In the void, at coordinates 003298 of the Sunset Gorge space channel.
The forward 1st Squadron of the 9th Fleet, which was galloping, suddenly slowed down. Zhou Tai, who was sitting on the bridge of the flagship "Han Xin" in the fleet behind it, suddenly stood up from the command chair, stared at the dark starry sky, and said in a deep voice.
: "The forward fleet slowed down because the enemy fleet appeared!"
A lieutenant colonel on the staff table replied with a slight trembling: "Report to the commander, there is a large amount of energy reaction 8 million kilometers ahead. According to the central intelligence brain's judgment, it is a large number of starships, which should be the main force of the enemy."
"It's finally here!" Zhou Tai breathed a sigh of relief and ordered in a deep voice, "Order the forward fleet to return and the entire fleet to face the enemy in a circular formation."
The 9th Fleet has extremely strict military discipline. After the commander's order, the forward fleet quickly returned. The huge bodies of the heavy cruisers of the three squadrons lay in front of many starships, forming a steel defense line. The destroyers and frigates were on the second
layer, basically deployed on both wings of the ring formation, that is, once the formation changes, they will be an important force in attacking the enemy fleet, and higher
Speed and flexible evasion allow them to approach enemy ships in a shorter time. The two motherships are at the center of the entire formation. Once the enemy ship group approaches, the large number of star fighters carried by the two motherships will
Swarming out, although their energy cannons could not cause much damage to the starship armor, the high-yield photon missiles carried by the fighter planes were enough to pose a threat to large-tonnage warships.
Even though the battleship is thick-skinned and has an energy shield that is enough to withstand large-caliber energy cannons, when it comes to photon missiles, a seemingly primitive but physically damaging weapon, it still has to rely on the armor hanging outside the starship to withstand it.
, one, two or even five or six
Maybe it can withstand one, but what if it encounters more than ten? Then it will be doomed, and the two motherships can carry more than 1,500 star fighters, as long as one-tenth of them penetrate into their photon missiles
If the range is limited, the battleship group will be blown away.
Therefore, the mothership, a battleship with a huge body, has always been the core of Starfleet tactics and the most important force to ensure that it can defeat the enemy fleet. No matter what the formation is, the mothership is always closely protected.
As for the heavy cruiser, it has a hull that is slightly inferior to that of the mother ship. It ranks first in the entire fleet in terms of armor and energy cannon caliber. Correspondingly, the energy engine is also the most powerful and is responsible for providing power to the entire fleet.
The important task of blocking the opponent's salvo fire and providing fire support, whether it is charge or defense, is at the front of the array.
Therefore, the starship soldiers on the heavy cruiser have always had the reputation of "fighting on the edge of the knife", and they are proud of this, and their slogan will always be "Forward, forward, glorious cruiser soldiers!"
But this time, they were a little silent, because everyone knew that behind them, a mercenary fleet was chasing madly, but in front of them, there were enemy forces with a strength no less than that of the two fleets blocking their way.
Now, they will fight one against three.
Enemies on all sides!
There is front on all sides.
At this moment, the star's rays of light, which had been blocked from the sun, suddenly fell on a ray of light, falling on the Sunset Gorge space channel and the bait ring below.
What was once pitch black was lit up in front of everyone's eyes like a bonfire gradually rising up.
The space passage is like a gift from the Creator, dazzling and gorgeous above the bait ring.
After the officers and soldiers of the 9th Fleet, who had already set up a defensive formation, gradually adapted to the brilliance, they finally discovered that in the distant void, something like catkins flying all over the city in late spring was suspended in the distant universe. This distance.
, even the battleship's far-sighted optical system cannot see clearly.
"Send the detector! The detector is scheduled to arrive at the observation location in ten minutes..."
"The video call is connected and transmitted back. What is that!?"
In the field of vision, everyone in the 9th Fleet finally discovered the true appearance of those "flying catkins" floating in the universe.
Each "flying catkin" is composed of a battleship formation. The countless "flying catkins" in the universe ahead are exactly the battleship formations that cover the sky and the sun.
The mercenary fleet of the Great Eagle Empire!
In the picture sent back by the detector, the mercenary warship has completed preparations. Obviously, they have been waiting here for a long time. The energy reaction generated by such a large number of starship energy engines, the energy monitors deployed by the federation in the Sunset Gorge channel
There was no response at all.
