Mecha and Knife

"You can save Ji Xinghe, but you cannot save the Independence Regiment."

The voice from Azure Star made Li Yuanba give up the idea of ​​hijacking his individual starship. Although he didn't agree with the truth of this sentence, he couldn't deny that it was true.

Three minutes ago, did you guess that Ji Xinghe would choose to save the mercenary group?

Li Yuanba thought about the communication delay from the blue star to the alien star, the flight speed of the individual starship, and the precise timing of this sentence, but he didn't have the slightest admiration for the opponent's wisdom pearl in his heart.

It is good that this person is his own father, but the things that this person has done in the past few years that have made everyone in the Federation respect him made him want to recognize him as his father.

"why?"

Li Yuanba didn't ask Li Anbang back. The communication delay was too long. It took three minutes for the transmission to pass. After Li Anbang replied, it took another three minutes for the transmission to come back. And you don't need to ask him to know how Li Anbang will answer him.

No, it should not be said to be an answer, it should be said to be a reprimand.

He chose to ask Ji Xinghe, and the question had nothing to do with Li Anbang's words/orders. The pointed tone made Ji Xinghe, who was still in the individual starship, silent for several seconds before answering.

"Buying people's hearts."

"shit!"

"Are you talking about your problem?"

"..." Li Yuanba said angrily, "You are awesome."

He is very clear that these two sentences of Ji Xinghe have the same meaning, although he is not sure whether Li Anbang has passed the sentence he just said to him to Ji Xinghe at the same time, or Ji Xinghe has the right to hear this sentence talk.

But just like Li Anbang was able to know Ji Xinghe's choice in advance, why couldn't Ji Xinghe guess Li Anbang's choice in advance?

I don't need anyone to solve my knot.

Seeing that the individual starship he was on had successfully ascended into space and continued to fly in the direction of the Nantianmen space station, Li Yuanba had no choice but to access the perspective of the second theater.

After going through a series of battles, the independent regiment still maintained a state of complete victory. The most worrying thing is the 300 Zhanshanjia. Although they have now successfully joined the machine repair team led by Shen Mu, they are still under pursuit. retreat state.

It can be summed up in four words—removal while trimming.

The mechanical repair team who landed in the direction of the independent regiment's retreat in advance on the space battleship Ping An seemed to have been prepared, not only carrying their mechanical repair tools, but also a number of transport vehicles mainly for mechanical repair.

First of all, those who need to replace the nuclear fuel cells are the captains of the independent teams who did not join the Xinghe team. The same, the difference is only in the two aspects of defense and battery life.

While running, Jiang Yun and others successfully jumped onto the transport vehicle driven by the elite driver. The mechanics who have already entered a state of frenzy are like the auto repair team in the top formula race of Azure Star many years ago. When the mecha appeared beside them, they were well-trained, performed their duties, and cooperated seamlessly Carry out mechanical repair operations on the mech including but not limited to replacement of nuclear fuel cells at a very high repair speed.

In the machine repair area of ​​the No. 6 base, Shen Mu constantly put harsh pressure on the mechanics/soldiers, and at this moment, it showed benefits.

After the repair of the captain-level mechas is completed, there will be 300 Shanzhanjia. According to the remaining energy and damage of each mecha, as well as the mental and physical state of the mecha warriors, use multiple communication vehicles and honeycomb signal flares. , the independent regiment that maintained its communication capabilities was supported by the computing and analysis capabilities of the Second Theater Command and Tu Yuan's headquarters.

When the sequence of maintenance is determined, the entire machine repair operation seems to be in order.

But there are too many mechas that need to be repaired. The Shanshanjia of the independent regiment not only needs to replace the nuclear fuel cells, but also needs to be repaired for the damage that occurred in the previous battle.

Under normal circumstances, the mechanical repair capability of one operation area in the mechanical repair area can repair a mech with this level of damage within an hour, but how many mechanical repair teams can there be in the No. 6 base?

There are two prerequisites that cannot be met by the current independent group.

The machine repair area has complete tools, materials, parts, etc. The maintenance environment in the machine repair area is much better than that on the battlefield.

"According to the current speed of the independent regiment and the imperial mechs chasing troops, before the independent regiment is caught up, only 109 Zhanshanjia can be urgently repaired."

"It is also necessary to consider the physical and mental state of the mech fighters of the independent regiment. Many of them have been in a critical state for a long time in previous battles, and they need more time to recover."

"It should have been a little more risky before, and let the independent regiment use the Heian space battleship to complete the evacuation."

"That's too risky. The Anti-Galaxy Corps has been chasing it for a long time. It takes time for the An'an to take off. Without an energy shield, once there is a problem, it will all be over."

"Don't talk about it, what should we do now?"

"Can the Galaxy Squad plus one hundred and nine Zhanshanjia hold off the Anti-Galaxy Corps?"

"If it can be blocked, more machine repair time can be won."

"It's unstoppable. There are too many anti-Galaxy Corps. They can completely stop fighting us like they are facing the Galaxy Squad. They forcefully break through our defensive formation and continue to pursue the independent regiment."

"What about fire support? The current formation of the Anti-Galaxy Corps is denser than before. Using fire support can slow down their pursuit speed to a certain extent."

"The Nantianmen Command has issued an order for fire support, and they are waiting for a more suitable opportunity."

"But the anti-galaxy corps are all Marquises, and they are also Earls and Dukes, so the effect of fire support is not great."

"..."

Li Yuanba, who heard these conversations, had shifted his gaze from the Independence Regiment to the Xinghe Squad.

