Chapter 161, Brilliant Explosion
Hearing the so-called 'starting point of the road to glory', Ye Lixia snorted coldly, as if she was very disdainful. She didn't want to pay any attention to Gu Hang, and turned around to continue her busy work.
She kept giving orders, listening to reports from various departments, and making corresponding responses and judgments to pass on orders.
She seemed a little nervous, trying to keep herself focused. She was not an experienced naval veteran, and she did not even have any real combat experience, but her excellent grades in the Naval Academy were not fake. If she had not really done well, how could she have become a captain even with such a family background? She was not the only one in the younger generation of the Fofana family.
Her mind was filled with the various tactical ethics she had learned at the Naval Academy. She combined them with the real-time situation on the battlefield and responded and issued orders in a standard manner.
This is a little tedious, but less error prone.
When Ye Lixia was in school, she had thought of many strange naval tactics, but after having actual experience, she found that her early ideas were purely self-entertainment. Only a few of them were really useful, and even seemed to be able to work wonders in the current battle situation.
But she didn't dare use it.
Who knows whether a method that has not been proven in actual combat will be effective or just a waste of time?
Under the current circumstances, what she needs to do most is to avoid making mistakes and to advance steadily with the powerful firepower and strong defense capabilities of the "Quinte" cruiser.
I would rather play it in a rigid way.
Gu Hang looked at Ye Lixia's serious expression, a smile appeared on his face, and he felt a little relaxed.
How to ease the relationship with this female brigadier general later is a matter for later. Let’s first get through this difficult time.
There had just been a conflict between the two of them, and it almost came to a head.
After Gu Hang boarded the starship with nearly 20,000 soldiers, the "Quinte" drove to the jump point of Tunnel No. 1 of the Angry Owl Galaxy.
Before this, Ye Lixia tried to have the astropath on the starship send a message to the "Beautiful Girl" to remind Wang Jiarong to prepare in advance. But the message failed to send, probably because the other party was traveling in the star tunnel. In this state, it is difficult for the astropath to locate the target of the information transmission and deliver the message.
At this point, they gave up communicating and let the ship stay quietly in the void.
Silence all communications, shut down most of the engine power except for the necessary energy supply...
The starship floated silently in the void, and on the observation scale of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of kilometers, it was just like a speck of dust. Even if the enemy started scanning the surrounding environment immediately after passing through the star tunnel, it would be difficult to find any traces.
Ye Licia strictly followed her previous idea. She just squatted here and waited for things to happen.
If you can fight, fight. If you can’t fight, run away.
After seeing the green-skin fleet chasing the beautiful girl caravan, Ye Licia fell into a dilemma.
Let’s not talk about those frigates for now. It would be difficult for a bunch of small-sized weapons to penetrate the defense system on the main cruiser.
But the four destroyers cannot be ignored. The medium-sized firepower they are equipped with can really pose a threat.
But to be honest, it's not like there is no chance of winning at all. The beautiful girl caravan still has four ships, and with them, there is still a chance of winning, and it's quite high, 60%, or even 70%.
However, a 60% to 70% chance of winning is not enough for Ye Licia to gamble.
Since we lost the bet and have nothing left, it is better to retreat, go back to get more people, and assemble the entire Pegasus fleet. It will not be difficult to destroy these greenskins.
As for the safety of Angry Owl Star?
Forget it. There's nothing to save about a planet with an annual tax quota of 5 million coins.
The cost of building a frigate, even the cheapest one, is over 500 million. The Angry Owl Star would have to pay taxes for a hundred years to be able to afford a frigate.
But for Gu Hang, the concept is completely different.
It’s okay if Ye Lixia retreats, but Angry Owl Star is finished.
He urged Yelisia to join the battle.
This is how the conflict between the two people arose.
Ye Licia was not very willing to do so. During the argument, Gu Hang did not say it explicitly, but he vaguely mentioned that there were 20,000 of his soldiers on the starship.
Ye Lixia's face suddenly darkened.
