The interstellar voyage can be described as thrilling and boring. The specific treatment of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info depends on what means of transport you are taking. I used to go back and forth between the Samsung and the Earth-Moon system, and I took a Yanagihara-class frigate. Although it is old and dilapidated, and now even the Red Fleet has begun to eliminate this kind of broken goods, except for a little bump in the passage through the asteroid belt, it is still passable. And those adventurous merchants and space pirates who ride fast boats, their feelings are naturally very different from mine.

And now, I am on the flagship of the Red Fleet, the "Tianxiang", and I see the majestic and mighty ship formations around me easily breaking through the rubble, the hull is still very stable, and the coffee on the coffee table is always unfazed and does not spill a little. I can't help but be delighted and admired. Hongxiang really couldn't get used to my curious attitude of countrymen entering the city, and reprimanded: "Don't you be so boring, okay?" Look at what the cup is doing, hurry up and rest, if there is a situation, often can't close your eyes for dozens of hours in a row. ”

I pretended to be ignorant and asked him, "Well, what could this be like?" ”

"Don't tell me you don't have any idea about it, we're kind of following your thief ship." Hongxiang closed the door of the small conference room and whispered, "Although it is a joint operation, they will most likely push the drudgery on us this time, and most likely we will 'encounter' the Feria army, and it will be very hard. ”

"What, you're too pessimistic. It's just a pirate......"

"You who have been doing intelligence work behind everyone's back all day long, don't you know the scale of this gang of 'pirates'?" Hongxiang scoffed at my fake fight: "I have inquired about the relationship between the north and the outside, they have at least more than 100 fighters, and scattered information indicates that there may be a few giant ships." ”

"Giant~~~~ ship?!" I hadn't heard the news before, so I stretched out my admiration: "Howbigitis?!"

"It's the size of a modern class." Hongxiang replied flatly.

My open mouth froze, and I fixed it in an O-shape and couldn't close it for a long time. After thinking about it for a while, he cautiously asked, "Then are we considering going back to develop for another two or three years and then come back to clean up this gang?" More than a dozen?! If they are all of the strength of the modern class, although the previous generation ships of our fleet are strong, they can't withstand the attrition of two or three cannons. ”

Hongxiang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, don't worry." If that were the case, His Excellency Overmars would not have been able to say such sonorous words. It seems to be a lot less powerful than the Modern Class, and it's large enough to be besieged - that being said, no one has ever confronted it head-on, and they've only fought some contact battles with little understanding. It's really an unknown, and I've been thinking about how to fight. ”

"Did you think about it?" I asked tentatively.

Hongxiang rolled his eyes at me and said, "I won't tell you." ”

Originally, the two of us were very speculative, and in this lonely and boring interstellar voyage, even if we brag, we could hold on for four or five hours without drinking tea and resting. However, seeing that the situation was not good at this time, I did not dare to disturb his old man thinking about strategy and tactics, so I had to lie on the side of the sofa and fall asleep. When he woke up, he saw that ten hours had passed, and there was a mountain of cigarette butts in front of Hongxiang, and he had never closed his eyes. Then I asked, "Did you come up with something?" ”

"There's no absolute solution." Hongxiang suddenly told me something in a very casual tone: "Four hours ago, the Han Zeng reconnaissance detachment of the Overmars fleet informed us that we had found traces of the Feria pirates. If their intelligence is correct, we can meet them in half an hour. ”

"Damn, why didn't you wake me up?" I jumped to my feet: "Don't tell me about such a big thing right away?!" ”

"Tell you ......" Hongxiang rolled his eyes again: "What can it do?" ”

I choked on him and his face turned blue, and then I knew the pain of Comrade Liu Jisheng's skin that day, and immediately rushed to the command cabin to observe. Those little sisters finally gradually knew that I was the bigboss, and although they didn't dare to leave the table despite the military order, they could also take the time to say hello and throw me a wave from time to time. I sat on the command seat of Hongxiang, looked at the infinite space in front of me, looked around at the mighty fleet, and suddenly had a feeling of a bully with a fox and a fake tiger.

Forty minutes later, there were sporadic bright spots on the long-range radar map, and the entire command cabin was suddenly busy. In less than ten seconds, the analysis of the situation came out, and the tactical staff officer called out in a loud voice:

"The front of the fleet is 17 degrees to find the enemy, Feria fighter twelve!"

