It hurts like a cracked bone, and it hurts like a cone.

Luncy screamed in pain.

The medical officer struggled to push him down in his seat, then buckled his seatbelt and immediately began emergency treatment.

"It hurts...... It hurts me to death...... It hurts!"

Luncy struggled frantically, trying to touch the wound with his hand.

The medical officer couldn't control it alone, and the two staff officers on the side immediately rushed over and immediately helped hold Luncy down, which allowed the medical officer to quickly clean the wound, stop the bleeding and apply a medicine patch.

And at this time, the Barile Star Destroyer hit a mine again.

This time it's even more unlucky!

A powerful gravity projectile exploded in the near distance, instantly forming a ball of light, and then suddenly turned into a flattened shape, spreading extremely quickly, and turning into a brilliant halo shockwave.

Beautiful halo, shining galaxy.

It's a beautiful and moving scene, dreamlike, but deadly.

Under the bow of the Bariel Star Destroyer, near the explosion point, it was as if it had suddenly been pulled by billions of tons, and the hull armor and internal compartments within a range of tens of meters were directly twisted and shattered on the spot under the gravitational pull of ultra-high gravity.

And the part where the explosion point was slightly farther away, there were also cracks and cracks stretched by gravity, and from a distance, it looked like the Star Destroyer had been bitten by a super giant beast, revealing a huge window that was very terrifying.

All kinds of gases splattered out, and a large number of parts and equipment, hull armor and personnel were turned into all kinds of garbage fragments, and they floated towards the explosion point one after another, as if there was a huge pull pulling them away invisibly.

Not far away, there was a heavy ship, even more unlucky than the Barile Star Destroyer.

The battleship had a wound in the previous explosion, and the repair speed of the damage management operation was too slow, so that the wound had not been repaired, and it was attacked by a heavy and large-yield nuclear bomb.

Rumble~!!

The violent explosion and the billion-ton equivalent nuclear fusion hydrogen bomb suddenly formed a hot ball of light comparable to the sun at this moment, shining brilliantly and dazzling.

This extremely unlucky heavy ship, if the hull is intact and the protective shield is opened, it is in the best state of protection, with the protection level of a first-class civilized heavy interstellar warship, this billion tons of explosive equivalent nuclear bombs, even if they explode closely, will not let them be seriously damaged.

Once the space folding technology is activated, a distorted space will be formed around the hull, greatly reducing the power of the explosion, and many rays and pulsed radiation will be ejected diagonally to avoid damaging the hull.

But now......

Their shields have been broken, reboots are underway, and the space folding technology has not been deployed in order to advance the reconnaissance search, of course, the most lethal is the wound hole that has appeared before but has not been repaired in time, and under this nuclear explosion, the lack of protection is fatal.

It's like when a big wave flood hits, an intact dam can resist it, but if there is a leaky dam, how can it resist!

Boom~Bang~

In the moment after the nuclear explosion, countless thermal energy and radiation impacts poured into the wound holes one by one, and the thermal erosion expanded the holes in an instant, and then like countless huge forces, the battleship was torn to smithereens, turning into countless garbage and splashing around.

Luncy, who was in first aid, heard countless exclamations and laments, and the hatred in his heart!

"What the hell! What kind of low-level civilization garbage fleet is this? This is simply their preset ambush circle!"

"Disaster! It's a disaster!"

"Multiple warships have suffered varying degrees of damage, we shouldn't continue to maintain such formations and tactics!"

"Oh my God! The Carlo exploded......! We lost another attack cruiser!!"

"The heavy ship Sk has been blown to pieces, and no one has survived!"

"It's miserable! The enemy is so ruthless, they are demons!"

"Our whereabouts must have been exposed a long time ago, the enemy is completely on our advance path, high-density space minefields, with countless high-power ammunition, let us pay such a heavy price, the other party's commander is too pragmatic and too ruthless!"

……

Many staff officers and commanders talked a lot and talked non-stop.

Luncy was dealing with the trauma and couldn't speak, and finally after the medical officer finished dealing with it, Luncy immediately stood up with a roar.

"Pass my order! All warships will immediately turn into the strongest defense state after finishing the reconnaissance and search mission mode, increase speed to ten times the speed of light, maintain a seven-degree oblique angle, and accelerate through the space minefield!"

"In addition, all warships are ready for combat at the first level, and the space wings of all warships are ready to attack! Once a target is discovered, it will attack indiscriminately!"

