The whimpering sound of the battle sirens continued to stir the nerves that had been tensed over and over again, and the sound of "this is not a drill" was repeated over and over again, and the people who had been waiting in the lounge for a long time. Boredom, the pilots were almost impatient, but instead they breathed a sigh of relief, grabbing their combat helmets and trotting out of the lounge to their respective fighters, who had already made all the preparations for the attack, and the ground mechanics in overalls of various colors were making their final hustle in the noisy hangar, and they were hurriedly unclamping the fighters they were responsible for, and once the job was done, the fighters were ready to be dispatched. [Full text reading. 】

The canopy slowly closed, Risen hurriedly glanced at the cockpit screen, all the systems working as they had done countless times before, he activated the ion engines of Lightning, and the other fighters that were ready followed suit and started their engines one after another

The noisy hangar was now completely obscured by the deafening roar of the Lightning's single ion engine, and Risen slowly increased his thrust and slid his fighter into the take-off tunnel following the ground crew's signals.

"Archangel, this is Tulip One Rissen. Lieutenant Colonel Nigaul asked for takeoff. ”

"Tulip One, you can get out of Ruisen, be careful, there seem to be a lot of enemy planes." The cockpit screen was not talking about the control officer, but Yao.

"It's okay, Fei Ren, I know." Risen warmed in his heart. He nodded vigorously

His Lightning fighter left the Archangel Risen thrust up and rushed forward to the ground swarm, he wasn't the first or the last to get out. Behind him, the follow-up fleet continued to shoot out from the Archangel, and next to him, the lightning fighters from several escorting cruisers gradually approached.

"How did the Imperial fleet come so fast?" Schneier appears on his cockpit screen. His expression was confused. "Didn't you say it should take two days? It's only been a long time now. It's only been a day before the Imperial Starfighter has been in sight? ”

"I didn't say it would take two days, I said it would take two days or less, and the delay in verifying the information was about the same. This Imperial fleet seems to be a bit famous, and they alone can unknowingly avoid our monitoring network and appear in the XY-29 space. It has already been shown that they are not simple, so it is not surprising that they can reach the Siberian galaxy in such a short time. Risen replied as he maneuvered the fighter jet.

"But Risson," Sonia picked up their comms, her beautiful willow brow furrowed, "Schneier has a point. The enemy fleet really came too fast. It's a bit out of order. ”

"I know, but we don't have time to dig deeper." Risen replied, "It doesn't matter anymore, what matters is that they're here." ”

He began to call out to the other friendly planes, "All the fighters, this is Tulip One, keep up with my General Oscany, the convoy still has some ships that have not taken off, we have to keep those Imperial starfighters away from the convoy as much as possible." ”

This is the so-called theory of offensive interception, when there is enough time, try to take the initiative to meet the incoming enemy aircraft at a long distance, because if the interception point is too close to the convoy, the enemy aircraft will enter the attack distance once the interception breaks through, and the weak armor and shields of those transport ships or cargo ships can hardly withstand the blow of the quantum torpedo, and if the interception point is far enough away, even if the enemy aircraft can break through, they will have time or opportunity to intercept again or take other measures.

"Sonia, be careful, you yourself, judging from the data returned by our unmanned monitors, there are quite a few enemy starfighters, and they are all banshees." In his busy schedule, he didn't forget to tell a word.

"I know you're Risen too." She smiled slightly, and although she was hidden under the ground cover of her combat helmet, her charming smile still made people's hearts ripple.

Although the communication was quickly cut off, Ressen was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and he smiled self-deprecatingly, her smile was still so devastating to him.

The group moved away from the mothership and gradually approached the Jp3 jump point, and the Jp3 space jump point was not visible in the direction of the ground, but Risen knew that countless starfighters were flying towards them on the opposite side.

"Keyhole One." Risen opened the comms. "Hasn't the Imperial Fleet yet appeared?"

"There is no Tulip One." Major Tulle reported on the Keyhole No. 1 warning and control aircraft following behind the interceptor group. "Depending on the location of the destroyed unmanned monitors, the enemy swarm should soon appear on the screen of the keyhole, and it is estimated that it will not take more than ten minutes."

