Him and their stars.

Chapter 1698 Crazy Round Battle

Looking at the direction, it should be the Imperial Army fleet, engaging in combat with the automatic turret arrays deployed between the two armies.

The battle was indeed fierce, but Yu Lian always felt that something was wrong.

You know, I have deployed tens of thousands of automatic artillery of various models at the front of the fortress, divided into 25 areas in a fan-shaped manner. If the enemy really wants to break through these artillery arrays, it should be the best to send out a large army.

Or is it a tentative attack? Yu Lian made such a judgment. However, as the highest commander, he should not make arbitrary comments casually.

Yu Lian was thinking so, but when he hurried back to the fortress command post, the battle was already over.

Therefore, Yu Lian, who had just stepped off the transport boat, was stunned for several seconds before he could not help but said: "This is too fast. How about sending a cook over to teach them some kidney-tonifying medicinal food?"

"Yes, sir. You can even send some prescriptions and food ingredients over. This will be in the spirit of a famous general in ancient times. It will surely become an elegant demeanor that will be passed down to future generations." Feifei, who came over, agreed.

However, she rolled her eyes at the latter from an angle that only Yu Lian could see, and then reported: "The attack was launched by the Deep Goose battlecruiser and eleven cruisers, preparing to attack our automatic artillery array with ultra-long-range sub-light-speed missiles. Afterwards, they engaged in a battle with the patrol led by Commodore Fiennes. The enemy did not linger in the battle, and the artillery battle within the effective range did not last more than half an hour before they naturally left the front line."

The total fighting time between the two sides did not even exceed an hour.

"They don't want to fight at all. It seems more like they are here to cause trouble." Feifei said.

Yu Lian nodded slightly. Yes, this is not too fast, it is clearly impossible to get in.

However, even if you don't go in at all, if you rub it too frequently, your skin will still become bald.

The war has progressed to this point, and even if you use your toes to think, you can tell that the imperial army has retreated this time, but they will be back soon.

"Is this the situation you have been avoiding?" Feifei asked.

Yu Lian nodded: "What I least want to see is the empire on the other side setting up a stronghold against us and fighting a stalemate. All the previous combat objectives were to try to slow down the progress. However, there is a limit to this. Feifei, the longer I serve as the commander of an army, the more I discover this truth... The power of a person is limited after all. The power of a soldier is also limited."

Feifei's eyes lit up: "So, what did you understand? Yu'er, are you ready to surpass the soldiers?"

Yu Lian couldn't help but shudder, and wanted to observe the reactions of the people around him, but then he realized that the other party was using telepathy.

"The gap in national strength is reflected in all aspects." Feifei said.

"This is a dangerous topic. The more I think about it, the more restless and confused I become. My mind and energy are limited, so I can only focus on the things at hand." Yu Lian shook his head: "Any news from Brigadier General Bazin?"

Feifei shook her head.

Yu Lian suddenly became a little worried.

It was more than forty days ago that he last received news about Commodore Bazin's raiding fleet.

According to the report on that call, if everything went well, their fleet should have infiltrated the Huple Star Region on the border of the Empire. However, from the intelligence currently available, the Empire should have known about the existence of this fleet long ago, and they will definitely do their best to encircle and suppress it.

This raiding fleet has made many contributions, but the main active area is after all within the territory of the Imperial Army. In fact, the forces they have in their hands have always been very limited. In terms of paper data, they are not even a match for a star patrol fleet of the Empire or the border lord.

It is conceivable that Bazin's life will not be easy. In other words, the closer he is to the empire, the greater the pressure he will have to bear.

Yu Lian had even prepared himself mentally for the bad news that their entire army had been annihilated.

Feifei said firmly: "We will receive the latest news soon. This is my intuition."

If it were in the past, Yu Lianyou would probably think that she was comforting herself, after all, she was such a good woman. But now, since he already knew that the other party was the powerful Black Moon, maybe it was the intuition of a psychic.

Although Yu Lian himself did not have this kind of intuition, he was still somewhat hurt.

Soon, everyone in the staff department came up with a feasible combat plan. The general content was to put the highly maneuverable Yinglong-class battlecruisers on standby, hiding behind Fortress No. 3. If the enemy sent out such a small-scale fleet to harass again, they would attack with all their strength to eat them up.

"If the enemy's harassment is on the same scale as today every time, how long will it take us to completely wipe out the enemy?" Yu Lian asked in return.

"...It will take at least half an hour." Chief of Staff Tovey answered reluctantly. He knew that what he reported was a very conservative theoretical data, which was almost impossible to achieve in reality.

"But they can also retreat immediately. Just like we did in previous battles."

Having said that, after all, it was a strategy formulated by the staff, and it was also the most feasible plan. Yu Lian naturally ordered everyone to start executing it.

