Chapter 1551: Raising the Might of Celtic (10)
After the last attack, the fortress ship Avalon not only put an energy shell on itself, but the remaining space-based defense platforms and Celtic Guard's warships around it were also transferred to the near zone by Fast Stewart, responsible for defense work, and can also be used as cannon fodder at critical moments to delay time, which makes it impossible for the storm warship to focus fire on the target.
Judging from the current situation, the most direct option to break the deadlock is to use wandering planets to create a planet-level catastrophe of destruction, so that the enemy's defense line will be self-defeating. Either activate the Dreadnought-class Bastion main guns, create a black hole in the atmosphere and high-altitude orbit, and wreak havoc on the Avalon Bastion ship, destroying all nearby space-based defenses and Celtic Guard-owned warships.
But...... He knew exactly what the consequences would be. It is precisely because of a certain degree of understanding of his personality that Fast Stewart dared to go toe-to-toe with Morning Star.
The hundreds of millions of inhabitants of the Celtic planet, who in the old saying live under the roots of the Imperial City, have enjoyed benefits and privileges that were not available to the inhabitants of other star systems, and now they ...... His Majesty the Emperor is taking them hostage to threaten the enemies of the Empire.
Just as he hesitated, the image on the big screen flashed. Emma has uploaded an update from the front.
It was a live image, and the subject was not the dense enemy combat facilities scattered along the orbital defense line, but the atmosphere of the Celtic star. As the clouds disperse, a large vortex appears in the atmosphere that diffuses the star's light, and blue beams from the ground go straight into orbit, from the interior into outer space.
As early as the beginning of the war, the Celts experienced the initial chaos, and there were no fugitives flying shuttles and other spacecraft to escape the Celts. I don't know if it was Colclough I who ordered the blockade of the inland ports, or whether the nobles and officials decided to live and die with their beloved Emperor, but the Celtic atmosphere and the high-altitude orbit were quiet for a long time, until now, this calm was broken by the energy beams from the ground.
At first, Tang Fang thought that it was an arrangement from the interior, just like the heavy particle cannons deployed inland of Lector Star that could threaten space targets when they were originally in the Megal star system.
With that beam hitting a target, and Emma's latest information, he changed his initial judgment.
A beam of energy from the interior of Celtic hit the USS Avalon, which, according to measurements from the observers, hit the vortex beneath the USS Avalon.
"What happened when Colclough I was mad? Actually did something to the fortress ship Avalon, which maintained itself? ”
This was Yuffie's thoughts, not Don's thoughts, because Emma had just told him bad news.
"Commander, according to the data information provided by the observers, the beam from Celtic is injecting energy into the two flanks of the Bastion Avalon, and its second attack should arrive sooner than expected."
In fact, she didn't need to remind her, but from the increase in the brightness of the crystal spheres on both wings of the fortress ship Avalon, you could guess what effect the beam of light shot from the interior of the Celtic star was.
There is no time left for him to hesitate...... He squinted slightly at the orbital defense line of space-based defense facilities in front of him, and gave an order to the staff.
When Yuffie heard his words, he looked back in amazement, but he didn't say anything.
The Dreadnought-class fortress ship began to recharge, and the parallel tracks that resembled the hull structure of the Void Seeker seemed to be plated with a layer of bright silver, and the densely arranged grid of circular equipment behind it opened, shaped like an energized LED tube, lighting up from blue to purple, and then overflowing wisps of electric arcs, driven by an invisible force, forming a vortex energy flow like a hurricane.
The terrifying energy radiation was like a violent wind, sweeping outward in waves. The energy shield around the hull turned from thick to faint until it disappeared, and the hull of the Dreadnought-class fortress ship was directly exposed to the frontline battlefield.
Instead of piloting the Unicorn into the dreadnought-class fortress hangar, Freya flew away.
On the Quetzalcoatl, Hausen and Churchill stood up from their seats and looked at the Dreadnought-class fortress ship in front of them with both anticipation and shock.
"Are you going to start?" Haosen rubbed his palms, feeling some wetness on the surface of his skin, as if it was sweat: "He's going to be real?" The people above the Celtic star...... Does he care? ”
Even a reckless man who has always been rough knows what kind of disaster the operation of the Annihilation-level main cannon will bring to the planet that lives in front of more than a billion people.
