Chapter 124 Bad Choice

While Chen Ming and Yu Hui's robots were fighting.

The factory director once again hurriedly contacted the chairman, but this time it was not the chairman who answered the call, but his secretary.

"Mr. Lu, the chairman is in a meeting now. If you have anything to say, you can tell me."

The factory director knew that the chairman's secretary also knew quite a few, so he asked directly: "Has the rescue operation of the 14th Corps begun?"

Just as the secretary was about to answer, the factory director heard the chairman's voice coming from the other side.

"Xiao Lu, the operation of the 14th Corps has already begun."

"You called this time because I said I would inform you of this matter before, right?"

The chairman knew what the factory director meant, so the factory director did not continue to speak, waiting for the chairman to explain to him.

"I did forget about this matter. I apologize to you first, but I just had something more important to deal with."

The factory director also knew that it was meaningless to bring it up again after it had happened, so he followed the chairman's words and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The company just learned about the situation at the Fourteenth Corps. There is bad news. There is a problem within them. The original commander Bai Quan is nowhere to be found."

"They said that Bai Quan was seriously injured and unconscious due to an accident while performing his duties, and the entire task of rescuing Chen Ming was handed over to another person."

The factory director frowned and asked, "What is this?"

"I also want to know what this is, so as soon as I know this situation, I have to prepare materials for an emergency meeting to discuss the impact of this matter on the company. I am a little too busy with other things now."

"To be honest, this is no different from a honey trap."

"If Bai Quan turns back and dies, then all the agreements we have made with the Fourteenth Corps that are not in written documents may be invalidated by them."

"Sky Steel?"

"Yes, the galaxy mining rights certificate has always been in our hands, and Sky Steel can be said to have always been ours in public. .”

“It’s just that the military used dishonorable means to blockade the galaxy before, so that’s why it happened.”

“So now if the 14th Legion wants to, they can do it.”

“The company has been cheated, but we still can’t take the initiative to violate the previous agreement, otherwise the truth is not on our side. It’s definitely not a good thing for us to have a conflict with the 14th Legion now.”

“We can only wait until the matter is over and listen to their explanation and see their movements.”

The factory manager couldn’t help asking: “The company is still not running away after this?”

“The Conqueror-class we sent out The captain said that although the person who took over Baiquan's mission was not as good as Baiquan, he seemed to have a good subordinate who could continue to complete the mission. "

"Then those of us sitting in the rear must follow his ideas on the front line."

"And we only undertook a simple task of attracting attention before."

"As long as we attract Yuhui's main battleship, the rest will be none of our business. We just need to run away."

"Well, let's do this for now. I just came out to get something. The meeting is not over yet, and I don't have time to talk to you anymore."

The chairman's voice disappeared on the other end of the communication again.

The secretary also hung up the communication after confirming with the factory director that there was nothing else to ask.

And the factory director said to another terminal in his hand that was connected to Chen Ming: "Xiao Ming, I have some news here. There is a problem inside the 14th Corps."

He quickly explained to the terminal the news he had just heard from the chairman, but after he finished speaking, he did not get any response.

"Xiao Ming? Xiao Ming?"

The factory manager suddenly felt that the situation was not good, but he had no way to help Chen Ming at this time. He could only sigh and sit behind his desk waiting anxiously.

Just as the factory manager was worried about Chen Ming's safety.

In the outer space of Chen Ming's planet, the battle between Yu Hui and the joint fleet has entered a white-hot stage.

At least thousands of warships of both sides have sunk in space, and even the loss of cruisers has exceeded 100, and the loss of destroyers and escorts is countless.

Even because of the scale of the battlefield, the frigates are not available at all, so that the destroyers have lost the most warships so far.

However, no matter how many destroyers are lost, no one, no Yu Hui cares.

All the people involved in this battle and Yu Hui's attention are at the core of the entire battlefield.

That is, the location of the seven battleships.

Yu Hui has three battleships here, of the same model, all of which are the most common radiation-class unmanned battleships on Yu Hui and human battlefields.

The 14th Corps has one Exemplar-class battleship from Tachyon Technology.

The remaining three ships are two offensive-class heavy battleships built by the 14th Corps itself, and a Corps-class aviation battleship that combines the functions of a battleship and an aircraft carrier.

The two offensive-class ships were located in the center of the entire battle line, and deployed two huge red shields, blocking the afterglow like two flaming mountains.

The corps-class aircraft battleships were located at the rear of the battle line.

They were behind the other battleships and all the ships in the entire fleet.

If an aircraft carrier is under the protection of the fleet, it is not a problem to be at the rear of the fleet.

