Chapter 128: The Price of Faith (I)
To the north of Iseras, it was its 14th, 15th, and 16th fleets that were stationed here to resist the corps of the northern line of Berwick.
"Those shameless Eltavier people must have released us pigeons again." The commander of the Fourteenth Fleet shouted, "I knew it would be like this, the marshal actually whimsically wanted reinforcements from Eltavier. ”
"It doesn't matter if he comes or not, now that the marshal has ordered us to return to the capital star at once, who can tell me what the hell is going on? Don't you want these hundreds of planets in the north? The other commander said hatefully.
The commander of the 15th Fleet did not speak for a long time, and then said slowly: "I always feel that something is wrong. ”
"What's wrong?"
The commander of the fifteenth fleet said: "Nothing is right. Eltavier's fleet had also sent a message an hour earlier that they had entered the border area, but now there was no sound. The marshal's order was also wrong, he did not let us support the central or southern front, but returned to the capital. In that case, one of the central or southern lines must have been lost......"
The two commanders looked at each other, their eyes flashing with concern.
The commander of the fifteenth fleet said lightly: "Let's go, I hope to be able to reach the capital star before the enemy attacks." Everyone be careful, don't forget, the founders of Berwick are all the same people from the former Zhao and Song empires. Each of us has the blood of the Zhao Song people on our hands, don't try to surrender to the enemy, that will only make you die earlier. ”
There was silence in the command rooms of the three flagships, and then the commander began to give orders, and the three fleets stationed in the north of Iserras slowly left their long-standing military base and began to move in the direction of the capital of Iserras.
Twenty minutes later.
"That fleet is ......"
The commanders were discussing the current situation of the war in the country, when suddenly one of the commanders heard the adjutant say a few words and exclaimed in surprise: "It's the Third Fleet in Eltaviye." I recognize them, they're all Tempest-class ships! Strange, how come there is only the Third Fleet, didn't it say that two fleets were sent to support? Stingy Eltavie. ”
"Come on, it's nice to have a fleet to support you."
"What now? Shall we continue to go back to garrisoning? ”
"No, let the Third Fleet come back with us first. At the same time, inform the marshal to see if there are any new arrangements. ”
"You can't be careless about them, if the news of the breach of the domestic defense line is known to them, who knows if they will suddenly attack us."
"Yes, that can't be ruled out."
As the Tempest fleet approached, the Iserras fleet slowed down and instructed the Tempest fleet to move it behind the 14th and 15th fleets and before the 16th fleet. The Storm Fleet did not object, but slowly leaned over, gradually approaching the rearmost Sixteenth Fleet.
"Enemy attack! Report to the commander, the enemy was found in the rear, the number is about thirty thousand! ”
"Enemy fleet? It's the Sixth and Seventh Fleets of the Northern Front of Berwick! Bastards, how did they know that we left the northern line! ”
The commander of the 15th Fleet, who was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Front Army, shouted: "The 14th and 15th fleets immediately accelerated and turned in an arc. The Sixteen Fleet and the Storm Fleet turned in place and prepared for battle! ”
The order was given, and the fourteenth and fifteenth fleets immediately began to accelerate, while the sixteenth and eltavier fleets behind began to turn in place. The enemy was still some distance away, and that was enough time for both fleets to turn in place.
At the same time as the turn, the Eltavier fleet began to charge the main guns.
The commander of the Sixteenth Fleet glanced curiously at the Storm Fleet not far away, thought about it, and sent a communication request to the other party.
What appeared on the screen was a strong man with a big waist and a full face.
"Hello, I'm Ivik, Commander of the Sixteenth Fleet of Isseras."
