Chapter Eighty-One: Heraldic Machine, Attack
Yu Lian and his heraldic machine were in the hangar in Lexington at this time. He set aside one ear to listen to various battle reports and enemy situations, while watching the maintenance personnel busy and equipping his new airframe with special equipment.
The so-called special equipment is actually the cosmic warfare pendant of the heraldic machine. To put it bluntly, it's a layer of external armor, ramming angles, and gliding wing thrusters. In a gang jumper, if the assault ship and assault landing craft are destroyed in space, the marines inside will be able to continue to fight with this set of equipment. To put it bluntly, cannon fodder, I have to let you fight to the end!
Yu Lian watched as the renovators circled around his heraldic machine. With a stupid black thick mechanical arm, he threw a rough external armor, an external energy block, and a thruster on the handicraft-like delicate heraldic machine.
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't have a cosmic warfare accessory for the heraldic machine, so we can only replace it with a hussar mech. Fortunately, it can be universal. The maintenance engineer explained.
"Understood." Yu Lian looked at the rank badge of the other party's collar badge of the upper technical sergeant, and knew that it was another technical bully similar to Uncle Carl, so there was a few more respects in his tone: "By the way, how did the main weapons of the mecha, Colonel Chaimen and Lieutenant Colonel Nani, choose?" ”
"Oh, there's a lot of choice. In order for psykers like you to adapt to any combat environment, we've put a lot of effort into arming the heraldic machine, and we have a full cabinet of weapons to choose from. "The engineer is self-satisfied.
He took a panel, and with a slight swipe, a string of icons popped up in the air, all of which were data on the shape and performance of various weapons, including swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks. It was really a dazzling array of people, and it immediately squeezed all the large trolls that Yu Lian was most interested in into the corner.
"These weapons are all made of Sendanu alloy."
"The alloy that was mixed with Mithril and Oriastro? Alliance Sendanu Heavy Industries' fist product? ”
"You're a connoisseur." The engineer complimented: "It is because of this strong material that we can work a lot on our weapons." We've purchased antimatter technology, which is not yet available in the Alliance, and we can add a layer of antimatter disintegration stance to the edge of the weapon! Although it may not be able to fight against the Atomic Light Spear of the Astral Knights and the lightsaber of the Guerrillas, it can definitely cut more than 99.99% of the matter in the entire universe! ”
"Also, in terms of diversity, we are better than theirs." He added with a proud look on his face.
But doesn't this mean that our spiritual armament is too far less versatile?
"Colonel Chaimen is a 'trap soldier' of the three rings. You see, he chose a horse chopping gun...... Well, the secondary weapon is a six-turn hand-held grenade gun. ”
Oh, the third ring of the "Bloodpath" ring, which starts as "Warrior" and branches off as "Gladiator" or "Weapon Rider". The gladiator is further advanced, and he is called the "trapper". As the name suggests, charge into battle, slash the flag and be invincible.
As for the "Weapon Rider", although it also takes the martial arts route, it is a sword dance under the moon, and the way of killing in ten steps, which does not match the painting style of Brother Chaimen when I hear it. Can you imagine this nearly two-meter-tall rough man making a fluttering Ximen spring snow in white clothes?
By the way, the "Astral Sword Master" that Yu Lian has been thinking about is the pinnacle of the path of the "Weapon Rider".
"Major Nani is a 'pioneer officer'. So the shield and tomahawk were chosen, and the secondary weapon was the Pulse Blaster machine gun. "Because of the large number of zero elements and psionic energy arrays in the body structure of the heraldic machine, it is enough to supply individual energy weapons.
The "Second Ring" of the Throne Path? Like the dead Kaz Khan, they all evolved from the "Guardian". It's just that the branch of Kazhan chose another branch path to "guard", and the second ring became the "heavy infantry".
"I remember, sir, you're a monk, aren't you? It should be balance-oriented, and has certain advantages in agility, perception, and psionic spells. The subordinate felt that sabers and rappiers could be used. ”
Yu Lian nodded and began to order, "Then, I also need a blaster machine gun." Also, give me a twelve-turn howitzer with four types of special shells. One honeycomb missile bay, two laser cutters. Well, that's pretty much it. ”
“……”
The engineer's expression was filled with loss and indescribable sadness for a moment, and the whole Yu Lian began to feel sad, and felt that he should give the old man a little face, so he said, "Then, give me two more daggers." This is enough for melee, which is a good match for the flexible type, right? ”
The old engineer squeezed out a stiff smile, nodded reluctantly, and left with a staggering step.
