Chapter 321 & 322: The Battle of the Strongest Warriors (6 & 7)
The contest between ordinary warriors and modified warrior ships is gradually called the battle of the strongest warriors. And because of the selection of fighters, this can no longer be called a secret in the defense forces of the Provisional Government. All kinds of messages are flying all over the sky. Once the reformed soldiers win, the whole army must be compulsorily reformed, and there are also rumors that the military department will take the opportunity to eliminate the reformed people who are highly meritorious and difficult to control. More people came to watch the competition with the mood of watching the excitement.
As a candidate for the infantry subject, half of them were solved by me in a fight. Although it is a blessing in misfortune that no one is killed, it is also impossible to restore the combat effectiveness of the beaten infantry in a short time. I didn't really care about the one-to-many hand-to-hand combat, but there were still good people who copied the surveillance data outside the venue at the time and circulated it in the controlled network of the military department.
In less than half a day's work, the terrifying reputation of my 'lesson' to the moon soldiers made all the officers and soldiers who crossed paths with me, or who had just passed by, maintain more than normal respect for me.
While enjoying the attention of the people, on the second day of the mobilization meeting, I led the people to gather in the spaceport, and according to the plan, a modified cruiser of the same type as the Fallen Angel would join us.
While observing the competition, I also let the battle cores feel the atmosphere, I brought all the battle cores, and entered the Black Wing of the same model as the fallen angel with Karen who came out of the station this time. It is an 8.3-kilometer cruiser with a maximum cosmic speed of 3.7 and can simultaneously fire eight 425-caliber railguns and six ghoul-class anti-ship re-guides. Compared to the familiar Crisp, the Black Wing is longer and larger in tonnage, capable of holding more weapons and ammunition, but it is also inferior in agility and speed to the Youth.
Inside, the end of the simple and bright walkway has a compact design of the bridge position. In the place of the original command chair and the multi-function console, an oval-shaped core control compartment is placed. The design of the control compartment mimics the form of Wolf, and is designed for Karlian to control the entire ship.
We will be joined by two Command Staff Officers who will be seated as referees, who will record the performance of the starship's core during the battle with intuitive feelings and descriptions that are different from the instrumental data.
"This is a bulky old antique, where is it cutting-edge!"
Kalian's complaint is understandable, compared to the extremely simple and flexible design of the Wolf cruiser, although the Black Wing is also the latest model of cruiser in the pre-war solar system, compared to the same kind in the Wolf Star Field, the gap is really not half a star.
The best skill to observe the situation of the wide-area monitor, and the position of the electronic sand table is naturally given to the referees, and the others are casually sitting in front of the control console that is temporarily useless in the bridge.
As the sirens sounded, Black Wing quickly broke through Ganymede's first cosmic velocity with the help of the acceleration of its electromagnetic orbit and sought to break through Jupiter's gravitational shackles in the orbit of Jupiter's moons. At this time, the bridge began to be filled with accelerator fluid. Although there was already acceleration fluid in the core control module, but to take care of us 'burdens', Kalian still sacrificed part of the maneuvering efficiency to accommodate our existence.
According to the scheduled voyage, Blackwing will accelerate in the orbit of the satellite to a high speed that can break away from the Jupiter system, and enter the designated cosmic domain, and the Fallen Angel, which arrives at about the same time, enters a combat state of exercise mode.
As the massive gas planet moves slowly on the Optical Monitor, our speed is constantly increasing. At this time, there are thousands of pairs of eyes, observing the whole battle in different ways. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a contest related to the future of the solar system. Imagine that human modification, genetic implantation, and other taboo technologies that were originally considered crimes are widely used in the military, and the technology itself will eventually be extended to the areas under the actual control of the provisional government, explaining that even civilians need to face mechanical or genetically modified humans. It is difficult to imagine the extent to which those man-made 'supermen' with their brain, physical, and reflexes beyond ordinary human beings will affect the entire society.
"The ship is about to complete the acceleration stage, and there is still 670,000 kilometers away from the Alpha-13 meteorite gathering area, which is the exercise ground. Really, such a thing, clumsy, slow, completely unable to use my strengths, I protest, the drill is not fair! ”
Karen informs the captain of the progress of the voyage with a whining captain as she begins to check the status of the ship's weapons systems and various auxiliary facilities.
