Chapter 1327: Cosmic Fortress, Irsha’s Attack (2)
Fleet artillery battle looks very exciting, but if you actually get started, you will find that you will completely lose interest after just a few shots.
The main reason is that the distance of the shelling is really too far. Once you hit it, it will take a minute or two before you can see whether it has hit or not in the sight. The ballistic computer will automatically calculate the shooting parameters based on the position of the shell of your previous shot. , which roughly marks the advance amount for you to aim the next shot.
In other words, it is difficult to have any positive emotional feedback in fleet artillery battles, and it will turn into a boring mechanical operation after a few moments.
This situation will change as the distance gets closer, but in the end it is still the same.
The fleet of the Spinning Water Federation surrounded the fortress and the enemy fleet from the left and right sides. Doing so would reduce the firepower density in the same direction, but the advantage was that the two firepower points allowed the Red Maple Republic fleet to focus on its head and tail.
The Maple Republic, on the other hand, clearly relied on the fortress to defend its formation. Even though both sides were beaten, it could still concentrate its forces to deal with it.
Starting from the firing of the first shot, the two sides engaged in an artillery battle for nearly an hour. The distance was indeed shortened and the accuracy of the artillery fire was indeed improved. However, the losses of both sides were still only a handful.
The artillery battle of the Grand Fleet was like this, and it was not big news even if it lasted for several days.
The Swan, which has always followed the Fifth Fleet, has never fired a shot, because it has not yet received the order from the cruiser and mobile aircraft carrier formation to attack, and now it is just hiding behind the friendly main fleet and running.
Li Chengqi was so bored that he began to count the water marks on each key on the keyboard, and then the Swan finally received the order to move forward from the fleet commander.
Including the Swan, about fifty cruisers, more than forty mobile aircraft carriers, and armored transport ships further back separated from the main fleet.
With the attitude control nozzles activated at full strength, they descended rapidly and separated from the rear of the main fleet.
The main fleet of the Red Maple Republic is entangled by the fleet of the Swirling Water Federation. The mission of the Swan and the cruisers is to capture the space fortress Ilsha.
It continued to descend until it was completely out of the enemy fleet's artillery depression angle, and then the Swan followed the cruiser formation from a descending attitude to level flight.
At this time, the space fortress Ilsha had reached diagonally above the bridge porthole. It looked like an irregular, diamond-shaped meteorite.
In fact, it is not accurate to describe it as a meteorite. Scholars believe that it is a large fragment that was broken by the impact of celestial bodies. It broke away from the gravitational capture of the galaxy and flew to a wandering celestial body in the dark star field.
It's just that when it was discovered, the location was very good. It was initially used as an advance base for exploration into farther star fields, and was later transformed into a military fortress.
This huge celestial body, which would definitely cause mass extinction of life if it hit the earth, is mainly composed of a mixture of fine gold and a small amount of other metals.
The appearance is still the same as the celestial body, but its defense is extremely strong. The interior is hollowed out and can supply three fleets.
Originally there were a large number of artillery pieces installed on the fortress, and there were even ion cannons for the fortress, but these were all blown up when the Spinning Water Federation fleet evacuated, and what the Red Maple Republic got was just an empty shell.
During this period, the Red Maple Republic repaired it, but there was not enough time. Even the Red Maple Republic's per capita infrastructure superman could not restore it to its pre-war state within a month.
The cruiser formation led the way, and directly above was the firing line where the main fleets of both sides intensively exchanged fire. Ion beams and physical shells that were almost invisible to the naked eye almost ignited the star field.
Alyssa stared at the distance to the fortress on the monitor, when Anyun reported:
"A large number of signals were detected, and the enemy space fighter force was dispatched." The Swan was lucky this time, because the cruise ship formation of the Red Maple Republic went to intercept the cruise ship formation of the Third Fleet of the Spinning Water Federation. The number of their cruise ships It is limited. When facing enemy troops approaching from two directions, it can only intercept one. If the troops are divided, there will not be enough combat power.
But just intercepting one does not mean that the other is ignored. Of course, Space Fortress Ilsha can eject a large number of space fighters.
And after Anyun's report, rows of ion beams and physical shells also fired at the cruiser formation where the Swan was located from the direction of the Space Fortress diagonally above.
A blue shield appeared to protect the Swan from direct fire. Alyssa glanced at the screen: "A new route has been set up. We will move forward according to the route and conduct targeted clearing of the defensive firepower on the surface of the fortress. ”
Then she connected to the hangar's communication and said to Fang Lanyin who appeared on the screen:
"Let Hall and Li Chengqi set off. The firepower network in front is too dense. For the time being, we can only get as close as this distance."
Fang Lanyin nodded, hung up the communication and asked the mechanics to move quickly and perform the final flight inspection before departure.
Hall had already sat in the cockpit when she heard the battle alarm. She had even been sitting there for more than an hour, ensuring that she could attack at any time.
She covered her left chest with her hand, trying to calm her heart that was beating violently due to nervousness, but due to the heavy void protective suit she was wearing, the effect of this operation was not obvious.
"Don't be nervous, just do it as usual."
This time, Li Chengqi had the rare chance of running out first without taking any initiative. He said to Hall: "If you feel unsure, you might as well fly a space fighter."
The reason why Hall was nervous was because this time she decided to fly the Silver Tornado instead of the space fighter she was used to.
After Hall joined, Villania has completely transformed into a correspondent, and she barely touches Silver Tornado.
Originally, Villania was not a pilot. She piloted the Silver Tornado just to make up for the shortcoming of no one to guard the Swan after Li Chengqi's attack. With Hall, she was naturally not needed.
For her now, the Silver Cyclone is just a hobby, but Hall is very interested in the Silver Cyclone.
The Storm Kingdom is preparing to replace its old space fighters with magic mechas. This cutting-edge weapon is likely to become popular in the future.
Pilots are also technical personnel. If they do not maintain a learning attitude, they will soon be eliminated.
Hall used the Silver Tornado simulator for training whenever she had time. Especially the data she used for training was when Li Chengqi drove the high-mobility Zaku. It can be said that Hall has become very proficient in operating this 18-meter-level machine. A humanoid mecha.
But for the first time I actually drove it on the battlefield, I was definitely still nervous as I should have been.
Whenever this happened, Hall envied Li Chengqi very much. He seemed to have no nervousness at all and was as calm as if he were sitting on the sofa at home.
Her intuition was very accurate. Li Chengqi was indeed sitting at home.
(End of chapter)