Chapter 627: Revenge is not overnight
Maybe no one thought that Tang Lang would put his flagship at the forefront, although this is very courageous, but for a commander, it is definitely not a wise choice.
The danger of losing command of the entire fleet far outweighs the morale boost that the flagship has at the forefront of the fleet.
However, Tang Lang obviously did not intend to listen to the upcoming dissuasion of everyone, and quickly issued an order with awe-inspiring eyes: "With the Immortal Bird as the front, according to the pre-war plan, a group of five battleships will be formed, Rear Admiral Shen Chengfeng will lead the No. 1 to 5 fleets to form the 1st Group, the left flank, Colonel Yu Chaozhong will lead the No. 6 to 10 fleets to form the 2nd Group, as the right wing, and Rear Admiral Jiang Cheng will lead the No. 11 to 15 to form the 3rd Group, centered, "Eagle" type heavy assault?" Is it a battle to the death? Then come on! β
This is to attack against attack and counterattack strongly, but there are a total of 20 formations, and there are still 8 formations and the 8 starships of the 9th Fleet, which is an independent army, are obviously not in Tang Lang's array.
Just when everyone was still hesitating, they only heard Tang Lang continue to order: "Ye Xiaozhou, Yu Chijian." β
"Here!"
"The two of you each lead two formations, break away from the main formation, and form the two wings of the 9th Fleet!"
"General Feng Qin!"
"Here!" The face of Vice Admiral Feng Qin, acting commander of the 9th Fleet, appeared on the big screen.
"When the enemy and us start firing a salvo, your unit will launch an attack on the right flank of the enemy fleet, and there will be four formations to cooperate with your attack, and one formation will be responsible for responding, I hope that all the officers and men of the 9th Fleet will continue to surprise these miscellaneous people."
"Yes!"
"Switch formations now!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry"
I basically understood what Tang Lang meant, he planned to use the thickness of the central ship group to temporarily block the attack of the mercenary fleet, and then use the five most elite formations in the entire fleet to attack the flanks of the mercenaries.
Needless to say, the 9th Fleet, in addition to having a mothership, also has a heavy cruiser, although it has long been scarred, it is still the strongest of all the Southwest Federation warships here, and the five formations after ranking 15th under the command of Ye Xiaozhou and Wei Chijian are basically the destroyers and frigates of the independent fleet as the backbone, and they are the most powerful battleship formations.
In the previous grappling, these fleets have been hiding their edges, and now it is basically the moment of decisive battle, and it is naturally time for them to show their swords.
And the reason why Tang Lang dared to do this was because the number of Combined Fleet warships with more than 200 ships was more than twice as many as that of mercenaries, although the quality was far inferior, but if the number was large enough, the flexibility of maneuverability would naturally be much greater.
The mercenaries could not do this, and if they divided a part of the warships to fight the fleet that attacked their flanks, the formation would inevitably be broken.
Then he can only be beaten passively, in the hope that the central government can break through the combined fleet formation that will attack them with fire, and whoever is the first to be crushed will naturally lose the war.
In the formation of the captain's frantic urging, the hob meat also quickly adjusted the optimal travel plan for each ship, and in just a few minutes, the huge fleet was quickly adjusted in the void.
The efficiency is so high that the mercenary fleet, which has gradually entered the range of the main gun, is awe-inspiring.
It is not difficult for the opposing commander to react quickly according to the changes in his own formation, and to show the momentum of attacking with attack. In fact, in the face of their heavy attack formation, which is fierce and crushing everything, it is an inevitable choice to attack against attack. Otherwise, no matter how strong the defensive line composed of pure defensive formations is, it will always be peeled off at some point under the continuous erosion of artillery fire.
But the efficiency of the opponent is too high, they are only a hundred warships, all of them have been coordinated and organized in the void for more than ten minutes, but the number of opponents is as high as twice the number of warships, it only took less than five minutes, and the battle formation has gradually taken shape, which means that the opponent's coordination and command ability is several times that of theirs.
Is this possible? But the facts are right in front of you.
