The hundreds of warships that jumped into the Lion's Den Galaxy first were indeed small and medium-sized ships, mainly light high-speed cruisers, paired with ten assault carriers and ten arsenal ships... Well, according to the Predator
Our "terminology" should be called flamethrower.
Unlike most of the cantilever nations located outside the Galactic Center, in the sea of Galaxies within the Galactic Center of the Predators, there are no requirements for protecting trade routes, fighting crime, and maintaining public order. In addition, the life in that damn place
The situation is indeed a bit bad. There are basically no small ships such as assault ships and destroyers in their fleet. In addition, their fleet does not have the standard classification of ship types like other countries.
In order to facilitate the robbery, almost every one of their ships, including the lightest cruisers, had a hangar for carrying assault landing craft and a crew room for carrying stormtroopers.
In addition, they only have two types of large combat ships, the mothership, which is used to carry more looting thugs and loot, and the flamethrower, which is used to carry more trolls.
Of course, there are still larger battleships. The Marauders, especially after receiving the remnants and technological heritage of the Eero Empire, have also mastered the manufacturing technology of dreadnoughts, but they still only have the above two types, and some even have
Carrying the function of settlement.
After all, they are "nomads", so this simple but not simple combination of ship types is probably more suitable for their tactics.
A little larger are immigration ships and various functional ships. For example, the agricultural ship that Dr. Xie once worked on is a type of functional ship.
According to the current intelligence of various countries, in this large star field in the center of the Milky Way, there is almost no Earth-like planet that can recuperate and reproduce, so we can only move towards the less intense situation like those ancient nomads.
Galaxies are migrating and struggling to survive.
Admiral Celerius did not find any large ships of the dreadnought level among the vanguard. However, if the predators really tried to attack the Lion's Den Fortress, it would be absolutely impossible with this small force.
Sure enough, just as Admiral Selerius expected, when the vanguard fleet completely entered the local system, the fortress radar transmitted another signal, showing that the individual battleships with a wavelength of 1 and the total mass had exceeded 5 million tons.
It's a dreadnought!
Although the No. 3 gravity well leading to the center of the galaxy is still expanding, it is still incomparable to the core areas of the Milky Way galaxy and those transportation thoroughfares that can easily carry hundreds of millions of tons of mass at the same time.
In fact, in the past history, all fleet battles that took place in remote star areas required the fleets of both sides to jump into the battlefield in waves.
At this time, according to the empire's tactical regulations, it is necessary to take advantage of the enemy's unsteady footing and attack first. As long as the enemy is forced into a fueling tactic, half the victory will be won.
Of course, there is also a more confident and ruthless method, which is to let all the enemy fleets enter the local system and annihilate them together. Anyway, the gravity well channel is relatively narrow, so if they are all let in, it will be difficult to escape.
If the Yongjin and the main force of the fortress garrison fleet were here, Admiral Celerius would probably choose the latter approach. But the fleet he has now is limited, and he has to allocate part of it to protect the Far Home planet, which is a bit confusing.
It's stretched thin.
More importantly, these predator fleets behaved very smartly and did not directly enter the fortress gun range of the Lion's Den Fortress. They used high-speed cruisers to form two groups and began to clear the surrounding drone turrets. With twenty large battleships
As the core of the main force, an artillery formation was deployed.
Under the cover of the drone turret cluster, the two squadrons of the fortress began fighting the predators, but the battle could only be described as unwinnable and undefeated.
After nearly two hours of fighting, the elite Imperial fleet indeed sank more Predator warships than its own, but it was still unable to drive them away. And when a towering castle-like dreadnought warship jumped into the galaxy.
Sometimes, they can only fight and retreat.
The Imperial fleet acted in a timely manner. You must know that the Dreadnought was obviously a "Spitfire" type. As soon as the hull was stabilized, hundreds of gun holes were opened, and a large row of dense missiles and torpedoes were blasted out. The Imperial fleet, however,
If you take one step slower, you may be killed in half in an instant.
But despite this, the devastating output this time still completely tore the broken guard ship into space junk.
Admiral Celerius rejected the squadron admiral's request to reorganize and fight again, and ordered him to return to the fortress for repairs. He knew that when the enemy's dreadnoughts had already jumped into the system and opened their guns, there was no point in continuing to fight.
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However, as a lifelong veteran of the Empire, although Selerius felt it was a pity, he was not too worried. After all, the Lion's Den Fortress where he was located was also a Sky Fortress that the Empire spent a lot of money to build, and there was no doubt about its protection and firepower.
Even a large fleet of more than a thousand ships with the Titan ship as the core cannot break through its own defenses from the outside.
In addition, the Far Country planet is also within the protection of the fortress's artillery fire, so there is no need to worry too much about the residents there being killed by looters.
The veteran decided to stand firm and wait for reinforcements. Of course, in order to prevent the enemy from defeating them one by one, he also ordered Vice Admiral Omoti, who was on the Titan ship Valiant, to gather the nearby patrol fleet and come to the rescue.
