Counterfeit Hero

"coming!"

All the officers and soldiers on the Feyon Republic Unicorn-class battleship "Taikoo" stared closely at the West York fleet that was gradually entering the range of the main gun, and held their breath.

Ten thousand kilometers away from the front of the central theater, a huge fleet of more than 20,000 Western warships was like a huge wave rolled up by a strong wind, drawing a terrifying white line in the sky, and the black pressure surged forward.

"Ready to fight!"

"Inject energy, aim the main gun, and get to your positions!"

Captain Liu Qing's roar echoed in every corner of the battleship.

, Taikoo, belongs to the 194th Fleet of the Feiyang 45th Group Fleet.

This is a Unicorn-class battleship built seven years ago and has participated in more than forty battles of various sizes so far. With such a ship's age and the number of times it has participated in battles, it can be considered to be at the forefront even among the Feiyang Space Navy, which has so many battleships. seniority. The warships of the same period as her were either on combat duty in the country day after day but never fired a shot, and gradually grew old; or they had already turned into meteors in the universe in the fierce battles.

However, the Taikoo is still fighting. Since the war broke out, this black unicorn! Not only did it not show any attitude, but in the competition with the Unicorn 44, improved battleships and even the new generation Tomahawk class battleships whose technical performance far exceeded the Unicorn, they were firmly in charge. It firmly occupies one of the only two special-class battleship spots among the twenty battleships of the 194th Fleet.

This cannot but be said to be a miracle.

The miracle worker is called Liu Qing Taigu, the captain of the 194th Fleet and the most respected and beloved battleship commander of the 194th Fleet.

Liu Qing is a hybrid of the Chakna and Kentai tribes. He is tall and tall, with a bright red face.

As an officer who grew up step by step from the grassroots level, Liu Qing spent a total of fifteen years as captain of the Swire, which was classified as a special-class battleship by the 194th Fleet of the Feiyang Republic. In the past fifteen years, except for two years when he was transferred to the Afrikenstad Military District as a combat staff officer and received further training, he spent the rest of his time serving in the 194th Fleet.

From frigates to destroyers, and then from cruisers to battleships, it can be said that "this square-faced man, who is 1.9 meters tall and weighs more than 200 kilograms, has worked in all positions in the space navy, and has also served as almost every old-fashioned and new type." The captain of the Feiyang battleship.

In the eyes of many people, Liu Qing was born to be a captain and an expert at leading troops in war!

He has rich experience and a flexible mind, and has a natural leadership ability that impresses the officers and soldiers. He is the soul of the battleship Taikoo. He has brought everyone back from the edge of death time and time again in more than forty battles of life and death! The brothers who have followed him through life and death love him and respect him from the bottom of their hearts. Whoever dares to If you say something bad about him behind his back or spread a rumor, the officers and soldiers will smash this person into a pulp!

If it weren't for him, Taikoo would have been wiped out long ago.

With an excellent leader, the unity of the officers and soldiers, and the tempering of dozens of battles, the combat effectiveness of the ordinary Unicorn-class battleship "Taikoo" is second to none in the fleet. Whether it is an exercise or a competition, The officers and soldiers of Taigu, who have been through the gates of hell for more than forty times, have never been afraid of anyone.

The sight of them driving the old-looking Swire and fighting a new type of Tomahawk with teeth all over the place is not new to the entire Forty-Fifth Group fleet!

Among the twenty battleships of the 194th Fleet, this humble battleship is the leader. She and her strongest rivals and most trustworthy partners, the Tomahawk-class battleships and the Panda, jointly led the battleship group of the 194th Fleet. For the patrol group charging forward, they are the most powerful fire support fortress, and for the space carrier behind them, they are the strongest defensive barrier!

Although they have experienced hundreds of battles, at this moment, the palms of all officers and soldiers, including Captain Liu Qing, are already covered with sweat.

Compared with today's battles, in the past, the regional conflicts that the Swire participated in, such as the Battle of Carlston Galaxy, were just fun for kindergarten children.

