Chapter 500: Defensive Counterattack (3)
This kind of re-guidance has a nickname in the organization, called "Big Mac", its warhead is actually very small, it is a small fusion core nucleus, once detonated, a high concentration of hydrogen and helium particles produce a fusion reaction, the power is enough to compare with a nuclear bomb, its propulsion system adopts a mixed fuel mode, and it also takes up little space.
What really takes up space is the mini version of the diamond-shaped matrix and the AI system that takes on the task of guidance.
Compared with the conventional weapons of human countries today, the "Big Mac" has a very high scientific and technological content, just like its nickname "Big Mac", which not only refers to the volume and weight, but also represents its high cost and high technology content.
Judging from its size alone, the "Pluto Bat" is only equivalent to the light-drive class warships of various countries, but its actual performance far exceeds that of conventional battleships.
At a time when railguns dominate the main weapon systems of warships, the fact that the "Big Mac" can become one of the main gun-level weapons of the "Pluto" class destroyers is enough to show its strength.
Of the 24 "Big Macs", as long as one hits the "Morning Star" itself, it can tear through the hull of the ship and cause fatal injuries.
He couldn't understand, no matter what, what was going on on the other side of the "aurora" obscure.
How does Black 3 know that in addition to the Corrupter and the Flying Dragon, Tang Fang also has disposable consumables such as explosive mosquitoes, compared to the former, they are faster and more powerful, and they are waiting for the rabbit, and the diamond-shaped matrix of the "Big Mac" can barely resist the blow of the MT50 Lanzel Flying Thunder, which does not mean that it can also resist the repeated suicide attacks of the explosive mosquito.
The escape of the "Morning Star" was tantamount to a loud slap in the face, and Hei 3 was very angry, he didn't know that Tang Fang was not very comfortable, at least he couldn't be happy, and he sacrificed a total of 54 explosive mosquitoes to kill the "Big Macs".
This cost him nearly 2,000 gas. At the moment when the system resources are shrinking, it is very distressing.
Fortunately, the "Morning Star" has entered the asteroid gravity circle, even if the enemy ship continues to launch reguided vehicles. It is also difficult to bypass the "Aurora" and directly threaten the battleship itself, unless the "Stygian Radis" can penetrate the asteroid tens of kilometers thick.
The other side. The combination of 20 Wyverns and 8 Viking fighters and 15 "Stygian Moths" aerospace fighters are also nearing the end, with 14 Wyverns remaining and 5 Viking fighters, although the last 4 "Stygian Moths" are still resisting stubbornly, and it is only a matter of time before they are defeated.
Considering the difference in the number of units between the two sides participating in the battle, and referring to the current battle damage, the combat performance of the Wyvern and Viking fighters is extremely limited, even if it is slightly stronger than that of the "Stygian Moth".
More than 30 kilometers ahead. A large number of corruptors, 2 iron crows, and 15 Viking fighters formed an encirclement force less than 5 kilometers away from the fourth Stygian Bat-class destroyer, and the MT50 Lanzel Flying Mine landed on the surface of the diamond-shaped matrix one after another, bursting into one flash after another.
Drawing lessons from the past, the "Dark Bat" turned its main gun and began to fight with the troops of the human and insect tribes, on the one hand, holding them back from rushing to the aid of the "Morning Star", and on the other hand, trying their best to weaken the opponent's vital forces.
The remaining three Pluto-class destroyers continued forward, zigzag toward the Morning Star, which had landed on the asteroid.
As a "Knight of the Abyss", Black 3 never hesitates on the battlefield. Since you have decided to use the decapitation tactic, you will not give up halfway, and tenacity and decisiveness are the traits that a general must have.
Watch from afar. The asteroid is not small, with a diameter of 100 kilometers, and because the main thruster and the first auxiliary thruster group have not yet resumed operation, the "Morning Star" cannot land normally with the antimatter auxiliary thruster alone, so it can only land on the ridge of a large crater by means of forced landing.
During the taxiing process, the star ring under the belly of the "Morning Star" was damaged for the second time, and most of the shields down the chassis disappeared. Together with the damaged rings, the hull is supported, ensuring that the upper shield is attached to the ship like half an eggshell. to defend against threats from high altitudes.
