Chapter 538 A Perfect Raid that Also Exists in Reality

The Lubion galaxy garrison fleet, under the order of Major General Kimmel, had already entered a state of "full combat readiness", and the first wave of HCPs waiting to attack had already been standing on the elevator.

So when he ordered the HCP squadrons to attack one after another to assist in air defense operations and fleet cover, the first wave of HCPs quickly completed the ejection.

It's just that unlike the exciting fleet attack scene that Johnny Redding saw when he launched his attack, these HCP pilots of the Lubion System Guard Fleet saw a purgatory-like scene after they stood on the electromagnetic ejection orbit. scene.

Everywhere he looked, there were huge fireballs produced after the explosion of the battleship. These blue-white high-temperature plasma fireballs were dazzling and dazzling, and at the same time they illuminated the space area extremely brightly.

For those damaged ships that were not sunk on the spot, the working fluid water in the cooling layer has been trying to cool the hull and damaged areas, so many ships are burned and formed by the evaporation of the working fluid water. Wrapped in white smoke, this situation severely hindered sight and sensor observation, which directly caused the already chaotic fleet to become even worse.

So after the first wave of HCPs completed ejection, they did not immediately light up the propulsion array and rush to their respective fighting positions. Instead, they immediately began to perform evasive maneuvers to avoid the scattered debris in the fleet formation.

In addition to the large wreckage produced after the battleship was sunk, there were also a large number of various parts, materials, and ammunition thrown out from the damaged parts of the battleship in the airspace passed by the garrison fleet.

For some small wreckage, perhaps for the battleship, the collision would leave only a few traces or be directly twisted away by the deflection force field.

But for HCP pilots, if the aircraft body collides with these wreckage that moves erratically, there will be no other result except the destruction of the aircraft and the loss of lives.

And in addition to these wreckage, the Atlas fleet's current covering salvo also makes the journey of HCP even more dangerous, whether it is unlucky enough to hit the opponent's main gun and hit it directly, or encounter those who hit the deflection force field. Heavy metal particles that are refracted back to the surroundings are not a good thing.

But even though these HCP pilots had worked hard and frantically showed off their evasive abilities under high-speed maneuvers, some people still ran into them because they failed to evade in time, and finally turned into plasma fireballs that kept exploding in the fleet. one of them.

The remaining HCP managed to survive this 'storm of debris' and successfully broke through the large debris to reach the designated defensive area. Their pilots didn't even have time to take a breath, and they needed to immediately start conducting air combat according to the combat instructions. Interception operations.

An HCP pilot guarding the fleet finally arrived at the battle position that his team was supposed to be in charge of, with only one of the four members of the team left alive.

At this moment, in the surrounding airspace, in addition to the HCPs ejected from nearby warships, there were also many HCP squadrons arriving from other warships to assist.

The high-energy laser turrets and charged particle cannons arranged on the sides of several nearby battleships were pointing straight in the direction of the Atlas fleet like hedgehogs.

These high-energy laser turrets and charged particle cannons are not fixed to the ship like shaft cannons, but have hemispherical bases that can rotate 180 degrees. Therefore, in addition to serving as secondary anti-ship firepower, these weapons are more important. Its function is actually to be used as an anti-aircraft weapon.

The characteristics of high-energy lasers and charged particle beams also have relatively high adaptability in air defense operations.

At the moment, these near-light speed weapons that have been switched to 'anti-air mode' are flashing red or deep purple beams one after another, intercepting the incoming electromagnetic reconnection cannon projectiles.

Although the projectiles fired by the electromagnetic gun are actually a slow-flying attack method in fleet battles, their power cannot be underestimated, especially the alloy anti-ship penetration rods that carry huge kinetic energy. Those who despise it regret it.

"The Falcon team arrived at the battle position. Four aircraft were supposed to be present, but only one was actually present. The network has been set up and began to receive detected targets for air defense operations!"

During fleet air defense operations, multiple areas will be divided, and different air defense commanders will be responsible for command and coordination to prevent overlapping targets or missing targets.