"Slow down! Array, prepare for salvo!" Following Captain Liu Qing's loud shout, the thick ion light flow of the stern thruster of the battleship Taikoo suddenly shrank, while the steering thruster of the bow spewed out in the opposite direction. A blue light like a welding gun. The high-speed battleship quickly reduced its speed from level five to level one at this moment, and the surrounding battleships that had been closely following her were like a group of dark clouds blown away by the wind, and at the same time, they were moving toward The wings spread. .

The enemy in front of us is getting closer and closer, and the heartbeats of the officers and soldiers are getting faster and faster! The left wing war zone has taken the lead in the exchange of fire. The Phantom First Group fleet in the bandit army was traveling at high speed in the dark space more than 10,000 kilometers directly in front of Deimos, strangled back and forth with the oncoming West York fleet.

The brightly lit warships are like glowing tropical fish in the deep sea. Endless artillery fire crisscrossed around them; countless missiles pulled out winding tail smoke and scurried among the fleet: the energy shield on the battleship was like a candle in the wind: the one after another explosions lit up the entire airspace. Like day.

The battle was unprecedentedly brutal. Although it was just a stranglehold between fourteen A-class fleets, the command of Hastings and Sober still dazzled every Fei League officer and soldier.

No one thought that ordinary wolf pack tactics could be so sharp and ever-changing in the hands of a commander. No one would have thought that in such a chaotic battle group, the commanders of both sides still have such clear lines and strong control.

In the starry sky, a Feiyang Shark-class cruiser and two Young Lion-class destroyers bypassed the left wing of the battle group.

The sailing routes of the three battleships allowed two Binart, Acura, class cruisers to discover opportunities. The slender, Acura cruiser quickly swung its tail and turned, drawing two parallel arcs in the air, biting the flanks of the three Feiyang battleships.

Just when they had entered the attack position and were ready to fire, four Feiyang, Young Lion, class destroyers, like sharks in the deep sea, violently surrounded them in an almost perfect four-corner ambush formation.

A trap!

As if they sensed something was wrong, the two cruisers, Acura and Acura, quickly gave up the attack. Their bows deflected slightly and passed directly by the attack position.

The steering and acceleration without hesitation made them like frightened fish, escaping the encirclement and attack of the four Young Lions at the critical moment.

Lure the enemy, surround and kill them, and escape.

The sudden change was just the beginning of a series of strangleholds in this area.

Just as the two Western cruisers had just jumped out of the ambush circle, three identical Acura-class cruisers had moved from the other end of the battle group to the attack position not far away from the four Young Lions. Their firepower, which is far more powerful than that of destroyers, is simply fatal to the four Young Lion-class destroyers.

However, the four Cubs that lost their target were not panicked at all. They also staggered through the center of the battlefield, quickly turned their bows through a double U-shaped cooperation, and fought with the two ships that came up from the side. The Crazy Shark 44-class cruiser, together with one Young Lion J-class destroyer, formed a local strength advantage over the three Acura cruisers, forcing the three Acuras to give up the attack and instead seek to merge with other Western York warships.

On the big screen, the two sides are like a group of fish, coming and going in this water area.

The entire confrontation only lasted a few minutes. Starting from two ships, Acura, and cruisers targeting Feiyang's three warships, to three ships, Acura, and cruisers evading, the protagonists changed one after another. All the changes are as fast as lightning and dizzying. Although not a single cannon was fired from beginning to end, the murderous intention hidden in it was even more terrifying and thrilling than the main gun salvo of the battleship cluster!

, the officers and soldiers on the Swire, there was only one thought in their minds. Fortunately, Hastings!

If Hastings hadn't been in charge, no commander would have been Sobol's opponent. Only by actually fighting against Sobol will everyone know how terrifying the second-ranked figure on the list of famous generals is!

Only Hastings can go toe-to-toe with a master like Sober in such a battle, or even defeat him head-on! The battle progress on the left wing is ahead of the center and right wing. In the Phantom First Group fleet, it takes the lead. After facing the enemy, as more bandit warships penetrate the enemy from the side of Deimos, the left wing theater is about to enter the stalemate stage!