"The enemy has spotted our army and is moving towards the flank of our army!"

"Contact is expected in three minutes, please instruct the leader!"

I coughed twice, feeling like the time had finally come. Just as he was about to speak, Hongxiang suddenly walked into the command cabin, and immediately all the officers and men in the cabin stood up and saluted him—it was much more respectful than to me. I flattened my mouth, and was about to say something slanderous to him, but he spoke first: "Judging the source and location of the enemy's troops, the right flank is Chen Ze's brigade, right?" Tell him to clean up these guys, then speed up and keep up and don't fall behind! ”

Everyone agreed in unison, and sat down to go about their business. I hurriedly got up and gave up the position of commander, and said stupidly: "Mother, Baba is running here, and you and your men are miserable." Forget it, forget it, I know what you're trying to say - it's all my own infliction, my own lowfall. Alas, that's how you command? It's called prevarication, you know? ”

"Huang Er, if in the past our fleet was a community joint defense team, now it has at least expanded into a public security team. This kind of small-scale gambling doesn't need you and me to bother, but we have to let the officers and soldiers below experience it. Hongxiang explained to me patiently, and then muttered: "Twelve, there are a lot of them, and the base camp is probably nearby." Anyone can count this kind of thing, damn it, the Overmars fleet really threw a hot potato for us to digest. Guo Yingying's fleet is probably not far away, but we can't expect them to support and outflank such a good thing. ”

"It's good not to take advantage of the fire." I interjected.

"That's right, even you thought of it, that is naturally Sima Shi's heart, everyone knows it." Hongxiang pretended to smile deeply.

"Yes, that's right." I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that he had been seriously deranged when he stole my classical idiom, and added a special sentence: "You are now becoming more and more proficient in Chinese allusions, yes." ”

The Red Fleet as a whole was not hindered by the attacking enemy, only one Salmon-class and two Changkong-class ships of Chen Ze's brigade on the right flank broke out of formation, facing the enemy and then meeting the attack after a slight adjustment of posture. The Feria fighters, who had beaten Dai Jiangnan's Yanagihara-class squadron very hard, completely lost their luster in front of the predecessors of our army.

After two rounds, Chen Ze's brigade shot down three enemy planes without taking a single shot. Such results would have been unimaginable in the past. Hongxiang only glanced at it, and after making sure that the situation was as he expected, he no longer cared about Chen Ze's team, but sat up straight in high spirits and shouted: "Everyone, lift your spirits!" From the analysis of the current situation, the main force of the enemy must be in the vicinity of the Yamai gravel belt in front. Level 1 combat readiness, ready to fight at any time, full speed ahead! ”

The Red Fleet abandoned Chen Ze's brigade and continued to fight the enemy's small battle group, and began to advance at full speed towards the gravel belt. The operational staff has a holographic star map simulator ready. Although the Red Fleet can now be called the peak of military might, it still looks like a drop in the ocean in front of the 40,000-kilometer-wide and 6,000-kilometer-deep rocky belt.

I couldn't get the gist of it for a long time, so I had to stretch out my hand and manipulate it indiscriminately, pulling the star map farther and closer, and changing the angle repeatedly. Hongxiang endured me for two minutes and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted, "What are you playing?!" ”

"Look closely at the terrain." I replied brightly.

"You don't need to look at it, there will definitely be a decisive battle outside the gravel circle." Hongxiang said with certainty: "The communication range is very narrow, the field of vision is extremely narrow, it is very unfavorable for both sides, and countless one-on-one battles will be formed." Our Sky and Salmon-class ships are strong and strong, and they will not be stupid enough to lure us into fighting there. ”

"Oh, oh." I had to reply dumbfounded: "You are awesome, you have the final say." The people of Feria, for sure, will have to listen to you. ”

No matter what I said, the strong self-confidence that Hongxiang displayed in such a purely combat situation made my sarcasm seem insignificant, and the truth was exactly what he said. One hundred and thirty minutes later, when our troops marched to a distance of a hundred kilometers from the bulge of the Yamai gravel belt, they were surrounded by the enemy......

