Chapter 173: Temporary Retreat

Over time, there was already a bold guess in the hearts of a small number of divergent starfish - whether the aether dragon was gone.

But after all, ideas are just ideas, and they are only the thoughts of some people who think differently, and even the people who think so quickly forget about them, let alone others.

Until this time, a fleet of starfish players chased Liu Xinwu's fleet to this galaxy, originally thinking that Liu Xinwu would not chase after entering the Aether Dragon Galaxy, and let him fend for himself, but one player in the fleet suddenly mentioned that from time to time he saw sporadic human players coming out of the Aether Dragon Galaxy.

The fleet commander's heart moved, and he suddenly wanted to enter this famous Aether Dragon System to take a look, so he chased after it.

And when they crossed the hyperspace channel with anxiety in their arms and saw the fleet in ambush outside the wormhole, they were not surprised, and an unbelievable thought came to everyone's minds, even if a flagship light aircraft carrier was sunk in the war, they didn't care too much.

This would make this starfish fleet up to the commander, down to the ordinary captain, have long forgotten about chasing and killing the enemy, in Fang Ning's opinion, the starfish seem to be attacking in an all-out way, in fact, they don't think so at all, they just want to get closer to the center of the galaxy to take a look, to confirm one of their guesses.

Therefore, at this time, in Fang Ning's eyes, the enemy's all-out attack was actually that they were just blocking the other party's way.

One wanted to enter the center of the galaxy from the edge of the gravitational well, and the other thought that the enemy wanted to attack the colony directly, so naturally they resisted with all their might, and the battle situation quickly entered a white-hot state, and the battle damage suddenly became exaggerated.

Battleships were hit by artillery fire, the thick shields were worn away, and when the shields were exhausted, the thick external armor was exposed to the void, and thick energy beams hit the hull, and large pieces of armor were torn apart by powerful energy, and flew into the void in a circle.

Moth-like space fighters flew out of the two heavy ships and the remaining four light ships, forming a dense formation like a swarm of insects through the gaps in the battleships, braving the dense artillery and beams between the two fleets to pass through and pounce on the territorial frigate group.

A light aircraft carrier is about five kilometers long, a heavy aircraft carrier is about eight kilometers long, compared to the slender body of the battleship, the aircraft carrier shield is thicker, the armor is higher, and the hull is more bloated, except for a small number of small and medium-sized and P-type point slot weapons, the aircraft carrier is not equipped with any large weapons, some are thousands of space fighters.

Generally speaking, a light voyage is equipped with about 3,000 space fighters, and a heavy voyage is equipped with more than 8,000 fighters.

This is also the origin of the fact that aircraft carriers are called flagships, either because of their superior firepower like dreadnoughts or Titans, or because they are fleets in their own right, like aircraft carriers.

The specifications of space fighters are generally not large, generally about ten meters in length, similar to moths, but the wings are not very wide, to minimize the space occupation of the aircraft carrier, with extremely fast flight speed and flexibility, equipped with weapons are generally based on small laser cannons and kinetic energy artillery dedicated to fighters, if you carry out bombing tasks, such as orbital bombardment of the planet, you can be equipped with explosive weapons such as missiles.

Two heavy ships, four light ships, and more than 20,000 small space fighters were overwhelmingly attacking, and the threat to them at that moment exceeded the battle artillery array on the opposite side.

The ultra-high speed and flexibility of the fighter make it difficult for ordinary weapons to hit, and they generally rely on the P slot point to prevent close-range strafing.

This is absolute restraint of troops and weapons, even if the full matrix will of the servant of light can accurately calculate the trajectory of the space fighter even if it is a hundred times more, but the normal naval gun will lose its aiming regardless of whether it turns or fires the charging time interval, and it cannot be locked at all.

In fact, there is no absolute locking function in the P slot point defense, the reason why this weapon can restrain missiles and space fighters is its ultra-fast rate of fire, the speed of tens of thousands of rounds or even tens of thousands of rounds a minute, tens of thousands of bullets swept in one breath, and the space fighter is also happy to face this all-round barrage coverage flexibly.

Tens of thousands of space fighters rushed into the face, and in an instant, countless bullet chains of flames pierced the void, and a large number of space fighters exploded in volleys, but more of them passed through the barrage and killed in, sticking to the battleship shield and killing into the ship group like a wasp around the battleships in a rapid circle, constantly shooting small lasers or kinetic energy shells.

