0356 Luo Xing's decisive battle, prologue
For the officers and men who have made all kinds of preparations, the wait is undoubtedly difficult. www.biquge.info For those who are still racing against time to build warships and train new recruits, the war is better off a few months late. For the scientists of the Star Federation, the war would have been better a few years later.
The periscope team triggered the two major events of "civil strife in the Qi Empire" and "Fire Demon Invasion", which had a significant impact on the process of the Star Federation and even multiple civilizations, but in the eyes of scientists, these are just side giveaways, and the biggest contribution of the Periscope Team is to promote the alliance between the Star Federation and Harappa.
Three, to be precise, is just the deep communication of two civilizations, which has a chemical-like effect on technology. One of the most pleasing changes for scientists is that the restrictions on the use of tear crystals and floating stones have been lifted.
According to the subsequent in-depth exchanges between Xia Ming and Harappa, the Star Alliance has been able to determine that the Ancestral Mother Tree, like the previous 100 billion, is a product of high-dimensional space-time stripping, fused with a certain primeval plant, and the strange stone is its microscopic unit.
The Ancestral Mother Tree has its own will on the macro level, and now it is facing the threat of chaos, and Starlink naturally does not dare to incorporate strange stones into its own scientific and technological system, but derivatives such as tear crystals and floating stones are not like strange stones, which are naturally bound to the "spectrum", but are a versatile material.
To put it simply, the Kimu and the Scarlet Stars can use their consciousness to intensify tear crystals and floating stones, giving them the ability to gravitational effects and consciousness sensing, and humans can do the same through virtual machines. Under the action of appropriate electricity or laser, tear crystals and floating stones can exhibit other properties.
For example, the tear crystals of a certain "degree of immersion" on the scarlet star will become the room-temperature superconductor that scientists dream of under the action of a laser in a specific frequency spectrum.
It is dangerous for scientists to rush into the field of application if they only know what they do but do not know why. However, this material, commonly known as "gray glass", can make the artificial gravity system more efficient, smaller in size, and can increase the power of heavy ion cannons and nuclear fusion furnaces by tens or hundreds of times, such a temptation is too great.
The Academy of Sciences has seriously put forward suggestions at the decision-making meeting, hoping that the Star Association will transfer the battlefield, not in the duel between Luo Xing and the Qi Imperial Army, but by Harappa in the front, and strive to postpone the main force of the Star Alliance by 5 to 10 years before entering this war.
Dongfang Sheng patted his chest and said that by that time, the Star Alliance battleship would not only have the ability to truly destroy the star, but also have a gravitational barrier, completely overpowering the Qimu people in technology.
It's a pity that Lin Cheng stopped him with a word: "Is Harappa a fool?" He sensed our intentions and wouldn't have turned his face and killed us first? ”
Dongfang Sheng's plan to comprehensively renovate the Starlink technology system with gray glass materials was rejected, and he only got a part of the resources to use on the backup plan. Xiaotang also divided some resources, and she wanted to find a new type of metamaterial that could replace gray glass through metamaterials.
The material aspect is only one aspect of the exchange between the two civilizations, and the other prominent influence is the field of consciousness communication, the existence of strange stones allows the Star Federation to learn from the development of the spirit network, and on the star ring of the Star Alliance, those second-class superintelligence are almost equal to the strange stones of the Qimu people.
Coupled with the achievements of the Qimu people in biotechnology, the scientists of the Star Federation are completely on a super gold mine, and they are all cheering that the great era has arrived, and another technological revolution of mankind is kicking off.
The Kimu people who switched to Harappa's side were a little depressed, their technological system was already self-contained, and they didn't get much inspiration from humans. Although Harappa himself admires the "mechanical rationality" of human beings, in addition to introducing human light brains, VR and AR technology, it is difficult to shake off the entire Qimu society.
Relatively speaking, Harappa is more interested in the metamaterials of Starlink, as well as electromagnetic guns and conventional missiles based on metal hydrogen. He also recognized that there was a huge hole in the military power of the Qimu people between high-end and low-end units, and that a stronger and more agile battleship, coupled with more powerful and accurate weapons, should fill some of the gaps.
Since all the metamaterial resources are used in the construction of the warships of the Star Alliance, the Star Alliance can only provide Harappa with relatively advanced alloy materials, although it is far inferior to the metamaterials, but the metallurgical level is much higher than that of the Qimu people, which can be regarded as a big improvement.
As for guns and missiles, Starlink was not stingy in this regard, providing Harappa with a large amount of equipment. As a result, Harappa's fleet also showed a distinct "blue star" character. Coupled with the commander of the Star Alliance, the combat effectiveness of Harappa's small fleet is almost on par with the Star Alliance fleet ten years ago.
On December 19, 2042, in the Luo Star System, the mobile fleet to which the Harappa flagship belongs is conducting a daily confrontation drill with the Star Alliance fleet. Seeing the real-time update of the battle report from the AR field of view, Harappa was very satisfied with the exchange ratio that had dropped by a few percentage points, and suddenly a little red light lit up in the field of vision, and then a message from Cornworth.