In addition to the damage to the star ring at the bottom, the ship's electrical system, warp engine, and plasma storage bin were also damaged by different stages during the forced landing. Until the "Morning Star" came to a standstill, more than one-quarter of the subsystems on the bridge issued an alarm prompt, and a few pieces of equipment were directly paralyzed and caught fire, emitting a scorched smell.
The lights on the ceiling flickered a few times and then resumed, and the large screen No. 1 was restored from a flower screen, and the slightly shaky picture showed the three Stygian Bat-class destroyers attacking with the overwhelming posture of Mount Tai.
Tang Fang did not rush to deploy troops to deal with the imminent threat, but looked at the sides of the combat command platform and the equipment pool in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you all right?" ”
"Nope."
"It's fine."
"Out of the way......"
Claire, Yuffie and the others stood up with the equipment next to them and responded to his question.
Crash landing is no fun, and since the invention of flying machines, no one has liked it.
"Damage control team, report casualties."
A crew member who had just gotten up from the ground in front of the equipment pool quickly pressed a few buttons on the control platform, turned around and reported back: "According to the information collected by various districts, there are only 8 minor injuries, and there are no serious injuries or deaths. ”
Tang Fang breathed a sigh of relief, don't look at him with a calm face, in fact, it was all for Zhou Ai, Yu Fei and others, he is also a human being, and he will also be afraid, Emma said that not getting in the way does not mean that he can really face the forced landing operation calmly.
"Stay on the bridge."
Dropping these words, he turned around and walked towards the elevator behind him, now that the "Morning Star" has landed safely on the asteroid, protected by the "Aurora", there is no risk of accidents for a while, there are no worries, and it is time for the final decisive battle with this mysterious enemy.
He wanted to know where these people came from and why they had killed him.
"Tang Fang, I'll go with you."
Hausen climbed out from behind the weapon control platform and said breathlessly.
There was a bruise on his forehead, which had been knocked on the corner of the platform during the forced landing, which was a little funny and a little hysterical, like an enraged grizzly bear.
"Stay on the bridge honestly, this time it's not like before." After saying that, he walked out the door without looking back.
In the past, when fighting against the Monya government, the various weapons of the Terrans were enough to crush the opponent, as long as they were not brainless. Not careless, the chances of casualties are small, but today is different. That mysterious enemy has a warship manufacturing process that far exceeds the current level of human technology, whether it is a large or small laser cannon. It is also a heavy guide, which can easily take out ground units such as siege tanks and Goliath fighters.
He didn't want his men to die in battle, and it was far better for them to stay on the ship than to go out on the battlefield and cause chaos for him.
As the elevator travels down, it receives the scan numbers obtained by the detectors arranged around the asteroid, and Emma collects these numbers together to carry out the most detailed mapping and modeling work to grasp the geographical environment and characteristics of the entire asteroid.
Judging from the infrared scans and spectral analysis numbers from the detectors, there is ice on the asteroid. According to the shape of the edge, it can be roughly inferred that its origin should be an asteroid or comet belonging to a star system that collided with something, broke into several pieces, and was not captured by massive celestial bodies during the flight, and finally flew out of the star system and became a low-speed wandering asteroid in deep space.
In addition to asteroid data, the observer also obtained the latest movements of the three "Pluto Bats".
Perhaps knowing that it was difficult to do anything in a short period of time and did not hesitate to spend a lot of zero elements to improve the defense of the "Aurora" shield, the three "Stygian Bats" did not attack immediately after flying closer, but activated the auxiliary thrusters. Slow descent.
Tang Fang thought for a moment and quickly figured out his opponent's plan.
The Morningstar's berthing posture makes it impossible for them to bypass the Aurora shield to attack the hull itself in a high-altitude environment, and the army must be dispatched. In the way of ground warfare, the gap between the edge of the shield and the asteroid ground is about 4 meters to carry out a storm, or landing battle.
