Hearing the three-digit number, Soback's first reaction was to drag the Buran away. However, he quickly thought that in order to survive in the harsh environment of the Galactic Center, the Predator did not exist in the fleet organization.
There is a huge number of assault ships and destroyers. If a three-digit number really comes, it means that the entire main fleet is overwhelming.
Just to deal with these two ships? No way!
Even so, Colonel Soback quickly ordered the crew to adjust the engine to maximum power.
"Your Excellency, are you preparing for a tactical charge?" A young and energetic second officer said with longing on his face: "Our glorious Imperial Navy is fully prepared to fulfill its duties!"
This guy boarded the ship at the Gate of Glory, graduated from the Naval Academy, and was born into a military family. His mind was filled with romantic fantasies about being shrouded in horse leather.
How convenient for escaping! Soback rolled his eyes while hiding, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only ask the surviving marines on the destroyer to hide on the spot and establish a temporary artillery position.
.As for the Blizzard on our side, it moved towards the direction of the Scarlet Throne, but the rhythm was a little slow, and it always felt a little awkward.
Of course, it is difficult for a dreadnought and a cruiser to form a coordinated formation. Once they encounter an enemy, the two ships are destined to respond alone. The remaining company on the ship did not express any dissatisfaction.
"Don't worry. Didn't that guy say that the enemy will concentrate fire on the biggest target. That dreadnought is our natural barrier. If nothing can be done, most of the crew will support your decision." Hongshan
said the captain.
Soback glanced at the other person, a little hurt. Although this guy looked like "I am your loyal old subordinate", didn't the implication mean that he had to make his own decision? But in this way, not only would he be the one to take the blame?
Can it be myself?
Gee, I thought that since we have fought side by side so many times, we should at least have some feelings for each other!
While Colonel Soback was grieving, he received the image signal forwarded by the Scarlet Throne. The latter was closer to the jump channel, and had already launched several automatic detectors in advance, and now it has captured the image signal that was drilled out of the gravity well.
The true face of the enemy.
"It's really a stone!" Soback couldn't help but be startled.
To be precise, it was a large number of densely packed crystal-like UFOs. They were of various sizes and shapes. They really looked like a large piece of broken glass floating in space. However, the smallest of these crystals was as big as a fighter jet.
The largest one is almost comparable to a light cruiser.
When these colorful crystals jumped out of the gravity well channel, they looked like a storm of gem fragments, colorful and dreamlike.
It is difficult to see such magnificent scenery on the surface of the planet, and it is only possible in the universe.
If it weren't for these gorgeous crystals, which were rushing toward us like locusts, Yu Lian would definitely stand at the open porthole of the bridge, hugging Feifei, and use them as the background to take a selfie of himself
"Hey, space crystal group? This thing has appeared now?" Yu Lian was a little shocked.
This is a creature unique to the New World and a type of Leviathan in space. Of course, even fifty years later, the academic community has not reached a conclusion as to whether it is a creature or not.
After all, all their body structures are very different from what everyone has known before. Their body crystals do not show the metabolic and digestive systems that carbon-based organisms should have. However, this crystalline biological community seems to have social organisms.
They have the instinct to join together for warmth and cooperation in hunting, and can even reproduce by dividing.
For these space crystals, metallic substances are their food. The refined and smelted ship shells are of course equivalent to carefully cooked delicacies. Therefore, the ships that occasionally pass by their territory will naturally automatically
The top prey is delivered to your door.
In the last world line, this thing was recognized by the public and regarded as one of the most dangerous natural disasters in the universe more than thirty years ago. However, Yu Lian vaguely knew that
This thing has actually appeared many times, and some are even man-made.
Not to mention anything else, there is a snake head in the future. I don’t know if he has made a py deal with the cosmic crystals for his gains, but he can really control a huge crystal community to fight, which can be regarded as a one-man army.
...Of course, that guy was later killed on the spot by the Great Elder Eggplant of the Void Spirit Temple using a spirit storm to kill people and crystals. That was another story.
In other words, if that guy hadn't stood on the largest crystal to show off and was caught in the induced chain crystal explosion, he might still be able to save his life.
In short, although these strange crystal flying objects look like a pile of crystal stones and can easily be confused with the unique natural phenomena in the crystal asteroid belt, they are indeed not ordinary creatures. They have the ability of wild animals to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Instinctively, if we encounter a large battleship, we will retreat.
After all, attacking ships is for hunting, and wild animals are hunted for survival rather than for "battle honor." No matter how ferocious and crazy the wolves are, when will they attack lone tigers and bears again?
But now, they are indeed rushing towards us. The reason is simple! These crystals are controlled by someone. Yu Lian quickly made such a judgment, and he was even 80% sure that these things should be the predators' weapons.
Released by Khan.
...Well, anyway, the predators now even have the star map of the New World, and it seems very reasonable to have control over some space crystals.
"I have never seen such an enemy." Feifei frowned and whispered.
