Tang Lang suddenly looked up. In the field of vision returned by the optical detector, the mercenary fleet that had temporarily withdrawn its left and right wings began to undergo new changes.
It was originally like a giant bat swinging its wings forward. The next moment after its "wings" were beaten painfully, the entire fleet suddenly split apart. The right wing army, the right wing army, the right center army, the central crossroads army, and the left center
Army, left wing army, left wing army, six upper and lower wing armies, with the two central motherships and the cruisers and destroyers surrounding them as the main body, like a giant octopus spreading countless tentacles in the void of the universe, the black pressure is composed of battleships
The black tentacles formed spread out in all directions towards the universe.
Continuously stretching, extending...
Baring teeth and dancing claws, filling the heaven and earth.
"What kind of formation is this?" Many young officers exclaimed.
Since the birth of the space fleet, in order to exert the power of the group, generals have invented various formations for thousands of years, such as the "one" shape, the "human" shape, the ring... etc., no matter what
Each formation, whether defensive or offensive, is committed to maximizing the power of the group.
In the huge void universe, even the huge stars are nothing more than the sand of the Ganges, let alone the starships made by humans. The thousands-meter-long starship is already the largest that humans can build so far.
Man-made aircraft, but when sailing in the vast space, humans will instinctively feel helpless, "The world is huge, but I am as small as dust."
Choosing the power of a group is an instinct that comes from the core of human beings. It is also a psychological effect against the boundless universe.
But the trick played by "Falcon" Nass, although it looks majestic, has a sense of confusion that it is fighting on its own, and for the combined fleet that has entered a state of semi-full charge, it is even less powerful.
There is little threat, at least, the terrifyingly powerful volleys have become diffuse, and the energy shield has enough energy input to ensure that it will not be broken due to the huge energy flow it endures.
However, no one thinks that "Falcon" Nas is playing with fire. As a hero who has destroyed several small countries, Nas's ranking on the starry sky star rankings is directly behind Chang Sun Hong, the supreme commander of the Southwest Federation military. The entire
There are no more than ten people in the starry sky who can underestimate him.
Although many young officers could not understand his unique formation, they knew that the other party's move was no longer a test, but a completely divided and mobilized movement, with the entire fleet becoming the main body of the attack.
"The enemy has moved, why hasn't the order been issued yet? How can we fight?"
"Don't panic, don't be confused, the whole ship is ready and waiting for instructions!"
"Waiting for orders!"
"Hold on, boys, hold on!"
"There's nothing to be afraid of, just rush in and do it, and it'll be over."
In the internal communication channel of the United Fleet, there was a slight impetuousness and panic. There were also mature and stable emotions, and there were also Hun Buqing who didn't care at all.
Most of those who are impetuous are people on the battleships of the civilian and planetary security forces. They may have experienced some battles, but they have never seen anything of this level. The opponent suddenly changes their tactics unexpectedly, which makes them unavoidable and impetuous. Confused.
Not to mention the gang of pirates. For these interstellar "green forest heroes" who have always been on the edge of the knife, whether they can beat them or not, they have to fight first and then see. Anyway, it doesn't matter.
No one can fool them just by showing off.
In front of the command seat, Tang Lang was silent as he watched the countless enemy fleets attacking like giant snakes in front of the screen.
Everyone around him knows that he can't overstep his authority now. They can make suggestions from the sidelines, but for now he can only give orders as the highest commander.
This is a military rule. When entering the battlefield, the person who can give orders from the command seat of the entire fleet can only have one voice. If he is not capable enough and loses the war, it will be after losing the war. But now, regardless of victory or defeat,
Everyone must obey him unconditionally, trust him, and put their lives and comrades in his hands.
"Commander, this is a net formation. In response to the enemy's charge, it turns into points, like a giant net, trapping the charging enemy fleet, and using the central battle formation to trap the enemy.
The sharp edge of the military fleet is blocked, and then the points that form the mesh are used to launch an all-round attack on the slowing enemy fleet, just like a fishing net cast into the sea, tightened little by little, and those who dare to break into the fishing net will be
The fish are gradually strangled and captured." In the video, Jiang Cheng's brows furrowed, but his face remained determined, giving people a very reassuring charm of a handsome old man. "This formation is rarely used because of its commanding power over the battleships.
The requirements are extremely high. This Nas is actually a bit stronger than I imagined. I suggest that our battleship group shrinks and slows down, and resists this wave of attacks first. If he wants to catch our fish, then his "net"
"We need to be more open-minded. Then we will get opportunities from it."
"Okay, the left and right attack formations will be recovered and returned to the main formation. The entire fleet will slow down to a quarter of the previous level. They will coordinate and cover the formation as originally planned. Maintain the formation and fire freely!" Tang Lang nodded and ordered. ""
The order was immediately conveyed to each ship by Hobrou at a speed five times faster than usual. Under the command of the fleet that was rushing forward, the reverse thrust engine suddenly started, the speed dropped sharply, the bulletproof armor was raised one after another, and the energy turrets emerged from the armor gaps.
