Chapter 1335: Cosmic Fortress, Irsha’s Attack (10)
Compared with armed merchant ships, the environment where the warship is going is harsher, and the armor plate is more resistant to temperature changes. In addition, it is already outside the killing range, so the entire cruiser fleet, including the Swan, has not been too affected. Big impact.
The most obvious impact is that when the gasified material spreads, the fleet's formation becomes skewed, and many precision equipment, including communications, temporarily fail.
The electronic pulse generated by a nuclear explosion can destroy all electronic equipment. Alyssa relied on magic to reach the interstellar age. The impact of the electronic pulse on the battleship is limited to temporary malfunction.
However, the power of this explosion is indeed shocking.
Even though there are reactors on battleships, reactors are always described as similar to nuclear fusion. In fact, those things have nothing to do with the principles of nuclear fusion. The only thing they have in common is a constant source of energy. Just output energy.
Whether it is the chemical energy used to ignite gunpowder or the mechanical energy converted into electrical energy by electromagnetic acceleration projectiles, they only use the energy on the surface of atoms, and the utilization rate is very low.
Nuclear explosions draw on the powerful power inside atoms. Hydrogen bombs take advantage of the fact that when two atoms combine to form a heavier atom, a huge amount of binding energy is released. As long as there are enough reaction materials, its yield can be unlimited. Expansive.
Using an atomic bomb as a detonator, the ultra-high-temperature and high-pressure environment formed during the explosion is undergoing a fusion reaction. This kind of operation is beyond the imagination of Alyssa's technicians. They have no concept of atoms.
So for Alyssa, this was a flash of light, most of the armed merchant ships were dead, and the military port at the bottom of the space fortress Ilsia was directly vaporized, and she was 100% sure that this was definitely an operation performed by Li Chengqi!
You promised not to do any high-profile operations before the fight started, but why did you make big news again?
Is that mouth of yours really trustworthy?
"Communications have been restored, there is still interference with the radar, and the targeting system has not yet been restored."
An Yun's report interrupted Alyssa's inner complaints. Although she felt terrible, Alyssa was keenly aware that this was a good opportunity.
"Notify the fleet to follow our ship and move forward at full speed, sweep away the remaining enemy forces and clear the way for our armored transport ship."
When this hydrogen bomb went down, the military port at the bottom of the space fortress Irsha was directly vaporized. No matter how many armed merchant ships there were, they had now turned into smoke and flown away.
The remaining armed merchant ships were either injured or disabled, and at the very least they were swaying.
The remaining self-defense firepower on the space fortress Ilsha also seemed to be affected by the hydrogen bomb. The accuracy of aiming and shooting was greatly reduced, and many anti-ship ion beams were even unable to be launched at all.
The electronic pulse had a huge impact on the precise aiming system. Now both sides were unable to shoot accurately. Everyone, including the Swan, could only aim machine-pilot.
On a cosmic scale, it would be strange to be able to shoot accurately with a machine sight. Unless the distance is very close, it is just setting off fireworks.
Neither the enemy nor we can hit accurately, which is an excellent opportunity for the fast cruiser. Rushing in before the aiming system is restored can greatly reduce losses.
The entire cruiser formation followed the leading Swan, still accelerating and charging like a frontline formation. They passed through the star field where space fighter planes were fighting fiercely just now. The remaining friendly fighter planes approached their own warships and requested to land, while the enemy forces Will be driven away by anti-aircraft guns.
Li Chengqi and Hall also returned to the Swan at this time.
Silver Cyclone needs to be resupplied, including liquefied magic power and ammunition. Hall also needs to rest and replenish water, and change a diaper...
Moreover, the viewfinder of the Silver Tornado is very problematic and needs to be adjusted and parts replaced. Although it does not take much time, there is no way to fix it by yourself in a battlefield environment, so you can only go back to the hangar. As for Li Chengqi...
The blackened marks on his machine needed to be wiped off with a rag, but it was gone, just this little damage.
The machine that throws nuclear bombs naturally has methods to resist thermal radiation and impact. To be precise, the reason why this machine is so bloated is so that it can come back alive after throwing nuclear bombs.
Although Li Chengqi did not expect the hydrogen bomb to be so powerful, he still achieved the achievement of dropping a nuclear bomb on a fortress.
——This is considered an achievement.
While charging forward, they recovered their own carrier-based aircraft. Further forward were the remaining armed merchant ships that had just adjusted their posture.
The combat effectiveness of this thing is far inferior to that of real battleships. The tricky part is that they will rely on the fixed firepower of the fortress behind to intercept the cruiser fleet, and there are so many of them that it really can't be done in a short time.
Alyssa had originally been mentally prepared to lose more than thirty cruisers in close combat, but when a hydrogen bomb dropped, she was prepared in vain.
The cruiser formation almost submerged the remaining armed merchant ships. At this distance, there was no need for main guns. The secondary guns and even anti-aircraft guns were enough to penetrate the shields and armor of the armed merchant ships. The remaining armed merchant ships were like The autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves, turning them into space junk within ten minutes.
Speaking of space junk, the wreckage of a large number of armed merchant ships that were self-destructed by the thermal radiation of hydrogen bombs was right in front. This caused trouble for the Swan and the cruiser formation, and they had to open their shields, as hard as a dump truck. Rush over.
At this time, the targeting system had been partially restored and the distance was very close. The remaining firepower on the Space Fortress Ilsha began to pour towards the approaching cruiser formation.
However, because the distance was too close, the Swan led the team to approach from below. Soon the fleet exceeded the angle of depression of the artillery on the fortress. Except for a few unlucky cruisers that were hit once or twice, they were almost unscathed.
Immediately afterwards, the fighter jets that had just been contained were released again. To use a not-so-nice metaphor, from a distance, it looked like a lot of flies buzzing around a weird-looking piece of shit.
There should be no more armed merchant ships inside the Space Fortress Ilsha, but the space fighter planes were enough. The two sides once again broke out in a fierce battle in the star field next to the fortress. The anti-aircraft firepower on the battleships and the fortress also got involved, and the level of chaos was more than It was more than twice as high as before.
But the most important thing is that the cruiser formation has arrived below the fortress, which means that the armored transport ships can carry out offensive operations.
Of course, the main fleets of both sides have seen this scene, but no one can take action. Once the Red Maple Republic fleet, which is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, divides its forces to support the fortress, the remaining troops will suffer heavy losses.
Although the Spinning Water Federation has many warships, the resistance of the Red Maple Republic fleet is also very fierce, and dividing its forces will also cause great losses.
It should be said that we are very lucky that there is no reactor interferer here, otherwise the situation will become more complicated.
So both sides were just maintaining a high-intensity artillery battle and just looking in the direction of the fortress, without any solution.
(End of chapter)