Of course, the reason why Yu Lian still has not received news from the front line is certainly not because his own expedition fleet has been completely destroyed. After all, at this time, the main forces of the two expedition fleets concentrated in the Devil's Maze Nebula have already reached the point of plundering.
It is more than three times the total strength of the predators (estimated). In addition, the commanders King Thrane and Admiral Connors are both of the "hold strong and fight stupidly" type, it is almost impossible for the predator fleet to get any penetration.
A gaping opportunity.
But the problem is, perhaps because this star field has traces of artificial transformation by the great enlightened beings in ancient times, although the maze of the sky has indeed collapsed, the gravitational force between stars always has some unreasonable fluctuations, and the communication between galaxies and
Traffic has indeed been affected.
In addition, the raiding fleet of predators does appear on the supply routes. They do not always succeed in finding prey, but they always find opportunities to destroy unmanned gravitational wave beacons and deep space detectors.
This is the cosmic age equivalent of digging telephone poles and cutting telephone wires.
It’s hard to say how much structural damage this frivolous operation will cause to the expeditionary force, but it does severely affect the smooth communication to the rear. Originally, digital letters were relayed through gravitational wave beacons from the frontline commanders.
It only took more than a week for the troops to arrive in New Port Arthur, but now the time has doubled, and there is even a possibility of being sent away.
There is no way, the efficiency of destruction is always much faster than construction. What's more, even if the empire and the community have huge forces that far exceed their opponents, the former's fleet is even rich enough to allow battle cruisers to serve as supply tank patrol fleets, but
It is also impossible to deploy heavy troops in every star system along the route.
Due to poor communication, Yu Lian did not know that the frontline army had actually fought three moderate battles with the retreating predators, completely controlling five stable star systems.
.Two of the galaxies even have a naturally habitable Earth-like planet each.
Although the modulus is small and unconvincing, the density of such habitable planets is still abnormal, which immediately shocked the senior leaders of the fleets on both sides, and they became more and more looking forward to the subsequent march.
But then, all the known shipping lanes in the Devil's Labyrinth Starfield finally converged into one galaxy. In the universe, this situation often occurs. Generally speaking, galaxies with several shipping lanes like this are often
The so-called battleground for military strategists.
It is obvious that this galaxy is not only a battleground for the military strategists in this devil's labyrinth star field, but also a pass where the predators are heavily fortified. A fierce battle will definitely take place here. However, as long as we break through this place or annihilate it here,
The main force of the Predators has been eliminated. This great invasion of Predators, which spanned more than two million light years, involved two major galaxies on the battlefield, and attracted the attention of all countries and civilizations, has come to an end.
In the long run, without such a group of powerful young men and elite fleets, the galactic nomads that have plagued the entire galaxy for nearly a thousand years may completely become pirates, and will no longer be able to systematically threaten other countries.
's safety is in danger.
This is comparable to the glorious achievement of completely wiping out the Eero Empire more than 800 years ago! No matter how calm and calm the commanders of the two countries are, their blood will inevitably boil when they think of this.
Thus, the real vicious battle officially started on July 18, 832, in the galaxy that was later named "Devil's Throat".
They did guess the beginning correctly, but not the end.
At nine o'clock in the morning on July 31, Major General Yang Xiyi huddled in the corner of the conference room, holding his own tea cup - there was no brandy because it was the morning - and looked at the commander, General Conneris, who was furious:
"Fifteen thousand marines! Fifteen thousand men, gone in four hours! Even fifteen thousand pigs, the predators can't catch them all even if they want to! And you actually dare to come back, you
You actually deserve to come back?"
Admiral Connors is an academic "Confucian general" who pays great attention to demeanor and manners. But now his eyes are cracked, and his beard and hair are bulging, as if every hair has been filled with blood vessels that are about to burst.
full.
After all, a full division of marines was wiped out by the formation in less than half a day. At this time, there was really no regard for dignity.
The Marine Corps Brigadier General who was scolded by him was probably frightened by the commander's abnormal outburst. It was obvious that his physique should be more than twice that of the general, but he could only do it when his face was covered with saliva.
He carefully lowered his head and endured it until the general had finished scolding him and took a sip of mineral water. Then he cautiously said:
"But, your Excellency, if Major General Parker's fleet had not derailed, I would not have..."
