Chapter 85 Air Combat (Part 1)

The fleet guarding the entrance of the jumping passage had obviously found the location where the Pioneer appeared, and turned to pursue the Pioneer with murderous intent. m

This is a small fleet consisting of four heavy cruisers and twelve fast attack ships from a mother ship, but it is more than enough to deal with a light cruiser.

"It's the fleet of the empire!" Ahsoka had already seen the huge imperial logo on the battleship.

But even if she didn't say it, everyone wouldn't think it would be the fleet of other forces—after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, the Sith Emperor swept all the forces in the galaxy with iron and blood, including separatist forces, interstellar pirates, etc. residue.

The fleet in front of them is obviously the fleet stationed around Tatooine. It is not surprising that they came to intercept it. What really makes people wonder is how they knew the jumping point of the Pioneer.

"It's the Hellfire engine!" Shen Yi said suddenly, "They must have made a fuss about the engine!"

"Damn it, I just said it's too easy to steal the engine this trip!" an adventurer yelled.

That sounds like an afterthought, and it's not fair.

The difficulty of a thing depends not only on the event itself, but also on the executor. The engine stealing may not have experienced much twists and turns this time, but it was accomplished with the joint efforts of more than 80 elite adventurers in the third district. The person who executes the plan has strong execution ability, and the plan will naturally go smoothly.

It's just that no one expected that the Galactic Empire would play such a trick.

"Then what should we do now?" Zhou Yiyu asked.

"What else can we do? We can't just give up the engine because of this, right?" Shen Yi snorted: "We've already arrived on Tatooine, it doesn't matter whether they know where we are, the next thing to do is to fight. Wait for it to finish For this mission, if we leave this world, it doesn’t matter what is done with the engine, the Galactic Empire can’t rush out of the mission world to hunt us down.”

"Understood, let's do it with them!" Zhou Yiyu nodded.

"But how to fight? One against seventeen, can you win?" Someone asked.

"Of course you can't win if you just fight for firepower." Zhou Yiyu replied: "However, if you fight side by side, there is still hope."

For adventurers with a small number, weak firepower, and strong melee capabilities, entering the interior of the enemy's warship to fight is their magic weapon for defeating the strong with the weak, and even the biggest reliance.

As long as one can enter the interior of the enemy ship, no matter how powerful the enemy ship is, it will eventually end up being ravaged by adventurers.

The only question is, how to get in?

Interstellar war is the era of giant ships and cannons. The distance between the two sides is often calculated in tens of millions of kilometers. It is not an easy task to leap this distance.

"If you want to meet the ship, you have to approach it first. At the current distance, even if it is a transport ship, it will be shot down before it can approach." Sure enough, someone said.

"Then we need to create opportunities ourselves." This time it was Shen Yi who spoke: "As long as we can create a situation where melee combat is more beneficial to them than long-distance combat, they are very likely to take the initiative to approach us... Yi Yu , it depends on you."

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Zhou Yiyu nodded, and then raised his voice to order: "Slow down, the energy of the power furnace will drop to 50%, maintain the inertial speed, and concentrate the energy on the defensive cover."

"Yes, the enemy ship is flying at full speed and is expected to enter the effective range in five minutes."

The so-called effective range does not mean the maximum distance of attacking firepower.

Due to the vacuum, the range of all weapons is infinitely enlarged, even if Shen Yi fires a single shot from the ship, as long as there is enough time, the designated target can still be reached. Therefore, the effective range here refers to giving the enemy the shortest reaction time after firing, and the maximum probability of hitting the enemy.

Due to the large size of the Galaxy Battleship, the operation is complicated, and it is not easy to evade. Usually, if an attack can hit the enemy within 30 seconds, it can be regarded as an effective range.

However, due to the different characteristics of weapons, the concept of the so-called effective range is only relative, as if the effective ranges of pistols and sniper rifles are completely different. Therefore, in space warfare, the so-called effective range of an enemy ship usually defaults to the fastest flying laser. Since the speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second, the so-called effective range in space warfare usually refers to 10 million kilometers.

It is precisely for this reason that in the era of interstellar wars, the frequency of switching between offense and defense is actually greatly reduced. If you are free, you can even hold a small meeting in theory when the enemy launches an attack to discuss how to deal with this attack. In the meantime, you can also gag and say a few witty words.

The black battleship seemed to be a drop of water melting into the sea, chasing towards the Pioneer at a seemingly slow speed, but in fact it was closing the distance by thousands of kilometers every second.

