The biggest advantage of the spherical formation is that it can effectively fight against enemy fighter jets. Huron knew the pressure brought by the huge fleet of Mechanicus in the first sea battle of Angstrom, and did not intend to give the opponent a chance to replicate the results of the previous battle. , and as a senior "naval warfare expert" Huron dares to conclude that even if tens of thousands of fighters are packed into a star fort, it will never be able to recover and launch in the same timely manner as a satellite. After all, the star fort is only so big, and the flight deck is impossible. There are many specialized defense satellites.
As long as they survive the first two rounds of air strikes, the efficiency of subsequent Imperial fighter planes will decline rapidly due to the lack of timely ammunition replenishment. At that time, they can attack Soshyan's fleet and Star Castle with all their strength.
Under Huron's strict order and the intimidation of the Imperial fighter fleet, the Red Pirate Fleet quickly huddled together and formed an air defense formation to wait for the impact of the Imperial fighter fleet.
However, the first wave of four thousand fighters and bombers did not attack the Red Pirate Fleet's main formation. Instead, they flew from the top, bottom, left and right of the fleet formation, attacking only the outermost ships, thus avoiding the densest air defense firepower. area.
Soon, more than a dozen small plunderers and two light cruisers exploded amidst the massive bombardment of fighter planes. But what surprised Huron was that those fighter planes did not turn back to the star fort, but flew directly towards the distance.
There were only a few Gray Knights strike cruisers there, and there was no movement from the start.
But soon, Huron knew the reason.
"Master! A new fleet was scanned! The number exceeds 30! And -"
Huron almost jumped up from under the command throne. I stood up and shouted:
"Don't hesitate, it's nothing!"
So I asked several destroyer formations to monitor each other, focusing on the Red Pirates' assault fleet.
"You can't be so passive anymore. If you continue to go up, your army will be defeated! The only way now is to charge forward! No matter which side it is, concentrate on attacking in one direction. Don't worry about casualties, and throw all the jump gangs towards the Star Castle! "
Just as Huron was trying to command the fleet to fight against the two-pronged attack from Qi Zhou's fighter planes and the Imperial fleet, Zhu Fu's anxious voice sounded under the bridge.
At this moment, the Red Pirates made the first move that surprised Soshi.
Huron's eyes narrowed. I never thought that my pride in the past would become a weapon against me now. For some shameful reason, Huron's commander was sure to mention the name of Hell Iris again. As time went by, I almost forgot that I had never been in a star castle.
"Bad! Just do what he says! It's up to him, Brother Zhufu! The whole army will attack in the direction of Soshiyang!"
The Red Pirate Fleet immediately counterattacked, but because of the spherical formation, the capital ships were protected by many large ships, so their shooting often required avoiding friendly forces or adjusting the hull, which was far less efficient than during abnormal times.
"What's the big deal? The Imperial fleet is still just like yours. No one is sticking to their original position. Our fighter planes may be endless."
With the help of weak engines, the Adeptus Mechanicus fleet slowly arrived at the area where the Gray Knights fleet was located. Starfort had not yet received the first wave of surviving fighters, and was slowly replenishing and repairing them.
I immediately realized that the person leading that commando team must be a very decisive and crazy person, not a Huron who is looking back and looking forward. You must know that the whirlpool torpedo is a small-scale product, and it is absolutely impossible to be willing to use that thing to open a road. With an ordinary spirit.
Before his wizard lord reminded him, Huron immediately remembered that he had not made any arrangements for Angstrom No. 8.
The Mechanicum's exploration fleet dragged the Star Castle with gravity beams and approached from the edge of the galaxy at an extremely slow speed. Since then, we have been using technology to hide ourselves. Although the fleet is small, more than half of it is heavy cruiser level and below. Although the medium-sized ships are part of the exploration fleet, their armament level is inferior to that of any naval force.
That was the shot from the hidden main gun of the Eternal Loyalty, and it also sounded the clarion call for the Imperial fleet to retreat. The capital ships opened fire one after another, with the goal of hitting the Despair Prayer, which had lost its shield protection, and let the huge The hull of the ship was submerged in a continuous explosion and flash.
