Strange warplanes circled back and forth over the war zone, blasting one armed aircraft unit after another to support them into piles of burning steel garbage. On the ground, two high-speed tanks mercilessly slaughtered the mechanized infantry of the 288th Panzer Division.

The 1st Armoured Brigade, defending DT1, was in slightly better shape, with infantry and lightly armored vehicles scattered across the hills and retreating, with no pursuers behind their butts, only occasional rainbows streaking across the sky to blast some hapless armoured vehicles into a ball of fire.

"The 288th Division is over, and after the 289th Division, the 288th Division is also over!" Beads of sweat from Salmu's two sideburns converged into a line and slid down against the roots of his ears. In just 20 minutes, four long-range fire points were connected and pulled up, and the four armored brigades of the 288th Division were almost completely wiped out.

Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger? Melville and the others planned a night's battle arrangement, but within ten minutes, they were destroyed by the enemy and killed with one blow. Before the mountain was knocked, it was ironic to give the enemy a move, and the hungry tiger pounced on the food and lifted a person on his back!

At this time, the monitor array in the third row zoomed in with the lens, revealing the surrounding area of the research institute. A full 30 vehicles that looked like tanks and long-range artillery were lined up, and between the lightning and fire sprays, rainbow beads flew in all directions like blooming festive fireworks.

10KM south of the research institute, the 20-meter-long "Tiannu"-class large minesweeper really played a Tiannu scattered flowers. It's just that it was blown up by someone, scattered into a calla lily, and the black chassis surrounded by the stars like a moon.

From research institute to politics. In the 30-kilometer area between the operational headquarters of the provincial army, the wreckage of fighter planes, attack planes, early warning planes, bombers, electronic attack planes, and armed helicopters was densely covered on the ground, and at a cursory glance, there were as many as 1,200 planes.

Except for the armed aircraft that came to Vendenbart to support from other military regions in Lector, they were moored at the head because they had to be overhauled and maintained. The air base in the north of the metropolitan military region narrowly escaped the catastrophe.

Head. The manned attack vehicles of the aviation combat regiments under the 287th, 288th, and 289th armored divisions under the Metropolitan Military Region were almost completely wiped out. To know the whole first. The total strength of the metropolitan military district is 2 armies. In just one day, more than half of the army had already lost all its losses, and more than 20,000 people had died on the battlefield. How a tragic word for a loss of such a scale.

The ground forces of the 287th Panzer Division, with the exception of mechanized infantry and fast light armored units, most of the heavy tanks were fired by the opponent's tank-type artillery. Even those "one-horned rhino reforms" equipped with new stealth armor are doomed, becoming discus with billowing gunpowder smoke.

About a battalion of armed locomotives of the "Witcher" broke into the research institute as a pioneer, and according to the instructions conveyed by the headquarters, they were to use the old-fashioned rocket-driven method of loading explosives to take on the task of front-line mine clearance after the "Celestial Maiden" was damaged. There is also no need to clear a large area of minefields, as long as a safe corridor with a width of 100 meters can be created.

But who would have thought that the minesweeper would run into the minelayer. The rocket locomotive met the hovercraft, and the enemy's 20 hovercraft relied on their strong maneuverability and the tactics of playing and running to fly kites against 60 "witchers" of about one battalion. It only took half a minute to kill a third of the "witchers".

In order to take out the enemy's long-range firepower, some of the soldiers riding the "Saber-toothed Tiger" A2 reconnaissance vehicle were taken by the poppy on the west road. The millet plantation broke through, evading the bombardment of rebel artillery fire, and entered the perimeter of the research institute.

The vast majority of these soldiers were armed with anti-tank rocket launchers. Some special soldiers are equipped with television-guided or even sound-guided EMP missiles. As long as it is possible to enter the buffer zone of the institute within 1 km away. can inflict heavy damage on the rebels' tank artillery.

However, the footage captured by the optical camera of the "KZ-78" reconnaissance satellite shows that this 100-strong team is being attacked like never before. The Grim Reaper came from the ground, 20 centimeters thick, and more than 1 meter long spikes drilled out of the ground, tying the 100-member team of the "Saber-toothed Tiger" A2 reconnaissance vehicle into a plate of human flesh salad stirred with blood.

