Chapter 650 Forced Demolition
Within the federal territory, the ‘Stonehenge’ defense zone.
The asteroid belt with a total length of 2.2 million kilometers is like a coral area in the sea, and the fleets fighting in this asteroid belt are like schools of fish, playing hide-and-seek and ghost-catching games.
The only difference is that the unlucky guy who is caught will be fired by the fleet into a brand new wreckage floating in the starry sky
On the bridge of the Infinity, Guterres frowned as he looked at the huge battle situation map presented by the holographic projection platform in front of him.
Since the battle on the frontal front started until now, in addition to relying on the unexpected ultra-long-range sniper attack of the 'Spectrum Destroyer' at the beginning, it killed the flagship of the 'Pseudo First Fleet', and then used the opportunity to launch continuous 'white prostitutes' After a massive attack, the combined forces of Atlas and the Renewal Alliance made no further progress.
The federal navy obviously made a plan in advance. After being stunned for a while at first, it began to retreat towards the Stonehenge defense area in an orderly manner. Although most of the "legs and feet were not in good condition" were eaten in the end. fleet, but the other fleets successfully withdrew into the defense zone, and then began to defend with the help of the complex environment of the asteroid belt and a large number of fixed weapons.
When Guterres received intelligence and learned that the commander on the opposite side was his old comrade Griezmann, he immediately realized that this battle would definitely not be resolved quickly.
But Guterres knew very well that after Amber's side fell into fierce fighting, his side could not stop.
Marshal Trafalgar and the three elite fleets were all lured away by Amber. For the frontal front, this is already the best opportunity. If the Atlas Group cannot even grasp this opportunity, then there is no need. Let’s talk about the next step.
"Griezmann is really stable"
"Sir, do you know the commander opposite?" Hearing Guterres' sigh, the adjutant and tactical staff officer following him asked.
"Huh? Don't you know?"
Guterres was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized:
"That's right. You just transferred here not long ago. I don't know, but it's normal that the commander opposite is Griezmann, my old comrade and colleague in the Federal Navy. If he is here, our fleet's attack will not be successful." So easy to achieve results.”
"Oh~ Then this commander seems to be a master of defense?" the adjutant asked next. Young officers like him who were trained by the Atlas Group themselves, under the influence of the group's corporate culture and seniors, stand out. If you don't understand, just ask.
"I can't say he is a defensive master. If I were to evaluate him, Griezmann cannot be said to be very strong in either defense or offense, but he stands out as being as stable as a mountain. This style of command may not be of any benefit to the offense and may even cause damage. Impact, but when it comes to defensive battles, it’s a tough nut to crack.”
Guterres sighed. There is nothing opportunistic about this kind of confrontation where the strength gap between the two sides is not big, especially when the other party occupies a 'good location', the attacking fleet can only nibble at it bit by bit.
The only good news is that the Renaissance Alliance's fleet performed really well in this joint operation - especially in executing orders, focusing on 'dispatch at will'.
This also made Guterres's worries before the war, that the Renaissance Alliance fleet would not obey the command, disappear without a trace.
Not to mention Atlas's own fleet, which carried out the orders he issued very thoroughly, and although it was slower with the fire support of the two super flags, it was indeed eating away at the Federation bit by bit. The battle line of the fleet.
The main guns of the two Endless-class super flagships were not used to attack the fleets hidden in the asteroid belt, but were fired directly at the asteroid belt.
If I can't hit the fleet, why can't I hit these mountain-like asteroid fragments?
A large number of asteroid rubbles hundreds of kilometers long, under the strafing of the super-heavy purification beam generator, were cut open one by one like cakes, and then began to drift towards the interior of the asteroid belt in an orderly manner, and then Trigger a large number of chain reactions.
This kind of debris deviated from its original orbit and began to float randomly, which directly caused confusion on the federal navy's front line. Although most of the asteroid debris was placed with fixed weapon groups, there would also be those responsible for stabilizing the orbit and counteracting the recoil of firing. The stance controls the nozzle, but in the face of the chaos caused by Atlas, the control personality in the Stonehenge defense area almost shut down directly.
Therefore, Griezmann also ordered the federal fleets to continue to retreat into the "Stonehenge" defense area, because the chaotic asteroid belt not only caused trouble to the federal navy, but also caused trouble to Atlas and the Renaissance Alliance. The fleet will not be able to break in directly for a while.
