Walk alone in the abyss

Facts have proved that Lieutenant General Thomas does have the ability to become a famous general.

His psychological quality is so strong that Yang Ming couldn't help giving a few thumbs up.

No one can win an unexpected war, which is especially prominent in the interstellar space war with similar technological strength.

Lieutenant General Thomas certainly couldn't.

Yang Ming couldn't figure out why the League of Güell and the United States of Liberty joined the battle so suddenly and directly, and who gave them the impetus to act against the interests of their own country.

A war of this scale involves all aspects of off-court factors.

The Sherman Empire had already dealt with these off-site factors, and it was determined that they would not send reinforcements to the New Federation by taking both hard and soft measures against the other two major powers that were most likely to change the power balance between the Empire and the New Federation.

Apart from the main factor of the two families wanting to reap the benefits, the most important secondary factor is the strong military deterrence of the Sherman Empire.

None of them understood how much strength the Sherman Empire had hidden.

But the history of the Milky Way has shown that what the Sherman Empire's army controls is only the conventional force of the empire, and the empire possesses an extremely powerful "unconventional" combat force.

This kind of powerful deterrence is the source of confidence of the Imperial Army, and also the source of fear of the Liberty Union and the Guell Alliance.

But now...

The two powerful countries that were able to enjoy the "results of battle" and further suck blood from the new federation and its younger brothers, regardless of the possible retaliation actions that may occur behind the empire, suddenly dispatched troops, entered the main battlefield, and directly joined the queue to fight against the empire!

This boosted the morale of the new Federation.

It also made the empire extremely angry, but helpless.

Anger turned into anger, and the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed. Lieutenant General Thomas immediately made the most sensible decision.

The whole army takes the battle group as the unit, and immediately implements the third retreat plan, and the whole army retreats.

Among them, the first, third, and fourth battle clusters, with full firepower output, are putting pressure on the New Federation Fleet and attacking the vital forces of the New Federation Fleet.

The second and fifth battle groups carried out conservative fire attacks on the left and right wings, and gathered in the central area during the retreat, and launched a second round of fire attack on the new federal fleet that was pursuing the front.

Lieutenant General Thomas' tactical intentions are obvious.

Now that the situation is reversed, the new federation is bound to be unwilling to allow the empire's expedition fleet to retreat calmly, and the former must move forward to entangle.

Next, the empire will fight against this psychological gap!

Lieutenant General Thomas ordered the Imperial Fleet not to send reinforcements, but only to attack the master, and to retreat while fighting, and to defend each other.

Only by eliminating the vital forces of the New Federation can we continue to take the initiative in the follow-up battlefield!

Yang Ming kept thinking beside him.

Lieutenant General Thomas' move was very risky. He was betting that the reinforcements from the League of Guell and the United States of Freedom were all paper tigers and ostentatious, and they would not really come up to fight the Imperial Fleet.

If the bet is correct, this retreat is a strategic shift, and the loss of the new federation will be greater than that of the empire.

If the bet is wrong, the casualties of the imperial fleet will be 30% to 50% higher than the casualties of the direct retreat across the board.

The safety of the entire army depends on one person. Under such enormous pressure, Lieutenant General Thomas gave up his "conservatism", rolled up his sleeves, and made a big gamble with the other three of the four major gangsters in the galaxy. .

He won the bet.

The Guell Fleet and the Liberty United Fleet came in a bit of a hurry. Although they had a fierce momentum, they were actually only fierce outside the range of the imperial ships.

If you really want to fight a life-and-death battle with the imperial fleet, one of the two fleets must cut off the escape route of the five major battle groups of the empire, and sacrifice themselves in exchange for heavy damage to the military strength of the empire.

In fact, these two fleets were only attacking the flanks of the imperial fleet, trying to increase their paper record, and had no interest in intercepting the main fleet of the empire.

On the other hand, the commander of the new Federation is eager to kill the enemy and is eager to keep the main fleet of the empire in this starry sky. At this moment, he has ordered a strong attack across the board.