It rotates out, aims at the distance, then condenses the light and launches "boom boom boom".
People who are in it don't think it, but if they stand millions of miles away, they will see such a strange scene. A big net has been opened, waiting for the fish to rush into the net, but they are rushing in.
The fish's tail suddenly shook, and its speed dropped sharply. If the big net wanted to catch "it" again, it would have to open the net even wider, and it would have to actively stretch forward, but it could no longer open the net like before.
Stayed.
"This Tang Lang is much stronger than I thought!" Nas's eyes narrowed slightly.
He actually didn't care about the previous small setback. It was just a test in itself. Most of the seven or eight starships that were damaged were non-main battleships such as frigates. What's more, the opponent also had a dozen starships destroyed. Basically,
He is invincible. The commander of the Southwest Federation Fleet did show some eye-catching tactical responses, but that was all.
If it were him, he would rather sacrifice the two formations on the left and right than easily take out the remaining 8 starships of the most powerful 9th Fleet, including the trump card of electronic deception that was just demonstrated.
Revealing his trump card before the decisive battle between the two sides was in progress was in line with Tang Lang's youthful qualities.
But he made the first move again, and his opponent's response once again exceeded his expectations. More than 200 starships actually slowed down to defend and launch attacks in the void as if commanded by his arm. What surprised Nass was not the way Tang Lang used it.
The tactics are correct, but the reaction time is fast and the execution ability of the entire fleet is high.
It even surpassed the battleships under his command.
If you didn't know better, you would have thought that they were a well-trained main fleet. No, to be honest, not even the 9th Fleet of the Southwest Federation, which had previously caused huge casualties to his subordinates, had never shown such a reaction.
Could it be that the intelligence from within the Tianquan Galaxy is wrong? Tang Lang commanded simply one of the most elite fleets of the Southwest Federation? Or, perhaps, the commander was someone else, and Tang Lang was just a cover? Rarely did Nas
There is a bit of uncertainty.
But considering the assurance sworn by the collaborator from the top of the Southwest Federation that there was no secret fleet in the entire Southwest Federation, and even if there were, it was just a patchwork of second-level local fleets, Nass suppressed his thoughts.
Unsettled, a gleam appeared in his eyes, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Since they dare not come, then let's go. Order the entire fleet to keep moving forward at one-third speed, and the energy cannon output is 30%!"
The remaining 30% is naturally allocated to the energy shield.
The reason why he is called "Falcon" is because Nass is both ferocious and cautious. Under his command, the mercenary fleet may fail to attack fortresses, but it rarely steps into enemy traps and is ambushed.
status.
Energy cannon fire intertwined in the void, and the distance between the two sides in the void gradually narrowed.
In the void, countless energy rays appeared from far to near. In an instant, the periphery of many joint fleet battleships immediately lit up with blazing light. The energy shield and the bombardment ray collided with huge ion ripples, surging like a stormy sea.
Once the energy shield is saturated with neutralizing energy, the battleship can only use its metal body to resist the energy rays that are like knives slashing across the ship's body.
Time seemed to have paused at this moment.
This is an indescribable scene. In the void, the mercenary fleet is overwhelming like a giant net, "covering" the combined fleet that has assembled into a cigar-shaped defensive formation in space. And among those who constitute the giant
Countless deadly beams and missiles shuttle between the points of the net.
In the steel fleet of the combined fleet, the energy cannonballs shot out and the energy rays of the enemy fleet were densely intertwined in the void. Countless battleships on both sides were hit by cannons. The energy shield of the enemy destroyer over there was melted and a big hole was opened. Here
The battleship was hit by an extremely cunning photon missile, and a large hole was blown out of the thick armor. It was like a firework being ignited, and a terrifying blazing flame suddenly spewed out.
The bow of a battleship transformed from a civilian starship was hit. The officers on the bridge might have died immediately. The entire battleship could not maintain its previous position and rolled, exposing a drag
There were ferocious holes in the fire, but the undamaged middle and rear hulls of the civilian starship were still firing tenaciously. The energy cannons, which were not perfect, all hit the mercenary warship whose energy shield was broken.
On the right side of the ship, the entire side of the mercenary warship was vaporized, the bridge was ragged beyond recognition, and countless human body parts were "sprayed" into the void by the huge pressure difference.
The civilian starships whose hulls were constantly exploding were exchanged tragically for one, destroying a mercenary frigate whose value was far higher than theirs. In fact, in such a confrontation, let alone civilian modifications
Starships have energy cannons and photon missiles. Even a broken sampan can give a "high-end cargo" that has lost its energy shield a bruise as long as it can spray out the light of death.
The bridge was destroyed, the commander died in battle, the frigate has lost its combat effectiveness, and the fate of the people inside is no longer in their own hands.
But whoever wins, the soldiers waiting for rescue will survive. As for the losers, when both sides have already killed each other, it is very merciful not to use energy cannons to name them.
