There isn't a single decent large moon near Tikru, so on a normal day, the planet's night sky is filled with tiny stars. However, because it was summer, the night sky was still unusually bright without bright moonlight. It's just that tonight, a gorgeous and unusual "large-scale artificial fireworks" is being staged in the sky above Tik City, the capital of the planet.

Of course, this "fireworks" are not the fireworks display to celebrate Hao Yi's engagement, but a large space battleship thousands of meters long and a group of various fighters. A tragic and abnormal air battle with a huge disparity in Liliang is being staged at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters in Tik City.

The Behemoth-class battleship, covered in the stainless steel armor of a dark and thick second-generation ship, was like a brightly lit, huge flying fortress, breaking through little by little, and the firepower network composed of dense locust-like warplanes slowly approached the backup base where the planet's administrative center was located below.

Beams of bright laser cannons, air-to-air missiles dragging white tail smoke, and a series of explosions turned fighter planes into brilliant fireworks with blood. The battleship, which was brightly lit all over its body, also burst into large fireballs from time to time. Near it, hundreds of ghostly escort fighters with streamlined triangular bodies swirled around whirling, fighting to the death with waves of Viking fighters, defending the mothership with all their might.

Around the battleship, hundreds of laser artillery crews, large and small, were also firing desperately, stopping and destroying any fighter plane that tried to approach the battleship to launch high-powered air-to-air missiles. Of course, in such a chaotic battle, it is inevitable that many of our own escort fighters will be buried under the guns of those laser cannon crews.

On the ground, in the defensive positions near Tik City and the backup base, self-propelled anti-aircraft missile combat vehicles and anti-aircraft laser cannons raised their muzzles from the solid concrete fortifications, as if a steel jungle glittered with cold and cold, waiting for the battleship that was slowly approaching. It's just that, due to the range, these chariot cannons can only watch as their own Viking fighters are turned into sparks representing death by enemy artillery and falling with a roar.

Although he knew the disparity between the two sides, and knew that rushing forward was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, there were still countless Viking fighters, taking off from various military bases in waves, desperately rushing towards the behemoth tens of thousands of meters in the air, until they were hit by laser cannon beams or air-to-air missile torpedoes, turning into a gorgeous and poignant flower in the night sky.

This was the air combat of that era. Space battleships with thick skin, hundreds of ghost escort fighters, and hundreds of laser cannon crews of various sizes are undoubtedly the overlords of air combat, whether in outer space or in the near-earth airspace within the atmosphere. The only effective threat to it could be another battlecruiser or a large anti-orbital nuclear cannon buried in a secret cave that requires enormous energy support.

However, Rao is so, the so-called ants bite the elephant to death, and the battleship that is lonely and deep in the depths is still dragged by the seemingly endless sea of fighters, and under the scars all over its body, it has to slow down its advancement.

Seeing that if it drags on for a while longer, more Viking fighter fleets come to reinforce it, and it may be possible to shoot down this battlecruiser. However, at this moment, the bright starry sky suddenly flickered, and another battlecruiser actually tore through the pitch-black cosmic canopy with a full-body streamer, and drilled out violently. A few minutes later, the space battleship's four massive main engines erupted in a blue tail flame that whizzed into Tikru's atmosphere. For a moment, the balance of the battle seemed to be tilting again.

"Shit, where the hell did this battleship come from?" In the alternate underground base of the planetary administration center, Bob slammed his fist on the edge of the massive holographic command platform in a huffy manner, shouting rudely. His bearded beard stood upside down at the moment, like an angry lion.

"Ball grown, you can't carry it anymore! If it continues to be consumed, I'm afraid there won't be even one Viking fighter left of my air assault division! At that time, once we enter the stage of close ground operations, we will not even have the slightest ability to seize air supremacy! Watching the image of the space battleship get bigger and bigger, a middle-aged general with two gold stars on his shoulders next to Bob said anxiously.

"I agree with General Dowton! Captain Ball, in the case that our side has no battleships to confront it, I suggest that our army should temporarily avoid its edge, and not needlessly lose our precious near-ground air liliang! Another general, with a slightly white beard and a thin body, followed up with a suggestion.

"And what do you mean?" Seeing that these two generals said this, Bob's face softened slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Do you want these dogs to land directly on Lao Tzu's planet without the slightest disturbance?" ”

"Master Ball, I'm afraid there is no other way to do it at the moment!" Seeing that everyone else was silent, another white-haired and somewhat short and fat general beside Bob groaned slightly, sighed lightly, and analyzed: "Only by trying to bring the battle to the ground can we give full play to our army's advantages in terms of troops, equipment, and geographical advantages. Not to mention anything else, the strength of General Guangdaoton's 10th Ground Operations Group in the vicinity of Tik was enough for two armies and nearly 100,000 horses. These forces should be sufficient to deal with the opposing vanguard landing force. If this is not the case, even if all the near-ground air superiority fighters of our Sixth Army Group and General Pwell's Eighth Army Group are immediately transferred, they will be able to temporarily block the two battleships of the opposing side. Then in the follow-up operations, we will have no air superiority at all. ”

"What about our anti-railguns? Where the hell are you hiding at this time! Hearing the general's analysis, Bob was irritable, with a rough breath in his nostrils, and turned around and sharply questioned the adjutant Guo Lingdao.

