Counterfeit Hero

The reporting officer's roar immediately caused the entire battleship to explode.

Amidst the shrill alarms and the electronic sound of "Captain Chekov, please come to the command room immediately" on the radio, officers and soldiers from all departments on the battleship poured out of the rest cabin, entertainment cabin and dining room, and headed towards their ships as quickly as possible. Rushing to the post.

"Level 1 battle preparation!" Chekov glared at the fat man fiercely, rushed out of the spare power cabin, and loudly issued instructions as he ran: "The gunners are at their posts, the main guns are charged, open the carrier aircraft exit, and the drones The signal is connected, the power cabin is operating at full capacity, and the backup power cabin is activated! Gather the non-combatants to the escape area! Request instructions from the flagship!"

The [Berland Rose] entered combat mode under Chekov's command. Energy began to be distributed according to the battle plan, and all cabins unrelated to the battle were closed. The battleship's lighting, life-support systems, and life systems have been switched to the lowest energy consumption state. Dozens of crew members guided all non-combatants to the escape area located in the belly of the destroyer.

"What's going on?" The fat man followed Chekov step by step, asking again and again with a look of panic on his face.

Manager Chekhov ignored the fat man and rushed into the main control room like a whirlwind. Panting, he sat on the captain's command seat and said to the intelligence officer: "Battle situation report!"

"Humph, the captain is amazing!" The fat man hit a nail, twisted his neck and grunted, tapping his right foot on the ground, his whole body was moving uncomfortably like a water snake, and his mouth was curled up to the base of his ears. , chirped: "Don't you know that too?"

Helen, who hurriedly followed the fat man, finally couldn't bear it anymore. Pull the fat man away. He raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "What the hell is going on with you? Don't you understand what's going on now? Stand aside!"

"Oh." The fat man stood aside honestly. After thinking about it, I felt something was wrong. Ask Helen: "Who are you?"

"..."

Don't even know me. This fat guy is so annoying!

"Report Captain. Bu-1702 system. Coordinates 78426-19103 domain. Battleships are approaching our fleet. Among them, there are six [Okra] heavy-armed merchant ships. Twelve [Ghost] fast torpedo boats, and [Phoenix]-class old destroyers Two. The enemy ships did not respond to our warning. They launched an attack formation and will enter the red alert area in five minutes." the intelligence officer reported quickly.

"What does the flagship command say?" Chekov asked while checking the information on the command platform.

"Inverted A-type formation." After receiving the flagship's visual communication signal, he said to Chekov: "Colonel Leonid has ordered the frigate to meet the enemy at high speed. The enemy must be blocked outside the red alert zone, our ship and the [Castle Lily]. Move like a pendulum in a two-ship formation. keep distance. Take advantage of the main gun. "

"Got it!" Chekov waved his hand and asked the intelligence officer to leave. Press the communication button on the console: "Bolan Rose, I am Captain Chekov. I am in command now. Power cabin, bow main gun cabin. Electronic cabin. Energy shield generation room. Torpedo cabin, 1-21 No. Rotating turret, radar, communications groups. Report the situation."

"The power of the power cabin is fully turned on. It is operating normally. Preparations for the first-level battle are completed."

"The main gun in the main gun cabin is charged. The first-level battle preparation is completed."

"Electronic cabin interference is activated. The process is normal. Protection level e. Level 1 combat preparations completed."

"Torpedo cabin. No. 1 launch tube, No. 3 launch tube torpedo loading. Level 1 combat preparations completed."

"No. 1 turret on the bow..."

In the communicator in the main control room. Reports from various departments came one after another.

When the battle preparation report of all departments is completed. Chekov's frown relaxed for a moment and nodded: "Very good. All units are on alert and ready to fight at any time. No. 1 and No. 9 change direction thrusters to ignite. Move closer to the flagship [Castle Lily]."

In Chekhov's orderly instructions, the entire battleship. It's like a precision machine tool, running quickly. Helen, who quickly entered the role, also picked up a professional wide-angle multi-lens camera and began to shoot the tense and busy scene in the main control room.

Compared to the host. Helen actually wanted to be a war correspondent. Unexpectedly, my first battlefield shooting came so suddenly.

Concentrating on shooting. There was a sour murmur in my ears

"What's so great...hum!"

Helen focused one of the camera lenses on the fat man next to her. In the lens. The fat man was pouting. With a look of disdain, his eyes were fixed on the control panel of Chekov's command system and he couldn't help but look around.

This is a heroic look asking for a beating. Helen was anxious and angry.

good. Damn fat man, I’m targeting you this time! Let everyone take a look. What kind of "federal hero" are you?

On the bridge of the [Castle Lily]. Captain Leonid, Vice President Flavio, Admiral Bernadotte, Foreign Minister Camelot and Professor Boswell stared at the huge virtual screen of the main console with serious expressions.