Of course, the rescue information was also sent to Tianyu and Luyuanxing, and responses were quickly received.
The imperial bosses were naturally surprised, but they also agreed with Admiral Selerius's judgment that he would stand firm and wait for reinforcements. They also said that the main fleet assembled on Luyuan Planet had already begun to use live ammunition and would attack soon.
Kill these flies.
What a hell! You know, there are more than 3,000 large and small battleships gathered in and around Luyuan Star. Although nearly half of them are allies (xiao) and friends (di) of the empire. Even those interstellar nomadic thugs all came from
Yin Xin jumped out, and they probably used this kind of troops, right?
Moreover, the Jiji galaxy is a border galaxy after all. Although it has a small population, it bears the pressure of national defense and there will be no shortage of various military factories. But no matter what, there are more than 3,000 warships and more than 3 million tons of ships.
There are more than 200 giant ships. It can be imagined how long it will take to complete the live ammunition replacement of so many warships.
So, in the next twelve hours, the main force of the Predator fleet, with six ugly battleships the size of dreadnoughts as the core, all entered the Lion's Den galaxy. By this time, the Predator fleet in the Lion's Den Fortress
The number has exceeded 500. Based on past combat experience with the Predators, it is estimated that the opponent's crew and stormtroopers should have exceeded one million.
Eighteen years ago, when the Marauders launched a rare offensive against the Lion's Den Fortress, it was this force.
...Of course, the result eighteen years ago was that the main force of the plunderers was smashed in front of the fortress's protection. As a result, Admiral Selerius remained very calm. He still feels that compared to plundering,
Or, the "ghost" who doesn't know the truth inside the fortress is even more threatening.
Wait, if the so-called "ghost" is a conspiracy of the plunderers, and wants to play tricks with them, wouldn't it be troublesome? The veteran thought of this blind spot, and then thought of the refugee ship that came some time ago, all
The logical problems suddenly connected together.
"That's true. So compared to the fleet, we may need the support of extraordinary people more." Security Director Brigadier General Kesore nodded.
"So, where are the psykers closest to us who can provide us with reinforcements?" the admiral asked the senior officers on the scene.
After a few seconds, a colonel in charge of external relations raised his hand and answered: "It's the Yaoguang Angel, which is affiliated with the Astral Knights. They were assigned to the blue side under Marshal Este during the exercise and have been operating under
The red side is conducting guerrilla warfare in the star domain controlled by the red side. The last confirmed position was in the Tianjian 6 galaxy, which is four jumps away from us and 350 light years away. The entire fleet includes one Archangel-class armored aircraft carrier and three Clear Sky-class cruisers.
Five Aegis-class cruisers and more than a hundred Astral Knights are commanded by Commodore Shameen. The fleet commander is Rear Admiral Baiya."
Since it is a support fleet belonging to the Knights, it must be a highly maneuverable warship with a full crew. It should only take two or three days to arrive at the fortress. Admiral Celerius breathed a sigh of relief, but then he realized that the current problem
The thing is, there is a predator fleet outside the fortress. We can't let the precious astral knights sit on the ship and attack the tower, right?
Therefore, we still need our own fleet to rush to clear the area next!
By four o'clock in the afternoon on October 25, the main force of the Marauders had already spread out their ranks and pressed forward in the direction of the Lion's Den Fortress, seemingly preparing to launch a general attack on the fortress.
At this time, it will still take 18 hours before the Tyrero Yongjin arrives in the Lion's Cave Galaxy. It will also take at least 40 hours before the Yaoguang Angel and the Astral Knights arrive, if they can be contacted immediately. And it will take at least 40 hours from Luyuan.
The galaxy's fleet has arrived...that's really unclear.
Of course, what Admiral Selerius on the Lion's Den Fortress didn't know was that, except for the Lion's Den Fortress where he was, almost all the galaxies connected to the Galactic Center in the Extreme Sector had found traces of the Predator fleet. Only a few
One cruiser, or more than a dozen. Obviously, this is a small fleet of suspects.
In addition, a huge group of predators also appeared in front of the other Sky Castle fortress guarding the Galactic Center, the Gate of Glory, which was even larger than before the Lion's Den Fortress.
At this point, normal people know that the predators who have always twitched intermittently have reached the moment of twitching and going crazy again.
At this moment, on Luyuan Planet, the mobilization order was naturally quickly issued to all the exercise fleets, even including the fleets of the empire's "allies". Yes, the two imperial army bosses present, Marshal Este and the same
King Thoraine, who had the rank of marshal, took over the command of all the fleets present in an almost brutal manner. As for the "allied" commanders, no matter what they felt in their hearts, on the surface they could only smile and show that they could serve as
The empire’s dog is the greatest happiness!
Of course, there are also members of the delegations from various countries on Luyuan Planet.
At this time, five days had passed since the official end of the Glory mission and the debut of the Colossus weapon. Most members of the military observation group had already packed their bags and left Luyuan Planet. Who could have imagined that such a big situation would occur.
