Chapter 507 Standard Airborne Titanium

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Lyon was stunned for a moment, and the voice coming from the headset broke his concentration.

But he quickly refocused his thoughts, and the surprise in his heart was quickly replaced by calmness. He answered in a steady tone:

"This is Kennedy."

"Director Kennedy!"

When the other party confirmed that it was Lyon, the female civilian staff member's tone rose slightly, obviously after hearing the news that the superior was safe and sound, she felt a little relieved.

She then increased her speaking speed, but reported clearly: "Our stealth-class ships have arrived at Edu, and we are ready to send a special operations team to airdrop to the Empire's Death Star research facility to capture all scientific researchers related to the Death Star project, including Galen Erso."

She paused for a moment, as if she was sorting out the intelligence, and then continued: "In addition, we will also forge the illusion that Galen Erso and others were killed by the Rebel Alliance to confuse the Galactic Empire and make them make a wrong judgment about the current situation, especially about the Death Star project, so as to buy more time for our subsequent actions."

The female civilian staff member not only explained to Lyon, but also uploaded the relevant action report to Lyon.

A series of brief real-time data appeared in the holographic glasses in real time. Lyon quickly browsed through these reports and checked each of them to ensure that no details that might affect the decision were missed.

The most eye-catching one was clearly displayed in the upper right corner:

"Special operations team expected arrival time: 4 minutes"

Seeing this, Leon instantly understood that the Investigation Department and the Intelligence Department had already made the Empire more accurately lock the current node of the "One Seven" universe based on the joint actions of him, Cassian and others, and made the actions of their main universe empire more accurate.

That's why they were able to directly lock onto the planet Edu not long after they boarded the U-wing fighter and sailed out of hyperspace, and sent the elite armed forces of the Investigation Department to support.

So, after quickly digesting the latest intelligence, Leon replied:

"Okay, then after the special operations team completes the airborne landing, I will launch a strong attack on the research facility with them."

"Yes, Director."

After the female civilian staff member finished her reply, she temporarily cut off the communication, reported the progress to her superiors, and began to coordinate the subsequent deployment.

And Leon's fingers gently pressed the safety device of the pistol. With a slight "click", his eyes locked more attentively in front and observed the shuttle parking station.

During the few minutes of patient waiting, Lyon did not relax. He knew that every second of change could affect the development of the situation, and he paid some attention to the data flow in the AR field of view, especially the radar signal in the upper left corner.

At this moment, a large number of green "△" triangles suddenly appeared on the radar.

And each "△" triangle represents the position of a friendly force.

And these marks representing the special operations team are rapidly approaching the platform and hangar of the shuttle parking station, which shows that the airborne work of the special operations team has entered the final stage. Each mark is almost closely following, forming a tight network formation.

Lyon couldn't help but look up slightly, although he knew that in this thunderstorm, the naked eye could not capture the specific trajectory of the airdrop warehouse.

After all, the thick clouds almost covered the entire sky, not to mention observing small objects "falling" at high speed from a long distance, so the "meteor shower" during orbital airborne could not be seen.

But the visual assistance function of the holographic glasses can help Lyon to see through the layers of clouds and outline the outline of the airdrop warehouse and the breakthrough trajectory.

Immediately afterwards, Lyon found more than a hundred airdrop warehouses, which ejected thousands or even tens of thousands of cheap decoy drones at the same time.

A large number of decoy drones, like fireworks with splashing flames, spread rapidly and soared into the sky, like dazzling beams of light passing through the rainy night sky.

There are even some dazzling spots of light that can be vaguely seen by the naked eye through the thick clouds.

This move successfully attracted the attention of the defense system.

In the field of vision of Lyon's holographic glasses, a large number of red warning signs flashed instantly, indicating the anti-aircraft turrets from the research facility, which seemed to release a locking signal.

Immediately, Lyon heard a harsh mechanical sound, and dozens of anti-aircraft turrets started almost at the same time. The sharp sound and the surge of electric current indicated that they had started working.

Ri~swish—swish—!

The defense turrets began to pour out "a lot" of blasting beams, and the strong energy beams cut through the darkness and burst into dazzling emerald green light.

Those decoy drones flying in all directions instantly became the target of the automatic turrets.

