Chapter 532, Battlecruiser's First Battle

The blue-and-white-painted ‘Raging Owl’ slowly moved across the sky with the brilliant star Yuehe VII as the background.

Pieces of high-speed drifting space junk are pushed away by the void shield that gradually recharges and returns to its normal color; the slow-moving ones are destroyed by the occasional cannon fire and exploded into flying ash; smaller and slower-moving junk , then it doesn't matter, just bumping into it directly, it just leaves some scratches on the armor.

These space junks were all created by the 'Raging Owl' and its little brothers in the past five hours.

They originally belonged to one space ship after another, and were the pearls of the Queen's Star Domain.

And now, five hours later, they all turned into space junk.

The 'Raging Owl' moved through the garbage. The slender, good-looking, and even somewhat elegant figure of the Holy Grail class was surrounded by dozens of small warships of all levels, looking arrogant and majestic, as if it was inspecting its own victory.

It was indeed a quick and fruitful assault.

The angry owl was brought by Yan Fangxu. They arrived at the northern part of the Meng River Star Territory ahead of the main force, and joined forces led by Perbov who were struggling to resist the southward offensive of the Raging Flame.

Purbov was the frontline commander, and Yan Fangxu was the most senior general in the alliance army. This sortie was also given high authority by Gu Hang. The two of them have the right to assess the situation and decide on their own how to fight.

After analyzing the situation in multiple star sectors that were at war, they quickly formulated a plan focusing on the navy.

Of course, two generals with army backgrounds cannot formulate a complete naval combat strategy on their own. Their current identities are not limited to the army. Although in terms of military rank, one is an army general and the other is an army senior general, they command a war zone as army generals. Naval generals in the same war zone need to obey their orders.

This is very different from the rules of the empire. Within the empire, the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy are two distinct systems. There is no subordination between the two, and sometimes the Imperial Navy even refuses to carry the Astra Militarum into combat, so that the Astra Militarum has to find other ways to build ships and deliver troops to the battlefield.

Even when the cooperation is good, the two are just cooperation.

Since it is cooperation, there is no such thing as an order that must be completed. If you can help, do it. If you don't want to help, the other party has no choice but to argue without solving the problem.

Even if sometimes the Empire will send a senior general, or someone with a special status, to be the person in charge of the overall situation, the theater commander, but can this commander coordinate the Astra Militarum and the Empire that are nominally under his command? In the Navy, it depends on his personal level and the depth of his relationships.

After all, this kind of temporary subordination does not last long, and even the force of coercion is questionable.

But these problems do not exist in the alliance.

An alliance means there is a clear superior-subordinate relationship. As large as a war zone, the person in charge of the war zone has been determined. Regardless of whether he is from the navy or the army, the combat troops assigned to his command in the area must obey orders unconditionally. Anyone who violates orders will be dealt with according to military law.

The political commissar is watching.

As small as a temporary battlefield, if the theater commander designates a person in charge, then the person in charge will be in charge; if there is no designation, the two sides will discuss it. If the discussion is not appropriate, then each will report to the top. There will always be a person in charge or someone above. of the theater commander.

The theater commander here was Perbov before, and he became him after Yan Fangxu came. Of course, the Alliance Navy must implement the strategy decided upon by both of them.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the two army generals rushed forward in a hurry just because they wanted to fight. Specific operational goals will be formulated by professional naval officers among the staff of the headquarters.

After the goals are set, the navy's own captains and staff will formulate specific action plans based on the theater command's goals and then report them.

Once the action plan is approved by the command, it can be executed.

This is a complete process.

Of course, in war, accidents always happen frequently. This process may not necessarily be completed at every moment. In emergencies, you still have to improvise.

As for the present, it is naturally not an emergency.

After the process was completed, the captain of the Raging Owl, a rear admiral, participated in formulating the plan and personally executed it after assessing the situation.

The 'Raging Owl' set off with three cruisers, twenty-nine small and medium-sized ships of all levels, and a transport fleet.

They disguised themselves as a member of the transport ship and pretended that the star language information was exposed.

