Chapter 64: T-Shaped Tactics
Just when Feng Yu was still racking his brains for the battleship that disappeared, Luo Yunxi found the answer, "What is left is not two formations, but three." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I just observed, and 9 of the warships moored in the airport were fought with us at the WG1 shipping center before, and I still remember their ship numbers. The 7 ships cruising outside are the ones we haven't seen yet, and they should be another formation of patrols that we have sunk. ”
Although I can't figure out the formation number of the other party, the marshmallow is undoubtedly correct. At this time, the 9th Fleet remained at the base of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th formations, of which the first two formations were empty of battleships, but did not carry mobile suits, and the surviving pilots were left at the WG1 shipping center.
In other words, although there are as many as 16 warships left behind in the base of the 9th Fleet, the number of mobile suits should be only 80, which is comparable to the previous battles.
For the "quasi-ace squad", they have already experienced such a disparity in the enemy, and it is not as difficult as imagined. As long as you can intersperse and cut as accurately as Fengyu and disrupt the opponent's cooperation, no matter how many enemies there are, it is just a number.
Of course, the Awakened pilots haven't reached this level yet, and with their current level, as long as the number of enemies exceeds three times, they basically can't deal with it, let alone eight times the number of MS at the moment. However, since it is led by Fengyu, there is no need to consider the number of opponents at all.
The young pilots, after learning about their opponents, were optimistic that the battle would still be easy, and began to discuss Valkyrie's bet with Hong Superstar. After the start of the bet, he has fought four consecutive fights, although Valkyrie's fighting skills are better than Hong Superstar, but his awakening ability is relatively weak, so not only has he not been able to overtake him, but he has a tendency to gradually increase.
With the temper of a Viking girl, the depression in her heart can be imagined. Everyone has been with her for a year or two, knows her temperament very well, and speculates that there are still a few battles before she is emotionally outraged.
On the other hand, in the bridge, Fengyu was not as optimistic as they were.
Space battles are not the same thing as defensive battles with their backs to their bases. In the previous battle in the airspace of the WG1 shipping center, the number of warships of the 2nd formation was too small to form a firepower cluster. Seven warships made blind shots at the "Tempest" in the shadow area, and with a one-fifth hit rate, they couldn't break the R-particle shield at all, and even the shield strength couldn't consume much.
At this time, the opponent was fighting with his back to the semi-fortress base, and the 16 battleships plus the main guns of the fortress were far more powerful than before, both the threat to the "Storm" and the suppression of the "quasi-ace squad". The diameter of the main gun of the fortress is 2000mm, even if there is only a one-fifth hit rate in the shadow area, it is quite terrifying, and as long as one hit in five shots, it is enough to break through the R particle shield and directly kill the "Storm" in seconds. Similarly, 16 warships can carry out area coverage strikes, which can hit at least 3 to 4 rounds per round, and can sink the Storm in three to four rounds.
Therefore, in this battle, the "Tempest" not only failed to provide assistance to the "quasi-ace team", but became the object of protection, and must be more than 10,000 kilometers away from the base of the 9th Fleet to ensure safety.
Once the Tempest is far from the battlefield, the 16 ships of the 9th Fleet can swing horizontally and face the battlefield from the side with a large number of turrets, just like the "T-shaped tactics" of the Age of Discovery, to maximize firepower.
Don't look at the mobile suit, you are not afraid of the main guns of the battleship, but the turret firepower is different, it is used to restrain the mobile suit. Moreover, the turret fires kinetic energy bullets instead of particle beams, which cannot be resisted by the R particle shield of the Mobile Suit WS and AM series, and can only rely on the pilot's personal ability to dodge.
Don't look at the old days, Feng Yu fought in and out of the battleship's R-particle shield, as relaxed and leisurely as a spacewalk, but that was because he was only facing one battleship. If he was facing a group of warships that had already set up a T-shaped artillery strike array, even if he was a super ace, it would not be easy for him.
With the sophistication of the 9th Fleet, when they learned that the opponent was the old friend of "Storm", they would inevitably put on this position to defend. In fact, judging from the current garrison situation of the 9th Fleet base, it only takes a few minutes for these warships to quickly set up the classic artillery bombardment array of fleet warfare in this era of discovery.
There are no tactics that will always be outdated, only a certain tactic that is suitable for a certain era, and only commanders who know how to use the right tactics correctly.
