Counterfeit Hero

This is the bandit army led by Tian Xingjian, truly jumping into this cosmic war dance. We can analyze this battle here because we already know the outcome. However, I often think that if I were in that era, if I were a member of the Longbow Battle, even if I could be in the command headquarters of the two major camps of the Fei League and Xijiao at the same time, I am afraid that I would not be able to break through. This thick fog of war.

When the Feiyang fleet and the Binart Empire fleet came into contact for the first time on the interstellar route from the Blue Stone Star to the planet Torrecles, when the Binart Empire's cruiser "Karlsruhe" was first When wave attack hits hard and paralyzes

I didn't know that there was a mysterious Leray fleet, slowly breaking away from the nebula where they had hidden for months, and approaching the jumping point from the Bermuda Galaxy to the Longbow Galaxy.

I didn't know that after seeing off Humphrey, the skinny Mikami Yuuto was lying on his interstellar battle map, sketching out a huge battle plan.

I didn't know that in the Mars Free Channel, the Chakna Twelfth Group Fleet was trying to break through the siege of the Suss Fleet and turn towards the southeast main channel.

I didn't even know that the Reske battle, led by Chamberlin, had reached its most critical moment. However, Fisichella, who was ordered to leave the Newton Galaxy in the east and contain the coalition forces in the Bermuda Galaxy in the west, would hesitate at the Newton Galaxy jumping point, planning to wait for the waves to rise and the clouds to disappear.

The entire war, in September 2063, was like a large, finely and densely woven web.

Every eye and every rope on the Internet is related and tied to each other. The battle situation in the southeastern star field has attracted the attention of the entire human world. The outcome here involves Chalkner and the Carlston Galaxy.

Therefore, regardless of all the known results, I have full respect for Margaret and Douglas, two Feiyan people, who can give such unreserved support to General Tian Xingjian without any knowledge at all. . Their wisdom left this legend in the history of human military affairs.

The Fifa League can finally win this war. I think the turning point is now.

I only have one reason.

That is. That day. Bandit army. On the stage of war. "

——————————“Breaking Out of the Cage”. Author: Alexander Ersson

very few people know. Years later. When Margaret saw this passage in this book. She blushed and babbled for a long time. Then he threw the book away.

In fact. At the beginning of the battle. Margaret. Don't trust fat people.

She must use her own permissions and password. A message was sent to Douglas. But. that is because. She didn't believe that Douglas would agree to Fatty's battle plan. She just wanted to tell Douglas the news. He and the bandits only exist.

"Our fleet will launch an attack on the flagship of the Binart Royal Elephant-class fleet in the airspace at coordinates 3240517889909504. If the attack is successful, the Feiyang fleet can turn around at full speed, cooperate with our fleet inside and outside, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

This sentence is almost the entire content of Fatty's battle plan.

It doesn't get any simpler and clearer than this.

Apart from the more specific requirements for the formation of the 19th Group fleet when passing through the rocky area, Fatty's simple plan had almost no impact on Douglas's original strategy and tactics.

Attack! To sum it up, just these two words.

But how to attack? !

Margaret didn't understand, and neither did Douglas.

The chaotic area is where the bandits ambush? God is my witness! It is just an asteroid belt that can be seen almost transparently at a glance. This airspace may be the most unlikely place to set up an ambush in the history of human space wars!

Although she was among the bandits, Margaret still couldn't see through this team. Even though she had military literacy far beyond ordinary people, she could not outline the entire attack plan of the bandit army. All she knew was that the portholes of all the bandit warships had been completely closed. The ion thruster also did not start. She also knew that after she sent Fatty's battle plan to Douglas, Douglas, who had always been cautious and steady, actually agreed.

The space carrier [Athena] was tightly surrounded by a fleet of ships stretching for hundreds of square kilometers.

In the headquarters of the mothership's bridge, the sky is bright and clear.

Douglas stood in front of the electronic deduction table, his hands behind his back and his brows furrowed. In front of him, Chief of Staff Pang Mingjian was using a push rod to deduce the next combat plan submitted by the staff based on the current battle situation.

On the main virtual light screen of the console in front of the command podium, the forward fleets of both sides that had already fought were engaged in a fierce battle.

Taking advantage of the terrain, the two Feuillant squadrons that were the first to launch the attack had the upper hand. Four battleships, ten cruisers, and sixteen high-speed destroyers, like two giant dragons, lined up on the left and right, moving through the dense nebula while firing at the Binart Empire's forward fleet, which was unable to deploy its formation. .

Douglas ignored the battle on the screen. That was just the first time he and Humphrey tested each other. At this moment, he was listening intently to Chief of Staff Pang Mingjian's report.

