Hidden Yao Era

Fifteen minutes later, Sonia's message made Casto even more nervous: "They're already on their way. I don't know exactly when, we're also blocked*¥...#...*(*(......%(*...... ￥￥#"

After Casto sent a message to Sonia that he was going to prepare for battle, he shut down the dark web. He hid the chip and was about to go out to find Yang Dongming, but Yang Dongming ran to the door of the bedroom out of breath, and he said to Casto: "According to the intelligence, the fleet of Pluto rovers is turning over! They will reach the vicinity of Saturn in 5 hours." "

Later, Castor heard the whole ship's announcement: "I am Captain Lin! The whole ship is in combat readiness! All the officers went to the bridge to assemble." "

Casor and Yang Dongming hurried to the bridge, where Captain Lin was waiting, and five minutes later, all the officers of the ship were assembled. Captain Lin said: "The Pluto rover is about to launch a series of attacks on Saturn, its moons, and Space City, and their fleet is huge this time, according to intelligence, the enemy has more than 10,000 ships, and it will arrive in 4 hours, less than 4 hours and 50 minutes." Our reinforcements have been put into combat readiness and are expected to arrive in two and a half hours. We're going to try to hold off the enemy fleet before reinforcements arrive!"

"Now, all the staff are in combat positions. Wait for the fleet to depart!" Captain Lin ordered.

Casto looked at Yang Dongming and saw that he looked calm, but Castor also noticed a drop of sweat running down his forehead. Casto pondered: "Yang Dongming can maintain his composure is already very powerful, and the total number of firefighter armed ships near Saturn is less than 3,000. Most of the more than 3,000 ships are still destroyers and frigates, and there are probably only more than 100 cruisers, all of which are old CAS066 types. There were only 32 battleships and 15 aircraft carriers. It's a battle of great strength, and if we survive, we will win. But with such a disparity in power, it is not easy to survive. "

"Alright, I'm going to take my place in the boat, let's take care! We must live!" Casto and Yang Dongming agreed.

"Well, I will give you clear guidance and the most timely battlefield information! I wish us all the best in the battle!" Yang Dongming said.

They nodded to each other and went to their respective combat posts.

Casto came to the boat and saw that the crew had been waiting for a long time. He said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is our first battle! We will face an enemy several times our size! This month's training has convinced me that we will certainly shine in this battle! We will use 'blazing' to burn the enemy's warships to ashes in this battle! Everyone will wait for orders, enter combat mode after departure, and obey orders at any time!"

At this time, Yang Dongming connected to the communication system in the "Liaoguang" boat and said: "'Liaoguang', here is Lieutenant Yang Dongming, the commander of the carrier-based aircraft, and we are about to set off. According to intelligence, the arrival time of the Pluto rover's fleet is slightly inconsistent. They probably have more than 300 light combat ships that will only arrive near Saturn 2 hours before the arrival of the super-main fleet. The interim commander-in-chief of this operation, Vice Admiral Borodin, ordered us to sail to the area near their arrival point to blockade it, destroy the enemy's fleet in advance, and then return immediately. "

"Okay, Lieutenant Young, do we need to set sail now?" asked Castor.

Yang Dongming replied: "Yes, our destroyer will set sail in 5 minutes and go to the target area!"

Soon, the Torch set sail with more than 500 ships from the Lydian Space City to form a mixed fleet and go to the target area to carry out the blockade plan.

They arrived in the blockade area after 20 minutes. The fleets launched a blockade posture. But at this moment, Castor suddenly saw hundreds of lights flying towards their location through the window. "Did the enemy turn in advance?" Casto hurriedly contacted Yang Dongming and exclaimed.

"I don't know, they seem to be using a stealthy outpost......! Using the concealment function of the Shen-class destroyer, they have been ambushing in the nearby mining area! It turns out that they have been waiting for us!" Yang Dongming said.

"Why do they have Jupiter Industries' warships?" asked Casto, puzzled.

"It seems that the rumors are true! Pluto rover caused Garibaldi's catastrophe and stole a lot of the blueprints of Jupiter's industry!" Yang Dongming said.

"Then how did they fight for more than ten years before they started using it? It's so weird!" Casto said.

Yang Dongming said hurriedly: "I don't know, we are about to fight! You are ready, I will send it to you after locking the combat target." Looking forward to your performances!".

Soon the hundreds of rays of light reached the blockade area of the fleet, and when the fleet was finished, Casto was almost stunned, and the fleet consisted of 800 warships, at least 800 ships, all of which were destroyers of the Ether. The white hull of the enemy warship was chilling in the light, and hundreds of battleships were densely packed on the battlefield like a silver knight army. "The whole fleet opened fire on the enemy ships!" Rear Admiral Chen Hongjun, the commander of the fleet, ordered. The enemy ships quickly opened fire on Castor's fleet, and when they opened fire, Casto was stunned, and the destroyers were all modified with weapons, some with torpedoes, some with pulse guns. For a while, blue lasers struck along with a dense stream of torpedoes and shells.

"All Jinghai-class frigates turn on the interception system!" Rear Admiral Chen ordered.

"Casto, hurry up and set sail, I've already sent the target warship to your information system!" Yang Dongming said.