……

Luncy decided not to look for the Marauder Civilization Adventure Fleet anymore, and he couldn't care about it for the time being, where was the planet Harak inhabited by Entez and other defectors, and the only thought in his mind now was to rush out.

Space is vast and vast.

It is impossible for the enemy to lay out too many minefields on a large area, and they do not have as many ammunition supplies to lay on.

Therefore, Luncy decided to escape from this land of the dead first, choosing to change the trajectory of the voyage and avoid the enemy's space minefield.

The remaining 20 starships immediately adjusted their flight attitude and power output.

咻~咻~咻~

One by one, the warships were slightly tilted, spraying dazzling blue, and then with the help of the curvature engine, they soon entered a state of high-speed superlight flight, and in the infinite space, after pulling out a dazzling blue light, it disappeared.

In one second, it is more than a million kilometers away.

Luncy, who temporarily decided to change the course and orbit, his 20 interstellar battleships were really 'unusual', and it only took two or three seconds to stay away from the space minefield arranged by Qin Tian.

And after the frenzied escape, Luncy immediately checked the battle damage of all the warships.

From entering the space minefield to escaping quickly, the whole process is actually very fast, less than a minute.

But in interstellar warfare, the battle is measured in seconds, and the rhythm of attack and defense is extremely fast, after all, the interstellar warships on both sides are also very fast, especially in the battle at the speed of light, which is even more ever-changing.

After the main control system of each ship completes the self-inspection, it can quickly generate a report on the loss of the battleship, but the loss statistics of personnel are slightly slower.

Luncy got the battle damage reports of each ship, and quickly glanced at it at a glance, and his heart was suddenly like a knife.

What a pain!

It only took a few tens of seconds to break into the space minefield, and 1 heavy ship was lost and 4 attack cruisers were seriously damaged.

What distressed Luncy the most was not the loss of the Smith Kline heavy ship, but the two most powerful and important star destroyers, the Barry and the Yiyun, both of which were traumatized, especially the Barrier, which was hit by a gravity bomb near the explosion, and under the action of the super gravitational wave, there were thousands of square meters of trauma holes under the bow, which was miserable.

And what made Renxi feel a little relieved was the two high-speed combat integrated supply ships for reconnaissance and search missions, they were as if they were hanging up during the voyage, and they were not injured at all, and their protection was worse than that of the starships, and their character luck was very good, intact, and the other warships were somewhat injured.

This battle was fought too much.

Before the enemy could be found anywhere, he was first hit by the opponent's space minefield, and Luncy almost vomited blood.

So what's next?

Luncy was not stupid, he knew that the enemy was able to lay a minefield on a large scale in the course of their advance, then their starfleet must be in this nearby star field, maybe a million kilometers, ten million, ten million......

At the moment, finding the exact location of the enemy's starfleet has become the most critical part of the campaign.

"Order! All ships immediately launched combat reconnaissance missions, and at the same time accelerated damage management operations, and must repair the wounds as quickly as possible!"

Luncy took a deep breath, and he kept pushing himself inside.

21 interstellar warships, just one less Sk heavy ship, even if those four attack cruisers can't carry out combat missions, and get rid of two high-speed combat integrated supply ships whose combat effectiveness is not strong, then he still has 14 battleships available, as long as the tactics are right, these advanced warships of high-level civilization can still abuse the enemy's garbage warships into scum.

Therefore, Luncy couldn't wait to find out where the enemy fleet was, and once it did, it would definitely be a massive attack with all his might.

The loss is so painful, if Luncy doesn't win a big victory, and when he goes back, he will say that he will be added to the knighthood, and Luncy, who has no deep background, may become the next Entez, either defecting and fleeing from the Kaigaran Empire, or choosing to confess his guilt and surrender to the law.

"Come on, come on, where are you hiding, come and attack me!"

Luncy is eager to fight, and even more eager to win, and after getting rid of the space minefield, he is now looking forward to the enemy fleet attacking him, so that the enemy fleet will soon be exposed?

And he was not the only one who had the same idea as Lunxi, and the other commanders were also waiting for Qin Tian's fleet to appear.

However, they will not 'wait for the rabbit' to wait for Qin Tian to lead the fleet to attack them, they have already launched a combat reconnaissance mission, one warship after another, they have sent many small reconnaissance ships, as well as space reconnaissance aircraft, to carry out a large-scale reconnaissance search, trying to find out Qin Tian's starfleet.

……

Command center of the USS Ares starbattleship.