Mine? Mine, your uncle! There is only one thought in Salmu's mind today. Governor Roger is about to be out of luck, and it is not Garcia's rebels who suddenly appear on his territory, but the Grim Reaper with a long-handled scythe.

This battle can't be fought, it's simply unfought. Although there is an "archangel", it can deliver a fatal blow to the enemy. But...... What to do with Professor Faraday? Throwing a rat bogey, and then fighting it is purely a send-off.

"Intelligencer, summarize and edit the footage to produce important information, and immediately send it to the front-line combat command."

"Liaison officer, pick me up Melville." Salmu frowned, he couldn't go on like this, it was time for this one-sided battle to come to an end.

"Yes." The liaison officer agreed, and was just about to pick up the front-line combat command, when suddenly, the satellite operator stood up and reported loudly: "Colonel, there are enemy planes coming towards us. At the same time, a huge picture screen in the middle of the monitor array flashed with light and shadow, revealing a huge aerial view of the satellite.

"Enemy aircraft? Coming to us? Salmu was a little stunned when he heard this, and immediately looked up at the big screen.

On the Lector atmosphere, reflecting a light blue halo, one, two, three, four, five...... A full 15 small black dots are arranged in an X-shape, facing the light against the light, facing space, like a cloud-piercing petrel, piercing the atmosphere of Ryctor and entering the dark and cold cosmic void.

"According to satellite calculations, the speed of the enemy aircraft is 10 ...... per hour Mach XVI. ”

"Empty...... Aerospace fighters? TMD is actually an aerospace fighter! Salmu couldn't help but burst into a rough sentence. It was thought that these kings who dominated the sky and abused the government air force into dogs are armed aircraft that are specially designed to combat in the atmospheric environment. But I didn't expect them to be dual-purpose fighters for aviation and aerospace.

15, just 15 planes dare to break into the space-based command platform, when the Lector Navy is a group of rookies?

"Order the two squadrons of KF-501 and KF-503 'Thunder Wings' fighters to be dispatched, and be sure to stop those rebel fighters. In addition, the close defense module of the missile attack satellite will be turned on to provide fire cover for our fighters. ”

"Yes." The herald replied.

"Colonel? The connection with Colonel Melville ......," muttered the liaison officer next to him.

Salmu squinted his eyes as he looked at the enemy planes flying closer and closer to the central screen: "The number of images is transmitted, as for the contact, don't be busy first, wait until we kill these few eyesores." ”

Indeed, the rebels' ground and air forces were strong enough to crush Lector's army and air force. But. In the Cosmic Void, that's the territory of the navy. You must know that in this era, the gap in strength between the space navy and the planetary inland and air force forces is not a star and a half, it can be called a world of difference.

There are 200 "Thunder Wings", and there are also various missile launchers. and even a combat platform for laser weapons. It is a pipe dream to break through the Navy's air defense system with just 15 fighters.

Salmu is very confident, just like Melville and Waters before the war, of course, the end...... It's the same thing.

The harbor of a space station below the "Archangel" slowly opened, the take-off and landing pads stretched out, and the two squadrons of air and space fighters, KF-501 and KF-503, a total of 48 "Thunder Wings", entered the space within 2 minutes to form a joint attack formation. Fired towards the 15 Viking fighters that had already entered low-altitude orbit.

The "Thunder Wings" is equipped with two small plasma thrusters, and when it flies in space, because it uses a fuel mixture mixed with Element Zero, the flame ejected from the tail will have a hint of blue light, and can stay in a vacuum environment for three to five seconds, looking from a distance, like a thunder track, which is the origin of the "Thunder Wings". Of course. If stealth is pursuing, the fighter's fuel can be replaced with other energy sources. It's just that the fuel cost per unit mile will be higher.

The wings of the "Thunder Wings" are mounted with multi-mode guided attack missiles, and under the fuselage is a 40mm rapid-fire turret that can rotate 180 degrees, which is the standard weapon of fighter battles. If it is a surprise attack on a ship or a starport relying on an aircraft carrier combat platform, in addition to replacing high-power missiles, the rapid-fire turret can also be replaced with a large-caliber electromagnetic railgun.

