Chapter 1702 Tactics and Counter-Tactics
Yes, under the repeated siege of our own army, the Sayde Fortress, which had held on for more than a year, finally fell. The invincible "Dragon of Dawn", after all, lost the space to move around as several armies approached. In the end, in order to save the lives of his subordinates and people, he was forced to sacrifice his pistol and light spear to himself.
He allowed him to keep his pistol and light spear, and even raised a toast and shared a drink according to the classical traditional war etiquette to pay tribute to the soldiers and civilians who died in the war.
How elegant, how majestic. This must be an epic legend that can be passed down to future generations, right?
If this really happens, the young Solei King Yount will definitely become the new famous general and genius military strategist in the Dragon King family. In the new era in the future, there will definitely be great potential.
...Of course, the so-called new era is currently just some private speculation that is not very respectful. After all, this still involves some things that cannot be said, and it is still very taboo.
Especially after someone gave the motto of "bloody disaster", it became even more taboo.
So, will something really happen to Your Majesty? King Solane suddenly fell into a brief moment of thought.
There is one thing to say, after all, unlike my distant cousin, I don't have any touching family ties with the god-like Imperial Supreme. In the final analysis, it is just the relationship between the king and his ministers.
Of course, considering that the Imperial Supreme of the nine-ringed psyker often brings the attributes of an "immortal king", there may also be a bit of religious admiration, admiration, and even obedience.
However, for some people, being the Empire Supreme for two hundred years will also make them tired. For them, eternity is not sacred, but an unchanging stubbornness that makes people unable to breathe. In fact, even within the empire's royal family and nobles, there are still people who want to breathe some fresh air.
When the young King Solei thought of this, he couldn't help but shudder. He subconsciously turned on his spiritual sense to the maximum, and quickly recited a few loyalty hymns silently to drive away his rebellious thoughts.
Before young people are severely beaten by society, their dreams will always be full of sunshine. Fortunately, as the elected emperor, King Thorane is still calm and calm far beyond his peers. He has already seen the dawn of victory and smelled the scent of spring dreams. , and have been reminding myself that I must not get carried away.
Even if you really drift, as a qualified leader, you must at least comply with the Basic Law!
Therefore, when his own fleet had re-completed its formation and was preparing to carry out the "Tiannu Scattering Flowers" strategy, King Solane also mobilized his own Sky Dragon, together with sixteen Praise-class arsenal ships and fifteen Nightmares. Mountain class guard ship.
As we all know, thanks to a certain "Dragon of Dawn" whose name cannot be mentioned, arsenal ships and guard ships are already products that are about to be eliminated. Even the semi-finished products that have been put on the slipway have been dismantled and moved. for other purposes.
However, after all, the Praise-class and the Nightmare-class are new ships that have only been in service for less than ten years. The Galactic Empire has really considered using them as the backbone of future fleet decisive battles, and of course built and equipped a considerable number of them.
Even the wealthy Galactic Empire couldn't dismantle these fleets directly, so they sent them all to the battlefield.
In the eyes of Marshal Ikanroga and his imperial generals, although the thin-skinned and bulky arsenal ships and the bulky and slow guard ships are about to be eliminated on the mobile battlefield that may burst into flames at any time, they will not survive the long-term confrontation. In battle, it should still have a certain combat effect.
So, isn’t the largest dumb battle battlefield in the universe located in the Sede Galaxy?
Of course, King Thorane decided to continue to implement the enemy-tiring tactics of round-robin battles. However, if we can inflict greater hard damage to the enemy in this series of battles, why not do it?
Therefore, before the Community fleet could react, he planned to use the Xiaolong and these guard ships as cover to lead all the Praise-class arsenal ships to boldly approach and attack, and carry out effective bombardment of the main fortress.
This is not a sudden whim of King Solane.
In history, the tactic of using arsenal ships with thin skins and large fillings to attack forward has actually been performed many times. The most classic example occurred in the Fifth Galactic War, which was already three hundred years ago. In the Battle of Lomish Galaxy, 100 arsenal ships of the Galactic Empire came close to the distance under the desperate cover of their own side. The enemy fleet was no more than 200,000 kilometers away when a sudden salvo of thousands of guns evaporated 124 battleships, including four dreadnoughts, on the spot.
The commander who commanded that epic battle was none other than the contemporary Soleyn King Rashu VII. In terms of seniority, he was the thirteenth direct grandma of this generation's Yount IV.
So, when the new King Thoraine ascended the throne and obtained the new Xiaolong as his flagship, this plan began to brew in his mind.
If you think about it carefully, Xiaolong does look like an arsenal ship and a guard ship combined with an accelerated version. It is natural to have this association. However, this somewhat shows that although King Soleyn's imagination is not particularly wild and unbridled, it is based on the possibility and executability of realistic concepts, which is of course a very good advantage.
