Taking advantage of the fact that the space fleet of the Setan Federation did not dare to get too close for the time being, the Montreal, which had escaped, desperately turned its rudder and accelerated to escape into space. The destroyer Holm followed, also began to fight and retreat.

Just as the space fighters of the four squadrons of the Saitan Federation were about to pounce and continue to intercept, more than a dozen small black dots rushed over in the distance in space!

The Bloody Wolf Legion's Space Carrier Mixed Fleet sent a patrol boat squad to conduct a pre-war secret reconnaissance of Basel, and according to Tokugawa Jiro's order, finally appeared in the combat airspace at this moment.

The battle began to get stalemate with the addition of a detachment of Vilia Imperial patrol boats. The Montreal eventually took the opportunity to escape the battlefield and gradually moved away from the synchronous orbit of Basel.

"Shoot me!" Watching the enemy ship flee, Williams shouted unwillingly.

"Report to the marshal, after the Kardev cannon is fired, it will take at least a minute to recharge again! And the effective range of the other artillery groups on the space station is not enough to reach the current combat airspace. Major General Henry muttered as he explained.

"Damn it!" Williams slammed his fist down on the podium.

A few minutes later, the first wave of space fighters of the Commonwealth of Setan was basically depleted of ammunition.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the first wave of the Setan Federation to return to the space station to replenish energy and ammunition, the destroyer Holm of the Ville Empire was seriously injured by the Federation fleet, and after paying the price of three more reinforcement patrol boats being destroyed and many damaged, it also left the battlefield and fled into space.

At this time, one of the adjutants under Major General Henry hurriedly ran over, panting and said, "Report!" The Scorpio Local Fleet encountered a space carrier formation of the Vilia Empire at a distance of 18 million kilometers from me, fifty-seven minutes before the two sides came into contact. ”

"This 。。。。。。" Major General Henry turned his head to look at Williams.

The old marshal sat back in the chair in front of the command platform, thought for a moment, and said: "Although the ships of the Vilia Empire forced their way through the pass and exchanged fire with us, there was a local battle. But this does not mean that the two countries have gone to war! We can't fire this first shot! ”

Williams stared at the command stand, at this moment the officers of various departments were constantly shuttling back and forth, all kinds of data and intelligence were constantly refreshed on the huge virtual screen, and the military interstellar map on it was also densely marked, and the people in the entire temporary operations command room were constantly busy.

After a long time, Williams stood up again and said, "Order the Scorpio local fleet to immediately disengage from contact with the Vilia aircraft carrier fleet and continue to defend Barcel with all its might." Order the Coalition's 4th Space Carrier Mixed Fleet in Ophiuchus to speed up the march! If this aircraft carrier fleet of the Vilia Empire really came to fight, then the local fleet of the Scorpio constellation alone would never be able to resist it! ”

"Yes!" After the adjutant got the order, he hurried down to deliver the order.

"Old marshal, can I help you go to the office to rest?" Seeing Williams' tired face, Major General Henry just wanted to step forward and take him down to rest, when suddenly there was a loud "boom" from below the space station! Then the whole station began to shake violently again!

"What's going on?" Major General Henry pounced in front of the command platform and asked loudly.

Soon, the person in charge of the War Damage Statistics Department ran up and immediately reported: "The support system of the city's defense cover under the space station has begun to collapse!" Please the marshals and generals evacuate as soon as possible! ”

At this time, on the virtual screen in front of the command platform, there was a real-time picture of the place where the support column was blown up by the torpedo and began to collapse downward.

Major General Henry and several adjutants hurriedly picked up the old Marshal Williams and ran briskly outside the command hall. The space station personnel of other departments also began to evacuate in an orderly manner in accordance with the emergency plan and under the guidance of the broadcast.

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July 14, Doha, the capital of the planet Basel, late at night.

The city has finally quieted down after a long day of hustle and bustle, and most of the people are tired and fall asleep.

Suddenly, a huge ball of fiery red light flashed in the night sky, followed by a loud muffled sound that woke up the sleeping people.

Many people got up and dressed and went to the balcony, looking at the giant ball of light in the night sky that had been going on for a long time, in a daze, completely unaware of what was happening.

