Chapter 549, Hunting Time
While the alliance's main fleet led by Gu Hang pierced the enemy's heart like a sharp sword, the Furious Flame Fleet led by Adler Paulitos and Wang Mengsong did nothing.
They abandoned one strategic location after another, but quietly launched their counterattack in the alliance-controlled area.
They evaded the alliance's detection, shuttled through the endless darkness like ghosts, and entered the area controlled by the alliance.
Their target was the three battlecruisers left behind by the Alliance.
They really have no way to withstand the main force of the alliance and are unwilling to fight a strategic decisive battle. However, after the main force of the Alliance left, relying on two battle barges and a Retribution-class battleship, they were fully capable of stealing the Alliance's butt.
The extra battle barge is the flagship of the New Age Torch: the 'Torch Light'.
It had been under maintenance before and had recently returned to the battlefield.
The frontal combat effectiveness of the three main ships greatly exceeded the three battle cruisers left behind by the Alliance.
With a frontal line of attack, one Retribution class can overwhelm three battle cruisers, not to mention two battle barges.
However, the maneuverability advantage of the battle cruiser still exists. How stupid would the Alliance Navy have to be to choose to confront the Raging Flame Fleet head-on?
Relying on mobility, the three battle cruisers are not so easy to be caught.
Paulitos also knew that it would not be easy to successfully lure and kill the three alliance battlecruisers.
But you can try, and once you succeed, the rewards will be huge.
A squadron composed of multiple small ships selected an Alliance transport fleet to conduct harassment.
This is very common. In the past few months, the two sides have collided many times around this type of attacks and counter-attacks.
But this time, the Raging Flame Fleet chose to increase their stakes.
There were two Moon-class cruisers in the attacking squadron, and they acted as if they knew that the Alliance's escort force had been strengthened, so they also increased their troop input.
The Alliance transport fleet that was attacked, under the cover of the convoy, ran to a planetary orbit on the route that had been transformed into a key fortress, and stood firm on the spot.
Generally speaking, at this point, the Furious Flame Fleet should retreat obediently.
The strength of the Alliance escort fleet is not very good, the combat effectiveness of some armed merchant ships is also poor, and the planetary orbital defense system built in a few months is also quite imperfect...
However, it is a complete set of defense methods after all. Relying on two moon-class ships as the main force, it will definitely not be able to chew them down for a while.
As time goes by, there may be a chance; but before that time comes, the alliance's remaining battle patrol arrives.
By then, it will run too slow. The Moon-class is not a high-speed cruiser or a light cruiser. It is really difficult to run away if it is caught by a battle cruiser.
However, this time, the Raging Flame's plundering fleet showed some eagerness for quick success, and they fiercely attacked the defending Alliance transport fleet.
It wasn't until they detected that the battle patrol was already jumping in the astral tunnel heading to this galaxy that they woke up from a dream, gave up unwillingly, turned around and ran away.
But before they reached the jump point, three Alliance battle cruisers arrived and rushed over ferociously.
Two moon-class ships, this victory has a strong attraction for the remaining angry owl, flying wing, and kologa.
This is a rare opportunity to eliminate part of the Raging Flame Fleet and weaken its overall strength. Moon-class cruisers are also precious ships. Destroying two ships will also cause significant damage to the strength of the fleet.
However, this is only the first step of the Furious Flame Fleet's plan.
The two "panicked" Moon-class ships and the squadron they brought hurriedly hurriedly, but they could only reach the jump point and start the jump when they entered the range of the three Holy Grail-class ships. In this process, many warships have been damaged by shooting and explosions.
Then, the captains of the three Holy Grail ships who arrived at the jump point had a discussion with each other. Finally, Rear Admiral Bai Qifan, the fleet commander, made a decision:
Chase!
They also considered traps, but quickly ruled them out.
The way the enemy fled in a hurry didn't look fake.
And if you really want to lure the enemy deep, then there must be a trap on the opposite side.
But the opposite side of this transition point is also an alliance-controlled area. They had no reports of enemy fleet activities on the opposite side, and they conducted an astrological communication to get in touch with the space station at the opposite jump point. They also received no reports of enemy traces.
In this case, the risk of pursuit is not high.
As a result, the three battle cruisers and their younger brothers also launched a jump.
Three Terra days later, they had almost finished walking through the astral tunnel and were about to leave and return to the real universe.
However, at this moment, the psykers who were the navigators on the ship suddenly issued a series of warnings: they noticed the presence of enemy ships at the jump point, and there were three giant ships!
At this time, the three Holy Grail-class captains panicked.
Or have you stepped into a trap?
But now, there is no turning back.
If they had known this information a few, or ten hours earlier, they might have been able to terminate the jump in time and return to evacuate.
But now, it's no longer possible.
It was too late to ask why the star observation tower in this galaxy did not detect in advance that the main force of enemy ships had arrived in this star system; nor was it possible to ask why no information was sent out from the alert space station at the jump point.
These questions were important beforehand, but they no longer mean much now.
What they have to consider is how to get out of the trap alive.
The only good thing is that the Furious Flame Fleet, as the ambushers, did not want to scare away the Alliance ships and did not ambush them in advance. It wasn't until the alliance ship jumped to the point where it couldn't turn around that they canceled the silence, suddenly appeared, and then rushed to the jump point.
In this case, when the alliance's three Holy Grail-class ships arrived in the real universe, they would not have just completed the transition and had not yet switched the transition engine to a regular engine, nor had they had time to open the void shield. At this stage, they will face the sky full of artillery fire.
However, the situation is still very urgent.
When the Alliance ship had just completed opening its shields and starting its engines, the enemy ship had already arrived.
Do you want to start the transition immediately and run again?
They quickly overruled the decision.
In the stage of restarting the jump, facing the firepower of three giant ships, with the fragile body of the Holy Grail class, at least two of them will die during the jump start.
This is unacceptable.
After destroying two battle cruisers, fleet commander Bai Qifan, regardless of whether he died here or not, would definitely have to go to a military court afterwards.
Forget other small boats, sacrifice is sacrifice, the big boat must be saved!
The three Holy Grail ships began to maneuver at full speed!
(End of chapter)