When the regent of Cathay was dragged out of the shower room by his subordinates, his body was still wet and full of bubbles, and he was considering using microwaves to blow-dry his hair.
At this time, Prince Charon Orang Mane's fiery red hair, which was admired and envied by his followers, no longer had the "flaming" domineering appearance, but was wetly slicked on his body.
The whole person seemed to have shrunk a bit. It was as if the lion king who dominated a country had really become a miserable stray cat.
...Then again, as a long-haired race, why do the Catai people have to imitate humans and take regular baths? Even if they are really mysophobic, why can't they use high-tech electromagnetic waves for cleaning that are more suitable for them?
Of course, at this tangled moment, it is meaningless to think about this issue anymore. After hearing the news, the regent of Cathay rolled out of the bathroom in an embarrassing posture, almost tumbling, and banged his head.
Arrived at the wall.
It took him more than three times the time to finally get up with difficulty, and shouted an order: "Contact the Blood Gate Fortress immediately! Let all the fleets set sail and come at full speed to support! Yes, it is mainly a fighter platform, let the fighter platform take over
Release all escort fighters! Quick, I mean all of them!"
Colonel Lanbeard, the captain of the Prince Regent's guard, subconsciously responded: "We have already done this. Your Highness, we must take you to evacuate immediately."
The guard captain's movements were very mechanical, and his expression was full of panic, but as a well-trained security officer, he still used the conditioned reflex movements to stuff the wet Charron Orangutan Mane into a protective
In the server, I also put a helmet on the latter and two compressed survival bags.
But in fact, the distress signal from the Blood Lion was not sent out. This heroic flagship of the Cathays was actually one of the first warships to be hit. A torpedo that exploded on its side was not completely neutralized after all.
Without the protective belts of its shields and armor, most of the extremely powerful explosive energy did not erupt within the battleship's body.
Even so, the direct entanglement composed of space bubbles, force field shields and anti-matter energy still formed quite violent turbulence, instantly destroying all communication circuits outside the dreadnought.
At this time, it was less than two minutes before the battle began, and the Galaxy Defense Command located at Fortress No. 3 in the rear had not yet captured the presence of the Community ship. Even when the fire on our own dreadnought ship began to burn,
I also thought it was a vicious ship collision - this kind of thing actually happens quite often.
It wasn't until a Huozhao-class dreadnought that had lost its kinetic energy that it crashed into the nearest Fortress No. 5, causing secondary damage. Only then did they realize that they
It seemed like he was really attacked.
"We are sending electricity to the West End Galaxy ahead. We were attacked by the enemy's superior fleet. Please come back immediately for rescue."
"Rescue? However, the outer ring fleet is attacking, how can we come back for rescue?"
"Divide the troops! Of course we have to divide the troops!"
"So I'm asking you, who should divide the troops?"
"Quick, go ask the imperial advisor! Ask Count Heronqi to come and make an idea!"
"The Cathay people's fortress invites the empire's advisors to make decisions. From now on, what position do we have to guarantee at least autonomy in front of the empire?"
"You, you, you! What do you mean? You are not loyal!"
"Is this the right time to consider this kind of problem? Quick, quick, quick, in short, we must contact His Highness the Regent!"
The officers who stayed behind were not unanimous in their opinions. At this time, the entire command system of the Blood Gate Galaxy was in a fatal state of confusion and incompetence.
But at this time, no one will be able to make up for this mistake.
After all, the Blood Gate is the most important military pass for the Cathay people. Whether it is the Enbu people, the Angmans people, or even the Imperial people, they do not fully understand the mechanism here.
By the time the stay-at-home headquarters reacted, all the stationed warships were put into emergency sail, and all the fighter planes took off and escort orders were issued. By the time all units that could still respond responded, a full five minutes had passed since the first attack.
A full five minutes. Then, everything was already too late.
The first thing to be bombed was the orbital fighter platform near Fortress No. 2. Most of these defensive fighters used in the interstellar world were Snow Deer-class fighters produced by the Empire. The advantages were fierce firepower, thick armor, and easy maneuverability. The disadvantages were
It lacks maneuverability and cannot cruise for a long time, and its combat radius does not exceed one astronomical unit. In addition, this type of fighter aircraft carries a large number of weapons and a large amount of ammunition, which brings about the problem of too long preparation time.