Dazzled by the different equipment data and the dazzling array of command parameters on the Guangyu monitor and various small auxiliary observers, I realized that the speed of entering the combat state alone has a poor advantage over the opponent. She almost instinctively controls the huge hull to do all kinds of delicate operations, and a normal starship, to complete the same job, even with the assistance of artificial intelligence, is far inferior to Kalian's efficiency in the calculation of the speed of the most skilled starship pilot.
After the self-test was completed, the wide-area monitor returned to normal, and the bridge suddenly became quiet because of the disappearance of those cluttered data. The two referees exchanged heads and nodded their heads. I don't have to use brain domain perception to experience the surprise of the two. It's one thing to hear, it's another to actually see. After actually seeing it, no one can deny that the starship cores have an advantage over ordinary starship generals.
It would be a joke if the command didn't understand the advantages of Karen, equipping the starship cores with 15 destroyers captured from Mrs. Wall, such a big deal, almost to alarm the entire coalition government at that time, and it would not have been possible if it were not for the extreme optimism of the starship cores.
I have a case in my heart, Kramer wants to use internal exercises to make the existence of the starship's core open and normalized, and as for the mechanization transformation, it is just a supporting role and an embellishment. Looking at the little girls who landed on the bridge and watched the exercise, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart, no matter how human civilization develops, it is estimated that special human beings with modified genes like them will eventually come to the stage. According to my observations, genetically modified humans really have too many advantages, and I believe that it will not be long before the entire human world is synonymous with the world of genetically modified humans. As for the biochemical modification of the Berlanders, it is too radical. Compared with Kiana and others, whose image is no different from ordinary people, Brand's sub-people are even more difficult to accept.
I know history better than most people, and I understand that even if I walk on the right path, the factions that are too radical will gradually be eliminated by the more relatable, more able to unite the majority of the human race. If only from the perspective of an objective historian, I am now witnessing a historic moment in which the 'new humans' created are vying for a proper place in the solar system, and if they succeed, the wheels of history will propel them and those around them forward.
However, my mistake as a historical observer was made at this time, and I didn't like one position or one direction when looking at problems. When I tried to look at Kiana and them in a negative way, I also found many problems. For example, why are only young women able to become the core of a starship, are they too few to withstand the impact of reactionary actions that often occur in the tide of history, what kind of organization is the Sisterhood of Wolf Field, where are they now, and what are their political philosophies? If this organization becomes radical, what kind of impact will Kiana and the others be affected by, etc. Thinking about so many complicated situations, I realized that this so-called history is really not something that any human can speculate.
Just as I was setting the focus of my thoughts on the distant future, the atmosphere on the bridge suddenly became tense. After repositioning the focus of my mind with the traction of my senses, I was attracted by the overload pressure from high-speed maneuvering and the entanglement of the ever-changing small dot ship on the electronic sandbox.
I don't know when the battle between the Black Wing and the Fallen Angel is still going on.
Although it was only a drill, it could be inferred from the unusually quiet central control cabin that the pressure on Karen was enough to make her forget all her grumblings.
Although it is not a real fight, judging from the data of the scene and mobility, this is undoubtedly a real battle between starships. I have long heard that Stanley, with the high configuration of lieutenant colonel, is subordinate to the cruiser that generally only needs the rank of major to command, and his strength, experience, and proficiency are by no means comparable to that of ordinary cruiser commanders, and the bridge group of the Fallen Angel also has unparalleled strength. On the surface, this combat team has not participated in several actual battles, even if there are some results, their actual experience and adaptability are also questionable, but I have another channel to understand, in the dark war in peacetime, the Fallen Angel has a lot of actual combat opportunities, this is a real fighter ship, and the combat team that belongs to him is also the one that the fleet can take, a real elite team.
It stands to reason that if you want to disclose the identity of the core of the starship and establish their status, you only need to send a team of pretends, why did you get Lieutenant Colonel Stanley in, I smell the smell of political dumping. The Provisional Government and the current Wehrmacht are definitely not monolithic, there must be people who do not want to see the popularity of genetically modified people, maybe it is General Kramer's rival, anyway, it is an indisputable fact that there are people at the top who make stumbling blocks, otherwise how dare the Marine Squad of the Moon Fortress openly provoke a colonel like me.
The space battlefield used as an exercise is located in a sphere area with a diameter of 800,000 kilometers. There are dangerous spaces where meteorites gather, tidal forces that converge between Jupiter and its moon Europa, and many areas of gravitational turbulence. Needless to say, the ships in battle can take advantage of these natural terrain and phenomena to create a dilemma for their opponents and bring their own advantages, so this is a perfect place for starship duel exercises. Most of the starship combat methods, as well as various types of combat forms, can be used here.
