Chapter 470: Fortresses and Fortresses Cannot Be Generalized

"Duke and William are moving. What should we do? Should we respond to their actions?"

In the Serenity Fortress, Duke Artesia looked at the message from Duke Duke and couldn't help but frowned: "They were quite radical and went straight to attack the Federation's mobile fortress."

"'Changing homes' is not unusual. If it were me in this situation, I would do the same thing."

The voice of Duke Hastings came from the direction of his holographic image. Perhaps it was because the distance between the two fortresses was too far. At the same time, the quantum entanglement communication device equipped in the fortress was still an old product provided by Atlas, so His holographic image still looked a little flickering.

In fact, when Atlas Communications Group assisted the Star Dragon Empire in establishing a quantum entanglement communication network, Amber specifically reminded them that the real-time communication transmission capacity of early products was limited, so it was not recommended to create fancy real-time holographic images. , otherwise the communication quality will be affected to a certain extent.

But it was obvious that the senior officials of the Imperial Royal Navy did not listen. Fortunately, although the holographic image flickered a little, the voice quality was not greatly affected, and the voice of Duke Hastings was still clear.

"'Heart of Oak' has been confirmed to have been attacked, and there are two other frontline starports that have lost contact. This shows that the federal fleet has invested a lot of offensive power in these three points, otherwise it would not be able to conquer the star so quickly. The harbor and surrounding fleets were suppressed.

Although the Federation Navy's fleet has been being replenished during this period, the warships are built one by one in the dock after all, rather than being conjured out of thin air by magic. Therefore, the Naval Intelligence Department and several other intelligence agencies can still roughly Calculate the opponent's shipbuilding speed and further deduce the current approximate number of ships in the federal navy.

We can also roughly judge that the main force of the federal navy is allocated to these three 'attack points', which also means that their defensive power in other parts of the front will definitely become weak.

In this case, taking the opportunity to knock out their mobile fortress is indeed the best choice. "

The Duke of Hastings paused for a moment. His eyes seemed to have transcended the boundless starry sky and saw the federal navy marshal who was unknown somewhere: "It was also the choice that Marshal Trafalgar 'helped' us make."

Listening to Duke Hastings' explanation, Duke Artesia also nodded thoughtfully.

Although she is the only woman among the five great dukes in the empire, she is not from a school and is not proficient in naval combat, but after long-term control of the Celestial Fortress battle group, her level in this aspect is still higher than most people.

"If this is the only option left to us by the Federal Navy Marshal, I believe that in addition to the mobile fortress on the surface, he definitely has other cards hidden secretly.

Otherwise, if we launch an attack with the strength of two celestial fortress battle groups, a poor imitation like the mobile fortress will not be able to hold on for too long. I estimate that the two celestial fortresses can use the 'Focusing Rainbow' to launch a synchronized attack. To completely penetrate its defenses, without the cooperation of other trump cards, these two mobile fortresses will not even be able to delay it for enough time."

"That's right!"

The Duke of Hastings cast an approving look at Artesia. While this duchess was his 'political ally', she was also his student in terms of naval fleet command.

A sharp light flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "Trafalgar is not a fool. The quantity and quality of the Federation's mobile fortresses are far behind ours, so he cannot use this 'free gift' method. To set up defenses, I speculate that in addition to the fleet that coordinates the defense, they should also have deployed another strategic weapon of theirs."

"Proton annihilation bomb?"

Duke Artesia raised her eyebrows. She and Duke Hastings were deeply impressed by this weapon of the Federation.

"But how can they launch it effectively? Before, they could also use unmanned fleets to carry out suicide attacks, but after the conflict with the Atlas Group on Para IV, the Federation Navy urgently sealed all the remaining unmanned aerial vehicles. manned fleet and transform it into a manned semi-automatic fleet. It is impossible to use a manned conventional fleet for a suicide attack this time, right?"

"This is also the biggest doubt and uneasiness in my heart." Duke Hastings took over and said, "But now we don't have time to do more investigation. We can only take one step at a time. Even if we know that there is a trap ahead, we still can't do it." You have to work hard to give it a try."

