In the vast and lonely space, the wedge-shaped destroyer "Miluo River" of the New Roman Empire is cruising at one-third of the speed of light along a closed trajectory.

The two ion thrusters that propel the spacecraft forward at the tail are spewing light blue ion beams, leaving two brilliant wakes in space.

Behind her, at a distance of about ten astronomical units, a star named Taixu was shining brightly, constantly sending light and heat into the cosmic void and her only planet, Taiji.

On the bridge of the "Miluo River", the five control personnel and their captain, Lieutenant Jiang Ziyue, looked quite relaxed. They are already in the final stages of their patrol mission. It has been calm since the voyage, and it will soon be possible to successfully complete the mission and return to the Frontier Fleet base.

The current situation is that the New Roman Empire and the Perseus Federation are on the brink of war. Although a full-scale war has not broken out, the "Taixu" star field near the so-called "135th Parallel" border between the two countries is still full of dangers. The Bundeswehr often sent small fleets over the dangerous "135th Parallel" to infiltrate and harass the Empire.

For these ordinary officers and soldiers, completing the mission and returning to their respective homes is the greatest wish.

The crew couldn't help but chat happily, discussing how to spend the upcoming two-month vacation after returning home.

"Gravitational detection system finds enemy ships!" The early warning sergeant suddenly let out a scream, "Seventeen degrees direction, minus octave elevation angle, six seconds distance!" Destroyer class, number ...... Five ...... Thirteen ships! ”

The tone of shock made his words sound a little stuttering.

With his report, a huge three-dimensional stereoscopic image projected into the bridge space also quickly showed and marked the location of the enemy ship. Thirteen green ship-shaped icons appear at the far end of the image, separated from each other. These green ship-shaped icons represent their position six seconds ago. Because gravitational detection systems passively detect changes in the gravitational force in space, and the speed of gravitational waves is exactly the speed of light.

The enemy ship changed its speed of light from 1.5 million kilometers away, and the gravitational waves generated naturally dispersed, revealing its whereabouts. But six seconds had passed since the gravitational waves reached the Miluojiang, and the position of the enemy ship had changed. Therefore, according to the initial state of the enemy ship when it is discovered, the computer estimates the direction and state of the enemy's next move according to a series of algorithms, and marks it with a blue ship-shaped icon on the holographic image.

As the position of the green ship icon changes, the blue ship icon in front of it also moves. The data labeled on them is also constantly jumping.

In this era of interstellar warfare, distances of more than 300,000 kilometers are usually not possible to monitor the status of targets in real time. Just like this time, the green ship icon shows the exact location of the target six seconds ago, while the blue ship icon only represents the most likely position now that six seconds have passed.

Of course, as time passes, six seconds will be shortened to five seconds, four seconds...... Until a second, the green and blue ship icons will eventually coincide and become red ship icons - that is, the target is already within 300,000 kilometers, close to real-time monitoring.

"Calm, are you sure it's an enemy ship?" Jiang Ziyue asked calmly.

Actually, he was just asking more questions. If it is the Imperial's own fleet, it will emit a special electromagnetic wave signal when it is changed to faster than the speed of light, so that it can be identified by friend or foe. When the "Miluojiang" receives gravitational fluctuations, it also receives the identification signal of friend or foe.

Moreover, these spaceships cannot be the civilian ships of the Perseus Star Federation, and the civilian ships can sail on the demarcated routes. One or two civilian ships may occasionally deviate from course, but as many as thirteen civilian ships obviously have little chance of deviating from course together.

"There is no identification signal. They're ralliing! "The early warning sergeant still can't calm down.

The green ship icons that are separated on the stereo image are converging, and the blue ship icons are already coming together accordingly.

The appearance of the enemy was too sudden, the distance was too close, and in the few seconds left, there was only time to turn the bow of the "Miluo River" and change course, and there was no time to accelerate and enter a faster-than-light state.

"Prepare for battle!" Jiang Ziyue, who was sitting on the captain's seat and pressed the safety rod on his torso, quickly gave the order, "Slow down, tenths of the speed of light, open the first armor cover, and release all weapon insurance." Continuous shooting of the invention code telegram: the big fish is hooked. ”

Everyone was clear about the captain's previous order, but the last sentence of the telegram made everyone, especially the communication sergeant, scratch their heads.

