Chapter 428 A Feint Attack on Me Alone Is Enough

The sudden attack stunned the commanders and captains of the combined fleet.

No one had ever thought that this asteroid base of Atlas, no, it should be called an asteroid fortress now, would be equipped with such a large-scale attack weapon.

Although the early reconnaissance by the Federal Navy did find this triangular device protruding from the rock wall, it was judged by intelligence personnel at the time as the "entry and exit passage" of A·Bava·Ku.

In addition, the dense gravel belt surrounding A·Bava·Ku did leave a "gap" here, which also made this judgment more credible.

Of course, the main reason is that no one would have thought that Atlas could have such a weapon.

Before today, if someone approached the senior federal officials or the big bosses of the military-industrial complex and told them that Atlas might have strategic weapons like the Star Dragon Empire's "Focusing Rainbow" or the "Requiem" carried on the Federal Mobile Fortress, the other party would definitely think that this person had a serious brain disease.

How could a private enterprise have such technology and really make such a strategic-level weapon?

From a certain perspective, this idea is actually not a problem.

After all, this thing was not developed by Atlas itself, but was picked up inside the asteroid. At the same time, it is not a weapon in the strict sense. According to the classification of the Forerunner civilization, the ‘decomposition ray’ is actually a civilian mining equipment.

This kind of ray, whose principle has not yet been mastered by humans, has the same effect on attacking ships as mining asteroids. The external armor plate after being swept by the ray is not the hideous wound after other weapons attack, but is disintegrated into standard cubes with a side length of 1 meter.

In essence, this is also a kind of ‘decomposition’, and in terms of lethality alone, the effect is actually quite general. The real fatal damage to the ship is actually the derivative damage caused by the disintegration of the internal support frame structure.

“Report, the fleet loss exceeds Wait! Energy reaction detected, the second round of attack is coming!”

On the bridge of the Hood, the tactical information coordinator was just about to report the fleet’s losses, but before he could say it, A. Bawa. Ku detected energy reaction again, and then the green light that had just disappeared not long ago lit up again.

The attack of the decomposition ray was still like a huge whip sweeping across, but this time it changed direction and angle.

If the first round of attack just now left a huge "scar" on the joint fleet, then after the second round of attack, the joint fleet was basically marked with a big cross, and the formation that was barely maintained collapsed completely after the two rounds of attacks.

This time, the tactical information coordinator finally had time to report the losses of the joint fleet.

"Report, 8% of the warships were directly sunk in the attack, 12% of the warships were severely damaged and could not continue to fight, and 21% of the warships were seriously damaged and were undergoing damage control!"

"Six corporate fleets including Deep Space Mining, Odin Heavy Industries, and Ryan Brothers were severely damaged and applied to withdraw from the battle!"

In the report of the tactical information coordinator, Megan, the fleet commander who was shocked by A. Bawa Ku's attack, finally came to his senses and made a very correct decision from a God's perspective.

"Reject all applications to withdraw from the battle! Pass my order, the entire fleet continues to attack! The opponent's strategic weapons cannot continue to fire continuously, and our numerical advantage has not been lost! As long as each squadron avoids the rays and closes the distance, victory still belongs to us!"

Megan's decision is basically the optimal solution for the joint fleet under the current circumstances, because the decomposition ray generator of A. Bava Ku will be forced to shut down and start self-checking because of continuous full-power operation for a long time.

After all, no matter how effective the decomposition ray is, this thing is essentially just a civilian mining equipment, and long-term operation at full power is not its normal working mode.

If the fighting will of the joint fleet is strong enough at this moment, suppressing the fear in the heart and rushing to the vicinity of the A. Bava Ku asteroid fortress at high speed, this battle is still worth fighting. Even if Atlas can win in the end, it will have to pay a lot of price.

But unfortunately, the joint fleet composed of private enterprise fleets, in addition to personnel proficiency and experience, lacks the most is precisely the fighting will.

Not to mention the pirates, they can put on a good show if they are in a favorable situation, but if you ask them to fight to the death, they will definitely be the first to run.

Just like now, they are keeping a distance from the asteroid fortress and the joint fleet, ready to jump and run away at any time.

Although Megan, as the commander-in-chief of the joint fleet, issued the order to "continue attacking", not all corporate fleet commanders will listen to him.

Companies like Deep Space Mining and Gabriel Biology, which are similar in size to the Nutao Group, have their fleet commanders who also have their own ideas.

So when Megan's order was issued, the joint fleet, which had no formation, was directly out of touch.

Some of the obedient corporate fleets continued to attack with the Nutao Group's fleet, while a group of fleets led by Deep Space Mining began to slow down and distance themselves from other fleets while avoiding the asteroid fortress's rays.

This scene was also seen by Guterres in the core command room of A. Bawa Ku. He shook his head as he looked at the United Fleet in front of him, which was in a state of panic after being attacked. The opponent's fighting spirit was as poor as predicted before the war, and the reaction after being attacked was basically consistent with Guterres's judgment before the war.

Although the weapons of mass destruction of this asteroid base are indeed effective, there is still a certain gap in power and attack range compared with the heavy particle cannons such as "Focusing Rainbow" and "Requiem" with a "caliber" of 10 kilometers and hundreds of kilometers of acceleration orbit.

If it is an artificial celestial fortress of the Empire, then according to Guterres' personal experience, a Focusing Rainbow with a suitable angle will cause at least 30% to 40% of the ships of the United Fleet to disappear directly

"Next, according to the combat plan, Mr. Amber and those combat boats should also appear. I am finally not the only victim who has been defeated~"

Guterres' eyes were cast on the 9 green inverted triangles at the "zenith" position on the three-dimensional schematic diagram of the battlefield.

One of them with an asterisk is Amber's team, and the other eight represent eight heavy armored combat boat squadrons.

At this time, Amber, who had been lurking in the covert action mode for a long time, finally waited for the opportunity for their team to start action. The screen of the full-circle cockpit quickly changed from the standby interface to the "panoramic driving" mode, and the "Giant" after being optimized again also woke up.

"Boss, do you really want to go alone in the first wave? Let us cover you."

Murat's voice came from the communication channel. Amber turned his head to the right and saw another heavy machine in the distant universe that was similar to the "Giant". The legs were also replaced by additional propulsion components and the optical camouflage was gradually removed.

"No need, it's enough to feint and attack me alone. You guys cover the combat boat brigade to complete the breakthrough as planned."