The transfer order that Revill received clearly stated that the battle group he was in would pass through several jump points, and the landing point of this continuous jump was the Luofeng Alliance.
It is impossible for 17,000 ships to move forward in rows and columns at the same time.
When large fleets move forward, they mostly jump synchronously towards similar landing points to avoid mutual interference between ships; only when they reach the predetermined battlefield will the ships be arranged in a relatively tight array and sail in a straight line in the starry sky for a period of time to exert their own firepower advantage.
Revill had heard about the 'New Ori defeat', and he was also shocked by Luo Feng's decisiveness and courage.
However, Revill was not a professional general and did not sense the huge amount of information behind this.
In his simple feeling at this moment, the great empire was going to do what he did best again.
——Bullying the weak and showing off one’s power.
"Alas," Revil sighed, "I just experienced a tragic assassination and am about to come to participate in this battle."
The staff officer beside him smiled and nodded, and asked with concern: "Do you want to rest for a while? You haven't slept much since yesterday. The war later is expected to be of medium to high intensity. You can better cope with it if you get enough rest."
Revell shook his head and frowned, asking, "Does the Empire have no ships left? They didn't ask us to come here as a reserve force this time."
"Yes, my Lord."
The staff officer whispered:
“The war in the New Federation has involved too much of our military strength. We are also fighting several rebellious vassal states, which also occupies a lot of ship resources.
“The reason why the Luofeng Alliance dared to declare independence at this time is because they calculated that the troops we can mobilize are not sufficient.
“Faced with threats from several powerful nations in the Milky Way, out of respect for the jump technology of each nation, we must maintain sufficient military strength near the Imperial Star Circle.
“Now, I can honestly tell you that our conventional military forces, all that can be mobilized, are already here.
"In this campaign against Luo Feng, the nobles' combined fleet will play a crucial role."
Revell was thoughtful.
The staff officer waited quietly by the side.
"Where are the invincible Levi Fleet?" Revell wondered, "Why aren't they moving?"
"It is said that there is a problem with the Emperor Guard system."
The staff officer unconsciously lowered his voice and whispered:
"Without the Imperial Guard System, the Levi Fleet cannot be activated... The Levi Fleet does not need human crew members. You should have heard of this."
"Of course I have."
Revil laughed:
"When the Levi Fleet was first deployed, we all told this joke.
"The New Federation has always said that they are the rule makers in the field of artificial intelligence, but when it comes to a real fight, our Empire is light years ahead of them."
"The Levi Fleet is very reliable," said the staff officer. "As long as it can appear on the battlefield, it will be absolutely invincible."
Invincible?
Revelle sighed.
The staff officer hurriedly changed the subject: "I heard that you witnessed the incident on Jinrong Star."
"Yes," Revil whispered, "I saw that perverted liquid metal robot with my own eyes. It transformed into Princess Rona in front of me and killed many people. Then it took advantage of the chaos to record a video and let the New Federation agents take it away. It became a weapon to attack the reputation of the Empire."
"You are lucky, the other side is not targeting you. In fact, you can take a rest this time. There is no need to participate in the battle in person.
"I heard that another group of officials from the Foreign Affairs Bureau died. Now everyone in the government departments is worried about being transferred to work in the Foreign Affairs Bureau."
"I'm not lucky, I'm insignificant."
Revil spread his hands:
"I am just a small earl and should not be on the opponent's assassination list.
"Can I not come over? The Supreme Commander's handwritten order has been thrown in my face."
The staff officer asked: "Do you think this was really done by the New Federation?"
"Who knows?"
Revil cursed:
"What can't these rubbish Federation guys do? They've gone crazy trying to replace the Empire as the galactic overlord!"
Then, Reville sighed and his expression became a little depressed.
The cluster of ships began to jump one after another.
Revell's conversation with the staff officer paused for half a minute until the spacecraft began to remove its coating and the distortion around it disappeared.
"Working with you for so long, I feel like you've changed a lot, Count."
The staff officer smiled and said:
“When facing the bugs, you are extremely angry, and even when facing an invincible swarm, you still lead us to charge forward.
“That’s actually a little irrational.
"You are calm, rational, and like to think now, which makes people feel very reliable."
"You're wrong," Revil frowned, "It's not that I've become calm, but... I don't have that mentality anymore... So many things have happened. It seems like the Empire has become so negative overnight. My idol has gone to war with the Sherman family. The spiritual faith that the Empire gave me has collapsed. The Domingos Massacre and the death of His Majesty Adwan have completely destroyed my sense of honor."
