Chapter 223: Convincing the Fight (6000 Chapters, Battle Ends)

The importance of electronic warfare in this era is self-evident.

Whether it is conventional battles on the ground or fleet battles in space.

Electronic warfare is a very important part of the battle.

Therefore, whether it is the Federation or the Star Dragon Empire, even if it is a commercial alliance that focuses on trade activities and maintains neutrality for a long time, the military's electronic warfare capabilities are developed at all costs.

In addition to conventional means such as electronic reconnaissance and electronic countermeasures, electronic warfare viruses with adaptive and independent offensive capabilities are also one of the most active electronic warfare means at present.

In view of the extremely strong offensiveness and danger of electronic warfare viruses, all parties have also imposed the same level of control on electronic warfare viruses as thermonuclear weapons.

Taking the Federation as an example, the most commonly used G series and T series electronic warfare viruses in the military are strictly sealed and absolutely prohibited from being leaked.

In addition, in order to prevent the samples of these electronic warfare viruses from being captured by hostile forces, they can find ways to defend or even crack them based on their compiled characteristics.

These military electronic warfare viruses have the ability to self-destruct.

Once the attack command is completed or the environment is found to be abnormal, these electronic warfare viruses with certain intelligence will immediately destroy themselves without leaving even a byte.

It is precisely because of the strict defense of the military in various countries in this regard that civilian armed forces do not have any decent electronic warfare viruses at all.

Some civilian companies have also developed electronic warfare viruses, but they are useless in front of military ships and military equipment.

In particular, the electronic warfare virus protection capability of warships is simply not something that civilian forces can handle.

Over time, in the battles of civilian armed forces, electronic warfare has gradually become a link that has been forgotten in the corner.

Even if a commander occasionally picks it up, it is just some basic routines such as electronic fraud and electronic confrontation.

So when Amber drove the experimental MK1 and rushed between the ships of the warring parties, no ship discovered that he was quietly implanting electronic warfare viruses into them.

A set of electronic warfare antennas have been deployed on the large backpack on the side of the main propulsion array on the back of the experimental MK1.

Lilith, which is more dangerous than the military electronic warfare virus, is extending its "tentacles" to the surrounding warships through this set of antennas.

And Amber also attracted almost everyone's attention because of his crazy behavior of rushing around in the battlefield, coupled with his extremely flamboyant body paint.

Even the HCP pilots who were chasing Amber felt a little envious at this time.

After all, who doesn't want to be like him, one-on-one, "roaming" in the enemy camp as if in no man's land.

But they seemed to have forgotten that Amber was just the first punch of Atlas' attack.

When the dense firepower attack "fell" from the zenith and quickly sank a destroyer on each side, they finally realized that this fleet that suddenly appeared was not someone's reinforcement.

It was a real third party.

At this time, a terrifying idea emerged in the minds of the fleet commanders of both sides at the same time.

"Did we hit the wrong person?"

But the ever-changing battlefield did not allow them to think too much.

When the first round of firepower strikes by the Atlas battleships ended, the HCPs of the two squadrons rushed down like brilliant comets with long tail flames.

In the eyes of the pilots of the reconnaissance fanatics, their teammates were like wolves entering a flock of sheep, and rushed into the interception defense line hastily formed by the enemy HCPs.

Because most of the HCP pilots' attention was attracted by Amber just now.

So when they maneuvered to the upper hemisphere of the fleet again and dispersed their formations according to their daily training, preparing to defend with crossfire, the HCPs of Atlas had already killed them.

At this moment, these pilots of Atlas finally understood Amber's good intentions for them to train hard in the asteroid belt.

There are no two asteroid belts in this world that are exactly the same.

But the skills of fighting in the asteroid belt are universal.

These skills summarized by the players in the game, or the ACEs who will appear in the "future", were taught to these Atlas pilots by Amber without reservation.

During the teaching process, he was so meticulous that he almost chewed up these skills and fed them to them.

Even the dullest pilots can learn something or two in the "Amber Classroom".

So at this moment, the pilots of Atlas flexibly shuttled through this area covered with asteroid debris, as if they were back home.

They took advantage of these small and medium-sized debris to hide in the fire control lock frame of the enemy HCP's full-circle screen, constantly changing their positions.

A dragon knight from the HCP squadron of the Timler family destroyer was firing continuously with an electromagnetic rifle and the electromagnetic reconnection gun and charged particle gun on the back weapon rack.

In the cockpit, the fear on the face of the Timler family HCP pilot was clearly visible through the transparent mask on the helmet.

