The first quantum torpedo exploded on the side of the hull not far in front of the bridge of the Bastion.

The explosion was violent and violent, and the fireball caused by the explosion almost engulfed the front of the hull of the entire space carrier, but the mothership did not actually suffer any substantial damage, the explosion only had a violent shock to the huge space carrier, although the crew had received warnings in advance and took various measures to fix themselves, but many people were still shocked to the ground by the sudden shaking.

The Fortress's formidable shield system did its job, albeit reluctantly, but it did keep the first blow out of the mothership, buying the mothership's crew a pitiful second or two more.

The really dangerous and fatal consequence was the quantum torpedo that followed, starting with the second quantum torpedo, its explosion not only broke through the last defense of the shield, but the explosion wave also broke through the protection of the hull armor, directly invading the ship, tearing apart everything it swept along the way, whether it was a hard metal structure or a human flesh......

The Fortress, which can no longer be called a ship, constantly hitting quantum torpedoes wantonly destroys everything about it, this mothership, in less than two minutes, has become a furnace-like hell, from the bow to the stern, everywhere is constantly rising fireballs, these fireballs are so numerous and frequent that anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is not only a masterpiece of quantum torpedoes, but also from the inside of the ship's hull, from everything on board the ship - torpedoes, missiles, fuel, energy reactors......

In a huge fireball that constantly erupts. This once powerful and proud space battleship gradually disintegrated under the gaze of the people, and the hull of the ship broke into several irregular parts, carrying the lives of countless crew members and pilots who could not escape in time, and drifted away into the empty space.

The battlefield became a little silent for a while, because this destruction attracted everyone's attention, not to mention the emperor, even the pilots of the alliance. See the terrible sight of this ship. I couldn't help but gasp. It wasn't that they hadn't seen a ship that had been destroyed, or that they had never seen a ship more completely destroyed than the Elephant Fortress, but as it was today, it was so completely destroyed in just a few minutes that the crew didn't even have time to abandon ship and escape, so fast that they didn't even notice an escape pod ejecting in the end. For the vast majority of people, this is the first time they have seen such a horrific scene of war.

According to an incomplete investigation afterwards, the space carrier was hit with nearly 60 quantum torpedoes, and in less than five minutes from the time the first torpedo hit the ship, the entire mothership completely disintegrated, and only two of the thousands of crew members who remained on the Bastion space carrier at that time survived, and they did not escape in the escape pod. They were swept into space directly by the air wave of the torpedo explosion. Fortunately, he put on a space suit and escaped the explosion and suffocation field disaster successively, so that he could survive the battle by luck. Those who were going to break away in an escape pod, they never knew that the first subsystems to be destroyed on the mothership at the time of the first wave of torpedo explosions included the entire escape system of the Bastion.

"We ...... That's really ...... Did we really do it? Tianxin. Tianxin, a young pilot who had just joined the Ninth Air Force, stammered in the newsletter that the first time he participated in the battle, he had encountered this scene, which made him forget the cheers, and the sight in front of him brought him only shock, hesitation, and a little unease.

"I, I don't know........" His friends were a little incoherent like him, they felt almost the same, the others didn't answer their questions, they didn't need to answer, everyone knew in their hearts that this was what they did.

"Five, thirteen, don't discuss these irrelevant issues during the battle, if you don't concentrate, you will stay in this star field forever with the emperor ** on the fortress, and there will be no more opportunities to chat in the future." Jessica interjected into the conversation between the two and warned.

"Yes, Captain."

"Yes, Tulip Two."

"Jessica, don't be too them, they'll understand, just give them more time." Rison switched to the communication with Jessica and said.

"Well, I understand, Captain." The girl hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but ask more, "Captain, have they ever experienced a similar situation after we detonated that planet during Operation Imperial Weeping?" ”

"Perhaps......" he replied reluctantly. What happened to the Fifth Fleet, they didn't witness the destruction of the entire fleet at that time, they only saw the wreckage afterwards, but that fleet was also destroyed in an instant, and the destruction time was even shorter and hasteer than the destruction of the Fortress.

Today's scene once again made them deeply feel the cruelty and ruthlessness of war, and the only thing they were fortunate for was that these two tragic encounters did not fall on their heads, and Risen sometimes could only comfort himself in this way.

"Jessica, all I can say is that we were lucky."

"I know."

"That's good." He thought for a moment and added, "You tell Tulip Four and Twelve to take care of our newcomers. Well, in fact, after the destruction of the Fortress, we have won this battle, and you and Tulip 3 can also pay more attention to their backs. ”

"Understood, Captain."