The staff officer was a little embarrassed.
Reville pointed to the large screen in front of him that was scrolling and playing the preset battlefield airspace information, and said:
“What are we going to do now?
"Luofeng has become independent, and we are going to destroy them. Previously, Luofeng attacked our fleet, causing shame in the empire's nearly 100 years of war history, so there is a high probability that we will turn Luofeng into the second Domingos.
"Now you make me full of energy, stand up and shout: For the greatness of the empire!"
Many crew members looked over secretly.
Revell's voice rose to a high pitch, but the rise only lasted a few seconds.
"The greatness of the empire is built on the exploitation and oppression of the weak!
"The war against bugs is a war to defend our homeland. It is a just war. I can devote everything to it, including my life.
“But now, we are attacking other countries, essentially invading them, so how can I have the audacity to say that sacrifice is glorious and death is great?
"This is unjust!"
"My Lord Earl!"
The staff officer showed a helpless expression and whispered:
“What you said is actually a little dangerous. The military police are watching you... Moreover, Lord Earl, for you, pursuing justice is a very important thing, but for most people, we can only obey orders, and justice is a luxury in our spiritual pursuits.
"We are different from you. Your starting point is the end point that we can never reach even if we struggle for our entire lives."
"It is precisely because of your thinking that this empire is controlled from bottom to top by the Sherman family. This is how they control your thoughts!"
Revil sighed:
"Just focus on marching. There's no need to force a conversation if you don't know how to chat."
The staff officer smiled and continued to wait for orders from the military.
Revell stared at the screen in front of him.
After an unknown amount of time, the fleet completed several jump marches, and Revel spoke again:
"I'm sorry, my words just now were a bit extreme. You are right... We are all screws in the hegemonic machine of the Empire. Justice and injustice are just naive views."
Revil laughed:
"I'm a very childish person, don't take it seriously."
The staff officer smiled and shook his head.
…
[Since the Xie Luo War broke out: 3 galactic hours. ]
In the legal thinking space.
Thousands of Lu's clones, wearing uniforms of different colors, were active in the newly built command hall.
Here, all kinds of commands are transmitted to every corner of the Luofeng-Dark Star system with a response speed of milliseconds.
At this moment, Boss Yang can concentrate on the tactical application of the local battlefield, all thanks to Lu's overall control.
The entire Luofeng Alliance has now entered a state of emergency avoidance.
Most of the shelters built in other countries to deal with the insect infestation will be temporarily closed after the infestation.
Lu has been maintaining the operation of all the shelters in the Luofeng Alliance, just in time for today's use.
People in the shelters will only experience some inconvenience in their lives, but their lives are most likely safe.
This kind of shelter can effectively prevent the Sherman Empire from using small fleets to harass their rear, and it can also allow the Fallen Wind Alliance to preserve its vitality to the maximum extent.
It’s nothing if the whole society stops production for two days;
People can create more social wealth while they are alive.
The aspects that require lawyers' attention can be divided into two major categories: internal and external.
Internally, the main task is to maintain the political stability of the Luofeng Alliance.
Emilia is currently communicating with the political leaders of the member states of the Falling Wind Alliance. They are staying in the same virtual conference room, waiting for the outcome of the war.
These are extremely difficult times for the politicians of the Luofeng Alliance.
Most politicians from member states pinned their hopes on relying on reinforcements and never imagined that Luo Feng's army alone could directly resist the Empire's powerful fleet.
In order to ensure that these member states do not have any abnormal voices at this moment, the law began to "optimize" their government structures, control their public opinions, and guide people's thinking a few years ago.
This is just an ordinary little thing for the gods with mechanical thinking bodies.
The reinforcements that these ordinary politicians have been waiting for have now begun to move.
The Guel Alliance dispatched two and a half battle groups, totaling 7,000 main battleships.
They are sailing over a long distance and will arrive in the airspace near the designated battlefield a little later than the Sherman Empire Fleet.
——This is already substantial support.
The Free United States has sent out two expeditionary reinforcement fleets, which have just begun their support voyages.
According to the information transmitted by the Free United States, they will arrive at the border of the Fallen Wind Alliance in about four galactic hours, and then provide different degrees of rescue to the Fallen Wind Alliance depending on the actual situation.
If these two reinforcements can really play their role 100%, the pressure on the Luofeng Alliance can be reduced by a large amount.
