Actually, Feixue 48 had already discovered the problem a minute before Morey was blinded by the light.
Major Da Shi and his crew on board were an elite team from the Solar System fleet. Since they had already decided to follow Brigadier General Morey down a dead end, they naturally maintained wartime vigilance from beginning to end… or rather, a vigilance even more intense than wartime.
Feixue's shields had never been down, all radars and detection equipment were running at full power 24 hours a day, the armored protection on the bridge had already been activated, obscuring all portholes. Soldiers were wearing protective suits, standing by at their posts, not even having time to drink water or go to the bathroom.
And at the moment Yu Lian and Brigadier General Morey's bluffing battle reached a fever pitch, he also received a response from his subordinate: "The two exercise ships opposite seem to be making unusual movements!"
"Unusual movements?" Major Da Shi quickly came to the monitor and looked at the radar display.
He did not look at the status of the opposing ships captured by the camera, but quickly scanned the various parameters flashing on the instrument panel.
"Their active engines have started."
Since the incident began, Red Tiger and Blue Monarch had stopped advancing under the threat of destroyer fire, then slowly retreated out of range, beginning a long period of standoff and standby.
The people on the opposite ships were students, and they hadn't installed live ammunition. Although Feixue was on alert, the tension was not that strong.
"Did they receive orders from Earth to evacuate the scene?" the Vice Captain asked.
"Perhaps that's possible! But…" Major Da Shi looked at the broadcast from Azure Princess again, seeing Morey actually struggling, and his heart couldn't help but sink.
"That idiot!" Da Shi cursed in a low voice. He was clearly a terrorist, what was with all the grandstanding? Did he really think of himself as a knight? If it were him, he would have laid a bunch of landmines on the battlefield and blown them up when the enemy approached!
The Vice Captain and crew members silently watched him, waiting for the next command.
"What about the enemy ship's main cannon?"
It was impossible for those two Inspector ships to be equipped with live ammunition, so the only threat to them should be energy main cannons. However, if they were truly energy main cannons, the sudden focus of high energy before firing would cause thermal changes, which could not be hidden from their detectors.
"No reaction for now… and, we're too far away now, we can't accurately judge the enemy's movements! Captain, should we conduct a deterrent firing?" the radar operator asked.
The Vice Captain, however, directly shook his head: "If we fire, we must aim to sink! What's the point of deterrence?"
Major Da Shi pondered for a moment, then shook his head before nodding: "Open all broadside cannons, keep the main cannon aimed at Azure Princess!"
He paused, then added: "Prepare proton torpedoes!"
"Captain…"
Major Da Shi shrugged: "Either don't do it, or do it to the extreme! We are not like Brigadier General Morey. And, we are his collaborators, not subordinates."
The crew members hesitated for a moment, but still operated as the Captain ordered. However, the rhythm of this elite crew's actions seemed a little slower this time, at least far less decisive than when they cleanly took out two sister ships an hour ago.
Major Da Shi's gaze constantly swept across various instruments and radar screens, occasionally looking at his subordinates who were operating. Although he remained seated in his Captain's chair, his fingers subconsciously tapped on the adjacent table.
This aging warrior Captain was indeed a bit agitated. However, he didn't know the source of his agitation, whether it was because of his subordinates, or because of some inexplicable sixth sense.
A minute later, he finally stood up and suddenly shouted: "There's a problem! Prepare to launch Trident missiles! 1 to 6, Blue Monarch, 7 to 12, Red Tiger!"
He didn't actually know what the problem was, but he still issued the attack order. Launching missiles at the enemy at this distance, even the Trident type with guided tracking, would most likely be dodged or even shot down by the enemy. However, this could at least show an attitude, and at worst, drive those two ships further away.
Feixue 48 did complete the launch, and 12 missiles shot out from its missile ports like arrows.
However, at this very moment, a ripple of light suddenly appeared in the starry sky.
The juvenile Qiong Whale, the mascot of the Blue Star Commonwealth, removed its camouflage and "whoosh" appeared in front of Feixue. Although it was a juvenile, its size was still more than twice that of the destroyer.
"Wooga-ga!" That sound, which was originally cheerful and cute in everyone's hearts, now carried a warrior's ferocity.
