Chapter 531: The Mantis Catches the Cicada
As the internal broadcasts of each battleship sounded, everyone in the garrison fleet moved.
Needless to say, the crew members who were already on duty at their respective battle stations, and those crew members who were resting in the rest area or eating in the canteen, immediately threw down their energy drinks or tableware. , and flew directly towards their respective fighting positions.
The crew members in the crew cabin who were catching up on sleep according to their shift schedule immediately got out of their sleeping bags after the battle alarm sounded, while putting on their work clothes in the cabin and connecting to their personal combat terminals , while rushing towards his standby area with flexible hands and feet.
Since the semi-automated fleet of the Federation Navy is still under construction, the garrison fleets authorized by these galaxy autonomous governments are naturally worse in this regard, so the number of sailors on the garrison fleet battleships is still relatively large. of.
However, having so many crew members on a battleship does not mean that there are really so many positions that need to be operated at the same time. Most people are actually responsible for the same position with several other people.
The space fleet is the same as the previous navy in many places. Every time it leaves its home port and sets sail, whether it is a cruise or regular training or exercise, it takes a long time.
The shorter ones are at least one or two weeks, while the longer missions are common for more than half a year.
Human energy is also limited, and this energy will be consumed faster in a closed space battleship.
So most of the combat positions on the ship are on a rotational basis, with the worst being 'three shifts'. Some of the crews' requirements for energy and concentration are relatively high, and even four shifts. Five shifts.
When a battleship sounds a battle alarm, the crew on duty at the battle station usually continues to be responsible for the work of the current battle station, while others are on standby and responsible for other auxiliary work. Once the crew in the battle station is sacrificed, The next person in the same team will take over his job immediately.
But even so, because the weapons of the battleships are relatively powerful, there are often attacks from enemy ships in fleet battles, causing the battleships to be damaged. After the damage, all the team members in several battle positions were killed.
Especially for the damage control team, it is not uncommon for members of the team to be killed in battle.
This is also why the Federation thought about developing an unmanned fleet at the beginning.
As long as the intelligence and computing power of the shipboard control personality are strong enough, then as long as a warship is not directly disintegrated, it can continue to fight under the control of the shipboard control personality. The 'combat toughness' of the entire fleet will also be It will be much higher than the manned fleet.
However, after Lilith 'waved her hand' and took away the three unmanned fleets, the Federation Navy had to seal up the remaining unmanned fleets and began to develop in the direction of a 'semi-automatic fleet'.
It’s just that the galactic autonomous government’s garrison fleet is still far away from these new technologies, and the crew configuration is also the configuration of conventional manned warships.
Fortunately, the autonomous government has not relaxed in terms of crew training. Although there are a large number of new recruits in the entire garrison fleet, they are still very calm in the face of the battle alarm at this moment. Everyone is following the instructions Those requirements that are engraved in your bones during training, do what you should do.
When the main force of the garrison fleet under Kimmel re-completed the axial adjustment and began to increase the power of the main propulsion column for acceleration, each battleship's gennaker was compiled before the war. The HCP, which entered the first wave of attacks, has also entered the final stage of preparations.
"Subcritical reactor self-inspection completed! Output power is stable!"
"Self-inspection of the entire machine circuit system and superconducting battery is completed!"
"Self-inspection of the weapon unit is completed! External assistance inspection passed!"
"The deflection force field generator has been activated, instantaneous test Completed! ”
“The quick test of the blue-green laser communication and neutrino communication units is completed, and there are no abnormalities in the communication channel!”
“The plasma propulsion array self-test has no bad pixels, and the external visual inspection Done! ”
"The electromagnetic muscle bundles and electromagnetic joints have been activated, and the operating power is normal!"
"The control operating system is online for inspection. Attention, pilot, please follow the instructions of the operator!"
In' Amidst the background sounds of the sizzling motors and the tightening and expansion of electromagnetic muscle bundles, the HCPs on the Gnaku preparation platform also began to follow the actions of the maintenance worker holding the light stick in front of them. The checklist provides for making some small test moves.
Soon, the indicator lights on each maintenance platform turned from 'yellow' to 'green', which meant that the HCP on this maintenance platform had passed all inspections before the attack.
“The entire system inspection is completed, and all control of the aircraft is handed over to the pilot.”
The maintenance officer responsible for directing the self-inspection turned around and ran away for a distance, then turned around and saluted again.
“Good luck, Ensign!”
The HCP, which had completed loading weapons and equipment according to the fleet battle configuration, quickly walked off the maintenance platform, and then it was lifted up under the action mapping of the pilot. The robotic arm saluted back, and then walked towards the attack waiting area without looking back.
