Counterfeit Hero

Volume 10, Chapter 22: Ten Years of War

The Metis galaxy is close to the jump point of the A9 galaxy. It is a pitch-black void where one cannot see anything. The light from the distant stars and bright nebulae across the sky cannot bring much light here.

The ship sailing here is like a passerby walking on a late-night street with no stars, moon or street lights. Looking at the light in the distance, always hoping that those lights can illuminate what is around you.

However, on this day, February 9, this dark sky was as bright as day.

This light comes from the portholes of countless warships traveling at high speed, from their bow searchlights, from the energy shield that looks like a layer of glowing water, and from the streamers of the tail thrusters and steering thrusters. , also comes from the criss-crossing energy cannons and the explosive light that expands and quickly dissipates like a red ball of light.

In the command room of the bandit flagship, the Admiral Hamilton, hundreds of bandit staff officers were working in an orderly manner. If it weren't for the clusters of light outside the portholes, and if it weren't for the 20-meter-high giant central Skynet main screen, thousands of battleships and tens of thousands of fighter planes were strangled in the void. I'm afraid no one can believe that this is in the middle of a battle.

"I said..." In front of the electronic sand table, Karl raised his head and looked at the central screen in ecstasy, while touching Cecilia next to him with his elbow and said: "With the combat effectiveness of the Desik fleet, Even if we didn't use Lu Ze's Growth Formation, it probably wouldn't have taken long to annihilate the Dersik Fifth Group Fleet? That's a lot of words."

Cecilia, who has a round, apple-like face and is pretty and cute, raised her head.

She was originally Fang Xiang's adviser. After joining the bandit army with the Salega fleet, he was frantically pursued by Karl, and finally was succeeded by this big head not long ago.

The former female staff officer was already the leader of the intelligence team of the staff department. Her youthful brows had a mature charm, and her beautiful big eyes looking at the big screen in the center also had a touch of charm.

On the screen, the Desik fleet defending the Metis space jump point was already in a state of collapse.

The Chakna Thirteenth Group Fleet, which was outflanking to the left, and the Phantom First Group Fleet, which was outflanking to the right, were like two steel knives, inserted directly into the back of the Dexiks. In terms of combat effectiveness of ships, both the Chakna battleship and the Feiyang battleship are far superior to Desik. When they rushed into the Desiks' formation, they were like two groups of lions rushing into a pack of native dogs, slaughtering them all the way.

"The commander of this fleet is a mediocre person," Cecilia shook her head and said: "The command level is at most the captain of one of our destroyers. I don't know how it took three minutes for a company to break through the jumping point. How did the commander who directed the fleet into an attack position climb to the throne of a group fleet commander?"

"Obviously, this is a noble gentleman with a noble status." A hint of sarcasm appeared in the corner of Karl's mouth: "For the Desik military, command ability is secondary, and noble status is the main condition for promotion."

"Okay," Cecilia looked away from the center console screen indifferently, "Has the later combat plan been completed?"

"Here, you can help me take a look..." Karl called up his own battle plan on the sand table. As the program unfolds, attack lines, timetables, and troop numbers appear among the stars on the sand table.

Cecilia only glanced twice, then her eyes widened in shock, and she exclaimed in a low voice: "Are you crazy?"

As if he had anticipated Cecilia's reaction, Karl's big head was facing the central Skynet screen, with a dull face without any expression.

"No, such a battle plan is too risky," Cecilia asked nervously: "Did the review and deduction pass?".

Carl shook his head.

Cecilia wanted to punch a hole in this big head, and said angrily: "The review and deduction have not passed, why do you submit it to General Russell later?"

She looked at the time: "There's still half an hour left, hurry up and make another one!"

"But I think it can be done!" Karl frowned, with a look of unwillingness on his face: "Those guys in the deduction department are all idiots."

"You are the fool!" Cecilia knocked on Karl's head: "For such a risky plan, how many tactical conditions are needed to finally achieve the strategic goal? Don't talk about the deduction department, just talk about yourself, Can you complete the derivation review?". ….

"There is no foolproof combat plan. Every plan has loopholes! But my intuition is right." Karl muttered: "If Fatty is here, he can complete it..."

"Fat man?" Cecilia was speechless.

