Chapter 266: Boarding! Boarding!
"Boss! The war has begun!"
In the bridge of the Dongfeng, Yang Ming, who was sleeping in the weightlessness cabin wearing combat uniform, immediately opened his eyes.
It's finally here!
As soon as Yang Ming rushed out of the weightlessness cabin, Lu had already displayed the images detected by the front line.
Although the image is blurry, one can still see the ripples in space when a large fleet of ships jumps. These ships all have smooth curved shapes.
The New Federation’s main fleet has appeared!
"How many?"
"If we follow the Empire's algorithm and only count warships above 500 meters, the number of New Federation warships that have been detected is more than 3,900, divided into three groups, with a force of about half that of the Empire."
Law said softly:
“In fact, the New Federation has already maximized its war potential and has almost no time to care about local defense. It has mobilized a large number of old ships and small ships, more than 10,000 in number.
"If we count the number of ships between 200 and 500 meters, the New Federation is in an absolute advantage. This is also a force that cannot be underestimated."
"They want to swallow up the reckless Imperial First Battle Group in one fell swoop?"
"It should be."
Lu said with a somewhat uncertain tone:
"It is also possible that the New Federation has a bigger appetite."
"Dongfeng will jump nearby, try to stay away from them, and move in full stealth mode!"
Yang Ming turned and rushed to the tail cabin.
If they really wanted to launch a sneak attack, they could only rely on the Dongfeng's particle transmitter to launch a sneak attack on the spacecraft on the edge of the battlefield.
While he was traveling with Posha in the New Federation, Lu had already driven the Dongfeng back to Dark Star, replaced the Dongfeng's external hangars and the two 50-meter-class combat replenishment ships at the rear, and added three special boats and two newly produced Evil Ghost III mechas.
If Yang Ming wants to launch a sneak attack, he must rely on this stealth boat.
Speaking of dangerous, it is of course extremely dangerous, but Yang Ming can also change targets at any time and invade nearby ships.
As long as he enters the interior of the ship, that is his home ground.
In the tail cabin, robots were busy working.
Yang Ming got directly into a bat-shaped boat, checked the exoskeleton armor and lightsaber, and waited quietly.
Dongfeng completed the jump.
The small detectors they had deployed in advance began to send clear images continuously.
Lu sorted out these images and made them into a real-time holographic image of the battlefield.
After Yang Ming put on the tactical helmet with holographic imaging function, he seemed to appear above the entire battlefield, taking in the overall situation.
——The commanders on both sides have similar command interfaces.
The law adjusted the ratio of ship length to space, otherwise, viewed from a cosmic scale, the human fleet would be nothing more than a piece of shining stardust.
The Imperial First Battle Group has detected a large-scale fleet approaching.
They were originally clearing a large number of deep space mines buried in this airspace, but when they slowed down their pace and before they had time to clear the minefield ahead, space fluctuations due to the jump appeared in three directions at the same time!
Nearly four thousand medium and large ships!
The new Federation's latest model of main battleships appear in formation!
The Empire's first battle group consisted of only 1,200 medium and large ships, as well as a dreadnought in the center of the battle formation!
The troop strength of both sides is already greater than two to one !
According to common sense in fleet battles, the disadvantaged party will have almost no ability to fight back.
The Imperial fleet began to turn!
Without any hesitation, they changed from the front formation to the rear formation and retreated directly in front of the minefield before the New Federation's main fleet group could be fully deployed.
The minefields laid out by the New Federation itself naturally have detailed deep space mine distribution maps.
Fleet groups in three directions quickly pursued forward. Even though they were far away, some cruisers began to fire continuously, lighting up this dark and cold space with ion beams.
This is a strategy of exerting pressure and can also boost the morale of the New Federation side.
Although morale has very little effect in fleet battles.
The two sides immediately started a chase.
The New Federation unilaterally pursues the Empire?
Yang Ming soon discovered something unusual.
The dreadnought and most of the main fleet have been 'reversing', and the ship's guns have begun collectively charging.
Rather than fleeing, it would be more accurate to say that they were using mobile warfare to try to pull the three fleets of the New Federation into a straight line, taking full advantage of the fact that this airspace was not convenient for deploying large fleets, and using the superior firepower of the dreadnoughts to eliminate one group first.
The New Federation is certainly not stupid.
They stretched all the ships lengthwise, with the warships evenly and loosely distributed, and then began the pursuit.
Although deploying the formation vertically first would make the pursuit less efficient, it would reduce the losses they suffered when attacked by the Imperial Dreadnoughts.
Something is not right.
Yang Ming carefully studied the formations of both sides and soon determined that there were "ghosts" hiding on both sides.
Now it depends on which side's tactics will be better.
The Dongfeng was secretly sailing in the gravity-inclined zone, away from the battlefield. Almost all of Lu's main brain computing power was used to calculate the Dongfeng's route.
Lu's voice sounded without any waves:
"There is a space expansion effect ahead of the Imperial fleet. It seems that a large-scale fleet is jumping."
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows.
The New Federation has so much military power?
If there really is so much military power, why has the New Federation always been so afraid of the Empire?
