Chapter 43: The Ship Cutting Competition
According to the UAC's Fleet Operational Command Regulations, pilots should be on combat readiness at all times, i.e., wearing combat uniforms and being able to report to the rearmament compartment within two minutes when a battleship is on patrol duty. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info When any non-own ship appears within the range of the battleship's optical sensor, the pilot must enter the second level of combat readiness and stand by in the maintenance cabin. When there are any non-friendly ships within the combat radius, the pilot must enter the first level of combat readiness and wait for ejection in the cockpit of the mobile suit.
Even though the pilots strictly followed the operational command regulations, when the "Tempest" ejected the Hong Juxing team, there was still no trace of the battleship on the optical sensor of the 9th Fleet patrol. The pilots on the ship are at most in a state of three-level combat readiness, and no matter how neat their movements are, it takes at least three minutes of preparation time to switch to first-level combat readiness before they can enter the ejection process.
What's even more exaggerated is that this patrol hasn't even had time to open the R particle shield. If it weren't for Fengyu's unwillingness to win too easily, so that the "Quasi-Ace Squad" would have lost a good training opportunity, and did not agree to the "Tempest" to attack directly with its main guns, at least one enemy ship would have been sunk by this time.
On the other hand, on the side of the "Tempest", only half a minute later, the Valkyrie team, which had already been in the first level of combat readiness, was ejected. Seeing that the Hong Giant Star team was ravaging a defenseless comet-class destroyer, Viking Girl's eyes immediately turned red. You must know that a destroyer is worth 10 downs, and even if it is distributed to the team, it can at least add 2 downs to Hong Juxing.
She immediately led her team to another comet-class ship, and she couldn't get too far behind. As for why she didn't choose a superstar, Valkyrie was simple and rude, but that doesn't mean she has no brains. The superstar destroyer can carry two mobile squads, which means that more enemies will come out to interfere later, which is not conducive to the great cause of slaying ships. Valkyrie still understands this account.
And at the same time, she shouted in the command channel, "Haifeng! Don't help Hong Superstar anymore, are you trying to cause me to lose the bet? ”
This one named Haifeng is the only long-range pilot of the "Quasi-Ace Squad", and he came out with the Hong Giant Star Team in the first round of ejection. Since it was a battle, it was naturally impossible for him to stand idly by, and at this time he was also helping to attack the destroyer.
Hearing Valkyrie's accusation, Haifeng replied helplessly, "Don't make trouble, eldest sister, we're fighting." ”
"Then you can't help him, or you can help me. If you help me win my first battle, I'll go on a date with you once. ”
Although Haifeng is an Oriental like Hong Juxing, he also understands what Westerners mean by so-called dating, and wouldn't it be blatantly cuckolding Hong Juxing to agree at this time. So he replied in a hurry, "Eldest sister, forget about dating." In fact, I helped Brother Hong's squad attack the battleship, which is equivalent to helping you in disguise. A destroyer has 10 downs, and if I fight alone, Brother Hong will have 0.5 fewer downs. ”
Valkyrie listened to it for a while, and felt that it made sense, so he didn't care about it anymore. But she overlooked one thing, one more person to contribute, she could sink the enemy ship earlier, and she could free up her hand to attack other targets. And maybe because of this difference in attack power, the Hong Juxing team will have a chance to complete the ship before the opponent's mobile team ejects, and the Valkyrie team is estimated to have to face the interference of the enemy mobile suit halfway through the fight.
One way or another, the battle continues. Before the patrol catapulted a mobile suit, it was a ship-slashing contest between Hung Justar and Valkyrie.
Three minutes passed in a flash, and seeing the two squads immersed in the thrill of shelling the battleship, Fengyu had to order the "Tempest" to exit the optical stealth mode in order to warn the "quasi-ace squad". The battleship is in a state of optical invisibility, and the whole ship is wrapped in high-density R particles, which cannot be realized by any means of communication, which is also a small shortcoming.
However, Luo Yunxi has her own way, she has already let the "Storm" go around the side of the patrol before, avoiding the opponent's bow main gun and stern secondary gun, so that the battleship can safely exit the optical stealth state at any time. So when Fengyu gave the order, the beautiful captain did not hesitate to lift the optical invisibility.
"The opponent's mobile team is almost ejected, don't get too involved in the fun, and be ready to fight at any time!" Feng Yu reminded him in the command channel.
At this time, the mobile team of the patrol was still not ejected, and Hong Juxing's side had already destroyed the engine of the comet-class destroyer. The destroyer, having lost its main power, gradually broke away from the three-ship formation of the patrol, and even if it was left alone, it would soon become a metal meteorite orbiting the WG1 star.
But the Giant Star team will not stop because of this, and it will not sink the battleship until it has broken the power department. The 9th Fleet only needs to send a tug ship to pull the ship back to the airport and replace it with a new engine to return to service. In the spirit of eliminating evil, it is necessary to sink it.
The engine vent in the stern of the comet-class destroyer turned into an unsightly hole, constantly splashing with electric sparks and a stream of escaping particles. A large number of parts shredded by the metal high-explosive shells of the Gauss cannon floated out of the large hole.
Five Mobile Suit guns continued to blast through the hole. With the construction of a comet-class destroyer, as long as the partition wall of the engine compartment is penetrated, there is a power furnace behind it. According to current trends, in half a minute at most, the battleship will be transformed into a fireworks flower blooming in space.
At this time, several rescue pods had been ejected from the middle of the comet-class destroyer, and it was obvious that the personnel on board had acquiesced to the fact that the battleship was about to be sunk, but the mobile team still hadn't ejected yet, so something was obviously wrong.
In fact, something did go wrong. Because of its distance from the theater of operations, and the absence of pirates and rebels in the WG1 on the main waterway, the 9th Fleet has been relatively comfortable lately, resulting in the patrol not being in accordance with the requirements of the Operational Command Regulations.
And one of their patrol shifts is not 8 hours, but a two-day round. So when the "Tempest" struck, the pilots on the destroyer happened to be in sleep time, let alone three minutes, even five minutes could not complete the ejection.
If they were allowed to continue to bombard like this, it was very likely that the battleship would be sunk before it could catapult Mobile Suit. And the nuclear explosion of the power furnace will engulf everything on the ship, even the mobile suit will not be immune. Feng Yu even began to consider whether to stop the two teams from continuing to attack the battleship, at least give the other party enough time to eject the mobile team and sink it, otherwise it would be a waste of a training opportunity.
The 9th Fleet of the UAC New African System Front brazenly invaded the SG4 star field of the new European Union after Fengyu came to New Africa to carry out the "Ignition Operation" three years ago. It's a pity that when they really met Fengyu, they had a bad fate. The original base in GS5 was slashed by Fengyu and then cut down a ship by Fengyu, and then moved to defend WG1 and was shot down by an ace pilot in the "Yellow Sparrow Later" operation to snatch the third-generation jump engine.
It is precisely because of the three slams of slashing ships, cities, and trump cards to Fengyu before and after, that this first-line fleet with rich combat experience has unknowingly become a rookie fleet for young pilots to train in his mind.
Poor 9th Fleet!