This is right in the arms of Lieutenant General Thomas!

Yang Ming was surprised to see:

The empire, which was supposed to be defeated, began to retreat in an orderly manner;

All the firepower was put into the front of the Imperial Fleet, and the battle lines of the surging new Federation battleships were in chaos;

The two fleets on the left and right that were supposed to storm the empire's battle formation were only covered by a small part of the fleet chasing the empire's flank...

When Yang Ming looked at the back of Lieutenant General Thomas again, he suddenly felt that this ordinary human being who could be easily crushed to death by him seemed to have the power of a giant shaped bomb brewing in his head.

something.

"Thomas!"

An old general appears on the side screen.

"The new federal warships are chasing after us. We have to make a choice. Our department will charge the enemy to cover the rest of the battleships and retreat calmly! Our department! We will return the enemy with ten times the casualties!"

"Sorry teacher, please allow me to reject your proposal."

Lieutenant General Thomas raised his head slightly:

"They want to fight, then we will fight to the end!

"There is no need to cut off an arm at this moment, our army will inflict more casualties on the enemy with a loss of less than 20%!

"Imperial soldiers never abandon their comrades in arms!

"General, please follow the command of the commander-in-chief! You follow my demarcation range and use the No. 12 formation for cross-covering!"

"yes!"

The old general yelled in full spirit, and the image disappeared immediately.

Yang Ming saw from behind, Lieutenant General Thomas' fist that was clenched slightly and kept loosening.

Obviously, the pressure on this lieutenant general has reached a critical point.

Lieutenant General Thomas continued to issue a series of instructions, and the dozens of orderlies around couldn't keep up with his rhythm.

The five major battle groups of the empire staged a mobile battle like a stage play in the deep space. The firepower was full and the defense was solid. The ship loss speed of the new federal fleet that was attacking from the front had obviously exceeded that of the main fleet of the empire!

The imperial warships are slowly retreating, gradually transforming from a semi-encircled situation to one that only needs to face the fan-shaped enemy fleet.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield changed again.

The reinforcements of the League of Guell and the United States of Freedom on the left and right flanks seemed to have received a strong order from above. The two reinforcements suddenly began to attack. A total of five dreadnoughts opened fire with all their strength, tearing the gap between the left and right wing fleets of the empire!

Lieutenant General Thomas swears, but he still calmly ordered, and the ships everywhere began to retreat quickly.

Yang Ming stood behind with his arms folded.

He can actually do small things at this time, such as calling on the soldiers of the empire to fight the enemy bravely, which can increase the combat power of the empire by one or two percent.

He didn't know how he got along. His prestige among ordinary soldiers of the empire was a bit stronger than his appeal in the society of the empire.

He gave a speech, and then jumped to help out with one or two ships of the other party. The Imperial battleship group can reduce a lot of pressure.

But he can't do that.

First, the Imperial Army did not make clear demands on him.

Second, if the empire loses a large number of ships, its military strength will be compromised, which is in its own interest.

Now Yang Ming's feelings in his heart are complicated.

On the one hand, he was infected by the current atmosphere of the deadly battle, and the element of the imperial soldier named Hanton was already burning in his bones; on the other hand, he had to maintain rational restraint, thinking about how to make the situation move in a direction that was more in line with his own interests.

In fact, letting the empire's fleet fight to the death with the other three might not be a good opportunity to weaken the four great powers of the empire...

Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, and the thoughts in his heart gradually became vivid.

Sudden!

With a soft ding, the instruments of the commanding flagship suddenly froze.

In the blink of an eye by Yang Ming, a slender figure appeared in front of Lieutenant General Thomas, and the entire operation interface of the podium had undergone obvious changes.

become more concise.

The girl who suddenly appeared was obviously a realistic projection, and Yang Ming was very familiar with it.

She wore twin ponytails, and she was wrapped in docile white metal clothes, and the collar around her neck was a little conspicuous.

This is... reason?