"Hello, I'm the commander of the Third Fleet in Eltavier......" The strong man on the screen looked back at something, and then smiled: "Philip." My name is Philip. ”
Avik didn't doubt him, and thought that someone had called him just now, so he smiled and said, "Your Excellency Philip, I'm glad to have the support of your army. I believe that with Your Excellency's Storm Fleet, Berwick's two fleets are nothing more than clowns. So, may I ask why your fleet is starting to recharge now, given that the enemy fleet is still far away? ”
The strong man named Philip smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Our Storm Battleship is relatively slow to recharge. Moreover...... Don't you know that Berwick's new warship is fast? ”
"This ......"
Ivik turned his head to look at the other screen, which was in charge of observing the enemy fleet, and after only one glance, he was shocked by the two fleets that were speeding up.
He shouted in a little panic: "Quick, order immediately, all warships immediately charge the main guns!" ”
The main gun can be charged without firing immediately, which will cause damage to some parts of the main gun, but it is better than the enemy ship that has not completed the charge when it reaches the firing range. Thinking so, Avik said to Philip, "Thank you so much for the reminder, otherwise we will definitely lose this battle." Unexpectedly, Berwick actually produced such a powerful warship. ”
The two chatted for a while, and Avik suddenly felt that something was wrong: "Your Excellency Philip, is your fleet too close to us?" Hey...... Why did your fleet suddenly speed up? ”
Philip smiled: "Our relationship is so good, how can we not get closer?" ”
Avik's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Philip, please explain your intentions immediately. ”
The strong man on the screen just smiled and turned off the communicator casually.
Avik was stunned, and suddenly he remembered that the military uniform he was wearing seemed to be different from the one worn by the senior officers of Eltavier that he had seen before.
At this time.
One of the adjutant suddenly shouted, "My lord, the Storm Fleet has fired heavy torpedoes...... Oh my God, those torpedoes are aimed at us! ”
"Circumvent, circumvent! Set up the secondary guns and destroy those torpedoes! ”
Avik shouted loudly, switching the channel to the command line: "Oh no, Eltavier's fleet has launched an attack on us!" ”
"What?" The commanders of the other two fleets were stunned.
Countless heavy torpedoes rained down on the Sixteenth Fleet, which is extremely slow in space, and few fleets will use this weapon in space combat. Generally speaking, this incredibly powerful but extremely slow weapon is only used when attacking space structures or hard-to-move targets.
But now, the Storm Fleet has dropped heavy space torpedoes at such a close distance, and the Sixteenth Fleet has nowhere to escape even if it wants to. What's more, their engines at this time have slowed down to the minimum, and they are still in a state of turning on the spot, and it is impossible to immediately raise the speed to avoid the torpedo.
Under the horrified gaze of everyone in the Sixteenth Fleet, tens of thousands of torpedoes crashed into their battleship.
Patches of incandescent light completely covered the Sixteenth Fleet in an instant. This is not an ordinary torpedo, but a plasma torpedo that can produce hundreds of millions of degrees of heat at the moment of explosion. Such high temperatures can vaporize everything around them in an instant. It's hard to have any material to stop their attacks.
At the same time, a large number of mechs were ejected from the Storm Fleet and flew towards the remnants of the Sixteenth Fleet battleship.
And the speed of the Storm Fleet increased to the extreme in a very short period of time, and his previous position was behind the other two fleets of Iseras, and now he chased after it, and the main guns that had been filled were immediately fired, and thirteen thousand extremely powerful high-energy beams all accurately hit the Fourteenth Fleet a little behind.
The Berwick Sixth and Seventh Fleets, which had arrived from afar, immediately joined the battle, forming a flanking attack with the Tempest Fleet, pouring heavy artillery fire on the Isseras fleet.
With only two salvos, the 14th and 15th fleets lost more than half of the battle! The Sixteenth Fleet, on the other hand, was already under the double blow of plasma torpedoes and mecha troops, and there were only a few warships left.
The commander-in-chief of the northern front of Iseras looked at the tragic battlefield on the screen in horror, looking at the battle damage reports that kept appearing on the screen, he shouted in panic: "Retreat, retreat immediately!" ”
……
South of Yseras, AC-T901 nebula.
