Section 18 Instead of drawing a tiger, he was bitten by a tiger
Lotta? Stoddt didn't immediately understand Jiang Ziyue and Gus? Whitehead's intentions, in the passage away from the tactical command center of the "Gustav II", she still asked Jiang Ziyue eagerly: "What the hell are you doing?" โ
"I've heard of the empty city plan. (Read the whole text, all in ฯฯฯ.1(6)ฮบxS.ะกom(1(6).ๆ.ๅญฆ็ฝ)" Jiang Ziyue replied, "Actually, I have already discussed with Gus, after attacking the planet Egypt, I will make a detour outside the Immortal spiral arm and attack the planet Andromeda in a roundabout way. But now, we have encountered the enemy in the 135th parallel, and we have managed to destroy many of their ships. This is tantamount to letting the enemy understand that our 'shady' plot to attack us suddenly has been seen through by us. Now that we are leaving, so that the enemy cannot find us, we can create the illusion that we have laid a trap and are waiting for them to come. On the contrary, it will make them dare not rashly invade our borders. โ
Lota was not sure about this kind of psychological warfare, and asked, "But what if the enemy is not fooled?" After we left, we went directly to the New Rhine, so didn't you miscalculate? โ
"That's the risk. We bet that the enemy will not dare to enter the New Rhine field easily, at least not soon. Jiang Ziyue said with great certainty.
"Are you hoping to make the enemy suspicious by suddenly disappearing, delay the attack, and then take the opportunity to attack the planet Andromeda?"
"That's basically it. However, the detour to Andromeda was relatively long, and it is likely that we had not yet reached our destination by the time the enemy began to attack the new Rhine. But as soon as we appear near Andromeda, the whole Union will be shaken, and the fleet that will come to our country will be affected. โ
"I don't think it's a good idea." Lotta still felt that their approach was too risky, "Planet Andromeda is heavily defended, and we may not be able to fight the enemy when we get there, but will be easily besieged. โ
"We don't have to fight the enemy, just declaring our presence is enough to pull the nerves of the federal army." Jiang Ziyue explained, "So, instead of spending time with the enemy here, it's better to act according to the original plan." He fights his, and I fight mine, not only to prevent the enemy from leading the way, but also to form a powerful threat to their large rear. โ
Lota was still skeptical, saying, "We were originally going to contain the Central Fleet in counterattacking the 'Yi' planet, but now that a new situation has emerged, we shouldn't still stick to the original plan of action." โ
"Yes, you have a point. But we have tried our best here, but we have not been able to stop the enemy's offensive at all. Only by finding another way can we influence the enemy forces on a larger scale and create a good opportunity for the Central Fleet to defend our homeland. โ
Lota thought for a moment and said, "Ziyue, although I still think that your approach is too risky, I believe in you. โ
"Thank you." Jiang Ziyue calmly responded to Lotta's trust.
Then Lota said sincerely, "Also, I'm sorry for what happened. โ
Seeing the other party apologize, Jiang Ziyue became generous and said, "It's okay." It's just that I hope you don't keep bothering me with emotional things. โ
After the two returned to their respective cruisers, they received Gus? Whitehead's order, prepare to set off on the periphery of the Perseus Spiral Arm in the direction of the Commonwealth of Perseus.
More than ten minutes later, the logistics supply fleet went out first and headed for the predetermined rendezvous space. Subsequently, unmanned reconnaissance ships also began to transfer reconnaissance alert networks, and battleships and cruisers also dispersed, preparing to enter faster than the speed of light.
At this moment, a small unmanned reconnaissance ship, about 300,000 kilometers in front of the flagship "Gustav II", changed its speed of light and "fired" a beam of communication "excited" light, informing the enemy of the situation -- about 1,000 Bundeswehr warships were approaching at the speed of the fourth-class Akuberi in addition to 2,000 astronomical units.
The Imperial Army still has more than ninety seconds to calmly disperse the formation and enter the superluminal speed to avoid the opponent's edge.
However, Gus did not rush to leave, but informed the whole ship of the enemy's situation, and ordered to set up a position to meet the opponent.
