Chapter 109 On the Fifth Fleet
Military Mandate
From: Alliance Military Council, President Harrison Barton
Encrypted password: PASSWORD
Secret level: ordinary permission
Time: 333, November 24, 0000
Subject: Transfer
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Major General Huo Xiu, after the discussion of the Military Commission, the following decision is now made for you:
Major General Huo Xiu, deputy commander of the Epsiron Colonial Star Military Region, served as the deputy commander of the Alliance's Fifth Fleet to assist Zhao Jin* in fighting against the rebels on the front line that threaten the security of the alliance's near-ground (ball) colonial area, recover every area occupied by the rebels and liberate the Alliance's colonial star.
In addition, your original position remains unchanged.
Appointed by the Central Government of the Alliance, the Office of the President;
Ap appointment to abide by the Constitution of the Union;
The appointment takes effect from the date of sending the message.
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Huo Xiu's transfer order was quickly issued by the president. He also said that his appointment had been discussed and resolved by 17 members of the Military Commission, but strangely, since he served as the deputy commander of the fleet, the authority of the deputy commander of the Colonial Star Military Region remained unchanged.
That is to say, Huo Xiu is also the deputy commander of the fleet and the deputy commander of the Colonial Star Military Region. His crossing from the army to the air force was already a bold dispatch, but he didn't expect to be able to maintain his original position. I'm afraid he could do without the help of General Eason Eaton.
In fact, Huo Xiu, as the most potential young man of General Eaton's faction, almost played a role in inspiring the people in this war. He led the army to reverse the defeat and rekindled the confidence of the general public in the army. Therefore, the Military Commission will naturally not seize his authority casually.
After the appointment is issued, he will immediately serve in the Fifth Fleet. Recently, the military arrangements of the alliance have always been so hasty. Several warships have docked at the spaceport overhead. Huo Xiu packed up some of his clothes and was ready to set off. In the spaceship docking area, several subordinates said goodbye to him.
"Sir, I don't agree with you going to serve in space. Maybe someone will ask why. I just want to say that you will be a beautiful person wherever you go. Naturally, how can we people who have the ability but are covered by your light?" Marikov said with a smile, which sounded like a disguised flattery.
"Didn't you find that I left the army to show some of you guys?" Huo Xiu also joked with them, "Although the war is over, there has been a large group of guys in society who want to take advantage of the fire. The police can't maintain order. At this time, you are desperately needed."
"This is natural. There are still a large number of escaped war criminals, and some areas suddenly emerged some organizations to promote independence and must clean up these lifeless scum." Zhao Yong said, "And we also look forward to one day when you will bring good news - let us land on the ground of other colonial stars and participate in the decisive battle with the rebels."
His ideal is far-reaching compared with the current situation, because there have been almost no reports of landing on the surface of the planet, and the complete alliance is constantly fighting with the rebels in space.
"There will be this opportunity. We should trust you, sir." Lovell said, "But I'm afraid I'll be ahead at that time - because the land aviation is also the air force!"
After winning a battle, everyone's words had a sense of confidence, but they also understood that if it hadn't been for Huo Xiu's command, I'm afraid that the planet would not have been liberated so easily. On the contrary, the fierce offensive of the rebels would have lost the colonial star and thus evolved into a rebel invasion of the earth. The first gate of the district.
"General Li Jinghui." Huo Xiu turned around and looked at the major general standing aside. "Take good care of them for me. You have enough experience and can provide them with reference in some aspects."
"No problem, sir." Li Jinghui replied seriously, "I promise that you will see a group of new military organizations after returning from a great victory."
"Looking forward to this result." Huo Xiu stepped on the landing slope of the spacecraft and turned to salute the crowd at the door of the cabin, and everyone returned the salute.
The spacecraft left the ground, broke through the planet's gravity, and entered the high-orbit floating spaceport.
He was accompanied by Eleanor Cruz of the Air Force, two sergeants, Louisa Hurley and Edwin Lee, members of the Tigers Green Team, who temporarily served as full-time escorts. It is worth mentioning that except for the four lieutenants in command, the Tiger Regiment are all third-level sergeants, indicating their absolute strength in professional combat and leadership over ordinary soldiers.
Because of her health, Anne still needs to recuperate for a week. Although she strongly requested to join the army, Huo Xiu rejected her request, but also promised to continue to serve in the unique position she reserved beside Huo Xiu after her injury returned to normal.
"Sir, the captain of the cruiser 'Indestructible' of the Fifth Squadron of the Fifth Fleet reported to you!"
A man in a blue ASC uniform with the rank of colonel and about 40 years old stood in front of Huo Xiu, raising his head and saluteing him.
"A little rest." Huo Xiu nodded flatly, "In a long story short, take me to the cruiser now and briefly report on the recent battle situation."
"Yes, sir, this way." He Jun turned around and led the way. Although the young Huo Xiu made him curious, the name of "deputy commander" did not dare to let him casually question a senior military commander. "We returned to Epsilong Galaxy this time with a total of seven warships, including four destroyers, two frigates and one cruiser. After picking you up, go to a satellite in Hai B to replenish the ammunition.
