"The Heidfield is like a huge whale, floating quietly in the void. The bright starlight shone on her streamlined steel hull, reflecting the cold, frosty light.
Allied officers and soldiers often leaned against the bridge railing with their chins in their hands, staring at their flagship for a long time.
No one knows when the signal light of this battleship that has gathered everyone¡¯s attention and expectations will light up. He didn't know that at this moment, the West York space fighter clusters were approaching the green planet's atmosphere again and again and turning back again and again. While swimming back and forth like a shark to show off its power, Admiral Tian Xingjian prepared where to take the fleet.
Every battleship maintains first-level combat readiness as usual. However, after waiting for such a long time in a confused and pessimistic atmosphere, the officers and soldiers seemed a little listless.
The main gunner wiped it here and there with a rag, wiping all the instruments in the entire main gun cabin until they were shiny and clean. The pilots were wearing combat uniforms, holding their helmets and taking a nap on the benches in the pre-war mission room.
The staff handled the matter at hand in the most inefficient manner. For a small thing, I am even willing to take a shuttle trip myself.
Even the captains were not at the command seat, but locked themselves in the captain's room drinking.
The soldiers on duty have nothing to do, and the officers and soldiers on rotation are even more bored. They either lie in the rest cabin to sleep and watch TV. Or sit in the cafeteria for hours with a spoon, lost in thought, and mix the rice on your plate into paste. In the living area, you can see people sitting in a daze everywhere in the water bar, on garden benches or on the bridge terrace.
The once bustling bars, billiards rooms, and game rooms are now empty. Although there was nothing to do, no one was in the mood to have fun. Since the defeat at the Battle of Twin Stars and the news that Hastings was seriously ill spread throughout the fleet, everyone felt that their hearts were empty. It was as if someone had taken away the backbone that had been supporting him.
He said with his heart that no one in this fleet is afraid of war.
Although the enemy's commander is Sobol, for these soldiers who have long disregarded life and death, that is not what they consider at all.
As long as there is someone to command, as long as the flagship orders to rush forward. Not to mention Sobol, even if they are faced with the God of Death, they will instantly abandon all fear, hesitate, and turn into tigers descending from the mountain to pounce!
What they are afraid of is the confusion of the unknown road ahead!
This kind of waiting day is a kind of suffering for everyone.
"Damn it. Are we going to fight or not? If we want to fight, we will go all out and fight the bastards from Xiyue. If we don't fight, we will break up as soon as possible. It's nothing to stay in this hellish place without touching the world or the ground!"
"I think the marshal is too stupid to choose such a young guy as commander. How old is that guy? Twenty-seven or twenty-eight? He's not as old as my son!"
"Fuck you, you're only thirty-four this year. You have a son when you're six or seven years old? Can you be tough?"
¡°I¡¯m extremely talented! Can¡¯t do it?!¡±
"I am an admiral! You have been in the power cabin for more than ten years, and the captain took care of you before you were promoted to major. Even if you are your grandson, you have to listen to me! I am not telling you, you will be ruined by your bad name in this life. Mouth and crotch!"
"Military rank is nothing, I just want to be comfortable! In terms of technology, Fleet 183 has searched all over, who the hell dares to be the first in front of me? I have a bad mouth, my mother farted when she gave birth to me!
"If you don't like it, let alone the general, even the marshal will scold you!"
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out out of my crotch, as a soldier, there is no tomorrow. When I'm looking for a woman, I'll take off my pants and give you money. You and I both agree, and no one owes anyone! In front of God, even a damned person would not dare to punish me to hell for this matter! "
"That's enough for you two. Why are you going so far? Just wait! Whether it's a fight or a flight, there's always an idea. That's the capital of the Lelei people, and they're not in a hurry. You guys are making a fool of yourself!"
Sounds like this fill every corner of the fleet every day. No matter which theater they come from or which member country they belong to, the soldiers are equally impetuous and anxious.
However, there are exceptions to this.
Compared with the coalition officers and soldiers, the bandit soldiers in blue uniforms appeared much calmer and calmer.
Although they are on different battleships, they rarely meet each other. However, the intelligence officers, communications officers, and logistics and mechanical maintenance personnel on each ship will often take shuttles to and from different allied fleets to exchange communication codes and intelligence, request logistics supplies, or apply for maintenance parts. For more than ten days, they had many contacts with bandits.
