Him and their stars.

Chapter 1758 I am here, always here

The New Atlantis team suffered a disastrous defeat, which was certainly bad news, but it was also not beyond Yu Lian's expectations.

The Solar System Fleet has always been the most valued mobile fleet by the dignitaries of the Earth. Before the Battle of the Ring of Miracles, it had always been the largest, most advanced, and most well-mannered fleet in the community. It was indeed a group of glamorous street specimens.

At least in appearance, it really looks like a strong army. This was of course before the Battle of the Ring of Miracles.

After that battle, the sense of security of the nobles indeed dropped to the lowest level in history, but the local fleet that they had rebuilt with the resources they had managed to squeeze out could only be regarded as a mob.

To be honest, Marshal Ferragu was able to bring this group of rabble to New Atlantis within the specified time. Yu Lian was already impressed by the old officer who was a chef.

...Of course, this could also be due to Brother Claire's contribution, but he was just a consultant after all, so Yu Lian decided to completely ignore him.

Yu Lian always believed that if he wanted to stabilize the defense loopholes at the border of the New Atlantis star zone, he should seize Chelo first. But this was no longer a military matter.

As it turned out, after Brunhildt captured Chelo first, the Home Fleet's rush to the New Asia border had lost its original meaning, not to mention the subsequent battles.

"You're right. Whether to fight or not is not up to Marshal Ferragu to decide." Feifei said.

It is said that when the home fleet arrived at the border of New Asia, Marshal Ferragu was actually quite hesitant, but the Alliance military advisor Claire Belmont really encouraged the entire army to press forward. He pointed out incisively that even if the Imperial Army really occupied Chelo like a god, its manpower must be limited. Although our side is a "rabble", at least we should have an absolute advantage in manpower.

Marshal Ferragu thought this made sense. The old man had never been a famous general with great decisiveness and creativity, but his greatest strength was that he listened to advice and knew how to listen to human words instead of ghost words.

It is said that Marshal Paris also agrees with this.

However, before the entire army moved forward, it was reportedly stopped by the Presidential Palace.

The Presidential Office was the commander-in-chief of the army in legal terms, but it was a bit abstract to speak directly to such a tactical issue. But forty-eight hours later, the Presidential Office issued another order to move forward, even bypassing the military command headquarters and giving the order to the Mars Cook. This was the quantum state of abstraction.

Indeed, up to this time, the enemy the First Fleet faced was still just one enemy ship and 50,000 to 60,000 people in the fortress, and the military strength was still absolutely superior - for the people on Earth, this was truly a fresh experience.

If everyone is full of fighting spirit, everyone forges forward bravely, everyone is united, and everyone is not afraid of sacrifice, maybe we can really get Chero back.

But we all know that expecting the "rabble" to suddenly transform into such a united and iron-clad army is probably even more difficult than training a ninth-ring psychic.

This is indeed the case. It is said that before the war, the Alliance's advisors formulated a plan to land at three locations simultaneously based on their own combat power. This was actually because they were worried that the Earth army, which was not well trained and organized, would land and attack at the same location, which would lead to crowded collisions and non-combat casualties.

However, the local fleet was only hit a few times by the fortress guns that Chero had just repaired, and everyone hesitated to move forward. Marshal Ferragu tried his best but could not get everyone to carry out the combat mission according to the original plan.

Then, after the Empire's reinforcements arrived, the Community's home fleet, which was attacked from all sides, no longer had the will to continue fighting.

In fact, this newly arrived Imperial reinforcement fleet consists of only 2 battlecruisers, 3 aircraft carriers, 3 light carriers, 12 heavy cruisers and light cruisers. It can only be regarded as a vanguard fleet at best, and its total strength is only one-fourth of the Earth's native fleet after reconstruction.

But even so, the First Fleet, which was highly expected by the Earth's dignitaries, collapsed again. Even the flagship Cook was hit several times by the Imperial battleships.

Of course, facing the same opponent, at least most of the local fleet managed to escape, which was already good compared to their predecessors who were completely wiped out in the Ring of Miracles.

The military attaché of the Union Embassy in Cherk watched the war and expressed his confusion.

"It's hard to imagine that these people and Sai De's group are all members of the Community Army. They are really embarrassing their comrades!"

"Is this possible? Is this actually the true level of the community army? As for the group of Sai De, are they special?"

"So, are those people in Sai De special? Or is their commander special?"