Even if the opponent has a classic tactic that can restrain his side, it does not mean that Fengyu will give up. The method of cracking the T-shaped artillery formation is mobile warfare, and it is enough to destroy the opponent's formation with high-speed movement operations.
The question now is how the "would-be ace squad" will approach each other quickly. If the Tempest flies directly in curvature and sends the two mobile suits to a distance of 10,000 kilometers, then the half minute waiting for the second team to eject will be the most dangerous time.
The opponent can reverse the exact position of the "Tempest" in the shadow area according to the ejection angle of the mobile team, and the battleship that has just exited the curvature flight does not have an R-particle shield. As long as the gunners of the 9th Fleet base are smart, they have every chance to take out the "Tempest" with a time-lapse shot.
On the other hand, for the safety of the "Tempest", the mobile squad ejection operation is carried out at a distance of more than 20,000 kilometers, that is, outside the effective lethal range of the main guns of the fortress. Then with the flight speed of AM-L 160 km/s, plus the time to wait for the second squad to eject, the "quasi-ace team" will not be able to fly next to the base of the 9th Fleet until two and a half minutes later.
Such a long time was enough for all members of the opponent's mobile squad to complete the ejection, and all the battleships set up a T-shaped artillery strike array. As a result, the "Quasi-Ace Squad" will face a long-range fire coverage strike from hundreds of ranged units, a significant number of which are kinetic energy projectiles that cannot be stopped by the R-particle shield.
In the face of such dense firepower, only the Mobile Suit WS with high enough mobility can dodge in time, and the other AM series models are afraid that they will be wiped out.
As long as it strikes, either the Tempest is at risk of being sunk, or the Awakened Pilot will have something to lose. Faced with this dilemma, Fengyu chose to modify the second plan. As long as he can successfully attract most of the opponent's firepower, the "quasi-ace team" will be much safer to follow up.
From the standpoint of Awa-Ker, Fengyu wants to ensure that the Awakened Pilot is not lost, and strive to cultivate more high-end combat power so that he can compete with No, who has many retired aces in the future. Fighting will inevitably kill people, and the number of casualties given by the council to Fengyu is 4, and after reaching or exceeding this number, no matter what the results of this "quasi-ace squad" operation are, the plan must be suspended and return to the headquarters immediately. But Feng Yu set a higher standard for himself, he believes that the number of sacrifices cannot exceed two, otherwise the plan will outweigh the losses.
But from the point of view of the 9th Fleet, although they also felt that 9 AM series mobile suits were unusual, they could not be compared with the "Storm" after all. In the eyes of the high-ranking generals of the fleet, even if 9 aircraft are added together, the weight is less than a fraction of that of Mobile Suit WS. Until the power of the awakening ability is correctly recognized, as long as there is a wind in the air, the 9th Fleet will only ignore the other mobile suits.
Feng Yu and Luo Yunxi had already made a group of staff officers and commanders on the "Storm" After some rigorous analysis and discussion, they finally determined that his plan was extremely feasible, and even if there was any accident, the possible losses would be minimal.
It would naturally be best if the 9th Fleet used all its firepower to "take care" of him, as Feng Yu wanted, and the "quasi-ace squad" could smoothly advance at full speed to make up for their weakness of being inferior to Mobile Suit WS.
Even if Fengyu only shares part of the firepower, it can reduce the pressure on the young pilots and let them do their best.
On the other hand, if the 9th Fleet did the opposite and devoted all its firepower to attacking 9 AMs, then the "quasi-ace squad" would decisively retreat and let the Mobile Suit WS break through alone. With Fengyu's strength, as long as he is close, there is no point in having more ordinary pilots, and the next thing is up to him whether to choose to cut the ship or the city. Of course, this situation is the last thing Fengyu wants to see, because once this situation occurs, the "quasi-ace team" will inevitably have some losses.
After the tactics were formulated, the "Tempest" flew out of the meteorite belt, entered a 15-second bell curvature flight, and quickly came to the airspace 20,000 kilometers away from the base of the 9th Fleet.
As the aqua-blue mobile suit WS rushed to the half-fortress first, the remaining troops of the 9th Fleet, which had already been in the air, immediately moved, and teams of mobile suits were ejected, and one by one the battleships crossed the hull.
Sure enough, it's a T-shaped artillery array!