From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

Chapter 79 Response

"So, we still allowed them to successfully break through?"

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

His tone was calm, neither happy nor sad.

But Colonel Rafael and the combat staff standing in front of him were still too nervous to speak out.

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

Maybe he seems to be relatively easy to get along with on weekdays, and he treats his subordinates very well.

But if a command error occurs during the battle, especially this error will affect the entire battle situation.

Then you may be lucky enough to see this earl's thunderous wrath.

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

And this person is, in most cases, Chief Combat Staff Colonel Rafael.

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

After all, in addition to being deeply appreciated by the Marquis, according to rumors and gossip, this dashing Royal Navy colonel seems to have some kind of story with the Marquis' daughter.

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

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

"We sunk one of the two Jackdaw-class high-speed destroyers sent by the federal fleet, but the other one still broke through our interception and completed the delivery of communication terminals."

After hearing Raphael's answer, the Marquis was silent for a moment. He squinted his eyes as if he was remembering something.

After a moment, he continued to ask Raphael:

"If I remember correctly, haven't we already implemented the communication blockade of Robert IV? The orbits are also covered with signal jamming devices, and the network has been completed. In this case, they did not put in the communication terminals Does it make sense?"

"Your Majesty, you are right."

Raphael opened the holographic image platform in the center of the bridge, which displayed a model of the 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 jamming device has indeed completed the network coverage, so the federal troops on the ground have been unable to contact the outside world before, but"

As Raphael described, a red track continued to approach the planet, and finally passed through the light blue interference layer.

"The destroyer that the Federation successfully broke through and intercepted obviously discovered this, so they lowered the orbit very low, placed communication terminals inside the interference layer, and even destroyed many signal jamming devices in orbit through ship-borne weapons. Let the networking process be destroyed."

After saying this, Raphael stood up straight facing the Marquis,

"I did not command properly in this battle, which caused the federal fleet to seize the opportunity to disrupt our military deployment. Please punish me, Lord Marquis!"

"That's all, don't blame yourself"

The Marquis of Ascania waved his hand.

Others in the combat staff also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Marquis was not angry this time.

"According to what you said, Raphael, can I think that the current remaining federal soldiers on the ground will not only receive information from 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."

After hearing Raphael's words, Marquis Ascania shook his head.

"No, these federal remnants do not need to contact outside the galaxy. They only need to contact the federal fleet. Even sending a text message is enough."

"Think about it carefully, what will happen to a force that was originally trapped on a planet and fighting alone when it learns that there is a friendly fleet outside the planet?"

Raphael was silent for a moment, and then replied:

"Morale and determination to resist will be boosted."

"Yes, alas. This is what I'm worried about. If Robert No. 4 cannot be captured quickly, the battle here will soon become more and more intense."

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

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

On the surface of Robert 4, Amber, who was chatting with the awakened Major Randall in the temporary rest area of ​​the army, received an order to summon him to the brigade headquarters. When he arrived at the temporary camp at the brigade headquarters 65 kilometers away in a Mongoose armored vehicle, he was led directly to the command post.

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

Amber glanced at their ranks, and none were lower than lieutenant.

"If the empire discovers this, they will shoot it down. Hiss~"

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

Whether it's the soul-pierced self or this body that just reported for duty, there are obviously no acquaintances here.

But just because Amber doesn't plan to socialize doesn't mean that others aren't interested in him.

Soon several young officers came over to greet him. These officers had been following Lieutenant Colonel Dallas all year round. Under his guidance, they no longer had much prejudice against psykers.

"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 while because they revised 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 is currently out of 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!"

(End of this chapter)