Him and their stars

You know, anyone in their right mind knows that the only chance a small boat has to win against a big ship is to get close to a lightning strike. This is the reason why most small ships in the navies of various countries have specially strengthened lightning strike systems. Some extremely designed destroyers and light cruisers can even weaken the presence of main guns, but they will definitely make room for proton torpedoes.

To put it bluntly, predators are just large, organized, elite, and standardized pirates. Because of the living environment, it will not be equipped with small combat ships, which is different from the development direction of the navies of most countries. They are not good at lightning strikes, and they do not have specialized lightning strike warships.

What is the cost of letting a medium-sized battleship with the tonnage and size of a heavy cruiser catch up with a destroyer? It did smash out the proton torpedo, but because it was too close, its own hull inevitably entered a relatively dangerous situation.

Four of the twelve turbolaser groups installed on the side of the Throne locked the fire-breathing ship at the same time. In just two or three seconds of misalignment, these interlocking artillery groups from the Toss Merchant Group fired thousands of times. Countless blasting beams were like a dense rain of arrows, immediately covering it.

Yu Lian estimated that the ship had been hit by at least hundreds of blaster beams. When it emerged from the explosion tremblingly, almost all the turrets and facilities protruding from the hull were gone. The armor plate looked more like a lunar surface that had been struck by a meteor shower, with pits and pits still on fire.

It had obviously lost its balance, and the entire ship was swaying like a drunk driver, swaying crookedly past the side of the Throne. It took more than three times the time it usually took to finally balance its body, but just as it was getting the ship back to the right position, it was shockingly discovered that this time, its own side was facing the front of the dreadnought.

Yes, when the predator's fire-breathing ship began to swing, the dreadnought where Yu Lian was located also began to turn. Indeed, he did as the other party wished. Instead of looking for trouble with the mothership, he just passed the hull and began to climb, trying to avoid the proton torpedoes that were roaring towards him.

The torpedo was fired from 500,000 kilometers away. This distance has already entered the attack range of the main gun, but it is not without room for avoidance.

This is why Yu Lian feels that the group of looters are half-baked.

This is not a large-scale opening lightning strike to disrupt the opponent's formation before the decisive battle of the large fleet. Since it is a small ship attacking a large ship, it will inevitably be washed away by the secondary artillery. Instead of doing this, how about taking a gamble and rushing to a closer distance before attacking?

Anyway, it's all gambling, you either get crazy or you end up sleeping in your pants. In a casino, you may not necessarily win if you make a bet, but if you are cautious and cautious, doesn't it mean you will definitely lose?

Of the twelve torpedoes, only one hit the Throne's shield, causing an energy shock. Everyone in the ship felt as if they were in the center of an earthquake at that moment, shaking so hard that they almost vomited out their breakfast. However, because the crew had already prepared for impact, although they were uncomfortable, there were no casualties.

Yu Lian felt a little pity. If there are enough crew members on the ship, and if everyone's coordination and execution ability increase by several orders of magnitude, I'm afraid they won't even be able to withstand this shot.

However, although everyone's elite level was limited, at least they were still professional, and they finally carried out Yu Lian's turning order. A clumsy dreadnought, its turning speed was actually not much slower than the medium-sized ship that was staggering over there. When it turned the bow, it accurately brought the opponent within the shooting range.

At such a close range, the aim was still on the side of the ship. Not to mention Agnes, even a gunner with formal training would not miss.

The Scarlet Throne fired three more volleys within a minute, at least a third of which hit the opponent completely.

Yu Lian still felt a little pity. If the ship's firepower and armament are complete, and if the crew is sufficient, I can output at least five times more firepower during this period of time.

However, with just this kind of firepower, the damage to enemy ships is already excessive.

Before the radar in the ship could feedback the enemy ship's status, Yu Lian's spiritual sense had already determined its status. At that moment, his "cosmic perception" seemed to have heard the miserable screams of the large group of Elero people on the ship who were awakening before their death.

