Chapter 539 Even if I use a collision, I will sink it!
Rear Admiral Kimmel, who was sitting on the captain's seat with a serious expression, fell into silence after learning that only one message had been sent out urgently.
He didn’t know how the 17th and 18th Fleets of the Federation Navy would react after receiving this urgent message. Even if the other side decided to set off for support, it would be at least 3 days before the two fleets arrived. Something happened.
But Major General Kimmel knew that it was unknown whether the garrison fleet could last for three hours under the current circumstances, let alone three days.
More than 80% of the newly reorganized garrison fleet is composed of new crew members. Although this fleet appears to be well-equipped, its proficiency in combat is not very high.
Especially when someone takes the lead and launches a sneak attack, the fleet's on-the-spot reaction and combat toughness are really poor.
Kimmel could see intuitively from the captain's seat that after the flank was attacked and he ordered an emergency turn, the response speed and order completion time of each warship in the fleet could be said to be amazing. Different places.
After Atlas's fleet made a high-speed assault here, and it seemed that they wanted to 'see red with their bayonets' at close range, the fighting will and morale of the defending fleet began to have problems.
Under a conventional combat environment, it is okay for this newly formed fleet to set up a formation and engage in artillery battles with the enemy at a distance of 10,000 to 20,000 kilometers, but if it is forced to be trapped thousands of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers away If there is a 'hand-to-hand combat' inside, the overall combat effectiveness will plummet.
In other words, the current human naval forces do not actually like to engage in close combat, because this will greatly reduce the number, firepower, and power advantages of the dominant side.
The battle that could have ended with a very small cost through long-distance artillery fire turned into a close-range hand-to-hand battle, and the outcome was hard to say.
What's more, after being beaten twice by salvos from the Atlas fleet, the Lubion system garrison fleet already suffered a decline in morale due to heavy casualties in the sneak attacks.
After discovering that the fleet's air defense network was torn open by the opponent after a short period of time, and then seeing the 'dump truck' rushing towards me at high speed in the distance, if I didn't still know the soldiers in my heart, What is the bounden duty? At the same time, there are also military laws that restrict it. Maybe the captains of some battleships will order a retreat.——
“General, we may want to consider forcibly withdrawing from the battle to distance ourselves.”
The fleet combat staff officer, who is also the current officer on duty, quickly confirmed the current status of the fleet and the fighting situation between the enemy and ourselves, and put forward his own tactical suggestions to Kimmel in accordance with his responsibilities.
"Although we still have an advantage in terms of fleet numbers, the current tactical execution efficiency of the fleet in chaos has eliminated this advantage. Therefore, I suggest that the fleet hedges against the Atlas fleet at maximum speed, and the two sides continue to pull after staggering. Get to a safe distance and reorganize the battle!"
"Why don't we just withdraw from the battle in despair, if we don't even fight back?" Major General Kimmel said with some reluctance.
In his opinion, it was a great shame and humiliation for the full fleet he led to be beaten like this by a fleet whose number of ships, especially the number of capital ships, was far less than his own in the previous rounds of attacks.
If he considers leaving the battle now without fighting back at all, Kimmel feels that this will be a permanent stain on his command career.
"If we get into a fight, our losses will be even greater. We can leave the green hills without fear of running out of firewood, General."
The fleet operations staff paused, and then continued:
“And after we distance ourselves from the opponent’s electronic warfare interference range, we can also continue to ask for help from the federal fleet and tell them about the Atlas fleet. The actual situation.
Only when we get in touch with the federal fleet can we prove that we are worthy of support. Otherwise, unless the commanders of these two fleets are 'good people' who are rare in a century, the other party will definitely They will not choose to come to support after receiving the only message we just sent.”
Kimmel actually agreed with the fleet combat staff’s suggestion, and he knew very well that it was compared with his own life. , that little 'stain' in the conductor's career is nothing at all.
So he was actually waiting for others to give him a reason to order to leave the battle.
Now that the fleet operations staff has proposed it, and the bridge officers, including the captain of the flagship around him, have also cast hopeful glances, Kimmel feels that he has no reason to reject the proposal.
If he still has a fleet in his hands, Kimmel will still have a certain say no matter what the situation is in the future. But if all the fleets in his hands are lost in this battle, then it will be a disaster. There is nothing
It can be said that Major General Kimmel's 'warlord mentality' exists not only in the garrison forces of various galaxies, but also in the federal regular army, and it can be regarded as belonging to the federal army. Glorious tradition'.