After a whirling, heart-threatening maneuver, the Blackwing entered the area of a gravitational anomaly. Here, even the railgun's line of fire is tortuously deflected by the powerful forces of nature, and energy weapons such as particle beams are like reflections in the water, dissipating and invisible in the ripples of water. Even the starship cores will be in a state of tension when entering this area. Several of the little girls tried to speak to Karen during the battle, but she rejected them in a stern and anxious tone. The Black Wing is not so much a struggle as a struggle. Even with the powerful control of the starship core and the ability to perceive the surrounding universe, navigating in it can be bumpy. From time to time, the deviation from the existing course, the moaning of the hull in the face of the powerful forces of nature, all indicate that the situation in the outside world is even worse than imagined.
The two referees were no longer as relaxed and calm as before, but tied themselves to their chairs and looked at the detectors and electronic sandbox with nervous expressions. Even if you are not in the middle of the battle, it is not impossible to enter this area rashly, in case the hull of the ship cannot withstand the torsion of the strong gravitational force, it is not impossible to explode on the spot. Compared to them, the little girls' expressions were a little more relaxed, although many of them were still a little nervous, but most of them were obsessed with winning or losing.
I'm a layman in starship piloting, and although I've been forced to control the Kings in battle, I'm still in the dark about navigation, and I only know that the Black Wing is now in an extremely dangerous area, but I don't have any intuitive feelings, just to observe the normal battle from an objective perspective.
Intelligence showed that as the Black Wing entered the gravitational anomaly area, the fallen angel rushed in without hesitation. Sure enough, he is an experienced veteran, and he will not be intimidated by the power of nature, if Karen broke into the dangerous area because of the self-confidence of the starship core, then the Fallen Angel followed without hesitation because of the experience of fighting and the old way.
So far, the Fallen Angel has basically been chasing the Black Wing. It's not that Karene made any mistakes, but that she was given the upper hand by the Fallen Angel due to her lack of combat experience. As a result, Karen constantly stops the Fallen Angel's attacks through dazzling maneuvers and terrifyingly accurate defensive weapon sniping. At first, I was worried about whether the little girl would be able to withstand the continuous blows from the real elite.
It can also be seen from the looks of the two referees that they are actually not optimistic about the result of the Black Wing. I took the time to check the current intranet of the military department, and found that there are unofficial bets with odds for both sides. As the battle began, the odds of the Black Wing continued to soar, indicating that within the army, there was no optimism that Karen would be able to defeat the veteran Stanley and others.
Based on the position of the commander of the army, I also invested half a month's salary in the gambling game, and my bet object is naturally Kalian, not only because Kalian is my soldier, but also because of my understanding of the core of the starship. The temporary disadvantage does not mean that this is an inevitable result, not to mention that Karen's ability has not yet been fully manifested.
Entering the gravitational turbulence area is a trick used by Kalianzi when she is forced to do nothing. I suppose she must have wanted to use her perception and manipulation to her advantage in the face of natural forces, but it was unclear if the Stanley team could make up for it with experience and proficiency in this area.
With the chase of two starships in the area. The line of fire of railguns and energy weapons stopped. If you want to launch a weapon in this area, let's not talk about whether you can hit it, but it would be a joke if you get involved in gravitational reversal. Soon the exercise turned into a contest of navigation skills. In the midst of the struggles and bumps, both sides tried their best to get close to or get out of this dangerous area first. With an anomalous fluctuation from Jupiter's gravity, the two starships were stirred up like headless flies, and it was the Black Wing that was the first to break out of the space-time state.
Karen didn't mean to continue to entangle with her opponent here, but directly used the cruiser into a stable star lane.
Just when I thought that the battle was going to continue, and maybe this time Karin would be able to seize the opportunity to take the initiative, something unbelievable happened to me. The Black Wing stayed on the narrow halfway between the danger zone and the normal zone, and with Karen's terrifying micro-manipulation ability, it would never be possible under normal circumstances, and only theoretical calculations would have happened in front of him. Although I am a layman, I may still imagine that the difficulty of fixing a starship on such an extremely unstable boundary line is definitely orders of magnitude more difficult than walking a tightrope.
With astonishing maneuverability, stuck on a narrow boundary line that is almost impossible to stay on, Blackwing is like a seasoned angler, waiting for his target to crash into it on its own. In the turbulence of gravity, the Fallen Angel involuntarily passed near the Black Wing. It was a continuous flash of light emitted from the Black Wing.