Chapter 226: Rookie Commander
“Please note, at the current speed, engagement is expected in 10 minutes.”
A’dai concisely reported the information to Liu Shengzhan in the Command Ship, then fell silent again.
To train this force, during this campaign, A’dai would not intervene in the Command System at all. Even the Strategic Data Link System was not entered by it.
Liu Shengzhan nodded slightly and then said: “Order, all Ships in formation immediately shut down Engines, complete turnaround operation within 30 seconds, continue forward using Inertia.”
His mind was very clear. Even without A’dai providing the next steps, years of Battlefield drills had long etched these into his mind.
In Space, at Liu Shengzhan’s command, thousands upon thousands of Spaceships instantly extinguished their Power-providing Engines, then as if a single entity, their hulls began turnaround maneuvers.
Soon, the entire Fleet of tens of thousands of Ships had completed the turnaround maneuver.
5 minutes later.
Against the pitch-black cosmic backdrop in the distance, a Light Spot appeared in Liu Shengzhan’s view.
Soon, as the distance gradually closed, this Light Spot spread into a dense cluster of tiny specks.
Hans Civilization’s Expedition Fleet!
At the center of this Fleet, a massive Spaceship over 50 kilometers wide was surrounded by a host of Battleships.
“2000 Battleships, nearly 10,000 Cruisers! Level 1 alert!”
On Hans Civilization’s Aircraft Carrier Flagship, the Commander with a square head stared wide-eyed at the information fed back from the mainframe scan.
Are they insane?
Delivering a Fleet of such massive scale requires an enormous amount of Liquid Metallic Hydrogen.
Of course, that wasn’t the most critical part.
In the theoretical knowledge of System Combat education he received, Battleships were synonymous with firepower.
Generally speaking, due to their enormous size, Battleships do not have an advantage in mobility.
This is because various Turrets need a large platform to support the System Equipment required to unleash greater Energy.
This is one reason why Battleships are so huge.
Of course, these things are not cheap to build either.
Additionally, the various Equipment paired with them is also a considerable expense.
This is why Hans Civilization only dispatched 500 Battleships, but thousands of Small Cruisers and even smaller Destroyers.
Sometimes, the Weapon System on these Battleships alone can match the Price of a Destroyer.
Plus Power System, Armor Maintenance Equipment, and so on, the cost of assembling a Battleship’s Equipment is no less than the Battleship hull itself, possibly even more.
And now, these high-value Battlefield killers numbered nearly 2000 ahead of their Fleet.
The option of frontal combat was immediately abandoned by the Commander.
They were no match at all.
Although their Fleet had a Small Aircraft Carrier Flagship, and the Small Aircraft Carrier had many high-speed Carrier-based Aircraft carrying heavy Missiles, the enemy had anti-air duties with nearly 10,000 Cruiser-class Small Ships.
No way to fight.
“All Fleet members, listen up. Adjust heading upward by 25°, after 1 minute, overload your Thrust Engines for me. Remember, overload to the 30% limit, then immediately stop.”
A new term appeared: overload!
That is, exploiting Equipment to its limits under specific conditions, which of course greatly damages the Equipment’s Lifespan.
After Equipment reaches 100% limit, it loses function.
In front of Liu Shengzhan, that Hans Civilization Fleet’s heading began to change, then its overall Speed suddenly surged.
“What’s going on?”
He muttered, the situation happened too suddenly. Originally, at this speed, in another two minutes, the enemy Fleet would enter their Range, but now the enemy’s sudden acceleration and turn caused both sides to pass each other at the critical engagement Range.
However, this time before A’dai could explain, he immediately issued the command.
“Adjust heading upward by 30°, Thrust to maximum 100%, maintain for one minute then immediately revert to 50% Operation.”
The Spaceship Pilots of Azure Phoenix Legion were clearly highly professional. The moment Liu Shengzhan’s order was given, the entire Fleet’s tails instantly lit up with Nuclear Fusion Engine Tail Flames, then neatly flew forward and upward in Space, tracing a graceful arc through the pitch-black Space.
“Structure at 50%, 51, 52, 53…”
A’dai’s voice timely sounded in Liu Shengzhan’s ears, but he wasn’t anxious, continuing to calmly watch the approaching Hans Civilization Fleet ahead.
Ahead of them, the gray-painted Fleet was faintly visible now, all their Ships having extremely distinct features.
That was, on both sides of the hulls, there were several cannon barrels with extremely large calibers of several meters in diameter!
Liu Shengzhan’s gaze grew solemn.
Turrets of this caliber were generally not likely to be Electromagnetic Cannons or other kinetic power Turrets.
Instead, to Liu Shengzhan, these cannon ports looked more like Missile launch ports.
Seconds later, Liu Shengzhan’s guess was confirmed.
On Hans Civilization’s Small Aircraft Carrier Flagship, that Commander stared fixedly at the dual-side distance on the Display Screen.
Nearby, the Data Panel recorded the overload status of each Ship’s Thrust Engines in the Fleet.
Soon, the 1 minute passed quickly.
“Stop overload, proceed at normal max Thrust. All Battleships target rear Pirates, fire at will immediately!”
The Commander gritted his teeth and issued the order hatefully. Though the situation was extremely dire, a cold smile crept onto his lips.
Daring to boldly pursue a Fleet equipped with heavy Cruise Missiles.
Clearly, the Commander of the Fox Pirate Group behind was a Battlefield novice Commander.
A Ship Formation equipped with Missile firepower fears pursuit battles most in Space combat.
Because Missile Speed is limited, in many cases they might not even catch up to Spaceships accelerating wildly in overload state.
But conversely, in being pursued, Missile firepower Ships are the most suppressive firepower type.
Because during the enemy’s high-speed pursuit, the Missiles they fire backward don’t need to consider Speed as a key factor.
Exaggerating, as long as the Missiles stay in place waiting for the enemy to crash into them and self-detonate, they can have a considerable impact on the rear pursuers.
Soon, this Thought of his was also confirmed.
When Punisher Fleet’s Structure limit reached 56%, the enemy’s rear-fired heavy Missiles arrived.
A flash of realization crossed Liu Shengzhan’s face, then he urgently said: “All Spaceships shut down Engines, prepare for anti-collision. Young Dragon, immediately intercept incoming Missiles at will!”
As soon as his words fell, hundreds of heavy attack Missiles nearly ten meters in diameter arrived directly ahead of him.
At Azure Phoenix Legion, intense Explosion light balls silently erupted!
Wishing everyone a happy holiday, drive safely
Drive away from Trucks. The day before yesterday on the highway, I saw a car accident where a Sedan was squished into a sandwich by two Trucks.
Remember to pass Trucks quickly, don’t follow too closely.
