The Imperial's keyhole warning and control aircraft trembled under the blows of energy beams, the weak shield could not provide it with enough protection at all, the extremely poor maneuverability made it unable to dodge the blows from behind, the slowness made it impossible to escape from the clutches of the enemy, it did not even have self-defense firepower, the escort of the two friendly planes had already been shot down, and now it has become a fish on the board to be slaughtered, the enemy plane is like a joke, getting closer and closer, so that it can be carefully and carefully Aiming accurately, methodically moving round attacks on the keyhole's wings, first stripped from the airframe, followed by its ion engine, yellow and green flames and smoke rising from within, exploding shortly after its crew ejected.

"Enough, no stinky boys, it's time to come back, we don't have the patience to wait for anyone now, if we don't come back, we'll leave you behind." Just as the young pilot was enjoying the beautiful picture of the explosion of the enemy plane, a communication came into his cockpit, and a man's head appeared on the screen, which was none other than the captain of their airfield.

"I understand, the captain will rush back immediately." The young pilot hurriedly replied that he felt a little too much now, but it was not so difficult to dispel the frustration and guilt in their hearts about the mothership being revealed, and the ensuing anger was vented on the enemy planes that dared to take advantage of them.

The two Tulip Wing Lightning fighters made a sharp U-turn and rushed towards the other two Lightning fighters in the rear, leaving only a piece of metal wreckage and debris.

"Time is running out for Risson. How are you doing? Yao flashed on the screen, and her voice was slightly quicker than usual.

"It's over, two Imperial escort ground-class banshee starfighters and a keyhole early warning control aircraft have all been shot down, none of our four-plane team has been damaged, and they are now returning to the Archangel. How long do you have to make it to the space jump point? He asked.

"Within twenty minutes. The Archangel will be able to reach the space jump point. ”

"That's fine. The Empire's strike fleet isn't coming that fast yet, and we'll be able to catch up with you before you reach the space hop. Risen nodded, he thought for a moment and asked hesitantly, "Fei Ren, are you sure that the energy pulse torpedo really works?" ”

"Now that's all I can believe is. The information from our intelligence agents has always been reliable, and it is unlikely that this large solution system, known as the Hive, will be able to accommodate an interstellar fighter, at least at least there is no evidence to prove it to the contrary, and in addition, the Imperial pilots who were rescued during the Siberian system battle, although they are not aware of the Hive system, can at least confirm it. They didn't add any new equipment to their starfighters. The data parameters for the rapid entry into space jump are all obtained from the mothership, so I don't think I know what will happen in the future. But now, the Energy Pulse Torpedo should still have no problem dealing with the Imperial Starfighter Fleet, not to mention that the Imperial Gladiator attack aircraft and ordinary old-style banshees do not have the ability to jump in space, as long as the Imperial fleet is still far from the space jump point, we don't need to worry too much. ”

"I hope so." Rysson sighed, maybe the Imperial attack fleet would be here soon, but it would be a long time before their fleet arrived.

They were ten minutes ago by this reconnaissance detachment composed of a keyhole and two banshees, the enemy plane took advantage of their loopholes, from the direction of a continuous and extensive interstellar dust belt towards the Archangel, just in time for the keyhole in charge of the guard, in the shift change period, the controllers of the two keyholes were a little negligent, and the sensor array of the imperial keyhole was also blocked by the dust, and failed to appear in advance of the allied fleet, and the consequence was that when the imperial reconnaissance detachment bypassed the dense interstellar dust blocked, both sides were immediately dumbfounded。

The distance is really close enough, so close that you don't need to use the sensor array of the emperor's keyhole, and you can see the entire alliance fleet at a glance on the screen with the sensor on the escort fighter alone, but such a close distance also brings a problem, and the imperial pilots quickly turned from ecstasy to panic, and the starfighters on the alert mission of the alliance were not far from them, and the alliance fighters who reacted immediately pounced viciously on these imperial fighters.

The two escort fighters had to step forward to intercept this operation, which was only symbolically known to everyone that they could not escape, but as long as they could drag the information of the current rebel fleet back, they would be considered to have completed the mission, and the alliance immediately sent two fighters to entangle the two escort planes - driven by Risen and Jessica, the other two lightning planes dropped the two escort planes to chase the keyhole, and the electronic storm jammer received the order to completely interfere with the communications.

However, it was too late to reply to a piece of information, and it really didn't take a few seconds before the Electronic Storm jammer made a move, and long before the lightning could catch up with the keyhole, the Archangel and the Keyhole early warning control machine received the communication from the Empire's keyhole at the same time, although the content of the communication was encrypted, but what the communication said is not known.