The delegation of the Blue Star Community has not left yet. It is said that Admiral Maxell and the Empire still have some matters to discuss, and they held four or five meetings accompanied by Major General Watt Rall.
After all, the empire and the community have not yet broken up, so there is naturally room for making deals and compromises. As the leader of the observation team, the old principal will indeed be responsible for some diplomatic missions.
However, judging from this action, the rumors that the pro-imperial Co-Prosperity Party is wooing him into politics are not groundless.
The delegation of the alliance has not left either. It is said that they are preparing to have a celebration with the Cirke Kingdom. After all, there are many countries between the two countries, and there are rare opportunities to meet together. At this time, they should celebrate as much as they can.
Okay. Admiral Akbar from the Alliance, who looks like a big fat fish, feels that the Circassians, who look like snapping turtles, are very close to each other. Isn’t it reasonable?
In short, once, Yu Lian saw with his own eyes the 1.7 meter General Akbar and the over 2 meters tall General Usti, arm in arm carrying wine bottles, walking on the streets of Luyuan Star, singing and dancing loudly.
Gao Ge, at first glance, it looks like a fat-headed fish spirit and a turtle spirit jumping happily and getting ready to eat Tang Monk's meat.
They were followed not far away by their respective security guards, as well as several plainclothes spies from the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs. This scene made Yu Lian feel quite friendly, so he ran over to say hello.
The two generals naturally knew Yu Lian, the "God's Chosen Champion", and said that no matter who it was, as long as he still slapped the imperial devils in the face, he was their half-brother of a different race, and they enthusiastically invited him to join them.
Come in.
An Earthling, a Monmari who looked like a large fat-headed fish, and a Circassian who looked like an upright snapping turtle, just found a bar to play until early in the morning. During this period, Admiral Akbar also came over
When he went to his adjutant, he heard the news of the raiders' invasion, and his mouth almost reached his ears.
"It's so enjoyable!" He laughed loudly, gloating like a villain in front of the nearby imperial intelligence personnel: "This should be the imperial ghost... the noble man fired at the center of the galaxy, stabbing
Is it a hornet's nest?"
In fact, the Alliance has had many wars with predators in the past. In other words, because it is too wealthy and is still a federal system, the defense layout on the border is unbalanced, and the degree of harm suffered by predators is even greater than that of the Empire.
But again, as long as he slaps the imperial devil in the face, he is his half-brother from a different race and father, Admiral Akbar!
The one who succeeded even more mischievously was Lieutenant General Usti, whose motherland was still in war.
He ordered a plate of the Empire's famous dish "Golden Feast". To put it bluntly, this dish is a golden-yellow soup boiled with large meat, poured on top of the golden-brown pancake. It is quite earthy.
The taste of the famous dish "Cooked Rice Bowl with Fried Pork".
The hot soup was poured on the noodles, and the refreshing aroma, accompanied by the appetizing "sizzling" sound, immediately spread to the entire audience.
"This dish is called Bombing Sky... ah no, region!" Lieutenant General Usti laughed.
This is a bit arrogant! Yu Lian can clearly see that the expressions of the two plainclothes spies huddled in the corner of the bar have changed. But it must be admitted that although this bar mainly sells wine and other kinds of things,
A carbon-based mammalian intelligent creature's drink to get high, but this "Bombing the Sky" is still quite delicious.
In short, in the following days, General Akbar and Lieutenant General Usti seemed to be walking with wind.
Yu Lian, Feifei and several other friends from the delegation went to the docks and military ports every day to observe the fleet's combat preparations. However, they had to admit that although they were facing a sudden enemy invasion, their combat preparations were not good enough.
It is indeed being carried out in an orderly manner, and the efficiency is astonishing. It is so much higher than the community that I don't know where it is.
"Actually, our combat readiness planning and doctrine are all learned from the empire, but unfortunately, all perfect doctrines must be implemented by people." Yu Lian said to Feifei.
"Then try to change people." Feifei smiled.
"Isn't this what I'm working towards?" Yu Lian held Feifei's hand in his hand.
Colonel Silva, the "old senior" on the side, looked at it and thought to himself that I didn't hear anything you said today.
On the third day of observing the empire's war preparations, that is, on October 28, when Yu Lian and Feifei returned to the hotel from the dock on the outskirts of the city, they suddenly had a whim and wanted to take the girl to the tavern to taste the incomparable taste.
Delicious "Bombing the Sky".
However, when the two of them went out, they found that a luxury car with dragon-patterned chess pieces was already parked at the door, and waiting beside the car was Countess Giafel.
Wait, why did I say that again? Yu Lian thought, and sighed: "It's so haunting..."
Feifei smiled and pushed Yu Lian with her crutch, saying that this was really rude.
No, the Countess opposite did show an awkward smile: "I feel offended... But, Colonel, and Fina, His Highness did invite you to dinner and discuss something. Don't worry, absolutely