Chapter 428: Pretending to attack me alone is enough
The sudden attack stunned the commanders and captains of the combined fleet at all levels.
No one would have ever thought that this asteroid base in Atlas, no, it should be called an asteroid fortress now, would be equipped with such a large-scale attack weapon.
Although the early investigation conducted by the federal navy did indeed discover this triangular device protruding from the rock wall, it was determined by intelligence personnel at the time to be A. Bawa Ku's 'entrance and exit passage'.
In addition, the dense gravel belt surrounding A Bawa Ku has indeed left a 'gap' here, which also makes this research result a little more credible. .
Of course, the main reason is that no one would have thought that Atlas could possess such a weapon.
Before today, if someone had approached the top brass of the Federation or the big boss of the military-industrial complex and told them that Atlas might have something similar to the Star Dragon Empire's 'Focusing Rainbow', or one carried on the Federation Mobile Fortress With a strategic weapon like 'Quiet', the other party will definitely think that this person has some serious problem in his mind.
How can a private company possess such technology and actually create such a strategic-level weapon?
From a certain perspective, there is nothing wrong with this idea.
After all, this thing was not developed by Atlas himself, but was picked up inside an asteroid. At the same time, it is not a weapon in the strict sense. According to the classification of the Forerunner civilization, the 'decomposition ray' In fact, it is civilian mining equipment.
This kind of ray, whose principle has not yet been mastered by humans, has the same effect of attacking ships as mining asteroids. The outer armor plate after being swept by the ray is not the hideous wound after being attacked by other weapons, but is collapsed. It is solved into a standard cube with a side length of 1 meter.
Essentially speaking, this is also a kind of 'decomposition', and in terms of lethality alone, the effect is actually relatively average. What really causes fatal damage to the ship is actually the disintegration of the internal support frame structure. The resulting damage.
"Report, fleet losses exceed wait! Energy reaction detected, second round of attack is coming!"
On the bridge of the Hood, the tactical information coordination officer was just preparing Reporting the loss of the fleet, but before he could say anything, A. Bawa Kushang detected an energy reaction again, and then the green light that had just disappeared lit up again.
The attack of the decomposition ray is still like a huge whip sweeping, but this time it has changed the direction and angle.
If the first round of attacks just left a huge 'scar' on the Combined Fleet, then after the second round of attacks, the Combined Fleet was basically marked with a big cross, which was barely able to survive. The formation also completely collapsed after the two rounds of attacks.
This time, the tactical information coordination officer finally had time to report the losses of the combined fleet.
“Reported that 8% of the warships were directly sunk during the attack, 12% of the warships were severely damaged and unable to continue fighting, and 21% of the warships were seriously damaged and are undergoing damage control!”
"The fleets of six companies, including Deep Space Mining, Odin Heavy Industries, and Wren Brothers, were severely damaged and requested to withdraw from the battle!"
In the report of the Tactical Information Coordinator, they were attacked by A. Bawa Ku The shocked fleet commander Megan finally came to his senses and made a very correct decision from God's perspective.
"Reject all applications to withdraw from the battle! Pass my order and the entire fleet will continue to attack! It is impossible for the opponent's strategic weapons to continue firing continuously, and our numerical advantage has not been lost! As long as each squadron avoids the rays and closes the distance, the victory will still be It belongs to us!”
Megan’s decision is basically the optimal solution for the combined fleet under the current situation, because A. Bawa Ku’s decomposition ray generator will also be continuously full. The power was running for a long time and was forced to shut down and start self-test. After all, regardless of the killing effect of decomposition rays, this thing is essentially just a civilian mining equipment, and running at full power for a long time is not its normal working mode.
If the combined fleet's fighting will is strong enough at this moment, and it suppresses the fear in its heart and rushes to the vicinity of the A. Bawa Ku asteroid fortress at high speed, this battle can still be fought. Yes, even if Atlas can win in the end, it will still have to pay a lot of price.
But unfortunately, in addition to personnel proficiency and experience, what the combined fleet composed of private enterprise fleets lacks most is the will to fight.
Not to mention those pirates, it's okay to fight with the wind to "make a face", but if you want them to fight hard, they will definitely be the first to run away.
Just like now, we keep a distance from the asteroid fortress and the combined fleet, and are ready to jump and run away at any time.
Although Megan gave the order to 'continue the attack' as the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, not all corporate fleet commanders will listen to him.
For companies such as Deep Space Mining and Gabriel Biotech, which are similar in size to the Rage Group, their fleet commanders also have their own ideas.
So when Megan's order was issued, the combined fleet, which already had no formation, immediately became out of touch.
A part of the relatively obedient corporate fleet continued to attack with the fleet of the Nutang Group, while a group of fleets led by Deep Space Mining began to slow down and distance themselves from other fleets while avoiding the rays of the asteroid fortress.
This scene was also seen by Guterres in the core command room of A. Bawa Ku. He couldn’t help but shake when he looked at the combined fleet in front of him that was in a state of panic after being attacked. Shaking his head, the opponent's fighting will was as bad as predicted before the war, and his reaction after being attacked was basically consistent with Guterres's judgment before the war.
Although the attack effect of this asteroid base's weapons of mass destruction is indeed good, its power and attack range are 10 times higher than the 'Caliber' of 'Focusing Iris' and 'Quiem'. Kilometer level, while having hundreds of kilometers of acceleration orbit heavy particle cannon ratio, there is still a certain gap.
If what is here at this time is an empire's man-made celestial fortress, then judging from Guterres's personal experience, if a focusing rainbow with a suitable angle is sent down, at least 30 to 40% of the combined fleet will be destroyed. The ship disappeared directly
"According to the battle plan, Mr. Amber and those combat boats should also appear. I am finally not the only victim~"
Guterres turned his attention to the nine green inverted triangles located at the 'zenith' on the three-dimensional schematic diagram of the battlefield.
One of the ones marked with an asterisk is Amber's squad, while the other 8 represent 8 squadrons of heavy armored combat craft.
At this time, Amber, who had been lurking in covert action mode for a long time, finally waited for the time for their team to start taking action. The screen in the cockpit quickly changed from the standby interface to the 'panoramic view' Driving' mode, and this once again optimized 'Giant' also woke up.
"Boss, do you really want to go alone in the first wave? Let us cover you."
Mulat's voice came from the communication channel, and Amber turned her head Looking to the right, I saw another heavy-duty machine in the distant universe that was similar in shape to the Titan. The heavy-duty machine that also had its legs replaced by additional propulsion components gradually lost its optical camouflage.
"No, it's enough to pretend to attack me alone. You guys will cover the combat boat brigade to complete the breakthrough as planned."
(End of this chapter)