Chapter 81

"This is the first battle of our Second Fleet's refitting, and I don't even want to have scratches on the new ship. The quality of the ships is not known yet, but at least the number has reached more than three times that of the Second Fleet, and if this hard bone is not gnawed well, it may break the tooth......"

Thiam sat in the captain's seat and looked at the symbols representing the movements of the two fleets.

"Looks like we're going to have to play some yin...... Chief of Gun, Deputy Chief, come here. Thiam suddenly felt like he had found a blind spot.

"Chief of Gunner, do you have the confidence to fire live ammunition into the enemy fleet with the main gun at this distance?"

"This distance?" The gunners swiped a few times on the command instrument. "The impact time is more than 30 minutes, and it is basically impossible for unguided shells to hit an enemy ship, but there is no problem with terminal inducing shells. However, there are not many terminal induction shells to spare, and there are only about 100 of them on each ship. Moreover, the charge of the inducing shell is much less than that of ordinary shells, and it is estimated that it takes about 3 rounds to sink a msai. ”

"Well, got it, and also, can we program the anti-ship missiles and general-purpose missiles we use?"

"Programming? Do you mean changing the attack pattern? ”

"Pretty much what it means, I want to launch a batch of missiles into this area for standby, and then start again after the enemy ship enters the guidance range, and automatically attack the enemy ship."

"No problem, these missiles are in mine mode. However, the current target assignment AI is more mentally retarded, and the attack effect will not be too good. ”

"How mentally retarded?"

"More mentally retarded than StarCraft AI 200 years ago."

“…… That's really mentally retarded. Thiam reminisced about his childhood playing classical games.

“…… You get it! ”

Thiam's chin stiffened, then continued as he pretended not to hear.

"Then lay the missile group in these areas in the mode of machine mines, ambush in these areas in the mode of timed activation, and finally concentrate a large number of missiles in this area, and start shelling after the missiles are launched. Lieutenant, how far ahead of the Zeon fleet are we? ”

"The Zeon fleet is more stable than expected, the Zeon fleet started inertial navigation 3 hours ago, and according to Zeon's current speed, we can reach the intended combat space 45 minutes earlier than Zeon."

"There's plenty of time, does the Zeon fleet have an Einsatzgruppen?"

"The optics have not yet been confirmed, but on the other side of the moon, an unidentified source of gravity has been detected in the fleet. At the current rate, this unknown source of gravity will arrive at the intended battlefield 30 minutes after our exchange of fire with the main Zeon fleet. ”

"Then don't think about it, according to the unknown enemy forces will arrive 30 minutes early for combat deployment, let the frigates and minelayers use iron balls to lay mine groups around the battlefield. What about the First Fleet from Luna-2? ”

"The main fleet will arrive at the predetermined area after 3 hours of firefighting, but there are 15 Super Iron Balls, 5 Gundam MSs equipped with the Ultra-Long Range Rush Backpack "Meteor", and 5 Gundam MS equipped with the fortress defense equipment "Shixilan" are already on the way, and they are expected to arrive at the designated location 15 minutes after the firefight. ”

"Meteors? Shi Xie Lan? What's that? ”

"Luna-2 is a self-developed equipment based on the ms plug-in equipment concept codenamed Big Refrigerator, with heavy firepower, high mobility, and I-Field." The staff officer next to him sent the information of the two external equipment to the command instrument.

“…… The group of people on the Luna-2, they call the cruiser-class MA with a length of more than 300 meters ms external equipment?! Thiam almost vomited a mouthful of old blood when he saw two data maps.

As for that super iron ball...... In addition to using an iron ball as the core cockpit, it is completely a heavy firepower, heavy armor, and high mobility MA, and the appearance is not a ball.

There was a slight vibration from the hull, and Thiam looked up at the holographic screen around him, it was the missile launch tubes in the fleet that shelled Salamis and the Enterprise class began to launch missiles, and the missile swarm turned a corner and accelerated briefly, then turned off the engine and entered inertial navigation. After the 3 waves of missiles were fired, all the enterprise-level turrets began to rotate, pointing into the void, and then the muzzles erupted into flames, and the live shelling had begun.

In the rear of the fleet, dozens of mine-laying iron balls flew out of the Columbus-class and grabbed the protrusions of the frigate's hull with their robotic arms, and then, 16 frigates began to accelerate further.

"Admiral, there are still 15 minutes to reach the intended combat domain, and in 3 minutes, it will start to slow down."

"Well, carry out combat operations according to the plan, rotate the personnel on duty, let the officers of the previous shift seize the time to rest, and after 30 minutes enter the second level of combat configuration."