There will definitely be news coming in a moment, and Risen has no doubt about it

He died a few minutes later

confirmed.

"Resson's Echo II reconnaissance plane, which is in charge of monitoring, broke the silence, and the Empire's attack aircraft group is flying in the direction of the Archangel, with a total of seventy-four Banshees, forty-nine Banshees, one hundred and twenty-two Gladius attack aircraft, as well as two Keyholes and four Guardians." Yao's face was calm, his voice was gone, and he didn't take the upcoming attack seriously, and it would always come, but they already had a countermeasure, so they didn't panic.

"Oh!" Risen just replied like this, and there was no fuss about what was expected.

"Echo Two has replied to the communication, has it reported being seen or pursued by the Empire?" He continued.

"There is no Empire, maybe they are not there," the girl shook her head, "but maybe it's just that they are disdainful for now, and their attention is focused on us. ”

"Call them back." Risen suggested, "Their mission is complete, we are about to leave this star field, the empire will soon know the location of the space jump point, no accident should follow us into the XY-1985 star field, we are still waiting for them in front of the old way." ”

"Well, I know I'll get them back to the mothership as quickly as possible."

The Echo Reconnaissance Squadron is tasked with monitoring the movements of the Imperial fleet, which is crucial to the success of the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet in playing a game of cat and mouse with the Empire, and if you don't even know the location of the enemy fleet, how can you make the right choice? Although the empire has keyhole warning and control aircraft to perform alert missions, it is difficult for reconnaissance planes to get close, but the alliance's reconnaissance planes do not need to get too close, and they already know the composition of the strength of the imperial piper fleet, and they have no intention of taking the initiative to attack the enemy fleet at this time, so they only need to grasp the position of the piper fleet.

It was not difficult to do this, because they knew the starfield, they knew it well, unlike the Empire's aimless search, they knew where there were places to hide and lurk, plus they also knew the general movements of Piper's fleet, which of course moved in the direction of the location of the Allied fleet, so the general movements of Piper's fleet had not escaped their surveillance throughout the entire operation to contain and decoy the enemy.

Well, Risen thinks about it, don't look at the Echo II, which is also near the Imperial fleet, but it will definitely arrive earlier than the Imperial attack aircraft group, and it goes without saying that the lightning speed of the return to the mothership is needless to say, and the Imperial attack aircraft group will be dragged down by the formation action, there are keyholes and guardians in the formation, and the Imperial attack aircraft group can't be fast if they want to.

However, after the fleet passes through the space jump point, just in case, it is better to leave a keyhole and a few lightning bolts to answer and continue to monitor

And after passing through the space jump point, the slow mothership should still move on, leaving a destroyer to shoot energy pulse torpedoes to block the space jump point, it is enough for Resson to shake his head, sweat, the problem of the fleet is still left to Fei Lun to consider.

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On the flagship Wyvern, the space carrier, as the first wave of attack aircraft got closer and closer, the tension grew as the rebel fleet coordinates reported by the reconnaissance detachment grew.

Even Major General Piper felt a little unable to sit still, after all, whether the attack could succeed or not had a lot to do with him, but he still forced himself to continue to sit and wait, and he had survived such a long time, and he couldn't hold on for more than ten minutes?

"The general attacks the wave and directs the communications of Colonel Pockregett." The Wyvern's communications officer reported.

"Displayed on the screen." The Major General was in good spirits, and finally had news back.

But alas, what he heard was bad news, and the precursor had already returned the news that the rebel fleet had not been found in the coordinates reported by the reconnaissance detachment.

The Rear Admiral's face was as gloomy as a June thunderstorm, and he roared at the screen, "They can't run far, they must be nearby, dig for me, and find the rebel fleet for me." ”

He strode up and down the bridge like a raging beast, cursing and scolding the rebels for their cunning, scolding the incompetence of his men, and the people around him were silent, and it would be a lucky thing if the commander could scold people like this and vent his anger in his heart.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Colonel Craigot to send back the communication, this time with good news.

"New space jump points?" The commander was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, General, the rebels have blocked the jump point with energy pulse torpedoes, and we can't do anything about it, and we urgently need the support of the hive system."

"Well, got it, keep on standby, we'll be there soon." The rear admiral slowly sat back in his chair, his anger coming and going quickly, although he didn't catch the rebel fleet, but finding the spatial jump point of this star field was a small gain, at least it was no longer fruitless. "Order the fleet to move forward."

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