Him and their stars

At this moment, Yu Lian, who was on board the Fuxi, suddenly felt a twinge of pain in his head.

He frowned and subconsciously turned his head to look at the porthole in the distance. His sight quickly passed through the distant porthole and touched the more distant starry sky, which was also the direction of the Spiral Cross Nebula.

However, soon, this little insignificant turmoil in his heart was calmed down by his own mental defense.

His own mental defense mechanism was constructed through the principle of the Silver Dragon's Breath after he reached the saint stage. Through the circulation function of spiritual veins that has reached the level of Dacheng, it can form an all-round 24-hour uninterrupted protection for one's own soul and memory.

As a result, the small twinge of pain that had formed momentarily disappeared quickly, as if it was just a slight illusion.

However, all this was enough to make Yu Lian alert. As a psyker, he said that he must not ignore all subtle changes in perception. This is common sense in the supernatural realm.

However, the ebb and flow of this mental wave seemed too fast, as if a small pebble had been dropped in his vast ocean-like sea of ​​consciousness, and then he lost his voice.

If it was a peaceful time, he should take some time to meditate carefully to see what went wrong. But now, after all, the battle against Snake Lair has reached its most critical moment, and this is not the time to be distracted at will.

Just ten minutes ago, the Fuxi ship had received a message from the alliance, saying that according to calculations, the shield response of the Snake Lair had been weakened to a very subtle level. If all goes well, the powerful firepower of those Ode-class arsenal ships should completely destroy the shields of the Snake Den in a short time.

The alliance's meaning is still very clear. No matter what attack plan the people on earth have, now is the time to prepare in advance.

"Your Excellency, the Alliance's Qingqiu just sent another communication, and the bombardment can continue for another five minutes. After that, the fleet needs to be withdrawn for repairs." Commodore Tovey said.

Indeed, during the long-range artillery battle that lasted for several hours, even if the alliance deployed a wide-area shield with frigates and extended the range, there would inevitably be some damage. During the exchange of fire between the two sides, one Praise-class ship was seriously injured by the deadly attack of the Snake Lair drone and left the battlefield.

As for the remaining eleven ships, after so many salvos, the battleship's own condition finally reached its limit. If this frequency of bombardment continues, I'm afraid the ship itself will collapse.

Yu Lian diverted his attention from the small disturbance just now and nodded towards Captain Tovey: "Get ready."

"I will carry out your instructions meticulously. It's just..." The captain hesitated.

Chief of Staff Mkawa asked: "What about the other warships? Are they still waiting outside the range as originally planned?"

"They cannot withstand the aftermath of the fortress artillery. However, in the subsequent process, the enemy will expose the position of the point defense formation. Let each captain judge whether to use long-range missiles and fighter planes to bomb based on the battle situation."

Chief of Staff Mkawa hesitated for a moment, but still had the courage to advise: "After all, our understanding of the Snake Lair is only through the alliance's intelligence and data analysis during the 24 hours of the battle, and we cannot fully grasp its combat effectiveness. We rashly launched a direct attack. , maybe it’s a bit risky. We still prepare a slightly safer combat plan.”

Before Yu Lian could speak, Colonel Singer said: "That's true. However, those solid plans are not active combat plans, but more like conservative plans to avoid war and preserve ships. Isn't that equivalent to giving up honor to the empire and Alliance. Chief of Staff, on the one hand, our battle is to test the performance of the Lord God-class dreadnought, and on the other hand, it is to fulfill our community's obligations as a great power. If we continue to act so conservatively, won't we disappoint our fellow countrymen at home? ? Why bother with people and money to go to the front line in person?"

As a result, the two senior officers, who together were over a hundred years old, began to glare at each other from afar.

At this time, Yu Lian had already reached the balcony at the front of the uppermost level of the bridge. It was an altar engraved with carved pillars and minute seals, full of mystical style. This image should appear in a boss battle scene in a fantasy magical world, but it should not appear on a futuristic mechanical interstellar battleship. It is naturally full of a sense of incompatibility and dissonance.

However, the so-called sense of violation is a relative concept rather than an absolute concept. Anyway, none of the soldiers present thought there was a problem, and even watched Yu Lian step onto the altar with sincere and affectionate eyes filled with tears.

...As for Yu Lian himself, he is used to it no matter how contrary it is.

