Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 853: Tunaras Siege War - "Gospel Kick - Crimson Vector Drill - Thirteenth Company"

In the cockpit, Xia Xiu controlled the Holy Gospel Machine and glanced calmly at the array of enemy ships on the tactical holographic screen.

Currently, the core of the Gisyan fleet includes the "Flagship·Villak", the "Flagship·Blood Oath", four cruisers, seven psychic destroyers, and a small number of frigates, totaling thirteen ships.

Under the command of the flagship, they quickly adjusted their formation and adopted the standard "echelon defense" formation.

The flagship was at the core, with destroyers and raider warships on both wings, and frigates maneuvering and cruising on the periphery, trying to increase the distance by using depth and use naval guns to strike the Holy Machine of Gospel beyond visual range.

The remaining ships adopted tactical guerrilla warfare, occasionally firing a cold shot at the Holy Machine of Gospel.

The last ship, the "Flagship Queen", was stationed on the defense orbital platform in the capital Tunaras, guarding the strategic point.

Faced with this scene, the fourth sword-wielding man in the Kingdom of Heaven simply curled the corners of his mouth, revealing a faint smile, with a hint of teasing and regret in his tone.

"If Vlaakis had not chosen the fortress tactics to retreat to Tunaras, but instead let the Gisyan fleet launch tactical maneuvers on the astral battlefield, with their fleet's tactical qualities and the commander's decision-making ability, they could indeed use the depth tactics to expand my range of action."

He shook his head slightly, and the azure light in his golden pupils flashed with brilliance.

"But now, their activities are limited to the vicinity of Tunaras. They dare not go too far away, for fear of being surrounded and attacked by my fleet... In this case, this distance is not enough."

[Prometheus: Gradual Acceleration——]

As Xia Xiu moved the light ball slightly, the triple halo behind the Gospel Holy Machine suddenly accelerated its rotation, a stream of light particles gushed out, the machine's thrusters instantly entered overload mode, and the entire machine turned into an aurora-like stream of light, rushing towards the enemy ship array.

During the Battle of Kresh, Xia Xiu told his student, Navigator Silas, about the strategic depth of the Crown-class Power Units in the deep space battlefield.

——The real advantage of the mighty unit is not just its individual combat capability, but how to use the battlefield environment and strategic depth to maximize combat efficiency.

In the Battle of Kresh Junction, the three fleets of the Gisyans maintained an excellent defense-in-depth formation, relying on the beyond-visual-range strike capabilities of their ships and staying within the extreme strike range.

It's just that Lao Xiu was cunning enough to dispatch a team of Silent Confessors to sneak into the hub in advance, launch a surprise attack during the fleet rotation, and severely damage the opponent's dock.

If you choose to fight head-on, the battle line will only be stretched infinitely, turning the battle into a war of attrition.

Therefore, Xia Xiu’s strategy in the Battle of Kresh at that time was to gather the enemy’s fleet together like dumplings, so that he could give full play to the advantages of his powerful units and completely tear the battlefield apart with one blow.

And now, Tunaras's defense fleet made a fatal mistake.

Their depth distance is even shorter than that of the Kresh Hub Fleet!
Due to Vlaakis's insistence on his own way, he adopted a tactic of retreat, abandoned hundreds of hubs, and implemented an absolute defensive fortress tactic, which caused their fleet to not dare to move far away from the core area of ​​the capital of Tunaras. Once the distance was too far, they would be directly surrounded and cut off by the Courtyard Joint Fleet.

what does this mean?
This means that the Gisyan fleet has been firmly clamped down at the strategic level.

They wanted to run, but they couldn't run far!
They wanted to pull, but there wasn't enough room!
For a fourth-generation machine with extreme maneuverability, this "limited depth" battlefield environment is a slaughterhouse tailor-made for Xia Xiu.

The Kingdom of Heaven is still too comprehensive.

Or rather, Vlakis, is still too one-sided.

She can be the king of a corner of the star realm, and be superior to many weak civilizations. Relying on the military force and plundering tactics of the Gis people, she can establish her own interstellar hegemony, and even dare to challenge the Kingdom of Heaven and seek the protection of the Golden Court.

but……

After all, she was a ruler with a limited vision, not a true war commander.

In fact, facing the Lord of the Courtyard's extremely aggressive tactics, she was not brainless.

She did not choose to defend every hub to the death, nor did she make the stupid mistakes that destroyed countless fleets, such as dividing her forces and allowing the enemy to defeat them one by one.

Haven’t you seen how many fleet wars were caused by the division of forces, with the battlefields breaking out in many places, and then being quickly annihilated by the enemy’s concentrated firepower, with the reinforcements unable to come because of the depth.

If we go to help, we will send them one by one, just like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather.

You have to know that tactical mistakes like the one about Calabash Brothers saving his grandfather are common in interstellar wars and even in fleet wars in all the heavens and worlds.

All the reinforcement fleets that were divided up were eventually like prey caught in a trap and were hunted down one by one by the enemy.

Vlakis obviously wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

What she wanted was an absolutely protracted war.

