Chapter 437 Ambush
Three days later.
The fleet belonging to the battleship that Liang Fei and Li Weiqi boarded arrived at a star system between Aodan and the outer second ring star field.
This galaxy, like other galaxies outside, needs to evacuate the people in the galaxy.
But before evacuating, the galaxy can still play some of its final roles.
The friendly fleets in the next star field will pass through here when they are evacuating, and they will make temporary supplies before continuing to retreat.
What Liang Fei and Li Weiqi's fleet have to do is to set up an ambush on the retreating path of the friendly fleet to block the pursuing mechanical fleet.
Whether in the empire or the machine race, not all fleets can use jump retreats without scruples.
After all, warp is an important tactical ability with a limited number of uses.
Navigating through hyperspace channels is the main means of travel for space battleships.
This gives people the opportunity to ambush in war.
Liang Fei and his fleet maintained the minimum engine power and only maintained the operation of the life support system and stayed in the galaxy.
And in the command room of the fleet flagship.
Liang Fei was beside the captain asking him questions.
"How long?"
The captain had great respect for Liang Fei, a psyker, and said without reservation: "Our own fleet will arrive in about an hour, and we will stop here for an hour to replenish supplies."
"If we don't use this half of the fleet, we don't have to worry about this matter. This is a matter for the other half of the fleet. When the time comes, whether they are withdrawn or us, they will be withdrawn together with the fleet that is already in the galaxy."
"The mechanical fleet behind is estimated to arrive in another three hours. Our task is to temporarily block them and delay them for about an hour."
"A lot of the population in the galaxy has been evacuated before, and this time is the last batch. Then the rights to use the defensive weapons on the colonial space stations in the galaxy have been transferred to us, so there should be no problem."
"I understand, remember to notify me when the time comes."
"There will be a ship-wide broadcast at that time."
Liang Fei nodded, turned and left the command room, returning to his independent dormitory.
Li Wei happened to return here at this time, and when he saw Liang Fei, he said with a slight complaint: "I walked around for a while, and to be honest, this group of soldiers is not very good. More than 80% of them are new recruits. They are not as good as those I enlisted in before." The quality is high.”
Liang Fei said helplessly: "In special times, there are so many good soldiers. Being able to board the flagship already shows that these people are the tallest among the short ones. Relax, it doesn't matter if you don't relax. Anyway, you are the one who feels uncomfortable." .”
"Hey..."
Liang Fei livened up the atmosphere between the two of them and returned to the formal tone: "Friendly forces will arrive in an hour, and the mechanical tribe's pursuers will arrive in about three hours. We are responsible for dealing with the pursuers."
"How many?"
"At least a fleet of three hundred cruisers."
"When the Machine Tribe invaded, they didn't just focus on our direction. There were many other places that were also being hunted by the Machine Tribe."
"To be honest, we are very lucky here. After all, the battleship that was originally here was transferred to the nearby Gallo"
"In addition, our combat power is indeed not good. The mechanical clan has not even dispatched a replacement battleship, and only a few cruisers are left."
Liang Fei is quite optimistic about the future situation.
However, Li Wei still has a different view: "Even if only the cruiser is left, I can't say whether it is rescue or killing. We don't have the strength."
Liang Fei understood why. Since his last brush with death, Li Wei had generally avoided dangerous things when he could.
You keep talking about it, but you still don't fall behind on what you need to do.
So he comforted him again: "Don't worry, the new ships seem to have adopted new technologies. Those scientists said that our new ships are a bit higher than the average value of the mechanical ships."
"But I still don't understand why we have to go to the front line?"
"Most of the psykers have to go to the front line. Our psychic powers are not enough for offense and more than enough for defense. We are also very good on the spaceship. The two of us plus one may not be worth as much as the new ship we are sitting on now."
"And in the past, psychics had no identity that could be revealed, so no one cared about them. But it is different now."
"I still feel that before..."
"Hey..."
Liang Fei waved his hand to interrupt Li Wei's nostalgia: "Let the past go by. Anyway, things always have good and bad moments."
"But I have a bad feeling."
"I have it too. Anyway, just do what you have to do. Did you bring that thing?"
"Bring it."
"Then there's nothing to worry about."
"I can't say."
Although Li Wei didn't say anything more now, it was still difficult for him to really not worry.