"Gus, let's get out of here as soon as possible." Jiang Ziyue reminded, "There is no need for us to entangle with the enemy here. โ
"Just in time!" Whitehead Gus shouted happily in the communication system, "Teach them a hard lesson before leaving, so that they will be more afraid of us!" โ
Soon, the Imperial fleet formed a large umbrella array standing on the silver plane in the direction of the Perseus Star Federation. Gus placed the flagship on the top of the umbrella, and the battleships in the headquarters group were arranged in the central area, opening up the formation at a distance of 5,000 kilometers. Jiang Ziyue and Lota? Stoldt led their respective cruisers to deploy in the area on the edge of the umbrella formation, so that they could leave the team at any time to maneuver.
The Bundeswehr arrived as scheduled, and a thousand warships changed their speed of light about nine million kilometers directly in front of the Imperial Army, and while pounced on the opponent at high speed along an irregular spiral curve, they adjusted their distance and gradually formed an umbrella formation standing on the silver road. Acting Commander of the Fourth Fleet, Gerald? Rear Admiral Hancock was able to come out of the nest this time, and even the cruisers escorting the logistics supply fleet were 'drawn' into the attack.
Moreover, in order to reduce the losses caused by the enemy's space storm, General Hancock also maintained the distance between the ships at about 10,000 kilometers, so that the formation would not be too dense or too loose like the previous Wang Dynasty generals.
Two umbrella arrays of similar size are approaching each other at a relative velocity of one-third of the speed of light. The officers and men on both sides of the battleship tensed their nerves and prepared to fight.
"The enemy took the initiative to attack, and the ships were relatively large. It gives me a sense of foreboding. "Lota? Staudert said worriedly in the communication system.
"They have been beaten twice in succession by us, and now they must be very angry in their hearts, and they are eager to take revenge." Jiang Ziyue said.
"Then we'll hit them again." Gus? Whitehead said confidently. He had already figured it out, wait a minute how to deal with the enemy.
The distance between the two ship formations is getting smaller and smaller, and the tension inside the battleship is getting stronger and stronger.
"Fire!" Before entering the effective combat range of 300,000 kilometers, Gus gave the order to attack.
The Imperial Army's umbrella array immediately 'fired' countless beams at the enemy four or five hundred thousand kilometers away. But this ultra-long-range 'shot' did not hit any target. All of the particle beams and 'excited' beams passed between the spiraling Imperial warships nearly two seconds later, and all of them were lost.
In the face of the enemy's unreasonable actions, General Hancock couldn't help but say to himself in confusion: "What the hell is the enemy doing? Scared? He then ordered the entire fleet to slow down and prepare to open fire on the enemy.
But at this moment, the Imperial warship formation stopped advancing and began to retreat beyond the effective combat distance of the opponent.
Even Jiang Ziyue and Lota couldn't figure out what the hell Baitou Gus was doing.
"Gus, what the hell do you want us to do?" Lotta? Stodder hurriedly inquired about Gus.
"Commander Stoldt, you just have to follow my orders strictly." Gus looked complacent, confident in his new tactics, "I want to show the enemy insights, not space storms, no faster-than-light raids, just my own tactics, and I can defeat them." โ
Hearing him emphasize Space Storm and faster-than-light raids, and say "with my own tactics," Lota seemed to understand something and asked, "What do you mean by that?" Want to compete with our family's Jiang Ziyue? โ
Gus smiled and said, "You'll have to give my boss a chance to perform." โ
"I really don't understand what you two men have in their hearts." Lota said with a sigh.
"Anyway, it's not a bad thing." With that, Gus terminated his correspondence with Lota.
Gray-haired Gus? Deep in Whitehead's heart, he did not admit defeat to the bald Jiang Ziyue. The two previous battles of the "Haraldi" fleet were both tactics created by Jiang Ziyue and used many times. As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Gus now wants to take advantage of this opportunity to show his men his art of battle command.
Faced with the retreat of the Imperial Army, Hancock, the commander of the Federal Fleet, immediately led the fleet to accelerate the pursuit, trying to bring the opponent into the effective combat distance and annihilate it. He and Robb had already drawn up a seemingly perfect plan, with him personally leading the 1,000 warships to attract the enemy head-on, and then the 200 warships commanded by Robb suddenly appeared on the side of the Imperial Army at the right time to launch a space storm.
