Him and their stars.

Chapter 1653 Long Live the Ring

Perhaps it was fate that the Battle of the Ring of Miracles and the Battle of Yaochi (the fourth battle) took place on the same day, November 833, 11 in the Common Era.

Faced with the solid defense line established by the Community defenders in the border valley of Plate 1, the Empire spent more than half a year mobilizing troops and concentrating a force five or six times that of the defenders before launching an all-out attack on the Miracle Ring defense line.

The commander was the famous Admiral Orosha. In the timeline when Yu Lian was active, this veteran had already retired from the stage of history. However, in this timeline, he was the best land warfare master in the entire Galactic Empire, without a doubt.

However, the facts proved that the "Universal Defense Theory" that Yu Lian summarized from the war experience of the previous timeline was still very practical. Even a land warfare expert like Admiral Orosha needed to concentrate an absolute advantage in troops and be mentally prepared to make countless sacrifices before he dared to launch the final attack.

It is said that the Imperials did leave nearly 100,000 corpses in the Ring of Miracles, which is almost equal to the total number of enemy troops they annihilated and subdued this time. This has to be attributed to the hard work of the defenders of the Ring of Miracles, and also to Yu Lian's "Theory of Universal Defense".

Yang Xiyi was probably praising Yu Lian. However, the latter was still in a low mood. He suddenly felt that if Brother Saiyo had not obtained his "Theory of Universal Defense" and had psychological support, they might not have defended to the death, but would have chosen a more flexible tactic.

After all, this ring of miracles is so vast that the total surface area of ​​all the continental plates combined definitely exceeds the total surface area of ​​any civilized country's habitable planet. So where can't be a place of war?

  However, while clinging to a solid line of defense may bring a false sense of security, it may also lead people to a dead end.

Yang Xiyi said in a not-too-polite tone: "You think too highly of Commander Saiyo. He is a magnanimous and open-minded leader who loves his soldiers like his own sons. He always holds himself to the standards of ancient famous generals. However, in essence, whether in strategy, decision-making or courage, he is not above the average level of normal people. He does not have the ability to lead everyone in long-term guerrilla warfare."

"Also, you should know that the essence of guerrilla warfare is not in striking, but in roaming."

"Then you are wrong. The essence of guerrilla warfare lies in long-term movement, ambush, and stealth to find the enemy's weaknesses, and even mobilize the enemy to make them reveal their weaknesses. In the final analysis, it still comes down to one attack!" Yu Lian shook his head.

Yang Xiyi thought about it for a moment and actually agreed.

Well, thanks to the wisdom of his teacher in his previous life, Yu Lian actually convinced Yang Xiyi on the theory of military strategy, which is something he is very proud of.

"Anyway, you've heard the old saying that there are tens of thousands of men and horses, and it's boundless and endless, right? For such a large-scale army, it's actually beyond Commander Saiyo's organizational ability to break up into smaller units, break out separately, and continue to fight."

  Teacher Yang was probably comforting himself. Otherwise, given his personality, even if he was sarcastic, he would definitely use a more sophisticated way. Why would he talk about a senior who had died in battle behind his back?

Yes, Lieutenant General Singh Sayo has definitely died on the battlefield, and this tragic news happened during the Empire's full-scale offensive on November 11.

Recalling this carefully, the Marine Corps Director of the Community has always had the heart of an artistic youth. Before the war, he even went to Cold Hill to play a cameo as a villain. His screen debut won the Yagomi Award, but I don't know if he had the opportunity to watch the whole film.

Although Yu Lian had little contact with Lieutenant General Saiyue and their friendship was not very deep, he still felt a little disappointed.

If Feifei knew that her actors had died in the war, she would probably be even sadder.

As for the Chief of Staff of the Ring of Miracles garrison, Major General Walter Lar led most of the troops and wounded soldiers who could not break out to lay down their weapons. He chose a seemingly cowardly but actually more courageous approach.

"...I was the one who recommended Major General Lar to Commander Saiyo." Yu Lian sighed, "He doesn't want to be a foreign affairs officer who cleans up after an unreasonable leader. He also has the ambition to fight on the battlefield. It just so happens that Major General Lar's strengths are in organization and staff, which can complement Commander Saiyo."

Who dares to say that he is not an organizational genius when he is able to build an intelligence agency with capabilities at least above average in the heart of the empire?

But now, he returned to the empire where he had worked and lived for many years, and as a prisoner.

What kind of hellish joke is this! Yu Lian slapped his head.

Yang Xiyi added, "If you want to blame yourself, there is no need to. You have to know that Commander Sayo and Chief of Staff Lar watched helplessly as the main force of the expeditionary fleet was annihilated. However, they still relied on their demoralized army to hold back a large number of the Empire's troops, forcing the Empire to spend a lot of transportation resources and more than half a year to mobilize troops. This did objectively create ample time and space for my actions. As a result, I activated the secret bases in Watheim and Liangshan, and also attacked from all sides on the busy transportation lines of the Empire, naturally achieving considerable results."

