Chapter 509: Falling Wind Planetary Cannon!
"The enemy fleet has begun charging its main guns!"
"The enemy fleet has activated its full protective shield!"
"Contact is imminent, our ships have completed charging!"
"Our ship has activated its full protective shield!"
In the heavy battleship serving as the command ship, reports were transmitted back and forth on the bridge.
Yang Ming sat quietly in the captain's chair with a relatively calm expression; the two generals standing next to him had sweat on their foreheads.
Below his seat was a rising column, and below the column was a pyramid-shaped communications command desk, with dozens of communications soldiers connecting every corner of the fleet.
"The enemy fleet has sent a communication request, and the communication channel is the interstellar public channel!"
"Connect."
"yes!"
The lights in front intertwined, and on the big screen showing the real-time battlefield sand table, the true face of Sherman Empire General Akers appeared.
His eyes were like those of an eagle, staring at Yang Ming intently, as if he had not expected that the coach opposite him would be such a young man.
Akzi said loudly:
"I, General Akzis of the Sherman Empire Army, am hereby reading the Emperor Sherman's anti-rebellion edict to your troops!"
"We do not accept the anti-rebellion edict!"
Yang Ming tried to interrupt Akzi:
"The Sherman Empire and the Falling Wind Democratic Republic do not have any form or essence of affiliation, and there is no essential difference between the Sherman Empire and the Falling Wind Alliance. For the welfare of the 20 billion Falling Wind people, for their own freedom, and for the independence of sovereignty, we hereby issue a warning to your army!"
Akzi raised his voice and shouted: "The Falling Wind Empire is a subsidiary of our Sherman Empire. The establishment of the Falling Wind Empire is the support of our Sherman Empire. The continuation of the Falling Wind Empire is the protection of our Sherman Empire!"
"Ahead of you is the border of the Luofeng Alliance! According to the Interstellar Convention, our Luofeng Alliance army has the right to maintain the safety and integrity of its own airspace!"
"If the Luofeng Empire wants to avoid the fate of national destruction, it should immediately publicly apologize to our Sherman Empire, compensate our Sherman Empire for the war losses, restore the imperial system, and its emperor should go to the Imperial Star to confess his guilt and accept the judgment of the great Emperor Sherman!"
"If you take another half step forward, you will be met with a devastating blow from us!"
The two shouted almost at the same time.
The two sides' eyes met and collided, but in the end they just sneered at each other and hung up the call.
"Enemy ship begins full speed!"
"Order to the entire army!"
Yang Ming stood up suddenly, and his voice appeared on the loudspeaker devices on all the ships of the Luofeng Alliance.
He was silent for two seconds, then said in a deep voice:
"Soldiers of Luofeng! I am your commander Yang Ming!
"The Sherman Empire's fleet has arrived at the border of our Falling Wind Alliance. The invaders have bared their fangs at us. We will wipe out all the invading enemies with the force of thunder!
“The Sherman Empire is by no means invincible!
“Soldiers!
"We have gone through hardships and difficulties to unite and stand together! In this cruel universe where the strong prey on the weak and strength is king, only strength can keep our families well fed and clothed, and only by becoming stronger can we have the strength to repel invaders when facing them!
"Whether the era of the Luofeng Alliance member states being constantly exploited and bullied by the great powers will become history depends on this battle! It all depends on whether we can win!
“For the homes behind us!
“So that our descendants can stand tall and proud as human civilization in the Milky Way!
"For our dignity! For the benefit of the next hundred years!
"This is the founding battle of our Luofeng Alliance!
“I declare!
"The whole army will fight to the death! Until the invading enemy is completely repelled!
"Now! Please witness history, witness the history that we are about to create! The Third, Sixth, Ninth, Twelfth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Special Operations Divisions! Listen up!"
"Report!"
A deep voice growled:
"The target dreadnought has entered our firing range!"
"Report! The target dreadnought has entered our firing range!"
"Report!"
Six reports, six roars, Yang Ming's eyes became hot and his voice unconsciously became high-pitched.
The picture on the big screen has switched to five split screens.
The empire's five major battle groups were displayed in the split screen. In the center of all the split screens were giant warships with a length of 13,000 to 15,000 meters that were rapidly charging.
There was a light flashing in Yang Ming's eyes, it was excitement, it was high pitch, it was agitation, it was a sharp will to fight!
Yes, the Empire is just starting to activate its outer shield ships!