Of course, more expensive multi-purpose fighters are also on the shelves of the empire. But again, the Kaitai people have limited funds and manpower, and it is already good to be able to spend a small amount of money on warships.
Of course, the Cathay Kingdom has also considered designing and producing its own fighter aircraft. But facts have proven that although these are ultra-small aircraft for individual soldiers, their technological content is much higher than that of large freighters and passenger ships.
Anyway, after all, the mission of this kind of fighter is only to provide air defense cover for facilities in the galaxy. There are never any high-difficulty combat requirements such as sublight speed interception, escaping enemy pursuit, or fleet penetration, so the combat radius is not a big problem.
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However, the long preparation time posed the most fatal problem at this time.
At this time, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry named "Rumina Squadron" also arrived.
Most of these torpedo ships were produced in the New Seville Shipyard, and most of the pilots were locals, hence their name. Of course they are not Lumina people, and their body shape determines that these powerful warriors are not suitable.
Although they operate the spaceship, there are also many human workers in the Red Maple Factory.
A pilot team composed of the children of human workers, driving a lightning strike ship made by their Lumina workers. This is probably the most perfect unity of civilizations for common prosperity.
As for the Blood Gate, before the first escort fighter plane was sent out of the hangar by the electromagnetic track, the airport where they were located suffered a disaster.
Facts have proved that compared with various warships, these space hangars are so fragile. Even the torpedoes launched by the unbuilt torpedo attack ship Tiger Leopard Cavalry can easily destroy the orbital airport even with turbofan laser groups and small missiles.
penetrate.
At this time, the New China Squadron led by Anne Romanova did not stop or turn around, but directly broke away from the burning battleships and passed by the smashed orbital airport at extremely fast speeds.
The airspace began to accelerate straight away, drawing a 15-degree clockwise orbit around the low-Earth orbit of Planet No. 4, and rushed towards the dock area.
There were not many torpedoes left in their hands, so they simply smashed out the remaining ammunition. As a result, 4 orbital shipyards and more than 20 large and small warships were hit on the spot. High-heat energy shock waves continued to bite.
Pulling and pushing the burning steel corpses scattered throughout the airspace.
In addition, when the tiger and leopard riders of the New China Squadron passed through their hunting grounds at high speed, they even released a series of mines, the only remaining weapons in the cabin.
For a time, the airspace was densely covered with deadly traps. Even the enemy ships that had barely escaped being struck by lightning just now found it difficult to set sail immediately.
In this way, in just ten minutes, the lightning strike fleet produced results comparable to those produced by the outer ring fleet in the previous twenty-four hours. It suffered only one death and three injuries, and began to return the same way.
"Let's go back to resupply. If everything goes well, we can return to the battlefield in an hour." Annie reported to the remaining company of the Dragon of Dawn.
Of course she and her subordinates were not returning to Nantianmen, but to their own mothership.
The sneak attack fleet led by the Fuxi no longer concealed themselves. As early as the attack was launched, they had already jumped into the Blood Gate Galaxy in a swagger.
These capital ships had not yet entered combat status immediately, but the back-mounted lightning strike ships immediately deployed their light wings and directly entered a sublight speed charge state.
"Approved. However, I earnestly hope that you will do it in vain." Yu Lian replied.
"The same goes for lower officials."
Looking at it in detail, what the two of them said was really a bit too complacent, as if an arrogant soldier was destined to be defeated. But with the current situation in the world, even the most cautious and steady commander here really can't think of a reason to overturn.
Already.
You know, the third batch of tiger and leopard cavalry led by Colonel Gao Lanfu also arrived on the battlefield. This lightning strike fleet, which had achieved great results in the "Battle of the High Seas", had already thought that a certain commander's bad taste had been officially punished.
Named the Rogue Squadron. However, the tactics of these people are not "rogue" at all, but very "trapped".
They rushed over from the backside of Planet 4 along a counterclockwise orbit, and quickly passed through a row of heavy automatic turrets with ease.
Immediately afterwards, 12 torpedoes hit Fortress No. 6 on their only way.
However, it is regrettable that the space bubble anti-matter torpedo, which is almost a special attack on battleships, has limited damage to the overly thick fluid metal armor of the fortress. After a violent explosion, the fortress fell into a state of paralysis and deformation and lost its ability to move forward.
He lost the ability to command the fort and other facilities, but at least he managed to survive with difficulty.
However, this regret is just a small episode after all.