Even if it's not said explicitly, it's a threat.
She had hoped that Gu Hang would bring his troops up, just in case. The greenskins liked to use boarding tactics in space battles, which was written into the Navy's teaching ethics. Although there were already marines on the starship, having 20,000 more soldiers would definitely make them feel safer.
However, who knew that this would become a weapon for Gu Hang to threaten her?
Once civil strife breaks out on the starship, regardless of whether her Marines can suppress the 20,000 soldiers under Gu Hang, there is no doubt that the fight will last for quite some time.
The internal strife of the ship would pose a fatal threat to the safety of the "Quinte".
Gu Hang could see that Ye Lisia was being held.
He didn't continue to talk about this and continued to force his way through.
It would be a lose-lose situation for both sides, and that would make the greenskins on the opposite side smile.
Then, he softened his tone and said a few words about defending the empire, protecting the caravan, and destroying the alien enemies. He also drew a picture that if they could really succeed in annihilating the greenskin fleet this time, then Ye Licia would undoubtedly have made a huge contribution.
A cruiser, fighting independently, annihilated an entire greenskin fleet consisting of four destroyers and eight frigates. This is an extremely outstanding achievement, not to mention in the Pegasus Fleet, but also in the entire Imperial Navy.
Even with such a record as a foundation, and with sufficient family support, her military rank might be able to move up a bit in a short period of time.
There is a huge threshold between the ranks of Brigadier General and Major General. Generally, a Brigadier General is not called a General, but a Major General is a real General, and no one would question it.
If this really happened, she might be the youngest general in the entire Tianma star region, and no one would dare to say that she was promoted with the help of her family.
Her fame will spread far beyond the Pegasus star region, and even throughout the Dragon Eagle star region and even the entire Eastern Universe. The name Ye Licia will shine throughout the entire starry sea and become a new rising star in the Imperial Navy.
These words made Ye Lisia's heart beat fast.
It's not that she didn't think of it, but when someone pointed it out to her, the feeling she had in her heart was different.
Combining the two factors, Ye Licia finally gritted her teeth, ordered the ships to leave silent mode, prepared to open fire, and contacted the Beautiful Girl.
Things have developed to the current situation.
Gu Hang has single-handedly brought about the current situation, and his influence on future events will be very limited.
Commanding a ship is not something he is capable of.
He could only be a spectator for the time being.
It’s pretty good looking.
In this entire starry sky, there were more than a dozen giant space ships on both sides, projecting fierce firepower at each other. There were rays of light, spots of light, and shells of different colors. The various flashes that lit up when the void shields and energy shields were hit, and the flames of explosions when the artillery fire hit the ships...
At least on the scale that Gu Hang could observe, on the bridge of the Quintet, the attack effects from the Thinker array and the schematic diagram of the battle scene could all be seen clearly.
The lonely starry sky became lively.
However, these beautiful lights all contain terrible power and fatal damage.
However, when Gu Hang was a spectator, he was not just watching the fun. He carefully observed Ye Lixia, combined with the current situation on the battlefield and the various instructions issued by Ye Lixia, and tried hard to absorb and learn all kinds of knowledge about space naval warfare.
He didn't quite understand many of the situations that happened and the responses made by the female brigadier general, but that didn't stop him from trying to write them down. When he had the chance, he would ask someone to send him some theoretical study books, and perhaps he would be able to learn from them.
It is really useless for him to learn these things now, but Gu Hang has deeply realized how important space power is in this interstellar age.
This is the decisive force.
In the future, if conditions permit, he will certainly form his own navy.
Maybe with some luck he'll be able to extract the navy's technology soon?
Uh… forget it, I can’t afford it even if I take it out. Starships are a top-level manufacturing industry that can only be achieved after the planet’s productivity has been highly developed.
While he was daydreaming, he realized that the battle between the two fleets had reached a white-hot stage.
Not long after, the green-skinned frigate, which had been hit by the Quintet's macro cannon and had its energy shield overloaded, also exploded in mid-air.
