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Sen and the others had no idea of the secret test launch that took place at the edge of the universe, and near the XY-55 domain, the mission briefing was being conducted in the flight preparation room of the Archangel, and Risen was briefing the pilots on the objectives and details of the operation:

“...... The target fleet CB-232 consists of thirty-six transports, escorted by the Imperial 43rd Squadron, a fleet that includes an Empire-class space carrier, the USS Dignity, with over one hundred and fifty starfighters, including one hundred and twelve Super Banshee starfighters, and twenty-four Banshee, which is stronger, well, in terms of numbers alone, than our fleet. ”

There was a slight laugh among the pilots, a confident voice, a proud voice, a proud voice.

"However, the enemy is not a sick cat, even if it is a sick cat, it still has claws and teeth, even if we can defeat the 43.4 Detachment Fleet, we will suffer considerable losses ourselves, and it will attract the attention of the Empire to us, it is not worth it, the goal of our mission this time is not to destroy the CB-Team or the 43.4 Contingent Fleet, so there is no need to fight the enemy hard, so as not to cause meaningless casualties." Risen pointed to the screen and drew a circle next to the red "colored" transport ship logos, "This mission is a reconnaissance mission, the target of the mission is the containers carried by those transport ships, to be exact, those transport ships, and our intelligence officers are sure that there may be some key things in some of the containers that we are interested in, so." The first goal is to first find out what exactly is in these large containers, and as for other bulk goods that are not loaded in containers, how can it be possible to have time, it is better to also do a scan, if it is too late, then forget it. But it doesn't matter if it's too late or not. Don't attack the transports. It's not necessary, and we may need those transport ships to help us with the next steps. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, Captain."

"All the fighters participating in the operation were divided into three teams, and the blue team was led by Sonia. Lieutenant Colonel Young commanded, including the Angel Wing and the Thunderbird Wing, seventy-two lightning fighters, responsible for decoy operations; RED. Captain Jessica is in charge of commanding the Tulip Wing, the Black Knight Squadron, and the Snow Wolf Squadron to keep watch and escort the fleet during the operation; The Green Team, consisting of four Mirage stealth fighters, piloted by me, Major Schneier, Major Zhang Xiaojing, and Major Lan Lan, was tasked with conducting a rapid reconnaissance operation of all the transport ships' containers. ”

"The Green Team took off first, lurking in this open space near the route of the Imperial transport fleet, with the special ability of the Mirage stealth fighter. Imperial patrol aircraft unless close to a certain distance. It is impossible to discover the existence of apparitions; BLU then takes off and stands by the asteroid wreckage belt in front of Team Green's lurking location, after the Imperial convoy passes by Team Green's lurking position. The blue team immediately left the asteroid wreckage and put on an offensive posture to lure as many Imperial starfighters as possible to intercept them, so that the Imperial fighters left the fleet as far as possible, and once most of the enemy planes had left the convoy, the green team immediately approached the convoy from the end of the convoy and performed a quick scan of all the containers carried by the convoy. ”

"If these critical cargoes are found, the Green Team will try to place a small tracking device on the key container before evacuating, and then the Green Team and the Blue Team will disengage from combat contact and join the Red Team and the fleet as soon as possible, and the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet will immediately leave the nearby star field to avoid a possible full-scale search by the Empire, and that's it. Do you have any questions? ”

The preparation room was quiet, and with a hint of doubt and worry in the pilots' eyes, an older lieutenant pilot asked, "Captain, our problem is not big, but Captain, is the Green Team too risky?" You only have four Phantoms, I remember the captain you once said that the Phantom's air combat ability is not outstanding, at most it is similar to the Super Banshee, once the Phantom's actions are discovered, the Empire will respond quickly, I know that you and several majors are ace pilots, but two fists are invincible to four hands, once one or two squadrons of Super Banshee entangle you......"

"I understand, so our actions rely on the secret "sex" and rapid "sex" of the place of action, using the "nature" of the phantom to try to delay the time of discovery until the last moment, and implement a pass and rapid evacuation during the scanning and detection, so as not to give the empire more time to react. Of course, the success of the operation is also closely related to your operation, the more enemy aircraft are lured away, and the more the enemy's attention is focused on you, the safer we are. Risen smiled, "You just need to obey Lieutenant Colonel Yang's orders and do your job as well as possible, don't worry, I don't want to die yet, and Lieutenant Colonel Yang doesn't want me to die." ”

"Team

If you have to go in person, I volunteered to pilot the Phantom and asked to join the Green Team. The pedestrian stood up.