Then, the beams intersected with the drones and exploded in the air, and the flickering fire and smoke spread rapidly.

Boom. Boom!

The violent explosions continued, and the bursting fire and the lightning in the clouds reflected Leon's slightly "speechless" face.

For the decoy drones in the airdrop warehouse, any degree of anti-aircraft firepower should be completely expected.

Their mission is to act as targets, by stimulating the enemy's air defense system, sharing firepower for the actual airborne operation, and ensuring that the airborne troops can land smoothly.

These drones do not have too many complex technologies. Instead, they have become key tools for guiding enemy firepower and confusing air defense systems with their cheap and efficient design.

Therefore, what made Leon speechless and even surprised was that he had never expected that the anti-aircraft firepower of the "17" universe was so backward?

The current firepower density and intelligence level are obviously unable to cope with higher-level tactics and military cooperation.

He thought that around such a critical facility, the Galaxy Empire's air defense firepower should be highly sophisticated and powerful, and could make efficient interceptions in a short period of time.

But the fact is that compared with the air defense system of the main universe empire, such a reaction seems too simple and primitive.

Not to mention anything else, at least there must be close-defense guns to form a barrage Internet cafe.

Like the six-barrel 40mm Gauss close-defense gun commonly used in the main universe empire, it can pour 30,000 spike bullets into the area responsible for interception within one minute.

Moreover, when these stud bullets sense the heat source, they will automatically detonate and continue to eject a large number of condensed state fragments containing extremely low equivalents into the surrounding airspace or universe, thereby forming an absolute barrage network.

However, with the air-defying turrets of the research facilities, the hundreds of explosive beams shot at the bait drone were simply "drops off the bucket" and it was completely impossible to effectively intercept the continued landing of the airdrop warehouse.

Hu~—Hu——!

At this moment, a sharp and harsh engine roar, like a sharp blade cutting the air, attracted Lyon's attention

Lyon turned his head and looked at the source of the sound. He saw a group of special-shaped fighter jets gushing out of the hangar of the research facility like a tide.

These fighter jets have unique appearances. They present an inverted "巴" shape, like two side-by-side three-dimensional frames, and they are a little clumsy when passing through the wind and rain.

Just as Lyon's eyes were staring at these fast-appearing fighter jets, his holographic glasses immediately analyzed and automatically popped up brief information about these fighter jets.

According to the data provided by Holographic Glasses, these fighters are not ordinary fighters, and can be said to be the TIE//TiTi fighter with the largest number and models of the Galaxy Empire.

This type of fighter jet is simple and efficient.

To be more precise, it is because of the cost control, resulting in the lack of a superspace engine, so it must be installed or deployed in base hangars and large ships.

There is no survival system in the spherical cockpit, and there are only two beam cannons and proton torpedo in terms of firepower.

Therefore, Titanium fighters usually operate in clusters, relying on overwhelming numerical advantages in exchange for victory, and then become one of the cores of the Galactic Empire's air combat.

However, Titanium fighter jets rely on manpower operations, and the driver must personally drive fighter jets that lack safety and firepower guarantees into the battlefield and bear huge risks.

However, in the eyes of Leon, this tactic is not as good as the drone group of their main cosmic empire, or the aerial and cosmic hunters.

After all, Titanium fighter jets need to be operated by the driver and act as consumable "components".

In contrast, the main universe empire's cherishment of life obviously excludes it from this "spent son" tactic.

In Lyon's mind, using a large number of pilots to control such a simple and fragile fighter jet is not only extremely inefficient, but also an extremely waste of life.

Of course, judging from the "urinary nature" of the Galaxy Empire, manpower is the cheapest resource.

For the Galaxy Empire, the lives of warriors have long been regarded as insignificant consumables and can be replaced at any time. It is precisely because of this that the tactics of the Galaxy Empire seem so cold and rough.

It even made Lyon feel that the tactics of the Galaxy Empire were like the first and second periods of the main universe.

now;

Even if the research facility sent a large number of titanium fighters and issued a heart-wrenching engine roar and cannon roar, it could no longer stop the landing of the airdrop warehouse.