From the beginning of the war to now, an hour and a half has passed. The battle for Drevis continues.
"Your Excellency!"
Drevis looked at the adjutant who came over in a hurry with a sad face, and his heart trembled suddenly: "Is it the ...... of the Eighth Fleet?"
"Your Excellency." The adjutant said sadly: "A minute ago, the flagship of the Eighth Fleet was completely disintegrated by a salvo of more than a hundred enemy ships' main guns. ”
Dreves' body shook, and he reached out to hold the podium beside him.
The Eighth Fleet, a fleet of Wumu reinforced warships, could not keep up with the new and flexible warships in terms of speed, and because the Southern Front Corps needed a fleet to contain the enemy, the commander of the Eighth Fleet, Meng Delong, volunteered to carry out this mission.
Everyone knows what the consequences of using the strength of one fleet to contain seven or eight fleets. Although the Wumu-class ships were far superior to the Rexron-class ships of Iserras in terms of speed, defense, and firepower, they could not escape.
It has to be said that the Eighth Fleet is the most suitable for this task.
Meng Delong was once an officer in the border patrol of the Zhao Song Empire, and after the fall of the Zhao Song Empire, he joined Qi Daoxue's pirate fleet, accumulated military exploits, and gradually became a member of the upper echelons of the fleet. It was not until the formation of the Eighth Fleet in the third year that Monteron was appointed commander of the fleet. His combat style is maneuverable, cunning, and extremely good at pulling enemy forces. Perhaps, Qi Daoxue asked the Eighth Fleet to join the Southern Front Army, which also had this meaning.
Under the containment of the Eighth Fleet, it stubbornly attracted the onslaught of the enemy's six fleets!
The Iseras could also see that the Eighth Fleet's ships were inferior to the other two, so they unanimously decided to destroy this fleet first and besiege the other two. However, none of them expected that the Eighth Fleet, which they originally thought was a delicious cake, was actually a hard super-strong alloy!
They pursued, and the Eighth Fleet fled. They besieged, and the Eighth Fleet was able to besiege it without three sieges. Fighting with mecha troops, but the cunning fleet did not give the mecha troops a chance to approach at all, and also used the high-speed maneuverability of the battleship to pass through the center of the mecha troops it launched, and a round of main gun attacks killed at least nearly 40,000 mecha soldiers. The Eighth Fleet is extremely cunning, they not only use main guns and mechas, but also various torpedoes, missiles, secondary guns, and star mines have become their weapons of skill.
It was precisely because of the containment of the Eighth Fleet that the Fourth Fleet and the Fifth Fleet were able to defeat the enemy's 11th Fleet, 22nd Fleet, and 21st Fleet in succession without the influence of more enemy ships.
It's a pity that even in a cunning fleet, there will be losses under the siege of so many enemy troops.
Watching the number of battleships in the Eighth Fleet decrease one by one, Dreves's heart was extremely painful, and he could only keep ordering the fleet to attack, attack, and attack again!
The flagship was destroyed, and the battle damage was more than eighty......
This not only represents the death of the commander of the fleet, Meng Delong, but also represents the total annihilation of this fleet by the enemy and the erasure of the number. Even if the Eighth Fleet is rebuilt in the future, it will no longer be this kind of Eighth Fleet......
On the screen, there were less than three thousand battleships left in the Eighth Fleet, and after the destruction of the flagship, they neither fled nor transferred, but regrouped together to form a sharp arrow.
"What do they want to do?"
Drevis was shocked and shouted, "Adjutant, immediately send an order to the Eighth Fleet to evacuate the battlefield immediately!" ”
The adjutant left in a hurry and hurried back: "My lord, all the battleships of the Eighth Fleet have turned off the communication connection with us......"
On the screen, the last 3,000 battleships of the Eighth Fleet gathered together, and they overloaded their engines and main guns to the maximum, facing six warships totaling 90,000 Yseras, and let out their final roar......
It was the roar of the dragon that burned the last of its life......