Counterfeit Hero

One after another, the battleships with graceful lines gracefully |7 the white planet of the earth in the light of the stars.

A stream of light flows from the bow of a battleship, across the hard and cold external armor of the ship's hull, the long secondary gun barrel and the rotating radar on the bridge information tower, flows through the stern of the ship, and a moment later, appears on the next page. The bow of a battleship.

The warships became denser and sparse, becoming more and more numerous and larger. All elegance disappeared without a trace in this endless emergence.

The entire white planet seemed to be covered by this shadow that blocked the sky and the sun. They were a group of cold steel locusts. They were pressing down on the starry sky, bringing a biting chill.

"Where is the forward reconnaissance ship now?"

Humphrey took out a cigarette with a long blue filter tip from the black leather cigarette case, flicked his fingers, and lit the cigarette with a flame that suddenly appeared like magic on his fingertips. He loves magic and has been learning magic from a magic master since he was seven years old. He has never given up on it until now.

"Your Excellency, the No. 1 reconnaissance ship is approaching the jump point of the Longbow Galaxy." The staff officer standing next to Humphrey bowed and replied. He was already used to the flames dancing between Humphrey's fingers.

It is the tradition of the Humphrey family not to address generals but titles. This is a veteran nobleman of the Binart Empire. Three hundred years ago, Duke Humphrey and Emperor Beinart were as close as brothers. Three hundred years later, this family is still as proud as ever. Among the only ten great dukes in the empire, Duke Humphrey ranks third, which is enough to illustrate the size and strength of this family.

For hundreds of years, the Humphrey family has been integrated with the Binart Empire. Whether it is politics, economy or military, this family is everywhere.

Prominent positions such as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief of Defense Staff, the Commander of the Royal Guards, the President of the First University of Defense, and the First Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have all been held by the Humphrey family. However, these do not represent the prominence of the Humphrey family. The most feared thing about the Humphrey family is the two Royal Elephant-class fleets they control - the Feiling Fleet and the Feather Fleet!

There are a total of twenty elephant-class fleets in the Binart Empire. Although these fleets are royal forces, and all officers and soldiers are required to be infinitely loyal to the Binart royal family, for hundreds of years, the chief officers of eight of the fleets have been served by the patriarchs of four families. Tom Humphrey is the patriarch of the Humphrey family of this generation, a hereditary duke, and an imperial general. He is also the chief officer of Feiling Feiyu Fleet.

Talk about the two fleets Feiling and Feiyu. He is a private soldier of the Humphrey family. Not bad at all. Except that the imperial royal family has the means to control these two fleets. No one can even think about attacking these two fleets. To know. All the officers in these two fleets. They are all from the Humphrey family. There are many of them. Several generations have served the Humphrey family.

so. on these two fleets. Addressed Humphrey. Only the Duke. And there is no general.

Humphrey pointed his slender fingers. Gently twirling the cigarette. Eye. Then he never leaves the interstellar map in front of him for a moment. On the star map. The arrows have been densely marked. Data and circles. these logos. Beating in Humphrey's eyes. Just like planets. One channel after another. A nebula. asteroid belts

Douglas Humphrey chewed the last name silently.

very few people know. Years ago. When Humphrey was still a major. I was once in an exchange of many things. Saw Douglas. At that time. He did not consider Douglas to be his opponent. His gaze. Has always stayed on the famous general Li Fodi of the Feiyang Republic. Until the final military exercise. Douglas led a battalion. He blocked a regiment that had been invincible and stealing the show from the beginning of the exercise.

That battle. Young Douglas is responsible for blocking. At that time he. He was just a fledgling grassroots officer. Although some achievements have been achieved. There is also some talent. But. In the Feiyang exchange group full of talents. Not surprising. In that actual combat confrontation. He was placed on a flank defense line of the Red Army. Responsible for defending against Blue Army sneak attacks from this direction.

