Chapter 1694 Is this still in the plan?
This tactical move is indeed a bit confusing. It was as if the armies of both sides were facing each other in formation, when the coach of one side suddenly broke away from the army, suddenly ran towards his own side single-handedly, and accelerated his horse away from all the guards' cover, as if he didn't care at all about the success that was pointing at him. Thousands of strong bows and crossbows.
...Well, the Titan ship can be considered a heroic unit, and there will always be people who want to try their skills.
Information about the other party began to flash through Yu Lian's mind. The newly enthroned King of Solane, Yount IV, was just twenty years old this year and a third-ring psyker. He has not yet completed his studies at the Royal Space Fleet Military Academy, and is only in his third year at Wisdom Palace University. He has only completed the initial combat training of the Knights. This is the entire educational background of this young emperor-elect.
However, in Yu Lian's memory of his previous life, there was no King Yount IV of Solane, only Grand Duke Felka, Minister of the Privy Council, and Imperial Marshal Yount.
On that timeline, the Galactic Empire took the initiative to take advantage of the strategic advantages brought by the Colossus. In addition to conquering and dismembering the community, it also completely nationalized half of the Femo Star Territory. Then, five more border lords were canonized here, and Grand Duke Yount was the only one who was born into the royal family, but he was also the one who achieved the greatest achievements.
After all, as a new imperial prince and border lord, who can sneak into the Privy Council will definitely have both construction and military exploits. Speaking of which, when Yu Lian was preparing to leave his homeland for adventure in the New World, he vaguely heard that Feimo Nebula had built an interstellar trading city, and its main promoter was Grand Duke Yount.
In short, although I haven't interacted with him much, he is definitely a type who is both civil and military. Although he is still young now, it does not mean that he is really a pink rookie.
You know, King Suliuka on the opposite side was only twelve years old when he won the championship of the God of War Festival. He was only twenty-two years old when he defeated the main force of the Marauders in the Battle of the Lion's Den. In the Battle of the Ring of Miracles, he was speed-passed in one hour and twenty-two minutes. He was not yet twenty-four years old.
In the end, when the main force of the thief army who annihilated the alliance of nobles in the Luhara Galaxy ascended to the throne of God, it was just... uh, sorry for the ambiguity.
In short, as the saying goes, the Dragon Kings of the Galactic Empire are full of geniuses and lunatics, and those geniuses are often very precocious.
Yu Lian continued to work hard to dig out the memory fragments of his previous life... Then again, Grand Duke Yount was also a very good psychic. He was good at using two golden magic guns on the battlefield, and looked out for the wind wherever he went. Invincible. There is also a miraculous record of killing a fantasy beast with one shot from 800 miles away.
In other words, he is a remote user! Yu Lian felt that he should have understood something again.
In any case, isn’t what I’m best at doing is “training” future talents like this who have not yet grown up? When he thought of this, Yu Lian suddenly became energetic.
At this time, he heard the other party's report again: "The enemy Titanic Dragon is still moving forward. The entire ship has increased to charging speed! At the current speed, it will be within the effective range of the main gun in one minute. The countdown begins now..."
However, Yu Lian directly ordered: "Don't wait for my order. When the countdown reaches twenty seconds, fire immediately!"
"The hit rate can only be guaranteed to be around ten percent." Feifei, who served as the adjutant, immediately answered.
This Fortress No. 1 main gun, which has been charged, is the Judgment Thunder MK12 positron main gun produced by Alliance Thor Heavy Industries. It is extremely powerful and has a scattering effect, and its maximum range is more than 1 million kilometers. Even if it is a Titan ship, if it is hit directly, the shield will instantly return to zero, and the strong composite multi-layer armor will definitely be melted through.
However, we all know that the effective range and the maximum theoretical range are different after all. The farther away from each other, the lower the hit rate is, of course. This is a very intuitive feeling.
In fact, even if it is only 10%, it is still a demerit for terminal assistance simulation and top gunner bonus.
"Should we seize the opportunity for the first shot to hit effectively?" Feifei asked.
"No need. It's not like lining up to be shot. I admit that I am gambling, but the same is true for the other side." Yu Liandao.
"Understood." Feifei nodded to express her understanding, but then asked: "The entire fleet is ready to go out now. If you want to board the ship, you have to leave now."
Yu Lian paused for less than two seconds: "No need. Inform Major General Tovey and continue to stand by until follow-up orders. In addition, prepare the Red Ghost Squadron for battle!"
"Carrying a bombing suit?"
"No, standard suit."
"Understood."
As for Admiral Sylvester, he was still nervously adjusting his tie, but when he heard Yu Lian's words, he seemed to understand something again, and his breathing suddenly calmed down.
At this time, a table showing the status of the main gun also popped up on the screen next to it. It had changed from white to orange, and then quickly to red. This means that this powerful positron main gun is ready to roar at any time.
