Chapter 268: The Wrath of the Empire
Boarding, charging, and capturing the bridge.
This is Yang Ming's way of fighting.
Relying on Yang Ming to invade the opponent's flagship, the new commander of this battle, the 'Empire Global Defense System', successfully invaded the command system, interfered with the firepower system of the New Federation ships, and blocked the communication between ships.
The two sides were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire. The Empire's First Battle Group had lost one-third of its ships. When the disadvantage was already extremely obvious, the New Federation's right-wing battle group suddenly fell into chaos.
The report about the White Ghost appeared for the second time on all the ships of the Empire's First and Third Battle Groups.
One man boarded the ship and attacked two ships alone.
This kind of broadcast is actually not normal.
The entire battlefield was filled with bloody battles. It cannot be said that the significance of the White Ghost's fight was higher than the significance of the fight of an ordinary soldier in an ordinary position.
It can only be said that the results achieved by White Ghost are relatively important.
Moreover, these two broadcasts were measures taken by the "Empire's National Defense System" to boost the morale of the Empire's soldiers after comprehensive analysis.
The incentive effect is also quite good.
The First Battle Group, which was originally in a desperate situation, improved its efficiency by about 5% in each position, slightly increased its own firepower, and significantly improved the operating efficiency of the battleship array.
Yes, in the space fleet war, the morale of human soldiers is not the decisive factor;
But in desperate situations, this morale can inspire human soldiers to be fearless and brave, and can improve combat efficiency.
At this moment, the situation on the field has not reversed. The losses of the Empire's First Battle Group are still increasing, and as the first batch of shield ships run out of energy, the First Battle Group will face a greater blow.
The New Federation's 'Eye of the Sky' dreadnought, whose protective plates had been activated before, ejected a brilliant beam of light.
The empire paid a heavy price of more than sixty warships.
But thanks to the efficient dispatch of the command center, more shield ships had already been deployed in front of the Empire's dreadnought.
The dreadnoughts of the First Battle Group began their fourth recharging!
It gave up all defensive energy and shut down all self-protection mechanisms.
After this charging and shooting, the Imperial Dreadnought's firepower system will be completely paralyzed, and there is a small probability of spontaneous combustion!
But now, the Imperial Dreadnought has locked onto the New Federation's Dreadnought on the right wing!
The right-wing battleship group's command system was paralyzed, and its own shipboard systems were rewritten. After switching to full manual operation, various mechanical failures emerged one after another, and the efficiency of action became extremely slow. It was impossible to protect the Sky Eye Dreadnought.
The White Ghost's boarding triggered a chain reaction according to the calculations of the 'Empire's National Defense System'.
In the first battle group, more than 30 heavy battleships suddenly turned their firepower. Having completed a main gun recharge in the chaos, they now aimed their guns at the Sky Eye dreadnought with a modular defense system.
Their fighting intentions are extremely obvious!
Even if it means destroying an Empire's dreadnought, we must capture a New Federation's dreadnought!
This will really cause serious damage to the New Federation!
The New Federation's warships concentrated all their firepower on the Imperial Dreadnought, but the Imperial Dreadnought was surrounded by shield ships and heavy protection ships, and even a few transport ships blocked several of the New Federation's strong firepower points!
More than thirty heavy battleships opened fire at the same time. The landing points of the ion beams overlapped perfectly and the energy was fully released.
The shields of the two shield ships were melted, and the protective shield of the right-wing Sky Eye Dreadnought kept shaking.
The Imperial Dreadnought suddenly opened fire!
This timing was earlier than both sides expected. The energy of the dreadnought's main gun did not exceed 60%, so it was not guaranteed that it could break through the dreadnought's shield.
The deep blue light spans the starry sky!
Yang Ming, who was fighting fiercely in the third battleship, couldn't help but look out the porthole.
Can it be broken?
Yang Ming couldn't help but sweat.
But after a few seconds, a hot white ball of light appeared at the part of the Sky Eye Dreadnought that was shot.
Broken through!
Not a bit different!
Energy control is extremely precise!
Seven or eight shining balls of light appeared in succession on the Sky Eye Dreadnought, and the entire ship began to disintegrate and explode.