Seeing that his subordinates couldn't understand his intentions and acted a little slowly, Jiang Ziyue had no choice but to emphasize: "Just do what I order." ”

Four seconds had passed, but the distance between us and the enemy was still 1.5 million kilometers. The build-up and deployment of the enemy's fleet took some time.

The ion thruster at the stern of the "Miluo River" reduces the propulsion power, and the thick ion beam immediately fades and is as small as silk. Turnable hydrogen and oxygen jets throughout the hull start one after another, and jet forward to slow down the battleship.

At the same time, the armored gun doors opened one after another, revealing the launch windows of various directional and kinetic weapons. In particular, in the armor cover that the bow of the ship pushed back, the "Akuberi Cannon", which combines the ship's faster-than-light main engine and main gun, revealed two glittering gun muzzles.

Leading the fleet's invasion of the empire was Lieutenant Colonel Philip Samuel of the Perseus Interstellar Bundeswehr. The Lieutenant Colonel's mission this time was mainly to test the reaction ability of the Imperial Army in the "Taixu" star field.

Since the "Taiji" planets in the "Taixu" star system have special political and economic significance for both countries, the Federation intends to create some trouble here in order to further explore the bottom line of the Empire's war. This is only openly stated by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel, who received an operational briefing from his superiors.

Little did he know that the Wehrmacht fleet and even the President and the Federal Security Council were using this mission as a prelude to more bold actions against the planet Taiji in the future.

The Empire and the Confederation are almost equal in terms of scientific and technological level, military strength, and comprehensive national strength. Although the Federation has a slight advantage over the Empire, it is still not enough to defeat the other side and dominate the Perseus Star World. The Federation is always on the lookout for the legendary "Antnest" who can master the universe in order to gain an all-out advantage over the Empire.

The planet "Taiji" is related to "Antnest". It is revealed that a person who holds the secret of "Antnest" is hiding on this planet. The Federation intends to seize the planet "Taiji" so that the mysterious person who holds the secret of "Antnest" can be found.

This operation is to test the "Taiji" planet by force and verify the Empire's response.

Lieutenant Colonel Samuel did not expect to encounter the opposing warship after changing to the speed of light. When the gravitational sounding system showed that there was an Imperial destroyer 1.5 million kilometers away, Samuel immediately ordered the fleet to assemble and line up in a funnel formation.

For the sake of safety in faster-than-light travel, the fleet did not go to faster-than-light sailing together, but separately went to faster-than-light. When they change to the speed of light at their destination, they are nearly 10,000 kilometers away from each other.

No sooner had the order been given than a hologram of Captain Robb, the second lieutenant commander and captain of the Tarawa, appeared on the bridge of the flagship Arleigh Burke.

"Sir, the enemy has only one destroyer, I suggest that you attack the enemy immediately without setting up a formation." Robb confidently reported to the commander.

"Captain Luo, I understand your feelings. But you can't go wrong with caution. Samuel, who was also confident, indirectly rejected his men's advice.

"Sir, we should buy time to attack as soon as possible." Robb was quite unhappy with the conservative commander.

The Federation Army has an absolute advantage, and at this time it should pounce at full speed and tear the weak opponent apart, instead of wasting precious time on meaningless assembly formations.

"Captain, please carry out the order." Samuel said impatiently. In his eyes, a good subordinate should not come to teach the commander how to fight every time he is in a state of war, but should faithfully carry out every order of the commander.

Seeing the chief's attitude, Robb no longer insisted, and had to respond mechanically: "Yes, sir." Then end the correspondence.

Soon, he also realized that his actions were meaningless. Just as he was making a proposal to the commander, the formation of the fleet was also largely completed.

With the flagship "Arleigh Burke" as the central apex, the other ships are distributed on the side of a cone with a cone angle of about 120 degrees in front of the flagship, forming a funnel-shaped formation covering the enemy ships in front.

This is a fairly effective formation against an opponent who is absolutely inferior in numbers. However, this funnel array was not tight enough, and the distance between the battleships was more than a thousand kilometers, making the formation look quite loose. Moreover, all the ships moved in a straight line, instead of following a spiral curve with random curvature as in normal battles.

