Chapter 1091 Full Bomb Launch
The Swan, which had been trying so hard to hide itself just now, was now very much present.
Not only were all the searchlights turned on, but all the lights on the surface of the ship were also turned on, not to mention the illumination flares fired one after another, coupled with the continuous tracer bombs thrown by anti-aircraft firepower. From a distance, the Swan looked like a float. Similar.
But don't tell me, don't tell me, the speed of the crystallized life form's approach seems to have really slowed down because of the strong light.
The crystallized life form is closer to a certain natural phenomenon. Although the life detector will respond, it cannot communicate with the crystallized life form even using direct consciousness communication methods such as spiritual energy.
The first reaction of these guys when they discovered the ship was to hit it. Sure enough, the most advanced attack method was to hit it.
As long as the Swan's anti-aircraft guns that could be aimed at the rear had fired barrels that were red, they should have retracted the guns to release coolant, but now they absolutely cannot stop even if the anti-aircraft guns melted down.
The thrown barrages were like launching fierce jab attacks at the pursuing tsunami again and again, raising the waves, but the waves they hit were huge purple-red waves made of crystals.
What's even more disgusting is that when these guys get too close, pulse flight cannot be activated.
The Swan was being chased so miserably, and the constellation coalition warships that were not as fast as the Swan were even worse.
Among them, the frigate hit on the side and rear by Li Chengqi's shot has been hit by crystalline life forms. The hull is covered with a large number of crystal structures. Assimilation has begun. The ship is hopeless. Even using escape hatches is useless.
After all, crystalline life forms chase living creatures. Let’s not talk about how they detect living creatures. Anyway, the thickness of the escape cabin’s bulkhead is definitely not as thick as that of a battleship. Even a battleship cannot be spared. When the escape cabin is out, it is only a small amount. snack.
Some shuttles and space fighters took off from the eroded frigates, trying to escape on friendly warships, but...
I can't care less.
The bow of the ship was hit by two shots. The severely damaged destroyer was assimilated to a higher degree than the frigate. It was no longer possible to see what it looked like originally. It was like a large lump of crystal blocks floating in the void.
At present, there is only one frigate left to resist, and the other side has completed a U-turn at this time. The anti-aircraft fire, much denser than that of the Swan, is madly throwing ammunition at the surrounding crystals. At this time, it is not even possible to take a look. Is it a friendly shuttle approaching?
I don't know if the frigate saw the operation of the Swan, but they also imitated the same, firing out a large number of flares, and fully turning on the searchlight, which bought the frigate precious time.
If you raise the angle of view to a height enough to see the entire occupied area, you will find that countless crystallized life forms are now divided into two groups, one is chasing the Swan, and the other is chasing the frigate that is trying to escape, and it may be a frigate. It had a relationship with two teammates before, and the number of crystallized life forms on its side is obviously many times that of the Swan. It depends on fate whether it can escape.
On the Swan's side, Alyssa ordered the rocket launcher nest to be turned around, and all the rockets were fired again. The rockets that Fang Lanyin had finally reloaded before were all fired out.
Compared with small and medium-caliber anti-control rapid-fire artillery, rockets are much more powerful, and the advantage is that the firepower density is extremely high, and coverage can be formed in a short time. This instantaneous output capability is beyond the capabilities of traditional artillery anyway. Incomparable.
But the problem is, it’s gone after the fight.
The reconditioning of rockets is much more troublesome than traditional artillery shells. Even our military, which is the most proficient in rockets on earth, still needs the assistance of special loading vehicles. The rocket launcher nest of the Swan needs to be stuffed one by one manually.
The instantaneous firepower output made the crystalline life form a little farther away from the Swan. If it could fire a few more volleys, it should be able to escape the pursuit, but this density of firepower output was only once, not a second time.
The Swan took advantage of this opportunity and started the engine at full speed. At this time, the advantage of the ship's small speed was reflected.
But there's bad news, too.
"The anti-aircraft gun is overheated and requires emergency cooling!"
The temperature of the void is extremely low, but it lacks a heat dissipation medium. It can only dissipate heat through thermal radiation, which is very inefficient. Therefore, the anti-aircraft guns on battleships are water-jacketed for heat dissipation. That is, the barrel is covered with a layer of heat exchange tubes. The coolant exchanges heat. But this cooling method also has its limits. If you keep pressing the trigger and don't let go, the coolant will not be able to withstand it. Almost all tail-firing anti-aircraft guns had to be stopped urgently and retracted into their emplacements to cool down.
Without the blockage of the anti-aircraft guns, the crystallized lifeforms caught up with them from the distance that the rockets had just hit.
About ten seconds later, a sharp alarm sounded on the bridge. The energy of the shield was being weakened, and crystalline life forms had already damaged the shield.
Crystallized life forms are hard and brittle, and will shatter with just the slightest impact, but there are too many of them.
Now looking at the Swan from the front, it looks like its butt has blossomed, and circles of purple-red crystals are constantly exploding outward.
"How long does it take for the anti-aircraft guns to cool down?"
"The cooling system is working at full capacity and it is expected to take another thirty seconds."
It's not certain whether the shield can last for thirty seconds.
Alyssa was so anxious that she had already considered whether to launch a fixed-point torpedo.
This method is to launch the torpedo in front of its own route and stop it. When the Swan approaches, it carefully passes the torpedo and then detonates it.
After all, the torpedo tube cannot be fired backwards and can only be used to mine mines.
The problem is that it is not up to the Swan to decide when the torpedo is fired and explodes. Moreover, the torpedo is too small and cannot be detected by radar. Even the torpedo launched by the Swan itself may not be visible.
Don't eat the torpedoes you fired when the time comes, that would be ridiculous.
This is a very risky approach, but worth a try.
"Set the torpedo flight distance to five hundred meters, and set the fuse to detonate!"
As soon as Long heard this, he knew what Alyssa planned to do, and he could only rely on this risky method.
As the weapons officer, Long quickly set the torpedoes. Immediately afterwards, the torpedo tubes on the bow of the Swan were opened one after another, and all 12 torpedoes were fired.
After confirming that the torpedo was fired, the Swan's hull climbed upward twenty degrees, slightly deviating from the torpedo's trajectory, and then returned to level flight.
The Swan's engine was running at full speed at this time, its acceleration performance was fully developed, and the distance of only 500 meters passed almost in a flash.
There was no vibration, no orange flash of explosion, and no sound of distortion and deformation made by the hull being penetrated. This flash showed that the Swan had surpassed the torpedo.
At this time, through the viewfinder, you can see a large orange flash exploding in the crystalline life form chasing behind you. The large charge of the torpedo caused the flow of purple-red crystals behind it to stop for a moment.
This greatly reduced the pressure on the Swan.
(End of chapter)