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Chapter 1344: Cutting off the retreat route, Ilxia defensive operation (2)

The Swan maneuvered and changed position according to the instructions of the fleet commander. In fact, it only moved from the left rear of the space fortress Ilsha to the right rear. In essence, it still relied on the fortress itself for defense.

After all, the cruise ships' offensive and defensive capabilities are there, and asking them to attack the main fleet would be somewhat suicidal.

At the same time, the main fleet of the Rotating Water Federation outside the fortress lit up their engines and started sailing at a slow speed to facilitate the reorganization of the formation. A large number of warships turned their hulls sideways and formed complex battle lines.

Before long, the dim engine light on the sighting equipment gradually turned into a blurry outline of the ship, indicating that they were about to enter the firing range.

The current situation is simply a replica of the previous one, the difference is that the defending party has become the Whirlpool Federation and the attacking party has become the Red Maple Republic.

Judging from visual evidence, the number is slightly less than the two fleets, which may be due to the pursuit by other fleets of the Xuanshui Federation during the retreat, but the total number is still over one thousand.

Just like when the Xuanshui Federation recaptured Ilxia, they also quickly split into two groups when approaching, and maneuvered to encircle from the left and right sides.

The advantage of doing this is that it can distract the attention of the space fortresses and fleets, maintain mobile operations, and look for flaws in the enemy's battle lines.

The starship of the Xuanshui Federation fired the first shot, and then as the distance between the two sides continued to shorten, heavy artillery of all sizes also opened fire. For a moment, countless ion beams and shells invisible to the naked eye intertwined in this star field. There was no warm-up period, and the firing became white-hot as soon as it opened, and the entire star field seemed to be on fire.

The Red Maple Republic's troops that have withdrawn from the front lines could not be limited to this. According to intelligence obtained by the Xuanshui Federation, at least three fleets were approaching the direction of Ilxia, but only two have appeared now.

Either the missing fleet turned around and joined the others en route, or there were backup plans.

The large number of sensors scattered around the space fortress and its ability to distort the readings of surrounding controls make it difficult for the fleet to fly over using a jump without being noticed.

One side tried to encircle and annihilate the enemy, while the other side wanted a strategic retreat. Once they met, both sides would fight to the death.

Friendly forces have already opened fire, and the Swan is still following the cruise ship formation. Although many ships will also fire a few shots to increase momentum, the actual effect is negligible. Everyone is still hiding behind the space fortress as if watching a show.

Their mission was to intercept the ships approaching the fortress. Bombardment was not the specialty of cruise ships. The cruise ships and mobile aircraft carrier formations of the Red Maple Republic did not move, so the Swan naturally would not make any big moves.

For the Red Maple Republic Fleet, the Whirlwater Federation blocked their way home. They had to either take the door back or kick it open. There was no third way.

The enemy will definitely find a way to get close to the fortress and try to seize it. After all, the Red Maple Republic fleet is also afraid that the Xuanshui Federation will send another support fleet. If they are surrounded and attacked when they are not at an advantage in terms of military strength, there will be no way to save the situation.

The battle between the main fleets cannot determine the outcome in a short period of time. In other words, it is not a problem for the Red Maple Republic fleet to try to approach and capture the fortress. The problem is how they will do it.

The cruise ship fleet and the large number of pilots on standby in the fortress are designed to guard against this kind of attack.

Regardless of whether there was a combat mission or not, almost everyone stared at the battlefield nervously, waiting for the Red Maple Republic fleet to get closer and to respond accordingly.

But at this time, there are still people busy with other things, such as Fang Lanyin.

She was using an electric hammer to frantically screw in screws, trying to put the disassembled parts back together.

"Don't be so anxious."

Seeing Fang Lanyin sweating from anxiety, Li Chengxi consoled her:
"Anyway, it's not time to attack yet. Even if the enemy comes, I won't make a difference."

This was not Fang Lanyin's fault. Villania wanted to see the heat dissipation and buffer structure of Li Chengxi's machine, and wanted to understand why this machine had such a strong ability to resist impact and heat radiation. And Li Chengxi agreed. It wouldn't hurt to see it.

As a result, it left the port soon after it was unpacked.

The complex stacked armor structure and a large number of heat dissipation devices are all linked together. They need to be disassembled layer by layer, and then installed again, layer by layer. Disassembly will be very time-consuming.

Fang Lanyin was so anxious that her eyes were blazing with anger. If this delayed the attack, it would be the mechanic's fault. Fang Lanyin's professional ethics would not allow this to happen.

Especially since this thing was created by Li Chengxi, its existence itself is the top secret on the Swan. Fang Lanyin is fully responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft. She cannot hand it over to others, nor can she ask others for help. Naturally, she is very busy.

In comparison, Li Chengxi was very calm. He knew it was still too early to attack. They had just entered the shelling range and were far from being able to launch carrier-based aircraft.

Next to it, the Silver Cyclone had just completed its maintenance. The cockpit was open, with Hall holding the control ball inside. The Silver Cyclone picked up a 280mm rocket launcher.

"Is it really okay for me to use it?"

"Just use it. If you run out of ammunition, just throw it away. Don't feel bad about it."

The backpacks that Li Chengxi used for Lionfish were all disassembled from the custom models. In addition to the backpack and the main body, the custom models also came with a large number of additional weapons.

For example, beam sabers, automatic rifles, long beam rifles and bazookas.

He had accumulated a lot of these things, but he couldn't use them himself. It just so happened that the size of the Silver Whirlwind was compatible, so Li Chengxi just got a few of them and armed the Silver Whirlwind well.

Beam sabers and other beam weapons require charging, which Silver Tornado is not compatible with. Besides, she doesn't really need melee weapons. Silver Tornado has a loyal chainsaw sword hidden inside her leg armor.

But it can be equipped with physical weapons. When Li Chengxi ran out of live ammunition while driving a high-mobility Zaku, he directly used the Silver Tornado's 40mm rapid-fire cannon to deal with it. It was just a simple matter of pulling the trigger, as long as the size was right.

Hall has also adapted well in the past few days, using the Silver Tornado simulator and Li Chengxi's data to fight AI enemies.

Seeing how easily Li Chengxi used the rocket launcher gave people the feeling that this thing had built-in tracking capabilities.

In fact, this is wrong. Li Chengxi can use the rocket launcher easily because he is very adaptable to the speed of the rocket and can shoot accurately with advance time.

Hall has always used weapons with high bullet speed and has no experience with weapons with low bullet speed and high power. Fortunately, she used a virtual machine for simulation, otherwise no matter how many rockets she had, they would not be enough for her training.

What's even more difficult is that you have to be able to switch at any time.

You are launching a rocket one second and picking up a rapid-fire machine gun the next. The huge difference in bullet speed between the two makes the lead time significantly different, and your brain must be able to react.

For players of shooting games, this is not a difficult task as they have already mastered it, but for those who have never played it before, it requires a long period of training.

But I really don’t have time to train now, so I’ll just have to do it regardless of the situation.

(End of this chapter)