Time passed quickly, and twelve seconds had passed since the discovery of the enemy ship. The distance between the two sides has been reduced to 600,000 kilometers.

After completing the assembly and formation, the enemy fleet on the hologram rushed directly towards itself, and the distance between the ships was relatively large, and there was no spiral maneuver. Whether it's a green ship icon or a blue ship icon, it's all moving in a straight line. It can be seen that the other party is quite contemptible.

"Aim at the core of the enemy's ship formation and prepare to fire!" Jiang Ziyue wasted no time in giving the order, "All thrusters are ready, ready to accelerate at any time." Continue to shoot the invention code telegram. ”

Under the efficient actions of his subordinates, the various hydrogen and oxygen rocket thrusters on the hull of the "Miluo River" worked in harmony, so that the battleship quickly aimed at the core ship of the attacking enemy fleet, that is, the battleship at the top of the funnel formation. Both the Empire and the Federation have the habit of using flags as the benchmark for fleet formations in order to facilitate command and change formations.

Under normal circumstances, the action of the "Miluo River" can only be a kind of preparatory aiming, and it is not the same as accurate aiming when firing. Not only is the distance between the two sides too large, but the relative speed is also very large. At a distance beyond the so-called one light-second, that is, 300,000 kilometers, it is basically impossible to carry out a precise strike on the enemy.

At this time, the emitted particle beams, laser beams, etc., can be easily dodged. Because these fires can only travel at the speed of light in space, by the time they have flown over a distance of 300,000 kilometers, the target is likely to be out of place.

However, target evasion does not begin when the enemy fires, after all, the speed of gravitational and electromagnetic waves on which the observation system relies is the same as the speed of incoming artillery fire. Theoretically, the moment you know that the enemy is firing is the moment you are hit.

Therefore, in space, warships often have to rely on irregular maneuvers to prevent being hit by the enemy's preemptive fire. Under the control of the computer, the battleship can advance towards the enemy along a spiral course with constantly changing curvature, and the position of the previous second is very different from the position of the next.

Especially at high speeds like tenths of the speed of light, coupled with the fact that the curvature changes are random by the computer, the enemy can neither hit the original coordinates - because the target is already far away by the time the fire arrives, nor can it calculate the advance of the shot - because the target flies along an irregular spiral trajectory, and the coordinates of the position behind the target cannot be effectively judged according to the position in front of the target and the state of motion.

Kinetic weapons, i.e., guided munitions fired by missiles and electromagnetic guns, can track and strike irregularly moving targets, but their maximum speed is currently only half the speed of light. Once they are within one light-second of the target, they are easily intercepted. So they're more used in melee combat.

History often makes people feel ridiculous, but in this interstellar age, which has achieved the speed of light, the combat between starships seems quite "primitive". They must make a lot of tactical maneuvers before firing, reducing the distance to less than a light second, preferably less than 100,000 kilometers, and then engaging in "melee combat" with directional and kinetic weapons.

In the final analysis, interstellar warfare is still limited by the technological level of human faster-than-light methods and weapon systems. At a distance of less than 300,000 kilometers, the detection of the target position is infinitely close to real-time. Therefore, one light second is called the effective combat distance.

However, the stupid act of the Yingxian Interstellar Bundesmail Force's failure to make irregular spiral maneuvers undoubtedly created a great opportunity for Jiang Ziyue and the "Miluo River".

After another two seconds, the "Miluo River" had already completed aiming, and her bow gun muzzle was accurately aimed at the "Arleigh Burke," which was more than 300,000 kilometers away.

On the holograms of the bridges of both sides, the green and blue icons indicating the enemy have almost coincided and are starting to flash, and soon they will turn red.

"Volley of fire! Burn the wind! The suppressed nervousness and excitement of the voice jumped out of Lieutenant Jiang Ziyue's throat and spread through the communication system of the spacesuit to the ears of more than a dozen officers and men on the ship.

The captain of the Imperial warship calculated with extreme precision, and it took less than half a second from the order to the completion of the soldier's action. At this time, the two sides still have a little more than 300,000 kilometers to go.

Eight laser cannons and sixteen particle cannons immediately erupted with the light of death.

