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The Empire's Super Banshee and Gladius have been shot down or driven away, and the fleet is in a peaceful area, at least within the range of the sensor, there are no enemy planes, but Risen does not dare to take it lightly, and he did not find that the enemy planes are in the meteorite belt in the area where the fleet is located, excluding the meteorite belt, nor other areas of the meteorite belt, this meteorite belt has a vast range, including the jp7 space jump point, covering four space jump points, the Imperial interstellar fighter that was driven away just now, Resson noticed, Only some of the enemy planes, the Super Banshees, turned around and went back, while the dagger attack planes they had escorted before scattered in multiple directions and escaped into the meteorite belt.

Due to the interference and shielding effect of the meteorite belt on the sensor, whether it is a ship, a fighter, or a sensor on the keyhole, the range of action is far lower than the operating distance in a normal starry environment, at most it can only alert and detect a very small star field near the perimeter of the fleet, the alliance did not expect the sudden retreat of the imperial interstellar fighter group, and it was their first priority to repel the attack of the enemy aircraft at that time, in fact, they also wished that the imperial attack aircraft group would take the initiative to retreat, although they tried their best, However, it is an indisputable fact that there are too many enemy planes attacking and covering, and many of the Empire's interstellar fighters were able to break through the interception and enter the attack route, although the fleet has shrunk in formation like a hedgehog, and it is impossible to stop the attack of the Imperial attack aircraft, but fortunately, relying on the dense defensive artillery fire, those space carriers located in the central defense zone of the fleet have escaped a catastrophe, only the Voyager was hit by three quantum torpedoes, and was hit by a short sword attack aircraft in the front of the hull. caused a fire and caused many casualties. In addition, the Raider was hit by two quantum torpedoes, but the shield system barely blocked the explosion, relying on the hard training some time ago, the damage management measures of the two ships were quite effective, the crew controlled the damage in time, and the Voyager and Raider were still able to continue fighting.

But the escort ships in the outer areas of these space carriers were not so lucky, the Empire's attack, these escort ships in the outer defense circle were only the first to bear the brunt, and when the Federation's starfighters appeared. Before the Imperial daggers fled in a panic, they fired all the quantum torpedoes they carried at the nearest ships, and as a result, when the attack of these Imperial attack planes was repulsed and the defensive operation came to an end for the time being, there was a mess as far as the eye could see, with burning and exploding wreckage in all directions, rescue pods "shot" out of the air everywhere, and call and distress signals flooded a certain emergency channel in the communication. According to statistics, two cruisers and nine destroyers were lost in this round of attacks, in addition to two Union-class battleships were damaged, one Führer-class fast battleship lost half of its power, and six other medium and light ships were damaged.

So, the active retreat of the Imperial attack aircraft group. It really made Risen and the other alliance pilots breathe a sigh of relief, the losses were heavy, but after all, none of the main starships were destroyed, and the vitality was not seriously damaged, but if the Empire's attack continued, it would be difficult to say, and it would directly affect the next coalition attack on the Omega base, because the Federation forces that came through the jp7 space jump point. All of them are starfighters, there are no warships, the maintenance of damaged fighters when passing through space jump points, the replenishment of bare-ground quantum torpedoes for attacking the Imperial Corcoran garrison fleet, the rest and relaxation of tired pilots after brutal battles, etc., all need to rely on the warships of the Alliance, as for the motherships of these Federation reinforcements starfighters. It's still far from the borders of the Confederacy. Even if full speed is used, there is no interference from the Imperial Army. It will also take at least a day or two to reach the Corcoran system through the JP2 space hop.

The enemy planes withdrew, but they didn't go, at least those dagger attack planes didn't go, and by the time the allied pilots found out about the problem, it was too late, and those daggers scattered into the meteorite belt and disappeared from the sensor screen.

There is definitely no way to chase after it, the enemy plane has disappeared, the ghost knows which direction to chase, it is not advisable to find a needle in a haystack to clear the enemy plane in the meteorite belt, the scope of this meteorite belt is too large, even if you add keyholes, it will not help, you know, this meteorite belt has a great effect on the sensor not only greatly reduces the detection range, but also the interference effect on the sensor can not be underestimated, and even the enemy fighter is already close at a distance, but the sensor does not have any movement.

This is not impossible, when Risen and Schneier were still in the Imperial Army, their reconnaissance of this meteorite belt had this kind of problem, and in some places the strong radiation "emission" belt can also interfere with communications, which is even better than the electronic storm jammer.

