A total of 30 billion level 6 spaceships entered the Leviis Sector from three different directions at the same time.
As the commander of this expedition fleet, General Thatcher was not as confident as the other members of the council.
Suspected of being an investigation, logistics, or research fleet …
Are you serious?
Your research fleet has a total of 1 billion spaceships?
Your logistics fleet uses such small spaceships?
Your research fleet … This is even more ridiculous. Not to mention the number of spaceships, just their appearance alone is enough to tell that they are combat spaceships.
It was not that Thatcher did not object to this. He even suggested that this could be one of the enemy's battle fleets.
However, the council members also said that.
Your spaceships are of this size?
Well, Thatcher could not refute this point.
After all, the Italo Alliance was only a level 6 civilization. They had not even stepped out of their own galaxy, let alone come into contact with higher civilizations.
How could they have known that space technology could be played like this after it had been developed to the extreme!
Therefore, even though he was still uneasy, Thatcher could only follow the council's orders and lead the three fleets to attack.
Speaking of which, was Reisers stupid?
If Thatcher could see the problem, how could he not see it?
Obviously, this was not the case!
Reisers had already noticed these problems from the very beginning.
However, so what?
It was only three fleets. For the remaining fleets of the Italo Alliance, even if they were all wiped out, it would not be a big deal.
If they succeeded, then in the war against the Federation, the benefits to his own civilization would undoubtedly be huge.
Therefore, even if there was a certain risk, Reisers still felt that it was worth the gamble!
Inside the flagship's bridge, Thatcher looked at the tactical projection in front of him. There was a small red dot in the middle of three large blue dots.
It seemed like he had completely surrounded the enemy, but the uneasiness in his heart was getting stronger. This uneasiness came from the enemy's reaction …
Logically speaking, at this point, the enemy should have noticed him long ago.
However, at least ten minutes had passed and the enemy did not make any move.
Did the enemy really give up because of his interference with the hyperdrive?
No, this is still not right. There must be something wrong!
His heart was frantically warning himself not to rush forward, but …
"General Thatcher, the council sent a message asking why we haven't started the war yet."
"These bastards!"
After hearing his adjutant's report, Thatcher was furious.
He knew that all the councilors in the council were watching the situation in real time.
However, what he didn't expect was that this group of people who didn't know anything about military affairs actually wanted to intervene in the command and urge him to send his troops!
Sooner or later, he would be killed by them!
However, it was a fact that the arrow was nocked on the bow and had to be released.
He couldn't possibly tell those guys that he had decided to give up on this battle because he felt uneasy, could he?
If he did that, he was afraid that they would immediately fire him and replace him with an obedient general to continue commanding this battle.
With him around, if anything were to happen, he might be able to save a portion of the fleet. If it were a lackey of the council instead, the entire three fleets would perish if anything were to happen.
"Order the 7th Combined Fleet to begin the attack. The 2nd and 13th Combined Fleets will press forward and advance to within 2AU. Create enough pressure for the enemy!"
"Yes, General!"
Thatcher did not send all three fleets forward at once. Instead, he planned to use a joint fleet to test the waters.
No matter what the result was, the remaining two fleets would be the best protection.
The 2AU distance was based on the data obtained by the Italo Combined Fleet after countless battles with the Elfi Fleet over the past year. This was the maximum range of the enemy's battleships!
If the enemy was still Elfi's Angel Fleet, there would be no problem.
However, the enemy was the Fearless Fleet …
At the same time, the council was in an uproar after receiving Thatcher's order.
What was going on?
Why were the three combined fleets so cowardly in the face of a mere one billion destroyers?
The purpose of this battle was to intimidate and show the invaders that they were still very powerful. This way, they would have the right to speak in future conversations.
However, isn't your way of fighting completely the opposite of our goal?
The entire council was filled with dissatisfaction towards Thatcher. Many people even shouted for him to be immediately removed from his position.
Only the council president Reisers didn't say anything.
To be honest, he was aware of Thatcher's concerns, and he also understood his current strategy.
However, the problem was that he was the only one in the entire council who understood the situation. If all the council members wanted to remove Thatcher, there was nothing he could do.
"Silence!"
In the council, Reisers' majestic voice sounded once again. The once chaotic scene calmed down a little.
"Everyone, changing the commander before the battle is a taboo. Even if you are not military experts, you should at least know this, right?"
"No matter what happened to Thatcher, no matter how you want to deal with him, now is not the time!"
The scene quieted down.
Just as Reesers had said, no matter how stupid these people were and how ignorant they were about military affairs, they still knew that it was a taboo to change the generals before the battle.
After all, these council members were very stupid in other aspects, but they were very smart in other aspects.
Since the president had said so, if anyone still wanted to change Thatcher, that was fine. However, if there were any problems after the change, the responsibility would be on that person.
This group of smart council members didn't want to take the lead.
Looking at the expressions of the council members, Reisers knew that he had temporarily suppressed them. Thus, he focused his attention on the battlefield information sent back from the frontline.
"Thatcher, this is all I can help you with. Don't disappoint me …"
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On the other side, in the Fearless fleet under Lin Kexin's command.
"Commander, the Italo alliance fleet has begun to move!"
"After hesitating for so long, are they finally ready to make their move?"
After the adjutant reported, Lin Kexin pulled up the tactical video.
Looking at the three red areas that were squeezing towards the blue area in the middle, she couldn't help but smile.
"Inform all the fleets to gather around me. Set up a tight defensive formation like a hedgehog!"
"Create an atmosphere for the Italo alliance that we are prepared to fight to the death!"
"Yes, commander!"