Chapter 1099 Stargate Attack and Defense (4)
The biggest variable in war is that no matter how good your PPT is, if the other party does not follow your PPT, then all plans will be in vain.
What's more, as a defensive party, the Spinning Water Federation actually has no preparation for the Star Gate to be attacked, let alone a purposeful counterattack against the enemy's strategy.
The current situation is that the Red Maple Republic is attacking, and the Spinning Water Federation is trying to take advantage of them. As long as they have enough troops, they can try countless times, but as long as the Spinning Water Federation fails once, there will be no future at all.
Then again, this is not what Alyssa needs to worry about. The problem is that bad news comes one after another.
Anyun stared at the radar and reported: "The Red Maple Republic fleet broke through the blockade of the defensive forces and is heading towards the Star Gate."
Don't forget, the ones attacking the star gate are not just two directions where artillery battles and carrier-based aircraft are being released, but three directions.
Initially, the fleet that was the first to jump to the star field was far away. The stray bullets caused by the exchange of fire with the Star Gate patrol just caused heavy losses to the civilian fleet. The fleet that set off from the Star Gate was originally to intercept them.
The defense of the Stargate mainly consists of patrols and garrisons. The patrols are the first to engage the enemy, and the garrisons rush to support.
As a result, the garrison was intercepted on the way there, so the collapse of the patrol, which had no advantage in quantity or quality, was naturally reasonable.
The Red Maple Republic must have been plotting for a long time. Maybe they have investigated the quantity and quality of the Star Gate defense forces. If the other party dares to attack, they must be sure of it.
Now there's trouble.
Before An Yun finished speaking, he saw rows of beam cannons attacking from a distance in deep space. Because the star gate reopened, the civilian ships that continued to line up to squeeze in instantly exploded into a large firework.
This time it wasn't a stray bullet, it was aimed at civilian ships!
This caused greater panic in the queue of civilian ships. The big ship pushed the small boat forward, but the small boat could not bear the squeeze and broke or exploded, causing new chaos.
However, this salvo fired by the Red Maple Republic was nothing more than a whip on the back of the civilian ship, telling them to roll away faster and had no intention of continuing to beat them to death.
After a round of salvo, the next target is the garrison at the Star Gate.
Unfortunately, the Swan was once again included.
Now the garrison and the Swan are being beaten from both sides, one from the front and the other from the side 90 degrees away. Due to the long distance, the firepower density on the side is not high. Unless it is really unlucky, there will generally not be a direct hit.
The front has slowly begun to approach the normal fleet firefighting distance, and accuracy and hit rate can be guaranteed.
Alyssa commanded the Swan to continue hiding behind the Spinwater Federation fleet, but at the same time she had to keep an eye on the bombardment from the other side, and even had to pay attention to the carrier-based aircraft and torpedoes fired from the third direction by the mobile aircraft carrier.
——Damn it, it’s not over!
The Xuanshui Federation must have sent a signal requesting reinforcements, but it is hard to say when the signal will be responded to.
The star systems near the star gate are stationed with troops to defend the star gate, such as the squadron that escorted the Swan all the way.
But the problem is that if the Red Maple Republic's fleet can come so arrogantly, it may have already defeated the Spinning Water Federation fleet in the nearby star field. Even if a reinforcement signal is received, they can only come from a farther star field, and it is not certain whether they can catch up.
And Stargate...
This thing is very troublesome. It cannot be turned on on both sides at the same time. If one side is turned on, the other side can only wait.
Thinking of this, Alyssa suddenly realized that the fact that the Star Gate remained activated when it was attacked was not a deterrent to prevent the Red Maple Republic from attacking it, but that someone quickly seized the Star Gate when the attack began. As long as this side remains open, the other side will certainly not be able to run to aid.
It is equivalent to cutting off the road for reinforcements through the Star Gate.
If the current situation continues, the Swan is likely to be destroyed by artillery fire from two directions before it can enter the star gate.
So, how to solve this trap?
"The hull is downward thirty degrees, ejecting a smoke screen!" The Swan plunged down like a sudden force, appeared from behind the battleship of the Spinning Water Federation, and began to emit a wall of smoke.
The projectile smoke screen is used to defend the rear, that is, shelling from the rear.
"Maintain course and advance at combat cruising speed."
"Understood, combat cruise speed"
Carlos pushed the gear, and the Swan was like a man diving into the water, constantly diving deeper and deeper.
As the Swan popped up again, the Red Maple Republic battleship in the distance took aim at it, and the Swan while sailing was immediately hit hard.
Countless beams of light flew past the left and right sides of the Swan, and some were even so close that it seemed like you could touch them with your hand.
The shield continued to glow bright blue, and on the screen next to the captain's seat, the reminder that the shield's energy was declining was comparable to a brainwashing cycle.
But Alyssa didn't look. She stared at the void outside through the glass of the bridge, as if she could see a waypoint ahead that others could not see.
Seeing that the Swan was about to be unable to hold on, and the next salvo would turn it into cosmic garbage, Alyssa suddenly relaxed.
Almost at the same time, it can be clearly felt that the attacks directed at the Swan have weakened, changing from intensive to intermittent, now and then intermittently.
The battle line of an interstellar battleship is not a line, but a three-dimensional collection of battleships.
But no matter how complex the battle line is, battleships always have angles.
For a battleship, the upper half of the ship is definitely more armed than the lower half.
This is not because the designers want to do this, but because a large number of energy transmission pipes must be arranged in the lower part of the battleship, which will seriously occupy the space for weapons.
And if these channels are arranged in the upper half...
That's just looking for a fight.
The shape of a battleship is very similar to a shoe. If you put pipes on the upper of the shoe, if someone steps on you, you will go numb. So it can only be placed on the ‘sole’.
In short, the battleship has weak defense against attacks from below. At the same time, it is difficult to attack enemies below because the main gun is on top and at most one secondary gun is on the bottom.
The maneuverability of the Swan is an important prerequisite for executing this route. As long as the Swan can dive deep enough at the fastest speed, the fleet's battle line will have fewer cannons aimed at the Swan, and then escape from the battlefield from below. .
Just now, Alyssa was thinking about finding opportunities to get in after the number of civilian ships dragged to the star gate decreased. Now that she thought about it, it was better not to think about it. The most important thing was to get out of this star field as soon as possible.
Would it take more than two months to sail to the capital star system of the Spin Water Federation without taking the Star Gate?
If the ship is lost here, does it mean two months more and two months less?
Alyssa's idea has always been to protect herself to a limited extent. After all, she is not the fleet commander of the Swirling Water Federation. Taking responsibility for everyone on the Swan is what Alyssa should do.
But again, plans cannot keep up with changes.
At this critical moment, something went wrong again.
"The enemy planes are approaching us."
Damn it, you should pinch the soft persimmon, right?
(End of chapter)