Although since moving south, many people have expressed disapproval of the bandit armyThey had prejudices, but after the bandit fleet gave the Xiyue people a fierce blow in the Double Star Corridor, which greatly increased the allied forces' morale, everyone's view of the bandit army became much more peaceful.
When Jia Yi retreated all the way here, it was basically the bandits who took the lead. After several ambushes and interruptions at critical moments, this elusive fleet has repeatedly made military exploits. By now, no one has listened to the unfounded rumors and regarded these incredibly tough guys as militia rookies.
Capturing Humphrey, defeating O'Burn, defeating Sheldon and defeating Banning, the dazzling halo of each of the famous Western York generals is now on the head of the bandit army, and it is impossible to look at it! If such a fleet can be called a militia rookie, then the so-called elite fleets of the Fei League may have to plunge into the black hole!
Those politicians never go to the front line, they only know how to grin in the background.
They know nothing!
Soldiers are not politicians, and they don¡¯t have so many problems with jealousy of talents and scheming for power and gain. There may be some people at the top of the military who think about the problem from a different perspective, but for the officers and soldiers below, strength is dignity, the rules, and everything! They are all risking their lives with their heads raised. Who doesn¡¯t want to have a partner who is both strong and trustworthy?
¡°Maybe one day on the battlefield, someone will be able to save your life!
Whether it¡¯s jealousy or prejudice, it¡¯s all about playing tricks in the face of strength. Whoever has the ability is the boss!
Whoever is not convinced, go up and challenge them, beat them black and blue, and everyone will obey you! If you don¡¯t have the ability and still stand by and make sarcastic remarks, you are just looking for discomfort! If you cover your pocket while you're asleep and walk around, I'll beat you ten times a day!
¡°Besides, this is war time! No matter how stupid you are, you should understand that if you behave like this in the army, you are destined to not live until the end of the war!
The military has always been a place that respects the strong and heroes. Since the war broke out, these fleet officers and soldiers, who have been sailing alone in the endless space forever, have never thought that they could leave intact corpses. On weekdays, drinking and fighting were commonplace and violated military discipline. On the battlefield, he was a ruthless man who used white knives in and out red knives without batting an eyelid, and dared to drive a battleship directly into an enemy ship.
There is only one way to win their respect, and that is to be stronger, more ruthless, and more life-threatening than them!
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out of the calmness of these guys and their daily training, even the most unruly coalition soldiers can be impressed.
¡°When have you ever been on a bandit ship and not seen these guys training so hard? When has there ever been a time when you didn¡¯t feel the busy and cunning atmosphere?
In terms of training intensity, I can scare those white-hatted guys from Feiyang Double-Headed Eagle until they turn blue in the face!
In terms of discipline, these Mars militiamen are ten times better than the most elite fleet! Orders and prohibitions are carried out vigorously and resolutely, and any instruction can be executed as quickly and best as possible in the shortest possible time.
Being the captain of these battleships is so easy!
That¡¯s how people are. At first, I despised the other person after hearing the rumors, but when I discovered the other person's true strength, stubbornness, prejudice, and repetition, I was finally convinced and respected him more than ordinary admirers.
Unconsciously, the bandit fleet located on the left side of the command cluster has become the leader of the entire southeastern coalition fleet in people's attention!
As the new generation flagship of the Bandit Army, the Bandit Army's [Doomsday]-class space carrier [President Hamilton] is much larger than the other nine [Doomsday]-class space carriers. Not only is the defense twice as high, but the number of carrier-based aircraft is also thousands more.
A [Lightning Falcon] fighter jet ejected out of the ejection channel.
Nia, who was piloting the fighter plane, gently pulled the control stick, and the fighter plane rolled in the air and passed directly over four fighters that were already waiting.
The four fighters simultaneously increased the thrust of their tail thrusters and followed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the five fighter planes had formed a standard herringbone five-machine formation and rushed into the strangled battle group of hundreds of space fighters not far away.
¡°Colonel Nia is so handsome!¡±
On the bridge terrace, more than twenty young officers raised their heads to watch the training of the bandit pilots.