Half of the HCPs responsible for assisting in air defense operations come from warships on the inside of the fleet formation. After arriving at the battle position, they will quickly connect to the command network of the air defense area and join the communication channel.

However, when the only surviving pilot of the Falcon team was in position and reported on the communication channel in accordance with the order, except for seeing the 'read' mark from the air defense commander and other battleship liaison officers, he did not receive any reply.

If you were someone else, you might think that the air defense commander and these warship liaison officers were a little indifferent. After all, this team finally came to support at the cost of almost being wiped out, but they didn't even say 'thank you'.

However, the surviving pilot of the Falcon Team did not think so, because he knew very well that the pressure on the area air defense commander and the battleship liaison officers was not much lower at the moment, plus there was a large amount of information that needed to be processed every moment. , data, so they have no time to reply.

The pilot knew that he only had to take care of himself at this time, but these people had to be responsible for all the crew members on the battleship and all the battleships in their area.

Soon, the ‘Dwarf Bear’ Block 20 driven by the surviving pilot received the information synchronized from the tactical network.

A large number of dense red marks quickly appeared on the full-circle screen, which was enough to kill a person with trypophobia on the spot. These were all detected physical projectiles.

"Wow. So many."

The pilot of the "Dwarf Bear" felt a chill on his back, and his throat moved and he swallowed his saliva.

But he knew that all he could do now was to intercept with all his strength.

"Bella, switch to the "cooperative air defense combat" mode!"

"Received. The combat mode has been switched. Do you need to increase the AI ​​assisted aiming strength?"

The sweet and soothing voice of the combat assisting AI sounded in his ears, and the pilot nodded without hesitation after hearing it.

"Full, full, I can't aim at so many targets by myself"

As he spoke, the weapon racks behind the body were also unfolded, and the charged particle cannon and the heavy high-energy laser cannon stretched out from the left and right behind his shoulders.

The pilot had to be grateful for the godlike maintenance ability of his maintenance team. He had to adjust his equipment from the anti-ship combination of "heavy particle cannon + electromagnetic reconnection cannon" to the anti-aircraft combination before the lifting platform was raised.

"Re-allocate the body energy to give priority to the continuous irradiation of the charged particle cannon and high-energy laser!"

"Received, the energy circuit has been readjusted, and the attack can begin!"

As soon as the combat assistance AI finished speaking, the pilot immediately started the attack. After aiming at the target through the pupil, the combat assistance AI immediately obtained the target's relative speed, current trajectory and other information-after entering the tactical network, this information was automatically shared by friendly ships.

In less than half a second, a red mark on the full-circle screen was put on the "lock frame", and the pilot opened fire without hesitation.

The charged particle cannon was the first to irradiate, and at the same time, the pilot locked another target again, this time with the heavy high-energy laser cannon.

At the beginning of the attack, the pilot also raised the electromagnetic machine gun held by the mechanical arm, ready to intercept the fish that slipped through the net too close.

In addition to the "Dwarf Bear" he was driving, the nearby friendly HCP also began to attack. A large number of high-energy rays flashed like light rain on the flanks of the fleet. The entire garrison fleet also began to slow down and adjust the axis in the process.

However, in the current situation where the enemy attacked first and suffered several rounds of volleys, the speed of the fleet's axis adjustment was also affected and greatly reduced.

Then, the voice of the real person issuing orders finally sounded in the communication channel: "All guard HCPs, pay attention, advance the front line, the enemy assault force is advancing with the help of physical warheads, prepare to intercept!"

The pilot did not think much about the order that sounded in the communication channel. He quickly followed the other HCPs around him to fly to the periphery of the fleet, ready to form an interception line to attack the "assault force" sent by the Atlas fleet.

But they soon discovered that there were still a large number of electromagnetic reconnection cannon projectiles that needed to be intercepted ahead, and these projectiles quickly entered the fleet's final air defense circle. The extremely high relative speed and angular velocity made this "terminal defense" rapidly more difficult.

Each HCP also had to start adjusting its position according to the air defense combat regulations to prevent the aircraft from being smashed to pieces by the electromagnetic reconnection cannon due to bad luck.

"Fourth Squadron, evade! Evade!"

