson, you guessed it right, the Piper fleet should have turned around, and it is no coincidence that the Imperial fleet disengaged from us at this critical moment when General Martin was about to arrive, which confirms that they have received a warning from the unmanned monitors." Sonia nodded slowly to him.

General Martin had destroyed several Imperial unmanned monitors before entering the JPL space jump point in the Siberian galaxy, and they already knew about this, but only through communication with General Martin, and Piper's fleet seemed to be much more direct than they were, and they must have received the warning from the unmanned monitors in the first place.

Ryson thumped his head with some remorse, as they were still desperately trying to escape, their nerves tense. Unexpectedly, the cunning Piper had already run away.

This is not a good thing, just when everyone is mobilizing and preparing to launch a major counteroffensive, they suddenly lose contact with the Imperial fleet, and if you want to launch an attack wave, you don't know the specific location of the Imperial fleet, it is impossible to send out fighters.

"Sonia, since the Imperial fleet has turned around, which direction do you think they will go?" He thought for a moment and asked.

"I think. The greatest possible. It's just a U-turn and return to the previous XY1984 domain. Sonia said calmly.

"Why?" Schneier asked, puzzled. "Can't they just choose a random direction to retreat and take refuge within XY, just like we did before and wait for reinforcements from the Empire?"

"It's possible, but it's not likely." Yao Feilun quickly explained, "First of all, our ground fleet has occupied a major position in this star field, and the scope of action of the imperial fleet is limited, and the empire should also know about it. There are our reconnaissance planes active near their fleet, and although their actions can evade our surveillance for a while, our army is more familiar with this star field than them, and the imperial fleet has just entered this star field, and it is still very unfamiliar with this star field, and the imperial fleet is a huge fleet composed of dozens of large and small ships, which is more difficult to hide than our fleet composed of only three warships, so they will definitely not be able to hide for too long. I believe. If our army dispatches a large number of reconnaissance and patrol planes to conduct an extensive search, it will not take long to find their traces again. ”

"In a situation where you can't hide your whereabouts at all. Knowing that you have been targeted, as the commander of the Imperial fleet, will you continue to stay here until Admiral Martin's fleet arrives? ”

"No, it won't." Schneier muttered, "I wouldn't sit so stupidly and wait to die." ”

"Son of a, Schneier, needless to say, Fei Ren's analysis makes sense, Sonia is right, that guy from Piper must have turned around and gone back to the XY1984 star field." Hearing this, Ruisen's face was a little ugly, and a foul word burst out, he rarely used foul language, "My appetite is not small, and I think about it really thoughtfully." ”

"What do you mean?" Someone who didn't want to bother with his brain cells continued to ask.

"Much, put yourself in Piper's shoes, what would you do in this unfavorable situation?" Risen asked himself and replied, "If it were me, I would definitely not be so passive waiting for the Alliance fleet to complete the deployment, Fei Lun said, I guess Piper can also imagine it, they will definitely not be able to hide for long under the comprehensive search of our army, not only can they not hide, but it is not feasible to retreat or wait for Imperial reinforcements, don't forget, although the Archangel and the Imperial Space Mothership are both Imperial class, but the four Space Carriers under the command of General Martin are all Raider class, which is much faster, and the Imperial reinforcements have not yet arrived, I'm afraid General Martin has already attacked. ”

"The only feasible way is to ......," he paused, "turn the passive into the active, turn the disadvantage into the advantage, the two fleets of our army are scattered in two star fields, while the strength of our army is scattered, he can first choose one fleet to attack, and then break through each one." And pick us off, I guess he's not that stupid, we won't take the initiative to fight, and he wants to destroy us, hehe, the game of the past few days believes him

, as long as we don't want to fight, he wants to destroy us in a short time is not to delay the time and Admiral Martin's fleet will arrive, and then he will be a dead end. ”

"And the selection of General Martin's fleet to start first, it will be very different, first, when the Imperial fleet suddenly turned around before, we were still desperately retreating, back and forth, this distance was opened, the Archangel and the Empire's space carrier are the same level of ships, even if we turn around immediately, it must be too late, and we still have to consider whether there is a trick set by the Empire, and the speed of action is even more unlikely to be compared with the Imperial fleet, it takes a considerable amount of time to get close to a certain distance, that is to say, When the Imperial Piper fleet and Admiral Martin's fleet officially exchange fire, we may not be able to catch up, and we will not have time to support, and the Empire will achieve its goal of defeating each other......."

