Chapter 21: The Wolf Comes
Habitable planets generally have a very similar living environment to Earth, and their atmospheres are about 1,000 kilometers thick. From bottom to top, the www.biquge.info is distributed in the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, ionosphere and fugitive layer.
The thickness of the troposphere varies with the seasons and latitudes, and the thickness is about 8-17 kilometers, which is the main field of activity of human civil aviation/air vehicles in the old era, and it is also the daily patrol area of the new Jingxing alien race.
The stratosphere, also known as the stratosphere, is 50 kilometers above the surface of the troposphere, which is the limit of the activity of the alien race, and it is also the main battlefield area of the mobile brigade fighting with the alien race. In the troposphere, at a distance of 20-30 km from the surface, oxygen molecules in the air form an ozone layer under the action of stellar ultraviolet light.
Ozone, also known as O3, also known as superoxide, has a strong absorption effect on ultraviolet rays and high-energy particles, protecting life on the surface from cosmic high-energy rays. This is an important condition for habitable planets to be able to give birth to life. Particle weapons in the human space age are essentially strikes with high-energy particle streams, so the ozone layer is a natural shield for the planet.
The original design of various capital warships used by mankind in the space age was to consider outer space operations, and their huge size and aerodynamic form did not meet the requirements of intra-atmospheric operations. Forcibly driving the battleship into the atmosphere, there is only one ending, and that is a crash. Otherwise, it will be a matter of minutes to lower the capital ship below the ozone layer, and then launch a main gun attack to destroy the Xinjing alien race.
The mesosphere and ionosphere above the stratosphere are relatively similar in nature, the difference is the change in temperature. These two layers are also significant for habitable planets, absorbing various kinetic shocks from space. Every year, a large number of meteorites from outer space are burned in these two layers, and they are displayed in the eyes of surface creatures in the gorgeous posture of meteors.
If the ozone in the stratosphere is a shield against particle weapons, then the mesosphere and ionosphere are heavy armor against kinetic weapons. Under these three layers of protection, the battleship galloping in space can only look at the ocean and sigh.
As planetary beings, even if the Xinjing alien creatures can fly to such a height, they have no combat power, so they will never enter this layer. And for airborne mobile suits, if it were not for the presence of CJ coatings, they would not have been able to smoothly enter the stratosphere.
As a result, the battle in the atmosphere was brought back to the level of the old era, and the mobile suit did not have much advantage over the fighters of the old era, and it can only be said that each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Mobile Suits have the flexibility to move in all directions, but because they do not conform to the optimal aerodynamics of flight in the atmosphere, they have to consume a lot of engine power to maintain their flight attitude at all times.
If the Xinjing alien race is able and willing to fly to a higher place to fight, this battle will be easy for the mobile army. But the reality is so skinny, they can only fight in the stratosphere and troposphere, resulting in the fleet can only watch the show in space through the atmosphere.
The New Asian Republic and the UAC have been at war for many years, and even when it comes to planetary battles, they are all fought in space, and neither side is willing to work so hard in the atmosphere. But at this time, the mobile army is facing the local race of Xinjing defending the territory, so there is no choice on the battlefield.
In fact, this is still from the perspective of the mobile army, if it is chosen by the Xinjing aliens, they would prefer to fight in the troposphere, where there is enough updraft, to enhance their flight capabilities.
But the alien race is also a headache now, after seeing the power of the cloud burst bomb, the king of the alien race only wants to fight the opponent as far away from the ground as possible, so the tolerance is relatively high, so as not to accidentally miss a cloud burst bomb and wipe out his lair.
Feng Yu's inspiration at the battle meeting was to capture the psychology of the alien race that was afraid of cloud burst bombs. "Since they are afraid, we will give them more cloud burst bombs and let them scramble to distract their combat power."
Someone immediately questioned, "First of all, we don't have a lot of cloud burst bombs, and according to your method, we may run out of two royal courts." Secondly, cloudburst bombs should not be used indiscriminately, which can also cause serious environmental damage. A large amount of oxygen is consumed to produce carbon dioxide, which causes the greenhouse effect. ”
"Environmental issues are left to environmentalists to worry about, and we only think about how to win!" Major General Pank interrupted the man, "The point is, how are you going to use these cloudburst bombs?" ”
"It doesn't matter if it's really not enough, I didn't plan to bomb with a lot of real cloudburst bombs, true or false is the core idea of this tactic." Speaking of this, Feng Yu turned his head to look at Wang Wei, "Colonel Wang, with the processing capacity of the logistics department, it should be able to imitate a batch of cloud burst bomb models, right?" ”
Wang Wei nodded, "It's not a big problem, if it's just an empty shell, just take the scrapped armor plate of the Mobile Suit and process it casually." ”
"That's enough, anyway, the alien race doesn't have the ability to distinguish between the real and the fake."
With a general direction, the next step is the work of the General Staff, and the meeting has come to an end. As the designer of the preliminary plan, Fengyu naturally had to participate in the next step of the General Staff's discussion.
Refinement of the plan, tactical deduction, and detailed processing......
After a day of intense work, a new battle plan -- "The Wolf Is Coming" -- was released.
On the morning of the next day, the remaining three-person quasi-ace squad set off with an elite mobile squad to implement the first set of plans for the "wolf is coming" operation.
Each Mobile Suit on this team carries a cloudburst bomb behind it, both real and fake. When they entered the stratosphere, the alien royal court on the ground reacted quickly, and the alien king led a small team of men and horses to meet them.
Although it is still in the ignorant stage of the people's wisdom, the Xinjing alien race is a natural fighting nation, and according to the strength shown by the quasi-ace team in the last battle, the king of the alien race has also made adjustments to the team. He brings with him five White X's, as well as five Green X's who are ready to be used as cannon fodder to intercept Cloudburst Bombs.
I have to say that if the Xinjing alien race can improve their vision a little more, the Battle of Xinjing will be even more difficult. After realizing that the Electric Snake attack was ineffective against the invaders, the Alien King decisively abandoned the use of the red X, and instead used the slightly stronger green X to intercept the Cloudburst Bomb.
In terms of overall strength, this team has completely blown them up. But these are already within the calculations of Fengyu and the General Staff, and the "wolf" plan can be implemented.
The three would-be ace pilots spread out in the air, distributed in a zigzag pattern. The pilots of the elite squad flew behind them, unfastened the locks that held the cloudburst bombs in place, and helped them drop the bombs. And higher in the sky, a transport boat carrying more cloudburst bombs was eyeing it.
Seeing the invaders scattering bombs, the alien king immediately stopped the team and sent three green X, who served as cannon fodder, to intercept him.
A virtual battle has officially begun.