On the screen, the unidentified fleet, circled by flashing radar marks, was advancing at high speed towards the main formation of the Federation Special Fleet. The six [High-spirited] class frigates belonging to the special fleet have already greeted them in a fan-shaped formation.

The 1702 galaxy, which has a small star and six planets, belongs to the Tuna constellation. There's nothing noteworthy here, except for the two jump points and the Ribbon Nebula that runs the entire length of the constellation.

Because there are no resources or immigrants to the planet, it is also in the middle of an inaccessible remote waterway. No pirate would choose such an out-of-the-way place to set up an ambush and rob.

High energy costs and high-risk battles will force pirates to choose public galaxies with multiple jumping points to wait, where there are not only more prey, but also easier to escape.

But now, the fleet in front of them with two old-fashioned destroyers and six heavily armed merchant ships is an out-and-out pirate fleet configuration. What do they want to do? How could such a huge pirate group appear on this route? Why would they attack a regular army fleet!

Attack a country's regular military fleet. In addition to provoking the whole country to pursue and kill him and getting a bloody head. The pirates would gain nothing else.

Obviously, this is not in the interest of the pirates.

So. There is only one reason that can explain all doubts, no matter who the instructions are. This menacing pirate fleet. The purpose of ambush in this star field. I just want to destroy the special fleet and all the Lelei people in the fleet. Stay here! .

"These stupid traitors!" Flavio was furious and slapped the delicate wooden decorative surface of the podium. There was a loud bang.

Not many people knew about Chakna's secret visit. Special fleet public mission. It was to escort more than a hundred military science and technology students to Chakna for exchange and study. Few people knew that the visiting group was also in this fleet. And the fleet’s navigation route is even more amazing.

dense.

A student exchange. Naturally it would not interest enemies or pirates. Their appearance here means that the whereabouts of the secret visiting group have been exposed.

The human world is in turmoil. Of course Fei Meng and Xijue were fighting each other. And those neutral countries are also ready to take action at this moment. In this turbulent era, everyone appears. pirate. Speculators, smugglers. Traitors come in all shapes and forms. The whole world. It became a furnace of chaos. To the people who are in it. Further up is paradise. Take a step back. It's hell!

Leray Federation. In fact, we have reached the most critical moment. Three hundred years of democratic management by our ancestors. Three hundred years of peace and prosperity, and the national glory that has continued since the War of Independence, have been torn to pieces by this cruel war.

The people of Leray were resisting heroically. Fighting bloody battles on the front line is just for the three hundred years of glory and the flag will not fall in the contemptuous eyes of the rulers. Give this country another three hundred years of stability and peace, let dreams continue, and let life continue. Let the pride of Lele people continue.

However, there is always a small group of people who trample all this under their feet. for them. What's next for LeRae. The glory of the country is just a victim of real interests. To make a living. For personal benefit. They did not hesitate to betray their compatriots and betray their motherland. He even went so far as to leak information and sabotage this visit, which carried Lelei's hopes.

"It seems that this is a difficult voyage." Flavio looked at the fleet's supreme commander Leonid with lightning eyes and said: "Mr. Captain, now, all of us are your soldiers, please You give an order, and we will obey it completely! As the Vice President of the Federation, I have only one request..."

Under everyone's gaze, Flavio uttered the words he was holding in his heart: "No matter what, I have to complete this trip! No one can stop me, no matter who he is, no matter the enemy standing in front of us. How powerful I am, even if I die, I will die in the office of the President of the Chakna Republic. I shoulder the hopes of one billion Lelei people, and I have no reason to stop my trip here!"

Leonid looked at the short, somewhat fat old man in front of him with respect. The current vice president of the Federation is not the reason why Leonid respects Flavio. What Leonid respects is Flavio's other identity...a former space fleet veteran.

In Leray politics, Flavio and Hamilton are a pair of partners who work well together but have completely opposite personalities.

Hamilton was mature, sophisticated, and good at weighing pros and cons. He was a steady politician who could make people trust him. Flavio, on the other hand, is a veteran who dares to fight hard, has a tenacious style, and never admits defeat. After retiring, he stepped into politics step by step with his typical Leray spirit.

From a certain perspective, Flavio's personal charisma as his running mate played a key role in Hamilton's ability to defeat his opponent and become federal president. It is no exaggeration to say that if one day Le Ray needs veterans over fifty years old to go to the front line, all he needs to do is shout "Follow me" from Flavio, and thousands of veterans will come to the front line without hesitation. Hesitantly picked up his backpack and followed him onto the battlefield.