At that time, Humphrey was already emerging. As the future heir to Duke Humphrey, no one dared to look down upon him even though he was still a major at the time. Before that, his combat performance was enough for many people to understand that he was an unstoppable future superstar.

The exercise seemed to prove this from the very beginning.

The armored regiment commanded by Humphrey, taking advantage of the time difference between the opponent's handover and a gap on the map, first rushed into the Red Army's defensive circle from south to north, and then turned in a large circle to the west, attracting and throwing away three Red Army soldiers. The main force group pursued and blocked one of the Red Army's logistics bases, and then attacked the rear flank of the main force of the Red Army. Once this strategic plan is achieved, the Red Army, which is engaged in a strategic decisive battle with the Blue Army, will collapse due to the loopholes in the right-wing defense. What's more serious is that the Red Army headquarters may also be taken over by Humphrey's armored regiment in one fell swoop.

In that case, Feiyang people would have great fun.

At that time, Humphrey easily commanded his troops to be invincible. He deliberately wanted to embarrass the Feiyang people. To him, it had nothing to do with humiliation, it was all a fun game.

Who knows, on the route he chose, Douglas, commanding an armored battalion, laid down a line of defense on a high ground.

It was this line of defense that blocked Humphrey for ten hours. Dozens of attacks launched in turn by an entire armored regiment were all blocked. That high ground has simply become an insurmountable barrier. When the fifth attack failed, Humphrey had already arrived at the front line and personally directed the battle. The entire electronic sand table was almost scratched by the electronic putter in his hand.

Humphrey took the trouble to carefully explain the outflanking, storming, and even which squad arrived at which position at what time, the choice of fire breakthrough, and the timing of the deployment of reserve forces. As a result, they still failed to break through that line of defense. When he knew that the three Red Army armored regiments that were chasing and intercepting him were not far away from him, he gave up the attack in despair and changed all the dazzling strategic goals he had set before into safely bringing his troops out of the encirclement.

It's almost the difference between heaven and hell.

Over the years, Humphrey has remembered that drill. After the exercise, we learned that the battalion commanded by Douglas actually had no survivors left when he chose to retreat.

, attack again, it may be a pity, there is no regret in the world. The failure in medicine made Humphrey very frustrated. Over the years, Douglas was the first and only person who prevented him from breaking through.

But now, this person, after that highland, was standing in front of him again in the Longbow Galaxy.

Humphrey's eyes fell on the irregular shape of the Longbow Galaxy and could not leave it for a long time. He stared at this airspace, just like he used a telescope to stare at the smoke-filled highlands many years ago.

That year, he was twenty-six years old, and Douglas was twenty-two!

"Your Excellency, the No. 1 reconnaissance ship has arrived at the jump point of the Longbow star field and requested to launch the detector." The staff's voice rang in Humphrey's ears.

The cigarette was only half burned.

"Yeah." Humphrey nodded lightly. Douglas, you won't let yourself down. If he sent a fleet to block the space jump point and tried to defend it, then it would be ridiculous for him to be brooding over the failure of that acting performance for so many years.

Time passed by minute by minute, and in the silence, a message suddenly flashed on the command computer.

"Reporting to your lord, the Duke, there is no trace of Feiyang's fleet on the other side of the jumping point!" The staff officer's voice could not conceal his surprise. He didn't understand why the Feiyang people gave up their defense of the jumping point. Although in the open area of ​​the jump zone, Feiyang's fleet could easily be dragged into a decisive battle, they had an absolute advantage in the few minutes after the Binart fleet's jump ended!

Humphrey smiled. He knew that what he met was an opponent worthy of his all-out efforts.

This time, it is a fateful showdown, not an exercise.

"Order the fleet to accelerate immediately and complete the jump within six hours. Our opponents are already prepared and waiting for us."

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"It's going to kill me!" The fat man looked at the interstellar map that made him dizzy and wanted to run into it.