Only Nas's face remained unchanged, his eyes became more and more cold, and he waved his hand lightly: "The whole army accelerates, to the attack position, fire!" β
Yao Yao watched the other party's speed suddenly increase, Tang Lang's cold eyes swept over, and asked in a low voice: "Through its data analysis, can you determine which one is its flagship?" β
"Give me time, I'll figure it out for you."
"Help me calculate the straight-line distance between the Immortal and its flagship! As well as energy cannon tracks! β
"No problem!"
As the ships of both sides entered the firing range, the dazzling energy cannon once again became the main theme of the starry sky.
Looking at the destroyer that was supposed to be a command ship at a distance of only 700 meters, it stopped in front of the starship group, and many senior commanders in the mercenaries showed coldness in their eyes: I can't help myself!
In their opinion, even those thick-skinned transports were better than a small destroyer to block the first wave of energy cannon salvos. The main role of the destroyer was to strike at the enemy with superior mobility and attack power, and not to use it as a shield as it is now.
This is just to stand in front of the whole army like the ancient generals and give the officers and men of the whole fleet enough courage. But now, long since the era of energy weapons, the era of relying only on courage to win wars, is gone forever.
It stands to reason that the young commander of the Southwest Federation, who had performed extremely well before, should not have made a mistake!
It didn't take long for them to learn that it wasn't a mistake.
Countless energy cannons were like dense fireworks, constantly exploding on the light blue energy shield of the Immortal. The hearts of the captains of the battleships behind them were almost in their throats.
This level of shelling can only be withstood by a heavy cruiser with an energy shield protection level of 13, or like several other destroyers on the side of the Immortal Bird, can a destroyer like the Immortal Bird withstand this wave of attacks on its own?
Perhaps at this moment, the most confident in the Immortal Bird is not some captains of the Independent Fleet, but the officers and men of the "Yu Qian" and "Li Dingguo", who have seen with their own eyes how the Immortal Bird defeated the four mercenary warships in a battle.
The Immortal Bird's spear is very strong, and a single shot can blast through the level 12 energy shield, which is amazing, but the most terrifying thing is that the energy shield of the Immortal Bird, the four mercenary warships have not made their own efforts, but they have not knocked the energy film shrouded in the Immortal Bird's hull until the end.
The protection level of the Immortal Bird has reached level 13 or even surpasses level 13, and it is the top warship in the starry sky.
Clusters of fireworks exploded ferociously on the energy shield, turning the color of the energy shield to crimson, and the energy of the "Hot Wheels" engine of the Immortal Bird was quickly converted, and the engine power was increased to 100%, and the energy shield that was full and on the verge of breaking was recharged againγγγγγγ
Then, in the eyes of the mercenaries, the Immortal Bird led the combined fleet to open fire, which also colored the energy shields of the six heavy cruisers in the forward of the mercenary fleet.
The dense energy cannons on both sides tore the void apart again, and from time to time a starship was blown up and caught fire, and the damage was not timely or too bad, so it could only turn into flames and slowly fall into the void, countless rescue pods and lifeboats popped up, but both fleets ignored it and continued to move forward without stopping, like two red-eyed bulls.
If you don't kill the opponent, all the salvation is now useless, and the soldiers on both sides who were thrown into the void can only wait alone in the void, praying for their comrades to win.
After that, five starship formations came out from below the formation. For the scene of being forced to fire at their starship just now, Ye Xiaozhou and the others hated the mercenaries even more, and when they received the order to attack, everyone's subordinate formations were full of fighting spirit, and the battleship accelerated with all its might. The defensive phalanx in front of them quickly split through it, giving way to the starships of their five formations.
The five fleets converged with the 9th Fleet, which had been cruising outside the entire fleet, and made a large arc in the void to kill the right flank of the mercenary fleet.
The mercenaries didn't expect that the opponent who was blindly defensive would suddenly launch an offensive, the right wing army was pinned down by a sudden volley, and the senior commander in charge of the right wing was troubled for a while, and the "Falcon" Nas ordered the formation of a heavy assault array, which means that there is no patience to play cover warfare guerrilla warfare with them, the attack power of the heavy assault array is self-evident, it is a stalemate tactics designed to break the defense of large fleets, the tactics are unfolded, and the Southwest Federation fleet must be able to attack against each other, otherwise, The shell they were huddling against was no stronger than the eggshell.
