Chapter 29: The Unexpected

Rockets rushed towards the sky with dazzling firelight, drawing white track clouds in the blue sky, and the scene was spectacular.

It's a rare sight these days, and it's only occasionally seen at a festive celebration.

Rockets, an ancient space equipment, have not been used for many years because of their high cost, low efficiency, and limited weight that can be carried at a time.

However, in the early days of human spaceflight, launch vehicles once played an extremely important role, so there are still some factories that manufacture rockets on many planets colonized by human beings, but now rockets are mainly used for celebrations or something, and people have even forgotten its original role after a long time.

What people didn't expect was that the rebels actually thought of using rockets to send the mecha into space, which greatly surprised Li Quan's expectations, so they were able to achieve surprising results.

However, today, the rebels are repeating their old tricks, which is too contemptuous for Shen Dan, the commander of the 7th Fleet, who has already prepared.

Under the dispatch and command of Shen Order, a part of the ships was separated from the fleet and was dedicated to intercepting these rockets.

I saw the beams of particle cannons slashing across the periphery of the atmosphere, blasting the rockets that were about to break away from gravity into pieces one by one, and a large amount of debris floated all over the edge of the atmosphere in just a few minutes, like an ocean of space junk.

Although it is not difficult for ships to deal with these rockets, the number of rockets is very large, and the launch sites are all over the world, so these ships responsible for interception are also very busy, and the ships have to distance themselves from each other, otherwise they will not be able to intercept them completely.

At the same time, fierce battles continue around the spaceport of Fort Thousand, with the mechs of the 7th Fleet and the rebels fighting to the death for the entrance to the port.

Dozens of mecha on both sides gathered here to fight each other, the dense laser beam was like a torrential rain, coupled with all kinds of missiles and machine guns, this place was simply a meat grinder, every minute the mecha was destroyed, the explosion of fire one after another, all kinds of large and small fragments flying around, people were shocked and panicked to see.

Finally, a regular army mech finally rushed into the harbor, but there were already rebel mechs in ambush on both sides of the long runway.

As soon as the mecha rushed in, it was immediately under heavy artillery fire, and before the soldiers operating the mecha could react, the mecha had been shot into a sieve by the dense fire net, and then exploded, and the runway was littered with parts and wreckage.

Seeing that his troops could not enter the spaceport for a long time, Shen Shan couldn't help but become a little anxious, so he ordered to send a large number of drones to use drones to contain the artillery fire of the spaceport and relieve the pressure on his own mechas.

This trick really worked, and under the interference of a large number of drones, the artillery fire of the spaceport was dispersed a lot, and the pressure on the mech pilots of the regular army was immediately greatly reduced, and they could fight the rebel mechs wholeheartedly.

After all, the mech pilots of the regular army have been rigorously and systematically trained, and in most cases their skills and coordination are superior to those of the rebels, and this advantage has become more and more evident over time.

At this time, there were fewer and fewer rebel mechs outside the spaceport, and they could no longer resist the attacks of the regular army, so the rebel mechs retreated to the airport, relying on the cover of the airport for the last resistance.

Due to the order of Shen Dan, the airport could not be damaged too seriously, and the mecha troops did not dare to come from other places, so they could only storm the entrance of the port, and the rebels set up heavy troops here, and the runway of the airport with limited space became the focus of contention.

In the long and narrow runway, the mechs on both sides did not have much room to move, so they could only fire at each other under dense firepower, and after a while, the runway was full of wreckage of mechas, and the number of casualties on each other rose in a straight line.

Shen Shan sat on the chair, his fingers kept tapping on the armrest, he could see that he was very anxious, it had been almost two hours since the attack began, and this small airport had not yet been taken, and the tenacity of the rebels was far beyond his expectations.

At this time, someone came to add fuel to the fire, and I heard the intelligence officer hurriedly come and report: "The general is not good! A fleet is hurrying towards us, numbering about three hundred! ”

"What!" Shen Shan was dumbfounded, wondering if he had heard something wrong.

The intelligence officer saw Shen Dan's eyes widen and looked at him, as if he was doubting himself, so the intelligence officer quickly explained: "It's the rebel fleet, but it's all civilian ships, not like warships." ”

Hearing this, Shen Dan breathed a sigh of relief, he was really startled just now, if there was really an army at this time, he was afraid that the 7th Fleet would be caught off guard.

"Civilian ships? It seems that it is to harass our army and distract us......" Shen Shan lowered his head and thought about it, beckoning his adjutant.

"Tao Ji, you lead a fleet to destroy all these civilian ships, and don't let any of them go. Move quickly, and come back as soon as you are done, our forces cannot continue to disperse. Shen Shan ordered decisively.

