Chapter 86: The War of Attrition
"Shoot!"
The second round of fleet salvo fires began, and hundreds of pillars of light from particle cannons shot at each other, and the same result was that the defensive shield stopped.
Soon the third salvo came again, and the two sides bombarded each other with particle cannons round after round, until the energy of one side was consumed to the limit, and then it was possible to cause large-scale killing effects.
"The energy consumption has reached 70, do you want to rotate it?" An officer asked.
"Start the rotation! Second echelon ready! ”
Feng Kailong didn't say a word during the whole process, the officers under his command could complete these things by themselves, and they had already practiced countless rotations, and there was no need for him to command them personally.
In fact, there is a certain risk when the formation is rotated, if the battleships do not cooperate well with each other, it is easy to have flaws in the formation, and if the opponent's particle cannon attacks at that time, it is likely to cause huge casualties.
However, the 5th Fleet is an ace fleet after all, and this kind of formation rotation has long been fully practiced, and in a very short period of time, the formation has been restored to its most complete state, and the battleships that were previously at the front have retreated to the rear and began to replenish energy.
The same rotation was on the rebel fleet's side, but it was a little less proficient than the 5th Fleet, and it took longer.
This situation is not obvious once or twice, but it will always be seen through after many times, but after Feng Kailong saw the data given by artificial intelligence, he showed a smile for the first time.
"Hehe, it seems that there is still a gap between the rebels and us, otherwise this battle is really impossible to fight." Feng Kailong looked at the data analysis results and said to the staff officers beside him.
"In fact, the rebel fleet is already very powerful, and this kind of rotation efficiency is not something that everyone in the imperial fleet can do." A staff officer said.
Feng Kailong nodded and said, "That's right, if you didn't meet us, I'm afraid that other fleets are really not their opponents." ”
"Who the hell is in command of the rebel fleet, and it is already remarkable that he can train the fleet like this in such a short period of time!"
"It should also be someone who went out from the imperial team......" Feng Kailong recalled the generals he knew, and he really couldn't think of anyone who would join the rebels.
However, the empire's army is so huge, and the generals who leave the army are not one or two, and it is normal for some of them to have a very high level, not to mention that it is impossible for him Feng Kailong to know all the generals.
"Forget it, let's investigate this matter later, let's win the battle in front of us." Feng Kailong said.
"At this rate of consumption, it will probably last for several hours before the other party will show its flaws, should we add some pressure to them?" A staff officer said.
"It's good! Increases the number of attacking ships and increases rotation speed by 0. Feng Kailong nodded in agreement.
The number of warships involved in the attack of the 5th Fleet began to increase a lot on the original basis, and due to the increase in attacks, the consumption of the rebel fleet's defensive cover began to increase sharply, which also led to the increase in the speed of rotation.
As the number of rotations increased, the flaws of the rebel fleet began to be gradually exposed, and some warships began to make various mistakes in their rotations.
A mistake in one ship will affect the rotation speed of other ships, and over time, these otherwise unimportant mistakes will be magnified into important factors that affect the rotation speed of the entire fleet.
If the rotation speed is not fast enough, the battleship will have to withstand it for a longer time, and it will be difficult to return the replenished energy to normal levels.
Another round of particle cannon salvo, the rebel fleet happened to be in the process of changing formations, and a pillar of light from the particle cannon hit the defensive cover of a battleship, only to see that the defensive shield did not absorb the beam of the particle cannon as before, but flashed with blue light.
In less than a second, the blue light was pierced by the crimson particle cannon beam, hitting the bow of the ship.
The armor in the bow of the ship was instantly heated red, and the temperature reached thousands of degrees, and those who worked in the bow part turned into steam in the blink of an eye and disappeared directly from this world.
The high temperature caused many of the ship's equipment to explode, and with a series of violent explosions, a huge hole was torn open in the hull, and many crew members and items were blown out of the ship with air pressure.
The battleship that exploded suddenly became an obstacle to the other ships, and the speed of the rotation was immediately seriously affected, while the shelling of the 5th Fleet continued.
In order not to be affected by the explosion of the ships, some rebel warships had to deviate from the established route and forcibly diverge to other routes.
At this time, the salvo of the particle cannon arrived again, and a battleship that was turning did not have time to adjust its direction, and was hit by the particle cannon, and the defensive shield that was already insufficient immediately collapsed, and the battleship was directly pierced through the waist by the particle cannon.
"Boom!"
The huge explosion blew the battleship into two parts, each flying out in different directions, and one of the battleships next to it couldn't dodge and collided with the damaged half-section of the battleship.