Such conversations and reports may only be the feelings of military observers, or they may be recorded in the official report sent back to Nephi. But what specific impact it will have can only be proved by future history.

Afterwards, the Mars Cook dreadnought retreated to New Atlantis and began to gather the defeated soldiers and redeploy their troops. However, everyone knew that if the Empire launched another attack, these frightened mobs would not be able to hold out for a long time. If they could get the headquarter to give in, they would definitely flee back to Earth without hesitation.

"Just run away. I'm not afraid of them now, but I'm more afraid that the Earth will issue an order to resist to death. Feifei, please send a warning to the Earth in my name." Yu Lian said helplessly.

"I will immediately instruct the staff department to do it." Feifei said.

Yu Lian was naturally relieved when Feifei was doing things. However, he couldn't help but complain: "In the current New Asia, instead of relying on the local fleet to hold on, it is better to rely on the Circassians to show some fighting spirit, so that at least they can harass the logistics of the imperial army. It will be difficult for King Suliuka to maintain the army in this direction."

"There are only two of us here, no need to be so deliberate." Feifei smiled and said, "You can call her Brunhilde or Brin. Yani and I actually call her that too."

Yu Lian treated the girl as if she was fishing, and continued as if he couldn't hear her: "After all, they have always regarded themselves as the vanguard of the anti-empire movement, and have been rebelling for hundreds of years. The surrender of the royal family of Katun does not mean that the generals have surrendered as well. I remember that in addition to the royal family, the commanders and governors of various military regions also have a lot of autonomy. Many forces do not even have middlemen, and they get aid directly from the alliance."

Feifei nodded and said, "Yes, their full name is the United Kingdom of Circumcision. The system of the whole country is not more centralized than that of Byzantium. Well, maybe even worse than that of Byzantium during the Macedonian Dynasty."

This is a bit too insulting. Yu Lian felt that the institutional stability and central authority of the Kingdom of Circe were at least equivalent to those of the middle and late Tang Dynasty before General Chongtian entered Chang'an.

...Wait, so to speak, Circe's "Chang'an" has really been occupied by the imperial masters!
Poor alligator snapping turtle friends. They did nothing but watch the battle, but after only one month, their country was functionally destroyed.

In short, the situation in New Asia has completely deteriorated, and it is only slightly better than the worst case scenario. However, to be hypocritical, it should have been within expectations, so it is not too out of control.

What was really unexpected was the direction of Nan Tianmen, which was considered the most rigorous.

"Gibraltar is really in a tough fight. Marshal Bonaparte is trying hard to maintain the situation, but it is almost impossible to send reinforcements here." To be honest, Yu Lian no longer expected to get reinforcements from Gibraltar. Everyone has to admit that Marshal Bonaparte and the Outer Ring Fleet have done everything they can.

Last year, just after the Kaitai Battle, when Yu Lian led his troops to support the Far Shore Nebula, he took away all four of the Main God-class ships, ten of the eighteen Yinglong-class strategic cruisers, half of the new warships and a large number of experienced crew members.

When it came to the critical point of the "half-time break" in the battle, Marshal Bonaparte met the requests of Yu Lian and Yang Xiyi and sent another part of the fleet to New Shenzhou, giving the exhausted Yang fleet a chance to catch its breath.

In addition, when newly trained recruits are sent from Terra, Marshal Bonaparte will try his best to keep the new recruits while sending the veterans of the fleet to Said for reinforcement, while ensuring that there is no functional imbalance in each department and warship.

Up to now, the Outer Fleet stationed in Gibraltar has less than half of the strength it had in its heyday. Considering that it is filled with a large number of rookies, its combat effectiveness may be less than 40%.

The core of the battle was four old-style Independence-class dreadnoughts. They were also the only remaining veterans of the Independence-class that had been established along with the community.

However, even with only this little bit of force left, Marshal Bonaparte and Yu Lian were still relatively optimistic about the future battle situation.

After all, after the Battle of Kaitai, the only enemy Gibraltar had to deal with was the New World behind the South Gate. This was actually the fundamental reason why Yu Lian wanted to sneak attack and defeat the Blood Gate, and then he had to take the initiative to attack with all his troops and burn most of the Kingdom of Kaitai to the ground.

After all, it was war, the cruelest activity that eliminated all kindness and gentleness. Yu Lian could not care less about how many people of the Cathay would be displaced and their families destroyed. As long as it could eliminate the threat of Gibraltar being attacked from both sides, it was a price worth paying.

