You must know that this distance is beyond the range of the super-large light spear cannon carried by the Titan ship. Even the arc cannon still in the laboratory may disperse its energy.
Then, there is only one possibility! The opponent uses a rail gun that "theoretically can move forward until the end of the universe as long as it does not hit the target."
However, even if the range is unlimited, what's the use of firing a cannon? With such a long distance, when the cannonball flies over, you don't know how many minutes have passed, what else can it hit?
...Of course, it is also possible that the Predators have mastered some very powerful naval gun technology. But in this case, it is a bit of a slap in the face. His Colonel Yu Lian just talked about the Predators not being good at cannons five minutes ago.
With.
When he thought of this, Yu Lian's face began to hurt subtly.
Fortunately, at this time, Lieutenant General Tariel said again: "Your Highness, it has been confirmed that it is a rail gun!"
Thanks to the help from the "exploration" field! Yu Lian felt that his face felt a little better again.
However, this still doesn’t make sense! Are orbital artillery shells better than others?
"Start calculating ballistics!" The technical officers on the bridge have already begun to operate the data terminal quickly.
Well, in theory, as long as it is a live ammunition weapon, it is possible to intercept it. However, this probability is the same as hitting a bullet with a bullet. It relies on metaphysics. What's more, in an era when the technology tree is skewed, fire
The control skills are so impressive, and the aiming of the main gun depends on the experience, technique and even intuition of the top gunners.
Of course, these technicians are not trying to intercept the opponent's artillery shells, but to assess their threat to see if they will really concentrate their own ships.
However, just before dozens of busy elite technical noncommissioned officers on site operating state-of-the-art data terminals came to a conclusion, someone reported: "There is no threat from shelling."
The person who spoke was one of the trio of psychics standing at the "altar" at the front of the bridge. A colonel who was about twenty-five years old was facing him. He had a handsome appearance, silver hair and purple eyes, and fair complexion. He had no expression and no voice.
Ups and downs. To put it bluntly, it is a typical three nothings.
A female officer at this age is still a three-no, but she is already a colonel. It is conceivable that she must be a psyker with outstanding abilities. Since she is serving as Lieutenant General Tariel's assistant, she should also be "exploring" or "exploring"
"Hold the spirit".
Yu Lian took a few more glances. Of course, it was not because the girl was beautiful, but because he wanted to confirm whether she was a future celebrity. Unfortunately, he did not recognize her.
At this time, I heard the colonel lady add another sentence: "But, it's very close."
Lieutenant General Tariel nodded, expressing his approval of this judgment.
So Brunhildt, who had just stood up from his seat, pondered for a moment, then sat back down with a smile on his face, and even poured himself another glass of ice wine calmly: "Send the order to the entire fleet, ignore it.
Enemy bombardment! Continue as planned."
Not even a few seconds after her order was conveyed, a warning was sent from the outer cruiser of the fleet.
Hundreds of cannonballs ejected from the electromagnetic rails just "grazed" the imperial fleet and flew towards the depths of the universe.
The nearest artillery shell was 450 kilometers away from the outermost warship in the fleet.
In the vast space battle, this is indeed a very close distance.
Yu Lian frowned slightly. He felt that he had seen this scene somewhere before. However, he didn't have much experience in dealing with predators in his previous life, so he couldn't remember it for a while.
"The second round of bombardment by the Predator Fleet begins!"
Ostana, who serves as chief of staff, has not reacted yet, but some staff officers have already set their sights on Brünnhilt. However, the latter remained unmoved, and instead continued to shake the ice honey wine in the crystal glass.
, as if some gems could be shaken out of those amber wines.
Yu Lian knew that this woman did have the habit of drinking a glass of ice-cold mead to calm down before fighting. It is said that this was a habit she had developed since she was a child. She was diagnosed with Laoshizi's "mutated acute collagen syndrome"
She was only five years old when she fell ill. His Majesty the Emperor took this favorite great-great-great-great-granddaughter to the Longlin Palace to take care of her personally. Whenever she fell ill with high fever and lethargy, Emperor Eliasel would feed her
Serve a glass of ice honey wine brewed by Yu Shou himself, and then the little girl will be happy as expected.
Yu Lian always felt that this must be a rumor, otherwise it would be too unsense to give alcohol to a five-year-old girl.
But in fact, Brunhild moved back to the Holy Tree Palace at the age of twelve and succeeded Queen Suliuka. He never got sick again and was even healthy enough to participate in the God of War Festival and win the championship.