Then a new explosion was triggered, and both battleships were blown into many pieces at the same time, rampage through the fleet formation.
At this time, the shortcomings of the inexperience of the rebel fleet were fully exposed, and the commanders of many warships were extremely flustered in the face of this chaotic situation, and even began to forcibly insert themselves into other routes of travel, regardless of the safety of other warships.
The chain reaction caused by the chaos is getting more and more severe, and as many as dozens of warships have been affected by this, and the formation of the entire fleet is no longer complete.
Seeing that the enemy was in chaos, Feng Kailong ordered at this time to continue to increase the number of warships participating in the attack, and take this opportunity to inflict more damage on the enemy.
As a result, the particle shelling of the 5th Fleet became more intensive, and more and more rebel warships began to be hit constantly under this pressure, and the situation became worse and worse.
At this time, the commander of the rebel fleet should also see that the rebels have lost this battle today, but fortunately, the losses are not very large, after all, the 5th Fleet has not taken out all its strength.
Soon the rebel fleet began to retreat, and although it suffered some losses, it was still very orderly when it retreated, and it did not appear to be completely collapsed.
"General, the rebels have retreated, are we in pursuit?" The officer asked.
Feng Kailong shook his head and said, "There's no need to chase it, let's rectify it here and let the soldiers rest according to the usual rules." ”
The enemy's losses are not very large, the combat power is still well preserved, and it is extremely risky to rush forward at this time, with Feng Kailong's calm style, he will not take risks in this situation.
Although the first contact battle was over, neither fleet suffered too serious losses, and both sides got to know each other a little.
It can be seen that neither the 5th Fleet nor the rebels have any plans for a quick victory, and everyone is ready for a long battle.
But Feng Kailong still had some doubts in his heart, after the first contact, it was now obvious that the rebels had no advantage in this kind of frontal hard fighting.
In addition, the 5th Fleet can be regarded as a home battle, and in such a situation, the longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it is for the rebels, so why should the rebels still adopt such a steady and steady approach?
"Do they have any tricks up their sleeve?" Feng Kailong didn't have a clue when he thought about it, and he had to rely on the intelligence department to know about it.
"Forget it, I'll fight my battle, and the intelligence matter will be left to the person in charge of intelligence to worry about." In the end, Feng Kailong could only persuade himself like this.
After a truce between the two sides for about twenty hours, the rebel fleet moved again, and the 5th Fleet still followed the original method, with a steady stance to meet the attack, as if an iron wall was firmly blocking the path of the rebels' advance.
The second encounter was still a war of attrition, and the two fleets still put on their previous formations, firing a salvo with particle cannons at each other, this time the rebels were a little more skilled in rotation than before, and after the 5th Fleet increased the pressure, they held on for a few more hours before choosing to retreat.
Although the rebels lost some more ships, they were clearly less than the losses caused by the first firefight.
"Strange, are these rebels going to be consumed like this forever?" An officer said.
"To put it bluntly, they're going to be wearing out like this, and it won't be long before they collapse, right? Are they all stupid? ”
"Could it be that the rebels have any backup?"
"It's hard to say."
The discussion between the officers and staff officers was clearly heard by Feng Kailong, in fact, this was also the doubt in his heart, and after the second exchange of fire, this doubt increased a few points.
In two firefights, the rebels lost more than a dozen warships, and the 5th Fleet has not lost any warships so far, as long as the rebels are not stupid, they should be able to see that there is only one word to lose if they continue to fight like this, but why are they still persistent?
Feng Kailong, who has always been cautious, couldn't sit still, and he asked people to contact the intelligence department of the empire and ask the intelligence department to strengthen the collection of intelligence, especially to find out whether the rebels still have fleets elsewhere.
The intelligence department agreed to Feng Kailong's request and promised to increase intelligence collection and strive to find out the situation of the rebels as soon as possible.
"Are the rebels moving now?" Feng Kailong asked the intelligence officer on the ship.
"Judging from the data sent back by the satellite in front, it seems that there is no movement, and it should be being repaired." The intelligence officer said.
Feng Kailong nodded and said, "It seems that they don't hit the south wall and don't look back...... Feel free to report to me if you have any new information! ”
"Yes!"
After the intelligence officer left, Feng Kailong had the head of the Marine Corps called Colonel Chen Weixing.
"Weixing, I have a mission for you, I hope you can go there in person." Feng Kailong looked at Chen Weixing and said.
Chen Weixing saluted a military salute and said loudly: "General, please command, I will definitely complete the task!" ”
Feng Kailong nodded, very satisfied with Chen Weixing's attitude, he knew that Chen Weixing would not let him down, and this task could only be completed by Chen Weixing.