StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 354 The Yamato Cannon is Ready

"Stop them!"

Augustus made a decisive decision: "The Federation is massacring civilians wantonly, and we are the only ones who can stop them."

"Turn around." Renault immediately issued an order to the entire fleet: "Activate the broadside guns, calibrate the targeting parameters, and fire at all Federation warships that have jumped into the Helsann galaxy."

"Sir, the enemy's intentions are obvious. They want to hold us back. If the fleet gets stuck in the quagmire and cannot get out, other Federation squadrons will rush to Helsingne and surround us." It was one of Renault's adjutants who spoke. He used to be the leader of the local federal rebel army on the main star of Antiga, known for his calmness and inhumanity.

"Then they have to be able to hold us back," Raynor said.

At this time, Augustus rushed to the bridge of Norad II, Lieutenant Colonel Pryor and Kerrigan followed him from left to right.

When Augustus arrived on the bridge of the Norad II, the huge battleship was turning its bow and firing on the Union battleship attacking the refugee boat.As one of the few battlecruisers with a defensive matrix, Norad II can withstand more enemy fire.

In an instant, orange-red flashes and brilliant flames appeared in the black deep sky. Nearly forty unparalleled human steel giants were fighting on the synchronous orbit of Helsingne. There were thousands of artillery groups, and the shocking sense of oppression hit the face. come.Bright orange laser beams flashed across the sky, like a densely woven space net.

A space station that survived the Zerg invasion shattered into pieces under the artillery fire of the Federation warships, bursting out with a frightening flash, and the spaceships that escaped from the space station were submerged one by one in the dense firepower network of the Federation fleet.

The shock wave from the nuclear explosion triggered by the space station's reactor completely shattered the remaining support structure, frame and dome of the giant alloy steel in the next few seconds.

When seeing the space station fall apart with his own eyes, Augustus once again let out a sigh. More than [-] refugees and staff will die, and their once scorching hearts will permanently become part of the cold space.

The Federation Navy has sufficient reasons and evidence to point out that the space station is the military base of the rebels, or the troublemakers in it have already betrayed the Federation.The Federation could also bite back, saying that the massacre of the rebels at Helsingne lasted two galaxies, and that the brutality of these inhuman rebels was heinous.

The flames of thousands of battleship turrets and the tail flames of space torpedoes intertwined in the deep space, and a large number of battlecruisers and fighter planes joined this huge battle.Even during the Guild Wars, such a large-scale fleet battle between humans was rare in the world.

As the flagship, the Norad II was the first to bear the brunt. A large orange laser beam capable of tearing apart the fortress was heavily bombarded on the green shield force field, causing deadly ripples formed by plasma flow.

Parallel to the Norad II is the Leviathan-class battlecruiser Son of Thunder, the plasma bursting out with strong light is burning its thick stainless steel shield, like sparks splashing on a sampan.

The old-fashioned Leviathan-class and most of the Behemoth-class battlecruisers in service rely on the thickness of their armor to resist the fierce artillery fire of enemy ships.Every battle leaves indelible scars on their ships.

The barrage of federal warships covered the sky and closed the sun, and the firepower of the revolutionary army was not too much. The value of the shells thrown by both sides every second was incalculable.

The nimble Wraith fighters and smaller assault boats shuttled between the battleship's firepower nets, and just a little rubbing was enough to turn them into a fleeting fireball.But even the battlecruisers can't ignore these powerful fighters carrying long-range air-to-air missiles. They have already replaced the old Avenger fighters as the mainstay of human fleet warfare.

Standing in front of the porthole of the Norad II bridge, Augustus's face was lit up by a series of dense barrages of laser cannons whistling from time to time.This sudden war was bloody and tragic. Countless red hot plasma was shot into space, bursting out with infinitely shining light, like torches all over the mountains and plains in the dark night.

"They are still attacking refugee ships, and the channels of these ships are wailing. Are all the commanders of the Federation deaf?"

The speaker was Colonel Jasper, the captain of the Norad II, who came from a wealthy farm family on Joss.Jasper had gone to the main star of Tarsonis to study, so he was used to seeing the luxurious life and singing and dancing in the main city of Tarsonis.