The report has come to an end.

"After the first phase, our two fleets B2D11 and B2D2 will retreat to the ninth leg. Our two fleets A2 have already entered the blocking position of the second phase of the battle. Preliminary estimates are that we can at least Block the enemy here for a week."

"A week?!" Douglas thought to himself, raised his eyebrows, and listened to Pang Mingjian continue.

"In addition, the surrounding channels and obstacle areas of Torrecles have been completely controlled. Judging from the terrain there, even if the Jiepen fleet reinforces the Longbow Galaxy, it will take at least two months to attack from behind. , to break through the obstacle zone.”

Pang Mingjian, the tall and handsome chief of staff, completed the report on the combat plan and put down the putter in his hand.

Douglas nodded, looked at the electronic screen on the electronic deduction platform, and was silent.

Pang Mingjian hesitated for a long time, then suddenly said: "General Douglas does not think that we need the assistance of the bandit army. Besides, I don't think that their battle plan is likely to succeed."

Douglas, who was concentrating on thinking about the battle plan, couldn't help but be startled and raised his head.

He did not expect that when Pang Mingjian was reporting the battle plan, he suddenly mentioned the matter of the bandits. It seemed that he had been holding it back for a long time.

Douglas gave a silent bitter smile. To be honest, not only Pang Mingjian couldn't believe Fatty's battle plan, but he himself also had 90% doubts about the plan. The location of the ambush was too incredible. If he hadn't cooperated with Fatty in Gacharin Mozic, if he hadn't witnessed Fatty's ability to turn his hands for clouds and rain, he would really not have believed the battle plan submitted by Fatty. .

Even if he finally agreed to the plan, in fact, in his heart, he only believed half of it.

Seeing Pang Mingjian looking at him intently, Douglas said: "Chief of Staff Pang, I don't care about the outcome of this battle.

The meaning of falling into the hands of bandits”

Pang Mingjian breathed a sigh of relief. He was almost driven crazy by the completely impossible plan. He was about to speak when Douglas waved his hand slightly and then said to himself: "I understand, General Tian's battle plan, look at it." It sounds incredible. However, this does not prevent us from cooperating with the bandit fleet without affecting our original strategy and tactics."

"Besides, you underestimate Humphrey too much." Douglas frowned deeply and turned the topic to the battle situation at hand: "You just said that in the second stage, you can resist the Binart Empire fleet for at least a week. I can tell You, that is absolutely impossible. Unless we use up all our battleships right here. Otherwise, the time we can resist them will not exceed forty-eight hours!"

"Forty-eight hours?" Pang Mingjian's square face had a pair of thick eyebrows frowning.

"Yes, forty-eight hours!" Douglas picked up the putter calmly, pointed at a red circle on the interstellar map and said: "There is nothing wrong in choosing this as the main battlefield of the second phase of the battle, but the staff miscalculated Humphrey's method. You must know that the Feiling and Feiyu fleets are fleets that the Humphrey family has controlled for hundreds of years. Their fighting style is the character of their commander."

The push rod moved between a white irregular planetary belt and an earth-yellow planet not far away. Douglas's tone was unquestionable: "Humphrey is flexible and changeable in war. In terms of detailed command, he can... It's said to be superb. Even if we can occupy the advantageous position in this place, we can't resist his attack. Do you believe that here, he will invest all the troops in his hands! Even in less than forty-eight hours, he can Pressure us out of this section."

"Put it all in?!" Pang Mingjian's eyes widened as he watched the push rod in Douglas's hand push the blue ship icon representing the Binart Empire into a triangle on the electronic map.

"Humphrey is a fox and a hungry wolf!" Putting down the putter in his hand, Douglas looked at the dumbfounded Pang Mingjian and said word by word: "His tactical style is not only cunning, but also vicious! His men The two fleets may not be the strongest fleets of the Binart Empire, but in terms of attack, they are definitely the sharpest bayonets used for attack in the Binart Empire!"

After being silent for a while, Pang Mingjian asked: "What about our battle plan?"

"There is no need to modify it. Their appearance was originally unplanned. The fleet of the Nineteenth Group is absolutely impossible to be the opponent of the two Binart Elephant-class royal fleets.

I never expected to be able to block Humphrey on this channel for more than a week." Douglas stared at the interstellar map on the deduction platform, and used an electronic pen to draw a few more circles and arrows in other places on the channel. Suddenly, In the meantime, he slammed his fist on the deduction table, his face turned livid: "I won't give in! "

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"Douglas, maybe you won't give in!"

