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Chapter 1098 Star Gate Attack and Defense (3)

The star gate is an important facility, and the most cost-effective approach is to occupy it rather than destroy it. As long as it is occupied, it is equivalent to having a springboard to quickly and continuously break into the interior of the Xuanshui Federation, unless the star gate on the other side is blown up by the Xuanshui Federation itself. However, the possibility of this is very low. The construction of the star gate requires the efforts of the whole country, and no one would want to blow it up unless it really threatens life and death.

Of course, that's what I said, but in a war, you can never be sure what crazy people you might encounter. Now that the star gate is activated, on the one hand, it allows all the civilian ships in the queue that are in a state of chaos to enter, and on the other hand, it activates a huge amount of energy for deterrence.

Even though the Star Gate's shield is only used to defend against cosmic debris, there is a huge amount of energy here. If you have the guts, just blow it up and see if we all die together.

This operation is really brave, but it also brings a new problem.

Damn, I just got out of the queue and now you tell me that the queue is moving forward?
The Swan couldn't go back now even if it wanted to, and because the Swan was a light cruiser and a warship, it happened to be located behind the fleet of the Whirlpool Federation.

Okay, now let's put it in the perspective of the Red Maple Republic Fleet. When they scan with radar and do optical reconnaissance, do you think they will think that a battleship is not in the same group as the Whirlwater Federation?
There is no place to reason about this.

"Emergency avoidance!"

The attitude control nozzle burst out with a striking blue light, pushing the more than 300-meter-long Swan up and down.

The Swan was obviously also listed as a target, which was equivalent to being involved in a fleet artillery battle. This time, it was not stray bullets that came, but the enemy ships deliberately aimed at the Swan.

As mentioned before, light cruisers are the weakest in the battleship series and are usually used for reconnaissance, area defense, and harassment.

This kind of head-on fleet battle is just seeking death.

This is thanks to the long distance between the two sides, and the accuracy of the artillery fire is sufficient, but artillery fire takes time to arrive, and evasive action can still be taken to avoid being hit.

But the two fleets will not always engage in air combat.

The more common fleet tactics nowadays is for both sides to spread out their battle lines and give full play to their firepower. While conducting rolling bombardment, the fleet will slowly approach by taking a Z-shaped evasive route. The shortening of distance will inevitably lead to an increase in the accuracy of the bombardment, thereby improving the overall firepower output.

At this time, the competition is purely about the number and quality of ships and who is braver.

——This sounds like a volley of gunfire.

There is no way. Even though they can travel between planets, they have no missiles and cannot carry out beyond-visual-range strikes.

In short, both sides were approaching each other, and when the Red Maple Republic's fleet got close enough, light cruisers like the Swan would be pure cannon fodder, not even qualified to block the attack.

However, there are ways to solve this dilemma.

"Bearing 155, advance at half speed, we are hiding behind the Swirling Federation battleship."

"Understood, bearing 155, half ship speed!"

Now that the distance is far, it is easier to avoid the bombardment. It is still possible to use the warships of the Xuanshui Federation as shields. After all, the warships of the Xuanshui Federation have formed a battle line, and each warship will not move around, which will cause the formation to collapse.

There is no need to get too close. As long as the warships of the Whirlpool Federation can block the shooting line, that will be enough.

But as I said just now, the fleets of both sides are getting closer and closer. Relying on the fleet of the Rotating Water Federation as a shield may work for a while, but over time, the Swan will be brought to the battlefield by the fleet of the Rotating Water Federation, and then it will be counterproductive.

Therefore, the real way for Swan to survive is to find an opportunity to enter the star gate.

No matter who wins in the end, no matter what the final outcome is, it has nothing to do with us. The first priority is to escape.

Alyssa saw this very clearly. So her captain kept his sights on the direction of the stargate. There were too many civilian ships trying to get in, and they were almost crowded. The Swan, which was not very big, had just gotten out of it. If it squeezed back in now, it would probably be squashed.

To sum up, Alyssa's current strategy is to use the warships of the Whirlpool Federation as shields to delay time, and when the traffic on the star gate gets better, the Swan will take the opportunity to sneak in and escape.

But as I said before, plans can never keep up with changes, and surprises always outweigh the joys.

Yeah, the world is fucked up like that.

The Swan had just found a battleship to block the Red Maple Republic's firing line at the Swan, and before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard An Yun say again:
"Radar detected new ship signals."

Alyssa's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly turned the viewfinder. At this moment, she could vaguely see that the images of about twenty or so flat ships were distorted and suddenly appeared in that airspace.

These ships were located to the left rear of the Swirling Federation Fleet, and at two o'clock on the Swan's direction.

"The ejection signal of the space fighters has been detected. They have released the fleet."

"Tsk, it's actually a mobile aircraft carrier fleet."

The weak ability of carrier-based aircraft to damage warships has resulted in the failure to reproduce the scenario of aircraft carriers crushing battleships on Earth in interstellar wars.

The mobile aircraft carriers in the fleets of various countries are mostly used for miscellaneous tasks, such as interference, cleaning up the battlefield and other marginal work.

But this does not mean that mobile aircraft carriers are really not a threat.

Almost all types of space fighters can carry two void torpedoes. A mobile aircraft carrier can launch at least seven or eight squadrons of space fighters in a short period of time, which means at least more than thirty aircraft.

These maneuverable space fighters are difficult to be hit by the main guns at long distances, and the opponents will never enter the range of the ship's anti-aircraft guns. Once they reach the distance, they will directly launch torpedoes.

A mobile aircraft carrier can launch torpedoes equal to twice the number of its carrier-based aircraft at a time.

These torpedoes have a very low hit rate in the vast void, but can cause great interference.

Don't forget that today's battleships need formation assistance to exert maximum firepower and defense. When a torpedo attacks, will you dodge?

If you hide, your formation will be broken, and the enemy will take the opportunity to beat you up. If you don't hide, well, if you have guts, then expect the anti-aircraft guns to shoot you down, otherwise just wait to be hit by the torpedoes.

This thing is one of the few weapons on carrier-based aircraft that can cause damage to ships. One or two shots don't matter, but as the scale of the battlefield expands, it is impossible to have only one or two shots.

Besides, the shield energy will decrease after being hit by a torpedo. You may be able to resist the opponent's main gun, but you will not be able to withstand it after being hit by a torpedo.

The Red Maple Republic had already been caught off guard, and now the mobile aircraft carrier risked another attack, further strengthening the fleet defending the star gate.

Of course, this threat is foreseeable. After all, everyone's technical level is similar, so we can only find some tactical tricks.

The fleet of the Xuanshui Federation also released a large number of carrier-based aircraft the next moment. Although the number was certainly not as fast or as many as those released by professional aircraft carriers, it could still interfere with or block the opponent's carrier-based aircraft from dropping bombs.

The premise is that nothing else happens.

(End of this chapter)