In addition, the two Dragon Breath MK4 Gauss orbital main guns have also completed their final charging.
The gunnery officer originally planned to send the armor-piercing warhead into the gun bay. This was of course prepared for further armor-piercing after the enemy ship's shield returned to zero, and was in line with standard combat procedures. But then, they received the latest order from the headquarters, requiring them to switch to high-explosive anti-matter artillery shells and add timing fuses.
Although the gunners didn't quite understand, they followed suit.
Half a minute passed quickly, and the enemy Titan ship was still performing better-than-nothing tactical maneuvers while continuing to approach itself. The gunnery commander of the positron main gun pressed the launch button as instructed in advance.
Instead of the commanders of both sides loudly ordering "launch" in a strong and ceremonial tone, the scarlet light beam was wrapped in a beating magnetic force and fiercely rushed towards the Titan ship Xiaolong, which was generally in a cylindrical state. .
However, almost at the moment when the scarlet light began to flicker on the fortress' muzzle, the Titan ship suddenly changed into another shape, like a huge truck that was thrown out and turned sharply, and then came along the drainage ditch. Like a drift.
At the same moment, the terminal of the fortress headquarters was completely filled with noisy noises: "High-energy response from the front! High-energy response from the front! The enemy Titan ship opened fire!"
"The first shelling on April 1 was closer than the last time." Yu Lianda said.
"This is not the first time."
A dark blue beam with a coquettish purple glow, like an oversized atomic light spear, poked out directly from the front end of the Xiaolong and shot towards the outer wall of the Fortress.
When the light has extended to a length of hundreds of kilometers, it still looks as if it has a solid substance. However, in just two seconds, the long blade of light crossed a distance of 600,000 kilometers and stabbed fiercely on the wall of the Community Fortress.
The force field shield began a neutralization reaction, but after the strong vibration, a considerable amount of energy still seeped into the energy barrier and acted on the outer wall device.
After all, the energy of this layer did not break through the three layers of armor composed of mirror-processed super-hard alloy, high-carbon crystals, and ceramic fibers. It just smeared a layer of fire on the surface of the fortress.
Then, it formed a small explosion.
For the huge fortress itself, this explosion is not even a sore. The resulting noise and vibration were almost inaudible. By the time it reached the command headquarters, it was estimated that except for Yu Lian and Feifei, those present would not even be able to feel the basic touch. However, the dignitaries present stood up one after another.
Admiral Sylvester shouted: "Report the damage immediately!"
In less than half a minute, he waited for a report from the damage control department: "The outer wall of U27 was damaged, and one floating turret was damaged. 12 soldiers lost contact. The engineering unit with the space operation armor has entered the U27 area. "This loss is not painful at all to the fortress, which has 300,000 garrison personnel, but the signal it brings is very dangerous.
The opponent's artillery attack was almost within the effective range of the fortress cannon, but it hit directly. This either shows that the power and range of the main guns installed on enemy ships are comparable to those of fortress guns; or it shows that the empire has mastered some more sophisticated aiming methods.
Of course, this is most likely luck.
However, no matter which one it is, it is enough to make the senior generals tremble with fear.
Compared with the intimidating bombardment when the Xiaolong first appeared last time, it was more like a deterrent bombardment to vent and show off. The threat caused by this attack is already real.
So, what if next time, the enemy ship is closer to the fortress under the cover of the army?
"Where are the enemy ships?" Yu Lian's tone still sounded quite scary.
The observer raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and continued to report: "The enemy ship... the outer wall of the enemy ship was on fire, and they were also hit by the main gun."
It wasn't a hit, just a scratch at most. Yu Lian thought, but after all, it was scratched by the fortress cannon. The force field shield on one side must have been deprived of it, and at least one side of the armor had suffered almost devastating damage.
Yu Lian nodded to Feifei, who immediately understood the order.
But three to five seconds later, the two Gauss rail guns also roared for the first time in this battle.
This time, the enemy ship that was shot and set on fire had already begun a refined tactical maneuver, drifting sideways from its original point in space as if it were translocating. However, the orbital artillery shells filled with anti-matter warheads exploded on the spot around the hull, forming a huge shock wave.
The huge hull obviously received a stronger impact, and it rippled like willow leaves in the strong wind.
Sylvester was slightly startled and quickly looked at Yu Lian, as if looking at God: "Could this be yours too..."
"Of course this can't be in my calculation, it's just luck. The official also said it seriously just now, I have a lot of gambling elements." Yu Lian said.
"...In other words, it won't be so easy to hit next time?" the admiral asked in surprise.
"It doesn't matter. They actually don't know either." Yu Lian smiled.
