Chapter 62: Can't Run
Although the 2nd formation supported a little longer than the previous 3rd formation, it could not change the outcome of the rout. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
While the Awakened pilots were rampage through the mobile array, Luo Yunxi didn't let the "Storm" sit idle. She directly piloted the stealth destroyer to circle the rear, cutting off the other party's retreat, obviously more confident in Fengyu than anyone else.
There was no problem with her judgment, and the 7 battleships of the 2nd formation did not think that a mere destroyer could cause them any trouble at first, even if the other side was invisible. But when the Mobile Suit was knocked down, the formation commander finally realized that something was wrong.
Originally, as an old rival, the 9th Fleet knew Fengyu's personality very well, and although they hated him so much, they had to admit that this was an upright opponent who did not want to kill. Although he didn't say it, the 9th Fleet admired this respectable opponent from the bottom of his heart.
In the previous attack on the patrol, although the "quasi-ace team" led by Feng Yu sank all the warships, they allowed the escape pod to escape safely and did not harm these officers and soldiers. And a considerable number of these people are on the ship at the moment, and they have appeared to say that the officers and men of the 2nd formation are not worried about heavy sacrifices after defeat.
This time, the formation commander was ready to abandon the containment of the mobile suits and let the pilots take refuge in the nearest WG1 shipping center, just like the previous 3rd formation had done. And he was ready to abandon the two destroyers to drag Fengyu and his men to cover the withdrawal of several other battleships.
The problem is that if the ship wants to warm up the jump engine, it must turn off the R particle shield, and the "Tempest" is lurking behind them, and the main gun is constantly charged at a low level, which means that it can sink any battleship at any time before their engine warm-up is completed.
The so-called low-level charge state is commonly known as the energy storage state, which means that the main gun is kept in a state where the charge does not exceed 30%. At this time, the energy in the main gun can maintain a stable state, and it does not need to be activated immediately and will not hurt itself.
The recharge rate of the main gun is basically the same, mainly depending on the ratio of the power furnace, the R particle generator, and the caliber of the main gun. Generally speaking, in order to form the firepower synchronization of the battleship group, all types of warships of various countries are designed to have a charging time of about 60 seconds.
This is also why the "Tempest", after replacing the high-power power furnace and R particle generator, logically raised the bow main gun to the 800mm caliber of the capital ship level.
It only takes 42 seconds for the main gun of the "Tempest" in the stored state to be fully charged, which is nearly 20 seconds shorter than the warm-up of the jump engine of the 2nd formation battleship, which is enough to aim at the flagship of the formation and sink it with one shot.
And with time-lapse shots, 80% of the energy is enough to sink any destroyer, or disable a capital ship, and it only takes 30 seconds to recharge. If you fire two shots in a row at 60% charge, you can disable two destroyers in 54 seconds.
"Tempest" paralyzed two destroyers, the "quasi-ace squad" attacked two battleships, and the super "Storm" personally stared at the flagship supernova star, so how many battleships can the 2nd formation, which currently has only 7 warships, run away?
The commander of the formation calculated a little, and instantly realized that his troops were about to face a situation of near-total annihilation.
If you can't win, you can't run!
So he ordered unusually decisively, "All warships immediately turn off the R particle shield and recharge the jump engine!" ”
This was a crazy order, and the captain immediately expressed his puzzlement, "Aren't you afraid of being sunk by that stealth destroyer?" ”
"Listen to me! Execute it now! The longer the time drags on, the more we lose. If we do what I say, we will lose a maximum of two destroyers, or my flagship will be sunk, but we will be able to run away with most of the battleships, which is the least loss I can imagine. For the sake of the cooperation of the ships, he explained as simply as possible.
Immediately, he added on the ship's radio channel, "Except for the basic personnel required for piloting, all the personnel of this ship enter the escape pod, eject and abandon the ship!" ”
In terms of the strength and cost of the battleship, two destroyers are definitely higher than one capital ship, but from a strategic point of view, the significance of sinking the flagship of the formation is greater than the paralysis of two destroyers. Therefore, this matter depends on how Luo Yunxi decides, and the commander of the 2nd formation can only do his best to obey the destiny of heaven.
Despite the fact that the 9th Fleet accepted the temptation of NO, the overall quality of the fleet was very high, and the commander of the 2nd Formation undoubtedly made the most correct decision and was able to recover a little loss in the defeat.
However, he overlooked one thing, and that was Fengyu's goal for this battle and his ability to grasp the situation as a stream of consciousness.
Let's talk about Fengyu's goal first, there is no doubt that in order to keep the 10 ships of FI alloys, he wants to hit the living forces of the 9th Fleet as much as possible, so that the other party will not be able to control the airspace near the WG1 shipping center before the arrival of 48 hours.
