Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

Looking at the scene of people who have been bombed in the field of vision of the telescope, like [-] huskies sweeping the furniture market, Hong unconsciously played with his pen while thinking.

Based on the information she has collected these days, combined with her understanding of the opponent's regime, she is almost certain that such a huge one-way advantage is destined to be used only once - after this battle, the opponent will definitely start to launch an all-out attack immediately. The strengthening of the fleet's air defense, spend a lot of money to upgrade their air defense related technologies.

It is not only about gaining wisdom by eating a fall, but more importantly, some characteristics of the Great Rupert Kingdom itself-for this kind of self-exploration by scientists, but active exploration of a clearer goal in the direction designated by the leader, Then, for the "guided scientific research" in which the leader assigns scientific research tasks, it certainly has the disadvantages of inflexible scientific research, it is easier to take the wrong research route, and it performs very poorly when it is necessary to explore new paths by itself.

But it is undeniable that such a system has a huge advantage-that is, to carry out large-scale research on clear problems, and when there are already predecessors who have tried the road, they only need to catch up with the goal of leveling the gap as soon as possible. Under such circumstances, guided scientific research has undoubted and huge advantages.

Even if the overall level of science and technology of the Great Rupert Country is much better than that of the Cat League, they are a properly backward country in the fields of missiles, air defense, and lasers.

Therefore, one can imagine with the tip of their tails that after this battle, they will definitely start to invest a huge amount of cost, piling up terrifying manpower and material resources in these directions, so as to close the gap between them and the Cat League.

Even due to the unique characteristics of the Great Rupert Kingdom itself, it is very likely that they will turn into fanatical air defense enthusiasts, and they can't wait to stuff the battleships into hedgehogs.

In the past, I didn’t care about the meaning of air defense, and the armor was the first, but now it becomes the largest air defense with a snap, and all the armor and so on stand aside.

To be honest, this situation is really likely to happen - the paranoia of the people of the Great Rupert is very obvious, and they like to jump back and forth between one extreme and the other, instead of taking the calculation based on their own situation like Hong. relatively optimal solution.

So Red is ready after this battle to face the Great Rupert of the extreme anti-aircraftists who turn to missile PTSD - which doesn't matter, anyway, these missiles were not purely designed to abuse food in the first place Yes, they were originally weapons used for head-on confrontation between the cat alliance and the high air defense civilization of the same strength.

Coupled with their near-perfect design, these missiles have super expandability, and the cost and effect of installing additional kits is almost the same as that of missiles that have been designed for this quality from the beginning.

Not surprisingly, in this epoch-making missile, which uses a small gaseous core engine with excellent performance and has super expandability, it will bring the "missile" weapon back to the Cat League. In the establishment of the conventional fleet, it regained its status as the main battle weapon.

The most important thing is that no matter how the other party makes up for their shortcomings in the future, it will not change the occurrence of one thing.

This fleet consists of two full-fledged fleets (two units are occupying the solar system and heading towards the Rockman), which is almost all the mobile forces that the Great Rupert Kingdom can produce.

Today, it will be lost in this distant starry sky.

"Report the damage!"

In the command hall with red alarms flashing, the commander of the Eighth Fleet got up in a panic and shouted loudly.

The originally neat and handsome military uniform on his body was now tattered, full of dust, scratches and blood. It looked as if he had just retreated from the front line of the land battle, and he was very embarrassed.

In a sense, it is indeed on the front line - when the entire fleet of one's own is within the range of the enemy, it doesn't matter what the front line is or not, just like when the planet is resisting landing. The surface has no rear in general.

He pressed the gray ears on the top of his head with his hands, and shook his head vigorously, so that his dizzy brain could recover quickly.

"Report, sir!" The even more embarrassed adjutant on the side held the headset to his ear, and anxiously reported loudly, "News from the Ninth Fleet, the fleet commander and eight deputy commanders have all died for the country! The succession of command power is no longer People can be smooth!

"According to the emergency regulations, they asked you to take over the command! You have become the interim commander of the United Fleet!"

"what?!"

Hearing this news, the commander of the Eighth Fleet really felt what it means to be blinded: "Why are they all dead! Why are they on the same battleship!"

