Chapter 198 All Quiet on the Western Front
The Cloud Ring Federation fleet suddenly withdrew from the orbit of the fourth planet, which Fei Zheng did not expect.
The Xuefeng only attacked three times and forced the enemy to retreat to the edge of the Ryder System. When did the fleet commander of the Cloud Ring Federation become so cowardly?
But the facts were right in front of Fei Zheng, and he couldn't help but not believe it.
"Should we advance to the orbit of the fourth planet first?" Qi Yiming reminded him angrily when he found that Fei Zheng didn't react at all after the enemy retreated.
"That's right..." Fei Zheng reacted and quickly ordered: "Attention, all ships, enter the jump mode and quickly occupy the orbit of the fourth planet."
Originally, the orbit of the fourth planet was an unbreakable line of defense in Fei Zheng's plan.
In order to better defend the Ryder system, the commander-in-chief ordered densely packed space mines to be laid in the orbit of the fourth planet to limit the maneuvering range of the enemy fleet.
At the same time, thousands of fixed turrets were placed on the orbit.
Originally, this line of defense should have been impregnable. Unfortunately, the quality of the combat personnel of the garrison fleet was too low. As soon as they came into contact with the Yunhuan Federation fleet, one after another warships turned around and fled the battlefield.
If Fei Zheng hadn't noticed something was wrong in advance and immediately organized the fleet to shrink the defense line and retreat to the orbit of the administrative star of the Ryder System, the Ryder System might have been captured by the Cloud Ring Federation by now.
Well now, the Xuefeng immediately regained the defense line in the orbit of the fourth planet as soon as it joined, and the originally low morale suddenly returned.
Fei Min, who had been worried about the defense issues of the Ryder System in the rear, also contacted Fei Zheng from time to time after the Xuefeng joined the battlefield to determine whether the Xuefeng was as magical as his military adviser said.
As soon as Fei Zheng arranged the defense work, Fei Min contacted him through the deep space communication equipment.
"Fei Zheng...how is the battle situation now?" Fei Min's voice sounded very tired. It seemed that he had not had a good rest in recent days.
"Retreating to the edge of the galaxy..."
"What? When I contacted you half an hour ago, you said that the defense line of the administrative star was still in our hands. How come you were forced to the edge of the galaxy so quickly?"
"It's not us! It's the enemy..." Fei Zheng knew that Fei Min had misunderstood, and immediately explained: "The Xuefeng taught the enemy a lesson as soon as it arrived. 40 is the distance of light minutes...killed it with one shot. Several enemy battlecruisers."
"What 40 light minutes?" Fei Min was confused by Fei Zheng.
Fei Zheng organized his language and told Fei Min the details of the situation after Xuefeng joined the battlefield.
Fei Min listened more and more horrified on the other end, "Are you saying that the Xuefeng sank the enemy warships at a distance of 40 light minutes from the enemy, once or several ships?"
"It's absolutely true..."
Fei Min couldn't help but was speechless. He really didn't expect Xuefeng's combat power to be so powerful. If he had known this, he should have asked Qi Yiming to command Xuefeng to join the battlefield.
But it's not too late now. With the addition of Xuefeng on the western front, the front has temporarily stabilized.
The east and west fronts entered a brief stalemate stage at the same time, which was a state that Fei Min was happy to see.
This gave Fei Min time to organize more fleets to strengthen the east and west defense lines.
However, the strange thing is that since Qi Yiming's Xuefeng joined the Western Front battlefield, the enemy has rarely taken the initiative to launch attacks, and has not even sent out reconnaissance ships for several days in a row.
However, the battlefield on the Eastern Front was fierce. The commanders of the Cloud Ring Federation and the Fermi Republic showed their respective commanding talents and tested each other's strength at all times.
This made Qi Yiming extremely depressed, but Fei Zheng was extremely happy.
Fei Zheng sometimes wanted to hold Qi Yiming and take a sip. This was their treasure on the Western Front battlefield.
In this way, the east and west fronts spent the last month of the star calendar year 3322 in this strange state.
On January 4, star calendar 3323, one hundred and ten cruisers from the New Federation finally reunited with Qi Yiming.
But what made Qi Yiming angry was that Fei Min actually refused the New Federation support fleet to enter the capital star for supplies.
"My fleet worked tirelessly to come from the New Federation. Not to mention docking for rest, you actually didn't allow my fleet to enter your capital galaxy!!" Qi Yiming asked Fei Min loudly after the deep space communication system was connected. .
Although Fei Min knew that what he was doing was a little unkind, he believed that doing so could avoid the newly established Femi Republic from being eroded by external forces to the greatest extent.
"The supplies for you are already on the way. I just want the fleet to arrive at the front line a day earlier to reduce your pressure, right?"
"Bullshit pressure, the Cloud Ring Federation has done nothing on the Western Front battlefield for more than half a month, not even a single reconnaissance ship was dispatched." Of course Qi Yiming would not believe this lame excuse, but he also took it Fei Min had no choice.
In fact, Qi Yiming can also understand Fei Min's approach. If he were in Fei Min's position, for the safety of the capital star of the Fermi Republic, he would not let any fleet from a foreign force enter the capital star, even if the other party Be your own ally.
The reason why Qi Yiming made such a fuss was to warn Fei Min that it would be enough if he did this once. If it happened a second time, he would really fall out.
Of course, in order to compensate for his mistakes, Fei Min had to express himself.
Not only did he have the supply fleet deliver enough supplies to the New Federation's fleet, he also sent a large amount of consolation money to every sailor in the support fleet in the name of the Fermi Republic.
It cannot be said that all the crew members who received the condolence money were happy, but most of them chose to forget the unpleasant incident.
Then, under the command of Qi Yiming, the fleet quickly became familiar with the situation on the western front.
With the injection of fresh blood and the powerful combat power of the Xuefeng, Qi Yiming felt that it was time to drive away the enemies on the edge of the galaxy.
So under Qi Yiming's suggestion, the garrison fleet of the Fermi Republic and the support fleet of the New Federation simultaneously attacked the fleet of the Yunhuan Federation on the edge of the Lede Galaxy.
But what surprised Qi Yiming was that when they launched the attack, the fleet of the Yunhuan Federation only symbolically resisted for a while and then activated the bridge jump to evacuate the Lede Galaxy.
"What's going on?" Fei Zheng looked at the direction where the enemy fleet left in confusion.
Qi Yiming was also confused and didn't know whether he should pursue.
"Commander Fei, I suggest that we send a reconnaissance ship to cross the bridge to investigate and prevent the enemy from setting a trap for us." After spending some time with Fei Zheng, Qi Yiming's perception of this fat man changed a lot, so he was more respectful in his words. After all, he was the nominal commander-in-chief of the Western Front.
Fei Zheng thought about it and finally accepted Qi Yiming's suggestion, and quickly arranged for the reconnaissance ship to go forward for investigation.
But two days later, the reconnaissance ship brought back information that surprised the two even more.
The fleet of the Cloud Ring Federation did not stay for long after evacuating the Ryder Galaxy, but retreated all the way to the Domige Galaxy.