"As you wish, Mr. Vice President." Leonid retracted his gaze and said calmly: "Although these ambushers chose a good ambush point so that we who had just broken through the obstacle area could not turn back, but they They underestimated the strength of the Leray battleships. I will let them understand the difference between the [Brainville] and [Castle Lily] and their vulnerable armed merchant ships and obsolete old destroyers. They The only thing you can get from us is regret!"

"very good!"

Leonid's words made Flavio very satisfied. The short old man patted the console table again. He said in a loud voice that was disproportionate to his size: "However, I need to make a correction and don't give them a chance to regret. If possible, I need a hearty victory!"

"Fuck you!" the vice president spat fiercely, swearing with ease.

"Frigate engages the enemy!"

In front of the main console, the loud voice of the communications officer silenced Flavio's voice.

At the same time, several dazzling flashes of light suddenly erupted on the huge virtual screen. The frigate with a longer energy cannon fired first... Six white rays of light cut through the vast universe. Shoot away at the enemy fleet.

The first burst of fireworks. Appearing on a [Ghost] torpedo boat. This small boat has not yet entered the torpedo launching area. It was completely destroyed by the frigate's powerful energy cannon. It exploded violently, lighting up the entire space. Wreckage, large and small. It rolled and shot in all directions, quickly disappearing into the vast universe.

The battle begins here.

As if being aroused by the explosion of the torpedo boat, the bayonets of both sides were red as soon as the battle began.

The pirate fleet was led by torpedo boats. In a double-arrow formation with two wings protruding forward, they launched a fierce attack on the defense line where the frigate was located. During a high-speed advance. Dozens of energy cannon light groups, large and small, surged toward the frigates and torpedo boats. They also constantly tried to break through the gunfire blockade of the Leray frigate during high-speed changes of direction. approaching. Get closer.

Six [Gao Yang] class frigates. At this moment, they demonstrated their unparalleled high-speed maneuverability. During the pirate fleet's tsunami-like attack. They come in pairs. Using extremely precise tactical coordination to avoid the enemy's attacks. The energy cannons fired salvos one after another in coordination with the fleet's skynet, accurately hitting every target they selected.

The entire universe is as if someone poured gasoline on Mars. In an instant, the blazing flames were as bright as day.

In the fierce strangulation, an [Okra] armed merchant ship was hit by three consecutive energy cannons. The weakly armored merchant ship followed in the footsteps of the torpedo boats. It became a tumbling wreckage. Immediately afterwards, two more torpedo boats were destroyed. A frigate of the Leray Federation was also hit by a torpedo. Flames were spraying from the damaged areas of the ship, and it took more than ten minutes to put out the fire. .

After all, it is a regular military warship. Although the [Gao Yang] class frigate is not large in size, its defense is not strong. But. Compared with warships modified from merchant ships, both in terms of shipboard weapons and Skynet system. They all have absolute advantages. When most of the pirate fleet's energy cannons passed by them. Every volley they fired could complete a harvest.

And when the [Burland Rose] and the flagship [Castle Lily] were. When they had occupied the top position of the fan-shaped formation, the battle situation became even more one-sided.

The main gun of a destroyer may not be much compared to a cruiser or a battleship, but when it comes to attacking an armed merchant ship, it is one gun at a time. Private ships cannot compete with destroyers without spending the same price as building a new destroyer.

However, the pirates' ferocity and tenacity exceeded everyone's expectations. This silent fleet, which did not send any signals or accept any communication requests from the time it appeared to the time it opened fire, has been attacking.

Crazy offense.

They did not allocate energy to the shield. Facing the precise strikes of the federal fleet and facing the destruction of their own warships one after another, they turned a blind eye. They just desperately fired messily while moving forward at full speed. Advance, advance again.

I have to say that this suicidal offensive tactic is right. If they allocate their energy to the energy shield and slowly attack with the federal special fleet, they will only be able to survive for a while longer and then swallow the bitter pill of failure.

The Federation fleet relies on its high maneuverability, relatively powerful Skynet system and ultra-long range to send these pirate warships into hell one after another in an orderly manner. Therefore, long-range attack is definitely not an option for these pirates. What they need is a chaotic strangulation!

Only by strangulation, their torpedo boats, and the amount of their firepower can they exert their advantage. For this reason, they did not hesitate to charge and sacrifice without defense at the beginning of the battle in exchange for the disappearance of the distance.

Their goal was achieved. Despite the coordination between heaven and earth. Although they have been retreating steadily, twenty minutes later. A defense line composed of six frigates that distribute power on the energy shield. Still, they were strangled in by the pirate fleet that lost two [Okra] armed merchant ships and five torpedo boats.

The battle became fierce. Both sides were pouring out firepower desperately. At this distance, there is no need to aim, every shot can hit the target! For a time, the number of casualties on both sides rose sharply, and the energy shield of each battleship flashed a dangerous red light. On the ship. It was covered with large and small scars, and large pieces of heavy armor fell off, bumping left and right in the strangled fleet.

