Chapter 415, Jump Point Naval Battle

Chapter 415, Jump Point Naval Battle

No matter how much the alliance's strength needs to be assembled and no matter how much advance preparation is needed, it cannot be delayed for too long.

It has been too long. If the Hippogriff sector is ruined, the Alliance will have to fight those greenskins on their own land.

Might as well fight in Steel Wing Star.

The departure date was set forty-five standard Terra days after Gu Hang promised Yelicia to join the war.

At this time, Lieutenant General Tilemance and Admiral Yuan Chengchuan were all sweating.

Needless to say, the former is the commander-in-chief of the Joint Defense Forces of the Hippogriff Sector, and has just been awarded the rank of Sector General.

The rank of admiral is an honorary title, or admiral of the Planetary Defense Force, which is not the same thing as admiral of the Astra Militarum. Although the military ranks on the planet are also recognized by the empire, their military ranks are only used within the Planetary Defense Force, and no one recognizes them outside the planet.

Yuan Chengchuan was originally just the military commander on the Eagle Horse II, the capital of the sector. At this special time, Ren Wanxia, ​​the leader of the Hippogriff Sector, in order to unify the military power of the sector and resist the invasion of the green-skinned orcs, he took the title of "Sector Admiral", allowing the entire sector to All planets have granted him the rank of general to facilitate the unification of defense forces across the entire sector.

Currently, on the Steel Wing Star, Tilemance is the commander-in-chief of the naval force, and the entire theater is headed by him; Yuan Chengchuan is his assistant, and is mainly responsible for the overall command of the ground forces composed of the Planetary Defense Force.

The two of them are under a lot of pressure now, especially the news coming from the Jinguan Star District, one after another, good news that has never been seen before, bad news in a basket, and a lot of information asking for help and help.

A large number of excavated defenses, especially underground fortifications, can effectively prevent heavy artillery bombardment.

Although defeat may not be avoided in the end, it is common for battles to drag on for months, one or two years, or even five or six years.

Of course, losing the space part doesn't mean the war is over. The Orc fleet has indeed deployed a large number of troops to conduct ground invasions on the thirteen worlds in the Jinguan star region, but there are also planetary defense forces resisting on these planets.

Currently, the entire Jinguan star region is caught in the flames of war. Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the space area. After the Yunluo fleet fled to the Cursed Bone Star District, the Pegasus Fleet withdrew to the Hippogriff, and the life and death of the Northern Fleet were uncertain, the Jinguan Star District was essentially abandoned.

And if you just defend, then the pressure will be much less.

Moreover, since the Jinguan Star Region has been on the frontline with the green-skinned orcs for decades, the economic development situation must not be as good as it was due to the war, but the star region government has continued to work towards this. Migrating the population, dispatching troops, and recruiting soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Planetary Defense Forces of various worlds in the Jinguan Star Region is stronger than that of other places.

However, it is not entirely impossible to deal with it.

But how to help?

Even the odds of winning may not be that great.

However, with such a fighting posture, taking the initiative to attack is basically out of the question.

Needless to say, if a person is hiding and is directly hit by a naval gun, even if he hides at a depth of twenty meters underground, he may be doomed; but as long as he is not in the center of the explosion, the role of fortifications and air-raid shelters will be limited. It was very large, and if it was on the edge of an explosion, it would normally be fatal on flat ground, but it might be unscathed here.

The most important thing is that this is not a human civil war. When fighting against a hostile race like the green-skinned orcs, no matter how low the morale of the soldiers is and how desperate they are, they may flee or avoid fighting, but they will never surrender.

The number of iron-toothed orc tribes is indeed terrifying, but to fight in thirteen worlds at the same time, the number of troops required is also astronomical. There may not be many that can be allocated to each planet.

Of course, during ground combat, orbital control is very critical. If one party completely loses control of its orbit, the threat from above is extremely terrifying. The naval gun's strikes on the ground are completely irresistible, powerful, and relatively accurate.

It's not easy for the green-skinned orcs to conquer every world so quickly.

To attack, you need to assemble troops; once you assemble, you will be easily discovered; if you are discovered, you will be shot from the sky and you will be finished.

