A space battle was a glamorous competition between almost ten thousand starships, billions of turrets, and billions of glories. It was the most brilliant, splendid, blood-boiling, and soul-stirring form of war in the history of the cruel wars of the civilization of mankind!
The universe was boundless. Both mankind itself and the seemingly enormous war machines and starships created by the civilization of mankind were nothing more than insignificant dust on the scale of the universe.
If two fleets did not want to collide, they would be like thousands of needles in an ocean. It would be barely possible for them to notice each other, much less surround, block, and fight each other brutally.
It was the best proof that the Imperium of True Human Beings had failed to capture a single Firefly despite gathering tremendous troops many times in the past thousand years.
However, such a circle where neither party could see nor catch the other party was most of the time meaningless, because no matter how vast the universe was, the living space for human beings was less than one billionth. The only 'oases' that could bring warmth to the civilization of mankind in the cold sea of stars were the places that the militarists had to fight for.
At a certain sacred moment where the fate of billions of people would be decided, in order to seize a resource planet, a critical sailing route, an important industrial and training base, a prehistoric relic, or a stable jump point, the main forces of the two hostile parties would jump out at the same time and fight with everything they had. That would be a battle of epic proportions!
Today's battle was just like that. This was a very typical battle that was triggered by fighting for a "jump point".
The three space gates around the Tian Yuan Realm controlled the throats of all the mobile forces in the Tian Yuan Realm and the other six Sectors. They were equivalent to the 'passes' in the classical wars.
At this moment, most of the warships of the Black Wind Fleet and the Burning Prairie Fleet, the trump card of the Xing Yao Federation, were not in the Tian Yuan Realm. They had to be guided by the space gates in order to jump over as reinforcements.
Whoever controlled the three space gates would control all the passes in and out of the Tian Yuan Realm. The reinforcements on their side would be able to arrive incessantly and annihilate the available forces of the enemy!
Once they lost the guidance of the Star Gate, although both parties had the star map and coordinates of the Tian Yuan Realm, and could still jump in, it would be like sailing into a port without the guidance of a lighthouse. It would be difficult to control the precision and time of the jump. It was very likely that they would randomly jump to a point in the vast star field of the Tian Yuan Realm.
It was like throwing a stone from a height of hundreds of thousands of meters. No matter how accurately one aimed, it would be meaningless. Under the disturbance of the four-dimensional storm, the landing point of the 'stone' could be thousands of meters off.
In front of the space fleets that were organized and unfolded in battle formations, the starships in the east and the starships in the west, which were dozens of light seconds away from each other, were nothing but loose sand. They would only be destroyed by the enemy one by one.
That wasn't reinforcements, it was pure suicide.
Therefore, the Gate of Stars was the key to victory!
The vanguard troops of the Black Wind Fleet, which had just arrived in the Tian Yuan Realm, and the Heaven's Origin Fleet, which had realized what was going on in a hurry, locked onto the No. 1 space gate, which was the largest in scale and had the highest navigation level, and approached each other quickly!
Black Swirl, the flagship of the Black Wind Fleet, took the lead and charged at the front of the battle formation.
Behind it, the thousand starships that had been arranged in a rectangular formation slowly changed their formation into a classic quadruple hemispherical attack unit that looked like a textbook.
Almost a hundred starships formed an attack unit. At the center of the attack unit was the largest cruising mothership. Every mothership was almost ten kilometers long. The spacious space inside had been designed as the storage and maintenance cabins for space shuttles, Crystal Suit, Colossi, and even other starships. In the meantime, they boasted enormous warehouses of crystals and ammunition to provide sufficient ammunition and energy for the other starships in the battle unit.
In short, the cruising motherships were independent battle bases in the fleet. Their combat ability was not necessarily high, but they were the starting point and the destination of the attack.
Of course, some of the cruising motherships had been filled with enormous crystal cannons or mystic ray cannons. In a space battle, the cannons that tore apart the space of hundreds of thousands of kilometers and pierced through several enemy starships or even a war fortress in the blink of an eye were all gargantuan objects. It was definitely not news that a body of a starship that was several kilometers long was built for the purpose of accommodating a super large mystic ray cannon.
Such enormous cannons were like the battering rams in classical warfare. Although they were inconvenient to move, complicated to manipulate, and easily destroyed, they would definitely be the greatest disaster when they were moved to the city gate of the defenders!
Outside of the cruising motherships, on the other hand, were the main arsenal warships in the competition of starships!
As their name suggested, they were awe-inspiring iron hedgehogs with dense turrets all over their bodies. All the space inside them was filled with crystals and ammunition. There was not the slightest extra space to accommodate the Crystal Suit and the space shuttles.
They were like the sharpest blades. They did not even bother to attach too much armor to their periphery. All they wanted to do was to get closer to the enemy so that they could destroy the stars in the universe with the roars of the billions of turrets!
"Attack is the best defense. Instead of wasting materials and space to attach an extra plate of armor to our periphery, we might as well build another turret with the resources we have!"
All the captains and gunners of the arsenal warships held the same belief.