He never dreamed that the fleet of the Binart Empire would appear at this time. If it is the fleet of the Jiepen Empire, then the Zangfeng fleet is 99% sure to join forces with the bandit fleet, and they can even take advantage of the situation and sneak in while Jiepen and Feiyang are fighting in full swing. Then everyone gathered some loot and ran away happily.

But now, less than sixty hours after Feiyang launched a sneak attack on Blue Stone Star, the Binart Empire fleet has already approached the Longbow Galaxy. This means two problems. First, the Feiyang fleet is likely to leave or be defeated before the Zangfeng fleet reaches the Longbow Galaxy. Secondly, since Xiyue has the Binart Empire fleet joining, their strength in the southeastern star field will have an absolute advantage. Yuu Mikami can use the Binart Empire fleet as the vanguard and the Jeppon fleet, which was originally used to fight against the Feiyang fleet, as the rear army to oppress the Longbow Galaxy.

In that case, the entire waterway will be filled with the Western Fleet. There is basically no possibility for the Zangfeng Fleet to sneak out of the Bermuda Galaxy quietly! Once they appear at the jumping point from the Bermuda Galaxy to the public galaxy, they will be pursued by a large number of Jeppen fleets. Any attempt to take advantage of the situation is just wishful thinking. Even if Russell and the kid could defeat the Jiepen fleet with their abilities, it would still come at a huge price.

But the fat man just doesn’t want to pay a price!

The Zangfeng Fleet is Lelei's last and most valuable force. The reason why it is named Zangfeng is to hide it. He's been lurking for so long, but when he showed up, he made a fuss. He's still hiding something, so he might as well change his name to Liangjian!

The fat man was frowning here, and Margaret was also full of thoughts.

No one knows Feiyang's layout in the southeast better than her. The Nineteenth Group Fleet led by Douglas is the first-class elite fleet of the Feyon Republic. His military exploits were outstanding. Against the Jiepen fleet, as long as the disparity in numbers is not too great, Douglas's commanding skills will always be able to handle it with ease.

But now, the Royal Elephant-class fleet of the Binart Empire is coming, and the number is unknown. This means that even if Douglas can defeat the Royal Fleet of the Binart Empire in the battle, facing the swarming Western York warships with infinite stamina, it is impossible to guard the Longbow Galaxy for two months to contain the strategic goal of Western York being unable to move northward. will not be achieved.

Do you just want to give up here?

This question appeared in the minds of Fatty and Margaret at the same time. The two couldn't help but look at each other and immediately turned away. Margaret snorted, this shabby fleet, even if it joins the battle, it will not help! On the other side, the fat man was as proud as a fat rooster, shouting in his heart, beg me, beg me.

"What should I do?" Fang Xiang looked at the fat man and asked softly.

The fat man paced back and forth for a few steps, then turned around and strode to the electronic sand table in the war room. He called up the interstellar map of the Longbow Galaxy and asked Fang Xiang, who was following closely behind: "You are most familiar with this place. If Douglas wants to fight the Binart Empire fleet, where will they choose as the battlefield?"

"Here, here and here!" Fang Xiang stretched out her finger without thinking and pointed out the three airspace coordinates. Then he explained: "To guard the Longbow Galaxy, we must prevent Xiyo from re-establishing a forward base on the Blue Stone Star. And there are only three places that can threaten the Blue Stone Star and have enough space to maneuver."

The fat man made a gesture, asking Fang Xiang to continue.

"The Longbow Galaxy is composed of hundreds of millions of planets, and is about one-two thousandth the size of the Milky Way. The Blue Stone Star is located on its A2 spiral arm. The three major jump points and the other two immigrant planets are all on this spiral arm. , distributed in a triangle." As she spoke, Fang Xiang's finger fell on the airspace she first pointed out: "This is the Vine Nebula between the Bluestone Star and the main channel leading to the Bermuda Galaxy jump point, which is where we are now. Behind the position. Because it is blocked by nebulae, dozens of obstacle areas with complex environments are connected together, making it a natural guerrilla location. More importantly, this is the closest to the Blue Stone Star. If the Feiyang fleet enters here, it can always start from Any obstacle area that emerges will be a threat that cannot be ignored for the West Yo fleet trying to land on Bluestone Star to rebuild its base."

