There are more and more Allied starfighters entering the Almeron system, and these main fleets from the 1987 star field have just passed through +< waiting for the arrival and reformation of the follow-up fleet, and they are rushing to the battlefield at full speed one after another in teams, squads, and even detachments.

At the same time, Risen also issued an order to stop the attack, regroup, and temporarily shrink and retreat in the direction of the transport convoy to cooperate with the reinforcement group that was catching up from their flank and rear, and the banshees of the first wave of the Empire's attack aircraft group who still survived the brutal air battle saw that the enemy fighters who were following them like shadows gave up the attack one after another, and immediately felt like an amnesty, and turned their noses to return in the direction of the Cardoso space station, no Imperial pilot still had the courage to pursue the enemy planes that were out of contact with the attackIt would have been an incredible miracle to survive, if your unwise actions annoyed the enemy aircraft...... Maybe not so much luck this time.

The big picture was decided, and Risen glanced at the relative position of the second wave of the Empire's attack aircraft group and the friendly reinforcement group displayed on the screen, and smiled slightly smugly.

He took a breath, and finally relaxed, the biggest concern in his heart before was the reinforcement group, which was an important key to the pillar operation, if the time could not be connected, the reinforcement group would come early, and the 11th fleet that was lured away from the well-defended Corcoran system would be warned in advance, and the Imperial fleet would probably have enough time to retract the starfighters and turn around and withdraw to Corcoran, causing trouble for the next move. The plan had to passively enter the second option; And if it is too late, then this operation will be even more a disaster, once it is too late to intercept the second wave of attack aircraft, as a bait transport fleet and the fifth ** mobile fleet under the attack of several enemy aircraft, it is bound to suffer heavy losses, Risen is not arrogant enough to think that the first air force under his command can have such great magic power to intercept the attack of two waves of imperial attack aircraft with a total of more than three planes, even if the reinforcement group arrives again. It doesn't help.

Right now. The time is right. The first wave of Imperial attack aircraft was wiped out, and the second wave of attack aircraft could not escape the fate of annihilation, they had no good choice at all, if they continued to advance, they would be intercepted and attacked by the overwhelming numerical superiority of the allied lightning fighter groups, repeating the fate of Piper's fleet in 1984's second turkey hunt :)||It is also possible to retreat. But the retreat is not so easy, and the lightning will also launch a pursuit, so what can the Imperial fleet do? With the exception of the Super Banshees, those old Banshees and Shortsword have no space-jumping abilities, and if they want to return to the Corcoran system, they must take a mothership, which means that their mothership must wait in Almeron. Space jumps cannot be performed until the aircraft is recovered.

But will the Resistance League be able to return these planes to the mothership unharmed?

In fact. It might have been a worse idea for the Empire to stay in Almeron and wait for the planes to return. Not returning to the Corcoran system in the first place could have led to the annihilation of their second wave of starfighters and the entire fleet of the 11th Fleet. degree, the enemy plane fled to the current position of the fleet, the lightning is almost here, the imperial fleet has no time to recover their interstellar fighters, their fleet will not be preferential, will not be attacked by the alliance's interstellar fighters, even if they barely recycle and then jump, they will not be able to escape at that time, lightning also has the ability to jump in space, and can continue to pursue through the jump point, although these lightning bolts are not equipped with torpedoes, but the power of the synchronous grain cannon should not be underestimated, the ants bite the elephant to death, and the attack is too fierce, Even a space carrier or battleship can't withstand it, and Risen doesn't think that with the self-defense and defensive firepower of this greatly weakened Imperial fleet, it can withstand the attack of the Alliance starfighters, even if it is not destroyed on the spot, as long as the damage makes it slow down, and when the main fleet of the Earth Alliance led by General Martin arrives, the powerful firepower of those battleships and cruisers will be enough to pick up any remaining enemy ships.

What about the 11th Fleet withdrawing to the Corcoran system in the first place? Although the fleet also exists, the fleet's interstellar fighters, except for the super banshee who can continue to retreat through the space jump point, is equivalent to leaving the old-style banshee and dagger that do not have the ability to jump in space to the resistance alliance, not to mention the blow to morale by abandoning so many fighters and pilots, and losing most of the interstellar fighter power, in a short period of time, can the 11th fleet of the empire still be able to serve as an interstellar combat force?