Yu Lian waited in place for a while, and when the engineers had assembled all the accessories and weapons, an alarm sounded in the hangar.
"All of them are ready! All of them are ready! ”
The pilots, who had already passed their flight suits, rushed out of the rest cabin and climbed into their respective planes while wearing helmets. Farther at the end of the hangar, stormtroopers dressed in AS48 hussar mechs lined up onto the assault landing craft.
Yu Lian tightened his airtight combat suit and made a gesture of good luck to Colonel Chaimen and Major Nani over there. All three climbed into the mech at the same time and closed their helmets.
The field of view in front of me darkened for a moment, then unfolded again, deriving to the limits of the hangar, far more than could be captured with the naked eye. Of course, the information of the various war reports can also be heard more clearly.
"Special missiles are blasted, and the interference barrier is unfolded! Enemy fleet, caught in the interference of strong photons! ”
"Estimated duration ten minutes!"
"Destroyer fleet, the second round of attacks begins!"
Eight destroyers, which had already broken away from the fleet grouping, again approached the enemy. They themselves did not expect that the first round of special ammunition strikes would have such an effect, and they were all very excited, and this time they simply pasted it directly to a place only 10,000 kilometers away from the enemy fleet. In the universe, this is no different from sticking to the face.
In these ten minutes, the destroyer carried out more than eight rounds of salvos of railguns and energy cannons - there was no way, the entire fleet of the opposing side was in strong photon interference, and the guided weapons such as missiles and torpedoes were also affected, so it was better to directly fire the cannonball.
They don't worry about being hit at all. Although the firepower of the dreadnought and the battle patrol is fierce, it is now equivalent to being deprived of eyes and ears, aiming can only be done by sight, and the hit rate can be imagined. Of course, if Kaitai's royal fleet had a hundred shooters of Ina's level, he would have to resign himself to his fate.
It must be admitted that the firepower of the destroyer is still too weak for the capital ship. After fighting for so long, it only caused small damage to the other party. However, they didn't think they could really make the historic news of the destroyer's sinking of the capital ship, as long as they could cause chaos to the enemy and weaken their already rich close fire power, it would be enough.
The results of the destroyers were indeed brilliant, and all the enemy's battleships had fire points on the surface. They then turned, turned around and ran.
And before that, a further order sounded in the hangar: "Squadron of fighters, all take off and take off!" ”
The USS Lexington is a so-called assault armored mothership, which does not carry many fighters, in total there are only four multi-role fight-bomber groups, two faster-than-light interceptor groups, and one orbital bomber group. This time, in addition to bombers and interceptors, nearly 100 fighters of the four brigades, plus 300 drones that matched their tactical behavior, have all taken to the air to attack.
Commodore Hal ordered the fighter planes to take off at such a clever time that the group of planes had already swooped down on the enemy ship as soon as the photon interference dissipated, and they plunged headlong into it. For a time, the enemy fleet was completely mixed up.
For this Praetorian Fleet, which is composed entirely of powerful capital ships, they are like a pack of lions surrounded by hornets, no matter how much they roar and roar with their teeth and claws, they are always unable to help this group of nasty little things.
At this time, the 48 assault ships surrounding the Lexington also began to slowly start. This is a smaller type of battleship than a destroyer, without heavy firepower, but with considerable high speed and armor. Its entire crew is usually only 10 to 20 people, but at its limit it can fit an entire company of stormtroopers.
To put it bluntly, this is a raid battleship specifically designed for gang hopping.
Of course, this is not the limit situation, and there are only about 50 stormtroopers on each assault ship. The total strength was just over 2,000. If half of these soldiers were to rush into a dreadnought, it would be enough to completely render the multi-million-ton behemoth incapacitated.
Yu Lian and his two temporary partners were already on standby on a raid landing craft. It was a ship about the size of an assault ship, but with thicker armor, stronger shields, solar sails, and super-stiff ramming angles. It is said that even the armor of the Titan ship can penetrate at extreme speed. However, in order to save space, such landing craft did not carry jump engines and could only be carried by aircraft carriers.
The hangar space vacated by an armored assault aircraft carrier like the Lexington was prepared for four assault landing craft and 300 commandos.
The assault landing craft slowly slid out of the hangar and into space.