The enemy army came suddenly, occupying the entire area of the close-range radar in an instant, and there were as many as four or five hundred, where did they come from so many troops? These enemy troops were obviously quietly waiting on both sides of our army's advance route under the stealth cover of large radar planes, and only when about a third of the way through the front did they start their engines together and pounce on our troops!

"The Kreuzer Brigade is fighting!"

"Linchuan Brigade, this ship was shot!"

"Spring Thunder Brigade, fight! Wingman 603 was hit! ”

"Jianghai Brigade, encountered a large enemy attack ship of unknown type, seriously damaged, and is retreating!"

All kinds of noisy and repeated sounds filled the communication network of the Red Fleet, and the flagship's receiving terminal received a large amount of combat information in an instant, which rolled rapidly like snowflakes. Hongxiang didn't bother with those details, and just carefully observed the situation around him in front of the star map—it looked very bad. I can't tell you how many enemy forces have surrounded us, we are surrounded by the interference of Feria's large radar planes, the long-range radar is useless, and the real-time reconnaissance results of the long-range radar and combat ships are maintained by the star map, so we can only maintain a small effective range.

He watched for a full minute before he raised his head and ordered: "The Jianghai Brigade retreats, moves closer to the flagship, the Qilu Brigade makes up for it, and the frigates of all the brigades carry out the emergency state B plan." Use neutrino pointless communication to inform Chen Ze's brigade to quickly come over after destroying the enemy army, and decide how to put it into the battlefield according to the situation! ”

As soon as he commanded, he immediately entered a state of paranoid fanaticism, walking to the receiving terminal and constantly checking important information. I couldn't read left and right, so I just looked at the situation on the star chart. Although our side was completely surrounded by the enemy, fortunately, the turtle shell of the previous generation ship that is now equipped is violent, and although it suffered a lot of damage in the first round of attacks, none of it was destroyed and fell.

After the units of the Red Fleet stabilized their positions a little, they immediately began to organize a defensive counterattack on the spot. However, the enemy had already taken the lead, and wave after wave of formations rushed in, so that our army, which was obviously superior in weapons and equipment, was never able to recover its inferiority.

Hongxiang's strong self-confidence was especially there, but the chic ease at the beginning had disappeared without a trace, and he began to quickly discuss with the staff officers in front of the receiving terminal. The more I look at the unfavorable situation on the star chart, the more angry I become, and the more I think about it, the more angry I become—Lao Tzu just ran to this madman ship in such a stupid way, and let him be wiped out in the enemy's tricks with superior forces? He suddenly muttered mercilessly: "I don't know which money fan is reluctant to turn on the array radar for reconnaissance, and as a result, he fell into such a passive situation." ”

"Your Excellency, that's not what you say. In short, don't talk about it if you don't understand. Hongxiang was not irritated by me at all, and responded in a good manner: "The effective time of the array radar is too short, it has to be used on the blade, and it is always on when it cannot sail." You don't need me to teach you this truth, if you don't understand it, it's your fault. Besides, although the enemy forces are now surrounding our army, I have sent all the fast frigates out of the battle circle and handed them over to Chen Ze's temporary command. This man is quite clever and can come in handy, as long as he sees the right time to outflank the perimeter with his group's predecessor ships and frigates, the battle can easily end. What we have to do is to try to hold off the enemy and wear it down before he moves. So, you get the idea, don't you? ”

I squinted and asked, "So you're using us as bait so that the enemy can take the bait and outflank us?" ”

"yes, yes, you're not too stupid." Hongxiang applauded softly.

"Well, then, could you please answer me a question?" I held back my anger and calmed my breath for a while, and yelled: "Why can't you let Chen Ze be besieged, you and I will watch the opportunity to outflank you?" ”

"It's not safe to leave such a difficult matter to him." Hongxiang smiled and said: "Looking around the universe, I'm afraid that only I can accomplish this hard-won feat!" ”

My eyes widened, brewing a series of words such as "shameless", "megalomaniac", "bragging", etc., ready to spit out in one breath and blow Hongxiang up. But before I could make a big splash, suddenly the lights of the whole ship turned crimson and flickered rapidly. The anxious voice of the combat staff officer also came immediately: "The formation of the Qilu brigade has been broken, and the enemy forces are rapidly approaching our flagship, and they will make contact in twenty seconds!" Feria Fighter XV, Unknown Type Giant Ship III! ”

Damn, the flagship was assaulted!

