Hidden Yao Era

In the past five years of war, the firefighters adopted star-hopping tactics against the stronghold of the Pluto rover's constellation of Saturn's moons, bypassing the heavily guarded Titan and taking down Saturn's moons such as Titan, Enceladus, and Titan. Today, the Pluto rover's stronghold in Saturn's constellation is Titan. Ten years ago, there were 10 aircraft carrier fleets stationed here, 700,000 ground troops, and countless tanks and mechs.

This time, in order to take Titan, the firefighters mobilized more than 9,000 ships of the Third Fleet, the Fifth Fleet, the Seventh Fleet, and the Eighth Fleet. 300 Yunhai-class landing ships, 100 Norma M470 landing ships, and 100 AC721 amphibious landing ships were specially dispatched from the Sixth Fleet, plus the original landing ships of the three fleets, bringing the total number to 800. These landing ships carry 1.5 million combat soldiers, as well as 30,000 tanks, 15,000 mechs, and 60,000 artillery pieces.

Assembling such a large army shows the determination of the firefighters to take Titan at the top. In order to reduce casualties, the commander of the firefighters, Marshal Konstantin Chu, devised a strategy to attack the west. He moved the Fourth and Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Fleets to the vicinity of Pluto, creating the illusion of an armed attack by firefighters on Pluto's moons in order to paralyze the enemy. The strategy seemed to work, and the Pluto rover moved more than a dozen carrier fleets to Pluto's vicinity to defend their core. The containment of the Fourth and Sixth Fleets can ensure that the mobile fleet of the Pluto Rover does not dare to quickly reinforce Titan at the beginning of the war.

The mission of the Seventh Fleet this time is to help the Third Fleet, with battlecruisers and cruisers as the main force, to contain the enemy, so as to ensure that the Third Fleet has a better output environment and can give full play to its superiority in powerful firepower. The Fifth Fleet is a large mixed fleet, in which aircraft carriers, battle cruisers, cruisers, destroyers and frigates are all indispensable presences, and they will undertake the main offensive mission of this campaign.

Castor, Yang Dongming, and Winston were all assigned to the vanguard of the Seventh Fleet, with the Io-class cruisers, the Eristar heavy artillery destroyers, the Ceres-support destroyers, the Bullfight-class destroyers, and the Carrilane Special Frigates in the front row, who would take on most of the enemy fire at the beginning of the engagement. For the back of the Lancer-class missile destroyer, Chenghai-class frigate,

Before the start of this campaign, the Seventh Fleet assembled at the Levi 9 Space City. Casto, Yang Dongming, and Winston have dinner together at a restaurant in the city with fewer people. They hadn't seen each other since the last Io exercise, and this time they met at this restaurant to have dinner and exchange information about the disaster they had found about Io.

They met on Third Avenue at Levi 9, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, they arrived at the agreed restaurant. As soon as he sat down, Casto spoke: "How's it going, what progress have you made recently on the investigation of that exercise on Europa?".

Yang Dongming said: "It's very strange, I have talked to some of the parties involved, including the crew of our ship, some of my commanders. The average crew did not know the exact damage, and they were surprised to learn that almost all the frigates had been lost. I didn't tell them directly about Major General Wilhelm's order, but I just talked to them about what they would do if something like this happened. Almost without exception, they shy away from talking about it. I talked to the captain about the disaster, and as soon as I mentioned it, he reprimanded me harshly, saying that I should not mention it again and that I should not talk about it with anyone. Winston nodded, "That's right, my captain reacted the same way, as if they knew something." My captain, Colonel Wilson, and Rear Admiral William seemed to have a good relationship, and he was trying to defend Rear Admiral William, saying that he had saved the entire fleet. "

"Saved the entire fleet? That's ridiculous, more than half of the ships were lost, what kind of salvation is this?" Casto said angrily. "My captain didn't say that, he said what strategy he would have taken if he had dealt with this disaster, and I agreed with his tactics and tactics, but he didn't say much else. I think his reaction was quite normal. Why did your captains react like this?" Casto asked.