In his previous life, this feeling was only felt after he had reached the peak of the sixth ring.

Indeed, being able to clearly feel the pain of the enemy before death will indeed cause a certain psychological burden. But who among the psychics who have reached this level are not strong-willed and mentally strong masters? This bit of soul pollution is probably not as good as allowing Chinese people with normal aesthetics to watch the last "XX Boy". In comparison, psykers are more willing to use it as a spiritual radar for detecting the enemy's status. In a sense, it is much easier to use than the serious radar on the technological side.

Yes, in a sense... Yu Lian said in his heart, and then immediately gave the order: "Accelerate, this ship switches to the third charge speed, and the close-in defense gun is ready to intercept."

Maybe some people thought that they should fire two more shots at the fire-breathing ship at this time, but everyone still carried out Yu Company's order without hesitation.

The Scarlet Throne accelerated and passed by the stagnant fire-breathing ship, and had just flown a certain distance. The artillery fire from the other enemy ships had already hit.

However, although these artillery fires were fierce, they seemed sparse, naturally because they were too far away from the Throne.

In fact, the scene where a fire-breathing ship was surrounded by dense beams of light was very effective in deterring all pirates. It seemed that they finally realized at this time that although there was only one enemy ship they were facing, it was a real dreadnought! So, not to mention them, even the two predator warships stopped moving forward and opened fire from a long distance away.

With the performance of the pirates' artillery and the quality of the crew, this was not so much an attack as a shot from the souls of the black uncles on the African continent. Occasionally, one or two shells came over, but they were unable to break through the Throne's shield.

In the eyes of the pirates, the huge red ship was like a mountain standing in front of them. No matter how they resisted, it remained majestic, as if it would never fall.

What's more important is that the mountains they can't harm not only stand there, but can also constantly attack them.

The Scarlet Throne may not be as maneuverable as these light pirate ships, but its absolute speed is not satisfactory at all. She always kept a distance from the pirate ship and slowly used long-range cannon fire to target the pirate ships one by one.

When both sides start to maneuver, the hit rate naturally drops. But the problem is that the dreadnought has a long range due to its rough skin and thick flesh. When it hits a bomb, it can always hit the opponent once.

By this time, it was inevitable that there would be injured people on the ship. However, even if the pirates' artillery fire barely broke through the shield, the damage to the hull armor was only superficial. Therefore, until the third hour of the war, only seven or eight mercenaries responsible for operating the peripheral close-in defense artillery suffered minor injuries that did not even require entering a petri dish. But at least seven of the pirates' ships were hit by bombs, and two of them were turned into space junk together with the predators' fire-breathing ships.

The condition of the two remaining Reaver warships was not good either. That mothership has always been the focus of the Throne's care. Even if it was covered by someone, it was hit by five or six ion beams and two missiles in a row. The flames ignited on the outer armor one after another and never went out.

According to common sense, by this time, the courage of most pirates should have completely collapsed like an iceberg. But in fact, although they hid far away and did not dare to move forward, they never fled. They hid in the distance and kept firing cannons.

This doesn't make sense. Yu Lian felt that these pirates behaved more like a group of militiamen who did not dare to escape but did not dare to charge because they were suppressed by the supervising team. Therefore, they could only perform mechanical shooting movements with their eyes closed in extreme suffering.

There must be something fishy in this, but now is not the time to consider such a problem.

"It's time." Yu Lian murmured to himself.

Feifei nodded: "Indeed, the other party should have guessed that we don't have enough people on the ship. It's hard to say pirates, but the plunderers should be able to stop them."

The commanders of the Predator battleships with the military emblem of the Erro Empire all claim to be the descendants of the ancient Erro Guards. Whether it is judgment or decision-making, they are not comparable to ordinary pirate ships.

Of course they will know that the Scarlet Throne is a typical predator-style battleship. Even this type of fire-breathing ship with enhanced firepower must have a considerable hangar and navy room. After the first few rounds of artillery fire have caused heavy damage to the enemy, it is now possible to implement the first-attack gang-hopping tactic.