The gun barrels of the Imperial Dreadnought suddenly exploded, and multiple areas caught fire.
At this time, the 'Imperial Defense System' made an extremely bold decision. One ship after another left the vicinity of the dreadnought, and all the remaining energy was supplied to the protective shield. Relying on its own powerful protective energy shield, the dreadnought rushed directly to the front of the battlefield.
This is a large shield ship!
It can also attract all the ships of the New Federation to open fire in a short period of time.
The command system was located on this dreadnought, and several generals and a group of senior officers were sweating profusely.
No matter how thick-skinned the dreadnoughts were, they would be breached in two or three minutes once they reached the front of the array...
Just then, several pieces of news spread throughout the Empire's First Battle Group.
[The high-speed formation composed of light ships of the Third Battle Group will enter the edge of the battlefield in one minute and will begin to pose a firepower threat to the enemy.]
[The Empire's Second, Fourth, and Fifth Battle Groups will simultaneously jump to the area behind the planetary storm in three minutes. The Sixth Battle Group will soon appear outside the Third Battle Group. In three minutes, they will be able to form an encirclement of the New Federation's main fleet.]
[The nobles’ troops are gathering in the empire and are ready to support the frontline at any time. ]
"The New Federation fleet has begun laying mines. They are about to retreat!"
“Don’t let them go!”
Lieutenant General Thomas shouted, and then he looked at the girl standing quietly in front of him, because his voice could not be heard at all.
"Lieutenant General Thomas."
The girl turned her head slightly and looked at Thomas with the corner of her eyes. Her voice was cold and toneless:
"The tactic of using the First Battle Group to encircle the enemy is extremely stupid. The near one-to-one casualty ratio is a mistake in military command, and the military should reflect on this."
"Yes," Lieutenant General Thomas saluted.
The girl looked at the starry sky ahead. It seemed that the New Federation ships had already prepared a retreat. Although the space was a little unstable, the light beams pulled by the distant starry sky allowed them to complete the jump almost synchronously.
The firepower of the First Battle Group spared 80% of the enemy's ships and concentrated its firepower on attacking the remaining ships that jumped later.
Hundreds of ships of the New Federation were exploded at the same time.
At this time, Lieutenant General Thomas glanced at the radar data and frowned: "The front of the third battle group will reach us in six minutes... not one minute..."
"There are a group of enemy spies inside the battleship. I just used them to pass on false information."
The girl said calmly:
"The list of spies in the army has been sent to you, your Excellency. There are more than 16,200 of them in total. Please execute them on the spot."
"yes!"
"I have no right to determine the decisions of human generals. I can only give my own suggestions. Goodbye, General Thomas."
The girl nodded slightly, her figure flickered gently, and she disappeared.
Vice Admiral Thomas stared blankly at the scene in front of him, and then saw the few remaining New Federation ships in front of him.
A friendly warship requested an order to open fire, and on a new communication channel, the familiar voice of the White Ghost came:
"Don't fire! It's me! I hacked into the operating systems of these ships! The battleship I'm on is the latest model of the New Federation's battleship. I've captured their commander and technicians, and I can dismantle the New Federation 's latest technology!"
Lieutenant General Thomas breathed a sigh of relief and immediately issued a ceasefire order.
The general then exited the command system and looked out the porthole.
The wreckage of the battleship and the bodies of the soldiers floated in the cold and empty space without any sound.
…
When the 'Imperial Defense System' withdrew from the command system, Lu immediately resumed control of the Dongfeng and restored contact with Yang Ming.
At that time, Yang Ming was standing on the bridge of the captured ship, studying some new gadgets independently developed by the New Federation, such as the elliptical control instrument, which looked much more advanced than the square rudder and the circular rudder.
The bridge was filled with officers and soldiers lying in all directions, most of them were unconscious, and only a few cyborgs had their skulls blown out.
Dozens of mechanical guards have also been restored to their original factory condition.
"boss!"
Lu's crying voice startled Yang Ming.
"What's going on?"
"That senior's calculation power is so strong! She and I are not from the same era! I don't want to live anymore!"
Yang Ming: …
Although both mechanical minds share the resources , there are still huge gaps between empires.