Suddenly, a strong wind began to blow in the sky, and the wind was getting faster and stronger! Within minutes, the gales in the city of Doha were already above force nineteen, to a level that no instrument could measure!

The howling wind is like a hungry giant monster, roaring and roaring wildly in the sky!

At first, the wind simply uprooted the trees and destroyed some of the low buildings. But as the wind intensified, large buildings such as tall buildings and bridges in the city began to collapse one after another in the raging winds!

The dark night sky swept everything! Houses, cars, trees, rubble, and a dense human body the size of an ant!

Immediately afterward, the atmosphere of Doha began to thin out, and all the oxygen in the atmosphere was pumped out of space in an instant. Those who were lucky enough not to walk up to the balcony or stand outside and be blown away by the wind just now began to feel fatal suffocation. Only a handful of people who lived near underground public air raid shelters and ran fast enough barely survived.

According to the official statistics of the Saitan Federation after the incident, more than 6 million innocent civilians died in the extreme disaster that occurred in the city of Doha, Barcelona, where the interstellar city energy defense cover was blown up, and more than two-thirds of them died of suffocation!

In just a few minutes, the city of Doha has been transformed into a dead city full of ruins, like hell on earth!

Later history called this tragedy "bloody 714"!

At this time, in the Itosphere above the city of Doha, on a medium-sized military transport ship of the Setan Federation, the old marshal Williams was looking at the porthole obsessively.

Outside the porthole, Basel's geostationial orbital space station is falling into the hole that was blown open by a space torpedo, and the energy defense cover of the entire interstellar city is also collapsing downward.

"Marshal, President's Secret Telegram." An adjutant cautiously walked up to Williams and said softly.

Williams took the cipher, glanced at it quickly, and said in a deep voice, "I'm not going back!" The enemy's fleet is approaching, and this is about to turn into a battlefield! He raised his head and said to the adjutant, "Call back President, Basel needs me, I'm going to stay here and fight!" ”

After the adjutant went down, Major General Henry sat down beside the old marshal and asked, "Marshal, where shall we go next?" ”

Williams pondered for a moment, sighed, and said, "Let's go and join the Scorpio local fleet first!" ”

At three o'clock in the morning on July 15, 254 in the universe calendar, the mixed fleet of the Vesuvius space carrier of the Vilia Imperial Blood Wolf Legion arrived in the space space near 20,000 kilometers away from Basel and began to attack the synchronous orbit defense system of Basel!

The local fleet of the Setan Federation stationed in the constellation of Scorpio, led by the old Marshal Williams, met the enemy head-on and fought bravely!

After several hours of fierce fighting between the two sides, the Scorpio local fleet of the Setan Federation, equipped with only two old battleships, several light cruisers and destroyers, was defeated by the Vesuvius aircraft carrier formation of the Blood Wolf Legion, and had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield with more than half of the fleet's casualties.

After the space battle ended, the Saitan Federation's troops stationed on Basel began to move to the ground to resist. The fall of Basel is almost a foregone conclusion.

Field Marshal Williams led the defeated Scorpio Regional Fleet to retreat to Ophiuchus and join the Mixed Fleet of the Federation's 4th Space Carrier.

At nine o'clock in the morning, President Johnson of the Presidential Palace of the Capital Star saw on television the edict of Tokugawa Jiro, the second prince of the Vilia Empire, publicly announcing to the countries of the universe to declare war on the Saitan Federation. At the same time, the Vilia Empire began to send ground combat troops to Basel.

"These bastards! Only after the battle is over, do you declare war in a pretend! President Johnson angrily turned off the television.

"Your Excellency, what are we going to do next?" The confidential secretary next to him asked.

"The Vilia Empire invaded our country first, and we must fight back! Inform Congress that our country has officially declared war on the Villa Empire! President Johnson pondered for a moment before continuing: "Also, prepare me for a televised speech. I will issue an emergency federal wartime order to the nation and be sworn in as a wartime president. ”

After the secretary stepped back, Johnson looked out the window into the distance, as if he saw that a magnificent era was coming.