Him and their stars

"The progress of the finished product? This is currently the highest military secret." Facing Yu Lian's casual question, Colonel Silva put on a pretentious smile and lowered his voice a bit: "But... Your Excellency, Chairman of the Generalissimo, is Considering this as a key research project, it should be prepared for the celebration, right?"

Yu Lian was startled for a moment, and then realized that the other party should be talking about something other than the official celebration of the founding knight's anniversary the year after next. By that time, six of the dreadnoughts ordered from the Alliance will return home and officially join the Blue Star Community. If the community can be equipped with the space torpedoes that shined in this exercise, the effect will of course be even better.

Although the Antarctic Laboratory has always been a bit arrogant in recent years, it would be a different matter if there were powerful figures behind it to kick their butts.

"The impact of the Battle of Far Shore Nebula is greater than you think." Colonel Silva smiled: "The empire spent countless resources to create sharp weapons, but they also fell into our hands. As long as the new type If the dreadnoughts and space torpedoes can be put into service on time, the community's national defense will remain rock solid!"

Yu Lian also accompanied the smiling face and glanced calmly to confirm that the other party was indeed sincere in what he said, so he nodded in agreement with Guang Tongchen.

Colonel Silva is a bureaucrat in the Equipment Research Department, and it is understandable that he has full confidence in new weapons. But it would be a bit scary if it was not just the Equipment Department that floated up, but also the decision-makers at the Military Command Headquarters and the National Defense Commission.

Therefore, when discussing this battle with his colleagues, Yu Lian tentatively raised some topics, but surprisingly found that compared to the newly unveiled space torpedo, everyone was more interested in Admiral Farrell's new display. I don't have much interest in fleet operations.

Yu Lian sighed, thinking that there were quite a few weapons, armor and intelligence experts in the observation group, but there was one less general with a natural sense of tactics like Teacher Yang Xiyi and the friends from the 830 Party!

Thinking of this, he dealt with the ensuing military meeting with a lazy attitude, returned to his room, opened the source wave communication port, spent a lot of money to open a chat room, and directly attracted everyone from the 830 Party and Teacher Yang. Come in.

Well, not everyone.

Everyone has their own duties. Michelle 'Kent' and Chester Rozes chatted briefly before excusing themselves and retreating. William Banner simply turned off his phone. It was said that this guy was leading a company for field march training.

Deng Zhengqing said a few more words, saying that the Fifth Fleet in which he was serving, that is, the "Inner Cantilever Strike Fleet", had recently encountered many small-scale battles. The cruiser he served as the second officer even encountered two unidentified armed ships during a routine patrol.

Although it is two against one, if the opponent is just a mere pirate, even if the ship is heavier than the own ship, even if the enemy ship is two or three times more numerous, the majestic community navy will certainly have the confidence to defeat it. But the other party's ship's armament and crew's ability are definitely not comparable to ordinary pirates.

Then, a very classic plot happened. The destroyer Deng Zhengqing was on was hit by a shell on the bridge. Of course, almost all damage was blocked by shields and armor. The only negative effect was that the bridge shook like an earthquake. As luck would have it, the captain was thrown out of his chair, fainted on the spot, and lost the ability to command.

The first mate, an older and purely technical officer, began to faint on the spot.

As a result, Deng Zhengqing, who seemed to be the protagonist, immediately took over the ship and began to counterattack.

In another world line, Captain Deng Zhengqing, the future most famous general of the 830 Party who is good at fleet operations, led his own ship and sank one enemy ship and seriously damaged another with minimal losses.

However, this strange warship is a bit weird. It has been beaten so much that the hull is on fire, but it can still bravely start the jump engine and disappear.

"So, what kind of enemy is it?" Yu Lian asked.

Deng Zhengqing looked at Yu Lian through the holographic projection from a distance of tens of thousands of light years. A trace of hesitation flashed on his face, but he still said: "It should be the predator."

Yu Lian opened his mouth slightly and couldn't help but clenched his fist. He felt that he was calm now, his thoughts were clear, and his head was spinning rapidly, but he had inexplicably entered an extremely manic state and wanted to chop off a few heads to calm down.

He took a deep breath, adjusted his spiritual energy, and then calmed down: "Is there any sign of invasion by the predators?"

