Him and their stars.

Chapter 1772 The Growth Troubles of Fairy Tale Writer Sobek
Of course, Lieutenant General Midbeshi is not such a foolish man. The reason why he behaves so frivolously is actually a way to bring the two sides closer.

Sometimes, one not only needs to be experienced in dealing with human relationships, but also needs to make choices.

Anyway, these two imperial generals, both of whom have high emotional intelligence, have only been together for three weeks, but they have already become so close that they can speak ill of their superiors and other unlovable colleagues behind their backs.

"This battle happened 20 hours ago," Midbehi added.

"It's only now that the whole army has been informed. It looks like they have suffered a lot." Sobek said with a twitch of his mouth. He actually didn't like Lieutenant General Karaman. To be exact, any decent person would not like this so-called "famous" kid who was born in a famous family and pretended to be pretentious.

Midbeshi nodded. "Four ships were sunk. In addition, his flagship was hit by an antimatter torpedo from the Earthlings."

"Hiss~~~~" Sobek's heart twitched, and it hurt just to hear it. After all, he was a good man, and he hated this kind of pretentious colleague, but that didn't mean he wanted to see him killed.

To be fair, he would be very sad if his own Rabbit was torn apart by space bubble torpedoes.

Fortunately, Vice Admiral Karaman's dreadnought was only torn apart fiercely by the torpedo, and finally missed the vital part. The subsequent combat and navigation of the ship were not affected, but a huge scar was still left on the side of the ship, and even the imperial military emblem was torn to pieces.

It’s embarrassing on a spiritual level, but in practical terms it’s really nothing.

In addition, the loss of only 4 ships was not a big deal to the entire fleet.

Even so, the proud Karaman fleet stayed where it was for a full 10 hours before setting sail again. One can imagine how much of a blow this proud noble general suffered.

When they arrived at the Corridor 7A system, they found that the Earth fleet had left completely. However, the mass remnants and space aftershocks left at the scene clearly proved that the enemy did not sail directly out of the nebula as originally planned, but turned around.

"It has been confirmed that after winning, the Athena fleet turned from the Corridor 7a system and approached us along the No. 1 Nebula Trail. Needless to say, they just want to get here as soon as possible to meet up with the dragon that cannot even be named. Brother Yeager, you guessed it again." Having said this, Vice Admiral Midbeth fell into deep thought.

If I say I just mentioned it casually, do you believe it now? Sobek also frowned and fell into deep thought.

At this time, Vice Admiral Midbech said anxiously, "Once we merge, the size of the enemy fleet will be much larger than ours. Brother Yeager, should we retreat two star systems and wait? The Laken fleet behind us is still 24 hours away from us. This amount of time, no, this much time, is too much for us."

Sobek's cheek twitched. Although he wanted to agree immediately, he still tried to analyze it: "But this is actually unreasonable. The navigator is right. After all, the gravity well channel of the Nebula Fork is very narrow and the sailing speed is limited. As long as the Karaman fleet catches up, it is likely that it can catch up with the Athena before the Earthlings meet up."

"Yes, but you also said that the efficiency of the waterway is limited. If Karaman wants to catch up, he will have to divide his troops!"

After fighting for so many years, Major General Sobaek said that what he didn't like to hear was "dividing the troops", but he couldn't use his own cognition to predict the behavior of friendly forces.

Of course, the most critical issue now is that these two commanders and deputy commanders have to make a decision.

The two imperial generals stared at each other for a minute, each seeing their own reflection in the other's eyes. At this moment, they even felt a sense of sympathy for each other. If it weren't for the fact that these two people had limited shame, they would probably have remained silent for a long time.

Lieutenant General Midbeich finally looked at Sobek with appreciation and sighed, "Brother Yeager, I often wonder what war is for. We, the Tirello people, are known as the greatest conqueror nation and the greatest war nation, but who stipulated this?"

"Sir, we are doing our duty." That was all Sobaek could say.

"You're right." The lieutenant general with a fierce face nodded with a worried look on his face.

Then, he suppressed all the low pressure and said solemnly: "If the Fuxi fleet from the Earl I-4 system attacks from the front, we will retreat and join the Laken fleet. If they turn to the Nebula Trail to meet his friendly forces, we will attack from behind. This is of course based on the fact that Karaman is also chasing us. If we can't form a double-sided trap, we must not act rashly."

"Yes, in the narrow and harsh nebula channel, we cannot afford to fight! This will cause unnecessary losses, and once the enemy escapes in a step-by-step manner, the Revelation, the Lord God-class, and General Yu himself can all escape." Sobek said. He himself did not realize that he was almost one of the very few generals in the Imperial Army who could call Yu Lian by his first name.