However, the annoying Confederacy people began to use their large number of warships to play this kind of harassment tactic again. Not to mention one for one, it is two for one, three for one, they are all cost-effective. There are more than 100 small assault ships in the Southwest Federation, don't look at the small hull of that thing, and the power of the energy main gun is not great, but there are a lot of photon missiles stored, and the photon missiles that are rushing like raindrops can bite a few more bites, and those destroyers and frigates that cost more than ten times more than ten times the assault ship can't bear it!
It really hurts in the skull.
The commander of the right wing of the mercenary army, who gritted his teeth, had already attached great importance to this group of starship formations that were about to attack, not only divided a few destroyers and destroyers to meet them, but even did not hesitate to mobilize 50 percent of the artillery fire fired at the opponent's formation, but several starships on the other side, which were not too big, actually resisted this wave of artillery fire, just like the command-class destroyer that had previously blocked the artillery fire before the battle formation.
At this time, it was finally taken out by Tang Lang, and the "Hot Wheels" engine, which can convert between energy crystal energy and magnetic energy, was also on the stage of history for the first time on such a large-scale battlefield.
As soon as it appeared on the stage, it amazed everyone.
This is the latest technology in the Southwest Federation, and the mercenary senior commander realizes that something is wrong, but it is already a little late. The fleet, which blocked two rounds of energy cannons in a row, under the leadership of the 9th Fleet, was like a tiger shark prepared in captivity. The fleet accelerated rapidly, and it was biting at the right wing of the mercenary fleet, which was much larger than their group, without any heedience.
"How daring!" The mercenary general snorted in annoyance, but then his gaze froze.
As soon as the small battleship formation that was supposed to be used to block the attack arrived at the blocking position, it was blasted into a piece of metal powder thrown at the right wing army by the volley of the enemy fleet.
At least four starships were destroyed on the spot, and the formation collapsed in an instant, and the remaining starships that had lost their group had to flee in all directions.
"Damn! This is their main fleet? The mercenary commander's eyes were horrified.
The ferocity of the remnants of the 9th Fleet is reasonable, and the dozen or so warships he sent are already the limit of the strength he can send at present, and he may not be able to win the battle, but after a little blocking, the right flank fleet turns the bow of the ship to support with main gun fire, and this wave of Southwest Federation Fleet, which is not very large, will definitely suffer heavy losses.
What is surprising is that the attack power of those black starships that are not painted with the logo of the Southwest Federal Army is not weaker than that of the 9th Fleet.
It was too late to mobilize all the firepower on the right flank to deal with these opponents who had miscalculated their strength, and the five fleet formations led by the 9th Fleet then crashed into the mercenary's right flank without hesitation, and missiles and naval guns were raging in the mercenary's right flank.
In an instant, many of the mercenary army's warships exploded and caught fire. Ye Xiaozhou's Zhao Yun, Wei Chijian's "Tiger Roar", the only remaining "Yingbu" of the 9th Fleet, and other formations rampaged in the void, firing without hesitation of energy, the disemboweling energy beam tore through the void, hitting those battleships, the metal shell was directly punched inward with a big hole, and many mercenary warships were suddenly distorted and deformed in the air, and then turned into a ball of bright flames.
Of course, the mercenary commander is not a mediocre talent, in the face of this state of stubborn stalking in the rear, he immediately reluctantly put down a larger number of starship formations from the military formation to intercept the ship group, no matter how erosive the rear tail is, at least the losses can be reduced, otherwise the entire right-wing formation will turn, and the "eagle" formation will be missing a wing, and it will be difficult to suppress the enemy's central formation, then the result will naturally be that the opponent can pour more artillery fire on the heavy cruisers, as long as two or three are broken, the small starships behind will be the first to bear the burden, The losses will be even greater than they are now.
His strategy is not bad, it can be said that it is a very calm and effective order. The commanders of the mercenary space fleet went out with Nas to prepare for the expedition, and their quality after experiencing countless battlefields can also be said to be extremely strong.
