Chapter 230 The Democratic Alliance intervenes in the war
"What else can we do? Beat him, that son of a bitch!" a starship commander yelled, causing a burst of laughter. The officers are familiar with their generals. In non-war situations, you can speak freely. Most of the time, their generals will listen with a smile.
"That's a good thing. When the time comes, we just need to throw you to the front line and let you go and deal with the imperial army. Then, let the general award you a medal of bravery." Chen Yatian laughed and scolded. There was another burst of laughter in the conference room.
Sitting in the gallery, Guan Xiaotian looked at the officers who were laughing, scolding and making noises in surprise. As a new member, he and his officers were unable to integrate into this fighting group for the time being. Yi Lexiang asked Chen Yatian to invite them to this military meeting out of respect. However, it was obvious that the casualness in the conference room was extremely surprising and novel to them.
"Okay, okay." Yi Lexiang knocked on the table gently, holding in his hand a piece of intelligence that the staff officer had just handed him, "There is bad news again. Not only did the Imperial people set up an energy position, but they also blocked it. Cut off our communication with the base camp."
The atmosphere in the conference room immediately became a little solemn. If the purpose of the Imperials in setting up the energy field was to prevent Charno from crossing the defense line again to launch a surprise attack, then blocking communications undoubtedly exposed their intentions. Currently, the only mobility and combat power in the vast occupied area is the United Fleet. Most of the troops on other planets are besieged ground defense forces. Lacking interstellar power, they are actually blocked on the surface of the planet by the Imperial interstellar fleet. Then the purpose of the communications blocked by the Imperials will become clear.
Yi Lexiang, who was staying near the Sagittarius galaxy at this moment, didn't know yet that not only the Hejian star field, but also all the star fields bordering Charno along the entire defense line from east to west had received orders from the Supreme Command. High-power energy positions and strong interference transmitters are densely covered throughout the entire defense line. This time the Supreme Commander was determined to get rid of Yi Lexiang's "little trouble" at once. Three S-class star fleets mobilized from the rear are rushing to the front line day and night. Among them are Yi Lexiang's old friend Jiali from the Strong Empire and his Fire Fleet. At the same time, the Supreme Command was slowly opening up for Charpiao Astronomy.
At the same time, a military advance team from the Democratic Alliance crossed the interstellar line and entered Charno territory. After a long period of wrangling and interest disputes, the Democratic Alliance Parliament finally passed a resolution convening alliance member states to jointly prevent the Imperial Alliance from attacking Charno. The Alliance Parliament authorized General Douglas of the Republic of Elta to form the Charno Theater and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the theater and the highest military commander of the United Army. According to the resolution of the Alliance Parliament, the United Army will consist of 12 million troops from thirty-two member states and is expected to be assembled within two to three months. By then, Charno will also become part of the United Army Corps and accept the unified command of the Charno Theater Command.
When General Douglas was ordered to assemble his troops, he ordered an advance team of 30,000 men to take the lead in entering the territory of Charno as a "signature" army. These soldiers were urgently drawn from the garrisons that General Douglas could call at a distance. On the eve of departure, Douglas specially invited many media to report on this. Obviously in the eyes of the general, this was a "declaration of war." But by doing so, he undoubtedly clearly told the Imperial people that the Democratic Alliance had not yet completed its military mobilization, which provided the other party with an excellent opportunity to adjust its strategy and completely lost the military surprise. When the news reached Charno's headquarters, Ouyang Saya, a veteran general, was so angry that he cursed Douglas for being pedantic.
When they learned that the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Charno Theater Command was Douglas, both Ouyang Saiya and Bo Jiangang of Capital Star, and Lieutenant General Bu Yun of Anokhi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The Elta Republic is one of the core countries of the Democratic Alliance. It plays a decisive role in the entire alliance in terms of military strength, national power, and economy. In addition, the Elta Republic is the closest superpower to Charno. It was within the expectations of the headquarters that the Erta Republic would lead this military operation. However, the choice of commander-in-chief of the theater headquarters was Douglas, which greatly surprised them. Admiral Douglas was born into a noble family. His grandfather and father had successively served as marshals of the Elta Republic, and were both well-known stars in the interstellar world. The Douglas family is also rich in talents and has many famous generals. However, in Douglas's generation, he is the only male in the direct lineage of the originally prosperous Douglas family. It is conceivable that in order to ensure the continuation of the bloodline, General Douglas has been raised since he was a child. He was closely protected. Although he also entered the military world and his military rank soared, he never actually commanded any battle. Letting such a general without any actual combat experience serve as the commander of the Charno theater is difficult to say whether it is a blessing or a curse for Charno.