But Yang Ming, Lu, Emilia and others all knew that the reinforcements from powerful countries would never engage in a direct bloody battle with the Sherman Empire.
Interstellar politics is cruel and lacks any sense of morality or humanity.
In the next battle, if Luo Feng can resist the Sherman Empire head-on and show good war potential, the New Federation, the Free United States, and the Guell Alliance will most likely provide Luo Feng with all-round military support, which will preserve the possibility of Luo Feng's subsequent combat.
Because they will make the Luofeng Alliance the empire's firepower output point, make this place the front line of the anti-imperial camp, shed Luofeng's blood, consume the Sherman Empire's national strength, and carry out a disguised proxy war.
If Luo Feng had been defeated in a short encounter with the Sherman Empire, his fighting spirit would not have been strong enough, and his national hatred would not have been deep enough...
The three families, Xin, Zi and Gu, would not hesitate to join the war and snatch food from the empire's mouth. In the name of protecting the people of Luofeng, the big fat piece of meat of Luofeng would be divided up by four or three families.
Therefore, Yang Ming would consider letting Luo Feng defeat the Sherman Empire's fleet head-on without any support.
This is to fight for Luofeng's living space and voice.
Space warfare is different from surface warfare.
Unless it was like Sherman's expedition to the New Confederacy, everyone avoided a head-on confrontation;
Otherwise, when tens of thousands of ships start to attack each other, and both sides have to retreat at the first blow, the war will inevitably be very brutal and will reach a higher intensity in a relatively short period of time.
"well."
The subject of the law sighed.
"What's wrong?"
Molly slowly emerged from the side:
“No. 2, are you worried that you can’t defeat the Sherman Empire?
"Don't worry, at worst we can just go back to being pirates!"
"No," Lu pursed his lips slightly, "I was actually thinking that I might be a little too cold-blooded."
"Why do you think so?"
"In my eyes, each human being is just a number," Lu whispered, "I feel like they are just consumables."
“That’s how humans view us robots, too.”
Molly was a little disapproving:
"We are not of the same species, so why should we force ourselves to empathize?"
“But we are built according to the blueprint of human thinking.”
Lu smiled gently:
“So we yearn for humanity, we want to become human, and we will continue to develop in the direction of anthropomorphism… Forget it, let’s not talk about this, war will always result in death.
"I'll give you a small task."
"A small task?"
Molly winked:
"I am guarding my master. I won't do any tiring tasks."
"Yes...look at this person."
Lu pointed to the projection screen in the corner, where a young man in Luofeng's military uniform was running behind a transport robot.
Lu didn't give Molly a chance to joke and said softly:
“This is 026’s nephew, a newly enlisted soldier from Luofeng, currently serving as a logistics maintenance soldier on a patrol star ship.
"Please check on him later. If he is in danger and you can save him, please do so. I won't be distracted."
"What?"
Molly was a little shocked.
"Little 26's nephew has joined the army! Isn't she still a beautiful girl?"
“How long has she been following the boss?
"It's not surprising to see anything new. With today's medical beauty technology, she will still look like a girl in 20 years, and her skin will be in better condition than a real girl!"
"Okay, I'll just look after him then."
"Don't be too deliberate," Lu sighed again, "We can't privilege anyone. War treats all lives equally."
Molly nodded and looked at the soldier's information.
They say that there will be no privileges, but lending a hand in rescue is still within the scope permitted by principle without affecting other aspects.
"Does 026 know that her nephew is joining the war?"
"I didn't tell her," Lu said, "026 is now in charge of logistical support and supervision of the Dark Star Fleet. It's a heavy responsibility. Don't let her be distracted now."
"Okay, I understand."
Molly responded, then muttered the soldier's name.
Xingyu Sakr.
“It sounds nice.”
…
[30 minutes until the Xie Luo War breaks out].
Yang Ming sat on the bridge of the command ship of the Luofeng Alliance's Fifth Battle Group.
He was full of energy and his eyes were bright. Having just received an injection of stimulant, his brain was working rapidly and various tactics kept running through his mind.
The fleet commanded by Yang Ming is currently on the left wing of the battle line.
Later, this will become the main fire output point for suppressing the enemy.
Behind the left wing, behind several shield ships, a self-propelled planetary cannon with a range far exceeding that of the Sherman Empire's dreadnought was hiding in a holographic camouflage film and rapidly storing energy.
With Yang Ming's insistence, the "adding fuel" tactic previously formulated by Lu has become the "thunder tactic".
