Chapter 55: The Somali Galaxy

Xingcai hadn't arranged a place to live yet, so Qin Lan took her back to her dormitory......

Beryl hadn't been with Qin Lan for many days, and when she saw Qin Lan coming back, she immediately excitedly wanted to take off her clothes, but the hateful communicator rang again. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Commando Captain Qin Lan, please report to the ship's command room immediately and repeat ......"

What is Yuna doing? Qin Lan put on her clothes with a puzzled face, didn't she already learn the Five Fowl Opera today? Beryl was even more full of resentment...... She gritted her teeth at the communicator, and the look almost wanted to smash it off.

Walking into the ship's command room, Qin Lan was surprised to see that the lights were bright, not only was everyone there, but the busy and tense atmosphere made Qin Lan understand for the first time that war was coming.

But how is this possible?

Nothing is impossible.

Yuna sat in her captain's seat, already wearing her captain's uniform, wearing an aqua blue beret, and was giving the order very calmly, "Left rudder 5 degrees, stay at the coordinate point, behind the aircraft carrier, x56, y."

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"Yes" several female officers who looked like pilots should be at the same time, and then the whole destroyer moved.

Here, several officers in charge of communications are reporting their coordinates to their fellow warships, and at the same time communicating with the aircraft carrier...... Later, a shrill siren sounded throughout the ship, "Twenty minutes later, the battleship will enter the teleportation state, all personnel please pay attention, please arrive at their respective posts immediately, and be ready for battle, the battleship group is about to go to the Somali galaxy for combat support...... Repeat"

"What's going on?" Qin Lan stood beside Yuna and asked suspiciously.

"Our energy gathering point in the Somali galaxy is under attack......" Yuna glanced back at Qin Lan, "We are the closest, so we will rush to support first." ”

"Energy collection point?" Qin Lan was dumbfounded, "Who is so bold as to dare to blatantly attack the Vigel Interstellar Alliance?"

"This is not a blatant operation, just a private operation, against the army of the Higra. Yuna's eyes were a little sad, "You may not know that our Vigel Alliance is now actually divided into two factions, or two opposing races from the beginning. ”

It turns out that at the beginning, the Vigel and the Higra are both races with multi-dimensional technology, more than 3,000 years ago, the Vigel invaded Higra, the Higra people were defeated, and finally fled into the vast universe, they knew the core power of the universe in the hundreds of years of escape, and then carried this power back to try to regain their homeland, but the progress of the Vigel tribe in these hundreds of years is also very obvious, the two races were once defeated, and finally the mysterious Berktu people of the universe appeared, they reconciled the war, so that Vigel and Higra people let go of their grudges, and jointly formed a new country, which is now the Vigel Interstellar Alliance。

Thousands of years later, the two ethnic groups have basically merged, at least most of the people have long been unable to distinguish whether they are the Vegel or the Higra, however, there are always some people in history who like to be proud of their blood orthodoxy, whether it is the Vegel or the Higra, especially some elders of the Higra tribe, they still have not forgotten the past hatred, and they are always preparing to make a comeback.

However, the Higra people are also deeply divided, and some people hope to overthrow the current parliament dominated by the Veggles in one fell swoop, and at least change the name of the country to the Higra Star Alliance...... The other part, regardless of the name, hopes to slowly win more seats in parliament through peaceful means, so as to achieve the goal of ruling the country...... The latter plan was eventually passed and implemented, and in the parliamentary elections more than a decade ago, they almost won nearly half of the seats, but the Vigels became vigilant from that time, and they used various means to suppress the Higra in power, and then the pacifists went from bad to worse, and now they cannot even reach a third of the seats.

After the suppression of the pacifists, the radical wing of the Higra began to rise on the rise.

Inside the barrel of the gun comes out of the regime

Therefore, the current Vigel Interstellar Alliance is only peaceful on the surface, and it has already been whirlpooled and thundering inside...... The slightest fuse can cause a huge explosion, and the shadow of war hangs over the heads of the people all the time.

Thousands of years of integration and accumulation, whether it is Vigel or Higra is no longer what they had back then, at that time, the missiles of the Vegel clan were more restrained than Higra, so they were suppressed for a while, but now the technology of both sides is about the same, although there are still some slight gaps, but the strength is not far behind, once it really turns around and starts a civil war, it is definitely a protracted and hurtful thing.