Finally, the battleship flying at the forefront entered the maximum effective range, and a dot of flames lit up.

"The enemy ship is firing. Twelve Comet missiles are attacking me. They are expected to arrive in four minutes and twelve seconds!" a soldier shouted.

"Using missiles to fight? Don't these guys look down on us too much?" Hua Tianrui frowned.

Although he doesn't know as much about interstellar warfare as the Broken Blade team, he also knows that the range concepts of different weapons are different. The flying speeds of missiles and lasers are so different that on the interstellar battlefield, the use of missile attacks is not much different from hand-to-hand combat in the traditional sense.

The enemy ship launching missiles at this time is like launching a throwing knife in the face of an opponent with a gun. It is simply underestimating people.

"You can underestimate their combat capabilities, but never underestimate their tactical literacy." Zhou Yiyu replied: "This is just a routine test. Comet missiles have automatic tracking and automatic direction changes, which are difficult to intercept. They can pass us They do not understand the characteristics of the Pioneer, so they have to test it first. In addition, there is another advantage of using missile attacks, that is, they can terminate the attack at any time, which is also a deterrent method. If we If a surrender message is issued during this period, then the missile attack can be stopped. This shows that they have the intention to capture us alive."

"Catch us alive?" Hua Tianrui's eyes lit up: "That is to say, as long as we give them a chance, they will definitely fight us."

"That's right! The feat of capturing the enemy alive and capturing the enemy ship is much greater than destroying the enemy ship. As long as they are still human, as long as they want to be promoted, they will not give up such an opportunity, and this is our opportunity!"

Speaking of which, Zhou Yiyu gave an order: "Launch lasers to intercept and shoot down those missiles, and do it neatly!"

Hua Tianrui smiled: "I didn't expect you to think about issues politically."

Zhou Yiyu replied lightly: "It's nothing surprising. A real strong person can learn quickly as long as it is useful to him, and an ordinary person can learn quickly as long as he likes it. I'm just an ordinary person, but The current situation is what I love, this is my domain..."

Speaking of the last sentence, Zhou Yiyu has once again demonstrated his strong self-confidence.

It seems that the rainbow bridge jump has greatly improved his confidence.

With a few beams of light flashing past, it didn't take long before a large piece of bright fireworks popped out of the void.

Immediately afterwards, several flashes lit up on the battleship in the distance.

"The four enemy heavy cruisers are starting to recharge. They are expected to launch concentrated ion cannons at us. The estimated time of arrival is 24 seconds. Attack the target, our gravity cabin on the port side!"

It seems that Zhou Yiyu's reaction disappointed the enemy ship, and the real attack followed.

"The turbine on the port side rotates at full speed, the ion accelerator is charged, and the firepower is concentrated to attack the enemy's No. 2 ship!" Zhou Yiyu put his hands on the console, and his body and mind were once again integrated with the entire spaceship.

Eight huge plasma beams were emitted from the four heavy cruisers, flying towards the Pioneer at full speed, like a comet flying through the atmosphere, leaving behind a dazzling brilliance in the vast space.

At this time, the huge hull of the Pioneer tilted to the right, just like a fighter plane rolling to the right. Its movement looked slow, but it had already rolled hundreds of kilometers away in that instant. A few thick beams of light have passed along the belly of the Pioneer, flying into the boundless starry sky.

The Pioneer made an incomparably dexterous 360-degree circle with its bulky body, and the commander of the enemy warship was also dumbfounded.

The next moment, two beams of ion beams from the Pioneer flew towards the second enemy ship.

The enemy warship obviously did not have Zhou Yiyu's ability to roll the warship like a toy, and a huge energy network suddenly appeared.

The ion acceleration cannon crashed into the energy net, creating an astonishing burst of energy color light. The energy shield could not completely offset the huge impact, and the officers and soldiers in the ship were shaken to the ground.

But after that, the four heavy cruisers released a large rain of energy light at the same time, beams of light shuttled through the space, weaving a large net towards the Pioneer.

The time has come to truly demonstrate Zhou Yiyu's ability to operate the spaceship. The Pioneer is like a flexible swimming fish swimming in space at high speed. It has not opened the energy defense cover, but is constantly evading attacks with its own dexterity, only occasionally being unable to dodge It was only at this moment that he used the energy shield to block it, and then withdrew it again, and retreated steadily, trying to increase the distance.

