Chapter 1763 The Battle of Angstrom (1)
This time the Battle of Angstrom will be personally commanded by Soshyan. In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of the coalition, he will move all squadrons, including Reza Unifying the command authority of the fleet into the Eternal Loyalty's cogitator data link is a huge challenge. Although the command center of the Eternal Loyalty has undergone many enhancements and transformations, it is the first time to handle such a huge battlefield data. In order to prevent In the event of an accident, Soshyan even mobilized ten data sages from Angstrom to share some of the computing functions with Reza's sages.
In addition, Angstrom's flagship Alloy Truth will serve as the deputy flagship of the joint fleet of the Expeditionary Force and the Mechanicum, as well as the fighter flight control center of the entire fleet. The captain will still be the same but the tactical command will be by Fourth company commander Lothar is temporarily in charge, and he is also assisted by several sages and a dozen experts in other fields.
When comparing the strength of the enemy's and our fleets, Soshyan did not ignore another advantage of his own, which was the fighter formation.
Fighter formations occupy an important position in Angstrom's planetary defense system. Not only are large hangars and flight decks deployed on orbital stations, but solid bunker hangars are also built on several satellites. , in the entire Angstrom Planetary Defense Force, there are 480 Fury Interceptor Wings, 240 Starhawk Bomber Wings, and a total of more than 60,000 space fighters.
Although the status of fighter planes in the Imperial Navy is far inferior to that of naval guns, as what often happens in those primeval forests, the most powerful beasts may be bitten to death by the tiniest insects, but when the number of fighter planes reaches a certain scale, It is impossible to ignore their damage even if they are as large as a battleship. The only shortcomings restricting fighter planes are range and limited combat time. After all, the distance between fleets of battles is often tens of thousands of kilometers, and the fighter planes may use up most of their fuel in one round trip. There is no fuel at all. How much combat time is left.
But this time it is a defensive operation. Relying on satellites to fight the enemy can alleviate this shortcoming to the greatest extent. In addition, whether it is Angstrom's battleship or the Astartes' battle barge, its flight The number of decks is larger than that of other ships, which can also provide a temporary transfer station for fighter formations operating on the front line.
In order to achieve such a combat goal, Soshyan placed solid combat barges in the front. On the one hand, they were used as fleet barriers to resist possible enemy firepower, and on the other hand, they were used as support nodes for the frontline fighter formations.
In addition, the system of the orbital defense station has finally been activated again thanks to the efforts of more than a dozen data craftsmen. Although some functions are still paralyzed, at least the weapon system can be used.
On the busy bridge, Soshyan stared at the tactical display. The thing swimming in the void in front of him was the powerful opponent he was facing. Three huge battleships were hung on the holographic projection platform. The void above was surrounded by tiny, flickering light spots, which represented the next-level battleships.
Those three battleships are the most powerful battleships of the Red Pirates, and they have left a lot of notoriety in the records of the empire.
The first is the Renegade-class battleship Torment. The Renegade-class is a battleship built using many long-lost technologies of the Mechanicus. Its history can be traced back to the birth of the Empire. There is currently no one. The Apostates were in the service of the Imperium. From the 31st to the 34th Millennium, at least five ships of this type deserted the Emperor's Light, and the Torment was the oldest of them. Its engines were destroyed during the Spartan Wars. , after drifting helplessly into a mined asteroid belt, it was occupied by rebel pirates. After many years and twists and turns, it fell into the hands of Huron, who was the leader of the Star Claw Chapter at the time. After hundreds of years of repair, it became It is part of the powerful fleet of the Star Claw Chapter, but the Star Claw has been defeated before the official actual combat. It also escaped into the depths of the Maelstrom as Huron's hidden power, and launched revenge on the Empire in the name of the Black Heart King in Huron. For more than a hundred years, the Torment has committed countless crimes, including but not limited to destroying dozens of key space stations in the empire and participating in several large-scale plundering activities against the empire.
The second ship is the Retribution-class battleship Despair Invocation, which was recovered from the subspace by the Red Corsairs fifty years ago. After a series of transformations, it is even more powerful than before.
The third ship is the Conqueror-class battleship Pathetic. As a very old ship model, due to the aging of its engine and main structure, it was sealed in a naval port in the Storm Star Territory. , later the port was attacked by red pirates, and the old ship was also plundered and underwent extensive transformation to regain strong combat effectiveness.
Although these three battleships have different models, they have a unified feature, that is, their long-range bombardment capabilities are very powerful. This is not good news.
"It stands to reason that we have entered the firing range, but the enemy flagship has not yet opened fire and is still moving. It is likely that the target is Liuli No. 3."
As the first company commander of the Imperial Fists, Lysander also has rich experience. Experience in naval warfare, so he came to the flagship as Soshyan's deputy. Hearing his words, Soshyan drew a line on the tactical chart with his hand.
“The opponent will enter our farthest range in about twenty minutes. If they continue to move according to the current route and speed for forty minutes, they will enter the planetary orbital station. The longest range of the light spear array, but I think they will stop advancing here."
Then he turned to the communications officer.
"Send a message to the Alloy Truth that the first batch of fighter formations and bomber formations on Liuli 3 will take off in ten minutes."
"Yes!"
The subsequent development of the matter confirmed that Suo Shi Yan's idea, the red pirates' forward began to turn after approaching the range of the imperial fleet, turning into a standard artillery formation. Obviously they had also worked hard on Angstrom and were very aware of the orbital defense of the forge world. System fire distribution and range.
Subsequently, the battleships with the longest range in the Red Pirate Fleet suddenly opened fire, aiming directly at Liuli 3.
Dazzling light spots flashed across the observation windows of all ships. The powerful shots made the entire Liuli 3 star seem to shake, and huge ravines were opened on the barren satellite surface.
But most importantly, the hidden Starfort Shipyard is revealed.
The Red Pirates did not hesitate when they found the target, and immediately fired the second main gun salvo in a very short period of time. If it hit, it would directly destroy the unfinished star fort.
However, something happened that surprised the commander of the Red Pirate Fleet.
The thick void shield raised at some point absorbed all the firepower, leaving the Star Fortress intact!
It turns out that although the energy system of the Star Castle has not been completely completed, after an hour of unremitting efforts by the sages, the shipyard's energy system was successfully linked to the Star Castle, so that the giant void shield had already been installed. The generator started successfully.
As one of the most powerful void weapons in the empire, the defensive power of the Ramirez-class star fort is self-evident. With sufficient energy, the enemy's long-distance bombardment did not shake its void shield at all.
After withstanding a round of bombardment from the enemy, the underground bunkers and hangars of Liuli No. 3 were activated one after another, like a giant crocodile lurking under the water opening its mouth, revealing a dark flight from the desolate gray ground. Export——
More updates tomorrow! Asking for a monthly ticket! ! !
(End of this chapter)