"Alas, there is little point in continuing the fight. We can't win, or in other words, the Imperials have their backs on orbital defense, so there is no way they can lose... We shouldn't fight this battle and waste those precious battleships.
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Upon hearing this, the deputy next to Mogaro whispered:
"Sir, if we don't fight, we can't explain it to the Black Heart King... We still have tens of thousands of soldiers, if we get close to the Tiao Gang."
"Then send the fleet to the orbital station's firepower? Didn't you see so many fighter jets? The landing craft and jumping torpedoes only have a hit rate of 16% at most, and they may not be able to win if so many people are killed."
Seeing the fearful look in his deputy's eyes, Mogaro realized that he was fuming pointlessly. He was always known for his calmness among the Red Pirates, so he took a deep breath and shook his head.
"The Black-Hearted King underestimated his opponent. He placed all his bets on Endymion, but ignored this place. Although we have been prepared for possible surprise attacks by the empire, we still did not expect that Angstrom could not survive even a day.
live......"
"Then sir, what should we do now?"
"what to do……"
Mogaro looked at the chaotic battlefield situation map, his brain trying to find a way in the large amount of data, even though he realized that there was almost no possibility of a comeback.
Similarly, on the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, watching the enemy's space hulk become useless, Soshyan also realized that his opponent had no chance to make a comeback. The empire was already invincible in this naval battle.
This battle was not only a tactical or strategic victory. For Soshyan, who had not commanded a large-scale naval battle for a long time, he also gained many new feelings and experiences, especially the key role played by the massive number of fighter planes in this battle.
, gave him vaguely new ideas about naval warfare tactics.
In fact, the empire is not without aircraft carrier tactics, but there have always been several contradictions. For example, the range of the empire's existing fighter planes cannot exceed the range of the main gun of the battleship - or in other words, it cannot exceed how much.
In addition, the Empire's ships place great emphasis on ruggedness, so that if fighters want to cause effective damage, they must launch an attack wave in sufficient numbers. The Empire's largest aircraft carriers, such as the Emperor-class battleships, can generally only carry 6 fighter squadrons.
, the limit is only 8. Even a modified special-purpose aircraft carrier flagship, such as the Mars-class battlecruiser Jupiter, has almost 12 fighter squadrons after canceling the macro gun deck in the front half of the hull.
Such a number of fighters is far from enough to defeat a large cruiser or even a battleship. After all, it is limited by the number of flight decks, attack waves and other issues, and the number of fighters that can be put into combat at the same time will never reach this number.
And once the number of fighter planes reaches a certain scale, their dispatch and command will also become a severe test. After all, artillery is a relatively static combat method. Only shooting parameters, energy output, etc. need to be considered. However, fighter planes are a dynamic weapon.
The status of a formation may change at any time and at any time.
This series of factors has made aircraft carrier tactics not the main force in the empire, and it is also the reason why the Red Pirates have no preparation for this. In fact, Soshyan had no knowledge of Angstrom's defense aircraft group before witnessing it with his own eyes.
, I just thought it might cause some trouble.
Of course, there are some special factors that allowed the fighter jets to play such a huge role this time, such as defensive operations, and Angstrom built a large hangar on the satellite, which is equivalent to having a huge capacity and almost unsinkable aircraft in the fleet.
The aircraft carrier, coupled with the powerful data processing capabilities of the sages of the Mechanicus, allows the fighter formation to be dispatched in the most effective manner, but this does not mean that the sages of the Mechanicus are excellent commanders.
In fact, the fundamental purpose of the Mechanicus' weapons is to help the Mechanicus better seek knowledge and "correct" their own truth, and serve the omniscient Ohm Messiah. Therefore, no matter how powerful and rich the weapons in their hands are, to a large extent, they are not
Designed for self-protection, exploration and adventure, and resolving academic conflicts and research problems, the majority of the elements are self-defense and experimentation, while the consideration of systematically participating in large-scale, long-term, and repetitive wars is relatively lacking.
The result is that the fleets of the Skitarii and Mechanicus are very powerful on paper, but overall they are still an elite experimental force that lacks unity. Not only does it lack consistent weapons and equipment, but it may also be difficult to control in large-scale battles.
The sages are at odds with each other and it is difficult to coordinate them. To make matters worse, the sages have relied on a large number of transformations to have the powerful command ability to control the entire Skitarii Army Hongzhi and even the entire Forge World Fleet. This seems to be a matter of course.
A good thing, but with this extremely intensive mechanism that lacks a chain of command, once the commander is beheaded or encounters something that cannot be handled, the entire army will not have any means to deal with it.
Just like this time, if Soshyan hadn't been in command and let the Mechanicus deal with the invasion of the Red Pirates, they might just mechanically send out all the power at hand, without any preparation for the sudden appearance of the hulk, and if the enemy stayed away,
Orbital defense weapons only bombard satellites from a long distance, and they can only sit there and have no choice.
But even though many of the special conditions in the Angstrom naval battle cannot be replicated, it still gave Soshyan a lot of inspiration and allowed him to start thinking about the possibility of new naval tactics. Although traditional shelling and gang-hopping tactics seemed to be able to solve the problem
Some enemies, but you may not encounter opponents that are difficult to handle with both tactics.
In addition, Reza's Deadly Goshawk fighter jets and Ghost boats also left a very deep impression on Soshyan. The Deadly Goshawks are still in the experimental stage, but their combat effectiveness is already considerable, especially for those who like large-scale
Opponents who use the power of subspace have extremely high anti-interference capabilities, but they are not without their shortcomings. For example, according to Sage Reza, they are quite expensive. Just the thin layer of exorcism coating on the outside of the machine will not last long.
The value is more than that of a Leman Russ, and once they enter and exit the atmosphere, their coating will be consumed. In addition, those who do not come into contact are already rare, and they also need to be able to receive fighter pilot training, which increases the rarity to a higher level.
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However, this kind of fighter plane may still be effective at critical moments. Soshyan is considering whether to order a batch from Reza, but this will have to wait until the expedition is over.
"I predict that the enemy may retreat, but I cannot let them go so simply. I order the cruiser formations on both sides to be ready to speed up and contain the enemy at any time."
Just as Soshyan was preparing to start the final stage of pursuit, the commander of the Red Pirates once again made a move that completely surprised him.
"The enemy ship suddenly accelerated and approached."
A bridge officer shouted loudly in the communication. Soshyan immediately zoomed in on the battlefield monitor. The red dot marked the enemy ship, the cold blue marked the satellite and the defense facilities of the Mechanicum, and the golden light illuminated the empire and the machine.
Teach the position of the ship.
You can see several obvious bright spots approaching the Liuli-3 satellite rapidly. Judging from their size, they are at least light cruisers.
"They are-"
At the same time, all the Red Pirates' capital ships turned, the furnace-sized gun barrels rotated and found their targets, and the charged light spear turrets flashed like torches.