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The Gilfies fleet began to evacuate the border galaxy in disgrace. After a series of battles across the border galaxy, Gilfies obviously found that they had lost a lot of money - none of the border galaxies that had vowed to liberate and pacify The goal, on the contrary, seems to be to open the way for the Fafnir fleet.

"If we hadn't launched the border campaign in the first place, Fafnir wouldn't have had such an easy excuse to commit such a crime against the border galaxy?" This kind of thought kept swirling in the red-haired young man's mind.

Of the more than 8000 warships brought out, only more than [-] were able to go back. Although they destroyed far more than their own numbers, they fattened the vultures behind them... The only strategic victory is that at least the nobles The deputy leader of the party was killed, and a large number of nobles from the same faction were buried for him, that's all.

On the other side of the galaxy, the chaos of the Alliance continues.There was turmoil everywhere, various parties and factions appeared in large numbers, and three kinds of slogans came and went one after another.The woman Yang Weili admired—the widow of his good friend (not yet married), Ms. Jessica, also became a man of great influence in the political chaos of the alliance.She called for a liquidation of former state officials, while sternly opposing the current military trusteeship and calling for elections to begin immediately.However, Ms. Jessica was unable to put forward a suitable reason for the opposition to the chairman of the Trunicit Council who also opposed the proposal. Ms. Jessica could only maintain a rigid opposition to the call for autonomy and independence-this is also true. It affected Yang Weili who had been communicating with her.As a soldier, Yang Weili strictly abides by the creed of not intervening in politics, but both sides have issued orders to him... Yang Weili may not be afraid of anyone on the battlefield, but for this kind of chaos, he can only ask the fleet to stay in the fortress... ... helpless.

As for the empire, Luo Yantar, as another vanguard of the whole army, invaded the Xiangtao galaxy like a broken bamboo.He noticed that the enemy's organization was very efficient, well-founded, and controlled very skillfully. Although the enemy's three successive waves of offensives were all repelled by Reuenthal, the stickiness shown by the enemy's attack was consistent with The uniform actions really surprised him, and the loss he suffered was much greater than expected. Luo Yantar should reflect on it.

The reason why the enemy's operations had become so effective, Reuenthal immediately understood, was that the enemy's commander had changed.At this time, [-]% of the people standing on the front line and commanding the battle are first-class generals of Merkaz.Except for him, no one in the noble coalition army can dispatch troops like this—perhaps, except for another rogue whom Roenthal deliberately wanted to forget, the rogue who scorned him as a "porn Persian cat", and He's just as lustful asshole.

As far as the difference in troop strength is concerned, it is not good for Reoenthal. After all, he is not a self-absorbed fantasist, but has the ability to make a proper assessment of the enemy's strength rationally and capable of doing so.

"Abandon the Xiangtao Starfield and retreat?"

The ability to retreat immediately when it is time to retreat is also one of the qualifications for becoming a famous general.

Even if the Xiangtao Starfield is abandoned, it will have no effect on the overall strategy, and the Xiangtao Starfield is not an indispensable part of the battle plan.It's just a place that is logically to be taken as the sphere of influence expands. At this time, it doesn't matter even if this place is given up to the enemy. The only thing Reuenthal hesitates is that this may bring trouble to the enemy. psychological effects.

Keeping the Xiangtao Starfield is a symbol of the first victory for the combined nobles who have been retreating after defeats since the start of the war. It is undoubtedly a boost to the enemy's morale, which may boost the enemy's morale and take advantage of the victory. go ahead.In history, there are countless examples of winning the final victory by overwhelming the enemy's dense combat with the momentum of pursuing victory.

Thinking of this, Roenthal, who was lost in thought, unconsciously smiled evilly in his black and blue eyes.

"Okay, let's retreat here. Since there is no value that requires a great sacrifice to defend, then whether to retake this place will be left to the Marquis of Rohenkram to personally decide."