"It's not certain yet. However, the Fifth Fleet has entered a state of emergency preparation. Don't worry, although the quality of the Fifth Fleet's personnel and ships are... well, it is actually still unsatisfactory. And they have also built fortresses and forts on the edge of the galactic center. , what happened eighteen years ago will never happen again." Deng Zhengqing said.

"I understand, thank you for your hard work." Yu Lian smiled. He pays great attention to expression management now, at least his friends can't see anything wrong with him at all.

"In addition, you must also pay attention to safety. Your upper limit is at least an admiral. You can't overturn in a group of space hyenas!" Yu Lian reminded again.

"I'm lucky. The ship was damaged and needs major repairs. It will take at least a month before it can sail. It's just a good time to hide." Deng Zhengqing said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I still have a lot of business to communicate with the shipyard, so I will first going offline."

"I will send the results of our discussion to everyone." Yu Lian said with a smile: "When I was in college, your fleet formation was always A+, but your strength is urgently needed."

After Deng Zhengqing went offline, Yu Lian looked at the three people who stayed in the chat room, namely Teacher Yang, Hongmao and Glasses, and couldn't help but smile: "Well, we are indeed the most idle. I started with Just guessed it.”

Horatio Wayne thought to himself, I was really pitying you before, but I was so kind that I gave it to the dog. If I continue to be a bad person from now on, I will be the one who pulls gallstones from the spirit of the universe!

He sneered and said: "Haha, I never expected that these words would come out of your mouth. Comrade Chairman, just with this level of shamelessness, I know why you are the chairman."

Ouch! We haven’t seen each other for half a year. Hong-haired classmate is really good at talking!

However, at this time, Yu Lian was too lazy to talk to him and said straight to the point: "Have you all seen the live military exercise just now? There is a lack of details on the news channel, so I will sort it out and send it to everyone. However, compared to What I care about more about the space torpedoes is actually the formation adopted by Admiral Farrell. I think this is an important reason why the red side can achieve a decisive victory."

"New formation? Or formation?" Teacher Yang asked with interest.

"At present, it is only a squadron formation composed of a mixture of arsenal ships and frigates. However, exercises have proven that this kind of strike fleet formation can exert greater firepower. Then, with the empire's capabilities, it is definitely possible to exert more firepower. This advantage is used to deduce the new fleet formation." Yu Liandao.

Although everyone in this universe has been led into the evil way of fighting the enemy from the bow, it is also because of this that in order to give full play to the frontal firepower advantage and follow-up tactical actions interspersed with separation and encirclement, the commanders will naturally formulate a predetermined fleet Formations, and changes in formations in response to battlefield conditions.

The larger the fleet is and the more ships there are, the more coordination is needed in the formation.

Of course, ships are not people after all. Every movement of a ship requires multiple crew members to cooperate with the machine. Of course, the formation of the fleet cannot be as complex and changeable as large-scale group gymnastics. What is required is a simple but not simple one.

Currently, the main fleet formations used by the navies of various countries are based on the extended horizontal formation plane.

Depending on the battle situation and the fleet configuration prepared before the war begins, the commander will usually choose to outflank the enemy on both sides or break through in the center to create a chaotic battle. Currently, there are hundreds of thousands of tactical changes in existing fleets, but they are nothing more than variations of these two categories.

In short, it is to find a way to put out more firepower than the opponent and weaken the enemy ship's peripheral strength, and then perform a gang jump on the key warship to paralyze its center.

Sounds simple, right?

It’s not that people don’t want to do fancy things like gorgeous and weird nesting dolls, but it’s just that they really can’t do it. You must know that all formation changes test the performance of the ship and the execution ability of the captain and crew. Once you do too much work, you may end up in chaos.

In today's galaxy, the empire has the strongest shipbuilding capabilities, and the empire has the best crew quality. Naturally, they have to do many more formation tricks than other countries, and their tactical choices are of course more flexible.

"So, do you think that the formation adopted by Admiral Farrell is a new trick played by the empire?" Yang Xiyi was not so much asking questions as he was beginning to mutter to himself.

"That's it. The red team's formation is not a normal horizontal plane, but a 45-degree trapezoidal slope. This formation takes into account the six-speed acceleration and direction change performance of the new Skyfire Intensive Missile, and The interlocking shield capability of the Guardian 4 guard ship. I tested it with a nearly model and found that the firepower delivery efficiency is at least 10% higher than most planar formations. The defense efficiency is 20% higher. "Yu Liandao: "Of course, it is a bit difficult to change the formation of this kind of formation. Whether it is to pursue or to cut into the gang-hopping chaos mode, there is a lack of flexibility."