"In the final analysis, war is something that can never be casually evaluated based on changes in an isolated battle situation. Even with the most stringent evaluation, they have done everything they can. As a soldier, what else can you ask for?"

Yang Xiyi had been very rude to the late Lieutenant General Saiyo before, but now he turned around and gave a very high evaluation, highlighting his calmness, neutrality and rigor.

Yang Xiyi pondered for a moment: "As for the troops that broke out, under the leadership of Major General Mallowan, they are much more flexible. Regardless of whether the essence of guerrilla warfare is guerrilla warfare or attacking, the scale of the operation actually depends on the commander's ability limit."

Of course Yu Lian understood what this meant.

A 100,000-strong army was divided into small groups to break out and engage in guerrilla warfare while maintaining combat coordination. This was not something that Commander Saiyo and his men could do.

But now, the troops that were able to break out were naturally the most elite of the defenders. With fewer people, they could target smaller targets, and they were more flexible and agile in action. In addition, almost all the psychics also managed to escape, which to some extent also ensured the remaining troops' ability to attack.

More importantly, with fewer people, Major General Mallowan would be able to command the troops better and hold out longer.

The above news was what Yang Xiyi heard from a transport ship captain who was killed. It was already December 833, two weeks after the end of the fourth Yaochi Battle.

After that, Yang's fleet arrived at the Yao Chi Galaxy like a divine force descended from the sky, and participated in the fifth Yao Chi Battle on December 12. With the cooperation of friendly forces on land, they won a complete victory. They also picked up some women and children from Marshal Li's Gele City. Anyway, there was still plenty of living space on the two predator immigrant ships.

The reason why Yang's fleet couldn't take everyone away was, on the one hand, because the 38th Division had already said that it wanted to continue to resist. Even if Yao Chi would not affect the major changes in the war situation, as long as it existed, it would have strategic significance.

On the other hand, it’s time.

Yang's fleet took advantage of the Imperial Fleet's weakness by making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, and successfully reached Yaochi to complete the reunion. However, their reunion lasted less than 20 hours.

After discovering that they had been deceived, Major General Mettig's fleet rushed back as quickly as possible.

In less than a day, it was impossible to capture all the soldiers and civilians in Gele City of Marshal Li, so he only took away 30,000 elderly, weak, women, children and wounded soldiers.

In addition, they also received a considerable amount of supplies.

"There are also some grains grown in Yaochi. If there is a chance, we can bring them back to our homeland to try. Maybe they will have miraculous effects."

I can only say that this is worthy of being a holy planet. While fighting, people can still farm underground and still get a good harvest. They can even do some agricultural research. It is truly a land of great natural resources.

It can only be said that there are actually no shortage of holy planets in the Milky Way. In this case, the civilized race still faces famine. It must not be the fault of the universe, but the fault of civilization.

"...So, I've been wanting to ask you since a while ago, what do the numbers of the Fourth and Fifth Yao Chi Battles you mentioned mean?"

"I also heard this from the Empire. They believed that there were a total of five large-scale offensive and defensive battles in Yao Chi, so they named it this way." Yu Lian felt more and more of a sense of déjà vu, and more and more empathy.

"So, the counterattack that killed the two enemy generals, Surme and Hongkas, was the fourth time. The charge that I saw in the video that eliminated all the imperial strongholds was the fifth time?"

Yang Xiyi nodded.

Yu Lian suddenly wanted to shout "Long live the 38th Division" again, and he could also add "Long live the Yang Fleet". So he really shouted like that.

However, what they wanted to discuss now was still the situation of the Ring of Miracles. After cheering three times, he quickly changed the subject.

"But, after all, the Ring of Miracles only has these few remnants hiding here and there. The best they can do is try to announce to the entire universe that we are still resisting in the Ring of Miracles. How can we say that we are a big threat?"

"Yes, I thought so too. So I went to the Ring of Miracles to confirm it myself."

Yu Lian pondered for a moment and gave Teacher Yang a thumbs up.

This guy is always known as a wise general, but it is precisely because he takes the brain route and is confident in his own judgment that he always goes crazy without limits.

As for how Yang Xiyi fooled the enemy afterwards, it is not difficult to guess. When everyone is guessing that you will choose to avoid the enemy, doing the opposite often has the best effect.

In fact, Yang Xiyi even made a big show of preparing to sink the Vulcan and recapture the Ring of Miracles, and marched in that direction with great fanfare.

Considering that Yang's fleet had played the game of feinting to the east and attacking to the west many times before, the Imperial Army said that this was still a trap and there was no need to intercept it. They should still search for other galaxies with clues. Of course, the Ring of Miracles was also the headquarters of the Empire's New World War Zone after all, and it maintained a large fleet all year round. The Vulcan Airan stayed there without moving. It was obvious that Yang's fleet could not deal with the Imperial Army of the Ring of Miracles.