Churchill said: "There is no way around it. He didn't expect the defense of the Celtic star system to be so strong, and it was true that Tang Fang was sympathetic to the people living below, but he also had to consider the casualties of his own fighters.
Speaking of which, 80 percent of the people who live on this planet ...... No, it should be said that more than 90% of them wish that the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty could die sooner, and that the captain could endure it to this point, and that the field was worthy of his conscience, and that all the people in the world who had not yet had a clear conscience.
At this moment, Garcia's rebel flagship, the Voice of Hope and the Angel, appeared in the airspace where the wandering planet was located------ they had completed the combat mission of the largest military starport inside the second warp speed interception network, and then rushed to the orbital defense line where the Celtic star was located to support the main attack led by Captain Tang.
Marion didn't say anything, just lowered his eyelids and sat back in the captain's seat. He would not express his opinion on this kind of matter at this moment, he knew that Tang Fang was not a child, and he had already thought it through before making a decision.
On the angel number, Roy, Yingluo, Nehemeaia, Nova, Jaeger, Zhao Jiali, Tang Yun...... Standing under the large screen on the bridge, looking at the scene unfolding in front of me, thinking about what would happen next, with different expressions on my face.
Roy's voice broke the suffocating calm: "Brother Tang...... He...... What is he going to do, is he crazy? Doing so would make him a historical sinner with endless infamy. What about the inhabitants of Celtic, who ...... Are they innocent? ”
Yingluo sighed and didn't speak. Nehemiah shook his head and said nothing.
Nova said with a gloomy face: "The people at the feet of the Son of Heaven ...... When taking away the interests that should belong to you, your parents, and your grandparents, they never thought about what would happen to those who were struggling to make ends meet. This is war, please put away your childish kindness. Tang Fang has done his best, and this is something that no one can change. ”
Yeager looked at Nova's face and shrunk her neck, wondering how she could be so everyone. After Aros died, she took him to the grave of his mother, speaking in that tone most of the time.
In a way, he admires people like Roy. He had heard from Nehemiah and Grant about the origin of Roy's demonic right arm, and what had happened to Diamond. However, after experiencing so much pain and so much hurt, that teenager still has hope and is full of positive energy. If it were him, it would never have been possible.
On the other hand, he was a little unacceptable to Roy's bottomless tenderness, and always felt that the overflow of love was also a manifestation of psychological distortion. In order to protect Roy's parents, Captain Tang rarely let the teenager show his head, so that outsiders do not know about Roy's deeds, otherwise they will definitely change the description of the word "Virgin".
Zhao Jiali did not participate in this conversation, his eyes were focused on the photo sent back by the high-powered camera at the top of the Angel Number she placed, his face was very calm, and he could not see many emotional ups and downs.
Her maternal grandfather died because of politics, and his parents left their homeland because of politics. A few days ago, she and Yeager left the Dillard star system, and under the protection of ghost agents, they first went to the Gampner war zone where the Monya Empire, the Sulu Empire and the Charles Federation and the Republic of Dolanx had a long confrontation, and then returned to the Republic of Date incognito to witness the living conditions of the people in the warlord division environment derived from the power struggle.
She suddenly lost interest in her past pursuit of photographing landscapes and documenting food. The beautiful scenery and delicious meals are far more shocking than those images that record the era, the war, and the injuries.
After returning from the outside, she had a new plan for her career. She wants to be a war photographer and record the real "beauty" under the tide of the times, rather than the beauty of being on paper and flourishing in word-of-mouth.
The Battle of Celtic was her first work.
Unlike the few people behind her, looking at the dreadnought-class fortress ship in front of her, which was brewing a powerful blow, she had an unknown understanding and pity for the man standing on the bridge. Similar to her change in professional ideals and values from a landscape photographer to a war photographer, she believes that Captain Tang has had many, many similar mental journeys along the way, but he has never complained to the people around him, and chose to resist that mental pressure by himself.
In him, she finally understood the weight and meaning of the word "man".
"But, but......" Roy was about to say something, and the central area of the parallel module of the Dreadnought Commander class bastion ship over there was already filled with dazzling light, illuminating everyone's eyes.
