In the vast universe, a spacecraft that is not huge in size but has very conspicuous detection equipment is flying rapidly.
Soon, it was hit by two black energy rays, exploded and destroyed, and turned into a wreckage floating in the universe.
However, before it was completely destroyed, the data it recorded was still transmitted.
This was an unmanned exploration spacecraft of the Airansil Empire. Its purpose was to monitor the Watcher fleet. However, this time, it was destroyed a little too quickly and too early.
A few minutes later, inside the huge bridge of the Seris, the flagship of the 1st Space Fleet of the Airanhill Empire, the adjutant handed a piece of information to Genesis: "Marshal, this is the unmanned reconnaissance ship that was just sent.
The distribution of enemy warships detected...I think...the situation has changed."
His tone was full of worry, and his voice was a little strange. Lawns frowned slightly, because he knew that his adjutant was not a person who showed his emotions easily.
After all, I have been with the Imperial Marshal for some years, and I still have some temperament and determination under my influence.
Therefore, Genesis took the telegram from the other party's hand and looked down at the content: "Huh?"
The adjutant explained: "Less than half an hour ago, we just detected that the number of the opponent's warships near Higgs 4 has increased significantly...probably more than twice the original number..."
Lawns also knew this information, but compared with the content of the information in his hand, his expression began to become serious.
He folded the information and looked at the several staff officers around him who were worried about the battle situation near Higgs 4 just now.
Then, his eyes fell back on the adjutant: "But on our side, the enemy fleet that is attacking the Higgs 3 defense line head-on... doesn't seem to be reducing in number."
This is the problem. The enemy reinforced the battlefield near Higgs 4, but did not reduce its troops on the battlefield of Higgs 3.
This means that the enemy's total strength is increasing, and the rate of increase is very fast!
The adjutant immediately replied: "Yes, Marshal, not only that, the radar reflection signal transmitted back by our unmanned reconnaissance ship also proves that the density of enemy ships has increased!"
Comparing the density of the previous Watcher space fleet, the scans returned by this spacecraft now show that in the area it detected, the density of Watcher warships has more than doubled.
In other words, not only has the Guardian fleet on the front of Higgs 3 not decreased, but its number has also increased a lot.
Lawns was stunned for a moment, then looked at the several staff officers around him: "The density has increased? In other words, the Watcher troops have increased their troops in the two main directions of attack."
The expressions on the faces of several staff officers became unsightly. They communicated with each other in low voices and began to analyze the enemy's combat intentions.
"Yes, Marshal. The situation is deteriorating. The opponent's reinforcements seem to have arrived, and the number is extremely large." The adjutant raised his chin and answered the answer that everyone was worried about.
Being able to simultaneously increase the density of warships on a front line of tens of millions of kilometers is not a simple increase in number.
In a sense, the enemy may even have doubled! Facing this level of doubling in number, any commander will feel a headache.
If the number of enemies changes from 2,000 to 4,000, it doesn’t actually increase much. But if the number of enemies changes from 20 million to 40 million, it can definitely change the outcome of a war.
"We have no way to continuously detect the universe behind the watcher. In this case, we cannot judge whether the enemy has any follow-up reinforcements. In other words, we do not know whether the enemy has deployed strategic reserves." A
The staff officer said to Royce.
"It's not a reserve force!" Lawns shook his head and judged: "The enemy's attack was not smooth before. Judging from the enemy's deployment, they probably guessed our strategic intentions. If they were prepared,
If we were to join the team, we should have entered the battlefield long ago."
"So..." After he finished speaking, he looked at several capable staff officers: "According to the analysis of a large number of follow-up reinforcements... judge according to the most serious situation!"
"Well, if the number of enemy troops continues to increase at this level, we may be very passive in the next few months." A staff officer immediately said.
Another staff officer also expressed his own opinion: "The enemy is likely to use its numerical advantage to gain control of the local battlefield. We must find ways to delay time so that the opponent cannot smoothly increase troops to the surface of Higgs 3."
One of the staff officers once repeated the old tune and asked: "Will the enemy directly destroy Higgs 3?"
"We can't judge this. We can only analyze it based on the experience of Higgs 5, assuming that they will not destroy Higgs 3." Several staff officers around him shook their heads and retorted.
"I don't recommend continuing to send additional troops to Higgs 3...in case they open fire and attack the planet..." The staff officer who had been worried about the opponent destroying the planet still suggested.
"If we stop reinforcements, the ground forces will..." Several other staff officers began to argue with him. However, before they could finish the argument, Lawns spoke to his adjutant: "Order... Zaku Fleet
Transfer to the outer orbit of Higgs 3 to deploy defenses...focus on defending against the enemy's landing assault on Higgs 3!"
Genesis is a ruthless man, and he does not think it is safe to put the safety of Higgs 3 on the conscience of the watchers.
Therefore, what he has to do is very simple, which is to stabilize the air superiority in the outer space of Higgs 3 and ensure that the enemy fleet has no chance to directly destroy the planet Higgs 3.
This was his way of protecting General Medias and the tens of millions of troops under Medias' command.
"Yes!" The adjutant stood at attention and saluted, and was about to turn around and leave. However, his departure was stopped by another officer who hurried over.
"Report! Marshal!" The liaison officer responsible for liaising with the ground forces stood at attention and saluted in front of Lawns.
"What's going on?" Lawns felt that the battlefield situation seemed to be undergoing huge changes, and the news sent at this time did not seem to be good news.
Sure enough, the liaison officer opened his mouth and told the bad news from the ground troops: "The news just came that the number of ground troops of the Watchers on Higgs 3 has increased sharply, and they suddenly launched a counterattack against our frontline troops.
."
