Deep in the starry sky, the Swan and the White Feather entered the high orbit of a brown planet one after another. The surface of this planet is very barren, the atmosphere is extremely thin, and the temperature difference is huge. There is no life at all, and there are no minerals worth mining.
But there are weak signals on the planet, shooting into space intermittently.
The White Feather at the rear was responsible for guarding and monitoring the surrounding environment. When receiving the signal for the first time, Zhao Jingsi found it incredible because this was a communication signal that was often sent out by the surface base of the Tang Dynasty planet.
He immediately connected to Lin Xi's communication: "Colonel, why do we have a ground base on this planet? There is nothing on it!"
"There's no base up there, just a few signal generators."
"Signal generator?"
"Well, I put it in. Calculating the time, the Federation should arrive. If the guy who comes is not so powerful, we can just have a fight."
The two starships hovered in high orbit, turned off all external signals, and waited quietly. Lin Xi was very patient, letting the fleet follow the rotation of the planet, and the day passed quickly like this.
They didn't wait long before a federal hunter-destroyer fleet appeared in the galaxy, turning on the active search mode unscrupulously and constantly scanning the interior of the galaxy.
When the federal fleet appeared, Lin Xi had already hid behind the planet.
This federal hunter-destroyer fleet is composed of one light cruiser and two destroyers, and is assisted by three frigates. They enter the planet's orbit with great swagger. One destroyer directly takes three frigates into the planet, searching and flying on the surface, looking for the planet.
Base. Only the light cruiser and another destroyer are left in orbit to guard the base.
When the Swan appeared as the planet rotated, several thick high-energy beams shot out and hit the Federation light cruiser!
The captain of the Federation light cruiser was not surprised but overjoyed, and said loudly: "I finally caught you! Turn the whole ship and engage in a head-on attack! Inform the planetary search force to return and take their retreat!"
After issuing a series of battle orders, the captain frowned slightly as he looked at the high-energy beams coming from the opposite side. The opponent's firepower was too fierce, and its shield value dropped rapidly. Dynasty was not good at beam weapons.
, but the light cruiser opposite is very unique. It neither fires particle cannons nor missile torpedoes, it just blasts with water beam cannons.
The Federation captain was experienced and instantly judged that the opponent's firepower was still superior to his own, and that it was much stronger. At this moment, the destroyer was being bitten by the opponent's frigate, and could not spare any effort to support the flagship.
However, the Federation captain was not afraid at all and sneered: "With the little energy they have, how dare they play with beam cannons? Get on top of them and beat them to death!"
The crew suddenly realized and burst into laughter. The Ninth Fleet's plight was well known to everyone. During the war, they even had to save their shells. It was said that they were so short of power that they couldn't even turn on the air conditioner. The beam cannon was an absolute energy hog.
Even the Federation starship didn't dare to play like the opponent. The Federation's heavy firepower ship was only equipped with two beam main guns, but the starship of the Tang Dynasty on the opposite side actually stacked three main guns at one go! Energy is really free.
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The two light cruisers faced each other's high-energy beams and quickly closed the distance, just like the warriors in ancient times, hurting each other with each sword.
On the Swan, Lin Xi sneered. The other party had completely fallen into her trap. If there is anything common among Federation starship commanders, it is that they cannot tolerate others using beam cannons to provoke him. After all, this is the Federation's only starship.
field of.
In fact, the Swan's beam cannon is one generation behind the Federation's, and the power of a single cannon is only 80% of that of the opponent. Therefore, even though there are three cannons, the total damage is actually only 20% higher than the opponent. Lin Xi's real killer move is to protect the enemy.
shield.
The two sides fought against each other for a full ten minutes, and the shields were bottomed out. Even the energy reserves of the Federation light cruiser were not enough to support the regeneration of the shield. The shield came and went, and when there was no shield, the ship had to rely on its hull to resist.
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Shengtang is relatively leading in the field of shield and armor technology, and the shield on the Swan still has a little bit left at this time. This was originally expected by the Federation captain. He was waiting for the sudden collapse of the Swan.
By this time, 10 of the energy capsules on the Swan had been used, which was equivalent to a full-energy light cruiser using up more than half of its energy reserve.
The White Feather actually fought back and forth with the destroyer on the opposite side. The White Feather, which had the ultimate enhanced firepower, was already close to its opponent. However, although Zhao Jingsi was experienced in many battles, the palms of his hands were full of sweat at this moment. This kind of wanton waste of energy
The feeling was unprecedented, and he was not used to it even having to think about firing the secondary cannon.
Finally, the shield on the Swan suddenly disappeared, allowing the opponent's high-energy beam to begin cutting the ship's hull wantonly. The Federation captain suddenly became energetic and shouted: "Come closer! It has no energy, don't let it run away!"
At this moment, inside the Swan, the crew of the energy cabins were struggling to push the rows of new energy cabins onto the slots, and then they stuck with a snap. A surge of energy surged out!
The Swan's slender hull lit up with dim light, and it actually raised its shield again against the opponent's beam cannon!
"How is that possible?! It has more energy than us?" The federal captain's expression changed drastically.
However, the battle has come to an end at this time. The two ships are only a dozen kilometers apart. Even if they want to run, it is too late. The fleet below is still struggling to escape the gravity of the planet. It will take ten minutes to come to the rescue.
Three minutes later, the Federation light cruiser's hull was finally penetrated, and raging fire spewed out from the inside to the outside. The flames sprayed hundreds of meters. The Swan passed by the opponent and passed through the flames, like a phoenix bathing in flames.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the destroyer fighting with the White Feather turned around and ran away, not even caring about the flagship.
The flagship is obviously hopeless. The exploration fleet in the planet will not be able to come back for a while. The destroyer is not a light cruiser. It may not be able to survive for ten minutes under the super strong strike firepower of the Swan.
As soon as the destroyer escaped, it immediately put the exploratory fleet trying to come below into a dilemma. With only one destroyer and three frigates, they came to deliver food to the Swan. No one knows how much energy the Swan still has.
, but no matter what, the destroyer is not willing to try it on itself.
The planetary exploration fleet below then turned and fled into the depths of space.
The change came so suddenly that Zhao Jingsi was stunned for a moment before remembering to ask: "Are you chasing me?"
"Forget it." Lin Xi shook his head. The speeds of the two sides were almost the same. Although the Swan had some advantages, it was also limited. I'm afraid it would have to go outside the galaxy to catch up.
In this battle, the opponent's flagship was destroyed in one fell swoop. His military achievements were already outstanding. There was no need to take risks at this time.
Lin Xi sent the coordinates to Zhao Jingsi and said, "This is the next navigation point."