Among them, there are combat staff officers from the base camp; maintenance officers with automatic maintenance arms on their arms; pilots wearing combat uniforms holding helmets; and several young captains. Several female staff officers pointed at the red-headed fighter jet that had just led the fighter jets to join the battle group, with its nose painted like a red-crowned crane. They were chirping and their eyes were worried.
Everyone knows that it is the new super ace pilot, Nia, who just completed the 100th shootdown in the previous battle. At the same time, she is also one of several boss ladies who often accompany Fatty and are recognized by the bandit soldiers.
Since putting on the pilot uniform again, after becoming the captain of the First Fighter Group of [Hamilton President], Nia won the respect of all pilots with her talent and hard work.
She is highly skilled and calm. At the critical moment, you can always see the red-headed fighter jet rushing to the front, biting the enemy's tail, and turning it into a ball of fire that exploded in the air.
Now Nia has become the symbol of a bandit pilot.
As long as they see that red fighter plane still fighting, the pilots will never flinch or get tired.
Catherine stood quietly by the porthole. Hands on the railing.
More than three years ago, she was just a cadet who had just entered the military academy. But now, the childishness on her face has faded, and the girl's figure has become taller and plumper. Under the eyebrows like distant mountains, her eyes are smart and steady. The white large-brimmed military cap on her head and the beautiful uniform on her body showed that she was already the commander of a destroyer.
??From the Garipalan Military Academy, to a combat staff officer, and then left Leray with the Russell Hidden Front Fleet to join the bandit army. Along the way, Catherine experienced and witnessed the most painful and darkest moments of the Leray Federation. However, whether it was when the LeRay Federation was forced to withdraw from Bermuda or when she later left the capital with the Tibetan Front Fleet, she never lost confidence.
She always believed that one day, the fat commander would lead them to win this war. Those who have the same belief as her are the young officers beside her at this moment!
Catherine turned around and looked.
Today is a rare day. These classmates who rarely see each other are all gathered together.
The big-headed young man closest to her is named Wang Fuxing. He was once the thorn in Fatty's mechanic training camp. Now he is the leader of the second group of the damage control department of the President Hamilton, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Originally standing next to Wang Fuxing were Mike, a little freckle, and Charlie, a man with glasses. These two were also the proud disciples of the fat commander in the machine repair training camp. Currently, one is working as the deputy director of the engine room on his own destroyer "Song of the Lark", and the other is working in the logistics and maintenance department of the destroyer "Eagle in the Cloud". All have the rank of major.
However, because of the appearance of his good friend, Angela, the communications officer of the space carrier Admiral Tian Xingjian, Wang Fuxing unfaithfully drove away the two brothers who rarely met, and surrounded Angela to please and behave.
Seeing Angela's reserved and happy face, seeing Mike and Charlie glaring at Wang Fuxing from the side, and further away, veteran Corey, former mechanic training camp instructor Hank, and a bunch of people with eyebrows Among the male classmates who have gradually shown their maturity and perseverance, and a group of female classmates who still chatter like little birds when they meet and make a fuss about everything, Catherine has a warm smile on her face.
Among the millions of officers and soldiers in the hundreds of A-class fleets of the Allied Forces, each one is as small as the dust in the desert.
It¡¯s not an exaggeration to say it¡¯s a fleet, it¡¯s a huge city. On weekdays, the chance of everyone meeting each other is pitifully small. A coincidence like today may not happen in a few decades.
Unless you have free time after the war and can make an appointment together.
Thinking of what happened after the war, Catherine couldn't help but sigh softly.
The vast and solid land, the fresh natural air, the warm sunshine, the clean and tidy streets, the antique buildings, the wooden fences and the outdoor cafes under the sun umbrellasthese Will the life in the past, so familiar that I almost ignore it, come back?
Several million kilometers away, the space fighter cluster of the Sobol fleet has been shrouded in darkness over the capital star.
Without defeating the god-like famous general of Western Europe, Le Ray, there will never be freedom and peace!
Will this battle be won or lost? After the battle, how many of the companions here will be able to survive and chat and talk like now. They bicker, laugh and play like children.
It seems that within a short period of time, one or two people around you will disappear silently.
Although everyone has a tacit agreement not to mention it when they meet, but whenever they part, everyone always has care and nostalgia for each other in their eyes.