Moreover, the Sherman Empire has been developing for tens of thousands of years. They were at about this level tens of thousands of years ago. Their level has been going back and forth for tens of thousands of years and has been spinning in the same place. It is not surprising that the mechanical thinking body has invincible computing power.
Boss Yang said perfunctorily: "Okay, I'll give you a few more brains."
Lu gritted his teeth and decided to work hard: "I want to update the server infrastructure! I want to go to the Imperial Star Circle to steal the information of those most advanced servers!"
"Go and steal. Steal more. We made our fortune by stealing technology."
Yang Ming laughed awkwardly.
Without his reminder, Lu had already started looking for technical information that interested him in the battleship.
Outside the porthole, one Imperial warship after another slowly moved forward and began to clear the entire battlefield. Several medium-sized landing ships also rushed towards the captured New Federation warships.
In fact, it was the mechanical thinking body of the Empire that dealt with the other three ships around.
But the other party directly attributed the credit to Yang Ming.
And for some reason, Yang Ming was very worried that this wave would expose Lu's existence, but in the subsequent contacts with the Empire, no one mentioned the mechanical thinking body or his assistant.
The other party is not in a complete program state?
Yang Ming was also a little confused about this.
But the first time I came into direct contact with this guy, I felt it was actually pretty good.
Subsequently, that problem once again became a big concern for Yang Ming.
Senior Levi's parasitic thinking body is still active. Is this founding emperor of the Sherman Empire, the former examiner who personally destroyed the planet where the entrance to the Twilight Omnic was originally hiding, really dead?
Having Levi's empire is like finding an empire of the soul.
That is the real galactic overlord.
The landing ship was officially connected and absorbed by the New Federation warship, and teams of imperial soldiers rushed into the ship.
In the remaining three warships, the soldiers encountered confrontations of varying degrees. There were also a large number of active federal soldiers inside. The two sides engaged in close combat and the situation was almost out of control.
The warship where Yang Ming was located was quiet at this moment.
The two teams of imperial soldiers marching towards the bridge looked at the corpses and traces of battle along the way, and the light in their eyes became more and more fanatical.
The man took action!
He almost saved the fleet single-handedly!
——Of course, this is just an exaggeration.
The lawyer who was in charge of the boss's communications reminded him, "Boss, Vice Admiral Thomas has invited you to his flagship, the dreadnought, for a chat."
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows: "Has the dreadnought recovered? Is the fire out? Will it explode?"
“It’s stable now.”
"That's good," Yang Ming shook his head and stuffed the 'toy' he had snatched from a child into the armor's back pocket, "I'll be ready to broadcast live at any time. If the Empire wants to capture me alive, I will fight back directly."
"clear."
Lu agreed seriously.
…
The bridge of the dreadnought is truly huge!
Yang Ming looked at the bridge that looked like a large theater, and couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
When will he be able to build the Dongfeng to this scale!
The battle had just ended, the First Battle Group had suffered heavy losses, and this dreadnought was almost scrapped and could no longer participate in the next battle. The bridge was extremely busy at this moment.
The messenger shouted loudly:
"Captain Hanton arrives on the bridge!"
The technicians and officers who were originally busy in various places subconsciously stopped the work at hand and all looked towards where Yang Ming was.
Yang Ming held the helmet in his arms and saluted the general standing on the lift command platform.
When Lieutenant General Thomas saw Yang Ming, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and then returned a military salute to Yang Ming.
Many officers around saluted with clenched fists, and some young people were eager to give Yang Ming a hug, or to lift Yang Ming high up with cheers.
Of course, they can't.
The imperial army has strict discipline.
Lieutenant General Thomas's command platform quickly fell, and the general strode towards Yang Ming.
"General Thomas!" Yang Ming smiled vigorously, "I can finally see you in person."
The general had a worried look on his face at the moment, but he still forced a smile. He grabbed Yang Ming's hand and shook it hard.
"Thanks."
The general whispered.
Yang Ming hurriedly said: "I am a soldier of the Empire, General, you don't need to thank me."
General Thomas said quickly, "Thanks to your heroic boarding and intrusion into the enemy's flank command system, our battle group was able to preserve its main combat force. I have fully reported this achievement to the military and the Council of Elders. If they are unfair or biased against you, I will use all means to help you win the reward you deserve."
