Volume 3 Star Expedition Chapter 8 The Battle of Cloud Island
From the Blue Domain, fly at the speed of light to Carmon, more than 600 years. No starship can fly to its destination in one go without stopping its endurance. The energy generated by antimatter annihilation, no matter how high, can only distort space, not tear it apart, is determined by the upper limit of energy release efficiency. And this is doomed, if the existing scientific and technological conditions, long-distance interstellar invasion is a fool's dream.
Chu Tiankuo, the chief pilot of the starship, is an extremely anti-war person, and he is reading aloud the book "On the Feasibility of Aggression against Carmon" more than a century ago, written by Hyde.
"Don't just listen, tell me, what do you think of this operation?"
"You were arguing more than 100 years ago, and now the starship has the ability to sail to Carmon in one go." The Confederate warship crew was assigned by the military uniform, and was not a pioneer ship like the Origin, but a group of people who shared the same values. It was the operational commander Long Yuchuan who spoke.
"Yes, if you want to fly to Carmon in 1 year, you may be able to have some fuel left over to fight a war. If you want to fly to Carmon in 6 months, you can only get some fuel to escape, but if you want to fly to Carmon in 3 months, you can only be left with a bunch of iron shells, which can be a living target for others. ”
"Don't misunderstand the meaning of the Allies, just attacking a base, who said that they were going to invade Kamon?" Captain Zhong Zhiyu is a person who is afraid of many things, especially disgusted with this talkative Chu Tiankuo.
The fleet set sail, and all the warships were of the same specification as the "Pingyang", departing from the seventh planet of the Blue Domain star system, the "Ship Harbor Star". Murray, the military governor, personally served as commander-in-chief, with the goal: "Boundary River".
The Boundary River is not a river, but a flowing nebula floating at 1/2 of the distance between the two galaxies: it is the cradle of the birth of stars, and it is also the area where the gravitational flow rate is very unstable, and countless starships have died here. Ships traveling to and from the stars have to choose to navigate around this dangerous "boundary river", but this is not an easy task. The average width of the entire "boundary river" is 3 light years, and the length is more than 60 light years, and it is almost impossible to bypass the boundary river horizontally, and the longitudinal "uphill and downhill" route is the first choice for many starship routes. After more than 100 years of exploration, both civilizations chose the narrow channel of "Pearl Harbor" to sail.
The "Pearl Harbor" is the only deep concave area in the entire "Boundary River", and the nebula has evolved into three stellar embryos, forming a narrow "triangular array" that captures all the celestial impurities "in the water flow" and provides a stable gravitational environment for the "Harbor". The fleets that come and go pass through the gap in the "Pearl Harbor", and in the long run, a stable course to the "Pearl Harbor" is formed.
However, in the harbor, there is not nothing, in the geometric center of the "harbor", there is a large solid planet hanging alone, the Blue Domain people call it "the island in the clouds", and the Carmon people call it "the wandering lone star". But it's not alone, and everyone knows that once you control this place, you can control the whole course. The back-and-forth battle for this place has been uninterrupted for two centuries. This is also the goal of Murray and others.
"All starships, do the last inspection before the voyage, the equipment team is responsible for the engine, the energy group is responsible for fuel endurance confirmation, the navigation group is responsible for the star map, after the combat team reviews the battle plan, everyone goes into hibernation, no accident, we will meet on the island in 1 month." Murray gave the last order before leaving. He has been in the army for many years and has never commanded a major war, which is the regret of his life. Looking at the 20,000 warships that condense the science and technology and productivity of the entire civilization, lined up in the brilliance of the stars, the pride of Jin Ge Iron Horse and the soldiers on the battlefield arises spontaneously.
Minsaro, Camon's commander in the "Wandering Lone Star", reported the discovery of the enemy to the battle angel Amor 6 days ago, but did not give any instructions other than to send 200 warships to his command.
The enemy was more than he imagined, and a full 20,000 large warships lined up outside the "Pearl Harbor" and began to change fuel unscrupulously.
"Lord Commander, send a fleet to attack a wave at this time, and you can eat at least 3,000 ships."
The reminder of his subordinates is also what Minsaro is struggling with, if Aimo can give thousands of more warships, he is completely confident that he will hold this place or even achieve a counterattack. Now under his command, counting the wrecked ships, there are a total of 495 warships, and it is really unknown whether they can hold it. But as a qualified commander, if the panicked mood is transmitted to the subordinates, it is fatal!
"No, it's not necessary. If they don't move, they won't be able to get in. There is only one entrance and exit in the Pearl Harbor, and no matter how many local warships there are, they can't be spread. Minsaro finished speaking, looking around, his slender head almost standing still and rotating 360 degrees
"The order is given, all the battleships are in place, three in a group, two good ones plus one second. 50 ships in a group, blocking the entrance to the narrow passage. Note that when the protective shield of the battleship is damaged, it should be withdrawn immediately, and replaced by a new ship, and it must not be damaged. The energy is exhausted, and the whole team is replaced. ”
"Roger!" Hearing Minsaro's confidence, all the officers seemed to have regained their backbone.