That can only mean that this is the result of internal and external collusion.
Although they had already encountered such a traitor in the Federation, after seeing it with their own eyes, the officers and soldiers of the 9th Fleet were still extremely angry. Without these traitors, why would they have stepped into the enemy's trap in the Federation and fallen into such a trap?
A tight siege?
"If one day I can leave this place alive, I will definitely raise troops to kill those federal traitors, no matter what family they belong to or how high their position is." Commodore Wu Cheng, standing under the bridge, said angrily.
"Second! Commander, if our 9th fleet is not destroyed in this battle, we must ask Commander Zhang Sun for an explanation. Who can be so powerful that he can even do tricks in such an important place as Sunset Gorge? The entire federation is also
It shouldn’t be more than ten fingers!” Fleet Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Feng Qin also had an angry look on his face.
It's one thing to know that you may have stepped into a trap, but it's another thing to see a large number of enemy starships actually appear. It turned out that it was just a plan and a guess after all, but now it has come true. Zhou Dun
Although Hou is extremely powerful, he is mainly in the political arena. He cannot have too many hands in this kind of military control, and he does not have enough weight.
The feeling of being betrayed by one of their own people was far more heartbreaking for these federal soldiers than facing a group of powerful enemies.
"Shut up, everyone. All the truth will be revealed sooner or later. What we have to do now is not to discuss what will happen after the war, but to survive now." Admiral Zhou Tai glanced at his generals and growled. "
However, the Central Intelligent Brain does not need to make any deletions of what everyone said on the bridge just now, and the original version will be sent to the information database."
Obviously, the facts before him made the veteran with a steady personality a little angry.
However, compared to his generals, he was obviously more restrained and waved his hand: "Get ready to fight, we must persist until the independent fleet arrives!"
"Yes!" The generals roared and took the order.
But compared to the senior officers of the 9th Fleet who knew that Tang Lang had wiped out Francis and Zhou Dunhou in one fell swoop on Daliang Star, the ordinary officers and soldiers of the 9th Fleet did not have much confidence in the so-called independent fleet that was about to come to aid.
"Oh my God! Those are all starships! Can we win? There are too many of them."
"Nonsense, I didn't listen to what the captain said. We will hold on and wait for the rescue of the independent fleet."
"Is it that fleet that I've never heard of? I don't know if they dare to come!"
"Whether it works or not, we still have to fight!"
It has to be said that a considerable number of officers and soldiers have already felt a little timid after seeing the huge mercenary fleet lineup, and they have even doubted the independent fleet that has not yet appeared, not doubting their combat effectiveness, but even doubting their combat effectiveness.
Do they dare to come?
This is the most normal psychology. If you don't feel a trace of timidity when you see your opponent's troops far outnumbering your own, it is undoubtedly a myth about federal soldiers.
Soldiers are soldiers, but they are also human beings with many emotions and desires. Of course they will be afraid, frightened, and cowardly.
However, when they join the military organization, they must obey the whole as an individual, and all personal emotions can only come second. Only in this way can they be qualified to be called soldiers.
People, after the army.
Compared with the most normal fear after seeing the enemy's huge strength for the first time, there will also be people who are brave enough to turn a blind eye to these, so they are qualified to become commanders. A sheep with a group of lions may not necessarily win the war.
But a lion leading a flock of sheep might.
"Come on, the brats of the Great Eagle Empire have been cleaned and waiting, let's go and kill them!" A captain with a rough personality loudly announced to the whole ship on the bridge.
Some people yelled uninhibitedly, "Let us go ahead and pack the energy cannonballs and give them to them! Let them go to hell with a bag full of gifts!"
Seeing that their commander was unafraid, the courage of the officers and soldiers gradually defeated the fear that had arisen before. They also laughed and cursed all the female members of the family to the mercenary fleet, which could not hear their roars at all.
Greetings, at the same time, he inspected the various equipment that he could use to project energy to distant places over and over in his fighting position.
Many people would say that soldiers are rude, but they don’t know that on such a life-and-death battlefield, only this kind of rudeness can relieve the pervasive fear of a confused future. People who have not experienced war will never understand what soldiers endure in life and death.
That kind of psychological pressure.