Because they believed in the range of the dreadnought, at this moment the dreadnought's energy attack was adjusted to charge the barrel, and the energy supply of the protective shield was reduced!
This is the inertia of the empire!
This is Luo Feng’s only chance!
This is the local advantage created by technology and cognition!
"Order your troops to remove the holographic disguise!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
Behind the Luofeng battle formation, six groups of light twisted gently, like curtains being lifted, revealing the dark... giant triangular cone-shaped gun barrel inside!
Each side of the triangular pyramid is more than 30,000 meters long, and the outer layer has modules with different functions arranged closely like fish scales, covering functions such as charging, close defense, posture adjustment, propulsion power, etc.
At the tip of the triangular cone is a giant gun barrel.
Compared to the Empire's dreadnoughts, this gun's barrel has a larger diameter and a longer ion acceleration length. At this moment, the barrel has been fully charged, and the perfectly arranged circles of threads can be seen inside.
This is Luo Feng’s self-propelled planetary cannon!
Compared to the dreadnought, this self-propelled planetary gun has countless disadvantages.
They have too low a speed and poor maneuverability, and need multiple tugboats to complete a jump. They also need a large amount of machinery for their own maintenance. Each time they fire, they need at least one galaxy hour to recharge. Once they are surrounded by a large number of enemy forces, their fragile defensive capabilities will make them fall to their knees.
But it's enough to have just a little edge.
This advantage is the nightmare of the Sherman Empire's fleet here and the prelude to today's brutal war.
Their effective range and instantaneous energy release are both superior to those of the dreadnought!
On the Imperial command ship, General Akz was still savoring the look in the eyes of the young general when suddenly a projection frame with a red frame indicating urgent military information popped up in front of him. The content inside was somewhat unfamiliar... no, it was a completely unfamiliar triangular prism.
When General Akz saw these things, his heart skipped a beat.
Are there weapons beyond his knowledge? And no matter how you look at it, this thing looks like a group of small fortresses floating around the periphery of the Imperial Star, but it is many times larger than those small fortresses!
He suddenly thought of the Sixth Fleet that was quickly annihilated by Luo Feng.
"What's this?"
General Ackers asked quickly. Before he could get a response from Imperial Guard 2.0, he had already shouted out an order:
"All shield ships, turn on the shields at full power! Protect our dreadnoughts! Dreadnoughts, turn on full shields! Quick!"
"General! That's a new type of weapon, probably a planetary artillery-level weapon!"
Inside Luofeng's command ship.
"Target locked!"
"Target locked!"
Yang Ming clenched his fists tightly, but his voice remained extremely calm.
"fire."
Six operators pressed the buttons in front of them at the same time, and the perfect spirals burst into light like a supernova explosion.
Six beams of light passed over the heads of the Luofeng Alliance fleet!
This scene was being played synchronously on the screens of all ships!
The first battle of the Luofeng self-propelled planetary artillery is destined to be written into the war textbooks for the next few hundred years!
Light blooms and space distorts.
The array where the Empire's five dreadnoughts were located was ignited by a series of light circles due to the beams fired from the self-propelled planetary cannons!
Although General Akz issued the order to increase the protective energy as quickly as possible, Luo Feng's side obviously did not give the Sherman Empire soldiers a chance to operate.
Three huge balls of light appeared deep in the Sherman Empire's battle formation!
Three dreadnoughts were detonated at the same time, and energy gushed outward at a high speed in the form of radiation. The Sherman Empire fleet escorting nearby also suffered heavy losses!
General Akuz stared at the scene before him.
He was having trouble breathing.
Energy radiation reached the command ship where he was.
Although the command ship supplied all its energy to its own protective shield, the ship was still shaking;
Just like Akuz's pounding heartbeat at this moment.
General Akzis's expression turned ferocious, and he suddenly shouted, "All ships retreat! Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
Due to the violent surge of peripheral energy, his voice and the order could not be directly transmitted to the ships.
"Enemy planetary artillery begins charging! General!"
Labdou shouted quickly:
"If we retreat, they will charge forward, and that will lead to an all-round rout! We still have the strength to fight! I have calculated that it will take fifty to seventy minutes for their planetary cannons to fully charge!
"We should move forward and destroy the enemy's slow-moving planetary guns!"
"Assholes! Damn it! Our intelligence department is full of sons of bitches!"
General Akz roared, but he quickly calmed down. His rich combat experience allowed him to make a judgment that was in line with the current situation.
