The Inter-Aircraft Fleet did not move far from the convoy and escort fleet, although the Split Keyhole AWACS and Control aircraft did not report any other Imperial fleets approaching in the vicinity. 3G Huaxia Miao Mei hand-played

Risen did not adopt the offensive interception strategy he had always advocated this time, although the early detection of the incoming aircraft group left him enough time to allow him to lead his interceptor group to fly away from the fleet and take the initiative to meet the incoming Imperial attack group, but he did not intend to do so, although this would increase the risk that the transport fleet would have to bear, because the interception point was too close to the transport fleet, and once the enemy aircraft broke through the interception, it would soon enter the attack distance of the quantum torpedo. Once the lightning fighters and escort ships of the two squadrons left behind fail to intercept again, the weak armor and shields of the large cargo ships and other transport ships in those transport fleets can hardly withstand the fatal blow of quantum torpedoes, and even direct-fire rockets can cause significant damage to these ships, while intercepting those quantum torpedoes or direct-launch rockets, or even image recognition missiles that are dozens of times smaller than starfighters and faster than starfighters, although they generally do not make complicated maneuvers on the way to the target. But it's not that simple and easy.

However, Risen is not too worried about the safety of the transport fleet, partly because there is a large gap in the strength of the combat groups of the two sides, the quantity and quality of the lightning starfighters are stronger than the old Banshee fighters and Gladiator attack planes of the other side, in terms of the quality of the pilots, he completely trusts his pilots, after several battles with other friendly fleets and the regular fleet of the Empire, most of these guys under his command have become veteran pilots. With strong self-confidence and a proactive and enterprising spirit, a small number of newcomers who joined later have also grown rapidly under the leadership of veterans, and have been recognized as the elite of the alliance's pilots.

And what about the first wave of the Imperial fleet? Not to mention that the performance and number of fighters are not superior, in terms of pilot quality, he has been in the emperor, and the best pilots are generally equipped with Starfleet or border galaxy combat bases adjacent to the Federation. Cardoso space station. Neither a front-line operating base nor an Imperial space carrier, the pilots here, perhaps a handful of them who excel, are bound to be not very high overall, at least not more than the average pilot of the Piper fleet.

In addition, he noted. In the first wave of the Imperial attack aircraft group, there are only more than 30 Gladius attack aircraft, accounting for only about one-third of the total number of aircraft, although it cannot be ruled out that other Banshees may carry quantum torpedoes or direct launch rockets, but it should not be much stronger, with the strength of the Ninth Air Force, he is completely sure that he can independently deal with the first wave of the Imperial attack aircraft group.

Another reason he was reluctant to go too far was because he was concerned about the second wave of the Empire's attack fleet and the Alliance's reinforcement group: the farther away from the convoy. This means getting closer to the second wave of the Empire's attacking aircraft. All it takes is one mistake that will appear, and the group of friendly fighters that will be reinforced will most likely not yet arrive on the battlefield. They encountered the second wave of attack aircraft of the Empire, in that case, it was equivalent to one of his air squadrons of more than 100 starfighters facing two enemy attack aircraft groups at the same time, and the absolute disadvantage of one to three was bound to make the Ninth Air Force pay a heavy price in casualties, whether it was public or private, he had to avoid such a dilemma.

"The primary target is the Empire's Gladiator attack aircraft, the enemy's attack aircraft are not many, no matter what, we can't let any of them go, otherwise it will be a shame for us, understand?"

"Understood, Captain."

"The formations separated, ready to engage the enemy, and fired freely."

"This is Angel One, Angel United, follow me."

"Thunderbird One calls Thunderbird United, let's go to the right."

With his orders and the calls of Sonia and Schneier, the Angel Wing, the Thunderbird Wing, and the Tulip Wing in the center of the formation began to accelerate forward and pull away, and the three fighter wings formed an inverted triangle.

"There are starfighters on all sides, banshees, lightning, short swords, mixed together, at this time I remembered the captain's words, he was completely right, you don't need to look at the sensors to keep an eye on where the enemy is, enemy planes can be said to be almost everywhere, of course, friendly planes are also." A new pilot, Van Brown, who joined the Ninth Air Force only after destroying Piper's fleet. Ensign Bacdole said, "Although we have been deployed into a loose formation, but the space is still insufficient, the possibility of a collision sometimes even exceeds the danger of being destroyed by an enemy aircraft, of course, the current era is different from the past, in the past, a collision accident almost means that the plane was destroyed and people died, but now, fortunately, our fighters are still protected by shields outside, as long as they do not collide head-on, the possibility of survival is greatly increased, and the battle from the front."

