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Chapter 1099 Star Gate Attack and Defense (4)

The biggest variable in war is that no matter how good your PPT is, if the other party does not follow your PPT, then all your plans will be castles in the air.

What's more, as the defending party, the Xuanshui Federation was actually not prepared for the star gate to be attacked at all, let alone a purposeful counterattack against the enemy's strategy.

The current situation is that the Red Maple Republic is attacking, and the Xuanshui Federation is countering each move. As long as they have enough troops, they can try countless times, but if the Xuanshui Federation fails once, there will be no future for them.

Then again, this is not what Alyssa needs to worry about. The problem is that bad news comes one after another.

An Yun stared at the radar and reported:
"The Red Maple Republic fleet has broken through the blockade of the defense forces and is heading towards the star gate."

Don't forget that the star gate is being attacked from not just two directions - the ongoing artillery battle and the launch of carrier-based aircraft - but from three directions.

The fleet that first jumped to the star field was very far away. The stray bullets from the exchange of fire with the star gate patrol just now caused heavy losses to the civilian fleet. The fleet that set out from the star gate was originally going to intercept them.

The defense of the Star Gate is mainly composed of patrols and garrisons. The patrols are the first to encounter the enemy, and the garrisons rush to support them.

As a result, the garrison was intercepted halfway on its way, so the collapse of the patrol team, which had no advantage in terms of quantity and quality, was natural.

The Red Maple Republic must have been plotting this for a long time, and they may have investigated the number and quality of the Star Gate defense forces. If the other party dares to attack, they must be sure of success.

This is trouble.

Before An Yun finished his words, he saw rows of beam cannons attacking from far away in deep space. Because the star gate had been reopened, the civilian ships that continued to line up to squeeze in instantly exploded with a large number of fireworks.

This time it wasn't a stray bullet, they were aiming at a civilian ship!

This caused even greater panic in the queue of civilian ships. The big ships pushed the small ships forward. The small ships could not withstand such squeezing and cracked or exploded, causing new chaos.

However, the salvo fired by the Red Maple Republic was just like a whip on the buttocks of the civilian ships, making them roll away faster, and there was no intention to continue to beat them to death.

After a round of salvos, the next target was the garrison at the star gate.

Unfortunately, the Swan was included again.

Now the garrison and the Swan are being attacked from two sides, one from the front and the other from the side at a ninety-degree angle. The side is farther away and the firepower density is not high, so unless they are really unlucky, they will not be hit directly.

The front has begun to slowly approach the normal fleet's firing distance, which can already ensure accuracy and hit rate.

Alyssa commanded the Swan to continue hiding behind the Swirling Federation fleet, but at the same time had to keep an eye on the artillery fire on the other side, and even had to pay attention to the carrier-based aircraft and torpedoes fired from the third direction by the mobile aircraft carrier.

——Damn it, it’s not over yet!
The Xuanshui Federation must have sent out a signal requesting reinforcements, but it is hard to say when the signal will be responded to.

There are troops stationed in the star systems near the star gates to defend the star gates, such as the squadron that escorted the Swan all the way.

But the problem is that the Red Maple Republic's fleet can come so brazenly, maybe they have already dealt with the nearby Swirl Water Federation fleet. Even if they receive a reinforcement signal, they can only come from a farther star field, and it is not certain whether they can catch up.

And the Stargate...

This thing is very troublesome. Both sides cannot be turned on at the same time. If one side is turned on, the other side can only wait.

Thinking of this, Alyssa suddenly realized that the reason why the star gate remained activated when it was attacked was not because it was a deterrent that prevented the Red Maple Republic from attacking it, but because someone quickly seized control of the star gate when the attack began. As long as this side remained open, the other side would not be able to come to the rescue.

It is equivalent to cutting off the route for reinforcements through the star gate.

If the current situation continues, the Swan will most likely be destroyed by artillery fire from two directions before it can enter the star gate.

So, how to solve this problem?

"Turn the hull down 30 degrees and throw out a smoke screen!" The Swan dived down like a diver, appeared behind the warship of the Whirlpool Federation, and began to create a wall of smoke.

Throwing smoke screens is used to defend against the rear, that is, artillery fire from the rear.

"Keep on course, proceed at combat cruise speed"

"Understood, combat cruise speed"

Carlos pushed the gear, and the Swan was like a person diving into the water, diving deeper and deeper.

As the Swan showed up again, the Red Maple Republic warship in the distance aimed at it, and the Swan was immediately hit hard while sailing.

Countless beams of light flew past the left and right sides of the Swan, some of which were so close that they seemed within reach.

The shield continued to emit a bright blue light, and on the screen next to the captain's seat, the reminder of the shield's declining energy was like a brainwashing loop.

But Alyssa didn't look. She stared at the void outside through the glass of the bridge, as if she could see a waypoint ahead that no one else could see.

Seeing that the Swan was about to collapse and the next round of salvos would turn it into space garbage, Alyssa suddenly relaxed.

Almost at the same time, one could clearly feel that the attacks on the Swan were weakening, from dense to intermittent, and sometimes absent.

The battle line of interstellar battleships is not a single line, but a three-dimensional collection of battleships.

But no matter how complex the battle line, the battleships have angles.

For a warship, the armament on the upper part of its hull must definitely far exceed that on the lower part.

This is not because the designers are willing to do so, but because a large number of energy transmission pipelines need to be arranged in the lower part of the battleship, which will seriously squeeze the space for weapon layout.

And if these channels are arranged in the upper half...

That's just asking for trouble.

The shape of a battleship is very similar to a shoe. If you place the pipes on the upper, you will feel numb when someone steps on you. So they can only be placed on the "sole".

In short, the battleship has a weak defense against attacks from below, and it is also difficult to attack enemies below because the main gun is on top and at most one secondary gun is below.

The Swan's maneuverability is an important prerequisite for executing this route. As long as the Swan can dive deep enough at the fastest speed, the fleet's battle line will have fewer cannons that can aim at the Swan, and it will then be able to leave the battlefield from below.

Just now, Alyssa was thinking about waiting until the number of civilian ships in front of the star gate decreased and then finding a chance to get in. But now, she thought about it and decided not to think about it. The most important thing was to get out of this star field as soon as possible.

Would it take more than two months of sailing to the capital galaxy of the Xuanshui Federation without going through the star gate?
If the ship is lost here, what's the point of two more or two less months?

Alyssa's idea has always been to protect herself to a limited extent. After all, she is not the fleet commander of the Whirlpool Federation. Being responsible for everyone on the Swan is what Alyssa should do.

But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.

At this critical moment, something went wrong again.

"Enemy aircraft are approaching us."

Damn it, you’re only picking on the weak, right?

(End of this chapter)