Yang Ming grinned.
He smiled like an innocent young man.
"General, is the loss serious?"
"The estimated loss of personnel is around 520,600. One-third of the main battleships have been lost. This dreadnought has also lost its combat effectiveness. Two-thirds of the auxiliary battleships have been lost."
Lieutenant General Thomas sighed:
“The First Battle Group needs to be revised and supplemented and temporarily separated from the normal advancement strategy.
"But this is a blessing in disguise. If it weren't for you and... Oh, by the way, come and sit here first."
"Thank you, General."
Lieutenant General Thomas was very perceptive and realized that some things might not be mentioned to the outside world, so he immediately kept his mouth shut.
The general was still very busy. Just in the process of sitting down, he signed several documents, issued more than ten instructions, and made two temporary personnel appointments.
"Hanton...can I call you that directly?"
"certainly."
Lieutenant General Thomas said: "We made some tactical mistakes in this battle, and this is our unshirkable responsibility."
Yang Ming asked: "General, will you be punished?"
"After the war, there will be a unified accounting and trial," Lieutenant General Thomas narrowed his eyes slightly, "I didn't formulate this plan. I was just the executor of the plan. I fell into the trap of the New Federation, and I am not primarily responsible... Don't worry about me."
"That's good," Yang Ming sighed, "It was just an encounter, but over a million people were killed or injured on both sides. This is war."
"Yes, this is war," said Lieutenant General Thomas. "When the New Federation implemented the insect-burying plan and finally detonated the insect-burying point, they should have thought that the wrath of the empire would one day burn to Minter City. We have occupied this airspace, and Minter is ahead!"
Yang Ming thought carefully: "Mingte City is not easy to capture. All the military forces of the New Federation and many small countries are gathered there."
"Nine thousand ships," Vice Admiral Thomas whispered, "The forces they have gathered there are equivalent to the order of nine thousand normal fleets."
"Then aren't we now..."
"The six major battle groups you see now are just the conventional armed forces directly mobilized by the Imperial Military, and do not include the basic defense forces of various places." Thomas shook his head slightly, "The Empire's war potential has not been fully unleashed. This external propaganda is the whole country's strength, but in fact it is also to confuse the enemy."
Yang Ming counted on his fingers.
The military’s six major battle groups;
The private armies of the great nobles that have assembled in the rear have reached a scale of 3,000 medium and large fleets.
If the armed forces directly controlled by the emperor were the sum of these two, or even a little more, then the total number of medium and large ships that the empire could send out at this moment should be... 20,000.
If it is a protracted war, it will still be a competition of national strength and shipbuilding capabilities of both sides.
Thomas turned on the shielding mode and said in a deep voice:
"It's like this. Your Majesty is very angry now. The empire's invincible army has suffered a setback, which has brought shame to Your Majesty.
“Originally, we planned to have a decisive battle here and destroy 2,000 to 3,000 main battleships of the New Federation, so as to force the New Federation to sign a compensation treaty.
“But now, we have to change accordingly.”
"What does the military mean now?"
"Mint City cannot be destroyed directly, because that would allow most countries in the galaxy to unite against us. We are a righteous army under the leadership of His Majesty."
Thomas' eyes beneath his sword-like brows revealed a bit of coldness:
“We will destroy their defensive fortresses, annihilate their main fleet outside the city of Minter, and find agents to split this federal country.
"We will send twice as many troops to reinforce this place from within the empire."
Yang Ming: …
Grass is a plant.
Is this going to directly wipe out the New Federation’s military power?
"And you, Hanton," Thomas whispered, "to reduce the casualties of the imperial soldiers, we need your strength."
Yang Ming groaned for a few seconds and said, "We are old acquaintances, General, so I don't need to hide anything. What can the military give me?"
"Honor, military rank, noble title, and a marriage opportunity with a princess from a powerful prince's family."
"Can you change the last one? I haven't had enough fun yet. No, my understanding of marriage is not very deep yet."
Yang Ming frowned and said:
"I want two things from the Imperial Research Institute, a ball of cells, and some high-powered supercomputers."
"Okay," Lieutenant General Thomas extended his right hand. "Come with me to the combat meeting later. These federal guys will never understand how much they will pay for today's ambush!"