Jasper had pissed off rich kids from Tarsonis with a woman in the past.No one knows what Jasper went through, but when Augustus saw him, he had already enlisted from the Revolutionary Army’s conscription site in the Umoyan United States and became a fleet soldier. He was promoted to captain for his outstanding talent.

In the Revolutionary Army, there is no lack of opportunities for promotion for anyone with talent.In the federal army, nobles and those who have been promoted to high positions by virtue of their seniority limit the room for promotion of civilian officers, and the federal army is full of incompetent people who are jealous of their talents.

"Three spaceships full of refugees are escaping from the space station," said the second officer of the Norad II, who was sitting in the command chair and staring at the monitoring screen of the outer space sensor.The second officer is mainly responsible for the security and radio communications on the battlecruiser, and he will also take over the position of the first officer when the first officer is absent.

"Wraith fighters are far faster than these transport ships, and laser weapons can catch up to them in the blink of an eye." Jasper has blond hair and dark green eyes, and the gold-plated revolutionary military grip on his captain's cap The Whip Ring emblem and the golden ears of wheat on the ship's medallion gleamed in the bridge lights.

"The speed of life and death."

This is the consistent image of the captains of the Revolutionary War. They are not sloppy pirates, but respected captains of warships.The officers in the revolutionary army are generally very young, and they are almost growing up with the insurgent army.

At the beginning, no one thought how Korhal IV's uprising would end, and no one expected that they would achieve such an achievement now.

But no matter what, this army originally composed of Keha IV people now gathers people with ideals from various planets. The appearance that Keha envisioned.

"I could hear the refugees," Kerrigan said. "They were screaming and asking why the human warships were attacking their own people."

"Help them," said Augustus.

"Increase the energy output of the shield and move to area 5, 71." Commander Jasper, who understands well, ordered: "The countdown is five seconds——"

After a burst of blinding flashes, the Norad II moved across to the top of the three refugee ships that were dodging dangerously under the artillery fire, and a huge shadow covered these small spaceships and the artillery fire that fired at them.

There was another commotion that shook the entire bridge, and missiles with red tail flames attacked the Norad II overwhelmingly.

"It's more than that." Kerrigan continued: "There are nearly a hundred refugee ships scattered on the synchronous orbit of Helsingne, and they are all targets of attack by Federation warships."

"Then go to war and let them know that their real enemy is the Revolutionary Army."

"Teach the Federation a lesson." Augustus' cold gray eyes scanned the hologram projected on the main screen of the bridge. On it, the green holographic projection light and shadow constituted 37 battlecruisers distinguished by red dots , and there are countless missile paths drawn by supercomputers.

"We haven't hurt them yet, so that these scumbags will know that it is best to detour when they see the revolutionary army in the future."

"We're not what we used to be," said Colonel Jasper.

At this moment, the heads of Jim Raynor and a dozen or so Revolutionary Army battlecruiser captains appeared on the main screen one after another.

The captains were all wearing straight command uniforms, some of them looked even younger than Augustus, and some were old captains with gray beards, with retro-style pipes in their mouths, puffing to them from time to time. Fill it with shredded tobacco and puff it up.

"Swann said that the Hyperion's Yamato guns are ready to fire." Augustus said in his coldest tone ever: "No matter what his reasons are, let the gun crews act now."

"The design of the Yamato cannon is not perfect. If you want to let the main cannon fire, you must turn off other systems that consume a lot of energy, such as shields. And if you fire before the test is completed, the effect will definitely be unsatisfactory." Renault said.

"Now is the test." Augustus looked forward.

"I just need to see the flagship of Crimson Squadron blown to pieces."

"Captains, you have only one task, and that is to attract the firepower of the Federation warships and cover the Hyperion's fire." Augustus said so, the red light from the naval guns outside the bridge illuminated his sword. A face carved like an axe.

"Everyone, we always firmly believe that this war that will inevitably destroy lives is just. The fate of 82 revolutionary soldiers and tens of millions of people depends on your every order."

"Yes, sir."