48VS15, as well as various air-based defensive weapons. No matter how you look at it, it's a battle without suspense. No matter how advanced the opponent's technology is, a fighter is always a fighter, and he will never have the ability to reverse a space war with a huge disparity in strength like a large warship.

Truly. Fifteen Viking fighters may be able to defeat the Empire's main air-space fighter, the Thunder Wings, by means of high-performance equipment, through close combat, kite flying, and coordinated operations. However, there are still stocks of air-based weapons around. Missile clusters, orbital cannons, large laser weapons, these are not fuel-efficient lamps.

WHEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VIKING FIGHTER AND THE "THUNDER WINGS" WAS SHORTENED TO 30KM, BEFORE THE TWO SIDES COULD ENGAGE, SILVER LIGHT FLASHED ON THE SOLAR PANELS OF THE TWO ATTACK SATELLITES EQUIPPED WITH LASER WEAPON PLATFORMS, AND EIGHT 100MM CALIBER LASER CANNONS SLOWLY STRETCHED OUT FROM THE HONEYCOMB-LIKE MODULES AROUND THE MAIN CANNON FACING THE PLANET.

With a dazzling burst of light, eight bright reds pierced the void and shot straight towards the cluster of Viking fighters 50 kilometers away.

The X-formation disintegrated in an instant, and the 15 Viking fighters dodged in all directions like peacocks, narrowly avoiding long-range fire from satellites.

Eight high-energy lasers pierced the atmosphere of Rector, and the thermal halo effect, atmospheric turbulence and diffraction phenomena formed a series of colorful and magnificent light effects at high altitude.

As an attack ends, the 8 laser beams narrow in width and then quickly disappear. At this moment, the second round of attacks from space-based combat platforms followed, with hundreds of multi-mode guided fish launched by three missile attack satellites and a large number of kinetic energy bombs overwhelmingly encompassing 15 Viking fighters.

At the same time, 48 "Thunder Wings" were deployed outward, striving to encircle the enemy planes and fight a beautiful battle of encirclement and annihilation.

In the face of the Lector Navy's sweeping offensive, the best way for the 15 Viking fighters to abandon the assault formation and respond to the combined attack of the opponent in a safari posture. However, instead of doing so, they plunged headlong into the spider web of 48 fighters and laser-guided missiles like moths to a fire, and launched a suicidal charge with one enemy and three enemies and 15 to 48.

"Is the enemy's brain show funny? Isn't this looking for your own death? A naval staff officer stared at the monitor array without blinking.

"Michelle, I don't agree with you, the rebels have always had the upper hand in the ground war, and it is not too much to say that they are overwhelming." Another staff officer sneered: "However, it is obvious that the enemy's commander was carried away by the excitement and mistakenly thought that our Space Navy was also a group of rookies like the Lector Army. It's ridiculous. Today, let's be merciful and let him see the power of the Imperial Navy. ”

"Yes, the so-called 'Celtic' holy sword is talking about our space navy."

Salmumo was silent, he did not think that the head of the enemy would lose his way because of a momentary victory. The rebels may have some considerations in mind.

But...... What can they think about? The combat effectiveness of the air-based combat platform is undoubted, just like the current space station with 3 missile launch systems, 2 laser weapon platforms, 1 super plasma cannon, and 2 space stations containing "Thunder Wings" fighters. Taken together, these air-based weapons have a comprehensive combat power that is sufficient to deal with half a medium-sized mixed fleet of cruisers.

Everyone stared at the big screen with bated breath, and the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. 27KM，24KM，20KM……

Finally, the Viking fighter struck, and 150 MT50 Lanzel Thunderbolts shot out, swaggering towards the "Thunder Wings" on the opposite side.

With the help of the powerful digital chain system, the satellite platform adjusts the guidance strategy in real time, and some missiles accelerate instantly. Catching up with the Lanzel Flying Thunder, the other missiles combined with the "Thunder Wings" to launch a tidal wave of attacks on the Viking fighters.

