Chapter 52: The First Confrontation

Ten minutes after the first wave of missiles was launched, the aircraft of the two sides finally met, and the battle would enter an even more tragic close-quarters dogfight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, it seems that the missiles of both sides have also been launched, and all that is left is close-range weapons. Zhou Xin saw that the flying machines of the Northern Continent showed several things similar to machine guns from the side of the bullet-shaped, as for the bullets fired by this weapon, they could not be seen clearly on the screen, relying on this weapon they were engaged in close combat with the enemy. To Zhou Xin's surprise, no more weapon systems were revealed on the aircraft of the Southern Continent, and the weapon they used for close-quarters combat was the laser cannon at the front of the incoming missile that had been defended against at the beginning. said that it was a laser cannon, but in fact, it looked more like a laser sword, because the range of the laser cannon was not very far, only about 100 meters, for aerial combat, this distance was only a matter of a moment, but the power of this laser cannon was not small, Zhou Xin saw with his own eyes that a flying machine in the northern continent was just swept by the laser cannon, and the entire flying machine was broken into two at this moment and fell down. Of course, the power of the live ammunition weapons in the northern continent is not small, and once it hits the aircraft in the south, it can always blow off one of the horns of the thistle.

In close-quarters combat, although the weapons of both sides are extremely powerful, and they are often destroyed or injured after being hit, the pilots of both sides show superb flying skills and coordination skills to dodge. Zhou Xin could often see two or several aircraft that were originally far away from each other suddenly gather together and form a very effective battle formation to resist the enemy's fierce attack. Therefore, although the close-quarters combat had lasted for more than half an hour, as with the previous long-range attacks, the aircraft of both sides did not suffer serious losses.

At this time, the battleships in the rear belatedly joined the battlefield, and as soon as they saw the opponent's battleship, the aircraft of the two sides that were originally entangled seemed to have found their target, and they gave up their current opponents and wanted to start attacking the opponent's battleship. But after a while, the aircraft of both sides seemed to have discovered the attempt of the other aircraft, and they turned around to intercept the other party. As a result, the battle between the aircraft resumed not long after it had stopped, and the warships of both sides were separated by the combat zone of the aircraft. However, the warships of both sides did not care about the battle between them, and after reaching the predetermined position, the battle between the battleships began.

For the battle between the warships, there is nothing to talk about, the warships of both sides have opened their arsenals, and then began to pour all kinds of weapons of mass destruction in their arsenals to each other, of course, these weapons will always be intercepted after passing through the battle group of the aircraft, and in the end there are only a few left to reach the enemy warships, and these remaining weapons are also useless under the defense of the respective close fire power of the warships of both sides, and the battle once again fell into a stalemate.

Seeing that conventional weapons could not cause enough damage to each other, the warships of both sides activated their main guns, and at the same time, the aircraft of both sides seemed to have consumed all their ammunition in the long battle, and this time they abandoned their opponents and flew in the direction of their own warships. The originally fierce battle suddenly fell into an eerie silence at this moment, and only the main guns fired by the two sides were still proving that the battle was still going on.

Of course, although this ultra-long-range shooting seems very exaggerated, it cannot cause much damage to the warships of both sides, and after more than half an hour of repair, a large number of aircraft were once again released from the battleships, and they once again joined the battle.

This kind of sometimes fierce, sometimes calm battle lasted for a whole day, when the time of the two sides was close to dusk, the battle finally came to an end, the warships of both sides began to recover their own aircraft, and their main guns after a day of fighting, now also quiet, Zhou Xin noticed that the main guns of many warships are now red, and some serious ones have even begun to deform. However, although after a whole day of fierce fighting, the losses of both sides were not as great as expected, the battleships were not destroyed except for minor damage, and even the loss of the aircraft was less than one-fifth, so it can be said that neither side got a discount on the other.

"The all-channel interference from the planet's surface is over." Just as the ships on both sides were retreating, the Voyager reported. Then Zhou Xin saw that the warships of both sides began to release aircraft again while retreating, but this time the release was obviously an unmanned type, and the number was much less than at the beginning, these aircraft came to the equatorial position again after leaving the battleship, but this time the two sides did not fight, but looked at each other across the planet's equator, and it seemed that they should be on a vigilant mission. Not only this area, but most of the other areas that had not been covered by interference before, the battle between the unmanned aircraft also subsided in a short time, and they broke away from the battle area and returned to their respective camp positions, and the equator of the planet once again returned to the situation where the two rings were far away.

"Strange, how did the battle end?" Since the battle began inexplicably, and even the end was clueless, Zhou Xin asked suspiciously, "What is the reason for the war between these two civilizations?" ”

"Who knows." Regarding Zhou Xin's question, Dart was noncommittal, "But I think this should just be a test between the two sides, and the real large-scale battle should be yet to come." ”

"Temptation?"

"Isn't it?" Dart explained, "Didn't you notice that there were only a dozen warships on both sides in the previous battles? Don't you think that the number of warships is too small for a civilization that can make a craft circle around the equator? ”

"That's right." Zhou Xin nodded with a thoughtful expression, and then he asked, "Do you think there will be a larger battle in the future?" ”

"Once the floodgates of war are opened, it is very difficult to close." Dart shrugged, "It's been so long before, although I don't know why, today they finally started fighting, do you think the two sides will let go of such an opportunity?" ”

"That being said, but the two sides have been antagonistic to this point, and we haven't even figured out what the reason for the war broke out between them, what is the deep hatred between them?" Spred asked from the side.

