Chapter 268: An Unpleasant Encounter
"The First Fleet is responsible for the Orb Belt, the Second Fleet is responsible for the Tapp Belt, the Third Fleet is responsible for the Enko Belt, the Fourth Fleet is responsible for the Asteroid Belt, and the other fleet objectives remain the same, everyone maintains the formation and starts to move......"
Two and a half months later, the glacial front has finally arrived.
It was more than half of the assembly time, and after all the motherships flew out of the wormhole and gathered together, Rumba gave an order, and four motherships pointed directly at the approximate star field and quickly jumped away.
Each detachment of the Combined Fleet consists of a mothership, plus five planetary-class warships, and a large number of small combat units for reconnaissance and exploration, as well as ground landing operations.
With this power, even if it invades an ordinary second-level technological civilization alone, such as the Blue Sea Star Alliance, it has the strength to directly crush it.
There are a total of twenty-three sub-fleets in the entire Combined Fleet, and only the three core countries of the alliance can send such forces in an understatement.
"Brother Lun, how long do we have to intersect with the other side."
After the departure of the four detachments, the motherships also began to release battleships.
Up and down, left and right, all the battleships were in order.
Then, a large number of scouts shot out in all directions.
The realm has been completely opened, the peak of the first order of the planet, and the radius of the world domain is close to 9,000 kilometers, almost enveloping the entire combined fleet in it.
Perceiving all the movements around him, Wang Dong's eyes looked at Rumba.
"It's hard to determine, but since the signal point here has been cleared from the opposite side, even if the main force is not there, they should have minions hidden around."
Rumba nodded and explained.
As soon as the words fell, five blazing white particle cannons suddenly lit up on the light brain screen of the Ice Qin, and almost at the same moment, the three scouts were instantly shattered.
"Huh?"
Slightly, Rumba's brow furrowed.
The five particle cannons are all from the other side, and before they fire, their own scouts have not been able to detect any anomalies at all, which means that ...... "The concealment ability and reconnaissance ability of the other side are better than ours." ”
"It can't be the Ice River Kingdom, and the Heavenly King Empire's possible surname is not very big, could it be the origin of those strange warships?"
Rumba's thoughts flashed, and Wang Dong and the three of them also walked to the light screen together.
At this time, after the shooting, the enemy minions who had already exposed their tracks were also intensively bombarded by the battleships in front for the first time.
"All detachments should pay attention to keep the energy shield open, and the enemy targets can greatly absorb electromagnetic fluctuations and keep an eye on their attacks at any time."
It was a shadow-like thorn-shaped object, and at the same moment as they were shattered, the analysis of the light brain came out.
After a deep sigh, Rumba continued: "Light Brain, always remind the Fourth Fleet to keep an eye out for possible hidden targets in the asteroid belt until they receive a hint. ”
It is indeed a bit unusual to be able to induce the Resolution Council to send a combined fleet of this size, and let Rumba personally recruit people to deal with it.
"It's not like the technology of the Heavenly King Empire, and it can't come from the Deschamps Federation."
Receiving various analyses from the light brain at the same time, Luo Lan's eyes flowed with some solemnity.
In a broad sense, the Heavenly King Empire is a powerful alliance led by the Heavenly King Empire, a third-level scientific and technological civilization of the Deshang Federation, and thirteen second-level martial arts civilizations.
Generally speaking, the warships and so on used by these countries are basically from the Heavenly King Empire, or the Deschamps Federation, but now ...... "Could it be that there is a new third-level technological civilization and joined the Heavenly King Empire?" ”
Looking at Lomba, Loraine frowned slightly.
Among the information released by the Resolution, there is only an image of the dynamic power of the Scorpion warship, but in the current situation, I am afraid that all the military technology on the other side has reached the level of third-level civilization, or even ...... Probably a little better than your own strongest Oron Star Alliance.
To this extent, in Luo Lan's opinion, there is only one possibility...... In the alliance of the Heavenly King Empire, there is one more powerful member.
"It's possible."
Rumba also had the same conjecture, groaned for a while, nodded, and said, "Light brain, send all the materials to the resolution meeting, and keep in sync with that side at all times." ”
"Is that possible?"
Wang Dong was also receiving the analysis data, contacting the understanding before embarking on the journey, his eyes moved slightly, and while thinking, he said: "The current situation, in the battle line with the entire Heavenly King Empire, only in the area of the Ice River Kingdom, there are giant scorpion warships, and these mysterious detectors...... If there is a new third-level civilization joining the opposite side, I think the first to deploy these probes should be the main battlefield on the side of the Heavenly King Empire.
Is it possible that the Ice Empire unilaterally got the help of this civilization through other channels?