The pitch-black conical hull is almost impossible to see in the universe, but when the solar sails are unfurled, it suddenly looks a bit like a big bat without a head. Yu Lian felt that this shape alone was particularly penetrating, and it must be very deterrent.
At this time, two pop-up windows popped up in the field of vision, namely Brigadier General Hal and Colonel Yang Xiyi.
"When you set out, you will pounce on the enemy's Iron Prince dreadnought in a straight line. It was expected that the landing should be made at the front of the battleship. This is the direction of the possibility. Yang Xiyi sent the shape of the enemy ship and the marked key areas, and continued to explain: "The Steel Prince is a modified Imperial Yanlong-class dreadnought purchased from the Imperial Yanlong, and it is impossible to change the location of the bridge. The location is here! ”
In the holographic image of the ship in the field of view, one area began to glow with rainbow light.
Yu Lian carefully memorized this diagram in his heart, and at the same time began to recall the internal structure of the steel prince-class dreadnought in his previous life. Such ships served in the kingdom of Kaitai for quite a long time, and he was not unaware of them.
Brigadier General Hal said: "The stormtroopers on the assault ships are commanded by Colonel Rezlov and Lieutenant Colonel Price, and the 300 people on the landing craft are under the command of Lieutenant Colonel McMillan to cooperate with your actions. Once you have successfully landed, please contact the surrounding team. To the nearest rally point will meet, this is our expected rally point. The first to arrive can temporarily build defensive positions at each assembly point, and after each assembly point has more than 100 troops, immediately set off with only one goal - the bridge of the Iron Prince, the headquarters of the enemy fleet, and the location of Charron Scarlet's Mane! Do you understand? ”
Yu Lian heard the chorus of "Understood!" on the Commander Channel. ”。 He knew that at least all of the commanders in this group should be company commanders above the rank of captain, and he should be the one with the lowest rank.
There are many more points of light on the hologram of the enemy ship, which is the preset location of the assembly point. At this time, Yang Xiyi paused, suddenly stretched out his hand again, and drew a box on the hull image: "In addition, I will add one more point, except that Lieutenant Colonel McMillan's troops will fully cooperate with Colonel Chaimen." After Colonel Rezlov's troops jumped into the gang, they could flexibly choose to support Colonel Chaimen, or attack in this direction, depending on their location. This is the energy transmission hub on the enemy ship Steel Prince, which is responsible for powering the twelve-engine in its stern. Once this place is attacked......"
Yu Lian secretly said yes. He knew that the prototype of the Iron Prince, the Yanlong-class dreadnought, had a design loophole, that is, the energy centers of its propulsion devices were all transferred and diverted at one node.
Once it is destroyed, although it will not be blown up and whitewashed like the super space fortress used by the empire that has mastered the entire galaxy in a parallel universe to deter the whole country, the battleship will definitely lose power for a considerable period of time. The chain reaction caused by this will cause the entire battleship's shield, firepower, and even the gravity simulation system and life support system to be immeasurably affected.
In the universe, a battleship that falls into this debuff can imagine the consequences.
…… It doesn't seem to be much different from blowing it up all at once.
Yu Lian originally wanted to find an opportunity to make this suggestion, but he didn't expect that Teacher Yang would think of going ahead of him.
At this time, Yang Xiyi had already explained to everyone: "The crew of the Steel Prince is about 70,000 people, of which the members of the security team should also be more than 3,000 people. The rest of the enemy ships found that the flagship was attacked, and they would inevitably come to the rescue with all their might. All companies that go to attack the energy center will have a good chance of being flanked by an enemy with superior forces. This fate is possible for all of you here. So, do you have any objections? ”
No one spoke. Their silence already represents attitude.
"So, Colonel Chaimen, the timing of your attack can not only determine the victory or defeat, but also the life and death of too many comrades-in-arms! Don't fall in love with the battle, break into the bridge, and we will win the final victory! ”
"Understood! Colonel Young. For the first time, Colonel Chai Men replied solemnly.
"I did everything I could! The rest is up to you! I sincerely wish you all a victorious start and a triumphant return! ”
Yang Xiyi glanced at everyone deeply, obviously facing all the company commanders, but Yu Lian always felt that the other party was looking at him. He then took the first step to salute everyone and turned off the communication.
Brigadier General Hal straightened his military hat, glanced at everyone, and ordered loudly:
"So...... Storm the landing craft and start accelerating! Instantly enter the first charge speed! The induction has been brightened, the front is clear, may all the kings prosper in martial arts! ”