Military strength is directly linked to national strength. The maintenance cost of a main battleship is much greater than its construction cost. Although the New Federation has been catching up in the past few hundred years, there is still a huge gap in national strength between it and the Sherman Empire.
The picture was shaking a little, and there was the light of transition again!
The fourth batch of warships of the New Federation appeared right in the middle of the retreat route of the Empire’s First Battle Group!
There are actually thousands of merchant ships and small warships of 100 meters class!
After completing the jump, they quickly rushed towards the first battle group.
Part of the Imperial fleet opened fire immediately, but these small ships had been specially modified and immediately opened up giant umbrella-shaped shields in front of them.
This group of ambush troops did not fire a single shot, but instead used all their energy to supply their shields. They then opened their respective tail cabins, outer cabins, and suspension cabins, and released one concentrated deep-space mine after another.
A thick minefield has formed ahead!
No, it would be more appropriate to describe this scene as a wall of thunder!
Most of the Empire's main battleships were targeting the pursuing New Federation fleet, and were unable to destroy these small ships in the first place.
The merchant ships and small ships that quickly threw out deep space mines have now begun to retreat in all directions.
The ion beams flashed continuously, and the shields of merchant ships and small vessels ran out of energy and exploded into balls of dazzling light.
But this minefield has made it impossible for the Empire's First Battle Group to pass!
This is the home advantage of the New Federation!
The New Federation's main fleet groups from the left, center and right rear directions rushed towards them at a rapid speed, leaving the Empire's generals with a fleeting opportunity to make a decision.
The dreadnought opens fire!
A beam of deep blue light shines across the entire venue!
The New Federation’s six main battleships and dozens of supply transport ships were directly swallowed up by this beam of light!
But thanks to the longitudinal dispersion of all the warships of the New Federation, the destructive power of the dreadnought is completely mismatched with the energy it releases, and the dreadnought can only fire three times in a row!
All New Federation ships accelerate!
Although the dreadnought's bombardment was unstoppable, when this shot was fired, the dark clouds hanging over the New Federation instantly dissipated!
The New Federation was responsible for intercepting some of the small warships that laid mines. Seeing that they could no longer escape the range of the Imperial fleet, they took the initiative to launch a fearless charge against the Imperial fleet.
The battlefield suddenly became extremely tragic.
Yang Ming didn't know how many New Federation soldiers were on those light ships, but he clearly felt that lives were being lost in large numbers.
Space battles, ship explosions, there is no way for humans to survive.
The Empire's First Battle Group seemed to be in a desperate situation.
The dreadnought opened fire a second time.
The dreadnought was unable to fire a sweeping fire, as the powerful energy would tear the gun barrel apart, which resulted in the effect of this shooting not being significant.
The main battleships of both sides came into each other's firing range.
Both sides opened fire almost at the same time, with dense bursts of purple and blue ion beams.
The Imperial ships began to move simultaneously to the left, with the shield ships protecting the main battleships and energy supply ships behind.
Even though the New Federation's fleet has an absolute advantage in firepower, it will take some time for them to chew on this tough bone.
This period of time is the opportunity that the imperial military has been seeking!
"Boss, the other five major battle groups of the Empire are preparing to jump at the same time. The jump direction... seems to be the rear of the New Federation fleet!"
Yang Ming frowned and said, "Are they so bold? If the New Federation can find a way to stop their jump this time, won't the Empire have to wait a long time before starting the next jump support?"
"Yes, but if you want to stop the fleet from jumping, you must find a way to make the gravity fluctuate violently, or have a large amount of energy affect this airspace. The New Federation... they did it, and the gas planet ahead has been detonated."
"What?"
Yang Ming was surprised.
He turned his head and looked in the direction where the Empire's First Battle Group had originally moved.
There, a scorching flame suddenly appeared inside the huge gas planet.
The light yellow dense atmosphere instantly turned orange-red, and huge amounts of gaseous matter were ejected from the planet's poles.
The shock wave that could not be described in words swept through the surrounding area at an extremely high speed, detonating most of the deep space mines that had been deployed around it!
There are a total of three target areas for the rest of the Empire's battle groups to jump to, and two of the landing areas are affected by this stellar explosion!
The target airspace cannot be jumped, the polarization protection mechanism is activated, and the curvature engine is forced to shut down!
The target airspace cannot be jumped! The warp engine is forced to shut down!
Such broadcasts echoed synchronously among thousands of imperial ships!
Only when the Third Battle Group was far behind the Empire's First Battle Group did it successfully jump, and it would take some time for this force to move forward to provide support!
This period of time is the opportunity that the New Federation has calculated over and over again to devour the First Battle Group!
The Empire's First Battle Group is truly in a desperate situation!
It's time.
Yang Ming raised his right hand and tapped lightly on his helmet, and the holographic scene in front of him disappeared instantly.
When he opened his eyes at this moment, he found that his small bat-shaped fighter boat was already speeding through the space, not far from the New Federation's right-wing fleet.
In order to guard against the bombardment of the Imperial Dreadnoughts, the New Federation fleet was spread out vertically, which was equivalent to placing all the ships on a wall.