If you want your attention, you can generally find it in time, and react quickly to it, as for the collision in the same direction, in most cases, the shield on the fighter plane can save your life, of course, I definitely don't want to try my luck, because even if you can be intact in the collision, but the fighter will definitely lose control in a short time, before you regain control, if the enemy plane just stares at you, then you can only ask for more blessings, Pray that the enemy pilot's shooting skills are bad enough, or that there are friendly planes next to you desperately trying to cover you. ”

Due to nervousness, the young Bucksdale in the early days of the air battle, the attention was focused on carefully avoiding the collision with other fighters, he was sweating profusely, his hands were in a hurry, only felt, how whether it was a friendly plane or an enemy plane, they were all looking for him to collide, the rest, he didn't care so much, he even lost the long plane that should be responsible for him to cover the rear, he didn't know what was going on, it seemed that just a blink of an eye, his long plane disappeared into the group of planes, He was so overwhelmed that he didn't know what to do, and he forgot that his fighter plane had a communication system that he could use to call his long plane.

He was lucky, at this time, there were no enemy planes to take the opportunity to sneak attack him, the pilots of the Ninth Air Force severely suppressed the Imperial aircraft group, most of the Imperial pilots were self-conscious, no one noticed the lightning that suddenly became a little strange and blunt in this action, and thanks to the short but rigorous training received after coming to the Ninth Air Force, the second lieutenant gradually regained himself, his brain began to return to normal, and the starfighters around him seemed to have become friendly all of a sudden, and they no longer had trouble with him, and the performance in training returned.

The second lieutenant felt a little ashamed, he had broken away from the formation and lost his long plane, and he began to look for the position of his long plane, but he didn't see it, just as he was about to turn on the communication system to call, right in front of his nose, an Imperial Banshee starfighter rushed in front of him from the side, and fell into his cannon crosshair.

Faced with this rare opportunity, Second Lieutenant Bacdoyle immediately forgot to call, just like in training and in the simulator, he manipulated his lightning to keep up with the banshee, the lightning starfighter's cannon spewed powerful energy, enveloping the hapless banshee, and when the cannon energy storage indicator showed zero, the banshee exploded.

"Well played, Rose Ten." A familiar voice entered his cockpit.

"Team, captain?" Just as the second lieutenant was still shocked by the brilliant flower of destruction in front of him, two lightning fighters passed above him, the one in front of him in a completely black livery, and the logo, the fighter plane of the Ninth Air Force was only one in this livery, and then he suddenly realized, why did this banshee rush in front of him so coincidentally? The movements seem so stiff? So reluctant to dodge when attacked by him?

"Captain, I'm sorry." He stammered that he rushed out halfway and snatched the captain's quick victory, which made him embarrassed.

"Haha, it's okay, boy, keep it up." The two lightning bolts turned to the left and quickly disappeared into the darkness, leaving only one sentence, "But next time you have to keep an eye on your rear and watch out for other enemy planes, Rose Nine managed to get rid of the enemy planes that followed you." ”

"Rose Nine?" The second lieutenant was stunned for a moment, and when he looked back, there was a lightning fighter behind him following him, like a shadow, and the young second lieutenant immediately became ecstatic, "Sir, sir, are you covering me?" ”

"Nonsense, it's not who I am, I don't want to gossip about my wingman being shot down." Lesson-like tone.

"Hehehehe, thank you, sir."

"Although it is a good fight, but next time you have to pay attention to the threat of enemy aircraft, this time I will forgive you for thinking that you are nervous, remember what the captain said, and turn your neck as flexibly as if it were in a swivel, especially keep an eye on your own rear, most of the deadly artillery fire comes from there, and when you don't notice it."

"Understood, Rose Nine."

"But, boy, you're really good, just let my long machine turn upside down and cover for you, you still openly rob the captain of the battle, it's not a little bold."

"This sir, I don't know, I only found out about the captain's lightning later" The young pilot was very aggrieved.

"Forget it, just kidding, the captain's crash record is almost up, will you bother with this? How's that, are you still nervous? ”

"It's okay, it's much more relaxed."

"Okay, come with me, our mission is not completed yet, don't lose it again this time."

"No, sir." Answer confidently and loudly.