于是，杨舰队就这样窜到了奇迹之环中，吓了法瑞尔元帅小小地一跳。这是共同历834年1月4日凌晨5点17分的时候了。

The reason why they didn't jump in surprise was because a very exaggerated event had just happened in the Ring of Miracles. The entire Imperial Army was in a state of great shock.

The continental plate temporarily numbered 1487, whose transparent dome covered a large area of ​​ocean and land, suddenly broke at midnight on January 1. Then, the dome structure that looked like transparent glass at first glance was shattered like fragile glass under the pressure from both inside and outside. Billions of tons of air, water, soil, vegetation, and hundreds of imperial advance teams that had just arrived at that plate were all thrown into outer space and were immediately swallowed up by the endless galaxy.

At the same time, Major General Mallowan's broadcast was also played.

On the radio, she was exhausted, worked day and night, and exhausted herself. Her physical strength seemed to have reached its limit. However, she was full of vigor, high morale, courage and determination. She was as excited as a winner, and even had a little madness that made her want to drag the whole world to her grave.

"She seems to be able to destroy the Ring of Miracles. If it were in the past, such threats would be just nonsense. However, the breaking of Plate 1487 has become the most favorable evidence. Even I can't help but wonder if Major General Mallowan and his men have found some central agency while hiding and fighting everywhere... Well, what are you doing?"

Yang Xiyi looked at Yu Lian suspiciously, and saw that the latter had already jumped up and waved his fist vigorously, shouting loudly: "Long live the Ring of Miracles!"

Yang Xiyi realized that this sentence had the same structure and volume as the one he had just shouted, "Long live the Yang Fleet" and "Long live the 38th Division," so he subconsciously raised his hands and shouted, "Long live... uh, wait, so what did you guess?"

"I don't know more than you do. But I am even more certain that the Imperials don't know more than us. I only know that the Ring of Miracles can really contain countless Imperial armies. In fact, this may even affect the final outcome of the battle!"

Yu Lian had already thought of the underlying meaning of Major General Aziza Mallowan's last words.

Yes, the main force of the Miracle Ring Community was almost completely wiped out, and the remaining troops that barely broke out of the army could only hide here and there, and could hardly launch an active attack on the imperial heavy troops and bases. Even the leader of the remaining remnants, Major General Mallowan, was left with only a few dozen people.

However, this does not mean that the dozens of people in the broadcast video are all the community warriors on the Ring of Miracles who still have the ability to resist.

They broke up into smaller groups and spread out across the Ring World. Each of them might have mastered the secret of the Ring of Miracles. Each of them could turn this ancient creation of the Enlightened Civilization into dust in the starry sky. Of course, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Empire on the Ring of Miracles and the fleets anchored nearby would also be turned into dust.

  Although Xiao Hui told himself that there was no mechanism on the Ring of Miracles that could self-destruct in one go, the people of the Empire didn't know that!

...So, really not?

Thinking of this, Yu Lian wanted to look around again, but considering that he was talking to Yang Xiyi after all, he held back and just recited silently in his heart.

One,

  two,

three!

"There is no doubt that the Ring of Miracles does not have any mechanism that can directly self-destruct. I am absolutely sure of this." Xiao Hui's voice rang in Yu Lian's heart.

She appeared! Yu Lian cheered in his heart. As long as the robot lady's (real body) was in the same galaxy as himself, once he started to miss her, she would definitely come out within three seconds. This was definitely the setting of a cyber ghost.

"I feel like you've been having some very rude fantasies just now!" Xiao Hui said.

"So, you guessed what I was thinking again, right?" Yu Lianyong said in a telepathic voice.

"No need to guess or think too much. We can deduce it based on your previous conversation using basic arithmetic." Xiao Hui said seriously.

  Oh, I see. Can something like this be deduced using “arithmetic”?

"So, when were you there?"

"When you started talking about the Ring of Miracles."

If he called her a "gossip robot", she would definitely retort with "I'm studying civilization". Yu Lian decided not to argue with her.

"With the weapons you have now, if you want to destroy the Miracle Ring, you can use the so-called Colossus weapon to destroy the star. Of course, you can also concentrate more than fifty Titan-class fortress cannons to bombard the weak connection of a certain plate. If the bombardment continues for more than twelve hours, there is a 27% chance that the structure of the ring world will disintegrate."

Yu Lian said he understood. He was impressed that it was indeed a creation of the Enlightened One. It looked gorgeous and noble, like a pearl necklace in the universe, and it was also as fragile as a pearl necklace, but it was very strong! In other words, it was stronger than the strongest Skyfortress at present.

  But, again, the empire doesn’t know!

Xiao Hui added: "Of course, it is possible to directly destroy the dome of a plate. This is actually a vacuum test."

"A plate full of vitality and thriving life, with air, green land, mountains and oceans, can be used for vacuum experiments. How can it sound so evil?" Yu Lian couldn't help but shudder.

Xiao Hui laughed: "Of course this is forbidden. Besides, isn't it too ridiculous to explore the morality of creatures and civilizations in different dimensions? Yu Lian, little brother."