"Complete the takeover."

Her voice sounded around, and her raised right hand aimed at the front porthole.

Yang Ming seemed to see that from the command system of this battleship, the entire imperial battleship group was covered by silver-white light waves.

Li turned to look at Lieutenant General Thomas.

She glanced at Yang Ming with some dull eyes, without any emotion, and she didn't have a sense of agility like that of the law.

"Please set strategic goals."

"Our fleet retreated to the rear area with the least casualties, repelled the enemy, and caused enough casualties to the New Federation Fleet."

"confirmed."

Li turned around, raised his right hand slowly, and the light spots diffused from his fingertips were all precise instructions.

Almost instantly, the entire empire battle group became a whole, and each operator of each ship received a specific instruction on which button to press every three seconds on average.

The Imperial battleship group, which was still a little messy on the edge, completed self-restraint in less than two minutes.

The imperial warships were still retreating, but the process of retreat became more ferocious.

Because of the retreat formation, the maximum effective firepower utilization rate was only 75%, but it has soared to 90% at this moment.

At this moment, the new federation had no choice but to move forward.

The friendly troops from both sides seemed to be in a deadly battle.

The Imperial Fleet began to orderly abandon some ships that had lost their tactical value, and the drone swarms that had been released before began to appear and disappear in the vast battlefield.

A tragic deep-space collision kicked off.

Yang Ming quietly watched Li's back, and didn't say a word for a long time.

...

Empire lost.

To be precise, the Empire is about to lose to the Guell League and the Liberty Union, which suddenly ended in this great battle.

The four major powers in the galaxy and the other three join forces, even if they are as powerful as the empire, they will not be able to win this "passively insufficiently prepared" war.

Four of the originally occupied twelve stars were lost.

Fortunately, this fierce battle only lasted for more than two hours.

When the fierce battle ended, the reinforcements from the four major powers arrived at the edge of the battlefield.

The reinforcements from the New Federation are already half of Minte City's defensive force, and fleets from all regions are gathering towards Minte City to fill the huge defensive loopholes in the rear.

The United States of Freedom and the Guell Alliance mobilized several main fleets and put them on the edge of this starry meat grinder.

However, after seeing the reinforcements from the empire, they took the initiative to retreat.

Nothing else, the imperial reinforcements are really scary.

The military supported two complete battle groups, carrying three brand-new dreadnought ships.

The battleship group of noble private soldiers appeared on the right flank of the reinforcements. Although there were many miscellaneous ships and insufficient combat power, the number of ships above the 300-meter class exceeded 5,000.

The warships of the empire's vassal states appeared on the left flank of the reinforcements, a mob, but the number of ships was more than 3,000.

The most terrible thing is that after these reinforcements, a group of pitch-black warships appeared, like ghosts from ancient times, quietly watching the enemies of the empire.

That's the real 'Levy' fleet.

Although the number is small, only more than a thousand ships, it is enough to express the firm determination of the empire to fight this war to the end.

After the previous fierce battle, the Empire and the New Federation suffered huge losses. After the reinforcements from both sides arrived, they did not have enough confidence in defeating each other, so they retreated across the board tacitly.

But the empire did lose.

The main reason is that the Imperial Army has shrunk its line of defense to prepare for the subsequent attacks of the three powers, and the new Federation took the opportunity to regain four administrative stars.

In terms of the loss of ships and soldiers, the two sides are actually split 50-50.

A quarter of the ships of the five main fleets were directly destroyed, and another 30% of the ships needed repairs. Of the twelve dreadnoughts, four became cosmic dust, and two needed to be pulled back for overhaul.

The loss of a quarter of a ship is equivalent to the loss of a quarter of its troops. The lifeboats and escape cabins on the ship are completely for display in a war of this intensity.

The shield ships and supply ships suffered the most serious losses, and the firepower ships suffered more injuries.

It was even worse for the New Federation. The two main fleets lost their designation and organizational system. When the war started, they had the upper hand in total, and finally sent out 7,000 warships in battle.

