Chapter 28 Confrontation

When Gao Cheng led the fleet to retreat to the second line of defense, he just met up with the reinforcement fleet.

The reinforcement fleet was led by his uncle Gao Fei.

"Tell me about the situation..." Gao Fei didn't waste words and asked Gao Cheng to introduce the situation directly.

Gao Cheng briefly introduced the situation, and was a little evasive when talking about the number of enemies.

Gao Fei glared at Gao Cheng with a bad face, and he stammered: "The radar detected two enemy ships."

Seeing that Gao Fei was about to get angry, Gao Cheng hurriedly added: "The enemy ships attacked beyond the visual range, and I judged that they were two battleships."

"Battleship?" Gao Fei's mouth twitched: "Did you fight with the other side? Just say it's a battleship?"

Gao Cheng lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at his uncle.

"Waste..."

Gao Cheng could admit that he made a mistake in command, but he would never think that he was a waste. He mustered up the courage to look up at Gao Fei.

"Uncle... the two enemy warships destroyed the No. 3 battery with just one round of bombardment." He still felt a little scared when he mentioned Gao Cheng.

"When I ordered the retreat, the No. 1 and No. 2 artillery batteries were attacked at the same time. My fleet had not retreated to a safe distance, and the two artillery batteries were destroyed one after another."

"Is this the reason why you retreated without a fight?"

"Yes, I don't think my fleet can hold off the enemy ships without the support of the defense line, so I chose to preserve the manpower."

The anger on Gao Fei's face faded a little, and he looked at Gao Cheng, who was trembling with fear, and said: "Even if there are ten thousand reasons, I can't protect you if you retreat without a fight. You and your people should atone for your sins in front of the army."

Seeing that Gao Cheng still wanted to argue, Gao Fei raised his hand to stop him: "It's not that my uncle is cruel, but that's the military discipline. Later, you will attack the enemy ships as the advance fleet. If you are lucky enough to survive, I can ask the military for you and your family."

At this point, Gao Cheng had nothing to say. It was just a death. If he could save his family from a tragic experience, he would not be reluctant to give up his life, but he was a little unwilling in his heart.

Although Gao Cheng's subordinates were exempted from punishment because of his retreat order, as the border garrison commander, Gao Cheng was useless in fleeing without fighting.

Gao Cheng hung up the communication and led his fleet to slowly move to the front of the entire fleet, lining up and quietly waiting for the enemy to come.

On the other side, Qi Yiming commanded the Lightning and Revenge to complete a large-scale demolition, and then slowly rushed to the second line of defense of the Flying Eagle Federation.

On the way, Qi Yiming took a quick look at the intelligence about the second line of defense.

There were 16 large rail guns, 11 missile launch nests, and a minefield in front of the defense line to limit the space for the attacking fleet to deploy.

After thinking about it, Qi Yiming finally separated the Revenge and reassembled it with the Lightning to form the Xuefeng.

The minefield can be ignored. After all, Qi Yiming only had three warships, and they were all combined together.

The 11 missile launch nests posed a certain threat to the Xuefeng, but it could barely cope with it when the Xuefeng was fully fired.

The most important thing is the 16 rail guns. The Xuefeng's ultra-long attack range does not give it much advantage over the rail guns.

In addition, the rail guns have abundant energy supply, so the attack strength is not low.

The least threatening is the fleet of the Flying Eagle Federation. Their arms are too short, and they can't reach the Xuefeng for a while during the battle.

"It seems that we can only change the battle form temporarily according to the situation." Qi Yiming muttered to himself while looking at the intelligence in his hand.

Ten minutes later, the Xuefeng appeared alone on the periphery of the second defense line of the Flying Eagle Federation.

Soon, the figure of the Xuefeng was shown on the radar of the main control room of the defense line.

"Report, an enemy ship! The direction is based on the plane where this building is located, the angle is 23 degrees, 11 degrees to the left, the distance is 472,000 km, and it has entered the missile attack range."

Gao Fei's face twitched again, and he cursed Gao Cheng in his heart: "You little bastard, I want to protect you, but you lied to me."

And Gao Cheng looked at the lonely red dot on the shipborne radar with a confused face.

At this moment, Gao Cheng couldn't figure out what happened. He clearly saw that the radar on the first line of defense detected two warships, so how come it became one here?

Did one of them leave halfway? Or did they have an internal conflict and fight with each other?

That's not possible. Two warships attacking the second line of defense are a bit like suicide. Why dare to come when there is only one left?

Just when Gao Fei was hesitating whether to order the missile nest to launch, Qi Yiming had already ordered the Xuefeng to charge the main gun.

"High energy response, the enemy ship is charging its main gun." A sharp voice came from the main control room of the Eagle Federation Defense Line, mixed with a hint of disdain.

The Xuefeng was formed based on the Lightning, and originally had a good main gun firing range. Now Qi Yiming has loaded the main control system of the Probe as an auxiliary, and the main gun range has been increased to more than 400 kilometers.

But Qi Yiming was not interested in the extra shooting distance, but the accurate hit rate brought to Xuefeng by the main control system of the exploration.

The two triple-mounted main guns that had completed charging were aimed at the target under the guidance of the fire control radar. After a dazzling light flashed from the muzzle, six burst lasers accurately hit the target.

A huge rail gun on the Eagle Federation defense line was instantly penetrated by six burst lasers.

Gao Fei and others watched it lose the power to maintain its own orbit, slowly leaving its original position, and then there was a violent explosion.

"Missile nest launch, rail gun begins charging."

Gao Fei immediately ordered a counterattack after a trance.

For a while, the defense line was very lively, and thousands of missiles ignited their respective thrusters the moment they were ejected from the launch tube.

A temporary rain of missiles rushed straight to Xuefeng.

"With so many missiles, even if it is a battleship, I will make you come without return." Gao Fei stared hatefully at the direction where the burst laser just came from.

"The starboard side of our ship will engage." Qi Yiming was not nervous in the face of the incoming missile rain, and ordered the Xuefeng to engage on the starboard side step by step.

The six secondary guns originally on the left side of the Xuefeng were separated from their respective gun mounts and relocated to the starboard side of the Xuefeng under the traction of the tractor beam.

"The secondary guns work in the shortest charging mode, and give me the most intensive firepower network in the shortest time." Qi Yiming ordered the ship-borne intelligent brain of the Xuefeng.

If there were enough crew members, Qi Yiming would not need to do this. He only needed to issue the engagement method, and the specific attack method would be determined by the gunner on the gun position according to the situation.

Fortunately, the battle was not fierce, and Qi Yiming still had the energy to perform multiple duties.

Under Qi Yiming's order, the Xuefeng fired a dense barrage on the starboard side at an astonishing speed.

Gao Fei, who was full of confidence, was shocked and terrified when he saw the beams flying from the direction of the enemy ship, which were not much less than missiles.

"Is this the firepower density of a battleship? Am I dazzled?" Gao Fei rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

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