He walked around the captain's cabin anxiously for a long time and finally chose to close his eyes and meditate, adjust his mental state, and make final preparations.
Soon after.
The friendly fleet has arrived in the galaxy.
The entire fleet only has over a hundred battlecruisers, less than 500 destroyers, and only about 500 escorts.
And, there are about as many personnel transport ships as combat ships.
Not a single ship in the entire fleet is still intact. Every ship has more or less structural damage. It is considered very good to be able to drive back.
Of course, not all the ordinary people taken away by this fleet were there. Many other fleets were also trying to evacuate.
In fact, the vast majority of the population relies on star gate transportation, and only a small portion of the population that is too late to go to the star gate will be taken away through this method.
But having said that, there are still many people who can only escape the fate of being killed by the machine race through fleet transportation.
And judging from the number of personnel transport ships in the fleet at this time.
The casualties among ordinary people have exceeded one-third.
One can only imagine how many people died on the road.
After the fleet arrived, the engineering ships that had been prepared in the system immediately crowded in like a swarm, carried out emergency repairs on the damaged ships, and quickly used resources brought from the colonies in the system to fill these affected areas. Supplies for damaged ships.
Liang Fei's fleet was still hidden in a dark asteroid belt on the ecliptic plane of the galaxy, waiting silently.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Friendly fleets in the system gradually evacuated.
An hour after the friendly forces completely evacuated.
The fluctuations of the hyperspace lane jump engine once again appeared at the edge of the galaxy.
The ship-wide announcement immediately sounded on the flagship spacecraft, and the silent fleet immediately became active.
The mechanical fleet appeared from the edge of the galaxy, and after preliminary reconnaissance, approached the planet where the friendly forces' evacuation fleet was replenishing supplies.
The number of mechanical fleets is greater than the number of fleets ambushed here, but the difference is not too big.
Moreover, the purpose of the fleet's trip is only to delay time, not to really destroy the fleet.
The chances of achieving your goal are high.
When the fleet of the mechanical race passed through the asteroid belt in the galaxy, they did not detect this group of fleets hiding in the asteroid belt.
The commander of the fleet did not rush to take action, but allowed these mechanical fleets to pass directly.
As an ambush hunter, he wants to find the most suitable time.
And just as the entire fleet of the mechanical race was about to pass through the asteroid belt, they completely exposed the sides and rear of the fleet. The commander immediately issued the order.
The hidden fleet was fully activated, inserting from the most vulnerable side and rear of the mechanical fleet, instantly creating a large number of results.
The shields of many mechanical battleships are not full-width shields. The shields can only be opened directly in front of the ship or the opening speed is not ideal, resulting in full fire coverage from this wave of raids.
For a time, the Odan fleet was almost unscathed in exchange for nearly one-third of the mechanical fleet's battle losses.
The objectively existing gap in the number of fleets will be completely smoothed out.
There was also a short burst of cheers in the command room.
But the cheers were quickly interrupted by a panicked exclamation: "Command! New fluctuations are discovered at the edge of the galaxy!"
The situation at the edge of the galaxy was immediately displayed on the large screen in the command room.
I saw the moment when the transition fluctuations were smoothed out.
Another mechanical fleet appears here.
The flagship of this fleet is a mechanical mothership.
"The number of enemies far exceeds the expected size! The intelligence is wrong! Change the battle plan! Retreat!"
The commander made a prompt decision.
But at this time, the raid of the Odan fleet had already caused the entire fleet to pierce into the mechanical fleet. This caused chaos in the mechanical fleet formation, but also caused the Odan fleet to lose its flexibility.
The reinforcements from the mechanical tribe arrived instantly, giving them absolutely no chance to retreat.
Even at this time, their fleet has entered the range of the mothership that is still at the edge of the galaxy.
During the period when most communication signals are transmitted to the outside world, the mothership is naturally regarded as the first target.
I saw the spine cannon mounted on the mothership lit up with increased energy, and a red laser beam was fired.
Even if the flagship is already performing maneuvers, it takes three minutes for light to reach the galaxy from the edge.
But the beam still accurately hit the flagship's shield.
The shield only lasted for less than three seconds before the spacecraft was almost overloaded and forced to shut down.
But this is the longest time that the specially modified flagship can sustain it. If other cruisers are hit by the laser beam, they will be directly destroyed.
