Him and their stars

Yu Lian originally thought that the first one to appear in front of everyone would be the menacing Star Eater. In theory, this thing is stronger than a dreadnought, and it is a natural MT. However, the first thing to jump out of the gravity well passage were three Predator medium-sized battleships.

They hung around near the entrance of the gravity well for nearly twenty minutes, and even some small fighters scattered. Yu Lian estimated that the Sazaka Warlord on the Marauder side was probably worried about an ambush here, so he sent some fleets to explore the way.

However, no matter how much you explore, it is meaningless. In terms of pure military strength, our side is indeed far from the opponent of the predator army.

Sure enough, those reconnaissance troops were really relieved. At 5:35 in the morning, the main force of the Predators finally made a swaggering leap into the local system.

The first thing to enter the battlefield is still not the huge space Leviathan, but a fleet composed of predator battleships and those spherical drone motherships. Immediately afterwards, the triangular mining drone came out like a wasp, and then rushed towards all the surrounding light signals.

…well, they’re not even to the level of wasps. You must also know that when a wasp attacks an enemy, it at least knows how to concentrate its firepower.

The drone quickly noticed the unmanned turret group that Yang Xiyi had already set up in the nearby airspace. Each of these fort groups is decorated with various colored lights, which flicker on and off like a holiday party. When placed on the battlefield, they are particularly hateful. As a result, quite a few drones attracted attention and rushed in that direction.

The first firing that occurred in the New Lushun Battle actually started with drones projecting firepower on each other.

However, these drone turrets purchased from the Iron Army Complex and the Toss Merchant Group are indeed the most advanced automatic defense equipment in the universe, but they are really no match for these ancient mining machines. After several rounds of fighting, the drone swarm destroyed ten times as many opponents while its own losses were less than double digits, and then rushed into the turret group with a roar.

This is the “nature” of these mining machines. After all, it is not a combat machine but a civilian one. To them, aren't these destroyed forts just minerals?

So, the mining machines rushed into the unmanned forts, just like they had rushed into every asteroid containing minerals for hundreds of millions of years.

And this was also expected by Yang Xiyi, who was in charge of overall command in the new Lushun Star Port. Immediately afterwards, the compressed tritium gas hidden in the sealing facilities inside the turret was directly discharged into the airspace, and was immediately detonated by the still burning wreckage.

A large, gorgeous light curtain suddenly appeared in the pitch-black space, sucking in the mining drones and remaining turrets.

Funds are burning! Literally.

Yu Lian clicked his tongue in surprise, but immediately felt more relieved.

He can now confirm that the current ability of the predators to control the uninhabited people is only limited to the point where they can prevent them from attacking themselves and can drag them together. When it comes to the battlefield, you can only count on these things to be used freely.

No, although a large group of companions were lost, the remaining drones were not affected at all and continued to move forward, heading directly towards the new Lushun Military Port. At this time, the fleet led by Eleanor was also moving in that direction.

But even with such a desperate pursuit, they are still moving forward bravely.

"The commander called and asked us to start taking action according to the original plan." The voice of First Officer Kong Qingyu, who was waiting on the bridge, reached Yu Lian's ears.

Yu Lian did not object and said to everyone who had already boarded the heraldry machine behind him: "Start boarding the boat."

The strategic strike fleet, consisting of a dreadnought ship disguised as a mothership, the Scarlet Throne, two aircraft carriers, Lexington and Saratoga sisters, as well as three light carriers and three destroyers, started their sublight engines one after another, and Turn on the engine power to 100% in the shortest possible time.

The fleet did not rush in the direction of the predator fleet, but broke away from the orbit that had previously hidden the ultimate gas planet, followed the aperture around it to the outer ring of the galaxy, and then headed towards the gravity well.

Immediately afterwards, the fleet directly switched to the first war speed. These warships entering sub-light speed are like iron cavalry starting a roundabout in front of the enemy.

