Chapter 1331 Cosmic Fortress, Irsha’s Attack (6)
The biggest feature of the Space Fortress is that it can carry many more artillery pieces than a battleship, as well as a large number of giant radar devices.
Since the radar technology on Alyssa's side is simple, if you want to have a long detection range, you need to stack materials simply and roughly. The larger the radar, the stronger its basic capabilities will be.
Therefore, a space fortress is stuck here, and a large area of the nearby star field is within the surveillance range of the radar. Even if the fortress's artillery cannot reach it, friendly warships stationed in the fortress can be dispatched to intercept the enemy.
Among them, the most deadly weapon of the Space Fortress is naturally the fortress cannon.
This thing is essentially a ship-borne ion cannon with crazy stacks of materials. It can continuously supply energy and rotate the turret when firing, creating a strafing effect.
This kind of heavy cannon cannot be installed even on a starship, and it requires fortress-level energy to provide sufficient magic power.
But it should obviously have exploded.
When the fleet of the Spinning Water Federation evacuated, all supplies were taken away, and anything that could not be taken away was destroyed. The same was true for all the artillery of Irsha, which of course included the fortress cannon.
It's just that the Xianshui Federation will take back the fortress in the future. The destruction of the fortress cannons is not as simple and crude as blowing up the dense artillery with bombs.
The body of the fortress cannon is very huge. When destroying it, experts removed the key parts and used explosives to destroy it accurately.
The advantage of this is that it is difficult for the enemy to repair it, and when you come back in the future, you can repair it and continue using it.
The Red Maple Republic and the Spinning Water Federation have similar technical levels, but their technical routes are not exactly the same. It stands to reason that they should not be able to repair the fortress cannon.
After calming down, Alyssa thought for a while, and it seemed that the fortress cannon was not completely repaired.
It is of course easy to use the power of the fortress cannon to destroy the main fleet first, but the Red Maple Republic did not target the main fleet of the Spinning Water Federation, but instead aimed at the cruiser formation where the Swan was located. This clearly tells you that the power of the fortress cannon is still It's far from enough. Whether it can hit the main fleet farther away is another matter. The damage effect is likely to be limited.
Secondly, the beam disappeared as soon as it swept the Swan, which also shows that the efficiency of the fortress cannon has not been restored to a complete level.
Finally, a huge piece of equipment like the fortress cannon cannot fire continuously, not to mention that if it is not completely repaired, it is likely to require a long period of cooling or energy supply.
To sum up, the period after escaping the first shot will be a window period.
If the fleet commander is not stupid, he must know that he should use this window period to get as close to the fortress as possible, otherwise if the thing fires two more cannons, there will be nothing left in the cruiser formation.
Alyssa was waiting for the fleet commander to issue new orders, but Villania listened to the earphone and said:
"The formation flagship was destroyed in the attack just now, and now all units are asking who will take command."
On the battlefield, when a commander is eliminated, it is naturally the person with higher military rank who commands the person with lower military rank.
Alyssa looked at her void protective suit provided by the Spinning Water Federation, with the rank of lieutenant colonel on the chest and shoulders.
"Okay, notify all battleships that Lieutenant Colonel Alyssa Li will take over command."
The lowest rank of a battleship captain is a colonel. Lieutenant colonels generally command warships of the destroyer and frigate class. The captains of cruiser formations are basically majors.
What's more, Alyssa still has prestige. Villania sent out her words, and the remaining units in the formation sent out signals to accept the order.
As a recycler, Alyssa is very good at commanding a battleship.
But precisely because as a recycler, Alyssa had no experience in commanding a fleet, and she had not even read a textbook on how to command a fleet.
Now we can only catch the duck and put it on the shelves.
"Order all cruisers to follow us and set the route by ourselves. We need to get close to the fortress." If we continue to approach, we can exceed the firing angle of the fortress cannon and avoid the destruction of the remaining fleet. It can also open a channel for the armored transport ship at the rear.
But getting closer means facing the firepower of armed merchant ships and the remaining artillery on the surface of the fortress.
This operation can only be said to be the lesser of two evils. Only by rushing forward can you open a way out. Otherwise, unless you retreat and abandon the battle plan, there will be nowhere to hide.
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"What the hell? What the hell is that?"
Hall had just exploded a space fighter. Although he couldn't see where Li Chengqi was, he could hear Li Chengqi's voice from the speaker.
"It should be the fortress cannon firing."
The remaining power of the fortress cannon also swept through the airspace where the fighters on both sides were located. In an instant, regardless of whether it was the enemy or ourselves, a quarter of it evaporated.
Thanks to Hall and Li Chengqi being on the left side of the battlefield, the fortress artillery fired from right to left. They would disappear if they could not touch them, otherwise they would have melted into the light on the spot.
"Fortress cannon? You actually still have this thing?"
Hall was also puzzled. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have been repaired so quickly, but as a pilot, this was not something she should consider. She turned her attention to the surrounding enemy aircraft again.
It was also the first time Li Chengqi saw a fortress cannon. To be precise, it was the first time he saw a fortress cannon fired.
The Royalists' secret base itself actually had a fortress cannon. It had not been completed when the Swan went there, so it could not be seen firing.
Hall ignored Li Chengqi's surprised voice and flipped the body to avoid the ion beam. She followed what Li Chengqi said before, trying to give up the habit of flying a space fighter, and imagined the silver whirlwind as an extension of her hands and feet.
You are not driving something to fight, but standing in the void with a gun in your hand.
The driving method of the magic mecha is indeed like this, with a high degree of freedom. In contrast, a space fighter can only fire when facing the target.
Just as Hall was trying hard to change her operating habits, she heard Li Chengqi say: "The Swan seems to be fine, but at least twenty cruisers have been destroyed, and the enemy's armed merchant ships are approaching." near."
Hall rolled out of the enemy's firing line. When he turned around, he saw a large number of armed merchant ships mixed with carrier-based aircraft launched from the fortress approaching the battlefield.
At the same time, Hall also saw the friendly formation headed by the Swan also speeding up and charging under the gunfire.
If this pattern continues, it won't be long before it's no longer a distanced artillery battle. It's very likely that they will be face-to-face with enemy armed merchant ships, replicating the classic tactics of the Age of Discovery, and even reaching the distance of jumping gangs.
"Stand back. I guess you don't have much ammunition. Go back to resupply and cover the Swan."
When Hall heard this, he immediately asked:
"Did you..."
"I'll clear the way."
At the end of the words, a harsh popping sound came from the speaker, which indicated that the other end of the communication had exceeded the communication range.
At the same time, Hall saw a white body with eye-catching blue tail blazes jumping up from the melee, casually destroying the two following space fighters like flies, and heading straight for The armed merchant ships and the fortress flew in the direction.
Sure enough, it unfolded like this again.
(End of chapter)