In the mothership of the fleet, a half-human, half-mechanical Empire general about three meters tall looked at the performance of the Pioneer and said to himself: "Extraordinary technology, they have an excellent captain."

"However, their energy doesn't seem to be enough. It should be that the energy consumed during the transition is too large." An adjutant replied beside him.

"Approach them, let the fighter jets dispatch, and then release four Predators."

"yes!"

The next moment, a large number of fighter planes from the fleet in the distance flew towards the Pioneer.

"They have dispatched their fighters!" A summoned soldier shouted.

"I saw it." Zhou Yiyu's eyes remained calm.

Before the enemy fleet was completely approaching, a large number of fighter planes were dispatched, and the deterrent effect was still greater than the actual combat effect, but Zhou Yiyu didn't think it would be that simple.

"Zeus, analyze the composition of the enemy fleet."

"Yes, a total of 480 fighters, 40 Swallows, 120 Lightnings, 50 Thunders, 200 Wildcats, and 10 electronic jammers."

"Electronic jammer? What are they doing with the electronic jammer?" Zhou Yiyu was startled, and he turned around and shouted, "Hansen!"

The adventurer who used mental search to help everyone locate in Krusgen earlier nodded, and has once again used his ability in the far space. In this infinite starry sky, his spiritual search ability has also been strengthened, and the distance has long been Exceeded the range specified by the system.

He quickly found the target and shouted: "There are four Predators hiding in the fleet."

"Damn it, they're going to use hunting nets!" Zhou Yiyu cursed.

The enemy really wanted to capture him alive, but obviously the method he used was not a boarding battle, but a hunting net with a strong binding ability directly released by four hunters to catch this flexible fish.

"Locate those four Predators!" Zhou Yiyu shouted.

"Can't locate!" The adventurer shouted: "The distance is too far this time, the vacuum extension can only let me see, but it can't let me connect to the device!"

"Damn it!" Zhou Yiyu punched the table.

"Let me do it," Ahsoka said suddenly.

She put her hand on Zhou Yiyu's shoulder, and said softly: "Close your eyes and feel the force, they are your eyes, your nose, your ears, will guide you in the dark..."

Zhou Yiyu was taken aback, but he still respected what Ahsoka said and closed his eyes slightly.

There was a confused darkness in front of him, but the power from Ahsoka on his shoulders was like a lamp, gradually lighting up in the depths of the darkness.

Zhou Yiyu saw countless stars twinkling in it.

"this is……"

"Shh..." Ahsoka hissed lightly: "Open your heart, the Force will help you, remember, nothing is impossible."

Zhou Yiyu took a long breath, he followed the method Ahsoka taught him to feel the Force.

It's really interesting, in the past forty hours, he had almost no grasp of the Force, but now, he suddenly had a strange feeling, as if something was pulling him in the dark.

Gradually, those stars became brighter and brighter.

Zhou Yiyu finally saw clearly that those light spots were a large number of incoming fighters.

Four jet-black Predators were heading towards this side under the cover of electronic jammers, surrounding them from four directions.

"Find the target..." Zhou Yiyu murmured.

His eyes were still closed, but his fingers seemed to be able to automatically see the buttons in front of the stage, click them one by one, and input the target direction instructions at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, the four thick laser cannons of the Pioneer blasted out, passed through the fleet, and hit the four Predators.

Before the hunter could get close to the target, it exploded into four balls of fire and disappeared.

"Success!" Zhou Yiyu exclaimed.

The next moment he had retreated from that wonderful space.

Ahsoka sighed: "You still care too much about success or failure..."

If Zhou Yiyu hadn't been so excited just now, he could have supported the environment for a while longer, which would be of great benefit for him to continue exploring and mastering the original force.

Zhou Yiyu didn't mind at all: "It doesn't matter, I still have time, I can master it."

"Fighters are attacking!" A soldier shouted.

The roaring aircraft fleet finally became angry. While approaching at high speed, they began to fire all kinds of firepower at the Pioneer. This time, the firepower was stronger than the previous fleet's firepower, filling the starry sky, and in a true sense, weaving a huge firepower network.

Even with Zhou Yiyu's control skills, he can only dodge desperately to reduce the area under attack, but it is impossible to avoid them all.

One shot after another hit the Pioneer, causing clusters of explosive flames to rise.

"The hull on the left side is damaged, the damage rate is 4%!"

"The second isolation compartment is damaged!"