"Our peripheral battleships suffered heavy losses!"
"The 19th formation has lost its combat effectiveness, and the 11th formation, the 12th formation, and the 15th formation have lost more than half!"
"The flagship of the 2nd formation was destroyed. Its subordinate ship No. 2 applies for command. No need. The bridge of the No. 2 ship was blown to pieces just now. Just give it to the No. 3 ship!"
Messages were summarized by the staff bench and sent to Tang Lang who was sitting on the command bench. Tang Lang kept making decisions such as approval, rejection, etc., and his level of concentration was no less intense than when he was controlling the mecha and Miyamoto that day.
Just a decisive battle with a great master like Negus, it was even better.
Because, according to the ever-changing battlefield situation, he has to command 20 combat formations of various sizes or even one of the battleships. If it weren't for the help of Hobsourou, Tang Lang felt that he could hardly hold on at this moment.
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Thinking of a general like Qin Luochuan commanding a group of starships to fight the enemy without changing his expression, Tang Lang couldn't help but admire him. At least he couldn't achieve that kind of steady posture yet.
But Tang Lang didn't know that while he was envious of others in the starship, he became the scenery in other people's eyes.
As the staff officer of the Operations Department, Mingyue Shang is responsible for collecting and sorting out all kinds of information on the battlefield, which is like a waterfall, and finding important reports to the supreme commander Tang Lang in the shortest possible time. Because there are too many battleship formations, up to 20
Even with Ming Yueshang's ability, he could only be responsible for five of the formations, and there were still 6 combat staff responsible for the other 15 formations.
To be honest, Mingyuetang was a little worried. Tang Lang was very strong, but fleet combat itself was a new challenge for him, and he had to command nearly 300 starships to confront more than 100 enemy starships. This
It was almost as difficult as him taking a group of thirteen agricultural mechas to beat up an opponent's ninth-generation mecha company.
Eighty percent of her focus was on collecting battle reports, and the other 20% was on Tang Lang. If she failed, or the battle damage was too large due to command errors, what would happen to him?
It must be an extremely huge blow.
But to Ming Yueshang's surprise, Tang Lang once again gave her a huge surprise. The information that she and the other six combat staff members gathered at his command seat were all processed by him in an orderly manner. What followed was
The previous loopholes on the battlefield have also been made up, and the battle situation is much better than before.
What kind of man is this? Just when you think he is already so dazzling that people look up to him, you find that this is the beginning of his shining. His future is unimaginable.
Perhaps, this is the kind of thing called talent! Mingyue Shang, who has put aside all worries, has already had a firm imagination about the future. The appointment by the Tianqing River may not be just the courage and frankness that belongs to the girl when the crisis comes.
Showing your thoughts may actually lead to reality.
Unlike Mingyue Shang, Qiu Ruge, who was unable to help at the moment, poured a cup of coffee from her own alloy steel cup and gently placed it on the cup holder next to Tang Lang's command seat.
The battleship trembled violently, causing ripples in the coffee in the cup.
"Boom!" A ray that penetrated the gaps between many United Fleet battleships from the depths of the universe appeared from the Phoenix's sight and hit the left side of the Phoenix fiercely.
Even though the energy shield withstood the blow, the Phoenix still experienced a wave of violent shocks. Everyone grabbed the fixed handrails at hand and stopped the deck from swaying up and down.
Although everyone knew that the blow just now was just a stray bullet that slipped out of the battlefield, everyone's heart was more or less affected, and they felt inexplicably heavy and solemn.
This is war! Even the tightly protected flagship may turn into a burning torch in the universe at any time.
Tang Lang, who was sitting on the command seat, raised his eyebrows and leaned back slightly. He calmly picked up the alloy cup from the cup holder on the side and tasted it carefully. Although the coffee in the cup was spilled due to the tilt of the battleship.
He spent most of his time out, but obviously this didn't affect his relatively relaxed mood.
Seeing the commander's behavior, the newly dignified officers relaxed their minds and continued to devote themselves to their work.
After stabilizing the mentality of everyone on the flagship, Tang Lang returned his gaze to the battlefield holographic sand table in front of him. Tang Lang saw his own fleet of ships in a defensive formation. The outer circle was used to resist the fiercest defense offensive. There were already many successful warships.
Yellow for injuries and red for severe injuries.
His fingers moved rapidly on the tactical sand table, and his long knuckles accurately input instructions. He looked calm, but the sweat on his forehead quietly slipped away at some point.
War is not a game. What Tang Lang has to endure is not only complicated battle reports and deployments, but also tragic casualties. Although Tang Lang could only see starships being blown up and falling into the stars, he knew that what happened next
, is the passing of fresh lives.
At his command, lives were lost.
But in order for more people to continue breathing, Tang Lang could only cruelly let some lives disappear.
This is the most unbearable thing. Even though Tang Lang has experienced the test of war and has long been indifferent to life and death, he is still weighed down by the life and death on his fingertips like a mountain peak.
As heavy as a thousand pieces!
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