In the early morning of September 2, 833, the Outer Rim Fleet, more than a thousand large and small warships, had assembled in units according to the predetermined tactical plan. The jump engines, shield generators, and capacitors of all main guns were in the process of final charging.
, are also undergoing final inspections.
At the same moment, on the bridge of the flagship HMS Republic, Admiral Bonaparte had already lit a huge brazier with his own hands, burned three sticks of incense, and made a deep ninety-degree bow.
Since the Commander has shown such piety, of course, a series of senior generals behind him could only do the same thing.
Admiral Bonaparte stood up, patted his sleeves, and once again regained his awe-inspiring posture that remained unchanged despite the collapse of Taishan Mountain. However, he still looked at Yu Lian, whose face was covered with black lines, with expectant eyes.
"It's your turn," the commander said.
Well, since it is not a so-called encounter, of course this complete ceremony of praying for victory cannot be cancelled. Even though I don't believe it, as long as the majority of officers and soldiers believe it, it still has practical significance.
In addition, Yu Lian is now the most powerful psyker in the entire fleet. Therefore, he can only preside over the ceremony himself.
Yu Lian bared his teeth and first sacrificed a large number of exquisite swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks one by one. When they gradually dissipated in the air-conditioned wind pressure of the bridge, he picked up another exquisite one.
Pray for the victory doll and carefully throw it into the brazier.
Seeing this exquisite doll, which could have cost at least four figures in a doll store, being swallowed up by the flames, Yu Lian actually felt a little guilty. At that moment, he actually and those Hexagram pilots who bombed hospitals and kindergartens
, there was a strange feeling of empathy.
"Hahahaha, what is this? What kind of low-level cult ritual is this?" Yu Lian's ears could already hear the loud laughter like a hero. However, the hundreds of senior officers present also
There are many psychics, but only I can hear this voice.
Needless to say, of course it could only be Xiao Hui.
This was the first time that Yu Lian expressed his helplessness to Xiao Hui's ridicule and had no way to fight back, so he just pretended not to hear. He took a deep breath, stood up, turned around, raised his right arm and shouted loudly to his comrades: "The spirit of the universe will protect us.
victory!"
"Sacrifice the victory! The great Blue Star community will win!" the officers shouted in response.
Yu Lian once again felt an overwhelming sense of dissonance and surreal absurdity. However, once he accepted this setting, he actually found it quite interesting.
Now, he is basically happy with this weird sense of ritual.
"The spirit of the universe must be with us!" He shouted the slogan again, and then received a louder response.
When the victory prayer doll based on the Empire's Ivana the Great disappeared in the flames, the prayer ceremony was successfully concluded.
General Bonaparte said to everyone: "The combat meeting has been held four times. Do you all know what you are going to do? As long as you all perform your duties, we will definitely win. Then, disband!"
After everyone left, the commander stopped Yu Company again and lowered his voice: "The former enemy's reconnaissance fleet has come to report, and the combined fleet on the other side of the Blood Gate has also moved."
"This is also expected. If they don't respond at all, we will have a headache." Yu Lian said with a smile.
"Leave the main battlefield to me. Your retreat is safe. If the surprise attack fails, don't hesitate and turn back immediately." Admiral Bonaparte said: "You must know that it is because you left enough room for maneuver that I
Approved this battle."
"Understood!" Yu Lian saluted: "Xiaguan has never been the type who likes to risk his life and perform extreme operations."
"..." His Excellency the Commander's expression suddenly became subtle, with an expression like "I have never seen such a shameless person."
"There is a saying that the only time Xiaguan performed an extreme operation was actually at the God of War Festival, which led to such a stereotype. But at that time, I was just risking my own life, but now the lives of so many soldiers are around me, that is
That’s another story.”
"I hope you will keep your word. Young man, you are the future!" He held Yu Lian's hand: "Then, see you at the Blood Gate!"
"See you at the Blood Gate!"
General Joseph Bonaparte was indeed not the type to be passionate and domineering, and he did not like to give speeches to the soldiers before the war started, but he gave people the feeling of being as tough and calm as a mountain.
He is the type who can't be expected to fight a magical battle that will go down in history, but if you give him a certain position, a certain galaxy, a certain fleet or even a certain army, you don't have to worry about stretching your crotch.
I really don’t understand why, for such a type of brother, the younger sister, Eleanor, is the completely opposite type?
…
"Yes! Who do you think I am! Move the ship over!" Commodore Eleanor Bonaparte jumped up from her commander's position and shouted loudly.
This is the Dawn Passage DL29 star system. The Eleanor Bonaparte fleet (actually) commanding the Thirteenth Fleet has already encountered the empire's search fleet here. Of course, or it could be said that it was actually overtaken.