This caused Guterres to cut the 'sausage' in one stroke, but when he looked up, the 'sausage' was so long that there was no end in sight
Thinking of this, Guterres realized that maybe the way to break the situation depends on Amber's side, but when he thought that Amber was facing three main fleets led by Marshal Trafalgar, the old navy man was inevitably a little worried. Worry.
"Selena, is there any new news from Boss?" Guterres asked the shipboard controller.
"Reporting to Commander, the last information update of the Boss's fleet was 1 hour and 12 minutes ago, and no new information has been received yet"
Serena's voice sounded next to Guterres, still so calm and peaceful.
"It seems that the pursuit is not over yet."
Guterres lowered his head and thought about it. According to the news that came before, the fleet from the 'Pillar of All Living Things' was attacking the 'Quiet' satellite cannon array.
Although Guterres was also surprised that the federation put this tactical weapon into use so quickly, he still had inexplicable confidence in Amber and always felt that this mysterious Boss could perform some weird operations. Achieve tactical objectives.
This kind of confidence in Amber does not only appear in him. It should be said that all the commanders of Atlas have an unconditional trust in Amber, especially those who have followed him for a longer time, the deeper this trust will be.
It's just that pursuit battles are indeed a relatively complex situation in fleet battles with many changes. The pursuing side and the pursued side each have distinct and outstanding advantages and disadvantages.
As for the pursuing Federation fleet, they relied on Marshal Trafalgar's careful early layout to monitor the Atlas fleet's every move after entering the 'Pillar of All Living Beings', and successfully achieved an ambush.
Moreover, after entering the pursuit battle, Marshal Trafalgar also knew very well that Atlas's target was the proton annihilation bomb assembly center, so he only had to follow the Atlas fleet and take advantage of the opponent's 'timing' to launch an attack on the assembly center. Just concentrate the firepower of the three fleets to complete the attack.
It seems like a very easy and simple battle?
But in fact, with the unexpected breakdown of the 'Cosmic Dump Truck' and the subsequent rapid cutting off of the Federation Navy's logistics squadron by the 'Poseidon Team', the disadvantage also enveloped Marshal Trafalgar and the others like a haze. .
And because it was a passive pursuit, their actions were largely restrained by the opponent, as if bound by an invisible rope. They had to pay attention to the movements of the Atlas fleet at all times to prevent the opponent from trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
Just like Atlas' attack in two directions at this time, Marshal Trafalgar was wondering whether he should split up his forces to pursue him. Although the federal fleet still had an advantage in terms of strength, he was still a little wary of the opponent. It is a super flagship, and according to observations, this thing has not used a main gun so far. Trafalgar is worried that if he divides his troops rashly, if the Atlas fleet comes with a "return rifle" to disperse and defeat them, something big will really happen.
As for the pursued Atlas fleet, under Amber's decision-making, they now have the tactical flexibility brought by taking the initiative.
When Amber made the battle plan with a group of staff in the early days, he actually fully considered the current situation of being chased and beaten - but this probability was too small in everyone's eyes, so it was regarded as a pressure. One of the box bottom plans.
At the same time, the 'Poseidon Team' had just achieved the annihilation of the Federation Logistics Fleet, and the main fleet even withstood the attack of the 'Quiet' satellite cannon array under impossible circumstances and demolished the latter, so The morale of the entire fleet was as high as a beacon being ignited at this moment.
But similarly, being the pursued party also has its disadvantages.
The first is the absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength. Amber knows that if they fight Marshal Trafalgar head-on, they will only play into the opponent's hands, so he can only find a way to win by surprise.
Moreover, the slow advance or the stalemate on the frontal front also means that the task of "destroying the proton annihilation bomb assembly center" must be completed, otherwise Atlas will be at a strategic disadvantage.
At the same time, once they are bitten by the federal fleet and fall into a protracted war, Amber and the others will be far away from their own base and have difficulty supplying. At this time, the combat resources will be unsustainable and they will also be in trouble.
It can be said that this fierce pursuit is a life and death game in the dark abyss of the universe. Both sides are fighting at all costs for the final victory, and no one can give in even half a step.
In fact, the warring parties did not make any concessions.
In other words, after the proton annihilation bomb assembly center entered the range of the Atlas fleet, the battle entered its most intense moment.