Currently, the four completed Lord God-class dreadnoughts are equipped with similar array altars that can enhance spiritual perception. In fact, it is true that only large battleships above the dreadnought have space to install this level of psychic equipment.

However, the spiritual arrays on the other three ships can be regarded as standard operations. Only the one on the Fuxi is specially made. It was Yu Lian who personally mobilized his personal connections to open up the line between heaven and earth. It was handmade by the occult consultant of the Alliance Ministry of Defense, Master Croros. Made with the best materials.

This well-known alchemist master of the Alliance is also the designer of the psionic array of the Alliance's "Guardian Hero-class" dreadnought and "Covenant"-class Titan.

Yu Lian stood inside the altar and activated the psychic array. An instant later, his perception was pushed forward by the abundant spiritual energy and extended to the entire Fuxi.

The senior officers on the bridge watched all this nervously. After all, they were not psykers, so they could only watch.

"...Your Excellency, how are you doing?" Captain Tovey asked.

Yu Lian smiled and said: "From now on, I am the navigator and you are the captain.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Captain Tovey smiled bitterly: "This is really a lot of pressure. Just to live for a few more years, I will apply to the headquarters for a full-time psychic navigator as soon as possible. "

Yu Lian laughed and continued to let his senses resonate in an orderly manner through the psychic array and the ship's hull. At this time, he even had a feeling that the Fuxi's hull, every heat dissipation and energy transmission pipeline, and even every part had unknowingly become a part of his body.

At this time, Brigadier General Tovey straightened his military cap and shouted loudly: "Fuxi, advance 4! Turn on the active induction shield and spread the gravity source radar!"

All the officers on the bridge quickly concentrated and entered combat mode.

"The force field shield is normal!"

"The induction deflection shield is normal!"

"Start charging orbital main guns 1 to 3!" the captain ordered loudly again.

At this time, the latest report from the Qingqiu was also sent.

"Commander, Your Excellency! Come on the Qingqiu, the shield of the Snake Den has been torn! Repeat, the shield of the Snake Den has been torn!"

In the distant starry sky, eleven Praise-class arsenal ships that had reached their limit once again let out a surging roar. Red positron beams followed by flashing arcs came one after another.

The seven beams that fired first hit the fortress's energy shield one after another, forming dazzling ripples of light. However, this time, the ripples were particularly violent, even forming a huge energy vortex.

Immediately afterwards, the boiling energy vortex fell apart on the spot accompanied by the fanatical electromagnetism. Immediately afterwards, those beams of light pierced the outer wall of the "Snake Den" fiercely like divine swords. The white and silver perfect mirror was hit, cracks appeared, and fierce flames immediately erupted.

However, Snake's Den's counterattack came immediately. Their fortress main guns also destroyed the wide-area shields deployed by the frigates. The thick and ferocious beam of light grazed the scattered Alliance warships and rushed towards the deserted distant sky. Although it did not hit directly, it successfully ignited two frigates and a Tribute class.

Looking at the ferocious fire, it is estimated that these three battleships will be difficult to rescue. However, as long as they are not destroyed on the spot, a considerable number of the crew can be rescued.

More importantly, compared to the snake whose shield was torn open, all of the above are actually a price worth paying.

Yu Lian thought of what Yani had said before, to help her remove the turtle shell of this thing, and she did it.

Captain Tovey's voice still echoed on the bridge: "After entering the effective range, don't pause, the main gun will fire immediately!"

The old captain himself also raised the spare steering wheel through the terminal, and also took over the driving priority from the first helmsman. Of course, the full-time helmsman on the Fuxi is also a very good officer, but the old man said that he is the person with the most driving experience on the ship. When the old man was sailing the boat, most of the boys on the boat were still wearing crotchless pants.

As for the attack target, it has naturally been sent to each gunner's terminal. Of course, it is everyone's scheduled landing point, which is also the area where leader Gong Ao and his old brothers are preparing to launch a desperate attack.

Of course, although the pirates are preparing to launch a death-defying attack, as a friendly force, Yu Company cannot really still have the opponent to attack the dense air defense formation. It is still obliged to help the opponent provide fire cover and minimize the casualties of the pirates.

However, some people have said that only fools would let battleships and fortresses engage in artillery battles.

So, Yu Lian simply closed his eyes and let the perception brewing on the ship spill out into the void in all directions.

