From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 220 Atlas Fleet begins to enter!
The first to make changes was the Timler family fleet.

After entering the battle, the radical and brave blood of the military aristocrat in Ryan Timler's bones was completely activated.

Although he has been the head of the family for a long time, today is the first time he has followed the family fleet in a battle of this scale.

The charged particle beam that constantly sweeps near the battleship, and the white electric snake produced by the activation of the deflection field when the enemy's heavy particle cannon hits the bow of the ship.

It would make Ryan Timler's heart beat half a beat faster.

In front of his eyes, his grandfather seemed to be sitting on the captain's seat, following the emperor's flagship and countless other military nobles' battleships to form a spindle-shaped assault formation.

The huge 'spin cone' shuttled and shot through the dense rays, and finally penetrated the enemy's fleet.
As the Timler Glory was hit again by a heavy particle cannon shot, the vibrations on the bridge pulled Ryan Timler back from his 'hallucination'.

Looking at the enemy fleet fighting with them in the asteroid belt on the holographic projection platform, listening to the tactical information coordinator's report on the anxious battle situation.

Ryan Timler took a deep breath, and then said in a calm tone:
"Ron, do we want to dance face-to-face with each other?"

Upon hearing the family head's suggestion, the commander of the Timler family fleet was stunned for a moment.

"But we have the upper hand in terms of ship numbers, so getting closer isn't entirely a bad thing for us."

Now these warships have maneuvered to the sides and rear of friendly warships. After completing the memory metal reorganization of heat dissipation and layered armor, they will return to the fighting position.

During this period of shooting, neither side achieved any results.

"The opponent has changed their formation."

Looking at the fleet that reappeared from behind an asteroid with a long axis of over 200 kilometers, Antonio spoke.

He flattered him first, and then issued a new order.

"The entire fleet, adjust to assault formation and prepare for high-speed tactical maneuvers!"

However, if the opponent really closes the fighting distance, the increase in the accuracy of the main gun firing will put increasing pressure on each warship.

On the enlarged picture of the panoramic porthole, the formation of the Timler family fleet has changed from the initial hemispherical bombardment formation to a more compact assault formation.

Raven looked at the list on the virtual screen on the right side of his seat, which displayed some current information on each warship in the fleet.

Especially when the salvo of the light cruiser's main gun can cause a fatal blow to a frigate or an old destroyer.

It looks like a giant spindle in space.

Just as he spoke, a beam of light struck from a distance and swept across an asteroid near the battleship. While the heavy metal ion jet ablated a scorch mark on the asteroid, it also blasted out a large amount of burned Red shards.

Fleet deputy commander Raven also quickly guessed the other party's intentions.

"If two light cruisers serve as the spearhead of the assault, it will really not be easy for us to handle."

At most, they were some ships hit by multiple heavy particle cannons. The external armor plate was still overheated under the protection of the deflection field.

After Antonio thought for a moment, he opened a virtual tactical layout board and began to plan the fleet's next move.

He did not expect that this inexperienced head of the family would actually make suggestions on the battle situation at this time.

"Sir, your suggestion is very timely!"

"Spinning cone formation, it seems they are bored with the current shooting."

Originally he thought this might just be a casual suggestion from Ryan Timler, but after quickly thinking about the feasibility, Ron Schneider's eyes suddenly lit up.

The explosion in the distance was silent, but the 'dong-dong' sound of these fragments hitting the ship's side armor plate still struck the hearts of the crew like countless hammers.

Scenes like this have been happening since the battle began.

The originally dense asteroid belt was torn apart by a large number of smaller fragments under the attack of the main guns missed by the warships on both sides, making the battlefield environment begin to become even worse.

At the same time, Antonio also completed his bold and radical tactical plan.

Raven was stunned for a moment when he saw this version of the tactical plan, and then laughed the next second.

"As expected of you."

He had heard of Antonio's reputation, or his boldness and radicalism were quite famous among the civilian fleet commanders. The tactical plan was quickly transmitted to each warship of the combined fleet through blue-green laser communication.

The battleship captains at Mary Bay Industrial also smiled knowingly after seeing the tactical plan.