His pupils were dilated under the nervous emotion, the rhythm of abdominal breathing was completely chaotic, and the whole person was constantly taking deep breaths.

Although the constant temperature system of the heavy hydraulic anti-gravity suit was running at full capacity, sweat still gathered into beads on his forehead and slid down his cheeks.

The pilot watched helplessly as an Atlas HCP, which had been locked by the fire control system, hid behind an asteroid rubble at the moment when the charged particle beam swept past.

"Fuck! Bastard!"

Amid the curses of the Timler family pilot, the blue beam swept the debris of the not-so-big rubble into flying pieces, and at the moment when the "Lock Lost" popped up on the full-circle screen, the HCP rushed out from the back of the asteroid rubble again.

Then he continued to maneuver in the complex environment of the asteroid belt with ease, evading his attacks as gracefully as dancing.

"Damn it! Hit me!"

The Timler family pilot's eyes had become irrational, and he was shooting frantically, with blue beams and high-speed orange-yellow ballistics constantly sweeping across the area.

It was not until the combat assistance AI reported: "The energy storage of the superconducting battery stack has dropped to the critical point and is being recharged" that he realized what a stupid mistake he had made.

Unfortunately, in the fierce battle, there was no time for him to regret his mistake.

Because the ghostly HCP had circled around his back hemisphere at some point.

As a series of high-speed piercing rods smashed the propulsion array on his back into pieces, the dragon knight also stopped moving due to the collapse of the energy circuit.

But these Atlas pilots, under Amber's constant "brainwashing", have long developed a good habit of finishing off the enemy.

Even though the dragon knight has stopped moving, the Atlas pilots still generously rewarded it with a shot of electromagnetic reconnection cannon.

The anti-HCP warhead with huge kinetic energy exploded immediately after hitting the target, directly blasting the dragon knight's torso into parts.

Watching the human tissue floating out from a pile of fragments, quickly turning into "popsicles" in the cold space, the Atlas HCP, which had completed the confirmation of the downing, once again pulled away with a tail flame.

Such scenes are constantly happening in this battle area. The Atlas pilots who have studied in Amber's "Master Class" efficiently turn one enemy HCP after another into a ball of plasma fireballs.

The desperate cries of the enemy pilots before their death echoed over the entire battlefield through the communication channel.

However, this did not stop Atlas's HCP attack squadron from sweeping across the battlefield like a scythe of death.

At the same time, Lilith, who had completed the infiltration of the target ship, also ruthlessly activated all electronic warfare viruses.

The warnings of the shipborne control personality sounded at the same time on the surviving enemy warships on the battlefield.

"Warning, electronic warfare virus detected, countermeasures are being carried out."

At the same time as they issued the warning, they were caught in a confrontation with Lilith's special electronic warfare virus.

In order to prevent these new electronic warfare viruses that have never been seen before from infecting the entire ship.

The shipborne control personality had to reallocate computing power and build a barrier in the virtual space.

Doing so also caused them to lose monitoring of the subsystems of the ship, and even the gunners lost the AI ​​artillery correction under high pressure.

Unfortunately, neither the shipboard control personality that was fighting against the electronic warfare virus, nor the captain and the fleet command, knew that this resistance was futile.

Even if the shipboard control personality concentrated the computing power, it would only delay a little longer.

"Report! Received the order from the Boss's dedicated machine! Sent to the captain's seat!"

Just as the Atlas fleet was closing the distance and about to start the second round of salvos, the flagship Hermes received Amber's message.

Hearing the voice of the tactical information coordinator, Cliffs immediately opened the new message that popped up on the virtual screen.

"While the enemy hasn't reacted yet, hurry up and attack!!!

The original battle plan remains unchanged!

Let the HCP squadron kill the last two frigates.

Our warships will prioritize the remaining destroyers of the enemy, making them lose their ability to counterattack.

After closing the distance, concentrate on releasing heavy assault cabins and armored assault boats to board the enemy light cruisers!

Tell everyone, especially the marines, that the reward plan formulated before the war is still in effect, and the bonus for capturing light cruisers will be doubled!"

After reading the information, Cliffs's understanding of his boss deepened a little.

People are dancing on the front line, and there is still time to arrange tasks.

"Too scary, this guy."

Of course, Cliffs sighed, but he still resolutely executed Amber's orders.

Soon, the latest combat instructions were quickly issued through the communication devices of the five warships.

Compared to Amber sending instructions directly, it is obviously more appropriate to let the more powerful battleship-level communication unit do this.