The high-energy laser beams and particle beams went straight to the flagship "Arleigh Burke" at the top of the Federation funnel ship array.

Like other starships, the Arleigh Burke, in addition to having considerable armor, also activated an "electromagnetic shield" during combat. Multiple electromagnetic generators distributed on the surface of the hull form a strong magnetic field that is semi-enclosed from head to tail around the hull to slow down and trap approaching high-velocity particles – acting like the Earth's magnetic field blocking high-energy particles in the universe.

The electromagnetic shield does not completely block enemy particles and lasers. To be precise, weaponized particles come in bundles, the energy is huge and extremely dense, and the magnetic field of the electromagnetic shield cannot force it to block it all. And the electromagnetic shield is not very useful for laser beams and kinetic weapons.

The Federation fleet did not expect the other side to attack bravely in the face of such an unfavorable situation, and there was no time to react - in fact, it was impossible to react, in this era of "the moment when the enemy was hit", the preparation before the battle was not done well, and it could only depend on its own "character".

A large number of ordinary high-energy particles emitted by the "Miluo River" were twisted and slowed down by the electromagnetic shield of the "Arleigh Burke", and then were directed to the rear of the battleship along the magnetic field lines, and finally were thrown into the cosmic void, or gradually decayed, or wandered into the universe.

However, there were still many ordinary high-energy particles that penetrated the electromagnetic shield and hit the hull, and eight high-energy laser beams also irradiated the hull almost unhindered.

The hull armor is made of a ceramic alloy with ultra-high strength, high heat and high pressure resistance, and an extremely stable atomic structure, and the surface is also polished to a mirror state, which can effectively resist the bombardment of high-energy particles, laser irradiation, and chemical explosions, including the impact of antimatter particles.

The high-energy particles bombarded the ceramic alloy armor and burst out a dazzling light, which was reflected by the laser beam scattered by the surface of the armor. Coupled with the light of particles captured by the electromagnetic shield, the "Arleigh Burke" was shrouded in a colorful "light mist".

Before Lieutenant Commander Philip Samuel, commander of the Federation fleet, could order a counterattack, two huge particle beams fired by the "Akuberi Cannon" of the "Miluo River" - hydrogen particle beam and anti-hydrogen particle beam - also accurately hit the "Arleigh Burke".

Although a considerable number of particles were once again captured by the electromagnetic shield and directed to the rear of the battleship, some of the hydrogen and anti-hydrogen particles that slipped through the net still bombarded the hull with ferocity.

In particular, the terrifying anti-hydrogen particles collide with ordinary particles and hull armor that are still attached to the electromagnetic shield, causing annihilation, causing a large amount of light to emit light and the surrounding space to fluctuate violently.

In the light, the Arleigh Burke began to tremble.

"Fire back!" Instead of an order from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel, the second lieutenant commander, the second lieutenant commander, the angry cry of Captain Robb, came from the communications circuit of the Federation fleet.

The federal officers and soldiers who came to their senses immediately moved and hurriedly opened fire on the other side.

In addition to the flagship, the funnel-shaped array of ships of the Bundeswehr emitted a ray of light and rushed towards the enemy ships that were only more than 200,000 kilometers away.

At this time, the "Miluo River" was already at full power, and the original light blue ion propulsion trail like a filament became extremely thick, and the two hydrogen and oxygen rocket boosters in the tail also spewed out blazing tail flames, pushing the battleship to speed forward.

Neither the particle beams nor the laser beams fired from the front hemisphere could hit the "Miluo River," which was speeding forward. Dense firepower converged behind her into an umbrella-like spectacle, then radiated out again, flying into the void.

"A class of stupid people, won't they preset the amount in advance!" Robb scolded fiercely, but only in his own heart.

He immediately gave the order: "Re-aim, pay attention to the amount ahead!" Enemy ships are moving in a straight line. ”

However, Jiang Ziyue's adventure is already half successful.

Seeing that the enemy missed the first round of salvo, the nervousness and excitement had turned into the excitement when he saw the success, Jiang Ziyue shouted one after another: "The second round of salvo!" Keep accelerating! Keep shooting the invention code telegram! ”

The "Miluo River" launched another salvo, and all the particle and laser beams hit the hull of the "Arleigh Burke", mercilessly bombarding the electromagnetic shield and ceramic alloy armor, setting off bursts of flash and space fluctuations.

