Counter-attack by Max Glebow

Author:Max Glebow [Glebow, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-30T22:00:00+00:00

Admiral Nelson didn’t hesitate, apparently, the preliminary battle plan was ripe in his mind just before the last jump, and now, having assessed the latest intelligence, the Commander has only become firmly convinced in it's accuracy.

“Orders for the Fleet: Start accelerating towards the fourth planet.”

The current position of the celestial bodies in this star system gave our fleet an opportunity to attack the enemy squadron at the fourth planet before the ships of the quargs from three other planets now on the other side of the star would come to its aid.

The quarg commander divided his ships into four squadrons approximately equal in strength, and now Nelson had the hope of gaining a substantial advantage by attacking the fractured enemy fleet in parts. However, the opponent was not so simple and did not want to take the fight on Nelson’s terms.

“Fleet Admiral, Sir, the enemy began to evacuate troops from the fourth planet,” reported the space control operator.

“Will they make it?” asked Nelson, and there was a doubt in his voice.

“We don’t know the exact number of enemy units on the surface, but judging by the number of transport ships involved, they will be forced to leave some troops on the surface.”

***

Yash felt increasingly irritated by the actions of his subordinates, even though he understood that he himself had made many mistakes. A seemingly simple operation to take control of enemy planets after suppressing orbital defense, which has been worked out many times and has never caused any difficulty before, it turned into a fraught battle with unpredictable results and grossly inadequate losses. Not only did the landing parties suffer casualties, but the fleet sustained losses as well. Of course, nine cruisers and two battleships irrevocably lost under the fire of the enemy’s anti-space defenses did not have much effect on the overall combat power of his fleet, but the loss of troop transports was very painful. Now there were not enough ships to remove the invading troops from the planets. About half the transport ships were lost, and the transports that managed to land on the planets were damaged, which prevented them from taking off without long repairs, which could not be carried out on the planets not yet captured.

The sound of the alarm has pulled the commander out of his brooding state.

“Commander Yash, the enemy fleet is emerging out of jump at the outer belt of the asteroids,” reported the tactical officer.

“How many of them are there?” The Commander has wrinkled his face with annoyance, yet they have not completed the conquest of the planets.

“The fleet profile and the number of ships are being specified, but there are no less than 80 battleships and about the same number of cruisers. Up to 20 aircraft carriers. Three markers are comparable in size to our Sword of Justice-class battleships. In the experience of previous clashes with humans, there should be torpedo carriers, but our scanners haven’t seen them yet.”

“Send recon ships out there. Let them use probes or go in

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