Him and their stars.

Chapter 1702 Tactics and Counter-Tactics

Yes, under the repeated siege of its own army, the Fortress of Sai De, which had held out for more than a year, finally fell. The invincible "Dawn Dragon" had no room to maneuver after all when several armies approached, and in the end, in order to save the lives of his people, he was forced to offer himself a pistol and a light spear.

He let him keep his pistol and lance, and even followed the classical traditional war etiquette, raising a toast and drinking a glass together to pay tribute to the soldiers and civilians who died in the war.

How elegant, how magnificent. This must be an epic legend that can be passed down to future generations, right?

If this really happens, the young King of Solei, Youent, will definitely become a new famous general and a talented military strategist in the Dragon King family. In the new era of the future, he will definitely have great potential.

...Of course, the so-called new era is currently just some disrespectful private speculation. After all, this still involves some unspeakable things, which is still very taboo.

It is especially taboo after someone gave the motto of "blood disaster".

So, will something really happen to His Majesty? King Solayen suddenly fell into a brief contemplation.

To be honest, unlike my distant cousin, I don't have much affection for the god-like Supreme Emperor. In the final analysis, it's just the relationship between a king and his subjects.

Of course, considering that the Nine-Ring Psychic is the supreme emperor of the empire, he often has the attributes of an "immortal king", and probably also has a bit of religious admiration, worship and even submission.

However, for some people, being the supreme ruler of the empire for two hundred years would be tiresome. For them, eternity is not sacred, but a kind of unchanging stubbornness that makes people unable to breathe. In fact, even among the imperial family and nobles of the empire, there are many people who want to breathe some fresh air.

The young King Solei shuddered at the thought, and subconsciously turned on his spiritual sense to the maximum. He quickly recited a few hymns of loyalty to drive away his rebellious thoughts.

Before young people are beaten by society, their dreams are always full of sunshine. Fortunately, as the emperor, King Solayen is still much more calm and composed than his peers. Even though he has seen the dawn of victory and smelled the scent of spring dreams, he has always reminded himself not to get carried away.

Even if he really gets carried away, as a qualified leader, he should at least do so in accordance with the Basic Law!

So, when his own fleet re-formed and prepared to use the "Heavenly Flowers Scattering" tactic, King Soleon also mobilized his own Xiaolong, along with sixteen Praise-class arsenal ships and fifteen Nightmare-class frigates.

As we all know, thanks to a certain "Dawnbreaker" who cannot even be named, the arsenal ships and frigates are products that are about to be eliminated. Even the semi-finished products on the slipway have been dismantled and used for other purposes.

However, the Ankh-class and Nightmare-class were new ships that had only been in service for a decade, and the Galactic Empire had really considered using them as the backbone of future fleet decisive battles, so of course it had built and equipped a considerable number of them.

Even for the wealthy Galactic Empire, it is impossible to simply dismantle this fleet and send it all to the battlefield.

In the eyes of Marshal Ikenroga and his group of imperial generals, although the thin-skinned and large-stuffed arsenal ships and the bulky and slow-moving frigates will soon be eliminated on the mobile battlefield where war may break out at any time, they should still have a certain combat effect in a long-term confrontation.

Then, isn't the largest battlefield in the entire universe located in this Saide galaxy?

  King Solayen decided to continue the tactic of fighting in rotation to tire out the enemy. However, if he could cause more damage to the enemy in this series of battles, why not?

Therefore, he planned to use the Xiaolong and these frigates as cover, lead all the Praise-class arsenal ships to boldly approach and assault, and carry out effective bombardment on the main fortress of Saide before the Community Fleet could react.

This was not a sudden whim of King Solean.

In history, the tactic of using thin-skinned and large-filled arsenal ships to attack forward has been played out many times. The most classic example occurred in the Fifth Galactic War, which happened three hundred years ago. In the Battle of the Lomish Galaxy, the 100 arsenal ships of the Galactic Empire, under the desperate cover of their own side, approached within 20 kilometers of the enemy fleet. Suddenly, thousands of artillery fires were fired, vaporizing 124 warships including four dreadnoughts on the spot.

The commander who led that epic battle was none other than the contemporary King of Soleon, Lashu VII. In terms of seniority, she was the 13th direct great-grandmother of this generation's King Youent IV.

So, when the new King Soren ascended the throne and obtained the new Xiaolong as his flagship, this plan began to take shape in his mind.

After careful consideration, the Xiaolong is indeed like a combination of an arsenal ship and a frigate, and it is natural to have such an association. However, this also shows that although King Soren's imagination is not particularly wild, it is based on the possibility and feasibility of realistic concepts, which is of course a good advantage.

