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After opening the New London system, the journey back was surprisingly smooth, and Risen and Sonia had already passed through various galaxies and star fields of the empire, returning to the Alliance Grand Fleet, which had been away for a long time.

Although their return was warmly welcomed, and Admiral Martin, Mrs. Elmeda, and others congratulated them on their successful escape, they still had some regrets and faint disappointments, for the simple reason that the timing was not coincidental, and they did not see the Archangel and those familiar faces they were familiar with, and the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet had left the Great Fleet of the Alliance, and went to find the bad luck of the lone Imperial ship or transport and supply ship, although the battle was successful, the fleet was still in the process of returning, and I wanted to meet with you, We'll have to wait a while.

The current activities of the Allied fleet have been fully turned into the shadows, and the attack on the empire has returned to the previous strategy of attacking and running guerrilla warfare -- the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet is very familiar with this mode of warfare, and originally thought that after inflicting heavy losses on the Imperial fleet and obtaining large-scale federal aid, it will only take half a year and a year, and when the reorganization and reorganization of the fleet is completed, all the starfighters are fully staffed, and the training of crew and pilots is over, the alliance will initially have the strength to compete head-on with the Imperial fleet. The previous series of contact battles that took place on the edge of the ghost domain seemed to confirm this, but they didn't think about it, they were still too optimistic, only considering the changes in their own strength, but they didn't expect that the empire was not a vegetarian, and quietly came up with an omega plan, making all their efforts come to naught.

There's a good saying.

After decades of hard work, I went back to before liberation, which probably refers to this situation.

The existence of this Omega base is undoubtedly a sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Resistance Alliance, no one knows when it will fall, because it does not know when, where, and under what circumstances it will appear, the Alliance has to be very careful when choosing to fight, even if it is an ambush, taking a surprise advantage, or having a numerical advantage against the Imperial fleet. I don't dare to say that it will definitely be able to "" the victory, the empire is very smart, unless it is necessary or replenished, this base will not appear at all, it will not be fixed in which galaxy - then the alliance may know its location through intelligence officers, and then launch an attack war in the galaxy far away from this base, the Omega base is always hidden in deep space that ships can't reach and can't detect, you don't know where it is, it may be in this galaxy, or in that star field, In case of an attack on an Imperial military outpost or a battle with the Imperial fleet, this base happens to be nearby. Think about it, in the middle of the battle, there is suddenly an extra battle base in the rear of the fleet, and there are a large number of Imperial fleets and starfighters that fold and jump with the base. That's not good.

As far as the alliance is concerned, any battle nowadays, strictly speaking, has an element of more or less chance involved, so they will not "expose" themselves or choose to fight unless they have to. And once it is discovered or enters the battle, the first priority is to first implement strong interference on communications, and the electronic storm jammer has become a favorite of various fleets for a while, but even so, the risk of combat is still quite high, because electronic interference to communications does not necessarily guarantee 100% success, and there are too many unpredictable unexpected factors in the war such as environment, equipment, and people......

This kind of thing doesn't take much. One time is enough to wipe out a fleet of the Alliance, and how many fleets does the Alliance have in total?

There is only one way to fight that is safer. That is, when the Allied intelligence officers have information about where the Omega base is present or in which system to resupply. The Alliance is fighting far away from the system, so there is no need to worry about its threat for the time being. However, this will inevitably greatly limit the combat activities of the Alliance, because the window of opportunity for combat is too short, the situation is changing in an instant, and when the information comes back, if the Alliance fleet is a little slow to prepare and does not act in time, or there is no chance at all, then when they are ready, or when they seize the opportunity, the Imperial Operational Base has once again escaped into deep space, and the combat operation will have to be canceled or abandoned.