Before the cold sweat on my forehead gathered into grains, it was already a mess underneath. After all, too many people are newly recruited astronauts who have never experienced such a critical situation. Some time ago, I chatted with the female soldier who brought me coffee, and I already learned about another crime of Hongxiang: in the name of his strong ability to lead troops, he basically sent all the veterans to his eight King Kongs when the Red Fleet was increasing, and his flagship was only about 10% of the veterans! Seeing that those guys' legs and stomachs were flashing, and the female soldiers wanted to cry and scream, I couldn't get angry, and I was deeply angry at Hongxiang's behavior of selling fame and reputation, and jumped up and shouted:

"Bastard, what's all the mess? Sit down for me and wait for my dispatch! With Uncle Ben and your Commander of the Dead Goods, the Tianxiang will never be shot down! ”

My ability to suppress the atmosphere on such occasions has always been good. Whether they were persuaded by me or drunk, those guys immediately calmed down after all, and in an instant the command cabin became silent except for the sound of the machine, and even time seemed to be condensed in an instant. Hongxiang took the opportunity to put on the most grim face, and issued an order in a deep voice: "Turn on all defensive firepower, and the ship will retreat with 30% power." Gamma cannon aims at the enemy giant ship No. 1, energy recharge! ”

With his command, time suddenly resumed its rapid operation. The defensive missile arrays on the left and right sides of the Tianxiang were all opened, and within five seconds, 400 missiles were fired in succession in the direction of the enemy's attack. The two Feria fighters that rushed to the front were hit by the debris of the explosion and were immediately seriously wounded, which was immediately destroyed by the automatic defense ship guns. The automatic defense turrets on the top of the Tianxiang were all raised out of the deck, and as the ship's hull retreated, thousands of rain of fire and rain of light could not be thrown forward.

This was the first time I had really seen the ferocity of the firepower of a salmon-class cruiser - a stingy man like me and Hongxiang would be reluctant to shoot the limited amount of money in his pocket into space so efficiently until it was a matter of life and death. After the oncoming Feria fighters gave the Tianxiang heavy fire, three were shot down and five were damaged. The No. 403 Changkong-class destroyer of the Jianghai Brigade plunged horizontally, and the rapid artillery fire destroyed two Feria fighters that had been seriously damaged by the Tianxiang, and led a series of fighters to chase them.

It stands to reason that after a few rounds of fighting, we shot down a few enemy planes, and another enemy plane was led away by 403, and the pressure would be reduced a lot. But I looked at the light spots on the star map that were closing around the Tianxiang, but they couldn't help but increase, and I was puzzled, and turned my head and asked, "Why are there more and more enemies?" ”

"Stupid, you'll find out when you go to the bridge." Hongxiang shouted at me from the bridge.

This shows that I have made the mistake of empiricism, only knowing to look at the star map detected by radar waves, but forgetting that the distance is so close that I can see the battle situation with the naked eye. The fire outside the bridge was shining incessantly, and occasionally a huge blue burst of light erupted - that is, the Feria enemy plane was shot down by us, and there were also black and red explosion flames, which naturally belonged to our unlucky ships and personnel. Hong Xiang and several staff officers were staring at the left diagonal top of the Tianxiang without squinting, and they couldn't help muttering: "So that's what happened." ”

I leaned over to take a look, and it was clear to me. It turned out that the Feria Giant, which looked very much like an oversized locust with a turtle's head, was not armed with artillery fire, and their attacks came from some small attack planes that were only a quarter the size of the Ghost Machine, which kept flying out from both sides of the ship, a bit like our Aerospace Carrier. These buggy little planes fly fast, can be put and retracted, and it's no wonder that our radar screens are sometimes full of light and sometimes silent! In the continuous artillery fire, it can be seen that the three giant ships have entered the best encirclement position, and countless small planes are constantly flying out of their hulls, and it seems that they will launch a general attack on the Tianxiang!