"All fleets obey orders. A team of 30 ships formed a wedge-shaped assault formation. Charge. ”
The Pearl Harbor is open inside, there is only a gap for access, from space to the bay, you need to pass through a narrow passage, the clear boundary of the passage is always full of danger, a little careless, you may fall into the nebula, the good luck is deformed and damaged, the bad luck, directly be caught in the gravitational vortex at least into the space-time trap, heavy is torn and shattered.
As one of the captains of the combat ship, Blueeye participated in the defense of the first echelon. The enemy ships were approaching, and although they had been prepared for a long time, they couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs when they saw that each enemy battleship was comparable to a large city, and it was twice the size of the Carmon battleship.
"Steady, steady. Attack again at my command. "Minsaro was afraid that the tension would spread throughout the army, causing premature attacks or indiscriminate artillery firing and disrupting the entire battle plan. Although it was the first time for him to see the true strength of the Blue Domain Galaxy, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would definitely not believe that the other party had such a large number of large combat fleets.
"Fire !!"
The commanders on both sides gave the order almost simultaneously. Dense lines of fire burst out in an instant, converging into two reverse intersecting turbulences in the narrow passage. The moment the turbulence "bottoms out", it ripples into a slightly undulating ripple and then disappears.
"It's useless to fight like this." The experienced blue eye was the first to notice the problem. "We concentrated our fire and hit one at the other."
"Listen to him, let's focus on one first." Blue-Eye said what Minsaro wanted to say.
All the battleships obeyed the order and concentrated one attack.
"Firepower, firepower, and concentration, where did you hit the top one?" The voice of the blue eye sounded in the communicator from time to time, and all the turbulence slowly condensed into a small circle, and under the roll call of the blue eye one by one, the scope of the small circle continued to shrink, and finally became a small dot.
The long exchange of fire is a large-scale consumption of energy, and all the captains are dazzled, the calculation team is about to break the hand, and the worst is the artillery group, which constantly adjusts the rhythm of the main and auxiliary guns. However, there is an end to everything, and the light of the explosion is heard, marking the scrapping of the first starship in the Blue Domain.
"Which one will you fight again?" Blue-eyed asked aloud. Getting a blood first made Minsalo a little excited, but when he gave the order, he still appropriately restrained his emotions: "Jump and fight, break them up." ”
"Let's play the No. 5 position" Qingyan immediately implemented the order "There is a problem with their formation, such a large battleship exploded, and the attack power of the affected side directly decreased. The replacement ship in the back must also be cleared of the remnants before attacking. I have a proposal. ”
"Captain, please tell me, their ships are clogged with aisles, and their backs are crowded. Let's focus on scrapping the battleship first, and we don't have to blow it up. In this way, the scrapped battleship cannot get out, and the good battleship cannot enter. ”
"Agreed, just hit it."
"Attention all warships, concentrate firepower." Murray was so angry about being taken a bloody shot, and he was extremely confident in his own warships, so he had to face the reality and learn the tactics of local concentrated fire.
"They concentrated their firepower, and paid attention, once the battleship was damaged, it would be repaired and repaired, and the later ones would be automatically replaced. We have broad backs and consume them. ”
"Roger." The members of the battle have already brushed away the previous clouds, and their morale is so high that they don't even feel tired with their hands.
"You can't fight like this. We're going to be consumed. Chu Tiankuo complained about the tactical arrangement of his superiors again.
"Don't say a word, everyone is busy." Zhong Zhiyu watched the results of the cannonballs intently, the Kamon people were particularly ghostly, the attacked battleship gave up the attack directly, and used all its energy for defense, once it was found that the protective shield could not hold it, he immediately retreated, and quickly changed to another battleship to come over to the top.
"Commander-in-Chief, I have one more idea." This time, Blue-Eye is reporting to Minsalo on a separate channel.
"Please."
"We have a vast rear area, and whichever battleship they concentrate on attacking, we will let which battleship withdraw directly and let their attack fail, which will reduce the loss of battleships."
"Good idea, Captain Werewolf." Minsalo thought about it for a few seconds and did as Blue-Eye suggested.
"Look, I said no, there's nothing behind people's backs, our backs are blocked, we can't fight like this, it's in vain."
"Are you too idle?" There has been no results for a long time, and the fifth battleship of his side has been scrapped, so Long Yuchuan is also irritable.
"It's hard to make a point, I'm not here to get in your way, call me when you need to sail." Chu Tiankuo walked back to the room casually, giving up the qualification from the bridge to watch the battle that many people had dreamed of.
The war became more and more intense, and the speed at which the Blue Domain starships were scrapped was far from keeping up with the speed of replenishment, and the withdrawn starships sailed in reverse, so they had to disrupt the formation and make way for a passage, but soon this method did not work, and several warships anchored in the passage, and six of them were in danger of exploding at any time.
"Retreat for now!" Murray had to accept the reality and issued the order to withdraw his troops.
"Attention, everyone, do not pursue! Don't chase! Don't chase! "Minsaro is a commander who takes what he sees when he sees it, and everything is even more tricky.