Chapter 79 Response

"So, did they succeed in breaking through?"

On the bridge of the Sword of the Dawn, the Marquis of Ascania asked.

His tone was calm, neither happy nor sad.

But Colonel Raphael and the combat staff standing in front of him were still nervous and dared not speak.

After dealing with the Marquis for a long time, they all knew that the Marquis was a moody person.

Maybe he seemed to be easy to get along with on weekdays and treated his subordinates very well.

But if there was a command error in the battle, especially if this error affected the entire battle situation.

Then you might have the honor to see the thunder of the earl.

In short, no matter what, someone still needs to stand up and take responsibility.

And this person, in most cases, is the chief combat staff Colonel Raphael.

Although the colonel would take the initiative to stand up at this time, in the eyes of other combat staff, only Colonel Raphael was suitable to "take the blame".

After all, in addition to being highly appreciated by the Marquis, according to rumors and gossip, this handsome Royal Navy colonel seems to have some story with the Marquis's daughter.

"Yes, Marquis."

In the expectant eyes of his comrades, Colonel Raphael stepped forward helplessly.

"We sank one of the two Jackdaw-class high-speed destroyers sent by the Federation Fleet, but the other one still broke through our interception and completed the deployment of the communication terminal."

Hearing Raphael's answer, the Marquis was silent for a moment, and he squinted his eyes as if he was recalling something.

After a moment, he continued to ask Raphael:

"If I remember correctly, haven't we already achieved the communication blockade of Robert IV? The orbits are also covered with signal jammers, and the network has been completed. In this case, there is no point in them deploying communication terminals, right?"

"Marquis, you are right."

Raphael opened the holographic imaging platform in the center of the bridge, which was showing the model of Robert IV.

Under his operation, the model of the planet was gradually enlarged, and a larger light blue sphere appeared on the outer layer of the entire planet.

"The signal jammer did complete the network coverage, so the federal forces on the ground had not been able to contact the outside world before, but"

As Raphael described, a red track kept approaching the planet and finally passed through the light blue interference layer.

"The destroyer that successfully broke through the interception of the Federation obviously discovered this, so they lowered the orbit very low, put the communication terminal inside the interference layer, and even destroyed a lot of signal jammers on orbit through ship-borne weapons, which disrupted the networking process."

After saying this, Raphael stood up facing the Marquis,

"I did command improperly in this battle, which led to the federal fleet seizing the opportunity to disrupt our military deployment. Please punish me, Lord Marquis!"

"Forget it, don't blame yourself"

The Marquis of Ascania waved his hand.

The other members of the combat staff also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the Lord Marquis did not get angry this time.

"According to what you said, Raphael, can I assume that the remaining soldiers on the ground of the Federation will not only receive the information sent by the communication terminal, but also have a window for external communication?"

"Yes, sir. But this window is limited to communication within the galaxy. After all, the only penetrating communication tower has been destroyed."

Hearing Raphael's words, Marquis Ascania shook his head.

"No, these remaining soldiers of the Federation do not need to contact outside the galaxy. They only need to contact the Federation fleet, and even just sending a short message is enough."

"Think about it, what will happen to a unit that was trapped in the planet and fighting alone after learning that there is a friendly fleet outside the planet?"

Raphael was silent for a moment, then replied:

"Morale and determination to resist will be improved."

"Yes, alas. This is what I am worried about. If Robert IV cannot be captured quickly, the battle here will soon become more and more tense."

Marquis Ascania turned and walked back to the captain's seat. After sitting down again, a look of worry appeared on his face.

"I even suspect that the early warning signal had already been sent out when we launched the raid."

On the surface of Robert IV, Amber, who was originally chatting with Major Randall who had woken up in the temporary rest area of ​​the troops, received an order to go to the brigade headquarters.

When he arrived at the temporary camp of the brigade headquarters 65 kilometers away in a 'Mongoose 4' armored vehicle, he was directly led to the command post.

At this time, many brigade officers gathered in the temporary command post. Since Lieutenant Colonel Dallas had not come yet, everyone gathered in twos and threes to chat.

Amber glanced at their ranks and found that none was lower than lieutenant.

"If this is discovered by the Empire, a cannon will come down. Hiss~"

Suddenly, Amber felt a chill on his back, shook off the unlucky idea in his mind, and then stood silently in the corner of the command post.

Whether it was his soul or this body that had just reported not long ago, there would obviously be no acquaintances here.

But Amber did not intend to socialize, which did not mean that others were not interested in him.

Soon several young officers came over to greet him. These officers had been following Lieutenant Colonel Dallas for many years, and under his guidance, they no longer had much prejudice against psychics.

"Is this Warrant Officer Amber? I am Bruce, the combat staff officer at the brigade headquarters. These two are Ram and Yorick, who are also the combat staff officers at the brigade headquarters."

Amber felt a little strange at first about the enthusiasm shown by the three combat staff in front of her.

Until Bruce asked the crucial question.

"Warrant Officer Amber, the battle plan that Lieutenant Dallas received was submitted by you, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Amber immediately understood that these three people were here to 'seek revenge'.

Of course, 'seeking revenge' is just a metaphor.

Although the three combat staff complained to him for a long time because they modified the battle plan to the point of losing their hair, they still took him to discuss some details seriously and expressed their approval of this bold plan without any secret.

"As expected of a psychic, his brain is very good!"

Bruce patted Amber on the shoulder, gave a thumbs up and praised.

During the exchange between several people, Lieutenant Colonel Dallas also came to the command post.

The lieutenant colonel doesn't like red tape, and like his personality, he likes to be straightforward in meetings like this.

He walked directly to the main seat, and after scanning everyone's faces, he said straight to the point:

"Last night, a federal navy fleet and an imperial fleet fought in orbit."

Lieutenant Colonel Dallas didn't talk nonsense and explained the situation clearly in a few words.

According to what he said, the federal fleet has now left the battle. Although the specific movements are not known, it should be maneuvering in the area near Robert IV.

The other party also found a way to break through the interception of the Imperial Fleet, and through the self-disciplined communication terminals dropped, it continued to conduct public global broadcasts to the entire Robert IV.

The content is also very simple. The general idea is that the fleet will fight until the end to prevent the federal forces on the ground from giving up.

Since this broadcast is not encrypted and even uses a public frequency band, not only the remaining forces of the Federation, but also the troops dropped by the Empire can receive this content.

Obviously, the Federation fleet is also using this method to put pressure on the Imperial forces.

"In addition to informing you of this information, this temporary meeting also has one more thing."

When Lieutenant Colonel Dallas said this, he obviously glanced at Amber, who suddenly felt something bad.

"According to feedback from the communications department, the current communication blockade of the empire on the planet seems to have caused problems due to attacks by friendly fleets."

Lieutenant Colonel Dallas opened an electronic map, which marked large communication stations within a radius of 600 kilometers with the brigade headquarters as the center.

"My idea is to send a small team to control a communication station and also respond to the fleet in deep space through the open frequency band."

After hearing these words from Lieutenant Colonel Dallas, two words popped into Amber's mind:

"broken!"