The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 246 The Empire's Choice

At this time in the room, Michelle's desk was already clean, and all the things were swept to the ground by him.

Michelle slumped down in the big chair.

He actually became the first incumbent military leader to have his aircraft carrier sunk since the Empire dominated Blue Planet.

The high spirits and enthusiasm he had when he took office a few months ago are gone.

After an unknown amount of time, Michelle suddenly stood up, rummaged through a pile of things on the ground, and then took back the folder.

Michelle read the report sent by Tiago carefully.

"Airport", "F16 fighter", "Following the Imperial fighter", "AWACS was deceived"...

These words kept coming into his eyes, and he gradually thought of something.

The enemy must have used electronic warfare to interfere with the early warning aircraft, allowing those fighter planes to successfully carry out the sneak attack.

Tiago must be notified and a way must be found to capture the pilot of the downed enemy plane.

Michelle thought again, the other side used electronic warfare means, the question was why their electronic warfare aircraft were not detected by any of their own radars?
Oh no, have they invented a new stealth technology that allows fighter jets to avoid detection by existing radars?

A series of questions popped up, and Michelle could no longer sit still.

If the answers to these questions are yes, the empire will face a major choice.

Continuing to participate in the Lusong Civil War would inevitably lead to being stuck in the quagmire and exhausting all the vitality of the empire.

But if we don't participate, and the aircraft carrier is sunk at this moment, how can the empire save its face?

Forget it, let’s listen to what those military leaders think first.

Michelle didn't think any more about it. He packed up a little and left the office to send instructions to Tiago.

Half an hour later, in a confidential meeting room in the corner building.

The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Imperial Military, the Chiefs of Staff of the three armed forces, the commanders of various theaters, the Commander of the Marine Corps, and the Commander of the Coast Guard, except for the commanders of the two theaters of war in Europe and Africa who participated in the meeting via video, all other personnel were present.

At this time, the atmosphere in the entire conference room was very depressing and dull. Everyone had already known the news that the USS Theodore had been sunk.

Marine Corps Commandant Eric Sanchez is of Scandinavian descent, a handsome old man with blond hair, but his face is livid at this moment.

The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit under his command lost nearly half of its troops before even participating in the battle, which was a heavy loss not seen in many years.

He was the first to speak out, "We must retaliate! We must use more intense bombings, leaving no intact buildings in northern Lusong, and let those Lusong people bleed as much as possible!"

Army Chief of Staff Zokol George crossed his arms, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes behind his glasses, and he said calmly: "Remind your Excellency that Lu Song is our ally!"

Eric Sanchez knocked on the table and retorted: "At least Northern Luzon has fallen into the hands of these damned People's Army. They have become our enemies!"

Zocol George still said coldly: “There are 40 million people in Northern Lusong, are you planning to turn them all into enemies of the empire?

If you do this, it will put our Lusong allies in an awkward position. Are you helping the 50,000 people's army?"

Seeing that the two were about to get into an argument, Michelle Brick coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, and then said: "Everyone, today is a day of shame for the Imperial Military. I urge you to stand up and observe three minutes of silence for the children who died in the war!"

After saying that, he was the first to stand up.

The sound of chairs being moved could be heard in the conference room, and these bigwigs of the imperial military bowed their heads in silence for three minutes.

After everyone sat down again, Michelle scanned the room and said, “I think everyone has seen Tiago’s battle report.

I would like to draw your attention to the details, especially the fact that the AWACS aircraft did not detect the sneak attacking F16 fighter jets, nor did it detect any potential enemy electronic jammers.

Obviously, our opponent is not the People's Army of tens of thousands of people in Beilusong, but the behemoth across the ocean!

Now we are faced with a choice: should we continue to expand the war, or should we control it and only provide military support to Lu Song’s army like we supported Er Mao?
The former means that we may fall into the opponent's trap and waste the imperial army in Lusong.

The latter means we still have a chance to accumulate strength and wait for the right time to confront the opponent."

All those present were the best in the imperial military. After being reminded by Michelle and studying the details of the war report, they naturally understood the situation that Michelle was worried about.

Navy Chief of Staff Richard Mullen said: "My personal suggestion is to choose the latter, but still launch a retaliatory strike for the sinking of the aircraft carrier."

Pacific Theater Commander Serral said: "Everyone, let me remind you that the 'Freedom Fury' operation is a retaliatory action against the Luzon People's Army's attack and capture of our three bases.

