Chapter 3024 Dream Ship
Faced with the enemy’s unprecedentedly powerful defensive firepower, the Demon Prince commanding the Fourth Plague Company used his evil witchcraft to breed corrupt cysts on the battleship deck. Increase the battleship's defense and order to charge at full speed.
As long as they are close enough, they can launch a deadly gang jump. Only one team is enough to capture an enemy space station.
But this plan was quickly blocked by an overwhelming number of fighter planes, and they were fighters that even the ancient Plague Marines did not recognize. They seemed to be half the size of the most common Fury interceptor in the empire, and the overall shape was A triangle with two main engines and wing rocket thrusters. The speed is neither too fast nor too slow, but the number is staggering.
This is the "Minuteman" fighter plane specially designed for galaxy defense. Its real name is the Defender Interceptor. The characteristics of this fighter plane are simple, cheap, and durable. Because it is used for galaxy defense, its The main material is relatively low-grade titanium alloy, which has relatively poor strike resistance. The electronic system is also slightly simpler than that of the Imperial fighter. It only has a small active radar and a fire control radar, and does not have the complex calculation equipment and life support devices of the Imperial star fighter. , the escape device has been simplified into a cockpit separation system, and it does not have the ability to attack independently from the command center. In order to save man-hours and materials, the thickness of the body shell has also been reduced a lot, and the engine life has been relatively short. Although this has resulted in The survivability performance of the Defender interceptor is much worse than that of the Fury, but its cost is also greatly reduced. The cost of seven Defender interceptors is not as much as that of one Fury interceptor.
Although some mechanical priests have doubts about this kind of "inferior" fighter, it fundamentally solves the problem of the planet's local guards and galaxy defense forces not having space fighters, and also reduces the cost, although protection and survival are sacrificed. Sex, but it is guaranteed to be at least enough for use in battle.
And this kind of fighter is not without its unique features, such as its wing rocket thruster, which is actually a device used on small transport aircraft of the Mechanicus. Its main function is to make the engine power insufficient. The aircraft can escape the gravity of the planet and enter orbit, and the same is true for the Defender interceptor. It is a fighter aircraft that can be used in both the atmosphere and orbital space. However, the wing rocket thruster can also be used in orbital combat, allowing it to operate in a short time. The speed reaches or even exceeds the level of ordinary interceptors in the empire, but it cannot be used for more than ten minutes, otherwise there is a risk of explosion.
At the same time, its firepower is worthy of its size, with 2 heavy laser cannons, 4 heavy missile launchers, and 4 light missile launchers, which are enough to meet the needs of most naval battles.
Due to the relatively simple structure of the Defender fighter, Ulan Huda simply established three production plants in the Neisen system, two in Neisen IV and one in Neisen V. Nearly 160,000 Defender fighter jets were manufactured in six years, and these Defender fighter jets formed the core force of the Neisan system's low-Earth orbit defense.
The Fourteenth Legion obviously knew nothing about this. When more than 20,000 defender fighter planes appeared near the fleet of the 4th Plague Company, even the Demon Prince was shocked. Regarding the theory of giant ships and cannons For the 14th Legion, which is the most convinced, in the past, encountering things like fighter jets was almost like seeing flies, and they didn't care at all.
But when the inconspicuous things reached a certain amount, these plague warriors, whose minds and bodies were stuck in the past, finally realized that maybe some things were not as simple as they thought.
“There is only one ship. ! The Grand Threat, the Abomination, leads the fleet from the right to entangle the Queen of Glory, the Smallpox, do you see those small boats? Block them and slowly crush them, filthy believers. I want to kill this myself. Eviscerate the flagship of that damned legion and claim it as your own, as the slow despair flows from the rotting entrails of the Queen of Glory, the loving fathers will smile, and with their warships, I will bring the sweetest blight And the plague pours on them, corroding them, withering them, releasing true despair!"
After receiving the order, the plague fleet spread out in a stable front, shrouding the Avesta like a big hand, and at the same time each party Spears of light and shells spilled out, hitting the mysterious shield of the Avista, but it showed a completely different state from the void shield. The energy and physical attacks seemed to disappear directly, but Avista The spiers and weapons on the Star grew brighter and brighter.
"Master, there is no psychic signal. The opponent is not using a void shield, but the energy of the attack has disappeared."
"Well, what did the erased legion study? ?”
Although Typhons already knew about the Eleventh Legion from some channels, his information was too little.
"But the style of the entire ship is somewhat similar to that of the Necron. We have to be careful. The weapons of those soulless machines are very powerful." Before he could finish his words, suddenly the entire bridge was moved. As soon as it darkened, the tentacles and cysts that proliferated on the bridge withered one after another, and even Typhons felt a sharp blade scratching his skin.
“What’s going on!”
“Master! An unknown energy erupted from the opponent’s ship and the equipment malfunctioned! Emergency restart is in progress!”
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"Damn it!"
Typhons was horrified, and then saw the Avesta starting to accelerate, and at the same time, huge plasma cannons on the side began to roar.
Without the protection of its shield, the Scourge-class battleship Grand Threat suffered heavy damage in an instant. The plasma explosion melted the hard deck and opened it, followed by blinding lightning, which directly tore the keel apart, but seven or eight Within seconds, a giant ship had been severely damaged.
Slaughtering the Grand Threat, the Avesta passed by the outside of the Plague Fleet that was recovering from paralysis, and the particle whip swept across it like a scythe. The crowded fleet annihilated small ships one by one. When the bridge of the Terminus was restored, fifteen ships had been destroyed by the opponent. This efficiency made Typhons, who had forgotten what it felt like to sweat, feel sweaty. .
"The cursed coward! Used an alien weapon! Destroy it!"
At this time, he was also a little over the top, and planned to order the Terminus to rush towards the opponent at all costs, as well as the entire fleet, but he ignored one thing.
"Master! A large number of ships appear behind us!"
"Huh!?"
Typhons looked at the tactical instrument and found at least a hundred signals He didn't know when he appeared behind the fleet, and then he realized that the opponent's sudden paralysis of the entire fleet's equipment was not to attack, but to provide time for the outflank.
Although the galaxy defense fleet is all small ships, no matter how small they are, they are still warships. Each ship has at least a few naval guns, and in order to enhance the firepower of the defense fleet, many of them have been changed into torpedo ships. Although those torpedo assault ships had almost no decent firepower, each of them carried at least four armor-piercing torpedoes, and launching them was their only mission.