Chapter 612: Destroy the enemy without taking any damage
In the ME-13 sector, the Shasta galaxy, the Renaissance Alliance fleet and the Shasta galaxy independent fleet confront each other.
From a God's perspective, there is actually not much difference in the size of the fleets facing each other.
The Renaissance Alliance mainly consists of the original Rubian system garrison fleet, plus some remaining warships from the five federal naval fleets purchased from the Atlas Group, and the total is close to the size of two full fleets.
As for the independent fleet of the Shasta system, since it was directly 'peacefully evolved' from the former garrison fleet, its organization is relatively complete, and it is also the size of two full fleets.
Unlike other galaxies, the warships of these garrison fleets were captured by different forces during the civil strife in the galaxy, and were ruined in meaningless internal battles for power.
This is why Nagrand, the former commander of the Shasta System Defense Fleet, current leader of the Shasta System Independent Alliance and commander of the independent fleet, and self-proclaimed 'admiral', was able to propose cooperation to the Renaissance Alliance at the negotiating table. Higher 'interest demands', and after the collapse of the first round of talks, he had the confidence to lead the fleet to confront the Renaissance Alliance.
The fleets of both sides are similar in terms of ship configuration. The only advantage of the Renaissance Alliance may be that the ships captured from the Federation Navy have undergone the latest software and hardware upgrades, and the ship condition is also better.
But in the view of Admiral Nagrand, these factors cannot determine the outcome of a fleet battle.
Through his own information channels, Nagrand knew that the fleet combat personnel on the Renaissance Alliance actually came from a very complex source - some were trained by himself, some were hired through Atlas, and some were surrendered by the federal navy.
But most of them are actually recruits with little combat experience. How much strength these people can bring to the two opposing fleets may be a question mark.
At least by observing the tactical maneuvers and formation transformation process of the Renaissance Alliance fleet, Nagrand has noticed that the internal cooperation between the two fleets is not very good. In some complicated situations, the warships even fell behind.
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"Given the quality of the personnel, we don't even have to start the fight seriously. If we force them to make a few more tactical maneuvers, their formation may just fall apart, hahahahaha~"
The adjutant beside Nagrand sneered disdainfully and taunted.
"We can be considered taller among the short ones, but we still can't take it lightly."
Nagrand stopped his adjutant's ridicule. He actually knew very well that the training level of the garrison fleet was actually incomparable to that of the federal navy's regular army. However, the fleet had been running in for so long anyway, so there was no basic cooperation. There will be big problems.
Unlike the other side, it is simply a fleet that was improvised from every nook and cranny.
"If the remaining local fleets in other galaxies of the Federation are at this level, it seems that I don't have a chance to take a bite of this chaos?"
The idea that suddenly popped up in his mind made Admiral Nagrand feel a lot more energetic. He couldn't help but start thinking about many things that he didn't dare to think about before.
But at this moment, the intelligence officer on the bridge floated next to him.
"General, we discovered an unidentified ship in a space area 350,000 kilometers away."
"350,000 kilometers away? We are almost approaching our outer warning circle." Nagrand frowned, "Why did we find out at this time?"
"Report to the general. Well, our peripheral reconnaissance force is not enough, and most of the ships have been called back to join the confrontation, so the 300,000-kilometer warning circle information is not updated in time, and"
Nagrand: "And what? Don't do it to my mother-in-law!"
"And it was not the target discovered by the reconnaissance ship, but we discovered the characteristics of the gravitational wave radar first. The radar operator reported that it seemed that the other party's long-distance detection unit had been locking on us but at such a long distance. This is his first time meeting”
"Long range detection unit? Locked?"
Nagrand suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. He looked at the star map above the holographic projection platform in the center of the bridge, where the approximate location of the unknown unit had been updated.
But with a distance of more than 300,000 kilometers, the former garrison fleet commander really couldn't think of what the other party could do at this distance.
After all, in all previous human fleet battles, this distance was at best just contact between the peripheral security forces of both sides, and there was still a long way to go before the real main fleet launched an attack.