Needless to say, Risen said, in fact, this battle, unless they will make a very stupid mistake, the Resistance Alliance has been in the hands of victory from the beginning, the difference is only

How big is the price of victory, the fleet of the fortress that was attacked from the beginning of the battle can be said to have a great impact, its role is not only the problem that nearly half of the nearly 100 interstellar fighters carried on this mothership can take off in time, nor is it just the problem of chaos caused by the destruction of the fleet command core, but more importantly, the psychological impact on people, frustration, shock, discouragement, self-abandonment, and resignation...... And so on, the emotions of defeat enveloped the other surviving crew and pilots, and everyone knew about it. After losing the most important starship, there can only be one final outcome of this battle, since this is a battle that is bound to lose, since this is a battle that cannot be won at all, then it is necessary for them to risk their lives and hold out until the last moment? What's the point?

The Allies' pilots were pleasantly surprised to find that the ensuing battle had become too easy, and the Imperial fighter pilots who had gone had no fighting spirit at all, whether they were flying a poor Banshee or a Super Banshee with good performance. Their battle was clearly perfunctory: the Imperial fighter pilots who had taken advantage of the air battle were still doing well. Those Imperial pilots who were in a disadvantageous position. When they are bitten, they do not try to get out of the disadvantageous situation and fight back, nor do they call for support from their peers, but they often do everything they can to escape. Isn't there a lot of gravel in the vicinity? Since the rebels were able to use these complex space environments to evade remote sensor detection, they may also be able to use these space environments to evade the pursuit of the rebels.

Of course, most of the Reich fighters who escaped for their lives were unfortunately shot down, and only a few lucky ones managed to escape the pursuit of the Alliance fighters and manage to hide in the rubble area or slip behind some large stars. Some Imperial pilots who could not escape the pursuit could not even wait for the shield of the fighter to be pierced by the energy beam, and before the fighter could be damaged, they pulled the ejection handle and ejected it, anyway, I have not heard of the precedent of the rebel alliance firing at the escape pod.

This stunned the Pursuing Ground Alliance fighter pilots, and made Risen feel a little crying and laughing, and he ordered his lightning group to abandon the pursuit of the Imperial fighters who had fled into the gravel area, although most of the Empire's fighters were scattered. But a small group of fighters remained steadfast in their defense of the remaining two cruisers and one destroyer.

These fighters must have belonged to the squadrons of fighters carried by the two cruisers themselves. Risen thought silently, having previously spent time in the Thunderbird squadron aboard the cruiser Copernicus, and seemed to understand why they had chosen to keep fighting. Those pilots who stayed, there must be too many things that cannot be separated between them and the mothership.

The fighters of the alliance surrounded the remaining emperor ** escort ships from all sides, as well as the pitiful small number of escort fighters, most of these escort planes were banshees, and there were only less than ten super banshees, even if they tried to get as close as possible to the fire circle of the remaining three ships, trying to maneuver with the alliance under the cover of the defensive firepower of these starships, but compared with the group of more than 100 lightning planes, there was really a huge disparity in strength......

The constantly blooming fireballs faithfully witnessed this unequal battle, despite the cover of the ship's firepower, the Empire's fighters were still ruthlessly shot down one after another, the number of fighters of the alliance was too much, and there was no need to put all their forces into the air battle with the enemy aircraft, nearly half of the lightning group then engaged in the attack on the Imperial ships at the same time, the first to suffer was the destroyer with the weakest defensive firepower and shield, which had long since disappeared, and there was no need for synchronous particle cannons, even ordinary laser guns, It can also easily penetrate its thin shell and penetrate deep into the interior of the ship, causing great damage, the flames are wrapped in billowing black smoke, spewing out from several irregular holes in its hull, the order to abandon ship has been issued, and the ship's escape pods are launched into space one after another......

The other two cruisers are not in a good situation either, one cruiser has broken away from its original formation position, slowly rolling in space, its navigation control system must have been damaged, half of the ion engines in the stern have been turned off, the close defense system on the ship, although it is still firing, is unorganized, messy and unorganized, it is basically impossible to pose any threat to the fighters of the Alliance, its demise is only a matter of time, and the other, after the other friendly ships have been sunk, Will it survive its scarred nature?

At this last moment, he suddenly noticed the fact that the defensive firepower of the two Imperial cruisers weakened sharply at once, and finally stopped firing, and at the same time as the ceasefire, several signals of various colors popped out in the dark starry sky, reflecting this star field extremely brightly, the navigation lights originally installed in the hulls of the two cruisers have been turned on, and the signal lights on the upper part of the bridge continue to shine with dazzling white light, flashing and extinguishing...... That's Morse code, and it says .......

Risen wondered, he was not mistaken.

"Risson, look at this, we received a communication from the Empire on the public channel that the enemy ships are willing to surrender and ask our troops for a ceasefire." Sonia confirmed that he was not mistaken.

Surrender? This is the first time that Risen has encountered an emperor ** ship that took the initiative to ask for surrender, he hesitated, but still ordered,

"All fighters, this is Tulip One, stop the attack, and again, cease fire." Wings of the Starry Sky Text One Hundred and Eighty, Interception of the Fortress (3)