Chapter 201: Having a generational difference means being able to do whatever you want
Whether it is a large-scale decisive battle of the main fleet or a fight between several battleships.
Before entering the stage of pouring firepower on each other, when both sides are still searching and testing each other, it is boring and boring, but at the same time the atmosphere is extremely depressing.
Everyone hopes that their own ship can be the first to discover the other party's traces.
In this way, you can enter the combat position faster and fire before the enemy.
Now that heavy particle cannons are used as the main weapons of human military warships, for ships that have not had time to open the deflection field, one shot can often determine the outcome.
But this time, the goddess of luck was still on the Ares side.
According to the conclusion drawn from the continuous tracking by the nanotube external detection unit, the Mary Bay Industrial destroyer chasing the Ares chose the target of the pursuit was the inflatable bait released.
A decoy with no electromagnetic signal, no infrared signature, no power and painted in space warfare is, to a certain extent, no different than a warship that enters covert action mode.
This also means that the other party has to catch up to at least 20,000 kilometers away from the bait before they realize that they have mistaken the target.
At this time, the distance between them and Ares was beyond their reach in a short time.
So what the Ares has to do now is to find another destroyer that may be waiting on the border.
The ‘professional team’ of Yaoguang Defense also helped a lot in this regard.
Like most private military companies in this era, the most intense battles that Yaoguang Defense's ships have participated in are attacking pirates in escorts, or assisting their employers and other forces or private military forces. The company's ships exchanged fire.
What they are more familiar with is to directly enter the shooting stage after deploying the formation.
Rather than playing a game of hide and seek in the vast universe.
It is not that they have never done more professional battles such as ambush or counter-ambush.
It’s just that in the past, the targets were ordinary armed merchant ships or pirate ships, not military-class warships with optical stealth and black body cladding.
So when the temporarily transferred destroyer arrived outside the border area, its captain also fell into a bit of confusion.
The news he received was that a ship in covert action mode was approaching the border area. Currently, he only knew an approximate direction, and this target might also be a decoy.
Therefore, the destroyer is now needed to search this area. If it is confirmed to be a target, it will immediately send a signal to the Liberty Radical and launch an interception operation at the same time.
"I didn't say this mission was so difficult before I came here. No, I have to report it and ask for more money when I get back."
The captain complained while giving the order:< br>
"Turn on the long-wave radar, first scan to see the approximate location of the target.
The heavy particle cannon is ready to launch, and when the approximate location of the target is found, it will shoot in diffusion mode."
This set of operations was learned by the captain in an internal forum.
In addition to captains of various private military companies, the users of this forum also include some retired and even active federal navy captains.
It is also a place where you can learn real things.
This method was also revealed by a suspected captain of an active destroyer in the Federal Navy.
The diffusion shooting mode of the heavy particle cannon, although it is difficult to cause any damage to combat ships, can easily destroy decoy targets.
Because the baits released by these ships are usually inflatable baits for convenient storage.
Faced with the flow of heavy metal particles swept through, there is basically no resistance.
And if you win the jackpot, you really meet the target who is ready to escape.
The characteristics of the heavy particle cannon when firing can also force the opponent to activate the deflection field for defense.
Even if this is a spread shot that can't cause much damage.
As long as the opponent activates the deflection force field, it will immediately become the 'brightest star in the night sky' after being swept by the heavy metal particle flow, allowing the opponent to obtain an accurate position for the next round of attacks.
At that time, as long as we can delay the arrival of friendly forces, it will be impossible to be overturned.
This destroyer can also find opportunities to engage in gang-hopping operations and ultimately capture the target.
The entire combat process quickly went through the destroyer captain's mind.
He has even thought about the scenario where his request for more money after the war was approved and he received a large commission.
"The long-wave radar has detected a suspected target! The ship's axial heavy particle cannon is being adjusted to prepare for spread shooting! 321 fires!"
The voice of the tactical information coordination officer pulled the captain back from his beautiful fantasy.
As the entire ship shook slightly, a white light flashed at the bow of the ship for a moment.
A 'tide' formed by countless heavy metal particles swooped towards the target area.
"How effective is the attack?"
"Captain, no deflection field response has been detected, but the target is still there! The rough position calculation is completed, and the target has left the boundary area!"
"What?!" the destroyer captain said. The child sat upright.
His first reaction was that his gunner had missed the target, but this idea was quickly rejected by him.
After all, this is a spread shot, and the opponent's general area has been acquired.