No wonder he thought so. Although the army of the Great Rupert Kingdom has many problems, no one has been ambiguous about this kind of principled issue—except that the two deputy commanders who are used to assist the fleet commander must be on the command ship , the remaining six deputy commanders in charge of commanding the fleet should be on six different warships!

The Great Rupert Kingdom has fought wars for so long, even if it is a downwind battle, it is not uncommon for the commander to be carried away in a close-range artillery battle. They are fully prepared and recorded for this—— Once the fleet commander dies, his command is first given to the two deputy commanders who assist the commander in sequence. If they also die, they will continue down, and the six deputy commanders will inherit one by one in order.

Coupled with the requirements for its ships, normally speaking, it is almost impossible to destroy all seven warships with command authority-the command ship has cut off the performance of its guns for the sake of survivability. At the same time, the tonnage of super-heavy armored warships is much larger than that of serious warships. It is extremely difficult to destroy one of them in the non-close-range fighting stage, let alone seven of them suddenly died together!

Since the Great Rupert Army implemented this division system, they have never encountered a situation where more than half of the people with command authority died!

Not to mention the death of all of them!

There is only one possibility, and that is that the Ninth Fleet disregarded safety regulations and concentrated everyone on a small number of one or two ships...

"and many more."

He suddenly realized something.

"No way..."

Before he could veto his conjecture, the adjutant's report ruthlessly confirmed his just conjecture: "Reporting sir, the Ninth Fleet has strictly implemented the safety regulations, and they are indeed on seven different command ships. "

"so..."

"Yes, sir." The adjutant's voice shattered his last illusion, "The seven heavily armed command ships of the Ninth Fleet...

"All have been destroyed in this round of attack."

Obviously, even the command ships equipped with super-heavy armor were wiped out, so what about those ordinary warships with relatively weak armor and relatively poor survivability?

"Ah...then let them hand over the command link."

He shook his head and said, "Continue to report the situation."

"Yes, sir." The adjutant saluted, "As of now, our Eighth Fleet has lost a total of 77 truth-class battleships, including 39 severely damaged, 42 severely damaged, and the remaining 140 moderately damaged; A total of 219 warships were damaged in battle, 128 were seriously damaged, 87 were severely damaged, and the remaining 316 were moderately damaged.

This data is still alive-the Eighth Fleet has only one unit in this direction, so if it is calculated, the battle damage + serious damage (repairable but unable to fight) accounted for about 40% of this unit.

Is it high? Very high. After such a beating, the possibility of sustaining close combat and then winning a big victory can be basically ruled out-at most, it will be a loss for both sides. Can only retreat.

So what if you can drag the opponent's fleet into the water?The opponent's strategic goal is to defend Katus. As long as their attack fails and they cannot occupy Katus, they can only be forced to retreat to the country for preparations, then the outcome of this war will be obvious.

Their strategic goal was not achieved, not to mention the other party's achievement, and they also broke down at least half of the fleet in this barren star field, no matter whether it was battle damage or the target, they were all defeated.

Seeing that the device displaying the star map was turned on again, he hurriedly got up, intending to check the situation on the battlefield—just now this warship encountered a nuclear warhead approaching and detonating, although it relied on its super protective It escaped a catastrophe and was not carried away by a single shot, but the damage was also extremely serious. The main gun was damaged and could not fight. Many command functions have also been offline and are undergoing emergency repairs.

"What about the Ninth Fleet? What's their situation?" Enduring the pain in his body, he staggered towards the star map and asked, "They are full-staffed and have stronger air defense. The remaining warships should Just a little more."

Although looking at this damage ratio, the Ninth Fleet has a high probability of losing nearly half of its warships, so it is basically a dream to rush in and win.

But if the situation of the Ninth Fleet can be better, whether it is for the damage of the cat alliance in the future, or to ensure the safety of the retreat, to preserve vitality for future wars, reduce the time for fleet reconstruction, and even reduce their responsibilities after returning , Those are very useful chips.

Hearing his question, the adjutant hesitated for a moment, and then, as if resigned to his fate, he reported:

"Reporting sir, according to the data of the Ninth Fleet, they lost a total of 335 truth-class battleships, 157 were severely damaged, 184 were severely damaged, and the remaining 234 were moderately damaged; a total of 876 small and medium-sized warships were damaged in battle. 347 were severely damaged, 379 were severely damaged, and the remaining 645 were moderately damaged, with no units reporting minor or no damage."

