As Tang Lang gave orders one by one, the seriously injured ship that showed red on the screen shook and retreated, and the rear ship replaced the formation to fill it, and those who couldn't retreat were naturally chased and smashed into pieces by the terrifying energy ray. As for the crew of the ship, they could not even see the corpses in the high temperature of the explosion.

Inside a surviving seriously injured battleship, the young crew in a spacesuit stumbled and looked for a corner that he thought was safe, shivering, and tears were already streaming down his face in the transparent mask. Coming to such a brutal space battle, being brutal and the huge threat of death, directly crushed the courage that this young man had given himself countless bold ideas before starting the war.

But who can criticize him for anything? can firmly follow their predecessors to step on the starship and sail to the battlefield, they are already stronger than most people's will.

In other words, at this time, who has time to criticize the bravery that is crushed by fear.

An experienced crew member ran quickly in the hull passage and rushed to the next battle gun bay, the attack of the opponent's energy cannon caused electromagnetic pulse damage to the ship's electronic system, and the energy cannon was not electronically controlled, but could only be operated manually. And this old crew member saw that one of the enemy's ships had locked onto his side, and the "stuck" cannon was the only position that could hit the opponent, so he rushed to the gun bay with a race of dozens of meters and death, switched into manual operation, and aimed at the enemy, just saw the opponent's energy ray coming directly.

Less than 50 meters away from the young crew, he watched with his own eyes that the gun compartment where the veteran who fought hard was hit by an energy beam, and the entire gun bay was penetrated by the energy beam, forming a large hole with a diameter of more than five meters, and the veteran who had just struggled to launch the energy beam had long since disappeared, and the terrifying energy beam directly hit him into a molecular state. The energy beam that the veteran finally artificially launched was finally noticed by the mercenary warship, and made an urgent and flexible change of direction, and the energy beam grazed the armor of the mercenary ship, and after only a few pieces of armor were shattered, it became a light and shadow in the void.

It is better to die than to fight, even if the struggle in exchange for death leaves the enemy with only an insignificant scorch.

Everything that the veteran did really happened in front of the young starship soldiers. And isn't that the style that veterans often brag about in their daily lives: "Even if you die, Lao Tzu will gnaw you off"?

It turns out that that's not bragging, they're really doing it!

The mercenary's artillery fire is still raging, breaking big holes in the hull of the starship that has completely lost the protection of the energy shield, but the artillery fire still does not stop, wherever it can be fired.

Under the transparent mask, the fear in the eyes is gradually replaced by shame, and there is something called bravery, which gradually revives in the young heart. He stumbled and ran on the violently trembling passage inside the ship, even if the captain's voice was already heard in the headset at this time: All the crew can find the nearest rescue pod to themselves and abandon the ship!

The young crew was still running, he wasn't looking for a survival pod or a lifeboat, because he knew that he wouldn't have much chance of surviving without the broken but not crashed starship. The guns of the mercenary starships even shrouded these rescue pods that could be destroyed in one blow.

At that moment, the young crew already understood.

The veteran is not looking for death, but wants to save himself, but he does not succeed.

On such a battlefield, crying and running away will not solve anything, and the only way to survive is to live to die!

The young crew finally found an energy cannon that could be fired manually, and he stood in the gun position.

In the midst of the fire, I don't know how many young people have been like him, crying and shrinking into the corner, and then no matter how sadly you call for your mother, you will be torn apart by the blazing energy beam, and the fragile human body has been squeezed into a ball of meat sauce by the steel that has been squeezed into everything before it is thrown into space. I don't know how many young people, under the leadership of their predecessors, even if they are hit by the energy beam in the next moment into molecules that can no longer be found by the naked eye, but before that, they shoot their own heroic bullets.

Die on your knees, or die standing up! There are only two choices in total, as for whether there is still a chance to breathe air, this is no longer up to the individual, it has to be left to everyone, depending on the choice of the vast majority of people.

If you choose the former, you will all die, and no one will survive.

Fortunately, whether it was for victory or to continue breathing air, the artillery fire of the Combined Fleet never stopped, even the wreckage of the ship's hull that had turned into a fireball and slid down into the abyss.

In the flagship of a detachment of mercenaries, a high-ranking commander who had been arrogant in the face of the combined fleet from before frowned at this time, and he hesitated for a while, took the initiative to connect to the flagship screen, and said: "General Nas, the Southwest Federation side is stubbornly resisting, and the will to fight is stronger than our expectations are, and even at the expense of the same death, their warships are broken and our combat ships are precious, so it is very unfavorable to fight like this." ”

At first, this high-ranking commander only thought that although Tang Lang had many people, most of them were just a rabble, and what awaited them would be a one-sided slaughter. However, at this time, it was found that although the Southwest Federation fleet chose to passively defend due to many problems in firepower and starship defense, its will to fight was quite tenacious, not to mention, its command was also breathtaking.

