Interstellar leader

When the small destroyers at the outermost edge of the two fleets began to exchange fire, Li Qing keenly felt that something was wrong.This imperial fleet is too elite, and there are too many of them.After the two teams were close enough to accurately detect the model and quantity of each other, Li Qing heard Hehir's suppressed exclamation from a light-year away.

"Are they crazy?!"

The Imperials were indeed mad.Li Qing stared at the three-dimensional projection suspended in the air, the red light spots on it became more and more dense, and soon reached twice the number of his side.At this time, Admiral Ackerman's communication finally came, and his urgent voice sounded from every command ship on this front.

"The strength of the other party far exceeded our expectations. According to the Federation, the Empire suddenly gave up its offensive in the Pioneer and retreated in an all-round way. Almost all the withdrawn fleet was thrown into the Rockefeller front, especially the Eastern Front."

"Reporting to the general, the number of enemy troops on the western front has not exceeded expectations by much." Percy said anxiously.The distance of seven thousand light years distorted her voice. "Heyhill, are you all right?"

"I'm not good." Hehir's voice trembled. "When will reinforcements arrive?"

"Attention Heythel, there is a battleship heading towards you." Li Qing calmly reminded.Then there was a burst of command and evasion, and when microwave bombs passed by, there was the hissing sound of a small number of photoelectric components on Heythel's command ship being burned.

"Hayhill?" Percy called after a few seconds' delay.

"Don't cry, I'm not dead yet." Hehir coughed twice. "Damn it, the Imperials are really a bunch of lunatics. They directly launched a suicide attack on the command ship just after the battle started. What is it if they are not crazy?"

Li Qing knocked on the table with his fingers unconsciously, the regular sound seemed to make him feel at ease. "It seems that the empire's resources have been exhausted, so they will fight desperately and gather all their resources here, hoping to fight a battle that must be won. If they break through the defense and enter the rich Rockefeller District, they will not only get a lot of wealth, but also Can attack Miranda and Harper through the jump point inside the Rockefeller District."

"Exactly right. Complete victory or nothing, that's why they are so crazy." Ackerman said solemnly: "Major General Yang of the Federation is coming with an army, and it is expected to arrive in five hours; we are also mobilizing troops , but with the Empire throwing all its forces at war with us, and wars raging here and there across the borders of the Republic, there is little hope."

In the interstellar war, the duration of a single battle is quite short, and the defender can only shrink the defensive circle as much as possible to ensure that the attacker cannot find a loophole in the vast space and jump directly to the defensive transition point.As a result, the distance between the two sides during the battle is not far away. Within a range of millions of kilometers, lasers and guided missiles are quite accurate and fast.So after hearing five hours, Hehir let out a long sigh. "Five hours. When they arrive, our bodies will probably be cold."

"We have to stall for time." Li Qing gave an order to Sara while trying to analyze the attack mode of the imperial fleet. "Expand the scope of the battle and entangle large starships. It doesn't matter if you put one or two into the transition point occasionally, presumably Rockefeller's aerospace force will control them."

"Yes, sir." Sarah frowned and stared at the model in front of her. Charlotte stood next to her in a trance, as if in a trance. Sarah knew that her genetic skills had activated again.Sure enough, after a while, she spoke, and Li Qing's voice sounded at the same time: "The empire has no formation at all. They are launching attacks in a chaotic mode."

"All the starships are disbanded, and the command is temporarily transferred to the captains of the ships. Your highest goal is to delay time and protect yourself." Li Qing and Heythel issued the same order, and this star field suddenly became an unprecedented melee .

There was a wry smile on the corner of Li Qing's mouth, Jonathan should be in charge of the empire.The imperial marshal knew him very well, knowing that no matter what formation mode and war theory he used, he would eventually be able to crack it, so he quietly put the noose around the neck of the empire's fleet.

Jonathan simply adopted a completely chaotic attack, he posed an unsolvable problem for Li Qing.A sufficiently intelligent brain can solve all problems, except randomness and chaos.Under this premise, Li Qing will not be able to use any calculations and skills to make up for the gap in the strength of the two sides, and his command will not be of any use outside the local area.

He should have killed Jonathan earlier, even though Jonathan was a loyal, friendly, conscientious, respected field marshal, he should have even resorted to the dastardly tactics of assassination, just to win.Do whatever it takes to win.

Li Qing quickly steered the huge mothership through the laser-woven death net while paying attention to the battlefield dynamics. The situation on Heythel's side seemed to be worse than his. Two hours later, the fleet The breakage is over a third, which means that the remaining starships will be worn down at a faster rate.

An imperial cruiser bit the tail of the "Rockefeller" tightly and followed behind him like a ghost. Li Qing flicked his starship again, narrowly avoiding a dragging ship. Brilliant nuclear bombs.A laser beam passed within 50 meters of the ship and hit a destroyer behind him, blowing it in half.

After doing this, the cruiser charged directly at Li Qing's command ship.He turned the laser cannon at the rear of the starship, aiming at the ship that was conducting a suicide attack and turned it on to maximum power, the scorching beam penetrated it immediately, evaporating everything in its path.It was still crashing at an unabated speed, Gaia, the robot beside Li Qing, was already ready, she made the starship drop sharply, and the pile of scrap iron collided with another destroyer of the empire.

