Facts have proved that Lieutenant General Thomas does have the ability to become a famous general.
His psychological quality was so strong that Yang Ming couldn't help but give him a few thumbs up.
No one can win an unexpected war, and this is especially true in interstellar space battles where technological capabilities are similar.
Of course, Lieutenant General Thomas can't either.
Yang Ming couldn't figure out why the Guel Alliance and the United States of Free America joined the war so suddenly and directly. Who gave them the motivation to act against the interests of their own countries.
A war of this scale involves all aspects of off-site factors.
The Sherman Empire had already taken care of these off-site factors, using both soft and hard tactics against the other two major powers that were most likely to change the balance of power between the Empire and the New Federation, and confirmed that they would not send reinforcements to the New Federation.
In addition to the main factor that the two families wanted to reap the benefits, the most important secondary factor was the powerful military deterrence of the Sherman Empire.
None of them understand how much strength the Sherman Empire hides.
He gives a speech, and then jumps in to attack one or two of the opponent's ships. The Imperial battleship group can reduce a lot of pressure.
This move of Lieutenant General Thomas was very risky. He was betting that the reinforcements from the Guel Alliance and the United Free States were just paper tigers and showboats, and would not really come to fight the Imperial fleet.
The most terrible thing is that after these reinforcements, a group of dark warships appeared, like ghosts from ancient times, quietly watching the enemies of the empire.
The fierce battle ended when the reinforcements from the four major powers arrived at the edge of the battlefield.
Several generals sighed.
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 major powers of the empire...
The projections of a group of generals appeared all over the bridge, holding their military caps and standing quietly, with low mourning and music revolving beside them, mourning the imperial soldiers who turned into dust in the universe during this battle.
A quarter of the ships of the five main fleets were directly destroyed, and another 30% of the ships needed to be repaired. Of the twelve dreadnoughts, four became cosmic dust and two needed to be brought back for overhaul.
Yang Ming said seriously:
"You are not the ones who need to be reviewed. I was watching the whole battle. I saw the precision of your command and the bravery of our soldiers.
Lieutenant General Thomas's tactical intention is obvious.
A series of instructions continued to be issued from the mouth of Lieutenant General Thomas, and the dozens of messengers around him could not keep up with his rhythm.
Sudden!
Lieutenant General Thomas raised his head slightly:
"If they want to fight, 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 less than 20% loss!
"Imperial soldiers never abandon their comrades!
Shield ships and supply ships suffered the most serious losses, while firepower ships suffered more injuries.
But the empire did lose.
Four of the twelve stars it originally occupied have been lost.
Now that the situation has reversed, the New Federation will definitely not be willing to let the empire's expeditionary fleet retreat calmly, and the former will inevitably struggle forward.
Yang Ming was surprised to see:
Is this...reason?
Li turned to look at Lieutenant General Thomas.
The Guel Fleet and the Free United Fleet came in a bit of a hurry. Although they were fierce, they were actually only fierce beyond the range of the imperial ships.
The Guel Alliance and the reinforcements of the United States of America on the left and right wings seemed to have received strong orders from above. The two reinforcements suddenly began to attack fiercely. 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 cursed, but he still calmly ordered, and ships everywhere began to retreat rapidly.
Lieutenant General Thomas suddenly called his name, and Yang Ming did not show any stage fright. He pondered for a few times and sighed slowly: "This war crime is not committed by the military."
General Thomas said: "We are only discussing military matters. Please be prepared to prepare for a sneak attack by the other party and wait for orders from above."
"The question is, why did the Guel Alliance and the United States of Freedom suddenly join the fight?
"It can be seen that they were not well prepared at the beginning, their will to fight was not firm, and the number of ships that came was not exaggerated. It looked like a hasty decision, rather than a premeditated decision with the New Federation.
Lieutenant General Thomas ordered the Imperial fleet not to send reinforcements, but to attack the main enemy, fight and then retreat, and defend each other.
"Our fleet retreated to the rear area with minimal casualties, repelled the enemy, and caused sufficient casualties to the New Federation Fleet."
The Imperial battleship group was still retreating, but the retreat process became more ferocious.
The combat effectiveness of the imperial army is truly terrifying.
On the one hand, he was infected by the current atmosphere of a deadly battle, and the imperial soldier element named Hanton was already burning in his bones; on the other hand, he had to maintain rational restraint and think about how to make the situation move in a direction that was more in line with his own interests.
The imperial fleet began to orderly abandon some of the ships that had lost their tactical value, and the drone swarms that had been released earlier began to appear and disappear in the vast battlefield.
Now that we have decided to join the war, why can't we completely wipe out the empire's expedition fleet, and the result is that both sides suffer losses?
The two powerful countries that could have enjoyed the "results" of the war and further drained the blood of the New Federation and its younger brothers, ignored the possible retaliatory actions from the empire later, suddenly sent troops, entered the main battlefield, and directly joined the queue to fight against the empire!
This boosted the morale of the New Federation.
"Complete takeover."
When Yang Ming looked at the back of Lieutenant General Thomas, 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 charge brewing in his head.
