In Tang Dingyuan's description, an unbelievable picture of a war was slowly unfolded in front of Li Yao's eyes.
Bai Xingjian's' garbage fleet 'was sent to the battlefield in the middle of the war against the Uranian Ring Sector. Naturally, it was not the main force in the head-on battle but a guardian fleet that was responsible for protecting the supply lines.
The guardian missions in the first half of the year were performed carelessly without any achievements or mistakes. There was no telling how much commanding ability Bai Xingjian had left after he was mentally deranged and his Cultivation plummeted.
However, during a super-large mission to transport strategic assets jointly carried out by four guardian fleets, they were ambushed by the main force of the Uranian Ring Sector.
It was an assault that the Uranian Ring Sector had carefully planned for half a year. All the spies in the Federation's base were fooled.
The four guardian fleets, which were temporarily jumbled and weak, were no match for the main force of the Uranian Ring Sector at all. After several days of fierce fighting, they were all annihilated. At least, that was what the base of the expedition army of the Federation thought at that time!
However, half a year later, strange news came from the rear of the Uranian Ring Sector vaguely.
It was said that a 'ghost fleet' made of the ghosts of the deceased soldiers of the Union Army had appeared in the rear of the Uranian Ring Sector. The ships that made up the fleet were all ragged 'ghost ships' that were riddled with holes and did not seem to have any impetus at all.
The ghost fleet came and went unpredictably, harassed everywhere, and vanished into thin air the moment they attacked. Their combat style was both like that of real ghosts and the space pirates that once savaged the Flying Star Sector more than a hundred years ago!
The ghost fleet was not large in scale, and its firepower was not high. It did not deal a fatal blow to the Uranian Ring Sector, but it was still flying around the heads of the Uranian Ring Sector like a humming mosquito, making the Uranian Ring Sector dizzy and upset.
The people of the Uranian Ring Sector intended to eliminate the 'mosquito', but they could not catch it however many soldiers they mobilized. If they ignored it, it would bite the weakest part of the Uranian Ring Sector out of nowhere and suck a tube of blood.
It was not until half a year after the ghost fleet had been active in the Uranian Ring Sector that the base of the expedition army of the Federation finally realized that it was Bai Xingjian's garbage fleet!
In the assault half a year ago, the four guardian fleets of the federal army had almost all been crushed. In particular, the six flagships of the other three fleets had all been blown up one after another. They were caught in a mess without a leader.
At the critical moment, it was Bai Xingjian who stepped up to save the day and led the remaining soldiers to retreat. Also, before they retreated, they detonated a lot of ammunition and crystals that were supposed to be sent to the frontline, forming the most brilliant line of defense.
Then, he did not retreat to the base of the expedition army. Instead, he led the defeated soldiers and marched into the heartland of the Uranian Ring Sector unexpectedly!
Neither the Uranian Ring Sector nor the Union Army expected that he would march into the heartland of the Uranian Ring Sector on his own with a bunch of mobsters who had just suffered a crushing defeat and whose morale was low.
In fact, after the 'war of the Uranian Ring Sector' was over, according to the investigations of many officers who belonged to the other few escort fleets, even they did not know about Bai Xingjian's crazy plan.
They had all been fooled by Bai Xingjian.
"According to our intelligence, our route of retreat has been completely blocked by the Uranian Ring Sector. Another fleet of the Uranian Ring Sector is waiting to ambush us on our route of retreat. We have no choice but to move forward for now and figure out a way to go home after we get rid of the Uranian Ring Sector!"
That was what Bai Xingjian said to the officers when the battle was most intense.
At that time, the commanders and chiefs of staff of the other three escort fleets had all been killed. The officers who could take over their positions were all stunned and scared by the unexpected assault and did not know what to do at all.
Bai Xingjian was the commander with the highest military rank and post among the survivors. Naturally, he took over the command of the four remaining troops and issued the order to 'go home after a detour'.
Nobody knew that when Bai Xingjian uttered the order, the word 'go home' did not appear in his crazy head at all.
It was not until two years later that the order to 'go home after a detour' was actually carried out.
At that time, the common fleet that did not boast the ability to cruise and fight independently for more than a year was already performing all kinds of missions of harassment, ambush, looting, and sabotage in the heartland of the Uranian Ring Sector like an excellent Deep Sky Fleet.
According to the statistics after the war, in only two years, they had sunk and looted 1,925 carriers and commercial starships of the Uranian Ring Sector, whose registered tonnage was an astonishing 38,550,000 tons!
It was needless to say that they had assaulted the resource planets, space fortresses, floating space docks, and star beacons under the control of the Uranian Ring Sector.
It was needless to say that, when they finally decided to go home, Bai Xingjian grasped the opportunity of the final battle between the main force of the Uranian Ring Sector and the main force of the expedition army of the Federation, namely the Burning Prairie Fleet. In a camouflage assault, he successfully implemented the 'decapitation strategy' and captured 'Immaculate Brilliance', the flagship of the fifth fleet of the Uranian Ring Sector, as well as the chief of staff of the fleet who was a lieutenant general.