However, the corps-class aircraft carriers are doing something very strange now, that is, the direction in which its shields are deployed is also the rear.

And that's not all.

At this time, the shield resonance frequency of several battleships of the 14th Corps is surprisingly consistent with the shield resonance frequency of all ships in the entire fleet.

So much so that now, there is even a layer of special shields that are visible to the naked eye, like a phantom, covering the shields of all ships below the battleship level, protecting the spacecraft inside.

Although the phantom shield covers all directions around the spacecraft like a sphere,

But if you look closely, you will find that the phantom shield protects the spacecraft on the shield sphere.

The back hemisphere is pure red, the same as the legion-level shield.

But in the front hemisphere, in addition to maintaining the same fiery red as the offensive-level, it is also flashing some blue ripples like the radiation-level blue shield.

It's as if this phantom shield covering the entire fleet is maintained by several battleships.

And this is exactly the case.

The reason for this situation lies in the battleship itself.

When a battleship-level ship joins a battlefield, the battle mode of the entire battlefield will inevitably change.

The main weapons of the battleship are devastating to any spaceship below the battleship.

Even if it is a cruiser, even if it is the special ruler-class heavy cruiser of the 14th Legion that directly forced the original star zone military to surrender with a single ship.

The outcome is the same in front of the main weapons of any battleship.

However, although the main weapons of the battleships have terrifying destructive power, the hull and weapons of the battleships are still of normal structure.

This means that as long as the attack power is sufficient, low-level ships can also pose a threat to them.

The large weapons of the cruisers are almost the minimum weapons that can cause damage to the battleships.

Therefore, in a battle involving battleship-level ships, it is not only the battleships themselves that count, but also the fleet following the battleships.

Protect these low-level ships so that they can survive in the battle, and rely on their weapons that can threaten the battleships to help the battleships of their own side to put additional pressure on the battleships of the opposite side.

The combined shield generated by the resonance of the battleship-level shield and the shield of the ordinary ship at a specific resonant frequency is the best way of protection.

Under normal circumstances, the combined shield will always remain as a phantom.

Only when the protected ship is triggered by an attack above a certain energy level, that is, when it is attacked by the main weapons, will it directly condense and bear the attack.

It will not block attacks below a certain energy level.

The purpose of this design is also very simple.

After all, the combined shield itself is actually the main battleship helping other ships to bear the damage of the enemy's main battleship.

So if it is really attacked by the attack of low-level ships, then this shield itself has no meaning.

Instead, it is more convenient for the enemy, allowing more enemies to attack the shield of their own main battleship.

The shield of the legion is now aimed at the rear, providing protection from the rear to all ships on the entire front.

The main reason is to protect against the attack of Yuhui's main battleship.

As for why we still have to guard against the back when the front line has been opened, there are two reasons. One is that Yuhui's subsequent support may sneak attack from the back.

The other is that Yuhui's flash engine exists even on the main battleship.

The existence of the flash engine forces the joint fleet to take precautions.

At this time, in the general command room of the legion level.

Tang Shi, the temporary fleet commander who replaced Baiquan, is here.

Tang Shi looked to be in his thirties or even forties. He was looking at the data-heavy panel in front of him and listening to the reports that kept ringing in his ears.

His hands were clicking on the control panel with some stiff movements while issuing instructions.

There were beads of sweat on his forehead and he looked extremely nervous.

Just then.

The side door of the command room opened and his deputy Zhang Feng returned to the command room.

Tang Shi seemed to have seen a savior and his nervousness was instantly relieved.

Zhang Feng came to his side naturally to help analyze intelligence and assist in making decisions, so that the somewhat chaotic battlefield situation could be sorted out again.

But this was only on the surface. In fact, all the major decisions were actually made by Zhang Feng as his deputy.

Although Tang Shi and Zhang Feng are nominally the commander and deputy, they actually do the opposite.

The reason is very simple. Zhang Feng was arranged to this position.

So although he is doing his job well now, his heart is full of negative thoughts.

He has the ability to command an entire joint fleet, but now he can only be a deputy, a so-called think tank.

Cleaning up the ass of a man who became a major general by relying on connections, so he cannot convince the public, but there is no better candidate who can convince the public.

Even in accordance with the requirements of the superiors, in the current situation, it is necessary to find opportunities to cultivate his on-the-spot response ability and exercise his command skills.

And although there are objections within the legion, these objections were quickly suppressed, and those who have opinions never raised any objections again.

This is also the reason why Zhang Feng is here now, and continues to accompany the prince to study honestly.

Zhang Feng knows that although he and the people above Tang Shi cannot directly reach into the 14th Legion, it is not difficult to reach into a small unit separated from the 14th Legion.

