Chapter 1765 The Battle of Angstrom (3)
The tens of thousands of kilometers wide space between the Empire and the Red Corsair Fleet is already filled with interceptors and bombers with the colors of the Mechanicus. The reaction was like a swarm of angry insects. Although the Red Pirates also had a formation of fighter planes, the mere number of a few hundred was completely negligible in front of this mighty fleet.
"What a ghost."
From the moment he became a space warrior, Kelkus had never seen so many fighters, and he didn't look down on these little fighters in the past. thing.
After all, although fighter jets are fast and agile, they cannot survive the pressure exerted on them by the huge firepower.
But today, the situation seems to be a little different. The pilots of those red fighter planes were not afraid of life and death at all, and attacked the Red Pirates' air defense formation desperately. Even though they destroyed thousands of them, thousands more came up immediately afterwards.
The anti-aircraft firepower of those small battleships has begun to be unable to support it.
"The spine turret array is charging and waiting for my order."
"As ordered."
Kelkus looked at the holographic tactical device and looked at it from the screen , the entire fleet was crowded with hostile signs, swarms of red gathered around the ships, and these could be seen through the armored glass of the observation windows.
He realized that they should not choose this place as a battlefield. Although they were far away from the firepower of the planet's orbital station, Angstrom's huge escort fleet was not counted at all. At this time, he instead supported the fleet commander and war leader Mo According to Garro Carle's idea, the best way to break the situation at this time is to drop landing troops on Liuli 3 and destroy the enemy's hangar and star fort, so that they can take the initiative whether to fight or retreat in the future.
The command deck was filled with muttering inquiries and reports from stupid servants, mixed with the brief but efficient battle chatter of Chaos Space Marines.
"Sir, the spine turret array has been charged. Do you want to order the firing?"
Kelkus took a look at the fleet's fire distribution plan, sat on the command seat, and leaned forward. , massaging his hands on the armrests of the seat, making the metal gloves squeak, and then said:
"The target is the enemy Emperor-class battleship Alloy Truth."
"Locked!"
"Fire!"
The Retribution-class long-range artillery poured out deadly firepower at Alloy Truth, causing the opponent's shield to flicker, and then the ship was preparing for The Emperor-class battleship, which the frontline fighters provided as a transit, began to turn, trying to get out of the hunting range of the Red Corsair capital ship. At the same time, a salvo was fired from the Eternal Loyalty, hitting the Despair Prayer, which even Kelkus could feel. Pressure to the shield.
"Shield energy dissipated by 67%!"
"Shield coverage reduced to 51%!"
"Start the emergency recharging plan!"
Just when the ship's void shield was severely weakened and had multiple huge gaps, the bell rang, and the air defense detection officer chirped an alarm.
"There are multiple small target formations approaching from the third quadrant."
Kelkus wanted to stand up but stopped immediately. He had to stay calm, at least on the bridge. superior.
"More enemy aircraft formations are approaching, interceptors and bombers! They are coming very quickly, making contact after 20 seconds, 19, 18..."
"Alert, alert."
Kelkus quickly stood up from his seat and shouted:
"All fighter formations return to defense!"
"Sir! The fighter formation has been completely lost!”
Kelkus was stunned for a moment. It had only been ten minutes since he sent out the interceptor force, and more than sixty fighters were all gone?
"The bombers are approaching! They launched torpedoes and missiles!"
With the continuous sound of sirens, a group of red and furious interceptor aircraft soared on the spine of the Desperate Prayer, chasing the stream of glowing tracer bullets, Use missiles and cannon to clear out those small anti-aircraft turrets.
After a while, the ship began to shake, and dozens of Starhawk bombers roared through the sky. Even under the intensive anti-interception firepower of the battleships, they dropped those bombs and missiles desperately, and then one by one Disintegrated into glowing clouds of debris by anti-aircraft fire. Kelkus heard it clearly, mixed with the muffled sound of melta bombs penetrating armor.
“Damages.”
"Report! The upper main deck was penetrated in 5 places, the auxiliary armor belt was penetrated in 3 places, and the transmission of the main turret No. 3 of the spine was damaged and is being repaired urgently!"
The damage is not serious, but Kelku Si Zhen couldn't relax at all, because there were not many enemies.
"How is the recovery of the void shield?"
"91% has been restored! All layers are within the optimal limit."
"Sir, new enemy aircraft formation Approaching.”
Kelkus glanced at the tactical display. Those dense spots of light were like swarms of stinging bees flying in the sky.
"The main gun continues its attack on Alloy Truth and transmits new firing plans to all gun crews to destroy the enemy planes before they approach"
The beam of the light spear burst out in space , and those huge-caliber secondary guns also roared, spreading high-speed chaff around the spacecraft, forming a razor-like net, trapping the red fighter and tearing it into pieces.
At this time, an Indomitable-class light cruiser blocked the gun line of Alloy Truth.
“Destroy it.”
When the gunfire on the port side sounded, the ship began to rock. 20 seconds later, the cruiser shuddered under the gunfire, the void shield broke, and then the hull burst from the cracks. Flashes of energy and flames crawled on the armor for a moment, and then Broken into pieces.
"Sir, there are enemy fighters everywhere, and the artillery crew can no longer intercept them completely!"
Kelkus stared at the tactical instrument, and various foreboding data were being input into its calculations. center.
Soon, the new enemy came to life, dazzlingly bright red, forming a huge net surrounding his ship.
“Don’t let them get close to the stern and concentrate the anti-interception fire on the belly, or they will tear us into pieces!”
Kelkus stood up from his seat, his connection cable tugging at his nerves.
Then, the shells in charging mode flashed across the port side like ripples, and the gleaming ammunition flew quickly through the air -
"Assault Wing, Versus Grid 1-1- 9 to carry out precision strikes.”
The voice of the commander of the Angstrom Fighter Company spread throughout the communication.
"Missile breaks away, missile breaks away!"
When the missile was launched, enemy interception fire followed, and dozens of Furies were smashed into pieces.
But the rockets launched successfully opened a gap in the weak point of the void shield. The larger Starhawk joined the attack, releasing a series of revenge missiles, filling the front of them with explosions and rotating shrapnel. of emptiness.
Although such a barrage attack can never cause more significant damage to such a large battleship, it can reduce the enemy's speed when attacking the enemy's engine
With this opportunity , the assault wing filed in, continued to attack the rear of the enemy warship, and flew towards the Alloy Truth after releasing all ammunition.
At this time, there are only 21 fighters left in the entire formation. They will quickly replenish their ammunition in the hangar of the Alloy Truth, and then form a new formation with the remaining fighters in other formations to launch another attack and use it for the second time. After replenishing ammunition, they will go straight back to Liuli 3, where they will perform quick repairs and fuel replenishment, and reorganize again before launching a new round of attacks.
Relying on such a continuous offensive, although Angstrom's fighter fleet was rapidly depleted, it also caused the Red Corsair to suffer huge losses. A large cruiser completely collapsed under the continuous attack of thousands of fighter planes. The upper deck and engine were completely blown up, and the bridge fell into silence, turning into a dead fish in the void battlefield, slowly floating to the edge of the battlefield.
(End of this chapter)