"Stop them!"
Augustus made a decisive decision: "The Federation is killing civilians wantonly, and we are the only ones who can stop them."
"Turn." Renault immediately issued an order to the entire fleet: "Start the ship's gun battery, calibrate the aiming parameters, and fire at all Federation warships that jump into the Helsinn system."
"Sir, the enemy's intention is obvious. They want to hold us back. If the fleet is stuck in the quagmire and cannot get out, other federal squadrons will rush to Halsain and surround us." The speaker was an adjutant of Renault. He was the leader of the local federal resistance on Antiga Prime and was known for his calmness and inhumanity.
"Then they have to be able to hold us back." Renault said.
Augustus rushed to the bridge of the Norad II at this time, with Lieutenant Colonel Pryor and Kerrigan following him on the left and right.
When Augustus arrived at the bridge of the Norad II, the huge warship was turning its bow and opened fire on the federal warships attacking the refugee ship. As one of the few battlecruisers with a defensive matrix, Norad II can withstand more enemy fire.
In an instant, countless flashes and brilliant fires emerged from the deep black sky. Nearly forty unparalleled human steel giants were fighting in the synchronous orbit of Helsain. Thousands of gun batteries were lined up, creating a shocking sense of oppression. . Bright orange laser beams flashed across the sky, like a dense web in space.
A space station that survived the Zerg invasion was shattered into pieces under the gunfire of the Federation warships, emitting a horrifying flash of light. The spaceships escaping from the space station were submerged one after another in the dense firepower network of the Federation fleet. The shock wave caused by the nuclear explosion triggered by the space station's reactor completely shredded the remaining support structures, frames and domes of the giant alloy steel in the next few seconds.
When he saw the space station falling apart with his own eyes, Augustus sighed again. There would be more than 50,000 refugees and staff, and their once-scorching hearts would become part of the cold space.
The Federation Navy has sufficient reasons and evidence to indicate that the space station is a military base of the rebels, or that the unscrupulous people there have already betrayed the Federation. They can also bite back and say that the rebel massacre in Helsain lasted for two systems. , the bestiality of these inhumane anti-government activists is appalling.
The flames of thousands of battleship turrets and the tail flames of space fish intertwined in the deep space, and large numbers of battlecruisers and fighter planes joined this massive battle. Even during the Guild Wars, fleet battles of this scale between humans were rare.
As the flagship, the Norad II bore the brunt. A large orange laser beam that could tear apart the fortress hit the green shield field hard, causing deadly ripples composed of plasma flow.
Parallel to the Norad II is the Leviathan-class battlecruiser Thunderbringer. The plasma bursting out with strong light is burning its thick steel shield, like sparks splashing on the ship.
The old Leviathan class and most of the Behemoth class battlecruisers in service rely solely on the thickness of their armor to withstand the ferocious fire of enemy ships. Every battle leaves indelible scars on their ships.
The barrage of federal warships covered the sky, and the firepower of the Revolutionary Army was not far behind. The value of the shells thrown by both sides every second is inestimable.
Those flexible Wraith fighter planes and smaller assault boats shuttled between the warships' fire nets, and just a little brush was enough to turn them into a fleeting fireball. But even battlecruisers cannot ignore these powerful fighters carrying long-range air-to-air missiles. They have already replaced the old Avengers fighters and become the mainstay in human fleet battles.
Standing in front of the bridge window of the Norad II, Augustus's face was lit up from time to time by a series of dense laser cannon barrages that roared towards him. This sudden war was bloody and tragic. Countless red hot plasmas were shot into space, bursting out with infinite shining light, and there were still torches all over the mountains and plains in the dark night.
"They are still attacking refugee ships. The channels of these ships are full of wailing. Are all the federal commanders deaf?"
The speaker was Captain Jasper, the captain of the Norad II. He came from the planet Jos and came from a wealthy farmer family. Jasper had gone to study on the main planet of Tarsonis, so he was used to seeing the lively life and dancing in the main city of Tarsonis.