And the facts have indeed proved that this approach is effective.

In the following six months, the Empire completely lost the possibility of attacking Nantianmen from the direction of Xuemen. In the whole year of 834, the largest fleet that arrived at Xuemen was just a reconnaissance fleet.

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The work would be much easier if there was only one direction from which to guard against the enemy.

Of course, in order to maintain his direction, Marshal Bonaparte did not even consider a decisive battle with the Imperial Fleet in his own territory in the New World, but instead withdrew all his forces to the Gibraltar system.

This move was a bit conservative, but understandable. With the current combat power of the Outer Fleet, relying on the home advantage of Gibraltar, they could play a defensive game, but it was almost impossible to confront the God of Fire, Aran, head-on in a galaxy in the Western Continent that had no defenses.

Of course, this also means that on the two inhabited planets of New Lushun and New Yumen, a total of more than three million military and civilians, as well as at least 200 million sand people who have obtained community household registration, have all become abandoned.

Marshal Bonaparte apologized to Yu Lian for this issue, but Yu Lian expressed his complete understanding.

This is a war after all, and both sides are placed in the furnace. The armies, ships, farms, factories, cities, planets, and the fate of every ordinary person are just part of the fuel. This is true for the Empire and its allies, and of course for us.

Yu Lian knew that Marshal Bonaparte had equipped a large number of powerful artillery batteries around the star gate. Compared with the vast starry sky, the star gate, which was only the size of an ordinary planet, was much easier to aim at. Once the imperial fleet poured into the Gibraltar β system from the star gate, it would inevitably be subjected to concentrated fire.

For example, Polaris produces the Skybow MK17 turret, a space device equipped with an Alliance dreadnought-class ion cannon. As long as it can hit accurately, it can also make the Titan ship feel shaken.

And the outer ring built twenty such turrets around the star gate.

Yu Lian was not clear about the fleet deployed by the Empire in the New World. However, he felt that facing such a defense, even if the Empire concentrated more than twice the number of troops defending the Nantian Gate, it might take a week or two, sacrificing a large number of ships and soldiers, to break through the Nantian Gate.

Then, it was a tug-of-war in the Gibraltar galaxy. At this stage, the Earthlings still had the advantage of being at home.

"So, the South Heaven Gate has been breached?" Yu Lian asked.

Feifei repeated the report with a wry smile: "The Vulcan Airan has broken through the South Gate and entered the Gibraltar Beta System. Everyone is fighting over the gate."

"This is equivalent to establishing a bridgehead in the Gibraltar galaxy. Why is it so smooth?" Yu Lian said.

"The Imperial Army...used the tactics that Mr. Yang used in the Unity Fortress."

Yang Xiyi had used these ingenious tactics many times. Yu Lian was curious about what kind of tactics it would be. It couldn't be like in the Unity Fortress, where a black hole was ignited inside, right?

“But, it was called the Devil’s Throat back then,” Feifei added.

Yu Lian understood immediately, but still asked in disbelief: "Charge, charge the car?"

"Charge the car." Feifei made an affirmative gesture with a heavy expression.

"But what should I use?"

Teacher Yang was able to use the battering ram because he had ready-made materials, the Leviathan that he had killed with his mental skills. However, the insect shell of the Leviathan had already shattered when it broke through the thickest armored wall of the Devil's Throat. Where did the Empire get such a strong and anti-physics battering ram?

"It means using unity to sweep ourselves away." Feifei said.

Yu Lian was slightly startled, then he immediately understood something and couldn't help but sigh: "Can this be considered retribution in this life?"

"Retribution? I don't believe in it. Even if there is retribution, it should be on the Empire." Feifei said proudly: "In this war, we stand on the high ground of justice. This is the only thing you should not deny."

"Yes, Colonel Fina Li, we are now waging a just war." What she said really made sense, and Yu Lian could only agree:
"It's just that our enemies are evil yet powerful. They have never been fools. They are even the most successful war race in this civilized era and this universe. I forgot such a simple thing as to be lenient with the enemy. How shameful!"

"It's not your fault, and that's not your defense zone." Feifei quickly comforted.

Yu Lian was unaware of this and shouted, "Being too proud of yourself! If you are too proud of yourself, you will definitely get into trouble! I will definitely make mistakes in the future, even similar mistakes. Feifei, someone has to remind me."

Feifei looked at her lover in the jar, feeling heartbroken, and replied as a matter of course: "Okay. Yu'er. I'm here, always."