Seeing the Xinghe team composed of Jirong Xinyue, Xingyue, Qin Tong, Harris, Su Chuanyun, Cripple, Liuer, Ying Luoqi, and prisoner Xiyan, they chased and killed more than 600 imperial nobles with a pair of aircraft. With Jia's fighting posture, he kept picking up ten gold stars after ten.

Li Yuanba's eyes were full of envy.

It's not that I envy the help of Xingyue Jia piloted by Xingyue, nor do I envy these sub-Galaxy-level and ace-level teammates, nor do I envy the Xinghe team who used the independent regiment as a 'bait' to create this kind of ten mechas to chase down six. More than a hundred chances of imperial noble mechs.

Instead, I envy them for being able to participate in the war.

With the pursuit of the Galaxy Squad and the disintegration of the Empire's standard mechas, the number of the Imperial Noble Mechas with the Anti-Galaxy Corps as the main force has dropped from more than 600 to less than 500.

From this point of view, Nakano Yoshinobu, the commander of the Mecha Corps of the Empire, made a wrong tactical choice. If you continue to maintain this tactical choice, they will be annihilated by the Galaxy Squad with a cannibalizing gesture.

But Li Yuanba knew very well that the commanders of these mechs in the empire were actually very wise.

It is obviously unrealistic for all members to chase and intercept the Xinghe team. In terms of the mobility of the Xinghe team, they have no chance to achieve their tactical goals. Instead, they will give the independent team enough rest time.

Divide up to chase the Xinghe team?

In terms of the mobility and combat power of the Xinghe team, it only takes a few turns to get rid of the pursuers, and catch up with them again, which is responsible for chasing the main force of the independent regiment. More casualties will come, and more time will be blocked.

Among all the tactical choices, Nakano Yoshinobu chose the one with fewer casualties, and it put the greatest pressure on the Independence Regiment and Galaxy Squad.

After only watching Li Yuanba for a while, he was able to confirm that with the current fighting strength of the Galaxy team, they could only suppress the number of the imperial nobles' mechs to about 400 before the independent group was overtaken.

If the Independent Regiment is at its peak state, under the tactics of the Galaxy Squad, even if the number is much smaller, the average performance level of the mechs will be quite different, and there is still a chance to complete the annihilation battle with a complete victory.

But the independent group is far from the peak state.

It is impossible for more than a hundred Zhanshanjias that can be repaired to display their full combat power. In the case of an absolute disadvantage in numbers, the moment the two sides meet, the independent regiment will suffer serious damage.

And those Zhan Shanjias of the independent regiment who are too late to repair and are about to run out of energy will make the independent regiment usher in the end of annihilation of the entire army except for the Xinghe team and the ape team.

As long as the independent group is eliminated, there will inevitably be more than 200 imperial noble mechas left, and they will be able to face the Xinghe team in a cluster. Even if the Xinghe team is unparalleled in combat power, it is impossible to directly attack so many imperial troops who are waiting in battle. Noble Armor.

The crisis of the independent regiment seemed extremely serious to Li Yuanba, even more serious than the mercenary regiment that was scattered and fleeing in the second canyon.

That's why he asked Ji Xinghe 'why' before.

It is impossible for Ji Xinghe to let the independent regiment be in danger of "annihilation of the whole army". Then, what is the confidence of Ji Xinghe to dare to support the mercenary regiment under such circumstances?

Impossible, is it because of Ji Xinghe's military exploits in trying to kill the Emperor Zhendong King? It is even more impossible to covet the empire's jump base in the second canyon, where it is impossible to grow legs and run away.

You have so many hole cards, which one will you reveal today?

When Li Yuanba was thinking this way, he suddenly noticed a piece of information that left him dumbfounded.

That was the blockade where Jin Daosheng was located. When there were only a hundred or so mechas, he cooperated with other units in the blockade and the support of the Xinghe team to destroy more than 300 imperial mechas.

It doesn't sound exaggerated. After all, they are fighting in a defensive posture on a position that has been in operation for many years, and there are also the strongest squads of the Federation such as the Galaxy Squad to support them. It is actually very reasonable to achieve the destruction of an average of three imperial mechs per person...

Reasonable shit.

That was a cluster charge of nearly 2,000 imperial mechs.

Li Yuanba's eyes focused on the battle report information, and between the changes in his eyes, he seemed to understand which hole card Ji Xinghe was going to use.

In other words, it was this hole card that decided to stand up.

Because looking at the whole world, whether it is the Federation or the Empire, or even the third civilization, which must be stronger than the Federation and the Empire combined, it is impossible to order this card in a real sense.

But is it really suitable?

Li Yuanba became worried. He continued to read various battle report information and perspectives, and felt the change of gravity. He knew that the individual starship he was on had successfully landed on the Nantianmen space station, but he did not go down immediately.

No one asked or suggested that he come out, but the operation authority of this individual starship was locked by the relevant personnel who had been prepared for a long time.

There is also a group of elite soldiers wearing individual exoskeleton armor guarding the outside of the individual starship.

Li Yuanba saw this scene, but he didn't react at all, just staying quietly in the individual starship, in his Overlord Armor that was in urgent need of repair.

In the continuous silence, he saw that the armored convoy that Jin Daosheng was in captured more than 200 regular-level imperial-style mechas, as well as 27 baron armors and thirteen viscount armors, and continued to expand the results of the battle.

This is also an unbelievable record, which is even more exaggerated than the record created by the mech fighters on the blockade where Jin Daosheng was located just now, and it can even be said to be unprecedented.

Although it is impossible for these imperial mechs that have just surrendered to be led by Jin Daosheng and others to participate in the battle of the independent regiment, there is even a risk of repeating them at any time.

But Li Yuanba suddenly laughed when he saw this scene, and answered the question he just had.

"suitable!"