On the Feiyu Fleet flagship [Feiyu] space aircraft carrier, Humphrey was half lying on a soft recliner, looking at the interstellar map hanging above his head, and sighed quietly.

The graceful first adjutant poured the golden Boulder whiskey into a glass with ice cubes, handed it to Humphrey, and said confusedly: "Your Majesty, why is he unwilling to give in? Does he still have a chance to defeat you? ?”

"War is not always measured by victory or defeat." Humphrey smiled slightly, raised the hand that took the wine glass, and gently slid the back of his hand across the adjutant's delicate face: "Remember I told you that I and I used to Is it about the Douglas competition?"

"Remember." There were two wisps of red clouds flying on the adjutant's face, and his eyes were so blue that they were so tired that they seemed to be dripping with water.

"Don't seduce me." Humphrey grabbed a blue rose with his other hand, sniffed it, gave it to the surprised adjutant, and said with a smile, "At first, he So he was able to defeat me because behind me, there were three armored regiments pursuing us. But this time, he was in our core hinterland. In the Salga Longbow Galaxy, he has no friendly forces that can pose a threat to us."

"But Lord Duke, don't you think that if you bully him like this, you will lose the victory?" The adjutant smiled and sat down next to Humphrey, tilted his head slightly, and let his wavy blond hair fall on one shoulder. He chuckled.

Humphrey seemed to have become accustomed to the somewhat unrestrained teasing of his beautiful personal adjutant. He shook the wine glass in his hand, smiled slightly and said: "There is no absolute fairness in this world. Only the weak will beg for fairness. The strong usually bully others. The only one to blame is himself. His life is in jeopardy. Who told him to meet us arriving at the Lelei central star field just after taking over the Longbow Galaxy?"

"Is this fate?" the adjutant stared at the star map.

"Yes, this is fate." Humphrey drank the whiskey in the glass and closed his eyes: "Order, the fleet will advance in a double-track formation, and the forward fleet will increase its attack intensity. All warships will be ready for battle within three hours. , arrived at the ninth leg."

Douglas, you shouldn't stand in front of me this time! Leave this channel and adopt guerrilla tactics, and perhaps your failure will come later. But now, you regret it, it's too late.

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The battleship group, painted with the Feiyan mark and the Binart Empire mark respectively, advanced and retreated in the void.

Assault, division, ambush, outflank, volley, and strangulation of these steel behemoths made by humans have turned killing into an art. They are flying gracefully, and they are ejecting brilliant streams of light.

Almost every kilometer along the waterway from the Blue Stone Planet to the Torrecles Planet was filled with the remains of battleships.

The time in September 2063 passed quickly in the flames of war.

When the battle entered the third day, Pang Mingjian finally understood what Douglas said.

As Douglas said, Humphrey had completed the second phase of the campaign in only forty-eight hours.

The second phase of the campaign is between two planets.

The Feiyang fleet, with its back to the star, invested two entire A-class fleets to guard the bottleneck of the channel. The Binart fleet, which was on the flank of a planet and was disturbed by the meteorite belt, star light and gravitational reefs, divided the two royal fleets into two assault formations to attack left and right. .

As soon as the battle began, Feiyang's fleet felt the suffocating pressure of Binart's fleet. Under the command of Humphrey, the Feiling and Feiyu fleets made a V-shaped breakthrough with the spindle formation, completely ignoring the warships on the flanks of their formation. They had turned into a series of blooming strings in the night sky under Feiyang's overwhelming firepower assault. The fireball, with its head buried only, rushed in fiercely at high speed, leaving the shattered wreckage of the friendly ship behind.

Pang Mingjian had to admit that Humphrey's tactics were the most practical in front of this natural blocking position like a water bottle.

What seems like a tragic sacrifice is actually an advantage in time and space.

Despite the unfavorable terrain, he took full advantage of Binard's numerical advantage. From the high-speed advance of the destroyer to the fire suppression between the main formations, from the roundabout of the cruiser to the decisive investment of aircraft carrier fighters, the entire tactical action was coherent and precise.

If Douglas, who was cautious in employing troops, had not already prepared reserve forces, if he had not seen through Humphrey's high-speed destroyer division strategy at a glance and decisively deployed the reserve cruiser group to intercept on both wings, the two Feyant fleets that faced them would have been almost divided and annihilated.

In less than thirty hours, Humphrey had commanded the Feiling Feiyu fleet and completed the V-shaped rendezvous. And when this V shape turned into a huge triangle assault formation, deeply inserted into the bottleneck, the firepower advantage of Feiyang's blocking position no longer existed.