From generals to soldiers, no one can take it calmly.
Compared to the excitement of the 9th Fleet, the two mercenary fleets blocking the way of the 9th Fleet were much quieter.
Sitting on the bridge of its flagship ship is a man with gray hair, a thin face, and a pair of tall, aquiline noses. If you are familiar with the starry sky star rankings, you can tell at a glance that this is the starry sky star rankings.
The most famous warrior at the forefront, Nass, known as "Falcon", is also the top controller of Black Hawk Company.
To be honest, if this person were not a mercenary, based on his record of commanding three mercenary fleets over the years, his ranking would not even be lower than Sun Hong, the current number one military commander in the Southwest Federation.
After all, the Southwest Federation has not experienced a large-scale war in a hundred years, but this man has commanded three fleets and experienced countless actual battles. He has even destroyed several small starry sky country regimes and supported the pro-Eagle Empire regime to come to power.
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"Francis' signal has not been in contact with the main fleet for more than ten hours. It seems that the secret report sent by the intelligence personnel is true. He and Zhou Dunhou have fallen into the trap of the federal people and are finished." Nas' expression
Shaking his head somewhat gloomily, he looked at the images coming from the optical detectors millions of kilometers away and saw that defenses had begun to be deployed.
The formation of the 9th Fleet of the Southwest Federation twitched slightly at the corner of its eyes. "The Southwest Federation is really full of capable people! I didn't expect that our Black Hawk Company would lose a fleet commander as soon as we entered this place. So, I'm sorry, I can only use yours."
The corpses have come to pay for the lives of my subordinates, otherwise, what else would I do to Lord Iver!"
"Pass my order. The entire army will engage the enemy in a wild goose formation. After three rounds of salvo fire, it will transform into an arrow formation. Each squadron will use the cruiser as a blade to kill the opponent in the starry sky." Nass stroked her gently.
He leaned back in his chair and ordered calmly.
"General, the intelligence personnel also reported that the other party has an independent fleet rushing here, and has issued a galaxy-level summons order. I don't know how many troops it has." A general with the rank of lieutenant general may not have expected this.
As soon as I came into contact with him, my conductor
The officer issued an order for a general attack by the entire army, his face changed and he suggested. "It is better for us to use one force to contain the enemy's 9th fleet, while the other force ambushes the enemy rushing to rescue. After that fleet is dealt with,
Then use all your strength to devour the fleet in front of you."
"What General Stan said is actually quite reasonable. The tactic of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements is undoubtedly the most correct one here." Nass nodded and expressed approval of his subordinate's suggestion, but then rejected it completely. "
But General Stan, you are wrong. Our army is not here to capture the city, but to divert the energy of the highest command structure of the Southwest Federation so that the Jiepen people can deal with the Westerners on the front line more calmly.
The elite fleet of the Southern Federation. If we allocate half of our force to deal with the so-called independent fleet that issued the summons with great fanfare, then the force to contain the current 9th fleet will be insufficient. If this fleet escapes accidentally, even if that fleet is completely annihilated
For an independent fleet that is not part of the Southwest Federation, our military's strategic intentions will still fail. As the saying goes, it is better to cut off one of its ten fingers than to hurt it!"
"Understood, general!" The lieutenant general suddenly realized. "If we can gather all our strength to annihilate the main fleet of the Southwest Federation, the Southwest Federation will shake the whole country and have to focus part of its energy on dealing with our fleet, while the Jiepen people will
The Southwest Federation, which has the upper hand and must take care of both the left and right, will be attacked from both sides and will collapse sooner or later."
"Yes! So, the battle to destroy the Southwest Federation does not lie on its borders, but in the hands of you and me! Doesn't this feel good?" Maybe he feels that he is making history. Previously, because of the loss of Francis,
The "Falcon", who was a heavy general but was in a somewhat gloomy mood, had a smile on his lips, slowly stretched out his hand, and clenched it suddenly, "We are making history and becoming the first mercenary army to destroy a country with a population of tens of billions.
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Twenty minutes later, the endless void between the two armies, which was close to a million kilometers away, was pierced by a dazzling pink energy beam.
The stars once shed bright light, but they have become eclipsed in the face of the energy inspired by the high technology created by humans.
