Chapter 1030: No winner or loser
Li Chengqi has never been arrogant enough to think that he can beat all the pilots in the world while driving the Manta. That is blind arrogance.
But this was the first time we encountered such a difficult guy, and unfortunately, the performance of the Manta Ray really became a huge disadvantage.
I have no choice but to use some cheating methods.
The Manta launches small short-range air-to-air missiles, which are not very lethal and have a large protruding tube.
Immediately, the Manta Ray began to climb and flip, taking this opportunity to get rid of the opponent's rear-end collision.
It may be the first time that a space fighter encounters a missile, and it immediately maneuvers to dodge.
Without guided weapons, it means that there are no thermal decoys to defend against missiles. No matter how flexible the space fighter is, it is still relatively weak compared to missiles.
But although there are no heat decoys, the aircraft here have shields.
Small air-to-air missiles have limited lethality, and the opponent quickly discovered this flaw during maneuvering evasion.
The space fighter's engine light suddenly weakened, and the pilot transferred the energy supplied to the engine to the shield, temporarily greatly strengthening the shield.
With an explosion, the space fighter emerged from the flames.
But you thought that was the end?
Don't forget, Li Chengqi threw out all the mines before launching the missile.
The space fighter that had just emerged from the missile encirclement immediately saw several mines floating there on its forward path. Even if it turned immediately, it would definitely enter the induction explosion range of the mines.
The pilot of this space fighter responded quickly. The cannon and ion beam fired at the same time, instantly detonating the mine blocking the road. Although the shield energy was reduced due to the impact, it was indeed damaged.
This kind of reaction speed can no longer be explained by innateness or simple training. It is more like a machine with extremely sensitive sensors, or a keen intuition developed on the battlefield. The hand has already done it without the brain realizing it.
However, Li Chengqi knew that this grandson was difficult to deal with, so of course he would not just make a trap.
The space fighter plane that had just emerged from the mine explosion range immediately saw that the Manta Ray had completed its U-turn and rushed towards it.
The distance between the two sides was very close, and they were flying in opposite directions, so the shooting window only lasted a moment.
Even though she was not the one controlling the battle, Hall was still secreting a lot of adrenaline. At that moment, time seemed to slow down a lot. She could see the brief flash of charged ion beams on the wings of the opponent's space fighter, and she could also see the machine. The slow-motion shot of the tracer bullets in the chain of shells drilling out of the barrel.
The next moment, the shields of both sides lit up at the same time. It should be that the attacks of both sides hit at the same time, but the energy of the shields of both sides was approaching the bottom line, and the shields also broke at the moment of the hit.
Time seemed to be accelerated again, and Hall only felt that the space fighter flew past the left side of the Manta, leaving only an afterimage.
Did it hit?
Who's winning?
The alarm sounded in the cockpit the next moment, and the body status display on the small screen panel on the left clearly read 'engine damaged'.
To be precise, among the four engines on the Manta's variable wing, the second engine on the left was damaged.
However, Li Chengqi immediately shut down the energy supply, and the damaged location did not cause an explosion.
Losing an engine will make the Manta unable to trim. Not only will its speed be severely reduced, but its flight attitude will also be unable to be maintained.
At this time, Hall also saw that there were big holes in the wings of the space fighter, and all the ion beams and cannons were unusable.
The sound of the reel broke into his ears, and Hall immediately understood that at that moment, Li Chengqi used a line cannon to launch a simultaneous attack from another direction.
The space fighter did not get entangled, and immediately turned around and left the star field at full speed.
"It can be considered a tie." Li Chengqi still didn't have any big mood swings, and even felt a little happy?
After all, I am used to being abusing food, so if I meet someone interesting, of course I will be a little happy.
If I have to say I'm unhappy, it's because of the poor performance of the Manta and the fact that my grandson escaped.
It is definitely impossible to catch up. Even if the Manta's engine is not damaged, it cannot catch up with the space fighter. It can only watch its engine light getting farther and farther.
A blue, firework-like light signal lit up in the rear. It should be a signal sent by the space station to friendly forces, telling all shuttles to retreat.
Probably, the pirates were repelled.
Li Chengqi took one last look at the direction in which the space fighter disappeared, restarted the Manta's engine, and flew back crookedly.
He also had to find the wire cannon that was lost after the cable was shot.
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It is not unusual for a neutral space station to be attacked by pirates, but before this, pirates have never been able to bypass outer patrols and directly fire on a space station.
And when the space station finally recovered from the confusion and the fleet finally arrived, the pirates retreated decisively.
It doesn't feel like these guys are here to steal things, they are just here to cause damage.
There must be a lot of casualties, but this level of casualties is not considered heavy. The maintenance of the space station must also be very troublesome.
Although Alyssa wanted to leave quickly, there was not much energy in the energy pool, and she had to fight a gun battle with the pirates. Now the energy bottomed out, making it impossible to jump.
Since it couldn't leave, the Swan could only stay and help, such as cleaning up the wreckage of the battleship and searching for survivors. After working for most of the day, this matter was finally over.
Fortunately, the space station is quite good at doing things. All the warships that just helped can get a large amount of bonuses. The only small problem is that the bonuses need to be approved by the above, so the ships that need to receive the bonuses stay. Wait a few days on the space station.
How could Alyssa wait? She wanted to fly away immediately to find her starship.
After the space station learned that Alyssa was unwilling to stay, they thoughtfully exchanged the bonus for low-priced supplies and added liquefied magic power to the Swan's energy pool for free.
In this way, the Swan does not need to wait for the energy storage pool to slowly recover, and can be filled up in only two or three hours.
When he re-entered the port to replenish his magic power, Banning also got off the ship. He contacted the Spinning Water Federation through the space station, and a three-ship formation immediately came to pick him up.
“Alyssa, do you really not consider leaving with me?”
"No, I have to find my starship."
Banning's frog face clearly showed helplessness:
"Your persistence is exactly the same as your grandfather's."
He sighed and said:
"Okay, stay safe. No matter what you need, you can come to me at any time. If there is any new news about the starship, I will help you pay attention."
When they first contacted the Spinning Water Federation, the military stated that they had never seen Alyssa's starship appear on the battlefield. This was good news, at least her starship was not used in the war.
The bad news is that what it's used for is still a mystery.
(End of chapter)