Chapter 619

In the void, at coordinates 003298 of the Sunset Gorge space channel.

The forward 1st Squadron of the 9th Fleet, which was galloping, suddenly slowed down. Zhou Tai, who was sitting on the bridge of the flagship "Han Xin" in the fleet behind it, suddenly stood up from the command chair, stared at the dark starry sky, and said in a deep voice.

: "The forward fleet slowed down because the enemy fleet appeared!"

A lieutenant colonel on the staff table replied with a slight trembling: "Report to the commander, there is a large amount of energy reaction 8 million kilometers ahead. According to the central intelligence brain's judgment, it is a large number of starships, which should be the main force of the enemy."

"It's finally here!" Zhou Tai breathed a sigh of relief and ordered in a deep voice, "Order the forward fleet to return and the entire fleet to face the enemy in a circular formation."

The 9th Fleet has extremely strict military discipline. After the commander's order, the forward fleet quickly returned. The huge bodies of the heavy cruisers of the three squadrons lay in front of many starships, forming a steel defense line. The destroyers and frigates were on the second

layer, basically deployed on both wings of the ring formation, that is, once the formation changes, they will be an important force in attacking the enemy fleet, and higher

Speed ​​and flexible evasion allow them to approach enemy ships in a shorter time. The two motherships are at the center of the entire formation. Once the enemy ship group approaches, the large number of star fighters carried by the two motherships will

Swarming out, although their energy cannons could not cause much damage to the starship armor, the high-yield photon missiles carried by the fighter planes were enough to pose a threat to large-tonnage warships.

Even though the battleship is thick-skinned and has an energy shield that is enough to withstand large-caliber energy cannons, when it comes to photon missiles, a seemingly primitive but physically damaging weapon, it still has to rely on the armor hanging outside the starship to withstand it.

, one, two or even five or six

Maybe it can withstand one, but what if it encounters more than ten? Then it will be doomed, and the two motherships can carry more than 1,500 star fighters, as long as one-tenth of them penetrate into their photon missiles

If the range is limited, the battleship group will be blown away.

Therefore, the mothership, a battleship with a huge body, has always been the core of Starfleet tactics and the most important force to ensure that it can defeat the enemy fleet. No matter what the formation is, the mothership is always closely protected.

As for the heavy cruiser, it has a hull that is slightly inferior to that of the mother ship. It ranks first in the entire fleet in terms of armor and energy cannon caliber. Correspondingly, the energy engine is also the most powerful and is responsible for providing power to the entire fleet.

The important task of blocking the opponent's salvo fire and providing fire support, whether it is charge or defense, is at the front of the array.

Therefore, the starship soldiers on the heavy cruiser have always had the reputation of "fighting on the edge of the knife", and they are proud of this, and their slogan will always be "Forward, forward, glorious cruiser soldiers!"

But this time, they were a little silent, because everyone knew that behind them, a mercenary fleet was chasing madly, but in front of them, there were enemy forces with a strength no less than that of the two fleets blocking their way.

Now, they will fight one against three.

Enemies on all sides!

There is front on all sides.

At this moment, the star's rays of light, which had been blocked from the sun, suddenly fell on a ray of light, falling on the Sunset Gorge space channel and the bait ring below.

What was once pitch black was lit up in front of everyone's eyes like a bonfire gradually rising up.

The space passage is like a gift from the Creator, dazzling and gorgeous above the bait ring.

After the officers and soldiers of the 9th Fleet, who had already set up a defensive formation, gradually adapted to the brilliance, they finally discovered that in the distant void, something like catkins flying all over the city in late spring was suspended in the distant universe. This distance.

, even the battleship's far-sighted optical system cannot see clearly.

"Send the detector! The detector is scheduled to arrive at the observation location in ten minutes..."

"The video call is connected and transmitted back. What is that!?"

In the field of vision, everyone in the 9th Fleet finally discovered the true appearance of those "flying catkins" floating in the universe.