Ten minutes? Risen estimated the distance, looked at the star at the center of the dazzling Siberian galaxy, thought again, and then switched the communication to Sonia's fighter jet: "Sonia, you leave the Lord with the Angel United."

Orbit in the direction of the star. ”

"Angel Number One understands." Sonia understood what Resson meant, and dozens of lightning fighters broke away from the large group and flew in the other direction.

"Why don't we go together? Tulip One. A young pilot couldn't help but ask.

"Because our mission is to intercept," Risen explained, "if it's an ordinary air battle, attacking from the direction of the enemy's invisible, stellar rays can indeed give us an advantage, but it means that the direction to the convoy is completely empty, we can't let the enemy planes rush over, the Imperial Banshee is not much slower than lightning, once the enemy planes break through to the maximum, we will be in trouble to catch up behind." ”

"But aren't the Empire's fighters trying to cover their Gladiator attack aircraft? Their attack is much slower. ”

"That's right, but the banshees can also carry quantum torpedoes, what if these banshees are also part of the attack force? Almost all the fighters of the escort fleet are here, and there are only two squadrons left to protect the fleet and the fleet, and the fighter fleet still has the necessary defense capabilities, but the transport fleet is like a lamb to the slaughter, and I will not take this risk. Risen said without hesitation.

"Yes, sir." The young pilot understood that he closed his mouth.

"Pay attention." Major Tulle's hurried voice appeared in his cockpit: "They have appeared sensors that have entered the range of the keyhole. ”

On the monitoring screen of the Keyhole Warning and Control Aircraft O1, the red dots of + after another represent the Empire's attack aircraft group.

"Tulip 1 enemy planes are 7oooo at your eleven o'clock, and the number of ninety-six is all banshees." After a while, Major Thule reported.

Ressen's heart sank, and the light-level banshee had ninety-six, and their group of interceptors was not much more than the enemy planes, and this battle was probably not so easy.

"Understand the Lockhole One Empire's dagger attack aircraft group?" He asked with difficulty, as well as those dagger attack planes carrying quantum torpedoes, which he was more concerned about, hoping that the Sonia Angel United, as a surprise soldier, would be able to deliver a fatal blow to those daggers when they entangled those banshees.

"Well, there's no shortsword chief." Major Thule hesitated for a moment before replying.

"What? What did you say? You repeat. "Risen is a little confused, what about the short sword that is the main force of the attack?

"Sir, the enemy aircraft group is all composed of class banshees, and there are no other types of aircraft."

"Won't it?" Resson's mouth opened wide, and he asked again in disbelief, "Are you so sure?" What about other auxiliary models? ”

"I don't know sir, but all I can see from the keyhole sensor screen is the identification of the banshee, there are no short swords, no keyholes and no guardians, not even ordinary banshees, no enemy aircraft, the group is completely composed of ninety-six class banshee starfighters, and as of now, we have no other enemy aircraft." Major Thule affirmed.

What's going on? Is there some conspiracy in the Empire? Risen couldn't believe that the Imperial Commander was a fool? The combat effectiveness of multi-aircraft joint operations is much higher, and the combat effectiveness of a single aircraft is already recognized, and it is reasonable that the gladiator-type attack aircraft did not appear in the attack formation, because the empire can let the banshee carry quantum torpedoes as attack aircraft, and the alliance does this, because the alliance's space carrier has a small number of aircraft, and if it is equipped with a specialized attack aircraft wing, the number of fighters as a defensive force will have to be reduced, and the alliance does not have many attack aircraft, so as soon as the lightning is produced, its role is to be used both for combat and attack, but the imperial establishment is different from the alliance, and the number of imperial attack planes is large, and the one-on-one replacement of banshees is far from complete, let alone the replacement of these short swordsattack aircraft, so the mothership of the empire generally has more than one wing of dagger attack aircraft.

It's a little strange that the dagger attack aircraft has disappeared, and the keyhole warning and control machine and the guardian electronic jammer as a force multiplier have not appeared? It was simply impossible, and no normal commander would have put these two types of machines in the hangar and not send them out, unless he didn't.

The Imperial fleet did come too quickly, and Risen muttered a little more about Schneier and Sonia's words, and he had a bold idea.

"Archangel, this is Tulip One, please answer." He called.