34. Operation Houyi (7)

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The Philippine Galaxy.

The Imperial Babka Outpost, at the moment, is thick smoke, constantly emerging from the breaches and cracks all over this small space station, and occasionally you can see the orange "color" gushing flames, its interior has exploded into a pulp, and the continuous explosions shook this small outpost, throwing large pieces of metal and even human flesh into space, and the Imperial soldiers and staff who were originally stationed at this outpost were desperate and panicked in any way they could think of - escape pods, spaceships, and even a spacesuit, Flee the outpost of doom in a hurry.

On the periphery of the station, there are still a few Lightning fighters roaming around, most of the attackers who destroyed the space station have returned, but there are still a few that remain on alert and keep a close look at and monitor the Babka outpost.

A large group of lightning starfighters lined up in a neat formation, flying at high speed over the destroyed Babka outpost and the alert lightning, and the navigation lights on the wings of the fighters flashed to congratulate the success of the attack.

"The Second Fleet did a good job, Lieutenant Colonel Stark and the Eighth Air Force are much more sophisticated than they were in the life-and-death operation attacking the Pearl Harbor base, and they only lost four lightning planes, and they cleaned up the Imperial space station cleanly." Risen retracted his gaze from the destroyed space station and commented casually.

"It's okay, but it's still worse than us, if we are replaced, maybe we can do it without damage." Schneier is confident.

"Maybe, not only them, but other friendly forces have also done a good job, since even they can successfully complete the mission, we don't want to lose to them, everyone watch carefully." Ryson said that while the missions carried out by friendly forces were very different in difficulty and requirements compared to their missions.

"Don't worry, Captain, you will never disgrace the Ninth Air Force......"

"That's it, let's talk about it. Their tasks cannot be compared to ours. ”

"That's right, we're the key to this operation......"

The pilots of the Ninth Air Force did not have the heavy burden that weighed on Risen in his heart. Although they also learned about the consequences and significance of post-actions. But not in Resson's seat. The understanding of post-action and the responsibility it needs to bear are not so deep, and they are now full of self-confidence, pride and optimism, which is very helpful for the success of the operation.

"Good!" Risen nodded in satisfaction, "Everyone, get ready, the space jump point to the Corcoran system is ahead, ready to start the space jump engine according to my command." ”

"How many years. Another cycle. Schneier stared at the gray cloud of energy in front of him. Infinite sighed, "Ressen, remember the first time we fought?" That's where the Pegasus entered the Corcoran system, and then we ran into the Federation's Hellcat......"

"Well, of course I do." Risson, of course, can't forget his first battle. It's the one at the space jump point.

His combat career began, during which he shot down two Hellcats with a half-pulled banshee. Schneier also shot down one, and then, in recognition of his achievements, he was added to the Thunderbird squadron and participated in the search for the JP7 space jump point, and later, he ran into Yao Feilun......

How many years have passed, he is back here, if this is a cycle, then, before is the beginning, this time, is it the end? Or is it a new beginning?

Damn, what are you doing at this time, I should focus on the mission, Reson shook his head, and turned his attention back to the lightning, getting closer and closer to the space jump point.

"Ready...... 5.4,3

This large wave of lightning fighters disappeared into the white light one after another, and after them, there were four strange-looking, specially modified keyhole warning and control aircraft, and behind the keyhole, the Alliance's huge fleet was also rushing towards this space jump point....

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"Task Force 584.1 was annihilated, and the rebel fleet .|Fong's space station loses all contact ......"

"The rebels' fleet and their starfighters are attacking this station, there are at least hundreds, the number of starfighters stationed in our place is only two and a wing, and they are by no means opponents of the enemy, as for the composition and scale of the rebel attack fleet, it has not yet been completely clarified, we have only found two Raider-class space carriers and two Führer-class fast battleships, presumably it should be the rebels' Third Fleet, but from the fact that the enemy was able to easily destroy the 584.1 Task Force [~ to destroy the Lixin space station, he sent this fleet to attack the station, the size of the rebel fleet is definitely not small, there should be at least two or three more fleets involved in this one

...... moving"

"The signal of comprehensive warning and reinforcement request has been sent repeatedly, I don't know if anyone has received our warning and request, the enemy's jammers have been comprehensively suppressing and interfering with subspace communications, our defense line is about to collapse, there are still no reinforcements coming, and no response has been received, we will send a Super Banshee starfighter with the necessary information, through the space jump point, to send a warning and request for help to the Corcoran system, I hope God bless us, the claws of the rebels have not reached so far......”

