The Ke'shan family's guardian fleet is a very large fleet, consisting of 311 warships of various types, and most of them are cutting-edge warships of the Tau tribe, including 10 Guardian-class aircraft carriers and 40 Protector-class warships. Cruisers, 60 Fortress-class frigates, and 60 Warden-class gunboats, and the rest are Hero-class and Defender-class.
The most special one is the Guardian-class aircraft carrier. This type of warship is still highly confidential in the Tau Empire. It originated from a series of failures in the conflict between the Tau and the Empire in the Gulf of Damocles. Based on experience, in the face of the empire's huge battleships, it is difficult for the Tau's cruisers to cause effective damage. They urgently need a large battleship close to the tonnage of a battleship to support their naval battle core. However, the Tau have never designed and built such a huge one. warships, and they do not have the relevant technology accumulation of super-large naval artillery or light lances. The time required to develop heavy gunships is also unacceptable to the Tau fleet commanders who have an urgent need for large naval ships.
Under this situation, the Earth clan technicians of the Tau clan could only choose existing mature technologies, and on the premise of "leveraging strengths and avoiding weaknesses", they developed an aircraft carrier that was close to the tonnage of an imperial battleship.
Obviously, the technicians of the Earth Tribe believe that the advantage of the Tau Tribe is various types of fighter jets. Therefore, in the absence of super large ship artillery, the Taman, Barracuda and Tiger Shark formations can also make up for it. The main gun firepower is insufficient. In order to further strengthen the function of the aircraft carrier, the Monitor-class can also tow three Warden-class gunboats in addition to the fighter formation it carries. Its own firepower is mainly an array on the side. Railgun and ion cannon arrays.
Although mature technologies are used, the research and development of the Monitor class is still full of difficulties. After designing and producing several relatively failed models, the Earth Clan technicians launched the final Ko' Plan O'Vish - reduced part of the flight deck, improved engine output and shielding capabilities and deflector technology, and significantly increased the armored bow.
In the end, the plan was approved by the Ether Parliament, and the Monitor-class aircraft carrier was born. This type of battleship is the highest level of confidentiality from research and development to manufacturing. Its tonnage is close to the empire's main battleship, and it can carry several With hundreds of aviation units and the toughest defensive capabilities among the Tau fleet, this has also made its manufacturing cost reach unprecedented heights. Although it has been developed for decades, each world can only produce it in small batches. of manufacturing. (The Monitor model actually appeared in the Battle of Talos in 997, but considering the long time it takes for a warship to go from research and development to mass production to actual combat, there should be no problem if it is already in small batch service at this time)
Therefore And these 10 monitor-class aircraft carriers are already the entire wealth of the Ke'shan family in the world!
After receiving messages from the grid communication station in the home world, indicating that the enemy did not attack the home world, Cole'O'Kshan Navas felt lucky. After all, if the ether was out, What's going on? Then these senior generals will die without redemption.
But now he is also blind to the situation of the enemy. Where the enemy comes from, what goals they have, their numbers and strength, he knows nothing about it. There are sounds from around the galaxy in his home world. There is a huge amount of information, but there are many incomprehensible contents, such as -
The enemy's ship can disappear directly on the spot, and the enemy's warship can be as big as an asteroid, or the enemy's weapons can Destroy a fleet in an instant.
It all sounded like the same story, and Kor'O'Kshan Navas had no idea how it was made up.
How can a battleship as big as an asteroid move through space with the flexibility of a living creature? ? ?
Even warships that are similar to those Zerg creatures are not so outrageous!
And now he is also facing a problem, that is, because he rushed back too urgently, he gave up maintaining the integrity of the fleet formation. Due to the rapid iteration of naval technology updates, the old and new Tau warships The performance difference is also huge. The Guardian-class aircraft carrier is not only the largest warship of the Tau tribe, but also the fastest. When it maneuvers at full speed, only the Protector-class cruiser can keep up, and even the Fortress Main class is slightly inferior. Needless to say the old heroic level.
This has also led to an extremely embarrassing situation in Ke'shan's guardian fleet, that is, the entire fleet has been divided into two or three, and there has been a serious disconnect.
Therefore, after breaking away from the war and quickly arriving near the galaxy at the edge of his home world, he did not continue to advance recklessly. Instead, he collected information while trying to reorganize his formation, at least to let the ships behind him arrive first—— Logically speaking, he shouldn't make such a stupid mistake, but because it was about the ether, he was too impatient, and would rather take such a risk to return to his home world as quickly as possible.
After all, Ether is the root of the Tau Empire and the reason why the four major clans can be united. It can be said that without Ether, there would be no Titanium. Without the leadership of Ether, even if they number in the hundreds of millions, they will be nothing more than a pile of sand! (Haha, of course Yuan Yuan’s gang doesn’t count)
Now that we know that the enemy has not attacked our home world, it can be said to be a blessing among misfortunes. But now a new problem has arisen -
Where is the enemy's fleet?
The enemy fleet is no longer near the home world. This is information that has been verified. They have massacred several fleets before and sunk more than 400 large and small ships. It is said that not a single enemy ship has been sunk.
Although the ships left behind were all old and weak, they were not slaughtered like livestock. The enemy's terrifying efficiency made Kor'O'Xan Navas feel proud. A chilling feeling.
Now the enemy has disappeared, and the time is very short. There is no trace of the opponent at any detection station. This is a bit worrying. Fortunately, he has not rushed into the battlefield rashly now. This is far away from the enemy. The position was still relatively far away and should be relatively safe. He had to assemble the fleet as soon as possible, so Cole'O'Kshan Navas immediately sent a message to the ships rushing behind and headed to the designated assembly point as quickly as possible. gather.
But what the Tau naval commander didn’t know was that just when he was planning where to regroup the fleet, search the direction of the enemy fleet, and reorganize the formation as quickly as possible to launch an attack, The main force of the Tears of Heaven fleet has quietly approached the Tau fleet that was the first to arrive in the system.
“Fighters, a great victory is about to come!”
Driven by the battleship's psychic circuit, Giulio's voice spread to every ship.
“Maybe many of you are accustomed to fighting under the guidance of prophetic prophecies, but I don’t believe in any omens. I only believe in the profound knowledge left by my ancient ancestors, and I believe in the condensed power of each of my ships. Battleships with the wisdom of the ancestors, believe in your determination and will, and believe that the Eldar have the right to trample the stars without hindrance! This time we want to tell these Tau that the Eternal Elda are not refugees or hiding wretches, we are the galaxy! The master! We are the overlords who have ruled the galaxy for 60 million years!"
"Revival! Revival!"
The communication circuit was filled with excited shouts.
"Let our blades be stained with blood, let the stars be stained with blood! Go at full speed! For Asuryan! For Isha! For the Eternal Court! For the Eternal Queen! For the Phoenix King and the glory!"
Fanatic shouts resounded through the fleet's communication network, and the main fleet of the Tau's returning fleet had also been imprinted in the outline of the aiming crystal——