However, when the warships led by King Solayen were formed and followed the "Flower Rain" squadron across the center line, the captain of the Xiaolong suddenly issued a warning: "The reaction of the fleet ahead is increasing! The main force of the enemy fleet is coming!"

The latest mass projection appeared on the star map at the right time, and dozens of large warships suddenly flashed from behind the main race of Sai De, and rushed directly towards them at the fastest speed.

King Solayen was slightly startled. In the past six months of confrontation, both sides have been very cautious in the use of their fleets, and the Republic Army, which is already at a disadvantage, is even more so. Their harassment is of course mainly cruisers and light carriers, and occasionally there are very brave individual fighters that fly into the range of their own defense line to conduct provocative and tentative attacks.

But the situation was different for the capital ships. Whether it was a battlecruiser or an aircraft carrier, there were almost no examples of them crossing the center line, always ensuring that they were within the coverage of the fortress guns and artillery arrays.

As for the three god-class ships, they were part of the Metamorphosis Plan during the last actual combat, but now they have been hiding in the dock behind the fortress, and their occasional appearances seem more like they are just taking a walk.

And now, these large ships, which are absolutely non-renewable resources for the people on Earth, have rushed out from behind the fortress, as if they were a group of brave warriors who had accumulated a lot of anger and could finally release their killing desire.

The Imperial Fleet, which was continuing its "Flower Rain" offensive, was not paying attention and could only watch as these strike formations, composed entirely of battleships, slipped through the gaps between them and pounced directly on the side of the Xiaolong formation.

In the chaos, the Xiaolong and her arsenal ships only had time to turn around and fire a hasty volley of artillery. They didn't even have time to confirm the results of the battle before the main fleet, like a tiger descending from the mountain, had already entered the effective range.

"The enemy fleet projection is confirmed. There are 3 God-class Dreadnoughts, 10 Yinglong-class battlecruisers, 2 Saratoga-class aircraft carriers, 20 Clear Sky-class aircraft carriers..." The officer began to read the latest battlefield report.

"Have the Earthlings sent all their main forces here?" King Sore asked in surprise.

But at this moment, three main god-class ships and ten Yinglong-class ships suddenly spit out tongues of fire at the same time!

Because they were firing during a high-speed charge, their accuracy was not very high. In addition, the frigates had put up their shields early during the march, so the protective effect should naturally be maximized.

Therefore, only a few warships were affected by the expanding energy, but the damage was very limited. However, even so, an ion energy shell did explode at a very close distance from the Xiaolong, and the dazzling flash had already spilled into the bridge from the porthole. Even after the protection of the light-shielding armor, the scene inside the bridge suddenly became brighter by more than one color.

"Main gun No. 1, counterattack immediately. Can you confirm the location of the Fuxi?" King Soleon ordered loudly.

Of course it can be confirmed. After all, the Fuxi has long been the number one "enemy ship" that all the imperial generals at all levels want to get rid of as soon as possible. What's more, the enemy is charging towards them at a rapid speed and has no intention of concealing their existence at all.

The lookout quickly projected the Fuxi onto the screen. This greatest dreadnought in history was at the forefront of its own formation. Although the Empire had always claimed that the Barbarossa class was the most perfect high-speed dreadnought, it had no proven record. It was surrounded by its companion ships and the Yinglong class, performing basic tactical maneuvers while maintaining a forward charge.

The Imperial artillery fire flashed beside the Fuxi, but it did not make her stop.

Just like a brave warrior leading a charge in a hail of bullets, King Solayen was overwhelmed with emotions.

"He's coming." He said in a deep voice.

Then, he felt the low pressure on the bridge. You are all well-trained elite officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army! Now you act like you have seen your natural enemy. This is really unreasonable! King Solayen was very dissatisfied. He felt that respecting a powerful enemy was a virtue of being a warrior, but if respect turned into a physical fear of a natural enemy, then you should take off your military uniform and go back to farming.

"Fire at the Fuxi!" he shouted.

"We are adjusting the shooting parameters. It will take another minute." The artillery chief responded.

"Why another minute?" King Soren felt that he might have to execute someone. As a new vassal king, he wanted to be kind to others, to love his soldiers like his own sons, and to get along well with everyone. But why do you always force the Dragon King's tyrannical side to come out?

"Just now, we were aiming at the Saide Fortress." The adjutant replied in a low voice.

King Solayen was speechless.

But at this moment, the second round of main gun salvos from the Community Fleet also came.

This time, the hit rate was of course higher, and the power was of course more powerful. The waves of energy and physical barrages dismantled the combined shield deployed by the Nightmare Mountain class on the spot, and the impact of the explosion immediately spread throughout the Imperial Fleet.

