Chapter 560 The difference between a thought
Lynch's Seventh Fleet won a victory by destroying an enemy warship. Although the remaining enemy warships fled the battlefield by leaping, the victory of the Seventh Fleet could not be considered a big victory in terms of the results of the battle, it was just a small victory. However, the significance of this victory to the Seventh Fleet was completely different. After this battle, the Seventh Fleet washed away the previous shame. From now on, the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Fleet could proudly tell others that they used their abilities to avenge their deceased commanders and comrades!
The dark matter weapon's sank will continue for a while. During this period, the central area is a dangerous area. Lynch's Seventh Fleet has retreated to a safe area. Looking at the explosion position ahead, Lynch issued an order to reintegrate the entire ship, and at the same time checked the fleet's damage.
The war took not long from the beginning to the end, and it was only less than half an hour before and after the counting, five warships of the Seventh Fleet suffered some damage to a certain extent. From this point of view alone, we can see the strength of the opponent's technological power. If the main force of the Seventh Fleet were not all present, no one would have predicted the final result of the war. However, it is gratifying that they won the victory, and no one died except for the injured.
On the surface, the war has temporarily ended, and the enemy except for the destroyed warship, the rest of the ships have escaped. But Lynch still dared not neglect. Faced with such an opponent, Lynch still kept the fleet in full formation to prevent accidents.
When the war damage was reported and Lynch looked at the loss of the ships, Tom reported to him that Dahl's commander wanted to meet Lynch to express his gratitude for the rescue of the Earth Civilization Fleet.
"Click the communication for me." Lynch thought for a while and replied, then he walked to the command position next to the bridge and sat down. Soon a small three-dimensional communication projection lit up in front of him.
"Hello General, I am Jeb. Thank you for your rescue. Thank you very much! I want you to express your highest gratitude here!" In the three-dimensional projection, Jeb stood there solemnly. With excitement and gratitude, he paid tribute to Lynch with Dar civilization's military salute.
Lynch returned a military salute, put down his hand and said calmly: "It's nothing, we have been looking for those people. From this point of view, the other party is our common enemy. Today's incident is just a coincidence, you don't have to take it to heart."
"No, no!" Jeb shook his head and said, "It may be a coincidence for you, but it is a life-saving grace for us! How can we not keep this in our hearts?"
Faced with Jeb's willingness to thank him, Lynch said a few humble words and let it go. However, he refused Jeb's request to board the ship to express his gratitude to Lynch in person. He refused on the ground that the Seventh Fleet still needed to maintain the combat formation, so it was not convenient to invite the other party to board the ship at this time.
"Okay, I understand, but I will go to Earth civilization in person to express my gratitude to you when I have the chance." Jeb replied with a hint of regret.
Given that the ships of the Dar Civilization's fleet were seriously damaged and it would take some time for the other side's support fleet to arrive, after soliciting Jeb's advice, Lynch's Seventh Fleet temporarily escorted them to retreat to the Dar Civilization's direction until they safely contacted their own fleet.
Jeb agreed with gratitude to this suggestion. As Lynch saw, their warships were already scarred and almost completely lost their combat effectiveness. Without the escort of the Seventh Fleet, once the Seventh Fleet left, they would no longer be able to face enemies that could appear anytime and anywhere.
Then, the Seventh Fleet escorted the Dar Civilization fleet to evacuate the battlefield. Nearly eight hours later, a Dar Civilization reinforcement fleet finally arrived. At this time, the Seventh Fleet completed its mission. After a simple handover, Lynch commanded the Seventh Fleet to start adjusting its course and soon disappeared in front of Jeb.
Looking at the Seventh Fleet of Earth Civilization that was moving away, Jeb felt extremely emotional. At this moment, the communication calling him rang out and connected. The other party who sent the communication was General Tanta, the commander of the V5 fleet, who came to reinforce.