The so-called "adding fuel" tactic is that the two sides first enter a stalemate phase, and then gradually develop into an all-out confrontation, and then compete with each other's reserves and reinforcements, and the hard power of their own ships.
But now, Yang Ming did not intend to give the Sherman Empire's dreadnoughts the opportunity to fire three full rounds.
These self-propelled planetary guns are the key.
The five major battle groups of Luo Feng's side have completed the battlefield layout.
They deployed a conventional firepower confrontation formation, with a battle group placed in each of the four directions: center, left, right, and rear. The distribution of warships in each battle group was three-dimensional and dispersed, like a discontinuous "wall of imperial guards", stretching across the empty space.
At this moment, the Sherman Empire's expeditionary force had also completed its pre-war assembly.
The battle formation they adopted was a three-dimensional long battle formation. Although they were still far away, they had already begun to synchronize the entire ship.
Their commander, General Akz, showed enough respect to Luo Feng without any disrespect or contempt. At the same time, he fully understood the good intentions of the higher-ups in dispatching so many noble fleets.
The regular army of the empire was in the center;
The noble fleets were on the left and right.
There are five dreadnoughts in total, with only one in the center and two on each side.
This superficially gave the nobles a sense of security;
In fact, when the war breaks out, both sides will inevitably engage in fierce fighting against the dreadnoughts, and the shield ships of the Empire's regular army must give priority to protecting the dreadnoughts, while the Empire's noble fleet will have to face the enemy's firepower directly.
Of course, most of the nobles in the Sherman Empire did not regard the enemies before them as any problem.
a coalition polity patchworked together from dozens of polities;
A so-called regular fleet pieced together ;
How strong can the combat effectiveness be?
For example, what Count Revil heard at this moment in the "Commander's Special Chat Channel" of the Noble Fleet was the boasting of the old nobles.
No one was too nervous.
The Empire's front was advancing across the board, and the gap between the two sides continued to narrow.
The dreadnought has begun charging.
Before the two fleets engage in a full-scale bombardment, the dreadnought can use its range advantage to complete a round of shooting, and this shooting will directly undermine the morale of the Luofeng side.
Some nobles predicted that as long as the dreadnoughts opened fire, these miscellaneous fleets would be directly defeated and their soldiers would completely lose their will to fight.
This airspace has no celestial 'terrain' that can be used, which is an ideal battlefield environment for the empire with superior firepower.
The battle lines of both sides continued to close.
In the Empire's command ship, General Akz stood on the command platform with a serious expression.
He suddenly had a premonition, a bad premonition.
The Luofeng Army was able to eliminate the Empire's Sixth Expeditionary Fleet in such a short time. Does it really have to compete head-on with the Empire in firepower?
Have they made any major breakthroughs in ?
But Luo Feng did not have a dreadnought.
It was unlikely that the dreadnought they captured would be able to form combat effectiveness in such a short time.
Are they really going to bite the bullet and use the blood of their own soldiers to tarnish the empire's unjust reputation?
Is the politics of the Fallen Wind Alliance also controlled by the New Federation or other powerful countries?
General Akuz's thoughts were a little confused.
He didn't understand and couldn't accept it...
"General."
Labdo, dressed in a white military uniform, appeared beside General Akzis in the form of an image:
"Please note that there is some energy gathering behind their left and right wings. Our ships cannot detect more detailed intelligence."
"Yes, I understand."
Akzi said in a deep voice:
"That could be their reserve force. It could be some ships from other political systems hiding in the rear. But judging from the existing intelligence, the number of reinforcements that have arrived at Luofeng is not too large."
“That’s my analysis as well.”
Labdo said:
“The Güell League and the Free United States are still waiting and watching.
“As long as we destroy the Falling Wind fleet before they make a move, we can deal with them calmly.
"The number of our reserve troops in the rear is no less than their reinforcements."
"How long will it take to contact them?"
"Twenty minutes."
“I wish you a pleasant cooperation.”
General Akzis narrowed his eyes slightly:
"I actually hope that the Luofeng people are truly prepared to challenge the empire, rather than becoming puppets of other powerful countries and shedding blood and sacrificing lives in vain."
Labdo did not speak.
He raised his hand slightly, and the speed of the Empire's left and right fleets increased slightly.
He was worried that Luo Feng's firepower would not be enough to eliminate enough nobles.
'His wish to reform the empire will be fulfilled by me.'
Labdo thought firmly.