Chapter 172 "It's Time for Them to Teach Those Alien Bastards a Lesson!!"
Boom-boom-!
Da-da-!
Silent explosions and dazzling cannon trajectories were staged in the front space of the Reaper mothership.
The legless scorpion-shaped attackers, although they also had energy shield generators to resist all attacks for them, their power was not enough to compete with the 4,000 tons of TNT equivalent metal hydrogen air-to-air missiles.
The first round of missile salvos released by the Atlas carrier-based aircraft formation was effective, directly destroying nearly a thousand attackers.
However, even if the carrier-based aircraft formation was unstoppable, it could not fill the huge gap in numbers between the two sides.
Take the Selune-class Aurora as an example. Its hangar can accommodate 4 single-seat and 4 two-seat versions of the White-legged Falcon carrier-based aircraft, and the co-pilot of the two-seat version is responsible for controlling 40 drones.
As for the larger and more powerful Fides-class frigate, its hangar can accommodate 24 white-legged falcons, 120-160 drones, and 20 seagull assault boats.
However, the armament of the seagull assault boats can be ignored, and their main purpose is to assist the landing operations of the Marines and commandos.
Therefore, the total number of participating aircraft on the Atlas side is only more than 500, and this is still counting the drones that need to be controlled by the co-pilot.
On the other hand, the Reaper mothership...
It is simply endless.
There is no way, the opponent's size is equivalent to a dwarf planet, and there is even a complete ecosystem inside.
At this stage, the Atlas fleet is just relying on a fierce force to confront it head-on.
And the attackers are simply unable to compete with the white-legged falcons and drones in terms of agility, speed, firepower, and maneuverability, so the Atlas fleet is in an advantageous situation for a while.
After all, the humans in the "Independence Day" universe can rely on 20th century jet fighters to deal with the attackers.
At this moment.
In the single-person cockpit of the White-legged Falcon carrier-based aircraft;
"Attention, Dawn formation! Disperse! Disperse! Cooperate with the guys in other formations to cover each other, and try to lead away those annoying mosquitoes, creating a window for the assault force's airdrop warehouse and the Auk transport boat."
While driving his fighter to dodge the emerald green energy artillery group, Javiro gave orders to the squadron through the helmet communication.
After speaking, he pulled the joystick and made the fighter swing its wings to the left quickly, dodging two artillery groups again.
Beep-beep-beep-!
But his ears were still ringing with continuous and urgent reminders.
And the helmet screen showed that they were about to be surrounded by attackers who were a hundred times more than themselves.
"Hu...Hu...!"
Take a few deep breaths, he continued to concentrate, holding the joystick tightly with his right hand, and debugging with his left hand to make the last four metal hydrogen missiles in the magazine ready.
After the helmet locked onto the target, Javiro immediately pulled the red trigger, causing four metal hydrogen missiles to detach from the magazine, quickly pass under the fuselage, and appear in his visual range.
Boom-Boom-! !
The four missiles successfully completed their respective missions and destroyed the four attackers approaching him.
But he now faced a serious problem, that is, the ammunition was about to run out, with only 500 rounds of 30mm caliber Gauss spike bullets left.
After a little hesitation, Javiro switched the attack mode to machine guns and chose to drive his white-legged falcon to engage in "beyond visual range" dogfighting with the attackers.
Bang-bang-bang-! !
The sound of the machine gun, which should have been crisp and pleasant, seemed too dull after being transmitted to the cabin through vibration.
And the two ballistic trajectories dragging blue tracks cut through the deep space, as if they would turn and deviate, hitting the tail of an attacker a hundred kilometers away, and triggering the opponent's energy shield to resist.
Individual-level Gauss weapons have tracer, high-explosive, and tracking type spike bullets, not to mention the 30mm spike cannon.
With Javiro's driving skills and the assistance of the helmet screen, it is enough for the machine gun to conduct beyond-visual-range combat...
But in space naval battles, 100 kilometers should not be considered beyond-visual-range, it can only be said to be a regular distance.
However, Javiro did not have time to consider whether it was beyond-visual-range or not. He drove the fighter plane and bit the locked attacker until he consumed nearly 60 shells before letting his index finger release the trigger.
Boom... Boom! !
On the screen, it was shown that the attacker's shield finally couldn't bear it and was directly broken. Its fragile fuselage was penetrated by the machine gun and then completely destroyed by the high-explosive bomb.
Seeing this scene, Javiro immediately shared this information with all friendly forces, indicating that 60 to 70 machine guns could destroy an enemy carrier-based aircraft.
However, at this moment;
"Captain! I'm being bitten by a bunch of scum! Need...hiss..."
A subordinate's urgent cry for help came from the communication channel, but before he finished speaking, there was only a noisy busy tone.
Hearing this, Javiro quickly glanced at the left side of the screen and found that the image of the fighter plane numbered 02 had a red light on, and the status also showed "destroyed".
Boom!
Upon learning that one of his subordinates had died, Javiro was extremely angry and hammered the bulkhead with his left hand.
Then, he adjusted his strategy and said: "No. 5, No. 6! Send half of your drones for escort! No. 2, No. 3, your ammunition has also run out, come back to the Dawn with me for supplies!"
"Yes!"
...
Leave the cockpit of the White-legged Falcon.
Come to observe from a distance.
Atlas's carrier-based aircraft formation was surrounded by heavy siege, and countless attackers were like crazy hornets, not caring about the shortened interval of their own casualties, further compressing the formation's living space.
Some of the white-legged falcons had exhausted their ammunition, and used their speed and agility to break through the blockade and returned to their respective ships for replenishment.
As for the main force of the Atlas fleet, which was still approaching the Reaper mothership, a more "colorful" silent war was taking place.
Five Selune-class and two Fides-class three-barrel 120mm Gauss close-in defense guns formed a full-range blue light air defense barrage, which was extremely efficient in clearing the attackers who tried to approach and assisting the white-legged falcons returning home.
And their respective main guns and secondary guns continued to bombard the main body of the Reaper mothership, which lacked energy shield protection.
Of course, the mothership also launched a gunfire exchange.
Although the superconducting magnetic field can deflect some energy artillery groups and the titanium-tantalum alloy armor is strong enough, it still caused considerable damage to the Atlas fleet.
In the bridge of the Dawn;
"The damaged area has been blocked, and the integrity of the hull structure remains 79%!"
"Captain! Our carrier-based aircraft squadron lost 1/3 of its drones, and two pilots were killed!"
"..."
Captain Sean Rice, who was listening to the real-time report, did not say much, but just stared at the holographic screen in front of him and the information presented on the screen.
When the green triangle representing their fleet arrived at the designated position, Sean Rice stood up suddenly, looked through the closed observation window at the Reaper mothership that was close at hand, and said loudly with a voice that could make his voice hoarse:
"Turn the angle of this ship at a high speed, so that the belly of this ship is aimed at the damaged area of the target!
Also! Communications officer, inform the assault troops that it's time for them to teach the alien bastards a lesson!!"