Counterfeit Hero

There are countless military strategists and historians in later generations, when evaluating that heroic but rogue army, they will quote the almost ridiculing words of a famous scholar who admired the bandit army.

"That's an army that is particularly interested in other people's backs, or butts!"

Every time I see this sentence in various military and historical works, people can't help but laugh when they think back to that time.

In the Battle of Newton's Jump Point, which will go down in history forever, Sheldon, who had already made a preliminary judgment, did not choose to retreat. Instead, he eagerly ordered the entire army to press forward, leaving only an Eagle fleet behind for defense. His biggest mistake.

But everyone also admits that on that day, I am afraid that it would be difficult to have another result under any name in the future.

There are three main reasons for this.

First, the bandits arrived too quickly.

Not to mention Sheldon's miscalculation, even the LeRay military and government, which had already learned about the arrival of the bandits at that time, did not expect that the bandits would attack Midway Star one after another in just over twenty hours. Rodby Yaxing arrived after annihilating the two Elephant-class fleets of Desik's fifth group fleet and Blizzard!

This record was only gradually known to people after the end of the Newton Galaxy.

No matter whether it was the Lere military who learned about it immediately after the battle or the Fiji League and Western York who only received the news of the great changes in Lere two days later, no one was not stunned!

Secondly, the unique structure and collision angle of the bandit warships, as well as the collision tactics, allow them to directly set the jump coordinates behind the enemy fleet, causing the enemy's rear formation to fall into chaos in the first place. This made the Eagle-class defense fleet Sheldon deployed behind him in a warning formation facing the jump point completely useless.

Third, it is because in this battle, the bandit fleet led by Tian Xingjian possessed an apocalyptic-class space carrier that changed the entire space battle model. The emergence of this kind of mothership completely eliminated the defense flaws of traditional space carriers. , the fighter-dominated tactics highly praised by many military strategists have truly been brought to the war stage.

In war, no tactic or weapon is as effective as humans. However, in many evenly matched situations, at certain critical periods, more advanced weapons and tactics can often change the course of the war.

For example, during the Second World War on ancient Earth, the German generals were one step ahead in the armored group lightning raid tactics. At the beginning of the war, they were used against countries such as Britain and France that had fixed their tactical thinking on the First World War. Presenting an overwhelming advantage. Another example is the Gulf War in the following decades. With the U.S. military's technical advantage of only allowing me to hit you and not allowing you to hit me, the Iraqi Army collapsed without even fighting back.

Therefore, scholars can easily see from the fact that after the war, all parties unanimously followed the space battle model of fighter planes to develop their own interstellar navies. From the moment the bandit fleet rushed into Bermuda, , they actually stood at the pinnacle of the interstellar navy of that era.

Under the attack of more than 45,000 fighter planes, which is equivalent to the combined strength of forty-five super fleets, any fleet that uses traditional cluster bombardment as its dominant tactic will be crushed to pieces.

In addition to the above three key factors, scholars also summarized the spirit of unity of the Lelei people. The bandit army coordinated with the artificial intelligence Skynet to coordinate closely, move accurately, respond quickly, and have strong electronic interference. To prove that the bandit army's final victory is inevitable and irreversible.

But everyone finally agreed that the final reason that led to the final defeat of Sheldon's fleet was actually the last reason.

That was the appearance of Lieutenant General Le Lei Tian Xingjian and Wubai Hengxing.

It was that almost crazy and irrational raid that made the Sheldon fleet, which was still able to fight, finally lose the courage to continue fighting.

However, at the time, Sheldon had no way of knowing his destined fate.

The battle situation in Newton Galaxy began to change.

Following the instructions from the flagship Sidon's Light, which reached the command rooms of each ship at a speed of more than 30 times per minute, the Binart fleet gradually recovered from the chaos.

Some Binart warships began to move laterally to intercept the bandit warships. Some warships quickly broke away from the battle under the cover of friendly ships, turned along the peripheral rotation line, and quickly occupied attack positions in the new battle space. The battleships in the center began to retreat in an orderly manner, while the battleships in the front were organized into super fleets to hold down the position.

At the same time, Binart, who came forward from both wings, drove the patrol group. He also turned around and reinforced the center at a faster speed.

This series of responses by the enemy amazed Tatania and other allied fleet officers.