He was also thinking, if there really was a super fortress cannon in this universe that could reach one or two astronomical units away, that would be great. In this way, any enemy fleet that dared to cross the center line would be bombarded directly.

...However, in this case, all war ethics and behavioral patterns are actually completely different.

So, should I thank the Galactic Empire for not even thinking of using the Colossus? Doesn't this mean that they still have a strong sense of martial ethics?

However, the comrades remained calm in the face of the huge threat posed by the Colossus. Although they knew that this was a groundbreaking strategic weapon, they had no intuitive understanding of its true destructive power, so they naturally ignored it subconsciously.

In short, in the following period of time, Yu Lian also gathered the few arsenal ships in his hands. These warships were now used by Yu Lian as semi-mobile turrets, but at this time, they returned to the position of warships, which was a bit like the Renaissance.

These warships, equipped with high-power railguns, quickly crossed the agreed center line and launched a fierce bombardment, trying to attract the opposing imperial fleet to attack.

You know, after the appearance of torpedo ships, the idea that arsenal ships are thin-skinned and big-filled prey has almost become a recognized fact by the top military officials of various countries.

Therefore, how many design departments and shipyards have been tossed around in chaos, and how many designers and technicians who have devoted their entire lives to the field of arsenal ships have become the tears of the times, but it doesn't matter anymore.

The highly mobile Empire even ordered the construction of all arsenal ships and guard ships to be stopped. Those on the slipway were converted into light carriers and heavy cruisers, and those that could not be converted were even dismantled. Of course, this kind of decisive killing was what they wanted.

Now that he had thrown out so many prey, he might have attracted some of the enemies. By then, as long as he tricked them a few times, he might be able to disrupt the empire's offensive rhythm.

However, it was obvious that Marshal Ikenroga and his high-ranking officers had already reached a consensus. With the military quality of the Imperial Army, once the upper echelons had a unified mindset and were able to enforce discipline, they would never be fooled by such tricks.

  Such a huge imperial fleet, but there was no chaos at all, and all tactical maneuvers were precise and efficient, as regular as the movements of robots. The more they acted like an immovable mountain, the more anxious the Earthlings on the other side would become.

Then, on April 4, the Imperial Fleet launched another attack. This time, they changed their previous immovable attitude and directly mobilized more than 5 warships to cross the center line in one fell swoop.

At that moment, the fortress was in chaos. Everyone even thought that the imperial army on the other side was launching a full-scale attack.

However, when the lookouts and monitoring departments put the latest situation on the star map, even Yu Lian couldn't help but frown.

"Is this... um, the so-called flower rain tactic?"

On the star map, the triangular arrows representing the battle fleet were indeed scattered all over the monitoring range of the team. The scene was indeed like a hidden weapon being thrown into the scene.

The Imperial Army seemed to have been inspired by the battle of the day before. They organized their ships into groups of more than thirty with battlecruisers and aircraft carriers as the core, and then launched raids on the No. 2 and No. 3 fortresses on the front line in a round-robin manner.

This is one of the largest sub-fortresses in our hands. Although the construction time is limited and only 1% of the plan of the senior has been completed, and the quality is only half of the No. main fortress, it is still equipped with high-power fortress guns.

To be honest, with the composition of these light warships of the Imperial Fleet, once they were hit by the main guns of the fortress, they would only be destroyed one by one. Some small boats would even be burned, melted, or even evaporated in the energy heat wave measured in megawatts, and the boats and the people inside would be turned into atoms in pain.

Yes, no matter how fast or maneuverable these lightly armed small fleets were, they could not completely avoid the Earthlings' counterattack. However, they still stepped into the battlefield without hesitation.

In Yu Lian's opinion, this has a little bit of the flavor of a skirmish line charge.

In an instant, the blazing white light waves projected by both sides, like raging waves composed of heat, entangled together fiercely and madly.

This was a very fierce battle. The density of firepower generated within an hour even exceeded that of the two-wing attack that started off well but ended badly the day before.

However, after more than two hours of artillery battle, the Imperial Fleet still failed to gain a temporary advantage, so it symbolically fired a burst of intensive salvos and then retreated step by step behind the line of fire.

The ordinary soldiers on Earth were all cheering for their success in repelling the enemy, but the commanders did not dare to relax at all. Under Yu Lian's orders, they quickly led their men to start repairing equipment, receiving the wounded, and replenishing ammunition and energy, not daring to relax at all.

This was indeed the case. Less than twelve hours later, the mighty Imperial Fleet returned once again. This time, the fleet was still over 200 ships in size.

However, this time, in addition to battlecruisers, there were also aircraft carriers of considerable size. A large number of attack aircraft equipped with powerful bombs appeared on the battlefield. It was obvious that the Empire had no intention of winning the battle of fighter planes, but only wanted to knock down the turret array of the Community like cracking a nut.