As a psychic who has mastered "supersensory intuition" and "crisis prediction", he can predict the enemy's moves in battle. So, when the battleship becomes one's own "limb", can it predict the enemy's bombardment?

But Yu Lian knew that someone could do it.

Now, I don’t know if I can do it, but in theory I can still give it a try.

The next moment, he clearly "saw" that the mirror-like outer armor of the snake pit seemed to change from solid to liquid, and a metal island floated out from under the mercury-like ocean.

Wherever there is the island, it is clearly a large mass accelerator.

"The orbital accelerator gun is about to be launched. The ballistic trajectory is B25 to F117, and the deviation angle is 5 to 8." Yu Lian said loudly.

Brigadier General Tovey glanced at Yu Lian, and without any hesitation, he took the lead in turning the steering wheel: "Left rudder 17! Forward 5,! Active deflection shield activated!"

The helmsman looked at the captain who had taken his job with some resentment, but he still repeated the order.

The Fuxi, with its hull tens of kilometers long, was like an elegant cruiser, drawing an elegant arc within the range of the opponent's fortress cannon. At the same time, the main gun on the bow of the ship also unleashed its power.

The orbital shells from both sides passed each other in the void. The difference was that the astonishingly powerful shells from the Snake Cave were still quite far away from hitting the target, but the Fuxi's three shellings all hit the fortress.

Yu Lian didn't expect that these few blows could break open the outer fluid armor of that thing, but as long as it could reduce the number of anti-aircraft turrets, it would be considered a success. And his intuition told him that the results of this shot were gratifying.

"The enemy's electronic fortress cannon is charging! Trajectory B33 to F159, be careful to avoid it!" Yu Lian said again.

"Understood! Left rudder 25, enter the first charge speed! Gunnery chief, you don't need to wait for the command from the bridge, fire freely! Darling, this girl's deflection shield is really strong, and the engine performance is really powerful!" Tovey ship Long way.

"Is this the performance of the neutrino engine? I originally thought there would be reliability problems, but..." Chief of Staff Mkawa turned his awe-inspiring eyes to Yu Lian.

"He is indeed the 'Dragon of the Dawn' of the earth's warriors!" Colonel Singer's voice was almost cheering.

Everyone seemed a little excited indeed. They were all experts, so they could naturally appreciate the Fuxi Horn's beyond-normal performance from that brief moment just now.

Of course, Yu Lian was even more excited. He felt like he was not commanding a battleship, but rather controlling a fragile but flexible body to fight against a ferocious and gigantic beast. The opponent's movements are clumsy and slow, and any blow may cause fatal injuries to himself. Although his actions were swift, he could only cause some scratches.

Such extreme combat really made Yu Lian linger and get his blood pumping.

So, after another ten minutes of extreme pulling, the Fuxi had completed nearly twenty rounds of salvos towards the landing area marked by its side, and then slowly and temporarily stopped the bombardment.

It won't work if I don't stop. After twenty rounds of salvo fire, the main gun's capacitor could no longer be discharged. What's more, as a psyker who led the whole ship to jump left and right in the enemy's fire, Yu Lian himself was indeed reaching his limit.

Of course, during this process, the fortress artillery in Snake Den was also trying to fight back.

However, although the opponent's positron cannon is powerful, its rate of fire is limited, and the photon signal in the lead-up time is still quite obvious. This gives Yu Company enough time to make predictions and issue an early warning to the entire ship.

Eight new Cloud Giant engines give this giant ship amazing maneuverability and acceleration. Therefore, with the two sides maintaining a considerable distance, the Fuxi actually dodged the opponent's main gun bombardment five times in a row, and continued to bombard the fluid metal on the opponent's periphery.

The scene was really like an assassin holding a rapier, using his extraordinary skills to bleed a powerful and clumsy beast.

As a result, except for the crew on the Fuxi who were in a tense combat state, the officers and soldiers of the other Community warships on standby outside the range were all stunned. Even the friendly forces of the Empire and Alliance nearby were shocked by this dance that looked like a bullfight.

Several desperate reporters have focused all their attention here. Although their ship was stopped at the edge of the combat cordon, they still controlled the small shooting drone to move forward as much as possible.

Practitioners in the media industry are very sensitive in this regard. They intuitively feel that they should be writing history.

This can prove that even the most hopeless handicappers still love extreme operations. Even if they can't do it themselves and are not prepared to learn to do it, they must be very willing to watch.