The Shelton fleet suffered heavy losses. Even the fighter plane group was almost wiped out due to the lightning attack from behind by the bandit fighter planes. They were able to stabilize their position in just fifteen minutes, without the usual hard training and certain skills. Military literacy is absolutely impossible to achieve.

The flagship, Sidon's Light, slowly retreated with the main formation. Beside the huge hull, more than three hundred surviving Binart vampires and fighter planes were circling, waiting to land.

Looking at the scarred fighter planes outside the porthole, Sheldon's face was already livid.

Although he had already had an ominous premonition and made the worst plan after losing contact with the Wolfli fleet and the Dersik Fifth Group fleet, he even left an Eagle-class fleet behind with caution to the point of timidity. The fleet defends. However, he still did not expect that the bandits would come so quickly.

Just at the critical moment when he was about to annihilate the Malki fleet and completely occupy the Newton space jump point, this army changed the entire battle situation with impact tactics and an overwhelming swarm of fighter planes!

Sheldon admitted that he was a little confused in the moment before. However, many years of war career and a commander's instinct made him quickly wake up.

Even more fortunately, the bandit fleet attacking from behind needs a few minutes to activate the energy shield and recharge the main cannon.

And such a fleeting time was enough for him to gather the chaotic fleet again.

In his hands, there are twelve super fleets. Even though many battleships and more than 80% of the fighter planes were lost, he believed that the current strength of the Binart fleet was not something that the bandits could take in one go.

The final outcome of this thieves' fight was that he retreated to the Lelei Central Star Territory. .

Sheldon looked away from a fighter plane outside the window. After two or three months of fighting the Battle of Newton Galaxy, which cost a heavy price, it ended in failure, which made him feel very sad.

Sheldon stared at the tactical computer in front of him. The virtual screen of the computer was spinning in front of his eyes. The entire universe at Newton's jumping point is exactly the same.

The distance and position of the fleets of both sides. The firepower intensity, various icons, data and lines of each battleship's route are swimming in the virtual space, like green light fish.

Judging from the screen, the bandit fleet attacked very fiercely. With twenty-one huge space carriers as the vanguard, they crashed into the main formation of the Binart fleet, almost biting the Binart fleet and fighting.

Sheldon gently held his chin with his hand, and his eyes followed the twenty-one space carriers of the bandit army.

As if not wanting to give up the opportunity to pursue victory, the bandit space carrier pressed hard upwards. Relying on the powerful attack power of the fighter jet cluster, they continued to strangle the center of the Binart fleet, biting the main formation of the Binart fleet.

This is a very smart play. Sheldon frowned tightly, thinking to himself. This attack method of the bandits can maximize the advantages of their fighter planes and make the most of the chaos of the Binart Empire fleet. It can be seen from the sky net that the warships close to those motherships have almost no power to fight back under the attack of the fighter planes.

However, the other party seems to be too greedy. As Binart's main formation retreated, their space carrier was somewhat out of touch with the rear fleet's patrol group, and was further away from their battleship main formation.

And the two wings of the patrol fleet of our own fleet are approaching. If the other party is still insisting on it, maybe,

"General! Our Eagle Fleet is entangled, and the retreat of the central cluster cannot be synchronized." The voice of Chief of Staff Lister came to his ears.

Sheldon was still frowning.

He saw the problem Liszt mentioned, but it was just a small gap.

Just wait a little, or use another squadron that has been accompanying the command group to support it, and it can be filled.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Sheldon's mind. Thousands of bandit fighter planes were tightly entangled with the Eagle Fleet located on the left side of the main formation.

Under the interception and attack of these fighter planes, the Eagle Fleet, which was supposed to cut across and block the front of the main formation, was struggling.

However, the bandit army's space carrier rushed towards its own formation.

Could it be that they want to use this gap to capture and annihilate their command group?

"General, I think you can do it." Chief of Staff List was about to suggest to Sheldon that he send a squadron, but Sheldon suddenly raised his palm, interrupting him.

"More retreat!" Sheldon suddenly ordered.

Liszt's eyes widened. I don’t understand why Sheldon suddenly issued such an order.

The current Binart and the bandit fleet are like two semicircular balls. entangled with each other. But our own fleet, which was originally disrupted by the bandit army, spent a lot of effort to regain its position.

To continue to gather the surrounding fleets, the main formation must not move too fast.

Otherwise, for example, the Eagle Fleet in front, a Wolf-class fleet on the right, and a Lion-class fleet above would become isolated due to the loss of support, and would be easily divided and surrounded by enemy ships.