The battle between the fleets on Hailsane became intense in just a few minutes. The synchronous orbit was filled with flames, and the wreckage and fragments of the warships formed a huge ring made of metal.

Regardless of the outcome of this war, this area will be frequented by private salvage dealers and interstellar scavengers for a long time to come.Even a small piece of a battlecruiser is worth a lot, and no matter how bad it is, there are always people who are willing to pay high prices for maglev motorcycles and other memorabilia built from these "legendary" battleships.

The fleets of the two sides are constantly approaching in the continuous exchange of fire, and tens of thousands of fighter planes and spaceships are coming and going between them.

At 17 o'clock onboard time, Augustus could almost see the crimson deck of one of the battleships of the Crimson Squadron and the blue Federation star flag.

"Hagen's bridge command island has been penetrated, and the deputy captain has taken over from Captain Roann to command the warship." Following Kerrigan's report to Augustus, Norad II's surveillance screen It shows that one of the battleships in the fleet, the HMS Hagen, is in a severely damaged state.

This battleship was dug out by Warfield from the ship museum in Abaddon in the marginal world. At that time, the Federal Navy also planned to transform this old battleship, which had been decommissioned for many years, into a prison ship to make the best use of it.

Now, even though the engineers of the Revolutionary Army had thickened the sampan of the Hagen, when it was deliberately concentrated fire from the Federation warships, it was still crumbling like an old man in the hail of bullets.

At the same time, two other Federation battlecruisers were kicked off the battlefield by the Revolutionary Army warships.As Augustus looked towards the blinding flash of light on the bridge, the Revolutionary Behemoth-class battlecruisers Ragnarok and King's Fury combined to severely damage a Gamma Squadron battleship, hitting the bow of the ship. The space torpedoes of the Astros tore a horrific gash in its broad, majestic bridge.

Augustus just watched all this intently, and from time to time issued new orders to various battleships and squadrons through the communication system.

At 17:03, the Yamato cannon of the Hyperion was fully charged, and the muzzle, which had accumulated nuclear explosion energy, shone thousands of times in a few seconds, and the light released in an instant was like a small star.If it is within the atmosphere, the roar of the Yamato cannon firing will be extremely shocking.

The momentum of the Yamato Cannon firing was astonishing, but the energy beam it emitted was not so huge, it was just a flash of red light, like a red comet advancing at an incredible speed.

It was a focused and compressed nuclear explosion, and the energy released suddenly was enough to destroy the city.

In the time that Augustus blinked, the Yamato cannon bombarded the giant Jotun, the flagship of the Crimson Squadron.

This behemoth-class battlecruiser, which is regarded as a model by the federal military industry, adopts the latest generation of design, and its armor is also the most outstanding in this era. The design goal is to resist the plasma artillery of the Protoss.

But this focused, compressed, and nuclear explosion triggered an unprecedented nuclear explosion when it touched the giant Jotun. A huge fireball was released, which broke into two sections like a crushed biscuit, and the remaining fragments scattered around like stars.

With just one blow, the Hyperion destroyed the proud battlecruiser of the Federation Navy, greatly deterring the other Federation warships, forcing them to retreat briefly.

A tsunami-like cheer came from the channel of the Revolutionary Army Fleet, and Renault slapped the edge of the console with one hand due to excessive excitement, making a whining sound.

"Are the refugees safe?" Augustus asked Kerrigan.

"They all evacuated Helsingne's synchronous orbit, and several of the warships also received some of the refugee ships," Kerrigan replied.

"Contact the Star Shuttle, the flagship of the Tassadar Executive Fleet." Augustus said at this time.

"Tell the executive that we need their response and a deterrent to the Confederacy." He went on to say, "Jimmy, take the Hagen, and we evacuate Helsingne immediately."

"Destination set to Mar Sara...where it all began."

"The bombing of the protoss fleet reduced the place to a piece of scorched earth, but the bombardment of the main cannon beam also dug out the crystal veins hidden deep in the ground, making the minerals there have some special properties. This means that Ma Sa La still has colonial value."

"A misfortune is a blessing." Reynolds sighed.

(End of this chapter)