Chapter 471: The Fallen Military Noble

"You're quite upright when you trick people." Duke William's tone was filled with displeasure and helplessness.

"What kind of deception is this? Just tell me, has the Chaos Fortress been equipped with liquid metal armor?"

Duke Duke said seriously: "Currently, the Chaos Fortress under your command has upgraded its protection. As for the Federal Mobile Fortress opposite, we don't know what the power of its main gun is, but this kind of 'imitation' was urgently built. Theoretically, the power will not exceed the 'Focusing Rainbow'.

People from the Royal Academy of Military Sciences have said that the deflection field + liquid metal armor operating at medium to high power can withstand 80% of the power of the 'Focusing Rainbow' attack, so the risk of using the Chaos Fortress to attract firepower is the smallest. Can't we let the Fortress of Sorrow, which has not upgraded its defenses, attract firepower? "

Having said this, Duke Duke also called up the performance comparison report previously sent by the Royal Academy of Military Sciences, and continued: "As long as the Chaos Fortress can induce the federal mobile fortress to use its main gun to conduct a round of attacks, then the next battle will The Chinese fleet will be able to play a greater role.”

Duke William still felt that it was a bit unreliable: "If it encounters a direct hit, even with liquid metal armor, the Chaos Fortress will suffer considerable damage. After all, this is an attack from a fortress cannon, and it is not the same concept as a salvo from a battleship."

"You guy, you are too hesitant to be a military aristocrat?! I see that the fighting blood passed down from your ancestors has been diluted by the alcohol in your body."

Duke Duke frowned and said with a bit of hatred: "Since you don't have the decisiveness, let's take it slow. I will attack the Fortress of Sorrow first. If something happens, you can collect the body for me." Bar!"

After saying that, the angry Duke planned to cut off the communication and end this unpleasant conversation.

"Wait. Let's let the Chaos Fortress come. If something happens to you and the Fortress of Sorrow because of this, I won't get much good results even if I withdraw."

At this last moment, Duke William, who looked helpless, finally chose to obey the arrangement.

Although they are both dukes, Duke Duke is older than William, and he has a close relationship with Duke William's deceased father, the former old Duke. Therefore, Duke William, who has always been the youngest among the five great dukes, is in a difficult situation in front of him. When facing Duke Duke, an old man who is not angry and boasts about himself, he will subconsciously lower his attitude.

Duke Duke didn't say anything more, nodded calmly and then temporarily disconnected the communication.

He had always felt conflicted about Duke William's gesture.

From a personal perspective, as an ally in the Regent's camp, it is naturally a good thing that Duke William can obey his command in critical situations.

But from another 'more hypocritical' perspective, the behavior of an Imperial Duke of the same level still made Duke Duke feel increasingly unable to see the future of the Star Dragon Empire.

Once upon a time, when the military aristocrats of the empire followed the late emperor into battle, they were all full of blood and would take the lead in every battle.

If the military aristocrats of that era were to encounter a situation like this, they would fight to the death in order to seize the task of commanding the Celestial Fortress to lead the first jump attack.

However, as the territory of the Star Dragon Empire expanded to what it is today, the huge empire finally stopped its war machine and began to recuperate and digest the ‘loots’.

During this process, the former military nobles finally devoted their energy to the management of their own fiefdoms after receiving rewards and enfeoffments from the late emperor.

The swords and guns are stored in the warehouse, and the horses are released in Nanshan.

When the first batch of nobles who followed the late emperor to expand the territory passed away one after another, their descendants still focused their energy on the management of the fiefdom after inheriting the titles of their fathers.

Although the background of these nobles, including the royal family of the Star Dragon Empire, allowed them to maintain their rule simply and crudely by force for a long time, these 'inheritances' were also exhausted over time.

In the war with the Federation 80 years ago, the empire, which was once able to crush it with force, finally ended in a stalemate and ended the war with a peace agreement signed by both parties. In fact, this had already revealed the consequences to the royal family and the Star Dragon Empire. The nobles sounded the alarm.

Unfortunately, after the war, everyone once again devoted their energy to "recovering the financial losses caused by the war"

Next, there is the generation of Duke Duke and Duke of Hastings, and they are almost the only aristocrats of their generation who have the blood of military aristocrats.