The image disappeared, this is the news brought by a Super Banshee starfighter originally based at the Babka outpost after passing through the space jump point, and the Corcoran system immediately forwarded this message to the Omega base, and at the same time issued a comprehensive warning to the Imperial forces in the surrounding star fields and galaxies, thankfully, thanks to the resistance of the Imperial Army of the Ranphy system, the rebels have not yet invaded Corcoran.

Despite the attack, it was the Imperial Army that suffered heavy losses, but the central control room of the Omega base, whether it was the Imperial Marshal Giraud. Steve, who is still the lieutenant general of the Corleone Empire, and the staff officers below, are all full of joy, and they don't take these losses seriously.

If the intelligence is accurate (there should be no problem, judging from the information received, the existence of at least one fleet is definitely correct), the rebels have at least two or three fleets, you know, the current rebels are estimated to be four regular fleets and one independent fleet, so the rebel fleet that appears in the Lanfei system is undoubtedly the main force of the rebels, as long as the main fleet of the rebels is annihilated, then the little loss of the Lanfei Imperial Army is definitely worth it.

"Finally we found it, these damn rebels, hidden so well, inevitably showed up in the end." A staff officer rubbed his hands together excitedly.

"Hmph, stop rapping, get ready for action, Lieutenant General Coonang, order your men, turn the course of the Omega base to ......"

Only halfway through the order, he suddenly stopped, the Imperial Marshal's hand still frozen in the air, and he suddenly asked, "With our current position, how long will it take to reach the Ranphy and Corcoran systems?" ”

"In two hours, twenty-seven minutes and fifteen seconds, this base will enter the confines of the Ranphy system. It's closer to the Corcoran system, but it takes an hour, fifty-seven minutes. One of the "" replied loudly.

"Counting the time for the Star Cruiser to start and adjust the coordinates for entering a specific point in the galaxy, it will take about three hours to get to the Lanfei Galaxy." Lieutenant General Corleone added that he had already guessed what Marshal Steve was thinking, so he did not mention Corcoran.

"Three hours?" The Imperial Marshal's hand slowly lowered, "Due to the communication interference of the rebels, we were actually a beat slower when we received the warning, the rebels' attack on the Lanphy system has been going on for a long time, and it is nearing the end of the battle when the Banshee outpost sent out by the Babuka outpost, Corleone, do you think they will still be there when we arrive?" ”

"Not really." Lieutenant General Corleone understood that his guess was correct, and he replied categorically. "The rebels have always fought on a one-and-go basis, and they don't stay in the same system for too long, unless they are delayed by something."

"So, in your opinion, which way will they escape? Corcoran? Barbados? Or XY-336? ”

There are a total of three spatial jump points in the Ranphy Galaxy, which lead to the three points that Lord Marshal said.

"The Corcoran system.

The lieutenant general said with considerable certainty.

"Why?"

"The most direct reason is that the rebel fleet attacked the Babka outpost, this outpost is near the space jump point leading to the Corcoran system, and we have the location of one of the rebel attack fleets when the Super Banshee left the outpost," Vice Admiral Corleone gestured to the star map, "Right here, the speed of the rebel Raider-class space carrier, we know, from here to the location of the other two space jump points, three hours is not enough, so, either when we arrive, the rebels are still in the Ranphy system, If it is no longer there, then the enemy fleet must be in the Corcoran system, unless they plan to disperse and escape or sacrifice a fleet, but that is not the style of the rebels, coupled with the previous intelligence and speculation about the rebels fighting in the border system, I think the possibility of the rebel fleet entering the Corcoran system next is very "likely". ”

"Your Excellency," added one of the staff officers, "we can order the Corcoran system to keep the situation informed as we go, and if we get confirmation from the Corcoran system or if communications are simply disrupted, that will be a problem." ”

The Imperial Marshal laughed, "Well said, then, set the course and head to the Corcoran system, Lieutenant General Corleone." His hand clicked near the JP1 space jump point that connects the Corcoran and Ranphy systems.

"Yellow 'color' alert." Lieutenant General Corleone issued a loud order to his men, "Take us to Corcoran." ”