Chapter 77: The Opening of the Battle of the West End Galaxy
The observers aboard the Sarbat Iron Claw were also relatively relaxed and did not expect that enemies from the opposite galaxy would attack.
This is understandable. Until today, they thought this was just an exercise, just like any other in the past twenty years.
But now, the war has really broken out. They are excited, they are excited, they are eager to try, they are thinking about it, they are afraid and nervous, but they forget to be vigilant.
As observers on the flagship, they were also given a feast, including meat, eggs, soup, sugar, wine, and even two sticks for each person. This was a delicacy they had not seen for a long time, so they were all drunk.
I was so full and happy that I was chewing on Polygonum spp. while thinking about the future. This was a rare leisure time before the war.
We need to understand their laxity at this time.
After all, the Kingdom of Ketai has been engaged in military-first politics for many years. The scale of military expansion and construction has already exceeded the economic limit that they can bear, and people's livelihood will naturally be greatly affected.
Not to mention the ordinary people, even these navy soldiers, who are in ship technical posts with superior remuneration, have really poor food standards. Nowadays, it is rare to have a good meal, even if it is suspected of being a "death meal", it is not
Do you have to eat before talking?
Of course, the standards of warrior nobles cannot be lowered. After all, they are the basis for the Cathay people, a fighting nation, to gain a foothold in the galactic civilization circle. It must be ensured that they have sufficient physical and mental state to deal with the most dangerous dangers.
Therefore, the warrior class can eat the imperial palace cuisine, while the soldiers can only eat canned salted fish and artificial meat dough... However, the Katai people themselves don't think there is any problem, so we don't
We need to worry about the ancients.
All in all, the observers on the Iron Claw had already begun to take a nap, making "snoring" and "snoring" sounds. It was not until the alarm bell rang several times that they slowly connected to the signal. This yawning
He cursed and said: "What are you arguing about? Meow...ah, what's the matter? Are the two fleets starting to fight? Or are the half-human slaves starting to seek death again?"
"Attack? What attack? What are you talking about? The slave soldiers rebelled? If you rebel, let your own captain and supervisor handle it! Don't push everything to the headquarters, okay?"
Before they finished speaking, a series of bright lights suddenly exploded out of the transparent window of the bridge. The white and bright light flashed so brightly that all the soldiers could hardly open their eyes. One of them usually boasted that he had the best eyesight and could see
The guy with a rat's beard a kilometer away even covered his eyes and howled.
It took nearly half a minute before someone finally realized that the white light was clearly the effect of the proton torpedo explosion, and they hurriedly sounded the alarm. But before they could make these moves, the entire Cathay fleet had already withstood the first attack.
A wave of 300 proton torpedoes were launched.
"We were attacked!" At this time, the Kaitai officers finally realized this, but naturally they were followed by anger and confusion.
"Our security fleet is gone? Where is our security fleet? Why not notify?"
Of course they didn't know that the three patrol and guard fleets originally planned had been withdrawn into the main formation of the fleet. Because of this gap, it gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Yang Xiyi's tactics are very clear, which is to take advantage of the enemy's failure to react and deal a serious enough blow to it. The ones who completed the jump first and appeared in the West End Galaxy where the enemy fleet is located are 20 County-class light cruisers and 64 Nile River cruisers.
A fast strike fleet composed of destroyers.
When they discovered that there was no enemy to intercept them, they immediately turned the sub-beam engine power to the extreme and even opened the solar sail to accelerate. Under the cover of the blue-white sunlight of the star in the local system, they quickly approached the enemy fleet and all at once
300 proton torpedoes were launched.
These sunfire proton torpedoes filled with high-explosive dust roared into the outer perimeter of the enemy fleet that was caught off guard and began to explode. In just such an explosion, more than 40 Cathay warships were injured, including one
A heavy cruiser was even more unlucky to be hit in the face by a torpedo. The explosion destroyed the bridge and the front of the ship on the spot, and then ignited the ammunition depot. A few minutes later, this behemoth of hundreds of thousands of tons turned into ashes on the spot.
A cloud of cosmic dust.
The light cruisers and destroyers would stop as soon as they saw fit, and run away after the fight. This was also Yang Xiyi's plan from the beginning. He would never allow them to fall in love with the battle and run away after a round of fighting.
Sure enough, when they turned to flee, seven or eight cruisers also left the enemy's main fleet and chased them with gnashing teeth. They were obviously a temporary formation, which must have been the captain's prompt decision. They were really a decisive and loyal group of people.
However, they had just left the fleet when they were blocked by the second batch of strike fleets that jumped out.
It was a mighty team composed of twelve large arsenal ships, twenty heavy cruisers and sixty frigates.
In this universe, a frigate does not refer to a ship type that is one level smaller than a destroyer, but a large and medium-sized ship type. It is a little cumbersome, but it carries heavy armor and a large shield generator, as well as quite good supporting firepower.
.On the battlefield, it is used to protect firepower platforms such as aircraft carriers and arsenal ships on the frontal front.
Well, for fear of being confused by observers outside the universe in the future, let’s call it “guard ship” from now on.
In short, the sixty guard ships took the lead in deploying their own shields, spreading out a city wall composed of arcs in front of the arsenal ship. They were like heavy infantry erecting a large shield in front of their own projection troops.