What made them so zealous and fearless was not only their faith in the emperor and the Imperium of True Human Beings, but also the shield warships on the third floor of the battle units in front of them!
If the arsenal warships were the sharpest longswords of the Imperium, the shield warships would be the most solid shields. The mist of war that covered the battle formation of the Black Wind Fleet just now was their specialty.
What the shield warships relied on was not the clumsy super alloy armor but the powerful technologies of spiritual energy, force field interference, and spiritual shield. A thick, dense interference belt was constructed in front of the battle formation, rendering most of the enemy's energy and physical attacks ineffective!
Outside of the shield warships, which was the outermost part of the attack range and even protruding out of the mist of war, were the Crystal Suit and the space shuttles that were as dense as bees.
Before the battle of the giant cannons, it was common sense to project a lot of Crystal Suit and space shuttles in case the starships that carried them were pierced through by the enemy's giant cannons and caused greater collateral damage when they were destroyed instantly.
Besides, the combat ability of many Cultivators in the Jin Dan and the Yuanying level was as good as that of a starship after they put on the advanced Crystal Suit!
The cruising motherships, the arsenal warships, the shield warships, and the Exos formed a perfect semicircle. Like almost thirty giant shooting stars, they approached the No. 1 space gate solemnly, orderly, and unhurriedly, leaving colorful exhaust flames behind.
Black Swirl, on the other hand, was a 'monster-level' warship that was dozens of kilometers long and had all the technologies of the cruising motherships, the arsenal warships, and the shield warships. It would take a hundred years for one of them to be produced even in the Imperium of True Human Beings. As the most dazzling shooting star, it was standing in the front alone, emitting the raging brilliance of destruction!
On the bridge of Black Swirl, Heiye Ming was like an iron statue. He did not move at all, simply allowing the cold brilliance of the stars to illuminate his body.
Only the incomparably fervent look in his eyes showed his extremely exuberant vitality and … appetite.
He couldn't wait to eat all the stars into his stomach.
On his opposite side, the Heaven's Origin Fleet was also in a rectangular battle formation. The Exos, the shield warships, and the arsenal warships were deployed layer by layer.
However, because this place was close to the home planet of the Heaven's Origin Sector and boasted enough logistical support, they did not need the cruising motherships. Instead, they had nine asteroid fortresses as solid shields.
In terms of numbers, the Heaven's Origin Fleet was much more numerous than the vanguard troops of the Black Wind Fleet. In both the exhaust flames triggered by the high-speed movement and the spiritual shields that had been boosted to the maximum, the colorful brilliance melded into an iron wall of light.
However, the size and quality of the starships were far inferior, which could be seen from their slightly sparse battle formation and their inconsistent marching trajectories.
In the area, about a hundred light seconds away from the Black Wind Fleet, another Deep Sky Fleet of the Federation, which was smaller in scale and whose stance was ambiguous, was rushing close as fast as lightning.
"Worthless."
Heiye Ming put on a cruel smile. His eyes were so deep that they were almost swallowing the Heaven's Origin Fleet in them. He said casually, "Full speed ahead. Crush the Heaven's Origin Fleet before the Great White Fleet arrives!"
…
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
Earsplitting alarms were echoing on every starship of the Heaven's Origin Fleet. The flashing redness made the atmosphere inside the starships even more intense.
As a member of the regional defense fleet, nobody in the Heaven's Origin Fleet had ever thought that they would be faced with the legendary Black Wind Fleet alone.
In their imagination, even if a great, soul-stirring strategic battle was to be carried out, they would be deployed on the flanks of the Burning Prairie Fleet as supporting roles and fight together with the ace troops. Nothing more!
The situation of the battle was changing rapidly. The worst case scenario had happened.
"Hurry up. All Exos, equip yourself with the Crystal Suit. Prepare to leave the mothership and enter free combat mode!"
If the Black Wind Fleet was confident that half of the Exos on the cruising motherships could be kept as mobile forces, it would be the stupidest thing for the Heaven's Origin Fleet to leave even one Exo behind. In the upcoming competition of giant cannons, the Heaven's Origin Fleet was destined to suffer heavy losses. The Exos on board would be absolutely meaningless except for dying together with the starship!
"Attack! Attack! Attack! "
Every airtight gate on every starship was opened. Countless Exos who had been equipped in a hurry jumped out at the cold sea of stars in the desperate roars of the sergeants.
There were even more soldiers waiting anxiously in the preparation cabin behind the double airtight door. Their legs were trembling, and their teeth were chattering. They couldn't wait to leave the mothership as soon as possible. It was unknown if they wanted to kill the enemy and serve their country one step earlier, or if they wanted to avoid being blown to pieces together with the mothership!
In the most oppressive atmosphere, some people were praying to the gods in the sky, some were taking out the photos of their families, and some were mumbling to themselves nervously.
In a corner, a muscular man whose face was full of scars and whose face could not be seen clearly was on one of his knees, examining his Crystal Suit and his two-handed dragon-slaying saber that was more than three meters long unhurriedly.
While whistling in a weird tone, he was uttering sounds that were either laughter, tears, or excitement.
"Wretched heavens, we are going to fight again!"
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