There have been many times, they have obviously opened the gap in the opponent's formation, and the starship formation can take advantage of the situation to enter it, and no matter how tenacious the individual starship that has lost the protection of the formation, it can only fall into the situation of individual combat, which is just a dessert in the mouth for their own fleet, which is much stronger than the opponent in tonnage and firepower.

For example, the mercenary fleet is now like a herd of lions cooperating to hunt on the steppe, while the combined fleet is a herd of bison. Bison form a herd, the lions are strong but they are helpless, and there is even the possibility of being trampled to death, but if the lions are allowed to break into the bison herd and divide the bison herd, the bison that cannot form a numerical advantage can only become the food of the food chain creatures at the top of the grassland after all.

However, the opposing commander's control of the ship group had reached an unbelievable level, and the gap that had been opened was filled in a very short time, leaving them no chance to tear apart the formation.

Of course, this high-ranking commander would not mention this in front of his own supreme commander. The "Falcon", who is now gloomy and cold-faced, has always been known for his fine command of warships, but now there is a young opponent who has shown at least for the time being that is not inferior to his command ability.

What forced the senior commander to find the "Falcon" was that although their mercenary fleet had achieved considerable results in the battle, destroying at least a dozen frigates, destroyers, and dozens of assault ships of their opponents, those who were sharp would be defeated.

Even if the mercenary ship group attacks like a rainstorm, how can the war really be ten times with one force, and if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred.

In the face of the combined fleet's desperate counterattack with many warships, the destroyers and frigates at the forefront of the mercenary attack formation also rained down. At least a dozen warships had been smashed into a cloud of candle flames burning in the void.

This kind of pain made the mercenary, the senior commander, also poked in the heart, so he had to make a bold suggestion: "Either we pack up the formation and give him another big wave, or use a few starry sky fighters in the mothership, which is enough to teach them a profound lesson in the broken iron bucket array!" ”

Nass had a calm face, and snorted coldly: "There is an ancient saying among the Chinese: Break the cauldron and sink the boat, and fight against the water!" Obviously, the opponent believes in this sentence, but he may have forgotten that their ancestors also said that it is too much! The commander on the other side was too obsessed with the power of man himself, but he didn't know that in this starry age, whoever has the highest technology will have victory. Perhaps, the thinking of the Chinese people is still stuck in the ancient blue star more than 4,000 years ago! It's ridiculous to think that if you draw with a strong opponent with your mental will, you can continue to use it to this day! ”

His eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Wait!" They're almost finished. ”

The group of high-ranking commanders on the screen all looked surprised, they knew that Nas usually would not say such a big thing before being sure, which meant that the other party was really in big trouble.

Eagle hunting, always a cold gaze, waiting for the opponent's flaws, and then, one blow will kill!

Tang Lang always felt uneasy, although the entire combined fleet formation iron bucket formation looked like it was being pressed by the mercenary fleet's fangs and claws and couldn't raise its head to fight, the mercenary fleet had the upper hand, and it was completely possible to use such an offensive to suppress them.

But this is not a reason for Tang Lang to be uneasy, if he continues to fight like this, he is completely sure that he will consume more than sixty percent of the strength of the mercenary fleet before his defensive formation is broken, and the few strongest warships of the independent fleet he hid in the center have not fully demonstrated their firepower, and only fifty or sixty percent of the mercenary fleet will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

As early as in the "cordial and friendly" exchange with Francis, Tang Lang had "knocked on the side" about the character of the supreme commander of the mercenaries. Francis didn't say anything at first, or tried to fool around a few times, until the fat man "smiled" and took out an alloy rod as thick as an ostrich egg, which was completely convinced. The fat man with mercy could only get the alloy rod on his body, and he was bruised all over his body, which was still a reward.

Combined with some of Nas's previous battle videos and Francis's aggrieved introduction, I know that this is different from the slightly arrogant Francis, he is an extremely calm and cautious, even cunning.

Looking at the previous deployment and temptation of mercenaries, Tang Lang confirmed Nas's style of using troops from the side, he is not like this character who does not let go when he takes advantage of the situation in front of him.

After all, the mercenary fleet is pressing the United Fleet's ferocious bite, and it will also suffer from the counterattack of the Combined Fleet's energy cannons. This kind of ferocious style of play, which is close to losing both sides, is not like what a calm "Falcon" can do.