Covering their actions were not only the Empire's Purple Lightning Dragons, but also the Aegis Cruisers advancing under the gunfire.

The battle lasted less than two hours. The Imperial Army suffered more losses this time than last time. The attack planes were also intercepted by the Ghosts.

It turns out that the effect of the Ghost equipped with the Light Wing modification is still satisfactory. Although there are problems such as the body deviation and reduced shield function after activation, it can still play a good role in a desperate charge. The Empire's attack aircraft was dizzy.

But even so, they successfully tore the turret array of the F12 area point into pieces.

"We lost 1284 automatic turrets, 2 light cruisers, 2 destroyers and 3 assault ships, as well as 86 fighter planes... As for the other side, it is conservatively estimated that at least 200 Imperial military aircraft were shot down. In addition, 8 Aegis cruisers and 3 Ruby-class light carriers were sunk. In addition, the battlecruiser Exocet was hit and sunk. Judging from the current exchange ratio, the Imperial Army's performance is indeed very ugly." Feifei reported.

"However, given their size, they can afford such losses many times." Yu Lian said: "This is actually a siege war. What we are afraid of is not the losses, but the lack of determination to fight."

However, the Galactic Empire dared to pile up three Titan ships in a small galaxy, which certainly showed that they did not lack determination.

In the following period, the Imperial Fleet launched the sixth wave of attacks of the same scale and intensity. Conservative estimates show that they did suffer more than twice the casualties of the Blue Star Community, but the "center line" agreed upon between the two armies was constantly approaching the direction of Sai De.

In the "asteroid belt" composed of various types of automated turrets, the fight between fighter planes has entered a white-hot stage.

Yu Lian and his team soon received news from the front line: the empire had deployed new types of fighter planes.

He initially thought it was a counter weapon designed specifically for the Light Wing, and was immediately shocked. Fortunately, the images sent from the front line later confirmed that the so-called new fighter was just an armored and firepower-enhanced version of the Purple Lightning Dragon.

Rather than a new counter-measure design, this is more like a compensation that is better than nothing.

But even so, after strengthening the firepower, armor and shield, the original mobility of the Purple Lightning Dragon can still be guaranteed. It should be replaced with a new engine and energy core. However, it is precisely in these areas that a country's technological reserves can be best reflected.

Obviously, there is still a big gap between the Blue Star Community and the Empire in this regard.

...Speaking of which, the Imperial Army fighter planes with thick armor and strong firepower, as well as the X-wing fighter planes with high speed, high attack and the possibility of warping in the future, why is this sense of déjà vu getting stronger and stronger? Yu Lian couldn't help but pat his forehead.

Of course, the bad news was not limited to this. The frontline soldiers received the latest report and confirmed that the new "Purple Lightning Dragons·Modified" were engraved with the logos of the Winged Knights and Purple Viscounts.

"Oh, the emperor's loyal gopher...bird! He's finally here." Yu Lian thought it was reasonable.

"But, these new fighter planes are clearly being used as cannon fodder by the Imperial Army."

"Because you are from Kiyan after all, you can't repay His Majesty's kindness enough, so you can only risk your life." Yu Lian sighed, "Send a message to the fighter unit, don't take the risk of attacking and fighting with the enemy's superior aircraft, make more use of the space of the artillery array. Most importantly, don't fight to the death."

Yu Lian had never thought of engaging in a war of attrition with the enemy. However, since he had chosen to retreat, he would inevitably give the enemy a considerable amount of combat space.

As a result, the automatic turret array that Admiral Sylvester spent nearly a year building finally reached its limit after being attacked by the Imperial Fleet.

Over seventy percent of the turrets were destroyed.

The remaining turrets stood sparsely in the vast starry sky, firing at all enemy ships that entered their attack range. However, this level of artillery fire, if it could not form a tight fire net, would hardly have a denial effect. In the end, they would only become prey for fighter planes and small warships.

Of course, the dangerous situation does not end there.

The lookouts of the Sede Fortress saw with their own eyes that the rapidly diving Imperial destroyer was hit by the artillery and lost power in an instant, and was then caught by the fortress's artificial gravity.

The small warship seemed to be caught by the invisible clutches of the devil. Like a bird in pain, it staggered and circled a few times, but still crashed into the outer wall of the fortress.

Then, the Imperial destroyer finally smashed into the outer layer of the liquid metal, causing a series of explosions and ripples of fire in the fluid that reflected the starlight.

Thus, a warship and more than 400 crew members on it disappeared in an instant. This kind of thing has been seen too many times in the past two weeks.

However, this happened on April 833, 4 of the Common Era, at 21:16 galactic standard time, at Fortress No. 47 of Seder, which was less than 2 kilometers away from the main race No. 1.