Or is it that the Ice Empire has developed a deep relationship with this mysterious civilization, and has even taken refuge in them? ”
Separate this mysterious force from the Celestial King Empire, and even they may be in opposition to the Celestial Empire, but it is only because of the issue of the glacial front that there is a war with the Southern Cross Alliance...... New ideas, and, according to Wang Dong's analysis, the possible surnames of this idea are also quite small.
"No matter where the other side comes from, we have to find out the details of them first."
Rumba nodded, and while sending Wang Dong's analysis back to the resolution meeting, he commanded the fleet, continued to maintain the formation, and approached the target area at a constant speed.
The widespread application of anti-laser technology, most of the particles used in space warfare.
Every now and then, a few pillars of blazing white light illuminate the void, and then the fleet's side reacts quickly.
In this back and forth of contact and temptation, the huge combined fleet gradually began to penetrate deep into the battle line.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the asteroid belt has discovered the enemy's hidden forces...... The battle is within our control, over. ”
In less than two days, the first to officially encounter the enemy situation was the Fourth Fleet, which had received a special reminder.
In the images synchronized by the chrono-temporal communication device, extremely distant and extremely cautious, the Fourth Fleet, with countless small combat units under the control of the brain, is engaged in a dense exchange of fire with the enemy hidden in the asteroid swarm.
The planetary-class motherships and battleships opened their defensive shields and retreated to a more distant place, keeping a close eye on the battle situation.
"While destroying the enemy, pay attention to everything around you, and if there is a disorder in time and space, the first purpose is to maintain your strength......
The battle screen of the Fourth Fleet was drawn to the lower left corner of the light screen, and after Rumba gave a command, he continued to observe everything within a radius of thirty or forty thousand kilometers through the field.
"All battleships are ready for battle."
Seven or eight minutes later, I saw that there was no abnormality in the surroundings, and in front, the losses of my own fighters and mechs gradually began to grow larger.
The mothership gave an order, led by it, and five more battleships powered by the source energy sphere approached the direction of the asteroid belt at the same time.
"Prepare to fire."
20,000 kilometers, another command, and all kinds of naval guns began to accumulate energy at the same time.
"Fire!"
10,000 km, the range of the power of naval artillery is not serious.
The void suddenly lit up, and nearly a hundred huge pillars of incandescent white light instantly pierced through everything.
Almost at the same time, the picture on the Lyra, which was originally synchronized with the Fourth Fleet, suddenly lost its signal.
"Playback, slow play, analysis."
Rumba's eyes jumped, and his mind reacted instantly: "One, two, three fleets, maintain the highest vigilance." ”
The eyes of Wang Dong and the others were also condensed.
There are only two possibilities for the instant loss of signal, one is that the opposite side activates space-time interference by opening wormholes, etc., and the other is ...... The entire Fourth Fleet was destroyed in an instant.
However, the second scenario should be impossible, no matter how much firepower, it is impossible for one mothership and five battleships to be destroyed at the same time.
"Activate space-time interference, that is, have superior forces on the opposite side."
"But what happened just now...... Hidden in the asteroid belt are only small units on the opposite side that are dominated by interference. ”
Wang Dong frowned, and the light brain slowed down and analyzed the last picture.
"Of the 93 naval guns, 16 are from the Fourth Fleet and 77 are from the opposite side."
"The fire on the other side is hidden inside the asteroid."
"Three possibilities."
"Their fleet, by unknown means, is hidden inside the asteroid."
"Inside the asteroid, they have set up a hidden defensive facility."
"The asteroid was transformed into a war fortress by them."
In the infinite slow motion of the last frame, 77 pillars of light are coming from two large asteroids in that area.
Sending this analysis to all the detachments, as well as to the Union headquarters, Rumba frowned, and for the first time was truly alert.
Judging from all kinds of circumstances, the enemy they face may not be the Ice River Kingdom, but this mysterious force of unknown origin, but in a year or two, the entire Ice River Front will be completely controlled in its hands.
I can place such a power in the asteroid belt...... The investment of this force in the entire ice front is probably beyond everyone's imagination.
"Hope is just a simple technological civilization."
"Otherwise......"
The final news of the Fourth Fleet had not yet been transmitted, and the advance of the main fleet was still continuing, but the hearts of the four of Wang Dong shrank at the same time.
"Commander Rumba, we were ambushed by the other side in a premeditated way, the other side is suspected of building a war fortress in the asteroid belt, we lost one mothership, three battleships ......"
It wasn't until seven minutes later that the interrupted signal began to resume again.
One after the other, according to Lomba's instructions, the two warships that started the evasion procedure as soon as they noticed that something was wrong appeared in the connection of the light brain.
However, time and space were disordered, all detection signals were out of order, and they could not determine the absolute truth of the other side.
In addition, the opposite side should have been able to complete the accurate bombardment of them for the same reason.
"Approach us."
Rumba sighed in his heart, the other party's ambush was beyond everyone's expectations, and the target was focused on the mothership, and the Fourth Fleet still failed to save it after all.
(To be continued)