The twenty heavy cruisers began to accelerate, bypassing the shield before it was formed, and fired a volley of main guns at the Cathay cruisers that had not even formed a formation.
Dozens of red laser rays pierced the sky, immediately cutting through the shields and armor of the three cruisers, causing them to fall into continuous implosion.
The cruiser melee began, but the situation turned out to be one-sided.
However, they were destined not to be the protagonists. Because at that moment, twelve large arsenal ships weighing more than one million tons poured out more than 10,000 anti-ship missiles at once and broke into the chaotic enemy fleet. Light and
The shock wave formed by the heat spread, as if countless small suns exploded in an instant. In an instant, all the enemy fleets were covered in the dazzling light, and for a while they could no longer be seen clearly.
Immediately afterwards, the third batch of strike fleets consisting of ten large aircraft carriers and ten arsenal ships completed the jump from the other direction. After the latter carried out saturation shooting of perfect missiles, they conducted three rounds of orbital attacks
Cannon salvo.
This time, the Kaitai fleet finally reacted. Many large and medium-sized ships finally deployed their shields, and the damage they suffered was not serious. But for those small ships with weak shields and armor, the situation can be imagined.
Know.
Almost at the same moment, fighter planes taking off from ten aircraft carriers also swarmed in. With almost no losses, they had already passed by the enemy light fleet group that had been hit hard at high speed, and easily killed the enemy fighters that had taken off in a hurry.
Defeated it, and then broke into its bulky main fleet, causing everything to turn upside down.
The chaos in the Kaitai combined fleet began to expand step by step.
So far, the results of the raid are almost perfect, and it is only half an hour before the official start of the war. This is certainly an impeccable plan formulated by Yang Xiyi in a short period of time, and Admiral Paris’s policy of Yueyue, Fire, Water, Wood, Gold, and Gold has also gained great support.
Success. Regardless of whether the officers of the Outer Rim Fleet are full of complaints or not, they are indeed the only elite force in the community.
Of course, if the opponent's fleet responsible for surveillance and vigilance is always patrolling, even if the raid is successful, it will not have such an effect.
"So, if I had known that the Kaitai people were so trustworthy, I wouldn't have spent the extra half hour formulating a backup plan." Yang Xiyi looked at Yu Lian curiously: "So, how are you sure that they will mobilize the guard fleet?"
Leaving?"
Of course, it’s because history tells me that it will never happen one year from now… no, one year from now.
"Marshal Red Eyes, who is in charge of the opponent's fleet. This is a famous general who is very gambling and scheming. Once he decides to do something, he will definitely do it to the end, and he will definitely find ways to create the most perfect surprise effect. They have assembled a large force
The fleet conducts exercises, and we also assemble the fleet to monitor the confrontation. When the exercise is over, the other side will first withdraw the peripheral patrol and guard fleets, and we will correspondingly remove the security network and disband the fleet. If a raid is launched at this time
, will definitely give us a huge blow, and we will have no power to fight back in a short time. In this case, why don’t we take advantage of it?”
"So, you're betting that he will follow your thinking?"
"Yeah, it's just gambling. Anyway, even if you lose, it won't have much impact and the problem won't be big. Teacher Yang, didn't you also formulate a corresponding plan B? If the enemy's warning fleet is not cancelled, then the third
After a group of destroyers completely jump, they will not launch an attack immediately, but will swing around in front of the opponent in a majestic manner, and then jump back again..."
"Yes! But here comes the question, why should I make such a plan B?" Yang Xiyi said with great interest, just like when he asked questions in the college class.
"This is to show Marshal Red Eyes that we are already prepared. He is a gambler, but not a lunatic or an idiot. And just because he is a gambler, he will be suspicious. Seeing that we are already prepared
If we form a formation, we might give up the raid plan. Even if Charon Mane arrives, he will persuade him to give up... Even if we just hesitate and argue for a while, it will give us time to get reinforcements."
At this point, Yu Lian also had to admit that celebrities are celebrities, and the "Fox of the Outer Ring" is too watertight to be true, and it is almost enough to be called the "Turtle of the Outer Ring".
"Anyway, the worst outcome is that we all square up and fight a tough battle. Even if we get to that point, we still have the absolute upper hand! Either you have put all the work ships on standby, or you are waiting to execute Plan B in the gravity well
Are there any mines scattered around?"
Yang Xiyi stopped, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Yu Lian, when you graduate, you should use this battle as the theme to complete your graduation thesis."
"Ah? Teacher Yang, your topic jumps too quickly, right?"
Yang Xiyi ignored him and said to Colonel Chaimen who was leading the way and listening in amazement: "Chaimen, this kid is a treasure of the community, much more valuable than the messy prince opposite. I guess the commander thinks so too.
.”
Colonel Chaimen said: "Don't worry, Lao Yang. It's not just you and the Commander, I think so too. But since it is a treasure, there must be a gorgeous enough unveiling ceremony! We have to let the Empire and the Alliance see it, we
Young people on Earth also have such talents! Therefore, old Diego and I will be optimistic about him! He will be the safest in our entire fleet! I guarantee you with the spirit of the universe and my own life.