However, as the radicals of Higra became more and more apparent, those in the alliance already had a premonition that this day would not be too far away, so they each began to have their own plans, and it was for this reason that Yuna and the big man above his father tried to make the 13th Combined Fleet his personal army, so that he could have some say and self-preservation in the future maelstrom.

Once the war breaks out, the system within the alliance will completely collapse, the military department will stop functioning, and the alliance will no longer be able to continue to provide support for every fleet, at least the remote fleet is not within the scope of support, and the energy required to maintain the existence of a fleet is huge, in order to be self-sufficient, the thirteenth fleet has secretly opened some resource planets in some nearby star fields...... Well, the Spine Fruit Star is actually one of them.

However, this is clearly a violation of the rules of the alliance, and it has always been a rule that the military cannot exploit energy without permission...... Therefore, the big man invested in the acquisition of a large resource exploitation institution, and then also acquired the largest mercenary group, the Flame Mercenary Group, so that they could mine and refine resources, and then supply the thirteenth combined fleet, of course, in order to avoid people's eyes, the resource planet will choose a more remote place as much as possible, and as a result, it is only when it goes to the edge of the alliance that it is found that there is a lot of energy here...... So the big man waved his hand, "Increase the manpower, give me all the resources, the more energy you store, the more confidence you will have in the future war that I don't know how long it will last."

Where are the manpower??

In addition to recruiting and increasing the number of workers everywhere, there must also be a team to protect them from being sacked by pirates, because it is impossible for the Thirteenth Fleet to guard the mined resource star, so this big man has set his eyes on the mercenary group again, which is why the previous mission of the Ridge Fruit Star ...... Through this method, he successfully wiped out almost all the top ten mercenary groups in the mercenary world, and all the leaders and elites of the mercenary groups were sent to the Thirteenth Combined Fleet, and then the big man would assign other people to take over the mercenary group.

Poor Bruce waded into troubled waters, not only did he lose the spaceship he relied on for his livelihood, but if Qin Lan wasn't there, they would even lose their lives.

Qin Lan couldn't laugh or cry after knowing all this...... The resources of the Somali star field are very high, and the alliance has had a report on the exploration of the Somali galaxy before, but because it is too remote and the cost of mining is too high, it has not been large-scale so far, but after the thirteenth fleet passed, the Higra people, who were also preparing for war, actually ran over, and then in order to compete for the energy of this area, the two sides fought several times, but the scale has always been very small, and it is claimed that the mercenary groups are fighting each other.

But this time, Higra pounced with great momentum, and they even dispatched Higra's ultimate weapon of war, Higra's Glory. The Flare of Higra is not a battleship, it is a kind of spacefortress called a mothership, as long as you have a mothership, as long as you have energy, it can build a powerful fleet at any time, and the mothership can even produce battlecruisers...... In front of Higra Yao, who was so huge that it was almost the size of an asteroid, it was like a tuna following the blue whale, well, still a juvenile.

To put it simply, the brightness of the Higra begins with the glory of Higra...... The mothership is all they have, and the Glory of Higra is like a sprawling, empty city inhabited by millions of human beings who have lived in it for generations, and this is their home.

This is how the Higra people are telling everyone that the Somali star field, we want it.

However, the Thirteenth Fleet has been mining in it for a long time, and now at least dozens of planets are continuously providing huge amounts of energy, so can you give up so easily??

So the war finally broke out inevitably, in order to avoid public opinion disputes, the Thirteenth Fleet did not station warships in the Somali star field, all relied on mercenaries to guard, they had no problem defending sparse pirates, but in front of the regular fleet, there was no resistance at all, so as soon as the signal for help came out, the aircraft carrier detachment where Yuna, who was closest to that side, was immediately ready to jump over to support.

The glory of Higra has appeared, and the determination of the Higra people can be seen.

Ten minutes later, the carrier carried out a space teleportation with all the warships around it. This is the first time Qin Lan has experienced teleportation in the universe, well, in fact, there is nothing, just watching the neat group of warships outside the curtain wall turn into light mist, and then appear from the light mist...... This feeling was as if the water rippled slightly, even more slight than this description, and Qin Lan didn't feel any shock at all.

But...... After they came out, they turned out to be in the heart of the battlefield, and the staggered attack beams and dazzling fireworks suddenly illuminated Qin Lan's entire pupil. And almost at the same moment, Yuna had already begun to give the order, and the USS Phoenix destroyer and all the other surrounding station ships opened fire at the same time, and the gushing fire made the universe suddenly shine brighter.

