From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 557: The Great Fleet

"The Infinity is not in any serious trouble for now, and can continue to fight after replenishing some consumables and supplies.

Excluding the warships of the Rubion Galaxy Garrison Fleet that we seized earlier, the Third Task Force currently has four battleships left, five heavy cruisers left, 5 light cruisers left, and a total of 14 destroyers and frigates left.

The high-speed raid by the federal fleet was indeed very sudden, but thanks to the "Cliffs Tactics" and the early arrival of the unmanned fleet, it did not cause us too much damage.

At present, the rescue work for the survivors of the sunken ships has been completed, and the casualties have been counted. The cargo fleet has entered the jump after completing the deployment of the aerospace transport fleet. The mission of the third mixed fleet has been completed. Please give instructions."

This was the report that Randall heard from Amber and Cleves after they arrived with a reinforcement fleet three days after the battle.

And when Cleves heard his senior say the word "Cleves tactics" seriously, he still twisted his body uncomfortably.

"Thank you for your hard work, Randall. Two consecutive fleet battles are too difficult for both you and the Third Task Force."

Amber walked up to Randall and saluted him seriously and solemnly.

He had to admit that this 'playboy' former federal naval officer did take the lead in this emergency and prevented the situation from deteriorating.

Hearing Amber's words, Randall shook his head and said:

"It's not that hard. It's what our fleet should do. If our Third Task Force escapes, then Atlas' previous operations in the Rubion system will be in vain."

At this point, Randall raised his eyebrows and looked at Amber and said:

"And what do you mean by 'too difficult'? This is obviously beyond the scope! How many warships does our Third Task Force have? What is the scale of the enemy we encountered in these two fleet battles?"

"Of course we know. Otherwise, why would we rush here as soon as the problem occurred in the Rubion system?"

Amber put her arm around Randall's shoulders. She knew that the latter was in a state of excitement that only occurred after surviving a disaster.

"Don't worry, old friend. Now that we are here, you don't have to worry. No matter what happens next, I will be there to handle it."

After saying that, Amber patted Randall on the shoulder and walked to the panoramic porthole of the Dawn.

At this moment, near the 'Dawn', many combat pre-positioned ships that had been deployed like 'mobile docks' were carrying out emergency repairs on the damaged ships of the Third Task Force.

The Atlas fleet has completed the suppression of the three space elevators of Rubion V, and the fleet controls the arrival area of ​​the space elevator and the higher starport.

The Marines who temporarily acted as orbital paratroopers, under the leadership of the Immortal Legion, cooperated with the ground forces of the Renaissance Alliance to control the base area of ​​the space elevator.

At this point, Rubion V's external channels have been completely controlled by the Atlas Group and the Renaissance Alliance.

It can be said that there is not much suspense in the following ground combat part.

Although there are still a large number of "rebels" and "uprisings" under various banners on the entire planet, the Rubion galaxy government also firmly controls the administrative capital and surrounding areas, and gradually fortified them during this period of time.

But as Atlas' ground forces began to deploy to the planet's surface with the help of space elevators and aerospace transport fleets, Amber, Franklin, and other forces on the planet knew that it was only a matter of time before the war ended. By the way, a group of senior officials of the Rubion Galaxy Autonomous Government, led by Alex, immediately returned to Rubion V to appease the people after the attack on the Federal Secretary of State, perhaps worried that the deep space colony satellite where they were located would be attacked by the Federal fleet, and hid in the bunker of the administrative capital.

As a result, they were all blocked on the planet.
However, although Amber saw that the situation on Rubion V was developing in a one-sided direction, she did not order a large-scale ground operation immediately.

Because the situation of the entire Rubion galaxy is actually still unclear.

Especially after receiving the news that the 23rd and 24th Fleets of the Federation Navy had entered the jump and were most likely to provide support to the Rubion galaxy, Amber knew that everything was not settled yet.
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Five days later, the reassembled federal fleet was discovered in orbit around Rubyon IV by the ultra-long-range detection array jointly built by the Dawn and the Infinity.

According to everyone's speculation, the federal fleet should be near this gas planet and released a collection ship to collect some antihydrogen and deuterium in low orbit to provide fuel for the battleship's fusion furnace.

This also means that the Federation Fleet is preparing for the next battle.

The ultra-long-range detection arrays of the two super flagships, and the tracking and detection results of the next few days, also confirmed everyone's speculation - after completing the supply, the Federation's large fleet began to accelerate with the help of the ecliptic plane and headed back to the position of Rubion V.

As the distance continued to shorten, the Atlas combat fleet detected more and more detailed information.

"Judging from the size of the fleet, it seems that the Federal Navy's support force brought a lot of extra warships, which supplemented the 17th and 18th fleets. You see, there are just four fully staffed fleets, no more, no less."

On the bridge of the Infinity, Randall spoke as he looked at the battle intelligence displayed on the holographic projection platform.

"This is in line with the Federation Navy's combat style."

An older voice came from the screen on the other side. It was the voice of 'senior advisor' Guterres who participated in the combat meeting through the ultra-long-distance communication system.

"When conducting support operations, if conditions permit, the supporting fleet will generally bring more ships to supplement the supported fleet."

Guterres seemed to have thought of something, and after a pause he continued:

"This also shows that the 23rd and 24th fleets had actually received orders to support the Rubion system a long time ago and had been on standby. Otherwise, in the event of an emergency, they would definitely not have had time to bring these additional warships."

"The Federation has already planned this. It seems they want to take this opportunity to have a big fight with us?"

Amber's voice came from the other side, but it was emitted by the speakers of the holographic projection device, and his figure was also made up of holographic images.

Because the Dawn was not near Rubion V at the moment, Amber took the Dawn and part of the fleet to the deep space of the Rubion galaxy two days ago and lay in ambush.

Although he knew that the federal fleet had probably detected this situation, the other party would definitely be wary without knowing the whereabouts of the "Dawn" and these warships.

"So what are your plans, Amber?" Randall asked.

"It has come to this, and the federal government has absolutely no intention of communicating with us. What else can we do? Of course we have to deal with them head-on!"

(End of this chapter)