"..." The old senior seemed to be speechless for a moment, probably because his heart was fluctuating too much. Yu Lian smiled and said: "At least we have guessed what the enemy fleet will do if it launches a full-scale attack next time. By then, we will know how to respond to the fleet."
Admiral Sylvester's expression softened slightly: "So that's it, just use the trick and try again! What a gorgeous battle of wits!"
If Yu Lian hadn't known that the old senior was a type who liked to provide emotional value, and perhaps excessively provided emotional value, he might have thought that he was being arrogant.
"Do we have a way to counter the empire's general attack?" he asked again, full of expectation.
Well, people who like to provide emotional value too much may sometimes be overly naive. However, after all, he is the highest officer in this war zone. Of course, Yu Lian cannot pour cold water on him, so he gestured upward with his fist wearing the Infinity Glove: "When that time comes, for the sake of the community, I will use this dimensional power on them." ”
Of course, the old senior couldn't see the transparent Infinity Gauntlet, and naturally he didn't understand how sharp this dimensional fist was, but he still felt that it was very reliable and he was very relieved.
When he realized that Yu Lian didn't answer his question directly, it was no longer easy to continue to pester him.
Immediately afterwards, the subsequent development was of course as calm as Yu Lian's expression: the Xiaolong, which was still burning on the port side and had an armor plate obviously torn apart, of course did not continue to move forward and fire, but made a decisive attack. He made a 180-degree turn and swaggered away from the battlefield.
If the Xiaolong Titan that was rushing towards the fortress just now was a charging rhinoceros with its head held high, now it seems to be a turkey with its tail on fire.
Yu Lian felt that this scene had a surreal and absurd aesthetic style, and after a few seconds of silence, he frankly laughed.
Although the other important officials in the headquarters did not laugh out loud right away, they must have been affected by Yu Lian's laughter, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became happy and relaxed.
The remaining battleships and various sub-fortresses also fought symbolically for ten to twenty minutes, but only a few automatic turrets were dismantled, so they fled one after another.
Of course, if the Earth Fleet launches a pursuit at this time, it may be able to get a little advantage. However, considering that the imperial fleet is also coming to show support, it is more likely to turn into a bad battle. And the more bad the battle is without technical content, the more important the superiority of troops will become.
Everyone in Yulian's fleet now understands the essence of safety-first warfare and has no complaints about the commander's order to "stand still".
Of course, a group of lightning strike ships and fighter planes with unfolded light wings still attacked tentatively.
However, the aircraft carriers behind Titan and Fearless were already well prepared, and a large number of fighter planes quickly came forward... Speaking of which, after the emergence of space bubbles and light-wing weapons, one of the changes to the fleet battlefield is also reflected here. The aircraft carrier will start to cover the Dreadnought and Titan or even cut off the rear. This is when the world is really turned upside down.
Probably because the imperial fighters had set up their stance early, the lightning strike ships paused very smartly. However, those new type of Community battleships deployed their light-wing equipment. At first glance, they looked like dragonflies made of haloes, speeding towards the Imperial Army's formation.
This strangling battle between fighter planes lasted for less than twenty minutes, and ended with the Imperial fleet suffering heavy losses and breaking through the defense line. A few of the Community fighters even broke through the interception net and successfully attacked the rear of the Imperial fleet.
As a result, an aircraft carrier was seriously damaged, a light cruiser and two destroyers were destroyed. On the battlefield of this mighty decisive battle, this loss does not even constitute an outpost conflict, but considering that they were all killed by individual fighters, it is still very imaginative.
This battle must have been the first battle with the "Red Phantom" fighter jets that the empire later heard about and became dismayed by.
Of course, this may also be the most brutal battle in this exploratory attack - but it's not surprising if you think about it carefully. Ever since the Empire and the Community faced each other across the Seid Fortress, the biggest combat losses for both sides were caused by strangulation battles by individual fighter planes.
If future generations of military historians examine the first half of the Battle of Said, they will find it very incredible. The death rate of Jingui's pilots was actually much higher than that of Marine cannon fodder. Such a battlefield situation was indeed very rare.
After spending 43 Cobalt Fighters and 30 Purple Lightning Dragons, the Imperial Army finally drove away these two groups of Community Red Ghost fighters. At the same time, the victory communication from Fortress No. 8 was also sent.
Miss Bai Ziqi, codenamed "Tai'a", appeared on the screen. She had obviously finished her work for a while, and even had time to take a shower. Her face was flushed from the intense exercise just now. Her long hair was simply tied into a ponytail on the back of her head, and the corners of her mouth were hanging. A thoughtful smile.
"That guy in black armor, is he the legendary Four Heavenly Kings? Heh, he's quite famous, and he's very capable..."
"Not very good at it?" Feifei asked with a smile.
"My skills are pretty good. If it were really a life-and-death duel without all external influences, my winning rate would be no more than 30%." Tai'a quickly replied.