Chapter 5: Forever Classics
In fact, from the very beginning, the protagonist of this battle was destined to be Arthur. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoDon't look at the amazing 10 seconds when the "Storm" No. 3 and No. 4 appeared before, in fact, they were all paving the way for Arthur's shelling at this time.
You must know that the turret layout of a battleship is mainly distributed in the side position, and the cross-sectional area of the bow and stern is too small, assuming that there are not a few turrets, and secondly, most of the area is occupied by the main gun or engine vent, so there are basically few gun emplacements in these two areas.
If the MS squadron is allowed to concentrate on the bow of the "Tempest", not to mention that the enemy's concentrated fire will directly threaten the safety of the bridge, and more importantly, the number of turrets that can be used to attack the front is too small, which is not conducive to Arthur's performance.
So at the beginning, Fengyu and Haag hit the middle of the MS squadron strongly, forcing the opposite side to spread out, so that the rest of the MS entered the attack range of the side turrets, giving Arthur a perfect stage to perform.
In fact, it is not the first time that Arthur has aimed at so many targets at the same time, the last time he was in the M320 star field, one of his rounds of shelling was also aimed at more than 90 targets, a little more than today, and in one fell swoop, more than 30 MGs were down, breaking the record of 21 planes in a single round set by the "New Asia".
It's a pity that the "Tempest" was in a state of optical stealth at that time, and no outsiders witnessed that record except for the comrades on the ship. And because of the optical invisibility, the optical sensor of the "Tempest" could not be used, so it was not able to record that wonderful scene.
Therefore, today's blow is the debut of Arthur's extreme "blooming" shelling. So in addition to stunning the audience, the results of this shelling will also go down in history as an eternal classic of "Tempest" and super gunner Arthur.
After statistics, the final number of downs in this round of shelling was 23 MS, although it once again overshadowed the record of the "New Asia" that year, but in fact it was not Arthur's best result. Judging from the dodge ability of these MS, it would be better if he took two points of aim, attacking 45 targets at the same time, at least he could ensure more than 35 crashes, which exceeded the performance of the last time in the M320 star field.
From a tactical point of view, the average fire controller might think Arthur was a little too greedy to do so. Even if he only aims at 45 targets, it is still a very impressive number, and at the same time, he can have better results and better performance in the number of falls.
However, Fengyu analyzed at a strategic level and believed that Arthur had made the most correct choice.
Why?
Because how many MSs were downed, that's a question of hit rate. The accuracy of the hit rate is determined by a combination of factors, including the computing power of the ship's main system, the accuracy of the turret, the personal ability, experience and luck of the fire controller, as well as the performance of the target and the personal ability of the pilot.
On the other hand, the number of targets that the "Tempest" can attack at the same time is determined by only one factor - that is, ability!
Arthur's approach is tantamount to flexing his muscles to the UAC Federal Army, showing the multi-target strike capability of the "Tempest", and even achieving amazing full coverage! 90 target MS, full coverage without leakage!
It's a statistic that can make people reverie endlessly. Because the Tempest has achieved full coverage, everyone thinks, "What if the Tempest had more turrets and its opponents had more Mobile Suits?" How many hits? And if the experience of the fire controller increases and the god of luck favors you, what kind of amazing results can the 'Tempest' achieve with a single round of shelling? ā
This is called strategic deterrence!
Instead of obsessing over the specific data of a particular time, but creating a concept of the invincibility of the "Tempest" sideways shelling for the UAC federal forces, any pilot who is the enemy of this battleship will inevitably think of the question before approaching and trying to attack, "If I am so close to the "Tempest", what am I going to sink this battleship?" Or are you going to die? ā
Once the hostile pilot hesitates and fears before attacking the "Tempest", it does not necessarily mean that he wants to scare the opponent away, but at least it will make him cringe, affect its normal performance, and limit its combat effectiveness. This is very advantageous for the Tempest.
So don't look at Arthur's attack to take out 23 MS, but in essence, it planted a seed called fear in the hearts of UAC pilots.
It was the pilots of this MS squadron who felt this fear most intuitively. Although they could not see the panoramic view when they were there, they found that from their own vantage point, all the MS were dodging, and more than a quarter of the bodies were not spared.