The weapon power of the space fighter is not small, a weapon equipped with two laser cannons or kinetic artillery, the power is equivalent to the ship gun of the S small slot, that is to say, in terms of firepower, about three or four space fighters are equivalent to a frigate, but the defense is far inferior to the frigate.

If frigates are cannon fodder in space naval battles, space fighters are cannon fodder in cannon fodder, so space tactics are generally UAVs, and even if they are lost, there will be no loss of personnel.

Fang Ning crossed his waist and stood in front of the mirror-like bridge, through the huge protective state of mind in front of the flagship, he could see that the chaotic battlefield was full of flexible figures of space fighters, most of them were enemies, there was a light aircraft on their side, and most of the fighters in the inventory had lost most of them in the previous escape, and now they didn't dare to fight with the enemy planes.

A space fighter rushed diagonally from the front of the bridge, and a certain part of the hull of an escort ship in the distance lit up, and the light band formed by tens of thousands of bullets fired by a P-slot rapid-fire gun swept through, directly breaking the fighter in two, and slamming into the thick shield in front of the bridge in flames, exploding a huge spark.

In the distance, fighter planes are constantly being blown up, and occasionally unmanned fighters can be seen crashing directly into the battleship, causing explosions.

Hundreds of space fighters revolved back and forth around a cruiser, and a thick arc beam in the distance pierced the cruiser's shield, and hundreds of space fighters around swooped down like flies smelling fish, and the dense artillery fire tore apart the thick armor of the battleship along with the hull, and large balls of flames erupted from the cracks in the cracks in the cracked hull.

"Boom!"

A dazzling pillar of light with a diameter of more than 20 meters pierced the battlefield, and a single shot pierced a huge hole in the hull of a escort ship, causing it to disintegrate into a huge fireball, and the remaining force hit the shield of a battle cruiser behind the escort ship, and the palpitating terrifying power directly tore apart the energy shield of the battle cruiser, and smashed the right hull of the battle cruiser on the spot.

This is a beam of energy fired from the T-slot main gun of a dreadnought of the Starfish, which was supposed to be a battlecruiser with a huge threat, but an escort ship blocked the gun.

The T-slot main gun of the dreadnought is not as powerful as the Titan Light Spear dedicated to the Titan Super Flag, but it is not something that a battleship can resist.

Fortunately, this thing has a cooldown of up to 10 minutes for a shot, and it takes several minutes to recharge, so it will take about 15 minutes to fire a shot even if it is fired continuously.

And the servants of light have long noticed its existence, and every time the other party fires a cannon, they will bring in cannon fodder to block the guns, and since the beginning of the war, the two dreadnoughts on the opposite side have fired eight shots, sinking a total of six battleships and one escort ship.

Any T-slot main gun attacking a ship below the flagship is basically an instant kill, but the long standby time seriously restricts its combat effectiveness, so the main role of a super flag such as a dreadnought or a titan is not to let it fight, but to rely on its powerful main gun to deter and decapitate.

After all, the power is too great, and in the face of an opponent who does not have a super flag, it is completely crushing, and you will be able to command the ship with one shot, and it will be a fart.

It is precisely because there are dreadnoughts on the opposite side that Fang Ning's flagship and Liu Xinwu's light voyage have been hiding in the rear since the beginning of the war, and there are heavy battleships in front of them, and they don't show up at all.

"It's not okay to go on like this!"

Although a war will not last for a few days, it will not be a problem for a few hours, and the other side will stare at your battleships and other valuable battleships, two dreadnoughts can sink eight ships in an hour, and forty ships in five hours, the loss is not too big, but it is still very annoying to be beaten all the time and not be able to fight back.

He rubbed his chin in his hands, wondering if he should make some small movements quietly.

But at this time, the starfish fleet suddenly slowed down its offensive, Fang Ning frowned, the perspective of God unfolded, and the consciousness instantly covered the entire galaxy, the first wave was not found, and the second scan noticed a few unmanned probes in the void that were far away from the battlefield and not far from the ring world, and they didn't know when they secretly put them, anyway, now it is certain that they have discovered the space station and colony in the center of the world.

On the bridge of a dreadnought flagship of the starfish, several starfish gathered around a virtual sand table to watch the picture sent by the unmanned probe, everyone was excited, and one of the starfish with dark red skin waved his tentacles and shouted excitedly:

"I didn't think the Leviathan was gone."

Another starfish tentacle clenched into a ball and smashed the edge of the virtual sandbox:

"This ring world is ours, and humans don't deserve it."