This gave Yang Ming an excellent opportunity for a sneak attack!
Right at this moment!
The dreadnoughts of the First Battle Group opened fire for the third time, and dozens of New Federation warships were directly transformed into silent balls of light.
The dreadnoughts of the Empire's First Battle Group have now become decorations!
Yang Ming’s bat boat continues to accelerate!
"Boss, I suggest you adjust the direction of the raid."
"Why?"
"To your right, two new Federation dreadnoughts are about to appear, featuring more advanced space-warping stealth technology."
Yang Ming subconsciously turned his head to look out the porthole, where the space was slightly distorted.
It was like a curtain covered with stars quietly sliding down, revealing a giant spaceship shaped like a "rugby ball".
The three-kilometer-long ship lay horizontally in space, stretching to the left and right, revealing a huge gun port in the center!
At this moment, the "horizontal stripes" on both sides of the ship flashed very quickly.
New Federation Dreadnought-class battleship: Eye of the Sky!
More than one!
On the left wing of the battlefield, in a position almost symmetrical to here, another New Federation dreadnought appeared at the same time and began to charge synchronously!
Their target is the Empire's dreadnought!
Yang Ming made a prompt decision!
"Dongfeng, prepare to bombard the dreadnought on the right! Then withdraw from the battlefield immediately!"
"You will lose the protection of your ship."
"Their ship is my sanctuary. Make sure their command system is on the flagship!"
“Confirmed.”
"Notify the commander of the First Battle Group! Have them focus on defending against the bombardment of another dreadnought! Whether they can withstand it depends on themselves!"
There was a burning light flashing in Yang Ming's eyes.
I have to admit that these Federation guys were really brave. For the sake of concealment, they actually pulled out the dreadnought alone and hid it in the designated battlefield, leaving only a dozen shield ships and cruisers around for escort.
At this moment, they placed all the shield ships near the Sky Eye Dreadnought in the front position.
According to their calculations, their rear was in turmoil due to the disintegration of the gas planet, making it impossible for the Imperial fleet to launch a surprise attack.
Yes, their calculations were correct.
Normally, they could indeed swallow the First Battle Group in one gulp and destroy an Imperial dreadnought.
But a special 500-meter-class ship happened to be in the rear area at this moment!
It quietly began to gather energy, using the violent waves of the planet's disintegration to conceal its actions.
Of course, this shot cannot destroy a dreadnought. The New Federation's dreadnought itself has powerful modular defense capabilities.
However, the area hit by this shot was the energy transmitter in the center of the dreadnought, which had a weak link in protection. It would most likely trigger the dreadnought's self-protection mechanism and block its full-charge shooting.
This is the main reason why dreadnoughts must be covered by shield ships in large battlefields!
On the battlefield, every second counts!
Small bat-shaped ships scurried into the New Federation warship fleet.
The Sky Eye Dreadnought is about to fully charge and fire!
A beam of light suddenly lit up behind the Eye of Sky's dreadnought on the right . The charging of the Eye of Sky was suddenly interrupted a few seconds before completion, and a thick protective light shield lit up around the dreadnought!
At this moment, the commanders of both sides turned their eyes to this corner at the same time!
After completing the shooting, the Dongfeng turned around at the fastest speed and entered sub-light speed right in front of the soldiers of both sides.
White Ghost's ghost battleship!
Lieutenant General Thomas, whose face was already pale, now had his eyes shining brightly and he screamed loudly:
"Use all your energy to resist the enemy's second ship's fire! Quick! Quick!"
Deep purple beams tore through the formation of Imperial ships.
Hundreds of warships were swallowed by the scorching ball of light!
A hole was torn in the defense line of the Imperial Battle Group, and the New Federation's ships began to fire wildly!
The Empire's Third Battle Group on the other side of the battlefield was still quite far away, and it would take some time for the ships to accelerate...
Emperor Star, in the Imperial Palace.
The emperor, who was watching all this, frowned and asked:
"Why don't you pray?"
As soon as the Emperor finished speaking, several module groups of the Imperial Star vibrated slightly, and deep blue light extended downward along the outer walls of the modules covered with quantum integrated circuits and entered the interior of the Imperial Star.
Three seconds later!
The Empire's Third Battle Group and First Battle Group were simultaneously integrated into the same command system, and the computing power of each of the Empire's ships' main brains was fully loaded at the same time!
A three-dimensional image of a young girl appeared in front of Lieutenant General Thomas, and instructions were continuously issued.
All the imperial warships here seemed to come alive. The technicians of each ship only needed to press a few buttons in time, and the ship would automatically mobilize its own energy.
The mission of this time: reduce our own losses and destroy the enemy's manpower.
The girl had kept her eyes closed, but half a minute later, she opened them and looked at one of the enemy's command flagships.
A flash of fire broke out, which was extremely inconspicuous on the entire battlefield.
But the girl wearing a collar and shackles seemed to see...
After the fire, a figure rushed into the outer cabin of the spacecraft, and there was a small blank area on the defensive energy shield outside the spacecraft.
Someone is here to join us.
