Chapter Seventy-Three: Explosion

The mecha pierced through the bubble-like atmosphere and entered the vastness of space.

The speed is controlled, and the flame tail of the thruster jet gradually weakens.

There is a complete map of the star field on the radar, so there is no fear of getting lost.

Mechs float forward in space.

It was silent, pitch black, except for the slight roar of the mech.

For the first time in my life, I was quietly alone in space, and it felt amazing. Not lonely at all.

Space is vast, boundless, and vast. It also makes people's hearts become open-minded, and people are like air, decomposing into billions of parts, as if they are everywhere.

Close your eyes and melt into space. Experience that amazing feeling.

Gradually, the fat man began to feel that something was wrong. As for what was wrong, he couldn't say, it was purely a feeling, or an intuition.

When I opened my eyes, I saw only small meteorite bands floating in the distance, and I didn't see anything else that was more eye-catching. But in his heart, he just felt a kind of ...... around him A strange atmosphere that resembles tension.

The feeling made him uncomfortable.

The thrusters erupted again with powerful tongues of fire, and the mech regained its speed.

At this time, in the extreme distance, a little fire was found. Flashes and vanishes. If you don't pay attention, you'll think it's a star, but the color is wrong.

With a bang, the flames ejected from the thruster streaked out a long streamer, and the mecha appeared thousands of meters away in an instant.

Space is vast, there are no obstacles, and you can run freely.

The fat man controls the mecha and flies straight to the place where the fire appears.

On the way, he found something that frightened him.

The wreckage of the ship, and the corpses mixed with the cargo floating in the air. The cargo was innumerable, and there were hundreds of corpses. Many of the bodies were mutilated and appeared to have been dead for days. The corpse had become somewhat air-dry.

This is the public star field of Leon, far from the border between the Alliance and the Empire, and has not been at war for many years. How could there be a shattered shipwreckage, could it be the hands of pirates?

But it's also far away from the Rocky Star Field. Alliance's patrol fleets are often seen in the interstellar space. None of the pirate regiments with a bit of intelligence and foresight would have gone such a long way to attack a cargo ship.

A small group of lone pirates can't eat such a large spaceship. And it won't leave so much cargo behind.

The fat man didn't think deeply, or he didn't dare to think deeply.

Getting closer and closer to the place where the fire appeared. It's getting clearer and clearer.

The fat man's fears became a reality.

Where is this ordinary firelight, but a battlefield in full swing.

No wonder the rumbling explosion was faintly heard at this time.

The fat man parked the mecha dozens of kilometers away and did not dare to approach.

It is unclear who the two warring parties are. In case of misunderstanding, it will be troublesome.

Enlarge the image detected by the radar.

The battlefield picture is clear at a glance.

The fat man couldn't sit still, because he found out that it was a civilian transport ship that was attacked, and the key thing was that this transport ship had the logo of the Earth Alliance.

He is an earthling, a descendant of ancient Chinese.

The master taught him to know how to protect and to protect what is worth protecting.

Why did the Imperial Army appear here, I didn't have time to figure it out. But they dared to attack the civilian transport ships of the Earth Alliance. It's no longer as simple as a cross-border provocation, it's a naked murder.

After two years of training, Tang Xiaobao has changed a lot. Especially in terms of personality and mood. More mature.

Know what to do and what not to do. He couldn't stand idly by in this situation.

Boost your mech's speed to the limit and rush straight into the battleground.

……

In the civilian transport ship, there was already a mess of noise at this time. The old white-haired man knelt down and prayed. Young couple hugging each other with despair on their faces. Mother coaxing a crying child. The husband comforts the weeping wife. A shadow of death loomed over the nearly 1,000 passengers in the cabin.

In the VIP cabin, Bai Muyangan sat in the seat. Fake sleep with your eyes closed. The hard work of the past few days has added a lot of gray hair to his sideburns.

As the deputy speaker of the Great Council of the Earth Alliance, he has a high position and a noble status. At this time, in the face of such a moment of life and death, he was at ease, and there was no trace of panic on his majestic face.

His composure also affected the dozen or so young guards around him. Everyone looked resolute. Death is like home. But there is a lot of unwillingness in his eyes.

They are all carefully selected elite fighters, and each of them is a good opponent. If they were on land, they had many ways to protect the commander from breaking out of the encirclement, but this was in space. They can only accompany the chief and wait for death, but they are useless.

Listening to the dense artillery fire outside, I saw through the porthole that our fighters were destroyed by enemy artillery fire. Their hearts were tormented, their lips were about to bite, and red blood flowed down the corners of their mouths.