Is it possible that Richard's proposal could lead us into a cycle of retaliatory actions?"

Commander of the European Theater, General McIver Taylor, suddenly said, "I suggest the latter option. Now that the two Maos are clearly losing, we must prepare for it in advance. If we trap most of our forces in Lusong, our European allies may not be able to withstand the steel torrent of the big Maos."

Georgia Cole, commander of the Central Theater Command, also said: "I also choose the latter. Now our ally, the Hoopoe, is doing its best to strike the Haas armed forces.

Their movements became more and more violent and we had no control over them.

I'm worried that it won't be long before that place becomes the focus of the whole world's attention!
But now, we only have one aircraft carrier there.

The intelligence I just received from Mod shows that a group of international arms dealers are dumping arms there on a large scale.

We must remain vigilant and ensure that the Middle East is not completely lost.”

At this time, the commander of the African theater, Mike Javier, who rarely spoke on such occasions, suddenly said: "The newly established Blue Grain Nigeria Federation Intelligence Point has received the latest intelligence that there have been unusual movements in the northern country of Niger recently.
The party supported by the blue grain may be forced to take drastic measures, which will inevitably cause a storm there.

Those Gauls may suffer setbacks, and we need to be prepared to respond.

I would like to remind you that the other side has a major interest there and will not sit idly by.”

Watching the commanders of several hot war zones speak one by one, Michelle felt his right eyelid twitching.

The empire has too many things to worry about, but its military strength is becoming increasingly insufficient.

He reached out and rubbed his right eye, then asked, "Does anyone else have anything to say?"

He glanced at everyone present and found that they were all silent.

Michelle nodded slightly and said, "So, everyone has reached a consensus on choosing the second option and being restrained enough? If anyone objects, please raise your hand."

After half a minute of silence, he said again: “Okay, it is unanimously agreed that we will exercise restraint in the battle of Lusong.

So next, let's discuss how to modify the 'Defending Freedom' operation plan? "

After asking the question, Mihir cast his gaze towards Seral.

Celar knew that he had a responsibility and said immediately: "In view of the losses of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, we need to dispatch additional combat forces to Luçon.

I think, since the scale is still so large, we can mobilize part of the 25th Army Division.

In total, we will mobilize no more than 5,000 ground troops, which should be enough to encourage and support Lu Song's army.

In addition, since our aircraft carrier was sunk, although the enemy's aircraft have been shot down, there may be no follow-up air forces.

But to be on the safe side, it is better to mobilize another aircraft carrier battle group to reinforce and ensure our air superiority in subsequent military operations."

Michel exchanged glances with Zocol George and Richard Mullen, and nodded, "Please complete the plan as soon as possible."

After saying that, Michelle announced the end of the meeting.

Only after the military reached a consensus did Michelle have the confidence to meet the big boss, otherwise he would just be scolded for nothing.

A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was sunk. This was such an earth-shattering event that the big boss would probably be in great trouble. It is not an exaggeration to call it the aircraft carrier gate incident.

If I don't scold him, can I scold others?

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At this moment, the entire Internet is already boiling!

As the largest and most powerful existence on the planet, the Imperial Army's annual military expenditure is more than the total of the second to tenth place.

The main reason is that it maintains 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike groups. Each aircraft carrier is a money-consuming behemoth. Both the construction cost and the annual maintenance cost are astronomical.

Since the end of S2 season, the Imperial aircraft carrier has never been sunk, and has created an unsinkable myth in front of the world.

Even though the second brother worked hard to practice anti-denial operations and developed a number of medium-range ballistic missiles specifically for attacking aircraft carriers, no expert dared to say that he could definitely sink the Imperial aircraft carrier.

Who would have thought that an inconspicuous resistance force, using 12 captured F16 fighter jets to launch a sneak attack in a not-so-intense air strike, could actually sink an imperial aircraft carrier.

How many more powerful countries and organizations are excited about this?

Does a feeling of “if you can do it, so can I” arise spontaneously?
The Peninsula then began cruise missile launch training, and the Arabian Slipper Army announced that it would attack Imperial warships to protest the Empire's support for the Hoopoe's indiscriminate attack on Has's war.

The officers and soldiers on the imperial aircraft carriers in hot spots around the world suddenly felt a chill coming down from the top of their heads.

(End of this chapter)