While passing through the astral tunnel in River Crossing VII, the enemy took the bait.

Several of the Princess's destroyers thought they had found prey and pounced on them.

Then, they were horrified to see the slender and graceful figure of the 'Raging Owl'.

The princess's ship, filled with dead souls, turned around and ran away.

But when the fish has taken the bait, the angry owl, which is on its first battle, is not willing to give up its prey at all.

If replaced by an ordinary battleship, it might not necessarily be able to catch an enemy who wants to escape.

But the Holy Grail-class battlecruiser with its high-speed characteristics obviously does not belong to the clumsy category.

The rapid pursuit, precise artillery fire, and the lethality of super-standard artillery to small and medium-sized ships...

These characteristics combined mean massacre of the enemy.

Five ‘Doomsday’ light spears and five ‘Wrath of the Tadashi’ fired in succession, and the rebel destroyers were already flashing red, and their energy shields were quickly overloaded; the ‘Heavenly Punishment’ light spears of Class X specifications could instantly destroy the enemy with one hit!

After these destroyers that were ready to hunt were counter-hunted, the rebel fleet that stayed near the orbit of Yuehe VII.3 planet also knew what happened at the jump point.

They were quite shocked for a while.

Before that, they had received information that the Alliance army had set out. But it stands to reason that the main force of the Alliance would need at least two months to reach the main battlefield in the north of the Menghe star field.

As a result, a new ship has arrived now?

It’s still a Holy Grail class, a battlecruiser...

In the offensive of the Fury Flame Regiment to the south, there are larger main battleships. The Fury Flame Regiment’s battle barge is equivalent to a battleship; at the same time, there is also a serious Retribution class battleship that also participated in the battle.

But they are not in Yuehe VII.

In this star system, the strongest rebel ships are only two cruisers.

After receiving the news of the arrival of the Wrath of the Owl and the loss of several destroyers, the rebel ships slowly drove out of the planetary orbit of Yuehe VII and were about to evacuate the star system.

Staying here is just waiting to die.

But, even if you want to run at this time, it is too late.

The Wrath of the Owl went at full speed, not to Yuehe VII.3, but directly blocked the enemy's jump point to the north.

In terms of distance, the Wrath of the Owl is definitely far, but under full speed pursuit, the Wrath of the Owl caught up with them before the rebel ships could jump.

The two Moon-class cruisers were too slow.

Of course, the Wrath of the Owl at full speed was equivalent to abandoning its accompanying ships. The three Moon-class cruisers would definitely not be able to keep up with it.

Only a few Crazy Shark-class destroyers, who were desperately pulling the ship's engines to full capacity, could barely keep up.

The enemy ships were obviously quite surprised.

The Holy Grail class is indeed uncommon in the empire.

Battlecruisers are already uncommon. Places that have the conditions to build battlecruisers are usually willing to grit their teeth and build a proper battleship.

Among the rare battlecruisers, the Dragon Snake class is more common, which is the type built by Jindi Star. The Holy Grail class is even rarer among battlecruisers.

Everyone knows that battlecruisers run fast, but unexpectedly, the Holy Grail class is the fastest of the fast.

The rebel fleet that failed to escape due to miscalculation was even a little confused for a while.

Leave a ship to cover the rear, and the other ships force a jump to escape?

Run separately, whoever is arrested will be unlucky?

Or... fight head-on?

No matter what kind of entanglement there is, when the "Wrath of the Owl" appears in front of them, they have reached the time to make a decision.

And their choice seems to be desperate.

This is also an understandable choice.

No matter what level of warship, it is always part of the war and part of the fleet. Battlecruisers are fast and powerful, but they are also fragile. Just like battleships have super strong frontal combat capabilities, but lack flexibility.

The shortcomings of a single ship do not necessarily have to be made up by yourself. The cost will be very high.

Since it is a fleet action, then complete your own duties and leave the work you are not good at to other ships that are good at it.

At the moment, the battlecruiser of the Alliance has been disconnected from its fleet in order to pursue quickly, and only a few destroyers are following, which does not seem to be impossible to fight.