It was the combined firepower of the Belle Maiden and two other frigates that blew it up.
The caravan led by Gu Hang's cousin also included an experienced warship commander, who keenly captured the impact of the Quintet's firing on the battlefield and delivered a fatal blow.
This is the second ship to explode since the start of the naval battle.
With two fewer ships, the greenskin fleet's firepower was reduced by almost a quarter.
The results achieved by the Quintet in an ambush were enough to tip the balance of victory in their favor by another ten percentage points.
If the greenskin fleet on the opposite side was led by a rational human, the best option at this moment might be to run away as soon as possible.
But unfortunately, that is not the style of the greenskins.
They continued to charge upwards under the firepower of human ships.
After paying the price of the destruction of a destroyer and two frigates, they blew up one of the caravan's frigates and successfully deployed troops to board the other two.
The firepower of the ship that was boarded soon became very weak, and an explosion occurred inside.
It remains to be seen whether they will eventually be able to drive out the green-skinned orcs that have landed, but at least now, the help they can provide in naval battles has been reduced by at least half.
The pressure of the battle is becoming greater and greater.
As the greenskin ships approached, although they lost five ships, their firepower became even more intense - this was due to the closer distance between the two sides.
The Quintet was indeed a strong ship with powerful guns. It destroyed four of the five green warships in front. The L-class large-scale naval gun, "Wrath of the Loyal Heir", was extremely powerful.
However, when the greenskins separated some of their ships and pulled within 50,000 kilometers of the Quintet, the accuracy of the super-standard firepower on the greenskin ships was greatly improved, and the Quintet felt like it was outnumbered.
The most direct manifestation is that the void shield has turned purple, and there is even a trend of changing further to red. The greenskins' heavy artillery has also begun to be able to fire shells that can penetrate the shield and hit the ship's armor.
Gu Hang was on the bridge and felt the hull vibrate violently up and down several times.
The ship's stabilization device could not completely eliminate the large vibration, which probably caused certain damage to the ship. Even if it was not serious, it would cost a lot of money to repair the ship.
However, in order to achieve this effect, the Orc fleet lost another frigate.
Now, the only ships they have left are two destroyers and four frigates.
In Gu Hang's opinion, the battle has reached the final critical stage.
He was deeply impressed by the greenskin fleet's fearlessness and fighting spirit to the end.
For the human side, victory is almost at hand.
But the remaining question is what the cost will be.
Although only one frigate had been destroyed by the human side so far, the void shields of the remaining three ships of the Beautiful Girls Caravan were all overloaded, and two of them had been invaded by boarding ships, posing a great danger; even the Quintet's void shield was almost exhausted.
If the fight really goes to the end and the greenskin fleet is completely wiped out, but the Beautiful Girls Caravan is completely destroyed and the Quintet suffers heavy damage, this result would be quite unpleasant.
The additional political consequences will also be somewhat serious.
Gu Hang also heard Martins sighing beside him.
"If only our warband's strength was still there, we could jump over with one or two hundred men, and with a certain number of mortal auxiliary troops, it would be enough to capture an entire ship."
From what the chapter leader said, they have done this kind of thing many times before.
Gu Hang patted him on the shoulder and was about to say something when he saw that many indicator lights on the bridge suddenly turned red.
This is a dangerous signal.
The Thinker Array transmitted the information: "Warning! There have been multiple invasions inside our ship! The greenskin landing ships deceived the interception system through some unknown energy technology. We have only shot down 70% of the landing ships, including a large number of decoy pods. It is currently estimated that 17 landing pods have successfully landed, and more than 2,000 greenskin orcs have entered the ship! The Marines have already exchanged fire with them, but are currently at a disadvantage."
Ye Lixia suddenly turned her gaze towards Gu Hang.
"It's time for you to make a difference."
Gu Hang turned around and left without saying a word.
It is indeed time for him to pay, so let him do it.
(End of this chapter)
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