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Volume One Chapter 279 The First Alliance Battle (4)

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    Chapter 279 The First Alliance Battle (4)

    In the interstellar calendar, on August 7, 8013, the fleet led by Yi Lexiang with new starships as the main force arrived at the outskirts of the Tianlun planetary system. At this time, the first alliance battle around the Tianlun Five Stars had changed from an initial fleet-level duel.  Entering a full-scale melee stage.  Yi Lexiang obtained the detailed battle progress in the past few days since the outbreak of the battle through the internal system communication of Charno. After a little study, he was not only shocked, but also shocked.  It was really hard for him to imagine that this was a report on the progress of the alliance battle.  To put it bluntly, even the tactical simulations among the students at Starfleet Academy were much more interesting than this.  In this report, he could not see any exquisite tactical design at all. All that was seen was that the warring parties sent troops to the front line at different times and locations, like a boring running account.

    On that day, the moment Harristason reunited the starships that were following the established trajectory to avoid the joint salvos of the Imperial fleet, he realized that he had once again made an unforgivable mistake.  He lost his only chance to escape the battlefield.  He knew very well that as a fleet commander, his tactical command ability was significantly lower than that of the opposite Imperial fleet commander.  No matter what the reason is, maybe it's been in peacetime for too long, or he's too old, in short, no matter what it is, there is a grim display in front of Harristason, his third battle in the league.  The swarm is in danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the Imperial fleet.

    The word ¡®encirclement and annihilation¡¯ may not be appropriate here.  Encirclement and annihilation often refers to the superior force annihilating the weaker party. However, it is undoubtedly a great irony that this kind of thing happens when both sides have equal strength.

    One hour and twenty minutes after the battle on the twenty-three planets broke out, the temporary theater headquarters located on Tianlun Five Stars received a distress signal from the Third Battle Group.

    In fact, the temporary theater command headquarters has been paying close attention to this encounter that occurred near the twenty-third planet.  In theory, this was the first real military confrontation between the Democratic Alliance and the Imperial Alliance.

    Through the remote battlefield real-time monitoring system, commonly known as the 'Skynet' system, the temporary command headquarters has a clear view of the battles taking place on the twenty-three planets.  The huge sky-shaped combat hall was crowded with people, and military commanders from various countries stared intently at the huge holographic tactical map suspended in mid-air.  The 'Skynet' system faithfully records every subtle change that occurs on the battlefield.  The Third Battle Group was in a very bad situation. It lost its heavy battle patrol formation just thirty minutes into the battle.

    The stunning tactical performance of the Imperial Fleet Commander also caused a commotion in the command hall, especially some young generals who showed a hint of disbelief.  In their eyes, tactical command is to reorganize the textbook tactical plans and use the appropriate tactical specifications at the appropriate time.  But the Imperial Fleet Commander used practical actions to tell them what the art of war is.

    After confirmation by the intelligence department, the enemy fleet information column at the top of the holographic screen soon showed the number of the imperial fleet and the relevant introduction of the commander. The enemy fleet commander was less than forty years old, which was even more breathtaking.  A breath of air conditioning.  This little-known commander of the Imperial Fleet actually beat the veteran Harris Starson, known as the "Rock", without the ability to fight back.

    Kristassen, who leads the Third Battle Group, is not an unknown figure in the alliance.  Six years ago, during the border conflict with the Holy Alliance, with a small number of troops, he managed to deal with the three main fleets of the Holy Alliance for three days, winning precious time for the arrival of the main fleet.  At the end of the battle, he was awarded the Alliance's Blue Cross.  But now, real-time battlefield images show that the former 'rock' general is in a precarious situation under the tidal wave of attacks from the imperial fleet.  When the signal for help from the Third Fleet came from the staff, everyone watching the battle could not hide their disappointment and decadence.

    Twenty minutes later, the first support fleet left the station and headed for the twenty-third planet.

    For the Alliance, the shame of the Yaoguang Star War is enough. If the war continues in an unfavorable situation, the angry and disappointed domestic people are likely to break out into chaos, and there are always legislators looking for trouble.  They may also use this to put pressure on the government to gain more power.

    Douglass, who came from a wealthy family, was well aware of the tricks that politicians often played. The political sensitivity cultivated from living in a complex political environment since childhood made him realize that the only solution to avoid all this was military victory.  From his own perspective, he obviously could not accept another military defeat.