The commander of the garrison fleet did not think for too long. He quickly agreed to the plan of the fleet combat staff and ordered:
"The entire fleet will shrink its formation with the flagship as the center. The formation moves forward at the highest speed! ”
Since this area of space is currently subject to wide-area electronic interference from the 'Infinity', the conventional communication methods of the garrison fleet are basically ineffective. At this time, each ship relies on blue and green laser information and light signals for information exchange. and convey orders.
If after being attacked by the Atlas fleet before, the response and tactical order execution efficiency of the Lubion system garrison fleet were very low, then at this moment, after receiving the equivalent of 'the entire army After the news of the "breakout", efficiency immediately improved.
All the warships that could still move, after towing those damaged warships that were still worthy of repair, lit up their main propulsion arrays and moved closer to the position of the 'Balkanian' and formed a formation again. An elongated spindle formation.
Such an action was naturally caught by Randall and the others immediately. The command core on the Infinity came to the conclusion almost instantly - these turtles were going to run away.
“Stop them, no one can let go!”
Randall ordered without hesitation:
"The entire fleet began to slow down, extending the firepower window before the fleets of both sides crossed over. The HCP and heavy armored combat boat units broke into the enemy fleet and tried their best to create chaos!
'Infinity' prepares to fire all its heavy particle cannons, targeting the enemy's flagship 'Balkan'!"
"Received,''Infinity' prepares all its heavy particle cannons. Gun salvo! "
As the order was issued, the gunnery officer immediately began to direct the 40 heavy particle cannons on the bow of the Infinity to prepare for a salvo.
After the warships of the garrison fleet detected the strong electric field reaction in the direction of the 'Infinity', they finally remembered that Atlas's super flagship, except for the golden purification beam that destroyed the world, other Weapons are also full of threats.
Kimmel knew very well that the movement of the Infinity was coming towards him, so he immediately ordered the warships around the Balkan to fully activate the deflection field power, and then maneuvered to the Balkan 'Front execution of the 'Flagship Guard' command.
As for the surrounding battleships, this order actually asks them to come up and act as 'human shields' to protect the safety of the flagship.
Although the captains of these capital ships all know that this mission is to put themselves in danger to protect the flagship, but at this time they have no time to think too much.
Because one thing that can be confirmed at present is that if the flagship is sunk by the enemy, the morale of the garrison fleet may be 'emptied' in an instant. By then, there will really be no way to survive. .
Soon, the first salvo of heavy particle cannons from the 'Infinity' swept over, and 40 thick blue-white beams completely tore the two battleships on the 'Spinning Cone' of the garrison fleet into pieces.
Under the surging energy, the human steel giant was like beef strips being torn apart by diners, and was weirdly twisted into several shapeless strips.
It's just that there is a 'shield wall' composed of other battleships behind these two battleships. The 'Balkans' is currently hiding in the center of the formation. If you want to hit it, you must clear it first. Remove the outer armor.
But in the eyes of Kimmel and others on the flagship bridge, the period of time before the two fleets complete the intersection is not enough for the Infinity to penetrate the defense line composed of capital ships.
Unfortunately, they don’t seem to know that there is a ‘gadget’ on the ‘Infinity’ that no other battleship is equipped with – the battle module.
This 'gadget', developed under the leadership of Saleh, uses the energy storage and conversion technology of the Forerunners. Its greatest function is to greatly 'multiply' the firepower and protection level of the 'Infinity' after activation. improve. Of course, the price is that the energy circuits of the main propulsion array and jump drive will be temporarily cut off, which means that the Infinity has only two endings after activating the battle module.
Kill your opponent.
Or be beaten to death by your opponent.
Obviously, Randall and the others want the first ending.
So not long after the first salvo, the 40 main guns were charged and fired again, and achieved the result of sinking 2 battleships and damaging 4 other battleships.
Followed by the third, fourth and fifth rounds of all-gun salvo.
At the same time, other warships in the Atlas fleet entered the optimal range, It also launched an attack on the Rubian system garrison fleet in free fire mode.
It’s just that in front of the ‘Infinity’, these attacks have become supporting characters on the stage.
“Wait a minute. What is this?!”
The violent output of the 'Infinity' directly stunned Rear Admiral Kimmel and other officers on the bridge. They never expected that a battleship could fire a full five salvos within the time of two regular salvos. .
And judging from the warning from the shipboard controller that has not stopped, this giant ship is still preparing for the sixth salvo.
“This is unscientific!” the fleet combat staff said, pointing to the monitoring screen of the infrared sensor somewhat irrationally.
In infrared imaging, the bow of the 'Infinity' in the center of the Atlas fleet is red to white, as dazzling as a torch in the dark night.