The observer shouted to Hongxiang on the bridge: "Report to the commander, seventy-two attack planes attached to the enemy giant ship have attacked our ship!" ”

"Is Qilu ready, and don't do it yet?" A layer of sweat also broke out on Hongxiang's forehead, and he shouted: "After the gamma cannon is recharged, it will be fired immediately, all defensive weapons will be fully opened, and after five seconds, it will be fired continuously for fifteen seconds in an overload firing mode!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the small enemy attack planes that rained like a rain of flowers had already outflanked the Tianxiang. Naval guns, missiles, anti-aircraft machine guns...... All the weapons at their disposal were activated, and the most violent waves of bullets rained down in all directions. However, the number of enemy troops was too large, and the speed was too fast, and more than half of them still crossed the fire blockade and rushed towards the Tianxiang. The first wave of attacks hit the right side of the hull solidly, and the whole hull shook violently, and several of us standing on the bridge fell to the ground and looked for teeth.

"The right armor plate is damaged 30, and the maintenance team has entered the emergency repair operation!"

"The gamma cannon is oscillated and locks away!"

"!" Hongxiang scolded viciously and shouted, "Re-aim, so the big thing won't be able to aim?" Charge it and fire immediately! ”

Just then, a second wave of attacks came. At this time, the overload defense launch of the Tianxiang has been completed, and all the weapons on the hull are glowing red. But they still rushed to the right, and they really picked on the weakness! At this moment, a red light suddenly surged through the sky, and a strong heat current that was so warm that even the people in the ship felt the rapid increase in temperature. This hot current came so strongly that the small Feria attack plane, which had swallowed half of it in the middle of the way, still did not abate in the slightest, and plunged headlong into the arms of the giant Feria ship in the middle. Suddenly, the battlefield was filled with an extremely brilliant and momentary bright blue light, and for a while, it even reflected the Tianxiang into a world of purple and sapprite. Contrary to this never-before-seen beauty is Hongxiang's curse:

"Damn, let Qilu take the lead, this is still the first bullet of the gamma cannon. It's all this scrap wood that lost the target, otherwise I should have launched it. Have you taken aim yet? Kombat, Kombat Kombat! ”

As the Volley of the Feria giant ship collapsed, many of the remnants of the small attack aircraft that attacked the Tianxiang also collapsed and disappeared, and the pressure on this side suddenly decreased. After being lightly gnawed by the remnants of seven or eight small attack planes, the Tianxiang also emitted a light of destruction, destroying the small planes on the way back along with a giant ship of Feria, creating a beautiful crystal world again. The remaining giant ship was very pitiful - it had lost all its attack aircraft and had become a super target that was defenseless. It's a pity that all the conventional weapons of the Tianxiang were overheated at this time and could not be fired at all, so the 253rd Changkong-class destroyer of the Qilu Brigade was pasted and killed after a burst of artillery fire. After the fight, he sighed: "Mom's, it's easier than jerking off, it's so unenjoyable!" ”

Hearing this, Hongxiang had to stare dryly, and he was so angry that he was angry. This fully reflects that what he said about carrying forward his style and making his subordinates achieve combat feats is all empty words, and if he really fights, he will be like an ordinary general, and he will not think about so much at all.

After all, Hongxiang was still a little taller than ordinary generals, he quickly calmed down and shouted: "Everyone, resume your post, don't be happy like a monkey!" This is just an episode of this battle, the battle is far from over, we have not yet gained the upper hand, everyone continues to insist on fighting, and must not be blindly optimistic! ”

He was right, and although there was victory in this local battle, the whole battle was far from over. Because he sent all the frigates to the periphery to avoid the battle, at the core of the battle were only the previous generation ships obtained from Alpha, and there were still thirty ships that could fight, and there were still seven or eight hundred Feria targets surrounding us. Taking into account the factor of giant ships, there are more than 100 of them with actual combat capability, and the number far exceeds that of our side. Without taking into account the factor of combat strength, we are still under the encirclement of the enemy......

The damage to the Tianxiang was worse than expected. Although the hull was not seriously injured, all the conventional weapons were damaged in Hongxiang's frenzy, and it is expected that it will take two hours to recover a third, and the rest may have to be repaired after returning to Leilondo. The Gamma Cannon, which only fires one bullet in ten minutes and has a high probability of accidentally injuring allies, can be ignored. Hongxiang wanted to order a quick repair of conventional weapons and then compete with his subordinates, but after hearing the damage caused by Feria's surprise attack reported below, he was stunned, and finally did not dare to take the flagship again, and ordered all units to move closer to the flagship for defense.