However, the commander still underestimated the strength of these four formations, Tang Lang did not hesitate to take out the technique of pressing the bottom of the box at this moment, and he didn't even use the main battle formation but used it here, that is, to use these five formations as sharp knives. I'd rather be beaten myself, but also swing the knife fiercely, cut off and slash the rear army of the mercenary's right flank, and make Nas pay for the previous battle.
Tang Lang has never been a gentleman, and revenge is never overnight, so he took revenge at that time.
This is one of Tang Lang's answers to mercenaries.
More than a dozen starships were left behind in front of the five formations, and the number of starships in the five formations was as high as 40, although in terms of the number of main starships such as destroyers and frigates, the two sides were roughly equal, but the dense photon missiles fired by the other two dozen small assault ships from time to time made these mercenary starships blindfolded, and what made them even more painful was that the secret weapon taken out by the Southwest Federation was terrifying enough, and the super strong energy shield made them attack several rounds in vain, and they could only be beaten passively.
This kind of situation, even when they were besieging the fierce 9th Fleet before, is naturally a little helpless now.
On Feng Qin's side, because of his superior forces, the formation was divided in an instant, and the three formations pinned down the opponent and made them lose the opportunity to flicker and move, and the other two formations drew a large arc and moved at high speed to the rear of the blocking ship group, and the mercenary fleet was suddenly defeated.
But even though it was already doomed to death and lifelessness, these dozen or so mercenary starships still remained undefeated until they stubbornly stood in the blocking position and fought until the battleship was riddled with holes and wreckage in space, until the corpses of countless crew members floated into the universe with explosionsγγγγγγ
Although the mercenaries are not registered soldiers, they are also warriors, and they use the last shot they fired before sinking, and they maintain the pride of the warriors by preferring to die rather than retreat.
This made Feng Qin, Ye Xiaozhou, Yu Chijian and others also feel awe-inspiring, and there was still a trace of respect for such an enemy.
The spirit of the warrior has nothing to do with the strife of the country and the nation.
This is human beings, who maintain a trace of nobility in the midst of incomparable ugliness. Perhaps, this is why the universe, a huge and incomparable creature, has no reason to eliminate these tiny viruses in its body to this day!
It's a pity that this is the battlefield.
The noble can only be put in the heart, while the ugly must be paid for the reality.
They all have their own goals with each other, the ideal of going on an expedition and the collision of wanting to protect the land without retreating, and in the end there will only be one victor left.
There is no possibility of coexistence.
Tang Lang's swing of the knife was extremely powerful, and the mercenaries were so painful, and in an instant, more than a dozen starships were smashed into a piece of steel wreckage and floated in the starry sky.
The losses were even half of the frantic decisive battle with the 9th Fleet, and that was a full hour of fighting! If it continues at this rate, the battle can already be fought, and in less than an hour, the whole army will be annihilated.
Nass coldly ordered two heavy cruisers to lead twenty starships to break away from their own formation and turn around, intending to trap these daring guys to death, and even preferring to give up the tactical plan of breaking the opponent's central ship formation first, and it would not be long before the two armies met each other.
The dense starry sky fighters have already arrived at the exit and are about to carry out the final melee.
But Feng Qin and the others no longer fell in love with the battle after swallowing the dozen or so starships in one gulp, but retreated to the distant starry sky as soon as they saw it.
Of course, everyone knows that they won't really retreat.
How could it be impossible for such an elite fleet to participate in the war, they are now like wolves hiding in the grassland grass, once they find the flaws of their opponents, they will immediately jump out and carry out terrible bites on the enemy.
Nas even incorporated a mothership into the sortie formation, and the once imposing heavy assault formation was a quarter less powerful than before due to the departure of these starships.
Tang Lang's tactics were finally achieved.
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PS: In recent months, I have often asked for leave, and we will see all kinds of leave slips, not that Fengyue is lazy and doesn't want to code words, readers who have read Fengyue's old books know that Fengyue is not diligent, but it can basically guarantee two chapters of 6000 words a day, but in the past two months, Fengyue has to code more than 10,000 words every day (the reason you know), and I have to go to work with a baby, I am really tired, and I feel that I can't stay up. Fengyue overestimated his ability, and hoped that the book friends who saw it could understand. Thank you all for your support.