Although he couldn't understand it, Liszt immediately issued the order.

He knew that Sheldon was definitely not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death.

He is far superior to himself in terms of military ability, just like an experienced chess master with keen vision. He may not understand the chess he plays, but this does not mean that he has made a mistake.

The Binart fleet began to retreat further. The pace is much faster than before.

As the formation increased, the surrounding battle situation also began to change. The warships that were supposed to circle back to the left wing of the formation at the estimated time instead circled back to the left front of the formation. The fleet that was supposed to retreat in a few minutes had to temporarily retreat because the back channel was cut off by the bandit warships. Change battle plan

Seemingly seeing Sheldon's fleet's main formation increase, the bandits' space carrier rushed even more hastily. Sheldon stood in front of the tactical computer, looking coldly at the bandit space carrier that was in hot pursuit, and at the same time looking at the time.

Liszt was also frequently looking at the Skynet screen, watching as the fleet that was supposed to approach gradually became isolated, and as the original route and plan began to become chaotic due to the increased withdrawal of the formation, his forehead was already filled with tears. Drops of sweat broke out.

"How many of the recovered fighters can be dispatched?" Sheldon asked.

"Four hundred and fifty!" Liszt replied quickly. All the fighter planes of the remaining three large aircraft carriers and five medium-sized aircraft carriers in the entire fleet were concentrated on the Light of Sidon.

"Order all pilots to be ready for battle and be ready to attack at any time! Order the battleships to cluster, complete the charging of the main guns, and wait for orders." Sheldon said loudly. While giving a new combat route map to the patrol group that was getting closer and closer to the central battle group.

"Yes!" Liszt turned around and ordered.

"Come on, come a little further." Sheldon stared at the bandit mothership on the tactical computer. He murmured in his mouth.

Time passed minute by minute, and the bandits space carrier. While recovering and releasing fighter planes. On the other hand, it clung to the main formation of Sheldon's fleet and rushed forward along the increasingly wider gap.

Under the attack of the sky-blocking fighter planes, the Binart fleet in the surrounding large and small battle groups suffered great losses. Many squadron commanders did not understand why the main formation, which had gathered many battleships and held down its position, suddenly retreated. Many captains of Binart dropped their hats and their eyes were red.

They never thought Sheldon was a coward, though. Facing the enemy's attack, Sheldon was running away.

Faced with the calls for help coming from the rows of Skynet consoles below the command podium, and the nervous looks of all the staff officers and Lister, Little Sheldon didn't even frown.

He just stared closely at the opponent's space carrier, and at his own patrol group that detoured far away from the chaotic flank.

Finally, with an increasingly faster heartbeat. The patrol group has arrived at the scheduled coordinates!

"Stop retreating!" Sheldon stood up suddenly, roared, and ordered with a fierce look in his eyes: "Order the patrol group and use all your strength to cut off the connection between the opponent's space carrier and the rear group. Order the fighter planes to dispatch immediately. Guard the Light of Sidon, order the main battleship formation, saturation attack, target, bandit space carrier!".

These three series of orders stunned the staff present.

Liszt looked at the Skynet screen and suddenly realized something.

On Skynet, as Sheldon ordered the main formation to retreat, it brought its own team Zhou Jiliu into chaos. The bandit army's large aircraft carrier and the rear fleet were also hurriedly separated.

Without the escort of battleship clusters, the twenty-one bandit motherships relied only on fighter planes for escort.

As they pursue the elongated front line, and as their fighter planes achieve greater and greater results, many of their fighters have fallen far behind or joined the surrounding large and small battle groups. The mothership There are not many fighters around!

At this time, Sheldon ordered his main formation to come forward, which was an excellent opportunity! As long as the patrol group that doesn't know when it comes around intercepts other warships behind the bandit carrier, the other party will give up twenty-one space carriers to the Binart fleet!

He raised his head suddenly and looked with admiration at Sheldon who looked like a god of war on the podium.

This is the role of a famous general! Just like a national chess player, an ordinary chess player will never know the steps in his mind. He didn't know, and the bandit commander obviously didn't know either.

Unknowingly, the bandit army's space carrier was already dead!

In the ever-changing chaotic battle situation, the only one in this airspace who can seize the opponent's flaws in one fell swoop, lay traps quietly, and lure the opponent into the game step by step is Sheldon!