After the defensive formation was formed, it became Hongxiang's specialty. He has been doing this in Beifei for several years, and now he finally has a chance to reproduce it in reality, how can he give up. In the flagship, he was basically the only one who sang a one-man show, transferring thirty warships in and out, and taking turns to resist the enemy's attack. In short, a principle: thick skin to resist the attack, wounded to retreat for maintenance, to save ammunition as the benchmark for low-intensity defensive operations.

"You just rely on it, waiting for Chen Ze to bring a frigate to help? Why is it so unproductive?! After an hour of waiting, I finally got tired of waiting and started firing at Hongxiang.

Hongxiang replied without blushing: "This is the wisest decision." If we rush into a decisive battle, even if we can completely annihilate the enemy, our fleet will have to lose most of it, especially the frigate will probably die, so I can't bear it. Are you willing to pick the door? ”

"What if Chen Ze doesn't come? We are now surrounded by people, and we only use one-third of our strength to meet the battle, so we are at a loss! ”

"Don't worry, you trust my craft. Look, aren't all the seriously injured transferred in? The periphery is the strongest, the most well-armed, and the most combat-capable. I'm the best at playing this set. ”

"Fart, do you really think I can't see it? If you have hundreds of salmon-class ships in your hand to play like this, can you afford to spend such a small number of people? The first wave of injuries that came in is now being transferred out again, and I can see it clearly! ”

"Don't worry, don't worry." Hongxiang saw that the cowhide was pierced by me, so he had to smile and say: "We are bitter, and the enemy is also bitter." Do you think they're having a good time? This turtle tactic is more damaging to the enemy, and they are on the verge of collapse. Trust me, that's right. ”

I had to put the bad status quo aside and ask, "Where did you get such a strong sense of confidence?" ”

Hongxiang smiled slightly: "I am a natural galactic conqueror, and this temperament is of course innate." ”

His big words frightened the staff officers who were writing next to him into a blank face, and the notepad and pen in his hand fell to the ground. However, as if to confirm his super shameless words, dense bright spots suddenly appeared on the horizon. In our ears came the delightful cries of the observers:

"Chen Ze's brigade has entered the battlefield! The ship is intact, and the frigate group is well deployed! ”

The entire command cabin suddenly erupted in ecstatic cries of celebration, and many small staff officers hugged each other excitedly. This time, Hongxiang and I finally closed the crow's mouth tightly and did not say anything to attack or suppress the emotions of these officers and soldiers who had been struggling for several hours on the edge of life and death. This mood instantly spread to the main ships of the Red Fleet that were defending in the core, and the morale of the fleet suddenly skyrocketed. However, Chen Ze did not give these colleagues who were badly damaged but morale-boosting a chance at all, and he shouted loudly on the communication line:

"Colleagues, officers and soldiers, you have worked hard. It's up to me now - if you don't watch it, you won't be able to do it, I won't give you the time for the whole team, hahahaha~~~~"

After the war, Chen Ze's Langxiao was rated as the most disgusting thing in Leilongdo. However, no matter how much the capital ships that had been besieged for a long time wanted to take revenge on the enemy and beat Chen Ze, it would be too difficult and time-consuming to extricate the ships from such a tight defensive formation. Chen Ze's movements were even faster, and he commanded the capital ships and more than 50 frigates under his command at the same time to divide and surround the dying enemy forces and quickly break them. His men were like a swarm of vicious locusts, eating up the fields of the Ferians in just ten minutes, and only a few small targets escaped into the gravel belt.

After reading this, I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and asked Hongxiang, "Is the battle over?" ”

"Not yet. If you don't kill Loulan, you won't return it in the end - it's all here, how can you do it without a complete victory? Hongxiang smiled slightly, and ordered loudly: "After all the capital ships are reorganized, they will be repaired for half an hour, and they will march towards the Yamai gravel belt, and they must destroy the head of the enemy army!" ”

In this battle, the Feria pirate army was completely annihilated, and two salmon-class and one Changkong-class of the Red Fleet's Jianghai Brigade and one Changkong-class of the Death Scythe and Linchuan Brigade were seriously injured and completely incapacitated, and the rest of the main battleships were all scarred, but none of them were destroyed. (To be continued.) )