Not far behind the ambush point of the Oaks Empire fleet.
A fleet of more than a hundred warships quickly sprang out from a dense pile of asteroids on its side and rear, firing a salvo directly at the Oaks Empire's fleet.
According to Lin Fan's order, all warships with enemy aircraft carriers within the shooting angle were taken care of by name.
At the same time, Oaks ambushed the flagship of the fleet.
Ninth Prince Doron Oaks was sitting comfortably on the captain's seat, resting with his head propped up.
Speaking of which, Duolun can be regarded as a graduate of a prestigious school. He graduated from the First Military Academy of the Empire and ranked among the best in his grades, and was deeply loved by the emperor.
This time I also came to the front line under the emperor's order. To put it nicely, it was to feel the atmosphere of war. To put it worst, it was to get gold plating.
After arriving at the Jupiter front line, the arrogant Doron felt that for his future, it was necessary to lead a victory.
That’s why it’s happening now.
Although the grades in Duolun Military Academy are quite good, after all, they have not experienced the baptism of actual combat. According to human terms, they are just talking on paper.
"Report, a large number of local warships appear behind and are attacking us?"
"What? Why are you behind us?"
But before anyone could respond, Doron saw a fireball emerging from the left side of the flagship through the bridge's observation window.
A frigate was directly destroyed.
"Damn it, if you don't fight back quickly, what are you doing?"
As soon as Duolun's words came out, the entire bridge fell silent.
Please, now we are facing others from behind, how can we fight back
You must know that the heavy guns on the battleships are very huge. They can only be fine-tuned at a small angle at most, and those that cannot turn 360 degrees. Those that can turn 360 degrees are small-caliber weapons.
"Your Highness, the opponent is behind us now, and the main weapons cannot attack the opponent!"
Rex beside Dolan had to remind Dolan helplessly.
"Then move forward, then turn in an arc and bite the opponent's tail! Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
At this moment, everyone in the bridge was even more speechless. All the warships were hiding behind asteroids. Was the entire fleet going to commit suicide by hitting the wall collectively as the front line advanced
At this time Rex couldn't stand it anymore.
If the Ninth Prince continues to do this, the entire fleet will be doomed.
"All fleets immediately turned to the left and accelerated to escape the opponent's attack range!"
"yes!"
"Rex you?"
"Your Highness, if you want to punish me, you can do whatever you want with me. For now, I have to command the fleet to escape the disaster and bring you safely back to the Jupiter base."
After Rex finished speaking, the proud Duolun felt bad. What do you mean Rex
Does that mean I can’t command at all? If you don't take action, it will be hopeless
If Rex knew what Doron was thinking now, he would definitely agree.
At the moment, Rex no longer cared about the Ninth Prince and continued to command the entire fleet to perform steering operations.
Although Rex has made the only correct choice so far, you must know that adjusting the direction of a space battleship is not an easy task. Don't think that it is just like driving a car, just turn the steering wheel and it is done.
The battleship is a behemoth. To adjust its direction, especially when turning on the spot, it is necessary to use numerous small vector engines on both sides of the battleship to control its attitude.
Normally, if you want to turn such a large warship 90 degrees, it will take less than three to five minutes to complete.
During these three to five minutes, the entire fleet had no choice but to endure the indiscriminate bombardment of Task Force 101.
"Report, the other party is turning to the left!"
"Well, order the fleet not to relax its firepower, especially the local aircraft carriers. All aircraft carriers must be destroyed before the opponent escapes."
"clear!"
On the flagship of Fleet 101, Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction as he looked at the other party's expected actions.
Let's see if we can get rid of all the aircraft carriers before the opponent completes the turn and escapes. After all, this is related to the amount of damage on our side in the subsequent battle, which is very important!
According to identification, the opponent's fleet has a total of 208 ships, including 12 aircraft carriers. Three of them have been destroyed within one minute of the attack.
At this time, Rex's heart was bleeding. These were his direct fleets, and they were destroyed one by one without any resistance in front of him.
Only three minutes had passed since the attack, and 52 warships had been lost. Among them, the aircraft carriers had suffered particularly heavy losses. 10 of the 12 aircraft carriers had been lost.
Um? Wait, it seems that the losses of the aircraft carrier are particularly heavy
Rex suddenly felt that this loss data was a bit unusual. Why was the loss of the aircraft carrier so large, exceeding 80%, and the remaining two ships were all injured
It seems that the enemy deliberately targeted the aircraft carriers of its own fleet, but why
"Report, the entire fleet has completed its turn!"
"Immediately advance at maximum combat speed and quickly escape from the opponent's fire range!"
"yes!"
Although Rex discovered something unusual, unfortunately, in this situation, there was no time left for him to think.
"After the warship reaches its maximum combat speed, it begins to turn left and advance in an arc. Our warship technology is better than humans. We can completely rely on the speed and turning efficiency to bite the tail of their fleet."
"Yes, Commander."
"Also, tactician, please calculate immediately how long it will take to leave the opponent's fire range, and what is the estimated battle damage?"
"This is to report to the commander. According to calculations, we can reach the maximum combat speed in about 5 minutes. After that, we can escape the opponent's fire range in about 10 minutes, but with losses."
"explain!"
"Yes, the loss will be as high as 50% of the battleship!"
"hiss"
Rex took a breath, this loss was really too great, this time he was really tricked by the Ninth Prince.
Only by killing the human fleet can we get a lighter punishment after we go back, right
As for the human fleet, when I bite your tail, even if there are only 100 warships, I can kill you.
"How many aircraft carriers does the other side have?"
"There is another ship, which has been seriously injured!"
Among the flagships of Task Force 101, Lin Fan was most concerned about the opponent's remaining aircraft carrier.
"Order all battleships whose rays can cover that aircraft carrier to focus their attacks!"
"yes!"
Three minutes later, the last aircraft carrier of the Oaks Empire's fleet was destroyed.
Five minutes later, the Oaks Empire's fleet reached its maximum speed and began to turn left and move forward in an arc.
"Report, the other party started to turn to the left, most likely trying to bypass us in the opposite direction."
"Well, it's okay. Let the fleet continue to attack. We will kill as many as we can before they get out of our fire range!"
"clear!"
"By the way, have the nuclear bombs ordered by the mecha troops been buried?"
"Everything has been buried according to the commander's order!"
After Lin Fan said this, Liang Xue also remembered a strange order given by Lin Fan before.
Let the mecha troops install earth-penetrating nuclear bombs on dozens of asteroids at one coordinate!
This weapon should have been used to attack the surface of the planet, not the universe.
Because there is no air in the universe, the lethality of nuclear bombs will be much smaller and they will not pose much of a threat to battleships unless they are detonated very close to the battleships.
After looking at the tactical panel, Liang Xue did some calculations, huh? The location of the nuclear bomb is right in the middle of the arc forward route of the mecha troops and the Oaks fleet
Wait, an earth-penetrating nuclear bomb? Installed on an asteroid? It is expected that the fleet of the Oaks Empire will arrive at the location of these asteroids in thirty minutes? Prioritize destroying the opponent's aircraft carrier
So this is ah! This step by step turned out to be Lin Fan's plan to lead the Oaks Empire's fleet into the abyss!
After understanding, Liang Xue's eyes widened and she looked at Lin Fan in shock!
(End of chapter)