Chapter 1106 Emergency descent operation (2)
"The radar keeps tracking, and the enemy's high-speed destroyer enters visual distance."
"As expected, we are still chasing you..."
All ships were temporarily immobilized due to problems with the reactor. The Swan accelerated its escape with a pulse flight, which was indeed very conspicuous.
On the viewfinder, two high-speed destroyers passed through the smoke screen thrown by the Swan. However, it was not clear whether the rockets had any impact. It could only be said that a hit was better than no hit.
At this time, Alyssa clearly saw the main gun turret of the high-speed destroyer rotating and aiming at the Swan.
"Keep throwing smoke screens!"
The heavy aluminum can was ejected from the back of the Swan. Almost at the same time as the smoke screen was formed, two triple ion beams pierced the smoke wall, almost like a stroke of gunfire.
"Lower height!"
The Swan took the opportunity to adjust its flight attitude and continued to descend.
At this time, Swan has been captured by the planet's gravity, which is equivalent to being in a synchronous orbit.
The two high-speed destroyers also passed through the smoke screen again at this time. The main guns should still be charging. This time, the physical secondary guns fired.
However, under the influence of gravity, the trajectory of the secondary battery's shells obviously began to curve.
The physical artillery shells of battleships are basically smoothbore cannons, but the artillery shells are not fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectiles. After all, it's not necessary. There is no gravity in the void environment and naturally the cannonballs will not follow an arc.
But when fighting in an orbit close to a planet, the physical shells are affected by gravity, which is really as bad as grandma's house.
In addition, although it is within the visual distance, this visual distance is visible through the viewfinder, which does not mean that it is visible with the naked eye. The longer the distance, the more serious the reduction in kinetic energy of the shells due to the influence of gravity, and the shells fired are basically It fell into the atmosphere and burned up quickly.
Alyssa stared at the two high-speed destroyers chasing from behind and firing continuously, and continued to order:
"Keep throwing smoke screens."
If you use a smoke screen generator to draw smoke, it will be too conspicuous. Throwing the smoke screen can block the opponent's sight without being too conspicuous.
The Swan was already very fast, and it would take time for the high-speed destroyers to catch up. It released smoke screens several times in a row, which greatly interfered with the high-speed destroyers' shooting from behind, and also made it difficult for their shipboard computers to accurately calculate ballistic trajectories.
But this seems like just stalling for time. Does it have any practical significance?
Delaying time is the practical meaning.
During this period, the Swan continued to descend in altitude while sailing under gravity, reaching the point where it could clearly see the details of the clouds on the planet.
At this time, the Swan has reached the exosphere, which is the place where the outermost layer of the atmosphere is adjacent to the void space.
This is an extremely dangerous height for battleships.
High-speed destroyers do not have the ability to fly within the atmosphere. If high-speed destroyers continue to approach, they are likely to be dragged down by the planet's gravity.
Moreover, pulse flight and transition cannot be activated in the atmosphere. It can only sail with conventional power. If it is too late to escape, it will directly turn into a meteorite and fall into the atmosphere and burn up.
The two high-speed destroyers also knew this very well. Seeing the Swan continue to drop in altitude, they could only fire a few more shots unwillingly and quickly accelerated to escape the planet's gravity.
"Confirm that the high-speed destroyer has moved away."
An Yun's words made everyone on the bridge breathe a sigh of relief, but before the breath could be uttered, An Yun immediately said again:
"New ship signals were detected, the number is more than twenty!"
Alyssa immediately turned the viewfinder, which allowed her to see that on the starboard side of the Swan, an originally empty area twisted, and then more than twenty ships appeared.
These ships have the same model, and most importantly, they are all spray-painted with the emblem of the Red Maple Republic.
"It's actually an assault landing ship!" This side of the star gate is different from the other side. There is a habitable planet here.
To seize the other side, you only need to wipe out the garrison, but to seize this side, you must consider the issue of a habitable planet.
A planet that has been colonized and transformed a long time ago, with a population of at least one billion.
What's more, there are a large number of factories, military facilities and other extremely valuable targets above. It is impossible to ignore them.
A habitable planet is like a solid fortress in this galaxy. If this place is not taken down, the star gate cannot be truly controlled.
That's why we had already prepared the assault landing ship.
These ships designed to break into the atmosphere are not here to capture the Swan. They are loaded with a large number of soldiers, weapons, ammunition, vehicles and other supplies, and are roughly similar to the landing craft used to land on the beach.
It's just that they appeared in the planet's low-Earth orbit and happened to collide with the Swan.
Then these guys opened fire without hesitation.
The assault landing ship is also equipped with support firepower. Compared with real battleships, it is definitely weak, but the number is there, and the Swan's shield is not known for its strength.
Beige beams of light were directed towards the Swan. Most of them were deflected, but many of them still hit successfully.
The alarm sound of the shield energy being reduced is endless. If it continues like this, not to mention whether the Swan will be destroyed, rushing into the atmosphere without a shield is also looking for death.
"Increase engine power and evade urgently!"
The Swan, which was about to break into the atmosphere, had to accelerate again due to fire interference in order to gain a speed that allowed the Swan to maneuver flexibly.
"Found it! Follow the route I set"
A luminous bright spot could be seen in front of the route set by Alyssa. Not long after, this luminous bright spot successfully entered everyone's field of vision.
That is an orbiting space station, or a space port would be more appropriate.
It is impossible for a cargo ship to pull cargo directly to a habitable planet. All habitable planets have spaceports to receive and transfer cargo.
This thing is smaller than the average space station, but it is also equipped with a considerable degree of self-defense firepower.
Villania immediately sent the identification code, and several ion beams came from the direction of the space port, successfully destroying an assault landing ship that was chasing the Swan.
After all, this thing is just a very large troop carrier, and it cannot attack the space station like a real warship.
But don't expect that the space port is safe. They are also under attack. It's a kindness to come and help with a few cannons.
"Now, lower the altitude!"
The Swan readjusted its attitude as it entered the atmosphere and descended rapidly.
The bottom of the ship touched the atmosphere, but it may have been disturbed by the attack just now, and the attitude could not be adjusted properly. This made the Swan jump forward in the atmosphere as if it was drifting.
"Stabilize the ship!"
If the Swan continued to enter the atmosphere with the wrong posture, it would probably crash down. Alyssa immediately connected to the communication in the engine room:
"Send all the energy to attitude control, quick!"
The redistribution of energy caused the Swan's engine light to gradually dim, while the attitude control nozzle's light became more intense.
After completely entering the atmosphere, the attitude control nozzle is not very effective, but fortunately it has not yet completely entered the atmosphere. With the attitude control nozzle working at full strength, the attitude of the Swan has been restored little by little.
At this time, the Swan was almost drifting all the way to the space station. Several warships from the Red Maple Republic were besieging the space port in a safe area. I hope they didn't notice that the Swan was drifting past.
(End of chapter)