Chapter 18: The Farewell of the First Squadron
The Kirov station of the Tumen orbital space station, there are already fires here, the ships of the Tucker people are constantly exporting firepower to the space station, the energy shield of the Kirov station has reached the limit value, and it will be invalid in two minutes at most, and the space station is stationed in a squadron of the task force, the squadron has twenty ships, four capital ships, and is responsible for guarding the space station, but at this moment, the fleet that has already been fully launched into combat has less than ten corvettes left to fight with the enemy, but to no avail, the Tuckers still have at least sixty spaceships......
Inside the space station, the headquarters of a squadron.
"Squadron leader, I can't stand it, the shield is about to fail, evacuate!" A staff officer of the command looked desperately at the screen that was already calling the police, and pleaded with the squadron commander.
Looking at the space station, the spacecraft that were constantly being shot down, the commander of the first squadron, Major Lotov, rubbed his already somewhat puffy cheeks, and turned back with red eyes: "It seems that we can't wait for reinforcements, I just observed, the enemy's ships are better than us in space, send a message to the fleet command center, let the second and third squadrons withdraw, save strength, and strive to inflict heavy damage on the enemy in the atmosphere!" ”
"Collect ...... Roger that! The staff officer replied tremblingly.
Everyone in the squadron command room fell silent, stopped what they were doing, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
"Comrades, it is my honor to fight side by side with you! Although we don't know when reinforcements will arrive, we still have to fight for humanity to the end, and humanity will never surrender! Behind Lotov's thick figure is the transparent panoramic window of the space station, at this time, the remaining warships of the squadron have all been shot down, and the Tucker people's bio-modified spaceships of different shapes are like giant beasts wandering in space, constantly approaching the space station, they seem to want to land!
"Start the space station self-destruct program!" Losov ordered without hesitation.
"Farewell, compatriots!"
After giving this final order, Losoff slowly sat down in front of the window of the space station, straightened his military uniform, and calmly stared at the ugly and huge Tucker spaceship outside.
All the officers in the command room stood silently, some expressionless, some with despair, and some trembling.
"Alert! Alert! Self-destruct procedure confirmed, countdown, ten, nine, eight......"
The red light instantly filled the entire command room, and I saw a huge bright spark suddenly bloom in space, and the huge explosive energy instantly detonated the Tucker spaceship around the space station, just like a stone suddenly fell into a cold pool full of fallen leaves, and the ripples set off continued to ripple.
The ground command center of Tumen Star was silent at this time, and everyone looked at the picture of the explosion of the space station on the huge display screen, and was speechless for a long time.
In the commander's office, Alexander's desk was covered with extinguished cigarettes and scattered cigarette ash. On the screen on the table, the first squadron's global broadcast message was displayed: Farewell! Fellow citizens.
Alexander paced back and forth in the room, tears welling up in his deep eye sockets, and every now and then he kicked the shabby sofa. A sense of powerlessness overwhelmed him. The space station was destroyed, they were compressed in the planet, lost their eyes, and could only rely on land to carry out guerrilla attacks with the enemy, the disparity in strength between the enemy and me, whether Tumen Star could hold out until the reinforcements arrived, it is already an unknown, if the task force is completely destroyed, then humanity in Andromeda will be completely defeated, and the navy will also be ruthlessly recorded.
Dragging his groggy body, Alexander walked into the command center barefoot, and saw that everyone was bowing their heads and silent, silently doing their work, on the big screen, it was the space station picture transmitted back by the surveillance drone, which was already a piece of wreckage at the moment, and some flew into the planetary atmosphere and scattered in the ocean.
"Have the second and third squadrons returned?" Alexander's hoarse voice sounded in the command center.
"Report to the commander, the second and third squadrons are on standby in the air, and the fourth and fifth squadrons are ready to take to the air for combat at any time." The officer at the dispatch desk sniffed and replied.
"Depending on the scale, this time it's just a small force of the enemy, and soon, the enemy's main fleet will arrive, and we may have to make a last stand." Alexander said heavily, the only thing that makes him not burdened now is that the people living in the planetary administrative region have all been withdrawn with the main force of the First Fleet last time, otherwise the task force will be even more difficult now.
"Yes, the Tuckers who attacked the space station are not in a hurry to invade the atmosphere, but are regrouping their fleet, most likely waiting for the main force." A staff officer analysed the detected footage and made a more reasonable judgment.
"Order, the 2nd and 3rd squadrons opened their positions and prepared for a decisive battle with the enemy, and the 4th and 5th squadrons were divided into pieces, scattered and hidden in the vast mountains with each ship as a unit, no matter what happened, they were not allowed to attack without authorization, even if the headquarters was destroyed. Hide until our reinforcements arrive. Alexander began the final disposition, he did not want to sit still or the task force to be wiped out, he still believed that the navy would not abandon them.
"Yes, Commander!" The people who had received the order began to issue orders to the units, and Alexander returned to the office, found his long-dusted combat flight suit, and changed it.