"Yes!" Adjutant Tao took the order and left.

Soon a small fleet of fifty warships sailed out of the ranks of the large force and headed for the civilian fleet.

Through scanning and analysis, coupled with the images transmitted by the satellites in front, it can be determined that the fleet that suddenly appeared is indeed composed of civilian ships.

It seems that the rebels are planning to use this to interfere with the 7th Fleet and make the 7th Fleet's forces more dispersed.

However, Tao Ji couldn't figure it out, even if the 7th Fleet was dispersed by various means, what way could the rebels deal with the 7th Fleet?

"Even if we disperse, they have to have weapons to destroy us? Could it be that the rebels really have a fleet that can fight? Tao thought to himself.

But then Tao Ji dispelled this speculation, if the rebels really had such a fleet, it would not be able to hide it anyway, and it was impossible for such a large target of the fleet to complete and hide, and it would have been discovered long before it got close.

"Colonel, the enemy's fleet has come into range, is it going to attack?" The captain asked.

Tao Ji looked at the analysis chart on the big screen and said: "Let them get closer, it is difficult to guarantee the hit rate of fire now, it's just some civilian boats, don't be so nervous." ”

Seeing that the opponent's fleet was slowly approaching, according to the results of the calculation, the hit rate had reached a relatively high level, and only then did Tao Ji order to start attacking.

Fifty battleships began to fire a salvo, and the beams of hundreds of particle cannons simultaneously hit the civilian fleet. Strings of dazzling fires suddenly erupted in the pitch-black space, and a large number of civilian ships suddenly turned into countless wrecks.

The rest of the civilian ships did not seem to be frightened in any way, and continued on their course, apparently intent on dying.

"It's strange, aren't these people afraid of death? How dare you move on? The captain said in surprise.

Tao Ji sneered: "Probably there is no one on the ship at all, it should be that the automatic navigation program is used, thinking that this can disrupt our deployment?" ”

The captain listened to Tao Ji's words and thought it was reasonable, nodded and said: "It seems like this, so the ship was destroyed in vain, and sure enough, the things that came for nothing just don't know how to cherish it." ”

Tao Ji didn't have the heart to think about this, his mission was to destroy this fleet.

"Keep attacking, destroy them all." Tao Ji said.

After the number theory attack, this fleet of 300 large and small civilian ships was completely turned into scrap metal, floating in the void of space. A lot of debris and debris are affected by the gravitational pull of the leap hill and slowly drift towards the planet's orbit, and eventually they will become part of the huge space junk that will always surround the leap hill.

Having completed the task, Tao ordered the fleet to turn the bow of the ship and rendezvous at the place where the main forces were located.

This task is so simple that Tao Ji has no sense of accomplishment in completing the task after completing it, and now he just wants to return to the Shendan flagship as soon as possible to discuss the next plan of action.

Shortly after the fleet turned around, a little light appeared from the darkness in the place where the wreckage of the civilian ships had gathered in large numbers, and then moved in the direction of the fleet.

"Listen, don't use the main engine, you can only use the spare servo engine, otherwise it will be detected by the government army."

"Understood. Got it. ”

"Give me a calm breath, just slide through slowly, I don't give orders to no one to speed up, and the victory or defeat of this battle is here."

A faint light flashed from the dense wreckage of the ship, slowly but little by little, such a light was so faint in the empty and dark universe that it was difficult to see at a distance or obscured by other starlight.

Under the cover of the wreckage, one by one black shadows are constantly approaching the 7th Fleet, if you get closer to observe, the result will be shocking, these black shadows are actually mechas!

There are 400 mechas, once they get close to the 7th fleet, they will definitely turn the entire fleet upside down, and the civilian fleet that was sacrificed just now is just a decoy, and the real killing move is actually these mechas.

At this time, Shen Shan finally received good news, the Thousand Riding Fort spaceport was finally taken, although the loss was greater than expected, but the goal was finally achieved.

Shen Dan breathed a sigh of relief, this battle for the airport was more difficult than he imagined, but as long as he won the first one, the difficulty of the next few would be much smaller, and the rebels' mecha were not picked up, and the number was limited.

However, just a few minutes after the rejoicing, bad news came from the ground forces, and a large number of rebel mechs began to regroup and launched an attack on the defenders of Pegasus City again.

Colonel Funk asked the fleet to deliver an air strike to help the ground forces eliminate the rebel forces around the city.

At this time, the rebels had stopped firing rockets, and Shen Dan thought for a moment that there should be no danger in striking the ground now, so he agreed to Funk's request.

Soon the 7th Fleet sent a part of its small warships into the atmosphere and began to deliver air strikes against rebel forces on the ground.