Counterfeit Hero

The huge body of the flagship space carrier [Heidfield] was surrounded by dozens of Feiyang battleships. Hundreds of bright portholes made this giant battleship look like a brightly lit castle suspended in the void.

In front of the huge rear reserve fleet group, on the left and right wings, the warships of the Fiji Alliance were moving around quickly. The flashing signal lights and the spewing ion light flow accompanied the swimming figures one by one, like a huge school of fish.

Inside the mothership, announcements were heard constantly on the radio. Allied officers and soldiers wearing different uniforms were rushing back and forth in a hurry. Electric rail cars passed silently along both sides of the passage. Staff officers from the base camp walked through different departments under the attention of officers and soldiers from various countries. Their expressions were stern and their brows were furrowed, and they remained silent when meeting people they were familiar with. They just waved their hands and left quickly without saying a word.

"I heard that the pre-war meeting has been held for five hours?" A staff officer from the outer area who had just handed over the work stood at the intersection of the corridor leading to the base camp, watching several hurried-looking staff officers from the base camp disappear under the electronic light. Inside the gleaming automatic door, I turned to ask my companion beside me.

"Yes, I heard it was quite noisy. Even Marshal Hastings couldn't calm it down." A companion replied.

"Huh? How come I heard that those guys started making a fuss, but the gangsters became quiet as soon as they took action, and now they are very honest?" In the crowd, another staff officer poked his head and asked with a confused look on his face.

The staff officer's words attracted everyone's agreement.

"Yeah, I heard that's the case too." A major said loudly.

"The Military God can't suppress him? How is that possible! Among our coalition forces, who is qualified to challenge him?" Another staff officer sneered.

"I don't have the guts even though I have the qualifications!" a lieutenant colonel in the crowd sneered: "Marshal Hastings has not taken many actions in recent years, but in the battle thirty years ago," he killed many fearful and unwilling enemies in front of the battle. Who doesn’t know the officer who disobeyed orders? "

The crowd suddenly became commotion. The lieutenant colonel's words immediately awakened everyone's memories.

None of the officers present had fought in the battle thirty years earlier.

Therefore, our understanding of the battle thirty years ago comes from the post-war memoirs and battlefield records of officers and soldiers.

Time is the most cunning liar.

It can always modify human memory silently.

Therefore, in the war that determined the fate of the two super-powerful countries Feiyang and Binart, many legends emerged that were difficult to distinguish between true and false. However, among these legends, there is one legend about the final battle that is beyond doubt. Whether it is the memoirs of generals, the narratives of postwar veterans, or the records of war reporters, they all truly and meticulously restore the scene at that time. Their narratives are almost identical, and even the details are strikingly consistent.

The reason for such a situation is not only that that period of history is really unforgettable, but more importantly, there is a saying that has been passed down from that era to this day. It has become a famous saying that many soldiers regard as Kei.

"No victory without sacrifice!"

This cold yet passionate quote is forever tied to the war thirty years ago. It became the most profound imprint of that war.

Whenever people say this famous quote from Hastings, they always think of everything that happened in that war. As time goes by, the memory of this period of history has not been erased, but remains fresh in my memory.

I can’t forget it even if I want to!

Everyone present knows that according to legend, Feiyang and Binart fought in the Carlston Galaxy thirty years ago. Although the Feuillant Republic Army had already invaded the Imperial Zone, the Feuillant troops led by Hastings were at a disadvantage due to various reasons when the decisive battle was about to begin.

At that time, both the space fleet and the ground army were suppressed by Xijiao. Not only was the Fei League army that invaded the Imperial Zone in a difficult situation, but even the reinforcements behind them were delayed in arriving. The battle situation is developing more and more in a direction favorable to Western Japan.

However, at the critical moment when his success was about to fall short, and the enemy might even take advantage of the situation to annihilate the main force and counterattack Feiyang's homeland, Hastings discovered a loophole in the enemy's flaw.

This loophole is in another galaxy adjacent to the main battlefield.

The Binart Army, eager for success, mobilized all the reserve forces in its forward base in order to quickly crush the Feiyang Army. But their next batch of reinforcements was still on the way and had not arrived at the forward base. This also means that if the Feiyang Republic has enough troops, it can carry out a devastating blow to the enemy's forward base, allowing Western York's successor troops to extend the battle line to a distance that is difficult for them to maintain. .