Regardless of whether the opposing commander has discovered this trap now, the bandit mothership is doomed!

Twenty seconds later, the battleship next to the Light of Sidon lit up with a huge white light group.

volley!

Each ball of light flew through the void and crashed into the bandit mothership group.

The mothership's energy shield flashed crazily in the dark night.

White light, blue light, red light, intertwined, colorful.

When the dazzling light suddenly dissipated, only three huge bandit space carriers were seen, which had been transformed into dozens of large and small pieces in the endless gunfire. Every broken piece was tumbling in the firelight, flashing with lightning, and exploding from time to time.

This astonishing achievement immediately made the entire Binart fleet go crazy.

Whether it was the main battleship formation or the battle groups scattered around, every Binart soldier was excited by the sight in front of him!

"This formation, attack!"

This roar that resounded through the sky was like a loud charge horn!

On the communication screen of the President's Office, five hundred horizontal mechas were waiting quietly in the preparation area of ​​the ejection channel.

Flavio sat comfortably on the sofa, looking at the screen, waiting for the surprise from the fat man. These scenes were not broadcast live to the public. The only ones who could see them, except him, were some senior generals from the Lere military around him.

More than ten minutes have passed, and the camera is still focused on Fatty's mecha.

And the fat man. There doesn't seem to be any intention to act quickly.

At this moment, the fleet was operating under the command of Russell. As the opponent's main force retreats and the formation becomes chaotic, the bandits are achieving greater and greater results. The space carrier is getting closer and closer to the opponent.

On a small screen next to it, another Binart battleship was destroyed and turned into an explosion of flames.

Flavio and the generals shook their fists fiercely.

Battleships flew past this bright flame, circling and firing at each other. Space fighter planes flew high between them, like swallows flying in the rain.

The fighting became more and more intense, and the situation became more and more chaotic.

Suddenly, Lieutenant General Le Lei stood up suddenly, pointed at a Binart cruiser that appeared behind the bandit space carrier, and shouted: "Why are there enemy ships here?"

No one answered him. The generals who couldn't see the Skynet situation map had no idea what was going on.

Just when everyone was stunned and felt that something was wrong, suddenly, on a small screen, the main battleship formation of Binart began to fire a salvo.

"Sure enough, that idiot Sheldon was fooled."

When the terrifying white light lit up, the little fat man's voice appeared on the screen.

"The General Tian Xingjian will disintegrate, the President Flavio will disintegrate, and the Admiral Bernadotte will disintegrate. The next salvo will be fired, and everyone will disintegrate. It is estimated that their main formation should also rush forward."

"Admiral Tian Xingjian?" Before Flavio could turn around, three Doomsday ships were turned into pieces in the firelight on the screen.

Flavio stared stupidly at the light of the explosion, watched hundreds of mechas standing quietly, and watched the fighters on the mothership's apron that had been recovered but not released slowly enter the ejection channel. , I don’t understand what happened.

Did Fatty just say he was going to beat Sheldon, or was he going to get beaten?

Everyone looked at each other.

On the screen, Fatty and Russell's orders continued to be heard.

"The first fleet attacks, the second fleet attacks, the third fleet attacks"

"Niya, I'll leave it to you to break the door."

"Target, enemy ship command group space carrier!"

After a series of chaotic instructions, Fatty led the mecha warriors into the ejection channel.

A moment later, the salvo of the main battleship formation of Binart flashed again. Countless energy cannons flooded the space carrier where Fatty was, and on the main screen, the camera began to shake violently.

Just when Flavio was about to have a myocardial infarction, he saw the tattered mecha piloted by Fatty pointing at the camera, giving a thumbs up, and then suddenly ejected into the vast starry sky.

The camera quickly switched to the camera of Fat Man's mecha. The main battleship formation of Binart was not far ahead, coming towards them. Thousands of bandit fighter planes have already swooped over, flying up and down around the Binart warship like butterflies in flowers.

Behind them, more than a dozen bandit motherships were torn apart in endless fire and cannon light. The flame, like a fiery red nebula, covered the entire screen, like the end of the world

The old-fashioned clock in the presidential office made the sound of time passing in the silence.

Suddenly, on the screen, straight streams of blue ions lit up simultaneously from the tumbling "wrecks", like fireflies densely packed in the night sky, one after another, group after group.

Blocking out the sky!

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