Especially since this unit has not yet established itself and even needs to rely on other forces to form a joint fleet, it is even easier to intervene.

So much so that Zhang Feng now even doubts whether the accident Baiquan encountered was premeditated.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the 14th Corps would not be able to conceal this news so efficiently and completely suppress all opposition voices.

However, even if he only knew about this matter, it would pose a considerable threat to his life safety.

So Zhang Feng only guessed, and kept the content of the guess in his heart and did not mention it to anyone.

At the same time, he continued to help this major general who had no actual ability and could only rely on years of accumulated experience and the forces behind him to barely get a qualification.

Zhang Feng quickly arranged the emergency situation on the front line, and saw that the war was not as urgent as before.

He finally had time to say something else to Tang Shi.

What the people above had just told him.

There was a space between the commander-in-chief and other people present in the general command room.

Therefore, Zhang Feng was not worried that what he said later would be exposed, and he directly said to Tang Shi: "Commander-in-Chief Tang, I need to tell you about our subsequent plans."

"Arrangements? Isn't it to rescue Chen Ming?"

"No, our goal is not to rescue Chen Ming, because his survival is of no benefit to us, let alone the people above us."

"It is his existence that caused us to lose the share of Sky Steel that should have belonged to us."

"There is also this matter?"

Zhang Feng nodded and continued to explain: "So the matter of saving Chen Ming is just a pretense, and it must not be saved for real."

"And now the time is almost up, Chen Ming is too late and impossible to save."

"Why do you say that?"

Zhang Feng patiently explained: "Because our original plan was to raid the planet in front, and before Yu Hui reacted, we sent the army troops to rescue according to Chen Ming's coordinates."

"But now, the battlefield has entered the stage of head-on confrontation. It is definitely impossible for us to break through in a short time, and the army landing troops cannot bypass such a front line and land directly."

"This gives Yu Hui time to take action against Chen Ming. Whether it is a transfer or something else, Yu Hui will never give us another chance to save him."

"So far, the mission to rescue Chen Ming has failed."

"We only have one goal now, to attract Yu Hui's attention, continue to delay time to find opportunities, prepare for jumps, and raid Kletka."

"This is the key, this is the achievement."

Zhang Feng hesitated for a moment, and still said the last sentence: "Your achievement."

Tang Shi said with some hesitation on his face: "But I saw the coordinate signal sent by Chen Ming in the colony, he should not have been transferred yet."

"And I'm not sure if I can command well. To be honest, I don't want to..."

Zhang Feng suddenly reached out and patted his shoulder to interrupt him, and said with a serious expression and solemn demeanor: "You are now under the command of a critical moment, and many people are looking forward to your achievement."

"And I will help you, just do it."

"...Okay."

Tang Shi reluctantly responded, and Zhang Feng took over the command of the fleet.

He began to command the entire joint fleet in the commander's communication channel as a nominal deputy.

The captains of several battleships on the battlefield were all in the communication channel at this time.

They all acquiesced to Zhang Feng replacing Tang Shi's command.

Or, they acquiesced to this matter because of Tang Shi's existence.

The captains of several ships were of high status and knew that the whole process of the whole incident was quite wrong.

But since Baiquan was clearly arranged, they dared not do anything extra except to notify the legion immediately and wait for the legion to respond.

As for the captain of the Exemplary-class battleship sent by Speed ​​Technology, he did not have any problems in this regard.

After all, if he died here, the 14th Legion would have to give an explanation to Speed ​​Technology.

And the 14th Legion would definitely go to Tang Shi, who joined the 14th Legion through normal channels, but gradually rose to prominence through special means outside.

But for him, since it has come to this last moment, if he gives up, it would be equivalent to all the previous investment going down the drain.

The sunk cost of launching the main battleship is not a small amount.

And although the major general who took over the Baiquan mission was a rubbish, his deputy was different.

Although he was unknown, his command ability made the representatives of all forces in the joint meeting barely accept it in a short period of time, and saw the hope of completing the mission.

Otherwise, no matter how much the investment was lost, it would not be as much as the loss of a main battleship, and they would have run away long ago.

Of course, this mission refers to the mission against Kletka, not Chen Ming.

Since the previous joint meeting, the various forces have already distributed the benefits of the mission.

Chen Ming's affiliation has also been decided at the beginning and assigned to the 14th Corps.

So now that there is a split within the 14th Corps, and the part that has a grudge against Chen Ming also controls this part of the 14th Corps fleet.

Except for the government that did not actually participate in the battle, which may still have ideas about Chen Ming, other forces will not try to find Chen Ming for the sake of the already determined interests.

