1113 Heavy losses
The classic tactics of the aviation are typical ants bite elephants and rely purely on numbers to grind the enemy to death.
More than 800 flying mechs are not a small number, and a dozen or even dozens of flying mechs aim at a target at the same time, braving the enemy's sparse anti-aircraft fire to rush to the vicinity of the enemy ship, and at the same time drop hundreds of missiles.
Perhaps it was the Shang warships that overemphasized offensive capabilities, so they did not install defensive fields on the battleships like the Atlanteans, which is also one of the important factors for flying mechs to be able to make contributions.
To use a not very appropriate analogy, the confrontation between the fleets of humans and the Shang clan is like the naval battle before the rise of aircraft carriers, compared to whose warship has stronger defense and whose cannon fire has a long range.
However, after the advent of aircraft carriers, the giant ship cannon, which was once a symbol of sea power, could not adapt to the new war environment, and could only be ruthlessly swept into the garbage heap of history.
The current situation of the two sides is like this, the inconspicuous flying mecha unexpectedly contained part of the Shang clan's firepower, carved precious time and precious fighters for the main fleet, and the balance of victory began to slowly tilt to the human side.
The commander of the Shang side had realized that it was impossible for the fleet to be separated in a melee situation, and the faster-than-light cannon was very ineffective against those small bugs flying all over the sky, so he promptly ordered the fleet to change its tactics, no longer chasing flying mechs, but aiming artillery fire at human warships!
Although he didn't know anything about flying mechs, he knew very well that these small flying machines relied on battleships for battle, and as long as all the enemy ships were sunk, these little things would lose their roots. Unable to continue threatening the Shang fleet.
I have to say that his idea is very correct in a certain way, but the human race has made various efforts to close the gap in strength between the two sides, and is trying to accumulate a little advantage, slowly but surely lifting the skirt of the goddess of victory.
If there were more Shang warships, maybe this commander could really turn the tide of the war, but there was no assumption in the war, and the moment the portal failed, the end of this Shang fleet was already doomed.
On December 29, 2221, at 18:38 p.m., the last Shang warship was reduced to a pile of charred, twisted scrap metal in a salvo of the main guns of four human warships.
When the lasers fired by the salvo of four battleships dispersed. The battlefield suddenly fell into extreme silence. It's like the god of time pressed the pause button.
Zhao Yongjiang looked melancholy, and whispered to himself: "Won?" Then he suddenly let go of his voice and yelled, "We won!" ”
His voice echoed through all the battleships, but no one answered, only countless silent eyes. Sadly gazing at this quiet battlefield.
The lightning fleet returned to the solar system at 18:24. From the return of the fleet to the end of the battle. It took only 14 minutes in total, but these 14 minutes can be called the most painful 14 minutes in the military history of the Republic, and it is known as the black 14 minutes.
The fleets of the republics in this battle were all voluntarily thrown into battle. The two main forces of the Solar System Army and the Blue Star Group Army, six fleets, and 91 warships, were all put into battle.
After the war, the Thunder Fleet lost two more battleships, and in the end only four battleships remained; The Thunderbolt fleet resisted the Shang clan independently, and the remaining seven warships were engaged in the melee, and only three warships were intact after the war; The lightning fleet suffered the heaviest losses, and at the end of the battle, only one of the fifteen ships remained.
After the war, there were only eight warships left in the entire solar system group, just over half of a fleet.
The loss of the battleship was secondary, a large number of experienced combatants and commanders were lost in the battle, He Zhou was killed in battle, Luo Wei was seriously wounded, and only Jiang Yufei was left with only one of the three fleet commanders.
Jiang Yufei was also in danger, his flagship was hit by the enemy again in the melee, but fortunately he escaped without hurting the core area.
From the moment he received the news, he immediately led the fleet back, and then when Luo Wei was seriously injured, he was ordered to command the fleet to annihilate the enemy forces attacking the portal, and the flagship was hit by the enemy twice in the battle but did not even scratch the skin a little, Jiang Yufei was like a rising star, and achieved a legend in this battle.
The losses of the Blue Star Army were equally heavy, with forty-six battleships that were fully manned before the war, and only twelve battleships left after the war, including the Giant.
The two group armies lost 71 warships in World War I, and all the formations were disabled, which can no longer be described as a broken muscle, and even if the two major group armies were abolished and merged, the 20 warships could only make up a full fleet.
The power of the faster-than-light cannon is strong, as long as it is hit by a shell, it will not be a minor injury, and the heavy damage is very rare, and most of the battleships that were shot were completely damaged, and there was no value in repair.
The end of the battle does not mean the end of the battle, as the highest-ranking commander in the battle, Zhao Yongjiang knew that now was not the time to relax, and ordered: "Immediately clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded, and all ships do their best to search for escapees...... A series of tasks were arranged, and all warships immediately took action.
At this time, Jiang Yufei received a communication from the Thunderbolt Fleet, and he immediately contacted Zhao Yongjiang: "Commander Zhao, I just got the news that when the battle began, the Thunderbolt Fleet had received a call for help from Moon City. ”
"Moon City?" Zhao Yongjiang was stunned, "Is there any new news?" ”
"I've got the communications staff in touch, and there's no response from Moon City." Jiang Yufei said.
Zhao Yongjiang decisively ordered: "Pass my order, each ship will leave the hospital ship and the air supremacy firepower ship to continue to carry out the order, and the other warships will immediately support Moon City, quickly!" ”
Time is victory, although Moon City has lost contact, but Moon City is full of military people, and their defense of the Shang clan has never been relaxed, the battle of the fleet has only lasted a quarter of an hour, even if Moon City is raided, it is impossible to be occupied by the Shang clan in such a short period of time, it should not be too late to rush back!
The Giant Star was the first to enter the faster-than-light, and the other warships disintegrated one after another, only taking the assault ship into the faster-than-light.
The reason why the assault ship was brought was because it was impossible for the battleship to drive into Moon City, and it was likely that the commando team would need to be airborne at the time of the boundary.
Twenty warships are in one place, although there is no crystal engine, but the maximum speed of the magnetic engine can reach 100 times the speed of light, the distance from the battlefield to the earth is about 32 astronomical units, the fleet flies at the highest speed, it only takes two minutes and forty seconds to reach the earth.
After the fleet entered the superluminal speed, Zhao Yongjiang, who was calm on the surface and anxious in his heart, took the initiative to contact Jiang Yufei: "Take advantage of the fact that there is still a little time to tell me about the situation in Moon City." (To be continued......)