For Feng Yu, ordinary pilots and him are no longer opponents of the same level, no matter how many they are, they are just a number, and they cannot pose any threat to him. A single ace pilot, even if it is a technical stream, in the face of his awakening ability, the rational personality in the face of the stream of consciousness provides weak guidance to the emotional personality of the technical stream, just like an obsolete single-core CPU meets a multi-threaded dual-core chip, and can only accept the fate of failure.
The only ones who can block Fengyu are Super Aces, Awakened Aces, or multiple Ace Pilots. And the 9th Fleet does not have these conditions, and no one can limit such a super ace as Fengyu.
Fengyu is really worried about the young pilots of the "Tempest" and the "Quasi-Ace Squad".
The 9th Fleet is the first-line fleet of the UAC that has experienced a hundred battles, and there are 50 warships alone, not counting the auxiliary ships that lack combat effectiveness, such as transport and supply ships. Considering that Feng Yu and the "Quasi-Ace Squad" had sunk a total of 11 warships in the previous battles, the 9th Fleet still had as many as 39 ships at this time. If these warships were to be put in position and fired a round of covering fire at the shadow zone created by the "Tempest", even if it was only a one-fifth hit rate, it would be enough to sink the stealth destroyer in one round.
Therefore, Fengyu's goal is very clear, to sink as many warships as possible while the opponent's forces are scattered, and strive for a chance to win the final battle.
For this reason, when the rational personality saw that the 2nd formation battleship closed the R-particle shield and began to warm up the engine, he decisively informed the emotional personality to turn around, and with a sharp arrow formation, he shook off the already collapsed MS and flew in the direction of the battleship group.
The 10 aqua blue mobile suits raged in the mobile array like a blue storm for a few minutes before disappearing, leaving behind them in a mess. The wreckage of dozens of MSs floated in the airspace, and more fragments of parts and blood mist filled the area, reflecting the light of the WG1 star, like a small piece of blood-colored nebula.
The remaining dozens of MSs watched them go away with palpitations, and suddenly felt a sense of relief, and when someone realized that the target of the "quasi-ace team" was their own warship group, they had already distanced themselves, and they did not have the confidence to intercept these ferocious opponents, even if they took their lives to fill in, they couldn't stop these 10 unscathed aqua blue mobile suits.
The mobile array of the 2nd formation is 5,000 kilometers away from the battleship group, which is a figure that is used in fleet warfare at the moment. With the exception of the Ace Pilot's exclusive custom model, it takes at least half a minute for other Mobile Suits to fly this distance. If the forward mobile unit fails to fight, the battleship group can warm up the jump engine while retreating, which can ensure that the engine is warmed up without being approached by the enemy's mobile force.
If it was a few years ago, the Iron Ball unit had not yet been decommissioned, the humanoid mobile suits had not yet been installed in large quantities, and the battleship group was only 3,000 kilometers away from the mobile array, so as to facilitate firing at the enemy warships on the opposite side.
And with the withdrawal of the iron ball from the stage of history, the battleship has retreated from the protagonist of space warfare to the position of foil, mobile suit has become the key to determining the outcome of a battle, and the battleship has been reduced to the embarrassing position of fire support and transportation, and its position is naturally getting further and further back, until the current 5000 kilometers.
However, after this battle, perhaps this distance will be further widened, because 5,000 kilometers can't stop a super ace like Fengyu from chasing and killing.
The XME-250S engine equipped with the Mobile Suit WS is the pinnacle of Xia's third-generation Mobile Suit Engine, and before the fourth-generation Mobile Suit engine technology is mature, this engine is one of the fastest, flying 5,000 kilometers in just 20 seconds.
Even though the ships of the 2nd formation were also retreating at a speed of 200 km/s, stretching the pursuit time to 100 seconds, Fengyu activated a pulse excitation, instantly speeding up the Mobile Suit WS to more than 300 km/s. Fifty seconds later, he had reached the stern of the flagship of the 2nd formation, and the 120mm Gauss gun on his shoulder fired a high-explosive shell.
In 10 seconds, 5 high-explosive shells were fired, and the jump engine of the supernova capital ship was destroyed. The energy from the engine began to wreak havoc in the stern of the ship, triggering a series of detonations, which gradually spread to the power department, and it was expected to trigger a nuclear explosion of the power furnace within half a minute. This is the after-effect of the destruction of the jump engine near the end of the warm-up.
On the other side, Luo Yunxi saw the first time Feng Yu was catching up, and he comprehended the main gun of the "Storm" aimed at a super-star destroyer.
60% charged, 18 seconds later. In the open space covered by the shadowed area, a slightly faint 800mm particle beam shot out of thin air, severely devaluing the superstar.
This was followed by another 36-second charge, another 60% energy bombardment, and a heavy damage to the second superstar.
The "Tempest" left behind two superstar ships, waiting for the belated "Quasi-Ace Squad" to harvest them.
The commander of the 2nd formation admitted defeat and could only watch the four battleships that did not carry any mobile suits enter the warp flight, and at the same time ordered the three ships left behind to eject in the escape pod.