After the hundreds of warships in the Kraken assault fleet increased the power of their tail plasma thrusters to the maximum, it didn't take long for the small reconnaissance warship at the front of the entire fleet to drag a blue tail flame through the thick stars. The dust cloud sent the image data of the Imperial Space Station and the results of the analysis by the combat computer.
The huge scale of the refining station greatly excited the People's Federation officers who had entered the command rooms of each ship. They secretly said that their own fleet was lucky. They caught a big fish at the beginning of the operation.
But before all the officers and soldiers of the Kraken fleet celebrated their victory, the dense red enemy marks in the holographic projection also revealed that this large space station was not as easy to fight as the officers imagined.
As a Nebula Refinery with an annual output of hundreds of millions of tons of minerals, its importance to the outer ring of the Qien Empire is self-evident. Therefore, in order to protect the safety of the space station, in the cylindrical refining area that is tens of kilometers long and the saucer-shaped multi-functional area with a diameter of nearly ten kilometers in the middle, turrets and turrets for self-defense are deployed more or less at regular intervals. Point defense array.
Considering its huge size, although the firepower density of the refining station is far less than that of regular space fortresses and naval fleets, it can be called a prickly hedgehog compared with ordinary civilian space stations. If you are not careful, even the powerful People's Alliance Navy may be pricked with concentrated firepower and bleed all over the ground.
As for the armored isolation sections specially built to prevent internal explosions from destroying the entire space station, they are even more indestructible - as Nadine, the Qian cleaner, said before, alloy armor that is tens of meters thick is even equipped on a warship. Even a large-caliber electromagnetic gun loaded with explosive particulate shells may take some effort to open.
Just as Sir James frowned slightly, thinking about how to destroy the space station in the shortest time, the ship's gravity sensor and radar suddenly issued a warning to the scout ship at the head of the fleet that an enemy ship was approaching.
After the crew locked the target, they discovered that several small enemy patrol craft from inside the space station were approaching the fleet. It is not difficult to see from their gradually decreasing speed and the direction in which they began to reverse that the pilots of these patrol spacecraft were already planning to turn around and escape.
"Destroy them immediately! Never let the pilots of these spaceships leave!"
Following Sir James's order, the flagship Conqueror and the turrets of several surrounding strike cruisers quickly changed directions. Under the expanded algorithm of the advanced combat computer (advanbsp; bat puter), these patrol ships are still improving. The speed is nothing compared to the computer's predictive ability, and Jazz's decisive battlefield decision-making also gives the laser cannon more time to recharge.
So a few seconds later, an x-ray laser (x-ray laser) located on the side of the Conqueror opened fire first with the fleet flagship's more powerful energy supply system and enemy detection capabilities. It was as beautiful as jasper in the eyes of the People's Federation officers. The moving emerald green laser was suddenly enveloped in unparalleled heat, cutting through the dim starry sky at the speed of light, and hit a patrol spacecraft located relatively behind.
The focusing device made of rare crystals in the launcher makes the green x-rays emitted from the muzzle have a much shorter wavelength than ultraviolet rays, and are also more devastating.
Especially when its opponent is a small patrol ship that does not even have a shield installed, a cannon that can fit an adult man vertically into the muzzle is destined to be a bad end for these patrol ships. The scorching laser beam instantly melted the thin armor and shell of the spacecraft used to resist asteroid impacts.
As the muzzle of the launcher rotated slightly at a relatively slow speed, the patrol ships that were still thousands of kilometers away from the Conqueror were melted into suspended metal balls one by one by the terrifying X-rays. , along with their vaporized pilots, turned into worthless, cold space junk.
When all patrol ships leaving the refining station were destroyed by the Conqueror, dozens of large-caliber electromagnetic projectiles launched by the strike cruiser managed to reach their locations.
This is the origin of the shocking scene that Qien Haqak saw earlier - the patrol spacecraft was destroyed by a green laser, and electromagnetic projectiles from unknown sources landed on the outer shell of the space station not far from him. A deep dent was created on the alloy armor.
After using those pitiful little spaceships to show off his power, Sir James, who estimated that the imperial patrol fleet would be unable to catch up for a while, unilaterally connected to the communication at the command level of the refining station and spoke in a commanding tone. own requirements.
