The X-type frigate is a half-baked warship proposed by a junior officer in the staff department and approved by the five-star general Kemal in order to make up for the empire's lack of military spending. It is not significantly different from the empire's real warships.
At the beginning, everyone saw the shortcomings of the The chance of a large-scale battle is very slim. The combination of various reasons eventually led to the birth of half-baked warships such as the X-type frigate.
Therefore, the responsibility related to the X-type escort boat must be carefully investigated. None of the many generals in the command hall of the Imperial High Command can escape, so everyone deliberately ignored the responsibility for the X-type escort boat!
At this time, the red light cluster on the holographic universe starry sky map separated into two red light spots and moved forward quickly.
Bradley continued to explain to everyone: "The Federation Army sent 3,000 warships as the vanguard fleet, and they started space jumping within the safe space channel, while our empire only has more than 2,100 X-type escort boats."
When everyone saw the pitifully small green light spot, they couldn't help but sigh again. They knew that the X-shaped escort boat group on the empire's side was doomed!
But what happened next made everyone stunned. The green light spots that originally looked very scattered began to gather, and the brightness increased slightly. Then the red light spots that served as the vanguard fleet disappeared completely as soon as they flashed.
Seeing that everyone here was turning their attention to Bradley, he smiled bitterly and said, "Generals, I don't know what's going on. The surveillance equipment we deployed there was under the influence of the Federal Army's 'Death Pulse' , lost its camera function, and only retained part of its sensing capabilities. I only know that these X-type escort boats on our empire's side each fired 30 to 60 missiles and 2 main guns, and then the warships of the Federal Army's vanguard fleet disappeared. Well, I really don’t know the specific situation!”
"How is it possible? More than 2,100 X-type frigates, relying on tens of thousands of missiles and thousands of main guns, can actually destroy 3,000 regular warships of the federal army? General Bradley, did I hear wrongly?" The speaker was a middle-aged man with a arrogant look on his face. The military rank on his shoulders showed that he was also a four-star general of the empire.
Kemal didn't need to look at this person, but just by listening to his voice, he knew that it was his main opponent. General Madison, one of the six generals, was also the current Minister of Defense of the empire, and he was also the Duke of the empire, with an extremely prominent status. Kemal will let his main opponent live well, firstly, Madison is valuable; secondly, Madison is the main core member of the Pat Donald faction, and it is not easy to get rid of Madison, so Kemal just Looking at Bradley, he ignored Madison's provocative look at him.
Madison was on a par with Kemal in terms of position. The Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff were two government departments at the same level in the empire. Because his military rank was not as good as that of Kemal, he was not allowed to participate in many imperial military activities. Not succumbing to Kemal, he would naturally provoke Kemal from time to time. What's more, Pat Donald's faction, to which Madison belongs, dominates the rest of the empire in terms of strength and greatly surpasses Kemal's faction. This adds infinite confidence to Madison, who always dreams of surpassing Kemal and becoming the number one active member of the imperial military. People even occasionally develop greater ambitions.
Bradley smiled awkwardly when he heard Madison's words, but patiently explained to Madison that this was really due to unknown information.
Kemal noticed Bradley's behavior and frowned slightly when others didn't notice. He originally thought that Bradley would obey his orders absolutely, but now it seems that that view is still open to question. Judging from Bradley's speech and behavior at this moment, and the way he just signaled Bradley to have a military discussion, but Bradley first sat down with everyone and then stood up to speak, Bradley is a person who likes to blindly follow the crowd. , a guy who doesn’t want to offend anyone. When did this confidant who had always been obedient to him start to look like this? Is it because Bradley was promoted to a four-star general? It seems that I need to find an opportunity to have a good chat with Bradley!
While Kemal was thinking about his thoughts, the demonstration on the holographic universe starry sky map continued. When everyone saw more than 1,800 green dots representing the representative escort boats, they were stationary in front of the federal army, while the other 300 green dots Then he was running around chasing a green dot, and couldn't help showing a suspicious expression again.
Bradley sighed and said: "According to the intelligence returned by the surveillance equipment, these X-type escort boats stopped their engines, removed their protective covers, and locked their weapon systems. To put it simply, they surrendered!"
"surrender?"
"These bastards! Have they forgotten that they are honorable imperial soldiers?"
"Hmph! We must extradite them, send them all to a military court, and hang every one of them!"
