The Battle of the Jumping Point of the Metis Galaxy began under the watchful eyes of the people of the universe.Since the outbreak of the Lega War in 2o59 and the outbreak of the Cosmic War on March 1, 2o62, more than 60 large and small countries and regions in the universe have been involved in the war.More than a billion people have died in war, tens of billions of people have been left homeless, and the map of humanity from east to west, from south to north, is full of planets destroyed by war.And now, the train of war, after a frantic advance, has finally arrived at a critical fork in the road.The main forces of the Western Union and the Fijian Alliance will finally begin direct dialogue between the main forces of the two sides.This time, it was not an innocuous brawl between the little brothers of the two major military alliances.Nor is it a battle between two divisions, one fleet group, two fleets.It's a showdown between Sauber and Hastings!
It is the military alliance dominated by the two major powers of the Binalt Empire and the Feiyang Republic, and after each gathering all the forces that the alliance can move, the toughest collision!
From this moment on, both sides will continue to bet on this battle until the hole cards are finally opened!
Although we all know that this day will come sooner or later.However, when the combined forces of the Western Covenant and the Fijian Alliance began to assemble towards the southeast star field, when the bandit army went against the current, brazenly attacked the Desik Empire, and confronted the Western Covenant Forward Fleet led by Banning, everyone who followed this battle was still full of fear and apprehension in their hearts.The people of the Western Covenant looked forward to the victory of Sober and were inspired by the immensity of the Western army, but they were afraid of the undefeated prestige of the god of war, Hastings, and worried that the bandit army that had emerged from the sky blocked the central passage of Leray, and brazenly marched north to Desik, defeating the Western advance fleet, casting a shadow on the beginning of the war.The Filipino League, on the other hand, rejoiced at the victory of the bandit army at Le Ray and Desik, and at the fact that the Filipino League had finally gone all out into the war under the leadership of Hastings, but they were also worried about the turbulent undercurrent hidden under the apparent unity of the Filipino League, the internal division that had remained relatively calm for the time being, and the insufficient forces in Hastings' hands.The people only have a vague and vague idea that the focus of the war is in the southeast, and they only sketch the current war situation in their minds through the news, or occasionally through some uncertain gossip or even rumors, while the top leaders of the two camps have completely focused all their attention and even their work on this battle.At the behest of Emperor Wilhelm III of the Binarte Empire, Seejo had launched its final all-out mobilization.The Western Covenant countries, which occupied the convenience of the shipping lanes, searched every copper plate in the treasury and sent all the troops they could to send to gather towards the Binalt Empire.Fleets are being formed intensely, and a famous general from different countries is appointed commander.The huge military machine was running wildly, with a deafening roar.And the Filipino Union is also doing the same mobilization.After dissolving the upper house of the Supreme Council of the Alliance, the Filipino Alliance finally untied the ropes that had been binding their hands and feet.At this time, no one would be uninterested in going against the Supreme Command and Command of the Filipino League.The countries of the Filipino Alliance, which knew that their lips were cold, also tried their best to send troops and supplies to the Al-Aqsa fortress when the shipping route was blocked by the Western Covenant.Countless warships and transports, sailing through the vast universe, countless factories are working overtime to produce weapons, mechs and ships.Even the divided Li Fo and these Filipino alliance countries that support Li Fo with the Republic of Lane did not lag behind at this critical moment.Everyone understands that this battle is related to the future of the entire alliance.Whoever drags his feet at this time, just the spit of the people can drown him!
The two camps, like two storms hovering over the interstellar map of mankind, are constantly accumulating energy and constantly approaching each other.And the edge of the storm has begun to touch and rub.That's the Battle of Metis Jump Point that is unfolding right now!
At this moment, the airspace of the Metis jump point has been illuminated by all kinds of light.In the black void, only thick pillars of energy cannon light were seen, intertwined with each other.Countless slender rotating turret light chains, as the turret rotated in the void, suddenly splashed the sky like a sprinkler with shining beads, and suddenly pulled out arcs, intertwined into a network of light.Battleships with blue energy shields shining on their bodies roamed in the starry sky.Some battleships gathered together and charged high like schools of flying fish, while others wrenched together like schools of sharks, biting back and forth.More often than not, there are fighters with blue glows in their tail thrusters.These fighters are densely packed throughout the star field.Like a frightened seabird over an island, it flies and soars.Suddenly upward, suddenly swoop.The energy cannons they fired, and the web of light intertwined with the rotating turrets formed a rain of light.Countless missiles, pulling out distorted thin tail smoke and bright light paths in the void, scurrying around.After the jump point, Goode went with a two-main formation.On the left flank were the six Violent Bear fleets led by himself.On the right flank, there were two fleets of the Western Monterley Empire.The Monterey Empire is a medium-sized country located in the western part of the human interstellar territory, with three star fields, a land area about the size of the Lelei Federation, and a population of 2.3 billion.In terms of strength, the Monterley Empire may not be able to compare with the Naga Federation.However, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the army and the bravery of the soldiers, the Montrée Empire was not inferior to anyone.Therefore, Banning specifically chose two elite fleets of the Monterley Empire to be placed under the command of Goode.What can fight with the Storm Bear Fleet must not be soft bones.Because he knew his mission and knew Gude's determination, Gude's fleet fought very hard after jumping over the jump point.The six driving assault groups in front of them attracted a lot of firepower from the surrounding Fiji allied warships as soon as they appeared in the airspace, and the space carriers that followed up quickly launched their fighters at a moment to attack the Chackner fleet on both flanks, so as to disrupt the formation of the Chackner fleet and force it to enter the attack position calmly.And when Goode's main formation rushed out of the jump point, the driving assault group and fighters in front had already arranged a defensive line that could not completely block the opponent's attack, but could greatly reduce the pressure on the main formation.When the fleet had overwhelmed the jump stagnation time at the cost of five percent of the casualties, Goode, who had already held back his strength, began to fight back ferociously.Under his command, the two main formations hiding behind the twelve space carriers pressed forward collectively while seizing the angle of attack and firing a salvo.At the same time, the twenty mixed assault formations of the Western Patrol also broke away from the main formation and charged the Chackner fleet on both flanks.For a moment, I saw only countless Western warships cleaving the waves like torpedoes, flying forward, although many battleships were concentrated by the oncoming bandit salvo on the way to the assault, turning into a ball of burning meteors, but more warships passed by their burning companions and continued to charge forward without hesitation.This almost unreasonable charge quickly narrowed the distance between the two sides.Since the Fiji alliance fleet is surrounded by a diffusion formation, the distance between the warships and the warships is relatively far.Therefore, when the Gude fleet was squeezed forward by the land, in order to avoid being broken through by the other side or cutting off the connection with the center, the Filipino fleet with two wings had to be forced to shrink backwards and move closer to the center.It's a no-showy style of play.The fleets of both sides fired a salvo at each other in the endless void, one advancing and one retreating.In less than half an hour after the start of the battle, the twelve fleets under Goode's command had already advanced more than 150,000 kilometers!