There is a saying that if the boss makes the place occupied by his subordinates fall, then the boss will lose face and have no place to stand.But if the boss regains the place lost by the subordinate, then the result will show that the boss does have a more outstanding ability than the subordinate. In the long run, it not only satisfies the superior's self-esteem, but also improves the subordinate's impression of the superior.

Rosenthal thought so.Since it is impossible to obtain an overwhelming victory, it is better to use another more tactful and clever method, and this is by no means what a strong and simple warrior can come up with.

Once the decision was made, Reoenthal immediately began to prepare for a full-scale retreat, but the opponent was such an extraordinary commander as Merkaz, and it was not easy to retreat in front of him, showing the importance of using military skills The juncture is at this moment.

On July [-]th, Luo Yantar launched an offensive on the whole front. He concentrated all his troops on a few key points, and hit the enemy head-on wherever he went.However, the United Noble Army did not fall into chaos as before. Instead, they fought neatly and calmly, and not long after, they took advantage of the time difference when the Luoyan Tar army extended to the border of the front line to fight back.Based on this reaction alone, it can be seen that Merkaz is indeed an excellent and outstanding commander.

However, Reoenthal did not attack the enemy again, but withdrew the entire central army from the battlefield. On the other hand, the troops on the left and right flanks cleverly changed their angles and spread out to both sides.

While these actions are being carried out continuously, they are also deliberately provoking the enemy.At this time, if you look down from the sky, you can see the Reoenthal fleet. The whole army forms a concave shape, as if trying to lure the enemy in, and then attack from three directions.

Merkaz's staff officers really thought so, so they spoke to the commander one after another, requesting to slow down the speed of their own attack, so as not to fall into the trap of the enemy's tactics.

Merkaz folded his arms on the bridge of the flagship.He still had doubts in his heart. In his eyes, the actions of the Reoenthal fleet were extremely unnatural.Is Luo Yantar, one of the few experts in military use, playing some tricks?For example, it appeared to be an attack on the surface, but it was actually waiting for an opportunity to escape... However, Merkaz finally accepted the advice of the staff.The excessive blood of the own army has always been the most worrying part of Merkaz, so when using troops, he must always take prudence as the first priority. If Roenthal's purpose is to escape, then there is no need to pay too much The Xiangtao Starfield can be easily obtained at a high price.If the opponent this time is Reinhardt himself, it is another matter. Since it is not Reinhardt, it is best to avoid this dangerous gambling game.

The pursuit speed of the Noble United Army slowed down.After confirming the confirmation, Roenthal did not take immediate action, but continued to make the concave-shaped formation softly move back slowly after deliberation.Not long after arriving at the outer edge of the Xiangtao Starfield and opening the distance from the enemy, the entire army was immediately organized into a spherical formation and retreated at the fastest speed.

The Xiangtao Starfield just fell into the hands of the Noble Alliance Army.

"This guy Luo Yantar unexpectedly came up with such a difficult problem to test me."

After learning the report, Reinhard said with a wry smile.He didn't feel displeased. In fact, Luo Yantar's psychology of not sticking to the Xiangtao Starfield was as easy to understand as if he was completely in his hands.

"The Marquess of Lidenheim is dead. Gilpheys has made a great contribution!" This is the latest report received by the blond lion, but then "Gilphays was attacked by Count Rudolph of Fafnir and was forced to Exit all border galaxies and join our army. Marshal Fafnir has captured the defeated army of Lidenheim." This news is not good news... "This damned rascal!" After learning that Fafnir After acting like a vulture, the blond young man couldn't come up with many feasible strategies—Gilfies reported that Fafnir already had a fleet of [-], which has exceeded the number of nobles commanded by the Duke of Blanchebeck today. Union Army.And Reinhardt integrated the regular fleet of the empire, and at the same time accelerated the production and deployment of ships in Odin and other places, the number of ships is only about [-]. If Marshal Fafnir really devotes all his efforts to the United Noble Army, it is obvious that Can fight Reinhardt.

