Star Fleet: Age of Lords.

Chapter 43 War begins

Fourteen to over a hundred, the advantage is on me.

As before, Feng Mo handed over the temporary command to Al, and he could only act as a mascot giving orders, because Al was more professional than him in commanding battles.

Four years of hard study is not as good as decades of combat experience. Feng Mo still has a lot to learn. If it is just a one-on-one starship duel, Feng Mo has no problem at all, but when it comes to star wars, experience is still a little lacking.

Professional matters should be left to more professional people, and leaders are responsible for drinking tea.

There is a saying that goes "When you are poor, you should strike with precision, and when you are rich, you should have comprehensive firepower." When El first commanded the fleet in battle, she had to be precise with every shot of the main and secondary guns. Now that she has half a complete fleet for her to command, she finally realizes the feeling of having abundant firepower.

The Storm Fleet's formation is neat and orderly, and the starships are closely connected to form an indestructible lineup.

"Frigates enter defense mode and intercept enemy starship attacks as much as possible."

"Destroyers, battleships' main guns are for the first round of attack, secondary guns are for the second round of attack, and destroyers' concussion missiles and proton torpedoes are for the third round of attack."

Al stood on the bridge, his eyes firm, and gave an order!
In an instant, as Al's voice fell, the ten T2 Black Bear close-in rapid-fire guns moved in the same direction.

The main guns of the three T3 Mantises and the Storm lit up brightly.

This is when the star rangefinder comes into play, allowing the Storm Fleet to better measure the attack distances of both enemy and friendly starships.

The crew members stared at the main console and adjusted their aim. Then, in the first round of attack, all four main guns fired simultaneously!
"Second round, launch!"

In the second round of attack, nine secondary guns fired at the same time.

The two rounds of attacks came one after another, with less than five seconds between them. Thirteen beams of light fell directly on the left wing of the enemy fleet.

It was the first time the fleet used manual aiming, and the accuracy fluctuated slightly. Originally, the two attacks were aimed at the center of the enemy fleet.

Explosions appeared in the universe, and a small area on the left wing of the enemy fleet was in a vacuum state.

Feng Mo couldn't help but sigh at the power of talent again, because the Storm's main gun's 2600mm turbolaser cannon beam directly pierced through an enemy T2 frigate, and then continued to bombard a T2 destroyer again.

Almost in an instant, the fifteen starships on the left wing of the Flame Thieves lost contact with the boss's flagship.

"Report, the energy signals of fifteen starships on the left wing have disappeared, all of them have been destroyed by the enemy!"

"What did you say!"

The news shocked the boss so much that he stood up straight, and his facial features became even more ferocious.

The young man on the opposite side had no moral principles and started opening fire as soon as he hung up the phone. After two rounds of artillery fire, the fleet was directly destroyed by more than one-tenth.

When the boss called up the fleet's images, he was stunned. All he could see were the wreckage of starships that had been bombed to pieces.

Seeing the adjutant standing there blankly, the boss was furious. He slapped the adjutant on the head with a big nose and roared:

"So what are you waiting for? Get the fleet to counterattack immediately. Damn it, I'm going to let those brats on the other side see how powerful I am today!"

However, the Storm Fleet's attack was not over yet. Six concussion missiles and twelve proton torpedoes fell on the right wing of the enemy fleet again.

Needless to say, the power of the proton torpedo is not inferior to that of the Storm's secondary guns. What surprised Feng Mo the most was the shock missile. The shock missile was originally used as a supplementary weapon for the laser cannon. It is a solid projectile. Generally, the shock missile can reach sub-light speed.

When it hits the target, because it is a solid weapon, it can penetrate most energy shields. Three T3 Mantises can fire six concussion missiles at a time.

There happened to be an enemy T3 Peregrine on the left wing. The first concussion missile directly destroyed its star shield, and then the second one destroyed its armor and engine. The entire T3 Peregrine was directly knocked down.

A total of six missiles and twelve torpedoes caused heavy damage to the enemy's left wing, destroying thirteen enemy starships and damaging seven enemy starships, including a T3-class destroyer.

After three rounds of attacks, the enemy fleet was damaged by 30% before the battle even started, which was a fruitful result.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! How could this be possible? How could the artillery fire so accurately without an automatic aiming system? Could it be that all the members of their fleet are century-old veterans of the Star Sea Human Federation?"

At this time, the boss's face turned green and he roared wildly in the bridge.

"What are you still looking at? Tell the fleet to fight back. Do you want them to catch up and defeat you one by one?"

The adjutant was scolded again, but he did not dare to delay and quickly notified all ships to fight back.

Facing the counterattack of the enemy ships, Al was not at all panicked. Most of the shells and light beams fired were intercepted by the T2 Black Bear, and some that escaped were also intercepted by the T3 hull.

But like Feng Mo said at the beginning, an elephant can be killed by ants in large numbers, and close-range rapid-fire cannons also have an interception rate. Although the Storm Fleet has a terrifyingly high interception rate thanks to Feng Mo's talent, there will also be missed attacks.

The armor of T2 Black Bear was riddled with holes. If the attack continued, although the Flame Thieves could be wiped out after three rounds of attacks, at least half of T2 Black Bear would be killed.

This exchange was considered a big victory in Star Wars, but it was not what Al wanted, so after the first round of fire between the two sides, Al changed his tactics.

The radar sometimes works well and sometimes not in the magnetic field fluctuations, so before the battle, Al specifically asked everyone to report the starship data at any time. After a round of bombardment, the T2 Black Bear's hull damage was generally around 30%.

"The fleet maintains its formation and accelerates to cut into the enemy fleet's weak point on the left wing. I want to fight them in close combat. If the armor loss of the T2 Black Bear exceeds 70%, you can retreat and the T3 Blade Mantis will hold you back."

"Yes!"

At Al's command, the entire fleet instantly changed its combat method. Due to the connection of the tractor beam, the entire fleet was like a whole.

It has always been hovering on the edge of the Flame Thieves, and no more than five starships are involved in close combat with the enemy fleet at a time. It skillfully maintains a combat range with a part of the enemy fleet's starships, so that the fleet can hold out longer by suffering evenly distributed attacks.

On the other hand, the Flame Thieves did not gain much after their boss ordered a counterattack. They watched the enemy ships swooping down on them and ordered an encirclement and fire, but to no avail.

Because even if some T2 starships surrounded the Storm Fleet, a hole would soon be torn open by the Storm's main and secondary guns, and the hole would be unstable, so the entire encirclement would be useless.

To put it simply, this is what Star Wars is all about. The battle formations and techniques that can be used are greatly limited, and what is being competed for is the performance of the starships and the intensity of the artillery fire.

Seeing his starships being destroyed one after another, the boss was a little scared. He valued his life very much and would not take risks easily.

As the saying goes, if the superior likes something, the subordinates will follow it, and if the superior dislikes something, the subordinates will also follow it. If the soldiers are incompetent and the generals are incompetent together, the boss will not dare to fight to the death, and the subordinates will be even more afraid.

Therefore, all the captains who were afraid of the wind started to slack off and refused to engage in direct contact with the Storm Fleet.

After two more rounds of artillery fire, seeing that the enemy fleet was less than half of its original size, Al gave his final order!
"The fleet cuts into the enemy's center. The Storm's main and secondary guns begin charging. The decapitation operation has officially begun!"

(End of this chapter)