That was a gap of less than forty-eight hours.

If it were someone else who was the commander of the Feiyang Republic Army, he might not have discovered this loophole at all. Even if he had discovered it, he would not have dared to attack the enemy's advance base. Because the Republic of Daiyang was at a military disadvantage at that time, it could not mobilize any troops to implement the attack plan against the enemy's forward base. Analysis of the battle situation at the time showed that Feiyang's follow-up troops would be able to reach the war zone as long as they persisted for half a month. The strength of both sides will gradually become equal over time.

However, the commander of the Feyon Republic Army at that time was Hastings.

After he saw this loophole in the Binart Empire, he did not hesitate to choose the battle plan of attacking the enemy's forward base. In order to support this plan, he deployed more than half of the troops on the front line. Of the remaining troops, he kept a quarter in the line and the other quarter in reserve. His only request for these troops was to persist for seventy-two hours at all costs!

In anyone's eyes, this is suicide!

The unreasonable order angered many Feiyan officers. All the troops who received the blocking order knew that if they wanted to complete the task of pinning the enemy in place for seventy-two hours, they would not be able to complete it even if they were all destroyed.

In this era when Hastings was not the Feyon God of War, there were too many people who could challenge his authority. The officers who did not want to die united and put pressure on the command headquarters to change the battle plan.

But the resistance was quickly put down. Hastings used thunderous means to imprison several generals at his level, sent frontline commanders who disobeyed orders to military courts, and issued the harshest sentences as quickly as possible.

No one can accurately say how many talented Feuillant generals died as a result of military tribunals. Because when Hastings reported after the war, all the signatures left on the files of these officers and generals were the signatures of those killed in action.

The real archives are sealed forever.

The ruthless and determined Hastings won the opportunity to carry out the battle plan.

In that battle, the officers he assigned fought desperately and miraculously completed the tasks he assigned. At the same time, a huge price was paid.

After the war, more than sixty generals were killed. When all the troops under their command were exhausted, they took their guns and led their staff communications officers and guards to fill in. No one came out alive after his entire army was wiped out.

No one can use words to describe the heroism of that battle. But they won.

Seventy-two hours later, Hastings returned to the battlefield with the Feyon army, which successfully attacked the enemy's forward base. One day, two yuan." Three days later, the Binarts, who had lost their logistical support and supplies, collapsed. Their reinforcements were blocked to the west of the forward base, and Feiyang's army was sending reinforcements to the front line bit by bit. Just like In arm wrestling, Hastings' adventurous plan laid the foundation for him to overwhelm his opponents!

Everyone knows what happened next.

The Fejan Republic won the war and defeated the Binart Empire, becoming the first superpower in mankind. Dominate the universe for thirty years. The Binardi Empire fell into disrepair and was suppressed by the Feyon Republic. The commander at the time, Sobol's father, died of depression.

After the post-war interpretation, people discovered that if it had not been for Hastings, Feiyang would not have won that battle.

Because Old Sobol adopted the strategy of luring the enemy deep, as soon as his next batch of reinforcements arrived, he would be able to completely annihilate Feiyang's main force with overwhelming force. Feiyang couldn't even hold on for a week, let alone half a month.

Unfortunately, none of the generals who were partnering with Hastings at the time could see the seriousness of the situation. If Hastings hadn't taken action so brazenly, the Binalte Empire would have become the number one superpower.

It was also after that battle that the Binart Empire came to an end.

This ambitious country did only one thing in the following two decades.

That is, a fortress, Scorpio Fortress, was built in the galaxy where the battle broke out.

This fortress named by Old Sobol himself is not so much the largest war fortress in the Binart Empire as it is a compensation for the lessons learned from the battle thirty years ago, or in other words, a sigh.

If at that time, the forward base of the Binart Empire Army was not in another galaxy, and if after the forward base was attacked by surprise, the backup base was not in the even more distant Binart Empire mainland,——.

Anyway, the war is over. Everything is settled.

At the end of the war, Hastings did not participate in the surrender ceremony of the Binalte Imperial Army.