The sudden shout in the communication channel made the pilot look at the location of the "Fourth Squadron", but in the next second he saw the electromagnetic cannon projectile that was supposed to pass through the gap between the squadron's aircraft exploded instantly in front of this HCP team.

The clustered directional prefabricated fragmentation warhead directly aroused a hemispherical arc dancing everywhere in this space, but this was just the beginning, because it was followed by the second, third, and fourth "AHEAD bombs".

The continuous directional fragments were not completely blocked by the deflection force field. With the power greatly reduced and under continuous attack, the defensive effect of the deflection force field became worse and worse.

The team did not even have time to evacuate from the "enemy attack beam" where they were, and they were controlled by the endless AHEAD bombs. Then the two HCPs were hit in the key parts and immediately turned into two fireballs.

However, the only pilot of the Falcon team could not feel sad for the death of his friendly forces at this time, because he himself was suppressed at this moment.

The air defense commanders in the garrison fleet never thought that the Atlas combat fleet did not use tungsten alloy anti-ship penetrators, but used AHEAD bombs that were more commonly used in air defense and anti-HCP battles.

So when the HCP responsible for coordinated air defense passed the warship and moved forward, it was soon attacked by the AHEAD bombs that penetrated the air defense network.

Generally speaking, the acceleration track of the battleship-class electromagnetic reconnection gun can be split for use. The 50-meter-class can be split into 2 guns, while the 75-meter-class and 100-meter-class can be split into 3-4 guns.

The "energy supply unit" arranged under the track can be used as a turret to connect to the split acceleration track in the split state, so that when air defense operations are required, the 25-meter-class electromagnetic reconnection gun with faster charging can play a greater combat effectiveness.

Moreover, in the case of "one becomes many", the air defense network of the ship will also be strengthened with the increase of instantaneous firepower delivery, which has a higher deterrent effect on enemy units in the penetration.

However, in the "multi-gun-in-one" combination state, the battleship-class electromagnetic reconnection gun has a 50-meter acceleration track at worst. The basic quality of the combined AHEAD shell fired will be higher, and the power will naturally be higher. More than ordinary ammunition.

This is like asking a main battle tank to defend another tank from high-explosive shells. Relying on armor protection will at best destroy some external fragments.

But if this unlucky main battle tank faces a 'classical' 460 naval gun, even high-explosive shells fired by the opponent will be equally deadly.

The last HCP of the Falcon team was facing a similar situation at the moment.

After being caught in the attack range of the combined AHEDA shells fired by the two cruiser's 100-meter electromagnetic reconnection guns, the two consecutive rounds of directional fragmentation attacks not only brought the body's deflection force field to the edge of overload, but also raised the left robotic arm. The heavy protective shield was also beaten to pieces.

However, relying on his excellent skills, the pilot was able to evade the third AHEAD bomb before it exploded.

But the other two friendly aircraft behind him, which responded more slowly, were not so lucky.

An HCP that was already at the end of its strength was turned into a 'rag' full of holes by a massive amount of directional fragments.

As for the other HCP, due to the panicked pilot's control error, the rear side of the machine body without much protection directly hit the deflection field of a light cruiser further behind.

The plasma propulsion array behind it was overloaded on the spot under the interference of the arc pulled out by the battleship-level deflection force field, and the internal superconducting battery stack was "quenched" in parallel. The machine also quickly suffered from the arc and high-temperature plasma. The double dish turned into a pile of debris with an indistinguishable shape.

"The third interception area needs to be filled in! Repeat the third interception area and needs to be filled in!"

When the last pilot of the Falcon team saw this, he immediately called for support on the area air defense channel, and at the same time, the controlled aircraft continued to make evasive movements.

He did not forget that in addition to the constant incoming AHEAD shells, the enemy's assault troops were also approaching quickly.

However, this lone pilot's good luck ended here.

A sudden heavy particle cannon shot hit the machine's chest impartially. The deflection force field, which was on the verge of collapse, could not even sustain the blow for half a second. The surging heavy metal particle jet instantly tore apart the upper body of the machine.

