Chapter 158 Battle of Tangnesia 8
The complex asteroid belt is like a maze made of countless floating stones, as if you can never find a way out as soon as you enter. After the fleet contracted the formation, the distance between the spacecraft was extremely close, driving in along the narrow passage, like a mouse drilling into a tunnel.
In the command room, Xu Tianyuan didn't even need to look at the screen. Just by looking through the porthole, he knew how complicated the environment here was.
Perhaps, even the local spacecraft navigators and old captains born in Tunisia may not know how many channels there are available in this dense asteroid belt.
Not only is Xu Tianyuan looking at the surrounding environment, but some crew members who are temporarily fine are also looking at all this curiously, but there is no tension or fear in their expression. Xu Tianyuan knows that this is because they trust him. From entering the northern universe to now, he has led them to fight one battle after another. , win less, even when chased by the 16-nation coalition, it is extremely easy. Occasionally, you can kill some enemy warships with a gun. These people think they can take them back, but... can they really take them out?
"Look, what is that?"
An officer pointed somewhere outside the window and shouted in surprise.
It is wrapped in countless meteorites of different sizes and rotated together, and the metallic light can be seen through the dense meteorites.
"What's the fuss?" An officer next to him smiled and said, "It's just a mining ship involved in the asteroid belt. There is such a place in my hometown. Those mining ships are generally mined on the periphery of the asteroid belt. Only those veterans dare to drive the ship into the middle of the asteroid belt. Generally speaking, the closer to the middle, the more valuable rich ores can be dug. However, it was all risky with life. If you are not careful, even the boat and people are involved, and even the escape pod can't fly out.
"Mining is also so dangerous? I also plan to be a captain of a mining ship after retirement. The former officer shrank his head: "It seems that it needs to be reconsidered."
"Think about it. Your boy is only 47 years old this year. He has seven levels of martial arts. At least he can live more than 100 years. It's still early to retire!"
A group of people laughed and were not nervous before the war at all. But it can't be said that they have no sense of crisis. These people are the most elite crew selected from the major fleets of Chu and Tang when forming an advance team. Each of them is carefully selected. Like these guys in the command room, they can easily be qualified for the captain's job when they go down to that fleet. Any gunner is one of the best gunners in the original fleet; any repairman has obtained a senior ship technician license, and even each ship is equipped with an intermediate engineer.
Withdrawing his eyes, Xu Tianyuan sighed secretly.
These people are all elites of the empire. No matter what position, it is not easy to cultivate to this extent. Now, their lives are in their own hands, the fate of the whole fleet, their own lives, and the marshal's orders... All these made him feel great pressure and even breathless.
Before coming to the Northern Universe, when he received the order, he knew that this task would be very difficult, and he was ready to suffer. However, when he experienced the betrayal of the fleet, being hunted down by the 16-nation coalition, and hiding in the mouth of the waves without any chance to escape, he finally felt a strong fatigue. Sometimes, he even prepares for the worst.
The whole fleet slowly entered the channel. He did not leave any spacecraft, even the slower transport ship, but was protected by warships and entered the channel.
Those giant transport ships are loaded with energy, ammunition, parts, and a large number of valuable materials they obtained from the Zhengzhou Star Domain. These materials are the capital on which the fleet started, and he will not abandon it until he has to.
In the northern universe, his fleet does not have any supply bases. If you want to get supplies, you have to find your own way.
Black markets, mercenary guilds, and remote military bases are all places he can consider. But the cost of getting supplies in these places is much higher than the normal price. Sometimes it is possible to kill you several times. Although Marshal Lin gave him a staggering military expenditure when he came to the North Universe. But no matter how much money you have, you have to run out. If you want to develop in the Northern Universe, you must make ends meet...
shaking his head, Xu Tianyuan smiled bitterly, what on earth was he thinking? At this time, shouldn't we think about how to get rid of the enemy's pursuit?
Why did the mysterious and magical boss appear in the Northern Universe and why did he come to help himself? Did the empire send him after receiving its own letter of help? However, before leaving the southern universe, Marshal Lin told him that if he encountered any danger in the northern universe, he could send back a letter for help within two months, and he would organize a fleet to enter the northern universe to support him in the shortest time. However, once more than two months, we can only wait until the next golden channel opens.
Xu Tianyuan didn't know how Lin Jiaoyang could send the fleet in without passing through the golden channel, but he knew that the number of support fleets that Lin Jiaoyang could send must be very limited. If there is an extra fleet, it must follow the advance team directly.
Assuming that the fleet led by the boss is a support fleet sent by Chu Tang, how many can he be? 3,000 or 5,000?
You should know that there are eight fleets chasing behind your back, a total of 120,000 ships!
"Di Didi..."
is Lin Yiqing's communication.
Xu Tianyuan opened the communication with a wry smile. After deciding to enter the channel, the steady veteran has asked him three times, and this is the fourth time.
"Lao Xu, I still feel a little unreliable." Lin Yiqing's expression looked very uncomfortable. He walked back and forth and said, "Forget it, I can't compare with you in military command and judgment. We look at different heights of the problem, so I still won't bother you. No matter what method you use, come on, as long as we avoid this disaster, we will be trapped into the sea and gallop at will.
After saying that, he turned off the communicator.
It seems that I didn't say a word. Xu Tianyuan shook his head and looked up at the screen.
It is almost the end of the channel, and everything around it looks so natural that there is no sign of ambush or any signal. Behind himself, the fleet from the Kingdom of Hyde was chasing hard in a slightly narrow passage, and 120,000 warships lined up into a long snake, more than 100,000 kilometers long. Such terrain makes their speed extremely slow, only a little faster than ordinary transport ships.
And whether it is Wumu-class or Longxiao-class, its fleet is faster than ordinary warships. Even the slowest Giant Elephant-class transport ship is almost the same speed as that of ordinary warships.
"Commander, it's almost the end of the channel!"
The officer in charge of radar detection shouted, but he was not panicked or even excited. And the other people around him looked the same as him. In their opinion, the commander led the enemy to such a place, obviously not to escape, but to prepare for a war!
Someone said cautiously and excitedly, "Which battle hasn't been good enough just now? I've been holding back in the vicissitudes for several months, and now I can finally have a good time."
If the magical boss doesn't appear, maybe this is the place where he buried his bones.
Xu Tianyuan did not smile bitterly this time. Before the war, his face was full of strong confidence. This is already his habit. Even if there is no confidence in the battle, he will use such an expression, which can not only bring confidence to himself, but also infect others, so that everyone can fight this battle with great confidence.
"Go on and order the advance team of the Ninth and Tenth Fleet to release all the space mines. Order each ship to start the steering engine, the main gun will start charging after four minutes, and the circling tactics will be carried out in five minutes to complete the steering in the shortest time!"