By the time Duke William's generation came, which was the youngest group among the great nobles of the Star Dragon Empire, there was basically no trace of the 'military aristocracy' in them.

Duke Duke's description was not an exaggeration. After a long period of pampering and extravagance, the fighting blood in their bones had been diluted to the point where it was almost invisible.

Just when he was thinking about these issues because of the conversation he had just had with Duke William, the tactical information coordinator also reported to him that the Chaos Fortress battle group had entered the jump, and the destination they reported was the one previously surveyed by the reconnaissance ship detachment. An attack coordinate.

"Start taking action according to the coordinated combat plan." Duke Duke calmly ordered,

"The 'Focusing Iris' enters the standby state. After the battle group jumps, it will immediately recharge and start attacking. The target is the Federal Mobile Fortress!"

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In the core command room of Chaos Fortress, Duke William sat on the command seat without saying a word.

The panoramic screen in front of the command room was showing a strange scene at the moment, as if the celestial fortress and the surrounding fleet had entered a tunnel under some kind of non-material world.

But at this moment, Duke William was not interested in the sight he would see during the leap. Duke Duke's words about how iron can never be transformed into steel still echoed in his ears.

"You, this guy, look forward and backward, how can you look like a military aristocrat?! I see that the fighting blood passed down from your ancestors has been diluted by the alcohol in your body."

Fighting blood? Do you really have such a thing in your body? Duke William asked himself silently.

He naturally knows the glorious past of his family. His ancestors followed the footsteps of the late emperor and fought in the north and south. They used iron, blood and countless lives to build the current family business.

Although he has received macro-related education since he was a child, and has also completed all command training at the Royal Naval Academy, Duke William must admit that he is more interested in family business and is better at it. .

However, after being unabashedly reprimanded by Duke Duke, Duke William felt that the fighting blood and noble pride in his bones had really been activated.

The reprimand just made him not only feel uncomfortable, but also made him eager to prove to Duke that he was not a coward without any courage.

"If I were really a coward, would the Chaos Fortress have been severely damaged before?"

Duke William thought silently, and then loudly issued the combat order:

"Attention of all the fleets in the fortress battle group, maneuver immediately after the jump to cover the flanks of the fortress and drive away the outflank attack by the federal fleet.

The main energy distribution strategy of the Celestial Fortress is to switch to 'defense mode', activate the deflection field array at 90% power, and at the same time, the liquid metal armor layer is pre-energized! "

Although Duke Duke had just spoken to him a bit, William was not impulsive, nor did he forget what he should do.

It takes 3 hours to jump from the position just now to the attack position. After arriving in this galaxy, the two celestial fortress battle groups also took a rest for nearly two hours, mainly to check whether the status of the jump engine can support it. Continuous jumps.

This also means that the federal mobile fortress has at least 5 hours of reaction time.

The empire's man-made celestial fortress is already extremely large in size and mass. Coupled with the other fleets that make up the battle group, Duke William does not believe that the federal mobile fortress will not be able to detect the spatial fluctuations caused by such a large-scale collective jump.

In the previous discussion between him and Duke Duke, he actually mentioned the same issue that Duke Hastings also said, that is, these two mobile fortresses were the options left to them by Federal Navy Marshal Trafalgar.

And if the other party dares to arrange it like this, it is impossible to really only station the mobile fortress and fleet here.

Not to mention how the opponent's strategic weapon proton annihilation bombs will be used, there will be no shortage of reconnaissance ships and a large number of autonomous probes used to monitor the situation in the galaxy.

Not to mention that the mobile fortress already has extremely strong reconnaissance and detection capabilities. Duke William does not believe that the federal navy will shrink in this aspect, so the gravitational wave radar array it is equipped with can also detect large-scale fleet jumps very well. movement.

The above prerequisites let Duke William know that he was about to face the Federal Mobile Fortress and the surrounding fleet, and he was definitely ready for battle.

During the jump, everyone in the command room at the core of the Chaos Fortress was silent and nervous, and the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing.

Even though they had been fighting with this fortress for so long, they still couldn't act like they were okay after knowing that the celestial fortress they were in was going to be a target for attracting firepower.

From time to time, some people would quietly turn their heads to look at Duke William on the command seat, as if this high-ranking imperial nobleman was some kind of 'sustenance' for them. As long as they saw him still on the command seat, they could continue to fight. .