Even if there are, they will think that Chen Ming will eventually be taken away by the 14th Corps, so why waste energy to care?

So for Zhang Feng, the next thing the joint fleet has to do is simple, that is, disguise, pretending to retreat.

Chen Ming will naturally be pitted to death.

Yu Hui will also most likely relax some of his vigilance, and they can also find an opportunity to directly jump to the galaxy where the replica of the Kletka supercomputer is located next to him.

Zhang Feng quickly took control of the battle situation under command, and he was able to completely withdraw and look for opportunities to jump.

He was determined to get the Kletka simulator.

Just as the front was further stretched.

Suddenly, Zhang Feng noticed that the space was distorted before the jump engine arrived behind their front line.

He immediately ordered the fleet to be on alert.

Soon, another 10,000-meter-class Afterglow battleship, the Radiation class, appeared behind them.

Although there are countless large heavy and small weapons on the ship, the most dangerous on the Radiation class are always the two main weapons.

Microsievert-class light radiation cannon.

This is the main weapon designed for each battleship when it is designed, and it is suitable for the ship.

The name "microsievert" is the smallest unit of measurement for radiation value.

When this Radiation class appeared behind the combined fleet, the two microsievert-class light radiation cannons had already opened fire.

Two long, dark purple rays close to purple-black crossed horizontally from the edge of the battle line and hit countless battleships of the combined fleet on the battle line.

Although it cannot be seen by the naked eye, it can be found through sensors.

The purple beam visible to the naked eye on the light radiation line is only a part of this light radiation cannon. The main energy of the light radiation line it emits is all concentrated on ultraviolet radiation.

The power brought by these energies hidden from the naked eye is far greater than it seems.

And although these two light radiation lines look very slender, their actual diameter has exceeded the tachyon spear.

A large number of ships below the battleship level were hit, giving the legion-level huge shield pressure that maintained the rear-linked shield, so that its radiation energy system was almost close to the upper limit.

However, Zhang Feng was not worried at all at this time.

Because the situation of this radiation-level ship that arrived was also very bad.

As long as you think a little, you can understand that their four battleships do not need to move at all, and there is no need to distract yourself to deal with it.

Because they also have a large number of cruisers with linked shields activated, which can activate a large number of large weapons on board.

At the same time, they also have a large number of fighters designed purely for combat carried by the legion that is already taking care of the buttocks behind them.

The fighters that a battleship-class carrier can carry are not like the ones that Storm and Cowherd can only carry a few meters or more than ten meters long.

The fighters it can carry can at least compete with cruisers.

Moreover, in fact, most of these fighters designed purely for combat often have stronger combat power than cruisers.

Therefore, this radiation-class ship without a ship to accompany it will definitely not have time to carry out the second round of output.

Even if it wants to start the flash engine to escape, they will never give it this opportunity, not to mention that the flash engine cannot be used at will without restrictions.

No matter how you look at it, the combined fleet can easily control it and create an advantageous game in a local area.

So here, Zhang Feng simply followed the instructions above and handed over this decision that only required simple brain analysis to make the optimal solution and was not very dangerous to Tang Shi to deal with.

Zhang Feng asked Tang Shi directly: "What should we do here?"

Originally just watching Tang Shi from the side, he suddenly panicked.

Like a candidate who did not study well and found that he could not understand the test paper at all during the exam.

And when he looked up, he suddenly found that the exam time was about to end. Such tension made his brain a little confused for a while.

Zhang Feng saw his situation and could only helplessly and patiently say: "Calm down, think slowly, you make the decision, you are the commander now."

For a while, cold sweat flowed down Tang Shi's forehead again.

He had never commanded such a battle, and even the simplest things seemed extremely difficult to him now.

Anxiety and irritability continued to squeeze his few clear-minded rationality.

Finally, he issued such an order: "Legion-level emergency radiation discharge! Prevent overload!"

Zhang Feng's pupils shrank suddenly, and he shouted quickly: "Wait!"

But the legion is their vehicle, and the order was conveyed at the first time.

The legion-level started the emergency radiation discharge, and all the equipment that needed to consume radiation energy was locked. The radiation energy that had been accumulated due to the attack of the radiation-level began to be completely discharged and could not be stopped.

At this moment.

A radiation-level ship that dared not move in front of the battle line due to the pressure of the number of main battleships instantly started the flash engine and went around to their rear.

The legion-level had entered the emergency radiation discharge state at this time, and the rear was wide open.

The command communication channel, especially the highest-level command communication channel, fell into silence.