Yu Lian put on his helmet and led the other eleven heraldic machines with steady but domineering steps. Under the attention of all stormtroopers and pilots, he strode onto a nearby assault landing craft. Then, Yu Lian saw Colonel James Dutt, who was waiting by the hatch, and Lieutenant Anne Romanova, the sweet-smiling former eldest sister of the Stormtroopers in the student union.

... This girl is not the second helmsman on Eleanor's Aurora, so why is she here?

"You..." Yu Lian looked at Dut with a puzzled expression.

"I will be in charge of flying this time. Although I am currently an air combat commander and have also been a fighter test pilot, I was actually born to fly assault craft and orbital bombers." This well-known flying ace of the community, in another line On the timeline, the man who trained at least hundreds of ace pilots for the volunteers showed a hearty smile.

Yu Lian glanced at Annie again.

"This is a normal dispatch." Feifei said to Yu Lian through a private channel: "After all, you are still a fleet commander now. There is no need to bother with the personnel transfer of an ordinary pilot."

Anne said in a matter-of-fact tone: "On the Aurora, the junior officer is only the alternate second helmsman, but on such a battlefield, everyone needs to use all their strengths. This is also the responsibility of Commander Bonaparte. mean."

"Lieutenant Romanova will be my co-pilot. Don't worry, her skills are absolutely perfect." Colonel Dutt said: "I have never seen such a talented pilot."

Yu Lian looked at the direction of the White Devil fighter jet in the distance.

"Oh, Lieutenant Li Baolu and Lieutenant Martha Daken are also geniuses in the field of fighter aircraft driving. However, there is a difference between piloting and driving. Driving a fighter jet is not the same as driving a landing craft, or driving a large ship." Colonel Dutt added.

Yu Lian's expression when he looked at the colonel suddenly became a little subtle.

The other party seemed to have already understood what Yu Lian wanted to say, and said proudly: "I have experience in piloting fighter planes, airships and ships. I must be a compound talent that is rare to see in a century."

How come I didn’t know you were wearing this model before? Yu Lian wanted to laugh, but he felt relieved.

Generally speaking, a pilot can only have such natural pride if he has absolute confidence in his own skills.

Just when the psykers were sitting on the airship wearing heraldic machines and Yu Lian put on his helmet, the real-time battle situation also switched to the window of Yu Lian's helmet.

Farther away in the sky, there was another beat. Immediately afterwards, the Predator's flagship Blood War and the huge Star Eater jumped into the universe at almost the same moment.

All the ships built by the galactic civilization so far have a huge and towering body. As soon as Pu appeared, he became the natural C position in the entire galaxy, just like a demon that was about to devour the universe.

Yu Lian felt that his brows were twitching involuntarily, and he must have vaguely felt the disharmonious spiritual resonance.

...The thing that controls that star-devouring insect is on the Blood War?

Yes, and they have no way to control the distance across galaxies, so they are crowded together in the same gravity well.

"I...it's scary enough on TV, but it's even more exaggerated in real life!" Lieutenant Colonel Nani murmured.

"Don't worry, this guy just looks scary, but as long as we successfully land on its back, there won't be any danger." Yu Lian said with a smile: "It's like an elephant. As long as a mouse gets into his trunk, It will be at its wits end, that’s all.”

Although everyone felt that Yu Lian was deceiving themselves, there was really no evidence, and if you think about it carefully, it might be quite convincing.

Yu Lian continued to observe the battle situation. When our own fleet was less than one standard astronomical unit away from the enemy, the star-eating insect suddenly accelerated, distanced itself from the predator fleet, and turned towards the new Lushun 4 planet in the distance.

This is an Earth-like planet in the outermost ring of the New Lushun Galaxy. It is a rocky planet without water and oxygen. Its mass is more than twice that of naturally habitable planets such as the Earth and New Lushun.

Transforming this kind of planet into a livable environment requires huge investment, so no one will really live on it. There are only a few mining factories with Qianbahao staff stationed there. Most of the people engaged in heavy physical and dangerous work are sand people brought from Xinyumen. Of course, they have all been evacuated now.

