Deep in the starry sky, the Swan and the White Feather entered the high orbit of a brown planet one after the other. The surface of this planet is very barren, the atmosphere is extremely thin, and the temperature difference is huge. There is no life at all, and there are no minerals worth mining. But there are weak signals on the planet, shooting into space intermittently.
The White Feather at the rear was responsible for guarding and monitoring the surrounding environment. When receiving the signal for the first time, Zhao Jingsi found it incredible because this was a communication signal that was often sent out by the surface base of the Tang Dynasty Planet.
He immediately connected to Lin Xi's communication: "Colonel, why do we have a ground base on this planet? There is nothing on it!"
"There's no base up there, just a few signal generators."
"Signal generator?"
"Well, I put it in. Calculating the time, the Federation should arrive. If the guy who comes is not so powerful, we can just fight."
The two starships hovered in high orbit, turned off all external signals, and waited quietly. Lin Xi was very patient and let the fleet follow the rotation of the planet, and the day passed quickly like this.
They didn't wait long before a federal hunter-destroyer fleet appeared in the galaxy, turning on the active search mode unscrupulously and constantly scanning the interior of the galaxy.
When the federal fleet appeared, Lin Xi had already hid behind the planet.
This federal hunter-destroyer fleet consists of a light cruiser and two destroyers, supported by three frigates. They swaggered into the planet's orbit. One destroyer took three frigates directly into the planet, searching and flying on the surface to find the planet base. Only the light cruiser and another destroyer were left guarding the orbit.
When the Swan appeared as the planet rotated, several thick high-energy beams shot out and hit the Federation light cruiser!
The captain of the Federation light cruiser was not surprised but overjoyed, and shouted loudly: "I finally caught you! Turn the whole ship and fight head-on! Inform the planetary search force to return and take their retreat!"
After issuing a series of battle orders, the captain frowned slightly as he looked at the high-energy beams of light coming from the opposite side. The opponent's firepower was too fierce, causing its shield value to drop rapidly. The Dynasty is not good at beam weapons, but the light cruiser opposite is very unique. It neither fires particle cannons nor missile torpedoes, it just blasts with water beam cannons.
The Federation captain was rich in experience and instantly judged that the firepower on the other side was still superior to his own, and it was much stronger. At this moment, the destroyer was being bitten by the opponent's frigate, and was unable to move to support the flagship.
However, the Federation captain was not afraid at all and sneered: "With the little energy they have, they still dare to play with beam cannons? Press me up and beat them to death!"
The crew members suddenly realized this and burst into laughter. Everyone knows the plight of the Ninth Fleet. During the war, they have to save their shells. It is said that they are so short of electricity that they can't even turn on the air conditioner. The beam cannon is an absolute energy hog, and even the Federation starships don't dare to play like the opponent. The Federation's heavy firepower ship only has two beam main guns, but the starship in the Tang Dynasty opposite actually has three main guns in one go! Do you really think energy is free?
The two light cruisers faced each other's high-energy beams and quickly closed the distance, just like the warriors in ancient times, hurting each other with each sword.
On the Swan, Lin Xi sneered slightly, the other party had completely fallen into her trap. If there is anything that Federation starship commanders have in common, it is that they cannot tolerate others provoking him with beam cannons. After all, this is an area where the Federation is unique in the galaxy.
In fact, the Swan's beam cannon is one generation behind the Federation's, and the power of a single cannon is only 80% of that of the opponent. Therefore, despite having three cannons, the total damage is actually only 20% higher than the opponent's. Lin Xi's real killer move is shield.
The two sides exchanged blows for a full ten minutes before the shield bottomed out. Even the federal light cruiser's energy reserves were insufficient to support the regeneration of the shield. The shield comes and goes, and when there is no shield, you can only rely on the ship's hull to resist.
Shengtang was relatively leading in the field of shield and armor technology, and the shield on the Swan still had a little left at this time. This was originally expected by the Federation captain. He was waiting for the sudden collapse of the Swan.
By this time, 10 of the energy capsules on the Swan had been used up, which was equivalent to a full-energy light cruiser using up more than half of its energy reserve.
The White Feather actually fought back and forth with the destroyer on the opposite side. The White Feather, with its ultimate enhanced firepower, was already close to its opponent. However, even though Zhao Jingsi was experienced in many battles, the palms of his hands were full of sweat at this moment. This feeling of wanton squandering of energy was unprecedented, and he was not used to it even thinking about firing the secondary cannon.
Finally, the shield on the Swan suddenly disappeared, allowing the opponent's high-energy beam to begin cutting the ship's hull wantonly. The Federation captain suddenly became energetic and shouted: "Come closer! It has no energy left, don't let it run away!"
At this moment, inside the Swan, the crew of the energy capsules were struggling to push the rows of new energy capsules onto the slots, and then they stuck with a snap. Raging energy rushes out!
The Swan's slender hull lit up with dim light, and it actually raised its shield again against the opponent's beam cannon!
"How is that possible?! It has more energy than us?" The federal captain's expression changed drastically.
However, the battle had come to an end at this time, and the two ships were only a dozen kilometers apart. It was too late to run away at this moment. The fleet below was still struggling to escape the gravity of the planet, and it would take ten minutes to come to the rescue.
Three minutes later, the Federation light cruiser's hull was finally penetrated, blazing fire spurted out from the inside to the outside, and the flames sprayed hundreds of meters. The Swan passed by its opponent and emerged from the fire like a phoenix bathing in flames.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the destroyer fighting with the White Feather turned around and ran away, not even caring about the flagship.
The flagship is obviously hopeless. The exploration fleet in the planet will not be able to come back for a while. The destroyer is not a light cruiser. It may not be able to survive for ten minutes under the super strong strike firepower of the Swan.
As soon as the destroyer escaped, it immediately put the exploratory fleet below that was trying to catch up in a dilemma. With only one destroyer and three frigates, they came to deliver food to the Swan. No one knows how much energy the Swan still has, but no matter what, the destroyer is not willing to try it on itself.
The planetary exploration fleet below then turned and fled into the depths of space.
The change came so suddenly that Zhao Jingsi was stunned for a moment before remembering to ask: "Are you chasing me?"
"Forget it." Lin Xi shook his head. The speeds of the two sides are almost the same. Although the Swan has a slight advantage, it is also limited. I am afraid that it will have to go outside the galaxy to catch up.
In this battle, the opponent's flagship was destroyed in one fell swoop, and his military achievements were already outstanding. There was no need to take risks at this time.
Lin Xi sent the coordinates to Zhao Jingsi and said, "This is the next navigation point."
"Is there another battle there?"
"No, there's a bunch of energy there."