    He immediately ordered the staff to revise and formulate a new battle plan, and the requirement was to ensure the final victory of the battle that took place near the twenty-third planet at all costs.

    We should admit that Douglass was far more sensitive to politics.Through his talent in military command.  From this point of view, perhaps he is more suitable as a politician than as a general.  Unfortunately the opposite is true.

    Since Douglas¡¯s way of thinking about the problem is aimed at complex politics, the encounters on the twenty-three planets are gradually separated from the purely military needs.

    Shortly after the Democratic Alliance sent reinforcements, an imperial fleet also sailed to the 23rd planet. In the next week, the warring parties sent a total of seven main fleets to the 23rd planet, with more than five million soldiers, and tens of thousands of soldiers.  Tens of thousands of starships started a huge melee around the twenty-three planets that had no military value.

    The first alliance battle started with a weird start that was unbelievable to everyone.

    This left military observers in the rear and people with lofty ideals in the military dumbfounded.

    Since ancient times, the purpose of war has never been to kill. Any war should have clear profit goals.  In fact, ever since human civilization entered the modern era of highly developed science and technology, the practice of accurately calculating vested interests before and after a battle has almost become a routine.  From the perspective of the entire battle, the encounter that broke out on the twenty-three planets still has certain positive significance.  This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the strengths of both the enemy and ourselves.  But the subsequent series of military operations that continued to send reinforcements and launched around the twenty-three planets were obviously meaningless.

    When the battle for the twenty-three planets progressed to the ninth day, the battle on the front line still made no progress.  As time goes by, more and more generals in the theater command hold negative opinions on whether the battle on the twenty-three planets should continue.  In nine days, the Alliance forces had suffered nearly 600,000 casualties surrounding this target with no military value.  The casualties of the Imperials were far lower than this number, only about 300,000 people.

    A cruel reality is before everyone. The combat power level of the Alliance Army is far lower than that of the Empire.  If calculated only from a numerical perspective, the gap in combat power between the two sides is close to half.  This was a big blow to all the officers and soldiers of the Alliance Army who had set foot on the land of Charno with great ambition and were ready to play the role of saviors.  In fact, although more than one-third of the alliance's troops in the Charno theater were concentrated in the airspace near Tianlun Five Stars, the morale was even lower than before the battle began.

    Not only that, the battles on the twenty-three planets also had a great impact on the authority of the theater command.  In particular, the doubts about Douglas have never stopped.  This made the arrogant Douglas very angry. In a military meeting, he tried to mobilize two A-class fleets of the Republic of Erias to join the battle.  Despite strong opposition from the National Alliance forces, it ultimately failed to be approved by the Chiefs of Staff Conference.  This defeat was undoubtedly equivalent to a slap in the face to Douglas. At the end of the meeting, he walked out of the meeting room with a livid face.

    In the next few days, Douglas not only failed to reflect on the strategic command mistakes he made in the battle of the twenty-three planets, but instead intensified his efforts to use his identity as a theater commander to order additional troops to the battle area that had become saturated.  Send an Elta main fleet and two heavy aircraft carrier formations.  He even mobilized two Charno Corps from the vast interstellar defense line outside Tianlun Five Stars to strengthen the defense power of Tianlun Five Stars.

    The people of the Empire lack sufficient interest in this kind of consumption of troops, even if judging from the battle loss figures, this consumption is actually beneficial to the Imperial Alliance.  According to the behavioral analysis of Douglas by the Tactical Behavior Analysis Room, this unnecessary consumption of troops is most beneficial to Douglas, a pure and clean commander who has never commanded any battles.  Therefore, the Charno Theater Command immediately adjusted its troop deployment and gave up on the tactical move of continuing to exert pressure on the twenty-three planets.  Instead, they sought opportunities to attack the Tianlun Five Stars. In order to achieve this tactical goal, the Imperial Charno Theater Command conducted a series of exploratory attacks.

    Douglas¡¯s response also satisfied the Imperial Theater Command. They would receive a response for almost every action.  In a short period of time, the imperial people figured out Douglas's military deployment in Tianlun Five Stars.  The only depressing thing is that the commander-in-chief of the coalition seems to be too 'honest' and responds to every 'fire reconnaissance' or 'feint attack' from the empire. He seems to regard every temptation from the empire as a  A real attack, which caused heavy losses to the Imperial Alliance's 'bait' troops.  In the end, the Intelligence Headquarters even doubted whether the information obtained was worthy of trust, because they found it difficult to believe that there was such a stupid commander in the world.
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