"Wait, Risson, there's a question, General Martin's fleet includes four fleets with a total of four space carriers, as well as numerous battleships and cruisers to escort it, in fact, with the size and strength of this mixed fleet, even without us, the general has the ability to solve Piper's fleet alone, Piper knows that Admiral Martin's fleet is so powerful, will he still send him to death?" Schneier raises a new question.

"It's hard to say, who told you that Piper knew that Admiral Martin's fleet was so large and powerful? The fleet has not been detected in the standby before entering the Siberian system, otherwise, Admiral Callaghan's Imperial fleet should have gone straight to them, and after entering the Siberian system, although it was discovered by unmanned monitors and issued warnings, but I think that these warnings are just because of the discovery of our starfighters, General Martin has confirmed in the communication that no Imperial fleet has been found near the fleet, and there are keyhole alerts near the fleet, don't forget, Since the last time we were ambushed on the USS Liberator in the XY1987 galaxy, we have improved the hardware and software systems of the Keyhole Warning and Control Machine, which can identify the new Empire unmanned monitors at a certain distance, with keyholes to guard the way ahead, and those Imperial unmanned monitors have little chance at all, and have been destroyed by our starfighters long before the fleet reaches its detection range. ”

"........" his friend was dumbfounded, and the guy scratched his head, "It seems to make some sense to hear you say that." ”

"Cut, that's the way it is, besides, even if I know the size of General Martin's fleet, if I were Piper, I still have to choose this way, at least I also have four space carriers, and the number of aircraft carried by the Empire-class space carriers is generally more than that of the Raider-class, and it has avoided the attack of another fleet, plus I am much more familiar with the XY1984 star field than the XY1985 star field, I can also use the cover of the environment, and it is not without a fight, at least it is much stronger than staying here and waiting for the enemy fleet to attack, You say, don't you? ”

"One more thing," Yao added, "our army originally planned to set the battlefield in the XY domain, but now it has to return to the XY1984 star field, which is adjacent to the Siberian galaxy and can easily be reinforced by the Imperial fleet. ”

She was a little worried, "We are not nine out of ten, the crisis may turn at any time, if General Martin can't quickly destroy the enemy army, and the Piper fleet in the XY1984 star field is held for a long time, once the Imperial reinforcement fleet arrives, the enemy forces will have an overwhelming advantage, the situation will be completely reversed, our army will have to be forced to withdraw from the battlefield, in the process, the losses are definitely quite heavy." ”

Several people discussed this, and their faces changed, and it is still difficult to say whether this large-scale battle will win or lose.

"The Archangel is moving at full speed, ready to return to the XY1984 star field." Yao immediately issued an order, now we have to snatch back the time, perhaps, the success or failure of this battle is to see who can rush to the battlefield first, the Archangel and the Imperial reinforcement fleet.

"Wait, Fei Ren, we have to be careful, the possibility that Piper's fleet will use this to set a trap for us cannot be ruled out, in case the enemy fleet feigns to meet Admiral Martin's fleet, and the real target is us, it will be too bad, we are in Piper's hands with such a rush to advance." Sonia said calmly.

"I will ask Major Thule to send keyhole warning and control planes out far away to guard and search in front of the archangel, and send additional reconnaissance and patrol planes to ensure that they will not fall into an ambush by the Empire." Risen said that since the Empire could send Keyhole as a scout aircraft, so could they.

There was no objection. Although I know that if the Empire really has an ambush in front, then these keyholes and reconnaissance planes and patrol opportunities are very dangerous, because the Archangel will never send fighters to rescue, because these fighters will stay to defend the mothership, the Archangel's choice is to flee quickly, after all, the safety of the mothership comes first, and it is very cost-effective to lose a few starfighters in exchange for fleet safety, or even the victory of the entire battle, although this is a bit cruel to those pilots. 233. The lurking crisis