The New Atlantis direction failed miserably. This was of course bad news, but it did not exceed Yu Lian's expectations.
The Solar System Fleet has always been the most important mobile fleet of the Earth's Gonguns. Before the Battle of the Ring of Miracles, it had always been the largest, most advanced ships, and most well-manned among all fleets in the community. Indeed,
They are a group of shiny road specimens.
At least it looks like a strong army on the outside. This was of course before the Battle of the Ring of Miracles.
After that battle, the sense of security among the Gongun princes had indeed dropped to a historical low, but the resources they had managed to squeeze out to rebuild the local fleet could only be regarded as a rabble.
There is a rumor that Marshal Ferragut was able to bring this rabble to New Atlantis within the stipulated time. Yu Lian was already impressed by the old chief who was a chef.
...Of course, this may also be due to Brother Krel, but after all, he is just a consultant, and Yu Lian decided to ignore him completely.
Yu Lian always believes that if we want to stabilize the defense loopholes on the border of the New Atlantis sector, we should occupy Chero first. But this is no longer a military category.
Facts have proved that after Brünnhilt captured Cerro first, the movement of the local fleet to the New Asia border had lost its original meaning, let alone the subsequent battle.
"You are right, whether to fight or not is not the final decision of Marshal Ferragut," Feifei said.
It is said that when the mainland fleet arrived at the border of New Asia, Marshal Ferragut was actually quite hesitant, but Alliance military adviser Claire Belmont really encouraged the entire army to press forward. He pointedly pointed out that the imperial army
Even if they really occupy Chero like a deity, their military strength must be limited. Although our side is a "rabble", at least we should have an absolute advantage in military strength.
Marshal Ferragut thought this was quite reasonable. The old man had never been a very decisive and creative general, but his greatest advantage was that he listened to advice and knew how to listen to people's words instead of lies.
It is said that Marshal Paris also agreed with this point.
However, before the entire army marched, it was said that they were stopped by the Presidential Palace.
Although the Presidential Palace is the de jure commander-in-chief of the entire army, it still has to speak directly about such tactical issues, which is somewhat abstract. But forty-eight hours later, the Presidential Palace ordered another march, even bypassing the military command headquarters to issue the order.
Onboard the Mars Cook, this is the quantum state in the abstract.
Indeed, until this time, the enemy the First Fleet faced was still only one enemy ship plus 50,000 to 60,000 people in the fortress, and it still had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength - this was really a new experience for the people on earth.
If everyone has high morale, everyone moves forward bravely, everyone is united, and everyone is not afraid of sacrifice, maybe we can really get Chero back.
But we all know that expecting a "rabble" to suddenly transform into such a unified army is probably not as easy as cultivating a nine-ring psychic.
This is indeed the case. It is said that before the war began, the alliance's advisors also formulated a plan to land in three places at the same time based on their own combat effectiveness. This was actually because they were worried that the Earth's army, which was not well trained and organized enough, would land at the same point at the same time.
Landing and attacking will cause crowding, collisions and non-combat casualties.
However, the home fleet was only hit a few times by Chiello's newly repaired fortress cannon, and everyone hesitated. Marshal Ferragut tried his best to get everyone to carry out the combat mission as originally planned.
Then, after the Empire's reinforcements arrived, the Community's home fleet, which was attacked from both sides, no longer had the will to continue fighting.
In fact, this newly arrived imperial reinforcement fleet only consists of 2 battle cruisers, 3 aircraft carriers, 3 light carriers, 12 heavy cruisers and 12 light cruisers. At best, it can only be regarded as a forward fleet, and the total strength is only that after reconstruction.
A quarter of Earth's home fleet.
But even so, the First Fleet, which had high hopes from the Gongun princes of Earth, collapsed again. Even the flagship Cook was hit several times by Imperial warships.
Of course, facing the same opponent, at least most of this local fleet ran away. Compared to their predecessors who were completely wiped out in the Ring of Miracles, it was already considered good.
The military attache from the Alliance Embassy in Cirk watched the war and expressed his confusion.
"It's hard to imagine that this group and the group in Sede are all members of the community's army. It's really an embarrassment to their comrades!"
"Is this possible? Is this actually the true level of the community's military? As for Said's batch, are they special?"
"So, are the people in Sede special? Or are their commanders special?"
Such conversations and reports may just be the emotions of military observers, or they may be recorded in the report sent back to Nephi. But the specific impact it will have can only be proven by future history.