Yu Lian thought to himself that I had seen it before, but he had to be cautious at this time. He looked at the people on the bridge who were already in their positions, and he recognized the tactical prowess displayed by everyone, so he gave the order: "Positron and
Turn off the ion main cannon. Transmit all the energy to the shield system. Dr. Xie, can you do it?"
Dr. Xie Yiwei, who was on standby in the main engine control room, said: "Yes. We already carried out debugging in this area when we were repairing and preparing in the Abyss Nebula. Moreover, after all, I am also the designer of the empire!"
One of the biggest features of the Imperial warship is the versatility of the energy pipeline. In other words, in an emergency, all the energy from the engine, artillery and even the living area can be supplied to the engine. Similarly, of course, it can also be converted in the opposite direction.
.Because of this, the survivability of the Imperial battleships is unrivaled in the entire universe.
As the former chief designer of the Hand of Glory Design Bureau, Dr. Xie Yiwei, even if he is not an expert in energy circuits, at least knows how to modify them.
Yu Lian nodded and said: "Close the armored gun doors of the turbo laser team. All members of the secondary battery team are on standby and prepare to use live ammunition Phalanx for air defense."
Seeing Agnes's confused expression, Yu Lian said: "Those things are like a pile of glass fragments, they look like they have special defense against energy weapons!"
There seems to be too much to complain about the logic of this statement, but no one raised objections. Just look at it and you will know that those densely packed crystals are still pouring out of the jump channel, and the number has exceeded four digits.
But the biggest thing is the size of a destroyer. If you use the main gun to bombard it, there is indeed a problem of cannons hitting mosquitoes.
"Get ready to intercept missiles." Yu Lian ordered again.
This missile is a type of submunition. A submunition is equipped with at least a thousand steel ball bombs. It is very effective in intercepting enemy fleet fighters and jumping landing craft. It should be no problem to use it to deal with these crystals.
.
"Launchers No. 5 and 6, intercept the bullet cannon launch!" Agnes, who was already serving as the gunnery commander, repeated Yu Lian's words, and then delegated the launch authority to the gunner of each missile launcher.
The Scarlet Throne was slowing down at this time, and the two magazine compartments in its belly suddenly opened. Thirty-six interceptor missiles, carrying hundreds of steel spike bombs, roared into the distant void.
Yu Lian continued to order loudly: "Launchers 1 to 4, fill with interceptor submunitions! Keep firing!"
Originally placed on missile launchers 1 to 4 were electromagnetic radiation artillery shells used to destroy ship shields, and nuclear fusion missiles used to penetrate armor. Now, it still takes a while to temporarily replace them with interceptor missiles.
Time.
Fortunately, the mercenaries on the ship and the "students" sent by the Toss Merchant Group performed well. They were at least two-thirds as efficient as the elite soldiers of the empire, and it only took two minutes to complete the change.
However, before everyone could throw these missiles out, Vega, who was sitting in the radar officer's position, loudly said: "There is a high-energy reaction ahead! This..."
He was a little speechless for a moment. Since it was a high-energy reaction, it was the opponent's shelling. This could also be judged from the energy readings read from the ship's radar. However, the quality readings fed back were difficult for him to accept.
There are no artillery shells here, even if it is a heavy assault landing craft with enhanced armor and collision angle, it can only reach this speed.
But it just so happens that its forward speed is astonishingly fast, and the rail gun's shells are nothing more than that.
More importantly, the opponent did launch an attack from an extremely long distance, and the range could even match the bombardment of a dreadnought's main gun.
What on earth is this? The scalps of all the friends on board the Throne are numb.
It is very understandable that people would have such a reaction when encountering an unknown and powerful enemy.
But at this moment, the interceptor missiles launched by the Throne in advance collided with those dense high-energy reactions. At this moment, the explosion fire quickly formed a surging blazing light, flashing across the bridge.
My friends can hardly open their eyes.
It took Vega a few seconds to react. While secretly cursing himself for his gaffe, he hurriedly prepared to check the radar and said in surprise: "High, the high-energy reaction has disappeared?"
Is this using a missile to intercept an artillery shell? What is the difference between firing a gun and using a bullet to intercept another bullet? It’s so unscientific!
However, before anyone could raise any questions, Yu Lian had already given the next instruction: "Launchers No. 3 and 4, launch all missiles in the eight o'clock direction, and the delayed explosion is set to 4 minutes. The ship will sink 12
In a standard position, take the initiative to meet up with the Buran."
He paused and then ordered: "Tell Colonel Soback on the Buran that the UFO will launch an active collision attack outside the range of their main guns. Please be prepared to intercept and prevent impact."
Only then did Vega suddenly realize that after the round of explosions just now, the densely packed enemies reflected in the radar had become much less numerous, and they were clearly intercepted by interceptor missiles.
Only then did everyone realize that it was not the crystals that launched the bombardment, but that they allowed themselves to collide with them at the high speed of the cannonballs.