This time, even King Solayen, who was standing on the bridge of the Titan, could not help but feel the violent vibration. He also received the news that his ship was hit half a minute later.

Of course, since they were Titan ships, a single railgun shot wouldn't have caused any serious damage. However, the fact that three of the Tribute-class ships were shredded on the spot made him look askance.

The fleet formation was indeed too dense! More importantly, because of the speed of the charge just now, the other fleet actually succeeded in cutting off the T position.

King Solayen had no choice but to temporarily disband the current bombardment formation, and then ordered nearby auxiliary ships to quickly come to reinforce. However, at this time, in the airspace where the fleets of both sides were constantly leveling, a large row of small ships suddenly unfolded their gorgeous light wings, opened the space bubble, and instantly exerted an explosive power that was even more eclipsed than the main god-level neutrino engine.

In this insignificant gap in the starry space, the torpedo ships leaped out together, covering themselves with the most dangerous rays of light.

"I've been fooled..." King Solayen closed his eyes, feeling numb in his heart.

His ears were filled with the anxious voices of the imperial officers: "Where did these torpedo ships come from? We didn't see them just now?"

"Is it a Tiger Cavalry type? Could it be that it was in the main god-level hangar and was just launched?"

"Launching airships at charge speed? When did the Community acquire this technology? Are all those pilots psykers?"

"I understand! They were just parallel to the main god class! The Earthlings used the projection of the main battleship to block the torpedo ship!"

Of course, this would be a huge test for the Earthlings' fleet movement, but it was still more scientific than the enemy warships launching auxiliary boats during the charge.

After all, it was the Yulian Fleet that caused the Holy Galactic Empire to suffer the greatest losses since the Seventh Galactic War. It was only natural that they were so brave and elite and could carry out particularly professional fleet movements.

Of course, all of the above is speculation. The only thing that can be confirmed is that a full sixteen torpedo ships have come to kill him.

Fortunately, those present were all elite members of the Imperial Space Fleet. Although they were caught off guard by the sudden attack, they still arranged various air defense tasks.

Three minutes later, when these torpedo ships passed through the gaps between the scattered imperial warships like swifts, King Solayen was awakened by a more violent earthquake in the bridge. Of course, he immediately received the report from his adjutant.

Bad news, the Xiaolong was hit by a space bubble torpedo.

The good news is that the damage was not serious.

The better news is that it did not cause any impact on key functions such as maneuverability, speed, simulated gravity, life support system, energy supply, etc., and the number of dead crew members was just over a hundred.

The worse news was that three more Praise-class ships and one Nightmare-class ship were destroyed, and five other warships were seriously damaged.

"Okay, okay, this so-called arsenal ship! It's really just a thin-crusted apple pie!" King Sorain thought of the evaluation of Big Sister Brunhild and regretted it for a moment.

"I'm so stupid! Really, I just know that these warships were built after all, and after all, they made great contributions in the Battle of Judgment, but I still want to recycle them! I'm so stupid, really, I shouldn't have any expectations for this kind of warships." He muttered, and then slapped himself.

The bad news is that the young Elector Prince seemed so shocked by his tragic end that he began to mutilate himself.

The good news is that he quickly regained his composure after self-harming, and he really is worthy of being the professionally trained Prince Chosen.

"Let the surrounding fleets come back immediately to rescue me!" He is a frank and honest person. He doesn't seem to think there is anything wrong with the line "save me". He really doesn't act like a young man at all.

Then he asked him again: "Where is the squadron closest to us?"

"…This is the Sobek Fleet, which is on alert at this point in the universe. Their mission is to clear the enemy artillery array cluster in Zone Z."

"Jaeger Sobek? What a reliable name. Let them come to support immediately. I don't want to be bullied by the torpedo ship again." King Soleon seemed a little relieved.

After all, the Arsenal Ship has entered the category of large and medium-sized warships. And the most rigorous military education he received has always told him that within the first two minutes of the war, several large and medium-sized warships were sunk. This means that there are problems with their formation and tactics, and they must be adjusted as soon as possible.

Of course, if the battle situation is intense and cannot be adjusted, we have to think about how to retreat.

If you hesitate to make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. There has never been a shortage of decisive commanders in history. They wanted to save the situation when they were at a disadvantage, and thus turned a small defeat into a disastrous one.

King Soleon felt that he should reorganize the team now, let the surrounding fleets come to support, and then slowly retreat.

Of course, if he wanted to save most of the fleet, he might have to use the Xiaolong Titan to cover the retreat. He already had this awareness, and as a newly promoted vassal king, he should take this risk.

But at this time, he received another report.

"…The enemy fleet has accelerated again, has changed into a spindle formation, and is moving in an arc." King Soleon heard the captain's reminder again.