A large-scale space fleet is sailing towards the Higgs region. These warships can be said to be the crystallization of the war technology of the Airansil Empire.
As the core of the fleet, the huge Invincible 2-class battleship sails on the innermost side, and sailing to its left and right are the slightly smaller Invincible-class battleships.
Surrounding the battleship are densely packed Violent 2-class cruisers and Violent-class cruisers, and further outside are Exploration 2-class destroyers that have been modified and enhanced with armor.
Behind the nearly invisible fleet is the aviation strike fleet. The fleet with aircraft carriers as its core cannot be said to be destructive enough to destroy enemy warships, so it can only be placed in the second echelon.
These super-large aircraft carriers do not have much armor protection, nor are they equipped with huge star destroyer cannons, but they can carry 500 to 1,000 carrier-based aircraft!
These carrier-based aircraft can carry powerful nuclear weapons, and they are even more powerful super nuclear bombs that have been magically enhanced and modified.
Each battleship has its own number on the side, and behind the number is the golden eagle national emblem of the Airanthil Empire.
Many battleships still fly the black flag of the Elanshir Empire, but it is not so obvious in the black background of the universe.
Because there is no wind, these flags are also deliberately supported by metal so that they can be unfolded in the universe.
At the core of the fleet, on the bridge of a heavily armored and bulky Invincible Level 2 super battleship, an officer was marking a fleet that shone like stars on a spacious interstellar sand table.
This fleet is moving along a fixed route, and the three-dimensional star map shows that the final destination of this fleet is the planet Higgs 5.
While pointing at the fleet in progress, the staff officer introduced to his fleet commander: "The 5th Fleet has left its home port and arrived near the planet Higgs 5, which is close to the border of the empire!"
As he spoke, he pointed at several light spots on the other side with the cursor, and continued: "The two infantry divisions 111 and 112 have arrived at Higgs 5 on the transport spacecraft. In addition, we are dispatching 40 divisions to strengthen
For the defense of the Higgs area, another 50 divisions are being assembled and mobilized."
The Elanshir Empire is using various methods to strengthen its armaments in the direction of facing the enemy. Not only has it transferred its entire main fleet to this direction, but it is also increasing its ground defense forces in this area.
As soon as it received the news, the Airanhill Empire added 92 puppet robot infantry divisions to the Higgs region. Yes, that's right, a full 92 infantry divisions!
Each infantry division has a standard establishment of 30,000 people and is equipped with a large number of conventional artillery. Although there is not much heavy equipment, the scale is still amazing.
The combat effectiveness of the mixed main forces, the 111th Division and the 112th Division, is even more astonishing. Together with the main forces already deployed in the local area, the defense strength has been directly increased by more than ten times!
"If necessary, 200 divisions of troops will be deployed to the Higgs region as soon as possible to comprehensively strengthen the defense power of the Higgs region." The staff member paused and continued.
"The 1st Fleet and the 2nd Fleet have arrived in the Higgs area. In addition, we cannot confirm that the enemy will only attack the Higgs area, so we are increasing our forces to the surrounding areas." Another staff officer used the cursor.
Indicated the positions of other fleets and opened their mouths to report.
As he spoke, he pointed to the galaxy next to him: "Close to the Higgs region are the Arant region and the Dothan region. The military plan is to deploy the 3rd fleet in the Arant region and move the 3rd fleet to the Arant region.
4 fleets are deployed in the Dothan area. They form a cornering force and support each other."
"Our 6th Fleet is deployed behind the 2nd Fleet as the general reserve, and the 7th Fleet is approaching the 3rd Fleet!" As he said, he pointed to where his own fleet was, and then pointed to where the fleet behind him was moving.
direction.
"Marshal Lawns has ordered the dispatch of a reconnaissance force to confirm the enemy's direction of travel and the size of the fleet!" As he spoke, he handed the tablet in his hand to the commander-in-chief of the fleet.