"They must be hiding something? They may all be part of a project, so they're protecting these secrets from being discovered. Yang Dongming analyzed. "Moreover, my captain and I have repeatedly reiterated that we should not doubt any orders of our superiors, and that it is the duty of a soldier to resolutely carry out orders. I think his reaction is a bit ridiculous, I just wanted to discuss the tactics of this operation, and I didn't directly question it, which caused him to react so much. Yang Dongming continued.

Winston also remembered Captain Wilson's reaction and said, "Hahaha, so is Captain Wilson, he was shaking when he warned me. And when he defended Major General William, it was like a show, showing his loyalty. Unfortunately, I was the only viewer at that time. These unnatural words and deeds just speak to the fear in their hearts. They are afraid that we will find out the truth, and this is the only thing I am sure of. "

Casto wondered, "So what are they hiding? Major General William has so much energy to make these officers so afraid of themselves?".

"I'm afraid that behind this incident is not only Major General William, but also the person who can keep all the officers tight-lipped, at least at the rank of general. Perhaps Major General Willem is also an executor, not a behind-the-scenes mastermind. Yang Dongming analyzed.

"What, Admiral? This is incredible, are those high-ranking bastards who are ruining the lives of soldiers?" Castor's emotions stirred slightly.

Yang Dongming said calmly: "Look, your emotions are starting to be unstable. I'm just reasoning, we don't have the evidence to make a final conclusion yet. And if that's the truth, your reaction might be even more terrible than it is now. That's probably why these officers try to cover it up, because they're afraid that the soldiers, like you, will cause their trust in the military to collapse. "

"Yes, the truth of this matter may shake the trust of soldiers and low-ranking officers in the upper echelons. This collapse of trust will lead to a complete breakdown of the cohesion of the military. I am increasingly afraid to approach the truth, which threatens to upend the values we take for granted and all the appearances we normally see. I understand more and more what you mean by the truth that we can't bear. At least I'm not ready to completely upend my worldview. Winston's voice began to tremble.

"I don't believe that the top brass of the military is all two faces, and there may be scum in it, but it must be a minority. We just have to get to the top and we can fight them down!" Castor said confidently.

"I wish I had the confidence you have. Yang Dongming smiled.

"But six months into the firefighters, we can see a lot of things that we don't know from the course and the media. The firefighters are known as a disciplined army, with officers respecting soldiers, and even transformers and clones being treated equally. In reality, however, it is very common for officers to insult and scold soldiers, and cases of abusing reformed and cloned human beings have occurred from time to time. And what about the soldiers? They vent their grievances in the comfort room, they mess with flowers and grass in Space City, and they even torture and kill clones. Senior officers have turned a blind eye to these things. It was not uncommon for junior officers to bribe senior officers, and I have seen my captain give Rear Admiral William an ancient gold statue, I don't know how much it was worth, but it was definitely not something his salary could afford. Yang Dongming recounted what he had seen.

"Well, my captain also sent something to Rear Admiral William, and it was a painting, which seemed to be thousands of years old. I was also curious at the time, after all, this kind of antique was completely not something that an officer of their level could afford to consume. Later, I gradually understood that many people on the ship entered the ship through bribes, and the object of bribery was the captain. Winston's words also corroborate the fact that the military is corrupt.

"Well, these bestial acts of the soldiers may indeed exist, and we have such people on our ship. But my captain is a very upright man, he will not beat and scold his subordinates, and he will not indulge in lewd pleasures. I've never seen him bribe anyone, and I've never seen anyone else give him any favor. I think such a captain might be the majority of the army!" Casto wanted to use Captain Nelson's integrity to prove that the army wasn't all that corrupt, and he wanted to convince himself rather than to prove it to his two friends.

"There used to be an iceberg theory on the ancient earth. Earth's icebergs float on the surface of the sea, but in fact only 10% of its parts are floating on it, while 90% of it is hidden under the surface. The same is true of a lot of things we see, where it's only 10% of what they look like, and more things are under the surface. Yang Dongming said.

"yes, maybe you're only in contact with the 10 percent, and people like Captain Nelson are the 90 percent. Castor continued to argue, he was still stiff-mouthed.

"Haha, we have to learn from your optimism. Winston laughed.

"If, as you say, then the entire firefighter armament is hopeless!" Castor said deliberately, in an arbitrary attempt to get Yang Dongming and Winston to reverse their criticism of the fireextinguishers.