In the past, Jasper had angered the rich boys of Tarsonis over a woman. No one knows what he has experienced, but when Augustus met this man, he had already enlisted as a fleet soldier from the revolutionary army's recruitment site in the United States of Yumoyan, and because of his outstanding performance in many battles and other Due to his outstanding talents, he was promoted to captain.
In the revolutionary army, there is no shortage of promotion opportunities for anyone with talent. In the Federal Army, nobles and those who have been promoted to high positions based on their qualifications limit the promotion space for civilian officers. The Federal Army has many incompetent people who are jealous of their talents.
"There are three ships full of refugees escaping from the space station." The second officer of Norad II said, sitting on the command chair and staring at the outer space sensor monitoring screen on the other side. The second officer is mainly responsible for the security and radio communications on the battlecruiser. He will also take over the first officer's position in the absence of the other officer.
"The Wraith fighter planes are much faster than these transport ships, and laser weapons can catch up with them in the blink of an eye." Jasper has blond hair and dark green eyes, and his captain's hat is decorated with a gold-plated Revolutionary Army The whip-ring emblem and the golden ears of wheat on the ship's insignia sparkled in the bridge lights.
"The speed of life and death."
This is the consistent image of revolutionary army captains. They are not slovenly pirates, but respected battleship captains. The officers in the revolutionary army are generally young, and they have almost grown up with this rebel army.
At the beginning, no one thought of how Korhal IV's uprising would end, and no one expected that they would achieve such achievements now. But no matter what, this army originally composed of Korhal IV people gathered people from all worlds, and was gradually shaped by the blood and fire war in the Koprulu sector into what Augustus envisioned in Korhal. .
"I can hear the voices of the refugees," Kerrigan said. "They're screaming and asking why the human warships are attacking their own people."
"Help them," Augustus said.
"Increase the shield energy output and move to area 5,71." Captain Jasper, who understood clearly, ordered: "Countdown to five seconds——"
After a dazzling flash of light, the Norad II moved sideways to the three refugee ships that were narrowly dodging the gunfire. The huge shadows obscured these small spacecraft and the gunfire directed at them.
There was another commotion that shook the entire bridge, and missiles trailing red tail flames attacked Norad II overwhelmingly.
"It's not just these." Kerrigan continued: "There are nearly a hundred refugee ships scattered in the geostationary orbit of Helsain, and they are all targets of Federation warships."
"Then let's go to war and let them know that their real enemy is the revolutionary army."
"Teach the Federation a lesson." Augustus' cold gray eyes swept across the hologram projected on the main screen of the bridge. On it, green holographic projection light and shadow formed thirty-seven battleships distinguished by red dots. A series of cruisers, with countless missile paths mapped out by supercomputers.
"We haven't hurt them yet, so that these scum will know that when they see the revolutionary army in the future, their reaction will be to take a detour."
"Haha, we are no longer what we used to be." Colonel Jasper said.
At this moment, the portraits of Jim Raynor and a dozen Revolutionary Army battlecruiser captains appeared on the main screen. They all wore crisp command uniforms. Some looked even younger than Augustus, while others were old captains with gray beards. They also had retro-style pipes in their mouths and filled them from time to time. Tobacco smoke, puffs of smoke.
"Swan said the Hyperion's Yamato guns are ready to fire." Augustus said in his coldest tone ever: "Whatever his reasons, let the gun crews move now."
"The design of the Yamato gun is still not perfect. If we want the main gun to fire, we must turn off other systems that consume a lot of energy, such as shields. And if we fire before completing the test, the effect will definitely be unsatisfactory." Renault said.
"Now is the test." Augustus said coldly.
"I just want to see Red Squadron's flagship reduced to scrap."
"All the remaining battleship captains, you have only one mission, which is to attract the firepower of the Federation battleship and cover the Hyperion's fire." Augustus said this, the red light of the cannon outside the bridge was firing. His face was as sharp as a knife or an axe.
"Everyone, we always firmly believe that this war that will destroy all lives is just. The fate of 800,000 revolutionary soldiers and tens of millions of people depends on every order you give."
"Yes, sir."