Each "flying catkin" is composed of a battleship formation. The countless "flying catkins" in the universe ahead are exactly the battleship formations that cover the sky and the sun.

The mercenary fleet of the Great Eagle Empire!

In the picture sent back by the detector, the mercenary warship has completed preparations. Obviously, they have been waiting here for a long time. The energy reaction generated by such a large number of starship energy engines, the energy monitors deployed by the federation in the Sunset Gorge channel

There was no response at all.

That can only mean that this is the result of internal and external collusion.

Although they had already encountered such a traitor in the Federation, after seeing it with their own eyes, the officers and soldiers of the 9th Fleet were still extremely angry. Without these traitors, why would they have stepped into the enemy's trap in the Federation and fallen into such a trap?

A tight siege?

"If one day I can leave this place alive, I will definitely raise troops to kill those federal traitors, no matter what family they belong to or how high their position is." Commodore Wu Cheng, standing under the bridge, said angrily.

"Second! Commander, if our 9th fleet is not destroyed in this battle, we must ask Commander Zhang Sun for an explanation. Who can be so powerful that he can even do tricks in such an important place as Sunset Gorge? The entire federation is also

It shouldn’t be more than ten fingers!” Fleet Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Feng Qin also had an angry look on his face.

It's one thing to know that you may have stepped into a trap, but it's another thing to see a large number of enemy starships actually appear. It turned out that it was just a plan and a guess after all, but now it has come true. Zhou Dun

Although Hou is extremely powerful, he is mainly in the political arena. He cannot have too many hands in this kind of military control, and he does not have enough weight.

The feeling of being betrayed by one of their own people was far more heartbreaking for these federal soldiers than facing a group of powerful enemies.

"Shut up, everyone. All the truth will be revealed sooner or later. What we have to do now is not to discuss what will happen after the war, but to survive now." Admiral Zhou Tai glanced at his generals and growled. "

However, the Central Intelligent Brain does not need to make any deletions of what everyone said on the bridge just now, and the original version will be sent to the information database."

Obviously, the facts before him made the veteran with a steady personality a little angry.

However, compared to his generals, he was obviously more restrained and waved his hand: "Get ready to fight, we must persist until the independent fleet arrives!"

"Yes!" The generals roared and took the order.

But compared to the senior officers of the 9th Fleet who knew that Tang Lang had wiped out Francis and Zhou Dunhou in one fell swoop on Daliang Star, the ordinary officers and soldiers of the 9th Fleet did not have much confidence in the so-called independent fleet that was about to come to aid.

"Oh my God! Those are all starships! Can we win? There are too many of them."

"Nonsense, I didn't listen to what the captain said. We will hold on and wait for the rescue of the independent fleet."

"Is it that fleet that I've never heard of? I don't know if they dare to come!"

"Whether it works or not, we still have to fight!"

It has to be said that a considerable number of officers and soldiers have already felt a little timid after seeing the huge mercenary fleet lineup, and they have even doubted the independent fleet that has not yet appeared, not doubting their combat effectiveness, but even doubting their combat effectiveness.

Do they dare to come?

This is the most normal psychology. If you don't feel a trace of timidity when you see your opponent's troops far outnumbering your own, it is undoubtedly a myth about federal soldiers.

Soldiers are soldiers, but they are also human beings with many emotions and desires. Of course they will be afraid, frightened, and cowardly.

However, when they join the military organization, they must obey the whole as an individual, and all personal emotions can only come second. Only in this way can they be qualified to be called soldiers.

People, after the army.

Compared with the most normal fear after seeing the enemy's huge strength for the first time, there will also be people who are brave enough to turn a blind eye to these, so they are qualified to become commanders. A sheep with a group of lions may not necessarily win the war.

But a lion leading a flock of sheep might.

"Come on, the brats of the Great Eagle Empire have been cleaned and waiting, let's go and kill them!" A captain with a rough personality loudly announced to the whole ship on the bridge.

