Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 1343: Cutting off the retreat route, Ilxia defensive operation (1)

For Villania, the Gundam driven by Li Chengxi is a magic mecha, but it is a magic mecha that uses different technology and has a different structure.

What interests her most is not the technology itself, but the design ideas.

After all, Vilania is a student at the Storm Kingdom's School of Ships and Void Devices, and design is her major.

Speaking of this, Alyssa is still a little scared.

Fang Lanyin took apart the backpack, especially the rotating magazine at the rear that could dock with the beam rocket launcher.

She found three hydrogen bombs inside, making a total of four including the one that had been used.

Alyssa didn't know the principle of this weapon, but one shot could destroy the military port at the bottom of the space fortress Ilsha. If it exploded on the Swan, everyone would be instantly ascension to heaven.

Even though Li Chengxi repeatedly stated that this thing was very safe, at most it would have some slight radiation and one would need to wear protective clothing to get close to it, it was less likely to explode than gunpowder weapons.

But when she thought of the huge fireball with the brilliance of the star, Alyssa couldn't help but wonder what she would do if it exploded on her ship.

"Who's on duty on the bridge today?"

"An Yun and Carlos, if I remember correctly."

Alyssa’s head still hurt a little. She slept too long, and the bed in the officers’ dormitory was not very comfortable.

Rubbing her swollen temples, Alyssa asked:

"Are you going to go back to your room and rest?"

"No, go play cards."

Villania pointed behind Alyssa, and she noticed that through the glass she could see Fang Lanyin and Sophia in a lounge with their backs to her.

But there is also a small robotic arm next to it, and what's even weirder is that the robotic arm is also holding cards in its hand.

"What's going on?"

"It's Li Chengxi. He has no physical body, so he can only play cards with a robotic arm. Do you want to come?"

"..."

This picture is really weird.

Alyssa waved her hand, indicating that she was not interested in playing cards.

Just as she was thinking about where to go to leisurely while away her leisure time today, her personal terminal suddenly beeped.

I looked down and saw:
"I have to go to an officers' meeting. Go have fun."

This is also one of the reasons why Alyssa doesn’t like the army. Having meetings every day is too troublesome.

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The pincer attack of the Xuanshui Federation was aimed at important nodes in the logistical supply lines of the Red Maple Republic, and simultaneously attacked all targets at this point.

Due to the pincer attack carried out immediately after the Stargate operation, the Red Maple Republic's response was not that fast and its logistics protection was not particularly tight, which allowed the pincer attack to successfully cut off the connection between the Red Maple Republic's front-line troops and the rear.

But cutting off the logistics line is only the beginning. The real trouble is to defend it and prevent the enemy's counterattack.

Moreover, the enemy's counterattack will be very fierce in order to get the front-line troops back.

On the twelfth day after the capture of the space fortress Ilsha, the expected battle alarm sounded, all personnel took their positions, and the fortress entered a state of war.

The Swan, which had just completed maintenance, left the port in accordance with air traffic control instructions and docked at the designated location behind the left side of the fortress as instructed.

The military is used to letting large warships set sail first, so by the time the Swan came out, the third and fifth main fleets of the Rotating Water Federation had basically completed their formation. "This ship has entered the second level of combat readiness, system self-check, weapon self-check, all members return to their positions."

After turning off the ship's broadcast, Alyssa looked into the distant space through the glass of the bridge.

The patrol fleet discovered that the Red Maple Republic's fleet was approaching and initially determined that it was a fleet retreating from the front line. Since they encountered an enemy reconnaissance fleet, they did not know the specific number of the enemy's main fleet.

According to intelligence recently received from the country, at least two fleets are approaching the space fortress Ilsha, trying to cross here and return to the actual control area of ​​the Red Maple Republic.

The total number of the surrounded Red Maple Republic fleets was about ten, which was a very large force, but they did not choose to join forces to break out.

Although they seemed unstoppable if they joined forces, the target was too large, which would give the Xuanshui Federation the opportunity to set a trap easily. That was why they evacuated separately, ensuring their combat effectiveness while attacking in multiple places in an attempt to break through the encirclement.

There is no strategic fancy operation this time, it is just a pure head-on confrontation. If we can stop the enemy and continuously shrink the encirclement, we can completely defeat it.

If not, the results of the pincer attack will be very small. At most, it will only recapture the territory but will not be able to destroy the enemy's effective strength.

The enemy has at least two fleets, and this is the most optimistic estimate, because not only do we have to face the retreating fleet of the Red Maple Republic, but we may also be attacked from behind by the Red Maple Republic, resulting in being attacked from both sides.

During these twelve days, some sporadic reinforcements arrived from the direction of the star gate, but the number was still not large.

After the engineers' desperate repairs, the space fortress Ilsha finally recovered... uh, about 10% of its function.

The time is too short. Even if the destruction was carried out with the principle of "making it convenient for me to repair it in the future" before leaving, it is still very slow to repair it now. After all, the size of the fortress is there, and it is impossible to fully restore it within a few months.

The most important thing is that Ilsha’s fortress cannon could never be used.

The Red Maple Republic did not repair it either. They forced the half-disabled fortress artillery to start up, which caused greater damage and made repairs more difficult.

So it is obvious that even with the assistance of the fortress, this will be a very difficult war.

In the bridge, there was no sound except the low hum of the operating instruments, and no one wanted to say anything at this time.

To be honest, I don’t think I’m nervous.

After all, this was not the first time, and Alyssa adapted to the war so quickly that even she was surprised.

However, this kind of pre-war atmosphere made it difficult to breathe. An Yun, who was staring at the radar, had adjusted the intensity of the air conditioner more than once.

Time passed minute by minute, so long that it made people wonder if it was a false alarm and that the Red Maple Republic's fleet was not approaching at all.

"Received notification from the flagship. The unmanned reconnaissance station confirmed that an enemy fleet has passed through."

Villania's words made everyone feel nervous. After a while, An Yun said:

"Engine lights are visible, but we are not yet within firing range."

Alyssa projected the image from the optical sighting device onto the main display of the bridge. Everyone could see that in the distant deep space, there appeared "stars" that seemed to be moving, and they seemed to be getting closer and closer.

The dense and faint engine lights were like sesame seeds sprinkled on the black cloth, filling up the entire screen at a glance.

This number is not very good.

"Received the route map from the command center. The route has been confirmed."

"Start the engine, one-quarter ship speed."

"Understood, one-quarter ship speed."

As the Swan began to maneuver, it also sounded the combat alarm, telling everyone on board that the battle was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)