On the "Arleigh Burke", which was trembling violently, his men reported to the commander in panic: "Sir, the 'Akuberi engine' has been hit!" The upper bow armor is cracked! ”

The annihilation of anti-hydrogen particles and ordinary matter around the battleship caused a series of dense and frequent small spatial fluctuations, which shook the Arleigh Burke frigate like the waves of the sea.

The violent tremors caused Samuel to cling to the safety pole fastened to his body, and if it weren't for the space combat suit and dark radiation helmet, his frightened pale face would have posed a more serious threat to his men than enemy fire.

"Fight back! Counterattack! "It's not so much that he's angry as he's panicking.

As soon as the words fell, the light from the opponent's third salvo had already filled the entire bridge.

This time, the "Miluo River" and all 30 missiles and four electromagnetic guns in the missile silo were put into attack.

At a distance of less than 200,000 kilometers, missile and guided missile shells followed by particle and laser beams, passed through the electromagnetic shield of the "Arleigh Burke", and exploded rapidly against the hull of the ship. Blow the generator of the electromagnetic shield to smithereens, tearing the ceramic alloy armor.

The sound of explosions aboard the USS Arleigh Burke soon reverberated through the entire Federation fleet's communication circuits.

Sound cannot be transmitted directly in space close to a vacuum. However, the sound waves caused by the vibration of the explosion can be transmitted through the hull structure and the air inside the battleship, and are recorded by the microphone of the communication system, and then transmitted to other ships by radio.

The loud and loud rumbling of the communication circuit was like a death knell for the Arleigh Burke.

"Fire! Destroy the enemy! Second Deputy Commander Robb screamed loudly.

After the enemy fired a lethal third salvo at the flagship, the Federation fleet fired a second salvo, and the already damaged "Arleigh Burke" finally launched a counterattack.

However, more than two-thirds of the fire still did not hit the "Miluojiang". Her speed became faster and faster, and even though she was hit by dozens of laser beams and particle beams, she was still bathed in the dazzling light bursting from the electromagnetic shield and ceramic alloy and rushed bravely towards the "Arleigh Burke", the core of the fleet.

At that time, Jiang Ziyue and the "Miluo River" had no way out. They had already rushed into the opposing funnel formation, and there was no choice but to continue to accelerate and crush the "Arleigh Burke" on the front.

The fourth round of salvo fire from the "Miluo River" was quickly launched.

Particle beams and laser beams pierced the hull of the Arleigh Burke, causing a new explosion.

"Shoot!" This time, the voice echoing through the Union communications loop came from First Deputy Commander Major Leslie Antonio.

However, in response to him was the fifth salvo of the "Miluo River". This destroyer can actually launch a volley of fire in an average of two seconds to attack, almost reaching the limit of warship automation, which is simply "perverted" to the extreme.

The electromagnetic shield of the "Arleigh Burke" has disappeared, and the cracked hull is constantly flashing with the light of explosions.

The particle beams and laser beams fired by the "Miluo River" again easily hit the hull of the "Arleigh Burke" and destroyed the equipment and structures inside the ship.

The fate of the destruction was irretrievable, and the bridge of the "Arleigh Burke" was bombarded to pieces, with casualties, equipment destroyed, and the life-sustaining system completely out of order. The survivors had to rely on spacesuits to sustain their fragile lives.

"I am Lieutenant Commander Philip Samuel, and I now order all of you to abandon your ship! God bless you all. Lieutenant Commander Samuel, who was also the captain of the ship, reluctantly gave the order.

But when his men entered the escape pod nearby, Samuel sat motionless in his captain's seat, cutting off the communications of his space combat suit.

As the captain of the ship, he felt that he had to live and die with the warship.

Despite Samuel's demeanor as a captain, the destruction of the Arleigh Burke was closely linked to his stupidity and incompetence in any case.

In the blink of an eye, the light of the explosion quickly engulfed the "Arleigh Burke".

