Chapter 27 The Raid Begins
After spending 4 days, the Xuefeng appeared quietly in the border area of the Flying Eagle Federation.
After spending another day doing some necessary reconnaissance, Qi Yiming decided to start the raid.
He first exited the Xuefeng from the combined mode, and then ordered the Guardian to combine with the Exploration and named it the Revenge.
He ordered the Revenge to enter the sniper mode with the Exploration main control program as the main control program.
The Lightning also has a fairly long main gun range. Although it has lost the bonus of the Exploration fire control system, the hit rate will be reduced a lot, but fortunately the Lightning has abundant energy supply and can use extremely fast shooting speed to shoot dense barrages, thus offsetting the lack of shooting accuracy.
The border fleet of the Flying Eagle Federation relies on a line of defense with three railguns to guard their border.
As Gao Fei's nephew, Gao Cheng relied on Gao Fei's relationship to rise to the position of border garrison commander.
Although he relied on relationships to get to the top, his ability is not bad. Since taking office, he has renovated the border defense line and improved his combat effectiveness a lot.
"Report, radar detected a high-energy reaction at 12 o'clock on the plane where my No. 3 turret is located, suspected to be the main gun of the battleship charging."
Gao Cheng, who was sitting in the office with his legs crossed and humming a little song, stood up immediately after receiving the report from his adjutant, tidied his clothes and quickly walked to the main control room of the defense line.
"Who dares to attack our Flying Eagle Federation?" Gao Cheng said while looking at the radar screen.
The radar commander pointed to the two dots on the screen that gradually turned crimson and said, "It's right there."
"Only two?" Gao Cheng asked the radar commander in surprise, "Are there any other discoveries?"
The radar commander shook his head.
Gao Cheng looked at the two red dots and said in confusion, "Who is it? Is your brain not right? Two battleships also want to attack my defense line? Order the rail gun to charge and sink them for me..."
As soon as the voice fell, dozens of blazing burst lasers hit the No. 3 rail gun, and the rail gun that was charging was directly penetrated. The energy overflow caused by the damage to the structure blew the entire gun body into pieces.
"Damn... sound the battle alarm..." Gao Cheng was frightened by the sudden attack: "Send a warning to the rear, a battleship-level warship is attacking my defense line, request reinforcements."
Gao Cheng took a special look at the information on the radar when Qi Yiming destroyed the No. 3 orbital gun.
It showed that the two warships were still 350,000 kilometers away. Gao Cheng couldn't think of any other level of warships that could hit so far except for battleships.
When the people of the Flying Eagle Federation heard that a battleship was coming, they were all trembling and walking unsteadily.
In their remote place, anyone who owns a cruiser must be paid special attention to, and they have never seen a battleship.
Where did these two battleships come from?
Qi Yiming didn't care what the enemy guessed. His purpose was very clear. The most threatening thing to Qi Yiming in this line of defense was the orbital guns, and the rest of the warships were basically no threat to him.
Therefore, Lightning and Revenge ignored the enemy ships that left their berths one after another, and focused on bombarding the few rail guns.
"Recharge the main gun..." Chen Cheng, the temporary captain of Revenge, was honestly relaying the message in the fleet channel.
"Revenge, lock on to the No. 2 rail gun and attack until it is destroyed..." Qi Yiming gave an order through the Lightning shipboard intelligent brain.
The sniper main gun of Revenge slowly adjusted the muzzle under the control of the fire control radar.
At the same time, Lightning locked on another rail gun.
Although the two ships locked on the target at the same time, Lightning was the first to fire.
And the firepower density and firepower continuity were much higher than that of Revenge.
The distance of 270,000 km is the best range of the main guns of the two warships. In fact, the range of the two warships is even farther. In order to improve the hit rate of the main gun, Qi Yiming approached this distance and fired.
The effect was quite satisfactory. During the raid, a railgun on the border defense line of the Flying Eagle Federation was destroyed instantly. A few minutes later, the second railgun also fell apart under the dense fire of the Lightning.
Although the Revenge had a high hit rate, it was only a special frigate after all. Even though it was much more powerful than the current human warships, it was still a bit difficult to deal with large buildings.
However, the No. 2 railgun was also destroyed within a few minutes, leaving Gao Cheng stunned.
Less than ten minutes after the raid was launched, the three railguns on the defense line of the Flying Eagle Federation were destroyed, which was unexpected by Gao Cheng.
Gao Cheng had seen the world. He believed that battleships could hit so far, but he would never believe that the power could be so great.
Gao Cheng looked at the defense fleet that his side had hastily organized, and his heart was a little up and down.
If there were railguns to assist him, he would have the confidence to deal with the other side until the support fleet arrived.
But the three railguns couldn't even last ten minutes. With the limited power in his hands, it seemed like he was destined to die.
Gao Cheng's ship was the only cruiser in the border fleet. Although the Federation deployed a full fleet to the border, Gao Cheng could not muster the courage to fight against Qi Yiming's two warships.
Gao Cheng, who was very good at judging the situation, made the most correct decision for the entire defensive battle.
"Attention, all ships, rely on the existing defense bunkers to slowly retreat. The enemy's momentum is too strong, and we cannot contend with it. The main thing is to preserve the living force." Gao Cheng issued a retreat order in the fleet channel.
The other captains also breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone was not stupid. What Gao Cheng could see could also be seen by others.
However, due to the level problem, they could not retreat without a clear retreat order. The military law of the Flying Eagle Federation was very cruel.
On the battlefield, as long as you leave your position without authorization, not only will you be shot, but your family will also be sent to the most difficult place in the Federation to do hard labor.
With Gao Cheng's order, everyone slowly turned the bow of the ship and retreated towards the inner defense line of the Flying Eagle Federation.
Qi Yiming saw that the other party ran away, and he was not in a hurry to chase. Although he had the upper hand, Qi Yiming still fought very cautiously.
After confirming the withdrawal of the Flying Eagle Federation's border guard fleet, Qi Yiming completely demolished all the buildings on this line of defense.
The two warships opened fire at full power and destroyed all man-made objects in sight.
To prevent the enemy from using these buildings to reorganize the defense line and block his retreat route when the situation was not favorable to him.
Although Qi Yiming was not afraid, he tried to avoid as much trouble as possible.
The successful raid also gave the two temporary captains enough confidence, and they worked very hard when they were the messengers.
In the interval of cleaning the battlefield, Qi Yiming once again looked at the intelligence about the Flying Eagle Federation that Wang Sen gave him.
There were at least two more lines of defense in front of him. The border defense line was a line of defense that had just been established, so its combat power was the weakest.
The Flying Eagle Empire had been operating the subsequent two lines of defense for hundreds of years, with more than 30 rail guns alone. The arduous battle had just begun.