"Keep monitoring these three unknown units, and report any abnormalities immediately! At the same time, let the electronic countermeasures team try to break away from the opponent's lock."
Nagrand couldn't think of any other solution for a while, so he could only use conventional ideas to make arrangements for the time being. At the same time, his eyes were fixed on the Renaissance Alliance fleet that was already 100,000 kilometers away.
"I want to see what you are trying to do!"
This idea just appeared in Nagrand's mind, and before he could think about what to do specifically, the personality of the shipboard controller of the battleship under his feet suddenly appeared in mid-air, and issued a warning in an extremely anxious voice.
"Warning! High energy reaction detected!"
When the first blue-violet beam touched the battleship, everything seemed to happen in the blink of an eye.
As the flagship of Nagrand, the Kraken-class battleship named 'Nagrand Admiral' is slightly worse in various configurations than the current Federation's latest improved model, the Kraken-class, but no matter It's a serious battleship after all.
However, the deflection force field, which is the main protective measure, was not activated when attacked by high-energy lasers, or even if it was activated, it would not have much effect.
After all, the main function of the deflection force field is to defend against charged particles, and it is obviously useless against pure high-energy lasers.
Therefore, the high-energy lasers emitted by the three Star-class battlecruisers directly hit the metal shell. The temperature at the contact point suddenly soared to tens of thousands of degrees Celsius, and the metal surface vaporized instantly.
The working fluid cooling water under the blackbody coating had no time to transmit any heat in this case, and even directly caused a strong steam explosion, causing the surface materials of the ship to continuously evaporate and peel off.
As the surface material evaporates, the laser beam further penetrates into the underlying structure. In addition, the distance between the emission point and the contact point is too far. Even if the three Star Glory-class battle cruisers have enabled the so-called 'local space curvature' Stable' pioneer black technology anchors itself, and still allows the three high-energy laser beams to move away from the initial contact point uncontrollably.
The high-energy laser delivers a large amount of heat in a very short time, causing the internal material to quickly heat up above the melting point. Metal and other solid materials begin to melt, forming a gradually expanding molten pool.
The highly focused nature of the laser beam allows this process to occur in a very small area, resulting in rapid damage to localized areas.
Molten metal flows along the cracks, extending the damage and spreading heat to a wider area, causing damage to adjacent structures as well. Some flammable or explosive substances caused secondary explosions due to overheating, exacerbating the degree of destruction. Each explosion was like a silent roar in the silent space, and the firelight reflected the chaos and despair inside the battleship.
Since the three high-energy laser beams completely penetrated the hull, they also cut off the titanium alloy frame inside the hull. The stability of the Admiral Nagrand's hull was seriously affected, and large-scale damage began to occur. Deformation and breakage.
It's just that this unlucky ship, or the first battleship in human history that was sunk at a distance of one light second, did not wait until the moment it disintegrated.
"Hit! The characteristics of a large-scale high-temperature plasma fireball were detected, and the suspected target superconducting battery stack was detonated! Waiting for damage confirmation!"
The excited voice of the tactical information coordination officer sounded on the bridge of the 'Starlight Class Experimental Ship No. 1' where Amber and Guterres were located.
Although the final damage effect has not yet been confirmed, in actual combat, it hit the target across a distance of 1 light second and caused objective damage, which has met everyone's expectations for this battle.
"Continue to monitor the target, and the main weapon unit is under emergency cooling, allowing the damage control team to inspect each module and prepare for the next round of attacks!"
Guterres responded calmly. Although he was equally excited, he suppressed it.
On the outside of the three Star-class battlecruisers, immediately after the irradiation ended, three pairs of large-area heat radiation panels were deployed and began to dissipate excess heat.
But for the heat generated by the 'Spectrum Destroyer' during the irradiation process, the heat that the heat sink can dissipate is just a drop in the bucket, so this set of conventional heat dissipation units works more for other systems on the battleship.