She chose to do the opposite and directly carried out a large-scale strategic contraction, concentrating all available combat forces in Tunaras. Relying on the fleet, orbital defense platform, and black box technology provided by the Golden Court, she built the entire astral capital into a steel fortress, intending to use it as a support to engage in a long-term war of attrition with the Courtyard Fleet.

Her plan is simple.

Stretch the battle line, delay time, use the assistance of the Golden King's Court to deal with the Courtyard Fleet, and even drag it on for more than ten years, so that the expansion of the Courtyard is hindered and the entire war situation is deadlocked.

This is a gamble.

She was betting on whether the courtyard's resources were sufficient to support a long-term war, whether the Golden Court would fulfill their promise of aid, and whether the lord of the courtyard would choose a strategic shift and give up the complete conquest of the Gis people because of the long tug-of-war.

But what she didn't expect was.

Her "fortress tactics" just put herself on the chopping block.

On the deep space battlefield, she faced a Terra's fourth-generation highly mobile royal machine capable of carrying powerful units.

She thought she was fighting a fleet, a regular strategic-level battle, but she didn't realize it.

The existence of the Holy Gospel Machine has completely changed the battlefield ecology.

In the vast deep space, if the depth is sufficient, the fleet can continuously retreat and pull the front line, using the firepower advantage of the ships to encircle and suppress individual units. Even powerful units will be greatly restricted.

But now on the Tunaras battlefield, the fleet's depth was locked.

Because Vlaakis had to stay in her fortress and didn't dare to distance herself easily.

Her fleet could not retreat too far, otherwise the Courtyard's combined fleet would quickly cut into the battlefield and defeat them one by one.

But her fleet cannot completely retreat within the defensive circle, otherwise the dominance of the entire battlefield will completely fall into the hands of the Lord of the Courtyard.

So, the situation on the battlefield became like this.

The fleet escapes, the Holy Gospel Machine pursues, and finally...

It’s hard to fly without wings!

On the deep space battlefield, the tactical game has entered its peak showdown.

The huge Holy Gospel Machine moved like a ghost in the hail of bullets, dodging, accelerating, and leaping again and again. That was not the maneuverability of a ship, but the absolute advantage of a single powerful unit on the battlefield;
——Cannot be locked, cannot be blocked, and cannot be suppressed.

The Gis people adjusted their tactics extremely quickly.

At the moment when the three frigates were cut in half by the ship-severing sword, the "Flagship·Vilak" and the "Flagship·Blood Oath" quickly ordered the core fleet to gather and form a cross-fire coverage array of thirteen ships, trying to block the advancement of the Holy Machine of Gospel with the most efficient firepower network.

They want to deter further aggression from the Holy Machine of the Gospel!
Their commander is undoubtedly excellent!
Xia Xiu deeply agreed with this, and even from a tactical point of view, he was willing to give a high score to these Gis foreign commanders.

They are indeed smart and decisive enough.

But the problem is...

What they were facing was not an ordinary fleet war.

Their opponent was piloted by the Fourth Sword Bearer of Heaven.

——【Super-powerful unit: Holy Machine of Gospel, Prometheus!!!】

"What a pleasant air battle, Commander of the Gisyan fleet. I think I will remember your excellent tactical coordination and reaction for some time to come. My students will use you as a template for their studies."

In the cockpit, Xia Xiu's mouth curled up slightly, revealing an extremely happy smile.

Unlike the poor fleet operation skills of "Human-Machine Green Day", the fleet control of the Gis foreign fleet commander can be said to be almost perfect.

Whether it's timing, rhythm, displacement, distance...

Everything was perfect.

Xia Xiu’s current meteorite count is only three, which shows how powerful the commanders of these fleets are.

If the fleet commander had a ranking level, the commander of the Gis foreign fleet would be at least a master close to a grandmaster.

As for Green Day...

He was at the table with the kids, oh, not even as good as the kids. With such a huge fleet, the number of meteorites killed was reduced to a hundred in an instant by Xia Xiu, who had just driven a Gundam at the time. It was clear that he didn't even have the qualifications to sit at the table.

Moreover, not only was he not qualified to sit at the table, he would also be used as a negative example by Xia Xiu, and like the unit of measurement, night, he would be written into the courtyard's textbooks, for the sons of the courtyard in future generations to compare their combat power and... ridicule.

While constantly comparing and criticizing Green Day in his mind, Xia Xiu's warm-up was almost complete.

His golden pupils flickered slightly, and he slightly adjusted the light ball in his hands, feeling the battle rhythm of the Gospel Holy Machine.

Then, he looked down at the rising value on the holographic display frame—

[Coherence rate: 71% (high frequency threshold)]

In an instant, the surface of the Gospel Holy Machine gradually bloomed with a soft and strange rainbow light.

That radiance was not an ordinary surge of energy, but a manifestation of radiance that fundamentally changed the physical structure.

[Gospel Holy Machine - Critical State Activation]

[Crystallization state·Activation——]

The armor and mental frame gradually crystallized.

