Chapter 158: The Battle of Tangunisia (8)
The complex asteroid belt is like a maze made of countless floating stones, as if once you enter it, you will never find a way out. After the fleet shrank into formation, the distance between the ships was extremely tight, and they drove inside along the narrow passage, like rats in a tunnel.
In the command room, Xu Tianyuan's eyes didn't even need to look at the screen, just looking through the porthole, he knew how complicated the environment here was.
Perhaps, even the local spaceship pilots and veteran captains who were born in Tangunesia may not know how many passages there are in this dense asteroid belt.
It's not just Xu Tianyuan who is looking at the surrounding environment, some crew members who are okay for the time being are also looking at all this curiously, but there is no nervousness and fear in their expressions, Xu Tianyuan knows that this is because they trust themselves, from entering the Northern Universe to the present, he has led them to fight battle after battle, losing more and winning less, even when they are chased and fought by the Sixteen Nations Alliance, they are extremely easy, and occasionally they can kill back and kill some enemy warships. These people all thought they would be able to bring them back, but ...... Can you really get them out on your own?
"Look, what's that?"
An officer pointed out the window somewhere and exclaimed in surprise.
It was wrapped in countless meteorites of different sizes and constantly spinning, and through the dense meteorites, you could see the glow of metal.
"What's all the fuss." An officer next to him laughed: "It's just a mining ship that has been caught up in the asteroid belt." There is such a place in my hometown, those mining ships are generally mining on the periphery of the asteroid belt, and only those veterans dare to drive their ships into the middle of the asteroid belt, and generally speaking, the closer you get to the middle, the more valuable bonanza you can dig. However, it was all a risk with life, and if you were not careful, even the boat and people were swept in, and even the escape pod could not fly out. ”
"Mining is also so dangerous? I'm going to wait until I retire to become a mining ship captain. The previous officer shrank his head: "It looks like it's time to reconsider." ”
"Think about it, your kid is only forty-seven years old this year, there is a seventh level in martial arts, at least you can live for more than a hundred years, it's too early to retire!"
A group of people laughed, not at all nervous before the battle. But this can't be said that they don't have a sense of crisis, these people are the most elite crew members selected from the major fleets of Chu and Tang when the advance team was formed, and each one of them is carefully selected, like these guys in the command room, they can easily do the captain's job if they go down to that fleet. Pick out a gunner at random, they are all the best gunners in the original fleet; Any repairman has obtained a senior ship technician license, and even each ship is equipped with an intermediate engineer.
Retracting his gaze, Xu Tianyuan sighed secretly.
These people are the elite of the empire, and it is not easy to train to this extent, no matter what position they hold. And now their lives are in their own hands, the fate of the entire fleet, their own lives, and the orders of the marshal...... All this made him feel tremendous pressure, and even a feeling of being out of breath.
Before coming to the North Universe, when he received the order, he knew that this mission would be very arduous, and he was already prepared to endure hardships. It's just that when he experienced the betrayal of the fleet, being chased and killed by the Sixteen-Nation Alliance, and hiding in the mouth of the waves without the slightest chance to escape, he finally felt a deep exhaustion. Even sometimes, he prepared for the worst.
The entire fleet slowly entered the passage, and he did not leave any spaceship, not even the slower transport, but was protected by layers of battleships, and also entered the passage.
Those Elephant-class transport ships were loaded with energy, ammunition, parts, and a large amount of priceless materials they had obtained from the Zhengzhou Star Field, which were the capital of the fleet, and he would not abandon them until the last resort.
In the Northern Universe, his fleet does not have any supply bases. If you want to get supplies, you'll have to figure it out yourself.
The black market, mercenary guilds, and remote military bases are all places he can consider. But if you want to get supplies in these places, the cost is much higher than the normal price, and sometimes it is possible to kill you several times more than the black-hearted. Although when he came to the Northern Universe, Marshal Lin gave him a staggering amount of military expenses. But no matter how much money you have, it will run out, and if you want to develop in the Northern Universe, you must break even......
Shaking his head, Xu Tianyuan smiled bitterly, what was he thinking? At this time, shouldn't you think about how to get rid of the enemy's pursuit?
That mysterious and magical boss, why did he appear in the Northern Universe, and why did he come to help him? Could it be that the Empire received its own distress letter and sent him? However, before leaving the Southern Universe, Marshal Lin told him that if he encountered any danger in the Northern Universe, he could send back a distress letter within two months, and he would organize a fleet to enter the Northern Universe to support him in the shortest possible time. However, once more than two months have passed, you can only wait until the next golden passage opens.
Xu Tianyuan didn't know that Lin Jiaoyang had any way to send the fleet in without going through the golden channel, but he knew that the number of support fleets that Lin Jiaoyang could send was definitely very limited. If there is a surplus fleet, it must follow the advance party directly in.
Assuming that the fleet brought by the boss is a support fleet sent by Chu Tang, how many of them can there be? Three thousand, or five thousand?
You must know that what you are chasing behind is a full eight fleets, a total of 120,000 ships!
"Didi ......"
It is Lin Yiqing's newsletter.
Xu Tianyuan smiled bitterly and opened the communication, after deciding to enter the passage, the steady veteran had already asked him three times, and this time was the fourth.
"Lao Xu, Lao Yu still feels a little unreliable." Lin Yiqing's expression looked very uncomfortable, he walked back and forth, and said: "Forget it, I can't compare to you in terms of military command and judgment, we look at the problem from different heights, so the old man still doesn't bother you." No matter what method you use, come on, as long as we escape this catastrophe, we will be trapped in the sea and gallop at will. ”
With that, he turned off the communicator.
I don't think I said a word. Xu Tianyuan shook his head and looked up at the screen.
It looked like we were approaching the end of the passage, and everything around us seemed so natural, there was not the slightest sign of an ambush, and there was no signal. Behind him, the fleet from the Haide Kingdom was struggling to pursue in a slightly narrow passage because of its huge number, and the 120,000 warships were lined up in a long snake, more than 100,000 kilometers long. The terrain made them incredibly slow, only slightly faster than a normal transport.
And his own fleet, whether it is the Wumu class or the Long Xiao class, is faster than ordinary warships. Even the slowest Elephant-class transport ship is not much different from the speed of a normal warship.
"Commander, you're almost at the end of the passage!"
The officer in charge of radar detection shouted loudly, but he did not panic in the slightest, and even had a sense of excitement. And the other people around him had the same expressions as him, and in their opinion, the commander led the enemy to such a place, apparently, not to escape, but to prepare for a battle!
Someone said cautiously and excitedly: "Which battle just now is not cool enough, I have been holding Lao Tzu in the mouth of the waves for a few months, and now I can finally have a good time." ”
If that magical boss doesn't appear, maybe this is the place where you bury your bones.
Xu Tianyuan didn't smile bitterly this time, before the battle, he had a strong confidence on his face. This is already his habit, even if he fights without confidence, he will use such an expression, which can not only bring confidence to himself, but also infect others, so that everyone can fight this battle with great confidence.
"Go ahead and order the advance fleet of the 9th and 10th fleets to release all the space mines. Order each ship to start turning engines, start charging the main guns after four minutes, and perform the circling tactics after five minutes, and complete the steering in the shortest possible time! ”