Having said this, he couldn't help but spread his hands and said: "I mentioned it to everyone in the observation group, but no one seemed interested."

Horatio Wayne's brows suddenly frowned, as if he was so angry at these insects that his blood pressure was rising. Of course, he didn't jump or speak directly, which shows that his self-cultivation and city government have indeed made great progress in the past two years.

As for Akinayama Hachiman, he pushed up his glasses, hiding the disdain in his eyes behind the lenses.

"It's just because it's a new tactic. As people get older, it takes time to accept new things." Yang Xiyi shrugged: "Besides, this is the result of an exercise after all. It has not been tested in actual combat. Yu Lian, you You know, even if a new weapon has not been tested in actual combat, some people will have doubts, let alone tactics."

Yu Lian thought that although this was the truth, new tactics often appeared for new equipment. When the technology of new equipment matures, it is only a matter of time before the skills of new tactics mature.

In fact, in at most five years, the fierce strike formation that appeared in this exercise will become a standard tactic of the imperial fleet, and will be officially named "Sky Bow Tactics." In order to maximize the power of Skyfire missiles and space torpedoes, the Empire even specially developed a "Tiangong" class proprietary arsenal ship. It only took less than three years from design to service. That kind of obsession is really creepy.

From this point of view, even the second-year Imperial Japs are no better than the Japs from District 11 in our hometown.

"However, the fact that the empire has begun to innovate fleet tactics is a very alarming signal. Silva is a nerd, I knew it in school. However, I really didn't think about it. The rest of the gentlemen in the observation group were also confused. All of them are as hard as wild boars that can't turn, but they can still participate in such an important military delegation? What do the big shots in the National Defense Committee think? Do they expect wild boars to repair routers? "

"Because it's not a wild boar but a domestic pig, Teacher Yang." Hachiman said: "Foreign military observation group is a very important resume. The time is short, the treatment is good, and the gold content is high. The major factions in the military are fighting for it. "

"Why does the military have factions? Don't you know that it is the basic professional quality of soldiers not to interfere in politics?"

"The army must have factions to prevent it from interfering in politics! The Dukes of the National Defense Committee and Congress know this very well."

Yu Lian wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this, but this was not the time for these guys to discuss military functions and ideas. He directly interrupted the discussion between the two and said with a smile: "In short, Hachiman, here is your chance to change the world. Come on! Let’s quickly deduce the possibility of this formation and how to restrain it, and then formulate a counter-tactic.

Akinayama Hachiman looked at Yu Lian with a dull look that was about to lose focus, pushed up his glasses again, and almost gritted his teeth, and then said helplessly: "The Thirteenth Fleet is just a total force. A small fleet of forty ships is destined to miss the decisive battle with the large fleet. I like the team atmosphere here very much, and I also like the new continent full of mysterious and unknown things. I even want to stay here forever."

Therefore, the battle formations and counterattacks of the fleets are none of my business! He probably wanted to express this.

However, Yu Lian pretended not to hear: "Zhengqing is a master of fleet formation organization. You can discuss with him more. But he is busy fighting the predators now, so he mainly depends on you. By the way, there is Teacher Yang. I'll watch it for you, so you can just think about it as you please, and you don't have to worry about going astray."

What does it have to do with me? Yang Xiyi was about to speak, but Yu Lian couldn't help but said: "You can test it with a simulated battle first. If Teacher Yang thinks it is feasible, let Horatio try to practice it in the Solar System Fleet. The current fleet commander Tulio Is Admiral Juan your uncle?"

"It's just for show." Wayne said angrily.

"Then blood is thicker than water. And you are also very interested in thinking about new tactics. You happen to be very free recently."

Horatio Vane thought to himself, if you hadn't added that last sentence, I would have taken you for a sex change. Just when he was about to curse, Yu Lian changed the subject again and said to Akinayama Hachiman: "Okay, let's talk about the New World. How is the current situation?"

Hachiman pondered for a moment and said: "It's nothing more than suppressing bandits, exploring, collecting intelligence, drawing new star maps, etc. Our manpower is limited, so we can only act cautiously. It's just..."

"only?"

"Recently, there seems to be a lot of strange things happening here in Xinyumen."