Duke William, who was sitting on the command seat, had a panoramic view of all this. He could clearly see everyone's little movements. This reminded him of the 'old joke' that had been circulating in the human world for countless years - the podium. The teacher can clearly see every move of the students below.

Now it seems that is really the case.

This episode made him relax a little, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

When he once again saw a female correspondent glance at him quietly and then show a look of relief, the Imperial Duke could no longer hide the smile on his face.

"You can watch it if you want. I won't punish you with any crime of 'disrespect'~"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh secretly. Since Duke William usually looked more like a 'gongzi brother' and didn't have so many rules, the atmosphere between him and his subordinates was more relaxed than that of other nobles.

This was also why other nobles often said privately that William was more like a 'businessman' than a powerful imperial duke.

"Don't worry." Duke William said in a rare and resolute tone, "I am right here and will not go anywhere until the battle is over."

Seeing the uneasiness on everyone's faces slowly disappear, Duke William continued: "So, I need each of you to go all out and do what you should do, not only for me or the empire, but also for yourselves. "

As time went by, the fortress battle group's jump was coming to an end.

The scene on the panoramic screen in front of Duke William also began to change. Those bizarre and strange scenes were becoming more and more blurred, as if the "layer" they were in was disappearing.

Instead, the cosmic background became clearer and clearer. Duke William could even slowly identify the star in the distance that looked like a small ball of light.

When such a scene appeared, it often meant that the jump was about to end.

Duke William's hand could not help but hold the handrail tightly. At this moment, even if he had built up enough psychological preparation for himself, or the fighting blood in his body was constantly surging, he could not suppress the slight fear and tension.

But the youngest duke knew that he must not show his cowardice at this time, because his state would also affect the morale of the entire battle group.

Biting the tip of his tongue lightly to let the thousands of threads in his mind fade away temporarily, Duke William tightened his vocal cord muscles so that his voice would not be heard by others. Then he slowly said:

"Everyone pay attention, prepare for battle."

The next moment, the jump ended.

Against the dark background of the universe, an equally huge sphere suddenly appeared on the panoramic screen as if it was sent to the eyes.

A large number of locking and analysis frames were immediately put on, and the federal warships hiding in the shadow of the mobile fortress were identified at the same time.

A mobile fortress with a diameter of 340 kilometers and three federal fleets in coordinated defense.

Then, the fortress control personality also reported a series of warning messages:

"Warning, fire control radar illumination characteristics detected!"

"Warning, the enemy mobile fortress is adjusting the ray axis and is expected to overlap with the fortress in 20 seconds!"

"Warning, high-energy reaction detected!"

"Warning, extremely high-intensity electric field reaction detected in the target area!"

At this time, Duke William no longer needed to make commands, and everyone had taken the initiative to complete a series of operations according to the pre-battle plan.

Under the effect of the restraining magnetic field, the silver-white liquid metal on the surface of the Chaos Fortress slowly covered the "Focusing Rainbow" on the front of the fortress. At the same time, the attitude control unit of the fortress also began to operate, and slightly adjusted the Chaos Fortress's angle of attack according to the predicted rays.

The way of facing the enemy from the side not only allows the deflection force field to fully exert its ability to twist charged particles, but also protects the "Focusing Rainbow" as much as possible.

Although Duke William is willing to believe that the Chaos Fortress can withstand the opponent's attack, he is not sure whether the "Focusing Rainbow" will be affected if it is hit directly, and he dare not gamble.

"Everyone pay attention! The fortress is about to be attacked, and everyone is prepared to resist the impact!"

While the full-frequency broadcast in the fortress sounded, the Chaos Fortress was still making the final attitude adjustment. After all, when the opponent's fortress artillery enters the final stage before firing, it will enter an irreversible state.

So Duke William naturally would not let the Chaos Fortress stay in place like a fool waiting to be hit, but constantly perform evasive maneuvers, forcing the Federation's mobile fortress to constantly adjust the ray axis, otherwise it will be off target.

The current distance between the two sides is 80,000 kilometers. When the fleets of both sides are temporarily unable to perform, this battle temporarily becomes a one-on-one duel between the two fortresses.

Finally, after both sides have spent 15 tormenting seconds, Duke William saw a flash of blue and white light in the middle of the Federation Mobile Fortress in the distance.