In an orbit approximately 49 million kilometers away from Higgs 4, the Airanshir Empire's frontline supply space station.
The cabin door was depressurized, and with the sound of hydraulic pressure, the passage opened. The Ailanshir Empire ground staff wearing simple spacesuits pushed the freight truck that had been prepared long ago, and pushed a truck of magic crystals that had been prepared long ago.
to the battleship that was just connected.
"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Replenish quickly! There is another warship that is about to enter the port!" The commander loudly reminded his subordinates while helping push the cart.
Originally, special transport vehicles should be used for such supplies. Unfortunately, this supply base was established earlier and the equipment is older, so the supply methods are relatively backward.
An officer walked off the scarred battleship and stood beside the passage, looking at the energy crystals pushed into his battleship.
He seemed to see only energy crystals and no ammunition, so he reminded: "Ammunition! Replenish the electromagnetic gun ammunition immediately! There are too many killers on the other side, and our electromagnetic close-in defense cannon shells are consumed very quickly."
In the fierce battle just now, his battleship consumed a lot of electromagnetic artillery shells. The killers on the other side were as dense as a swarm, and his battleship almost couldn't come back.
"We don't have much left here! We can't give too many 20,000 rounds per gun!" the supply port officer in charge of counting and replenishing supplies said, looking at the tablet in his hand.
The officer who came back from the front line was immediately unhappy. He stared at the supply officer and asked, "If we run out of shells, who should we look for?"
"Who would have thought that there were so many enemies and they had already attacked this place!" The supply officer knew that the people who had returned from the front line were all suffocating, so he did not argue and explained.
At the beginning, no one could have thought that the universe around Higgs 4 would become such an important war zone.
Everyone thought that the Watchers would be firmly restricted to the Higgs 3 area, making it almost impossible to come to the Higgs 4 space.
But now, everyone knows that the Watcher troops not only came to the Higgs 4 space, but also invested an unprecedented amount of troops here, and almost broke through the defense line of the Elanthir Empire.
An officer who passed through a chaotic supplies area kicked an astronaut in the butt, pointed at the smoking area and cursed loudly: "Damn! Smokers, go to the smoking area! You want to blow everyone up to the sky.
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Seeing the other party running towards the smoking area in a panic, the officer walked up to the supply officer, shook his head and said: "The flying Ludono entered the supply dock No. 2 on the left... What a tragedy!"
"What's going on?" When the supply officer heard what the other party said, he immediately asked. The officer who got off the battleship standing next to him was also very interested in waiting for the breaking news.
Obviously, the officer at the aviation supply port came from the dock on the other side. He sighed and replied: "Its port side was hit and needs to replace its armor. Major Sam has already led people there, maintenance workers.
If it’s not enough, we can only simply carry out repairs, let the flying Ludono restore its jump capability first, and then jump to the shipyard in Dothan for repairs.”
He saw with his own eyes through the portholes that the battleship's side steel plates were melted by the energy, and some of the armored steel plates were blown away.
Scattered wires and some personal belongings fixed to the walls can also be seen in the twisted cabin.
The puppet robot is helping to lift the injured soldiers off the battleship one by one and send them to the hospital in the port for treatment.
Soldiers with broken arms or legs screamed in the passage, their blood splattered on the walls of the cabin, and the people watching were horrified.
"If the Royal 2nd Fleet hadn't arrived, Higgs 4 airspace might have been doomed... However, even if they arrived, the current situation doesn't seem too optimistic." The officer who stepped off the battleship to rest shook his head.
, said to the ground supply officer and others.
Because a high-intensity war suddenly broke out, everything here became busy. There were running soldiers and shouts everywhere.
While carrying the goods in his hands, a ground staff asked his colleagues next to him: "Have you heard?"
The colleague did not stop working. While stacking magic crystal energy blocks on the cart, he asked: "What did you hear?"
"Higgs 13, a resource planet near Dothan... something happened." The ground crew member who spoke first continued.
His words made another ground worker next to him unable to bear it anymore, and interrupted: "It's been two days, and it's not news anymore... Didn't this battle break out because of the Watcher's attack on Higgs 13?
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"Okay... I heard that it's finished over there..." The ground worker piled up the last energy crystal and began to push the cart with several people. He lowered his voice while pushing.
"It's over?" When the ground staff said this, the other ground staff were shocked and subconsciously confirmed.
Pushing the cart next to the elevator, the ground crew nodded and said, "Yes, it's over, because that's a resource planet and it's in the hinterland, so there aren't many garrison..."
"After Higgs 13, it's almost the Dothan area, right?" Several people knew the nearby universe very well, and they all talked about it.
"So, that's why we have to block the enemy on Higgs 13 at all costs!" The ground crew member who revealed the news looked around and said.
"Damn it, these watchers who are destroying everywhere." After talking to this point, while lamenting the fate of Higgs 13, the ground crew began to curse the watchers.
"Maybe Higgs 11 is also in danger..." Then, one of the ground staff said worriedly.
This time, it was the turn of the gossiping ground crew to refute him: "It's different. Higgs 13 is just a resource planet with no defenses. Higgs 11 is a fortress planet..."
After all, it is impossible for the Ilanthil Empire to establish a sufficient scale of defense on every planet. Some resource planets deep in the hinterland actually maintain their original appearance.
Anyway, this place is like a branch mine. If the enemy comes over, give up. If you can't beat it, continue collecting. Anyway, there is no loss.