"Code name broken, Your Highness, the leader wants to have an online call with you right away."
Breaking the shell, is it finally here......
Harappa sighed as his consciousness was connected to the secret passage that was provided by the virtual machine in Cornworth's brain.
"There is an abnormal gravitational disturbance at a distance of 70 million kilometers from Luo Xing, if you are not mistaken, it should be the Star Ring ship of the Imperial Legion, and there is more than one."
Xia Ming said with certainty: "They are here." ”
Luo Xing originally bordered the Flame Demon Star Domain, and although the Qi Empire had not yet had time to build a fixed star ring, the Imperial Legion carried a large number of Star Ring ships, and it was a year away from Luo Xing at most.
This is also the reason why Xia Ming and Harappa decided to start a war in Luo Xing, if they withdraw from Luo Xing, on the side of the Star Alliance, the originally occupied Basensbeka system will be exposed, and Harappa may also be raided from his hometown. It is better to be exposed to the guns of the Imperial Legion and attract them to attack.
In addition to military reasons, there are also political considerations.
Harappa had already informed the Mayuvai family, as well as the transcendental wizards of the other families they had befriended, of the previous rebellion in Luoxing, including Kashepa's rebellion, and the conspiracy of the royal council. But the royal council has not yet torn its face and categorically denied Harappa's allegations. Kashepa also retreated to the Imperial Legion-controlled star field, declaring the Harappan rebellion. Therefore, whether it is the Ma Youwei family or other families, they are still in a wait-and-see state.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Royal Council still wants to cover up this matter, defeat the Imperial Legion in Luo Xing and prove his strength to his supporters, so as to gain more say and take the initiative in the next changes.
"Let's get started......"
Harappa replied solemnly, he was not very optimistic about the prospects of this battle, if it was only the former Imperial Legion, even if there were 4 fifth-level battle motherships, he would have the confidence of a battle. But if it is the Imperial Legion that has been demonized by the flames, plus Kashepa, who is bound to return, even if there is a Star Alliance as a spiritual barrier, the difference in strength between the two sides is still too great.
But compared to his despair in the face of the royal council alone, it was only pessimistic, and it was much better.
As the immortal son of the Archaenoma tree, Harappa loves change, and after several great tidal cycles, he feels more and more that what he needs is change, whether it is himself or the Archaeoptera. The fire demon brought destruction, and the blue star people brought hope, which is the fusion of the fragments of the Ancestral Mother Tree with the entire world, and will eventually make the Mother Tree, as well as itself, start a new cycle of life.
Sometimes Harappa also felt that the Blue Star people, especially Xia Ming, were very different in nature from the Mother Tree and himself, which made him a little suspicious that the other party was not from the Ancestral Mother Tree.
The suspicion that the Archaeoptera is the source of the soul and the root of wisdom for the whole world means overthrowing the entire worldview is both fearful and expectant. Yes, expectation.
"We can't fail, not only for the sake of the mother tree, but also for the sake of such expectations."
Thinking so, Harappa issued an order to his own troops through the core strange stone.
Several star ring ships deployed near Luo Xing stretched out, forming star gates, and one after another battle motherships jumped in, gradually weaving several chain links over Luo Xing, covering Luo Xing from two or three hundred thousand kilometers away.
Coupled with Harappa's flagship, a total of 29 battle motherships surrounded the sky above Luo Xing, which is the largest combat power that Harappa can dispatch, and there were originally several motherships due to the erosion of the royal council, and the core strange stones were no longer reliable in the battle, and were left in the star field controlled by Harappa.
28 third-level battle motherships, 1 fourth-level battle mothership, such as 29 asteroids orbiting Luo Xing, a total of nearly 50,000 small warships, a total of 10 to 1.2 billion Qimu people. The exact number of people has never been counted by Harappa, and the society of the Qimu people does not have a detailed demographic demand.
In this army, there are two to three hundred million wizards, four to fifty million high-level wizards, and no more than a hundred wizards at the level of so-and-so.
In contrast, the fifth-level battle motherships of the Qi Imperial Legion are more than 1,000 kilometers in size, each with one to two hundred million people, and the proportion of wizards is a cut higher. Pa-level wizards are close to the combined fleet of Harappa, just one. If it is demonized by the flames, the combat power will be doubled again.
The allies on Harappa's side, there are only more than 20 million Scarlet Stars, all of them are marines, which is not worth mentioning. There were only about 50 of the Blue Star people's main warships, and the largest was less than one-tenth the size of his flagship. Although the weapon is powerful, it does not have a gravitational barrier and is very vulnerable. The only thing of value is their powerful soul power.