What is actually used to dissipate heat for the 'Spectrum Destroyer' is the 'Zero Point Energy Cooling System' that Saleh pulled out of the Forerunner's technology library - as the name suggests, it extracts cold energy from the vacuum zero point energy to provide high power. Lasers provide continuous and efficient cooling
Therefore, the 'Star Glory' class battlecruiser is not only the first battleship owned by mankind that can strike at a distance of 1 light second, it is also the battleship that uses the largest number of Forerunner technologies in the history of mankind.
Amber must admit that although many technologies of the Forerunner civilization are simply difficult for humans to understand, they may even think it is a fantasy.
But when Saleh took the scientific research team assigned to her and actually reproduced these technologies, the technical level of Atlas - especially the military technology that was the focus of development, had shown a significant improvement. leap.
Many subsystems related to Forerunner technology on the 'Starlight-class' battlecruiser can not only be used on mass-produced ships of the same class in the future, but can also radiate and affect all future ships of Atlas, and can even make Some old battleships 'brought back to glory'.
"The damage control team reported that the weapon unit inspection has been completed and no abnormalities have been found yet!"
"The weapons team reported that the rapid cooling work of the 'Spectral Destroyer' has been completed and it can carry out a secondary attack!"
"The observation team reported that the flagship of the target fleet was sunk in the first round of strikes!"
A series of reports were sounded on the bridge one after another. Amber saw Guterres in charge. Every time he heard a piece of news, his fists tightened and the excitement on his face became heavier. point.
Soon, after signaling to Amber, the old navy man, like a big child who got a new toy, almost couldn't wait to give the order to 'continue the attack'.
The dazzling light appeared again at the front ends of the three 'Star Glory' battlecruisers, followed by three 'Lances of Light' stabbing in the direction of Shasta's independent fleet.
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At this time, the Shasta Independent Fleet could be said to have fallen into chaos in an instant.
No one expected that the flagship, which had just been issuing orders to the fleet, would disappear in a blink of an eye.
The surrounding battleships didn't even know what was going on. The members on the bridge also received a warning from the shipboard control personality about the 'high energy reaction', and the next second the position of the fleet flagship turned into a huge blue and white mass. Fireball.
"Where did the attack come from? Did the fleet on the opposite side open fire?"
"No, no, the attack seems to come from 300,000 kilometers away? Super long-distance sniper?!"
"A distance of 1 light second? What are you talking about?"
"Boom!"
Three high-energy laser beams suddenly appeared and penetrated the second hit warship. Soon, like the fleet flagship just now, it disintegrated and exploded under the irradiation of high-energy lasers.
Then came the third and fourth rounds of attacks
Irradiate, cool down, module check, lock on target, illuminate, the cycle repeats.
It seems that they are aware that the current attack power of the 'Spectral Destroyer' is somewhat excessive, so under Guterres's order, starting from the third round of irradiation, the three 'Starlight-class' battlecruisers will no longer launch salvos. Instead, it self-calibrates the target and starts attacking freely.
For the Shasta Independent Fleet that is being attacked, it is definitely a period of torture right now. Although there are only three high-energy laser beams irradiated from 1 light second away, all the attacks so far have successfully hit the target.
As long as it is hit by these three blue-purple high-energy lasers, the warship will be punched through at least, not to mention the 3-second exposure time, which is enough for these deadly lasers to cut the hull and cause greater damage. .
For the Renaissance Alliance fleet opposite the Shasta Independence Fleet, they will also be shocked.
Franklin and the fleet commander, who were personally in charge of the flagship, had already known that Atlas would send ships for support. However, after they just received a report that only three warships had appeared, and their positions were still 300,000 kilometers away, the two were momentarily confused. For a while, I didn’t figure out what kind of medicine Atlas was selling in the gourd.
Until the high-energy laser spanning 1 light second lit up in the cold universe.
Until the flagship of the enemy fleet was turned into a ball of fire in an instant.
Franklin learned that sometimes the ‘gap’ can be so large that it cannot be described using conventional methods.
While most of the armed forces in the Federation are still complacent about forming one or two fleets, Atlas is already studying how to 'annihilate the enemy without damaging' at a distance of 1 light second
Thinking of this, Franklin sighed insignificantly: "There are only three ships."
(End of chapter)