The five major battle groups of the empire are performing a mobile battle in deep space like a stage play. With abundant firepower and strong defense, the rate of ship loss of the New Federation fleet in the frontal attack has been significantly faster than that of the main fleet of the empire!
Now Yang Ming's feelings in his heart are complicated.
Why did they go to war?
The United Free States and the Guel Alliance mobilized several more main fleets and put them on the edge of this starry sky meat grinder.
Of course, this kind of excitement did not affect the political confrontation between the stars. The Empire's military department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to become active, and there were a lot of voices questioning the government in the Guel Alliance and the United States of Freedom.
"This time, our military headquarters has suffered serious losses in conventional combat power. Thirty percent of its ships need repairs and repairs. In the next three months, our military strength will be significantly insufficient."
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 Empire's main fleet.
If the bet is right, this retreat will be a strategic shift, and the losses of the New Federation will be greater than those of the Empire.
The friendly forces coming to support from both sides seemed to have entered a state of deadly fighting.
"Thomas!"
To be precise, the Empire was about to lose in this battle to the Guel Alliance and the United Free People who suddenly came to an end.
But he couldn't do that.
A tragic deep space collision began.
She wore twin ponytails and was wrapped in docile white metal clothes. The collar around her neck was slightly conspicuous.
An old general appears on the side screen.
The safety of the entire army depends on one person. Under this extremely huge pressure, Lieutenant General Thomas gave up on being conservative, rolled up his sleeves and made a huge gamble with the other three of the four gangsters in the galaxy.
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The New Federation had to move forward at this moment.
The Imperial fleet, which put all its firepower on the front, and the surging New Federation battleship group, were in chaos;
The two fleets on the left and right that were supposed to rush into the Imperial battle formation were only chasing a small number of fleets on the Imperial flanks, covering them with full firepower...
The bad news is that they don't have many ships to repair, and the amount of damage is about equal to the amount of damage.
He didn't know how he got along, but his prestige among ordinary soldiers of the empire was much stronger than his appeal in the society of the empire.
…
Li turned around and slowly raised his right hand. The light spots scattered from his fingertips were precise instructions.
Because of the retreat formation, the effective firepower utilization rate, which was originally only a maximum of 75%, has now soared to 90%.
The Imperial battleship group was slowly retreating, gradually transforming from a semi-surrounded situation to facing only a fan-shaped enemy warship group.
In the blink of an eye, Yang Ming saw a slender figure appear in front of Lieutenant General Thomas, and the entire operation interface of the command podium changed significantly.
…
As soon as this battle ended, the online world of the Milky Way was boiling.
Flagship of the Imperial Battleship Group.
The general trend of public opinion is:
The Imperial battleship group, which was still a bit messy on the edge, took less than two minutes to restrain itself.
She glanced at Yang Ming with somewhat dull eyes, without any emotion or agility like Lu.
Something.
However, after seeing the empire's reinforcements, they took the initiative to retreat.
The old general gave a powerful shout, and the image disappeared immediately.
At the meeting, the commanders of each battle group conducted a brief self-examination and summarized the shortcomings of the fleet in various aspects before the Imperial Guard system took over the battle.
After the memorial service, without any delay, Lieutenant General Thomas held a military summary meeting.
The empire lost.
Etc., no matter what.
Yang Ming saw from behind Lieutenant General Thomas' slightly clenched and constantly unclenched fists.
Out of anger, the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed, and Lieutenant General Thomas immediately made the most rational decision.
"yes!"
[The Empire was defeated even though it was one enemy against three, but the New Federation suffered heavy losses due to its superior numbers.]
The warships of the empire's tributaries appeared on the left flank of the reinforcements. They were a ragtag group, but the number of ships was more than 3,000.
If we really want to fight a life-or-death battle with the Imperial Fleet, then one of the two fleets must cut off the retreat of the Empire's five major battle groups, sacrifice themselves, and suffer heavy losses to the Empire's military strength.
The military support came with two complete battle groups, carrying three brand-new models of dreadnoughts.
Become more concise.
Yang Ming stared at Li's back quietly and didn't say a word for a long time.
There was a soft ding sound, and the instruments in various parts of the command flagship suddenly jammed.
Losing a quarter of the ship is equivalent to losing a quarter of the manpower. The lifeboats and escape cabins on the ship are completely just decorations in a war of this intensity.
In terms of losses of ships and soldiers, the two sides were actually evenly divided.
The second and fifth battle groups carried out conservative fire attacks on the left and right wings, and during the retreat process, they gathered towards the central area and launched a second round of fire attacks on the New Federation fleet that was pursuing frontally.
Fortunately, this fierce and fierce battle only lasted for more than two hours.
"I'm sorry, teacher, please allow me to reject your proposal."
He won the bet.
An old general sighed: "Things have already happened. We must prepare for the worst and use the power of one country to fully confront the other three powers."
The empire that was supposed to be defeated began to retreat in an orderly manner;
"Yes, the three of them are working together, which not only puts huge pressure on our expedition, but also poses a greater threat to the entire empire. Local defense forces need support, and regional emergency response forces also need to occupy a lot of resources."