In addition, the troops should be deployed separately and the defense positions should not be too dense...

Of course, the enemy will be under the cover of orbital firepower, and the offensive can often be considered invincible, but if the defender grits its teeth and holds on, it may not be unable to delay time.

This can effectively reduce the damage caused by orbital bombing.

There is no help at all.

What's more, maybe there is still resistance from the human army on the surface of the four planets in the Yinguan star region. After all, on those four planets, there are four army groups: the first, second, sixth and eighth Dragon Eagle Legion, with a cumulative strength of over 200 million. These are all serious Astral Militia troops, and they are not easy to eliminate.

The orcs don't accept surrender either, they just want to fight and kill. Surrendering is also death. The only difference is that they will be massacred or enslaved and tortured within a month. It is better to risk your life. When you really want to die, you can bite the opponent.

Moreover, the most strange thing is that the green-skinned orcs basically did not use orbital firepower when conducting ground attacks. This was mentioned in various messages asking for help. Although the green-skinned orcs came in large numbers and attacked fiercely, catching them off guard and suffering heavy losses, they rarely suffered orbital bombardment.

In fact, most of the orbital defense firepower on these planets in the Jinguan star region is still there, and some of them have not even lost their starports.

Why is this?

It was obviously unlikely that the green-skinned orcs were showing mercy.

Green-skinned orcs don't know what it means to be merciful.

Where did the orcs' huge fleet go?

This answer is also obvious. Otherwise, the Northern Fleet has not been completely wiped out. Although contact has been lost, they may still be somewhere, involving a lot of Orc ships. At the same time, the other main force of the Orc fleet should It was chasing the Yunluo fleet towards the hinterland of the Dragon Eagle Star Region.

Of course, there may also be a considerable part of the fleet coming to the Hippogriff sector.

Under such circumstances, can they hold on to Steel Wing Star for forty-five days?

What's more, the forty-five days Gu Hang mentioned was only the time for the main force of the alliance to set off. Even if we set out from the nearest gathering in the Fachus Galaxy, we still have to go through five star tunnel jumps to reach the Steel Wing Star, which takes at least half a month.

If you really want to wait until the main force of the alliance arrives, it might be sixty days later.

However, after a personal communication with Gu Hang, Gu Hang's quite calm attitude made him accept the reality: this is indeed the ultimate time for the alliance to gather all its forces, launch a mobilization order, and then set off. .

We can't let the alliance come over right away, because there will be problems with ship deployment, and the army can't just bring in 100 million people, a series of heavy equipment, and even countless shells, bullets, and food supplies that require a larger load capacity. , and all are needed.

After all, the troops were sent here to fight, not to send people to die.

And Gu Hang was quite sincere.

The first advance fleet has already set off.

This fleet consists of twenty transport ships and a part of the armed merchant ship convoy. They mainly transport various weapons and equipment, artillery shells, food, etc. They can strengthen the Steel Wing Star's reserves through materials, and also make some preparations for the subsequent arrival of the main force. On these ships, the most important things for the Tianma fleet are the skilled workers who come with the ships and some important ship accessories.

These are all urgently needed by the Pegasus fleet.

After all, they had gone through six years of war. Although they had also carried out simple maintenance work in the Jinguan Star District, after such a long battle, the damage to the ship and some parts were unavoidable.

With the arrival of a group of professional technicians, some seriously worn parts can be replaced, and the status of the entire fleet will be significantly improved.

Looking at the technicians, Tielemans even saw some familiar faces.

Those are all old technicians from Feiyixing Shipyard. This made him know that Gu Hang was indeed sincere, well planned and rational in doing the right thing.

But even so, he couldn't restrain his worry.

According to intelligence detection, his previous guesses basically came true: the greenskin fleet did not cover their ground troops for the attack, but continued to gather forces and spread the flames of war throughout the Dragon Eagle Star Territory.

A green-skin fleet has arrived in the Temir system in the Golden Pass star region.

There are three imperial planets in this star system. The green-skin fleet carried out a wave of indiscriminate bombings in various parts of the three worlds, knocking out some of the orbital defense system mechanisms, releasing a group of green-skin legions, and then departed.