If AOE can miss, this gunner's problem is not as simple as a technical problem
Just as the captain was thinking about what the situation was, the tactical information coordinator's somewhat horrified voice sounded:
"There is a high magnetic field reaction in the target area, which is judged to be an electromagnetic reconnection cannon shot! Ultra-high-speed heat source detected, number 8! Contact is expected in 11 seconds!"
"Fuck! This is real Target! Quick! Activate the deflection field, and notify the friendly forces immediately!”
The captain of the destroyer started to panic, because he found that the captain of the other party was a real ruthless person, or an experienced guy. .
Normal captains, after detecting signs of a heavy particle cannon being fired, would eagerly activate the deflection field to prevent themselves from being engulfed by one.
But this one is obviously different.
Most of them guessed that they were launching a round of "throwing stones to ask for direction" style spread fire, so they chose to resist with armor.
This also allows the opponent to allocate sufficient energy to the weapon unit to fire back at a faster rate.
“Captain, communication is blocked, the other party has activated electronic jamming!”
"Flag flare! Launch flare!"
"Launch request rejected! The enemy's electronic warfare virus was released through the public frequency band, and the shipboard control personality is undergoing system-wide anti-virus!"
In While the captain covered his spacesuit mask in pain, the destroyer's bow deflection field generator was also activated, and an invisible force field began to slowly rotate clockwise.
When not under attack, the deflection field is in this state.
Only when it comes into contact with something, the spectacular sight of 'electric snakes dancing wildly' will appear.
The 11 seconds passed quickly in the nervous mood of everyone on the bridge.
But everyone imagined that the high-speed penetrating rod of the electromagnetic reconnection gun was intercepted by the deflection force field, and the spectacular scene of white light erupting at the bow of the ship did not appear.
Instead, the entire destroyer shook violently several times, followed by several explosions, which spread all the way along the hull to the ears of the bridge members.
The image of the shipboard controller suddenly appeared in mid-air, and then a three-dimensional model of the destroyer appeared on the holographic projection platform.
Several areas on both sides of the ship were marked in red, symbolizing 'damage'.
"Warning, the port side charged particle cannon is damaged!
Warning, the port side electromagnetic ejection track is damaged!
Warning, the right side of the main propulsion array is damaged, and the number of dead pixels is 8%!
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The sweet voice of the shipboard controller sounded, but the content of the report made the captain of the destroyer break into a cold sweat.
The opponent's burst of electromagnetic reconnection cannon was not directed towards the bow of the ship at all, but was aimed directly at the side and fired programmed warheads.
The self-forged warhead produced a side explosion at the moment it passed the ship. Although the power of a destroyer-level high-charge warhead can be blocked by the side armor of a warship of the same level, it is placed on the ship. The little bits and pieces on your body will suffer.
"Captain, a high-speed object has been detected and separated from the enemy ship. It is determined to be an enemy HCP. The number 2 is wrong, 3!"
"A strong electric field reaction appears in the target area. Their heavy particles The artillery fire!"
"Emergency evasion! The HCP squadron will attack immediately after the evasion is over"
As soon as the destroyer captain finished speaking, two white and blue 'beams' spanned a distance of 8,000 kilometers and accurately hit the bow of the destroyer.
The frantic electric snake instantly covered the entire bow of the ship. Although the shipboard controller immediately lowered the light input of the external monitor, everyone on the bridge was still flashed by the sudden burst of white light.
Immediately afterwards, the voice of the shipboard controller sounded again.
“Warning, the deflection field generator is overloaded and is temporarily offline!”
This destroyer of Yaoguang Defense is similar to Mary Bay Industrial, both are the previous generation Peregrine class of the Federation Navy. Destroyer.
In terms of performance, there is still a big gap with Amber's recently retired Haiyan class.
Under the double salvo of the main gun, the destroyer's old model deflection field generator could no longer withstand it.
Although the main gun of the Haiyan class also needs to be forced to dissipate heat at this moment, and the superconducting battery stack must be recharged before it can fire again.
But the opponent has other weapons that can be used, and they also ejected HCP to outflank them.
“His grandma didn’t mention the generation difference between the opponent’s warships and ours when he was mobilized. Now we can only hope that the friendly forces of Mary Bay Industry can detect the movement here in time.”
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The captain of the destroyer prayed silently in his heart, then waved his hand and issued the latest instruction:
"The HCP squadron immediately dispatched to cover the ship. If the left electromagnetic ejection track cannot be used, just use the side hatch directly. Escape!
Helmsman, control the ship close to the border area. If the situation is urgent, just hide in! ”
(End of this chapter)