in2ebook Chapter 293 Boarding Battle
Chapter 293 Boarding Battle
The experiences of Lieutenant Larry's HCP squadron and the reconnaissance team are just a microcosm of the reconnaissance teams in the outer warning circle.
Almost all reconnaissance teams have found traces of the federal fleet in their reconnaissance areas, and some HCP teams sent by the reconnaissance teams have also encountered the enemy like Lieutenant Larry and his team.
The situation of the second team with only one person killed is considered to be the luckiest among these HCP teams.
Many HCP teams that are performing CSP tasks did not even have time to fight back before being submerged in a series of attacks.
At this time, in the combat command center of the Gospel Fortress, Duke Hastings was looking at the scene presented on the holographic projection platform with a serious expression.
The huge "celestial sphere" with a radius of 600,000-700,000 kilometers, with the area where the main fleet is located as the center, is the outer warning area of the two battle groups.
And now, a large number of red signs representing "contact with the enemy" are flashing on the outermost warning circle.
These densely packed red signs almost surrounded the entire celestial sphere, which meant that all directions could be the direction for the enemy to launch an attack.
"It seems that gravitational wave radar is not omnipotent. Duke and William did not tell us this."
A magnetic female voice sounded next to Duke Hastings.
Duke Artesia, who was staying at the combat command center of the Tranquility Fortress, was projected next to Duke Hastings with a light blue virtual image by the projection device.
The B battle group led by the Duchess was currently deployed in a "back-to-back" form, 60,000 kilometers away from the A battle group.
The two imperial celestial fortress battle groups, like two dragon turtles, protected each other's six o'clock direction.
"Humph, you might as well expect them to tell you this than to expect the federal fleet to retreat."
Duke Hastings' voice was emotionless, and the whole person exuded an aura of keeping strangers away like a piece of ice.
"You know what? Someone told me before that you and Duke Duke are somewhat similar. I didn't believe it before, but now I wonder if you two are long-lost brothers? You always have a poker face."
Duke Artesia smiled sweetly, and a breath called 'mature female charm' was released, but unfortunately it had no effect on Hastings.
"Let's talk about business."
"Okay, okay, let's continue talking about the problem of gravitational wave radar. There is definitely no problem with this thing for strategic reconnaissance. The movements of two federal fleets have been discovered before.
It's just that I don't know why this time, it seems to be 'out of order'."
Duke Artesia instantly returned to his normal expression, folded his hands and looked at the star map seriously and said.
"This means that the other party should be serious this time. Don't forget that Trafalgar and his federal naval fleet have been dealing with the artificial celestial fortress for a year. If there is no way to deal with it, it would have been swept away by the fortress artillery." Hastings spoke very quickly, but his words were still clear. "If the opponent's large-scale fleet mobilization is jumping from one planet to another, it can indeed use the interference of the planet to avoid the detection of gravitational wave radar. And this is originally a federal galaxy, we have enough reason I believe that they know much more about this galaxy than we do, and they definitely have more than a few such jump coordinates in their hands.
As for the small fleet in the outer warning zone, it was not originally the target of the gravitational wave radar, otherwise we would not have to deploy so many reconnaissance teams to patrol the warning circle. "
"In your opinion, is this a test, or are they unable to hold back and want to attack us?"
Duke Artesia frowned her delicate eyebrows. Although she is the only woman among the five dukes of the empire, she is definitely a strong woman with iron blood, and she is also very clear in combat command.
"If it's just a test, isn't this too much noise? There are at least 300 enemy reconnaissance teams active in our alert circle.
According to the news sent back by the front-line troops, these federal reconnaissance teams have a high fighting spirit and are almost desperate to compress our outer defense circle.
In addition, since the enemy's main fleet has not appeared yet, I have reason to suspect that the Federation is planning a large-scale attack."
"A large-scale attack fleet decisive battle, right?"
Duke Artesia laughed and continued:
"That's exactly what you want. We have been keeping this group posture, isn't it to force the main force of the federal navy to confront us head-on?"
"That's right, so I have a hunch that this battle may directly affect the direction of this war."
When saying this, Duke Hastings' face was still as calm as a well, and no one in the combat command center could guess what he really thought through his expression.
"So, wise Lord Hastings, how do you think the Federation's Marshal Trafalgar will fight this fleet decisive battle?"
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"Boarding battle." Amber, sitting at the desk and looking at the star map, said in her mind without hesitation.
At this moment, he and Lilith were paying attention to the situation on the battlefield. After the "autonomous quantum communication node" in the warring galaxy monitored a large amount of information from both sides, Amber had determined that the Federation Navy was preparing to launch a large-scale attack.
