Chapter 430 Dirty, so dirty
"The optical sensor captured the target. It is a large machine painted in red! It matches the characteristics of the 'Red Devil' shared by the Federation before!"
Amber The aircraft was quickly captured by the United Fleet and quickly identified by the signature database.
After the conflict in the Pyla system, according to the agreement reached between the Federation and Atlas, they eventually transferred a group of senior officers, including Van Fleet and Guterres, and the remaining battleships Taken away.
As for the remaining ships, ground troops, and ground equipment, they have no intention of going back at all, and of course there is no order for the ground troops to surrender.
It was clear that he wanted to leave these things to Atlas and at the same time disgust them. This kind of rogue operation naturally made everyone in Atlas feel very disdainful.
In the battleship sent back to the Federation, various information about the 'Red Devil' stored in it was quickly extracted and studied, and the final result was that in addition to allowing the Federation to also start studying this In addition to this large HCP specialized in space warfare, it was the characteristic identification data of the 'Red Devil' that was sent over before the joint fleet was dispatched.
At this moment, although the fleets of various companies are fighting independently, the communication and command within their fleets are still smooth.
After discovering the enemy attacking from the zenith direction, the already somewhat limited quantum encryption communication bandwidth was immediately allocated a large part to the air defense command headquarters of each ship so that they could complete the network formation and Summarize the information of each ship.
The most senior air defense commander also automatically became the air defense commander of the entire fleet under this circumstance, and began to guide the destroyers and frigates responsible for air defense tasks to attack.
The middle and high-level officers in each corporate fleet are basically officers poached from the federal navy or graduates from the Naval Ship Academy - the federation does not mandate that graduates of the Naval Ship Academy must enter the military service, but it is obvious that Joining the federal navy is more tempting than joining the fleets of various companies, so the graduates intercepted by various companies are basically the last trainees.
Such a composition of middle- and high-level officers makes these companies in the federation The fleet is consistent with the Federal Navy in many operational procedures, including current air defense operations.
Although the fleets of different companies are busy, and based on the level of personnel training, the speed of air defense operations is also faster or slower, but at least no fleet has not even completed this step. Therefore, Amber was quickly intercepted by the fleet's air defense network.
"The satellite missile group has begun to attack! The second wave of penetration teams and combat boat brigade are ready to attack!" While controlling the body to perform evasive actions under high G force, Amber also issued a new command instruction.
Soon, at the edge of the 'entrance and exit' of the gravel belt that the combined fleet passed, the asteroid gravels with diameters ranging from hundreds of meters to several kilometers that were originally floating quietly in the universe began to move.
Several camouflage tarpaulins on the surface of the rock mass were lifted, revealing a number of solid rocket thrusters with extremely thick inner diameters that looked like they were 'full of tiles'. They quickly erupted with Lilith's signal. tail flame.
At first, the thrusters used by these 'satellite missile groups' were actually solid-liquid hybrid thrusters or high-energy liquid thrusters with a higher specific impulse, but this was quickly rejected by Amber.
Because this kind of 'satellite missile swarm' essentially pushes asteroid rubble to collide with the enemy. It does not explode itself. It is purely a low-tech, energy-saving weapon that directly impacts the enemy with its huge mass.
And Amber has never had any expectations for their accuracy. The tasks of these 'satellite missile groups' around A. Bawa Ku in battle are more for the enemy. The troops create confusion and draw some anti-aircraft fire.
Although the chance of a direct impact is very low, if they are hit, the worst result is severe damage, so it is impossible for the enemy to really ignore these 'little cuties'.
Under this positioning, the cheapest solid rocket thruster has become the final choice.
"Report! A large-scale low-mass object has been detected around the fleet, and it is moving towards the current trajectory of the fleet!"
The attack of the satellite missile group cannot be concealed from others. Therefore, they were quickly discovered by the ships of the combined fleet. When these squadron commanders and air defense commanders saw the gravel that had been accelerated to a high relative speed, they still faced firmly after the tail flame behind them was extinguished. After rushing towards their location, they were inevitably a little panicked.
