Chapter 370 The future of Atlas depends on this battle
“General! Atlas’s fleet has moved!”
When the tactical information coordinator’s voice sounded, the dispatch The three-dimensional schematic diagram of Ra-4 and its surrounding orbits was also displayed by the holographic projection device.
Guterres, commander of the Thirteenth Federal Main Fleet, looked at the Atlas 'Humanitarian Assistance Fleet' that unabashedly started maneuvering towards the airspace where its own orbital attack ship detachment was located, with an expression on his face. Gradually he became more serious and cold.
“Isn’t Atlas planning to do something good? Conflicts on the ground can eventually be resolved through negotiation and other methods, but conflicts in space. Do they really not realize that they are actively sending troops to the Federation fleet? The consequences of firing? ”
The fleet operations staff floating next to Guterres looked at the lines shown on the three-dimensional diagram and said with some uncertainty.
“They must know the consequences of doing this, but they have to do it now unless they plan to abandon their ground forces,” Guterres said calmly,
“But obviously from the previous Judging from the situation, Atlas Group attaches great importance to their employees, and their boss obviously cannot sit back and watch employees on the ground being attacked from orbit."
Listen to Guterres, fleet operations. The staff officer approached his ear and asked in a low voice: "So you are using the orbital attack ship as a bait to force them to fire on us?"
"Yes, isn't this what we want? It worked.”
Guterres showed a sneer, and then ordered:
"The main fleet began to maneuver, adjusted its orbit to approach the Atlas fleet, and told the cruiser formation covering the orbital attack ship detachment that if the opponent fires on the orbital attack ship , fight back immediately!
The opponent’s fleet doesn’t even have a capital ship, let’s fight and try to eat the opponent in one go!”
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“Boss, Federation! The fleet has taken action, and it seems that we are determined to attack the orbital attack ship.”
On the bridge of the Hermes, Cleeves looked at the three-dimensional diagram that was updated in real time and said to Amber on the screen.
“I understand, the fleet continues to act according to the plan.”
Amber on the screen nodded, and the background of the all-week cockpit behind him also changed from the previous Gurner The library turned into the deep space of the universe. At this moment, he was riding a plane fixed on the ejection track outside the bottom deck of the Hermes.
Then Amber glanced at Cliffs and showed a trusting smile.
"Cliffs, the rest is up to you"
"Boss, you said that I'm under a lot of pressure." Cliffs responded with a bitter smile, and the corners of his mouth even blistered because of his anger.
“Don’t be afraid, you will win.”
“Then let me lend you a good word, Boss. At the same time, I wish you good luck in martial arts, and we will meet at the scheduled coordinates!”
< br>Cliffs's eyes gradually became determined, and he raised his hand to salute Amber. Amber, after raising her hand in return, temporarily closed the communication with the bridge, and then connected the call from Isabel. Communication Requests.
“Amber really can’t let others attack with you?”
"Why are you crying again?"
Looking at Isabel with tearful eyes and a crying voice on the screen, Amber sighed softly.
“The HCP troops will be of great use in the subsequent battles, but the current mission is too dangerous. If they follow me, I don’t know how many of them will come back alive
Believe me, Isa I am enough for this attack."
Amber's voice was calm, but it also had an undeniable tone. Isabel, who had been with him day and night, naturally understood what he meant.
The war was about to begin, and she knew that if she continued to speak, she would definitely disturb Amber, so she took back what she wanted to say, and thousands of words finally merged into one sentence.
"Amber, I will wait for you to come back."
"Well, just wait for my return with peace of mind~ Also, don't cry anymore, it's like saying goodbye to the body."
"Bah, bah! Hate it!"
Not long after the communication with Isabel ended, Atlas's fleet approached the first scheduled coordinate point of this fleet battle.
On the ejection track on the bottom deck of the Hermes, various external cables connected to the huge red heavy-duty HCP have been detached. On the virtual screen on the side of the track, the number representing the current voltage of the ejection track is also rising. "The voltage of the electromagnetic ejection track has increased to 520, all subsystems are operating normally, the front is clear, and there is no obstacle to the entry route. The low-orbit monitoring data will be shared through the D2 channel"
Flight deck controller She is one of the first Roma sailors to complete all-subject training, and her voice also has the unique accent and rhythm of a female Roma.
"Boss, the ejection authority has been transferred. You can now control the ejection timing by yourself."
"Confirm the transfer."
Amber took a deep breath, looked at the light green virtual track line on the all-circle display, and then decisively took a picture of the group of light that represented the 'ejection'.
"Amber'Titan 01', attack!"
Everyone on the Hermes only felt the light cruiser shake slightly, and at the same time, the attitude control of various parts of the ship's hull The nozzle also flashed continuously, counteracting the reaction force caused by Amber's ejection.
Ordinary HCPs do not make such a sound when ejecting. Only this 'Heavy Lancer', which appears in front of the world for the first time, will announce its appearance to others in this way.
The volume far exceeds that of conventional aircraft, thick external armor and heavy shields, huge auxiliary propulsion units, exaggerated back weapon storage boxes, large heavy particle cannons with abundant martial arts, and Amberna's iconic The dark red and light pink color matching paint.
This is the newly built Amber exclusive space combat aircraft - 'ATLAS' after extensive optimization and modification based on the actual combat data of the 'Experimental MK1'.
Everyone in the Atlas fleet invariably looked at the screen closest to them at this moment, looking at the 'meteor' that was attacking the federal fleet in low orbit. The last words Amber said when mobilizing before the war could not help but echo in my ears:
"Fight, everyone, the future of Atlas lies in this battle."
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“Wait a minute. The Atlas fleet has crossed the attack orbit. They don’t seem to be attacking the orbital attack ship detachment?”
After hearing the slightly confused voice of the tactical information coordination officer, Guterres also frowned.
In his prediction, Atlas should attack the orbital attack ship detachment preparing for orbital strikes to prevent their attacks from causing greater casualties to ground forces.
But the current approach of crossing the attack orbit and maneuvering towards the other side of the planet Para 4 really caught Guterres off guard.
Just as he was thinking about the opponent's commander's tactical intentions, the sound of new information notifications came again.
“Both the Second Orbital Assault Ship Detachment and the escorting cruiser formation sent back reports that they detected a target suspected to be an HCP maneuvering towards their position, which seemed to have just detached from the Atlas fleet. ! ”
"HCP?"
Guterres was stunned. He had just guessed a large number of possible tactical intentions, but he never expected that it would be like this.
“Solo attack? Is this crazy?” The combat staff beside Guterres was also stunned for a moment.
"Who knows? Maybe the pilot realized that this was a desperate battle, so he wanted to die heroically?"
Guterres's disapproving choice He raised his eyebrows. Although he did not expect this situation, he did not think that an HCP could play any role in a space battle.
However, he finally gave the order:
"Let the escort formation give a warning and drive it away. If it continues to approach, kill it."
Before Guterres finished speaking, Orbital His order was interrupted by a sudden burst of fireball from the area where the attacking fleet was located.
The battleship's optical sensor also quickly captured the situation at the explosion. When the image was projected onto the main screen of the bridge, everyone let out a cry of surprise.
I saw a Minotaur-class orbital assault ship losing control of its posture in the fire of the explosion, and rolled and disintegrated as it gradually fell towards the planet.
Immediately afterwards, the true appearance of the 'raider' captured by the escorting cruiser formation also came over simultaneously.
Looking at this aircraft with a flamboyant and murderous paint scheme, Guterres felt inexplicably frightened in his heart.
“What the hell is this?”
(End of this chapter)