"This is the Cross Nebula Task Force of the human federal navy. I believe you already know about the war between the Empire and the Federation. But regardless of victory or defeat in the war, this is the responsibility of the military and has nothing to do with civilians. "
"So everyone in the space station listen to my advice and self-destruct the Nebula refining section within the limited time given by us, so that you can still have some time to evacuate the workers on the space station. If you do not accept our reasonable proposal I suggest that when the space station is destroyed, none of you will survive!"
After Gu Chu put down the communicator in his hand temporarily, Sir James sighed softly and said bluntly: "It is such a pity that such a huge refinery was destroyed like this. It would be great if it could be used by the Federation."
The officers who heard what the Lieutenant General said nodded, but they all understood that the refining station is located close to the Empire and far away from the Federation. It is not impossible to capture this space station, but it must be kept in the hands of the Imperial fleet that will flood in later. It's not that easy anymore.
As for whether to move the fleet closer and capture some transport ships full of supplies while destroying the space station, James did have this idea. However, considering that Operation Cross Nebula had just begun, and the Federation fleet would have a lot of trouble in the future, they gave up the idea of coexisting risks and benefits, and decided to destroy the space station directly.
At this time, some of the refinery executives who received the Vice Admiral's request were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Judging from the current situation, under the premise that the main fleet in the outer ring has gone to the main battlefield of Krohoka, even if Even the imperial fleet closest to them would take dozens of hours to arrive. By then, the space station would have been reduced to rubble!
Therefore, some commanders who were staying in the armored section and were planning to fight to the death, after discussing with each other, knew that if they escaped from the space station at this time, they would violate the imperial laws even more seriously than accepting the other party's conditions, so It is better to accept Sir James's request to self-destruct the refining section to gain a chance of survival for himself and the workers.
But if someone compromises, someone will resist. The command of the space station, which broke up unhappily due to different ideas, quickly divided into two groups. One group believed that the self-destruction of the refining area was the only way to preserve the more than 100,000 skilled workers on the space station. It was an emergency evacuation, and even the Imperial Court would With this in mind, be lenient to them.
The other faction is mainly composed of officers stationed on the space station. They believe that the self-destruction of the refining area is a shameful surrender to the enemy and a betrayal of His Majesty the Emperor, which damages the honor of their soldiers. Therefore, they will not agree to anything made by the capitulation faction. Decide.
Just as the two groups of people were quarreling in the conference room, a guard walked into the gorgeously decorated conference room and brought in Hakak and Nadine, who were already drunk - because the command section The door was completely blocked due to an emergency, so the two of them still failed to escape. Instead, they were arrested by the guards after their identities were discovered.
The only gain for the two of them was that while escaping, they each drank two bottles of good wine from the lounge.
Just when Officer Qien, who was in charge of the defense of the space station, waved his hand impatiently and signaled the guards to let the two people go, the station commander of the refining station rolled his eyes and said that it was not an option to continue arguing like this. After all, the fleet of the Human Federation did not give them anything. Too much time.
Therefore, it is better to ask Hakak and Nadine, two low-level workers, what they think and see what choices the citizens of the empire will make in times of crisis.
"That's nonsense! You're letting two drunkards who can't even speak clearly decide the fate of the entire space station!"
After finishing speaking, Officer Qien suddenly drew out his saber and slashed it on the long wooden table, shouting angrily: "If you want to betray His Majesty Sazhar, then please do it! We will drive all the remaining people in the berth port Even if I die, I will not let the human fleet leave this galaxy intact!"
Seeing the officer leaving the conference room with those who were willing to follow him, the stationmaster of the refining station smiled and looked at the two Haqaks who were swaying on the ground. A confident smile appeared on his face as if he had found some perfect solution.
He did not betray His Majesty the Emperor, because the destruction of the refining station was entirely a spontaneous act of the workers to save their lives.
As for why he couldn't stop it? Of course, it was the reckless men in the army who drove their ships to attack without authorization, which resulted in insufficient power to suppress the riots in the space station. That's why two drunken men accidentally collided and destroyed the refining station of the space station. section.
he? He has nothing to do with this!
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