After the successful forced landing of the "Morning Star", Hei 3 was disappointed at the same time, but also faintly happy, Tang Fang used the asteroid as a cover to make up for the defects of the shield, and was willing to be a turtle with a shrunken head, but he didn't know that it was in his arms.
"Stupid!"
This is his comment to Captain Tang. Because judging from the current battle situation, that kid himself pushed himself to a dead end.
From the point of view of the average person. Shrink back into defense and wait for the Covenant Navy to come to the rescue. This is the right thing to do, but unfortunately he got it wrong, the "Stygian Bat" not only carries an air and space fighter like the "Stygian Moth", but also a certain number of ground vehicles, as well as an elite army.
At the beginning, in the space environment, the reason why Hei 3 ordered the five Stygian Bat-class destroyers to ignore the human and insect air forces and carry out a non-stop attack on the "Morning Star" was that they were worried that the Tang side would start the warp engine to escape, and planned to rely on the speed advantage to catch up.
Later, because the Stygian Bat-class destroyer that fell behind was blown up by the air force of the Worm Clan, knowing that the opponent had the capital to fight to the death, he chose to be cautious and planned to use the "Big Mac" to solve the "Morning Star", of course, this plan ended in failure.
Just when he couldn't understand what means his opponent used to successfully intercept more than 20 "Big Macs," the "Morning Star" actually did something that was unreasonable and expected -- it crash-landed on an asteroid.
As a result, it was impossible to escape from the battlefield with the warp engine on, and the "Morning Star" suddenly turned from a bird into a turtle. Since Captain Tang planned to shrink his defense, the "Dark Bat" naturally did not need to be contained, but only needed to lay down the ground troops, and then return to space to fight with those living warships, waiting for the moment when the "Morning Star" fell.
Black 3 is extremely confident in his ground forces, the "Morning Star" is converted from the Charles Federation Lightning Python-class destroyer, with more than 200 people, except for logistics, technical and other positions, the real combat ability of the people is less than 100 people, with the elite army carried by their own 3 Stygian Bat-class destroyers, can they still get a lightning python?
Indeed, at the beginning of the battle, he was taken aback by the sudden arrival of the people, the Worm Air Force, and he also wondered about their origins, because he couldn't figure it out, so he could only attribute to the fact that the "Morning Star" In addition to the "Aurora" shield, there is also a device that can make objects in a certain area around it invisible, in addition, the frigate of the "Morning Star" belongs to the "Morning Star", and it can also make a collective jump through another device, which is not an incomprehensible novelty, Black 3 knew that a silver ring-shaped Ipsisaurus ruin could do it, and in the course of the battle just now, he had seen with his own eyes that there was a similarly shaped structure on the surface of the hull of the "Morning Star".
As the boss of "Morning Star Forge", it's normal to have a convoy around the car, but you can't get the army together and jump together, right?
As a result, Black 3 felt that he had won, with the combat effectiveness of his own army. I'm afraid that before the Star Alliance Navy goes out, the battle here is over.
Throughout the entire course of the engagement, Captain Tang showed a strong on-the-spot command ability. But he was so unlucky that he was targeted by the Lord.
The man whom the Lord wants to kill. No one has ever survived, it was like it was, it is now, and it will be like this in the future.
As a "Knight of the Abyss", he will not and will not allow himself to fail.
Loyalty and victory were the two most powerful words he said when he swore allegiance to the organization.
The fourth Stygian-class destroyer that was fighting with the human and insect air forces in the distance gradually became overwhelmed, and the escape speed of the heavy particles forming the diamond-shaped matrix far exceeded the replenishment speed of the battleship. Even if the main cannon is re-liberated and can inflict a fatal blow on the corrupted, it will not be able to reverse the decline, which after the rear battlefield Stygian Moth-class air and space fighters were all wiped out, and 12 Wyverns and 4 Viking fighters joined the battle, the shape became more and more severe, and the pilot could only do his best to drive the battleship closer to the asteroid, hoping to help after the first 3 battleships finished deploying the land troops.
As a special warship mounted on the Hades-class aircraft carrier, the Pluto-class destroyer cannot help but be deployed with a miniature aircraft carrier platform, and is also equipped with a rapid delivery system for marines and vehicles.