Another piece of news from General Huang Huang, who continued to work despite being ill, is even more disturbing.Worried. The Democratic Alliance is not ready for battle at all. Their staff is quite optimistic about the war situation. They believe that the star field where the Imperial Alliance is located is short of supplies, and they are engaged in a protracted war with Charno. In addition, The long supply line and material reserves are simply not enough to support another protracted war between them and the Democratic Alliance. This interstellar war will most likely end on the land of Charnor. According to estimates from the Democratic Alliance Staff Headquarters, it may take five to ten years for the Imperial Alliance to gather strength to launch an offensive again. Instead, they focused their attention on the Holy Alliance, and were even planning to launch a war against the Holy Alliance, hoping to use the time when the Imperial Alliance was recovering to complete its strategic plan to annex the Holy Alliance. It is said that the Democratic Alliance has begun secretly gathering troops on the interstellar dividing line bordering the Holy Alliance. Apparently the Democratic Alliance hopes to complete the occupation of the Holy Alliance before Yang Haojun, who defected from Charno, can train a well-trained interstellar combat force for the Holy Alliance. Moreover, due to Yang Haojun's defection, many generals in the Democratic Alliance's army criticized Charno, believing that it was the power struggle within Charno that created a potential enemy for the Democratic Alliance.
To this end, there have been frequent contacts between Charno's headquarters in the capital star and Anokhi recently to discuss Charno's next military plan after the Democratic Alliance intervenes in this war. The most important thing is whether the current command of Charnow's army will be handed over to the alliance theater command. A series of changes have focused people's attention mainly on the Democratic Alliance and relaxed their vigilance towards the empire. So much so that the empire-occupied area and the abnormal behavior of the imperial troops were not discovered. The temporary cessation of the imperial attack made the generals of the Military Council secretly relieved. They spent most of their time discussing how to treat the reinforcements from the Democratic Alliance. The empire's unusual actions were also misinterpreted as military adjustments caused by the Democratic Alliance's intervention in the war. These negligences obviously made Yi Lexiang's situation even more dangerous.
The advance team that entered Charno territory moved quickly. According to the order of General Douglas, they should appear on the front line as quickly as possible, because Douglas believed that as long as they appeared on the front line, they would immediately boost the morale of their ally, the Republic of Charno, and greatly enhance the resistance of the front line soldiers. , to win valuable time for the assembly of the Hezhong ** team. The commander of this advance team is a 32-year-old lieutenant colonel who graduated from the First Army Academy in Elta. Like his superior, this lieutenant colonel has never participated in any real battle. Moreover, the average age of the soldiers in this advance team is only 22 years old, which is too young. They have never participated in any battles. They are poorly equipped, lack sufficient training, lack discipline, and do not even have a combat plan. The Charno officers in the team all shook their heads secretly. In this way, the army might not be able to stop even a tactical charge from the Imperials. Rather than saying that they went to the front to boost the morale of Charno's army, it would be better to say that they went to die.
Sagittarius, one of the earliest planetary systems that humans set foot on, is composed of one star and twelve planets. The three outermost planets are entirely made of gas. Two of the other nine terrestrial planets are ecological planets suitable for human survival. . After many years of mining, the resources of the Sagittarius Planet System have been exhausted, and the Sagittarius Galaxy is no longer as prosperous as it once was. However, due to the existence of three space gates nearby, its strategic location is still very important. The Imperials station a B-class interstellar fleet here, as well as more than 400,000 ground troops stationed there. The ground troops are mainly concentrated in the fortress-level space city located in three empty gates, and the defense is quite tight.
The combined fleet led by Yi Lexiang is now secretly docked in the dense outer atmosphere of the outermost gaseous planet. The existence of the energy field has undoubtedly caused the fleet to lose its original mobility. Whether it is to return to the actual control area of ????Charno or take other military actions, the space gate is the only option. The three space gates in the Sagittarius constellation connect three star fields respectively. The connecting star fields of Space Gate No. 1 and Space Gate No. 3 are both deep into the empire-occupied area. Only Space Gate No. 2 is connected to the edge star field leading to Charno. , and is also the only option for the combined fleet.
The information returned by the detection radar shows that the Empire¡¯s main defensive forces are concentrated on Space Gates 1 and 3. This made the commanders of the combined fleet ecstatic. This was simply a God-given opportunity. As long as they successfully passed through the No. 2 space gate, the combined fleet would be one step closer to returning home.