It has to be said that this trick really annoyed the Alliance, neither can it pursue, but it also can't ignore these enemy planes, let alone leave the meteorite belt -- the powerful sunset system of the Omega base is not a joke, the Alliance's current crippled fleet can no longer be lost, the only way now is to strengthen the vigilance of the meteorite belt around the fleet, and expand the fighter patrol defense circle, in order to find and eliminate those Imperial attack planes that dare to sneak attack the fleet in the first time.

As a result, Risson's Ninth Air Force and Lieutenant Colonel Stark's Eighth Air Force received an order to strictly guard the perimeter of the fleet during the landing of the Federation Earth starfighters to re-launch, strictly guard against the sneak attack of the Imperial starfighters, and the other Alliance fighters pursued those retreating Imperial Starfighters, mainly those Super Banshees, and these enemy planes will be subjected to the double test of the first wave of interceptors in front and the pursuit aircraft group in the rear on the way back to the Imperial Battle Base and the fleet, and in the next counteroffensive, It can be helpful to weaken the strength of any enemy army.

"O, look at our friendly forces, it seems that through the JP7 space jump point, it is really an unusual danger and trouble, it has been confirmed that the complete loss and loss of starfighters has reached one hundred and eighty-six, almost reaching a dangerous ten percent battle loss rate, in addition, there are almost the same number of fighters damaged, before they have made contact with the enemy, almost one-fifth of the fighters have lost their combat effectiveness." Risen looked at the information about the friendly plane from the Archangel, and sighed with emotion, no matter if you are skilled or mediocre, when you are unlucky, the ace pilot should not want to escape, the entire action of jumping through the space jump point is gambling on his life, no matter what, Risen has to admit that these friendly soldiers have commendable courage.

Right now, he and Schneier's lightning fighters are accompanying the Archangel space carrier in close proximity, the Federation's starfighters arriving from the JP7 space jump point are arriving in the fleet in an endless stream, the Tomcat and Dreadnought starfighters are starting to assemble in front of the fleet, and those damaged starfighters are being guided to land on the Alliance's space carriers, once the first wave of attack aircraft reaches a certain number, that is, after the assembly, they will embark on the journey.

The first attack wave is mainly composed of newly arrived Federation Tomcat starfighters and dreadnought attack aircraft groups, and after the departure of the first attack wave, the forward interceptor group and the rear pursuit aircraft group, which the Alliance has been fighting with the Imperial starfighters, will return home and re-carry mines, as the second attack wave will continue to sortie.

The Eighth and Ninth Air Groups will be responsible for the security of the fleet and the sorties of other friendly starfighters throughout the process, of course, they are also the reserves of General Martin, generally speaking, the first two waves of attack aircraft combined with nearly 2,500 starfighters of all kinds should be enough to solve the problem, if not, or the war drags on for a long time, then the Eighth and Ninth Air Groups, together with those Federation starfighters who returned after attacking the Corcoran side, will be dispatched as the third attack wave.

"Martin, Riesson's Ninth Air Force is our pride, why not throw them into the first or second attack group, but keep them in reserve? Wouldn't that be a waste? Mrs. Almeida asked softly, not intending to interfere with the command, but just a little puzzled.

"Madam, the safety of the fleet is also very important, this is one, in addition, the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces have already made two operational sorties today, if they are dispatched again, it will be the third, if they are still arranged in the first or second wave of air groups, and the battle is more intense, I am afraid that they are easily tired, and fatigue in the operation is easy to have problems, and as the third wave, I believe that the battle is almost coming to an end, that will be better," the admiral patiently replied, "Besides, the risk that this young man Risen took today, no, He has taken too many risks and contributions to the Alliance, and I don't want to see him have trouble at this time when he is about to win it, and he should be able to fully enjoy and taste the victory. ”

"I see, well thought out," said Lady Almeda, smiling, "but I am afraid that this lad will probably not accept you, and perhaps he is now complaining about your decision." "Hehehe," Admiral Martin stroked his beard proudly, "This is the advantage of being an admiral, you can pretend not to hear him complain, and you don't have to bother to explain, he will understand in the future, by the way, if nothing else, after this battle, the Empire's 11th Fleet should have no problem joining us, but Vice Admiral Bilis is no longer the commander of the 11th Fleet, I'm thinking, since the Archangel is also an Empire-class space carrier, and the two space carriers of the 11th Fleet are the same level of ships, The 5th separate mobile fleet should also ......"

In the midst of their relaxed discussion, the first attack wave of the Federation starfighters had already assembled, and the countless scattered groups of stars and dots of light formed a neat formation and began to fly towards the Imperial Battle Base......