The 12 missiles swept Past the Qiong Whale, still faithfully carrying out their pre-set mission. However, whether they could hit the target or not, the people on the destroyer were completely unable to care. Their vision was completely blocked by the Qiong Whale's body, and even the various detection parameters on the warship began to jump wildly.
These precise instruments were already affected by the Snowflake-type psionic aura.
Even someone as ruthless as Major Da Shi was stunned. He could unhesitatingly open fire on any aircraft that appeared before him and might pose a threat, whether military or civilian.
However, facing this mascot of the Blue Star Commonwealth, even a cold-blooded and ruthless person like him experienced a brief hesitation and struggle.
Who in the entire Commonwealth didn't like this baby weighing hundreds of thousands of tons?
Of course, in reality, even without Snowflake's interference, Captain Da Shi's order was still half a beat late. Almost the moment before the missiles whistled out, Red Tiger and Blue Monarch had suddenly throttled their engines to maximum, reaching their top charging speed within one second.
"High energy reaction ahead!" Liuli shouted loudly.
"Lilia! Decoy missiles!" Zhi Xia said in an even louder voice.
"Already in motion!" The chief gunner, Miss, at this moment, performed an operation she had never achieved in her four years at the academy. A string of bright light points spewed from Red Tiger's forward secondary gun port, scattering into the void, then bursting like fireworks, turning into blinding flashes of light.
Immediately after the light bursts, boiling high temperatures mixed with scorching shockwaves spread out, almost distorting the light itself.
And at this moment, without waiting for Zhi Xia's order, Annie, whose hands were already deep in the controller, had already pressed Red Tiger into a sharp turn.
The tens of thousands of tons of hull swung into a sharp turn like a jet ski, as if even the energy mist from the engine and shields were flung into drifting headlights.
However, Red Tiger passed through the explosion's fire zone and then quickly regained its Balance.
Many crew members on the ship were thrown about, but only the physically weakest, Xiaobai, remained seated in his position, fully focused on typing on the keyboard, his fingers moving like the wind, his eyes almost losing focus, seemingly flashing continuous strings of characters.
"Yay, good, I succeeded!" He suddenly stopped, muttering.
At this moment, the central control of Azure Princess had fallen into the hands of this future Listener. However, his companions were all too busy to celebrate with him.
"Vice Captain, we can take off!" Li Baolu's voice immediately sounded in Zhi Xia's ear.
You're taking off? Now? Zhi Xia hadn't had time to question it when she heard her ship's ace pilot say again: "Actually, we just opened the hangar door! When the ship was moving, our landing craft automatically swung out. Don't worry, I've already controlled the craft! I'm going to support the Captain now!"
Is that how fighter pilots operate landing craft? Zhi Xia was speechless, but she couldn't be bothered with him. She also put her hand into a glove-like switch, waiting for the aiming parameters.
"Our energy is only enough for three to four shots!" Tamir's voice sounded in her ear again.
"I knew that before!"
The Qiong Whale let out another clear, high-pitched cry to everyone, then suddenly soared into the sky, leaving the battlefield. It fulfilled its agreement with Admiral Lukenar, never to harm the Blue Star people or their ships. See? It never made a move from beginning to end.
But in doing so, it left a firing window for both the Red and Blue Factions; and at this moment, the crew of Feixue 48 had not yet reacted from the endless divine developments that had just occurred.
Zhi Xia took a deep breath, putting almost all her strength into the final trigger pull.
The high-temperature energy beam finally broke free from the muzzle's restraint and blasted towards the struggling Feixue.
She didn't have time to worry about the Blue Monarch's situation on the other side now; anyway, everyone had agreed to fight their own battles.
Fortunately, at this moment, Blue Monarch, which had directly passed through the line of fire, had already opened fire several seconds earlier.
They really did have a light spear cannon on their ship… the one used for the exercise before wasn't a model, but the real thing!
We don't need to consider how this battlecruisers-class main cannon was activated, or whether Blue Monarch would be completely scrapped after firing. We just need to understand that this whistling crimson beam, even if its power was less than thirty percent of its full operation, was enough to inflict terrifying fatal damage on a mere destroyer.