"Understood."

"Vice Admiral Dozru, the enemy fleet has exploded, and the frequency of flashing is relatively regular, not like encountering a meteorite ......"

"Oh?" Gorilla ...... Lieutenant General Dozru stood next to the observer. "I'll see."

"Please." The observer gave up the telescope.

"It was indeed the flash of an explosion...... But ...... "the observer slurred."

"Isn't this the fire of the shelling! The Minovsky particle walk stops, the radar starts, ready to intercept the shells! Gun commander, can you predict the impact time of the enemy? ”

"If you look at the data of the 600 mm guns of the Dabdi class...... About 65 minutes. ”

"65 minutes...... According to the calculation of 30 minutes, after 25 minutes, it will enter the first combat configuration, and the engines and radars of each ship will be warmed up, intercept incoming shells, and prepare for evasive actions. Let the Jutunheim class of the rearguard fleet slow down and immediately start the assembly of Jolmgad, 30 minutes, is enough? ”

"That's enough."

"What about the Special Assault Brigade?"

"According to the scheduled plan, the MS team and the MA team are ready for battle, and the special assault group will break into the enemy fleet 3 minutes before the fleet picks up the enemy, however, we can't be sure that the Federation has found a special assault brigade. Based on the duds of the new Federation missiles obtained from the Msey-class, the Federation's search for the enemy in the Minovsky particle environment appears to be dependent on high-performance optical instruments. ”

"Yes."

"The enemy fleet, part of it accelerated. is a cluster of frigates of the Federation. ”

"I seem to have noticed it, and I sent a laser communication to the Special Strike Team through the relay ship, PLAN B."

"UNDERSTOOD, PLAN B CHANGED."

"Each ship, the formation is converted, the squad is converted into a compound vertical formation, the E formation is adopted, the crew shift starts, and the handover is completed within 15 minutes, and the long-distance attack is very hard, which cheers me up."

"Fifteen seconds before the bomb landed, the missile group reached the predetermined position, the laser communication data link was good, and remote control was possible."

"Bounced 8 seconds ago, 6 ...... 5…… 4…… Enemy ships run away! ”

"Do you notice it......

Even at a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers, the optics on board the Federation ships captured the flames of distant explosions.

"The results of the evaluation, in the first wave of shelling, 96.3% were intercepted, 1.4% were evaded, 2.3% hit, sank 3 Mse-class ships, and broke 1 ship. Correction, the enemy fleet collided, 5 Msey-class ships were sunk, 1 ship was re-broken, and 3 ships were damaged. ”

"The second wave of shelling, 10 seconds before the bombing...... Bounced. According to the evaluation of the results, 86% were intercepted, 7 Msai-class ships were sunk and 2 ships were damaged. The formation of the enemy fleet was changed, and it was suspected that it was transformed into a fish scale formation. ”

"Shelling of the third wave ......"

“……”

“…… It's a massacre...... "Thiam listened to the results of the live shelling that the combat staff would broadcast every 60 seconds. "There are still 12 minutes to go to the effective range of the Msey-class, 6 minutes to the range of our enterprise-level Miga particle cannon, and before the enemy can open fire, they will have to withstand 40 rounds of live shelling, 18 rounds of enterprise-level main gun fire, not to mention, there is this."

“!!!” A shrill siren sounded on the bridge of the Gvarkin-class ship on which Dozru was riding. "What's wrong!?" Dozru looked back at the radar controller.

"Directly below the fleet, a large number of missiles are approaching!" The controller shouted hysterically.

"Attack on the air!" The captain gave the order in an instant. "Fortunately, the newly produced Mulse has strengthened the air defense, otherwise the loss would have been great......"

"No...... Even if the air defense is strengthened, the losses will be large. Dozru pinched the handrail again.

"Avoid! Circumvent! ”

"Shoot the missiles down!"

"MS team, what are you doing in a daze! Assist in air defense! ”

"Bastard! Don't just steer, you're going to crash! ”

“……”

Listening to the chaotic shouting in the communication channel, Dozru squeezed the armrest even harder.

"There are too many recruits in the fleet......"

"Enemy fleet, queue confusion." The combat staff officer looked at the chaotic formation opposite. "Is the Zeon fleet a bunch of laymen?"

"Attacked by artillery shells and ambushed by missiles, we can't maintain our formation." The other staff officer replied angrily. "But this formation is too completely broken."

“……”

"Shelling the 27th wave, shelling. Admiral, the enemy fleet is about to enter the effective range of the Miga particle cannon. ”

Thiam was tired of listening to the report on the results of the battle in the command seat.