"Earl Fafnir will never sincerely join the combined army of the Duke of Blanchebeck. What he did in the border galaxy completely ignored their covenant, and it was an act of looting by fire. Moreover, under General Gilfies In the report, he was also one of the helpers who killed Lidenheim." Oberstein, who had a prosthetic eye, said to the lord.

No matter whether you say something or not, the golden-haired lion can't do anything to the "dragon" hooligans on the border. The overwhelming thing in front of him is to defeat the Duke of Blanchebaek. As for how to negotiate with Fafnir in the future, that is a matter for the future...

"Let's use a little trick to get those hot-blooded waste to come out and fight." These are the words of the blond lion jokingly.

Reinhardt sent someone to send a classical decisive battle letter to Vulture City. It was around the end of July, that is, Gilfies had just defeated the Marquis of Lidian Haibei in the Chihoisa star field. Fleet soon.

The decisive battle book appeared in front of the leaders of the noble coalition army through super-light communication, and it did fully receive the effect of angering these great nobles.

Reinhardt said - ignorant and cowardly nobles, if you still have a little courage like the tip of a mouse's tail, then come out of the fortress and fight us to the death!If you don't even have such a small amount of courage, why not abandon your nominal self-esteem and surrender?Not only will we save your dog's life, but we will also allow you incompetent idiots to live the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing.I believe you also know that a few days ago, your respected deputy leader, Marquis Lidenheim, finally came to a dead end and died a miserable death.If you don't want to have the same fate, why don't you choose a way to survive...? "Bastard, you brat, how dare you speak wild words!"

"Blonde boy! Have you forgotten about the Xiangtao Starfield!"

The young nobles were almost mad with rage.Not long afterward, warships of the Reinhardt Army's vanguard, the Mittermeier Fleet, haunted the fortress of Vulture City from time to time.He tried his best to provoke and tease, and sometimes deliberately swaggered out of the range of the main gun of the fortress, sometimes approaching and sometimes walking away, and then approaching after walking away, all actions were deliberately made to be seen by the people in the fortress.

Although the first-rank Admiral Merkaz gave repeated orders to prohibit the fleet from attacking, the hot-blooded young nobles still attacked without authorization, and Mittermeier lived up to expectations and "failed", leaving behind a large number of ships and supplies and fled in embarrassment.As expected, the returning nobles were punished by the brainless first-class general Mercaz for ignoring their military orders. However, under the protection of another fool who likes to act—the Duke of Blanchebeck, they finally succeeded in destroying May. The prestige of the first-rank general Erkazi - from then on, he rushed further on the road of the mob...

"It's about time, Oberstein."

Reinhardt asked.

It's almost the same, the chief of staff with prosthetic eyes nodded.

So all the admirals gathered on the flagship of Brun Hill, and after receiving precise instructions, they each led their respective fleets and set off for the war zone.

"The Mittermeier fleet is attacking again!"

On the [-]th of August, such information was received on the City of the Condors.But what was different from the previous ones was that this time Mittermeier took an active offensive with long-range laser missiles.

"The defeated general dares to humiliate himself once again. Let's teach him a good lesson and let him understand that no matter how many rounds he fights, he is just a piece of trash that can never win! *Merkaz The orders and military regulations had long been ignored. The young nobles rushed to the battleships one after another. Before receiving the instructions from the port control officer, they had already rushed to attack on the ships.

Mittermeier couldn't help laughing at this moment.

"These stupid sons of the nobles can live longer if they stay in the fort obediently, but they don't see the coffin without tears, and rush out to die. It's really a big joke!"

In fact, Mittermeier is of the same age as these "stupid sons of nobles" in his mouth, but he is indeed qualified to call these young nobles "stupid sons of nobles" in terms of combat history and meritorious service.

In his eyes, fighting these stupid people who couldn't figure out that he was deliberately bluffing the previous time was not only boring but no fun at all.He murmured to himself with a little disappointment: "They don't even understand this most basic tactic. To be honest, it's really meaningless to fight them. It would be different if we had the opportunity to fight Yang Weili, or Your Excellency the Marshal." That's what I thought too!"

