star wars strongest infantry

Chapter 689 Duke's War

boom!
The entire battleship shook violently, forcing Duke to hold the console in front of him with both hands, and also withdraw his gaze from looking outside.

"What time is it?" He asked lightly, his naturally gloomy face became even gloomy because of the ongoing battle outside, and even his voice became a bit lower.

A soldier nearby responded immediately: "5:37, sir, 15 minutes have passed since the battle started!"

"15 minutes? It's already the agreed time." Duke said to himself, "However, I don't feel at ease because that kid Qin Yuanshan is playing tricks, so let's buy you some more time!"

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the orderly next to him and said, "Give me an order to let the soldiers hold on for another 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, the battleships will be used as units to freely land towards the Famstad. After landing, there is no need to gather to keep alive." Combat power is the main priority, each fights, and waits for orders!"

"Yes!" The orderly quickly went to convey the order.

This battle was fought very hard, which is inevitable, even though facing the Fifth Support Fleet of the Argus Empire that was chasing Qin Yuanshan, the Duke Fleet, which had some warships from the Fourth Expeditionary Fleet, would have some advantages in terms of number and strength. , and launched an attack suddenly, which caught the opponent by surprise, but don't forget that behind them, there is still a fourth expeditionary fleet of the Argus Empire that has been entangled with them for many days!

After experiencing the initial success, the Second Expeditionary Fleet led by Duke soon fell into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy from both sides. Fortunately, he had already made preparations and launched an attack on the Fifth Support Fleet of the Argus Empire. At the time, a part of the warships had already been reserved to guard the rear of the fleet.

It was these warships that successfully blocked the first and most powerful attack of the fourth support fleet of the Argus Empire, which made them successfully pull the two enemy fleets into the quagmire of the melee, and sent Qin Yuanshan to support Li. Planet Beta has bought a lot of time.

However, this containment is at the cost of the flesh and blood of the soldiers. With a little more than one fleet, facing the two local reorganized fleets, and being attacked by the enemy, it can be said that Duke is at an absolute disadvantage. Every moment a warship is hit, every moment a soldier dies!
However, this lieutenant general who has always liked surprise soldiers and avoided direct battles, and the fleet he led showed amazing resilience at this moment. Under such a disadvantage, they still held back The enemy has lasted for more than 15 minutes, but their own damage is still within an acceptable range. If word of this battle spreads, Duke's reputation will definitely increase, and his ranking in the list of generals may even rise a bit.

But these are obviously not what he is thinking about at this time. What he is thinking about is how to lead his troops to successfully escape the enemy's pursuit after enough time!
A general's ability, of course, is manifested in strategizing before the battle and deciding the outcome before the battle, but at the same time, it is also manifested in the adaptability of the battle, and this time, Duke showed an astonishing adaptability far beyond the previous ones !
In the original plan, it was supposed that after enough time had passed, the entire fleet would disperse and head towards Planet Libeta, because according to Qin Yuanshan's estimation, this period of time was enough for them to finish the battle on the periphery of Planet Libeta. Fight, and then go back and pack up the two support fleets of the Argus Empire.

But at this moment, Duke completely vetoed everything that Qin Yuanshan had set before, and instead ordered the fleet to forcibly land. This has to be said to be a risky behavior, but it is also the most appropriate behavior at this moment!
the reason is simple.

After Qin Yuanshan's [-]rd Expeditionary Fleet's initial devastating and precise attack, and after so many days of occupation, there are almost no Argus Empire guards on the entire Farmstar planet, so if you land here, don't worry. hit from the ground.

At the same time, this planet is not small. If a battleship is used as a unit to act on the planet, it is impossible for the enemy in the air to target and carry out a precise strike similar to the precise positioning of the Kona Federation before. They didn't dare to directly attack the Kona Federation army that fell on the ground from the air, because if they were not careful, they might attack civilians. With the power of a battleship's naval guns, not a few people would die in one shot. Dozens of them are as simple as that.

Faced with this situation, all the Argus Empire fleet can do is to follow and land, and then either wipe out the enemies on the ground, or force them into the sky again, but no matter what they do, Duke's purpose of delaying time is also the same. Reached.

Even after such a long time, maybe the battle on Planet Libeta has ended and rushed over to support.

The only dangerous thing about doing this is that during the landing process, during the period from entering the atmosphere to landing, there is no fire support from the ground or space, and the battleships are almost living targets one by one. The solution to the situation is to completely break up the entire fleet, and the more scattered the targets, the better.

At this time, he also showed his ruthless side, because this order means that during the landing process, some people will inevitably become victims of the enemy fleet's artillery fire!Even his own flagship is likely to become the enemy's first target!

But Duke didn't care, or he had already figured it out when he issued this order. What he had to do was to sacrifice the lives of a small number of people to preserve more power of the fleet!

"Sir, it's 5 minutes!" The soldier on the side suddenly reported, dragging Duke back from the battle in outer space again.

Duke nodded and said, "According to the order, leave the battle, start landing, put away all weapons, and direct all energy into the energy shield!"

"Yes!"

The heavy battleship that was still in the fierce battle suddenly turned around and accelerated violently. With its tyrannical outer armor and energy shield, it forcibly smashed away 3 enemy warships blocking its way, and headed towards the Farmstar planet. The atmosphere rushed through.

"Are they trying to escape?" The colonel, the commander in chief, on the flagship of the Argus Empire's Fourth Support Fleet murmured as he watched the scene, and then said in horror: "They want to forcefully land, damn it, we can't let They just landed so easily, pass the order, and all the fleet fires to the maximum, hit me hard!"

The artillery fire in space did not weaken due to the ceasefire and retreat of one side, but became more and more intense. The battle here is still stalemate, and I don't know when it will end...

(End of this chapter)