"If we lose control of the universe, the troops on the ground will not be able to hold on for long! We all know this, so the battle situation on the ground depends entirely on whether the space fleet can win the battle." He took it from his chief of staff.
After passing the tablet, Fleet Commander Lester lowered his head and looked at the data.
"We need to give everyone the confidence to win! Tell them to be confident and calmly face the upcoming enemies!" After reading the data, Lester continued.
"General!" a staff officer said with some embarrassment: "Everyone is very nervous now. We don't know how powerful the enemy is, and we don't know how powerful we are..."
"Perhaps once the two sides fight, our fleet will be completely eaten by the other side...Have you ever heard of a science fiction novel called The Three-Body Problem? The one that became popular three years ago." Lester asked in order to lighten the atmosphere.
A digression.
A colonel officer nodded and replied: "I've heard of it. I remember that humans in the book built thousands of warships, but they were all destroyed by a drop of water from the other side."
"I heard that the book was a satire on His Majesty's militarism...but it was indeed written very well." Another staff officer frowned and reminded.
"Don't mention it. After I read it, I had nightmares every day about being hit in the head by a water droplet! Are you angry? Some people say that the huge fleet we have worked so hard to manage cannot defeat a water droplet!" Another staff officer said.
The officer immediately stood in line and made his position clear.
Although the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs did not impose any restrictions in the end, the science fiction novel called The Three-Body Problem is still on the market, but the military has always been resistant to this book.
After all, in the book, the human fleet suffered an ugly defeat, and it could be said that it was completely helpless to fight back. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that no one is willing to mention this book.
Seeing that everyone was no longer depressed by the tense atmosphere, Lester handed the tablet back to the chief of staff and asked, "How is the energy preparation going?"
"Report to the general! The logistics department has established a large number of supply bases in front-line defense positions! These bases can be used as battlefield support, and they store a large amount of fusion fuel and magic crystal energy!" the chief of staff immediately replied.
"General! Five hours ago, the cruisers of the 107th Squadron have moved forward. It is expected that they may come into contact with the enemy within four hours." At this time, a communications officer came over and handed a message to him.
Rest.
No matter how much the atmosphere on the bridge was adjusted, it would not be lively. Because the war was about to break out, and everyone was waiting for a result.
To be honest, many people have suffered from slight insomnia since yesterday. Even on a familiar bed, they can only toss and turn.
They have been wandering and training in the universe for more than a year, and some of them have at least one month of space life experience. But they still have insomnia because they are too nervous and have insomnia!
No one knows what the war they are about to face will look like, and no one knows how terrifying the powerful guardian force that destroyed the Heavenly Sword Sect is.
Everyone only knew that these terrifying enemies had arrived at the border of the empire and were about to come into contact with the fleet ahead.
The communications officer saw Lester lowering his head to read the message and quickly added: "The image data will be sent to all fleets immediately using the most advanced overfrequency space transmission device."
Lester was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said with emotion: "Live broadcast on TV? It's really convenient."
Twenty years ago, Seris's communication basically relied on messengers riding horses to deliver sealed scrolls! Twenty years later, the Airanshir Empire can actually use technology to complete faster-than-light file transmission.
"Then let's take a look and see how our reconnaissance fleet is in its first battle with the enemy!" Lester returned to his command position, raised his head, and looked at what was hanging there not far away.
big screen.
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Outside the Empire, on the deck of the Violence-class cruiser of the reconnaissance fleet, the electromagnetic gun turrets suddenly raised their barrels as if cramped, and quickly fine-tuned their aim at the darkness in the distance.
The captain stood in front of the porthole with his hands behind his back, waiting for his warship to start bombarding targets in the distance.
On the screen, there were countless light spots showing enemy forces, as if they were a huge monster lying across the route of the fleet.
"The enemy has entered the range!" A puppet robot reported loudly, and then the electromagnetic gun began to blast out rows of flashing shells.