Afterwards, the Marskook dreadnought retreated to New Atlantis and began to gather the defeated troops to reorganize. However, normal people knew that as long as the empire launched another attack later, these groups of already frightened soldiers would be destroyed.
The mob can't hold on for a long time. If they can get relief from the base camp, they will definitely flee back to Earth without hesitation.
"Just run away. I'm afraid that they are not afraid now, and I'm even more afraid that the earth will issue some random order to resist until death. Feifei, it's better to send a warning to the earth in my name." Yu Lian said helplessly.
"I will immediately instruct the staff to do it." Feifei said.
Yu Lian was naturally relieved that Feifei was doing things. However, he could not help but complain: "In terms of Xinya, instead of expecting the local fleet to defend, it is better to expect the Circassians to show some fighting spirit.
This will at least harass the Imperial Army's logistics. It will be difficult for King Sulyuka to maintain his army in this direction."
"It's just the two of us here, so there's no need to be so deliberate." Feifei smiled and said, "You can call her Brynhilt, or you can call her Brynn. In fact, Yani and I also call her that."
Yu Lian just thought the girl was fishing, and continued as if he couldn't hear: "After all, they have been claiming to be the vanguard of the anti-imperialist movement for hundreds of years. The royal family of Katun has surrendered.
Doesn’t it mean that the generals have also surrendered? I remember that in addition to the royal family, the commanders and governors of various military regions also have great autonomy. Many forces, but they don’t even have middlemen, they directly receive assistance from the alliance."
Feifei nodded and said: "Yes, their full name is the United Kingdom of Cirque. The entire country's system is not more centralized than Byzantium. Well, maybe not as good as Byzantium during the Macedonian dynasty."
This was a bit too insulting. Yu Lian felt that the institutional stability and central authority of the Cirke Kingdom were at least equivalent to those of the middle and late Tang Dynasty before General Chongtian entered Chang'an.
...Wait a minute, let's talk about it, Cirke's "Chang'an" has really been taken over by the empire's masters!
What poor snapping turtle friends. They obviously did nothing and were just watching the battle. As a result, only a month has passed and they have become functionally subjugated.
In short, the situation in New Asia has completely deteriorated, and is only slightly better than the worst-case scenario. However, to put it mildly, it should have been within expectations, and it is not too rude.
What is really unexpected is that it is the direction of Nantianmen that is considered the most strict.
"Gibraltar is indeed in a tough fight. Marshal Bonaparte is indeed working hard to maintain it, but it is almost impossible to send reinforcements here."
To be honest, Yu Lian has no hope of getting reinforcements from Gibraltar. Everyone must admit that Marshal Bonaparte and the Outer Rim Fleet have done everything they can.
Last year, just after the Battle of Kaitai, when the Yu Company led troops to the direction of Nebula on the far coast, they took away all four of the Lord God-class ships, ten of the eighteen Yinglong-class strategic cruisers, and half of the
New warships and a large number of experienced crews.
At the critical point of the "intermission" of the battle, Marshal Bonaparte met the requirements of Yu Lian and Yang Xiyi and sent another part of the fleet to New China, allowing the exhausted Yang fleet to finally get a chance to breathe.
In addition, when newly trained recruits are sent to Terra, Marshal Bonaparte will try to keep the recruits while ensuring that the functions of each department and warships will not be imbalanced, while sending the veterans of the fleet to the mainland.
Need reinforcements.
Up to now, the outer ring fleet stationed in Gibraltar has only less than half of its strength at its peak. Considering that it is filled with a large number of rookies, its combat effectiveness may have been less than 40%.
Among them, serving as the core of the battle are four old-fashioned Independence-class Dreadnoughts. They are also the only remaining veterans of the Independence-class that accompanied the establishment of the community.
However, even with this small amount of troops left, Marshal Bonaparte and Yu Lian were still relatively optimistic about the future war situation.
After all, after the Battle of Kaitai, the only enemy Gibraltar had to deal with was the New World behind the Nantian Gate. This was actually the reason why Yu Lian originally wanted to attack the Blood Gate in a sneak attack, and then he must
This is the fundamental reason why the whole army took the initiative to attack and burned most of the Kingdom of Cathay to ashes.
After all, it is war, the most cruel activity that eliminates all kindness and gentleness. Yu Lian can't care about how many Cathay people will be displaced and their families will be destroyed. As long as Gibraltar can be relieved of the threat of being attacked from two sides,
This is a price that can be paid.
And the facts have indeed proved that this approach is effective.