Hearing what he said, several ground crew members breathed a sigh of relief and nodded and said, "I hope so... If we include the Higgs 4 that has already started fighting, the battle line has been more than doubled."
"I heard that three reserve fleets have arrived here to assist in the defense... No one could have imagined that the situation would suddenly collapse to this point." The elevator started working, lifting the ground crew and the truck of goods to the other side.
As time went by, their voices gradually became thinner and blurry.
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"Charge the magic defense barrier! Order the battleships on the third battle line to come forward! Replace the battleships on the first battle line! Get ready for a salvo!" Arisia stood in her command position and shouted loudly
commanded.
She had fiery red hair and stood there, the only person in the entire bridge who was not wearing a helmet.
"Your Highness, please pay attention to your safety." A demon general held up Arisia's helmet and advised her.
"My battleship is at the center of the entire fleet, so I don't need that thing at all!" Arisia said firmly without looking back, staring at the ever-changing battlefield.
Without waiting for further persuasion, she commanded at the most appropriate moment: "Shoot!"
"Anglechar! Fire!" On the bridge of a battleship, a demon general waved his arms and made a slashing motion forward.
At the same time, in the bridge of another battleship that formed a battle line alongside this battleship, another demon general also gave the order to fire almost at the same time: "Tollias! Fire!"
The densely packed Invincible-class battleships emitted a dazzling straight line of light and crashed directly into the distant Watcher fleet.
This energy detonated the Watcher's warship. After being penetrated by the energy, an Advocate warship exploded and broke, and finally hit another Guardian warship, smashing the latter into pieces.
"Open the space defense barrier! Enemy artillery fire is coming!" Arisia issued a new order when she saw that her own energy beam began to decay.
The strongest space magic defense barrier of the Airan Hill Empire battleship began to work, forming a torn space mirror directly in front of the battleship.
A few seconds later, the Watcher's battleship began to counterattack, and dense black energy rays directly hit it.
It's just that they hit the transparent, glass-like space cracks, and did not cause any trouble to the battleship fleet of the Eilanhir Empire.
At least from the current technical point of view, space tearing technology is still the best and most effective means of defense.
When facing the enemy's long-distance bombardment, the Airanthil Empire's battleships that could withstand the damage best were equipped with space magic defense barriers.
Unfortunately, this kind of space magic cannot be used all the time, because it consumes too much energy and tests the equipment too much.
Once the equipment overheats, this space magic barrier cannot last forever. Therefore, the Invincible-class battleship is not really invincible in a sense.
A demon adjutant walked up to Aresia and handed a report to his former queen: "Your Highness! The Mandrill battleship's barrier energy is exhausted... They were hit!"
"Let the Stoffel come forward and cover the Mandrill out of the battle!" Arisia gave the order without even looking at the report.
She was used to hearing news about battleships being sunk. Those battleships that were once so expensive were now as worthless as no one could feel sorry for.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Anyone who loses 30 such battleships in one day will become numb.
The adjutant spoke with some worry and said to Arisia: "The enemy's attack intensity is too fast. If we continue like this, after an hour we will be passive due to supply difficulties."
Logically speaking, they are the royal fleet and should not participate in the war unless absolutely necessary.
The Royal Fleet is similar to a strategic general reserve. They only enter the battlefield as the most elite and reliable force when the defense line is most dangerous, with the goal of winning a decisive victory.
However, after Andrea led the First Fleet to encircle the Watcher warships that had penetrated to the rear, it seemed that the Royal Fleet's participation in the battle had become an ordinary thing.
"I have already applied for reinforcements...don't worry." Arisia comforted her, and then looked out the porthole to see a row of dazzling lights coming from the second battle line of the fleet under her command.
"The ground troops stationed on Planet 13 sent a signal. Due to lack of preparation, they can no longer suppress the landing sweepers..." A liaison officer stood at attention and saluted, and handed the message to Arisia.
Arisia glanced at the message and handed it back to the other party: "Let our destroyer squadron enter the planned orbit!"
"Your Highness..." a staff officer spoke, as if he wanted to say something.
"Execute the order!" Arisia waved her hand, interrupting the other party's questioning. The staff officer sighed, shook his head and returned to his position.
Arisia was also very sorry and muttered: "Higgs 13 is beyond rescue..."
The adjutant stamped his feet and beat his chest, and complained unwillingly: "Damn, that's a resource planet... there are three mines on it..."
"No more now." Arisia said.
As time passed, the Royal 2nd Fleet still adhered to the predetermined orbital defense line. The number of enemy fleets was gradually increasing, and the pressure on the fleet defense was also gradually increasing.
More than half an hour later, the communications commander once again sent a message from the ground: "A message from Pierre, commander of the Higgs 13 Planetary Security Force: 'I will live and die with Higgs 13'..."
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Now that this message has been sent out, it proves that the commander named Pierre has been killed in action.
With a sigh, Aresia looked at the liaison officer and ordered: "Order! The destroyer squadron... launch a covering orbital bombardment at Higgs... completely destroy all life forms on the surface."
"Yes!" The liaison officer with a heavy tone stood at attention and saluted, then turned around to deliver the order.
Arisia looked at the adjutant next to her again and ordered: "Report the losses of all personnel and equipment stationed on the planet...including 40,000 security forces, 70,000 staff of all races, and 21 million puppet work robots.
Send it back to Ailan Siris..."
"Three reinforcement fleets have arrived... Your Highness... They are heading to the designated location to replace our battleships..." Another officer sent good news.
"Order the fleet to retreat! Give up the position!" Arisia breathed out and sat back in her seat.