More than ten minutes later, the space shuttle he was riding on board the flagship of the V5 fleet. When he walked out of the space shuttle, he saw General Tanta who was already waiting outside.
"Old guy, I almost thought I would never see you again." As soon as I saw Jeb, General Tanta stepped forward quickly and hugged this old comrade-in-arms warmly in the form of a soldier. After receiving Jeb's help message, the V5 fleet adjusted its course without delaying for a moment. However, after all, the distance between the two sides was too far away. Along the way, General Tanta was always worried about Jeb's safety. It was not until eight hours ago that he received Jeb and the others had been rescued by the Seventh Fleet of Earth Civilization that he let go of the big stone in his heart.
When General Tanta saw that Jeb was safe and sound, he was extremely excited. You should know that they were classmates from the military academy back then, and after graduation, they served on the same warship. If Jeb was buried in the universe because of his rescue, General Tanta would never forgive him in this life. Fortunately, all this did not happen.
"So, I almost thought I would never see you again." Jeb replied with emotion. The two hugged each other tightly, and then after they separated, General Tanta warmly greeted Jeb to his cabin.
"Don't worry, I have made arrangements for your warship and your subordinates. Now the most important thing for you is to relax and rest." When we arrived at the cabin, General Tanta, who saw Jeb's tired face still had a hint of hesitation, knew his old friend's thoughts, said with a smile. Hearing this sentence, Jeb felt relieved, nodded and sat down, and took a big sip from General Tanta who poured him.
"I'm so lucky this time. If the fleet of Earth civilization had not arrived in time, we would have been all done." After drinking the drink in the cup for a few sips, Jeb couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, thanks to them." Although he didn't feel very good about the earth's civilization, General Tanta was as grateful to Lynch and the Seventh Fleet as Jeb. He took the empty cup that Jeb put aside, filled him with drinks, and then handed over and said, "How did the battle happen? What's the specific situation?"
Jeb shook his head and sighed: "I'm confused from beginning to end. This battle is simply inexplicable."
“How to say it?”
Jeb immediately told General Tanta about the cause and process of the outbreak of this battle. In fact, Jeb's fleet went from encountering the enemy to being sneak attacked, and the situation was almost the rollover of the previous Seventh Fleet being sneaked. However, the scale of the fleet commanded by Jeb was slightly stronger than that of General Gaskol, and most of the Seventh Fleet squadrons led by General Gaskol were medium-sized warships, and their protection capabilities were not as strong as Jeb's warships.
In addition, the commander's personality and command style also caused differences between Jeb and General Gascoll. When the opponent's attack was launched, Jeb decisively adopted a strategy of fighting and retreating to maintain his strength. Although he lost several warships, the flagship and the other two other warships with the strongest defense ability survived. This was the time when he persisted until the Seventh Fleet of Earth Civilization arrived.
When Jeb told these situations one by one, General Tanta was silent. His face was a little strange, as if he was a little annoyed, and he was also a little angry, and even ashamed.
"Sorry, old man."
"It's nothing. It's not easy for you to come so quickly. There's nothing you can do about it. You don't have to apologize to me." Jeb waved his hand.
Unexpectedly, General Tanta shook his head and said, "It's not this. In fact, your tragedy can be avoided. Alas! It's all my fault!"
"Blame you? Avoid it? Old friend, what did you say? Why can't I understand?" Seeing General Tanta's appearance, Jeb was confused by him.
Under Jeb's inquiry, General Tanta told him one thing, that is, the Earth civilization had issued a warning to various cosmic civilizations before. The warning specifically pointed out that an unknown cosmic civilization had attacked the fleet of the Earth civilization, causing casualties to the Earth civilization fleet. Moreover, this civilization pretended to be other cosmic civilizations and used extremely despicable and shameless means to launch sneak attacks, hoping that the various cosmic civilizations who received the news would be vigilant, and at the same time searched for the traces of these mysterious enemies in various airspaces to find out the origin of the other party.