If the battlecruiser of the Alliance can be killed at the cost of some losses, it will be a considerable achievement!

Two moon-class cruisers took the lead, and a total of more than 30 ships launched a siege on the Angry Owl.

The Angry Owl turned sideways and did not rush into the enemy fleet, but passed by sideways, maintaining a certain distance.

The "Sky Punishment" light spear opened fire first and directly killed an enemy frigate.

Then, 12 L-class heavy guns and 24 M-class guns began to fire one after another.

The firepower of one of its ships is almost equivalent to that of an entire enemy fleet!

The enemy's two Moon-class cruisers only have six L-class guns in total.

Of course, this level of firepower can actually pose a threat to the Angry Owl.

After all, battle cruisers are thin-skinned and can't withstand much more attacks than normal cruisers.

However, the super high speed and flexibility will make the enemy ship's firepower miss a lot.

On the contrary, it is almost difficult for the Moon-class cruiser to actively avoid the attack of the Angry Owl.

Of course, the combat distance between the two sides is actually quite far, and the hit rate of each side will actually be reduced.

This naval battle lasted about an hour.

The sixth rebel ship destroyed by the Angry Owl was one of the two Moon-class cruisers of the enemy. The void shield of the other one has actually turned red, and it was hit by a cannon of heaven in front.

At this point, the enemy fleet has been completely discouraged.

They began to retreat.

They didn't dare to forcefully evacuate from the jump point. If they did, their void shields and energy shields would be turned off, and they would be a living target before completing the jump. Who knows how many people would be bombed.

They could only split up and flee in more than 20 directions.

No matter how fast the Raging Owl was, it could only chase in one direction.

So of course they would chase the largest one.

First, it chased and killed the remaining Moon-class cruiser, then turned around and changed direction. With its excellent speed and flexibility, it caught three more ships before the enemy ran away.

Two of them were destroyed by the Furious Owl. The remaining frigate chose to surrender.

Turn off the energy shield and all weapon systems, allowing the Furious Owl's guns to aim at it.

The Marines boarded the ship and took over the ship.

…

In this naval battle at Yuehe VII, the Alliance won a great victory.

This was also the first battle of the Furious Owl and the first battle of the Holy Grail-class battlecruiser built by the Alliance.

Although the intensity of the battle was not high, it was all about fighting "little friends", but this also showed the characteristics of the battlecruiser: the king of bullying.

If it were a battleship or a battle carrier, it would not have such an effect. I'm afraid that before catching up, the enemy would have all run away.

The enemy still had more than 20 ships, which disappeared in the vast airspace of the star system. Even if the star-talking tower on the ship is constantly searching for signals, it can only occasionally capture information, which soon disappears.

Pursuing and hunting according to this information should be rewarding.

But playing hide-and-seek like this will inevitably take a long time.

The Angry Owl doesn't have the time.

The three moon-class ships that couldn't keep up with it went directly to the planetary orbit of Yuehe VII.3 and successfully contacted the ground forces.

Under the guidance of the ground forces, more than 20 alliance ships carried out a three-day orbital strike on the surface.

The ground forces of the Princess Rebels simply couldn't withstand this orbital bombardment.

The remaining space stations in orbit would not help them intercept firepower and threaten ships; there were indeed orbital guns that they seized and controlled after the surface was occupied, but there were only a few, which hardly constituted an impact.

After getting rid of the threat from the air and space, the Alliance troops on the ground also became active. After the orbital bombardment, they quickly carried out the final cleanup of the enemy's living forces.

The Alliance troops launched a counterattack on a global scale.

On this planet, the total number of the Alliance Army and the Allied Army is more than 50 million; the number of the Princess's rebels has reached more than 70 million.

These 70 million rebels will certainly not be wiped out in a short time, but their losses must be very serious.

For them, what's worse is that in order to avoid orbital bombing, they can only semi-actively abandon their organization.

After the army disperses its organization, the loss of combat effectiveness will be very serious.

In just three days, the situation on the ground has been reversed.