The Cyrus exploded with a bang without even warning of an incoming torpedo.

Two heavy torpedoes directly tore through the shield, outer armor and deck, detonating inside the hull. The unprepared crew didn't even see what rushed into the battleship and was vaporized by the high temperature.

Brigadier General Kalon Katz on the bridge watched as the armor plate on one side of the bridge swelled and then exploded. The shock wave swept across the bridge and directly killed more than half of the officers.

The Commodore of the Fleet, who had firmly tied himself to his seat, spun around and flew out with his own seat. His eyes kept turning the last images of the Cyrus as it exploded and disintegrated. Overwhelming debris flew everywhere, harvesting the sailors who had survived the explosion just now.

The Trade Union cruisers and frigates that were still on guard on the perimeter were dumbfounded. Obviously, the Bayerland carrier-based aircraft was still far away, but its flagship was killed without warning.

The scene was littered with fragments of large and small battleships, which exceeded the processing capacity of the frigate's shipboard intelligent terminals at once. Until the wreckage of the warship was scanned and sorted, the Trade Alliance's frigates were unable to identify the enemy who delivered the fatal blow from the vast amount of information.

Xiao Yan drove the pursuer to speed up the evacuation without looking back. The escort aircraft carrier Cyrus exploded in the blink of an eye like a balloon that had been popped. If he hadn't escaped quickly, the flying debris would have killed his dog.

Although he was surrounded by a heavy cruiser and six frigates for a while, a sudden explosion and numerous fragments obscured his tracks. The pursuers easily evaded the fleet's surveillance, making a large circle and fleeing in the direction of the Bayeran fleet.

The Bayeran carrier-based aircraft unit in the distance did not dwell on it after seeing the success of the sneak attack, and directly turned around and retreated. They have exceeded today's mission, not only sinking an escort aircraft carrier, but also proving the value of mobile equipment in actual combat, and now there is no need to pay losses in order to annihilate the rest of the warships.

"Hidden title achieved: Ace Pilot (Shoot down 5 fighters or a capital ship).

Title Equipment Reward: Increases perception by 15% during air combat, and increases evasion and movement speed by an additional 10%.

Note: This title can be upgraded through battle records. ”

Not bad! It's a pity that the title can only be equipped one at a time, and it conflicts with the title of Marudang Fu Marudang...... Xiao Yan thought about it and felt that he could equip the title of ace pilot in air combat, and change it back when there were many people or land battles.

The hangar of the Burrenshire was full of jubilation, and even the marines ran to this deck to cheer Xiao Yan as he returned to the battleship.

Bayeran has been pressed and beaten since the start of the war, and this counterattack has achieved the astonishing result of taking out an aircraft carrier. Counting the carrier-based aircraft that were killed together by the explosion, the Trade Alliance lost almost half of the combat effectiveness of the escort aircraft carrier formation.

"Marudang Fergus Marudang!" The ground crew and marines cheered in unison, gathered around the pursuers, and excitedly reached over to pat Xiao Yan's arm and head, who had just gotten off the plane.

Xiao Yan greeted everyone perfunctorily and fled into the lounge. He was tired and half dead. The assault just now had taken a huge toll on his body and mind, and he was almost dehydrated.

Professor Emrath arrived with the maintenance team and immediately set about collecting data on the body during the assault. The effect of such actual combat testing is not comparable to that of simulated warfare.

……

A few hours later, Xiao Yan and everyone gathered on the bridge again. "In this battle, we sank the escort carrier Cyrus, and according to information from the principality, the Trade Alliance lost at least 65 carrier-based aircraft in this battle, most of which were destroyed along with the carrier during the Griffith Knights' assault.

"The powerful combat effectiveness of the mobile armor has been reported to the Space Fleet and the High Command. In order to show their attention, the High Command issued us an order to pursue Dr. Hakase, who had defected to the Trade Union, capture or kill him, and destroy or seize all mobile armor, N-neutron jammers, and related materials in the Trade Union's possession. ”

It's a unique way to show your attention...... Since Xiao Yan belonged to the Galactic Republic Space Fleet and was not under the jurisdiction of Bayeran in terms of military status, he could not expect to receive any formal awards and promotions for his achievements this time.

"This is Anduin, one of the core members of the Trade Alliance," the beautiful Captain Mügel tucked his blonde hair behind his head and pointed to the star map, "According to information from the Command, a test model that Dr. Hakaset has privately developed is here for final assembly testing. ”

"The other one, like the kind of mobile armor used by the Griffith Knights?" Ophelia raised an eyebrow, "That's not good, we'll have to destroy it quickly." ”

Professor Emras added: "The mobile suit is an integrated system that includes supporting systems such as an N-neutron jammer, a psychic framework, a power system and a flight state control device. Dr. Hakase's research and development direction is the mind-sensing system, and he has not been involved much in the development of other projects. The development and manufacture of the Mobile Suit is extremely complex, and if he were to secretly cooperate with the Trade Alliance, the overall development idea would be significantly different from that of the Stalker. ”

"So~ if we find the research results of Dr. Hakaset on Anduin, it is likely that we will see a completely different model from the Stalker," Xiao Yan thought for a while, "Judging from the research direction of the doctor himself, it is likely to strengthen the psychic sense, but weaken other aspects." ”

"That's right," the professor nodded in agreement, "that the Trade Alliance can allow him to take such a big risk to assist, and it should be a bit skewed in the allocation of resources according to Hakase's preferences." ”

"The High Command has instructed us to suspend our assault on supply lines and launch a surprise attack on the planet Anduin. It will take us two days to get there," Captain Violet continued, "but it is very dangerous to break through the planetary defense circle with just three warships, and there is no guarantee that the research facility will be destroyed. The maneuver and perception of the pursuer in the atmosphere is also severely impaired. As such, I plan to assemble a descending force with the ARC Commando as the core, with Captain Ophelia in charge, to find Dr. Khakase's research on the ground and destroy it, while disrupting Anduin's chain of command. After a successful ground operation, the concealed Burrenshire formation will launch an attack to bomb key targets from orbit. ”

The day's combat meeting went smoothly, and everyone from the captain to the officers believed that although the technology of the mobile armor was not yet mature, the miniaturized N-neutron jammer carrying aircraft could theoretically pose a fatal threat to the capital ship.

Destruction is necessary.

(End of chapter)