Dar civilization also received this news, but due to the contradiction between Dar civilization and the Earth civilization, the upper class of Dar civilization did not agree. In addition to knowing this information at a small scale at the top of the fleet, no notification was made to the following fleets. This is also the reason why Jeb's fleet encountered an accident. As for General Tanta, as the commander of the V5 fleet, he was higher than Jeb in military rank, and when the Earth civilization sent a warning message to Dar civilization, General Tanta reported his duties on his home planet and learned the news.
However, like other senior members of the fleet, General Tanta did not agree with the warning message of Earth civilization. He also believed that this was a trick played by Earth civilization. Perhaps Earth civilization wanted to use this information to create panic and thus gain some benefits for their civilization.
Furthermore, because his superiors did not pay attention to it, General Tanta did not care. There was another important reason, that is, Jeb's view of the earth civilization was different from that of most people, and he seemed relatively gentle and tolerant. As an old friend, General Tanta did not want to tell Jeb about this, so he quickly threw it behind his mind. But he did not expect that shortly after time, his old friend Jeb encountered such a situation. If he could tell Jeb about this news in advance and remind him at the same time, then this tragedy would not have happened.
When General Tanta told Jeb about this, Jeb was stunned. He never expected that the experience of his fleet would have warned the Earth civilization very early on. If his civilization had paid a little attention to the news and conveyed the news to the commanders of the fleet below, his subordinates would not have sacrificed so in vain. Thinking of this, Jeb's heart was churning, and he didn't know what it felt.
"These idiots!" He held his breath in his heart, and Jeb clenched his fist and smashed hard on the table in front of him: "They can't use their brains? This is a major event facing the life and death of the officers and soldiers. Could it be that he ignores such important news because of his prejudice against the earth's civilization? He is simply a group of bastards!"
Jeb's curse made General Tanta look very embarrassed because he was also one of these bastards and idiots. If he could let go of his prejudice, make a calm judgment, or tell Jeb about it in advance, then maybe everything would be different.
After cursing for a few words, Jeb sighed again. After all, as a senior general, he also knew the contradiction between Dar civilization and Earth civilization, so it was normal for the above to make such biased decisions. However, judging from the current situation, this news has been confirmed, so Dar civilization must be vigilant to prevent any such situations from happening again. Jeb immediately told General Tanta that he would submit a situation report to his civilized fleet headquarters as the commander of the fleet, and at the same time put forward a warning to pay attention to Earth civilization, so as to tell the truth of the incident as soon as possible, including civilian spaceship companies, etc. In addition, as the rescued party, he would also propose that Dar civilization express formal official thanks to the Earth civilization, to thank them for their timely rescue.
"I understand, I will sign it together on it." General Tanta nodded, and at the same time said what Jeb wanted to hear.
"Thank you, old friend!" Jeb replied gratefully, and then he did not delay for a moment. He immediately drafted this intelligence report in General Tanta's cabin. After the drafting, he handed it to General Tanta to take a look. After both sides recognized it, they signed it together and sent it back to Dar Civilization as quickly as possible.
After doing this, Jeb completely relaxed. Although he had lost his body, it was not too late. As long as the same tragedy could be avoided, these were all right. Similarly, he expressed deep gratitude to the fleet rescue of the Earth Civilization, just as he told Lynch before that if he had the chance, he would go to the Earth Civilization once, meet the commander in person and thank him personally.
In fact, as a member of the Dar civilization, what is slightly different from General Tanta is that Jeb's view of Earth civilization is not fierce. When most Dar people are dissatisfied with Earth civilization, Jeb's view on Earth civilization is relatively mild. This is not because of Jeb's character, but because there are other reasons. Because many years ago, when Jeb was the captain of a small cruise ship, he had contacted directly with members of Earth civilization, and until now, the process of that contact is still fresh in his mind. Perhaps it was this contact that allowed Jeb to make clearer judgments and face Earth civilization and maintain such a mentality. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!