While the Timler family fleet continued to approach, the combined fleets of Mary Bay and Yaoguang also quickly completed their formation changes.

Said to be a change of formation, it was actually a contraction of the initial artillery formation into a relatively compact assault formation.

The flagship Fortune Liberty took the lead and rushed to the front of the assault formation.

In current fleet battles, especially in small-scale battles, it is relatively common for the highest-level flagship to rush to the front.

Because their deflection fields are more powerful and their armor plates are thicker, they can withstand enemy fire for a longer period of time.

After all, the assault spearhead is a very important position. If a warship is randomly placed here and is destroyed by a concentrated fire, in extreme cases, the warships in the rear will even crash into their wreckage, directly affecting the composition of the formation.

"The straight-line distance is 6000 kilometers! The relative speed is 80 kilometers per second!" The tactical information coordinator loudly announced the key information, and everyone on the bridge and CIC became more nervous.

"Attention, the entire fleet, prepare for the second round of formation changes according to the tactical plan, and the HCP squadron is ready to attack! Everyone, the success or failure of this battle depends on this!"

As Antonio's orders spread throughout the fleet, the most nervous person was not the other captains or the HCP pilots about to be dispatched.

But the helmsman of every battleship.

In the latest tactical planning, their operation is the most critical step.

"The straight-line distance is 4000 kilometers! Interaction is expected in 49.5 seconds!"

When the tactical information coordination officers of each ship reported key information again, the helmsmen of each warship began operations according to the next tasks of each warship.

The joint fleet, which was originally 'crowded', suddenly split into two groups and distanced themselves on both sides, as if they encountered a falling rock in the water.

At the same time, with the help of the vector nozzles of each ship, the warship began to adjust the warship's axis while keeping the course normal along a small arc.

The crew members in each battleship quickly felt that the battleship they were on began to turn sharply.

Since each battleship also adjusted its course simultaneously while adjusting the axis, everyone stopped what they were doing.

They were either pressed firmly into their seats, or they buckled the safety ropes and grabbed all the handles around them that could fix themselves, fighting against the sudden G-force.

The advancing Timler family fleet only saw that the enemy fleet that was about to conduct a 'just rival' directly ahead was suddenly divided into two smaller fleets.

While maneuvering towards the two wings of the Timler family fleet, he also adjusted the axis of the battleship to aim the main gun's beam at them who were stuck on the center line!
As time passed quickly, Ron Schneider, who felt bad, had to make a difficult decision in the next ten seconds.

That is the direction of the Timler family fleet.

The combat distance within 4000 kilometers has entered the range of 'hand-to-hand combat' in space fleet battles.

Compared with long-distance shooting, hand-to-hand combat can also determine the outcome faster.

Because both sides will not only use full firepower, but also release their respective HCP squadrons and assault cabins full of marines to pounce on the rear hemisphere of the enemy warship like a school of piranhas.

In fierce hand-to-hand combat, the chaotic battlefield conditions will not only reduce the prevention and control efficiency of each ship, but also drive the air defense commanders of each warship crazy.

While the two fleets in the asteroid belt were engaging in hand-to-hand combat, the battleships of the Atlas fleet located in the zenith direction of the "Northern Hemisphere" of the battlefield also lit up their main propulsion arrays.

Prior to this, Amber had completed his pre-war speech to the entire fleet.

The relatively witty and humorous words also allowed the crew members who participated in the fleet battle for the first time to disperse the tension in their hearts.

In Gnaku, Amber, who had already boarded the landline, connected the communications between the two HCP squadrons. Looking at the 16 avatars that lit up on the screen throughout the week, he said:
"Macho men, remember your usual training content, trust your respective teammates, act according to the established tactical plan, and don't be reckless and don't make any advances."

While he was speaking, the maintenance rack was slowly opened, and this aircraft, which Atlas's pilots called the 'Red Devil', took the lead towards the lifting platform.

"A final message to you all"

Amber thought of the legendary pilot in another time and space, and then said with a smile:

"Death will not come to you while you are prepared."

(End of this chapter)