"Labdo, immediately organize four battle groups! Aim to destroy the enemy's planetary artillery! Cut into the enemy's battle situation! Destroy the enemy's array!"
"yes!"
"Reinforcements from the rear should move forward immediately to support, don't wait any longer! We don't know how many planetary artillery the enemy has!"
"yes!"
"Our dreadnoughts, don't worry about whether they will self-destruct or not. Use all your energy on the main guns and charge forward. Make sure to destroy enough of the enemy's planetary guns!"
…
Luofeng command ship!
"Three enemy dreadnoughts were destroyed, and two dreadnoughts lost 60% of their energy."
"Our planetary artillery begins to retreat and recharge."
Cheers, shouts, and inspiring yells spread to every corner of the Luofeng Fleet.
But the cheers did not last long. The soldiers immediately returned to their posts and calmly carried out the orders they received.
The morale of the Luofeng Alliance was greatly boosted!
The Sherman Empire did not retreat, but began to accelerate forward on all fronts.
They can only charge forward; they can only charge forward;
This airspace is no longer able to jump outward at this moment. If they retreat, they will be pursued by the Luofeng Alliance and will almost be defeated before the battle even begins.
For the empire's generals, no one could afford to lose the war without firing a single shot.
The Luofeng Alliance's reaction was more radical.
They actually took the initiative to charge towards the enemy, targeting the enemy's two dreadnoughts, and were determined to destroy the two dreadnoughts before the dreadnoughts opened fire for the second time!
Both sides began to accelerate their hedging!
The tail flames from the ships became the brightest notes in the starry sky at that moment!
Two brilliant beams of light gushed out, and Luo Feng’s two self-propelled planetary cannons triggered a concentrated energy reaction, exploding into new balls of light.
But Luo Feng was well prepared for this. The six self-propelled planetary guns did not overlap with the ships of the Luo Feng fleet in terms of their lateral position.
Sherman's Empire's counterattack was equally sharp.
The two sides quickly closed the space gap.
Heavy battleships open fire!
The large gunboat opened fire!
Light battleships and cruisers open fire!
The shield ship held up a thin film of light, and the fragile life would not have any connotation or meaning under the impact of the hot ion beam.
In the starry sky, nearly 30,000 ships were fighting in close range.
The intensity of the war reached its peak at the very beginning.
Yang Ming watched all this calmly. As a commander, he had to be responsible for his soldiers. He wanted their deaths to be worthwhile and he wanted the enemy to pay the heaviest price.
General Akuz kept roaring.
He had lost his initial elegance and grace, and now he wished he could turn his saliva into energy and spray it on the other person's face.
The Sherman fleet was blocked head-on!
All the time, there are ships whose energy shields are exhausted and explode.
In space warfare, human crew members are just parts of the ship. If the ship is destroyed and the crew members are killed, there is only a very small chance of escaping by relying on escape ships.
In close-range ship battle, Luo Feng’s preparations were obviously more thorough!
First of all, the fleet of the Fallen Wind Alliance was under the control of Law, and all orders were efficiently communicated. Facing the mighty ships of the Sherman Empire, the soldiers of the Fallen Wind Alliance, stimulated by the planetary cannons, did not show any fear, and carried out all kinds of orders professionally and efficiently.
Secondly, what the Luofeng Alliance is going to fight today is a close-range ship battle.
Because only when they get close enough can the advantages of their new missiles be fully utilized and their second killer weapon can play a key role.
The Shermans never dreamed that one day they would be left behind in close-range ship-to-ship combat.
Almost all the ships of the Luofeng Alliance, except for the necessary energy ships, carry varying numbers of combat drones.
Before the energy shields of these ships are exhausted, their outer cabins and tail cabins will open at the same time, just like a giant space Zerg individual releasing the bugs hidden inside it before dying, releasing all the drones they carry.
When the two sides were almost in close combat, the outer cabins and tail cabins of the ships opened, and dozens or even hundreds of unmanned fighter jets swarmed out, seemingly in a disorderly but actually nimbly rushing towards the enemy.
Not to mention, the transport ships and supply ships following the shield ships have become cheap drone motherships.
From the perspective of the Sherman Empire, all of Luofeng's drones are centrally deployed by a network covering the battlefield.
They have clear tactics, are extremely agile, and have strong combat effectiveness. As long as they get close to the shield of the Sherman Empire's ships, they can easily cause turbulence in the shield, tear a hole in it, and approach their hull!
This is almost impossible!