It seems that every time we say goodbye, it is a separation of life and death.
"What's wrong?" Sensing that Catherine was in a bad mood, Angela came over and held her arm, asking with a smile.
Catherine shook her head and said with a smile: "Nothing."
"You" Angela did not pursue the question, but looked out the window, and suddenly pointed excitedly at the space fighter group undergoing actual combat training and shouted: "Look, Colonel Nia shot down another one! Wow, she is really my idol, so amazing! Come on, Sister Nia!"
"You two, hurry up and find a time to get married.""Catherine was not distracted by Angela's deliberate cheering. She was silent and suddenly said quietly to Angela and Wang Fuxing who came over.
"Marry?" Angela was stunned, then her face turned red and she glared at Wang Fuxing: "Who wants to marry him? I'm only twenty-two years old!"
Wang Fuxing was also stunned, but he didn't speak. Instead, he closed his mouth smartly with a silly smile on his face.
Catherine suddenly mentioned this matter, how could Angela not know what she was thinking?
She sighed, took Catherine's hand and said: "Catherine, don't think too much. With Fatty Commander, we will definitely win!"
She pointed behind her and drew a big circle with her finger: "Look at our Doomsday-class space carrier. It has such a powerful defense and carries 3,600 fighter planes, which is equivalent to three super aircraft carriers. Does Sobol have it?" "
"Besides, our battleships can also be broken up. The attack power of a space carrier when broken down is equivalent to that of a B-class fleet. If we attack the central core, even an A-class fleet cannot resist it. live!"
"Look at our soldiers again. No matter they are Lelei people or Mars people, who is not determined to unite with Fatty Commander to win this battle?" She said and glanced at Wang Fuxing next to her. : "Wang Fuxing and the others usually look carefree, as ungrateful as the fat commander. But these days, they are really working hard in training, and they don't even know how much weight they have lost!"
Catherine smiled slightly. She actually knows what Angela said better than anyone else.
Since the formation of the army, the Bandit Army has never stopped growing. Everyone in the group moved forward with all their might. No one wants to be left behind.
Take the mecha warriors of the bandit army as an example. Whether they are ordinary recruits or mecha war gods, they undergo high-intensity mecha control training for up to five hours a day. The remaining time is allocated to four hours of tactical coordination, three hours of physical training, two hours of hand speed training and one hour of theoretical study of skills!
The same goes for other members.
The crew of the battleship drove the battleship to conduct tactical evasion, and the time to seize the attack position and fire the main gun salvo was increased one second after another, but it was not enough. The formation changes and tactical changes of the fighter pilots have reached the point of proficiency. They also shot out of the ejection channel again and again, chased each other in space and bitten each other's tails, practicing escort, assault, strangulation and melee.
The gunner in the main gun cabin stares at the fire control screen and murmurs something every day, manually calculating coordinates and distances to reduce errors just because the electronic fire control system may be hit or damaged during battle. The moment something breaks due to interference!
The members of the damage control team would run wildly in the corridor whenever something happened. Drill emergency repairs and firefighting. They moved heavy machine parts out of the warehouse and put them back. After a training session, everyone will shed a layer of skin.
Even those seemingly idle staff officers stay up all night frowning and thinking in front of the electronic sand table and deduction computer every day in order to obtain a piece of data or come up with a better battle plan.
It was hard and tiring, but no one backed down and was lazy!
Since the formation of the bandit army, fighting Humphrey, fighting Bailey, fighting O'Burn, fighting Sheldon, fighting Banning Every member of the bandit army has naturally Produced a sense of pride and a sense of mission for this group!
Everyone firmly believes that in this troubled world, this army is the only one that can save Le Lei and even the Fei League!
It¡¯s very arrogant, but it is the firm and unshakable belief of every bandit officer and soldier!
Because of this belief, they gritted their teeth and persisted until now. Even when Hastings was defeated in the Double Star Corridor and retreated all the way here, and all the coalition officers and soldiers were panicked and confused, the bandit officers and soldiers did not have any panic or hesitation.
As long as the fat commander is here, as long as this army has not collapsed, Sobol can't win!
Training is still training, resting and eating are exactly the same as usual.
??Everyone is full of energy and ready for the final battle!