"Bulgar, within a hundred square kilometers of the plain where Tico City is located, there is not a single existing anti-orbital gun. And the anti-orbital guns in other areas, because of the firing angle, could not pose the slightest threat to these two enemy battle cruisers! The little white-faced Guo Ling was stunned by Bob's drinking, and was about to argue something, when Lieutenant General Dao Dun hurriedly explained for him.

"Isn't there an anti-railgun on the Tenjin Platform?" Bob continued to ask, "Don't tell me, even that anti-rail gun can't hit, those two damn battleships above Lao Tzu's head?" ”

"Master Ball, please listen to your subordinates explain!" Seeing that those generals were also supporting themselves intentionally or unintentionally, Guo Ling suddenly made up his mind, sorted out his thoughts a little, and said: "The anti-rail gun on Tianshentai was only proposed by the military last year and was newly built to protect the security of the capital. So far, the anti-orbital gun project has just completed the construction of the main cave, and it has not even begun to install the nuclear main gun, so it is impossible to put it into actual combat! ”

"Alright! So what do you say now? Hearing Guo Ling's words, Bob's face suddenly froze, and he helplessly clenched his fist as big as a casserole, gritting his teeth and asking unwillingly.

"Ball Chief, several of us are of the same opinion, immediately let the fighters of the air assault division disengage from the enemy's battleships, and order the ground forces to be ready to meet the enemy's landing force at any time!" Dalton exchanged brief glances with the other two old admirals before mentioning them to Bob with a solemn face.

"Master Ball, look at the second battleship!" Just as Bob hesitated to nod his head in agreement with the lieutenant general's proposal, the major officer who had spotted the second battleship let out another exclamation.

"What's the panic? Cut the screen over! Bob looked back and scolded impatiently.

"Yes, Master Ball!" The officer was so drunk by Bob that he crackled in response. Then, the huge holographic command table in front of Bob and the others showed the hideous and terrifying face of the numbered battlecruiser SP01202. Unlike the battleship in front of it, which was scarred and dragged by countless Viking fighters, this cruiser was not disturbed in the slightest, and drove straight into the air about dozens of kilometers behind the side of the previous battleship.

After that, it hovered in the air, its conical bow slowly opening up to reveal a large launch port. At the same time, at the vents of the four huge nuclear-powered engines of this battleship, the original blue and bright light suddenly dimmed, and hundreds of lights large and small on the hull of the ship were also extinguished, as if a large amount of energy had suddenly been lost. It's just that in the huge launch port below the bow of the ship, a fireball of energy slowly appeared that was getting bigger and bigger.

"Oh my God, this guy is getting ready to launch a nuclear cannon!" Everyone in the command room was attracted by this extremely strange scene, and I don't know which guy suddenly let out an exclamation, which made Bob's face suddenly change dramatically.

Anyone with a modicum of military knowledge knows that the nuclear cannon fired by the Behemoth-class space battleship is equivalent to an atomic bomb with a yield of tens of millions of tons of TNT, and its power is enough to destroy any small or medium-sized city. As with the battleship's long-range space refraction effect, firing the nuclear cannon also consumes more than half of the battleship's energy, so the ship's power system and other auxiliary systems will be temporarily in a state of insufficient energy during this time. Even hundreds of laser cannon crews and hangars, large and small, of battleships will be in a state of frozen. Unable to fire, nor can it eject or recover Ghost Escort fighters.

In other words, firing a nuclear cannon with devastating power must be a prerequisite for sacrificing the safety of the warship. Because, in the process, the entire battleship has almost no power to resist, and can only passively withstand the enemy's wanton attacks. So, under normal circumstances, in order for a battlecruiser to launch a nuclear main gun, it must have friendly cover and a safe environment around the battleship. However, once the nuclear main gun is launched, it will be almost a devastating disaster for the ground forces in the target area.

At this moment, almost everyone understood the true intentions of the battlecruiser, which had been surrounded by countless Viking fighters and covered in scars. There is no doubt that it is attracting the attention of the Tikru army in order to create favorable conditions for friendly ships to launch nuclear guns.

Looking at the dazzling fireball that was getting bigger and bigger at the launch port in the middle and lower bow of the battlecruiser, everyone in the command room almost involuntarily widened their eyes in horror......