From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 288 Sea Power Supremacy, Trafalgar

Trafalgar, located in a fleet assembly area in the deep space of the frontline galaxy, received two encrypted messages from Marine One within a few hours.

The distance from the Federation Navy Experimental System to the border is not as far as the Capital System, so when Marshal Trafalgar read these two messages, it was only six days away from the date of issue.

The first piece of information was the information that the current emperor of the Star Dragon Empire, Frederico Rosa Leon, was critically ill and had been sent to the 'prayer room' of the Grand Palace.

It also includes the actions of various forces within the Star Dragon Empire, as well as predictions of their next moves.

Although Trafalgar's stereotype of the intelligence department as being "unreliable" has not been completely changed, it does not have much confidence in the CIA and Naval Intelligence Division's predictions of actions within the empire and the naval fleet.

But after several previous verifications of the information they obtained, Trafalgar still believed it was credible.

And his reaction to seeing this intelligence was just as Defense Secretary and old classmate Miller predicted, and he was ecstatic.

He was having a regular meeting of the fleet command. He was so excited that he slapped the table hard, startling a fleet commander who was speaking. He thought there was something wrong in his report, which angered him. A grumpy admiral.

However, after hearing Marshal Trafalgar, who was in the main seat, roaring "Okay!" like an old lion, the fleet commander knew that his immediate boss seemed to have deserted.

Soon, everyone attending the regular meeting of the fleet command also learned the news through the mouth of Marshal Trafalgar, and everyone became excited.

For these navies who are fighting fiercely on the front line, such news will definitely boost morale and give them hope of victory in this war.

"Counterattack! Counterattack! Counterattack!"

"Fight the Empire! Capture the Dog Emperor alive!"

You see, we can't just talk about Trafalgar alone. The other generals of the federal navy also have almost the same virtue.
When the regular meeting of the fleet command was gradually diverted amidst the chants of everyone, Marshal Trafalgar laughed and raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling for everyone to quiet down first.

"First of all, I want to correct what you just said about 'capturing the Dog Emperor alive'. I personally estimate that he won't be able to wait until we capture him alive."

Everyone immediately laughed, and Trafalgar continued:

"I believe everyone here has noticed that if this intelligence is credible, then it is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! We can indeed consider entering the stage of strategic counterattack and take back the country!

They even invaded the territory of the Star Dragon Empire."

The Confederate Admiral stood up and put his hands on the table. He had been waiting for this moment for too long.

Like most naval officers, Marshal Trafalgar was a loyal supporter of the 'sea power theory' during his time at the Naval Academy.

This argument, which was born before humans even left the Blue Star, and even used sail warships to fight each other on the sea, has been proven to have extremely high reference value until now.

In Trafalgar's favorite war history class, the old professor who participated in that war would also tell them every detail of that year.

In the war between the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire, because the naval fleet was not as powerful as the Empire, the Federation always lost more in fleet battles than it won.

In particular, the loss of several key battles caused the Federation to lose many wealthy systems that should be included in the Federation's territory.

Every time he heard this, young Trafalgar found it difficult to calm down the indignation and unwillingness in his heart.

I am also deeply aware of the importance of a powerful navy to human countries in this era.

Therefore, after he entered the army after graduation and gradually climbed to a high position, he devoted almost all his attention to building the Federation Navy, and hoped that one day he could incorporate the territory of the Star Dragon Empire into the Federation's territory.
However, the long period of peace has caused the federal government to shift its decision-making almost completely to economic construction. The navy's annual military expenditures have been cut again and again, the shipbuilding plan has been delayed again and again, and the research and development of new warships has been suspended. There is no end in sight at the drawing stage.

If Trafalgar hadn't joined forces with Secretary of Defense Miller and the bunch of useless politicians in Congress to argue after he took office as the Admiral of the Navy, the 'Grand Monster' battleship, which is currently the main force of the federal navy, might still be on the drawing board.
But no matter how tortuous and difficult the previous story was, at least now Trafalgar saw the possibility of realizing his 'lifelong wish'.

Soon, Marshal Trafalgar ordered all fleets to prepare for battle immediately, and when the order was issued, they would immediately set sail and enter combat positions.

Just after the regular meeting of the fleet command ended, Trafalgar was thinking about how to persuade President Brandon to agree to sign the 'General Mobilization Order' and launch a war of annihilation against the Star Dragon Empire.

A second encrypted message from the rear was also transmitted.

The 'Supernova Outbreak' operation was approved, and the results of this operation will directly serve as one of President Brandon's considerations for whether the 'General Mobilization Order' should be signed.

