Shining like stars are the flames of battle, and the battle for the colonial satellite Mycenae is not over yet.
"One-third of the Mycenaean defenders were destroyed and began to retreat. We lost two lifeguards. Lin Ao and Edward have not yet made contact."
"No way, these idiots in the Mycenaean Council, this battle loss ratio is too embarrassing."
"Yamaguchi, steer well and don't get distracted. Jessica, has the enemy's second-layer HER defense line not been moved yet?"
"Yes, Captain, it has been 57 minutes since the war started, and their formation has not changed from 2x5."
Shepard scratched his chin and thought: "If it were a conventional strategy, he should have cooperated with the Mycenaean defenders to rush forward. It seems that Commander HER is too arrogant to fight with the colonial satellite troops, or..."
"Jessica, are the HER troops equipped with rocket launchers?"
"Yes."
"Can Sergeant Anton snipe HER's troops now?"
"The maximum range should be fine, but the camera on his body shouldn't be able to see clearly from such a long distance."
"Have the person on the deputy bridge activate the tactical telescope and send the position and image of the enemy aircraft to Sergeant Anton. He will have a way to hit it!"
Sergeant Anton's body was still half-kneeling on the bridge. After receiving the data sent to him by the deputy bridge, he knew what the captain asked him to do. This is not an easy task. First of all, the platform he is on is moving, and his target is not absolutely static. And once the shot is missed, the enemies will quickly disperse, making it more difficult to shoot from such a long distance.
Anton touched his pocket, but unfortunately he didn't bring any chewing gum. He set up the sight and began to mentally estimate the direction in which the enemies would disperse after the first shot was fired. His finger was already on the trigger.
"Anton, you'll be in trouble if you miss!" Shepard thought to himself.
"call out!"
The laser from the muzzle of the "Hundred Steps" rushed into the distance like thunder and lightning, drawing a purple line on the dark battlefield, rubbing against the edge of the enemy formation.
The shot missed, and when the enemy breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they had escaped disaster, they began to retreat. Another purple thunderbolt struck, hitting two eagle-type machines with their bodies intertwined. The laser penetrated them, and the explosion's flames illuminated the positions like stars.
"call…"
Anton wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his heartbeat gradually returned to normal.
"Withdraw! Let the Yingyangs withdraw to the battleship. Our army's intention has been seen through! The damn Osiris actually has weapons with such a long range. Why didn't you use it just now? Where is the Lieutenant Colonel? Can't we still contact you? !”
The person in charge of commanding the HER troops was Talion's adjutant. He originally planned to wait for the Osiris to break through the Mycenaean defenders and let the Eagles rush over with anti-ship rocket launchers to make the final decision. By then, the Osiris was already tired. Humanoid weapons troops must be difficult to resist. But now Anton's sniper has thrown him into disarray, and his originally thought-free idea of fighting with the help of colonial satellites has begun to waver.
"The enemy has such a weapon. What if they attack the Hydra directly... Helmsman! Find me a nearby auxiliary colonial satellite and drive the ship to their back!"
"That way morale will..."
"Shut up! This ship can't sink!"
The Hydra began to move behind the agricultural satellite near the Mycenaean capital, which meant that they could no longer harass the Osiris with laser cannons. The Mycenaean defenders, who originally had little fighting spirit, saw that HER, who was supporting them, ran away, and they no longer even had the fighting spirit to harass them.
Seeing the HER battleship retreat, Jessica shouted excitedly: "Captain! The enemy has escaped!"
Shepard was also very happy: "I'm just hiding, but now we don't have to worry about their shelling. Kawaguchi, speed up!"
"yes!!"
No longer needing to worry about the Hydra's laser cannon, the Osiris accelerated toward the Lion Gate. Seeing that Shepard was about to kill here, Speaker Fang of the Mycenaean Parliament gritted his teeth.
"It's not that easy...it's not that easy! Secretary, it's time to use your trump card!"
Speaker Fang waved his hand, and two Covenant-style battleships suddenly flew out from the back of the Lion Gate and flew in the direction of the Osiris.
"Captain! What is this?"
Jessica was shocked and stunned when she saw the enemy that suddenly appeared.
Shepard was also surprised:
"The damned parliament...actually expanded its military strength to such an extent. How can Mycenae's tax revenue for one year be enough for them to waste so much?"
"Now is not the time to say this. What should we do? The humanoid weapons unit and the fighter unit are almost out of ammunition and food."
"We have no choice but to fight hard. Slow down first, slow down! Let each unit come back in batches for supplies."
The Osiris began to slow down, and the fighting troops surrounding the battleship that dispersed the Mycenaean defenders began to gradually return. At this time, another piece of bad news came.
"Captain, HER's battleship appears behind us!"
Jessica almost cried. Her battleship was the "Leon" originally deployed in the L35 channel.
