A small formation of five ships is sailing in space. The special markings on the ships indicate that this fleet belongs to the 19th escort formation of the Casco patrol fleet, which can also be called Phil Squadron.
The formation consists of one Defiant-class light cruiser and four Scimitar-class frigates. It is performing a combat readiness alert mission about 12 million kilometers away from the Moon of Destruction. Because the Expeditionary Force General Headquarters issued a combat readiness order, they still have to go for inspection.
This area is controlled by small detectors and subspace probes launched by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Everyone is saying that the enemy is coming soon, but when exactly they will come is undoubtedly a very torturous question.
The same goes for Chinedu Silva.
After experiencing the last near-death operation, he was named and commended by the Expeditionary Force General Headquarters, and was quickly promoted from a destroyer captain to a squadron commander, and his flagship also changed from the almost crippled destroyer to a squadron commander.
A 90% new Defiant-class light cruiser was purchased.
But in terms of his own personality, he actually doesn't like ships like aircraft carriers very much.
He wanted to pilot a powerful gunboat and declare the enemy's demise with roaring gunfire. Especially when his destroyer was beaten by the heretic's capital ship, he was even more eager to wash away this shame.
But since he is only 32 years old now, perhaps he is still a little too young in the navy that pays attention to seniority.
Another thing that bothered him a little was that since the last battle, he seemed to have received "special care". Not only did he rest in the port for three months, but the subsequent routes were basically in safer locations. This made Qi Qi
Naidu was a little depressed. After all, the expedition was about to end. If he didn't create some achievements, the path his father had arranged for him might not be so easy.
However, he actually doesn’t have much confidence in the position of Governor Badab, because he knows that many people are eyeing that position, and his identity——
It was a bit embarrassing after all.
So out of boredom, he simply started a martial arts showdown with his childhood friend and staff officer on the bridge.
They took their place in the white circle simply drawn on the floor. Both of them were wearing formal uniforms and decorations. Chinedu had neat back hair and two neat mustaches. He was very handsome and capable.
, there is a fresh scar on his left forehead, which is the "medal" left by him in the last battle.
The two men each held a training sword in their hands, and after exchanging salutes, Chinedu began with a feint, then turned and attempted a slash to the staff officer's left.
The opponent retreated flexibly and stabbed downward, but was parried.
Chinedu recovered and struck again, and for a moment the two were locked together, sword upon sword, raised blades pressed against each other.
They pushed each other, separated, and looked at each other.
Then move forward again. When the thrust is blocked, a flexible body position becomes the best defense. When sliding and deflecting to parry, Chinedu's choice is to feint.
In the dancing whirlpool, there are two men moving with all their strength.
Finally, with a crashing sound, a dark red line appeared on the staff officer's left arm.
The counselor stood still, his sword knocked down, and then Chinedu straightened up and held the sword upright in front of him.
"The first drop of blood is yours, brother."
The staff officer smiled bitterly and picked up his weapon, and Chinedu put down his sword.
There was no real blood, it was just the effect of training weapons. The two then walked to the attendant and picked up the wine glasses.
"I really want to get rid of this boring mission, Eli, have you seen the Glory Queen?"
The staff officer nodded.
"Well, I've seen it. It's really a legendary battleship."
"If a person can command such a powerful battleship, then his life value will exceed that of most people."
Seeing Chinedu's melancholy expression, Staff Officer Eli raised his wine glass and touched the other person's glass gently.
"Your achievements actually exceed those of most people, and your father will have arranged things for you. After all, his descendants only take drugs and play with women, and none of them are useful."
Chinedu sneered, raised his glass and took a sip of wine.
"But I will never inherit his title and property. I, like his servants, are nothing more than a tool for him to consolidate the family."
Suddenly, the alarm bell interrupted their conversation, and Chinedu immediately ran to the command position.
"Report the situation."
"Commander, Phil 3 received a scanning signal when checking the detector. There are hostile targets approaching. It is currently judged to be 2 cruisers and 2 predators!"
In fact, the fleet of the Red Pirates had discovered the 19th escort formation five minutes ago. Their mission was to clean up the detection equipment released by the empire, and then began to turn around to apparently prepare to intercept this small fleet. They initially
The course was 160 relative to the position of the frigate that discovered the signal, but then the commander of the Red Pirate Fleet suspected that this small fleet was covering heavy ships, so he quickly turned to port and maintained the course 360.
Although this move was cautious, it lost the opportunity to attack the frigate Phil 3 first.
After discovering the enemy, Colonel Chinedu immediately ordered the frigate squadron to turn to starboard together, maintain the course 060, and accelerate. The four frigates immediately concentrated in detachments around the flagship Crossbow in accordance with previous orders.
After comprehensively analyzing the enemy's movements and ship scanning data, Chinedu concluded that this should only be the enemy's reconnaissance fleet or outpost fleet. The two cruisers were most likely just light cruisers and could fight!
"Convey to all ships, heading 190, level 14 degrees, full speed!"
Then he issued his second order.
"Order No. 1, the 2nd Bomber Squadron immediately prepares for takeoff."
The Crossbow carried three squadrons of Starhawk bombers and two squadrons of Lightning fighters, totaling 74 fighters, but could only launch two formations at the same time.
At this time, fifteen minutes had passed since the enemy fleet was discovered. An enemy light cruiser took the lead in firing at Phil Squadron. It was a Dreadnought-class light cruiser equipped with a bow lance, so it could attack first.
However, the combat readiness of the red pirate warships was not very good, and the first shot did not hit. After all, they had lost most of their territory, and the dockyard must have been very nervous.
Then the Crossbow's bow lance fired back, hitting another enemy light cruiser, but it was neutralized by the void shield.
At the same time, Phil 1 and 2 quickly approached each other at full speed. Another enemy light cruiser of unknown type immediately opened fire, but the shooting was not stable. A small amount of firepower was absorbed by the void shield, and most of it was missed.
Realizing that the distance between the two sides was rapidly shortening, the Red Corsair cruiser no longer intercepted the Imperial fleet head-on, but instead turned, intending to use a curved maneuver to keep the ship outside the limit of the frigate's gun range and avoid possible torpedo attacks, but this
Overly idealistic tactics caused the Red Pirates to lose a good opportunity to take advantage of their superior firepower.