She really had nothing to say to that guy who had wild ideas, always acted unconventionally, and even acted randomly.

From the Lerei Patriotic War to the present, that fat man with a simple and honest face has defeated his opponents and created countless miracles. Among the current legends of famous generals, he ranks sixteenth and first among young generals!

Unknowingly, there was already a hint of a new generation of military gods.

Not to mention Karl, who always followed the fat man and had a similar odor with him, as well as the arrogant and arrogant staff officers from Salega who followed Major General Fang Xiang to join the bandit army. Who wouldn't admire that guy and fall in love with him when they see him? I wish I could worship him and watch his deduction diagrams and command battle examples late into the night every night?

After being mute for a while, Cecilia said angrily: "That guy is not a normal human being!"

"Who is not a normal human being?" A curious voice sounded in Cecilia's ears.

Cecilia and Karl turned their heads and quickly stood at attention and saluted: "General."

Russell returned the favor, smiled slightly, waved his hand, and together with Hamid, who was always beside him, turned his attention to the electronic sand table next to Cecilia, and asked: "This is..."

"This..." Cecilia glanced at Karl sideways and said helplessly: "This is the battle plan that Colonel Karl is preparing to submit."

Looking at the red arrows on the electronic sandbox, Russell's eyes suddenly froze.

After a long time, he looked up at Karl and said calmly: "This combat plan did not pass the review of the deduction department? There are many words."

Karl lowered his head anxiously: "No."

Russell tapped the comment column of the Deduction Department's rejection of the battle plan under the sand table with his hand. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned around and walked towards the command podium: "Karl, come with me!"

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"Russell..." Banning put his hands behind his back and turned in a circle around the virtual light screen.

On the holographic scene of the virtual light screen, Russell, wearing the uniform of General Gacharin, was climbing up the stairs. Directly in front of him was the majestic Ministry of Defense building of the Binart Empire.

"General Banning," a Naga federal major general who was thirty-seven or eighteen years old, with a slightly aquiline nose and a pair of thin and long eyes, stood respectfully beside the desk in the office and asked: " I heard that you once fought against Russell?"

"It happened ten years ago." Banning stopped, his eyes still on Russell's face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not a fight, it's just a simulated confrontation in the Western-York joint exercise. "

"In the previous ranking of famous generals, Russell ranked 37th. I heard that in the latest ranking, he has risen a few more places." The hook-nosed Major General said with a smile: "However, the strange thing is that he That student was ranked ahead of him."

"Russell is good at making plans, using his troops to hide the needle, and he can decisively invest when he seizes opportunities. He is difficult to deal with," Banning said: "However, in terms of grand strategy, he is indeed somewhat conservative."

He walked slowly to the porthole, looked at the battleships dragging long ion light tails outside the window, and said calmly: "This defect is caused by the environment of the Gacharin Empire. With their emperor James' Personality, anyone who sits on the throne of the chief general of the military had better not make any mistakes, being cautious is the way to save his life."

As he spoke, Banning smiled coldly: "Besides, although the Gacharin Empire has been fighting for a long time, with their military strength, there is really no chance of fighting two large-scale battles. It's like a trader who is used to playing with small amounts of money. Trade, suddenly give him a large amount of money, and put him in a life-and-death battle, the probability of him making a mistake will increase infinitely."

"Then what will he do this time?" The hook-nosed Major General's slender eyes stared at Russell, who was standing upright on the virtual light screen, with his chin slightly raised as he stepped forward.

"Actually, the person who knows Russell best is your dean, General Liebgot." Banning smiled slightly, turned around and looked at this top student from the Naga Federal Tactical Research Institute, who was born in a military family. Major General Mandanda: "What do you think?"

"Students don't dare to do anything in class." Mandanda bowed.

"You are a commander trained by the Federation, and I agree with your talent," Banning said calmly, clasping his hands behind his back, "Tell me, now is not the time for you to be humble."...

"Yes!" Mandanda nodded respectfully and walked quickly to the star map: "From the student's perspective, the situation in the southeast star region is already a clear game. We have to attack, and the bandit army has to delay. What we are fighting for is time. .”

