Chapter 623, Anxious Premonition
Chapter 623, Anxious Premonition
Gu Hang was busy tossing Aramita, even at the cost of releasing Moro. After fully controlling Aramita, he also provided generous conditions to those fence-sitters...
All of this is done to enable Aramita to become as helpful as possible in the next war.
The productivity of the forge world is still secondary. Star ports, star fortresses, armed space stations, surface orbital gun fortresses, void shields... these things will actually provide a solid backing. In case the subsequent battles fall into a disadvantage, the side will have a reliable rear to hide in and take shelter from the wind and rain temporarily.
This is a very cautious approach.
The reason is that Gu Hang has an indescribable feeling of anxiety in his heart.
It's even worse than when we dealt with the Dubo fleet.
Obviously, the gap in strength between the two sides was even greater than it is now. But at that time, Gu Hang was thinking about how to seize the ship and increase his own profits; but this time, the enemy hasn't even arrived yet, and he is already full of anxiety.
Why is this?
Gu Hang would not ignore his abnormal emotions.
He was a top-notch psychic. To him, emotions represented a certain kind of power. Unstable emotions were a sign of turmoil.
He had indeed not specialized in prophecy or foresight, and he did not seem to have such talents. However, the highest level of psychic power still allowed him to have certain premonitions naturally.
This is an ominous sign.
The next battle might bring unusual changes. The emotional pressure forced him to make all possible preparations for the war.
He didn't know what this dangerous intuition meant, and he would not give up this military operation simply because of his anxiety and possible crisis.
Not quite yet.
However, it is also necessary to find a way out as much as possible to ensure stability.
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It turned out that Gu Hang's preparation was valuable.
Varuk arrived with his fleet.
Just as the intelligence obtained by the Alliance, the size of his fleet is two mechanical arks, two battleships, and six battlecruisers, which are all the main forces.
The rest of the small and medium-sized ships are not taken into account for the time being.
As for the Alliance, the Emperor-class battleship 'Golden Gate' and the Retribution-class battleship 'Iron Horse' were both snatched from the Alfonzo sect led by Sage Dubo in the naval battle two and a half years ago.
In addition, there is a Zhuge-class aircraft carrier, the Eagle Horse, and three Dragon Snake-class battlecruisers, the Yunluo, Ronglin, and Yuehe. The Yuehe was also captured in the previous war.
In general, the strength of the alliance fleet is slightly weaker than that of the opponent, but it should not be a level weaker.
Not to mention, there is Gu Hang, a top psychic, with an entire group of storm mages.
If a fleet decisive battle comes, Gu Hang should not be afraid of the opponent.
But Varuk's fleet showed an attitude of not fearing a decisive battle and approached the Aramita galaxy step by step.
To be cautious, Gu Hang did not order the fleet to leave the system and take the initiative to attack, but stayed at the Aramita jump point, waiting for Varuk's fleet to arrive, and then take the initiative here. By the way, there is also a star fortress dragged out from the orbit of Aramita, plus a dozen armed space stations, which can be used as helpers. They can't move, but they can serve as firepower platforms and provide some firepower support in the ambush at the jump point. And if the enemy fleet wastes firepower to attack them, it will be even better. In short, it is a help that is better than nothing.
Varük's fleet did not force its way forward.
From the cosmic observations of both sides, they could sense that the other side was on the other side of the star tunnel. No one acted rashly, but just confronted each other.
But soon, Gu Hang received news: a fleet of the Mechanicum came through another astral tunnel in Aramita.
This fleet is not strong, with only two cruisers leading it.
It's the 'Ambition' class, the 'civilian' version of the Moon class. Although it's also a cruiser, it's a lot less equipped than the Moon class, leaning towards a more luxurious, commercial aspect, and sold to some planetary governors, wealthy people, and roving merchants. With much more luxurious interior decoration, it's cheaper than the Moon class, which shows what kind of stuff it is.
However, after all, there were two cruisers, and with more than twenty destroyers and frigates, their appearance on the side could not be ignored.
The Alliance also sent out a small portion of its forces, three Moon-class ships with destroyers, to deal with the situation from the side.
Varuk wanted to use this method to draw out the main fleet of the alliance and reduce the pressure when he jumped through the astral tunnel? Gu Hang would not give him this opportunity.
However, relatively bad news came.
When the Alliance discovered the small fleet, cosmic observations clearly showed that the Varuk fleet on the other side had already begun astral travel. It was expected that after three to four standard Terran days, they would complete the jump and arrive at the jump point of Aramita.
The standoff is over and the war is about to begin.
At the same time, the small fleet that had been circling the Alliance's Moon-class ships from the side suddenly accelerated and started a battle with the Alliance's ships.
Logically speaking, the alliance must have the upper hand in combat power, but when the fight started, they suffered a great loss.
They failed to stop Alfonzo's small fleet, and instead lost a Moon-class ship of their own.
According to the emergency report, the battle was normal at the beginning, but then, several fast destroyers of the enemy suddenly released a bunch of things described by the Alliance Navy as "spores". These things bypassed the radar detection and fire interception of the ships, and when they were discovered, they were already very close to the ships.
They slowly passed through the energy shield and void shield, then suddenly accelerated and attached themselves to the ship.
Then, these huge 'spores' not only corroded the ship's armor, but also released poison gas into the ship, as well as a large number of difficult-to-deal-with landing troops.
These troops are very strange. They look like the modified robots commonly seen in the Mechanicus, but there are a lot of flesh and chitin structures on their bodies, and their combat power is quite ferocious.
If Gu Hang had not spent a large amount of grace points to specifically strengthen the strength of a wave of Alliance Marines during the previous truce, they would really be unstoppable.
But despite this, they still suffered heavy losses, so much so that one Moon-class ship was destroyed.
The defeated Alliance fleet lost track of the small fleet and has not yet found it.
And at this time, Varük's large army is about to arrive!
Originally, according to the cosmic observation, their ships would take another day to arrive, but in the next second, the shadow of Alfonzo's fleet appeared at the jump point.
They used some special technology to deceive the alliance's observations!
(End of this chapter)
