Chapter 1721 The stronghold is useless, but we still have to take the spaceship to collect food.
On the New Yumen side, the Community also has a group of defense fleets with strong combat effectiveness. There are three to five light cruisers, more than ten destroyers and assault ships, more than ten gunboats in the system, and particularly troublesome lightning strike ships. It is said that the number should be
There are more than thirty ships. In addition, the outer ring fleet remaining at Nantianmen can also come over at any time to support.
All the Imperial Army staff officers aboard the Vulcan Airan all agreed that the biggest obstacle they encountered should be the New Yumen.
However, when the Imperial Army's forward fleet composed of high-speed cruisers arrived at Xinyumen, they were shocked to find that the weather was very calm. Almost all the shipyards, space stations and power arrays in the orbit of the galaxy had been destroyed, leaving only a few automatic turrets.
, shelling the Imperial fleet in vain.
The Imperial fleet thought it was a trap, so they hesitated and waited in the outer orbit for at least six hours.
The Purple Lightning Dragon fighter jets escorted the reconnaissance aircraft and circled the galaxy several times cautiously - they were very afraid of being intercepted by the light-wing aircraft - but they still found no danger.
The imperial fleet knocked down the automatic turrets and swept away the mine groups step by step. It took them three times as long as before, but they still did not encounter any surprise attacks by the enemy fleet.
Later, after carefully inspecting the wreckage of the shipyard, the cautious Imperial reconnaissance aircraft identified the "bones" of the gunships in the system. Even such old, bulky warships with almost no use except for firepower, the people on earth are not prepared to keep them.
Gave it to the enemy.
It was only at this time that the newly arrived Empire's forward fleet realized belatedly that the Earthlings' New Yumen Fleet might really be gone.
However, the New World Fleet, which had suffered many losses and had already suffered ptsd, only cautiously surrounded the New Yumen Planet, but did not send the marines to land.
They even put a considerable distance away from the planet's atmosphere, probably to prevent a sudden burst of heart-stopping fireworks from the surface.
"Ha, what a smart man." Marshal Farrell said with a smile.
"Brigadier General Ivan is indeed a smart and prudent man." Chief of Staff General Thremmo said.
"No, I'm talking about the city defense commander of Xinyumen. I remember it was General James Carter, right?"
The newly appointed adjutant quickly reported: "Yes. This Admiral Carter served as the director of the cantilever theater and the director of the logistics audit of the Military Command Department. During the Conviction War, he served as the general logistics director of the Community Expeditionary Force. During the war
After the outbreak, he was appointed as the commander of the New World Theater, but before that, he had no experience as the commander of an actual combat force."
The adjutant is very confident in his memory. He has memorized the names and general resumes of all the generals in the community, and even knows a lot about his family background and life hobbies.
Unfortunately, the marshal did not intend to continue asking, but just sighed to himself:
"...Human beings, if they are not favored by fate, they will not know where their limits are."
There was a hint of respect in his words: "For example, if I had not had the opportunity to fight against Marshal Este during the Glory Mission military exercise, I would not have been recommended by His Highness Brünnhilt, let alone be admitted.
Your Majesty's discernment. I was just born into an ordinary citizen family, but I received the Marshal's Scepter before I was sixty years old. Isn't it a great blessing from God?"
Of course, the adjutant did not dare to speak. He was vaguely and keenly aware that the marshal seemed to compare His Highness Brünnhilt with the emperor, but then he was startled by his own thoughts, and he suddenly wanted to turn himself into furniture.
God of the universe, who can save me? Am I not born in an ordinary citizen family?
Chief of Staff Admiral Selemer said: "Of course they are also smart people. The New Jade Gate Guard Fleet can indeed bring some threats to us, but it will not affect the overall situation. On the contrary, retreat to Nantianmen, and the outer ring fleet and the Gibraltar Fortress
By holding together for warmth, we can give full play to our combat power. But in this way, they are equivalent to leaving the entire New Yumen to us."
"Yes, yes, New Yumen and New Lushun, we occupied all the colonies of the community in the New World in one day. It's really a good military achievement, isn't it? Bobby." Marshal Farrell said.
I always feel that the way you call me is like barking a dog. The adjutant thought carefully, but he could only reply cautiously: "Uh... yes, that's it?"
"Idiot, isn't Yaochi still in the hands of the people on earth?" Marshal Farrell said loudly.
The adjutant hurriedly bowed and apologized. Even so, he still felt that Marshal Farrell was a little crazy.
After the war began, the Community had a total of eight strongholds in the Dawn Star Territory, but they were all eradicated by Marshal Farrell's men. Even the main force of the Earth Marines who resisted in the Ring of Miracles was almost wiped out.
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In comparison, a small Yaochi cannot affect the overall situation of the war at all.
Although that planet is indeed like a copper pea, it cannot be bitten, boiled or crushed, and the empire has indeed lost troops and generals there, but this can only be said that "it is not that our army does not work hard, but that the enemy is too cunning."
In fact, when he suffered a small loss in the early stages of the war, Marshal Farrell proposed a strategy of encircling Yaochi without attacking, but he did not receive approval from the Grand Marshal's Palace and the Privy Council.
The subsequent repeated failures certainly proved the wisdom of the frontline marshal, but cruelly speaking, the empire could still afford this price.
As for the Yang fleet... that is a big trouble, but since they cannot get supplies, they will only fight less and less, and become weaker and weaker. They have disappeared recently, which should be the biggest proof.