The fat man nodded and listened to Fang Xiang pointing to another airspace and continued: "This is the Blue Stone Star and the Second

The channel between the ball and string stars. Because there is only one jump channel, TL can make another choice, which is to hold on to this channel and form a confrontation with Xiyue. From the perspective of Feiyang's strategic goals, this choice may be easier to accept than the first choice. This transition channel is located at the star nk1881 and :|. There are gravitational reefs all around, as well as a barrier area composed of asteroid belts. It is a natural interstellar blocking position. The only flaw is that the Kneeling Star is located at the end of the spiral arm and is a dead place. Once the jump channel is lost, there will be no room for strategic maneuvering. ".

"The third option" Fang Xiang's finger landed on a small planet and suddenly fell silent.

"What?" the fat man asked.

"This is Torrecles." Fang Xiang raised her head and looked at the fat man with a pair of clear eyes: "It has a population of only three million. It is a semi-natural and semi-artificial modified planet. Half a year ago, here was our Longbow. A base for the local fleet.”

The fat man didn't say anything. He knew that Fang Xiang had been aroused by the small planet on the interstellar map, which had just calmed down. At this time, any comfort is so low and pale. Just like one day, I will return to Lelei, which is riddled with holes, and return to my own home.

Fang Xiang quickly adjusted her emotions and continued: "Torrecles is located between the Blue Stone Star and the Bermuda Passage jumping point, on the edge of the A2 spiral arm. The Little White Bear constellation to which it belongs has a complex environment. The swing range is larger than the first airspace just mentioned, and there are dozens of jump channels crisscrossing it. Once the Feiyang fleet enters here, it will not only be able to obtain supplies in Torrecles, but also threaten the Blue Stone Star and the main force at any time. Channel jumping point. We can even rely on Torrecles as a blocking position to confront Xiyo."

"Sister Xiang, which airspace do you think Feiyang Fleet will choose?" The fat man's eyes wandered back and forth between the three airspaces, and the look on his face was rare and serious.

"It's hard to choose." Fang Xiang looked at Margaret beside him, and said with a slight smile: "Among them, the one who is least familiar with General Douglas is probably me. The most I can do is give some advice on the terrain. As for General Douglas I can’t guess what kind of choice they will make. In this regard, Maggie has more say.”

"Her?" The fat man glanced at Margaret with disdain. The flesh on his face trembled rhythmically. That look was enough to make Margaret want to shoot him in the face: " How could she know?"

"Do you think such a provocation method will be useful to me?" Margaret sneered.

"I tell you two facts. First, we are allies, and now we are discussing how to help your Feiyang fleet. Second, no matter what method I use, you will say it. As a soldier, I don't believe you He will ignore the overall situation because of his fighting spirit." The fat man looked very angry and said leisurely: "I know you will say it, but I still use provocation, not to make you say it, but to disgust you."

There was dead silence in the war room. Fang Xiang lowered her head and rubbed her temples with her hands. I don't know if he is having a headache because of the relationship between the two people, or if he is trying to cover up his uncontrollable expression with his hand.

"Fat Man" Margaret, whose face turned red with anger, gritted her teeth and said: "You are really childish!"

The fat man was delighted when he heard the praise.

Margaret was too lazy to pay attention to this vengeful man. She said to Fang Xiang, "I think General Douglas, the most likely option is to choose the third airspace."

"Oh?" Fang Xiang glanced at the thoughtful fat man without any trace, and asked, "Why?"

"General Douglas is meticulous and cautious in his operations and will never choose the second airspace. Although Kuxian is the second largest immigrant planet in the Longbow Galaxy and has a natural interstellar blocking position, he will not put himself in danger, let alone I would choose to burn the boat. This one can be ruled out.