"The fleet cannot make large-scale sorties, and the only combat operations are piecemeal attacks by small-scale fighters, which are only effective against individual or lone Imperial ships, and now the Empire has perfected their entire escort fleet system, and the military outposts and space stations have been rebuilt one after another, gradually forming a net - a net to hang us,....." Admiral Martin walked back and forth in the room, his expression grim, "...... Our fleet is still intact and still hasn't suffered any major losses, but only temporarily, after a full turn into darkness, we have lost many bases and space stations, and many important planets have fallen back into the Empire

The supply of the fleet is becoming more and more difficult, and it will not be long before the huge fleet that we have built up with great difficulty will be unsustainable......"

War is about logistics, and the adage that has been repeatedly emphasized in books comes to Risson's mind.

"The key and source of everything is the Omega base, and to solve our problems, of course, we can only start from the roots. Colonel, do you understand? General Martin gave Risen a brief account of the Alliance's current predicament, then paused, his eyes fixed on him.

"Is it going to attack the Omega base? I heard that the fleet was assembled and ready for a big operation. "Risen certainly doesn't understand.

"How? "Young man," Admiral Martin did not deny, "you have come back just in time, we are using you, can you have faith?" ”

Risen laughed, he didn't answer directly, "I'll tell you the truth, on the planet of New London, every day I hear how the empire has won another great victory and victory, and I am almost tired of hearing it, and it is time for a change of taste." ”

"Good!" General Martin patted him on the shoulder appreciatively, "That's all there is to have in this spirit." ”

"However, General, the Omega base is different from any Imperial military base we have encountered before, not only is the base firepower powerful, the shield is solid, but also there is a large escort fleet and an unknown number of interstellar fighters stationed there, plus the ability to enter the subspace at any location to fold and jump, even if the situation is not right, you can jump into the subspace to evade the attack," Ryson's smile slowly retracted, he and Sonia had not discussed this Omega base, but the two of them were helpless, and they couldn't think of a better way"If you want to succeed, you have to have a foolproof plan, and for us, there may only be one chance, maybe the last one. ”

"Don't worry, lad, the League HQ understands this, but we want victory, not 'suicide'." General Martin said, "This attack plan is risky, but it is not impossible, as long as possible, we have to try, carry out this attack, we may fail, but if we don't destroy this damn thing, the resistance alliance has no chance at all." ”

"But the attack is not you, hehehe, it's really a bit hanging, and it doesn't feel very solid." General Martin laughed.

"You think too highly of me, whether it is in the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet or in the Seventh Fleet, there are many pilots who are no less talented than me, and without me, they can still complete the mission very well." Risen was slightly embarrassed, but despite his modesty in his mouth, in fact, he was still a little proud to be so valued.

"I'm not kidding, it's true that the general task is not difficult for them, but for this operation, this moment when we may need a miracle the most, they play a role far less than yours, I don't mean talent, I mean psychology and confidence." General Martin saw this very thoroughly, the prestige and trust that Risen had accumulated over a long period of time and had won incredible victories was incomparable to others, at least among the pilots, and the pilots were not present at the critical moment, and the pilots were not present.

"Of course, faith alone is not enough, as you said, there must be a plan in place, thanks to the favor of fate, before the attack began, not only did you and Lieutenant Colonel Yang be sent back, but also brought us Joel. Dr. Emerson, his knowledge of the Omega base, especially the Star Cruiser system, may allow us to further understand the weaknesses of this Imperial base, allowing us to readjust and refine our attack plan, and our attack will be more confident. Do you understand? ”

General Martin is in a good mood, not only with the return of Risson, but also with Joel. Dr. Emerson's arrival meant that the Alliance would soon be able to master the technology of space folding and jumping, a mobile League headquarters, and a base and fleet that could be mobile at any time without being constrained by space jump points, what an exciting prospect it was.

"Yes, I see, General."

"Take this, before the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet comes back, study it carefully, this is the initial attack plan, you can understand our thinking, learn about our improvements and breakthroughs in several key technologies for the Omega base, especially the Star Cruiser, I estimate that even if it is a plan adjustment, it will only be a small adjustment, and it will not deviate from the big framework of this plan."

In front of Ruisen's eyes was a thick document marked top secret, and on the front of the document, a few large words were printed, "After action"