The Old Lady Nearly Drank the Soup

In space warfare, a decrease in maneuverability is extremely lethal. This is because a decrease in maneuverability means that a warship's course is more easily predicted, making it more vulnerable to a second hit.

Of course, there is another element involved here: in such long-range combat, the Close-In Weapon System of warships are completely useless, and the light speed characteristic of laser Energy Weapon makes it impossible to see in advance whether the enemy is firing at you.

Dodging maneuvers are actually all about computational power and luck.

Therefore, after its maneuverability decreased, the Mount Wudang-Class Warship only needed eight shots to hit the Kun-Tai Civilization warship again.

"Captain, the Positron Cannon has hit the target. The enemy ship has Big Bang and its engines have shut down. We have destroyed an enemy Mountain-Class Warship!"

"Alright, we have the data. Order all warships to maintain their operational distance and conduct harassment tactics. Fight and retreat, slowly making our way back to the Asteroid Belt."

"Yes, Captain."

The Mount Wudang-Class Warship was filled with excitement. Taking down one of fifty ships while fighting one of them was certainly a cause for celebration.

However, they also understood that if they did not retreat, they would enter the effective firing range of the other three formations of the Kun-Tai Civilization, and then they would not be facing the forty-nine warships of the central army.

However, just as the helmsman was about to take action, the Radar Operator shouted, "Unknown target detected rapidly approaching the ship. Scanning... Scanning... Target speed confirmed. Target position and direction confirmed. Target identified, Electromagnetic Railgun!"

"Quantity confirmed! Captain, twenty Electromagnetic Railgun are heading towards our ship, expected to arrive in our area in one minute. Supercomputer evasion parameters reference: **&*&"

Without hesitation, the captain of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship ordered, "Engine thrust 50% reduction, hard port!"

After a pause, seemingly considering that these Electromagnetic Railgun were a means to force him to change course, he shouted again, "Full left rudder for thirty seconds, then negative acceleration of 120G."

"Captain, the ship's computer indicates that a full turn to port in thirty seconds will result in Electromagnetic Railgun!" the helmsman warned.

"Do as instructed!" the captain of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship resolutely declared.

Since the captain had said so, the helmsman naturally didn't argue anymore.

With the coordinated operation of the main helmsman and several assistant helmsmen, the Vector Nozzle of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship twisted their direction, spewing out bright flames. Under the powerful thrust of the warship's Fusion Engine, it slowly decelerated and then veered to the right.

One minute later.

Inside the bridge of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship, everyone felt a tremor, followed by a loud 'bang'.

"Our ship has been hit on the starboard side by Electromagnetic Railgun and is currently assessing the damage. One Close-In Laser Cannon has been destroyed, and the armor has sustained partial damage!"

"Captain, the outer layer of our ship's multi-layered armor has been penetrated, 73% of the cavity of the second layer of armor has been damaged, and some wiring has been damaged!"

Upon hearing the damage report, the captain of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship breathed a sigh of relief. The Mount Wudang-Class Warship had been hit by Electromagnetic Railgun, but the damage was minor; it was just a minor scratch.

Just then, the communications officer's voice came through the channel inside the Mount Wudang-Class Warship: "A barrage of energy beams has been detected, number 45, at a distance of 701 meters from our ship!"

"Phew! Just as I thought!" The captain of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship glanced at the traces of the 45 energy beams and breathed a sigh of relief.

If we had continued to steer fully to the left as before, we could have avoided all the Electromagnetic Railgun, but we would have been hit by up to four energy cannons.

The Kun-Tai Civilization's barrage of firepower is truly fierce; if you're unlucky, you could get hit by several energy beams at once.

"Captain, something's wrong." At this moment, the Science Officer on the Mount Wudang-Class Warship suddenly said, and then he quickly started operating his control panel.

"What?"

"The Energy Weapon of the Kun-Tai Civilization don't seem to be positron beams, Captain. Please wait a moment while we compare them," the Science Officer replied.

He hadn't noticed that the Energy Weapon of the Kun-Tai Civilization had been hitting too far off course before, but when the forty-five beams of light swept past from seven hundred meters away, he suddenly realized that the light they scattered seemed to be somewhat different from that of the Electron Cannon.

Both are light, but Laser Weapon produce light through the scattering of light after it encounters dust in space, while positrons produce light through the annihilation reaction between positrons and electrons in dust particles in space. The spectra are different here.

It will also produce some virtual photons, vector particles, mesons, and the like.

As Science Officer, he knew how to distinguish these spectra, and that's what he was analyzing now.

A few seconds later, the Science Officer had a strange look on his face and turned to look at where his captain was. "Captain, their energy beam weapon doesn't seem to be a positron, but just a large-caliber Laser Weapon!"

"Seem?"

"Yes, preliminary data shows that's the case, but we need to conduct several more observations to confirm," the science manager nodded.

After thinking for two seconds, the captain of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship immediately instructed, "Send this information to the Mount Emei-Class Warship and tell them to pay attention to it as well. This information is very important to us. After confirming it, be sure to send it directly to Commander Yue!"

He paused, then asked, "Wait a minute, those two Callisto-Class Warships were destroyed by enemy Energy Weapon, right?"

"Yes, Captain!"

If the black box is salvaged...

"Captain, it's too risky and unnecessary to retrieve the black box at this time. I believe we can confirm it after a few more observations."

"Alright."

The Mount Wudang-Class Warship nodded, also feeling that it was too risky to retrieve the black box at this time.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than the communications officer shouted to him over the channel, "Captain, communication from the Mount Emei-Class Warship!"

When asked about communications, without hesitation, he replied, "Access!"

"Captain Lu, what's the situation?" the captain of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship asked immediately after the communication was connected.

"Captain Shen, my Mount Emei-Class Warship took a hit from an enemy ship's energy beam weapon, burning my ship for 7 seconds. Damn it, I thought I was going to meet the King of Hell before you, but it only burned through my Outer Armor. The main gun of the Kun-Tai Civilization seems a bit weak." Captain Lu of the Mount Emei-Class Warship laughed in the channel, seemingly glad to have escaped with his life.

The Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship are not far apart, so communication is only delayed by a few seconds.

"Oh? Captain Lu, our ship's Science Officer suspects that the enemy ship's main gun is not Positron Cannon. We've already sent the information to your ship, and you should have received it. It just so happens that your ship took a hit. So, was it a conventional beam weapon?"

"That's right, I was just about to tell you this when you sent the information. It seems those alien Sun Tzu don't have Positron Cannon, otherwise I would have already gone to have some soup."

"Soup? What kind of soup?"

"You old fool, you're drinking Meng Po Soup!" Captain Lu of the Mount Emei-Class Warship immediately said, "By the way, I've already sent this message to Commander Yue."

"Hopefully they're not hiding anything!" the captain of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship replied. Now that the Mount Emei-Class Warship, which had been hit by a shell, was confirmed, there was no doubt about it. However, he was still somewhat worried that the Kun-Tai Civilization was deliberately concealing its strengths.