From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 475 The Last Federation Hero
"The Chaos Fortress was destroyed and Duke William died in the battle?"

"More than half of the fleets under the Gospel and Tranquility Fortress Battle Group were sunk in battle, and Tranquility Fortress was severely damaged and lost its ability to fight further?"

When Amber received accurate information from the front line of the war between the Federation and the Empire, it was already a day after the strategic decisive battle between the Federation and the Empire ended.

When the information that Lilith assisted the Intelligence Analysis Center in collecting and verifying appeared on the virtual screen, everyone in the "Command Observation Group", including Amber, was stunned.

Since the time span of this strategic decisive battle was too long, the members of the "Command Observation Group" could not really observe the entire process. After all, even on the warships of the two warring parties, there would be personnel rotation.

So after confirming that the general movements of the Federation and Empire fleets were consistent with the predictions of Amber and others, Amber temporarily stopped the meeting and let everyone go back to rest and wait for the outcome of the battle.

But no one expected that when everyone gathered in the virtual space again, they would hear such news.

"How could this happen? How could the Empire's attacking force suffer such heavy losses? Although they were passively attacking under the guidance of Marshal Trafalgar, their strength is obviously much higher than that of the defending Federation fleet."

Cleves's question represented the thoughts of most people present, including Guterres. Everyone had previously agreed that the mobile fortress and defense fleet would cause some "minor troubles" to the empire.

But now it seems that this 'little trouble' is not small at all.

"The Chaos Fortress was destroyed by a direct hit from the Federation Mobile Fortress and the attack of the proton annihilation bomb." Amber spoke out the information he knew, with a tone of disbelief in his voice.
“According to the intelligence we have collected so far, after the first round of attacks failed to directly destroy the mobile fortress, the Fortress of Sorrow and the Fortress of Chaos were soon caught in close combat under the suicide assault of the Federation Mobile Fortress and the fleet.

We don't know why the Imperial battle group with superior manpower would choose to fight at close range. Arrogance? Underestimation of the enemy? But obviously they paid an irreparable price for it in the end.

After getting into a close-range battle, a Federation fleet severely damaged the Chaos Fortress's power unit at the cost of almost being wiped out. Then, before the main gun of the Sorrow Fortress fired for the second time, the Federation Mobile Fortress directly rammed it and detonated its two proton annihilation bombs.

Listening to Amber's description, everyone couldn't help but fall silent. Although it was just a simple briefing that omitted most of the details, they could still feel the tragedy involved.

This can be said to be the heaviest loss suffered by both sides in a single battle since the war began.

Not to mention the warships that were sunk in the battle, in the two fortresses that were engulfed by proton annihilation bombs alone, there were millions of crew members who disappeared in this sea of ​​stars.

"As for the other battlefield." Amber watched everyone slowly digest the previous information and continued:

"The Gospel and Tranquility Fortress battle groups commanded by Duke Hastings actually had the upper hand at the beginning. They chose to enter the battlefield after the main guns of the Federation Mobile Fortress opened fire, and under the concentrated fire of the two 'Focusing Rainbows', they directly blew up the Federation Mobile Fortress that had lost the initiative."

"Wait. With such a huge advantage, why would a celestial fortress be destroyed?" Guterres frowned when he heard this. In his opinion, after the Federation's mobile fortress was destroyed, the remaining fleet was almost a group of lambs to be slaughtered facing the Empire's fortress battle group.

"It's still because of the proton annihilation bomb." Amber couldn't help but sigh when he said this. He had to sigh that although the Federation had various problems, a small number of people still had unimaginable courage and bloodiness.

"We don't know exactly what happened, but the final result was that the Federation Fleet lost two-thirds of its troops, and used multiple proton annihilation bombs to replace nearly half of the Imperial Fleet.
As for the Tranquility Fortress, it seems to have been attacked by a new type of proton annihilation bomb that warped in. If the fortress's defense fleet had not happened to block the attack path, forcing the proton annihilation bomb to detonate prematurely, the Empire might have lost more than just a Chaos Fortress."

After Amber finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

The beginning and subsequent direction of this strategic decisive battle were not out of prediction, but the final result was beyond everyone's expectations.

Because in everyone's opinion, the Empire has an absolute advantage in terms of manpower in these two battlefields. Not only does it have more warships than the Federation Fleet, but it also has a two-on-one advantage in the fortresses. People like Randall and Cleves almost wanted to say "bad" outright.

Amber naturally noticed the changes in everyone's expressions, and also saw the thoughts of Randall, Cleves and several other trainee fleet commanders, and immediately spoke:

"I know you all think that the Imperial Fleet fought a terrible battle, but you must not ignore the ability of the Federation's proton annihilation bomb to turn the tide of the battle in an instant.

If this thing doesn’t hit the target, it’s fine, but if it does hit the target, the damage it causes will be unacceptable to anyone, including us.”

Seeing everyone's increasingly serious expressions, Amber continued:

"Not to mention that the Federation may have mastered a method to deploy this strategic weapon through 'jumping', which is definitely worthy of high vigilance.

Moreover, the life-and-death fighting style of the commanders of the two mobile fortresses must have caught the commander of the Empire off guard, especially the commander who ordered the attack on the Chaos Fortress. According to information from other channels, the federal government is preparing to posthumously award him the title of "Federal Hero".

Even outsiders like us didn't expect the Federation Fleet to fight so desperately. The Imperial Fleet, which had the upper hand on the battlefield, probably had a harder time realizing this, so it wasn't surprising that they were caught off guard for a while."

However, what Amber did not say was that those who died on the battlefield were basically the last batch of brave senior officers in the Federation.

Although the current situation is quite different from the "plot" in the game, there is one similarity: at this point in time, the Federation has lost its last batch of experienced senior officers.
"I agree with what the boss said. If we face the same situation in the future, we must not follow the 'footsteps' of the Imperial Fleet."

Guterres took over Amber's words and said, "Although the federal fleet did achieve great results, we cannot ignore the fact that they also suffered heavy losses.

The only two mobile fortresses were completely destroyed in the battle, and the mobile fortresses' defense fleets were also destroyed. Although the legend of the "imperial celestial fortress is invincible" has been broken, the Federation has also lost a strategic unit that can compete with it in a short period of time. "

Hearing the words of the former Vice Admiral of the Federation Navy, Amber nodded and said, “Even if the three elite battle groups of the Federation took the initiative to attack and put great pressure on the Empire’s front line and wiped out a large number of manpower, the loss is not small.

Not to mention the conventional losses, the battle group codenamed 'Leviathan' directly collided with the battle group of the Glorious Fortress commanded by Duke Soran who arrived at the front line urgently. In the end, only 30% of the warships successfully withdrew from the battle."

"So, both the Federation and the Empire suffered heavy losses? Not only did a large number of warships sink in the battle, but the Federation also lost its only two mobile fortresses. The Empire was even worse off, with a duke killed!"

Randall shook his head, and it was not difficult to tell from his expression that he was still a little dazed.

"Almost." Amber nodded.

"Both sides have lost a lot of manpower, and neither side has the ability to defend the occupied galaxies. The latest news is that both sides have withdrawn their troops one after another, so the battle line has not changed much in the end. This battle is really..."

"Then those soldiers from both sides who died in the battle died in vain," murmured a trainee commander who had just been promoted.

"Yeah, it was all in vain," Amber repeated calmly.

(End of this chapter)