“Five rounds of heavy particle cannon salvos fired from all gun ports. The ship’s acceleration orbit was not overheated and melted? Could it be that this acceleration orbit is the result of Forerunner technology?”
Although the words of the fleet combat staff were only spoken out of emotional release, from a certain perspective, he did tell the truth.
Because the Forerunner technology is indeed used in the acceleration orbit of the 'Infinity'.
This technology is just a material branch project under Pioneer's 'energy storage and conversion technology'.
This material was originally used for efficient heat conduction and storage, and Saleh directly used this material after hearing Amber's need for the continuity of firepower of the Infinity. On the accelerating trajectory of the heavy particle cannon.
This is also why the accelerated orbit of the heavy particle cannon of Infinity is somewhat different from the conventional heavy particle cannon, as if there is another 'shell' on the outside of the orbit.
When the heavy particle cannon launches the heavy metal ion jet under the action of the directional confinement magnetic field, this material will quickly absorb the heat of the accelerated orbit and eventually conduct it to the 'thermoelectric conversion node'.
In other words, every time the heavy particle cannon of the 'Infinity' is fired, a part of the power will be recovered
So in the infrared sensor imaging of the 'Balkanian', the white The bow of the ship is not the heat generated by the accelerating orbit, but the working condition of the 'heat conduction unit' outside the accelerating orbit.
"It doesn't matter whether they are pioneer technology or latecomer technology. What is important is that we must break out alive, otherwise the price will be all in vain!"
Kimmel The rear admiral waved his hand, interrupting the fleet combat staff, and just as he was about to issue the next order, the voice of the tactical information coordination officer came again.
"The 'Long Beach' exploded, and the hull structure broke. The surviving personnel are urgently abandoning the ship!
The 'Panshi' superconducting battery stack is at risk of 'quenching', and damage control and technical personnel are making urgent repairs. The main propulsion array has to be temporarily shut down!
The captain said that if he cannot keep up with the fleet operations, he will ask the crew to abandon the ship at the last moment, and he will personally stay on the bridge to complete the last firing."
“.”
Rear Admiral Kimmel was silent because he found that although his fleet had many problems, it still had a group of crew members who were full of blood and could face sacrifice.
But he, the fleet commander, allowed the battle to end like this despite his superior fleet strength, and he was unable to take away these respectable crew members.
Seemingly seeing Kimmel's mood swings, the operational staff officer, who knew that the fleet commander must not have any problems at this time, immediately approached Kimmel's ear and said:
"General, we don't have much time. The survival of the entire fleet is in your hands."
"I know"
Rear Admiral Kimmel suddenly raised his head , the eyes have completely lost their previous look.
"Pass my order, the main propulsion arrays of the entire fleet operate at super power, and complete the stagger before the next salvo of the opponent's fleet arrives!"
When this order was issued, the remaining half of the surviving warships in the garrison fleet also realized Now, the most critical moment has arrived. The main propulsion arrays at the sterns of each battleship erupted with a light far greater than before.
The entire fleet also speeded up again and rushed straight towards the direction of the Atlas fleet.
On the 'Infinity', a somewhat anxious Randall suddenly realized that the opponent's fleet's fighting will was actually stronger than previously expected, and that it had already begun a 'small universe explosion' in the desperate situation. Even if it continued like this, there would be another fight. Two salvos may not be able to kill the flagship of the garrison fleet.
Randall knew that if the opponent's fleet was allowed to complete the staggered escape, there would definitely be a big problem.
Not only the third task force, but also the subsequent arriving transport fleet and two unmanned fleets, will be in an extremely dangerous situation.
If the commander of the Federation fleet is a little smarter, he can take advantage of the time difference to severely damage the Atlas combat fleet that arrived in the Rubian system in batches.
What Randall is facing at this time The situation is the same as that of Rear Admiral Kimmel. The survival of the entire fleet is in his hands, and he also has the same reason why he absolutely cannot lose!
So in the next second, this ‘newcomer’ in a large-scale fleet battle chose a tactic that perhaps only Amber would use.
“Pass my order, the status of other warships in the fleet will remain unchanged, and continue to attack the enemy fleet!
‘Infinity’ closes the battle module and redistributes the energy output of the fusion furnace group!
Deflect the force field generator, the force field is concentrated directly in front of the bow, prepare for overload!
Plasma propulsion array and vector control nozzle operate at super power!
Helmsman, the clock advances three!
Even if you use a collision, you will sink the opponent's flagship! ! ! ”
(End of this chapter)