The gravity of an asteroid is low. The three Pluto-class destroyers easily descended to a low-altitude range and levitated less than 20 kilometers from the forced landing position of the "Morning Star".
Accompanied by a fountain-shaped high-pressure air flow, a crack opened in the center of the nacelle near the tail of the triangular pyramidal hull chassis. Expanding outward, to the left and right of the keel of the ship are rows of marines in power armor.
The machinery that holds their bodies in place inserts flattened jets into the grooves on the back of the power armor, and the Marines are then airdropped en masse and quickly land on the surface of the asteroid with the help of the jets on their backs.
When the second group of Marines was airdropped to the ground, the area in front of the projection pod also opened to the sides after a high-pressure air stream was ejected.
Unlike the airdrop marines, a thin cone of light was projected from inside the ship, and then. A combat vehicle descends at breakneck speed, from fast to slow at a distance of less than 5 meters from the surface. Fall firmly to the ground.
The equipment of the marines dropped to the ground by the Pluto-class destroyers is different from the regular power armor of any country in the Hillenmeir region, and it is also different from the battle armor of the Black 3. The main body is more metallic and modular, a bit similar to the early models of Thor's hammer power armor in Halo, of course, the details are more rugged.
The most distinctive feature of their full helmets is that the facial structure is not a mirror that can be opened and closed, but a blood-red mask made of more than any material, and there is a cross track in the center of the mask, and the lens with a bright red light can glide freely up and down and left and right on the cross track, giving people a strong sense of oppression.
As for weapons, there are two types, a light Gauss rifle with a strong piercing ability, and a portable 20mm Gatling gun designed to deal with lightly armored vehicles.
There are three types of vehicles: a semi-enclosed hovercraft with a laser gun that can be used in combat or to transport Marines.
The other is more sci-fi, similar to a small mecha for land warfare, about 5 meters, with wings on the back, which can be used for short-range gliding, and can also be used as a shield defense, and the weapon is multi-purpose light guide, and the 25mm caliber Gatling cannon that can be loaded with different types of ammunition, and, judging from the folding structure of the outer ends of the two arms of this small mecha, it seems that it can also be used for white-knuckle combat.
The last type of vehicle is very small, only 6, mainly because they are too large, about 15 meters in diameter, and the appearance is similar to the shell of a turtle with a cross slit in the middle, when the slit is opened, the four tortoise shells are lifted upward, like a metal umbrella, at this time, the thrusters at the four corners can be ignited into the air, turning into low-altitude aircraft.
When it falls to the ground and the slit closes, the tortoiseshell shrinks and splices, and a large-caliber turret rises in the center, while the tracks and suspension system pop out underneath, transforming it into a heavy tank.
In the organization to which Black 3 belongs, the above-mentioned model power armor is codenamed "Evil Spirit", the hovercraft is "Black Fire", the folded wing mecha is "Snake Eagle", and the tortoiseshell tank is "Warden".
Nearly 300 marines, plus 21 "Black Fire", 36 "Snake Eagles", and 6 "Wardens" were dropped on the asteroid and flocked to the "Morning Star" in a three-sided encirclement.
These ground forces, including the Marines, are largely capable of gliding, and can march extremely quickly in low-gravity conditions, reaching a distance of 20 kilometers in a matter of moments.
After unloading the ground troops, the three Stygian Bat-class destroyers immediately increased their engine thrust and slowly lifted into the air, moving towards the fourth Stygian Bat-class destroyer, which was in danger.
The Warden was the largest and heaviest of ground vehicles, but because of its low-altitude flight capability and long range, it slowed down at a distance of 14 km from the Morning Star, firing the first shot of ground warfare.
Unlike ordinary heavy tanks, the Warden has a large main gun with a short chamber, and the ammunition is not a conventional shell, but a fusion warhead filled with high-temperature plasma.
When the warhead fell, the surface of the "Aurora" seemed to have a volcanic eruption, and the rapidly expanding heat cloud stirred the mixed particles on the surface of the shield, forming a seven-colored surge. (To be continued) R580