The Keshan family's guardian fleet is a very large fleet, consisting of 311 warships of various types, and most of them are cutting-edge warships of the Tau tribe, including 10 Guardian-class aircraft carriers and 40 Protector-class cruisers. , 60 Fortress-class frigates, and 60 Warden-class gunboats, and the rest are Hero-class and Defender-class.
The most special one is the Guardian-class aircraft carrier. This type of warship is still highly confidential in the Tau Empire. It originated from the summary of a series of failed experiences in the conflict between the Tau and the Empire in the Gulf of Damocles. The empire's huge battleships and the Tau's cruisers are difficult to cause effective damage. They urgently need a large battleship close to the tonnage of a battleship to support their core of naval warfare. However, the Tau have never designed and built such a huge warship, nor have they. The accumulation of related technologies for super-large naval artillery or light lances, and the time required to develop heavy gunboats are also unacceptable to the Tau fleet commanders who have an urgent need for large naval ships.
Under this situation, the Earth clan technicians of the Tau clan could only choose existing mature technologies, and on the premise of "leveraging strengths and avoiding weaknesses", they developed an aircraft carrier with a tonnage close to that of an imperial battleship.
Obviously, the technicians of the Earth clan believe that the advantage of the Tau clan is various types of fighter jets. Therefore, in the absence of super-large ship artillery, the formation of Taman, Barracuda and Tiger Shark can also make up for the lack of main gun firepower. , and even in order to further strengthen the function of the aircraft carrier, in addition to the fighter formation it carries, the Monitor class can also tow three Warden-class gunboats, and its own firepower is mainly an array of rail guns and ion cannons on the side. array.
Although all mature technologies were used, the research and development of the Monitor class was still full of difficulties. After designing and producing several relatively failed models, Earth Caste technicians launched the final Keovish plan-reduce Part of the flight deck has been added, engine output power, shielding capabilities and deflector technology have been improved, and the armored bow has been significantly increased.
In the end, the plan was approved by the Ether Parliament, and the Monitor-class aircraft carrier was born. This type of battleship is the highest level of confidentiality from research and development to manufacturing. Its tonnage is close to the empire's main battleship, and it can carry several With hundreds of aviation units and the toughest defensive capabilities among the Tau fleet, this has also made its manufacturing cost reach unprecedented heights. Although it has been developed for decades, each world can only produce it in small batches. of manufacturing. (The Monitor model actually appeared in the Battle of Talos in 997, but considering the long time it takes for a warship to go from research and development to mass production to actual combat, there should be no problem if it is already in small batch service at this time)
Therefore, these 10 Monitor-class aircraft carriers are already the entire wealth of the Keshan family in the world!
After receiving messages from the grid communication station in the home world, indicating that the enemy did not attack the home world, Cole Oxanavas felt lucky. After all, if something happened to the ether, then their senior generals would definitely die. redeemed.
But now he was blind to the situation of the enemy. He knew nothing about where the enemy came from, what goals they had, their numbers and strength. There was a huge amount of information coming from the several galaxies in his home world, but among them There are many things that people cannot understand, such as——
Enemy ships can disappear directly on the spot, and enemy warships can be as big as an asteroid, or enemy weapons can destroy a fleet in an instant.
It all sounded like the same story, and Cole Oxanavas had no idea how it was made up.
How can a warship as big as an asteroid move through space with the agility of a living creature? ? ?
Even warships like those creatures of the Zerg race are not so outrageous!
And now he also faces a problem, that is, because he rushed back too urgently, he gave up maintaining the integrity of the fleet formation. Due to the rapid iteration of naval technology, the performance of new and old Tau warships
The performance difference is also huge. The Guardian-class aircraft carrier is not only the largest warship of the Tau tribe, but also the fastest. When it maneuvers at full speed, only the Protector-class cruiser can keep up, and even the Fortress Master class is slightly inferior. Needless to say the old heroic level.
This has also led to an extremely embarrassing situation in Keshan's guardian fleet, that is, the entire fleet has been divided into two or three, and there has been a serious disconnect.
Therefore, after breaking away from the war and quickly arriving near the galaxy at the edge of his home world, he did not continue to advance recklessly. Instead, he collected information while trying to reorganize his formation, at least to let the ships behind him arrive first—— Logically speaking, he shouldn't make such a stupid mistake, but because it was about the ether, he was too impatient, and would rather take such a risk to return to his home world as quickly as possible.
After all, Ether is the root of the Tau Empire and the reason why the four major clans can be united. It can be said that without Ether, there would be no Titanium. Without the leadership of Ether, even if they have hundreds of millions, they will be nothing more than a pile of sand! (Haha, of course the far-sighted gang doesn’t count)
Now that we know that the enemy has not attacked our home world, it can be said to be a blessing among misfortunes.
But now a new problem has arisen——
What about the enemy fleet?
The enemy fleet is no longer near the home world. This is information that has been verified. They have massacred several fleets before and sunk more than 400 large and small ships. It is said that not a single enemy ship has been sunk.
Although the ships left behind were all old and weak, they were not slaughtered like livestock. The enemy's terrifying efficiency made Cole Oxen Navas feel shuddering.
Now the enemy has disappeared, and the time is very short. There is no trace of the opponent at any detection station, which is a bit worrying. Fortunately, he has not rushed into the battlefield rashly now. This place is still far away from the enemy's previous position. It should be relatively safe, and he had to assemble the fleet as soon as possible, so Cole Oxanavas immediately sent a message to the ships rushing behind and gathered at the designated assembly point as quickly as possible.
But what the Tau naval commander didn't know was that just when he was planning where to regroup the fleet, searching for the direction of the enemy fleet, and reorganizing the formation to attack as quickly as possible, the main force of the Tears of Heaven fleet It has quietly approached the Tau fleet that was the first to arrive in the system.
"Fighters, a great victory is about to come!"
Driven by the battleship's psychic circuit, Giulio's voice spread to every ship.
"Perhaps many of you are accustomed to fighting under the guidance of prophetic prophecies, but I don't believe in any omens. I only believe in the profound knowledge left by my ancient ancestors. I believe that each of my warships embodies the wisdom of the ancestors. Believe in your determination and will, and believe that the Eldar have the right to trample the stars without hindrance! This time we want to tell these Tau that the Eternal Elda are not refugees or hiding wretches, we are the masters of the galaxy! We are the ruler. The overlord who has ruled the Milky Way for 60 million years!"
"Revival! Revival! Revival!"
The communications circuits were filled with shouts of excitement.