At the same time, "Taikoo" is about to come into contact with the enemy in the central theater where the USS is located and the right wing guarded by the Lane fleet. From the double star angle corridor, starting from the volcanic star on the left, to a z-shaped asteroid belt on the right, countless battleships are approaching Like two rows of giant waves moving towards each other, they surge forward.

"Beep beep!" A rapid electronic sound sounded on the tactical computer of Major General Liu Qing's command seat.

"Main gun preparation, salvo countdown..., ten, nine, regret"

The sound of the countdown made the atmosphere on the entire battleship so tense that it almost solidified.

The officers and soldiers, whose palms were already filled with sweat, felt that their heartbeats were almost beating out of their throats.

"Fire!"

Following the command of Captain Liu Qing, a piercing scream passed through the corridors, pipes, ceilings and walls of the Taigu battleship, jumping from the stern to the bow at once! When the screams gradually deepened at the bow of the ship, the entire battleship shook violently. The energy main gun in front of the bridge ejected a devastating white light, which merged into the main gun light group fired by friendly ships at the same time, and crashed into the enemy ship group less than 8,000 kilometers away.

At the same time, the opponent's main battleship formation also erupted with a burst of intense white light.

"The left rudder is pressed, sinking rapidly*..."

Liu Qing's face flickered in the red warning light of the tactical computer screen. He roared loudly, sweat dripping from the tip of his nose.

, Taikoo, the 194th Fleet where the small ship is located, is located in the central forward position of the first fleet group in the central theater. In the battleship cluster where the Taikoo is located, in addition to the twenty battleships of the 194th Fleet, there are also another forty battleships from other fleets. A total of sixty battleships formed an umbrella-shaped salvo formation.

The umbrella formation is a variant of the cone assault formation, often used in battleship fleets.

Because in space, the main attack method of a battleship is to rely on huge firepower to launch long-range salvos. Therefore, maintaining no obstruction between the bow of each battleship and the enemy and allowing the energy cannons launched simultaneously by each ship to be concentrated together to exert greater power are the most basic requirements for long-range battleship attacks.

However, most battleship attack formations that huddle together in order to maintain concentrated firepower have a fatal flaw, that is, when encountering an enemy attack, there is no extra space between the battleships for emergency evasion. Therefore, among many battleship main formations, the umbrella formation, which was modified from the conical assault formation, has become the most favorite formation for most fleets' battleship main formations.

The umbrella formation is spread wider than the cone formation." The battleships are staggered forward and backward, but the bows of the ships maintain the same orientation.

When attacking, each ship only needs to slightly adjust its bow according to the distance from the target, so that it can maintain the coordination and aggregation of firepower like the light focused by a magnifying glass. When encountering an attack, because they are staggered from each other, there are enough Take shelter.

The main battleship formation where the Taikoo is located is only one of the eight "big umbrellas" in the central theater.

This is a very scary data. You know, in the battles Liu Qing has experienced, four "umbrellas" are already the limit. If all of the "umbrella's" salvo firepower hit, it would be enough to wipe out five space carriers or dozens of battleships below the battleship level in an instant!

However, in the oncoming West York fleet, there were exactly twelve of the same large umbrellas!

Not to mention that Xijue's A-class fleet is originally larger than the Fei League fleet. Even if the formation is the same, it is still a terrifying fleet composed of more than 700 battleships! As long as the energy cannon light they fired touches even a little bit, it will end in eternal disaster!

As the enemy's salvo launched, the battleship's locked alarm began to scream rapidly. The energy monitoring concentration meter in front of Liu Qing directly broke through the warning zone. The violent energy that filled the universe made every hair on Liu Qing's body stand on end with the premonition of danger.

The Taikoo quickly flew towards the airspace below amid the piercing sirens and swirling red light. Other battleships around it were also taking evasive measures.

One second, two seconds... Liu Qing and the officers and soldiers of the Taigu held their breath.

As the enemy's energy cannon beam broke away from the muzzle and rushed into the universe, the distance got closer and closer, and Skynet finally tracked the trajectory. "Three red locking frames" locked the three most threatening energy shells. The warning sounds for avoidance warnings and expected damage locations became increasingly urgent and harsh.