As for the fact that there are no minor injuries and no damage reports, he is quite clear-the laser fleet has too much damage and the ability to wash the surface, as long as it enters the middle distance, it is almost impossible to find an unbeaten warship. It is impossible, not to mention that they are now close to [-] kilometers, which is already close to the stage for the other party.

But it didn't matter—because he was no longer in the mood to care about those lightly and moderately damaged ships.

"Battle failure rate is 55%?!"

Hearing these numbers, he slapped the table heavily, staring at the adjutant in disbelief: "Say it again?!"

"Yes, sir." The adjutant's voice already contained some self-defeating emotions, "After this round of missile attacks, the Ninth Fleet has lost more than half of its warships, and nearly half of the remaining battleships are capital ships. damage.

"Sir, let's retreat—if we don't go in and fight, we still have a chance to retreat."

Unbelieving, he snatched the tablet from the adjutant's hand, looked at the glaring numbers on it, endured the pain and moved to the tactical panel, and looked at the updated Ninth Fleet data on it, his heart fell into an ice cellar Generally, ice cold.

"Why is the loss so serious..."

For the first time, his voice lost its former air—the way he muttered to himself now was completely different from the vigorous and vigorous man he was when he was the new fleet commander.

Do you really want to retreat?

Although what the adjutant said seemed like he was afraid of death and wanted to run away, they would definitely be scolded in normal times, but now they have no intention of maintaining that little superficial skill-the fleet has suffered such a heavy loss, and it has come to the end It's time to seriously consider how to reduce subsequent losses and win chips for the war.

In other words, they are no longer qualified to play fancy things based on their advantages, and now they must treat this war as a real equal match, or even an inferior match.

Otherwise, there's a real chance they'll... all told here.

He admitted his thought with difficulty.

But, do you really want to do that?

If after rushing in, they can still destroy most of the opponent's fleet, and they can "retreat calmly" after achieving certain results, which is justified in face, but if they rush to retreat, then he will definitely have to bear the burden of not being washed. Qing's scapegoat will be liquidated immediately after returning.

How to choose?

Do you want to fight or not?

However, before he could make up his mind, suddenly, the announcement of the shipboard AI rang in his ears.

And it wasn't until the sound of the shipboard AI that he, his adjutant, and even the surviving officers in the command hall suddenly remembered an extremely serious matter.

The opponent seemed to divide the missile into two waves.

"Warning, the second wave of missiles is coming! The number is 38254! The current distance is 1 kilometers! It is expected to meet our fleet in 20 minute and [-] seconds!"

Looking at the red highlighted mark on the star map, and seeing that his own fleet has been beaten to pieces, and its combat effectiveness and air defense have suffered heavy losses, the commander of the Eighth Fleet smiled after standing still for a few seconds.

He is laughing at himself.

laugh at them.

It even laughed at the entire Great Rupert Country.

"Fortune makes people."

He shook his head and said a rare old saying.

Although the number of missiles in this wave is only about half of the previous wave, for the fleet that has been hit so badly, this half of the missiles may be more threatening than the previous wave of missiles. bigger.

What should they do?

Glancing at the report documents scattered on the ground, written by those people from the technical department who "did crimes and meritorious service", recalled their warnings before, and then looked at those interspersed in the enemy fleet, which seemed to be ready to bring The ship escaped, but in fact it only needed to change direction slightly to cover all their escape routes.

He already has the answer.

"Open the communication of the whole fleet."

Seeing the opened communication interface, even though he was already in such a mess, he still straightened his collar, trying to make himself look as decent as possible.

"Here is the final order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Fleet, the Interim Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet."

He was silent for a moment, and finally ordered word by word:

"Initiate an attack on the enemy fleet."

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PS: This chapter is 5k, excluding the 4k that is normally updated, it just makes it more complete.

There was a power outage the day before yesterday and I climbed too many stairs, and my calf is still sore and sore, crying.

Wait for me to catch up and get up and start coding, and see if I can add two more chapters today.

Rush!

Volume 268 Industry and Power: Chapter 6.25 Total Annihilation (34/[-])

This will be their last swan song.