In Labdo's opinion, the current human civilization in the Milky Way is simply incapable of achieving this kind of battlefield network technology;
The technology for these several-meter-long drones to break through the ship's protective shield is still only in the theoretical stage.
Yes.
Swarm!
These drones are imitating the way bugs fight!
The Fallen Wind Alliance does have innovations in military technology!
With the addition of the drone swarm, the Imperial fleet was not only blocked from charging, but was even put into an absolute disadvantage in some areas.
Although Luo Feng's side also suffered heavy losses, they fought more and more courageously and never retreated. Each of their ships had a clear tactical positioning.
Penetrate, cut off, surround, and devour.
When the war had only covered half of the galaxy, the number of ships lost by both sides was very huge. The Sherman Empire lost almost two-fifths of its main battleships and supply ships.
The Fallen Wind Alliance, at the cost of 2,600 warships and the sacrifice of more than 6 million soldiers, completed the cutting and encirclement of the Sherman Empire fleet and gained an overall advantage!
At this moment, the leaders of the two political systems, who were watching from afar through the perspective of their respective fleets, fell silent.
Falling wind.
Emilia pursed her lips tightly, and her palms were now full of sweat.
She and the heads of other member states had naturally realized that Luo Feng had already gained an overall advantage, while the Sherman Empire was at a disadvantage across the board and was already beginning to be divided and surrounded by its own side.
But Emilia did not dare to cheer.
The politicians around them, who had never seen a war of this scale, dared not even breathe.
Sherman's side.
The expressions of the four military elders became extremely ugly. The old men at the round table frowned tightly, and their attention was all on Luo Feng's self-propelled planetary cannon.
In the military's virtual conference room, many generals looked pale and had begun to calculate the adverse consequences that would result if they lost the battle.
The empire cannot afford to fail in a large-scale war now.
Internal conflicts will be detonated endlessly, and the people's trust in the imperial officials will be further lost. In particular, if they are defeated by Luo Feng, the victim, what will they face?
Justice will be bestowed upon Luo Feng.
The Falling Wind Alliance will become a truly powerful enemy of the Sherman Empire and will cause a huge impact in the short term!
Increase troops!
Now, no one cares how many nobles die.
All front-line forces are precious war resources, and the two battle groups serving as support teams in the rear are now advancing at full speed and are expected to join the battle in one galactic hour.
The tactical intention of the front-line fleet to destroy the Falling Wind Alliance's self-propelled artillery could no longer be achieved.
The two remaining dreadnoughts of the Empire were being harassed by the enemy's drone swarm, which seemed to be trying to replicate the action of capturing the dreadnought, and they were already unable to take care of themselves.
Luofeng's remaining self-propelled planetary guns are close to reaching the limit of minimum firing energy.
The Sherman Empire had to retreat across the board at this moment.
But Luo Feng's side, including the planetary cannon, were advancing in an orderly manner.
At this moment, the chips that overwhelm the balance of victory appear again!
A large number of warp beams appeared on the left side of the battlefield.
The two battle groups of the Guell Alliance completed the jump, quickly reorganized the army, and began to try to cut off the retreat of the Sherman Empire's front army!
A situation that had never been imagined was before the Güell League.
The Fallen Wind Alliance, with the force of thunder, directly defeated the super-powerful fleet composed of the Sherman Empire's five battle groups!
Luofeng self-propelled planetary cannon became famous in one battle!
The combat method of Luofeng's large drone swarm is about to become the focus of attention of military strategists from all over the world!
And at this moment, their support forces must not hesitate, because defeating the empire can bring almost unlimited benefits to their political system!
The situation of the Sherman Empire Fleet was even worse.
In the front-line command ship.
"Labdo! Do something!"
"Please shut up. Just yelling won't do anything."
Labdo's voice remained calm:
"I have already applied to the Empire to take over some of Levi's warships."
"Can the Levi battleship jump over directly?"
"No," said Labdo, "but it will put psychological pressure on the enemy, giving us more room to escape. Now, as long as the enemy's planetary cannon fires a second time, we will suffer heavy losses and be defeated. Now we should focus on ensuring more manpower."
"I understand," General Akzis said with reluctance, "I will give you all the authority. You will be in charge of disengaging from the battle."
Labdu nodded slightly and slowly closed his eyes.
He felt it.
There should be an extremely powerful command network in the Luofeng Alliance Fleet.
The key at this moment is whether he can invade Luo Feng's command network and reverse the entire battle situation!