The moment the enemy fleet broke into the space minefield, Qin Tian had already entered a state of high excitement, this large-scale space minelaying really made full use of the tactics of 'mine warfare', in the past, the older generation was backward in equipment, and to fight the invaders, it was to lay mines everywhere outside the village, so that the enemy could not be prevented from being attacked.

Now, Qin Tian skillfully set up a space minefield and reaped good results at a very small cost, especially being able to blow up an enemy heavy warship, which was simply a surprise, and many of their warships were damaged, which was even more joyful.

Originally, the opponent's military advantage had been weakened a lot, and although he escaped away from the space minefield, he was still within the scope of Qin Tian's space intelligence reconnaissance network.

Therefore, Qin Tian was very aware of the enemy's every move.

After they fled, they did not immediately accelerate or slow down further, nor did they rush to disperse or retract their formations, but sent out a lot of carrier-based aircraft, similar to space airships and space fighters, after leaving their mothership, they quickly spread and flew around at high speed.

In war, no matter what the period, intelligence is crucial.

In the wars of the ancient feudal agricultural civilization, there were reconnaissance cavalry who came and went like the wind, reconnaissance pioneers who went deep behind enemy lines, and spies who blended into the enemy camp, and so on, and with the more and more developed technical conditions, reconnaissance methods became more and more abundant, aviation reconnaissance, space reconnaissance, and so on, all kinds of tricks and tricks were nothing more than to obtain intelligence about the enemy.

When it comes to interstellar warfare, intelligence acquisition becomes even more critical.

Because for an interstellar warship with a very fast sailing speed, a variety of attack methods, and a very powerful attack power, once the target is found, it is a very short process to quickly annihilate it, so both sides understand that the first enemy finds the first enemy to fire, so as to have the advantage of first strike.

This is like two snipers hiding in the mountains and forests, both of them are very good at camouflage, and they also know how to use the terrain and landforms to carry out maneuver evasion, and their marksmanship is very good, they can kill the enemy with one shot, so at this time, who can find the other party first is actually far more important than who fires first.

Destroy when you find!

The evenly matched interstellar war is such a high rhythm and high speed.

And right now, Qin Tian, who already clearly knew the location of the enemy's fleet, would certainly not give up the good opportunity to 'fire the enemy first'.

2 Star Battleships, 8 Star Destroyers!

The 10 interstellar warships that had been waiting for a long time were like tigers descending from the mountains, suddenly speeding up and dispatching at high speed from the latent formation, just like cheetahs that had been lurking in the grassland for a long time, seeing the right time, and directly rushing at high speed to kill the prey one by one.

Moreover, Qin Tian, who is 'fighting at home', already has a complete way to obtain real-time dynamic information, so these 10 habitual-class warships can also maintain communication silence and a high degree of stealth when attacking the enemy at high speed.

The silence of communications is not only to avoid sending out all kinds of electromagnetic radiation signals and reduce the risk of being discovered and attacked, but also because there is already a perfect source of intelligence, it is possible to passively receive intelligence information without the need for warships to reconnoiter and locate the enemy's whereabouts, just like 'listening to the radio'.

And to maintain a high degree of stealth, that is naturally to improve the efficiency of penetration, the use of space folding technology to conceal all the optical and electromagnetic characteristics of its own warship, gravitational waves and other restrained control, can greatly shorten the enemy's detection and early warning distance, just like smart hunters know that they must get as close as possible to the prey, and then suddenly attack, so that the success rate of hunting is higher.

Starships pounced on targets at high speed, and the fire control system was fully prepared.

Antimatter Cannon, Photon Cannon, Neutron Ray Cannon!

The high-powered shipborne primary weapons unique to the first-tier civilization starships, as well as the shipborne secondary weapons of various energy rays and shaped energy damage, are also ready to attack.

At the same time, interstellar missiles using various warheads such as gravity bombs, pulse bombs, and nuclear fusion are also in place and ready to be launched at any time.

The vast sea of stars, the bright starry sky.

In the remnants of the Sixth Fleet of the Garan Empire in high-speed flight, 20 interstellar warships are sailing at high speed, and they are trying all kinds of ways to carry out searches, and at the same time build their own battlefield reconnaissance and early warning network, striving to be able to achieve real-time dynamic perception of intelligence within a large enough star field.

Suddenly!

The reconnaissance and early warning equipment of several warships suddenly detected an unknown target approaching at high speed.