"Quick, quick..." Liu Qing murmured, his eyes fixed on the three red cursors on the tactical computer, getting closer and closer to the battleship.

First shot, threat eliminated!

Second shot, threat eliminated!

The third shot..., a huge white light magnified outside the battleship's side window, swallowing everyone's vision. Immediately, the battleship trembled violently after a loud noise. Many officers and soldiers were shaken and staggered.

"The sixth area on the port side was damaged, and the armor strength was reduced by 65%." Second, the sixth secondary gun was damaged..." The electronic sound of the battleship's computer was rapidly reporting the automatic detection situation.

Liu Qing, who held on to the armrest to avoid being thrown out, had no time to rejoice when he saw a Unicorn-class battleship trying to evade to the left outside the porthole. It was first dispersed by two energy cannons that came one after another. The energy shield was broken, and the third and fourth energy cannons were randomly fired, penetrating its bow and under the middle bridge.

No one can describe in words what is outside the porthole.

After losing the energy shield, the Unicorn battleship's huge body and solid armor were helpless against the terrifying meteor-like light group. The two white meteors ripped open the starboard shell of the battleship as easily as tearing through a piece of paper, then penetrated straight through the hull, then broke through the armor of the port side shell, and rushed into the universe.

A moment later, a violent explosion swept through the entire battleship. Looking from the position of the Taigu, everyone could even clearly see the officers and soldiers running desperately in the portholes of the battleship, and the flames of conflict.

Liu Qing gritted his teeth.

The name of the battleship in front of me is the Spark. It is also a very famous battleship in the 194th Fleet. During the Battle of Carlston Galaxy, it was cut off alone and finally returned to the base with the bridge almost collapsed. . He was hailed as a hero. When it came down from the repair dock and returned to the array of the 194th Fleet, everyone thought that this was a battleship that would not be destroyed!

But now, the newly repaired Spark has completely disintegrated due to the violent explosion. The broken hull floated past the porthole of the Taigu.

The alarm sounded in my ears rapidly.

The person in charge of damage control who rushed to the damaged area was reporting the situation loudly on the communication channel.

Liu Qing shook his head and stood up straight with red eyes.

Outside the portholes, battleships that had escaped fatal attacks readjusted their bows and maintained their formation. Ahead, thousands of destroyers and cruisers had already jumped out of the formation, facing the enemy fleet that was rushing towards them with lightning speed.

"fighting!"

Liu Qing shouted loudly!

When the camera showed the battleship in the central theater with the word "Taikoo" painted on its bow, it rearranged its bow in the light of the explosion of another battleship next to it, together with the giant whale-like Feiyang battleships. , as they moved forward, the photographer zoomed out.

The entire Double Star Corridor was in full-scale firefight.

Left wing, centre* center, right wing.

The fleets on both sides were like two groups of mad bulls, crashing into each other.

There was no crashing sound, no flying dust. There were just endless gunfire and explosions, and the steel hull was twisted and shattered silently!

They knew that the battle had broken out after a brief trial by Hastings and Sober.

After the first stage, the subsequent battle will enter the bloody and tragic second stage.

In the space fleet battle, the second phase is named, Stalemate. It's a name with no hint of war. But hidden under this name is another more vivid name - meat grinder!

At this stage, both sides will continue to invest troops and use the most brutal methods to annihilate the enemy's effective forces, accumulating advantages bit by bit in the battle. to ultimately defeat your opponent.

No one knows how long this phase will last. There have been battles in history where two fleets fought in a stalemate for more than ten days, and in the end only a few battleships that were out of ammunition and food were left to retreat.

In that battle, even if the battleships were on multiple shifts, the surviving officers and soldiers were completely transformed. After all, ten days of non-stop high-intensity fighting is enough to make anyone suffer a nervous breakdown!

Sophie's eyes left the camera lens and looked toward the podium.

As the battle broke out across the board and more fleets engaged, Hastings was much busier than before. The fat man, on the other hand, was sitting next to him, paying attention to every detail of his command and listening to every instruction he gave.

The figures of an old man and a young man flickered in and out of light in the flickering light of the screen.

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