When the tenth destroyer appeared, Lucien could no longer calm down, and the winged knights who had just begun to attack Li Ruobai slowed down.
At this moment, both sides were evenly matched in terms of strength. Lucien had no idea that Lightyear would actually launch such a large fleet. Although there were no heavy cruisers or light cruisers, the number spoke for itself. What was originally envisioned as a crushing match instantly turned into a fight to the death, but the question was whether Lucien could make up his mind to fight an evenly matched battle.
Richard's face changed slightly, and he remembered the story of the ambush of Chu Jungui, as well as the tragic death of the sniper and intelligence officer afterwards, and subconsciously said: "Guangnian's group are all desperadoes..."
Lucian suddenly felt a little irritable. Didn't he know that there were a bunch of lunatics in the light years? But the question is, where did Lightyear come from with so many starships?
He was still hesitating. On the other side of the battlefield, Li Ruobai had already taken advantage of the slowdown in the Winged Knight's attack to defeat the two frigates in front of him, and then began to pursue the transport ship. The large group of destroyers that just appeared did not hesitate at all and pounced directly on Lucian!
At this time, the winged knights who came forward were immediately caught in a dilemma, not knowing whether to return for help or to save the nearby transport fleet.
After hesitating for three full minutes, Lucien gritted his teeth and said, "Fight!"
But at this time, panic began to spread in the fleet's communication channel. The vast majority of the officers of the family fleet have always fought in crushing rounds, or at least in downwind rounds. Have they ever seen an evenly matched battle to the death? Although the Cerberus Legion in the other half of the fleet is fierce, they are only here to help and have no obligation to fight to the death.
The main fleets of both sides approached quickly. When they were hundreds of kilometers apart, high-energy beams were already surging out!
Both fleets used a concentrated fire strategy, but Lucian was faced with the same destroyer, so he had to randomly choose one to rush ahead.
And the target Chu Jungui chose to focus his fire on was the Winged Knight!
After all, compared with the two heavy cruisers that looked ordinary, the Winged Knight was really outstanding, and its appearance was comparable to Longinus in Zoli's painting.
Good looks not only represent justice, but also money. The Winged Knight is so good-looking, even if it is not the most powerful starship on the other side, it must be the most expensive starship. Every shot fired will cause the opponent heartache.
Ten unexpectedly thick high-energy beams hit the Winged Knight hard, almost causing the Winged Knight's shield to collapse with just one blow. Instantaneous energy readings showed that the power of the main guns of these destroyers had already caught up with the light cruisers. Even the modified high-end heavy cruiser wing knights could not stop the siege of ten light cruisers.
The shield of the destroyer that was focused on by Lucien collapsed immediately, and the high-energy beam continued to chip away at the armor. The destroyer actually withstood the first wave of attacks without dodging. However, there was a large amount of damage on one side of the ship, and the deepest melt hole was two meters deep!
Even if such a deep molten pit has not penetrated the armor, it is almost there. Even Lucien found it a bit thrilling to see. It seemed that the opponent's destroyer was specially armored, but even so, it was still almost penetrated.
Both sides began to prepare for the second round of attacks. At this time, a scene that made Lucian and Richard look at each other appeared. The leading destroyer not only did not withdraw from the battle, it did not even retreat and hid behind other teammates. It actually turned around and faced the opponent with the intact hull on the other side!
This is simply not something that can be described as brave.
"General, are you still focusing on it?" The captains asked for instructions one after another. Many of them had never seen this before.
Lucien gritted his teeth and said: "Continue to focus the fire! Its hull structure has been damaged. Even if the other side can hold up, it may not be possible for this side. In addition, everyone will launch space torpedoes!"
Chu Jungui also ordered the launch of space torpedoes, but the bomb load of the destroyer was naturally not as good as that of the heavy cruiser and light cruiser, so the number of space torpedoes was only half of that of the opponent. But the power of the beam cannon was another story. After the second salvo, the Winged Knight's shield finally couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed completely. There were also large and small melt holes on the armor, some as deep as one meter.
The destroyer blocked by Chu Jungui was even worse. The deepest melt hole caused by this round of attack was more than 3 meters.
When the two sides were preparing for the third salvo, a scene that shocked Lucian appeared: the destroyer that had suffered heavy damage actually turned its less damaged side back and continued to block the front!
"Are you crazy? There are so many intact starships, so you have to let your men die?" Richard couldn't understand either.
Lucian took a deep breath and said, "This is to show us your will!"
"Show will?" Richard didn't understand.
Lucien said: "In the early days of the mother planet, gangs were rampant in many places. During negotiations, some people would stab their own thighs with knives to show their ferocity in order to frighten their opponents."
"Huh? There is such a fool?" Richard was shocked.
Lucian snorted, with a solemn expression on his face, and said slowly: "The opponent means to win this battle even if there are heavy casualties. This is forcing us to give up the transport fleet!"
"How can this be done? There are still 2,000 defenders on the transport ship who have changed defenses!"
Lucien said nothing, his eyebrows furrowed, and he was constantly weighing the pros and cons.
The third round of salvos passed quickly, and the target of both sides' focus remained unchanged. The destroyer maneuvered while fighting back, and in the end the melt hole on this side reached a terrifying 5 meters. What's surprising is that the armor hasn't been penetrated yet.
The Winged Knight was in a miserable condition after being baptized by another round of high-energy beams. The surface armor was extensively damaged, several attitude engines and secondary guns were destroyed, and several melt pits were as deep as 2 meters. The Winged Knight had to turn and move the other side to the front.