"I'm waiting to marry Angela after the war is won." Wang Fuxing on the side said to Catherine with a smile: "I will give her a grand wedding with full preparation. Instead of a hasty marriage at this time."
"Bah." Angela spat at Wang Fuxing, her face turned red with embarrassment, but she did not refute.
"Sir, why hasn't there been any movement yet?" Catherine looked at the two of them and changed the subject.
As a top student in the command department and the captain of a destroyer, she understands Sobol's terror better than Wang Fuxing and the others. However, at this time, she didn't want everyone to feel heavy. EspeciallyMarriage is a topic that should be full of joy and happiness.
"Don't worry, sir, you must" Angela had just said. Suddenly, the battleship's broadcast sounded a notice of fleet assembly. At the same time, the ship's bow signal light flashed, and a flag was raised from the automatically opened hatch. .
¡°It¡¯s the flagship flag!¡± Everyone pointed at the window and shouted.
The appearance of this flag means that Fatty will use the [Hamilton] as the flagship of the Southeastern Alliance!
"The battle is about to begin!"
When the battle siren sounded as scheduled.
The young people from Garipalan College hugged each other and said goodbye.
After giving the last companion a hug, Catherine strode first to the suspended elevator leading to the port. Before the elevator door could even close, tears were already pouring out of her eyes.
In the hazy field of vision, the crowds on the terrace are rushing to different destinations.
I don¡¯t know how many people will survive after this battle!
Looking at the vigorous and energetic figures, Catherine said silently in her heart.
"Stay alive! Let's celebrate the victory together!"
On the parliamentary observation boat, people were talking in small groups and looking up at the big screen from time to time.
Looking from the location of the spaceship, Lelei Capital Star is surrounded by densely packed warships of the West-York coalition. At a glance, it looks like a huge light bulb covered with ants.
The main force and central command cluster of the West York Fleet are located in the shadow on the side of the Capital Star¡¯s largest companion star [Blue Moon]. The two sides extend like two large pincers of a crab, sandwiching the Capital Star between them. On the outer waterway, there is a defensive chain built, with more than eighty fleets, like a group of sharks, swimming back and forth.
Between the West York Fleet and the Capital Star, eight [Emperor]-class giant transport ships and several [Ark]-class medium-sized transport ships, escorted by destroyers and cruisers, have already made their way out to a place 100,000 kilometers away from the planet's atmosphere. Twelve huge fighter jet clusters almost overwhelmed the breakthrough line formed by the ruins of the airport.
Everyone understands that as long as we cross that line, the battle in the atmosphere begins.
However, the several back-and-forths of the West York fighter jets also loosened the tension in the viewing hall. Even though we know that the battle is just around the corner, we have been looking forward to it for so long. Even if our spirits can remain high, our bodies are inevitably a little tired. For a while, everyone only chatted with people they knew well.
The topic of chatting is naturally inseparable from this battle.
And a dispute that happened in the corner not long ago also became one of the topics.
??Except for some Westerners who speak for their own people, officials and reporters from neutral countries all discuss matters as they happen. While appreciating the accuracy of the prediction by the United News reporter named Harriman, he also ridiculed the several Western journalists centered on the female reporter for not knowing anything about space combat. Take down the atmosphere in hours.
Although everyone spoke in a low voice and there was some distance between each other, the looks in their eyes as if they were looking at a joke were all visible to the female reporter from Xiyo and others. He became even more resentful towards the Harrimans.
"Harriman, tell me, what are our Allied forces doing right now?" Berg didn't bother to pay attention to the angry eyes of the Westerners, and asked anxiously: "The enemy's fighter jet clusters have approached the atmosphere several times. They are still standing still. Are you really planning to let the enemy in? That¡¯s the capital of the Leray Federation! I don¡¯t know how many people will die from the indiscriminate bombing!¡±
"It should be soon," Harriman frowned slightly and looked at the time: "The coalition forces do not have enough troops. Maybe they want to use the army's air force to hold back Western York's space fighters."