But this time was a bit different. After confirming that the leader of the United Noble Army, the Duke of Blanchebeck, also attacked in person, he knew that the task he was shouldering was extremely important, and he had to endure two or even three consecutive attempts to escape.

Intense clashes broke out between the armies of both sides.

Countless naval guns spit out countless bare tongues.The directional energy beams alternately bombed and smashed the ships of both sides, and the subsequent light tongues cut apart the light that emerged from the explosion.

But this situation didn't last long. The Mittermeier fleet seemed to be overwhelmed by the heavy blow, and gradually began to retreat. Seeing this, the United Noble Army tried its best to follow up the attack, but the opponent seemed to have given up resistance and accelerated the speed of retreat. , forming a scene of panic-stricken flight. "Look! Look at the way they look. Shame is no longer a big deal since the last time we lost, and we'll send him to the west, and then we'll catch that blond bastard!"

The nobles cheered and rushed to chase after them.

But there are also people who are skeptical about the weakness of the Mittermeier fleet, that is, Lieutenant Admiral Fahrenheit, who has been keeping an equidistant distance from the Duke of Blanchebeck in the rear of the Noble United Fleet. , Merkaz was fighting on the same battlefield, and he was a skilled and experienced admiral. He warned his allies at the right time: "There may be traps!"

After realizing the possibility of traps, some nobles stopped advancing boldly and stopped to rectify their positions.

But at this time, the Midameya fleet turned back to fight back, which made the nobles grit their teeth angrily, and vowed not to stop annihilating this annoying Midameya fleet, which prompted the nobles' combined army that had slowed down to fight back. Moving forward again, this situation was repeated several times.Mittermeier's grasp of the timing is really superb.

In this way, the noble coalition army was gradually lured into the deep formation carefully arranged by Reinhardt and Oberstein step by step without knowing it.When the front and back of the Noble Alliance Army's front and back became longer and longer, and communication and support between each other also became difficult, Mittermeier knew that the time had come, so he ordered the entire fleet to stop advancing and turn back to fight back with all their strength.

At this moment, the command "Full shot!" was also shouted out from the mouths of those passionate nobles...

The Mittermeier fleet turned back and was smashed into balls of fire...

"What's going on here? Shouldn't Mittermeier turn around and smash the leader of the bandit army?" This was the roar of Reinhardt who was watching from behind.

Fortunately, Mittermeier's sacrifice was not in vain... Admiral Mecklinger's fleet had already deployed to the side, taking the opportunity to launch the strongest bombardment on the noble army that had drawn out.

Almost at the same time, the passionate fools of the noble army fell directly into the abyss of failure...

Without knowing what happened, many nobles, together with the battleship, turned into fireballs.The operators of the ships that escaped the first blow panicked due to the sudden change in the battle situation, but at this moment the surroundings had already become a killing battlefield full of destruction.Fragments of the warship that was directly attacked by the particle beam cannon flew in all directions, and irradiated by the beam rays, it shone like colored mosaic glass.Many ships are teetering under the impact of the energy emitted by the nuclear fusion explosion.The fleet of the Noble United Army was in chaos at this time, and the original unified command system was completely lost.

Mecklinger's fierce artillery fire kept digging holes in the formation of the combined army, and the Mittermeier fleet, which had completed its turn, also fired revenge artillery fire.Under the joint strangling from the front and the side, the morale and order of the noble army suddenly disappeared like dew in the sun.

"Retreat! Retreat! There is no time to take care of the friendly forces. If you don't retreat, you will die here in vain."

Fahrenheit, who saw the defeat in the battle, immediately retreated rapidly and issued instructions, and the nobles also followed and escaped.The coalition of nobles continued to flee desperately, and just when they thought they had escaped the fierce attacks of Mecklinger and Mittermeier, the fleets of Biedenfeld and Murat immediately came to kill them from both sides.The noble coalition warships that survived the embarrassing escape in the last round of battle turned into metal wrecks and began to float in the universe.However, Fahrenheit, who was retreating rapidly, also gave Biddenfeldt a meeting gift when he bumped into him head-on. Bidenfeldt's black high-speed battleship rushed into the formation of the noble fleet aggressively, cutting the fleeing noble army into two pieces, but he also exposed his side...