"Yes, Captain, just leave it to us......"

"Okay, thank you for your kindness, however, this issue has been decided, and we have finally decided on the candidate after careful consideration, and this personnel combination is the most suitable, so there is no need to argue anymore." There was a burst of warmth in Risson's heart, the reason why the Ninth Air Force was strong and quickly became the elite of the Resistance Alliance was not only because of a few super aces, not only because of the improvement of the technical level of the pilots under strict supervision and training, but also because they were a united, cooperative and warm whole.

The reason why these people were chosen is because they are more familiar with the Phantom, and their flying skills and tactical literacy are among the best in the fleet, and Risen estimates that being discovered by the Empire may be inevitable in the end, but the Empire will not be able to send one or two squadrons of fighters to intercept it in an instant, after all, they need to deal with a large group of lightning bolts in an attack posture, so the initial contact battle may only be a small number of patrol and alert aircraft, and that stage is extremely critical, if not at the fastest speed, Quickly shoot down the enemy plane or get out of its entanglement, complete the mission and evacuate, and wait for the reinforcements from the mothership to arrive, then it will be left to the rest, Risen does not think that he has the ability to block ten, unless these guys are super rookies who have just been in the cockpit of the starfighter for less than two days.

"Captain, there is another problem, if you really need to set up a tracking device, as soon as this device 'shoots', it will be detected by the sensor immediately, I think the Empire will definitely not turn a blind eye to it, they can clear this device after we leave, or worse, they can even use this device in turn to lead us into a wrong way, or even set up an ambush, waiting for us to fall into the net."

"That's a good point, but to be corrected, this small tracking device doesn't 'shoot' out, it throws out." Risen appreciated the explanation, it is not easy to think of this, "There is no power device on it, only a magnetic attachment surface, after breaking away from the fighter, with the help of the fighter's inertia of the straight line of free movement, until it comes into contact with the target container, plus, the tracking device will not act in real time, send out a signal, it is difficult for the sensor to distinguish it from a piece of rubble or wreckage fragments in space, so just be cautious, use the hull of those transport ships as cover, avoid possible optical detection, It will be difficult for the Empire to detect our actions. ”

"But how do we know where it followed those containers? As long as the tracking device fires a "fire" signal, it can be easily detected by the Empire. ”

"We also have a solution to this problem, this tracking device, after special modification, has a certain intelligent system, can automatically collect and judge the strength of various electromagnetic signals and energy waves nearby, if it judges that the weak energy pulse it emits can be masked by the surrounding noise intensity, it will send a short special energy pulse signal, so that we know who has been following the rear of the transport fleet, where it has gone." This solution is similar to what they did when they attacked the Pearl Harbor base, when the energy pulse signal that informed them to prepare was mixed with the huge energy fluctuations and interference during the main gun test "firing", and now of course there is not as powerful energy fluctuation and interference as then, they can only disguise this energy pulse signal as natural clutter interference as possible

"But if it docks or changes ships for loading and unloading, will it be discovered by the tugboat or stevedores?"

"I believe Dr. Lippmann's modification of the tracking meter surface, and we have also studied the shape of these containers, and there are several hidden places that are suitable for the ...... of the tracking recorder, even when loading and unloading at the port, it is not so easy to detect." This is also one of the reasons why Risen insists on personally leading the green team, because it is not easy to accurately throw the tracker to those hidden points that are also moving with the hull in a fast flight, the speed of action is determined, there is only one chance, and the deviation is not good at all, although there are many good pilots in the fifth independent mobile fleet, but dare to say that it is more certain to be able to complete, maybe except for him, it is Sonia, but one of the two of them must lead the blue team, he is a man, I don't want to stay in a safe place and let Sonia take the risk.

............

"Does anyone have a problem?"

Risen looked under the stands, and although there were still some whisperers in the crowd, basically no one stood up anymore. "Very good, let's go and prepare, disband."