"I'm afraid it shouldn't be the hatred of the near future." Dart pondered for a long time before replying, "Remember the name of the calendar in that diary?" I'm afraid that when the two sides use the current calendar, the grudge will already appear. "As for what it is, I'm afraid we have to study the history of these two civilizations." ”

"It's not that you don't know that both of them are hiding their own histories." Zhou Xin's tone was a little helpless, "Forget it, let's not discuss this topic, let's go back to today's battle, what other opinions do you have about today's battle?" ”

"Fightingβ€”?" Dart replied without hesitation, "It's just an ordinary battle, I don't think there's anything strange about it, I'm more concerned about the question at the beginning - why did the battle break out at this point in time, and what does this battle have to do with the previous asteroid explosion?" ”

Seeing that he was back on this issue, Zhou Xin called Atlas out, "Atlas, over there for the asteroid debris, is the investigation of the probe over?" ”

"It's long over." The little girl's voice was a little disappointed, "The entire asteroid has been destroyed too badly, there are not many things left in the base, among the three fragments, the probe has only found a total of thirteen places that look like rooms, after careful search, only seven relatively well-preserved items can be found, and the rest of the things have no value for analysis, these items are all preserved under the protection of a thick metal layer, and now the probe is carrying these things on the way back to the spacecraft." If the captain's brother wants to know what's inside, it will take a little time. After a pause, she added, "However, based on the traces left in the base, several reasons for the asteroid explosion have been analyzed. ”

"What is the reason?" Zhou Xin asked.

"Most of the clues left in the base point to a massive nuclear explosion." Atlas replied.

"Nuclear explosion?" After listening to Atlas's answer, Zhou Xin thought, "A nuclear explosion that can completely destroy such a large asteroid?" How huge is that yield, and is there a need to store so many nuclear items on an asteroid? After a pause, he speculated, "Could it be that this base inside the asteroid was once a military base?" ”

"It could even be a military base for storing ultimate weapons." Dart thought about it along Zhou Xin's train of thought, "If that's really the case, this previous battle may make sense." He organized the language in his heart, "Although I don't know which side of the two civilizations on the planet this base belongs to for the time being, but after this base is destroyed, the originally relatively balanced military posture may have changed, so it is logical that the side that is temporarily in military advantage will start a battle first." ”

"According to what you sayβ€”" After listening to Dart's words, Zhou Xin thought back to what the Voyager had reported earlier, "The base on the asteroid should belong to the north." ”

"It's just a possibility." Dart replied.

"Since it is said that it is a balanced military posture, then it means that the other side should also have a military base similar to this asteroid? So where is this military base? Spred asked.

"How could I possibly know this?" Dart smiled bitterly, "I think it's a top secret for the other civilization, and few people know about it." ”

"If that's the caseβ€”" Zhou Xin didn't care about Spred's question, he continued to think, "Could it be that the next battle will continue until the military strength of the two sides is rebalanced?" ”

"It's impossible to say, it depends on the attitude of both sides towards this battle." Dart still has no way to draw an accurate conclusion.

Next, everyone had a discussion about the current situation, but the result was also different opinions, there was no way to get a unified understanding, and it was not too early to see that the time was not early, so Zhou Xin simply ended the topic. Seeing this, everyone also finished the day's work one after another and left the command cabin, and when Zhou Xin was about to leave, Atlas suddenly remembered something.

"Brother Captain, Brother Captain." Atlas screamed.

Zhou Xin, who was about to go out, turned around, "What's the matter?" ”

"It's just a small thing." The little girl said, "I was informed by Brother Wren that the two uninjured aliens had now been removed from the quarantine chamber and moved to a special ward for them after the necessary boarding checks. ”

"Well, I get it." Zhou Xin nodded, and then he asked casually, "Haven't those two aliens woken up yet?" What happened to that injured outer planet? ”

Atlas's brows furrowed, "Even Big Brother Wren is very puzzled, I don't know why they didn't wake up, anyway, under the care of them in the past few days, their bodies have improved a lot, and the symptoms of malnutrition have also been alleviated." As for the injured man, he is much better. At this, her brow furrowed, "Most of the wounds in her body have begun to heal, and even the bones that were originally broken have begun to recover." ”

"That's barely good news." Zhou Xin said, "Next, you still have to continue to pay attention to their situation, and once someone wakes up, you must remember to notify me." ”

"Captain, don't worry, I'll leave it to others."

"In addition, the items found in the base in the asteroid should also be investigated urgently, although it is very likely that it is a military base, but it is still necessary to get definite evidence." Zhou Xin commanded, and then he suddenly remembered something, and his tone became a little guilty, "It seems that there are a lot of things handed over to you during this time, and it is really hard for you." ”

"Don't worry, brother captain, people are amazing, this is a trivial matter to others." Atlas said confidently, "In the past, people had to deal with more things than they do now, so you don't have to worry about what hard work people have." ”

"Well, that's hard work." Taking a deep look at the little girl on the screen, Zhou Xin walked out of the command cabin......