These shells cut through the black space and rushed straight into the darkness in the distance. The next second, dense black energy rays rushed out of the darkness and hit the defensive magic array on the bow of the violent-class cruiser.
"Boom!" The huge vibration made the captain of the cruiser almost fall to the ground. He finally managed to steady himself by holding on to the glass, and saw that the darkness in the distance began to densely squirm.
He waited with his eyes, carefully identified, and finally saw clearly what those things that were blocking the stars and seemed to be squirming were!
That was a densely packed fleet! They were the strange balls that had appeared on Higgs 5 one after another!
The difference is that at that time, there were only three such strange balls in Higgs No. 5, but here... there are thousands of the same strange balls!
Those strange balls gathered together, surrounded by a larger and more terrifying-looking strange spaceship, approaching where the Violent-class cruiser was.
"Start the space jump!" The captain, knowing that if he acted recklessly, would be destined to die, he immediately issued a combat order to his men to run away.
At the same time, he pointed forward and continued to order loudly: "Fire the energy laser cannon!"
Turning around and running away is not the style of the Airansil Imperial Army. If he doesn't fire a shot at this time, the captain will feel that he is sorry for himself.
A huge ray of light suddenly illuminated the nearby starry sky, and the five patrol cruisers in formation fired the beams of energy laser cannons almost simultaneously.
These beams of light rushed into the strange balls that looked like a swarm of bees, triggering a series of explosions. After exchanging fire at such a long distance, neither side seemed to be able to do anything to the other. After a round of shelling at each other, the Alandhill Empire
The reconnaissance fleet started the space jump engine and disappeared in place.
"The enemy is the same as the one we encountered before! They just strengthened their main guns and increased the range of some weapons..." After the reconnaissance fleet of the Eilanhill Empire disappeared not far away, a voice in the darkness was very disappointed.
Said: "They steal the energy of the universe, tear apart space, destroy the laws... Apart from this, there is no progress at all."
"If they are only at this level, then it is really a waste of time for us to come all the way!" Solons's voice sounded, a little annoyed and a little disappointed: "I hope they won't let us down..."
Within the territory of Eiland Hill, Marshal Lawns was sitting in his command position, looking up at the screen at the densely packed enemy fleet, his eyes filled with shock.
As the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Space Force, he once thought that no force could have a force comparable to the size of the Airanhir Empire's space fleet.
But now, he has seen with his own eyes the scale of the Watcher fleet. It is also a fleet with no end in sight. It is also a super fleet with so many numbers that it makes people's scalp numb just by looking at it!
"There are too many radar reflection signals, and the computer can no longer analyze the number of the opponent's warships. Preliminary estimates indicate that the number of the opponent's first-line warships should exceed 3,000! A conservative estimate is that the number of the opponent's warships should be more than 10,000!"
"Good guy...the Watchers actually have 10,000 battleships that are comparable to the Violence-class cruisers!" Genesis exhaled and sighed in disbelief.
"This is just a conservative estimate! Marshal Lawns! The opponent is likely to have more than 30,000 ships!" a staff general reminded in a low voice.
"I know!" Lawns stood up, walked to the port window of the flagship Seris, stared at the stars in the distance, and ordered: "The 1st Fleet moves to the left and rear to make way for the front of Higgs 5.
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"Move, retreat diagonally to the rear..." After hearing Lawns' order, the helmsmen in the entire fleet began to repeat the order, and busy voices came and went.
"Order, the 2nd Fleet moves forward to the other side of Higgs 5! Make up for the gap in the front! All positions are ready to fight..." Genesis ignored the helmsmen who started to get busy and continued to order.
On the other side of Higgs 5, in the bridge of the Mayne, the flagship of the 2nd Fleet, Bakarov showed a smile on his face: "You are really cautious! The fleet moves forward! Prepare to fight!"
"Fortunately... we have more than 10,000 battleships!" He stood up and walked to the porthole. He looked at Higgs 5, which was gradually being left behind, and murmured softly.