Soon, the first wave of ejected aircraft completed their assembly, and the two aircraft at the front of the queue also stood on the lifting platform. When a formal attack order is received, these lifting platforms will send the aircraft body to the electromagnetic ejection track on the outer deck.
It was at this time that the sound of the ship-wide radio sounded again.
“The entire ship is paying attention to entering the battle-ready state. The air-tight doors of each cabin are closed and the air is being evacuated. The ship’s energy is being reconfigured. Non-essential areas are kept closed due to gravity, and inert gas is ready to be injected.”
With the announcement of the broadcast, the gravity in the Gnaku also quickly disappeared.
However, the HCPs have activated the electromagnetic adsorption devices on their feet, and all the tools in the Gnaku strictly abide by the placement requirements and are fixed in a variety of ways, so there are no things everywhere. Flowing situation.
The maintenance crews who had tied the safety ropes in advance quickly floated up, but the safety ropes behind them that integrated the oxygen transmission and power transmission lines were also tied to fixed points in advance according to regulations. superior.
Although there are also many new recruits in this garrison fleet, all of them have undergone a lot of training in a zero-gravity environment, so there have been no problems for the time being.
Many pilots and maintenance personnel even had the illusion that the garrison fleet might have entered the "Federal First-Class Navy" in this state of "no mistakes by all personnel".
But only those veterans who have experienced high-intensity battles and survived know that the smoothness and "zero mistakes" in this non-combatant state do not mean anything.
Only when the fleet officially engages the enemy, and the warships continue to perform various emergency evasive maneuvers amidst the enemy's main gun salvos and HCP surprise attacks, is the real test begins. .
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Between the garrison fleet and the unknown target in the G9 area, there is a gravel belt composed of countless rock fragments of different sizes.
This area seems to be a corner forgotten by time, with dim light and suffocating silence.
Huge debris floats slowly in the dark space, like huge icebergs hidden under the water. Occasionally, a few smaller fragments reflect a gleam of cold light under the faint starlight.
But in this seemingly dead airspace, a small piece of gravel suddenly hit a wall of air while floating, and the distorted light and shadow showed a slender shadow at this moment— —This is an 'eye' secretly arranged by Major General Kimmel.
A modified reconnaissance ship whose appearance has been modified to remove as many unnecessary bulges as possible.
If you observe carefully, you can see that with the scout ship as the 'center', a large number of nearly transparent carbon nanotubes are scattered radially.
The ends of these carbon nanotubes, which can be hundreds of meters short or several kilometers long, are connected to lightweight combat probes, an invisible network covering the entire gravel belt, waiting for them Any target that accidentally breaks into this 'forbidden zone'.
Although the main body is just an ordinary reconnaissance ship, after being modified by Atlas during the 'Honeymoon' cooperation period, this reconnaissance ship has improved its performance in all aspects, especially in concealment and reconnaissance. It has been greatly improved.
On the bridge with the lights turned on, only the dim red light vaguely illuminated the general layout of the bridge, and a low-brightness virtual screen next to the captain of the reconnaissance ship was showing the defense Composite image of the main fleet.
Looking at the movements of the main fleet, the captain of the reconnaissance ship said:
"Our fleet has completed its axial adjustment. The general and others seem to have judged that the target on the V6 side is the Atlas fleet observation group. Have you found any abnormalities in the surveillance of the targets in the G9 area?"
"Reporting to Captain, the monitoring effect on the target area at the current angle is limited. The long-wave radar keeps monitoring the unknown target group. The opponent seems to have been maneuvering along a certain route. From this characteristic, it does look somewhat similar to the angle. The reflector decoy formation, but due to the influence of the Big Rubion, other observation methods have no results for the time being.”
The crew of the observation team responsible for air surveillance responded immediately, then paused for a moment and continued to add! :
“Based on the current track of the target, targets in the G9 area will begin to leave the influence of the Grand Lubion in about 20 minutes.”
After hearing this, the captain of the reconnaissance ship clicked He nodded: "Understood, continue to monitor, and report any abnormalities as soon as possible. We are the most important insurance for the garrison fleet in this direction. If we can report abnormalities immediately, we can buy enough reaction time for the main force of the garrison fleet." ”
He looked at the huge rubble around him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Rear Admiral Kimmel was actually more cautious than most people in the fleet thought.
In his opinion, this gravel belt not far from the 'scheduled escape area' is a very suitable area for setting up a 'hidden sentry'.
So when the garrison fleet began to alert the 'scheduled escape jump area', he secretly ordered the modified reconnaissance ship to lurk in this rubble belt to provide early warning in multiple directions. .
Now, Major General Kimmel’s arrangement seems to have really played a key role.
"Report! The unknown target in the G9 area has moved! Captain, this may not be a bait."
(End of this chapter)