Li Qing muttered to himself: "It's really crazy... Heyciel, pay attention to the suicide attack—Heyciel?!"

He stared at the picture in the model stiffly. The largest green dot suddenly turned red, expanding and getting bigger, obviously experiencing an explosion.It was Hehir's flagship, the Stellar Ray, and the dot representing it flickered for the last time and went out.

After a while, the command system automatically connected to another starship, and the voice of a middle-aged man came. "Major General Lancelot, I am Lieutenant Colonel Creek, taking over the command of Major General Hehir."

It was two and a half hours before reinforcements arrived.

Li Qing said to another channel: "Admiral Ackerman, we can hold on for half an hour at most. After half an hour, the Eastern Front will collapse."

"Isaac, you must hold on." Ackerman ordered wearily.

"Impossible." Li Qing replied firmly.

Ackerman became anxious, and the old voice suddenly rose. "You're a soldier! I've never heard such a depressing remark from a soldier!"

"I'm a scientist." Li Qing replied calmly and firmly. "Scientists are pragmatic. When I say it's impossible, it's theoretically impossible. Think about it, Admiral Ackerman, come up with a feasible plan, and then we'll implement it. Otherwise..."

"what?"

"To save the lives of my subordinates, I will surrender."

"Isaac?!"

"I don't think this is a disgraceful act. I am now the supreme commander of the Eastern Front, so let the sewage of history be poured on me alone. I will always think that their lives are more precious than my reputation. "

Ackerman was silent.

"I approve," said the general.

The more the fleet is damaged, the faster it will be wiped out. After half an hour, no matter whether it is Li Qing's fleet or Creek's, less than half of the fleet still has combat effectiveness.Fortunately, because Li Qing and Hehir first gave the order of safety first, although many starships were damaged, there were not many explosions.

The fleet of the First Legion was forced to shrink within a radius of a million kilometers of the jump point, surrounded by starships of all sizes from the empire, and they had no way out.

"Major General Lancelot, hold on. I'm Yang, and I'm expected to arrive three or ten minutes earlier." Another address was connected to the command and communication system, and Li Qing replied: "It's too late, we are surrounded."

Yang was silent for a while, he knew what it meant.The Empire invaded Rockefeller, and they would gain the resources to continue the war in this rich business district, and their greatest weakness would disappear.It was a blitz, a beautiful game.

"Yang."

"Ok?"

"The empire took the risk of moving the entire fleet here because the federation did not dare to abandon the republic and directly went deep into their rear alone. Why don't you mobilize troops to raid the imperial capital while most of the empire's troops are in the republic."

Yang pondered for a while, then looked up with a smile on his face. "I agree with you. Since they dare to gamble with a country, so do we. Isaac, I appreciate you very much. I look forward to fighting side by side with you again."

Li Qing glanced at the battle situation model, the two sides had ceased fire, and the dark starship was quietly parked in the universe, looking extremely cold.

"The enemy command requested a call." Gaia's cold voice rang in her ears.

Li Qing took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down completely, only thinking about the current situation, not thinking about what will happen in the future. "Come on."

Unexpectedly, when the three-dimensional projection of the video conference was turned on, it was not only the face of Marshal Jonathan that appeared in front of him.Beside this marshal, who looked older than when he left the empire, sat a familiar figure, with neatly combed long blond hair, complicated pure white imperial clothes, and a pair of azure blue eyes staring at him.

"Chris?"

"Shut up, Lancelot." Jonathan accused angrily. "Don't you know that the major general of your country is polite?"

"Jonathan, you can shut up too." Chris said softly.

The loyal marshal lowered his voice, and said quickly, "Your Majesty! Why do you still miss this spy? Even if he is very talented, any genius that cannot be used by us should be killed. We can't waste time—"

"You're overstepping the line."

There was a hint of warning in the emperor's voice. As one of his confidantes, no matter how upright Jonathan was, he had developed the ability to act according to his face.He immediately fell silent.

"Isaac." The young emperor called softly.

Li Qing lowered his eyelashes. "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Smart answer." Chris showed a faint smile. "It makes me feel like I'm back to the time when you hadn't betrayed."

"Almost all the fleets have come here, and the emperor personally commands them. You really think highly of me, Your Majesty."

Chris almost laughed out loud. "Others may not understand, but I know how terrible you are."

"What a gamble." Li Qing commented.

"But I won the bet. Isaac, surrender." The emperor seduced with a soft voice. "Come back to me. I will not lock you up in a dark dungeon and torture you. In the same way, this army that surrenders will be treated well. Only if you swear allegiance to me again, let Your genius is for me to use, I can give you a dignified status, give you the best material comforts, give you everything I can have—”

"Except freedom." Li Qing interrupted him.

Chris' smile didn't change. "Yes, except freedom."

"But that's my most precious thing."

"Are you going to say no to me?" Chris put his hands on the console, leaned forward, his eyes became stern. "You want your fleet to die in the star sea with you?"

"I need to think." Li Qing replied calmly.

"I'll give you 10 minutes and tell me the answer. Obey me, or die."