At this time, even if there were no two "Storm", one "Berserker" and five MG series, the "Tempest" alone would be enough to wipe out this MS squadron within 30 seconds.
No, it should be said that at most 10 seconds, as long as Arthur can maintain such a hit rate and no more than 5 rounds of shelling, this MS squadron can be completely wiped out!
In the face of this answer, the MS pilots who can continue to stay around the "Tempest" and attack it can be called dead, or they are relatively slow to react or have a relatively poor brain, and they have not calculated their end to death.
So after the first round of shelling, about a third of the UAC pilots succumbed to their survival instincts, and fear instantly took control of their brains, and they immediately turned around and ran.
As a result, there are less than 40 MSs left in the area to withstand Arthur's second round of shelling. He simply gave up the MSs that were closest to his own 8 Mobile Suits, and then fired 30 of them at three points in pursuit of a higher hit rate.
As a result, the second round of shelling took 28 MS, and only two escaped in time. But it doesn't mean that they have escaped, because the remaining MS at the moment is not enough for Fengyu, Haag and the GMP team to divide up.
In the end, in less than 10 seconds, except for the part that escaped in time, more than two-thirds of the rest of the MS were completely wiped out!
It took less than 20 seconds from the beginning of the "Tempest" to break away from the jump flight, and less than 30 of the elite MS squadrons of the first-line fleet of the UAC Federation fled in time, and the rest were not spared.
The result was unexpected, and even though Admiral Alexander had prepared for what he thought was the worst, he still couldn't imagine that the real outcome would be so devastating. So he finally understood why the top government and military leaders were so afraid of the existence of the Awakened, and why a UAC federation with a humanistic spirit would risk being spurned by the world to engage in some GMP project.
There is only one reason, as a new human in the space age, the power of the Awakened is a nightmare that ordinary people can't wake up to! No matter how low-key the Awoken are, they will one day quietly take control of the world and become a new ruling class above ordinary humans.
It is not surprising that the UAC federal top will have such an idea, and it can even be said to be quite reasonable. Although Awa-Ker never intended to dominate the world, the purpose of this organization was ultimately to protect the interests of the Awakened. And the Awakened, with their own ability advantages, will indeed eventually become the dominant player in the future human society, and it is okay to say that it is the ruling class.
It's just that this is a natural law and trend of human evolution and survival of the fittest, and the right thing to do is to study how to increase the proportion of human awakening in the future, rather than developing GMP projects to artificially create GMP people who can suppress the awakened.
Moreover, the UAC Federation is supposed to pay lip service to curb the awakened, but in fact it intends to use the GMP people as war machines to achieve the goal of dominating the human world. The means themselves are wrong, and the motives are questionable, so the UAC Federation hides the GMP project tightly for fear that other countries will know.
However, the UAC federal military and political leaders needed to put GMP people into actual combat in order to test the results of this project, so they designed to let the clown of NO steal a first-generation sample of the worst quality, and let the organization use the defective technology to start anew.
In this way, even if other countries or organizations find out about the existence of gmp people, there will be no organization to take the blame. Until NOs are eliminated, it will be difficult for other countries to find out the head of the UAC Federation.
It's a pity that the UAC Federation still underestimated the intelligence power of AWA-KER after all, this organization has a history of more than 100 years, more than 40 years longer than the founding of the UAC, and the intelligence system has covered the entire human society. Captain Morgan was aware of this when the GMP project was first launched.
It's just that Awa-Ker didn't think that a genetic modification project that had just started would have any impact on the awakened, and the GMP project was a long genetic project, and it would be difficult to achieve large-scale mass production of GMP people in two or three decades.
Moreover, the UAC Federation hides the GMP project so deeply that even the Awakened cannot approach Kimek's laboratory. So as time went on, the Awa-Ker hierarchy gradually forgot about it, and it wasn't until NO's GMP men 1 and 2 attacked the "Storm Blue" fleet that Edward remembered this past in those days.
In any case, things have come to this point, and Awa-Ker does have a certain responsibility, so it is incumbent on him to take the initiative to take the burden of blocking the GMP project.
At this moment, with the excellent performance of a group of awakened people, the "Tempest" successfully broke through the interception set by the Taimei WH Combined Fleet outside the entrance to the wormhole, and successfully entered the boundary of the New American galaxy, taking the first successful step for the one-year covenant.