Chapter 53: AN's Second Battle of the Barrier
In January of SC0106, the Second Battle of the AN Isolation Zone broke out in an unnamed K-type star field, which was later named KA02. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The number of troops dispatched by both sides in this battle has increased compared to last year's one, and the NO side has sent a full fleet of 20 warships more than the last time, and 10 of them are capital ships, all of which are equipped with yang electronic cannons. And on the side of the "Storm Blue" fleet, the total number of warships also doubled, reaching 20 units.
In fact, with the financial resources of Awa-ker, it can fully afford to raise a full fleet, but there are not so many pilots of the Awakened Ones, and there is also a lack of battleship command talents, so Groningen did not blindly expand the size of the fleet.
In the era of large ships and huge guns, the number of warships is naturally as large as possible, and only in terms of firepower can they be superior. But now that it's Mobile Suit's turn to be the protagonist, blindly expanding the number of warships is not a good thing. Once in a big war, those inexperienced captains are used as a breakthrough by the other side, and it is easy to suffer heavy losses, which directly leads to a decline in the morale of the entire fleet. It is even possible that the rookie captain will not be able to withstand the pressure of the big war and will cause the fleet to collapse.
The new warships of the Awa-ker are all very capable of carrying them. At the time of the first Battle of the Barrier last year, more than 200 Awoken pilots were carried on board just 10 ships. With the increase in the number of warships this year, the number of pilots has only increased to 300, and the maintenance compartments of a considerable number of warships are still empty.
It is worth mentioning that among the new warships added this year, there are 8 Storm-class destroyers, all of which are high-speed ships with optical stealth capabilities. It's just that these ships still lack talents like Luo Yunxi, who can command and drive warships and have the ability to "reconnoitre". The first batch of Awakened with similar "reconnaissance" abilities were still receiving basic training in battleship command at the Awa-Ker Aviation School in Groningen, and they were not able to play a role for the time being.
Even if these people complete their studies at an aviation school, it does not mean that everyone has the qualifications to become a captain, and perhaps more people are only suitable to work as pilots or navigators. However, Awa-Ker has a psychic imaging system, and as long as there is a person on the ship who has the ability to "detect", he can share what he sees with the captain, and it is not a big problem what position this person is in.
Presumably out of confidence in the positive electron cannon, NO's fleet recklessly went straight to the seventh planet after entering the KA02 star field, completely ignoring the fact that this was the preset battlefield of the "Storm Blue" fleet. Of course, this is mainly due to Feng Yu and Luo Yunxi's "Blind Plan".
At this time, the "Storm Blue" fleet had withdrawn all the reconnaissance ships, and arranged these high-speed ships at the main Lagrange points on the seventh planet, and if they were not enough, they would use Storm-class destroyers to make up the number, and create the illusion that there should be a space city there in an optical stealth attitude, which was the "Blind Plan".
Because of this, the "Storm Blue" fleet ended up fighting with only 15 warships and 300 mobile suits. Gro should express his opposition to the idea of big ships and big guns with practical actions, so that his captains can correctly understand the auxiliary role of the fleet in the new era of warfare.
In comparison, the NO fleet has a full 50 warships and 750 mobile suits, which looks menacing.
To be honest, if it weren't for Fengyu and his secret weapon, even Groningen wouldn't be optimistic about this battle, and the others wouldn't have to say anything.
Faced with this situation, the morale of the "Storm Blue" fleet was slightly low.
Faced with this unfavorable situation, Feng Yu convened a meeting of the "quasi-ace team", "In the next big battle, I am going to disassemble you and assign you to the mobile force." Each of you will lead 6 to 7 mobile squads to replace the squadron of pilots of the regular fleet, and take advantage of the special advantages of the Awoken pilots. Do you have any questions about this arrangement? Say it now as early as possible. β
"But I'm not very good at commanding." Lukashenko was a little apprehensive about this arrangement.
"It's not a problem, I'm not good at commanding. But the point of a high-level pilot is not just to command, I want to use your high-performance prototypes and your relatively rich combat experience to play an arrow role and boost morale. β
"My style tends to be low-key, which can be difficult to boost morale." What Parasong said is a fact. Morale boosts rely on high-profile proclamation of victory or persistence, standing in everyone's field of vision like a military flag that does not fall, and his lewd style always gives people a feeling that they are not hearty enough.