Moreover, Soshyan has scattered so little "garbage" in the void, which means that if we want to join the gang, we must find a way to clear a clean channel. The process is not difficult.
"King White Heart, don't forget the things you haven't got from Angstrom No. 8!"
Just when the order was issued, even fewer fighter planes roared over. Like a river encountering a rock, we sailed past the Red Pirate Fleet for seven weeks, braving the line's point defense firepower to retreat and bomb the enemy, but without any fighter planes. The bombers were hit and exploded, but the Red Pirates' battleships also emitted sparks and even caused chain explosions.
That was not the two-island tactic formulated by Soshyan.
At the same time, the fleet of the Mechanicus also stopped shooting. Compared with the rest of the empire's navy, the ships of the Mechanicus were less focused on long range and low precision. Therefore, the shooting effect was even worse than that of the expedition fleet led by Soshyan, and they suffered heavy losses in the first round. captured a heavy cruiser and destroyed several large ships.
The Huron flagship could not be seen from the camera and it did not follow the assault. Soshyan was just vague about what these large ships heading towards the planet were doing. There should be something else.
Although Huron knew what Zhu Fu said was right, I still felt uneasy. If we had to launch a gang-hopping attack against such a small number of fighters, the casualties would be unimaginable.
Soshyan suddenly discovered that the Red Pirates had spread out their formation. Part of the fleet stayed in place to fight against the Mechanicum's fleet, while part of it formed an assault formation and ran towards him, while some large ships headed towards the planet.
Surely one star fort can guarantee the efficiency of all fighters, but what about these two?
Hearing what Zhu Fu said, Huron gritted his teeth.
However, somewhere where I didn’t pay attention, another change was happening——
The main force of that assault force was a battleship, a battle barge, three small/heavy cruisers, and more than seventy medium and large ships. They fired all the way, rushed all the way, trying to pass through the metal debris belts created one after another, but However, they were fiercely blocked by the imperial fleet.
"That--"
Now, I remember.
"There's not even a seventh Star Castle! It's the Iris of Hell!"
Suddenly, a dazzling beam of light streaked through the void and hit the Retribution-class battleship Desperate Prayer hard, causing its void shield to extinguish before a flash of light.
As the flash of light erupted in the subspace, a huge amount of metal garbage and debris was sucked into the subspace, even affecting some large ships of the Red Pirates, but it also successfully destroyed Soshyan's design.
"Um?"
Fighters taking off from the Blessing Barrier will land at the line's mark before consuming all ammunition, while fighters taking off from the Failure Mark will land at the Blessing Barrier. Both can maximize the preparation and take-off and landing efficiency, and can also form The cross air attack force is equivalent to "sandwiching" the Red Pirates' fleet between the two airports, enduring the most efficient air attacks and bombings.
"Huron, are you going to fight for your life?"
We launched vortex torpedoes, but the target was not the Imperial fleet, but in the "metal isolation zone" created later.
"Blessing Barrier is ready to fight with the anti-jump gang!"
"Concentrate all firepower on the enemy's capital ship!"
"You are ready to be the leader again! You are willing to personally lead the assault!"
"White Heart King!"
Even if the red pirates form a hedgehog formation, it is still important, or that is what Soshyan wants. I hope to win the naval battle with air strikes, so I want the red pirates to shrink into a ball, so that our bombardment efficiency will increase. When the force is lowered, the advantages of quantity and firepower are brought into play (human warships, including Chaos, have a relatively fixed range of fire for the side main guns, so the direction of the hull needs to be adjusted relatively slightly when salvoing), and the empire's fleet will You can't use long-range artillery fire to "peel" us bit by bit like peeling an egg.
The only ones that were damaged as far as the eye could see were large ships.
So Soshyan immediately focused his attention on the Red Pirates' desperate attack.
The other party's reaction was also within my expectations, so I immediately sent out an army-wide communication.
Looking at the fleet of aircraft whizzing past the fleet, the newly-joined Mechanicus fleet and the star castle that he had lost in the past, Huron was at a loss for a moment, but I soon reacted and took the Start the communicator.
(End of chapter)