In the next half year, the empire completely lost the possibility of attacking Nantianmen from the direction of the Blood Gate. By 834, the largest fleet that arrived at the Blood Gate was just a reconnaissance force.
If there is only one direction left to defend against the enemy, the job will be much easier.
Of course, in order to maintain his direction, Marshal Bonaparte did not even consider a decisive battle with the imperial fleet in his own territory in the New World, but instead reduced his power to the Gibraltar galaxy.
This move is a bit conservative, but understandable. With the current combat strength of the Outer Rim Fleet, Gibraltar can rely on its home field advantage to play defense, but it wants to face the Vulcan Ai head-on in an undefeated galaxy in the Western Continent.
Ran, but it is almost impossible.
Of course, this also means that on the two inhabited planets of New Lushun and New Yumen, there are more than three million soldiers and civilians in total, as well as at least 200 million sand people with community household registration, all of them have become abandoned.
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Regarding this issue, Marshal Bonaparte apologized to Yu Lian. However, Yu Lian fully understood this.
This is a war after all, and both sides are placed in the furnace. Armies, ships, farmland, factories, cities, planets, and the fate of every ordinary person are just part of the fuel. The Empire and its allies
So, of course the same is true for our own side.
Yu Lian knew that Marshal Bonaparte had equipped a large number of powerful forts around the star gate. Compared with the vast starry sky, a star gate with the size of an ordinary planet would be much easier to target. Once the imperial fleet surges from the star gate,
Entering the Gibraltar beta system, you will inevitably encounter a concentrated fire.
For example, Polaris Company produces the Tiangong MK17 turret. This space equipment is equipped with an Alliance Dreadnought-class ion cannon. As long as it can hit accurately, it can also shake the Titan ship.
And just for this kind of turret, twenty of them were built around the star gate in the outer ring.
Yu Lian is not clear about the fleet deployed by the Empire in the New World. However, he feels that facing such a defense, even if the Empire concentrates more than twice the strength of the Nantianmen defenders, it may still take one or two
Weeks later, it was possible to break through Nantianmen by sacrificing a large number of ships and soldiers.
Then comes the tug-of-war in the Gibraltar galaxy. At this stage, the people on Earth still have the home field advantage.
"So, Nantianmen has been breached?" Yu Lian asked.
Feifei smiled bitterly and repeated the report: "The Vulcan Airan has broken through the Nantian Gate and entered the Gibraltar Beta Galaxy. Everyone is fighting around the star gate."
"This is equivalent to laying a bridgehead in the Gibraltar galaxy. Why is it so smooth?" Yu Liandao.
"The Imperial Army... adopted the tactics that Teacher Yang used at Unity Fortress."
Yang Xiyi has used many fantastic tactics. Yu Lian is curious about which one it will be. It can't be like igniting a black hole inside the Unity Fortress, right?
"However, it was still called the Devil's Throat at that time." Feifei added.
Yu Lian understood immediately, but still asked in disbelief: "Rush, rush the car?"
"Rush the car." Feifei made a affirmative gesture with a heavy expression.
"But, for what?"
In the beginning, Teacher Yang was able to use the rush car because he had ready-made materials, the Leviathan that he killed with his spiritual skills. However, the Leviathan's insect shell broke through the thickest armor of the Devil's Throat.
When it hit the wall, it was already shattered. But where did the empire get such a strong and anti-physical ram body?
"It's just to defeat yourself with unity." Feifei said.
Yu Lian was startled for a moment, and then he immediately understood what was happening. He couldn't help but sigh: "Can this be considered retribution in this world?"
"Retribution? I don't believe this. Even if there is, it should be repaid to the empire." Feifei said proudly: "In this war, we stand on the high ground of justice. This is the only point you should not deny.
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"Yes, Colonel Fina Li, we are fighting a just war now." What she said was really reasonable, and of course Yu Lian could only agree:
"It's just that our enemies are evil but powerful. They have never been fools, even in this civilized era, the most successful war race in the universe. I have forgotten such a simple thing as showing leniency to the enemy. It's a shame.
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"It's not your fault, and that's not your defense zone." Feifei quickly comforted her.
Yu Lian didn't realize it, and said loudly: "If you get too carried away! If you get carried away, you will definitely be unlucky! I will definitely make mistakes in the future, and even make similar mistakes. Feifei, someone must remind me."
Feifei looked at her lover grieving in the jar and replied naturally: "Okay, Yu'er. I'm here, I've always been."