While talking, Huo Xiu has entered the interior of the indestructible cruiser from the supercharged channel and took a special elevator to the bridge command center on the top floor.
"Coloner, let me introduce this cruiser."
"Yes, sir." He Jun nodded and said a lot of data fluently, "Indestructive is a heavy cruiser, which belongs to the latest sixth-generation cruiser. It is 1,100 meters long, 82 meters wide and 45 meters high. It was built according to the standard of the flagship and became one of the primary targets of rebel attacks when the Fifth Fleet split. Although it suffered some damage, it was normally in service after a month of maintenance in space.
"Flagship level?" Huo Xiu asked, "How is its performance in defense, firepower and mobility?"
"Sir, its main armor reaches 3000 mm, and it is equipped with the most advanced electromagnetic field shield. During the rebel attack, it weighed 112 * and a magnetic rail gun attack, but it still maintains mobility. This is thanks to six sets of engines and two thermonuclear reactors. Similarly, it is equipped with a cruiser-class 400-ton magnetic rail gun, with six laser turrets, a launch system carrying 1,000 pieces of each specification*, 100 unmanned fighter jets in the bottom compartment, 50 medium-sized spacecraft or less, and 800 crew members in a full state.
Looking at He Jun's proud appearance, Huo Xiu said, "Listen by you, the comprehensive strength of the Indestructible is at the top of the alliance, and it is not much different from the fleet flagship?"
"It's understandable, sir." He Jun proudly said, "In order to prevent the accidental death of the commander in battle, it is stipulated that the warship where the deputy commander is located must have the ability to become a flagship at any time. Naturally, the Indestructible can also take on important responsibilities at critical moments.
The bridge of the cruiser is much wider than that of ordinary destroyers, and because of the importance of the Indestructible, it not only adds a set of systems to meet the operational command of a fleet, so that commanders can contact other warships at any time and issue various instructions.
Huo Xiu stood on the high platform, and there was a long "table" directly in front of it. In fact, this is a holographic projector, and some major information will be displayed on it, including the star map that is currently open. Therefore, its length, width and height ratio are very wide, which can cover the whole bridge.
On both sides is a large group of crew members sitting in front of the computer. All kinds of translucent screens are floating in the air. Some people use virtual keyboards, and some important positions still use mechanical keyboards. It takes about 20 to 30 people to operate a cruiser.
Some military media have commented that all the advanced technology of the alliance can be completely reflected on the bridge of a warship. Although Huo Xiu has seen a lot before and is particularly familiar with it in the virtual world, he is still impressed by the creativity of engineers.
"Coloneel He," Huo Xiu looked at He Jun, "what kind of intelligent system is this spacecraft equipped with?"
"A 5th generation of AI, sir."
"Oh, find a few engineers to replace the AI." Huo Xiu said to him, "Use another AI that I specially carry."
"I understand. I will tell the engineers to do it immediately."
Although He Jun didn't understand why he wanted to change AI, he resisted the impulse to give advice to the commander when he saw Huo Xiu's serious face. For the time being, he thought it was the new official who took office. He thought to himself that if the AI he replaced was not easy to use, he would make comments. Even if it would annoy his boss, he would not make fun of the lives of the soldiers.
Huo Xiu doesn't know what his captain is thinking, but the AI he wants to replace is Eve. In the land battle of the Colonial Star, the Peregran was damaged, but Eve was not damaged, including that Huo Xiu still did not give up the pile of heavy machines when they were surrounded by the enemy.
While the engineers replaced AI, the fleet also approached a satellite of Sea B. Perhaps because of the appropriate location distance, the surface of the satellite has a thin layer of atmosphere and a small amount of liquid water under the ground, but most of them are solid ice condensed, and the temperature of the planet's surface once reached more than minus 20 degrees Celsius.
In these icy and snowy environments, there are a lot of chemicals that make high-energy gunpowder, and it is also the logistics supply center of the Fifth Fleet. At the beginning of the rebel war, the rebels failed to capture the asteroid many times, which shows the importance the Alliance attaches to it.
When replenishing the ammunition, the installation of AI was completed. When Huo Xiu received the notice, he immediately ordered his men to turn on the artificial intelligence power.
After a short operation, the familiar figure of Eve appeared again in front of Huo Xiu. She is still wearing an ASC uniform, but her coiled hair turns red - a contrasting bright tone.
"Hi." Eve stared at Huo Xiu for three seconds. "I haven't seen you for a while. You are already a major general. It seems that I have missed a lot of wonderful things."
Huo Xiu smiled and said to the people beside him, "Let Miss Eve access the Internet."
"Yes, sir."
"You've been really in the limelight recently!" Eve collected the required information through the Internet in a short time, "General Huo Xiu, maybe I should learn from others to call you that?"
"Whatever you call." Huo Xiu doesn't mind, but Eve's autonomy has surprised others. "What do you think of this cruiser?"
"Very good, worthy of the specifications of the preparatory flagship." Eve said, "The electromagnetic field shield is also the latest and fully accepts the control of AI. It seems that you plan to let me work here for a long time?"
"If you like it, there is no problem at all."