However, when the formation of the battleships led by King Solain was completed and the squadron following the "rain of flowers" crossed the center line, the captain of the Xiaolong suddenly issued a warning: "The response of the fleet ahead is intensifying! The main force of the enemy fleet Come here!”
The latest mass projection appeared on the star map at the right time, but dozens of large ships suddenly appeared from behind the main game, charging directly towards their own side at the fastest charging speed.
King Solain was slightly startled. In the past six months of confrontation, both sides were very cautious in using their fleets, especially the Republic forces, which were already at a disadvantage. Of course, their attacks are mainly based on cruisers and light carriers. Occasionally, very brave individual fighters fly within the range of their own defense line of fire to carry out provocations and exploratory attacks.
But when it comes to the battleship, the situation is different. Whether it is a battle cruiser or an aircraft carrier, there are almost no examples of crossing the center line. They always ensure that they are within the coverage of the fortress guns and battery arrays.
As for the three main god-class ships, they were part of the Alien Transformation Plan during the last actual battle, but now they have been hiding in the dock behind the fortress. The occasional appearance is more like showing off.
But now, these large ships, which are absolutely non-renewable resources for the people on earth, are coming out from behind the fortress, as if they are a group of warriors who have accumulated a lot of anger and can finally unleash their murderous desires. .
The imperial fleet, which continued to carry out the "Raining Flowers" offensive, was inattentive and could only watch these strike formations composed entirely of battleships, get through the gaps between them, and directly pounce on the Xiaolong formation. side.
In the rush, the Xiaolong and the arsenal ships under her command just had time to turn around and fire a hasty volley of artillery. Before they even had time to confirm the results of the battle, the main fleet, like a tiger descending from the mountain, had already entered the effective range. .
"The projection of the enemy fleet is confirmed, 3 Lord God-class Dreadnoughts, 10 Yinglong-class battle cruisers, 2 Saratoga-class aircraft carriers, 20 Clear Sky-class..." The officer began to read the latest battlefield report.
"Have the Earthlings sent all their main forces here?" King Solei asked in surprise.
But at this time, three Lord God-class ships and ten Yinglong-class ships suddenly spit out tongues of fire at the same time!
Because it was fired during a high-speed charge, the accuracy was not very high. In addition, the guard ships had set up their shields early during the march, so the protective effect should naturally be full.
As a result, we could only talk about a few warships being affected by the expanding energy, but the damage suffered was very limited. But even so, an ion energy shell did explode at a very close distance from the Xiaolong. The dazzling flash of light had already spilled into the bridge from outside the porthole. Even after being protected by the light-shielding armor, it was immediately The scene inside the bridge has become brighter by more than one color.
"Main gun No. 1, counterattack immediately. Can you confirm the location of the Fuxi?" King Thoren ordered loudly.
Confirmation is of course possible. After all, the Fuxi has long been the number one "enemy ship" that the imperial generals at all levels can quickly eliminate. What's more, the opponent is charging rapidly towards us and has no intention of concealing its existence.
The lookout quickly projected the positioning number's Fuxi number onto the light screen. The greatest dreadnought in history is at the forefront of its own formation - although the Empire has always claimed that the Barbarossa class is the most perfect high-speed dreadnought, after all, it has no proven record - and is being watched by the fleet and the fleet. Surrounded by the Yinglong class, they were performing basic tactical maneuvers while maintaining a forward charge.
Imperial artillery fire flickered on the Fuxi's side, but it never made her make any movement.
Like a brave man who leads the charge despite a hail of bullets. King Thoraine had mixed feelings for a moment.
"He's here." He said solemnly.
Then, he felt the low pressure on the bridge. You are all well-trained elite officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army! Now he looks like he has seen a natural enemy. This is really unreasonable! King Thoraine was dissatisfied. He felt that respecting powerful enemies was the virtue of a warrior, but if respect turned into physical fear of natural enemies, then it would be better to take off the military uniform as soon as possible and go back to farming.
"Fire at the Fuxi!" he shouted.
"We are adjusting the shooting of Zhu Yuan, it will take another minute." the gunnery chief responded.
"Why do you need another minute?" King Soleyn felt that he might need to shoot someone. Obviously, as a new vassal king who has just ascended the throne, he really wants to be kind to others, loves his soldiers as sons, and looks forward to getting along with everyone. But why do you always want to bring out the violent side of the Dragon King?
"Just now, we have been aiming at Seide Fortress." The adjutant replied in a low voice.
King Thoraine couldn't help but be speechless.
But at this moment, the second main gun salvo from the Community fleet came over.
This time, the hit rate is of course higher, and the power is of course more powerful. Waves of energy and physical barrage dismantled the combined shield deployed by the Nightmare Mountain class on the spot, and the impact of the explosion immediately spread throughout the Imperial fleet.