An extremely strong sense of foreboding enveloped Tang Lang.

He looked around, Mingyueshang, Hao Dai'er, and the fat man who were busy, including Jiang Cheng, Shen Chengfeng, and Ye Xiaozhou on the other side of the light curtain, all of them didn't notice anything.

All their energy was involved in the fierce and complicated battlefield. Maintaining formation, keeping their casualties from rising sharply and striking an effective blow to the enemy is what they are now trying to do.

As for the rest, it may be that Tang Lang's previous performance gave them enough confidence, and it was basically left to Tang Lang, and even Jiang Cheng rarely took the initiative to cut into the light curtain to discuss specific strategies and tactics with Tang Lang.

"Give me the monitoring screen of the surrounding situation except for the frontal battlefield," Tang Lang said suddenly.

The people in front of the staff table immediately raised their heads, and then their faces became solemn, and they didn't understand why Tang Lang had to pay attention to the situation of other insignificant fronts at such a juncture.

Obviously, they sensed the uneasiness and high vigilance in Tang Lang's heart.

Ming Yuesheng's fingers flew and sent out one command after another, and some of the detectors thrown by the reconnaissance ship before transmitted the signal to the Immortal Bird through the reconnaissance ship.

The virtual light screen in the center switches the battlefield situation from the front to the fan scene of many other directions behind the entire fleet.

The mercenary fleet on the periphery of the battlefield was like a huge net, enveloping the colossus of the cigar-shaped combined fleet in it, and the light blue energy shield was shining under countless energy beams, which looked very difficult. But the formation is still intact, the starships between the formations take turns to replace the charges, and the mercenary fleet is like a king gnawing stones, biting very ferociously, but there is nothing to do with the stones for the time being.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and they were afraid that they would suddenly find something unusual from the light screen.

You know, they are facing Nas, a general who is extremely famous in the starry sky, and they are also afraid that the other party will play a variety of tricks in space warfare, and then turn them into a stepping stone to establish another boost in his prestige.

Looking at the overall situation, no abnormalities were found, but Tang Lang's ominous premonition became more and more predominant.

Suddenly, it was like something had been discovered. Tang Lang's hand probe pointed to a splitter screen on the big screen.

"What is this?"

The light screen quickly enlarges and gradually becomes clearer.

As far as everyone could see, it was a defensive point located in the northeast sector of the formation, which was also currently being attacked by a flank force of the mercenaries.

After zooming in on the light screen, one can see that under the cover of the ferocious firepower of the mercenary fleet, there are several strange-looking mercenary ships, like tarsal bones, attached to several warships of the Combined Fleet, and these small mercenary starships that are no longer than 50 meters long are like beetles, which can be attached to the hull of the battleships of the United Fleet.

If you don't look closely, you may miss the small point of the battlefield. And now in the battlefield, because both warring sides use electromagnetic bombs, which are special bombs that are specially designed to destroy communications and generate magnetic storms. The Immortal Bird and the Independent Fleet have made a certain degree of communication modification on the way to the Federation because of the technology of the Gray Star, and the regular fleet such as the 9th Fleet also has temporary backup communication devices, including the air pirates, but only many civilian starships do not have these and lose communication. They may also not have had the opportunity to report this new attack pattern to the Immortal Bird flagship.

It goes without saying that this turned out to be the legendary starship assault.

Tang Lang had heard of this model, but had never seen it, because in this kind of large-scale ship group operation, the protection of this small starship was insufficient, and it was easy to be captured and destroyed by large-caliber energy cannons.

However, when the two armies were still in such a scorching state of battle, the opponent used this move, which not only shows the arrogance of its commander, but also has enough confidence and strength.

At the very least, there was very little artillery fire left on those starships, and their interiors had apparently been captured by the enemy's elite mechs.

And apparently, their intentions were not as simple as destroying the opponent's warship resistance.

Watching as the small starships that looked like bloodsucking beetles swept away silently from under the belly of the battleship that had stopped firing guns. What's even more terrifying is that under the cover of the mercenaries' peripheral firepower, these restarted battleships swam towards the core center of the Combined Fleet like sneaky swimming fish. The surrounding warships could not detect that their own warships had quietly turned into quenched daggers.

Now that the combined fleet is in an interlocking formation, trying its best to cope with the pressure of external attacks, the retreating battleships have their own passages to retreat to the rear, and then the reserve ships catch up to fill the vacant places, who can know the ulterior motives of this group of battleships inside?

At this moment, from the distant battlefield surveillance, seeing the actions of those warships, everyone changed color.