Chapter 1128 High-speed evacuation operation (1)
Li Chengqi actually doesn't like using missiles. After all, in a world without missiles, it is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.
But if we don’t like to use it, we still have to have it. It would be uncomfortable if we don’t have to use it when we really need it.
Alyssa glanced through the viewfinder at the sky dyed red by the explosion, and she no longer had the energy to be surprised. After all, since meeting Li Chengqi, there have been too many things that have torn apart her views.
The Swan flew higher and higher driven by the booster rocket, but because the floating engine could not lift the Swan upright, unlike conventional rockets that went vertically into the sky, the Swan went up diagonally.
As the decision speed was exceeded, the shock waves in the front section of the Swan's solid collision angle gradually overlapped, and eventually turned into a heat barrier emitting strong red light. The severe air friction caused the bridge to automatically turn on the blackout mode to protect the interior of the bridge. member's eyes.
At this speed, the aircraft in the atmosphere could not catch up, and as the vibrations in the bridge gradually decreased, the red flash erupted from air friction also began to slowly decrease, the sky gradually became thinner, and it successfully reached the edge of the atmosphere.
"The turning point will be reached in ten seconds."
"Shut down the booster rockets."
The rocket engine gradually extinguished, and the Swan now relied on the main engine and inertia to maintain speed and began to adjust its flight attitude.
"The posture adjustment is completed."
"Turn point passed."
"Circular orbit."
"Understood, circular orbit."
Although it has now broken through the atmosphere and returned to the microgravity environment in the bridge, the Swan has not escaped the shackles of the planet's gravity.
The current flight trajectory of the Swan is actually a parabola. It will fly around and then fall back to the planet.
At this time, the orbit needs to be rounded.
Similar to how artificial satellites do not fall from the sky, accelerating in a specific direction at the gravity turning point can turn a parabola into a circle around the planet.
This is low-Earth orbit, and this is how everything from artificial satellites to space stations are put into orbit.
There was not much fuel left in the booster rocket. It continued to burn for about thirty seconds and then completely flamed out. With a slight explosion, the booster rocket was abandoned and relied on the power of the Swan to continue to circularize the orbit.
It is expected that the orbit will be circularized in five minutes, and then it will be able to fly gravity or directly start pulse flight to escape from the constraints of this planet.
This is why Alyssa doesn't like going to the planet. It's too troublesome to escape the constraints of gravity.
"The ship's shadow appeared on the radar, directly in front of our route and within visual distance."
After hearing An Yun's report, Alyssa pulled up the viewfinder and soon saw a 'big basket' floating in low-Earth orbit.
That is actually an orbital bombing ship. Its appearance is different from that of ordinary warships. It looks like an upside-down basket. A bomb in the shape of a 'javelin' is hung under the basket. When you need to bomb somewhere, just put it. It is enough to launch the javelin.
This kind of extremely specialized ship is actually very fragile. Considering the working environment of the orbital bomber ship, there will be several light cruisers nearby to escort it.
This is because the light cruiser is flexible enough that a larger ship might be pulled down by the planet's gravity and eventually burn up in the atmosphere.
The Swan's radar discovered the target in orbit, and the other party must have also discovered the Swan.
About three light cruisers sailed out from the black space background, obviously entering a battle state.
Alyssa didn't want to get entangled with them, but these guys happened to be blocking the route. The Swan was now at the critical moment of circularizing its orbit and could not turn at will.
Then we can only rush.
Just as she was about to announce that she was entering combat mode, Alyssa suddenly remembered that there were many civilians on the ship this time, so she picked up the microphone: "This is the captain of the Swan, Alyssa. This ship is about to enter combat mode. Close All unnecessary energy supply. "This felt a bit like the captain of an airplane. Then the lights in the Swan's bridge turned red, and all the anti-aircraft guns were pushed out of the gun positions by the hydraulic press, and the self-inspection program began.
Soldiers who had received gunnery training also ran to the anti-aircraft gun control room and sat in the gun emplacement on standby.
"Main gun recharging."
"Understood, the main gun is starting to charge."
The strong ramming angle of the Swan opened up and down, revealing the huge black muzzle, and the arc began to converge.
Immediately afterwards, the main gun aimed at the orbital bomber ship and fired a test round.
Since it is in low-Earth orbit, even the ion beam will be slightly bent due to the influence of gravity. Especially during long-distance bombardment, it can be said that the more accurate the aim, the more crooked it will be.
A test shot from the main gun flew under the orbital bomber ship, completely missing its target.
The good news is that the opponent's counterattack shells are similar.
But the Swan has an advantage. Its onboard computer is a state-of-the-art model.
This is one of the many pieces of equipment that the royalists replaced for the Swan. It is said that due to the high manufacturing cost, it will be difficult to put it into practical use in at least the next ten years.
Generally, the shipboard computer of a ship will recalculate the trajectory after firing a test shot, and then make fine adjustments based on the experience of the gunnery chief.
There is no problem with this mode, but general shipboard computers will not consider the influence of other factors.
Just like gravity.
Therefore, you will see that the three light cruisers counterattacked several times, but they still couldn't even touch the side of the Swan, even if the Swan did not change its route at all.
On the other hand, the Swan's shipboard computer also incorporates the parameters of gravity's impact on ballistics into the calculation. One test shot is enough to calibrate the firing elements.
As the Swan's main gun was recharged, the huge spear-shaped beam accurately hit the side of the orbital bombardment ship. The opponent's hull looked like an upside-down basket or a brush, which was not suitable for a head-on confrontation. , the shield only flashed for a moment and then was penetrated by the light spear cannon. The entire ship broke into two sections within ten seconds and fell into the atmosphere.
The remaining three light cruisers did not expect that the Swan could shoot so accurately, nor did they expect that the power of the light spear cannon was far beyond that of ordinary light cruisers. As the Swan was rapidly approaching, they did not bother to use the shipboard computer to recalibrate the shooting. Zhu Yuan relied entirely on the experience of the artillery chief to provide fire coverage.
This operation may seem reckless, but it is actually correct. If the operations are still carried out according to the combat operation manual, I am afraid that they will be named one by one by the Swan and become cosmic garbage.
One beam after another flew past the edge of the Swan, but there were also shells and ion beams falling on the front of the Swan. For a moment, the flash of the shield and the flash of the ion beam or the explosion of the shells made it almost impossible for the naked eye to pass through the glass of the bridge. Look outside.
However, the optical sighting system was not affected by this, and Long continued to fire back calmly.
This is a proper head-on conflict. There are no tactics. The competition is about skills and courage.
The fragments of the shells will penetrate the shield and hit the armor plate like raindrops, and there will always be a crashing sound like a heavy rain in the bridge.
Alyssa stared closely at the screen showing the Swan ship's data. The shield energy was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And then, the good news came.
"Orbital circularization completed."
"Start pulse flight!"
"Understood, pulse flight preparation"
The engine at the tail of the Swan began to flash violently, and the engine light began to become intermittent. Three seconds later, the more than 300-meter-long Swan seemed to be stretched into a thin line, and then disappeared from low-Earth orbit.
(End of chapter)