"Lost contact with the flagship!" The communications non-commissioned officers reported to their captains one after another, adding a startling piece of information: "Intercepted the clear-code telegram of the enemy ship, saying 'The big fish has taken the bait.'" ”

"A little trick to deceive." Robb said disdainfully, "Immediately launch a salvo!" Slow down and shrink the formation, and prepare to encircle and destroy the enemy ship! ”

At the urging of the Second Deputy Commander, the Convoy of Convoys launched another salvo.

This time, more than half of the directional energy cross-fire hit the "Miluo River" in the center of the funnel ship array.

The "Miluo River" burst out with brilliant brilliance, and continued to rush forward in the face of the spatial fluctuations caused by artillery fire and annihilation.

At this time, only 14 seconds had passed since the "Miluo River" launched its first salvo. The Miluo River has already rushed to a speed of one-third of the speed of light, climbing towards the limit of one-half of the speed of light.

However, at this time, she had already fallen into the opponent's funnel ship array, and there were still more than 100,000 kilometers before the "Arleigh Burke" that was constantly exploding at the top of the funnel.

The fate of the Arleigh Burke is still likely to be repeated on the Miluojiang. But now there is no other way but to rush forward desperately and pass through the enemy's ship formation.

If according to Luo Bo's intentions, the Federation's funnel ship array slows down and shrinks, it can quickly beat the "Miluo River" that rushed into it into interstellar dust.

However, the First Deputy Commander, Leslie Antonio, who took command at a critical moment, prevented the fleet from slowing down.

"Keep up the speed and course!" The self-righteous Antonio gave a clear order, "be ready to retreat at any time." ”

"Sir, now is the time to seize the opportunity to destroy the enemy ship!" Robb's three-dimensional imaging posture clearly showed that he was quite dissatisfied with the commander's orders.

"Didn't you intercept the enemy's telegram?" Antonio rightly said, "The enemy may be in ambush and the Grand Fleet is waiting for us." We must be cautious, Captain Robb. ”

"Well, sir, if you think that any plain telegram is an ambush of the Grand Fleet, I will obey it unconditionally." Robb said angrily, and then cut off the communication.

"Hit me hard!" The communication inside the ship "Tarawa" raised the roar of the captain Captain Robb, "We must smash the enemy ship and avenge the flagship and commander!" ”

Although the formation was not adjusted according to the deployment of the second deputy commander, under the leadership of the "Tarawa", the Federation ship array fired a dense intertwined firepower and irradiated it on the Imperial destroyer "Miluo River", which was penetrating its formation at high speed.

Particle beams and laser beams bombarding the electromagnetic shield and hull armor caused flashes of light filled most of the ship's holographic stereo imaging display systems, reflecting intense light on the crew's spacesuit helmets.

The spatial fluctuations caused by the annihilation of anti-hydrogen particles and ordinary matter also swayed wildly at high speed of the battleship, making them seem to be speeding on a rugged mountain road.

Reports of damage and explosions followed.

Captain Jiang Ziyue couldn't care so much, if he didn't accelerate out of the enemy position, he would suffer one or two more rounds of salvo fire from the opponent. He and his combat team, along with the heroic Miluo River, will be the tombstone of the Imperial Military Cemetery "Valhalla".

"Turn on all the jets that can shoot backwards! Fast! Jiang Ziyue screamed, "Throw away the external weapon bay!" Don't want the space plane either! ”

"But, sir......"

"Throw it away, throw it all you can! Reducing quality is the most important thing! Jiang Ziyue roared wildly.

In the face of death, people's emotions are often the most intense.

The missile module compartments that were twisted on both sides of the "Miluo River" were immediately thrown out, and the aerospace planes attached to the bottom of the battleship were also ejected, and then the compressed garbage compartments under the rear of the battleship were also thrown away.

"Keep shooting! Launch kinetic weapons! On the "Tarawa", Robb exclaimed excitedly. Faced with an enemy ship that had lost its armor tens of thousands of kilometers away, the captain thought he had seen the destruction of his opponent.

The Miluo River had penetrated more than half of the ship's array, and more than half of the Federation ships were no longer able to join the bombardment with all their firepower, including the most powerful but only forward-firing "Akuberi cannons".

It was too late to adjust, and the fourth salvo of the Federation fleet was hastily launched. Particle beams, laser beams, missiles, and guided artillery shells surrounded the Miluo River again in the blink of an eye.

