Chapter 1378 Encounter in the Zhenguang Galaxy (4)
The battle cruiser is a fire support weapon. It is longer than two space fighters. It is relatively flat and has a bullet-proof shape. Due to its large size, an aircraft carrier cannot carry many. It is basically 70~80 times smaller than the carrier-based aircraft. Put it on the battlefield at a ratio of 1 to 1.
Although Li Chengqi always seemed to find it easy to kill battle cruisers, in fact this thing was extremely difficult for space fighters.
The battle cruiser has 10 to 16 20 to 40 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, of which three 40 mm guns are installed on the omnidirectional rotating turret on the top, and the remaining 20 mm guns are installed in various corners, not omnidirectional turrets. It is a cannon drum with adjustable angle.
This gives the battle cruiser no blind spots for firepower. As long as it wants to fire, there will always be a gun pointed at you.
Moreover, the battle cruiser also has a shield that far exceeds that of a space fighter. A total of one driver and two weapons officers are responsible for operating it. The disadvantage is that its speed and flexibility are relatively poor, but for space fighters, it is an iron bastard with nowhere to speak. .
The 20mm small water pipe has almost no effect on it, and even the airborne ion beam has to hit continuously to penetrate the shield.
The battle cruiser will not give you the chance to hit continuously. Space fighters that dare to circle with the battle cruiser will become space garbage.
It's just that this thing is relatively large and can easily be focused on by warships, so it cannot get close enough to throw void torpedoes. Otherwise, the current battlefield should be bombardment by battle cruisers instead of space fighters and magic mechas.
Li Chengqi beat it like a dog, not because the machine he used had good performance, but because he was used to breaking away with one blow at high speed and never getting entangled.
This prevents the battle cruiser from using its firepower and makes it a complete target.
In short, the battle cruiser will be a sure kill against slow light vehicles, and it just so happens that the magic mecha is really not as fast as the space fighter.
In the cruiser formation of the Fifth Fleet, not only the aircraft carriers are new recruits, but the additional pilots are also new recruits. They are sent directly after the one-week training. This may even be their first time driving a magic mecha in the void. Combat.
Hall had been through simulation training for a long time, and she was still confused when she first entered the actual combat. She was like this for professional pilots, let alone recruits.
Coupled with the fact that they were on the battlefield for the first time and might be nervous, they couldn't even bring out the best flexibility of the magic mecha. Some people drive a magic mecha just like driving a car, darting left and right, with extremely stiff movements. Such people are perfect targets for battle cruisers.
So when the battle cruiser appeared, the surrounding friendly forces looked like firecrackers, exploding one by one.
Hall pushed the engine output to the maximum, and sharp hums and screams were transmitted from the mechanical mechanism on the back to the cockpit. Along with subtle vibrations, Hall quickly dodged the barrage fired by the battle cruiser.
If you record her movements and compare them, you will find that they are a 1:1 replica of Li Chengqi's every operation. She has already practiced Li Chengqi's movements into muscle memory in the virtual machine.
This is not just a matter of imitating a cat. The premise for Li Chengqi to dodge the anti-aircraft guns is that he can very accurately block the blind spot of each anti-aircraft gun. It is not simply fast or flexible.
This is actually something I learned while flying an interceptor to fight bombers in the game. It is no joke for bomber players who don't have this ability to operate self-defense cannons.
Li Chengqi's seemingly random movements are based on observation, experience and accurate operation.
Hall's attention became more and more concentrated. She stared at the battle cruiser intently. The silver whirlwind danced in the barrage. It seemed that the tracer bullets were about to hit her every time, but they always missed just a little bit.
Of course, Li Chengqi is not a player who is passively beaten. Even if there is a fierce barrage, he will find a way to find a shooting window, even if it is just a fleeting opportunity.
Hall, who has completely learned from Li Chengqi, also inherited his driving habits. From time to time while flying up and down, the 40mm rapid-fire cannon in his hand will fire. Whether it can penetrate the shield or not is another matter, but it must be fired.
The people on the battle cruiser noticed that Hall was dodging and approaching, which made them seem a little panicked. The anti-aircraft guns aimed at other magic mechas also aimed at Hall.
The difficulty of the barrage more than doubled, and the fire dragons scattered by several tracer bullets seemed to strangle her in the rain of bullets. But it was too late, Hall had found the angle she wanted.
Pressing on the pedal under his feet, the silver whirlwind used an exaggerated backflip in the air to avoid the two strangling nets of fire. As the body flipped, Hall reached the Achilles' heel of the battle cruiser.
That is the engine location.
When pilots chat with each other, they always say that the battle cruiser is like a deformed monster made by cutting out several air defense cabin modules from a battleship, forcing them together, and adding an engine and a shield generator.
This is a joke, but also a fear of it.
But the battle cruiser is not without its weaknesses. When the silver whirlwind appears on the back 5 to 10 degrees lower than the battle cruiser's engine, all its turrets are out of reach.
Hall's information came from Li Chengqi, and Li Chengqi actually discovered this weakness when he saw the battle cruiser for the first time. At that time, he was even flying the Manta Ray shuttle.
The engine is always the biggest exposed weakness of an aircraft, and attacking here will result in a killing blow.
Without giving the battle cruiser any chance to maneuver and throw the silver whirlwind out of a safe blind spot, Hall immediately picked up the 40mm rapid-fire cannon and fired all the remaining bullets.
There are not many bullets left in the magazine, but the 40mm thin-cased high-explosive rounds are enough to greatly weaken the battle cruiser's shield energy.
She didn't change the magazine at all, just threw away the rapid-fire cannon and took off the folding 180mm plus howitzer on the back of her waist.
This gun has been used before, but the void component of the Silver Cyclone could not withstand its huge recoil. But this time, Villania used parts provided by the Spinning Water Federation military to modify the Silver Cyclone a second time. She patted her chest. Guaranteed that there will be absolutely no problem.
As Silver Tornado pulled the trigger, the hard-core armor-piercing bullet hit the weakened shield surface and instantly penetrated the shield and hit the engine.
Hall could clearly see the battlecruiser's engine exploding, and even the flying debris and pipelines inside could be clearly seen.
The 180mm howitzer requires manual reloading and pulling the bolt, just like pulling the bolt, so Hall didn't use it to make up for the damage. Instead, he took off an offensive grenade that looked like a shrunk mine and threw it over, then stepped on it. The middle pedal moves backward.
Equipping a magic mecha with grenades sounds ridiculous. On the one hand, the Kingdom of Storms doesn’t know what weapon is the best solution to equip a magic mecha. After all, the configuration of a magic mecha is completely different from that of a space fighter. , still in the exploratory stage.
In addition, the grenade is flexible.
It does not need to occupy the precious weapon hanging points on the magic mecha. You can just find a convenient corner and carry it, and throwing grenades is definitely much faster than changing magazines.
Silver Tornado's thick fingers pressed the switch on the grenade. The grenade will activate the detonation fuse 10 meters or three seconds after it leaves the body.
The battle cruiser, which had lost its engine and was completely unable to move, was hit by a grenade. This time it was not a hard-core armor-piercing projectile that would not explode.
The explosion ignited the energy pipeline in the battle cruiser, causing a large amount of magic power to overflow, which further ignited the ammunition in the warehouse.
Almost at the same time as the grenade exploded, obvious flames and orange flashes began to appear inside the battle cruiser, and the entire battle cruiser disintegrated rapidly.
The three escape capsules flew out, but the pilot made a prompt decision. If they had activated the ejection device a little later, they might have been buried with the battle cruiser.
(End of chapter)