Chapter 295 Breaking the Formation and Hastings’ Backup
“The threat detection is over. A total of two threat targets were found.”
“The light patrol detachment closest to the ship, The straight-line distance is 120,000 kilometers. It is expected to be attacked by the opponent within 15 minutes after being exposed. "
"The other escort detachment has a straight-line distance of 180,000 kilometers. The ship is expected to be attacked within 25 minutes after being exposed. Under attack by the opponent.”
After completing the threat detection, the shipboard control personality quickly reported the surrounding imperial units that may cause danger.
At the same time, on a shabby-looking virtual screen in front of Brownie, the best path for emergency evacuation of this long-distance penetration reconnaissance ship was drawn.
Yes, in order to minimize unnecessary energy consumption and compress the size of the bridge, the standard holographic projection platform on conventional warships has also been castrated by the R&D team of the Naval Equipment Manufacturing Bureau.
“Why does it take 15 minutes to enter the jump? Is it such a coincidence?”
Looking at the calculation results given by the shipboard control personality, Captain Browne couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows. .
Now, this long-distance penetration reconnaissance ship is really going to dance on the edge of a knife.
After thinking for a moment, Brownie decided to take action immediately. Every minute and every second now was precious. He must pass on the precise coordinates as soon as possible so that the assault fleet could better jump in the face of the enemy.
Otherwise, once the coordinates are not received back when the attack starts, the assault fleet will have to use extremely risky 'estimated coordinates' and make a very dangerous blind jump.
In this case, there may even be a direct collision with the celestial fortress after the jump.
"No wait, the whole ship is attentive! All units prepare quickly, This ship will send intelligence 30 seconds after the broadcast ends, and the position of the ship will also be exposed at that time, so we will enter the emergency jump procedure immediately after the intelligence is sent!”
After the whole ship broadcast ends, this ship will The long-distance infiltration reconnaissance ship without many people fell completely silent. Although the crew members were all very courageous guys, they still became nervous involuntarily at this time.
30 seconds usually seems like a blink of an eye, but in the eyes of these crew members, every second seems so long.
The electronic clock seems to use all its energy to jump from one number to the next.
"87654321"
"Send intelligence data package immediately!"
"The optical camouflage is lifted on the entire ship, the axis is adjusted 180 degrees, and the main propulsion array is lifted from restrictions on super-power operation ! ”
The empire's celestial fortress battle group is extremely strict with electronic reconnaissance within the middle warning circle, so the moment this long-distance penetration reconnaissance ship sent intelligence, it was located by several electronic reconnaissance ships at the same time.
The ship of the nearest light patrol detachment quickly captured the position of this long-distance penetration reconnaissance ship based on the positioning information provided by the electronic reconnaissance ship.
Then the dozen or so light cruisers looked into the optical lens. A battleship with a long and slender body and a very small front projection made a sudden somersault and rushed towards the periphery. go.
"Quick! Stop it!"
The light patrol detachment, which was originally performing alert patrol tasks, without any hesitation, immediately increased the power of the plasma propulsion array and headed towards the ship. Chase to the location of the lone ship.
"Try to attack with high-energy lasers and charged particle beams! There is no need to pursue absolute accuracy, just irradiate them first!"
100,000 kilometers away, and both sides are in high-speed maneuvers. Under these conditions, even Even "light speed weapons" such as high-energy lasers and charged particle cannons have no guarantee of hit rate.
But these light cruisers can't control so much now. Just like the commander of the light patrol detachment said, let's shine the light first.
Even if you miss, just make the opponent nervous.
For these ships responsible for security missions, it would be fine if they did not find such an enemy ship lurking under their noses. If they let the other side escape in the end.
Losing face is a trivial matter, maybe even this military uniform will be lost.
After entering the chase, time seemed to speed up again. The crew members of the long-distance infiltration reconnaissance ship felt that more than ten minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.
At the same time that the ship was about to enter the transition, the high-energy laser and charged particle beams directed at them were getting closer and closer.
"What the hell is this AI estimation? It will take fifteen minutes, damn, I feel like I'm going to be blown up in the next second."
Being pressed tightly against the captain's seat In this situation, Captain Browne still found time to complain.
However, complaints were complaints, and he kept staring at the virtual screen in front of him, watching the ship's various indicators getting closer and closer to the jump standard.
When the green words 'Allow entry to jump' lit up, Captain Browne could no longer suppress his nervousness and shouted:
"Quick, enter the jump!"
The jump drive of this long-distance infiltration reconnaissance ship immediately began to operate, and space collapsed directly in front of the ship.
But at the last moment when the transition channel was about to take shape, a blue charged particle beam accurately hit the middle of the ship, and then swept through the superconducting battery stack during 2 seconds of continuous irradiation.