Although this is a plagiarism of the Imperial Army's attack plan during the first battle between the two sides earlier, Major General Hancock still has high hopes for this "copycat" space storm tactic proposed by Lieutenant Colonel Robb.
After the Federation fleet began to accelerate, Gus gave the order to move forward, leading the team to quickly rush into the effective combat distance of 300,000 kilometers and launch a salvo. The Imperial Army's movements were not only swift, but also completely unexpected by the Union Army. A round of firepower caught the opponent off guard, and they blew up the Federation warships in all directions.
But only one volley of 'fire' was launched, and the umbrella formation of the Imperial Army immediately stopped advancing and retreated. Before the Federation fleet could launch a counterattack, it retreated to a distance of 300,000 kilometers.
The opponent's movements were so coordinated and agile that General Hancock was shocked and angry. He ordered the acceleration to advance in order to outpace his opponent's retreat speed and enter the effective combat range to launch a counterattack.
However, the imperial army was not in a hurry or impatient, and repeated its tricks, and between advancing and retreating, it launched another round of 'fine' and accurate volleys.
It wasn't until the Imperial Army completed the fourth salvo that the Federation Army successfully launched its first salvo. By this time, dozens of battleships had already been damaged or even destroyed, while the Imperial Army was unscathed.
The retreat of the Imperial army could no longer keep up with the advance speed of the opponent, so Gus abandoned his original approach and ordered the umbrella formation to be separated. In this way, Jiang Ziyue and Lota each took their own cruiser fleets, gradually detached from the left and right areas of the umbrella formation, and slid to both sides of the opponent's formation while 'shooting', so as to finally form a three-sided flanking situation.
Both sides focused on each other, but they didn't notice that several small Federation unmanned reconnaissance ships were passing by at high speed.
The battle then lasted for more than thirty seconds, and the cruiser fleet led by Jiang Ziyue and Lota had formed two parabolic formations, completely separated from the ship formation personally commanded by Gus, and was accelerating towards the two wings of the Federation Army's umbrella formation. At the same time, it also made Gus's ship formation into a formation similar to the turtle's back.
"Concentrate on attacking the enemy positions in front of you!" Hancock gave the order at the right time.
"But, sir, what about the enemy's two groups of ships that are detouring towards us?" The subordinate questioned worriedly.
General Hancock did not hesitate to emphasise: "Leave them alone, widen the distance between the ships and concentrate on attacking the enemy in front!" Grab their attention. โ
Judging from the changes in the opponent's formation, the two ship groups that are detouring towards their own flanks will be very threatening on the surface. However, Hancock still keenly judged from the intensity of its firepower that the two roundabout ship formations were mainly composed of cruisers, and the number was not too many, so the power was relatively limited. The Imperial Army is now divided into forces, but instead disperses its forces, giving him a good opportunity.
Now concentrate all your efforts on attacking the frontal enemy, who is already clearly numerically inferior, which can not only hold back the main force of this enemy, create conditions for Robb's space storm tactics, but also accelerate the destruction of the enemy. As long as the Imperial forces in the frontal formation collapsed, the battle would be over.
In this series of battles in the border space of the 135th parallel, the headquarters ship group commanded by Gus has always been under most of the pressure of the opponent. But Gus seems happy to create opportunities for both of his men by drawing the full firepower of his opponent, and this one was no exception. It's just a slight difference from the previous two times, he doesn't just want to attract the attention of his opponent, he also wants to take the opportunity to destroy his opponent.
Soon, the formation on the front of the Imperial Army was separated from the horizontal axis and was ready to be divided into upper and lower parts.
Suddenly, the early warning non-commissioned officers of the Imperial warship all exclaimed: "Four o'clock, four light seconds, Federation Army!" โ
In fact, while they were in horror to report the new enemy to their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Robb had already commanded nearly two hundred warships to shrink their formation while approaching at half the speed of light.
"Distance the ship!" Gus shouted nervously. Faced with the enemy fleet that suddenly appeared on the right side, the first reaction in his mind was a space storm.