Only the captain of the Speed ​​Technology, with a livid face, left two words: "Idiot!"

The captain of the Speed ​​Technology had known Zhang Feng, who was currently the commander in a practical sense, before, and he knew that Zhang Feng's ability was not enough to make such a stupid operation.

The only explanation was that the nominal commander gave the order himself.

The flashing radiation-class ship did not hesitate at all and also activated the two microsievert-class light radiation cannons.

The two beams swept across the entire battle line again, and the flames of a series of continuous explosions that almost spanned the human battle line could be seen clearly even on the planet behind Yuhui.

A full third of the ships of the joint fleet disappeared in space because of this stupid operation.

The battle at the battleship level currently depends on two places to decide the outcome.

One is whether the battleship can withstand it, and the other is whether the small ships brought by the two sides can suppress the opponent and not give the opponent's small ships the opportunity to help the battleship attack its own battleship.

If the battleship cannot withstand it, the remaining small ships will be scum in the eyes of the enemy's battleship.

If the small ship is suppressed by the opponent, it is equivalent to allowing the opponent to focus on its own battleship.

No matter how powerful the ship is, if it is focused on, it will be difficult to escape the end of the accident.

And here in the joint fleet, there is a big problem on the small ship at this time.

This wave of losses cannot be said to be a serious injury, but it can only be said to be a complete failure.

The situation of the war has inevitably begun to tilt towards Yuhui.

The combined fleet itself invaded Yuhui's territory. There are only so many of them in total, and the loss of one ship is a loss.

But Yuhui is different. Their hometown is here, with a steady stream of support.

Even a one-to-two exchange of casualties is a loss, not to mention a unilateral loss of nearly one-third.

So Zhang Feng has been planning the fleet to retreat and prepare for more substantial benefits later.

As a result, he never expected that Tang Shi would make such a move that can be said to be completely brainless.

Exposing the most vulnerable part of his own side to the enemy.

Zhang Feng's gradually livid face and Tang Shi's gradually calm brain after making the decision made Tang Shi realize what a stupid decision he had just made.

Tang Shi looked at the fleet and environment inside the galaxy on the sensor with sweat on his forehead, and knew that the combined fleet was doomed to fail.

Although the subsequent plan to raid Kletka still has the possibility of going forward.

However, if there is a mistake, at least half of the ships will be lost, including the main battleship.

They can't do anything else, so they can only leave.

Zhang Feng gradually calmed down. He ignored Tang Shi next to him and calmly organized the fleet in the command channel to adjust the formation.

While resisting the frontal pressure from Yuhui, he ate the radiation class that just came through the flash engine.

But the other radiation class that arrived by jump successfully escaped from the encirclement of the joint fleet by relying on the jump engine.

With the Yuhui joining the front battlefield, the combined fleet could no longer bear the pressure from the ordinary ships of the Yuhui.

Zhang Feng could only say in the command channel: "Prepare to retreat."

However, he had one last thing to do before leaving the galaxy.

Zhang Feng checked the coordinate signal that Chen Ming's signal generator had been sending on the control panel.

Tang Shi, who had no psychological pressure, immediately realized what he was going to do and said, "This is the last resort..."

Zhang Feng interrupted him directly, and said in a low voice as if he wanted to eat someone: "Isn't this the last resort? Don't forget our original purpose."

He didn't pay attention to Tang Shi, and continued to do what he was going to do.

Soon, in the combined fleet.

A ruler that was just brushed by the beam of the microsievert-class light radiation cannon and was lucky enough to have only part of the hull damaged suddenly stopped following the fleet to retreat, and instead suddenly started the jump engine at a dangerous distance.

Yu Hui wanted to stop this sudden strange operation, but was immediately blocked by other warships of the joint fleet that acted according to Zhang Feng's orders.

In the end, the Ruler disappeared in the fleet.

The destination of the Ruler's jump was not somewhere else, but behind Yu Hui's front line, just like the two radiation-class ships just now.

The Ruler-class activated the only three large-scale weapons Gauss cannons on its hull that could achieve long-range precision attacks at the moment the jump ended.

After aiming at the coordinates sent by the positioning signal on the planet, the Ruler opened fire.

It was directly destroyed by Yu Hui's fleet after only one round of firing.

But the three large-scale live ammunition with exaggerated caliber fired by the Gauss cannon had already flown to this planet without the protection of the atmosphere.

The security system installed by Yu Hui on the planet was not able to prepare for the attack launched by the Ruler that almost jumped to its face for a suicide attack.

The three Gauss shells flew accurately to the research institute that was still sending coordinates to the outside world.

I feel a little dizzy, I feel dizzy when writing this chapter

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