This time, even King Thorane, who was standing on the bridge of the Titan ship, could not help but feel the violent vibrations. He also received the news that his ship had been shot half a minute later.
Of course, since it is a Titan ship, a mere railgun blast cannot cause any serious damage. However, three Praise-class ships were torn to pieces on the spot, which attracted his attention on the spot.
The fleet queue is indeed too dense! What's more important is that because of the charging speed just now, the opponent's fleet actually successfully reversed the T position.
King Soren had no choice but to order to temporarily disband the current artillery formation, and then ordered nearby auxiliary ships to quickly come over for reinforcements. However, at this moment, in the airspace where the fleets of both sides continued to level up, a large row of small ships suddenly unfolded their gorgeous light wings, opened the space bubble, and instantly exerted power that was eclipsed by the neutrino engines of the Lord God class. explosive force.
In this insignificant gap in the interstellar space, the lightning strike ships jumped out and arrived in the most dangerous glow.
"I was fooled..." King Solain closed his eyes, feeling numb in his heart.
His ears were filled with the anxious voices of imperial officers: "Here, where did these lightning strike ships come from? We didn't find them just now?"
"Is it a tiger and leopard riding type? Could it be that it was put out just now in the main god-level hangar?"
"Launching an airship at charging speed? When did the Community have this technology? Aren't all those pilots psychic?"
"I understand! They were running parallel to the Lord God class just now! The people on earth used the projection of the battleship to block the lightning strike ship!"
Of course, in this way, the fleet movement of the people on earth will be a huge test. However, it is still more scientific than the opponent's warship launching auxiliary boats during the charge.
After all, the Yulian fleet, which caused the Holy Galactic Empire to suffer its greatest losses since the Seventh Galactic War, is so brave and elite that it is only natural that it can engage in particularly professional fleet movements.
Of course, all of the above are speculations. The only thing that can be confirmed is that a total of sixteen lightning strike ships have already charged towards him.
Fortunately, those present were all elites of the Imperial Space Fleet. Although they were caught off guard by this sudden attack, they still arranged various air defense tasks.
Three minutes later, when these lightning strike ships passed through the gaps between the scattered imperial warships like swifts, King Thoraine was also shaken awake by an even more violent earthquake in the bridge. Of course he immediately got the adjutant's report.
Bad news, Xiaolong was hit by a space bubble torpedo.
The good news is that the damage was not serious.
The better news is that it did not have any impact on key functions such as maneuverability, speed, simulated gravity, life support systems, energy supply, etc. Even the dead crew members were just over a hundred years old.
The worse news is that three more Praise-class ships and one Nightmare-class ship were destroyed, and five other battleships were seriously damaged.
"Okay, okay, this so-called arsenal ship! It's really just a thin-crust apple pie!" King Sorain thought of Sister Brynhilt's comments and regretted it for a moment.
"I'm so stupid! Really, I just know that these battleships were built after all, and they still made great contributions in the Battle of Judgment, and I still want to use the waste! I'm so stupid, really, I just shouldn't treat this What do you expect from a battleship?" He murmured, and then gave himself a slap.
The bad news is that the young Emperor Selector seemed to be shocked by the tragic outcome and began to harm himself.
The good news is that he quickly regained his composure after inflicting self-mutilation, and he is indeed worthy of being a professionally trained royal highness.
"Ask the surrounding squadrons to come back and rescue me immediately!" He was a frank and extravagant person. He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with the line "rescue me". Indeed, he didn't look like a young man at all.
Then, he asked him again: "Where is the squadron closest to us?"
"...This is the Sobek fleet, which is advancing on alert at this space point. Their mission is to clear the enemy turret array cluster in Z area."
"Yeager Soback? What a reliable name. Let them come over immediately for reinforcements. I don't want to be ridiculed by the Thunder Strike Ship again." King Soleyn seemed a little lucky.
After all, arsenal ships have entered the category of large and medium-sized battleships. The strictest military education he had ever received kept telling him that within the first two minutes of the war, several large and medium-sized warships were sunk. This shows that there are problems with our own formation and tactics and must be adjusted as soon as possible.
Of course, if the battle situation is fierce and cannot be adjusted, you have to think about how to retreat.
When the situation continues to be disrupted, there are examples in history of commanders who never lacked decisiveness. They wanted to save themselves when they were at a disadvantage, so they turned a small defeat into a disastrous defeat.
King Thorane felt that he should reorganize his formation now, let the surrounding squadrons return to support, and then retreat slowly.
Of course, if you want to keep most of the fleet, you may have to use the Xiaolong Titan to cut off the rear in person. He has already realized this, and as the new vassal king, he should take this risk.
But at this time, he received the report again.
"...The enemy fleet has accelerated again. It has transformed into a spindle formation and is moving in an arc." King Solain heard the captain's reminder again.