Chapter 1288 Meteor airborne, storm landing battle (2)
Star battleships are still using battle lines from the First World War. This sounds outrageous, but it is true.
After all, the accuracy of radar is not enough, and there is almost no development in guided weapons. The result is that shipboard computers are getting better and better, optical sighting equipment is getting stronger, and the range of cannons is getting longer and longer.
The mission of the Swan and its cruiser detachment is to attract the enemy to approach and annihilate it, and to escort the assault landing ships waiting in the rear to perform lowering operations, and the Swan needs to provide fire support for ground troops during the lowering operations.
This is what Alyssa is going to do now.
Of course, as part of the fleet, the Swan still has to obey orders.
"Receiving attack parameters successfully, data is being synchronized."
"Launch torpedoes!"
After confirming the Red Maple Republic's interception fleet, the fleet, which was mainly composed of cruisers and mobile aircraft carriers, including the Swan, turned around and fired torpedoes towards the same area.
I'll reward you with a wave of lightning strikes when we meet. Although we're not within bombardment range yet, we can let the torpedoes fly for a while.
Anyway, whether this thing can hit or not depends on luck most of the time. Just do a wave of output in the same direction and wait until you hit it.
"Route adjustment, the enemy fleet is expected to enter bombardment range in three minutes."
The fleet began to turn under the operation of the frontline commander, and the mobile aircraft carrier deliberately retreated and hid behind the fleet.
Alyssa's side is about to engage the enemy, while the main fleet's side has already begun to communicate fiercely with cannons.
The first ones to fire were large-caliber and ultra-long-range heavy artillery, mainly composed of starships and battleships. The intensive firepower from both sides would probably take a while to arrive, and the hit rate was naturally worrying.
But both sides are approaching in a formation. No matter what the hit rate is, we have plenty of artillery shells. If we miss, we will not lose. If we hit, we will gain blood.
In a decisive battle of the main fleet like this, the winner cannot be decided in an hour or two. Both sides will shell from a long distance, and because of the formation, everyone can take turns resisting damage.
As a result, the artillery battle between the two sides is likely to last for a day or two or even several days without a winner.
Although both sides definitely have their cards up their sleeves, this is destined to be an extremely long war, and its scale and intensity are definitely not comparable to those of civilizations that have not yet broken free from the constraints of gravity.
As for Alyssa, in order to match the speed of the friendly forces, the Swan never dared to sail at full speed, and the cruising speed was only half the speed.
Although I feel that friendly forces are really dragging down my progress, it is safe to stay in the fleet.
"Getting into shelling range."
"Awaiting command to fire."
If it were normal times, Alyssa would have asked Long to test-fire and aim, but now she had to follow the command.
"After receiving new instructions, the entire ship will avoid sailing."
As soon as Alyssa heard Villania's report, she understood immediately.
This is similar to the tactics used in the era of platoon shooting. Even though they are within shelling range, the hit rate at this distance is quite low. The frontline commander means to give up the first round of shelling and use this opportunity to continue to get closer to ensure the first hit rate.
However, this tactic obviously requires a lot of courage. Let's take the example of platoon shooting. Both sides approach with muskets. One party fires first, and the latter continues to advance to the beat of the drum. They don't care about their teammates lying down next to them, and they get close enough to hit the target. Fire only when the distance is high enough.
Due to firing or energy consumption, the speed of most cruisers will decrease when firing, so they choose not to fire first and get closer to improve the hit rate.
After all, not every cruise ship has the specifications of the Swan, so it cannot be generalized.
The entire fleet began to take a zigzag route, like a twisted snake. The Red Maple Republic's cruiser opened fire directly.
The Swan is located in the middle and front of the fleet, not at the head, but not at the back either.
Ion beams mixed with physical shells that were almost invisible to the naked eye flew around the Swan. The competition was courage and faith.
Alyssa always said that Lady Luck was a bitch, but this time, Lady Luck felt happy about being scolded, and she was really lucky for once.
Through the bridge, in addition to the brilliance of the ion beam, you can even see the light of explosions nearby from time to time. It may be that an unlucky friendly force has been hit by the concentrated fire.
But the fleet that was on an evasive voyage didn't even have time to recover the escape capsule. Except for the Swan, which was running too fast, all ships were sailing at full speed.
Finally, the new order came.
"After receiving the attack order, the entire fleet opened fire freely."
"Test aim!"
Alyssa marked the attack target for Long from the captain's seat, and the latter immediately took aim and shot.
The Swan's secondary guns roared silently, and the ship's bow ram opened up and down, revealing the main cannon of the light spear and firing.
The effect of retaining the first round of shooting and shooting as close as possible is obvious. Although the first salvo is just a test shot for aiming, you can still see a large fire exploding in the enemy fleet. It is visually estimated that at least five warships have been destroyed. More than twenty ships were damaged.
"The shooting elements have been calibrated."
"Free fire!"
At this distance, the hit rate of both sides will actually be very high. After the first round of firing, each warship fired freely, and the ion beams in the sky were intertwined, and the warships of both sides began to suffer large-scale damage.
Alyssa can see that the signals representing friendly forces on the screen are disappearing one by one, and she can also see that the red dots representing the radar signals representing enemy forces are also disappearing one by one. It is difficult to tell who has the upper hand at the moment, naval guns. The war reached a stalemate.
"The counterattack barrage is coming!"
"Emergency avoidance!"
The Swan's excellent maneuverability made it sink quickly. Even so, it was still hit by two ion beams in the dense barrage. However, our shield is much stronger than that of ordinary cruisers, so it is still not painful at this level. Itchy.
The two sides continued to approach while maintaining a state of bombardment. Every time they advanced, they would leave behind the wreckage of the battleship. It looked like an oversized snake crawling while leaving behind its slough.
It’s just that these snake sloughs represent the disappearance of countless lives.
In Alyssa's war, battleships are the absolute main force, and the treatment of ship members is also the best in the entire army. In comparison, the army is very miserable.
But just because it is the absolute main force, working on a battleship is also the most dangerous. Once a battleship is destroyed, on average, less than one-tenth of the people will have the opportunity to board the escape capsule, and among those who board the escape capsule, only Less than one in ten can be rescued by friendly forces.
Even though the war had just begun, the number of casualties was already overwhelming. Alyssa could imagine countless death notices being sent to thousands of households.
Life is the least valuable in war. Alyssa has a deeper understanding of this sentence.
The distance between the two sides continued to close, and An Yun reported at this time: "The space fighter signal was detected, and the other party released the fleet."
"After receiving the order from the frontline commander, our fighter planes will set off immediately."
Here comes the real meat grinding battle.
(End of chapter)