As the lights of the entire ship went out for a moment and the hull shook, the second round of salvos of the Atlas fleet ended.

In addition to the main gun firing of the five warships, the two Dragoon-class destroyers with more energy supply each fired a round of five consecutive shots with electromagnetic reconnection guns.

A few seconds later, a series of flames first burst out in the distance, followed by two huge blue-white fireballs lighting up the universe.

This showed that this round of salvos killed two more destroyers of the other side.

Since the two warring parties in the distance were still in the stranglehold and had not fully reacted, they still used the top decks of the warships to face the attack direction of the Atlas fleet.

Without the protection of the deflection field, the armor structure of the warship can only withstand weapons such as charged particle cannons and high-energy lasers.

Even the most wealthy military and shipyards still have to consider costs when designing ships.

The 360° all-round defense without blind spots is called a battle fortress

And even if it is a battle fortress, due to the existence of the plasma propulsion array, it is impossible for the deflection field to cover the position of the propulsion unit.

So the designers piled almost all the defenses in the bow direction as the "attack surface".

In this direction, the projection area of ​​the warship is also smaller.

In this case, facing the heavy piercing rod fired by the electromagnetic reconnection gun with a nearly vertical strike, and the shooting of the warship's main gun.

The top armor is simply impossible to withstand, after all, this place is not designed to resist guns.

"We have been fooled"

On the bridge of the Financial Freedom, Antonio's face was gloomy.

Even the most dull person will realize this after being attacked by a third party that suddenly appeared.

Especially when this third party that suddenly appeared was attacking both sides of the war.

"Too late." Raven beside him suddenly said.

"What?"

"I said we found out too late, or the other party's patience was too good, and they waited until now to start."

Listening to Raven's words, Antonio looked at the five destroyers approaching on the holographic projection platform and fell silent.

The fleet's reconnaissance unit has identified the models of these warships. Although these ships are from the Empire and the Federation, at least they are all active models of the Navy.

Unlike their fleet and the Timler family's fleet, there are still many ships of the previous generation.

In particular, the two Dragoon-class destroyers marked as purple high-risk targets have crushed all ships on the field except the light cruiser in terms of firepower projection.

"It's not time to give up just yet." Antonio counted the combat-capable units on the field and said:

"This light cruiser under our feet is the biggest turning point."

But before he finished his words, the bridge of the Financial Freedom suddenly fell into darkness.

All the lights and screens were off, and only the faint light of the emergency lights remained on the entire bridge.

And this only meant one thing, that is, the entire ship was paralyzed by the electronic warfare virus.

"How is this possible?!"

On the Timler Glory, which was also in a dark state, Ron Schneider, the commander of the family fleet, was also confused.

However, when he saw that the bridge and the CIC crew were looking at him with the weak light of the emergency lights, he forced himself to calm down.

"The shipboard control personality is probably contaminated. Take out the core for physical isolation!

Try to switch to the backup system, enable the backup power supply, and switch all subsystems of the ship to manual operation mode!

Notify all surviving warships to do so!"

"But sir, our internal and external communications have been cut off." The signalman said unconfidently.

"Then why are you still sitting here? Go to each cabin to notify! As for other warships, try to use light signals. I don't know if they can complete the translation in time."

"Yes! Sir!"

Just when the CIC crew members were preparing to go to each cabin to notify the order because the electronic equipment on the ship could not be enabled temporarily.

The main screens on the bridges of all surviving warships on the battlefield lit up at the same time.

A text message also appeared on the screen.

The white text on a black background was extremely eye-catching in the dim environment.

"Friends, I'm sorry to interrupt your fight.

Because your battle zone is in our exclusive mining area, your battle has seriously affected the safety of our mining operations.

At the same time, because of your battle, the mining environment of the asteroid belt has been severely damaged, and our mining progress this quarter has also been greatly affected.

Based on the above two points, our company will take compulsory measures against the units in the battle zone. I hope you will give up resistance and stop fighting in vain."

After reading this message and seeing the "Atlas Public Relations Department" at the end of the message.

The fleet commanders on the two flagships were so angry that they laughed.

But before they could laugh a few more times, they heard a few dull "bang bang" sounds coming from other areas of the ship.

Followed by a crackling explosion.

The crew members with more combat experience on the ship immediately heard that this was the heavy assault cabin crashing through the outer armor plate and clearing the inside of the impact area with shrapnel.

They were boarded by the other side.

However, for the crews on the two light cruisers of the Timler family, this was not the first time they encountered boarding in this battle.