For the Star Eaters, such a rocky planet full of minerals would probably be a down-to-earth meal, right? Even with a full meal, it can't swallow even one ten millionth of the mass of this planet. It can also penetrate into the interior of the planet to sleep for tens of millions of years, and even hide inside to give birth to children.

If this is true, maybe we can actually lure this star-eating insect out of the battlefield.

However, judging from the movement trajectory of this guy, it will definitely include the New Lushun Star Port, two deep space refineries, a space laboratory and even the surface of the New Lushun Star within the attack range.

Yu Lian knew this kind of Leviathan behavior, and he disliked all man-made space facilities, and also hated life living on the surface - later generations of scientists speculated that this might affect the "taste" of the planet. With the size of this big guy, if it spits on Xinlushun twice, it is enough to cause a terrible ecological disaster.

On the other side, the predator fleet was obviously not prepared to take care of the Leviathan's actions, or in other words, they had no way to take care of it. After resuming formation with the Bloody Brave, they also headed in the direction of the Aurora.

It's hard to say that they didn't notice Yu Lian's movements, but since Warlord Sazaka is a confidant of the Great Khan and a new troll general, he must be very clear-headed, so he won't divide his troops to meet the enemy at this time. Stupid thing.

At the current speed of their advance, the artillery battle would begin in half an hour at most.

In fact, the leading triangular mining machines had already rushed into the fleet's range.

Yu Lian pondered for two seconds, and at the same time connected the bridge with Rear Admiral Marklov who was on the Saratoga: "I hope to let the Scarlet Throne enter the second charge speed and officially start the interception and decapitation of the Star Eater." Fight. The rest of the fleet continues to enter the established tactical track according to the original plan. When our landing craft sets off, let the Falcon Squadron and the Qixue Squadron set off too!"

The so-called Falcon Squadron and Coward Squadron, the two Phantom fighters equipped with strong photon jamming bombs, are still on standby on the Saratoga.

The heads of Lieutenant Colonel Kong Qingyu and Major General Marklov appeared in the picture-in-picture window. The former nodded slightly with a heavy and solemn expression, while a trace of hesitation flashed across the latter's face.

In fact, when Yu Lian heard that the dreadnought's armor had been repaired and replaced with a new high-power shield, he had already had this idea, and he had indeed communicated it with senior officers in advance.

Neither Yang Xiyi nor Marklov immediately agreed, but regarded this as a backup plan.

"Colonel, is this our only choice?" the old general asked.

"Of course there are options. However, judging from the current situation, it will be the method with the least loss."

"But this way, your ship will be in danger, and you will be in the greatest danger."

"The Scarlet Throne is not the flagship of the Thirteenth Fleet, it is just a prisoner ship that has not yet been registered with the National Defense Committee. And on the battlefield, isn't it common sense to use the hardest ship to attack the front?" Yu Lian smiled. : "As for us... since psychics enjoy the highest treatment in the country, they should be in the greatest danger."

At this point, the veteran had nothing to say. He just smiled and sighed, "As expected of you." Then he said seriously: "It's just a large beast. Of course, it's hunting for the God's Chosen Champion." On the list. However, I can assure you that those round ancient pieces of garbage cannot possibly live longer than that worm."

"I'm extremely lucky to hear this." Yu Lian also smiled.

As a result, the Scarlet Throne broke away from the formation and sped up again to bring itself into charge speed. Theoretically, aircraft carriers should not have such a function. But don't forget that this ship was originally the flagship of a long-bearded demon warlord. It was a fire-breathing ship model, and it originally had strong firepower and speed.

The scarlet battleship rushed out from behind the brown giant planet, passed directly through the ring, and pounced in the direction of the star-devouring insect. At that moment, she was like an armored knight who had crossed the sea of ​​fire and launched a desperate charge towards the dragon, still vaguely covered with burning sparks.

This scene was indeed seen by the Marauder battleship.

Five minutes later, three fire-breathing ships and four motherships broke away from the formation and rushed in this direction.

They finally divided their forces.