The speed of a Viking fighter was instantly increased from Mach 16 to Mach 20. As soon as the flames raged in the tail, one side spin, threw off the three "Thunder Wings" that were approaching step by step, and flew to the other side with more than a dozen missiles. At the same time, another Viking fighter in its flight path also rotated sideways, and the two sides flew in a hedged state.

And then. In the command hall, Salmu and the others passed by in shock, and when there was no room for fire, the tail thruster tilted, flew slightly and changed slightly, clinging to those missiles.

The two Viking fighters were as agile as the Skyhawks. Those missiles didn't have such good piloting skills, nearly 30 missiles collided into a ball, and continuous explosions burst into a long-lasting fire in the darkness.

How is this possible! How is this possible! In the command hall, Salmu and the others were dumbfounded, and the staff officer who had opened his mouth and closed his mouth to "Celtic" glory tugged at the sleeves of the people around him, and stammered: "I...... I'm not dreaming. ”

He had seen the use of narrow terrain to evade missile attacks; I have also seen the thrilling scene of using a quick dive, and then pulling up the fighter at a moment close to the ground, luring the missile behind him to hit the ground. But...... It's really the first time I've seen a missile evasion method like this, which not only tests tacit understanding, but also tests driving skills, and also tests psychological elements.

Not only the commanders like them, but even the pilots who chased the two "Thunder Wings" were dumbfounded.

It was this brief moment of stunned that made the grim reaper roaring on the opposite side grasp the flaw. Seven MT50 Lanzel Thunderbolts swept by, and seven dazzling fireworks exploded in the dark space, and seven "Thunder Wings" became scattered space junk in the blink of an eye.

The two Viking fighters that got rid of the threat of missiles turned quickly, and their speed actually skyrocketed, reaching a terrifying Mach 24, just like a harrier eagle that rose into the sky after grabbing its prey from the water, with a blue rainbow, breaking through the missile interception net, spinning all the way to the sky, and in just a few breaths, it approached the two reconnaissance satellites KZ-78 and KZ-56 at the bottom of the 16 satellites.

Boom Boom! The fire was shining and iron filings were flying.

20 MT50 Lanzel flying mines exploded in a straight line on the surface of the KZ-78 satellite, and external equipment such as microwave reception, solar panels, and anti-radiation armor shattered into countless iron filings in the violent explosion, and then were thrown far away, around the orbit, and hit the KZ-56 at a distance of tens of kilometers next to it at a very fast speed, rubbing out countless sparks.

"Report ...... It was reported that the KZ-78 suffered damage to the external structure and the armor integrity was '70'%. The operator shouted in alarm.

In the report, 2 Viking fighters dropped another round of 20 MT50 Lanzel Flying Mines. THE 50MM RAPID-FIRE TURRET ON THE SURFACE OF THE SATELLITE WAS DIFFICULT TO LOCK ONTO THEIR FIGURES, AND THEY COULD ONLY CHASE THE BUTTS OF THE TWO VIKING FIGHTERS, SHOOTING OUT A RAIN OF LIGHT IN THE DARK VOID.

“50%！” The operator quickly glanced back at the diagnostics and added.

"What about the laser cannon? What are you doing, hurry up and force them out for me. Salmu roared.

"Up...... Colonel, the laser cannon is charging. ”

"A bunch of rubbish!"

At this time, another wave of missiles was launched from the attacking satellites, and 120 Harpoon medium-sized armor-piercing missiles rushed straight at the two Viking fighters who were wreaking havoc on the outer armor of the KZ-78.

The Harpoon does not have a high range, but it is explosive, accelerating to Mach 25 in just a few seconds. During the time the laser weapons were charged, they were the only ones left to drive off the 2 viking fighters that wreaked havoc. As for the rail cannon, which had a decent rate of fire and power, after the Viking fighters used the KZ-78 as a shield, they collectively chose to fire dumbly.

The 120 Harpoons did put a lot of pressure on the 20 Viking fighters flying at Mach 20, and they finally stopped attacking the satellite and were forced out of the airspace where the KZ-78 was located. (To be continued......)