Chapter 1906 The Second Naval Battle of Angstrom (2)
Compared to the replenished fleet of the Red Pirates, Soshyan's fleet was much weaker than before due to the losses in the first naval battle and the subsequent transfer of the Black Templar, with only one battleship left.
, 2 battle barges, 3 large cruisers, 3 heavy cruisers, 10 strike cruisers, 7 light cruisers, and less than 70 destroyers and frigates of different types.
Just one star fort is not enough to smooth out such a huge gap in numbers and firepower.
Not to mention that the Red Pirates still have plenty of gang jumping teams to use. Even according to the most optimistic estimates, the available troops of both sides are close to 1:10.
However, even with such a huge advantage, Huron made a rare textbook arrangement and deployment for this naval battle in order to seek stability.
First of all, the headquarters of the fleet, the core fleet led by Huron himself, has one-third of the capital ships of the entire fleet, including his flagship battle barge [The Ghost of Destruction], 2 battleships, 2 large cruisers and 1
A heavy cruiser, as well as light cruisers and small ships responsible for cover.
The remaining ships were assigned to the left and right wings, forming a formation similar to an eagle with spread wings.
The advantage of this formation is that it can adjust the combat direction at any time. If an enemy fleet attacks from the rear, it will be surrounded by flanks. If it resists from the front, it will be attacked by the entire fleet advancing from both wings.
The important task of maintaining the formation fell on the 22 battleships. Except for the part led by the Huron Formation, the other battleships were all dispersed and deployed at key positions throughout the fleet. The commanders of these giant ships were given the initiative.
The power to break through the front lines.
Although the red pirate fleet is huge, it also has certain characteristics that are different from the empire. In principle, everyone is a subordinate of Huron, but when broken down, basically every ship has an "owner".
Even Huron cannot completely control the private property of a war leader or war gang. This is not in line with the basic principles of the Red Pirates, an armed organization. Therefore, when coordinating a naval battle of such a huge scale, Huron will not
It is also difficult to command each warship in detail. He can only dispatch ships with powerful firepower and well-equipped equipment to the appropriate position and give them appropriate freedom of movement. This has always been his main method of commanding naval battles.
However, in order to emphasize the determination of this naval battle, Huron raised a flag on the flagship. Although the flag was meaningless in the void battle, all the red pirate commanders could see that it was a flag with a blood-red sword.
, this shows the determination of the Black-Hearted King Huron to plunge into the bloody battle at all costs, and his will never to retreat.
When the death sword flag is raised, it means that everyone will risk their lives!
However, Huron has made sufficient preparations, but the actual situation of the Red Pirates is much more complicated. Due to differences in maintenance and combat readiness of different ships, even warships of the same model will have differences in performance and speed.
Therefore, when the fleet deployed according to his planned formation, it was not so smooth and smooth.
"The Hurons did not do very well during the Badab War."
On the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, Soshyan watched the changing situation between the enemy and ourselves on the display, with a smile on his face, and then said to Armin and others around him:
"Probably because I played too much chess with the rookies like the Word Bearers, I ended up getting worse and worse. Since I have the advantage of fleets and troops, I should launch an attack as soon as possible to engage in chaos and melee, instead of imitating the slow pace of the navy.
What kind of formation should Tun put in?"
After saying that, he opened the fleet command channel. Soshyan's command was very simple. During wartime, the entire fleet only needed his voice.
"The enemy is still adjusting their formation and spreading a wide net."
Following his orders, more than 200 ships built with small transport ships, or small ships that were built in a short period of time, rushed out of the imperial fleet. Their interiors were filled with controlled servitors, massive amounts of metal garbage, and were extremely unstable.
But the powerful reactor does not have any weapons, only void shields and oversized thrusters, and no subspace engines.
They have only one goal——
suicide.
When so many ships rushed towards him, Huron immediately guessed their purpose. After all, this was a time-honored naval battle tactic of mankind, a tactic that had appeared many times when humans were still fighting with swords on Terra.
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In fact, when he scanned that there were many small ships in the Soshyan fleet, he guessed that this tactic might be used, but knowing and dealing with it were two different things. Huron believed that his fleet was large enough, and its firepower could completely destroy those "fire ships"
It was destroyed in the middle. After all, there were thousands of kilometers between the two fleets.
But when he ordered to attack those small boats, he found that the situation was not as simple as he thought, because the fleet was still forming a formation. After he ordered to fire, there was a certain degree of chaos. Some fleets stopped and did not continue to move forward.
The destination was moved, but others were still moving according to the plan. Even Huron himself was not sure whether he would continue to move according to the original formation. This caused the firepower of the entire fleet not to be used as he expected.
Lasers and artillery all over the sky swept through the void, destroying many suicide ships and creating tumbling wreckage in the void. However, some still approached the Red Pirates' fleet, and some ships began to leave their original positions in order to avoid it, which made the already shaken
The formation is even more chaotic.
"We must attack immediately!"
"Those ships haven't been destroyed yet, wait-"
"Damn it, Bad Blood, you're standing in front of us. Do you want me to blast your ass with a cannon?"
But now the command channel of the Red Pirates is more chaotic than outside. Some captains want to give up the slow formation and take the initiative to attack, some want to clean up the suicide ships, and some just want to stay where they are, making noisy noises.
Lun's mind hurts.
And Huron also discovered one thing. Although those suicide ships seemed to have no effect, a large amount of wreckage and metal garbage formed a moving metal belt in the void. These metal belts had no impact on the ship, but on
Smaller assault boats and jumping torpedoes are very dangerous obstacles. If you are not careful, you will destroy the machine and kill people.
He was already vaguely aware of Soshyan's intention.
"The net has been spread, bless the barriers, and release the first wave of fighters."
Soon, Huron noticed that the Imperial fleet began to move. They were slowly approaching the huge star fort. At the same time, a large number of warships poured out of the star fort. So they immediately gave up their original formation and asked the entire army to shrink into a formation with a diameter of more than two hundred meters.
Kilometers of compact sphere, with big ships inside and small boats outside.