Then, the predator's shells once again passed by the imperial fleet. This time, the latest attack was only 30 kilometers away.
The ballistics were adjusted so quickly! Yu Lianxiang thought. I have never heard of any advanced fire control technology on the Predator. Of course, if there is a top marksman, it is possible to do this. However, it is not possible for every ship to have top marksmen.
.
According to this rule, if there is another round of artillery fire, the opponent's attack may cause damage.
"Maintain the second war speed." Brunhildt gave a simple order without expression.
No one raised any questions, or rather did not dare to raise questions. No, not even Admiral Farrell, who was sitting on the Marshal Barrecas, raised any objections, so the other officers had nothing to say.
If it were another country's fleet, it would be somewhat psychologically stressful to be fired at by such two remote salvos. However, the imperial fleet remained unmoved and continued to maintain its second forward speed. At the same time, in the deputy
Under the command of the commander, Admiral Farrell, all the captains were also adjusting their routes as they advanced. Soon, when the enemy fleet's third round of bombardment arrived, the entire fleet had already adjusted to the so-called
"No. 3" formation.
Yu Lian looked at it and thought, isn't this the standard "Sindaka" formation in the Imperial Navy's tactics? According to Xindaya's translation here on Earth, it is the so-called Queyue formation.
As we all know, ships are not individual soldiers. For each ship to move and attack, it requires the cooperation of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of sailors on board. Naturally, the fleet formation cannot have an overly complicated arrangement.
and changes. Therefore, looking at the complexity of the fleet's formation is the most important criterion for measuring whether the navy is elite.
The Queyue Formation is relatively complex among fleet formations, but to put it bluntly, it is simple. It means arranging the bow of the fleet facing the enemy in an arc, which increases the width of the battlefield and enhances the efficiency of bombardment. By the way, it can also spread out the entire fleet to attack the enemy.
Let's cover it from both sides.
As for the central axis of Queyue Formation, it is naturally the golden Angel of Dawn.
This woman, even when faced with the enemy's superior fleet, had made plans from the very beginning to cover the enemy on both sides and annihilate them all!
The third round of shelling from the Predator Fleet did come. This time it still narrowly missed the Imperial Army. However, the latest shell had already triggered a cruiser's shield reaction.
But almost at the same moment, the Predator fleet also entered the main gun attack range of the Dawn Angel and several dreadnoughts.
Brunhild glanced at Adjutant A, whose name was not important, and the latter quickly issued a volley order.
However, it was not the Dawn Angel that launched the bombardment first, but the Marshal Barrecas, which was located at the far left end of the entire "Que Yue Formation". This was a Marshal-class dreadnought that had just completed a comprehensive sailing test, and its firepower was extremely high.
Fierce, the main armament is equipped with two rail guns, two light spear cannons, and a positron city-breaking cannon.
Of course, the Imperial Army was not prepared to gamble on their character by using the "infinite range" of the railgun like the Predator fleet. Instead, they strictly followed the tactical instructions and carried out long-distance bombardment with light spear weapons.
At the same moment, all the dreadnoughts and Angels of Dawn also started firing their cannons.
The dense beams of light were like arrows condensed by strong light, spilling into the opponent's fleet cluster.
This is the real fleet bombardment. No matter the sense of rhythm, speed or hit rate, it is perfect. It is like listening to a gorgeous piece of music at close range. Yu Lian thought.
A few seconds later, continuous explosions of flames flickered in the cluster of predator fleets.
If it were just a shield reaction, it would be impossible to have such a fiery scene. The opponent's warship must have suffered real damage.
Yu Lian suddenly realized that the three rounds of "betting on character" shelling by the predators just now were actually a kind of deterrence shooting. If the character bet really succeeded, it would be a good thing; even if the bet did not win, the shells would stick
With the fleet roaring past such a close place, you can imagine the mental pressure it puts on ordinary people.
That is to say, how can the elite troops of the empire, which are full of military virtues, be able to maintain the established tactical actions under such pressure from another country?
Anyway, it is difficult for the community to do it, even the most elite outer ring fleet is unlikely to do it.
In short, the Marauders' three rounds of ultra-long-range bombardment just now were intended to use such attacks beyond common sense to force one's side to hesitate and disrupt the rhythm of one's own formation. If the formation could be directly dispersed, that would be the best.
Again, the number of ships on both sides is now five to two. The longer the delay, the tighter the encirclement net will be, and the more advantageous it will be to the predators.
However, Brunhildt was not led by the opponent from the beginning. This was probably a kind of "you fight yours, I'll fight mine".