In an instant, the battleship enters the state of automatic terminal defense, activates various defense mechanisms, and the output of the energy load of the engine power system is sent to the protective shield, and various shipborne weapons immediately adjust their attitude to align with the direction of the attack.

However, Qin Tian's 10 battleships were attacking faster!

Starships approaching at the speed of light at a rapid pace, after locking on to the target at close range of less than a million kilometers, opened fire in an instant.

In an instant, all kinds of attack rays, pulse waves and high-speed particles that can be seen and invisible to the naked eye rushed across the sky to the target, and in the continuous crazy attacks, there were also a large number of interstellar missiles, like throwing beans, throwing them into space without money.

The missile, which had an astonishing initial speed, was ignited and boosted by its own high-pulse curvature engine, which was even more swift and went straight to the target at an extremely terrifying speed.

In the quiet starry sky, a surprise battle began in an instant.

In the first round of attacks, the 20 enemy fleet starships locked by Qin Tian were naturally the most powerful and threatening star destroyers and heavy ships that gave priority to attacking, followed by high-speed combat integrated supply ships, and then attack cruisers.

Because defeating the opponent's strongest combat power can make them lose their attack power, and defeating the battleship in the maintenance and supply category can make them lose the emergency repair and support capabilities of the battlefield, so relatively speaking, the attack cruiser equivalent to a destroyer is the most secondary target.

Boom! Boom!

The countless attacks that came from the critical hit suddenly hit the protective shields of the battleships.

The light blue protective shield was immediately beaten into layers of ripples, and some even directly appeared holes.

The attack must be ruthless.

Qin Tian's battleships were all firing at full power, so these antimatter cannons, photon cannons, etc., were all fired at the maximum power with the maximum rate of fire.

Under the high-intensity attack like a torrential downpour, of course, the protective shields of the warships of the Garan Empire, which were passively beaten, were a little unbearable.

And at this moment, those deadly interstellar missiles suddenly attacked, and their speed has exceeded 12 times the speed of light, which means that they can fly a distance of more than three million kilometers per second.

Therefore, in interstellar warfare, interstellar missiles are the most terrifying, because they can use the initial velocity when they leave the battleship, and then they can accelerate sharply step by step, and in space without resistance, it is really a soaring speed of death.

Bang bang bang~

All kinds of interstellar missiles with warheads, so that the medium and short-range defensive weapons on the battleship did not have time to react at all, they quickly and easily penetrated the protective shield, hit the hull of the battleship fiercely, with the help of strong impact speed, like a hot knife poking tofu, pierced hard, and then exploded suddenly.

The interstellar missile with the warhead of the gravity bomb exploded inside the ship, and the picture was simply terrifying.

In an instant, due to the attraction of ultra-high gravity, all the surrounding objects, including light, were absorbed into it, turning into a rotating halo of light, and even the hardest steel was instantly flattened and crushed into a molecular state.

The powerful gravitational tearing and gravitational fluctuation attack was like disemboweling, and an oversized reamer was used to stir up a huge hole in the interior of the starship.

Of course, the most ruthless is the interstellar missile with the nuclear warhead.

The nuclear bomb exploded inside the battleship, and there was no mushroom cloud in that instant, only a scorching ball of light, endless heat waves, and crazy radiation pulses, which made the heavy interstellar battleship, which was two or three thousand meters long and hundreds of meters wide, directly appear a huge vacuum, and under the strong torque and impact, the super-long hull became distorted and even collapsed.

If it is unfortunate that the large-yield nuclear warhead interstellar missile directly drills into the middle of the hull and explodes, it is really a rhythm that hits the soul, and there is no need to even rescue it, and directly considering how to abandon the ship and escape nearby is the top priority.

Attacks are in full swing!

Missiles flying!

Both sides were very fast, so the attack was only a very brief moment.

After Qin Tian succeeded in one blow, he didn't love war at all, and directly led the warships to break away at high speed.

However, in such an instant, the remnants of the Sixth Fleet of the Garan Empire, these 20 interstellar warships, like a group of lambs on the grassland, were hunted by ferocious wolves, and they really suffered heavy losses.

If it doesn't appear, it is just that, and when it appears, the enemy fleet will be killed with heavy swords, of course, it has also completely stimulated Renci's fighting spirit.

They didn't even bother to take back the reconnaissance forces sent out, and they didn't have time to rescue the wounded and abandoned shipbuilders who were blown up.

Luncy only gave one order, and that was to immediately pursue at full speed and kill without mercy......

(End of chapter)