"The starboard side was under heavy artillery fire, and the two turbines were damaged and stopped!"

"The gravity cabin is damaged, the backup system is activated!"

"The life support system is badly damaged, we are losing the air generator!"

"Request to fully open the energy shield!"

"Reject the request, continue the local energy shield defense!" Zhou Yiyu operated the spaceship and continued to evade. On the one hand, he ordered to send repair robots to repair it, on the other hand he insisted not to open the energy shield, and only used a little energy shield to defend in key parts. Therefore, the spaceship at this moment was completely resisting with its own body, which caused the Pioneer to catch fire everywhere, and the repair robots were fully mobilized, and Shen Yi even ran around like a firefighter, repairing the damaged parts.

Finally, a shell hit the inside of the Pioneer's hull, hitting the engine compartment.

"The power cabin is under attack, the power furnace is damaged, and the energy is rising abnormally!" A soldier shouted hoarsely.

"Stop immediately!"

"parking!"

The light of Pioneer's power furnace finally faded gradually, it was still flying, but it was all due to inertia.

A large number of fighter planes flew towards the Pioneer again, just like a swarm of bees flying towards a bear stealing honey.

"Damn, we're surrounded!" An adventurer exclaimed, "Zhou Yiyu, you're going to kill us all!"

Zhou Yiyu roared loudly: "Shut up, the commander of the enemy ship is very cautious, otherwise how could they come up. Look, now the enemy ship is actively advancing towards us!"

The fleet in the distance finally flew towards the Pioneer at full speed. Perhaps in their view, the Pioneer was already a beast in a cage, and there was no room for resistance.

This was exactly the opportunity Zhou Yiyu was waiting for.

His eyes were fixed on the fleet that was approaching and ceased fire, and Zeus's report of the distance was in his ears.

The Pioneer is still under bombardment from artillery fire, but the intensity has become significantly stronger. Obviously, the enemy has already planned to capture it alive.

"One hundred thousand kilometers away!" Zeus suddenly shouted.

For interstellar wars, this is already equivalent to a passing distance.

"Open the defensive cover, the engine is running at full speed, and dispatch the fighter plane!" Zhou Yiyu punched the table and shouted: "All adventurers are ready to attack!"

"Guys, let them see how powerful we are!" Hong Lang, who had already waited impatiently, shouted.

"Roar!" The adventurers roared excitedly together.

In this spaceship, most of them couldn't exert their strengths, and they were already terribly depressed, and now they finally had the moment when the bayonets became popular.

A fighter plane flew out of the belly compartment of the Pioneer and landed in the eyes of the commander of the enemy ship in the distance. The other party just let out a cold snort of contempt and said, "The trapped beast will still fight."

But at the next moment, the huge defensive cover that suddenly appeared on the Pioneer's hull and covered the entire ship made the commander feel as if he had fallen to the bottom of the valley.

"They still have energy!" the commander screamed loudly.

At that moment, he understood what was about to happen, and shouted into the communicator: "The fleet retreats, and all fighter planes launch a full-fire attack on the enemy ship!"

At this time, he still had a glimmer of hope, that is, to kill the Pioneer before the enemy posed a real threat to him.

But he didn't know that although the Pioneer was just an ordinary light cruiser, after loading a large amount of Eternal Hearts, its energy shield defense ability had already far surpassed that of any enemy warship. In terms of purely defensive capabilities, the Pioneer is already worthy of being the overlord of the galaxy world. Perhaps only the Sith Emperor's ship, the only star-killing Emperor in the entire galaxy, can match it.

The cannon fire exploded violently under the starry sky again, hitting the energy shield, the flames rained like fireworks all over the world.

At the same time, the denser artillery on the Pioneer, which has been holding back, has also opened fire crazily. Thousands of artillery fire hit the weakly defended fighter planes, like frying fish in a pond, blowing up pieces of fish one after another. The wreckage of the fighter plane.

Hong Lang drove a high-speed shuttle and rushed towards the farthest mothership under the cover of a fighter plane. Countless artillery fires were fired at him. towards the hull.

boom!

A cannon fire finally hit the fighter plane, tearing the fighter plane into pieces, and a figure flew out of the flames and landed on the battleship, while shouting loudly: "I'm here!"

The tomahawk pierced through the sky and was slashing on the hatch of the battleship. It was as if a high-explosive bomb exploded, and the hatch was blown away. The flood has jumped in, followed by more adventurers such as suicide squad Like falling to the warships one after another.