The hull of the ship shook violently again, and the chief secretary who accompanied him couldn't help but whisper to Bai Muyang, "Vice Speaker, there is a lifeboat in the rear cabin, you see?" ”

Bai Muyang glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Do you want me to leave you and the nearly a thousand passengers on the ship to escape alone?" ”

The chief secretary was dripping with sweat on his forehead, and he said stubbornly: "Vice Speaker, your status is honorable. The Great War is currently in the middle of the day, and the Earth Alliance needs you, and you can't die here. If you do not agree, then I beg your pardon, I would advise the guard squad to take enforcement action against you. ”

Bai Muyang looked at this secretary who had been loyal and had followed him for many years, shook his head, and said, "Do you think you can escape by forcibly stuffing me into a lifeboat?" Can the lifeboat dodge the opponent's missile lock? It is clear that this ambush by the other side was premeditated. Someone within us has betrayed my whereabouts. Bai Sheng, forget it, there is an old saying on the earth, life and death have fate, and wealth is in the sky. After working hard to set up such a dead end, if I don't die, they won't be reconciled. ”

As the chief secretary officer, Bai Sheng wanted to say anything more, but in the end he could only turn into a thick unwillingness. The deputy speaker is right, even if the lifeboat ejects, it will not be able to avoid the enemy's missile lock. It doesn't make much difference whether you go or not. Now we can only hope that the rescue fleet will arrive soon, and then maybe there will be a chance to survive.

……

The 45th Flying Squadron is not a front-line combat unit. Their usual mission is to escort some cargo ships or civilian transport ships. The opponents who fought were scattered groups of pirates. It's not one of those big pirate groups yet.

Moreover, most of the squadron are young pilots, who first hone their skills here, and then transfer to the front-line combat units to participate in the war. There is little actual combat experience, and it will take more time to transform into a qualified fighter.

Today's ambush battle was stunned at the beginning. Because I never expected to encounter a medium-sized mixed fleet of the Empire here.

The other side used the meteorite belt as a cover and evaded radar detection with a false target. Then a sudden attack.

Caught off guard, dozens of fighters were lost one after another in a few minutes, and the battle damage exceeded one-third.

Squadron Leader Zhou Dong is a veteran pilot with rich combat experience, and under his leadership, the group of planes has ended the phenomenon of headless flies flying around, and there are batches to form a group attack force.

Missiles from both sides fired, guns roared, and criss-crossed beams tore through the pitch-black space. The explosion of fire formed a different kind of fireworks.

They fought hard, and the opposing side had three times as many fighters. And there was also the assistance of stationary artillery fire from several battleships.

Seeing that their fighters exploded into fireballs, the number was rapidly decreasing, but there was nothing they could do.

The other side has an overwhelming advantage, and it is only a matter of time before they are annihilated.

It's just that I can't hold the ship behind me, it doesn't matter if my people die, the soldier's destination is the battlefield. It's a pity that there are nearly a thousand travelers.

He didn't know there was a great man on board.

Xiaoxing is an orphan adopted by Zhou Dong and is eighteen years old this year. Almost grew up with him on airplanes, and he is very talented in flying airplanes, and he will definitely become an ace pilot in time.

Today's battle was also very brave, he single-handedly eliminated thirteen enemy planes and covered the safe retreat of three wingmen.

In today's situation, he also understands that he may die here. But he has no regrets, he is honored to die on the same battlefield with his most admired father-in-law.

The rapid-fire laser cannon on the wing destroyed the missiles coming from the side, and his fighter accelerated, broke away from the battle formation, and rushed to the flagship of the enemy fleet alone.

The Eagle fighters are equipped with a heavy precision superconducting bomb. The lethality is very high. As long as you can hit the main control room of the enemy flagship head-on, you can directly blow him up.

If launched from a long distance, it will be intercepted by the enemy's dense beams, and only an ultra-close attack, or a direct collision, can make the superconducting bomb effective.

The flagship is also where the enemy's chain of command is located, and it will wipe them out in one nest. The father-in-law and the rest of his comrades, as well as the transport ship behind him, may be able to escape this fate.

It's just that he is too young and inexperienced in battle. The idea is right, but the approach is reckless.

The last thing a mixed space fleet is afraid of a suicide attack by enemy aircraft. Not to mention whether it can break through the protective shield, if you get close to a hundred meters, you will be torn to pieces by the dense cluster fire.

Xiaoxing's piloting skills were indeed excellent, and the fighter plane flipped continuously, dodging the attacks of multiple missiles and artillery fire. They are all swept by the fuselage, and the burning marks after high-speed friction are terrifying.

rushed directly to the flagship main control room. The muzzles of hundreds of automated cluster guns on the hull locked onto him. Through the perspective window, one could even see a cruel sneer on the face of an imperial lieutenant colonel in his thirties.

The muzzle of the cannon burst out with a bright ball of light, and Zhou Dong's eyes in the back were split. Piloting the fighter plane, he also rushed forward, and all the remaining fighters rushed bravely and fearlessly braved the artillery fire.

The eyes were full of bright lights, and Xiaoxing's young face was full of unwillingness, and he took the last opportunity to suddenly press the launch button.

It was then covered with hundreds of dazzling beams of light and strangled ......

Bang! A violent explosion sounded, and the main control room of the enemy flagship turned into a huge ball of fire, and immediately after, there were successive explosions, and the fire balls extended one after another on the flagship. In the blink of an eye, the flagship was surrounded by fire, and violent explosions came and went.

The dazed little star is very strange, isn't he dead, how can he still hear the explosion?

I vaguely saw the flagship blow up...... Is it an illusion......

But the ears heard boiling cheers. Extraordinary excitement, abnormal explosiveness!