The four major powers in the galaxy and the other three join forces, even if they are as powerful as the empire, they cannot win this war that is "passively and poorly prepared".
"Hanton, what do you think?"
Things were even worse for the New Federation. The two main fleet groups lost their numbers and organizations. When the war started, they had the upper hand in total, and ultimately suffered battle losses of 7,000 battleships.
Only by eliminating the effective forces of the New Federation can we continue to take the initiative in subsequent battlefields!
Yang Ming kept thinking beside him.
"The New Federation battleship group is in hot pursuit. We must make a choice. Our unit will charge the enemy to cover the rest of the battleship group's retreat! Our unit! We will return ten times the casualties to the enemy!"
Almost instantly, the entire Imperial battle group became a whole, and each operator on each ship received an instruction specific to which button to press every three seconds on average.
"confirmed."
Second, if the empire loses a large number of ships and its military strength is reduced, it is in its own interests.
Now that the Empire has regarded the two countries as enemies, if the New Federation loses in this war, then the two of them will inevitably face the Empire's Invincible Fleet...
The reinforcements arriving from the New Federation already account for most of Mingte City's defensive force. Fleets from all regions are gathering towards Mingte City to fill the huge defensive holes in the rear.
The generals fell silent.
This powerful deterrent is the source of confidence for the Imperial Military and the source of fear for the Free United and the Guel Alliance.
But now...
"Are we going to give up these eight administrative stars? If those four administrative stars are taken away by the other party, there will inevitably be a series of negative impacts on the plunder order, and we will fall into absolute passivity in terms of the right to speak in public opinion."
"General, please follow the commander-in-chief's order! Follow the range I have designated and use formation No. 12 for cross-covering!"
Her voice echoed around her, and her raised right hand was aimed at the front window.
Nothing else, the Imperial reinforcements are really scary.
At this moment, the battlefield situation changed again.
Yang Ming seemed to see that from the battleship's command system outward, the entire imperial battleship group was covered by silver-white light waves.
"Why did these two families start to attack again in the middle of the battle regardless of casualties? This is somewhat unreasonable. This is too abnormal."
This plays right into Lieutenant General Thomas's plan!
However, the history of the Milky Way has shown that the Sherman Empire's military headquarters only controls the empire's conventional military force. The empire possesses extremely powerful 'unconventional' combat capabilities.
Obviously, the pressure on this lieutenant general has reached a critical point.
The girl who suddenly appeared was obviously a realistic projection, and Yang Ming was very familiar with this.
Although the number was small, only more than a thousand, it was enough to express the empire's firm determination to fight this war to the end.
The small half of the Milky Way has truly become a mess.
The next thing the empire will fight is this psychological gap!
He can actually do some small things at this time, such as calling on the empire's soldiers to bravely kill the enemy, which can increase the empire's combat power by 12%.
"Please set strategic goals."
It also made the empire extremely angry, but there was nothing they could do.
In human wars, the higher the technological content, the lower the impact of the soldiers' own beliefs and morale on the war situation.
First, the Imperial Military Department did not make clear requirements for him.
Among them, the first, third, and fourth battle groups, with full firepower output, are facing the New Federation Fleet to exert pressure and attack the New Federation Fleet's effective strength.
After the previous fierce battles, the Empire and the New Federation suffered huge losses. After reinforcements from both sides arrived, they did not have enough confidence in defeating each other, so they retreated across the board with a tacit understanding.
On the other hand, the commander of the New Federation is eager to kill the enemy and is eager to keep the Empire's main fleet in this starry sky. At this moment, he has ordered an all-out attack.
Yang Ming listened to the whole process, and the deepest emotion in his heart was the 'professionalism' of the imperial army.
The Güell Alliance and the United States of America each lost hundreds of ships, and each sacrificed tens of millions of soldiers.
Yang Ming stood behind him with his arms folded.
Yang Ming asked: "Is there any taboo about this?"
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, and the thoughts in his heart gradually came to life.
If the bet is wrong, the casualties of the Imperial fleet will be 30% to 50% higher than the casualties of direct retreat across the board.
The main reason is that the Imperial Military has shrunk its defense lines in preparation for subsequent attacks by the three powers, and the New Federation took the opportunity to regain four administrative stars.
The good news is that most of the lost ships are from the motley crew and old ships from the "storage and restart" process.
The battleship group of the noble private soldiers appeared on the right wing of the reinforcements. Although the ships were more miscellaneous and lacked combat power, the number of ships above the 300-meter level exceeded 5,000.
That is the real "Levi" fleet.
"The Levi fleet was launched earlier. Did you see it?"
The entire army took the battle group as a unit and immediately implemented the third retreat plan, and the entire army retreated.
"There is no taboo," Lieutenant General Thomas said sternly, "Don't worry about them. We will fight at our own pace. If it weren't for the Imperial Guard System this time, we wouldn't be able to defend even one of the twelve administrative stars this time.
.The meeting is dismissed.”
Imperial Guard.
The back of the girl with the ponytail appeared in front of Yang Ming's eyes.
Although this comparison is somewhat superficial, but... my own Xiaolu is still more beautiful.