Overall, the battle situation in the Dawn Star Territory should have stabilized, probably...
Admiral Ta Yin, who is currently responsible for taking over the battle situation in the Dawn Star Territory, is also a master-level military engineer and has now gone to Dawn Pass to take up his post.
The new war zone commander is ready to use Dawn Pass as his headquarters, and also proposed that in order to revitalize the war situation in the entire Dawn Star Territory, the first task is to rebuild the Unity Fortress. At the same time, he should also build the Fortress of Unity in Onotia and
The Queen Galaxy will build another large fortress respectively, so that it can completely block the activity space of Yang Fleet.
I don’t know what the big guys in the Privy Council think of it, but it sounds like a huge effort. No wonder Commander Farrell is so angry, the adjutant thought.
Fortunately, although the Marshal has been holding back a lot of anger recently, he will not really vent his anger on a young adjutant. He immediately ordered the forward fleet to blockade Xinyumen, and at the same time, warships should be sent to continue the investigation.
"It will be ten hours before they receive this order from me. If Ivan in front was smarter, he should have taken action in advance." The marshal said.
"Brigadier General Ivan is a smart and prudent man." Chief of Staff General Thelemmer repeated it again, obviously very confident in his old subordinate.
However, he paused and then said: "It's just that the Privy Council has ordered us to completely occupy the New Jade Gate and at the same time conduct an all-round exploration of the ruins of the Enlightened Ones that were exposed during the Judgment War."
The marshal nodded lukewarmly: "Let's wait for the exploration information ahead."
In this way, a Titan, two Dreadnoughts, and more than two hundred Imperial warships, large and small, continued to stand by in New Port Arthur, staring at a planet that had completely lost its defense capabilities.
Fortunately, the ensuing battle was relatively calm.
Four hours later, the landing operation on the New Lushun planet was basically declared over, and all the Community military strongholds and residential settlements that the imperial intelligence department could control were occupied.
There may still be a small number of troops or secret bases lurking in the deep sea waiting for opportunities to resist, but they can no longer cause any big disturbance.
Then, there is the one-stop process of setting up a security station, conducting officers, posting public notices, etc.
In addition, several small arsenals and machinery parts factories on the island were blown up by the defenders, but at least the Imperial Army also safely captured the two huge tidal power stations.
"Very good, at least we don't have to transport batteries for heating and lighting for half a million people from the Gate of Glory." Marshal Farrell said.
"However, we have to send rations for another half a million people." Admiral Thelemo sighed: "Just now, a group of mothers holding their children came to the door crying and saying they were hungry. I can only use the army rations.
Allocate part of it."
"They should resume production." Farrell said handsomely.
"But, that will have to wait until next year. The Community soldiers destroyed the algae fields and the hydroponic farms in the bay, and sent away all the food and military supplies. This is actually a conspiracy of the people on earth." Admiral Thelemo sighed.
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"It's a conspiracy, my friend. I guessed that they would definitely do this, and they also knew that I would definitely guess that they would do this, but it cannot be cracked."
After the war broke out, many immigrants from the New World fled back to their homeland. However, there were always ordinary people who moved their families and resettled and established a new life in the colonies, but they really could not leave their hometowns.
New Port Arthur is an ocean planet, with a land area of ​​less than ten percent of the surface. There are more than half a million residents on the major islands and surrendered and captured soldiers.
More importantly, almost all of them are human beings. Even the brutal abstract Imperial Army cannot slaughter hundreds of thousands of people just to save some food.
Moreover, for the Galactic Empire, this kind of colony with a large human population is very good. They are also quite confident in their own system and assimilation ability. They firmly believe that as long as they are human, as long as they can bathe in the emperor's
Under the glory, it won't take long for him to become a loyal son (cow) and citizen (horse) of the empire again, and he will be a proper son of a good family.
"We are responsible for the survival of the more than 500,000 citizens of New Port Arthur. This is also the obligation of a qualified conqueror." Marshal Farrell said.
The chief of staff said: "However, there are still two million human immigrants in New Yumen. In addition, there are more than 100,000 Lumina immigrants, and at least 300 million sand people."
"I have said before that we should not carry out landing operations on New Lushun and New Yumen. As long as all the fleets and space stations of the Earthlings on the New World Highway are cleared. The march route from the Gate of Glory to Nantianmen will be smooth.
Unimpeded. As for those two planets, it has never been important."
"Like Yaochi?"
"It's like Yaochi, it has the same nature."
"But, you just said that the conquerors have obligations to the citizens?"
"There is indeed an obligation. But as long as we don't land, don't we not have to be bound by the false name of conqueror?" Marshal Farrell sighed.
"Is this your "theory of the uselessness of strongholds"? However, in the eyes of most senior generals and the adults in the Privy Council, your strategic theory is still a bit too radical." Admiral Thelemo said.
"It doesn't matter. Some people agree with it and are ready to execute it personally," Marshal Farrell said.
The staff officers and adjutants present were all elites of the Imperial Army, and naturally they all knew who the marshal was talking about, but it was really difficult for them to answer the question, so they could only remain silent with awkward yet polite smiles.
A silent bitter smile flashed across the face of the chief of staff, and he comforted in a low voice: "After all, the Dragon King and mortals are different."
The implication is that the elected emperor is still qualified to take responsibility if he messes up, but ordinary people cannot bear such a big blame. In front of the Chenxi royal family, even the marshal of the empire, how can he not be a "mortal"?
To be continued...