Him and their stars.

Chapter 1694 Is this still in the plan?

This tactical move was indeed quite confusing. It was as if the two armies were facing each other in full battle array, and the commander of one side suddenly broke away from the army and ran towards his side alone, speeding up his horse and leaving all the guards behind, as if he didn't care at all about the thousands of strong bows and crossbows pointed at him.

...Well, Titans can be considered hero units, and there will always be people who want to test their mettle.

Yu Lian's mind began to flash with the other party's information. The newly crowned King of Soren, Youent IV, was just 20 years old this year and a three-ring psychic. He had not yet completed his studies at the Royal Space Fleet Academy and was only a junior at the University of Wisdom. He had only completed the initial combat training of the Knights. This was the entire educational background of the young elector.

However, in Yu Lian’s memory of his previous life, there was no King of Soleon Youent IV, only Grand Duke Felka, Minister of the Privy Council, and His Highness Marshal Youent.

In that timeline, the Galactic Empire took the initiative to attack with the strategic advantage brought by the Colossus. In addition to conquering and dismembering the community, it also completely completed the nationalization of half of the Femo star field. Then, five more border lords were enthroned here, and Grand Duke Youent was the only one born into the royal family, but he was also the one with the greatest achievements.

After all, as a newly promoted empire prince and border lord, he who could get into the Privy Council must have made great achievements in both construction and war. Speaking of which, when Yu Lian was about to leave his homeland for the adventure in the New World, he vaguely heard that an interstellar trade city had been built in the Femo Nebula, and its main promoter was Grand Duke Youent.

In short, although I haven't dealt with him much, he is definitely a man of both literary and martial arts skills. Although he is still young, it doesn't mean that he is really a green rookie.

You know, the opposing King Suliuka was only twelve years old when he won the Ares Festival championship, was only twenty-two years old when he defeated the main force of the plunderers in the Lion's Den Battle, and was less than twenty-four years old when he speed-cleared the Miracle Ring Battle in one hour and twenty-two minutes.

Finally, when he ascended the throne after annihilating the main force of the bandit army of the noble alliance in the Luyuan galaxy, it was... uh, sorry to get off topic.

In short, as I said before, the Dragon Kings of the Galactic Empire are rich in geniuses and lunatics, and those geniuses are often very precocious.

Yu Lian continued to work hard to dig out the memory fragments of his previous life... Then again, Grand Duke Youent was also a very good psychic. He was good at using two golden magic guns on the battlefield, and he was invincible wherever he went. He also had a miraculous record of killing a fantasy beast with one shot from 800 miles away.

In other words, it was a remote control! Yu Lian felt that he must have understood something.

No matter what, isn't what I am best at "training" future talents who haven't grown up yet? Thinking of this, Yu Lian suddenly became energetic.

At this time, he heard the other side's report again: "The enemy Titan Xiaolong is still moving forward. The entire ship has increased to charge speed! At the current speed, it will be within the effective range of the main gun in one minute. The countdown begins now..."

Yu Lian gave a direct order: "Don't wait for my order, fire immediately after the countdown reaches 20 seconds!"

"The hit rate can only be guaranteed to be around 10 percent." Feifei, the adjutant, responded immediately.

This Fortress No. 1 main gun, which has been fully charged, is a Judgment Thunder MK12 positron main gun produced by the Alliance Raytheon Heavy Industries. It has great power and a scattering effect, and its maximum range is over 100 million kilometers. Even if it is a Titan ship, if it is directly hit, the shield will instantly return to zero, and the solid duplex multi-layer armor will definitely be melted through.

However, we all know that the effective range and the maximum theoretical range are different after all. The farther the distance between each other, the lower the hit rate, which is a very intuitive feeling.

In fact, even if it is only 10%, it is still a demerit for terminal assistance simulation and top gunner bonus.

"Should we seize the opportunity to make the first effective hit?" Feifei asked.

"No need. It's not like we're queuing up to be shot. I admit that there was an element of gambling involved, but so was the other party," said Yu Lian.

"I understand." Feifei nodded, but then asked, "The entire fleet is now ready to go. If you want to board the ship, you have to leave now."

Yu Lian paused for less than two seconds: "No need. Inform Major General Tovey to continue to stand by and wait for follow-up orders. In addition, let the Red Ghost Squadron prepare for battle!"

"Carrying a bombing suit?"

"No, the standard set."

"clear."

As for Admiral Sylvester, he was nervously adjusting his tie, but when he heard Yu Lian's words, he seemed to understand something and his breathing suddenly calmed down.

At this time, a table showing the main gun status popped up on the screen next to it, which had changed from white to orange, and then quickly to red. This meant that this powerful positron main gun was ready to roar at any time.