The third starfish turned and strode to the command seat, and waved his tentacles:

"Preparing to withdraw to the YO106 system and join the Second Fleet, we need absolute superiority in forces to crush the resistance of humanity in one fell swoop."

Orders were issued layer by layer, and in Fang Ning's eyes, the enemy used a large number of space fighters to cushion the fleet, and the fleet began to withdraw in an orderly manner.

Li Wan seized the opportunity to eat a large number of space fighters, but there was no way to deal with the fleet that had already withdrawn, and the enemy had an advantage in an orderly retreat, they had no way to intercept it, and the other party would at most give up a small number of fleets to cover the withdrawal of the main force.

Fang Ning stood on the bridge and watched them evacuate without moving, looking at the existing functions of the universe in his palm, the means that could wipe them out were earth-shattering, and they were not suitable for use in front of people.

You must know that it is not only the players in the territory who are paying attention to this battle now, there will already be players who are live on the forum, and he doesn't dare to make those earth-shattering moves.

"Gotta think of a new effective method!"

Seeing these aliens come and go whenever they want, Fang Ning was a little annoyed.

After the battle, while sending a frigate to clean the battlefield and salvage the wreckage of the sunken ship, especially the light aircraft carrier, there will be good things on this wreckage.

Let the fleet defend around the wormhole on the spot to prevent the starfish from jumping over again, and at the same time put some unmanned probes through the wormhole to see what the starfish people are doing on the other side, Fang Ning connected Liu Xinwu's communication and said directly to him:

"In the past, there was a top-level Leviathan Aether dragon in this galaxy, so the starfish have always regarded this place as a forbidden place, and I can also develop it secretly, but now that they have discovered that we have colonized this galaxy, I don't say what we will face next, you can also guess, and no matter how infighting there is, it can only be cheaper for foreigners."

He paused for a moment and asked Liu Xinwu to digest this sentence well.

Liu Xinwu glanced at each other with the staff officers and assistants on the side, turned around and asked:

"So what do you mean? Do you want to annex my fleet? You know, my fleet is the third battle group of the Snow God Mountain Legion, which belongs to the five-star Snow God Mountain Legion, and if you want to annex my fleet, I agree that the legion will not agree. ”

Fang Ning shook his head:

"I'm not interested in your fleet, but after all, your strength is not weak, and the threat to me is quite big, in other words, you won't be at ease to let a fleet that threatens you stay at home, so I have an idea here, you can refer to it."

"Please."

"You are a veteran player, you may know that the territory established by the player will have a territory affiliated legion, and it just so happens that Xiaoye has established the Divine Rabbit Guild here,"

Speaking of this, Fang Ning beckoned to the side, Xiao Yezi, who had been well-behaved and bored in the war just now, shook the big ears of the rabbit doll, and grabbed the big ears of the rabbit and pointed at himself, he nodded, she quickly stood up and trotted over and asked:

"Is there something wrong with Brother Fang?"

"A little thing."

He touched her little head, looked up and said to Liu Xinwu:

"Didn't you come here to follow your young lady's orders, it just so happens that Xiaoye has a part of the shares in my territory, I set the Divine Rabbit Guild as a subordinate guild of the territory, and you join the Divine Rabbit Guild, so that everyone is your own person, and I can rest assured that you can stay in the galaxy, how about it?"

He looked at the other side with blazing eyes, and he wanted to see what the other side would choose.

He didn't care what their purpose was, he just wanted the other party to make a statement and determine whether they were friends or foes.

If he agrees to join the Divine Rabbit Guild, he doesn't mind giving them some preferential treatment, but if he doesn't agree, he will be an enemy, even if there is an alien army pressing the border, he must first clear out the internal uneasiness.

Of course, Liu Xinwu understood what Fang Ning meant, he pondered for a moment and said:

"I need to get in touch with the Legion Commander."

"No problem, you have an hour to contact."

After speaking, the communication was turned off, the light curtain disappeared, Liu Xinwu and the staff officer and assistant glanced at each other, and they could see the wry smile of the other party, he spread his hands and said:

"What else are you looking at, contact the Legion Commander."

Saying that, the whole person slowly became illusory, and he went offline directly.

The fleet staff officer on the left command seat shrugged his shoulders and leaned back, and Liu Xinwu's assistant asked:

"What do you think the Legion Commander will decide? To be honest, after the battle just now, I don't think the rest of our fleet can beat them. ”

"I can't fight."