The crimson light completely stripped Feixue 48 of its shields in the first second, and also caused significant damage to its frontal reactive armor.
Immediately after, the ion beam from Red Tiger enveloped the destroyer's undefended bow.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" These were the sounds of Feixue 48 losing its bow main cannon. At that moment, this destroyer, a well-known meritorious ship in the Solar System fleet, which had intimidated the entire Blue Star Commonwealth for over an hour, had completely lost its ability to resist.
Immediately after, the second and third rounds of shelling also whistled in, causing the explosions to spread from the front to the rear of the ship.
Inside the heavily armored bridge, Major Da Shi also felt the increasingly intense heat. He took off his military cap, his bitter smile turning into a loud laugh, laughing until tears almost came to his eyes.
"We actually lost to a bunch of rookies!" he muttered.
The enemy had ambushed them, and Snowflake had helped them rig the game… The crew members Present couldn't bring themselves to say that out loud.
"Port side cannons, salvo! Target, Azure Princess!" At this moment, Major Da Shi issued his final and most decisive order of his life.
Now, with Feixue 48's main cannon's firing arc blocked, and the ship itself trembling and shaking from Snowflake's collision, only the broadside turbine laser array and a few medium missile bays remained aimed at Azure Princess.
These armaments were originally for anti-air or engaging smaller ships, but they were still deadly military weapons.
If his order had been carried out, even if the multi-million-ton Azure Princess wasn't destroyed on the spot, she would certainly suffer considerable damage. And who knows how many people would die then.
However, his subordinates were not robots after all; they hesitated.
And then, at that very moment, an assault landing craft streaked Past Feixue 48's side. It was so close to the destroyer, at its closest point, the two were no more than ten meters apart, which in space was practically face-to-face.
The landing craft's kinetic energy and the destroyer's energy field shield intertwined, even creating energy ripple shockwaves that turned into bright light, instantly dazzling the eyes of the soldiers at various gun positions.
They truly felt like they were seeing things. Because at that moment, they could indeed see with their naked eyes a person in a space survival suit standing upside down on the landing craft, as if with a single jump, he could land directly on Feixue 48.
Of course, the so-called "upside down" was actually a visual dislocation of the Feixue Sergeant's soldiers; the astronaut was in a state of weightlessness at the time, attached to the landing craft by a lifeline.
However, this state did not affect the other party's condition at all. The person in the survival suit extended her right hand, covered in a thick glove, and still with a remarkably agile, even elegant, posture, formed a sword seal in the void, then clenched her hand in mid-air.
A cool, clear halo, like sea mist, shimmered out of nowhere in the cosmic space, condensing in her hand into a majestic and slender eight-sided Han sword. From hilt to blade, the entire sword body presented a severe and solemn icy blue.
That was the spiritual sword Hanpo, one of the two spiritual energy treasures passed down in the Gongsun Family family's Sword Dance, directly inherited from their ancestors, the Gongsun siblings, famous throughout the galaxy.
Holding the family's divine sword, or rather, holding a top-tier spiritual energy treasure, Gongsun Qing, despite wearing a very uncomfortable spacesuit, still felt the touch of the spiritual sword through her extraordinary perception and senses.
She swung the sword, once again condensing her sword heart through spiritual energy into a solemn and powerful spiritual word.
"Spiritual Sword! Breaking Heart!"
The trajectory of the spiritual sword's swing transformed into a brilliant cyan light, blossoming. As the landing craft charged, it swept Past the side of Feixue 48, as if truly stirring up a biting ocean wave from the icy sea in space.
At the eight gun positions, over twenty well-trained gunners lost consciousness at that moment.
They also had no chance of waking up. Soon, the continuous explosions from the front of the hull continued to spread, completely turning this famous meritorious ship in the Solar System fleet into space junk.
And the space shuttle piloted by Li Baolu had already passed through the explosive gale and was heading towards Azure Princess.
He quickly discovered that another landing craft was also approaching. He soon realized that it must be coming from the Blue Faction.
Needless to say, the pilot must be Martha.
Both sides actually thought of the same thing.
"We're here! Hang in there, Captain!"
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