If there were only dozens or hundreds of these 'kinetic energy bombs', each squadron would assign tasks and concentrate fire to quickly clear them out, but now they are captured by radar and optical sensors. The quantity is 3415 pieces.
"TMD, are Atlas very rich? How can they deploy so many of these low-hitting, one-time, low-efficiency weapons?"
Many air defense commanders had cold sweat on their heads. It’s not that they had not trained on asteroids with overlapping attack paths, but in the textbooks of the Federal Naval Academy and the Navy’s combat doctrine, they were not told how to deal with more than 3,000 asteroids. How to respond when the planet is shattered
The shipboard control personalities of each battleship quickly worked together to calculate the path of the satellite missile group, but when those dense red lines covered the entire combined fleet like a big net Afterwards, even Megan and Bell had expressions on their faces as if they were eating shit.
“It’s so dirty, how could anyone be so dirty!” Bell, the Fleet Operations Adjutant, was the first to scold him. As an outstanding graduate of the Federal Naval Academy, he was offered a high salary by the Nu Tong Group after joining the Federal Navy. The person poached is also an out-and-out 'academic' commander.
So when faced with this kind of tactic that did not follow the routine at all, his reaction was still very intense.
"This shows that Atlas has regarded this conflict as a 'war'. In a war, do you still expect your enemy to abide by the so-called 'gentleman's agreement' with you and fight elegantly?" "
Megan said without looking back, while quickly thinking of countermeasures in her mind.
Although there have been no similar battle cases before for reference, Megan still knows that there are only two best ways to deal with it at the moment.
First, the entire combined fleet quickly passed through this area, while avoiding these asteroid rubbles, and approached the vicinity of the asteroid fortress.
The second is to quickly shrink the combined fleet and then use a spherical array for omnidirectional air defense.
But the prerequisite for the execution of these two methods is that the entire combined fleet can obey his command and accurately execute every instruction he gives, but it is obviously impossible to do it now.
The fleet commander had to admit that Atlas had timed its attack very well. First, the sudden appearance of the 'Red Devil' put pressure on all air defense commanders, and then these The impact of asteroid rubble.
Anyone who has watched the battle records of Pyla 4 knows that in addition to the 'Red Devil', Atlas also has a new type of small combat craft that is also very threatening. Therefore, everyone has always been on guard against these units that have not yet appeared.
But now these asteroid rubbles threaten the fleet, forcing them to allocate a lot of attention and firepower units here.
“If those combat boats also launch an attack at this time, the fleet’s air defense network may not be able to stop them.”
Just as this idea came to Megan's mind, the tactical information coordinator's words made his premonition come true.
"Each squadron reported that four more heavy-duty HCPs were captured in the direction of the zenith. The characteristics are consistent with the 'Red Devil', and they are judged to be mass-produced machines of the same series!"
" Wait, there are not just these four heavy-duty aircraft! There are also units suspected of being heavy-duty combat boats, numbering 240!"
After hearing the words of the combat information coordinator, Megan only had one thought left in his mind." It’s over”.
Although Atlas's series of combination punches would also cause a lot of trouble if faced by regular federal naval forces, at least under his command, he could still respond and minimize the losses.
But unfortunately, there is still a big gap between the huge corporate fleets in this space and the regular army. In addition, after being attacked twice by mysterious weapons, many corporate fleets have lost their will to fight.
In this case, it is simply impossible to organize a defense. It is considered good if each fleet can barely maintain its own air defense network.
"Bell, contact the 23rd and 24th Fleets of the Federation Navy. We can only rely on them to reverse the situation now."
"Yes! Sir!" Bell nodded. Yes, and then asked before leaving:
"What about before they arrive? What should we do?"
"For the squadrons that are willing to obey the command, let them follow us to continue the attack and get out of this dangerous area."
Megan Ford squinted her eyes and looked at the disconnected corporate fleets on the three-dimensional diagram. He said without emotion: "As for those who are unwilling to carry out orders, 'life and death are determined by destiny, wealth is in heaven', then I wish them good luck."
(End of Chapter)