Vice Admiral Midbeshi looked at his deputy with a little admiration, and continued: "Of course, if the Laken fleet behind us can arrive in advance and concentrate twice the number of troops of the enemy in front, we can try to attack... Tsk, what an uncreative decision! I was obviously a person with wild imagination back then!"

"No, I think this is a mature and prudent decision, and I fully support it." Sobaik stood at attention and saluted, his attitude was unprecedentedly upright and sincere.

The next half day was an indescribable waiting time. Of course, for Jaeger Sobek, as long as he was sure that no one would attack rashly, he would be relieved. His intuition told him that the longer he waited, the lower the possibility of the decisive "Dawn Dragon" on the opposite side to kill him, and the more relieved he would be.

As long as we don't take the initiative to act rashly, the current situation should be safe.

In this way, Jaeger Sobek even fell into deep thought while waiting. He was actually a person who liked to daydream. When his father held him on his neck to look at the stars, he was thinking about the truth behind the stars. He wondered if there was a little princess who was as extravagant as the universe and spent money on every star.

If that were true, how romantic it would be!

Sobaek now feels that if he had not been forced to join the army in order to revive his family business, he would have become a great fairy tale writer.

At this time, he really wanted to ask, what is the meaning of this war? What kind of great cause is it to accomplish that requires mobilizing thousands of huge starships, putting tens of millions of soldiers in danger, consuming enough materials and energy to bankrupt several countries, and turning a large area of ​​the galaxy into hell?
For a mere creation of the Enlightened One, the so-called Miracle Ring? Or for the complete conquest of the earthlings?

However, the war has been going on for so long, and the price paid by the empire has exceeded the losses suffered by the people of Earth. Can this nation really be conquered?

He suddenly felt that if we did not carefully consider the causes and processes of war from the root, would mankind only repeat the mistakes of history? In comparison, whether it was tactical achievements, strategic achievements, or even victory in war, they were actually just mascots in history books...

Sobaek came to his senses and slapped himself. He now regretted very much that he had read the banned book and even took notes.

Yeager, Yeager, who do you think you are? Such a grand topic, and you, a mere young man from the colony, are thinking about it? You are so bold!
"Sir..." Hearing Miss Serlu's worried voice, he took a deep breath and forced out a decent smile: "But is there any new movement from the Earth fleet on the other side?"

"The Earthlings drove away the reconnaissance ship we jumped over. However, although the reconnaissance time is limited, we can also observe that their fleet operations are relatively... well, the pace seems slow." said the Viscountess.

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"Slow pace?" Jaeger suspiciously opened the reconnaissance image sent by the reconnaissance ship.

Because they couldn't get close, the reconnaissance images were naturally very blurry. They were just rough images printed out based on the changes in light and shadow at a distance and quality parameters. But even so, a professionally trained imperial general like Sobek could tell the enemy's formation from these blurry outlines. Well, Sobek wasn't a professional, but he was a psychic after all, so he had the ability to learn. As a senior officer, he was also trying his best to learn the professional knowledge he should master.

All in all, judging from the graphics alone, the Earth Fleet's formation does appear to be unhurried, or at least it is not fully prepared to face its own formation.

It doesn't look like they are preparing for an attack, nor are they ready to hold their ground. It seems more like they are naturally switching to a stationary state during the march.

If we explain it in terms of the cold weapon era, this group of people have already started setting up camp and cooking, the only thing missing is someone barbecuing and playing football in the barracks.

"This is a trap," Sobaek said with certainty.

"Yes, Vice Admiral Midbeshi thought so just now." Captain Pegsay said, "He has ordered the entire army to be on alert."

That's fine. As long as the other party doesn't rush over suddenly, everything is acceptable. Sobek pressed his collar and called the robot to bring him a cup of hot chocolate, of course it would be better if it was the one with honey added.

The aristocratic class of Tirilo believed that whether a person was a superior or a nouveau riche was determined by whether the servants serving him were human or robots. As a professionally trained imperial general, Yeager Sobek could certainly enjoy the 24-hour personal care of a platoon of service personnel, but he himself had no awareness of this.

A sturdy and durable barrel coffee table robot, a humble and pleasing Lazakai orderly, and a well-dressed and well-trained butler, aren't they all delivering a cup of hot cocoa?
However, before he could drink the hot drink that could replenish his blood sugar level, the warning sounded again.

Sobek sighed and drank the hot chocolate in one gulp. If he was still himself a few years ago, he would have thrown the cup away in fear, but now he is an experienced and calm old man.

Growth is not always a good thing.

He now missed the innocent, stupid, clear, yet cowardly self at that time.

When he finally caught his breath, which tasted like chocolate and honey, the call from Lieutenant General Midbeth came through.

"It's not us, it's the Karaman Fleet." He didn't gloat this time, but said with obvious heaviness: "He asked us for reinforcements."

Sobaek finally started coughing and almost coughed up the chocolate he had just swallowed.