Seeing the situation on the battlefield, Major Vega, the captain of the Leon who had just arrived, breathed a sigh of relief.
"We have caught up, and the Osiris has not captured the Lion Gate yet. But are those two Xingmei warships? Are they Mycenaean troops? It is really cunning to have such a military force and hide it from us."
Singer climbed on her shoulder: "If we had known, we would never have sent two warships to support them. We should sink the enemy ships first and then settle the score."
"I'll be counting on you soon, Sergeant."
Vega's jade hand traced across Singer's dark cheek, and Singer left with a satisfied military salute.
…
Seeing that he was trapped in a flanking attack, Shepard sighed: "It turned out to be like this... At this point, do we have to retreat?"
Shepard quickly thought about how to break the situation. Is there really no other way? Seeing the captain thinking hard, Jessica couldn't bear to urge him.
"captain…"
Shepard sighed and said helplessly: "Withdraw..."
He had just finished speaking half of the words when he heard an unexpected message:
"Is it the Osiris? Is it the Osiris? Our Xingmi 8 fleet came to support your ship under the order of Lieutenant Colonel Dias. This is the Tai'an."
"Yes!" Jessica responded immediately.
"Hello, Major General Shepard, I am here with the Shiga, which has come to support us. I have listened to your lectures at the military academy before."
A sudden turn of events occurred. From the other direction of the battlefield, two Covenant warships appeared in parallel, heading towards the "Leon".
Seeing the sudden appearance of friendly forces, Shepard stood up from the command bed excitedly.
"This guy Diaz, I heard him do things his own way before, but he didn't expect to come to help without notifying him in advance. Send an order to all the troops to attack the Lion Gate together after the reinforcements arrive!"
Now the HER and the Mycenaean Parliament were in chaos. The Mycenaean MPs were terrified and tried to contact the Speaker, but they couldn't get in touch with them. Some anxious members ran directly to the speaker's office, opened the door, and found that Speaker Fang and his secretary had disappeared together.
The "Leon" began to fight the Covenant troops, but retreated after not holding on for a while. While the adjutant of the "Hydra" was still hesitating and getting trapped, he saw Talion's white lion landing on the deck.
"Lieutenant Colonel! You..."
Seeing that Talion's aircraft was damaged, the adjutant did not dare to ask any more questions. Talion stood on the cockpit door and ordered: "Retreat."
"Is this appropriate? If you go back like this, you will inevitably be punished..."
"Soldiers should not fear, whether it is an enemy or failure, there is no need to waste our resources anymore."
So the Hydra also began to retreat. When the two Mycenaean warships saw this, one immediately fired a white signal flare and surrendered. The other ship also tried to resist, but without the cover of humanoid weapons, Sergeant Bart of Team A directly hijacked the bridge of the battleship and forced them to surrender.
"Is it over? Have we won?" Jessica could not suppress her inner excitement. Shepard breathed a long sigh of relief, and the long-term stress was released with this breath of relief.
"we won."
"Long live! Long live! We have taken back our hometown!!"
Everyone in the bridge cheered, and Shepard coughed and straightened the hat on his head: "We can't relax yet, quickly enter the Lion Gate, we will win if we take down the Parliament Building!"
…
Speaker Fang, who has a keen sense of smell, took her cronies and family members and fled early in a spaceship disguised as a civilian airliner.
"Damn it! I obviously have the advantage, but how can I lose? What a weird thing! I don't accept it! I don't accept it!"
Everyone on the ship was enduring her hysterical siren-like screams. It took a long time for the secretary to interject: "Speaker, there is a large transport ship ahead, which is our troop."
"Oh? Great, contact them and ask them to escort me! When I get to New Rome, I will definitely be able to..."
She rambled on for another half, but before she could finish her fun, she saw the bodyguard running in in a panic.
"That transport ship is too close to us, something is wrong!"
Chairman Fang looked out the window, and sure enough, the transport ship was too close.
"No, that's not right, run quickly and let the driver of the boat turn around quickly!"
But she didn't react in time. Several fighter jets flew out from the transport ship and blocked their way.
"Did you catch it? Is it really that old woman?"
The man driving this ship was Li Youde. He had been rushing towards Mycenae after leaving the L35 channel. Because the speed was too slow, he had not arrived yet, but this allowed him to catch the escaping man by mistake. Chairman Fang. In fact, if she hadn't taken the initiative to contact him, Li Youde wouldn't have dared to send fighter jets to surround this disguised civilian airliner.
Matthew Gaoxin: "Yes, that's her. I recognize her even when she appears on TV and turns into ashes!"
"It's great luck! Now, when I go to see my mentor, I won't be empty-handed!"
Li Youde stood up with satisfaction and danced his fist in the air, sweeping away the long-standing unhappiness in his heart.