The war between the fleets on Heilsain entered a fierce state in just a few minutes. There was a sea of fire in the synchronous orbit, and the wreckage of the battleships formed a large ring made of metal.
Regardless of the outcome of this war, this area will be frequented by private salvage dealers and interstellar scavengers for a long time to come. Even a small piece of a battlecruiser is worth a fortune, and no matter what, there are always people willing to pay top dollar for maglev motorcycles and other souvenirs built from these "legendary" battleships.
The fleets of both sides continued to approach in a continuous firefight, with tens of thousands of fighter planes and spaceships fighting back and forth between them.
At 17:00 on the ship, Augustus could almost see the crimson deck and blue federal star flag of one of the battleships of the Red Squadron. The commander of the other side must also be standing on the bridge watching Augustus. These two generals who have never met and may never meet again have no personal grudges, but every order they give now is for To sink the opposing battleship.
No one cares how many people will die after the enemy's battlecruiser is destroyed, because it is either them or themselves who will die.
"The Hagen's bridge command island has been penetrated, and the vice-captain has taken over from Captain Roan to command the Leviathan warship." As Kerrigan reported to Augustus, the Norad II The monitor screen showed that one of the battleships in the fleet, the Hagen, was in a severely damaged state.
This battleship was dug out by Warfield from the ship museum in the edge world Abaddon. At that time, the Federation Navy also planned to transform this old battleship, which had been in service for many years, into a prison ship to make the best use of it.
Now, even though the Revolutionary Army engineers had modified the Hagen to thicken the ship's hull, it was still crumbling like an old man in the hail of bullets when it was deliberately targeted by federal warships.
However, at the same time, two other Federation battlecruisers were kicked off the battlefield by Revolutionary Army battleships. When Augustus looked towards the dazzling flash of light on the bridge, the Revolutionary Army's Behemoth-class battlecruisers Ragnarok and King's Wrath worked together to severely damage a Gamma Squadron battleship, hitting the bow of the ship with one shot. The space torpedo tore a horrific wound on its wide and majestic bridge.
Augustus just watched all this intently, and occasionally issued new orders to various battleships and squadrons through the communication system.
At 17:03, the Hyperion's Yamato cannon was fully charged. The muzzle of the cannon, which accumulated nuclear explosion energy, shone thousands of times in a few seconds. The light it released in an instant was like a small star. One can imagine how shocking the roar of the Yamato Cannon would be if it were within the atmosphere.
The momentum of the Yamato Cannon when it fires is shocking, but the energy beam it emits is not that huge. It is just a flash of red light, like a red comet moving at an incredible speed. It was a focused and compressed nuclear explosion, and the energy suddenly released was enough to destroy the city.
In the time that Augustus blinked, the Yamato cannon bombarded the Crimson Squadron's flagship Giant Jotun.
This behemoth-class battlecruiser, regarded as a model by the federal military industry, adopts the latest generation design. Its armor is also the most outstanding of this era. It is said that the design goal is to be able to resist the plasma cannons of the protoss. .
But this focused, compressed and nuclear explosion triggered an unprecedented nuclear explosion when it touched the Jotun. The legendary battleship, known as the pride of the Federation and the Throne Battleship, died after a flash of bright light. A huge fireball shot out, breaking into two sections like a cracked biscuit, and the remaining fragments scattered around like a star rain.
With just one blow, the Hyperion destroyed the battlecruiser that the Federation Navy was proud of, and greatly frightened other Federation battleships, forcing them to briefly retreat.
The channel of the Revolutionary Army Fleet was filled with cheers like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. Reno was so excited that he placed one hand on the sharp edge of the console and made a roaring sound.
"Are the refugees safe?" Augustus asked Kerrigan.
"They all evacuated Halsain's geostationary orbit, and several of the warships also took part." Kerrigan replied.
"Contact the Star Shuttle, the flagship of Tassadar's executive fleet." Augustus said at this time.
"Tell the executive officer that we need their support and deterrence to the Federation." He then added: "Take the Hagen and we will evacuate Helsinn immediately."
“Destination setting Waima Sara, where it all begins.”
