This time the Angstrom naval battle will be personally commanded by Soshyan. In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of the coalition, he unified the command of all squadrons, including the Reza fleet, into the Eternal Loyalty's Thinker data link. This is A huge challenge. Although the command center of the Eternal Loyalty has undergone a lot of strengthening and transformation, it is the first time to handle such a huge battlefield data. In order to prevent accidents, Soshyan even mobilized ten data from Angstrom. The sage comes to assume part of the computing function together with Reza's sage.
In addition, Angstrom's flagship Alloy Truth will serve as the deputy flagship of the joint fleet of the Expeditionary Force and the Mechanicum, as well as the fighter flight control center of the entire fleet. The captain will still be the same but the tactical command will be temporarily provided by Fourth Company Commander Lothar. In charge and assisting him are also several sages and more than a dozen experts in other fields.
When comparing the strength of the enemy's and our fleets, Soshyan did not ignore another advantage of his own, which was the fighter formation.
The fighter formation occupies an important position in Angostor's planetary defense system. Not only are large hangars and flight decks deployed on the orbital station, but solid bunker hangars are also built on several satellites. The entire Angostor In the Mu Planet Defense Force, there are 480 Fury Interceptor Wings and 240 Starhawk Bomber Wings, totaling more than 60,000 space fighters.
Although the status of fighter planes in the Imperial Navy is far inferior to that of naval guns, as what often happens in those primeval forests, the most powerful beasts may be bitten to death by the tiniest insects, but when the number of fighter planes reaches a certain scale, It is impossible to ignore their damage even if they are as large as a battleship. The only shortcomings restricting fighter planes are range and limited combat time. After all, the distance between fleets of battles is often tens of thousands of kilometers, and the fighter planes may use up most of their fuel in one round trip. There is no fuel at all. How much combat time is left.
However, this time it is a defensive operation. Relying on satellites to engage the enemy can alleviate this shortcoming to the greatest extent. In addition, whether it is Angstrom's battleship or the Astartes battle barge, the number of flight decks is compared to There are more other ships, which can also provide a temporary transfer station for the fighter formations fighting on the front line.
In order to achieve such a combat goal, Soshyan placed solid combat barges in front. On the one hand, they were used as fleet barriers to resist possible enemy firepower, and on the other hand, they were used as support nodes for the frontline fighter formations.
In addition, the system of the orbital defense station has finally been activated again thanks to the efforts of more than a dozen data craftsmen. Although some functions are still paralyzed, at least the weapon system can be used.
On the busy bridge, Soshyan stared at the tactical display. The thing swimming in the void in front of him was the powerful opponent he was facing. Three huge battleships hung in the open space above the holographic projection platform, surrounded by Surrounded by tiny, twinkling points of light that represented the next level of battleships.
Those three battleships are the most powerful battleships of the Red Pirates, and they have left a lot of notoriety in the records of the empire.
The first is the Renegade-class battleship Torment. The Renegade-class is a battleship built using many long-lost technologies of the Mechanicus. Its history can be traced back to the birth of the Empire. Currently, there is no Renegade working for the Empire. In service, from the 31st to the 34th Millennium, at least five ships of this type turned their backs on the Emperor's Light, and the Torment was the oldest of them, its engines destroyed during the Spartan Wars, leaving it helpless It drifted into an exhausted asteroid belt and was occupied by rebel pirates. After many years and twists and turns, it fell into the hands of Huron, who was the leader of the Star Claw Chapter at the time. After hundreds of years of repair, it became the powerful Star Claw Chapter. It was part of the fleet, but the Star Claw was defeated before it was officially put into actual combat, and it also escaped into the depths of the Maelstrom as Huron's hidden power. For more than a hundred years, Huron launched revenge on the Empire in the name of the Black Heart King. The crimes committed by the Torment are countless, including but not limited to destroying dozens of key space stations in the Empire and participating in several large-scale plundering activities against the Empire.
The second ship is the Retribution-class battleship Despair Invocation, which was recovered from the subspace by the Red Corsairs fifty years ago. After a series of transformations, it is even more powerful than before.
The third ship is the Conqueror-class battleship Lamentation. As a very old ship model, due to the aging of its engine and main structure, it was sealed in a naval port in the Storm Star Territory. The port was later destroyed. The old ship was also plundered during the Red Pirates' attack, and underwent extensive modifications to regain its strong combat effectiveness.
Although these three battleships have different models, they have a unified feature, that is, their long-range bombardment capabilities are very powerful. This is not good news.
"It stands to reason that it has entered the firing range, but the enemy flagship has not fired yet and is still moving. It is likely that the target is Liuli No. 3."
Lysander, as the first captain of the Imperial Fists, also has rich experience in naval warfare, so he came to the flagship as Soshyan's deputy.
Hearing his words, Soshyan drew a line on the tactical chart with his hand.
"The opponent will enter our farthest range in about twenty minutes. If they continue to move according to the current route and speed for forty minutes, they will enter the farthest range of the giant light spear array of the planetary orbital station, but I think They won’t go any further when they get here.”
Then he turned to the Communications Officer.
"Send a message to the Alloy Truth that the first batch of fighter formations and bomber formations on Liuli 3 will take off in ten minutes."
"yes!"
The subsequent development of the matter confirmed Soshyan's idea. After approaching the firing range of the imperial fleet, the Red Pirates' forward began to turn and turned into a standard artillery formation. Obviously, they also worked hard on Angstrom, very Understand the fire distribution and range of the forge world's orbital defense systems.
Subsequently, the battleships with the longest range in the Red Pirate Fleet suddenly opened fire, aiming directly at Liuli 3.
Dazzling spots of light flashed across the observation windows of all ships. The powerful shots made the entire Liuli 3 star seem to shake, and huge ravines were opened on the surface of the barren satellite.
But most importantly, the hidden Starfort Shipyard is revealed.
The Red Pirates did not hesitate when they found the target, and immediately fired the second main gun salvo in a very short period of time. If it hit, it would directly destroy the unfinished star fort.
However, something happened that surprised the commander of the Red Pirate Fleet.
The thick void shield that rose up at some point absorbed all the firepower, leaving the Star Fortress intact!
It turned out that although the Star Castle's energy system had not been completely completed, after an hour of unremitting efforts by the sages, the shipyard's energy system was successfully linked to the Star Castle, allowing the giant void shield generator that had already been installed to be successfully activated.
As one of the most powerful void weapons in the empire, the defensive power of the Ramirez-class star fort is self-evident. With sufficient energy, the enemy's long-distance bombardment did not shake its void shield at all.
After withstanding a round of bombardment from the enemy, the underground bunkers and hangars of Liuli No. 3 were activated one after another, like a giant crocodile lurking underwater opening its mouth, revealing a dark flight exit from the desolate gray ground——