It took several days for Harappa's mothership to arrive one after another, during which the fleet of the Star Federation also continued to assemble through the mobile star ring, and Qianyan's body was on the same flagship Xu Ping with Xia Ming, Qianyan said happily: "If it weren't for the timely development of our star ring technology, our fleet would not have been able to assemble in place, and the gravitational dimension of this galaxy has been chaotic like a hurricane." ”
Indeed, when Harappa's mothership was assembled, deep in the galaxy, the Imperial Legion's Star Ring also guided the motherships to leap in. 3 ships of the 5th class, 5 ships of the 4th class, and 20 ships of the 5th class. In addition to the Imperial Legion, there should also be Kashepa's fleet.
The leap of so many Qimu motherships in the gravitational dimension also triggered the dimensional shock of the entire galaxy, and Qianyan tried her best to find a subtle dimensional window to help the star ring of the Star Alliance, guiding the entire fleet to jump in.
When the two fleets finished entering, it was already December 29, and the vanguard of the Qi Empire was less than 10 million kilometers away from Luo Xing, which was destined to be a battle that spanned 2042, and it was not clear whether it could end in 2043.
As Xia Ming expected, the gravitational array laid on Luo Xing was like a gravitational light in the entire galaxy after it was excited, making the mothership of the Imperial Legion rush like a moth to a fire.
The gravitational array around the equator of the Luo Star is a combination of the gravitational detection technology of humans and the gravitational control technology of the Scarlet Man to create gravitational flow on an unprecedented scale.
The Star Federation was not yet able to control such a flow in a scientific way, and this gravitational array didn't actually have any practical significance, but in the Qimu people's senses, it was like a gravitational cannon that could fire as powerful as a Tier 6 battle mothership, and Harappa personally verified this feeling.
For the attacking Imperial Legion, destroying this "super gravitational cannon" is the most important part of this battle.
On January 2, 2043, the strikers of both sides fired the first shot from a distance of 10 light-seconds from Luo Xing. The Star Alliance's cruiser and light aircraft carrier formation neatly dealt with more than 400 of the opponent's fast warships, and then slipped back before the opponent's mothership approached.
"Well done! Road! ”
On the Wendehua, Wu Kang couldn't help but applaud An Daoyuan, the striker was led by An Daoyuan, although the scale of this duel was small, but An Daoyuan did it so beautifully, showing an absolute crushing situation in the battle, which is really rare.
"Cherish the palm of your hand, there is more use behind it."
Su Yu's voice behind him made Wu Kang can't help but shrink his neck, and in front of Wu Kang, Li Jingze shrank his neck tighter, not daring to interject a word. Xiaoyu, who was sitting next to him, was also quite nervous, and behind her there were also two "sisters" Su Huan and Brunhilde, and the three superintelligences gathered on a battleship were really stressful for the youngest and weakest one.
"Close your eyes, get some rest, no talking! Now you are no longer wearing iron virgins, and the punishment for violating military orders is no longer electric shock, but if you want to earn the points you deserve in this war, do not miss a word of mine or violate any of my orders. Think about it, you've been in hell for months, you're almost ashore, and you've ruined everything you've done in the past because of a tickle in your throat? ”
In the landing pod of a Morning Star assault ship, 60 commandos dressed in individual mechs stood facing each other, and the commander was constantly admonishing, seemingly putting further pressure on them, but in fact relieving their tension.
"Kill the enemy, survive, kill the enemy, survive, kill ......"
Xiao Ning was not nervous at all, she only had this one thought in her mind.
"Don't be discouraged, this is the enemy's target, and they will definitely come."
On the surface of Luoxing, around the nodes that create gravitational wave disturbances, in the criss-crossing fortifications, Zhang Yue said to Xi. Their mission is not to assault enemy ships in space, but to defend the node. Luo Xing's gravitational pull is more suitable for the Scarlet Star people, but the vast continent is not an environment that the Scarlet Star officers and soldiers are familiar with.
Zhang Yue looked up at the sky and muttered in a low voice: "At least wait for a few days, I hope that the brothers in the sky will give us a little strength, and don't let us be drowned by the overwhelming tree people." ”
Yang D26M let out a low chirp, and Zhang Yue, who already had a tacit understanding, smiled: "Okay, I believe that your Brother Ma Guling will take out as many enemies as possible with the fighter." ”
On the battleship Xu Ping, on the bridge of the command ship, Fen and Su were wearing uniforms with the emblem of the Scarlet Star Imperial Army, standing behind Xia Ming. Xia Ming was thinking about something with his hands behind his back.
Fen asked, "Leader, are there any other problems?" ”
Su didn't speak, just looked at Xia Ming nervously.
"The problem? No, there's no problem, you probably don't know ...... yet."
Xia Ming turned around and said to them with a smile: "I have experienced many large-scale wars, and there has never been a war that has been as easy as it is now. ”
The eyes of the two scarlet girls were full of doubts, was this to cheer them up, or did they really have such confidence?
As Xia Ming waved his arm and the projection of the battlefield perspective model unfolded in the air, Xia Ming said: "Everything is under our control. (To be continued.) )