A large number of encounters in the outer warning circle of the Empire's celestial fortress battle group were caused by the federal fleet releasing a large number of small fleets that avoided gravitational wave radar detection and were conducting "deportation warning".
The purpose is to compress the warning range of the imperial battle group and create a better environment for yourself to take the lead.
When Lilith asked Amber how the Federation Navy would fight, Amber gave the answer "broadside battle" without hesitation.
“The Celestial Fortress’s Focusing Rainbow is currently ‘invincible in head-to-head combat’. It is so lethal that even if the federal fleet can crush the opponent in terms of numbers, it cannot withstand the strafing fire of this thing.
As long as Trafalgar is not a fool, he will not adopt conventional methods of engaging the enemy, not to mention that he has been dealing with the Celestial Fortress for so long, let alone stepping on minefields like this. "
"So Master thinks he will adopt the method of 'boarding battle' to maximize his strengths and avoid weaknesses?"
"In fact, it cannot be called 'leveraging strengths and avoiding weaknesses'. At best, it is just reducing the 'weight' of the Celestial Fortress in determining the outcome of the battle.
When one's own fleet and the enemy's fleet are entangled, at least it is difficult for the 'Focusing Rainbow' to have a chance to attack. "
As Amber spoke, he called up a three-dimensional model of the celestial fortress. This was a rough model he made based on his own memory and some intelligence he had collected previously.
"The design of the empire's man-made celestial fortress is actually more of a weapon for defense. Even if it is used for offense, it is still more suitable for defensive tasks at the tactical level. This is why this thing was developed The name of the project is 'Wall of Sighs'."
While putting this model into the star map to simulate the imperial battle group, Amber recalled in her mind the discussions of players in previous lives about this thing, and then continued:
"According to the ideas of the Imperial Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the most basic point of building an artificial celestial fortress is that it cannot be breached from the front.
The fleet of the battle group is more used to protect the flanks and rear of the man-made celestial fortress, allowing the fortress to concentrate on dealing with frontal enemies.
The ultra-large gravitational wave radar array equipped in the Celestial Fortress is also designed to detect the enemy's movements at extremely long distances, and then use the focusing rainbow to carry out attacks that the opponent cannot 'retaliate'. "
"So what the commander of the Imperial Battle Group is doing now is to conduct defensive operations and then force the Federation to take the initiative to attack?"
"Yes, the empire's battle command fully utilized the characteristics of the celestial fortresses. He directly arranged the two celestial fortresses 'back to back', turning the battle group into a turtle shell.
This should be the work of the Duke of Hastings. To be honest, he is much smarter than Duke and William, the two guys who run around with the Celestial Fortress.
In this case, no matter what direction Trafalgar attacks according to the regular pattern, he will be shot into a fool by the Focusing Iris.
So his only option was to engage in a boarding battle. "
Lilith in the virtual space nodded. While listening to Amber's explanation, she was also reading a lot of books about space warfare to improve her 'fleet command' level.
"If it's a boarding battle, is it to directly jump the fleet into the opponent's face? Doesn't it mean that the jump coordinates must be grasped very accurately?"
"That's right, it's probably a distance of more than 10,000 kilometers to reach the Imperial battle group directly by jumping in.
However, the difficulty in this operation is not actually the accuracy of the coordinates. I believe it is impossible for Trafalgar to not have this information on its home court.
The real difficulty is keeping the Imperial battle group in place, waiting for the Federation fleet to jump in their face.
Because once the empire’s celestial fortress battle group begins to maneuver, even a very short-distance tactical maneuver will invalidate the previously calibrated jump coordinates.”
Having said this, Amber also fell into thinking, trying to lead herself into the thoughts of Marshal Trafalgar.
"What on earth would you do?"
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"Your Excellency, the gravitational wave radar has discovered a target with the characteristics of a large fleet and is identifying it!"
“It’s finally here”
After hearing the report from the Tactical Information Coordinator, Duke Hastings felt relieved.
"Report! Targets suspected of being a large fleet were detected in areas A2, B7, F6, and I1 at the same time!"
"Report! Battle Group B sent news that there are multiple targets suspected of large-scale fleets in the area where they are defending the hemisphere!"
Targets that were suspected to be enemy fleets were marked on the star map, and were successively confirmed as federal fleets during the identification of the intelligence processing center.
Looking at the star map, located 2.6 million kilometers directly in front of the Gospel Fortress, there is a federal fleet that has just completed its jump and is trying to hide behind the huge planet in the war zone.
The Duke of Hastings said decisively:
"Pass my command, the 'Focusing Rainbow' is ready for irradiation! The target is the federal fleet 2.6 million kilometers directly in front of the fortress!"