There were more than 140 mercenary starships surrounded from three sides. Each salvo fired more than 500 energy main guns, not including the countless large and small energy secondary guns.
The fleet headed by six heavy cruisers in the 9th Fleet raised an energy shield with a strength of up to thirteen levels, blocking the destroyers, frigates and motherships.
After surviving the first round of salvos, the energy shield of the cruiser hit the most by energy cannons had turned from blue to pink, and there was basically no chance of surviving the second round.
But no cruiser retreated, because they knew that the energy engines of destroyers and frigates were much weaker than theirs. If it was a fleet salvo, they might still survive the first and second rounds, but if the intensity
With so many volleys of fire, it was almost impossible for them to survive one round before they would be destroyed.
They can only block it by themselves. If the energy shield can't hold it, they can use armor to block it. If the armor can't block it, as long as the ship body doesn't completely explode, they can use the ship body to block it until they completely turn into cosmic dust.
Because they are "soldiers on the tip of the knife" and their battle cry is, "Forward, forward!"
The result of the three salvos with disparity in strength was that three of the 9th Fleet's heavy cruisers had their energy shields shattered and penetrated their armor. Fiery tongues of fire spewed out from the huge hulls. The starship soldiers in charge of damage control could only work in vain.
Holding a tool and desperately blocking a large hole with a diameter of more than ten meters, one is accidentally sucked into the vented energy and turned into ashes, or the alloy deck on the sole of the foot is sucked into the universe by the void, becoming an eternity wandering in the void.
fragments.
And this was at the expense of several destroyers being blown up. Otherwise, these three severely damaged heavy cruisers would most likely lose power and be completely paralyzed, and they would have to give the order to abandon the ships.
After they were damaged and targeted by enemy ships, five destroyers resolutely rushed out of the gap and stood in front of them with hulls that were far weaker than the cruisers. They blocked the monstrous artillery fire and bought them enough time.
Let the energy shield that regains energy input rise.
With tears in their eyes, the cruiser soldiers watched with their own eyes as the destroyers located more than a thousand kilometers in front of them were destroyed by the enemy's surging gunfire, which shattered their energy shields, penetrated their armor, and then turned into a ball of fireworks in the universe.
This is your comrade-in-arms. You blocked the bullet for me and suffered injuries. Now it’s me who will do it, even if it means death!
This is my brother. Remember, after I die, go visit my parents for me!
There is no need for words, all actions are the best way to tell.
Those who are still alive can't do anything. The only thing they can do is to press the button and throw more energy bombs into the void towards the enemy before they die, even if they just cause a ripple on them!
It's like an antelope meets a lion. Even if every bite you take can leave terrible wounds on the body, the antelope's desperate counterattack can also make the lion gasp in pain, as long as you fight back tenaciously.
The mercenary fleet was also filled with flying steel, arranged in a wild goose formation. Although it increased the intensity of artillery fire output, it also meant that all starships, large and small, were exposed to the opponent's energy cannon strike range.
Although Zhou Tai, the commander of the 9th fleet, is not ranked very high in the starry sky star rankings, after this battle, he will definitely have a place at the top of the rankings.
Unlike the "Falcon" who is eager to break his formation, all his attacks focus on the destroyers of the three mercenary fleets. As the battleships with the most balanced firepower, mobility and defense in the fleet, the destroyers can attack and attack.
Defense is an indispensable part of the fleet.
But it is obviously difficult for them to block the firepower output from heavy cruisers and firepower output ships, especially when their opponents simply ignore heavy starships and small starships and just stare at them and beat them hard.
The mercenary fleet used its superior strength to destroy five destroyers of the 9th Fleet and severely damaged three cruisers. In the face of the huge battle losses of its own side, which was also destroyed by ten destroyers, it seemed a bit disgraced.
"What a formidable opponent!" Nas's eyes turned cold. "However, the destruction of such an elite army will make your country and people deeply painful, won't it?"
The battle became more intense after the mercenary fleet launched a charge.
Half an hour later, Tang Lang led the independent fleet to the battlefield. The mercenary fleet, which had already detected the energy mutation, took the initiative to withdraw from the range of both sides' energy main guns and confront the independent fleet and the remaining starships of the 9th Fleet.
What stood before the soldiers of the Independence Fleet was a scene so tragic that they almost stopped breathing.
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