"I'm so lucky."
Before Captain Browne could finish his last complaint, the entire bridge was completely swallowed up by the rapidly expanding high-temperature plasma fireball.
When this huge plasma fireball appeared in the dark starry sky, everyone in the light patrol detachment finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the prompt that 'the target has been destroyed' in front of them.
——
Gospel Fortress, combat command center. The Duke of Hastings had already received the report of destroying the enemy's "suspected reconnaissance ship" unit in the middle security area.
And not one, but three.
Three new federal reconnaissance ships had been lurking under the nose of the battle group for an unknown length of time, and had just sent out intelligence one after another before being destroyed by the patrol fleet.
"It seems that traditional security patrols are no longer enough. Sure enough, only the blood shed in actual combat can improve technological progress in this area."
The Duke of Hastings couldn't help but flash in his mind. After thinking this, he was about to ask the patrol fleets in the middle-level security circle to conduct detailed screening again.
The combat command center sounded an alarm.
[Warning! Unauthorized space collapse detected! ]
[Warning! Abnormal mass growth in space has been detected! ]
The fortress control personality quickly began to solve the problem and gave a series of coordinates of the ‘jump escape point’ within a few seconds.
After seeing these dozen coordinates that were no more than 5,000 kilometers away from the Celestial Fortress battle group, everyone in the combat command center had cold sweat streaming down their foreheads.
They were jumped in the face.
In at most a minute, there will be more than a dozen federal fleets on their faces.
But unlike the reactions of others in the combat command center, Duke Hastings had an expression of 'relief' on his face.
At the same time, the communication from Duke Artesia also came in. The first words the duchess said when she came up were:
"Battle battle, you really guessed it." ”
"After all, this is one of the few ways to break our 'turtle formation'
Unfortunately, this is not good news. The other party is obviously well prepared and has high morale, otherwise it would be impossible to execute this This kind of battle plan will have a high casualty rate."
The Duke of Hastings's face did not show any joy at guessing the opponent's plan, but instead had a solemn look on his face.
He and Duke Artesia had received a secret message from the rear and learned that the old emperor Frederico Rosa Leon was critically ill.
If it were before, the Duke might still have some thoughts in his heart. After all, this means that the princess he supports is one step closer to the throne of the empire.
But this unexpected news came only after he and Duke Artesia took over from the 'friendly forces' and led the Celestial Fortress Battle Group to the federal territory
Thinking of this, Duke Hastings couldn't help but think of Previously, the Prince Regent took the initiative to propose a 'troop rotation' proposal at a regular meeting of the Imperial Military Department.
At that time, both he, Duke Artesia, Her Royal Highness the Princess, and even Duke Sauron, who adhered to neutrality, were all surprised.
Now it seems that this is a conspiracy.
"Duke Artesia, prepare to implement Plan C. If the battle situation and our battle losses reach the situation we two agreed upon before, I will consider the suggestion you made before."
"Thank you for considering my suggestion and wish you good luck in martial arts."
"You too."
When the two dukes ended their brief exchange, the two celestial fortress battle groups A and B also During this time preparations were made for battle.
The red light representing the battle alarm has turned on, and the CIC of each battleship has also entered a blackout.
All power will be concentrated on firepower and defense systems, and power will be cut off in some places that are not related to the battle.
For non-combat units such as prepositioning ships and hospital ships, while the fusion furnace is operating at combat rated power, the superconducting battery stacks on the ship are also emptied to reduce possible secondary damage.
These batteries used to maintain the daily low-power operation of the warship, if not drained during battle, will be plasma bombs placed in the ship one by one
Soon, one after another A fully-equipped federal main fleet left the jump one after another and appeared directly in front of the eight imperial expeditionary strike fleets.
The farthest distance is 5,000 kilometers, and the nearest fleet is only 3,000 kilometers away from the enemy in front of you.
There was no countdown, no pre-war speech, the entire airspace lit up in an instant.
The warships of the Federation and the Empire launched a full volley of main guns at almost the same time. Just like the code name of the Federation's combat operation, they emitted light like a supernova explosion.
And all the battleships also adjusted the power of the deflection force field to the highest level. When countless jets of heavy metal particles pierced the target, the flashing electric light on the battle lines of both sides almost formed a line in this space. Huge 'aura'.
But this is just the beginning, the combat command center once again captured six jump characteristics.
The coordinates this time are located exactly in the narrow gap of less than 50,000 kilometers between the two celestial fortress battle groups in the "back-to-back" state.
When the warships of the unmanned fleet escaped from the jump one by one, the two celestial fortresses of 'Gospel' and 'Tranquility' opened all exit channels at the same time.
"The reserve strike group and the fortress garrison fleet are dispatched."
(End of this chapter)