As for the first airspace, although there are more than ten connected obstacle areas to deal with the West York fleet, and it is very close to the Blue Stone Star, it is not conducive to the simultaneous movement of four A-class fleets. The distance from Blue Stone Star is also a double-edged sword. Once the Blue Stone Star is controlled by Xijue, it will become the forward base for the annihilation of the 19th Group fleet. "

Margaret stood in front of the interstellar map, moving her fingers on the interstellar map, and her analysis was precise: "So, the best choice is the second airspace. In addition to having jump channels and obstacle areas for strategic maneuvers, More importantly, General Douglas, who is good at defense, can rely on this small planet and its surrounding complex environment to fight positional warfare with Xiyo. In this way, he will have more room to complete the strategic goals of the joint command. .”

The fat man pricked his ears, listening to Margaret's analysis while examining the interstellar map in front of him. As soon as Margaret finished speaking, he pointed to an obstacle area mark on the interstellar map next to the star Torrecles and asked Fang Xiang: "Where is this?"

Fang Xiang glanced at the place pointed by the fat man and replied: "This is the rocky obstacle area. It is an asteroid belt on the road from Torreklas to the No. 1 resource planet. The mining ships that often come and go call this rocky area. , the name stuck. This obstacle area is not big. If the warship moves at full speed, it can cross it in just one or two minutes. It cannot hide people at all. Moreover, it is full of asteroids with a diameter of less than one kilometer, so it cannot be used as a blocking position. .”

"Oh?" Fatty enlarged the interstellar map and stared at the airspace filled with large and small rocks with great interest.

"If Xiyo passes by here, maybe we can set up an ambush here." The fat man gently pulled his finger on the virtual light screen, and the interstellar map was enlarged again. Several brown boulders slowly rotated on the screen. With.

Fang Xiang's eyes followed the fat man's fingers. When a Western fleet crossed this obstacle area and the inevitable route and possible formation appeared in front of her, she couldn't help but said in shock: "You mean the center blooms?" ?!”

"Catch the thief first, capture the king first," the fat man gritted his teeth.

The Zangfeng Fleet cannot pin all its hopes on the Feiyang Fleet, let alone wait until the Jiepen Fleet floods into the Longbow Galaxy. The only hope is to use the gap between the Binart Empire fleet and the Jeppen fleet to complete the crossing.

This is a risky move. Judging from the current situation in Bermuda, the probability of the Zangfeng fleet being discovered is higher than

ninety. In other words, once the Tibetan front breaks through the Bermuda jumping point, it will be pursued. At this time, if the Binart Empire fleet returns to block the jumping point of the Longbow Galaxy, it means that the Zangfeng Fleet, which has almost run out of supplies, will have no way to escape.

If you want to create vitality for the Zangfeng fleet, you must make the Binart Empire fleet unable to return to block the jump point. In other words, the Feiyang fleet must be able to entangle it or defeat it!

It sounds like it is definitely easier to entangle than to defeat, but for the bandit army, this is not the case. Fatty did not expect that the Feiyang fleet, which was in a defensive or wandering posture, would take the initiative to entangle the Binart fleet. After all, in that case, the Feiyang fleet could easily be dragged into a decisive battle by the enemy. Douglas would not take this risk. Therefore, the only one you can rely on is yourself! .

And with the current number and strength of the bandit fleet, it is simply a dream to entangle the Binart Empire fleet.

Therefore, when Fatty saw the asteroid belt, there was only one thought left in his mind. That is - kill their flagship!

This is a crazy decision. Fang Xiang saw the fat man gnashing his teeth and thought he was going to kill him, but she didn't know that this federal hero had always been greedy for life and afraid of death. He was just forced to go to a dead end and risked his life.

The gnashing of teeth just made the trembling muscles on his face less obvious.

"Contact General Douglas. We need their assistance." The fat man almost gave the order with his eyes closed.

"Hey", a sneer came from his ear.