At the same time, Qin Lan saw a large number of small fighters pouring out from the aircraft carrier and rushing towards the Higra battleship group......

Interceptors, there are a lot of such fighters, and the price is estimated to be not much more expensive than cans. It is already commonplace to see dense Weige fighters rushing over on the battlefield, although a single interceptor is almost no threat, but if there are many of them, it is more nerve-wracking to eliminate these annoying things, they are cannon fodder, complete cannon fodder.

Bombers, like interceptors, are characterized by their large number. Although the plasma bombs used by the bombers are not highly ballistic, they are extremely destructive to the armor of frigate-class ships, and can even penetrate the armor of capital ships in multiple attacks. Improved plasma bombs are extremely lethal to the exposed weapon systems of large ships, so bombers are undoubtedly synonymous with weapon system killers, and because of their speed and similar appearance to interceptors, bombers hidden in interceptor groups often achieve unexpected results.

The Lance, unlike other fighters, is not designed for anti-fighters, and the flexibility of the pulse weapons it uses is far worse than that of the Fighter Cannon. The advantage of pulse weapons can only be used against units above the boat level, and the powerful attack power and almost oo% life rate make small warships such as escort ships suffer enough.

The armament of the missile boat, compared with the single-barreled cannon missile boat of the interceptor, can be described as very luxurious, and the small hull is actually equipped with a small missile launcher. However, due to the limitation of size, the missile fired is not very powerful, but it is good enough to deal with fighters and boat units.

Laser boats, unlike ordinary escort boats that only chase fighters to find trouble, laser boats are equipped with powerful laser generators, and such aircraft are more like enhanced bombers. In fact, its anti-ship effectiveness is even better than that of bombers. However, its relatively clumsy hull is not suitable for dexterous attack missions, and it is helpless against fighters, especially without the escort of the rest of the capital ships, and the fragile laser boat can quickly be swept away.

Escort gunboats, gunboats have a lower degree than fighters, but have strong armor and anti-aircraft railguns with outstanding power against fighters and excellent range and hit, so that gunboats have a considerable advantage over fighters.

The high-powered pulse-beam cannon of the Pulse Gunboat can easily penetrate the armor of the escort ship, and it is also quite destructive to the armor of the capital ship, and can easily lock on to any target other than the fighter. Good maneuverability and decent armor strength make the Pulse Gunboat capable of many tasks - not including, of course, against torpedo frigates or spear fighters.

These small fighters and warships are all unmanned, and the light brain on the aircraft carrier analyzes and calculates the battlefield situation in real time before giving orders...... As a result, they tend to be more lethal, and after the dense group of fighters takes off, they drag out an incomparably brilliant tail flame in the universe, like fireflies flying in the sky, attracting the firepower of the Higra. At the same time, the type frigates that followed the teleportation had begun to break through, because of the range of the weapons, they had to advance to a certain distance before they could attack, and Yuna's destroyer did not have this problem, and the double-barreled heavy battery with a range of up to 85oo had been roaring since it appeared, and the white blazing twin bullets kept bombarding the target on the opposite side......

At the same time, a quadruple of heavy anti-ship missiles was released from around the hull......

It was really the first time Qin Lan had seen such a cosmic war, and the intensity was far beyond Qin Lan's imagination...... Higra's Glory was in the distance, Qin Lan could only faintly see a little shadow of it, and from his current point of view, he would even feel that it was extremely huge. "Why don't you just teleport to that thing's side and capture it directly. ”

Yuna glanced at Qin Lan with a fool's eyes, "It's an empty fortress, not only has strong jamming facilities, but also has a main artillery that is more powerful than the battle patrol, even if the battle patrol gets close to it, it can't withstand its lock...... There are no more than ten battle cruisers at the same time, and there is no need to fight the idea of it. ”

“......”

The original battle plan of the Higra was completely destroyed by the sudden appearance of the battleship group, because the Thirteen Fleet did not appear in this galaxy, the Higra people thought that the mining here was only a few mercenary teams, and the way they chose was to destroy or expel them, and they did not need to use large forces to deal with the mercenaries, so they just sent some frigates and two or three main destroyers.

Air defense frigates, they are air defense ships in the true sense of the word, and the anti-aircraft guns that shoot fragmentation shells in the air are absolutely dead to fighters, because there is really no way to avoid them, and the fragmentation dispersal area caused by a salvo is enough to envelop a group or even an array of fighters. However, the lethality of fragmentation shells to ships above the level of escort boats is quite limited.