The Rogue Squadron passed directly above the orbital dock group, and while avoiding the mines left by the friendly forces, it also completed its own "bombing". The battleship's reactor was detonated and flames began to fall one after another.
The energy turbulence set off violent waves, shaking the survivors of the United Fleet who narrowly escaped death. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry shuttled between the torn beam gaps, as if they were really trampling the harvesting appointment in the enemy's formation.
Iron Knight.
By this time, almost no one would consider the possibility of resistance anymore.
However, the battle is still not over.
Lieutenant Jean Cook and three friendly ships, under the order of Colonel Gaulanve, slightly left the main force formation and accelerated towards their own battlefield in the 5 o'clock direction.
That was the first battle point of the battle, and there were seven or eight heavily damaged battleships standing there. They were burning and collapsing, but after all, they had not completely sunk yet.
Therefore, Lieutenant Cook threw two torpedoes carrying neutron warheads through the hole on the port side of the Blood Lion's hull. A ruthless murderous storm swept through the entire ship in an instant, and then came one after another.
The three Tiger and Leopard Cavalry also did the same amount of time.
In the blink of an eye, more than 8,000 officers and soldiers still alive on the ship lost their lives.
The flagship of the Kingdom of Cathay, with all its personnel killed in action, still followed the route originally set by the captain and helmsman, rushed forward crookedly, and then crashed into the Enbu people's Lessing III dreadnought.
In the violent explosion, the two majestic giant ships finally began to disintegrate.
The pilots of the community only felt that they had finally killed two of the most important iron turtles, and their morale was high. However, it was not until the end of the war that everyone noticed a detail. Before the Blood Lion was completely destroyed, he did not succeed in killing any of them.
A lifeboat was launched.
No one knows what the last order Charon Mane gave during his lifetime.
However, maybe someone felt the sadness of the coalition commander, and after all, there were brave coalition pilots who took off in their fighter planes. But again, if they could have taken off ten minutes earlier, they might not have been able to prevent the surprise attack of the people on earth, but
It shouldn't be that he has no ability to fight back at all.
Before Beiwei arrived at the battlefield, the White Devils' fighter planes finally arrived.
In the face of new fighter planes equipped with light wings, the old and fragile Snow Deer is indeed as fragile as a fat deer in front of a pack of wolves. The coalition pilots did not successfully complete the escort mission, but fell into prey again, and exposed all their own
An airport that still works.
Facts have proved that the orbital airport cannot stop the lightning strikes and new turbolaser cannons of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, nor can it stop the tiny aerial bombs and missiles of the White Devil.
If the number of kills of the fighter planes at the airport can be counted, all the pilots of the White Devil Squadron will be regarded as aces today.
Only then did the fleet led by the Fuxi start to rush towards this direction belatedly.
Their combat mission is to attract the attention of the enemy fleet and provide support for the torpedo strike ship with the long-range gunfire of the dreadnought when necessary. However, looking at the situation now, it is good to be able to rush to pick up the leak.
On the other side, in the driver's cab of Dawn Dragon 1, Yu Lian could not help but be shocked by the battle situation.
"I knew this attack would have a very high success rate, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth. How could the majestic Blood Gate Fortress become incapacitated so quickly?"
Rozes mused: "In April last year, a quite violent palace coup occurred in the Kingdom of Ketai. Charon Mane transformed from a destitute former crown prince to the regent of the kingdom. He
He put his father under house arrest, killed his three younger brothers and two younger sisters, and naturally also vigorously purged the Kaitai military."
"You mean, all the outstanding Kaitai officers were killed?" Yu Lian asked.
"No, all the excellent Kaitai officers were killed by you during the Battle of the West End Star Territory." Rozes shrugged: "What I mean is that after the coup, the combat effectiveness of the Kaitai Kingdom Army actually increased.
Period. Their performance since the beginning of the war is not too bad. However, this kind of military organization is based on the words of a strong man. It will show good efficiency and execution in a short period of time, and it will appear to have combat effectiveness.
Yes. But when a strong man loses his leadership ability, he will behave like a troll who has lost his head."
He paused and showed a gentle and warm smile: "We should learn something, we should learn a lesson, so that we can live up to the lesson the enemy taught us with blood."
"Davarishi Rozes, I always feel that your words are quite meaningful." Yu Lian glanced at the other party.
"I am just speaking out of my feelings. The key depends on your interpretation." Luo Zeshi still had a kind face.