Chapter 107: The Mothership of the Ewen Empire
"Your Excellency, the two civilizations on the surface of the planet have once again begun to assemble their fleets. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Voyager reported.
Hearing the report, Zhou Xin suddenly felt a little incredulous, "The Ewen Empire only lost so many warships yesterday, and today it began to assemble a fleet?" After receiving a definite answer from the Voyager, he could no longer sit still. After telling the medical robot to take good care of Aina's father, Zhou Xin and the others returned to the command cabin.
When the door of the command cabin opened, Zhou Xin saw that most of the attention of most of the people inside was focused on the big screen. And what appears on the screen at this moment is still the familiar surface of the star.
"Voyager, let's see what's going on on in the Eun Empire." At the first glance of the picture on the screen, Zhou Xin directly commanded.
A few seconds later, the Southern Hemisphere appeared in the frame, and the assembly of the Eun Empire's fleet was almost complete, similar to the previous battles. At the location of the southern continent, a small fleet was parked there, and in a nearby position there were several warships that were flying to the assembly point.
At the first glance of the assembled Ewen fleet, Zhou Xin could clearly feel that the size of today's fleet was indeed much smaller than yesterday. According to Atlas statistics, the number of warships in the fleet so far is less than two hundred, but even this is enough to surprise Zhou Xin and them.
"I remember that there were less than a hundred warships that survived yesterday, so how did the extra hundred come from? How did the Ewen Empire do it? Zhou Xin asked in surprise.
"Brother Captain, have you forgotten?" Before Dart could speak, Atlas reminded, "Didn't there be a hundred or so reserve ships to support them when they retreated yesterday?" Add them to the number of fleets you see right now. Just now, people have also confirmed the signals of the newly added warships, and they are indeed the reserve warships that appeared yesterday. β
"But, after all, it's a reserve fleet, if they participate in the battle, then what about their native defense, if the Kazlan side launches an attack on the southern continent, doesn't it mean that the Eun Empire has no defense?" Zhou Xin still didn't quite understand.
"Maybe there's more to the Ewen side's reserve fleet." Dart continued, "They wouldn't have made such a mistake, and if they did send out all the reserve ships, it would have been their own mistake in strategic decision-making. β
Zhou Xin nodded, "However, the number of warships in the Eune fleet is still nearly a hundred compared to yesterday, and if we fight Kazlan like this, I'm afraidβ" His tone was a little worried. As he spoke, Zhou Xin switched the screen to the direction of Kazran, and then he saw a fleet that was obviously much larger than the Eun's fleet. At the same time, in the tail of the fleet, the mothership that yesterday decided the course of the battle also quietly stopped there.
"Moreover, the mothership of the Eun Empire was also heavily damaged in yesterday's battle, and now it does not appear in the fleet, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great." Seeing the disc-shaped mothership in front of him, Spred spoke.
"If there is no means to counter the Kazlan mothership, I'm afraid today's battle will be another personal show of the mothership." Zhou Xin continued.
As soon as Zhou Xin's words fell, Atlas's voice rang out, "Eh, brother captain, maybe it will be now." With that, the little girl switched the scene to the southern continent again.
The fleet, which appears on the screen again, is basically unchanged in size from what was seen before. However, to Zhou Xin's shock, at the rear of the fleet, on the edge of the continent, two familiar motherships were slowly taking off.
"Two?" Zhou Xin was surprised, "There are actually two motherships?" β
That's right, it was the two Bird's Nest motherships that appeared at the rear of the fleet, and at this time, Atlas reported: "After signal identification, neither of these two motherships is the one that entered the battle yesterday." β
"In other words, does there exist at least three motherships of the same type in the Ewen Empire?" Dart was also a little surprised at the first glance of the two motherships, but at this time he had calmed down, "Judging from the strength of the two fleets now, the Ewen Empire may be slightly inferior in this battle, but the final outcome of the battle may be difficult to say." β
"Three." Looking at the fleet on the screen, Zhou Xin said thoughtfully, "It seems that the military strength of the Ewen Empire is even stronger than we thought before, I don't know if they have other unknown killer features hidden behind them." In this way, there is no reason why the Republic of Kazran should not preserve its strength. β
As he spoke, one of the Bird's Nest motherships had joined the tail of his fleet. And the flight trajectory of the other mothership turned out to be a little strange, and after reaching the predetermined altitude, it began to fly out in the direction of the side of the fleet. After advancing at the fastest speed of almost a hundred kilometers or so, the mothership began to turn towards the equator. At the same time as the mothership turned, the Ewen fleet, more than a hundred kilometers away, also began to move, flying in the direction of the other continent.
"It seems that the Ewen Empire has a different arrangement for this battle." Seeing the abnormal actions of that mothership, Dart said directly.
Zhou Xin nodded, "Directly sent two motherships that had not appeared before, it seems that the Ewen Empire must want to wash away the shame of yesterday's fiasco, and it is not surprising to arrange a special tactic for this." I'm afraid the key to today's battle is on these two motherships, and I'm curious, what will happen in this next battle? β
As he spoke, the perspective switched to the room of the Republic of Kazran, which had set off long before the action of the Eun fleet. Now that they've traveled nearly a third of the way, it looks like the next battle is about to take place within the territory of the Ewen Empire.
Half an hour later, the Kazran fleet crossed the equator, and after clearing the patrolling aircraft near the equator, the entire fleet invaded the territory of the Ewen Empire. When it first entered the sphere of influence of the Eun Empire, it seemed that it was afraid of being attacked by the other side, and the cautious Kazran fleet obviously slowed down a lot, and at the same time began to fire a large number of reconnaissance aircraft in all directions.