Some people yelled uninhibitedly, "Let us go ahead and pack the energy cannonballs and give them to them! Let them go to hell with a bag full of gifts!"

Seeing that their commander was unafraid, the courage of the officers and soldiers gradually defeated the fear that had arisen before. They also laughed and cursed all the female members of the family to the mercenary fleet, which could not hear their roars at all.

Greetings, at the same time, he inspected the various equipment that he could use to project energy to distant places over and over in his fighting position.

Many people would say that soldiers are rude, but they don’t know that on such a life-and-death battlefield, only this kind of rudeness can relieve the pervasive fear of a confused future. People who have not experienced war will never understand what soldiers endure in life and death.

That kind of psychological pressure.

From generals to soldiers, no one can take it calmly.

Compared to the excitement of the 9th Fleet, the two mercenary fleets blocking the way of the 9th Fleet were much quieter.

Sitting on the bridge of its flagship ship is a man with gray hair, a thin face, and a pair of tall, aquiline noses. If you are familiar with the starry sky star rankings, you can tell at a glance that this is the starry sky star rankings.

The most famous warrior at the forefront, Nass, known as "Falcon", is also the top controller of Black Hawk Company.

To be honest, if this person were not a mercenary, based on his record of commanding three mercenary fleets over the years, his ranking would not even be lower than Sun Hong, the current number one military commander in the Southwest Federation.

After all, the Southwest Federation has not experienced a large-scale war in a hundred years, but this man has commanded three fleets and experienced countless actual battles. He has even destroyed several small starry sky country regimes and supported the pro-Eagle Empire regime to come to power.

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"Francis' signal has not been in contact with the main fleet for more than ten hours. It seems that the secret report sent by the intelligence personnel is true. He and Zhou Dunhou have fallen into the trap of the federal people and are finished." Nas' expression

Shaking his head somewhat gloomily, he looked at the images coming from the optical detectors millions of kilometers away and saw that defenses had begun to be deployed.

The formation of the 9th Fleet of the Southwest Federation twitched slightly at the corner of its eyes. "The Southwest Federation is really full of capable people! I didn't expect that our Black Hawk Company would lose a fleet commander as soon as we entered this place. So, I'm sorry, I can only use yours."

The corpses have come to pay for the lives of my subordinates, otherwise, what else would I do to Lord Iver!"

"Pass my order. The entire army will engage the enemy in a wild goose formation. After three rounds of salvo fire, it will transform into an arrow formation. Each squadron will use the cruiser as a blade to kill the opponent in the starry sky." Nass stroked her gently.

He leaned back in his chair and ordered calmly.

"General, the intelligence personnel also reported that the other party has an independent fleet rushing here, and has issued a galaxy-level summons order. I don't know how many troops it has." A general with the rank of lieutenant general may not have expected this.

As soon as I came into contact with him, my conductor

The officer issued an order for a general attack by the entire army, his face changed and he suggested. "It is better for us to use one force to contain the enemy's 9th fleet, while the other force ambushes the enemy rushing to rescue. After that fleet is dealt with,

Then use all your strength to devour the fleet in front of you."

"What General Stan said is actually quite reasonable. The tactic of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements is undoubtedly the most correct one here." Nass nodded and expressed approval of his subordinate's suggestion, but then rejected it completely. "

But General Stan, you are wrong. Our army is not here to capture the city, but to divert the energy of the highest command structure of the Southwest Federation so that the Jiepen people can deal with the Westerners on the front line more calmly.

The elite fleet of the Southern Federation. If we allocate half of our force to deal with the so-called independent fleet that issued the summons with great fanfare, then the force to contain the current 9th fleet will be insufficient. If this fleet escapes accidentally, even if that fleet is completely annihilated

For an independent fleet that is not part of the Southwest Federation, our military's strategic intentions will still fail. As the saying goes, it is better to cut off one of its ten fingers than to hurt it!"
To be continued...