"Everyone has a different way of fighting, and I don't ask you to have any particular style. Remember, morale boosting is simple, use what you do best to win, take down the enemy, and those who are watching you will be uplifted. β
There is nothing wrong with the others, before joining the "quasi-ace squad", these people were basically pilots at the level of squadron leader or squad leader, and now they are just returning to their original positions.
Only Valkyrie looked like he wanted to say something, and endured it for a long time, but finally didn't say anything.
After the meeting, the "quasi-ace team" officially announced its disbandment, as for whether it will be formed again in the future, it depends on their performance in this battle and Fengyu's next plan.
Today, although these awakened pilots are only one step away from the real quasi-ace in terms of data, they no longer have any problems in ability, and even because they have the ability to awaken, they are more powerful than ordinary quasi-ace pilots.
Don't look at the mobile suits of the NO fleet have an absolute advantage in numbers, but in the face of the Awakened pilots, who are increasingly experienced in combat and have much more explosive power in an instant, the actual advantage is not as great as the numbers show. If the Awakened pilots of the "Storm Blue" fleet can use the explosive power of the opening wave to bring enough losses to the opponent, this advantage can be reversed immediately.
After everything was ready, after more than a dozen hours, the NO fleet, which was flying towards the seventh planet in a segmented curvature, finally entered the preset battlefield. Although it only takes half an hour to fly the whole way in curvature, in a full-scale battle, no fleet dares to fly the whole curvature in the main battlefield of the opponent. Who knows if when they can't see the outside world, several mine-laying carriers will suddenly appear and sprinkle their lanes with space machine mines.
It would be a big joke if a fleet struck a mine while flying at a curvature and wiped out its entire army. Although the NO fleet is not a seasoned fleet, it still has some common sense, and prefers to switch back and forth between curvature and regular flight to ensure a safe grasp of the lane.
When the NO fleet was still a full 30,000 kilometers away from the "Storm Blue" fleet, the Awakened Mobile Brigade had already begun to advance in its entirety, assuming a posture that did not want the other side to get close to its own warships. Behind them, five minelaying transport ships were constantly spewing out a large number of space machine mines, protecting the "Storm Blue" fleet behind the minefield.
This is a very rare tactic that isolates battleships and mobile suits from minefields, which means that the battlefield is disjointed and the dependence on the battleship's guns is completely abandoned.
The fleet commander of the "Storm Blue" fleet did not think so, believing that this was a passive defensive measure against the positive electron cannon. However, it must be admitted that his judgment was not wrong.
The fleet commander from New Asia, named Qiu Deyi, was also a retired veteran from the same period as Groningen. The surname Qiu is not a big surname in the New Asian military, and he is not from a family of generals, but being able to lead a fleet in the NO itself shows that his identity is extraordinary, and there is at least the support of the core members of the organization behind him.
Supporting him to become the commander of the fleet is Xia Seiko, who is also Xia's son-in-law, and Li Xingyan's grandparents in terms of generation. When he was young, he was selected as a captain by Xia's Seiko, who was still an aerospace fighter manufacturer, and supported him to climb to the position of fleet commander and participated in the "war of five planets against two planets" that year. After retiring from the New Asia military, he officially entered the NO.
Speaking of which, Xia Seiko is the kind of stubborn big-ship gunners in Groningen's mouth, and the most ironic thing is that they themselves are still mobile suit manufacturers, and they are the current supplier of mobile suits. The factory that Fengyu attacked in the galaxy GM53 was actually a company secretly controlled by Xia's Seiko.
The stubbornness of such a large corporate consortium cannot see the future of mobile suits, but instead thinks about hugging the thighs of the captain and the fleet commander all day long. In their eyes, pilots and former pilots of aerospace fighters are the same thing, and no matter how good they are, they are only a foil on the battlefield, and they will never become the protagonists who decide the outcome of a war.
"Do they really think that the yang electron cannon is the same as the particle beam cannon, and it has no lethality after more than 20,000 kilometers? It's pitifully naΓ―ve! Qiu Deyi sneered at the "Storm Blue" fleet, which had only 15 warships, "Let them comfort themselves for a while." Wait until the mobile units of the two sides are engaged, and then let them know the true power of the Yang Electron Cannon! β
On the other side, Fengyu, who could have been directly embedded in the battlefield with optical invisibility, chose to fight openly, flying at the forefront of all the Awakened pilots with the "Storm", flying straight towards the NO fleet.
That's how he boosted morale!
The rational personality stared at the distance of 30,000 kilometers, "There are four aces in total, do you want me to help?" β
The sensual personality proudly replied, "It's not your turn yet, I'll let them see how powerful the super model 'Storm' is!" β