The fat man opened his eyes and saw Margaret retracting her gaze from the interstellar map. She looked at him like she was an idiot and said, "Blooming in the center? Do you think your battleship is invisible?"

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"General Douglas, the armored forces have boarded the ship. The 19a3 fleet has left the port, and all officers and soldiers of the 19a4 team have also boarded the ship. It will take another hour before the material loading is completed."

A report from a lieutenant colonel's staff interrupted Douglas's meditation in front of the deduction table. He straightened up and was about to say something when he suddenly saw his chief of staff, Pang Mingjian, galloping towards him.

"What's the matter?" Douglas looked solemn. He knew that his chief of staff had always been steady, but this was the first time he ran in such a hurry.

"There is news from the military department." Pang Mingjian handed the first of the two pieces of intelligence in his hand to Douglas: "The Intelligence Bureau has obtained the intelligence through agents. This time, except for the two elephant-level royal elephants from Xiyue Feiling Feiyu, In addition to the fleet, there is also the Desik fifth group fleet. In addition, the three super group fleets of Einri, Thunder, and Storm, which are directly under Yuuto Jeppon Mikami, have issued an emergency assembly order, and everyone immediately canceled their vacation. Twenty Report back to the fleet within four hours and prepare to rush to the Bermuda Galaxy."

"Where are the Western-Japanese coalition forces in the Bermuda galaxy?" Douglas' face was as heavy as water, and he quickly looked at the information in his hand. The appearance of the Dethic Empire's fifth fleet made his head suddenly grow a lot bigger.

"The first-level combat readiness order has been issued and the assembly has begun." Pang Mingjian said: "Obviously, Mikami Yuuto wants to mobilize Bermuda's army first, and then use Jiepen's domestic troops to fill it."

Douglas smiled bitterly: "You really think highly of us.

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Pang Mingjian continued: "The headquarters has sent a telegram to General Fisichella to have the Southeast Expeditionary Fleet head east out of the Newton System. It must contain Western forces in Bermuda and the Leray Central Star Domain to buy us time."

Douglas pondered, pacing back and forth.

Pang Mingjian looked at another document in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally handed it to Douglas: "General, this is the communication just received." Seeing Douglas taking the document in confusion, he added : "It was sent through the No. 1 red password contact device with a three-S level password!"

"Oh?" Douglas took the electronic folder, walked quickly to the podium, and inserted the folder into the information slot. After a moment, rows of text appeared in front of me. He couldn't help but widen his eyes Tian Xingjian! Why is he here? !

"General Douglas, Gacharin has been away for a long time. Are you okay? Your surprise attack on the Blue Stone Star has made a sound in the universe. At this moment, the Southeast Longbow is the focus of the generals of all countries and the people of Li. This battle"

The formal words at the beginning made Douglas frown. He really couldn't imagine the elegant appearance of the fat man. However, he soon saw that the text below had made a 180-degree turn.

"***, that was written by the staff just now. I'm too lazy to change it, so I just treated it as saying hello to you. You attacked Blue Stone Star in a sneak attack and fought beautifully. However, Xiyo's counterattack is coming soon. Brother, I In the Longbow Galaxy, I also saw the Royal Fleet of the Binart Empire. This battle may be a bit suspenseful. Even if you can win, you will only kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. Wait until those bastards like Jie Pen come back again. The strategic goal of swarming in, guarding the Longbow Galaxy, and buying time for Chakna may not be achieved. So, after much thought, I decided to do you a favor."

Douglas read the document quietly, his heart already in turmoil.

He didn't expect that the bandit army led by Fatty actually had a fleet right here. What's more, I didn't expect that this fat man would come up with such an incredible battle plan.

He opened the interstellar map, called up the ambush coordinates in the battle plan, and looked at the small asteroid belt in a daze.

"General." The voice of Chief of Staff Pang Mingjian rang in his ears. Douglas turned around and saw this Chief of Staff, who had always been steady and meticulous in his work, with a livid face and asked in an incredible tone.

"Is this Lere man a madman?".