In the other group of ships, which was also on the left side of Gus, Jiang Ziyue calmly gave the order to turn on the spot. The fleet that suddenly appeared was just behind his flank, which was more than 600,000 kilometers away, and he spotted the other party faster than Gus's ship group.
The space storm that Gus expected didn't arrive so quickly, and the attitude control system of the Imperial warship was fully operational, pushing the battleship away from its original position as quickly as possible, opening up the distance between it and the friendly warship. Jiang Ziyue's cruiser, because it was small and light, and its steering speed was very fast, and it was quickly aiming the two black "holes" and "holes" of the Akuberi engine towards the opponent's new fleet.
On the "Hercules", Robb anxiously urged his subordinates: "Slow down! Get ready to shoot the Akuberi engine! โ
"Sir, the enemy ship group on the right is turning, what should we do?"
"Kill the big group of people in front first, and then deal with the small ones." Robb said decisively.
Less than ten hours ago, Robb had experienced the horror and despair of being ruthlessly taken away from the battlefield by the space storm, and now he had to draw a gourd in the same way and learn from the enemy to launch a space storm. However, his speed was also quite slow, so that four seconds after appearing on the battlefield, his spatial storm was still missing.
Robb's fleet consisted of more than fifty huge battleships, and due to their heavy mass and size, the radius of the warp bubble that was 'excited' when sailing faster than the speed of light became correspondingly large. As a result, when his fleet was changed to a faster-than-light state, the distance between the warships had to be reduced to a large extent to ensure that the warp bubbles would not affect each other before they disappeared.
Changing the distance between ships that exceed the speed of light is too large, which causes Robb's fleet to 'spend' a lot of time to assemble formations. This made it impossible for Robb to suddenly appear like Jiang Ziyue in the previous series of battles, quickly triggering a space storm.
Finally, Robb's fleet finally formed a dense parabolic formation, facing the right side of the Gus ship formation. But at the same time, his right side was also targeted by Jiang Ziyue's parabolic array.
"Shoot!" On the battleship "Hercules", Robb let out a 'excited' cry.
At the same time, on the cruiser "Siegfried", Jiang Ziyue also issued the same order, but he was much more calm and steady.
Hundreds of faster-than-light warp bubbles are too dense to form strong disordered space 'waves', which are called "space storms". Two space storms were blowing from different directions towards different ship formations.
Robb didn't have time to confirm the effect of the proud work, and the computer of the "Hercules" sent out a terrifying alarm, "Alarm, this ship is involved in space 'waves'." โ
"What!?" Robb exclaimed in horror. He didn't expect his opponent to use the space storm to fight back so quickly, and this time he couldn't draw a tiger, but he was not an "anti-dog", but was bitten by a tiger.
The battleship "Hercules" and the entire fleet of nearly 200 warships were once again ruthlessly and swiftly swept away from the battlefield by the space storm, and in a second they were thrown into space a hundred astronomical units away.
The space storm sent by Robb's fleet was not as effective as the adversary. Because many warships had enough time to distance themselves and shift their positions, the space storm sent out by the Federation Army took only a small part of the warships, and caused the warships that passed through the edge of space to move a short distance and fall into a loss of control. But Gus's flagship "Gustav II" remained as steady as a mountain, moving along the established course while giving the opponent heavy firepower.
Although Luo Bo failed to draw the tiger, he was blown away by the "authentic" space storm initiated by Jiang Ziyue, but it still played a considerable role. After all, the number of Gus's headquarters ship group has been significantly weakened, and the formation has also lost its strict 'nature', and its firepower has been sharply reduced. General Hancock seized the opportunity, accelerated his approach, and bombarded indiscriminately, in an attempt to annihilate the opponent's main force in one fell swoop.
Gus's fleet was hit with even more intense firepower, and as they fought back, many of their ships were still devastating and fell into a dazzling flash. And Jiang Ziyue's fleet was in the process of turning back and could not immediately launch a salvo from the right flank.
"Rush into the enemy line! Attack the enemy's battleship with all your might! "In the parabolic array on the left flank of the Imperial Army, there is a Lotta? Stodet's 'female' and 'sexual' characteristic high-pitched voice.