And when the opponent's fleet was finally brought into the effective range of the light spear cannon, it was time for the gunners of the Imperial fleet, whose artillery skills were ranked among the best in the galaxy, to show off.
Fighting firepower? The Imperial people have never been afraid of anyone.
As a result, the predator fleet was like a wasp that had been stabbed in its nest, and began to pounce towards itself.
Of course, this is actually a visual misalignment. In fact, after the opponent discovered that three rounds of long-range deterrence bombardment did not disrupt the rhythm of the imperial fleet, they immediately adjusted the fleet model to the charging speed.
Obviously, the marauders couldn't stand it any longer and were ready to bring the rhythm of the battlefield into the melee combat they were best at.
At this time, Giaphiel also drank the mead brought by the attendant, and then strode to Brunhilt's side with his atomic spear in hand.
"Your Highness, do you want me to go to the hangar and prepare for attack?"
As soon as these words came out, Major General Misaro, who had a strong man's hair, also stood up quickly. The soldiers he commanded were not psykers, but elite armored grenadiers among mortals. They must do a good job to prevent the opponent from attacking the flagship.
Prepare to join the gang.
"If we are really forced by the opponent to the point where we need to fight hand-to-hand at close range, then this game will be lost." Brunhildt said.
She is right. If this is the case, it means that the tactics of the academic predators have been successful. The battle here will be a long and indecisive struggle, and wait until the other two waves of fleets attack from both sides.
Come on, maybe we might be wiped out by the other side.
At this time, some officers also reported that they found that the enemy's other two squadron clusters had completed a large roundabout. Among them, the fleet code-named Group B intercepted the way of retreat to the hinterland of the empire, which was called Group C.
It has already circled to one's side.
"The enemy cluster B will reach us in 105 to 120 minutes. Cluster C will reach us in 140 to 150 minutes."
This is a simulation analysis made by the fleet's central tactical terminal to evaluate the marching speed of the two fleets and the performance of all predator warships currently available. Although there are errors, they will not be too serious to affect the commanders' decision-making.
"Academic, you are pretty good at arithmetic." Brynhilt smiled coldly: "Then, just defeat the opponent's A cluster in one hour."
By this time, the two sides had completely entered combat distance, and each had determined the number and type of the other's warships.
Although the leader of the "academic" marauder warlord named Huitan came up with the strategy of dividing his forces into three joint attacks, he was not stupid enough to distribute all the ships equally. A, who was responsible for holding back the imperial fleet in a head-on battle,
The cluster was the largest one, with four dreadnoughts alone, and more than twenty battlecruiser-class flamethrowers and heavy motherships.
To be honest, in this era where defense is stronger than offense, even if the Imperial fleet is doubled, it is difficult to say that it can completely defeat an enemy of this size in such a short period of time.
However, Brünnhilt never seemed to doubt this, and neither did the members of her best friend group at the scene, Ostana and Giafel.
...It seems that Admiral Farrell, who is on board the Marshal Barrecas, has no doubts.
There was not much to mention in the battle that followed for a period of time. The two sides continued to approach each other while throwing artillery fire at each other. Gradually, in addition to long-range light spear cannons, various rail guns, laser cannons, and ion cannons
, and missiles and torpedoes have begun to show their power.
Of course, the imperial fleet caused damage to the predators that far exceeded its own losses. However, it was indeed far from the so-called complete defeat of the enemy.
Therefore, thirty minutes after the official start of the war, when the enemy's two giant Dreadnought-class carriers had entered the range of the main guns of our own cruisers and were preparing to launch assault landing craft, Brunhildt
He pursed his lips and smiled, nodding to Ostana.
King Suliuka's order quickly spread to the entire army within a minute. Thirty special cruisers located on both wings of this huge "Queyue Formation" simultaneously opened the special hatches on both sides of the hull and went deep into the enemy fleet.
Sora threw a total of one hundred shuttle-shaped aircraft.
Of course, it was not a fighter plane. In fact, the fighters of both sides had already formed a fight in the space between the fleets twenty minutes ago. The Imperial fighter planes had an advantage in terms of pilots and fighter performance, but there was a certain number of them.
Disadvantages. Investing another hundred fighters at this time will not actually play a decisive role.
Yu Lian knew that those were actually Seld torpedoes, which were the legendary space bubble torpedoes.
He suddenly felt a little regretful. He thought that after the setback in the Battle of Far Shore Nebula, the Empire had forgotten about such a sharp new weapon. He could still take the opportunity to overtake the car in a corner.