"Shoot! Shoot! It would be good to save one more of our ships!" This is the shout of Lieutenant General Fahrenheit.

The black lancers disappeared under the artillery fire from the side, but the black tiger ignored the casualties and charged deeper.Although Fahrenheit did a lot of damage to the Black Lancers, he still managed to cut off the ranks of the noble army, and the failure was irreversible.

Finally, after paying huge losses, the Duke of Blanchebeck finally fled back to the fortress, and the Reinhardt army also stopped outside the range of the main guns of the fortress, and began to digest the surrounded front fleet of the noble army.

In addition to Blanche Baker, there were also people from another direction who fled to the Fortress of the Bald City.That is the nephew of the Duke of Blanchebaek, and the acting uncle is responsible for defending and ruling the duke's territory, Baron Seid of Planet State.

Weistat is a dry planet that lacks greenery and moisture. There are 200 million people living there, which is a lot in the border area.Due to the fertile soil, intensive farming and mining of rare earth elements are carried out on a small number of oases.In times of peace, megatons of water were brought in from other planets to support development efforts.

Baron Said is actually not a completely incompetent ruler. Perhaps because of his youth, he lacks the necessary flexibility in the implementation of policies.And in order to be able to secretly provide material assistance to his uncle, the Duke of Blanchebeck, the oppression of the people has intensified.This kind of behavior has worked in the past.However, with Reinhardt's rapid rise, the ruling system of the great nobles gradually loosened, and it even developed into a civil war, and the public also understood it.So the mood of resistance is gradually brewing.Baron Seid was shocked and angry when he learned about it, and then suppressed it, which eventually led to the resistance of the people.

After several similar occurrences, at last the people rose to a great uprising in retaliation for the repressive policies of Baron Seid.Baron Seid couldn't control the situation, and in the end he could only flee alone in the space shuttle. However, due to his serious injuries, he died of his injuries shortly after arriving in the City of Condors.

"These damn untouchables... dare to kill my nephew with their dirty hands!"

"These ungrateful pariahs must be punished with the knife of justice!"

The Duke of Blanchebeck made such a decision.

"A nuclear attack will be carried out on Wistatt, and no one will be left alive for these pariahs!"

There was a soldier from the planet Wistatt who escaped from the City of Condors and came to Reinhardt's camp the day before the nuclear attack plan was about to be implemented.

After listening to his words, Reinhardt was going to immediately send the fleet to Weistat to stop the attack, but was stopped by Chief of Staff Oberstein.

"Why don't we satisfy the animal desires of the crazy Duke Brown Kidney, and let him carry out the cruel attack as he wishes!"

said the ruthless chief of staff.

"Then we filmed the whole scene and made it public to the world, as evidence of the inhumanity of the great nobles. In this way, not only the people of the entire Galactic Empire will see clearly the true face of the noble coalition army, but also the people in their territory And the soldiers of civilian origin will inevitably defect sooner or later. Rather than sending people to stop it, wouldn't it be better to push the boat along the way?"

The blond young man, who had never known terror, showed a fearful expression at this moment. He stared at the expressionless chief of staff, and said word by word: "Do you want me to watch the 200 million Were people killed? How many of them were women and children!"

"If this civil war continues for a long time, the number of dead may not only be this number, it may be 2000 million, or even 250 million. Comparing the two, which one is more cost-effective? And Earl Fafnir is in Pingdingwa During the Lenstein Rebellion, more than [-] million people were killed, but he also prevented the rebellion from spreading and successfully saved tens of millions of lives in the surrounding galaxies..."