Bai Xingjian swaggered back on 'Immaculate Brilliance' with a new weapon.
He was the enemy with the highest military rank that the Union Army captured alive in the entire war.
Of course, according to the claim of the Burning Prairie Fleet, it was Bai Xingjian who shamelessly 'stole' their starships and captives from the rear while they were fighting hard in the frontline.
Bai Xingjian did not care about the criticism of the Burning Prairie Fleet at all. He even boasted in the press conference that welcomed their return, "In fact, we had a chance to capture a fleet commander alive, but on second thought, it would be more interesting to capture a 'chief of staff'."
He was referring to Bai Kaixin, who had just been promoted to the chief of staff of the Burning Prairie Fleet after his distinguished performance in the war against the Uranian Ring Sector.
It seemed that there was truly an unresolvable grudge between Bai Xingjian and Bai Kaixin that nobody else could know.
After the war, the main force of the Uranian Ring Sector collapsed. The war came to an end with the Uranian Ring Sector's incorporation into the Xing Yao Federation. However, Bai Xingjian, the war hero who had been glorious not long ago, was sent to the military court.
He was faced with two charges.
Firstly, after questioning a lot of officers of other fleets who did not belong to him in the beginning and studying the battle where the four guardian fleets were ambushed in detail, the military investigation team discovered that there was no Uranian Ring fleet waiting to ambush them in that battle at all!
In other words, they could have retreated to the base of the expedition army safely and securely. There was no need for them to march into the enemy's rear at all. Bai Xingjian did not receive any orders and was not qualified to command the defeated troops to make such a crazy move!
In ninety-nine percent of the cases, such a move would not only be suicidal but also be suspected of 'leading the troops to join the enemy'!
Bai Xingjian's response to that was, "What do you know? If it were somebody else, say, a half-baked commander like Bai Kaixin, it would certainly have been a suicidal act. But since I was the commander, I certainly could've turned the rear of the Uranian Ring Sector upside down! At that time, the main force of the Uranian Ring Sector had been deployed, and they had just looted a lot of assets from us. They were cleaning the battlefield delightedly. The defense line behind them was extremely weak! Now is not the time to lose. If we don't seize the opportunity to sneak in without alarming anyone, what are we waiting for? "
The second charge was even more shocking. The military court found that Bai Xingjian had released a lot of officers of the Uranian Ring Sector and added them to his team without informing the base of the expedition army after looting and capturing the enemy's starships during the guerilla warfare in the enemy's rear for two years. He did not care whether or not those people had committed any unpardonable crimes. He even tried to cover up and change the identities of those people after the war, hoping to bluff his way out!
Bai Xingjian confessed to the charge.
"That's how wars are."
Bai Xingjian said. "Do you pigs know how to fight?"
Even though he was enshrouded in the halo of a 'war hero', once the two charges were established, the best outcome that awaited him seemed to be mandatory retirement, and the 'garbage fleet' that he established on his own would fall apart, too.
It was at this moment that Jin Xinyue intervened.
Jin Xinyue was an ambitious, powerful woman. In recent decades, as she grew more powerful, she did not hide her ambition to be the Speaker of the Federation and lead the entire Xing Yao Federation.
In order to become the Speaker of the Federation, it was not enough to count on the support of the major sects in the core worlds. She had to find powerful allies or subordinates in the military, too.
The military was Jin Xinyue's weakness.
She was a demon after all. Because of the war between the Blood Demon Sector and the Tian Yuan Realm a hundred years ago, the Blood Demon Sector had voluntarily given up most of its armed forces through a 'conditional surrender'. Therefore, her influence in the Union Army had been rather weak in the past hundred years.
Jin Xinyue's competitor, Ding Ling Dong, was different. The Grand Desolate War Institution, where Ding Ling Dong was from, was deeply associated with the 'old Union Army' in the first place. A lot of members of Ding Ling Dong's' Patriots Front 'were from the Union Army or their families, too. The Union Army was almost Ding Ling Dong's home field.
As for the Burning Prairie Fleet, the most elite army of the Federation, it had been established for only one purpose, which was to strike the Imperium!
In the hundred years of changes, the Burning Prairie Fleet had always stayed neutral in the conflicts of various factions, adhering to the principle that soldiers should stay out of politics.
Jin Xinyue could not infiltrate the ground troops of the new Union Army that was based on the 'old Union Army', nor could she meddle with the affairs of the Burning Prairie Fleet. When she was at a loss for what to do with the military, a 'weirdo' like Bai Xingjian suddenly popped up. Did the two parties not fall in love with each other immediately?
Jin Xinyue mobilized the forces of Skyfire, the Ministry of Development of the Federation, and the big shots of the major sects in the core worlds to mediate and help Bai Xingjian keep his' garbage fleet 'and his position as the commander of the fleet. After some operations, Bai Xingjian was even given an empty framework of an' independent Deep Sky Fleet '. Theoretically speaking, the level of the' garbage fleet 'had been raised to the same level as the' Burning Prairie Fleet '. He had been granted almost infinite autonomy, which equaled to the ancient saying in the ancient times.
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