"Directly use division to increase the number of ground troops on the surface of Higgs 3? Why didn't they do this before?" Genesis was stunned, and then looked at the staff who were already a little confused.
These staff officers also looked at a loss. The Airanhill Empire had already established a relatively accurate model of the division of the sweeper troops.
Judging from this model, there is a certain pattern in the splitting speed and number of the Watcher troops. This general pattern allowed the Airanhill Empire to formulate accurate combat plans and achieve a series of victories.
But now, the Watchers have broken the rules of this mathematical model, which means that the subsequent series of strategic decisions will have to be overturned and reset.
A staff officer spoke bitterly and said to Lawns: "We don't know. We are still studying the other party's split. We don't have a precise analysis result yet."
"What did Madias say?" Genesis also knew that this kind of thing cannot be blamed on the computing department that built the model, as well as the Imperial Staff. Because the previous model should be accurate, and the changes in front of him should be special.
situation. So he looked at the army liaison officer and asked.
The liaison officer immediately replied: "General Medias has ordered the troops to retreat, abandoned the tide tactics, and shrunk the troops back to the original fixed defense line. Some troops have suffered losses, but everything is not beyond the scope of endurance."
After a slight pause, he continued: "He called us to explain that he had used 25 high-yield nuclear bombs on the enemy's controlled areas in an attempt to block the enemy's pursuit."
"What's the effect?" Lawns asked immediately.
The liaison officer replied with some regret: "It has had a certain effect. The enemy army has indeed broken away from our ground forces. However... judging from the feedback from the reconnaissance aircraft, the number of the opponent continues to increase, and the number of strikes is still increasing."
The effect is not as obvious as the previous times.”
"Did he say the reason?" Lawns wanted to hear Medias' analysis.
Unfortunately, Medias is also confused now. He has not discovered the enemy's space reinforcements. The number of enemies in front of him suddenly increased, and it is impossible for him to make a correct judgment.
As for the liaison officer, he didn't know anything. So he shook his head and said to Lawns: "No, this requires professional analysis by technicians. It may be that the radiation resistance has increased, or it may be that the radiation resistance has increased.
Maybe the other party is simply constantly dividing..."
At this time, a staff officer straightened out his thoughts and said: "At least we know that the opponent's division requires energy, that is, magic. This increase in the speed of division will definitely consume a lot of magic energy."
After taking a look at the environmental data in the computer, he continued: "However, the magic energy in almost all universes and regions in the war zone has not dropped sharply, which means... in a short period of time, the concentration of magic energy near the war zone has increased!
"
Lawns immediately looked at the adjutant who had not left, and gave another order: "Send the situation to the expert team in astronomy and magic...Things will not happen for no reason, we must know why!"
"Yes! Marshal!" The adjutant who did not leave stood at attention and saluted again, and said in agreement.
At this time, a fleet communications officer hurried over and reported the report before he reached the place: "The message from the fleet flagship of Outpost 300457 is from the fleet commander, clone colonel Buffas..."
"Read it." Royce vaguely felt something was wrong.
"The enemy suddenly launched an attack, and our fleet has been surrounded. Long live the empire, I and the battleships will live and die together..." The communications officer finished reading the message in a low voice.
Many of the ultra-small fleets commanded by these clones are deployed forward on the periphery of the fleet and are used as sentries or warning fleets.
Even in normal times, this kind of fleet may be suddenly annihilated by the enemy at any time and anywhere. Their existence is to provide early warning and ensure that our main fleet is not successfully surprised by the enemy's surprise attack.
However, as a fleet commander and an imperial marshal, receiving several similar messages every day still makes Genesis feel depressed.
"It seems that the other party doesn't want to wait for a second." Lawns sighed and said.
The adjutant who did not immediately issue an order asked softly: "So, Marshal, will the mobilization of the Zaku fleet... continue?"
Lawns nodded and said: "Continue, order Bakalov's 2nd Fleet to move closer to me, and order Heidicanon's 11th Fleet to enter the Higgs theater!"
After saying that, he continued to issue a series of orders: "Let Bourjos lead the 10th Fleet to move closer to Higgs 4! I feel that the subsequent offensive launched by the other party may exceed our imagination."
The scale of the fleet he is mobilizing now is so huge that it is unimaginable. Counting the 5th Fleet, almost half of the main fleet of the Airanhill Empire has been assembled towards the Higgs region.
For a transfer of this scale, it is no longer just the command and dispatch of the battle that needs to be considered, it can even be said to be related to the national destiny of the Airanhill Empire.
"Yes!" the adjutant swallowed before replying.
Obviously, Lawns also realized how great the impact of mobilizing such a large fleet was, and continued to give instructions: "Send the intelligence we obtained back to Alan Siris! Copy to Chief of Staff Luo Kai!
Send the troop mobilization request to His Majesty and wait for His Majesty’s instructions before executing it!”
After finishing speaking, he paused slightly and then continued: "We need more support, including a more complete and reliable enemy population expansion model! This requires calculations by professionals and equipment, and we cannot do it ourselves.
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As if he thought of something again, he added: "In addition, send a telegram to the warning fleet near Taiyi and ask them to be careful and not to cause any problems!"
"Understood." The adjutant nodded again.
The cautious Lawns had already tightened his nerves and emphasized: "Taiyi is what we really rely on. Only Taiyi can handle this level of enemy forces. There can be no problems!"
"Yes!" The adjutant knew that the matter was of great importance and immediately responded with a solemn salute.
Genesis looked at the universe outside the porthole, and he didn't know if it was a murmur or an order: "Also, tell the rear that we need Zaku, 100,000 units, 200,000 units! Or even 1 million Zakus!"
"..." The adjutant stood at attention, turned around and walked out of the bridge with a series of orders.