Their next target is the Hippogriff Sector.

The star tunnel of the Temir Galaxy is directly connected to the Steel Wing Star.

This also means that the opponent Tielemans has been waiting for has finally arrived.

When he learned that a green-skin fleet was shuttled from the Temir Galaxy in the Jinguan star region to the Steel Wing Star, he launched the strategy he had conceived before, and the main force of the Pegasus fleet rushed to the galaxy. Click and start waiting for the enemy to come.

The two sides had an expected collision at the jump point.

The Pegasus fleet deliberately intercepted here, and the greenskins could actually predict it. Although this kind of creature is reckless, warlike, head-loving, and looks naive and only knows how to do things, it is actually quite intelligent in combat, a cunning and cruel enemy.

It is very difficult to trick them easily.

That's why it was said that this was an expected battle, short but intense.

Tilemance is rich in experience. Before the green-skinned garbage ships showed up, he had already roughly predicted at which minute and second where they would appear. His advance firepower was already there. After accumulating energy, wait for the moment when the green-skinned garbage ship appears, and hit the opponent's face with the most violent artillery fire first.

There were a lot of greenskin ships in the first wave of jumps. They had already expected that human ships would intercept them here. The moment they came out, they had already put up dark green energy shields and were ready to fire. Prepare.

However, the human heavy artillery still gave these greenskins who were rushing all the way a head-on blow.

A large number of green-skinned ships suffered devastating blows due to the temporary dissatisfaction of the energy shield power under concentrated fire.

Immediately afterwards, under the bombardment between the two sides, the greenskin fleet had just completed the jump. Even though the firepower was prepared as quickly as possible, the intensity of the fight back was still slightly insufficient.

The key is that the speed of the ship is still the same as before the jump. There is a speed difference between the two sides. This was also caught by Tielemans. The greenskin fleet rushed out as soon as it appeared, but the Pegasus fleet rushed out at the same time. It passed by at an oblique angle and circled around the green-skin fleet. This caused a lot of green-skin firepower to miss, and the human fleet took some advantage.

After more than ten rounds of bombardment, at least fifteen green-skinned ships of all levels were blown into space junk. In contrast, the human fleet was basically unscathed, with only one frigate lost.

This is a win without a doubt.

Then, the human fleet withdrew immediately.

Before the war, Tilemance might not have harbored some illusions: If this wave of green-skin fleets was not large in number, weak in strength, and could not cope with it well, the human side would be able to achieve sufficient results, and they might be able to try. Here the invading enemies will be completely annihilated.

If a battle of annihilation can be fought, even if the Iron Teeth clan still has many ships, it will at least be able to greatly reduce the pressure and greatly delay the arrival of the green wave.

But alas, fantasy is just fantasy.

The number of green-skinned ships emerging from the jump point is increasing, and it soon exceeded 300, and there are obviously more to follow.

Although the quality of the individual ships of the Pegasus fleet is much better than that of the green garbage ships, their number is barely a hundred.

There is still a gap in strength between the two sides.

If we really fight, by taking advantage of the first mover advantage, we may be able to achieve good results in the early stages of the battle, but it is obviously impossible to annihilate them quickly. As time went on and the green-skinned ships adjusted, the advantage was slowly lost, and both sides were fighting for hard power.

By then, the Pegasus fleet's winning rate may be only 30% at most.

Although what is in front of us must be regarded as the main green fleet, and if we can win, it will definitely be regarded as a major victory.

But we have to bet the entire Pegasus fleet on a 30% chance of winning...

forget it.

Tilemance was less reckless.

Taking advantage of fifteen ships, he quickly ran away and retreated to Steel Wing Star.

There is a complete orbital system there and a large number of anti-orbital guns on the ground. It is a more suitable place for a decisive battle.

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Today I went back to the countryside for the Chinese New Year and then back to my home. It was already very late when I got home...

Try to add more updates tomorrow!

I owe so much, if I don’t start paying it off early, I’m afraid it won’t really be until June...

(End of this chapter)