He picked up the electronic pen and drew a big circle from the A3 star field on the interstellar map to the territory of the Desik Empire: "Obviously, the bandit army has learned from some channels that I have launched a large army in the West, and they are trying to get through it in one fell swoop. Lerei Central Channel. Therefore, instead of sticking to the Lerei Central Star Domain, they should take the initiative and advance the defense line to Desik!"

"Because in this area..." Mandanda said, looking back at Banning, the electronic pen in his hand drew two more circles in the northeast and north of Desik: "And Tatania and Puditok are two allies!”

"My mind is very clear." Banning praised.

Encouraged by Banning, Mandanda relaxed a little more, and then analyzed: "He knows that if he wants to contain us and delay as much time as possible, he must expand the defense line farther and have more room for maneuver. In Desik, he can interact with Tatania and Putitok to confuse Desik. Even if he retreats, he still has many narrow channels and jumping points to take advantage of from here to the central star field of Leray. We must block attacks step by step and try our best to delay our attack on Leray."

"Russell's proactive attack resulted in the annihilation of our advance fleet. This was due to his mastery of timing and his understanding of the low combat effectiveness of the Desik Imperial Army and Frank's great success. It can be said that he The Fei Alliance fleet’s strength advantage in this area during this period was used to the extreme.”

"But..." Mandanda smiled slightly and used the electronic pen in his hand to draw a circle on the jumping point of Metis Galaxy: "He can only do so much. If he had done it before If he can annihilate my advance fleet before you, the general, arrive at Desik, then, after encountering you, the general who is far above him, all he can do is to use the Metis galaxy jump point, hold on for a week, and then retreat. ."

"A week?" Banning raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Mandanda: "How did you judge this time?"

"Based on the strength of Russell's troops and the current war situation between Tatania and Putitok and Desik." Mandanda said: "The strength of Russell's troops should be the current Leray Federation. Most of the troops they can control. It is impossible for any commander to completely consume their troops here. For them, it is more cost-effective to use the channel to attack than to block the jumping points and fight head-on."

With that said, Mandanda called up the current situation map of the Tatanian and Puditok coalition forces in the Athena star field of the Dexixsol system, and said: "In addition, according to the battle situation in the Athena system, Tower, the diversionary offensive that the Prussian coalition can launch will not last more than a week. Their troops and logistics are not enough to allow them to maintain a high-intensity offensive for a long time."

As Mandanda put down the electronic pen in his hand, there was a silence in the office. Banning walked to the electronic interstellar map and suddenly said: "If I said that Russell would persist in the Metis galaxy for more than half a month, would you believe it?"

"Half a month?" Mandanda's conceited smile froze on his face, "However, within a week, the strength of the coalition forces arriving in Desik will exceed 150*-class fleets, and his opponents ,yes.........."

"It's me!" Banning interrupted Mandanda with a smile: "But do you know who lost the simulated confrontation ten years ago?"

Mandanda shook her head blankly.

"I lost, and it happened to be an offensive and defensive battle at a jumping point," Banning said calmly: "I have said that Russell is very strong in tactics, especially on the defensive side where he has an advantage, and the offensive side has a certain amount of troops invested. In terms of limited jump point defense skills, it is even more master-level. Therefore, there are two mistakes in your judgment. One of them is that Russell expanded the defense line. It is not that he wants to use more channels, but that he needs to obtain more Lots of jumping points!”

"And another mistake of yours is that you don't understand when the troops should be invested or even sacrificed." Banning put his hands on his back and stared at Russell on the virtual light screen, "Although the troops in Russell's hands are already Le All the troops of Lei Federation, but the so-called skin is gone and the hair will be attached, he will definitely do his best to drag the Fei Alliance army to reinforce Lei Lei."

He turned his head, looked at Mandanda, and smiled coldly: "In the original virtual confrontation, he won miserably with a casualty rate of 80%. Therefore, what we have to face must be a tough battle!"

"Besides..." Banning looked past Mandanda and towards the Western York warships of different countries outside the portholes. "As long as the bandit fleet is preserved, how many casualties will be suffered by the Chakna and Feiyang fleets?" It has nothing to do with the LeLei Federation!"

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Volume 10, Chapter 22: Ten years of war.

Volume 10, Chapter 22: Ten Years of War

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