novelbin Chapter 603 War of Attrition
Chapter 603 War of Attrition
Chapter 603 War of Attrition
The thick gun barrel on the battle moon spewed out long tongues of flame.
Entity projectiles were ejected at high speed, and attacked the fleet.
More densely packed torpedoes lifted off from the silo and flew into the starry sky.
It is said to be a torpedo, but it is actually a giant missile.
It's just that compared with missiles, torpedoes are cheaper and do not have more precise guidance capabilities.
Once launched, it can only lock targets within a certain angle.
Unlike missiles, which can be locked in all directions.
Because the orc fleet appeared in the starry sky on the side.
This gave the best firing angles for the Imperial fleet.
The macro artillery arrays of the Lunar-class cruiser and Mars-class battlecruiser opened fire immediately.
In the shining flames, shells with a caliber of hundreds of meters flew out.
Accompanied by the white beams of light spear arrays of the lunar cruiser.
The beam of light fired by the lance hit the target first.
The surface of the battle moon was immediately baptized.
Where the beam of light irradiated, the hull of the ship was torn apart layer by layer.
Lots of weapons, buildings melted down.
Some of them were even martyred, and the shining flames rose from the battle moon.
Followed by the shells fired by the macro cannon.
"boom!"
The power of shells with a caliber of several hundred meters is astonishing.
A cloud of flaming mushrooms suddenly rose from the battle moon.
The shell directly penetrated the hull and exploded inside.
After enduring three shells, a battle moon exploded and was shattered.
After all, there were only thirteen ships, and the shells and torpedoes fired by the battle moon did not bring any results.
Before it got close to the torpedo, it was shot down by dense close-in artillery.
Shells are also blocked by void shields.
Less than 10 minutes later, the Orc fleet was wiped out as the last battle moon was destroyed.
The gap is too big, only thirteen battle moons dare to fight the imperial fleet.
I am afraid that only orcs have such courage.
Courage is commendable, but it is of no use.
"strangeness……"
The battle is over and the Empire is victorious.
Although such a result is expected, it is also puzzling.
Why didn't the orc warships encountered by the imperial fleet have shield protection?
When the orcs fought against the omnics, the orc warships and the battle moon were protected by shields.
"Notify Major Hawley and let him lead the squadron to the departure point of the orc fleet!"
Following Jiang Yu's order, outside, in the dark universe, the fleet split into two.
The squadron consisting of thirteen warships broke away from the main fleet and sailed into the depths of the starry sky.
Soon, a purple halo flickered in the dark starry sky, and the squadron jumped into the subspace.
The main fleet continued to move forward, approaching the yellow planet ahead.
"King, there's a message from Colonel Hawley!"
After a while, news came from Hawley.
"Take it over!"
The blue light flickered, and the bust of Holly suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Yu.
"What did you find?"
Hawley saluted the sky eagle and reported: "The destination is an asteroid field. Buildings similar to shipyards have been found and all have been destroyed."
What Holly found was not unexpected to Jiang Yu.
The battle moon of the Orcs is transformed from an asteroid.
It's easy to think of shipyards and asteroid belts.
"Don't be in a hurry to come back, lead the fleet to search all the asteroid belts in the star system, and don't let a fish slip through the net."
Holly: "Yes!"
To deal with the Ork barbarian species, they can only be exterminated.
There can be no mercy.
Be kind to the orcs, those green-skinned orcs will just think you're a big fool.
Given the chance, they will mercilessly uncover your skull.
Two hours later...
In the dark universe, the expedition fleet slowly entered the orbit of "Shatuo Star".
As it gets closer, observing "Shatuo Star" at close range is different.
It is no longer yellow, and the green dots can still be seen in the yellow of the main body.
Occasionally, a large green can be seen, and even a lake can be seen in the oasis.
At the same time, on the surface of the planet, in various oases.
All the green-skinned orcs roared to the sky.
They saw the shadow of the ship in the sky.
That's the enemy, that's the prey.
In an oasis of houses that look like a pile of metal trash,
Giant torpedoes were erected by Grit.
They bounced and roared, and ignited the torpedoes at the urging of the bosses.
A thunderous roar resounded through the heavens and the earth immediately.
Just below the surface of the planet under the imperial fleet, in dozens of oases.
Tens of thousands of giant torpedoes rose into the sky, soaring into the sky with long trails.
This scene was very shocking.
"Warning, a large number of flying vehicles have been detected on the surface of the planet. They are orbital defense weapons and giant missiles!"
Almost at the same time, piercing sirens sounded from all ships in the fleet.
Standing in front of the window, Jiang Yu also saw the giant missile roaring towards the planet's atmosphere.
They drag long white tail flames, which are very eye-catching.
If there is only one, it is difficult to be seen.
When tens of thousands of missiles strike, they are quite eye-catching.
The defense, while primitive, is useful.
After all, saturation strike is a very difficult problem in any era.
No matter how strong the void shield is, it can reach the bombardment of more than a dozen giant missiles, but it cannot withstand the bombardment of dozens or hundreds of giant missiles.
Turning around, Jiang Yu ordered: "Notify the whole ship, leave the orbit of the planet immediately!"
Following Jiang Yu's order, long tail flames spewed out from the tails of the ships of the fleet that had just entered the orbit of the planet.
Under the powerful thrust, the speed of the slow-moving fleet suddenly accelerated.
Just as the fleet left the orbit of the planet, a large number of giant missiles followed.
The battleship Void Shield at the rear of the fleet suddenly rippled.
All giant torpedoes that touch the void shield are teleported into the warp.
As a product of subspace technology, the strength of the void shield is beyond doubt.
The near-anti-aircraft guns with shooting angles on all ships of the fleet are firing.
The dense bullet marks formed a rain of fire and attacked the giant missile group attacking from behind.
A large number of giant missiles were blown up in the air.
"boom!"
The void shields of several warships were destroyed.
Before the void shield energy storage was deployed again, multiple missiles hit the hull.
I saw the balls of fire bursting, and the huge power directly tore the armor of the hull.
The tail hull of a Cobra destroyer was directly blasted to pieces.
The cobra destroyer that lost its power was captured by the planet's gravity and gradually flew towards Shatuo planet.
Soon, it will enter planetary orbit.
Then fly around the planet, and soon after, it will fall into the atmosphere.
One battleship was lucky, and the friendly warship took the initiative to block behind it, using the void shield to resist the incoming missiles.
"It has broken away from the planet's orbital defense firepower network!"
It was not until the fleet moved away from "Shatuo Star" that there were no more missiles launched from the surface of the planet.
Fleet flagship, on the bridge.
Sitting in the spacious captain's seat, Jiang Yu frowned slightly.
If it weren't for protecting the ecological environment of "Shatuo Star".
He had long ordered the fleet to forcibly break into low-Earth orbit to carry out orbital strikes on the surface of the planet.
Although it will cause certain losses to the fleet, it can completely destroy the orbital defense firepower points on the planet.
In interstellar wars, the battle for planets is often the most tragic.
Because every livable planet is a hedgehog, a planet-level fortress.
Not only planet-level shield protection, but also a large number of orbital defense weapons.
Its firepower is not comparable to that of the fleet.
Because of this, interstellar wars often turn into wars of attrition for both sides.
It is difficult for the offensive side to push the enemy horizontally in waves.
It can only devour the opponent's territory bit by bit, weakening the opponent's industrial capabilities and vitality.
Sometimes an interstellar war lasts for thousands of years.
(End of this chapter)