As long as the Imperial 11th Fleet can be wiped out or severely damaged in the Almeron system, the suppression operation will be much smoother, as for the Cardoso space station, after most of the fighters are destroyed, the space station is no longer a big problem at all, however, in order to not always have a pair of eyes on the future action, the alliance will still take care of this space station a little, given that it is more troublesome to occupy it and takes more time, although Resson has complicated feelings, he still suggests sending warships to destroy Cardoso.

But first, they will first have to face the second wave of the Empire's attack aircraft group, and they will be desperate

Or will it retreat? This question is not a matter for Rissen, and the choice is in the hands of the commander of the fleet, General Billis......

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"Damn, where did these rebel fighters come from? Why didn't I find ...... before?"

"The unmanned monitors were destroyed, and the rebel fighters took control of the JP4 jump point, so it was impossible to send reconnaissance planes and patrol planes to see what was going on......."

"There must be another rebel fleet behind this transport fleet, oh my God, what is so special about this fleet that it needs so many escort fleets."

"Idiot, what kind of escort, if it is an escort mission, a few rebel fleets only need to follow the transport fleet to let us see the strength clearly, we will not come here at all, the rebel fleet that did not appear deliberately pulled far behind us to prevent us from finding out, and it was late for our fleet to arrive in Almeron, and the fleet appeared when the fleet was about to arrive at the fleet, this is clearly a trap, specifically for our fleet, we were fooled."

"Despicable and shameless rebel ......"

As a large number of Allied lightning fighter groups continued to pour out from the JP4 jump point, there was an uproar inside the emperor, and the commander of the detachment Colonel Modafei, who was stunned and still approaching the Allied transport fleet, was stunned and was still approaching the Allied transport fleet, and his fleet was closer, and the commander of the 11th fleet, Billis, looked at each other with a solemn face, and Captain Clark and Colonel Canaris on the bitter cruiser looked at each other with a wry smile, what they had feared before turned into reality so quickly, It was an unfortunate blessing that General Bilis left their team behind to serve as an escort for the fleet......

"I knew it wasn't that simple, how could it be so easy and cheap? These two guys.... Looks like I'm really a crow's mouth. Captain Clark grimaced and tried to slap himself twice in the face.

"What's your business, even if you become dumb, won't the enemy plane appear? The convoy is just a decoy, the Cardoso station is not worth the effort, and the rebels seem to be targeting our fleet, but what about their ultimate goal? Captain Canaris frowned, the rebels would never leave the star system they controlled, and came from afar, just for their fleet. The 11th Fleet is tasked with the defense of the Corcoran system, is it for the Corcoran system? For the sake of the Corcoran system, of course, it is necessary to first clean up the mobile defense force of this galaxy, lure the 11th fleet away from the defense of the planet, and then pack up the defense force of the galaxy, and break through each one, which seems to be the only explanation.

However, this speculation is also unreasonable, even if the 11th fleet is destroyed and the imperial force is broken, it is not so easy to capture and control the entire planet, even if enough land troops can be dispatched, it will take time to capture and control the planet, as long as the resistance on the planet can hold out for a short time, it will not be too long, and the reinforcements transferred by the empire from various systems should also be able to arrive.

Besides, what's the use of rebels taking over this galaxy? Of course, its biggest feature is that it is adjacent to the Federation, and if you capture it, you can get in touch with the Federation, but even if the rebels can capture it, how long can they hold it? The rebel fleet is indeed much stronger than before, but it is still a little worse to fight against the Imperial fleet, and it will not be long before the Corcoran system will return to the Imperial hands.

Or is it that the rebels are trying to escape to the Commonwealth by occupying Corcorand? This is even more unlikely, the rebels are not cornered now, although their Siberian system headquarters was captured, but they did not plan to do so in the most difficult time, and now they have just achieved an unprecedented victory, and they will not take advantage of the victory to pursue? Are you still going to run away?

"Captain, a communication from the USS Empire spacecarrier is an order from General Billis." The Copernicus' communications officer interrupted his thoughts.

"The fleet immediately turned around and returned to Corcoran via JP1."

"What?" Captain Clark was amazed at the brutal order, "What about our sorties?" Super Banshee can retreat to Corcoran through space jump points, what about other fighters? ”

"After they have completed the task of buying time for the fleet's retreat, they will retreat to the Cardoso space station, and in the future, they will ask for their own blessings." Captain Canaris sighed, "Clark, don't blame General Bilis, the general had to do this, I'm sure he's worse than you." ”

"Captain.......

"Recall the Banshee fighters of the Thunderbirds escort, we don't have much time, and we are ready to make a space jump." "Understood, Captain."