"..."
In an instant, all kinds of obscene words rushed into the command room of the Imperial High Command. Each of these imperial generals expressed indignation, as if they themselves had been greatly insulted by the surrender of the X-shaped escort boat group.
However, although everyone was shouting and cursing, they all knew in their hearts that if it were them, in that situation, if they didn't want to die on the battlefield, they would have to surrender to the federal army.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible for them to say such words to defend those who surrendered. They will only condemn those who surrendered.
"Hey, the soldiers of the Tyrannosaurus Galaxy have such qualities. When they encounter the enemy, they will rush to surrender. We can't ask them to become a determined imperial soldier who is willing to accept death. That would be too difficult for those people!" A strange voice said in the voice. rang in the conference room.
Kemal knew that it was Defense Minister Madison who was laughing at him in another way, because General Uriel of the Tyrannosaurus Galaxy was recognized as being of his own faction, and Madison would certainly not let go of this opportunity to undermine his prestige.
Everyone knows that the captains and captains on the X-type frigates are all selected from the Fulcrum Military District. Kemal knew that Madison did not say he was a soldier from the Fulcrum Star, but deliberately said he was a soldier from the Tyrannosaurus Galaxy for selfish reasons. Because the commander of the Fulcrum Military District is recognized as a close confidant of Madison, Madison of course has to take his own face into consideration. Thinking of this, Kemal couldn't help but sneer secretly.
The factions of the Imperial Army are complex. This is the inevitable result of the numerous political factions within the Empire. Some generals are in two different factions, and some superiors belong to one faction, while their subordinates belong to another faction. There are very few in the entire Imperial Army. All the generals of the group army belong to the same faction. There are many reasons for this. One is the deliberate intention of Emperor Louis XIII to prevent someone from launching a rebellion; the other is that the whole is in a peaceful era, and there is no good handle at all to separate the different factions. All the people were driven away. Moreover, in peacetime, the authority of the empire's generals is subject to various restrictions. It does not mean that they can promote whoever they want. On the whole, there has been peace for tens of thousands of years. The generals of the empire may not know how to fight, but they are all masters of political struggle. Otherwise, they would have been suppressed long ago, or they would not be reused, just like Huffman. , is obviously a powerful and invincible genetic warrior, but he can only spend the rest of his life miserable in a small recruit training base.
While everyone was yelling and scolding, they were stunned again when they saw the green dot at the back.
A general couldn't help being curious and asked Bradley: "Your Majesty General Bradley, why was that X-type escort boat pursued by other X-type escort boats? Why did those X-type escort boats that were chasing him cross the border? Are they coming less and less? Or even disappearing in the end?"
Bradley stared at a small holographic screen in front of him and said: "This may be because the X-type escort boat was unwilling to surrender to the federal army, so it was jointly pursued by other traitors, and the traitors' X-type escort boat will disappear, which may be related to the vibration that occurred in the Interstellar Rift Valley not long ago. Ah, according to the fluctuation signals received by the surveillance equipment during the war, it was found that all the signals of the X-type escort boats were sent to the only surviving X-type escort boat. , and the two flagships of the federal army also contacted this surviving X-type escort boat."
Hearing this, not only everyone, but also Kemal, who had always been expressionless, showed a surprised expression. Anyone with a little common sense would know that this means that the X-type escort boat was once the owner of all X-type escort boats. The flagship!
It was this X-type corvette that commanded the other X-type corvettes to destroy 3,000 regular federal warships, and resolutely refused to surrender in the face of the federal army's offer. As a result, it was collectively hunted by the rebels. What's even more incredible is that it also destroyed 3,000 regular federal warships. Chasing your own rebels is a huge feat!
As long as word spreads, the captain of the X-type frigate will immediately become a hero of the empire!
In the minds of everyone in the conference room of the Imperial High Command, a young officer in military uniform was receiving flowers and applause from the enthusiastic imperial subjects.
To be honest, they are a little jealous of this young officer. Although the people sitting here are all big bosses of the imperial military, they know best in their hearts how they climbed to where they are today. They have never really gained the status of imperial subjects. Their admiration and love, but this young officer got what they desperately desired but could not get at a young age - glory!
This is the real glory. It is not simply obtained by having an official position and title. It requires the heartfelt love of the subjects. It is difficult to compare to the sky.