Soon, the red 'Holy Shield' controlled by Johnny Redding, the initiator of this heavy particle cannon shot, led his team to complete the breakthrough at the defense gap, and in the next second, it divided into two pairs of weapons smoothly. The aircraft formation met the surrounding enemies.

"'Red Baron', hurry, hurry! Rush in through this gap!"

Johnny Redding's excited voice sounded in the communication channel, but at this time, his face no longer had the confident smile of the 'genius pilot'.

But full of uncontrollable fear

After hitching a ride on the heavy armored combat boat squadron commanded by Manfred, Johnny Letting, who was engaging in actual space combat for the first time, experienced a breakthrough that he would never forget.

The high-energy rays flying all over the sky, the trajectories pulled by the physical warheads, and the blue-white beams bombarded by heavy particle cannons almost filled the entire sky screen.

Manfred's 'Baron' team, on the other hand, used a round of breakthroughs that 'normal people would never want to experience a second time', narrowly avoiding all threatening attacks.

But it was different for other friendly forces around him. Johnny Redding saw more than once that friendly forces were beaten to pieces by enemy anti-aircraft firepower.

The 'ultimate combat weapon' that Johnny Redding once considered omnipotent in land battles has become completely consumable in this fleet battle, and is even more fragile than infantry in land battles.

The 'True Red Lightning''s cognition was greatly shocked during the short and exciting breakthrough process, but fortunately he did not lose his combat effectiveness because of this, but instead became stronger due to the activation of his 'survival instinct' A few points.

At the last moment of the breakthrough, after breaking off the 'fusion' with the heavy armored combat boat driven by Manfred, he quickly activated the disposable solid rocket thruster mounted on the body and took his team with him at a faster acceleration. He rushed out first.

Then he performed the "unique skill" of high-speed shooting with no loss of accuracy in the scene just now.

After he led other HCPs in the team to try to maintain the gap, Manfred, who followed closely behind, immediately led three other heavy armored combat boats to complete the final breakthrough in a dense wedge formation.

It started with a salvo of heavy particle cannons from four heavy armored combat boats. After weakening the already weak deflection field on the side of the light cruiser in front, the two plasma torpedoes were carried with the acceleration given by the combat boats. It hit the side of the light cruiser under the irradiation of the opponent's anti-aircraft fire.

Two gorgeous white plasma fireballs expanded rapidly. Manfred even saw the moment when the high-temperature plasma melted the outer armor of the battleship. However, the battleship automatically adjusted the amount of light in the next second.

The extraordinary damage effect imparted by the size of the plasma torpedo 'gnawed' two huge and ferocious wounds on the side of the light cruiser, and even the internal titanium alloy hull frame suffered multiple fractures.

This directly caused the light cruiser to break into three parts a few seconds later due to the fatal impact of the imbalance of the hull's vector control.

Although Manfred was extremely excited to get his first kill, he also knew that in this situation, uncontrolled excitement meant that he was not far from death.

So he immediately led the team to calmly pass under the wreckage of the light cruiser. After pulling out an X-axis "big loop" around the huge wreckage of the battleship, the four heavy armored combat boats also split into two and supported Johnny Riding's team while charging the heavy particle cannon.

The "gap" created by the two of them in the air defense network of the garrison fleet was soon discovered by Jacob, who shuttled through the anti-aircraft firepower and served as the bombing commander.

Under his order, other heavy armored combat boats near the gap also rushed over with HCPs, trying to expand the gap and eventually penetrate the air defense network of the garrison fleet.

At the same time, the Infinity, which had completed the deployment of the "battle module", concentrated all its energy output on the weapon unit and the deflection field.

This warship rammed into the flank of the garrison fleet like a speeding dump truck, and launched a wide-area electronic warfare attack at the same time.

Randall's thinking was very clear at this time. He knew that even the Infinity could not use the electronic warfare virus to hack all enemy warships in this situation, so he directly asked the shipboard control personality to focus the attack on blocking all the opponent's communication methods.

The result of this decision was that the Rubion Galaxy Garrison Fleet only had time to send a message to the two federal fleets after being attacked.

"My unit was attacked by the Atlas main fleet!"