One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-Eight Transport Ships Are Also Warships
The situation was urgent, and it was too late to think of a solution. The defenders could no longer hide the transport ships. At a command, all the transport ships on Phobos started at the same time, but these warships did not fly away from Phobos. Instead, they started their engines and found suitable positions to accelerate their rotation against Phobos.
The transport ships only had the most basic armor. They were far less sturdy than the main battleships. Moreover, the long diameter of Phobos was no less than 20 kilometers. How could such a large celestial body be pushed?
In order to save Phobos and push Phobos, the transport ships also fought hard. All transport ships were fully powered. Some of them were pressed against hard rock formations, and the bows of the ships were deformed; some were pressed against soft positions, and most of the ship bodies drilled into the ground; and some were pressed against seemingly solid hills, but it turned out that this thing was like a silver wax spear head, and the base of the hill was soft. As soon as the power of the transport ship was increased, the hill flew away directly... flew away!
Fortunately, Phobos has more than just super cannons. The missile position on the other side of the artillery array immediately opened fire, and all the missiles on the launcher were fired at once. Thousands of missiles left Phobos in just a few seconds, and various flight trajectories intertwined, creating a spectacular scene.
As soon as the missiles flew out, the alien fleet flew out from behind the asteroid and fired at the incoming missiles.
Humans and aliens have fought so many times that they are familiar with each other's combat routines. Humans have three tricks to start: missiles, lasers, and electromagnetic cannons; when they fly close, they rely on nuclear bombs to decide the outcome. The aliens know these things and have been prepared for them.
It was also because the Mars Task Force left, otherwise the alien fleet might not dare to stand out so swaggeringly... Do they think the electromagnetic cannon is a useless decoration?
The following confrontation can be described as boring. It is nothing more than Phobos constantly launching missiles, and the alien fleet is pressing forward with the asteroid, using all its strength to intercept the missiles.
Phobos didn't have that many missiles in reserve, but the transport ships were all on the other side of Phobos, and the gravity of Phobos was almost nonexistent. A marine could carry a nuclear bomb that was more than one meter thick and run around. There was no other problem except that the speed had to be slow.
Seventeen minutes later, Phobos turned a small half circle, and the artillery array could barely include the asteroid at the edge into the firing angle.
The defenders couldn't wait to operate the artillery array to lock the asteroid, and a huge beam suddenly pierced the void and hit the asteroid.
I don't know what the asteroid is made of. After being hit by the laser, it was intensified at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the alien warships hiding behind it were not spared.
The alien fleet immediately moved sideways to avoid the firing angle of the artillery array, and even the asteroid in front could not be taken care of.
The defenders were helpless at this time. According to the current rotation speed of Io, the enemy could reach Mars before the artillery array turned around.
The two artillery arrays on Mars were ready to fire, but the alien fleet did not move towards the two poles at all, giving the defenders no chance to fire.
The situation was not favorable for the defenders, but the asteroids had to be intercepted, and the super cannons could not stop firing. Even if there was only one percent of hope, they had to make 100 percent efforts!
However, without warships, the unfavorable situation could not be reversed by the unremitting efforts of the defenders alone. Although the defenders tried their best, the enemy was still approaching Mars step by step. The only consolation was that the asteroids were killed one by one by the super cannons, and there were very few left.
Seeing that the enemy was about to cross Phobos, a transport ship suddenly flew away from Phobos and rushed at full speed towards the enemy more than a thousand kilometers away.
Transport ships are also warships. Although they do not have as strong firepower as the main battleships, they still have the most basic naval guns and missile launchers. Even if they are not the enemy's opponents, even if they can only cause a little trouble to the enemy, it is better to watch the enemy capture Mars, right?
Everyone knows that this is a moth flying into the fire, but everyone is determined.
In order to strengthen the firepower, the transport ship also thought of a stupid way - a group of crew members wearing power armor fixed themselves on the surface of the warship, and were nervously welding the launcher to the surface of the transport ship.
Inside the transport ship, another wave of crew members had prepared missiles.
As long as the launcher was completed, the missiles could be loaded immediately.
The other ships were stunned when they saw this scene, but they immediately understood it, and the other transport ships followed immediately.
The power of example is infinite. Several transport ships rushed towards the enemy in succession, waving at the enemy like a flag. How could the remaining warships hesitate? How could they still hesitate? How could they dare to hesitate?
Nearly a hundred transport ships broke away from Phobos in just a dozen seconds. They came from the Beiyuezhou Fleet and the International Fleet, but at this moment, they were no longer attached to the warships of a certain country, but to humans, belonging to humans!
Everyone knew that using transport ships to attack the alien fleet was almost tantamount to suicide, but they had to do it.
When Xuzhou received the news, the transport fleet had already left Phobos, and Xuzhou immediately ordered all transport ships to withdraw.
Just a few seconds later, the Discovery also issued the same order.
If it was just a transport ship, Xuzhou and Discovery might not be so anxious. After all, transport ships are not that valuable. If they can delay the enemy and buy time, it is worth losing them.
However, many transport ships are still full of supplies. If they are lost, it will be a triple loss of transport ships, skilled crew members and four supplies.
The order was issued in a timely manner, but Xuzhou only received one sentence: transport ships are also warships!
At this time, the transport ships flying in the front have already started the attack mode and cleared all the missiles on the ship in one breath.
The transport ships had few launch pads, and several transport ships fired at the same time, with a missile density less than that of a main battleship.
The alien fleet noticed the abnormality in this direction, and some alien warships quickly turned around and fired at the transport ships rushing over.
The transport ship flying in the front was immediately hit by the thin light... The armor of the transport ship was too thin, and it was directly penetrated by the thin light. The good transport ship turned into a sieve in an instant, first losing power and then losing response, and finally completely silent.
At this point, the transport ships that rushed over could no longer be withdrawn, and could only continue to rush forward.
Fortunately, the fully loaded transport ships had a high load, and even if they accelerated at full speed, they could not increase their speed. The more supplies they loaded, the slower the speed. Therefore, the current losses were basically empty ships, and there was still a chance to withdraw the transport ships that fell behind.
When the Xuzhou reiterated the retreat order, a dazzling beam of light suddenly appeared in the direction of Phobos, piercing the alien fleet thousands of miles away in one fell swoop. At least two enemy ships were destroyed by this powerful beam, and two or three enemy ships were injured.