Before the Bearman Commodore had finished speaking, a Rear Admiral in his fifties, with a slim build and a pale face, jumped up and said in a slightly sharp voice: "Well, that's because you didn't do a good job in enemy reconnaissance!
The mission of your divisional reconnaissance infantry battalion should be to determine whether there are predator anti-aircraft positions hidden on the surface! But the result? My Durandal was damaged! The majestic battle patrol was ambushed on the surface.
Stung by a cold arrow, this is your problem!"
The Ursine Brigadier General also became angry immediately. He felt that after all he was a strong man who could break open armor with his fists. If he couldn't fight with the Commander, how could he not fight with you, a hermaphrodite?
"It's not a vast plain with an unobstructed view! It's a polar dwarf planet covered in ice and snow. The ice and snow are so thick that it can freeze a bear to death, and the gravity is chaotic. But you only gave me three days, how is that enough?"
Major General Parker, who had a pale face and was slightly feminine, chuckled, and looked at Lieutenant General Tivington, the chief of staff who said nothing but had a livid face: "Madam, Brigadier General Neon is still shirking responsibility."
Shirking the responsibility? But when it comes to this, the person most responsible is really not Brigadier General Nai Weng, but you, Madam Chief of Staff? Yang Xiyi took a sip of black tea and sneered in his heart.
The story goes back to July 18th, two weeks ago. At that time, the main force of the expedition fleet with the Solar System Fleet as the core, after turning around the Tenth and Thirteenth Fleets, finally pounced on the "
"Devil's Throat" galaxy - of course, there was no official name for it at that time.
Although an academic technocrat like him is not very convincing in terms of record, he still has a lot of experience in communication. During this period, Admiral Conneris actually focused his main energy on fighting and
In terms of communication with the empire, although some unknown minor embarrassments occurred at the previous banquet for King Sulyuka, the overall results were positive.
The relationship between Admiral Conneris and the supreme commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet, King Thrane, is pretty good. The two sides also agreed with each other that they would launch a general offensive together on July 18.
Admiral Connelly is indeed not a strong-blooded warrior who is brave enough to win the three armies, but the more he is, the harder it is to get his head heated. Such a person cannot win a brilliant victory, but he is indeed unlikely to make mistakes.
It seems that the main fleets of the two sides launched attacks from two directions at the same time, and the armies were overwhelming, so the enemy would not take advantage of the loopholes.
that's the truth.
The mighty main fleet did capture some abnormal signals when passing through the gravity well, but at that time, the community's technical department was not quite sure what the signals represented. Anyway, the structure of the gravity well was stable.
, can normally accommodate the communications of the large fleet.
At 10:27 on July 18, all the main battleships of the Community Expedition Fleet had arrived in this system.
On the other side, the empire's general flagship, the Vulcan Airan, entered the galaxy at 11:15. Before that, Titan ships such as the Angel of Dawn, the Horn of Glory, and the Dragon of Time and Space were all in the system.
Everyone was in place before 10 o'clock.
Before 12 noon standard time, civilizations from the Milky Way had gathered a torrent of steel including five Titan ships and twenty dreadnoughts in this galaxy more than two million light years away from their homeland.
The total size of the fleet has exceeded 4,000 ships. The total number of sailors, stormtroopers, marines and various auxiliary teams has exceeded 30 million.
However, such a heavily armed group that could dominate any corner of the galaxy did not immediately launch an attack on the enemy. It was not because they did not find the enemy.
In fact, they have discovered a fleet of predators gathered together in the wide space between the fourth and fifth planets of this galaxy, which is full of asteroids and dwarf planets. It is only a Dreadnought-level fire-breathing ship.
There are ten mother ships, and there are two to three hundred other large and small battleships. According to the analysis of the enemy fleet passing through the Gate of Glory, at least two-thirds of their main force is indeed gathered here.
Now, the main forces of the Community and the Empire have naturally formed a flanking situation for the Predator fleet. If it weren't for the main force of the Predators lying next to something that makes them hate the disharmony, they would have pressed on them without even saying a word.
.
This very disharmonious thing looks like a very irregularly shaped meteorite, and the outer layer is indeed wrapped in a celestial stone shell that seems to be naturally formed. But the problem is that there should not be anything with a comparable size in this universe.
There is no "meteorite" that is a terrestrial planet, and there is no "meteorite" that stays in place and seems to be completely unaffected by the revolution of the star.
Soon, the detectors of the Imperial Fleet captured the metal reaction behind the cracks in the earth's crust.