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"The interference effect of the scattering gel layer is being reduced. 75%50%40%25% is no longer able to intercept enemy high-power hard X-rays"
"Ships 772, 774, and 884 reported that the plasma propulsion array was attacked and bad pixels appeared! The ship's power began to decrease."
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"The current distribution density of interference smoke and high-density chaff clouds is only 50%, and multiple warships reported that they have been locked by multiple fire control radars!"
Urgent reports continued to reach the ears of Evans, the air defense commander of the Atlas right wing fleet. On the battle star map in front of him, more and more ships in the right wing fleet began to appear, symbolizing the 'threat level'. 'Ascend yellow light.
In many cases of fleet warfare, high-energy lasers are used for air defense operations or long-distance harassment. However, if it is a high-energy laser array on a capital ship, it can still cause enough damage to other ships in some cases.
Just like now, because the Atlas fleet adjusted its axis and started a "special demolition operation" towards the proton annihilation bomb assembly center, the subsequent decrease in relative speed allowed the Federation fleet to seize the opportunity to close the distance between the two sides. The right wing of the fleet was exposed to the firepower of the Federation fleet.
At present, the battleships and heavy cruisers of the Federation, Empire, and Atlas are all equipped with hard X-ray free electron laser cannons. With the support of the high power of the battleships, this weapon with not high energy efficiency can also work. A hard kill effect.
The key is that this thing's deflection force field can't stop it, so it can only rely on the hull armor to resist. But the problem is that the Atlas fleet is attacking the assembly center at the moment, so it is equivalent to exposing the sides and rear.
Hard X-rays are different from other high-energy lasers. When the power is sufficient, they can forcibly penetrate the light wave interference wake of the battleship's plasma propulsion array. Once a bad pixel appears on the propulsion array, the power of the battleship will be affected. , in the current warring environment, he is undoubtedly sentenced to death.
Without much time to think, the air defense commander quickly glanced at the current inventory of various functional ammunition in the right wing fleet and issued new instructions without hesitation.
"Each ship continues to fire functional ammunition, and the 'tactical shielding layer' must be maintained! Warships near the damaged ship should try to carry out emergency towing, and do not let any warships fall behind!"
Under Evans's order, the multi-purpose silos of the right-wing fleet warships launched various jamming warheads frantically as if for free. Although the 'tactical shielding layer' was re-maintained, the inventory of various jamming munitions was also visible to the naked eye. Visible speed drops rapidly and is approaching redline.
But the most terrible thing is that as the distance between the federal fleet continues to shrink, the effectiveness of the tactical shielding layer is also rapidly decreasing. When the opponent reaches the attack range of the main gun, what will be hit is a stream of heavy metal ion jets
Amber, who had returned to the Eternal to complete the supply of the aircraft, was naturally aware of this situation. Regarding the request from Ramos for the use of the super-flag main gun, he quickly made a choice.
Right now there are only two options: attacking the assembly center and attacking the federal fleet.
The Eternal's main gun can ignore the deflection field, so attacking the assembly center can destroy the opponent's deflection field generator array, allowing the fleet to carry out demolition faster.
As for attacking the federal fleet, the latter's current tight assault formation can actually allow the super-heavy purification beam generator to produce extremely high 'theoretical output', causing great losses to these elite federal fleets.
But if we want to consider the strategic level, it is obvious that the proton annihilation bomb assembly center is the main target of this operation.
So not long after, after "high-energy reaction detected" warnings sounded on all federal warships, a golden purification beam shot out from the 'spear tip' of the Atlas fleet, ignoring the extremely high power of the assembly center. The deflection force field directly bombarded the core of the deflection force field generator array.
Immediately afterwards, there are the second and third roads
Under the "three consecutive shots" attack from the Chaoqi main gun, the huge force field surrounding the assembly center flashed several times, and slowly disappeared with the flash of a large number of arcs.
But before Amber and the others could be happy, a few seconds later, the assembly center was once again enveloped by the deflection force field.
"Fuck, there really is a backup array."
Amber's face darkened, and then she immediately ordered Ramos:
"The entire fleet rushes forward and starts a concentrated fire attack! The power of the backup array is not that high, so this bone must be broken down no matter what!"
"Yes, Boss!"
Ramos quickly took the order and started to demolish it. Just as his voice fell, the voice of the temporary commander of the 'Poseidon Team' also sounded in Amber's ears.
"Boss, please let me take the squadron to harass the federal fleet and buy enough time for the main fleet!"
(End of chapter)