The good news is that most of the lost ships are old ships from motley crews and 'storage restarts'.

The bad news is that they don't have many ships to repair, and the amount lost is roughly equal to the amount destroyed.

The League of Guell and the United States of Freedom each lost hundreds of ships, and each paid tens of millions of soldiers.

As soon as this battle ended, the network world of the Milky Way immediately boiled.

The general trend of public opinion is:

【It is a great honor for the empire to be defeated by one enemy and three, but the new federation has a large number of people and suffered heavy losses. 】

Of course, this kind of boiling did not affect the political confrontation between the stars. The military department and the foreign ministry of the empire became active, and there were a lot of voices questioning the government in the Güell Alliance and the United States of Freedom.

Why did they go to war?

Now that they have decided to join the war, why can't they wipe out the empire's expeditionary fleet, only to lose both sides?

Now the empire has regarded the two countries as enemies. If the new federation loses in this war, the two of them will inevitably face the empire's invincible fleet...

And so on, it doesn't matter.

The small half of the Milky Way is really in a mess.

...

The flagship of the Imperial Battleship Group.

The projections of a group of generals appeared everywhere on the bridge, holding their military caps and standing quietly, with low-pitched mourning and mourning, mourning the soldiers of the empire who were turned into cosmic dust in this battle.

After the memorial service, without any delay, Lieutenant General Thomas held a military wrap-up meeting.

At the meeting, the commanders of each battle group made a brief self-examination, summarizing the shortcomings of the fleet in all aspects before the imperial guard system took over the battle.

Yang Ming listened to the whole process, and the most emotion in his heart was the 'professionalism' of the imperial army.

In human wars, the higher the technological content, the lower the impact of soldiers' own beliefs and morale on the battle situation.

The fighting power of the imperial army is truly terrifying.

"What do you think, Hanton?"

Lieutenant General Thomas suddenly called the roll, Yang Ming did not feel stage fright, he pondered a few times, and sighed slowly: "This crime of war is not in the army."

Several generals each sighed.

Yang Ming said seriously:

"It is not you who need to review. I have been watching the whole battle. I have seen the precision of your command and the bravery of our soldiers.

"The question is, why did the League of Guell and the United States of Freedom suddenly join the battle?

"It can be seen that they were not prepared enough at the beginning, their fighting will was not firm, and the number of ships that came was not exaggerated. It seemed like a decision made in a hurry, rather than a premeditated plan with the new federation.

"In the middle of the battle, why did these two families start to attack regardless of casualties? This is a bit unreasonable, and it is too abnormal."

An old general sighed: "Things have already happened, we must prepare for the worst, and use the strength of one country to fully confront the other three powers."

"This time, our military's conventional combat power has been severely depleted. Thirty percent of the ships need to be repaired and refurbished. In the next three months, our military strength will be significantly insufficient."

"Yeah, the three of them are colluding, not only putting enormous pressure on our expedition, but also posing a greater threat to the entire empire. The local defense forces need support, and the emergency forces in each region also need to occupy a lot of resources."

"Are we going to abandon these eight administrative stars? If the other party takes away the four administrative stars, there will inevitably be a series of negative impacts on the plunder order in the future, and we will fall into absolute passivity in terms of the right to speak in public opinion."

General Thomas said: "We are only discussing the military. Everyone, prepare for the enemy's sneak attack and wait for the order from above."

"The Levi Fleet was launched before, did you see it?"

The generals fell silent.

Yang Ming asked: "Is there any taboo?"

"There is no taboo," Lieutenant General Thomas said sternly, "Don't worry about them, we will fight at our own pace. If it wasn't for the Imperial Guard system this time, we wouldn't be able to hold any of the twelve administrative stars this time. .The meeting is adjourned."

Emperor Wei.

The back of the ponytailed girl appeared in front of Yang Ming's eyes.

Although this comparison is somewhat superficial, but... my own Xiaoli is more beautiful.