What's more, the pilots of the Titanium fighter all focused their attention on the bait drone with obvious "targets" and did not care about the more than 100 airdrop warehouses that had already started the landing procedure.

soon--

Boom-boom-! !

Soon, the airdrop warehouses were "smashed" on the platform one after another, or "chised" through the ceiling of the hangar.

There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!

Bang~bang~!

Immediately afterwards, with the crisp sound of the warehouse door bounced open, members of the special operations team wearing nanocomputer uniforms and Gaussian firearms appeared in Lyon's field of vision.

Ta~ Ta~! !

Then, there were "pleasant" gunshots that spread across the canyon.

Just look at the members of the special operations team of the investigation department, after they poured out of the airdrop warehouse, they began to attack the stormtroopers who were still confused.

The armor of this group of "white soldiers" can effectively resist explosive energy and beam attacks, but when facing the Gaussian spike bullets that "specialize in armor-breaking", it cannot perform much effect.

According to the information provided by the Intelligence Department, the armor of the stormtrooper can actually be regarded as the "low-fit version" power armor.

Each member of the Stormtrooper wore a "power shirt" similar to a black tight clothing. After wearing armor and helmets, he had the function of automatically adjusting the internal temperature and humidity, and filtering toxic gases.

This makes the Imperial Stormtrooper almost compete with most harsh environments.

But unfortunately, facing the "long-itting" special operations team of the Investigation Department and the unexpected airborne, the stormtrooper's defense line was defeated step by step.

Moreover, with the special operations team performing airborne missions together, there are four tyrants equipped with heavy armor and rotating Gaussian cannons, and a Cyclops mecha with a micro missile launching compartment.

Puff—bang—! !

Faced with the sudden fierce offensive, the stormtroopers responsible for guarding the research facilities were simply unable to resist.

After the spike bullets of various types and calibers penetrated their armor and power shirts, their bodies were "smashed" and "torn apart".

"Retreat! Retreat!"

"We need support!"

"Ah~!"

Then, the stormtroopers let out low and textured shouts and screams of pain because of their helmets.

By the time the pilots of the TIE fighters recovered and prepared to support the stormtroopers, it was too late.

Swish-swish-!!

Several missiles launched by the Diana V-type stealth-class ships also broke through the thick clouds and "automatically disbanded" in the eyes of everyone, and then ejected hundreds of small missiles.

Then, this group of "sub" bullets released by the mother bomb accelerated, breaking through the speed of sound almost instantly, and rushed straight to the TIE fighters they were locked on.

Boom-boom-!!

The next moment, the TIE fighter was in the sky, performing a gorgeous "fireworks show" for everyone.

Seeing this, Leon immediately put all his strength into it, and rushed towards the shuttle docking station and climbed over the cliff.

After arriving at the bottom of the research facility, he used the ladder to reach the platform of the docking station at a very fast speed.

At the same time, Leon also saw the special operations team responsible for the response.

One of the members was Rebecca, who was holding an intelligent Gauss machine gun.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Leon headed towards the entrance leading to the interior of the research facility and ordered:

"Before the Galactic Empire sends more troops, immediately determine the specific location of Galen Erso."

"Yes, sir!"

Next, Leon and his team almost "ran rampant" and searched in the research facility.

The stormtroopers who tried to stop them along the way were either ruthlessly killed, or they voluntarily laid down their weapons and surrendered, and then they were "physically anesthetized", that is, they were knocked unconscious by brute force.

"This is Team 014, sir. We have successfully captured all key targets."

Not long after, the report from the captain of Team 014 came over the communication.

Hearing this, Leon, who was already in a similar archive, immediately replied:

"Escort the target to the shuttle docking station, and call the ship to dispatch a transport formation to pick up. At the same time, send another transport boat to the crash site of the U-wing fighter to pick up Captain Cassian Andor and others who are stranded."

"Yes, sir."

Captain 014 cut off the communication immediately after receiving the order.

Rebecca and others who followed Leon here, without Leon's order, began to recover all the storage modules that could be taken away, and handed them over to the researchers of their main universe empire for analysis.

When they completed all the tasks and evacuated the research facility, the female civilian staff member's report came over the communication again:

"Director Kennedy, we have detected multiple hyperspace navigation fluctuations in Edu's low-Earth orbit."