The surface armor and frame of the machine began to undergo a qualitative change, gradually transforming from the original alloy structure to an almost transparent crystal material.

Like colored glass or crystal, the translucent armor exudes a soft iridescent luster. On the dim star battlefield, multi-colored glows of green, red, gold, etc. emerge, as if a miracle has descended from deep space.

This iridescent glow on the surface of the machine is not a simple shield or energy surge.

It is a higher-dimensional material transformation, a conceptual-level protection that transcends etheric physics, and a leap from "real existence" to "fantasy embodiment".

At this moment, the firepower network of the Gis people completely lost its meaning.

Inside the cockpit.

Xia Xiu clenched his grip on the light ball, feeling the surge of energy. His eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile on his lips deepened.

He could clearly feel that the energy of the Holy Gospel Machine was surpassing its previous limits and entering a completely new combat mode.

He took a deep breath and uttered a few words softly:
"Let's try out some new moves."

At this moment, a clear electronic prompt sounded in the cockpit.
[Particle-kick system is ready——]

[Status is stable, system is ready——]

[Allow high-frequency melee combat mode! ]

Xia Xiu smiled softly.

"Then the game is over."

In an instant, the triple halo spun wildly, and the right leg of the Holy Machine of Gospel burned with the most blazing crimson flame.

The ruler of the battlefield began to gather its destructive kick.

The core fleet of the Gis people is in chaos at this moment.

"Quick! Analyze the energy response of that machine—"

"Report to the commander! The unknown high-energy body is rapidly accumulating, and the energy reading has exceeded the limit! Its right leg... the output power of its right leg has exceeded the power of conventional naval guns--"

"what?!"

On the bridge of the flagship "Virak", the commander's pupils suddenly contracted, and he stared at the light spot on the tactical screen.

That giant-like machine is now releasing energy fluctuations that are enough to shake the entire battlefield!

[Energy Core: 120% 150% 200% Overload Start]

[Right Leg Energy Conduit: Full Power - Activate Maximum Output]

The core energy of the Holy Machine of Gospel was surging wildly, and red light was gushing out from the gap in the right leg armor like lava.

"The fleet defense matrix is ​​activated! Quick! All ships immediately adjust their angles, lock onto the target, and fire at maximum power—"

"That's too late!!"

While the Gis foreign fleet was still urgently adjusting its tactics, the Holy Machine of Gospel had already completed the accumulation of all its energy.

In Xia Xiu's eyes, the azure light bloomed to its limit, and the light particles turned into substantial flames, burning in his pupils.

He took a slow, deep breath.

Then, smile.

【Gospel Kick——】

[Crimson Vector Drill——]

【The Thirteenth Company!!!】

boom! ! !
Countless crimson energy beams gathered and swirled around the Holy Gospel Machine. The spiraling beams formed an enormous data funnel at the feet of the machine.

——It was a crimson spiral drill that transcended the laws of physics.

The spiral drill head is hundreds of meters in diameter and emits terrifying waves of destruction.

Thirteen crimson spiral drills appeared above the ship, composed of countless red particles. They were like data funnels, or like...huge spiral drills.

The commanders of the Gisyan flagship, cruisers, destroyers...all the ships felt an unprecedented fear at this moment.

They didn't know what it was.

But they knew that this would be a massacre of extraordinary proportions!

"They're moving—!"

boom! ! !
The right leg of the Holy Machine of Gospel swung backwards suddenly, the triple halo spun violently, the body twisted into an afterimage, and rushed towards the fleet array with an uncatchable speed!
[Crimson Vector Drill - First Company!]

boom! ! !
The right leg of the Holy Machine of Gospel kicked out fiercely, and a crimson spiral drill burst out, directly penetrating the shield of a psychic destroyer and shattering the hull in an instant!

"Report - The Thunder Blade has been destroyed! !"

“What kind of attack is this…!!”

[Crimson Vector Drill - Second Company!]

Another crimson spiral drill shot out, piercing through the central hulls of the two frigates. The ships were reduced to wreckage in the violent explosion!
“I can’t stop it…I can’t stop it!!”

"Maintain full shield power—"

"Ineffective! That's not an energy weapon at all, it's... it's a reality-distorting attack!!"

The tactical analysts of the Gisyan people completely collapsed. They simply could not comprehend the scene before them.

This machine completely surpasses all the fighting methods they know!
【The fourth company! 】

【Fifth Company! 】

【…】

Under a series of light shocks that cannot be explained by common sense, the Gisyan fleet has lost half of its combat power!

Their defensive formation had completely collapsed, and all of their ships were fleeing for their lives, but the mobility of the Holy Gospel Machine far exceeded theirs, and it was a one-sided massacre.

The captain of the flagship Blood Oath suddenly stood up, his face pale as a bloodless cloud, and shouted in a trembling voice:
“Quick – retreat!!”

But, they no longer have the chance.

In the cockpit, light particles in Xia Xiu's eyes burned wildly, and his voice slowly rang out:
"Final blow."

[Crimson Vector Drill——The Thirteenth Company, the End!!!]