After receiving a direct order from the commander-in-chief of the fleet, ordering them not to keep any working fluid reserves left for long-term operations/retreats, and to launch a final attack called a surprise attack on the opposing fleet without leaving a way out, the fleet Not only did the morale of the army not become distracted by this behavior of "sending death", on the contrary, their morale was more stable than when they were just hit and suffered heavy losses.

Since there is no chance of retreating, instead of dying aggrievedly on the way to escape and being tortured to death by the opponent's range and mobility advantages, it is better to fight to the death and pull the speed to the limit at this last moment. Ultimate, break into the enemy's fleet, try to bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy before dying.

At the very least, let these cats and cats see their powerful plasma cannons—even if it seems that their powerful battleships have been carried away by the opponent's lasers and missiles even before a shot is fired, highlighting There is a sense of absurdity.

But that's the only thing they can do.

After enduring the second round of missile strikes, the fleet of the Great Rupert Kingdom, which had already suffered heavy losses, became even more unbearable to look directly at.

More than 20% of the warships were destroyed or severely damaged, unable to fight. The remaining warships were also moderately injured and seriously injured. The combat power has dropped to less than [-]% of the peak period. , and can only rely on the heat absorption of the working fluid reserve for the final shooting.

In addition, the flagship of the commander of the Eighth Fleet was also destroyed in this missile attack. The commander of the fleet and the two auxiliary deputy commanders were all killed in battle. , the deputy commander in charge of commanding a detachment.

He is already the only person in the entire joint fleet who can command the fleet. Except for the two squads that are still stranded in the solar system, preparing to occupy the solar system and attack in the direction of the Rockman, the rest of his bosses and colleagues have died in the cat. Allied missile attack.

Ever since the Great Rupert Kingdom passed through the ignorance of entering space and became familiar with space warfare, they have never suffered such tragic battle losses again.

Honestly, it even made them feel a little overwhelmed.

After all, they haven't really lost since that war.

Today, they finally understand what is called "the taste of failure".

"Ugh..."

Looking at the remnants and defeated generals in his hands, the temporary fleet commander couldn't help recalling when they set off - how high-spirited they were at that time, with a fleet of 45 billion tons, they didn't have even the slightest chance of losing. Ideas, and even confidently divided one-third of the troops, one part was responsible for occupying the solar system to provide productivity for the fleet’s follow-up operations, and at the same time was responsible for protecting the safety of the logistics supply line, and the other part went to the outer solar system, ready to hand over the foreign alliance After pinching to death, go to the direction of Locke for two-line combat.

If they had been more cautious at that time, leaving only one unit behind to protect the supply line, and the other unit had been transferred to fight with them, would the outcome have been different?

he does not know.

Maybe with the 7.5 million tons more fleet, they can still maintain enough combat power to rush in after resisting the two rounds of attacks by the Cat League and even win the opponent. At worst, they can save more vitality to retreat. ?

In other words, even if there is one more unit, it will only increase their battle damage by 7.5 million tons and cause the Great Rupert Country to lose another 7.5 million tons?

no one knows.

The only thing they know is that, due to many reasons, this war that was supposed to be a sure-fire war that could be easily flattened by a steady fight has turned into a tragedy that they are destined to die here in the end.

Perhaps the Eighth Fleet is really an unfortunate fleet—more than ten years ago, the Eighth Fleet became the first fleet of the Great Rupert Kingdom since the reform of the military system more than 400 years ago and the establishment of the current main fleet structure. The establishment was almost wiped out, and they could only be forced to withdraw to the rear for reconstruction. It can even be said to be a "famous fleet" that is almost indistinguishable from rebuilding a new fleet.

And today, more than ten years later, their fleet, which inherited the name of the Eighth Fleet, is going to lead the Ninth Fleet again, and become the first fleet of the Great Rupert Kingdom to truly encounter an enemy in the thousands of years since that war. It was a disastrous defeat, and even the "leader" who was wiped out by all the participants in the battle.

If there is no accident, their names will be recorded in the history books, and they will be remembered for thousands of years. They will become known to everyone, and they lost a fleet that could win a crushing-level superiority war with their feet.

Compared to such a future, they may prefer that the leader choose to conceal the news, and let their existence "evaporate" just like treating those people-as long as the records of their existence are erased, then no one will know in the future. There are two fleets called the Eighth Fleet and the Ninth Fleet, which lost a war that should not be lost here.