"How many troops are left in the enemy fleet?" Hearing that he was about to enter the range of the Mega particle cannon, Thiam was excited and lifted his spirits.

"There are 27 suspected Magellan-class ships, 3 Gwagin-class ships, 11 Mube-class ships, and 61 Msey ships."

"And so much more...... fleet, converted into a box-shaped scale array. The fleet advanced at a slight pace, the MS team and the fighter unit were dispatched, the MS team and half of the fighter unit went to meet the enemy special forces attacking from above, and the remaining fighters carried out air defense missions in the formation. Thiam stretched. All the staff wore spacesuits, and the artillery battles and melee battles were prepared, and Zeon's survival was fought here. ”

"Admiral, in general, isn't it the survival of the Federation that fights here?"

"Even if my Second Fleet fails, what about the First and Third Fleets, and even if Zeon annihilates three fleets by unknown means, the Federation still has 45 Magellan-class and 135 old Salamis-class ships in reserve. Can the Federation die, you say? ”

Tiam replied as he put on his spacesuit with the help of his staff officer.

"Admiral, fleet formation, change complete."

"All of you, are you wearing spacesuits?"

"All staff, the spacesuit is finished."

"The first combat configuration, the shelling begins! The fleet advances, the second speed of war. ”

"Captain! The Federation fleet has moved! The shelling has already been seen. ”

"I can see it without you saying it." Cardo swooped down from above the Federation in a Warrior.

"All planes, the first bomb is loaded, all the warriors come with me, find the flagship of the enemy fleet, and annihilate the enemy aviation unit!" Cardo changes the trajectory of the airframe and rushes towards the cluster of enterprise-class warships.

"The Great Demon Team is coming with us, freely attacking the enemy warship group and finding the enemy fleet flagship!" Gaia led the Black Trifecta to change its orbit as well.

"The Zagu team, in squadrons, hunts enemy cruisers."

The Zagu team scattered like a scattered flower of the Celestial Maiden, each looking for a target.

"As long as it can put the enemy fleet in a difficult situation, the fleet will win...... Is that...... Mine swarm! Track change! Track change! "Cardo, Gaia, Matthew and other ace pilots saw the approaching mine group, directly pushed the joystick, and changed direction at a right angle away from the mine group, but more ordinary pilots, when changing the track, rushed into the mine group.

"Bastards of the Federation, can they only use such small means!" Zeon's pilot is in a rage of incompetence.

With a bunch of cannon fodder mines, the mine group was basically depleted.

Zeon's MS group again regrouped in formation and rushed to the Federation fleet.

"It's pathetic...... Tiam looked up at the holographic screen on the ceiling. To meet the air attack, the combat power of the aviation acted according to the plan. ”

"This is the MS team, Isamu Kajima, understand."

"This is the killer whales, Jung, understood. The new body is already hungry and thirsty. ”

When the communication hung up, Tiam's whispered. "This Lieutenant Colonel Jung is highly skilled, but his mouth is a little stinky, and he is a little nervous......"

"How many schools are carded! The combat power of enemy aviation is approaching! ”

"Don't panic! We've got beams of light on our hands......"

Hundreds of pink beams shot up below, and under the influence of Isamu Kajima, all the MSs of the Second Fleet were in fully armored backpacks...... 4 shields, large backpack, large beam cannon on the left backpack, 6 missile launchers in the right backpack, 8 missile launchers in the left hand, twin beam rifles in the right hand, 6 missile launchers in the lower leg, 6 missile launchers in the knee, a batch of more weapons.

"The other party has it too?! Damn ...... "Kado operates the airframe to accelerate. "Enter a melee and use the enemy's body as a shield to neutralize the enemy's naval guns!"

Cardo pinned down the nearest fully armored Jim with his left-handed 110mm cannon. Then he pinned the beam rifle to his waist in his right hand, took out the double-headed lightsaber from the shield, and sliced the Jim in half with a single sword.

"Krona! You bastard! "This Jim's wingman fired all the missiles in the knee and shin at the Cardo.

However, when it was fired, it was blasted into the cockpit by Cardo with the beam cannon on his backpack.

"Huh? Is there still such a character in the Zeon Army, doesn't it mean that the ace drivers all went to the MS Teaching Corps to go to the Republic? Kajima saw that not far away, two blue-painted Warrior Ganon and one gray-painted Warrior Ganon had knocked down six Jim's in just 3 minutes.

"MS Brigade, the leaders of each squadron assemble to form a heavy-fist unit, hunt the enemy's ace, and command the deputy captain."

Twelve fully armored Cosmos High Power Commander Jim assembled. rushed to Cardo's party.