He said, pondered for a while, clapped his hands lightly and said: "That should be it. The military of all the countries in the West is led by the Binart Empire. Even the development direction of the military establishment and military technology is the same. Their own The R&D and manufacturing capabilities are weak, so we basically buy mature technologies from the Binart Empire or authorize and imitate them.¡±
"The Binart Empire is not as good as Feiyang and Chakna in terms of fighter technology. But it is unique in battleship and naval gun technology. It has always followed the model of big ships and huge guns. The main battleship formation The power of the salvo is unparalleled in the world. In terms of carrier-based aircraft and space aircraft carriers, it is weaker. Its Xiang-class fleet has the strength of three to six A-class fleets, but it only has one space carrier and only one thousand taels of carrier-based aircraft. Hundreds of them!"
Harriman stared at the West York fleet on the screen and continued: "Although Sobor had nearly two hundred A-class fleets when he went south, about thirty were lost in the battles at the Double Star Corridor and the jumping point. A-class fleet, including those allied ships with a space carrier in one fleetThe number of motherships he currently has on hand is only between eighty and one hundred. "
"As for our allies, in addition to the standard configuration of an A-class fleet and a mothership, Feiyang's Double-Headed Eagle Fleet is equipped with two space carriers. The bandit army also has ten [Doomsday]-class ships. Space carrier. In terms of number of fighter planes, we are still far ahead of the Western York Army!"
"Now, the strategy adopted by our coalition forces is to wait for the Westerners to put their fighter planes into the battle in the atmosphere. Without the help of space fighters, the Westerners will not be able to open a channel for the giant transport ship, and the landing will be difficult. It's just talk on paper. Therefore, sooner or later they will put their fighter planes into action. This is the best time for our coalition fleet to attack."
"I understand. Our coalition wants to use the advantage of fighter planes to make up for the lack of military strength. However," Ren Shang, who was on the side, raised his glasses and asked curiously: "Why didn't Sobol annihilate our coalition first?" fleet, then turn around and land? Or, let the space fighter pretend to break into the atmosphere first, wait until the coalition fleet appears, and then come back."
"This place is different from the waterway. Although the waterway is vast, it is full of dangerous areas and no-man's land. Once driven out of the waterway and loses the jump channel, the warship will have to spend ten and a half days on a half-hour jump journey. It takes months to fly out. Therefore, when fighting in places like Double Star Point, the coalition forces can only retreat."
Harriman shook his head slightly and explained.
"But these immigrant galaxies in Leray are different. Thousands of years of development have cleared a large number of waterways. In addition, there are traffic here in Bermuda and Newton galaxies. It will not be easy for Sobor to capture the coalition forces. And to capture the capital As its forward base, the star can not only obtain supplies and securely occupy it, but also radiate the entire southeast. More importantly, he can use this to force our coalition forces to fight with it!"
"For him, the space fighter plane's attack on the atmosphere gives our coalition forces some opportunities and advantages. However, judging from the total strength, he still has the absolute upper hand. If he can use this to force our coalition forces to confront him, he will be Profitable. After all, if the fighter plane cannot enter the strangulation range, it will not be effective. With his command ability"
Harriman sighed quietly and shook his head. After a long time, he continued: "As for the fighter planes entering the atmosphere and coming back, this hypothesis is impossible to establish. I, the commander of the Allied Forces, am not a fool. If the army's land-based fighters did not entangle the enemy, they still would not show up!"
Ren Shang and Berg looked at each other, thought about it carefully, and both nodded in agreement with Harriman's judgment.
"In that case," Berg turned to look at the screen: "Xiyo tried a few times and understood the strategy of our allies. Their landing battle is about to start."
¡°Yes,¡± as soon as Harriman finished speaking, several fiery red fireworks bloomed on the screen.
Everyone suddenly looked up. On the long-range vision device, a swarm of Western fighter jets had already rushed through the abandoned airport and entered the atmosphere. In the atmosphere, endless anti-aircraft fire, missiles and thousands of land-based fighter planes have been approaching quickly! Before the two sides even met, several fighter planes were destroyed in the intensive artillery fire and turned into meteors flying to the ground.
Time passes by minute by minute.
Half an hour later, when all the Western York fighter groups were already involved in the battle in the atmosphere, a Fei Alliance warship, with a flash of white light, took the lead in appearing at the end of the jump channel outside the Western York fleet's defense chain.
Everyone in the viewing hall held their breath.
They saw that behind this Fei Alliance battleship, countless giant steel ships were approaching with murderous intent!