Nova ignored Alex Mercer's feeble rebuttal, not because she was not interested, but because she noticed a special situation and simply didn't have the energy to take care of the elm head next to her.
Beside the Dreadnought-class fortress ship, a swarthy thing was rapidly approaching.
Black, with a hint of oil, very heavy, clumped in a clump...... Such adjectives make up that thing.
Compared with the hull of the Dreadnought-class fortress ship of more than 5KM, its size is relatively small, and it is under the strong light, which is difficult for ordinary people to find.
When Nova frowned, the dazzling glare had already penetrated the passage from the core circle socket of the Dreadnought Commander class fortress ship to the bow of the ship, and with a gravitational fluctuation spread outward, the light spurted out like a stream of water from a high-pressure pump.
Everyone who noticed this scene was slightly stunned, and those who knew about the Dreadnought-class fortress ship frowned. Is this what the Annihilation-class cannon is like when it is in operation? It seems like...... Something is wrong.
As it turned out, Captain Don had disappointed them, and the Dreadnought-class fortress ship did use its main guns, but it did not construct a terrifying black hole between the Celtic atmosphere and the high-altitude orbit that could swallow the Celtic Guard.
When Nova sensed that something was wrong, she took out her battle goggles and put them on, then opened her mouth dramatically, revealing a half-dead expression. This is completely different from the cold impression she gave people in the past, at least that's what Yeager thinks, and keeps repeating it in her heart, it turns out that she also has a rather feminine side.
Of course, he didn't know why Nova had such an expression, and he was still waiting for the image of the black hole appearing on the orbital battlefield and disintegrating the Celtic Guard's defensive line.
On the other side of the battlefield, on the fortress ship Avalon, Fastford Stewart's face was already extremely gloomy, and he didn't expect that kid to really have the guts to carry out such an attack. Before the war, Kolkllough I summoned him alone and told him that the main guns of the Dreadnought Commander-class fortress ship had the terrifying ability to build a black hole, but there was no need to worry, as long as the residents of the Celtic Star were taken hostage and kidnapped to the Stewart family's chariot, Tang Fang naturally threw a mouse and did not dare to make a big move.
He didn't know how His Majesty the Emperor learned that the main guns of the Dreadnought Commander-class fortress ship could inspire the black hole, he only knew that His Majesty the Emperor had guessed wrong, that kid was finally anxious after a long attack on the orbital defense line, and he did not hesitate to risk the world's condemnation to launch a devastating blow to the Celtic star. It's not the same as saying yes.
That guy, don't you have a conscience? Don't have word of mouth? Don't be principled?
Reality didn't give him much time to struggle, and in the face of the attack from the Dreadnought-class fortress ship, he had no other way out but to choose to resist hard. However, this idea just fell, and he didn't know what he found, so he shouted to the staff of the equipment pool below: "The right rudder is full, and it sinks urgently." ”
The pilots were not as mentally active as Fastford, and when they heard the commander's words, they immediately controlled the ship to turn to the right, and at the same time turned on the sedimentation injector as much as possible.
There was no black hole forming, and in the storm of light emitted by the dreadnought-class fortress ship, a black dot came to you.
The combat environment of the space battlefield is no more vast and cold than that of the inland battlefield, and in the case that the physical projectile cannot reach the speed of light, in the face of a strike, the battleship still has some reaction time.
The fortress Avalon is not falsely large, but it is not weaker than battleship and cruiser class battleships in terms of reflexes and movement speed. But even so, it passed the bow of the ship but not the hull, and those waves-like light blew on the energy shield on the outside of the hull, stirring up gradient ripples.
Fastford Stewart was not worried about the energy rush from the enemy ships, and he was confident in the two wings of the fortress ship Avalon. He also didn't think that the black dot wrapped in immeasurable brilliance could hurt the car, he was just curious about what it was, could it be that the stupid boy of the Tang side thought that such an attack could hurt the fortress ship Avalon? Then he could only say very modestly, "I'm sorry to disappoint you." ”
PS: Didn't I send a leave note yesterday? How can anyone still not know...... My family was hit by a car, and I went to the field with the ambulance the day before yesterday, and I couldn't upload the code word, so please bear with me, and I will resume the update today.