"Okay!!" Casto said. Then the "Liaoguang" left the "Torch" and flew to the combat target. When the "Liaoguang" flew near the enemy fleet, the enemy's anti-aircraft fire of the Eternal Star immediately beckoned, and he ordered Vincent to maneuver to evade the enemy's interception system. Under Vincent's manipulation, the "Burning Light" evaded the dense anti-aircraft fire. Although the crew was fastened to the boat with straps, they were still very uncomfortable by the spinning and shaking hull. Soon, the target appeared in front of them. It was a destroyer of Erius that rushed ahead, its main guns were strengthened, but the surrounding anti-aircraft guns were replaced with small torpedoes. Seeing this almost defenseless target, Casto was grateful to Yang Dongming, and his best friend picked a "soft persimmon" for himself.

Castor ordered the "Liaoguang" to dive at the target and fire torpedoes at the vital point. Ridley aimed at the target and prepared to launch a torpedo. 2000 meters, 1500 meters, 1000 meters! At a distance of nearly 500 meters, Casto ordered: "Fire!" At a command, 3 torpedoes fired a salvo and rushed towards the target destroyer, and soon the 3 torpedoes crashed into the engine and ammunition depot of the poor destroyer, and a huge explosion engulfed her in an instant, and the fire dissipated in less than a second, leaving only a piece of wreckage. Immediately after the launch was completed, Castor ordered to turn around and return to the ship, and the "Burning Light" instantly turned and flew back to the mothership.

"Oh roar!" Chen Tieping shouted.

"It was a good fight Ridley, and the blow was a nine-torpedo shot. Directly sank a destroyer. Casto said.

"As long as we give us time, we can kill them all!" Chen Tieping said excitedly.

But Robert said to Castor with a gloomy face: "Captain, come and see. "

Castor came to the information control interface, Robb opened the battlefield situation monitoring system, Casor felt bad in his heart after seeing it, the enemy has only lost less than 50 warships, and his own side has more than 100 warships, the situation is quite grim. Explosions erupted one after another in the fleets of both sides, and brilliant and brutal fireworks bloomed in the universe, each carrying the souls of dozens or even hundreds of dead people.

"Casto! We're about to start jumping, the firepower on the opposite side is too strong! The commander-in-chief ordered to retreat after holding out for about two more minutes, and you should hurry back to the mothership!" Yang Dongming's voice intensified the tension of Casto and the crew.

"Full speed back to the mothership! How long will it take for us to get back to the Torch?" asked Castor.

"1 minute and 50 seconds! The fleet is retreating, we have to catch up with the fleet first! This is the default route given by the AI, we can't be sure if we will get shells during this time, the AI may choose to avoid the shells, and the end time may be longer. Robert replied.

"Change the operation mode of the escort boat to manual!" Casto ordered.

Hearing this order, the crew thought Casto was crazy, and the elder Ridley said directly: "Captain, are you crazy? AI automatically returns to the sea, which is the regulation of our escort boat manual!"

"Less! Switch to manual! I'll do it!" Casto said.

"Yes!".

Casto then operated the escort boat to return home, and along the way he flew straight in the direction of the Torch, only following the AI prompts to avoid some missiles and pulse cannon attacks. In the process, the crew was convinced that Casto was a madman, and he sometimes even rushed through the barrage of anti-aircraft guns.

"Casto! There are 25 seconds left to jump!" Yang Dongming prompted.

"We'll be back in 20 seconds, ready to dock!" Castor replied.

Castor drove the escort boat to the maximum and rushed directly to the "Torch". When they were still 3 kilometers away from the Torch, Castor immediately turned on the AI. Under the operation of AI, the escort boat successfully docked with the escort boat carrying system of the "Torch".

They eventually returned to the Torch without any danger. The leap also began very quickly. After the jump, the crew's hearts were pounding, and only Casto seemed calm.

Ridley calmed down and asked Castor, "Captain, why are you turning off the AI?"

"Because the AI is likely to waste our time returning to the ship in order to evade anti-aircraft fire. Castor replied calmly.

"But without the AI's operation, we would probably be shot down on the way back. The conventions that are widely practiced in the universe prohibit the use of offensive AI, but defensive and return-assist AI are allowed, and many soldiers rely on it to survive. Ridley said.

"But in that case, if we had relied entirely on AI, we would probably not have been able to go back. There have been many tragedies of boat survival and death before. Therefore, in order to protect the precious escort boat members, the core logic of our AI is set to prioritize the protection of crew lives, rather than the return to the mothership. And our AI is under a tight spell, and the convention won't allow too smart AI to intervene in the war process, so I have to do it manually. Castor replied.

"You have a point. But your desperate opening just now really scares us. Ridley said.

Chen Tieping swallowed and foamed at the mouth and shouted, "I feel like you were just crazy!".

"Hahaha, only desperate determination can survive on the battlefield. Castor wanted to liven up the atmosphere with laughter and soothe the frightened crew.

"Casto, we're going back to Space City to repair, your boat has multiple damage, but it looks fine, the nanobots should be able to fix her in 1 minute. Yang Dongming said.

"Are we losing a lot of money in our fleet this time?" asked Castor.

"The losses were not small, probably more than 130 ships were lost. The frigates in the front row were almost all lost, but the cruisers and battle cruisers that were the main force were still there. Yang Dongming's latter sentence made Casto feel a little relieved, after all, the Pluto rover lacked large ships. As long as the large ships are kept, they should not dare to attack the space city directly.

However, just as Casto was thinking this, Captain Lin suddenly issued a ship-wide voice: "Attention all combat units! Our intelligence shows that the enemy will send the main fleet to attack the Lydian Space City! We will go out of the city directly to meet the battle after a short repair!"