Torpedo frigates, although the armor is slightly weak in the frigates, but the torpedo frigates carry multi-warhead sub-kinetic energy torpedoes are simply a death for escort ships, and although the power of anti-ship nuclear fusion torpedoes cannot be compared with ion guns, the cluster of torpedo frigates can easily deal with the lone main destroyer.

Multi-gun frigates, multi-gun frigates have much weaker firepower than air defense frigates, and if you use a large number of bombers, you can hit them. However, it is best not to entangle with the small number of bombers, its accurate artillery and urgent company are an absolute nightmare for all ships below the level.

Ion cannon frigate, ion cannon has always been the main battle anti-ship weapon of the Higra fleet, and the ion cannon frigate is the embodiment of this idea, and the entire hull is designed around this ion gun, which means that in addition to firepower, the armor and degree are not outstanding.

Defensive field frigates, defensive field frigates have almost no offensive capabilities, but their defense fields generated by low-frequency, high-power matter waves can shield most weapons from attacking

It is effective as a fleet defense.

Destroyers, Higra's destroyers were not as elaborate as the Vigel destroyers, they were only designed and installed with ten heavy naval guns, and they were originally intended to be equipped with multifunctional torpedoes, but after the design was completed, the hull space was not enough to be equipped with ordinary anti-ship torpedoes. Although a little rudimentary, the power of the ten rotating gun mounts is definitely not inferior to Weige's missile array, and it has considerable anti-fighter capabilities. The results of the actual combat are quite satisfactory, and the ones used to sweep all kinds of weapon platforms, mine ships, and frigates that have not yet formed an absolute numerical superiority are very good.

And the most pitiful thing is that as soon as the thirteenth fleet appeared, the first thing to annihilate was the Higra people's defensive field frigates, covered by a surging group of fighters, and the power of firing together with more than a dozen destroyers transmitted by the aircraft carrier, the Higra fleet was in a hurry, and the type of battleships could not resist this kind of heavy artillery fire at all, and because of the advantage of attack distance, they could not even counterattack, almost in an instant, a considerable part of these types of warships were seriously damaged......

Then the commander of the battleship group of Higra urgently ordered to retreat...... There were so many Vigel warships on this side that they couldn't resist it, so they had to retreat to the vicinity of Higra's Glory, or wait for a large force to come to their aid...... In fact, from the time the energy of the teleportation began to fluctuate, the commander of Higra had already ordered a retreat, but the battleship group had not yet completed the U-turn action, and the teleportation was completed, and they were so good that they were within the attack range of Yuna and their destroyers.

The Higra people turned around and scurried, and the orders received by Yuna and the others here were not allowed to pursue, and the confrontation and fire just now were just warnings, not to escalate the war, after all, the war had not yet broken out, and everyone still needed to maintain a superficial identity.

After Higra's fleet withdrew, soon a signal for communication came, of course, the signal was to the aircraft carrier, Qin Lan and the others did not know the result of the communication, Yuna commanded the battleship and her colleagues to line up in a defensive formation, well, because there are ten double-barreled heavy batteries, so when the destroyer comes laterally, the power is the greatest, because it can be ten heavy guns...... Unlike Higra's ships, the Vigel destroyers were like an arsenal, with powerful missiles and naval guns that could destroy frigate groups in an instant, and it was best not to risk even when facing an isolated destroyer, because its omnidirectional attack was no joke.

I don't know what the high-level talks did in the end, anyway, the Higra people did not attack again, but instead sent a large group of resource gathering ships and resource refining ships, swaggering past Yuna and the others...... They are going to some resource stars in the Somali galaxy to collect and refine, but because there is no order from above, Yuna and the others are not allowed to take the initiative to attack.

A little later, Yuna received an order to keep all the ships on alert, but the combat readiness was lifted...... After talking to each other at the top of the hierarchy, a compromise was reached on some terms, and they decided to work together to mine the Somali galaxy for the time being. Therefore, the Higra people are afraid that the Shigra Glory will be here for a long time, and at the same time, Yuna and the others are also the same, officially ordered to garrison the Somali galaxy, and a little later, a group of battle cruisers will teleport over to guard the scene here.

And it is very coincidental that the owner of this battle patrol is the one who is about to be transferred, that is, it has now been decided that in a month, he will be promoted from the captain of the ten destroyers currently in Somalia to become the supreme commander of the Somali galaxy warship group.

This is not surprising, as Yuna and Rand are both here.