Chapter 393 The Art of Space Warfare (Happy New Year's Eve!)
Amidst the auspicious officer's sirens, two more enemy ships appeared, both of which appeared to be the same model as the previous one.
As soon as they appeared, they immediately aimed at the Unbound Soul and launched strange energy waves.
Those beams of light cut through the dark void and hit the void shield, causing ripples.
The two Gladius frigates that narrowly escaped death quickly merged with the other two Sword-class frigates to form a new formation and began to approach the enemy and fire.
But there was still no result, and the ammunition seemed to just dissipate when it hit the enemy ship.
But this does not mean that they are really useless, at least they can weaken the enemy's shields, ultimately allowing the capital ship to complete the fatal harvest.
The battle seems to have entered a stalemate stage, which is obviously more beneficial to the human side, which has greater tonnage and quantity.
"Continue the attack! Concentrate your fire first and mark the target first!"
Soshiyang calmly watched the battlefield on the bridge. Due to his carelessness, unnecessary losses were caused. , which annoyed him.
The enemy had two more small battleships join the battle, but they could not change the balance of the war.
At this moment, the Unbound Soul took full advantage of its powerful frontal firepower. The battleship-level light spears washed away the enemy's shields round after round, each time bringing it closer to the edge of collapse. .
The Eldar also tried to use other methods to win, but their precious torpedo weapons had been used up previously, and at this time they lacked the equipment to threaten the heavily armored giant ship Unbound Soul.
They can only use their excellent mobility to avoid damage as much as possible.
Gradually, the goal of the Eldar warships changed from victory to delay.
Suddenly, a salvo from the Unbound Soul's main cannon hit the last battleship in the Eldar queue, causing it to lose its combat capability
The other battleships immediately followed up, densely The firepower instantly turned the unshielded battleship into countless shining debris - even if the alien battleship was destroyed, it would still be very different from that of humans.
Seeing the situation, the other Eldar warships immediately turned around and began to escape.
They spread out to better evade pursuit and rained the last few torpedoes behind them.
But those targets were intercepted immediately.
"Good job everyone! Get ready to pursue!"
Soshiyan, who finally won, clapped his hands excitedly, and then planned to pursue the victory and beat these aliens hard.
“Stop chasing.”
A voice stopped him.
Savitar, holding a halberd in his arms, walked out of the shadow of the command platform, and his eyes were fixed on the slowly rotating planet Nessen-6.
"Clean the track and prepare to rescue people."
"Rescue? Who?"
"Talos."
At this moment, another voice appeared on the bridge. There was a nervous voice.
“More targets appear!”
Soshyan hurriedly walked in front of the monitor and found that the enemy ships that had originally escaped had returned and reorganized their formation. At the same time, there were two more battleships and three frigates among them.
Although we don’t know when these new enemies appeared, the numbers of both sides are now very close.
At this time, he felt that he might not be suitable to point fingers anymore. He was not an expert in naval warfare.
But Lothar is now commanding the Starfire.
“I’ll come.”
Sevatar stepped into the light.
"Issue an order to change the formation to impact formation, don't let me down, guys."
Selvitar then entered a series of instructions on the tactical display on the command throne, These instructions weave a detailed tactical plan known to every captain.
All this took only five minutes. The crew immediately became busy, and all confusion and confusion disappeared.
This contagious atmosphere made Soshyan himself smile, while Sevita continued to issue instructions calmly.
“Be careful not to exceed the pace of the flagship.”
The frigates swarmed neatly to both sides of the formation on the vast front, and one by one they lit up their gleaming void shields. , the silhouette of the ship was blurred in the scorching flames.
The Eldar fleet also responded.
They maintained the integrity of the fleet isolation zone, blocking the route to the planet. All the alien warships that formed the blockade, just like what they had done since their appearance, matched the pace of their respective human opponents. , forming a huge mirror image in space.
Sevatar stared at the tactical screen carefully.
The fleets of both sides are equally matched, but it is uncertain whether there will be reinforcements behind them.
But he guessed that even if there were, there would not be many. This is the hinterland of the empire. It is impossible for the Eldar to really stake all their wealth. If they were caught by the main force of the Imperial Navy, their little wealth would not be able to afford it. consumption.
"Start the first phase of the impact."
The Unbound Soul significantly increased its speed, diverting energy from the void shield at the rear to the main light spear, and other cruisers were doing the same. matter.
Soshyan felt his main heart begin to beat violently.
"That is our target."
Savitar pointed his finger at a cruiser on the opposite side and marked it on the forward sight with a battle rune.
Soon, the gap between the fleets of both sides tightened.
The formation of the Eldar fleet still maintains a blockade posture, weaving a dense network in space.
They moved very carefully, as if they had no other purpose than to delay the Astral Knights as much as possible.
The Eldar warships are better at fighting, but now they have to engage in the most unfavorable head-on duel because of a certain target.
Savitar admires the rigor of the opponent's formation. These aliens can do it very artistically even if they are willing to die.
But unfortunately that was useless.
Five minutes later, the forwards of both sides came within range of the light spears.
The first round of shooting was started by the Eldar fleet.
“Fire.”
Savitar immediately ordered a return fire.
The Unbound Soul's bow light spear hit the target, and a round of corona was sputtered from the void shield of the opponent's warship. Then it jumped out of the array, turned around and fired back a pulse of light spear.
The Unbound Soul's dorsal shield suddenly erupted with bursts of sparks. At the same time, more enemy warships were turning to prepare to shoot with light spears.
"Fire again, and then escape to the 4-5-2 position."
Sevita did not intend to give the opponent a clear shooting range.
Similar battles unfolded all along the front, with human warships probing the front and the Eldar trying to counterattack.
This is a typical forward strategy, used to stick closely to the formation of the Astral Knights to ensure that no ships can protrude from the blockade.
A common breakthrough plan is to launch a full-scale assault on the encirclement network to repel the enemy battle line through concentrated ship-to-ship firepower. However, such an order cannot be given casually, because the result will often be a disaster for both sides. Only the extremely reckless would be willing to take such a risk.
Sevatar may be such a person, but Soshyan is clearly not, and the Eldar don't think they are either.
From this point of view, Alien is absolutely correct.
After several rounds of firefights, the tactical display screen refreshed again.
“Entering the second assault stage, the Unbound Soul takes the lead.”
I wish everyone a new year as powerful as the great Astartes!
(End of this chapter)