Soon, a private summons from Defense Secretary Miller was also transmitted to Trafalgar's personal terminal through an encrypted route.

He roughly described the situation of the private meeting with President Brandon, and explained President Brandon's current status straightforwardly. As long as the 'Supernova Outbreak' operation can achieve the expected results, then the 'General Mobilization Order' will definitely be signed. "It seems that winning is not enough. You also have to win beautifully."

Marshal Trafalgar looked at the message sent by Miller and muttered to himself.

The operational plan of 'Supernova Outbreak' has no problem in executing it at the strategic level. The required 15 main fleets and 6 unmanned fleets will be in place in the next period of time.

After gaining an absolute advantage in fleet numbers, Marshal Trafalgar was still confident of winning this battle.

But if you want to win well, you have to spend time carefully planning the tactical execution level.

Twenty-one fleets, facing two man-made celestial fortresses and eight expeditionary strike groups, do not seem to have a big gap in terms of comprehensive combat capabilities. After all, the empire did not build these celestial fortresses in vain.

If the fleet maneuvers a little carelessly during the battle, more than half of it will be swept away by the focusing rainbow.

Therefore, when the enemy's man-made celestial body fortress enters the scene, the federal fleet's combat error tolerance is actually very low.

But the universe is not flat, but three-dimensional.

Although in conventional fleet battles, both fleets adopt a 'box formation' or a 'hemisphere formation', engaging in long and tedious exchanges of fire.

However, when the number of fleets exceeds a certain order of magnitude, the party with the numerical advantage can consider conducting a 'pincer attack' from any angle.

For a party forced to engage in defensive operations due to numerical disadvantage, what they need to defend is no longer just their own back, but from any angle on the entire celestial sphere.
This also gave Marshal Trafalgar room to maneuver.

According to the results of the current investigation, the empire has rotated in this batch of fleets, although they are still a battle group led by two dukes respectively, with the artificial celestial fortress as the core.

But these two men had obviously learned the lessons of Duke and Duke William and no longer rashly divided their forces.

Whether conducting tactical maneuvers or attacking federal fleets or planets, the two battle groups maintained a joint action posture.

Marshal Trafalgar also knew very well the intention of the two imperial dukes, which was to force the Federation to engage in a large-scale head-on battle with them.

Even if the Federation launches an attack on several galaxies at the same time, these two battle groups will maintain consistency in their actions, attacking one galaxy after another.

The dispersed federal fleet was either easily annihilated in the battle or abandoned the system and evacuated.

Once the Federation joins forces and engages in a fleet battle with them, it will play into the hands of these two dukes.

The firepower and tactical support capabilities of the two celestial fortresses can give the imperial fleet a great advantage on the battlefield.

It seems that the Federation Navy has nothing to do with these two battle groups. It can only have the ability to compete after the Federation's "monkey version" mobile fortress is put into battle.

But Field Marshal Trafalgar decided to do the opposite.

Don't you want to have a fleet battle with me?
Row!
I'm here to satisfy you. I'll assemble a super-large fleet to take the initiative to fight with you!
Then we will see whether the federal fleet is eaten up first, or whether the two imperial battle groups are killed first.
Regardless of how the two sides arranged the tactical details, or what the differences were, in the strategic direction of 'seeking a fleet decisive battle', both sides in the arena were tacitly consistent.

After fighting against the empire's man-made celestial fortress several times, Marshal Trafalgar also had some experience and some 'problem-solving ideas' at this time.

He had made a judgment as early as the first battle - it was an extremely stupid act to blindly shoot at an imperial battle group with an artificial celestial fortress.

This is equivalent to asking the opponent to put the weapon in his hand against his heart.

So far, the best solution summarized by the old marshal is to drag the opponent into a close-range boarding battle.

In this way, when the fleets of both sides are entangled and it is difficult to adjust the shooting range of the artificial celestial fortress, the influencing factors brought by these two big guys will be greatly reduced.

The outcome of the battle will also be affected to a greater extent by the technical and tactical levels of the conventional fleets on both sides.

But at this point, Trafalgar has absolute confidence in his battle-tested fleets.
An hour later, a relatively rough draft of the battle plan was sent to the fleet staff.

Two and a half hours later, a formal document of the battle plan, which had been adjusted and revised by the fleet's tactical staff, was successively distributed to all fleet commanders according to the distance between them.

Soon, the main federation fleets that were already in various border systems left their deep space moorings and secretly maneuvered towards the area on the plan where a war was about to break out.

(End of this chapter)