After breaking through the flagship's shield, the mothership's laser hit the armor unabated.
The surging beam energy instantly melted the armor, and the hull structure was directly penetrated.
Fortunately, the flagship had a chance to adjust its position after being hit by the beam.
There will be no direct chance.
But the entire ship also fell into the dilemma of overloading the radiation system.
Li Wei, who was in the command room, couldn't sit still the moment the shield was damaged.
He stood up and rushed directly towards the direction of the destroyed structure of the flagship. Everyone had already changed into protective clothing before the battle began.
He was able to reach the vicinity of the structure of the ship that had been penetrated by the mothership without being affected.
However, the passage from the complete area to the section of the ship's gap has been closed by air-tight doors.
Li Wei could only stand behind and flood the psychic energy waves into the gap in the hull.
Some snow-white foam appeared along the traces of spiritual energy fluctuations, and quickly solidified in the vacuum, building a solid foam layer on the gap in the hull, completely dividing the cosmic environment and the interior of the ship.
A bubble that goes out as soon as it is blown is a bubble, and a bubble that is strong enough to seal the gap in a battleship is also a bubble.
And there is a large amount of pure white foam growing from the hull, creating a dense layer of foam on the side of the hull.
The second attack from the mechanical race mothership also followed.
The red laser beam did not hit the hull this time, but hit the foam layer created by Li Wei. .
The complex structure inside the transparent foam layer directly split the battleship's laser beam. After careful adjustment by Li Wei, it was fired at the surrounding mechanical fleet.
This created some room for the Odan fleet to maneuver.
The commander immediately seized this fleeting opportunity and ordered the fleet to adjust its attitude in order to escape from the gap created by the mothership itself.
But the next moment.
The mothership suddenly disappeared at the edge of the galaxy, made a short jump into the galaxy, and almost stuck to the face of the Odan fleet.
Together with the mechanical fleet that Aodan raided, they were caught in the middle.
The mother ship's ridge gun nose was immediately adjusted, and the gun nose was replaced from a laser beam with an energy restraint projectile.
At an almost face-to-face distance, three consecutive energy restraint bombs fired from the spine cannon were fired directly at the mothership.
The first energy restraint bomb exploded when it hit civilian Li Wei's foam layer, completely clearing the foam layer.
The second and third energy restraint rounds rushed towards the flagship almost without any hindrance.
Several extremely thick chains suddenly appeared near the period, wrapping the ship's body in them.
Liang Fei also rushed to the side opposite the flagship and mothership.
Although the chain shattered instantly under the attack of two subsequent energy restraint bullets, part of the impact was still alleviated.
However, the next moment, a violent explosion was heard from the direction of the command room.
Even if the main-level weapons are slightly blocked by the two 4-machine Psychics, the cruiser is still too weak to compete with other weapons possessed by the capital ship.
Judging from the busy tone on the communication channel, there should be no one alive in the command room.
No matter the captain or anyone else, there was no chance of survival.
The entire spacecraft's command system has been completely paralyzed.
A missile from the mothership hit the hull structure not far in front of the two people, completely destroying the foam filled by Li Wei and the air-tight doors on both sides.
Li Wei was thrown away by the airflow that was sucking out the air inside, and was then pulled back by a chain.
But when Liang Fei pulled him back, Li Wei's body was like a fragment of armor.
The gas in the protective suit and the blood in Li Wei's body were leaking rapidly.
He seemed to have more air coming out and less air coming in.
Liang Fei yelled at him anxiously: "Where's the thing!"
Li Wei vaguely heard the voice coming from the communicator, and reluctantly stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at his waist.
Liang Fei did not dare to waste time and found a gray-green cocoon-shaped object in the closed pocket around his waist.
He immediately crushed the cocoon and stuffed the gray-green juice and cocoon into Li Wei's arms.
A large amount of gray-green biomass immediately wrapped the wound on Li Wei's body and penetrated deep into the wound.
At this time, Liang Fei saw a dazzling light from the corner of his eye.
He turned to look outside the damaged hull.
The light of another energy restraint bomb coming from the mothership is approaching rapidly.
If this energy restraint bomb hits, the ship will be completely destroyed.
Even the methods An Wuping left behind seemed unable to change the outcome.
Li Wei opened his eyes weakly: "I can't see the hope of us winning."
(End of chapter)