In addition, the two Dragon Breath MK4 Gaussian orbital main guns also completed the final charging.

The gunnery officer was originally going to send the armor-piercing warhead into the gun bay, which was of course for further armor penetration after the enemy ship's shield was reset to zero, in line with standard combat procedures. But then, they received the latest order from the headquarters, requiring them to switch to high-explosive antimatter shells and add timed fuses.

Although the gunners didn't quite understand, they followed suit.

Half a minute passed quickly, and the enemy Titan was still approaching the enemy while performing tactical maneuvers that were better than nothing. The gunner of the positron main gun pressed the firing button as instructed.

There was no ceremonial "fire" order shouted out in a majestic voice by the commanders of both sides. Instead, the scarlet beam of light, wrapped in the vibrating magnetic force, fiercely pounced on the cylindrical Titan ship, the Xiaolong.

However, almost at the moment when the scarlet light began to flash on the muzzles of the fortress, the Titan suddenly changed its appearance, like a huge truck making a sharp turn and then drifting along the drainage ditch.

At the same time, the terminal of the fortress command center was completely filled with noisy noises: "High-energy response ahead! High-energy response ahead! The enemy Titan ship has opened fire!"

"The first shelling on April 4 was closer than the last time," said Yu Lian.

“This isn’t the first time.”

A beam of dark blue light with a hint of enchanting purple, like an oversized atomic light spear, shot out directly from the front of the Xiaolong and shot towards the outer wall of the Saide Fortress.

When the light had extended to a length of hundreds of kilometers, it still looked solid. However, in just two seconds, the long blade of light crossed a distance of 600,000 kilometers and fiercely stabbed the wall of the Community Fortress.

The force field shield began a neutralization reaction, but after the strong vibration, a considerable amount of energy still penetrated into the energy barrier and acted on the outer wall.

The energy of this layer ultimately failed to break through the three-layer armor composed of mirror-treated super-hard alloy, high-carbon crystals, and ceramic fibers. It only put a layer of fire on the surface of the fortress.

Then, create a small explosion.

For the huge fortress, this explosion was not even enough to cause a sore. The noise and vibration were barely audible, and by the time it reached the headquarters, it was estimated that except for Yu Lian and Fei Fei, no one else on the scene could even feel it. However, the important officials on the scene still stood up.

Admiral Sylvester shouted, "Report the damage immediately!"

In less than half a minute, he received a report from the damage control department: "The outer wall of U27 was damaged, and one floating turret was damaged. 1 soldiers lost contact. The engineering corps wearing space operation armor has entered the U12 area." This loss is not a big deal for the fortress with 27 garrisons, but the signal it brings is very dangerous.

The enemy launched their artillery fire almost right within the effective range of the fortress guns, but they hit the target directly. This either means that the main guns installed on the enemy ships have power and range comparable to the fortress guns; or that the Empire has mastered some more sophisticated aiming methods.

Of course, this is most likely just luck.

However, no matter which one it was, it was enough to make the senior generals tremble with fear.

Compared to the deterrent bombardment that was more like venting and showing off when the Xiaolong first appeared, the threat posed by this attack is already real.

  So, what if the next time, the enemy ships get closer to the fortress under the cover of the army?

"Where are the enemy ships?" Yu Lian's tone still sounded quite terrifying.

The observer raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and continued to report: "The enemy ship...the outer wall of the enemy ship is on fire, and they were also hit by the main gun."

It's not a hit, at most it's a scratch. Yu Lian thought, but after all, it was scratched by the fortress cannon, and the force field shield on one side must have been stripped away, and at least one sector of the armor also suffered almost devastating damage.

Yu Lian nodded to Feifei, and the latter immediately understood.

However, three or five seconds later, the two Gauss railguns also roared for the first time in this battle.

This time, the enemy ship that was hit and on fire had already started a refined tactical maneuver, floating sideways from its original point of view as if it had changed its position. However, the orbital shells filled with antimatter warheads had already exploded on the spot around the hull, forming a huge shock wave.

The huge ship was obviously hit by a stronger impact, and it began to sway like a willow leaf in a strong wind.

Sylvester was slightly startled, and quickly looked at Yu Lian, as if he was looking at God: "Could this also be in your..."

"This is certainly not possible in my calculations. It's just luck. I have just said it seriously. There is a lot of gambling involved." Yu Lian said.

"...Which means it won't be so easy to hit next time?" the admiral asked in surprise.

"It doesn't matter. They don't actually know either." Yu Lian said with a smile.