Of course, even if you don't want to waste the lives of stormtroopers, you can still release all the fighter planes. To deal with small and medium-sized ships with residual health, these gadgets are much more efficient than the main guns of battleships.

But in the third hour of the battle, the dreadnought seemed to be preparing to slowly entangle everyone with artillery fire. It is naturally very stable to fight like this, but it is difficult to use it fully, and most of the enemies will be let go in the end.

Then there is only one possibility! There is simply a lack of personnel on the Throne, and even basic escort fighters are lacking.

The remaining two predator warships should have made this judgment. They ignored the other pirates and concentrated their shields on the bow of the ship, suddenly starting to accelerate.

Whether it was the fire-breathing ship serving as the main attack or the mothership riddled with holes, they were advancing like a desperate charge while opening the hangar, and light spots continued to spill into the universe from the hatches on both sides of them.

I have to admit that the elite troops among the Predators also have their own special talents. Not to mention anything else, even the elites of the Empire would not be able to do it just by charging while dropping fighter planes and assault boats.

This dropping process lasted for nearly ten minutes, and during this period, the two predator warships were hit by two more shells each due to their fierce charging. The hangar of the mothership even burst into flames, and it seemed that there was an explosion inside the ship.

"What a hard boat." Yu Lian praised.

The Marauder's warships are too dense in green-skin style, and are indeed suspected of wasting tonnage in terms of overall engineering. However, we must admit that it is precisely because of the green-skin style that their survivability is so good!

At this time, Vega and his friends had also counted the enemy aircraft signals released by the Predators.

"Captain, there are a total of 48 Crow 8A multifunctional fighters, 22 Vulture 13 interceptors, and 9 Ghoul 4 assault landing craft."

The above are all the names given to the Predator weapon models by the members of the Galactic Civilization Council. The Marauders themselves may have had more ornate and awe-inspiring titles, but that doesn't matter.

Watching the swarming fighter planes and landing craft rushing towards me, they were like mosquitoes charging towards the dinosaurs. The scene was indeed quite shocking and tragic, but Yu Lian was indifferent, not even feeling the slightest fluctuation in his heart.

Since the opponent's actions are all within our expectations, the only attack that may be effective is just the last dying attack.

The Scarlet Throne had already made preparations to turn, and now it was only slightly deviated by a few angles. Then it suddenly accelerated, widening the distance between the two sides again, and at the same time threw out a large number of mines.

The mine exploded five seconds after it detached from the hull. The continuous shock waves directly formed an isolation zone, forcing the fighter planes and landing craft to disperse. They could no longer form any formation, and they were already far away from the dreadnought ship.

At this time, the Gru pirates in the distance, and the Yahadik, which was still shooting at each other with its colleagues further away, all noticed this scene. They suddenly realized that wasn't this equivalent to the supervising team charging in person?

At this time, the pirates seemed to finally realize what kind of material they were, and they turned the ship around.

Of course, the first one to react was our Yahadik, which had been escaping for a week and traveled hundreds of light years. Before other pirate ships had time to turn, he had already completed the final acceleration preparations, and flew out for tens of thousands of miles dragging the rotten stern of the ship.

"After repairing our baby Ahab, he will be a hero again!" The green-bearded Odgoth laughed at his subordinates as he pulled the steering wheel glued with strong glue: "Grandpa, I am already desperate, but I didn’t expect someone to come to the rescue at this time. That guy Gru is such a fastidious person, hahahahaha!”

Indeed, regardless of whether the Gru Pirates gave him a burst of artillery fire or not, objectively speaking, it did have the effect of covering his escape.

The navigator Chelian rolled his eyes. He was about to ask about the next step, but suddenly felt his heart tremble and quickly looked at the early warning radar.

However, before the early warning radar could issue an alarm, there was a faint flash of thunder at the point ahead. Immediately afterwards, more than ten battleships jumped out of the flash of light and appeared in the airspace one standard astronomical unit away from their own side as if out of thin air.