Chu Jungui was sitting in the command chair, his whole body radiating an astonishing amount of heat, while the specially modified command chair continuously sprayed out cooling gas to cool down Chu Jungui.
Chu Jungui stared at the star map, and instantly sent the coordinates and speed of each ship's next move to each ship, and at the same time set the main gun to fire at Zhu Yuan.
The entire fleet began an extremely delicate maneuver. The starships suddenly scattered in all directions like a school of frightened fish, and then fired one after another. The beam cannon's impact point happened to be on the Winged Knight. Only one destroyer turned around and bombarded the Winged Knights who were outflanking the fleet from behind.
This round of salvo didn't seem to cause much damage to the Winged Knights, but the Winged Knights captain's face had already turned a little green. Seven of the nine high-energy beams hit important parts, and the attitude engine, secondary guns, and even a shield generator were all damaged. After several rounds of attacks, although the armor layer of the Winged Knight was not seriously damaged, the entire ship was equivalent to being washed, and various equipment on the ship suffered heavy losses.
The Winged Knight is not an ordinary heavy cruiser. The cost of building one of it is much higher than the two heavy cruisers in Lu Xien's hands combined. Under normal circumstances, the cost of Chu Jungui's entire fleet is about the same as that of a Winged Knight. . Every piece of equipment on the Winged Knight is not cheap to repair, and it is not a defensive starship, but it is now doing the job of a human shield.
When the captain saw that Chu Jungui had only sent one destroyer to support the Winged Knights, and the entire fleet was still staring at him, he suddenly couldn't bear it.
Both sides' space torpedo groups have reached their target. Lucian's torpedo group was all destroyed by secondary guns. Chu Jungui's torpedo group was relatively more durable, but the number was too small and they were all destroyed. However, half of the Wing Knight's secondary battery was destroyed, and there was a fatal omission. A space torpedo came within a thousand meters. Although the torpedo was eventually destroyed, the captain was already breaking out in a cold sweat.
"General Lucian, our ship has been severely damaged. Please apply to change formation and enter the rear attack position."
"Okay." Lucian made an emergency adjustment, first placing a heavy cruiser in front of the Winged Knight, and then moving two light cruisers forward to replace the human shields. At the same time as he was mobilizing, Lucien took the time to launch another salvo, leaving 5-meter-deep melt pits everywhere on the hull of the destroyer sent to die.
"Can it still be penetrated? Could this be a trap? The opponent has specially added several times more armor and is waiting for us to attack?" Richard asked in shock.
The veins on Lucien's forehead throbbed and he said: "No matter how much armor is added, there will always be a time when it will be penetrated. Knock it out first, and then knock out the others one by one. When the winged knights outside are in place, we will Just win.”
"Where's the loss?" Richard asked subconsciously.
Lucian's face was already very ugly. Even if he could win this battle, it would be a miserable victory. He would probably lose a Winged Knight. Even if he won, it would still be a loss that outweighs the gain. But there was no choice at this moment. Lucian shouted angrily: "Why do you think so much? Win first!"
At this moment, Kaitian communicated with Chu Jungui for the first time, "Master, No. 0001 at the front has only half of its armor left. Do you want to move it to the back?"
Chu Jungui pondered for a moment and said: "It's okay, let the other side think that our armor is only six or seven meters long. The second ship will be withdrawn when the melting pit reaches 3 meters, leaving them with the impression that other starships have 4 meters of armor." .”
"Should I direct the bombardment instead? Boss, you are about to catch fire."
"No, you're not precise enough." Chu Jungui continued to wash the floor for the Winged Knight carefully while blowing on the air conditioner.
Even if Lucien adjusted the array, Chu Jungui's starship kept moving, and there would always be a few beams of light hitting the Winged Knight.
In fact, Chu Jungui could already penetrate the Winged Knight's armor, but doing so would only let the Winged Knight escape. Therefore, Chu Jungui controlled the landing point of the beam cannon and removed the attitude engines of the ship one by one. As for the secondary guns and shield generators, they were added incidentally.
At the rear of the fleet, the destroyer was already scarred, but it was clinging to the other Winged Knight, as if it was determined to bite off a piece of its opponent's flesh.
At this time, seeing the leading destroyer finally hiding behind, Lucian cheered up and said loudly: "The opponent's toughest starship has been disabled by us! Everyone, work harder, we will win this battle!!"
There was a burst of cheers in the fleet channel.
In Chu Jungui's consciousness, the battle process has only progressed to a little more than 10%. He has to patiently peel off the shells of all opponents, especially the two winged knights, and then harvest them in one fell swoop to let Lucien Not a single starship can escape.
The battle was stalemate, and both sides thought they could win.
At this moment, an old, rough and ferocious heavy cruiser suddenly jumped out from behind the battlefield, its whole body filled with the beauty of mechanical violence. As soon as it appeared, a dazzling light lit up from its tail, and then the light stream flowed from back to front, flowing through the entire hull, and finally converged on the muzzle of the main gun.
There was a flash of light in the universe, and an electromagnetic artillery shell was shot out at a terrifying relative speed of hundreds of kilometers per second. The huge recoil pushed the entire heavy cruiser back hundreds of meters!
The cannonball instantly cut through the deep space and directly broke a light cruiser behind Lucian into two pieces!
The unimaginable shot instantly broke the balance of the battlefield. The two winged knights did not even ask Lucien for instructions, but turned around and ran away. He only threw Chu Jungui, who had worked hard for a long time to peel off the shell, on the same place, messy in the wind.
(End of chapter)