"..." The senior student was probably speechless for a moment because his heart was beating too fast. Yu Lian smiled and said, "At least we have guessed what the enemy fleet will do if it launches a full-scale attack next time. By then, we will know how to respond with the fleet."

Admiral Sylvester's expression eased a little. "I see. They're using their own tactics against you! What a brilliant battle of wits!"

If Yu Lian hadn't known that his senior was the type who liked to provide emotional value, and perhaps even provide excessive emotional value, he might have thought that he was being sarcastic.

"Do we have a way to counter the Empire's general offensive now?" he asked again with anticipation.

Well, people who like to provide emotional value too much may sometimes be too naive. However, he is the highest commander in this war zone after all, so Yu Lian certainly doesn't want to pour cold water on him, so he gestured to the general with his fist with the infinite gauntlet: "When that time comes, for the sake of the community, I will use this dimensional fist on them."

Of course, the senior student couldn't see the transparent Infinity Gauntlet, and naturally didn't understand how sharp the Dimension Fist was, but he still felt it was very reliable and was very relieved.

When he realized that Yu Lian did not answer his question directly, he decided not to continue to pester him.

Immediately afterwards, the subsequent developments were of course as calm as Yu Lian’s expression: the Xiaolong, whose port side was still burning and had an armor plate obviously torn, did not continue to move forward and fire, but instead made a 180-degree turn without hesitation and swaggered away from the battlefield.

If the Xiaolong Titan that was rushing towards the fortress just now was a charging rhinoceros with its head held high, it now seemed like a turkey with its tail on fire.

Yu Lian felt that this scene had a surreal absurd aesthetic style. After a few seconds of silence, he laughed frankly.

Although the other important officials in the command center did not laugh out loud immediately, they were probably affected by Yu Lian's laughter, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became cheerful and relaxed.

The rest of the warships and sub-fortresses also fought symbolically for ten to twenty minutes, but they only destroyed a few automatic turrets, and then fled in panic.

Of course, if the Earth Fleet launched a pursuit at this time, it might be able to gain some advantage. However, considering that the Imperial Fleet, which was showing off its support, was also coming, it was more likely to turn into a bad battle. And the worse the battle was, the more important the advantage in manpower would become.

The entire Yulian Fleet now understands the essence of war that puts safety first, and has no complaints about the commander's order to "keep the troops in place."

Of course, a group of torpedo ships and fighter planes with unfolded light wings also launched tentative attacks.

However, the aircraft carriers that were guarding the rear of the Titans and Dreadnoughts had already been on full alert, and a large number of fighters quickly came over... So to speak, after the appearance of the space bubble and the light wing weapon, one of the changes to the fleet battlefield was also reflected here. The aircraft carriers had to start covering the Dreadnoughts and Titans and even covering their rear. This was truly a reversal of the world.

Perhaps because the Imperial fighters had already deployed their positions, the torpedo ships wisely paused. However, the new Community warships deployed their light wing equipment, and at first glance, they looked like dragonflies made of halos, speeding up and rushing towards the Imperial Army's formation.

This short battle of fighters lasted only 20 minutes, but the Empire suffered heavy losses and was breached in the defense line. A few of the Community fighters even broke through the interception network and successfully attacked the rear of the Empire fleet.

As a result, an aircraft carrier was seriously damaged, a light cruiser and two destroyers were destroyed. In the context of this grand battle, this loss did not even constitute a frontline conflict, but considering that they were all destroyed by a single fighter, it is still very thought-provoking.

This battle should be the first combat of the "Red Ghost" fighter plane that later made the empire shudder with fear.

Of course, this was probably the most brutal battle in this exploratory offensive—but it was not surprising when you think about it. Ever since the Empire and the Community confronted each other across the Sede Fortress, the biggest losses on both sides were caused by the stranglehold of individual fighter planes.

If military historians of later generations were to examine the first half of the Battle of Said, they would certainly find it incredible. The death rate of the precious pilots was far higher than that of the Marines' cannon fodder. Such a battlefield situation was indeed very rare.

The Imperial Army finally drove away the two groups of Community Red Ghost fighters after sacrificing 43 Cobalt Fighters and 30 Purple Lightning Dragons. At the same time, a victory signal was sent from Fortress No. 8.

Miss Bai Ziqi, codenamed "Tia", appeared on the screen. She had obviously finished work for a while, and even had time to take a shower. Her face was flushed from the intense exercise, her long hair was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, and she had a controlled smile on her lips.

"The one in black armor is the legendary Four Heavenly Kings? Oh, he is quite famous, but his abilities are..."

"Not that great?" Feifei asked with a smile.

"My skills are pretty good. If it really is a life-and-death duel without any external influences, my chance of winning will not exceed 3%." Taia replied quickly.