Listening to the words of his ally and 'teacher', Duke Artesia sighed and said with some self-deprecation:

"I have to say that Marshal Trafalgar opposite is very confident in his command and the execution of his troops, otherwise he would not conduct multiple attacks on such a long front, and all the fleets are under his control alone. Under the command, although it is still not as good as an arm and a finger, it is at least much more efficient than our command here. "

"Don't think so much, Artesia. Some things can't be changed in a short time. It's better to focus back on the battle situation."

Duke Hastings comforted him, and then marked the star system where another federal mobile fortress was located on the star map.

"If you don't have any other suggestions, we should prepare to launch an attack. After all, there is really no other better option at the moment."

Duke Artesia nodded: "Tsk, I don't have any objections. I'll leave the joint command to you for the time being. I just feel like I'm being 'commanded' by those two this time and I have to cooperate with them in the battle."

Hearing Duke Artesia's complaint, Hastings smiled and did not say anything else on this issue. Instead, he ordered:

"The Gospel Fortress Battle Group, the Tranquility Fortress Battle Group! The target system is where the Federal Mobile Fortress No. 2 is located, prepare for a collective jump!"

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"Marshal, we have completed the suppression of the Empire's 'Heart of Oak' starport and surrounding fleets. The starport's defensive weapons have been offline, and the remaining enemy ships have also sent surrender signals and adjusted the ship's axis!

At present, the Marine Corps has controlled all the deployment bays and fusion furnace groups of the star port, but there are still some enemies in the star port who are resisting in the crew living area. The Marine Corps commander asked if they want to launch a force attack? "

On the bridge of the Federation Navy flagship 'Dreadnought', the results of the battle were being reported to Marshal Trafalgar.

The 'Kraken' battle group, which launched the assault with the help of nebula cover, completed the attack without much effort.

Although the empire also deployed three standard fleets near the star port of Heart of Oak, because one of the fleets was still performing departure operations at the time, the only ones that could immediately enter the battle were the other two fleets that had completed their assembly.

The disparity in strength and the rapid attack of the 'Kraken' battle group under the command of Trafalgar made the temporary defense organized by the imperial defenders basically ineffective.

Just like countless raids that had been rehearsed before, the three attacking fleets quickly completed the artillery formation. During this process, the heavy cruisers with the highest proficiency among the crews also opened fire and destroyed the Heart of Oak. 'External communication unit.

If the captain on duty at the 'Heart of Oak' combat command center had not made arrangements in advance, the news of the attack on this star port would not have spread so quickly.

The three full fleets that had completed the artillery formation launched an artillery battle with the two imperial fleets that hurriedly responded. Even when the latter had star port defense fire support, they quickly gained the upper hand.

Not to mention the other two fleets that launched a pincer offensive from the left and right hemispheres. On their main gun ray axes, they all had 'fat' battleship sides that lacked deflection field protection.

Under such crossfire, the defending imperial fleet was quickly defeated. After all, in addition to the above disadvantages, the 'Kraken' battle group they faced was also the most powerful combat group in the federal navy's battle sequence. .

The fleets in the battle group were all veterans who had followed Marshal Trafalgar from domestic defense to the counterattack of Operation Supernova, and then all the way into the Star Dragon Empire.

Whether it is fighting will or technical and tactical level, it is no longer the same as the federal navy fleet before the war.

This can be seen from the carrier-based HCP squadrons released by the two fleets launching the pincer offensive and the marines carried in the assault boats.

The internal defense strength of the 'Heart of Oak' star port is obviously incomparable to the A. Bawa Ku asteroid fortress.

It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of strategy difficulty, it can be said that there is a difference between "40-person random group" and "20-person epic difficulty".

When the assault boat the Marines boarded crashed into the deployment bay in the star port, it took almost no effort to dismantle the defenses in this area, and even wiped out two defense forces that rushed in from other areas.

