Chapter 1660 Battle of Broken Horn (4)
The main body of the entire team is magic mechas, plus a small number of space fighters and battle cruisers, forming a huge fleet of more than 4,000 fighters. They use the star rings of gaseous planets to cover and approach the enemy's main fleet. .
Prior to this, the record for the largest carrier-based aircraft combat was the meteorite belt lightning strike operation. An attack formation composed of more than 3,000 fighters successfully caused chaos to the enemy fleet in a wave-like offensive.
That time, the so-called largest scale in history was actually a lot of water. Since the fleet was too late to come back to protect the capital, the Spinning Water Federation converted all the transport ships into temporary aircraft carriers. There were not enough pilots, and they could only temporarily recruit anyone with driving experience from the private sector to serve as pilots. , which is equivalent to being made up by force.
And this time, not only are they flying the latest magic mechas, but most of the pilots are veterans who have fought all the way. Although there are still recruits, they are all trained, unlike the Red Maple Republic, which has already reached its peak. The textbook just stuffs people in and ejects them.
It can be said that this time is the complete attack of the fleet.
However, although the conditions are better, the success rate of carrier-based aircraft in conducting lightning strikes has dropped significantly.
The first time was because no one had seen this tactic, and the Red Maple Republic fleet did not believe that the carrier-based aircraft could pose any threat to the fleet, and ignored the vigilance against the meteorite belt, which allowed the lightning strike to succeed.
And since I have been beaten, if I still don’t have a long memory...
That's really stupid.
After all, there are still few fools in this world. When the huge fleet of aircraft was advancing below the star ring, the flight commander sent a notice.
"There are vague interferences and bright spots on the radar. It is speculated that enemy carrier-based aircraft are approaching to intercept."
The success last time was largely related to the fact that the enemy's carrier-based aircraft did not attack to intercept. By the time the huge fleet of aircraft rushed out of the meteorite belt and launched an attack, it was already too late for the carrier-based aircraft to make an emergency departure.
This time, the enemy troops had already arrived to intercept them as soon as they reached halfway, and it was certain that the number of enemy troops would only be greater.
Li Chengqi moved his perspective, and he saw some magic mechas around him automatically abandoning their void torpedoes and pylons, preparing to perform escort missions.
It seems that they are planning to give up some torpedoes and still rush through.
Li Chengqi's airborne radar is more useful than the magic mecha's, but due to previous damage, the radar detection range has been greatly reduced, and he has not seen anything on his radar for the time being.
As the huge fleet adjusted its formation in an orderly manner, no radar was needed at this time, and the engine light could be seen looming among the distant meteorites, twinkling like stars.
"Just fly forward and I will take care of the rest."
Hall did not receive the flight commander's notice to abandon the pylon, and the four torpedoes in the front, two in the back, and the Silver Torpedo became very bloated.
The proudly high maneuverability was seriously damaged under the weight of the torpedo, which was actually more dangerous than abandoning the torpedo to act as an escort.
Hall nodded, and then realized that Li Chengqi couldn't see him, so he hummed in the communication channel.
After many days, Hall felt nervous again.
She thought she was used to the battlefield, but it seemed that the scale of the battlefield was just not big enough.
The engine light that appeared on the display seemed to be getting closer and closer, and then the light group began to dive, aiming at the fleet of aircraft flying below the star ring.
Hall saw that Li Chengqi had set up a 380mm beam rocket launcher. The particle beams melted through meteorites of all sizes and fired the first shot.
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"Our fleet was intercepted and the number is unknown."
"The flight commander decided to continue the mission."
"Change route, be careful of enemy ships approaching the gaseous planet."
On the bridge, Alyssa was also very busy.
Although she does not think that sending carrier-based aircraft to launch lightning strike operations will have much effect, at present, this method is the most effective.
In the star ring full of meteorites on the left front of the fleet, dots of orange flashes began to light up. The fleets of both sides met there and started fighting. "The enemy fleet has changed its course and is approaching the star ring."
Do you want to support carrier-based aircraft?
No, they probably want to occupy a favorable formation to attack the cruiser fleet including the Swan.
Soon an order came from the commander of the cruise ship formation of the First Fleet, and Alyssa took a look:
"Bearing 200, evasive navigation, one-half ship speed."
"Understood, one-half ship speed."
The choice of commander of the First Fleet was honest and firm.
Although cruisers are the weakest battleships, the total number of cruisers present exceeds a thousand, which can equal the number of an entire fleet.
There has never been such a large-scale battle between cruiser fleets before. It seems that this battle will create many firsts.
The ships began to turn and activated their optical sighting systems, staring at the approaching warships on the opposite side.
A beep sounded from the communication platform. It was an order to fire from the commander, indicating that both sides were within artillery range.
Even for a cruiser, the moment when they fired simultaneously was extremely magnificent. Countless ion beams mixed with physical cannonballs or railguns hit them head-on. For a moment, they even worried about whether they would ignite the gaseous planet.
The Swan didn't rush too far forward, but it didn't shrink back either. Looking forward through the bridge, dense ion beams seemed to be rushing towards it.
Following a series of violent shaking, the Swan was hit.
"Shield damaged!"
"Ballistic calculation completed!"
"Free fire!"
Even if the Swan took evasive navigation, it would be impossible to dodge perfectly under such a dense barrage. Alyssa could see a ship sending a damaged signal on the fleet command system.
However, the same is true for the Red Maple Republic Fleet.
The Swan's shipboard computer is the most advanced, and it is also the ship that completes ballistic calculations the fastest, so the Swan is the first to use full firepower.
It looked like a starting gun. After the Swan began to counterattack, the ships of the entire fleet also began to aim their main and secondary guns at the enemy fleet. If the sound could be heard in the void, I am afraid that the entire battlefield would be destroyed. Filled with the harsh buzz of ion beam charging.
Wave after wave of shelling seemed to have no end, and the concept of time began to become confusing. No one knew whether the next person to be targeted was himself.
Since the Swan has undergone many modifications, its attributes in all aspects have far exceeded those of ordinary cruisers. It will achieve results almost every time it fires, but this is still a drop in the bucket for the fleet.
The Red Maple Republic is really planning to go all out now. Even if the quality of the crew is far inferior to the level at the beginning of the war, the number is definitely enough.
Alyssa kept staring at the star map and turned a blind eye to the incoming artillery fire until the communication platform made a beep.
"The lightning strike operations of the fleet failed to be effective, and there were too few carrier-based aircraft to break through the interception."
On the left side of the enemy fleet, thin orange explosion flashes can be seen, which are the flashes that appear when torpedoes launched by carrier-based aircraft are destroyed by anti-aircraft guns.
There are a huge fleet of aircraft, but very few can break through the enemy's interception, making it almost impossible to produce any results.
"The fleet is returning."
That being said, it is not easy to retreat.
(End of chapter)