At the same time, although it had not yet met the enemy fleet, the mother ship Ewen unfolded the small warships it carried. Suddenly, the size of the entire Eun fleet expanded at a rate visible to the naked eye, and it didn't take long for the Eun fleet to look about the same size as the Kazran fleet.
"Is it useful to just increase the scale? The small warships carried by the Eun's mothership were not of any attack power in their own right. Since he had seen the attack method of the Ewen mothership in the previous battle, Zhou Xin felt that it was of no use to their current actions.
"It seems that the focus of this battle should be on that mothership." Dart said thoughtfully, seeing the actions of Eun's fleet, he seemed to understand what their tactics were.
After the detachment led by the mother Eun deployed, the main fleet flying in front of them also began to slowly change formation. In the end, all the battleships lined up in a defensive formation not far in front of the mothership, as if trying to protect the detachment firmly behind them.
Not long after the entire fleet had lined up in formation, they encountered the Kazran fleet that was flying towards them in front of them. At that moment, the fleets of both sides opened fire almost simultaneously.
The exchange of fire between the ordinary warships of the two sides had been carried out many times before, so there was nothing worth describing. The only thing worth noting is the tactical arrangement, this time none of the warships of the Ewen fleet took the initiative to attack, but put on a defensive posture to block in front of their own mothership. They simply attack any ship that comes within their range, and once the opponent runs out of range, the ship either changes its target or simply stops attacking.
At the same time as the Ewen fleet attacked, their mothership also launched a wave of attacks. In addition to the white beam emitted from the edge, this time the Ewen mothership also had an attack method that Zhou Xin had not seen before, which was an attack from the red tetrahedron in the center above the mothership. It can be seen that the three sides of the tetrahedron are simultaneously emitting red beams of light outward, and after the refraction of the surrounding small warships, these red beams of light shoot towards the area where the battleships are densely populated in the Kazran fleet. In contrast, red beams are much thicker and more powerful than those white beams. Where the white beam took a long time to penetrate, the red beam easily passed through, leaving a small hole in this ship while still having the strength to penetrate the hull of the next ship. Since this weapon was the first time it had appeared on the battlefield, it was clear that the Kazran fleet was somewhat unaware of its striking power. Some of the battleships lined up in a straight line did not dodge at all, and as a result, they were easily strung into several strings by the red beam. While most of the Red Beam's attacks weren't enough to deal lethal damage, the damage to the ship was still significant. In just the first wave of attacks, more than a dozen warships were incapacitated because their engines were hit.
"It's strange that the Ewen Mothership still hides such a powerful weapon, why haven't we seen them use it in previous battles?" When he saw the effect of the first wave of red beams fired by the Eun mothership, Zhou Xin asked puzzled.
"Maybe they didn't think they needed it in the previous battles." Dart replied as he looked at the attacking sides on the screen, "Or maybe this red beam attack is like the weapons of the Kazlan mothership, with obvious flaws. β
After the first wave of attacks, the Kazlan battleship adjusted its formation with hindsight. After adjusting the formation, it will be difficult for the red beam to penetrate several ships at once. However, at this time, the small warships that refracted the red beam moved, and just by turning their heads at a slight angle, the direction of the red beam in the distance changed greatly. Like a light knife, the red beam "cut" towards another battleship.
I didn't expect the red beam to last so long, and it could change direction while firing. Caught off guard, the battleship closest to the red beam was attacked and swept away directly by the beam. What Zhou Xin didn't expect was that the power of the red beam was so great that it really cut the Kazlan battleship, which might be more than thirty meters in diameter, into two pieces. After a while, two sections of the battleship exploded violently, pushing two sections of the battleship out in different directions. However, the red beam continued to sweep towards the other battleship, and within a few seconds, the second battleship suffered the same fate, becoming a wreck in the universe. It swept past four ships in a row before the beam disappeared as it approached the fifth. Several other red beams of light almost achieved similar attack effects, and in this wave of attacks alone, nearly thirty warships were destroyed under this unfamiliar attack method.
"It's not a small power, it's still long, and it has the flexibility to change the direction of the attack, and even the reload time is short. What exactly are the disadvantages of this weapon? I don't think it's much more useful than the main guns on the Kazlan mothership, it doesn't seem to have any good other than being powerful. Looking at the camera of the Ewen mothership, Zhou Xin said in surprise.
Dart frowned slightly, and replied with a slight hesitation, "It seems that there is no disadvantage in this weapon for the time being. If you want to barely count, it will only be a few tens of seconds to recharge. However, a few tens of seconds is not enough to do anything, regardless of the beams that are still being fired at the edge of the mothership, the defending fleet in front alone will not be able to break through. Then he thought about the first battle of the mothership, and then added, "Oh, by the way, there is also a disadvantage that the small ships are slow to turn, but this is also easy to solve, it is good that all the small ships do not go in the same direction, and it is not a big problem." β
It didn't take long for the Mothership Eun to recharge once again and begin a third wave of attacks. With the lessons learned from the previous two times, this time the Kazlan battleship focused all its energy on dodging the red beam, and even weakened its own attacks a lot. However, this dodge was still very effective, except for the few that were directly hit, only three battleships were swept by the subsequent red beams. However, the Eun battleships achieved greater results, they completely wiped out the dozen or so warships that had lost their ability to move, but still maintained their combat effectiveness.
After these three waves of attacks, the attack of the Ewen mothership finally stopped temporarily......