After the ship-based HCP troops destroyed the defensive weapons outside the star port, annihilated the defensive HCP and seized control of the sky, more and more marines broke into the star port safely. With the support of multi-legged tanks arriving at the same time, The defense forces in the star port were beaten and retreated.

Almost all important nodes were quickly lost, and in the end it had to rely on the relatively complex structure of the crew living area to resist.

"Forget it. There is no need to continue the attack. This place is not worth the sacrifice of so many Marines. Let the Marines place explosives in the core energy area and then withdraw." Trafalgar said, while calling out A virtual screen.

"News has just come from several long-distance reconnaissance ships in nearby galaxies that multiple imperial fleets are coming here to support and have already entered the jump, so we don't have much time left to control this frontline star port without any The treatment of harm is also meaningful. "

Listening to Marshal Trafalgar's words, Admiral Carroll nodded, "Then what will we do next?"

"The battle group is preparing to jump to confidential coordinates in the galaxy, and then let the long-distance reconnaissance ships continue to monitor this space." A hunter's smile appeared on the old marshal's face.

"If it's appropriate, it wouldn't be a bad idea for us to get back on our feet and leave again."

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When the two celestial fortress battle groups led by Duke Duke and Duke William arrived at the target galaxy and escaped from the jump, they also received the latest macroscopic battle situation information.

"Hey, this old guy Hastings is so cooperative this time. It's really not his style. I thought he was coming to have a good 'communication' with us again."

After seeing the Gospel and Tranquility celestial fortress battle groups mentioned in the macro battle situation information also setting off to attack another mobile fortress, Duke William raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"It's actually not that strange."

After hearing Duke William's words, Duke Duke said: "Although Hastings is from the princess and has never dealt with us, he can still figure out some big issues, and he must also be able to deal with them. Knowing that attacking the mobile fortress and trying to destroy it is the only way we can turn passivity into initiative."

"Okay~" Duke William shrugged, and then continued: "One more thing, the federal naval battle group attacking 'Heart of Oak' is a bit difficult."

"Well, I saw it." Duke Duke nodded, his voice becoming serious.

"How dare you kill back again while the support fleets are arriving one after another, defeat the two support fleets that arrived earlier, and lose the trace before more support fleets arrive. I can only say that whether it is the courage of the battle group commander or this battle The technical and tactical level of the group is not simple.”

Duke William: "Could it be that Trafalgar personally commanded it?"

Duke Duke thought for a moment after hearing this question, and then replied: "It's very possible, and the fleet under his command is probably the most experienced in combat in the federal navy."

"According to what you say, wouldn't the rear area be turned upside down by this battle group?"

"Then it depends on the situation of the reserve fleet. If they can't stop this battle group, it will indeed be a bit difficult." Duke Duke changed his tone and continued: "But it may be good news for us. At least when we launch an attack, we won’t have to worry about such an elite battle group jumping in our face for a while.”

Just when Duke Duke was about to say something, the voice of the tactical information coordinator sounded in the core command room of the Fortress of Sorrow where he was located.

"The reconnaissance ship detachment reports that the target mobile fortress is carrying out a driving alert for the space area in cooperation with the surrounding fleets. Currently, the forward reconnaissance ship detachment has suffered heavy losses, and the remaining reconnaissance ships have retreated outside the driving warning range!

At the same time, four federal fleets have completed their assembly near the mobile fortress and have launched a defensive formation! "

"It seems they knew we were coming." Duke William said with some regret, "I was thinking about giving them a surprise."

Duke Duke: "Well, if we can't even detect the collective jump of the two celestial fortress battle groups, we should drag this federal mobile fortress back and dismantle it."

After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at Duke William 'next to him'. Although the latter saw a holographic image, he could still clearly see Duke Duke's malicious smile.

"I heard before that the entire external defense unit of the Chaos Fortress was upgraded after the overhaul. How about you take the battle group first and test the firepower of the opponent's mobile fortress. At the same time, take a look at whether the liquid metal armor is as good as the Imperial Academy of Military Science boasts. sharp?"