"The shield is out of order! The upper armor is cracked! The damage control sergeant exclaimed nervously.

The battleship's central computer also raised an alarm, indicating that it had lost some of its control functions. Now the only thing that is normal is the propulsion system.

Jiang Ziyue seemed to hear the laughter of the god of death, but he still did not give up before the god of fate made a ruling. The ship has reached two-fifths of the speed of light, and as long as the propulsion system is still functioning, there is hope for them.

'Hold on!' The Akuberi engine's reset and ready to go faster! ”

The captain's order surprised his men. Less than 100,000 kilometers in front of them, the wreckage of the Arleigh Burke was constantly glittering, drifting at an inertial speed of nearly one-tenth of the speed of light.

At this time, it would be extremely dangerous to launch the "Akuberi engine" into the speed of light. In the unlikely event that the Arleigh Burke were to be swept up in the space caused by the annihilation of the two hydrogen particles, the consequences would be no different from being torn to pieces by federal fire.

"Raise the bow of the ship five degrees and prepare to enter faster-than-light speed." Jiang Ziyue gave orders one after another.

The soldiers tried their best to suppress the panic and tension in their hearts, and operated at full speed according to the orders of their commanders.

The high-speed sprint "Miluo River" lightly lifted her wedge-shaped bow slightly. In this way, in another five or six seconds, she will fly over the "Arleigh Burke" and rush out of the opponent's funnel ship formation.

But Jiang Ziyue couldn't expect these five or six seconds to directly open the protective cover of the "Akuberi Engine" firing button. In stereo imaging, the "Akuberi engine" has not reached the critical state required for faster-than-light speed, and the battleship has not yet reached half the speed of light required before entering superluminal speed.

On the holographic stereo image, the red halo that indicates the readiness of the engine is only half lit up.

"Dude, it's all up to you, hurry up!" Jiang Ziyue muttered to himself, as if he was talking to the "Miluo River".

As soon as the words fell, he slammed down the firing button.

The bow of the "Miluojiang" opened the armor cover and immediately shot out two beams of high-energy particles at a small angle. It was a stream of hydrogen particles and a stream of anti-hydrogen particles, which crossed about fifty kilometers in front of the battleship in an instant, causing annihilation and causing faster-than-light space fluctuations.

The "Miluo River", which was close to half the speed of light, was immediately swept into this fluctuation, just like a surfer riding on a huge wave, riding the huge wave of spatial fluctuations, and entering a superluminal state of flying in a straight line equivalent to 500 times the speed of light.

After only a second, the spatial fluctuations induced by the uncritical "Akuberi engine" disappeared, and the space around the "Miluojiang" stabilized, but she was already in space at a distance of one astronomical unit from the battlefield. This distance is more than enough for it to flee before the enemy pursues it.

"Yay! VENIVIDIVICI" ALL THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS BURST INTO EXCITED CHEERS AND SLOGANS, "LONG LIVE THE 'MILUO RIVER'!" ”

He not only celebrated his successful escape, but also thanked the "Miluo River" for its outstanding performance.

Five hundred seconds later, through the gravitational sounding system, the two deputy commanders of the Federation fleet finally received a report of the exact location of the enemy ship. But now, even if they chased it at the same speed of light in the same second, in the past 500 seconds, the enemy would have fled long ago.

"Bang!" Robb slammed his fist on the console in front of the captain's seat, "It's a shame!" Thirteen against one, the flagship was actually destroyed, and it was allowed to escape! Who the hell is the commander of the other party?! ”

First Deputy Commander Leslie Antonio didn't feel as much shame as Robb, or he didn't blush at all about the defeat. Antonio calmly ordered a retreat in case of "being ambushed by the enemy's Grand Fleet."

The above is the "Taiji" star field conflict that occurred on the border between the Empire and the Federation in January 2917 A.D. - an unusual one of the countless border conflicts between the New Roman Empire and the Perseus Star Federation.

Jiang Ziyue commanded the "Miluo River" to fight with one dozen and thirteen, boldly destroyed the opponent's flagship, successfully passed through the opponent's battle formation, and bluffed the opponent.

This battle made Jiang Ziyue's reputation and became his first official confrontation with the federal soldier Robb.