It was a fortress wrapped in meteorites.
There is a saying that this green-skin style of meteorite-wrapped artificial structures is indeed very consistent with the style of the Predators. But the problem is that with the ability of the Predators, it is impossible to build such a scale in only half a year.
Space architecture.
In other words, even the Galactic Empire, which is very keen to demonstrate its authority through space giants, has never built a planet-sized space building.
This is an enlightened legacy!
The command levels of both armies immediately made this judgment.
The predators dare to face our own side in this galaxy, and they are indeed confident.
Therefore, King Thrane, who was brave but calm-minded, and Admiral Conneris, who was only calm-minded, issued orders at the same time not to act rashly.
But the problem is that now that they are here, an army of tens of millions cannot really just stare at the enemy fleet here. Even if it is really a fortress left by the Enlightened One, it must try its best.
Just follow your feet.
So, at 17:45, the empire took the lead in launching a probing attack. The Dawn Angel of Sulyuka King Brynhilt took the lead. This has always been the tradition of the Dawn Royal Family, and all the candidates for the throne of the past generations have
They never lack the courage to fight on the front line. Because of this, the Dragon Kings of Dawn have always been the well-deserved leaders of the Tireluo people in these thousands of years.
This titan battleship, as elegant as a Valkyrie, led a group of guard ships and arsenal ships, carefully passed through the asteroid belt, and under the cover of a dwarf planet, it opened up and began a long-range bombardment.
However, the dense orbital shells and thousands of missiles from the twelve arsenal ships were all deflected by the suddenly deployed deflection shield when they were still some distance away from the "unidentified relic".
King Suliuka's innate sense of tactics came to fruition at this time. After one attack failed, she immediately ordered the entire fleet to move.
Then, just when the strike fleet left the original point of the universe, a pillar of fire that seemed to be wrapped in thunder and lightning, like a magic sword raised from the endless hell, tore open the space wantonly, even the previous one
Dwarf planets about the same size as Ceres have all been bombarded.
Two frigates towed at the end of the fleet were still caught in the scarlet beam. This special warship, which had specially enhanced protection and acted as a shield-carrying heavy infantry in the fleet battlefield, was shattered to pieces on the spot.
Therefore, just after the war began, the empire lost two large battleships, and more than 4,000 crew members were left dead.
Of course, it is fortunate that Brunhildt's order was issued in time, otherwise it would not only be a loss. Even the most cutting-edge Titan ships like the Dawn Angel can withstand such a shot.
Put a question mark.
Later, based on the analysis of the remaining energy information, it was concluded that this should be a gamma light burst. However, why gamma rays have such penetrating power is beyond everyone's understanding.
The Earth Fleet, which was about to move, suddenly calmed down. Compared with the Empire, which has no big family and a big business, they cannot act rashly.
As a result, the battle on July 18 ended hastily. A vicious battle was naturally a vicious battle, at least the battle loss ratio definitely met this standard, but the scale and process were really not worth mentioning.
Fortunately, it was not that nothing was gained. At the subsequent high-level military meeting, Brunhildt took out a holographic projection in front of a group of big guys, but it was the sound of a vague aircraft.
Intensive artillery fire and missiles spread out a translucent light curtain.
Everyone realized that this light curtain seemed to be the energy shield that had just blocked the imperial army's exploratory bombardment.
"I released the unmanned detector before the bombardment and took pictures of this scene. Obviously, this is not an energy shield covering the entire fortress, but an autonomous mobile shield deployed by a small autonomous aircraft. It's a bit like
Active shields controlled by the 'Control' and 'Communion' psyker gates." Brynhilt said.
"It's probably only the size of an ordinary fighter plane." King Solain muttered.
"Even smaller, but the deflection shield released can block the main gun of the arsenal ship and the bombardment of at least ten siege missiles. Except for the active shield of psykers, any shield technology on the technology side
None of them can achieve this effect." King Suliuka said: "In addition, the shelling of the enemy's fortress just now is also needed. It can be seen that the power is far more powerful than the main gun of the Titan ship, and any kind of fortress energy main gun we know
Above. Even if it is a Titan ship, it is difficult to guarantee safety."
Having said this, Brunhilt glanced at everyone and said expressionlessly: "Gentlemen, this is not an ordinary space city left by the Enlightened One. Please think of it as ten Sky Castles stacked together.
Become a monster! I am definitely not being alarmist."
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