After continuing to resist for more than ten hours, the second phase of the battle ended with the Feiyang fleet winning a battle loss ratio of one to two, but losing 80% of the strategic points and being forced to retreat.

Before the Feiyang 19th Group fleet could take a breath, Humphrey immediately launched an attack on the third-stage blocking position.

Feiyang's fleet could only resist again under the command of Douglas.

Fireworks in the starry sky bloomed again.

Humphrey is like a sharp sword. The two elephant-class royal fleets in his hands are extremely aggressive. No matter how favorable the terrain the opponent occupies and how watertight the defense is, they can always use smooth coordination and indomitable ferocity to penetrate the opponent's defense line again and again.

Douglas, on the other hand, was like a strong shield. Feiyang's geographical advantage was fully exploited by him. Faced with the assault, division and outflanking of the Binart Empire fleet, he was not only able to defuse it, he was also able to often seize the fleeting opportunity to launch a counterattack. All kinds of ambushes and sneak attacks were used to perfection. Even Humphrey didn't dare to pursue him fiercely.

The rhythm of advance and retreat between the two sides seems to have fallen into a tacit understanding. Feiyang's defense is not rock solid, and Binart is not unstoppable either.

However, as the battle progresses, this balance of power seems to be in danger of tilting.

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For several days, Margaret did not have a good night's sleep.

The battle was taking place right under her nose. The bandit army's reconnaissance ship photographed every detail of the battle between the two sides. It can even be said that she now understands the battlefield situation better than Douglas or Humphrey.

In Margaret's view, the situation was not favorable for the fleet of the Feillian Nineteenth Group.

Although in the first few stages of the battle, Douglas retained his strength and achieved a battle loss ratio of nearly two to one. However, until now, the advantage of the Binart Empire is still obvious. As Douglas gradually retreats, the strategic maneuvering space and blocking positions left for the Nineteenth Group fleet have become less and less.

Humphrey and his two elephant-class royal fleets are not in vain. Their fighting power is far more powerful than imagined.

Their [Julang]-class battleships have powerful firepower and defensive capabilities that are not weaker than the [Unicorn]-class battleships. They are not at a disadvantage in the head-to-head duel between the main battleship formations.

And their [Song]-class cruiser is slender and extremely fast, and is used to attacking in groups. In battle, it can complete support operations and large-scale outflanking missions in a very short time.

There is also their [Shalang] class high-speed destroyer, which has powerful firepower and tacit cooperation. The number of establishments in the fleet is much higher than the 60 establishments of the Feiyang A-class fleet [Little Lion] class destroyers.

More importantly, they have a group of well-trained emperor warriors and a commander who is extremely skilled in commanding on the battlefield!

Humphrey is accumulating advantages bit by bit. When this advantage turns into a victory, even if every soldier in the Feiyang fleet has a steely fighting will, they will collapse.

Fatty really wants to launch an attack on such a fleet? !

The battle progress line on the command computer turns red one by one. On the radar, the battlefield between the two warring parties was getting closer and closer to the bandit fleet.

Margaret couldn't figure it out.

You know, for this small bandit fleet, what they are fighting in the starry sky are two extremely terrifying giants. Let alone targeting the bandit army, even if they are only affected by them, the bandit fleet will inevitably end up being shattered to pieces.

But Margaret raised her head and saw that the fat man was dozing off on the command seat with such confidence. His head was tilted to the right, his mouth was slightly open, and there was a trace of glistening saliva at the corner of his mouth. Not only him, but the entire bandit fleet maintained a calm and calm atmosphere. It seems that they have no idea what a crazy plan they are about to implement!

A crisp electronic sound woke up the sleeping fat man.

He sat up straight as a reflex, sitting upright, but his sleepy eyes were full of confusion and fear.

"Message from the Zangfeng Fleet" Fang Xiang, who walked quickly in front of the fat man with his head buried, suddenly stopped and stared blankly at the command computer screen in front of the fat man.

The fat man stared at Fang Xiang blankly, as if it took a lot of effort to wake up. He looked towards the command podium. On the radar, countless red light spots were approaching him. Behind these red light spots were green light spots like a tide.

"Wow!" The fat man was startled and turned his head in panic.

Fang Xiang was standing in front of him. Behind her were the big-headed Karl who stopped his deduction; Margaret who slowly stood up; and all the bandit officers and soldiers who were staring at her with flashing eyes.

The fat man trembled, grabbed the microphone, and opened the fleet command channel.

His voice, with a trace of hesitation, sounded in every silent bandit warship: "Are we going to fight them?"

"Fight!!!!!!!"

What answered him was a roar that could drown the entire universe. .