The ferocity of its combat methods makes the Filipino Alliance astonishing!
In the thirty-third minute of the battle, the left-flank patrol assault formation under Goode's command took the lead in pressing in front of Chakner's 13th fleet.In order to avoid being broken through to the right flank and cut off the connection with the center, and in order to let the fleet, which had been far away from the main formation, know how to restrain a little, Admiral Marshall, the commander of the 13th Group, resolutely ordered to retreat into advance, stick to the opponent with destroyers, cut off its rear road with a cluster of high cruisers, and quickly seize the attack position and counterattack.In the case of the all-out attack of the 13th Group, the patrol assault formation on the left flank of Goode not only did not have the slightest fear, but took the opportunity to entangle the 13th Group fleet under the command of its commander.The warships of both sides opened fire almost on each other's bodies with their muzzles!
The distance was so close that you didn't even need to aim, and every shot was sturdy, and the skin was open.This change has tilted the center of gravity of the entire battle situation to the left.First, Goode's main formation quickly moved closer to the left flank, intending to take advantage of the opportunity of the 13th Group fleet being entangled to invest heavy troops and fight in a melee.Russell, who saw through Goode's intentions, decisively threw himself into the reserve fleet and went straight to the flanks of Goode's main formation.Seeing Russell's reaction, Goode ordered the main formation on the right flank to divide his troops to meet Russell's reserve fleet, and brazenly threw the last twenty driving assault formations under his command to attack Russell's main formation.At the expense of this part of the force, Russell was pinned down and bought time for him to encircle and annihilate Chacner's 13th fleet on the left flank.Russell, on the other hand, ordered the main formation to press up, and on the other hand, ordered Zhang Pengcheng's 12th Group Fleet on the right flank to change into a horizontal formation, and formed an irregular L formation with the Lecht Phantom fleet in the middle, swinging counterclockwise and detouring in the direction of the jump point.Put on a posture of sacrificing the 13th Fleet on the left flank and cutting off Goode's retreat.The two sides come and go, and they dispatch troops.The battle quickly heats up.After the Gude fleet tried unsuccessfully to intercept Zhang Pengcheng's fleet on the right flank with two A-class fleets, its left flank pinned down the 13th Group Fleet's destroyer group, and it had already lost 25 percent of its ships within 10 minutes of the battle.Goode judged the situation and knew that by this time, Chacner's 13th fleet already had the ability to retreat on its own initiative.The warplanes are gone.If you try to forcibly eat the Thirteenth Fleet, you will put yourself in an extremely dangerous situation.So he decisively ordered the fleet to change its formation and turn around, and forcibly retreated before Zhang Pengcheng's fleet completed its detour.At this point, the first battle of the Metis galaxy jump point has come to an end.In this battle, from the beginning to the end, the rhythm of the battle is like a storm.The two sides fought for a total of 54 minutes, changing formations 26 times, and attacking and defending tactically 17 times.The speed of change is dizzying.In terms of casualty rate, the Fijian fleet had the upper hand at 3 percent, while the Gude fleet suffered more than 16 percent losses.Although the Gude fleet had a much higher rate of losses, the battle was not a loss.After all, as an attacker, the Goode fleet was already at a disadvantage when it came to passing through the jump point.Moreover, in terms of troops, the Gude fleet was also at a disadvantage.On the contrary, their oppressive attack tactics of forcing the Fiji Allied fleet to retreat 150,000 kilometers in just half an hour, and their fierce and fearless style of advancing against the firepower of a storm and rain, were as tenacious and vicious as a wolf pack in the wilderness, and their style of coming and going like the wind left an extremely deep impression on people.The battle report was quickly transmitted back to the top management of the two camps through the respective systems of the two sides.Whether it was the emperors of the Western Covenant or the presidents of the Filipino League, everyone who got this war report was invariably a little stunned.No one expected that the first collision between the two sides would be so short.Only the generals and staff officers of the Filipino Alliance stared at the interstellar map for a long time after putting down the battle report.Everyone knows that such a battle is usually a harbinger of a continuous and unusually tragic meat grinder battle.In the face of the wolf-like Western coalition army, the test of the bandit army has just begun!
(To be continued)