Because they were given special attention, the two light cruisers had been hit by several assault cabins of the joint fleet.

Until the entire ship was attacked by the electronic warfare virus, the defense forces on the ship were still fighting with the Marines who boarded the other side.

"Now it's good, we can watch the dog bite the dog."

Some old crew members who were more carefree had such a funny idea in their minds at such a critical moment.

Unfortunately, the performance of the Atlas Marines was destined to disappoint them.

"Go, go, go!"

"Monton! Press them down!"

The muzzle flash and the trajectory of the bullets in a line illuminated the dim internal passage of the ship.

Pulling the heavy shield connected to the shoulder bolt to the front and back of his body, Terak looked at the position of the enemy in front of him through the infrared imaging observation window on the shield.

He fired a gun that was a circle larger than human weapons with one arm.

The strong hand muscles and the assistance of the exoskeleton made it easy for him to complete the operation of suppressing the gun with one hand.

Even this fully automatic shotgun does not need to consider the shooting accuracy too much at close range.

Behind him, Monton was carrying an electromagnetic machine gun and pouring firepower straight ahead.

Since it was the first time to conduct actual boarding combat, and the tactical goal required the suppression of the enemy ship as soon as possible.

Therefore, the Roma Marines did not carry cold weapons and adopted the close-range melee of "traditional boarding".

Instead, they directly used high-powered weapons.

The ‘Crazily Crocodile A1’ combat exoskeleton they were wearing, under Eugene’s careful design, not only provided full protection, but also had an electromagnetic climbing function installed on the foot walking device.

In the emergency state when a hole was opened in the warship, these marines could be firmly fixed on the ground of the passage, so as not to be carried away by the escaping airflow.

At this time, corpses wearing the same exoskeleton were floating around them.

Judging from the logos on the exoskeletons, these people were all armed personnel from the Yaoguang Defense Mercenaries and Mary Bay Industries.

The Roma who completed the boarding took almost no time to kill these enemies who were attacked from both sides after entering the ship.

Then, relying on superior firepower, the Marines, who were the ship’s defense force, were also suppressed behind the mobile shield and bunker.

Such scenes were happening on three light cruisers on the battlefield at the same time.

The strong physique, a lot of tactical training and excellent equipment made the Roma’s attack inside the ship extremely efficient.

Although the people in the bridge could not grasp the situation of the battle in the ship in time after the ship's electronic system went offline.

But the gunshots and wailing sounds that were getting closer and closer also let them know that their defensive forces might not be able to hold out for too long.

While the Atlas Marines launched an offensive in the ship, the HCP attack squadron on the battlefield was not idle either.

When the enemy HCPs were paralyzed one after another under the attack of the electronic warfare virus, there was no suspense in this battle.

The pilots of the HCP squadron who were once captured by Murat and Louis were now doing the same work as their squadron leader at the time - using carbon fiber cables to pull back the enemy HCPs that were about to float out of the battlefield one by one.

At this moment, the asteroid belt that had just been in a mess became extremely quiet.

Under the unreasonable wide-area electronic warfare virus attack of Lilith, the enemy units on the battlefield were trapped in the dilemma of being forced offline.

Those close defense firepower jointly commanded by the air defense commander and the adaptive fire control system had long been silent.

The battle seemed to have entered the stage of waiting for the Atlas combat units to clean up the battlefield.

"Master! I found an abnormal electromagnetic signal!"

When Amber controlled the experimental MK1 to patrol around the battlefield, Lilith's serious voice with a hint of doubt sounded in his ears.

"Where is it?"

"The exact location was not captured. The signal just appeared suddenly and disappeared. If the electromagnetic wave detection array on the asteroid base had not been put into use some time ago, this signal might have been missed by me."

Lilith's words made Amber frown. At this juncture, this sudden electromagnetic wave signal was not a good sign.

"It's okay to have a general location. I'll go over and take a look. The experimental MK1 originally has the ability to travel long distances and at high speed."

"Received! Master! The general direction has been synchronized to the body navigation system. The straight-line distance should be about 20,000 to 30,000 kilometers!"

"Understood, warn the fleet and let them stay alert."

After saying this, Amber pressed his body against the special driving chair, and several fixing devices extended from his back to fix him firmly.

Then, the main propulsion array of the experimental MK1 and the two auxiliary propulsion units on the legs unfolded again and revealed more thrusters.

The Atlas combat unit, which was on alert, saw their boss's plane suddenly pull out an extremely exaggerated tail, and then quickly turned into a ball of light in the distance at an outrageous speed.