On the virtual screen of the [Berland Rose], an [Okra] armed merchant ship had broken into the flank of the frigate's defense line and was turning around. The 680-meter energy main gun barrel at the bow of the ship is gathering red light that flickers like threads. In front of the gun muzzle, a frigate that was avoiding torpedoes had shown its belly.

"These pirates are looking for death!" Chekov looked coldly at the virtual screen of the main console and said sternly: "Fire the main gun!"

A ray of white light shot directly at the [Okra] armed merchant ship. The distance of nearly two thousand kilometers flew by in an instant. No sound was heard, only a bright light was seen, and a big hole was opened in the stern of the locked armed merchant ship. Countless fragments and limbs were mixed together and thrown into the void.

A few minutes later, the armed merchant ship spinning in space exploded violently. Completely disappeared.

This was the fourth armed merchant ship lost to the pirate fleet.

In a situation where the federal fleet only lost one frigate. The pirate land's numerical advantage is disappearing. And lost the cover of this armed merchant ship. Two old [Phoenix] destroyers have also been exposed. The flagship [Castle Lily] has already set its sights on one of them. They are being chased and beaten fiercely.

Judging from the battle situation, the pirate land failed. Almost certainly.

Although they successfully strangled into the frigate formation, they had to withstand the precise salvoes of the two new destroyers' main guns again and again.

There is always an insurmountable distance between them and the two federal destroyers. No matter how they broke through, the pendulum-like Federation destroyers always found a way to hide behind the frigates and launch attacks with their main guns from a distance.

"Awesome!" Helen couldn't help but waved her fist excitedly when she saw another torpedo boat being torn into pieces by the crossfire of the secondary guns of the two frigates.

The main control room was bustling with shouts and commands. The battleship shook violently when the main gun salvo fired every five minutes. The roar of the engine jets during high-speed evasive movements. The intense and suffocating battles on the virtual screen of the main console... everything is so exciting!

When victory was about to come, Helen could see through the camera the smile on the lips of every fighting soldier. The feeling of victory is so exciting. Dance on the edge of death, give it a go in blood and fire, and emerge victorious in the end.

Helen fell in love with the feeling immediately. In the past, she had been in the news, cheering and excited for the Federation's victories. And now, she's proud to be part of a victory.

If it weren't for the fat man beside him who kept saying nervously, "Retreat, retreat quickly, we can still run to safety. The enemy has pubic hair, big pubic hair." Such messy things, this would be a perfect war movie!

"dash forward!"

The fat man's shout startled Helen, who was thinking about how to delete the fat man's voice, to jump. Immediately afterwards, she saw the fat man who had been staying next to him rush to Chekov's side with a quick stride, and shouted with swollen veins: "Captain, give the order to advance at full speed immediately! Castle Lily is in danger!"

"Danger?" Chekov didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Now, [Burlan Rose] was guarding diagonally behind the [Castle Lily], and the enemy fleet had been turned into a pot of porridge by the frigate. With the remaining broken ships, how could the Castle Lily be in danger?

The one in danger must be the [Phoenix] old destroyer that it is chasing? It was obvious that the slow-moving junk with its tail propulsion system damaged had been locked by the Castle Lily. All it takes is a single hit from the main battery and the ship becomes the Castle Lily.

"Colonel Tian." Chekov glanced at the fat man lightly and said, "I think it would be better for you to gather in the escape area. You don't quite understand the space fleet thing."

"Who says I don't understand?" The fat man jumped on his feet and became furious: "You stupid fool, didn't you see that they forced us to leave the obstacle area and go to the jump channel area? They dared to do so with those few armed merchant ships. Are they all stupid for launching a charge? The Castle Lily is even more stupid! Why is the flagship charging so far forward? Are they not afraid of someone setting up an ambush in the jump channel? "

"Jump channel?" Chekov was stunned and subconsciously looked at the interstellar navigation map.

"Pubic hair! Big pubic hair!" the fat man screamed.

Just when everyone was overwhelmed by Fatty's sudden roar, the battleship radar suddenly sounded a sharp alarm.

On the radar distant view on the side of the virtual screen of the main console, a bright spot flashed out, followed by a second, a third...

It only took a few seconds for the shipboard telescope to focus its lens on the airspace where these bright spots appeared.

As soon as they saw what appeared in the camera, everyone's hearts suddenly went cold.

The fat man was right. At the bottom of the jump channel that the fleet had originally embarked on, a cruiser from the Desik Empire and four destroyers from the Binart Empire ended their jump and appeared like ghosts in Castle Lily. Right in front of the number!

The remaining ships of the pirates have already entangled the entire fleet to death. .