The enemy's fleet was nearly twice as large as hers, including a battlecruiser, two aircraft carriers and four heavy cruisers. However, she expressed that her mood was very stable.
"Don't worry, we have already occupied the high ground." The young commander assured everyone, and even took the initiative to meet the enemy fleet.
Well, although this commander is a young beauty, her authority in this fleet is already absolute. Although the captains had some doubts, they still followed the order.
Ten minutes later, the Aurora, located at the arrow of the fleet, should have entered the rail gun range of the three battlecruisers, but the other party did not fire.
"You see, they really want to capture us." Eleanor said with a smile: "Uri snatched this ship from them. Only by snatching it back will the Imperial people feel that their shame has been washed away."
"You haven't thought about what if they don't want to?" Ina asked.
Eleanor said: "Then just run. Anyway, this is the theoretical limit of the effective range. At this distance, you can still avoid the bombardment. Use the left rudder, dodge, and then run."
"Oh, just run away?"
"Ina, do you know why our Thirteenth Fleet has never been defeated once since it was established? Because we never fight a battle that we cannot win. Hahaha~~~"
"..."
"What's your expression?"
"No, I'm just thinking. If it were you in the past, you would have said that those who can't be beaten should be beaten, and those who can't be beaten should be beaten even more. Soldiers must have backbone, and those who fight are elites and so on." Ina said seriously.
Said: "I always feel that you have been contaminated by some people's poisonous gas."
Eleanor couldn't help but shuddered and said angrily: "Please don't describe me as a reckless man who shows off his courage! After all, I have been a fleet admiral for three years, so can't I grow up?"
Ina nodded solemnly, then quickly shook her head: "But the current military strength and combat effectiveness should be far superior to ours? Are we preparing to escape now?"
"Now, of course it's not necessary." She adjusted her collar and sneered, "You can try to hit it."
Just like that, the Thirteenth Fleet suddenly made an extremely smooth arc movement within the opponent's extreme range, and at the same time, it launched hundreds of long-range sub-light speed missiles directly towards the front of the opponent's fleet.
There is a saying that at this distance, the absolute damage caused by these missiles to the empire is actually almost worth mentioning, but the sense of ridicule and humiliation is completely overwhelming.
The Imperial Fleet began to accelerate into a charge state and began to violently bombard the Thirteenth Fleet.
Of course, both sides are high-speed battleships. Neither one has a speed advantage and will not close the distance. No matter how fierce the bombardment is, it will not have any impact.
As a result, the war situation fell into a sour kite state.
...Of course, it is not entirely true that it is a kiting tactic. The Thirteenth Fleet does not have a range advantage, and it is impossible to fight while running. Secondly, Eleanor does not have enough combat time.
If the battle continues and the empire's reinforcements arrive from all directions, our side will be like a rabbit whose hole has been blocked by hounds. Sooner or later, we will be cornered.
However, it is obvious that the imperial fleet did not know the truth about the annihilation of the Silas fleet, and did not pay enough vigilance to the several ships following the Aurora. Wait until the fleets of both sides are chasing me.
When being pulled into a ring, the twelve Beiwei suddenly turned around, unfolded their light wings and rushed towards the Imperial fleet.
The ships wrapped in space bubbles easily broke through the anti-aircraft interception firepower of the Imperial fleet and pounced directly on their sides.
However, compared to the Silyas fleet that sank at the end of the Dawn Star Territory, this batch of Imperial fleets was at least not caught off guard by the sneak attack. The hard-tempered Imperial crews began to act skillfully when they were betrayed.
evasive action.
As a result, in this round of bombing, three of the four heavy cruisers were hit by one torpedo each. The battlecruiser Alien Guardian even received two torpedoes at a very close place, and a huge gap suddenly appeared in the hull.
If it had been in the past, this would have been considered a perfect bombing. However, the pilots of the community who had already had a meal of the Siliyas fleet felt that the attack was not going well, and they could only force themselves to suppress their disappointment.
If you feel emotional, quickly distance yourself according to the movements during training.
The mentality of the imperial fleet on the opposite side was completely opposite. They only felt that they had suffered heavy losses, so they became angry.
Soon, fighter planes taking off from the two aircraft carriers swarmed in and pounced on the "strange assault ship" that had escaped.
"The commanders of the empire are very keen." Ina analyzed seriously: "They know that the most powerful space-killing light-wing ship is actually a small fighter plane."
"Their minds are also very clear, and their rhythm has not been disrupted." Eleanor glanced at the star map. On it, after the imperial fleet used fighter planes to drive away the Beiwei, it still maintained a clockwise movement, trying to cut off its own tail.
.
"However, I don't believe they can calm down forever!"