"Don't use human life as a simple digital metaphor!" Reinhardt said angrily.But the chief of staff did not back down because of this, but continued to say: "Marshal, I just want you to understand that as an overlord, you cannot have the kindness of a woman. As long as the power of the great nobles exists, something like this It can happen no matter how many times it happens. It is up to us to end it as soon as possible, even if it is unscrupulous, so it is necessary to let people everywhere in the empire know about their evil deeds, and at the same time spread the word that they do not rule The qualifications of the universe..." "Then are you pretending not to see it?"

"For the sake of the 250 billion people of the empire, and also for the early and rapid establishment of your hegemony, Marshal." "Okay, no need to say much... I understand!"

Reinhard nodded feebly, but in his expression, it lacked the unique look of the past.If it was Gilfies next to him, he would definitely not make such a statement.Reinhard asked himself in his heart: "Gilfies, I know that you and my sister will definitely oppose me doing this. Is this the path I must take?..."

There are more than 50 oases scattered across the planet Vestat.Beyond the oasis are the rocky mountains that have turned reddish-brown due to sun-fading, the gray-yellow desert, and the white salt lake that extends infinitely to the horizon, and there is not even a single person to be found.

In other words, if nuclear missiles are used to attack each oasis, then all 200 million inhabitants of the planet can be killed without leaving a single one.An ominous trajectory is slanting across the gray-blue sky.

The ensuing flash of pure white seemed to fade everything.

Then what I saw was a fiery red hemisphere floating above the horizon, and expanding continuously at an accelerated rate, turning into a mushroom-shaped cloud with a height of [-] meters.

Immediately afterwards, a blast of wind rushed in, with a speed of [-] meters per second, and a heat wave with a temperature exceeding [-] degrees swept in, burning the surface of the ground, burning plants, and burning buildings.Also burned everyone's body.

Clothes and hair were on fire, and the burned skin was covered with blisters.

The last wail of the baby who was burned to death suddenly disappeared in the hot wind.The mother's call for the child, and the father's worry about the family's call, all of which could not be heard after a while.

A large amount of dust swirled high in the air by the hot wind, and flowed back to the ground like a sand cascade, burying the body of the dead who was burned beyond human form.

Seeing this scene on the screen, the young officer left his seat with a pale face, couldn't help squatting beside his seat, and began to vomit violently, but no one reprimanded him.The images sent back from the surveillance satellite strongly grabbed everyone's attention, and no one made a sound.They now finally understand one thing better.That is, nothing will defile the laws of the universe like the brutality of bullying among human beings.

"Send these images to every corner of the empire. Which one is justice, the nobles or our side, even a child can understand. These nobles are tantamount to killing themselves."

Oberstein explained in a calm tone, but did not elicit any immediate reaction.

"What do you think, Your Excellency the Marshal?"

Reinhardt's expression was extremely painful and dignified.

"It was you who asked me to pretend I didn't see it, and it turned out to be such a tragedy. It's useless to say anything now, is there no other way?"* "Maybe there is, but my wisdom only stops here, and I can't find it." other more desirable methods.As you said, it's useless to say anything at this point.You can only make the most of what's happening right now. "

Reinhardt stared at the impassive chief of staff.Disgust appeared in the ice-blue pupils, but it was no longer clear whether it was towards the person standing in front of him, or towards himself.

The tragedy that happened on the planet Wistatt is now being presented in every corner of the empire through faster-than-light communication.There was considerable outrage and shock everywhere.People's hearts are rapidly breaking away from the old system controlled by the nobles, and even some nobles who originally opposed Reinhardt strongly believe that the Duke of Blanchebeck has no so-called future.

But almost at the same time, another video was also broadcast in the empire at the speed of light. In the video, the famous Rudolf "Draken". Marshal von Fafnir praised Marshal Reinhardt as "The Great Prophet", at the same time, said that Reinhardt's photographers could get the highest award for this year's Imperial News Documentary, and reported the nuclear bomb attack against humanity in a timely and effective manner. The warship of Reinhardt's side is lurking in orbit, trying hard to capture the image of the nuclear bomb attack launched by the Duke.

Now, the reputation of Reinhard von Rohenkram is also starting to stink