On the day when the Gunarts, who were surrounded by Feiyang's army, ran out of ammunition and food, laid down their weapons and gave up resistance, he stood on the position where a colonel who had followed him for many years died in battle, staring into the distance for several hours.

Before he finally turned to leave, he left those words behind.

“Without sacrifice, there is no victory.”

At that time, the setting sun was like blood!

Although they were standing in the aisle of the USS Heidfield, when the Colonel mentioned the past thirty years ago, everyone still seemed to see the setting sun with corpses strewn in the field and the war blazing. Lieutenant Colonel Jing Jia looked around and said: Face was still frightened: "I heard from the old man that the troops responsible for blocking thirty years ago did not dare to take a step back until the whole army was wiped out. From that time on, no one dared to disobey the marshal's order."

Everyone nodded.

After a period of silence," another staff officer from Chakna said: "Actually, let's not talk about the prestige of the military god, these guys don't dare to make mistakes. Let's just say that the battle the bandit army fought just now was so beautiful that it left people speechless. To be honest, I was really dumbfounded at the time. If our fleet were all warships like the Bandit Army, with that kind of cooperation, let alone having twice as many ships as ours, even if they doubled again, they would still be food on the plate. "

"If they are defeated, the bandit army will have a powerful sneak attack. Count their achievements, defeating Humphrey, defeating O'Brien, attacking Bermuda, defeating Sheldon, and defeating Banning. Which time did they not rely on sneak attacks to win?" A person from The staff officer of the Muto Republic in the northern war zone obviously did not have a good impression of the bandits. He retorted fiercely with a mocking tone: "If they really fight head-on, how much can their stealth technology withstand?"

"You know nothing about a communications staff officer," the words of the Muto Republic staff officer aroused public outrage, and many combat staff officers retorted.

"The person's stealth technology is just there, and he becomes invisible in front of you. You can't determine his position. How dare you rush up and try?"

"That's right, don't talk about using stealth technology, just say that they have laid out a clear formation to fight you. With the firepower and defense of their warships, and the performance of their warships, how many can you kill before the whole army is annihilated?"

"How many ships should you kill? Get the attack position first! Everything you say is useless if you can't get the attack position! Before you turn around, they will have already circled behind you. How are you going to fight this battle? Let alone warships of the same level. , even if they asked you to use two levels to fight your battleships with destroyers, you didn’t retreat!"

"That wasn't a fight just now, it was a demonstration! Didn't you see that later, the bandits were circling around the West York warship but did not fire, like a fox teasing a hen. They were teasing him enough before they pounced on him and bit him. die."

"Yes, I saw it too. That's a relief. Don't you, Xiyue, have more troops and show off your power? I still beat you like a turtle!"

"Yes, as soon as the West York reconnaissance fleet on the left was finished, the center and right were also frightened. When it comes to longing for ambition, this is the real longing for ambition. Now it seems that the retreat of the bandit army from Dexik is also It makes sense. Such an elite fleet is the main force among the main forces. Why should it be used to delay and harass these second-rate fleets?"

Everyone was talking about the Mutu Republic's staff officer until they couldn't even raise their heads. This guy also knows that the bandit army fought really well in this battle." He offended the public, and in the end he simply raised his hand and said, "Okay, okay, can you just call me nonsense?" "

During the commotion, suddenly, a major shouted: "Hey, hey, it's out, it's out."

Looking back, I saw that the automatic door leading to the core area of ​​the base camp opened, and several Fei League generals filed out. Everyone was suddenly shocked. He quickly stepped aside and stood at attention to salute.

Several Allied generals were in such a hurry that they passed by everyone without even having time to return the salute.

"What's going on? Is the meeting over?" A staff officer asked, looking confused at the passage where the generals disappeared.

"Are all the fleet commanders whose shuttles are parked at Pier 5 coming out? Their superiors seem to be still inside." A colonel said, quickly turning his head to look at the screen above the passage. Immediately, his mouth opened wide. .

On the screen of the telescope, countless Western battleships appeared like cavalry galloping down the hillside in the distance, coming in a strict triangular formation, overwhelming the sky.

At the same time, a shrill alarm sounded throughout the mothership.

(over).