Chapter 33: Solomon's Attack and Defense (2)
While the main guns of Fortress Solomon began firing ultra-long-range salvos, the Federation task force was slowly and steadily advancing under the cover of the wreckage of the colonial satellites in order to continue the mission of luring the enemy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Because he was always paying attention to the Solomon Fortress's every move, when the fortress made an offensive posture, the federal task force discovered the enemy's situation.
"Report, the concentration of Minofsky particles in the airspace of Solomon Fortress ahead has risen, and a large number of unidentified objects have appeared in front of the fortress....There is a high-energy reaction ahead!" The observer had barely finished speaking, and twelve large plasma light clusters had already pierced the pitch-black airspace in front of Solomon's fortress, and rushed towards the target like meteors.
Because the Solomon Fortress side used the coordinates sent back by the reconnaissance plane to use the Orochi Fortress cannon to carry out ultra-long-distance shelling. So in the Milevsky particle environment, the hit rate is entirely a matter of luck.
Although the Federal Task Force was out of range of Zeon Fortress's guns, the effective range of the Serpent's guns exceeded 2,000 kilometers. Therefore, the federal task force has already been in the range of the main gun.
Plasma bomb flying at high speed, it took only a few seconds. It hit the wreckage of the colonial satellite close to the fortress, and immediately exploded into a large burst of brilliant light.
In the face of ultra-high temperature plasma plasma, all targets that are blocked in front of it will be evaporated instantly. Even if it's a sturdy technical shell for a colonial satellite, and even more so for a battleship.
Among the wreckage of the colonial satellites, a Federation Army's Salamis-class cruiser was out of luck. was actually hit directly by an incoming plasma bomb on the bow of the ship.
The high-temperature plasma bomb instantly melted the hard armor of the Salamis-class battleship as quickly as melting cream, and then burned everything inside the battleship along the way.
The Salamis-class cruiser, which was finally hit by a high-temperature plasma bomb, was reduced to pieces by the flash of fire from an explosion two seconds later, becoming one of the floating wrecks around it.
The same fate was shared by another Salamis-class cruiser, which had been hiding behind a hard colonial hull.
However, the plasma bomb with a terrifying high temperature pierced through this fragment in an instant, and at the same time, it directly broke the battleship into two pieces by the way.
Unexpectedly, Zeon Solomon's Fortress had such a long-range strike method, and the Federal Task Force was immediately very surprised.
Some of the other ships that saw their own ships sunk immediately raised serious alarms to the surrounding allies. At the same time, the reconnaissance plane of the Federal Army also discovered the Zeon reconnaissance plane, so a part of the MS troops in charge of vigilance immediately began to rush to the scene to clean up those unstable factors.
At the same time, the federal task force did not flinch in the slightest, but chose to move on. On the New York, the fleet's flagship, the bridge was already busy.
The communications corps is in constant contact with the reconnaissance planes in front of them, asking them to find out at once what the ranged weapons of Fort Solomon are, and where they are located.
"The fleet immediately reported the losses, and at the same time asked the units to be ready for battle." Rear Admiral Adams, commander of the task force, immediately ordered, this time he really didn't expect Zeon Solomon Fortress to have such a long range of energy weapons.
I don't know what the situation of my fleet is now, but the attack just now really caught everyone off guard. Hopefully, the fleet's losses won't be too great, because your own fleet will have to storm the fortress and engage the Zeon defenders head-on.
"It was reported that the enemy's long-range strike had sunk the cruisers USS Philadelphia and USS Vancouver. The other ships did not suffer any damage. The news came from the communications corps, and everyone on the bridge breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, many people also felt sorry for the two sunken cruisers, which had not had time to enter the stage of the big war, and ended their journey like this.
After hearing that his fleet had suffered little losses, Rear Admiral Adams, who was still nervous, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, after seeing the image of Solomon's fortress attacking in the picture, he stood up from his seat, waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Since the enemy has already made the first move, then we are welcome." Order the orbital strike ship detachment to immediately deliver a long-range mass projectile strike at the Solomon fortress ahead. ”
Major General Adams was immediately ready to retaliate, since Solomon Fortress had energy weapons from such a distance. So let's compare it with your own mass bullets to see which side has enough long-range firepower.
"Commander, the concentration of Milevsky particles in the airspace ahead is too great for the fire control radar to aim at Fort Solomon in front. It is only possible to carry out long-range strikes with optical aiming. The adjutant immediately reminded Rear Admiral Adams, although the shelling of the orbital strike ship was also powerful. However, there is still some distance from Solomon Fortress, and the interference of the Milevsky particle is also a reason. If you want to hit the target accurately, I'm afraid you won't be 100% accurate.
"It doesn't matter if the concentration of Milevsky particles is large, the long-range artillery on the Zeon side will also be interfered with. Fortress Solomon is large enough, and I'll see how Zeon dodges the next massive bullet hit. "The reason why Rear Admiral Adams said this is also because he knows that the movement of the fleet has been discovered by Zeon, so there is no need to hide.
The enemy has now sent MS troops to kill this side, so it is wisest to have mass bullets as soon as possible. After all, although this weapon is powerful, it needs to replenish a lot of energy every time it happens, and it takes about six minutes to prepare.
Therefore, the sooner the strike is launched, the sooner the orbital assault ship will be able to fire a second round of fire and crush the enemy with superior firepower.
In fact, after Major General Adams took over the task of luring the enemy to cover, he was a little reluctant. After all, the Seventh Fleet under his command is already the absolute main force of the current Federation Space Fleet, and the soldiers under his command are all veterans of a hundred battles.
With such a group of subordinates, he should be able to make a lot of contributions in the battle of the Federation's counterattack on Zeon. Rear Admiral Adams would not let the opportunity in front of him go to waste, if the task force he was now leading could capture Fort Solomon before the main fleet could attack.
Then I believe that the top brass of the Federal Army is also happy to see it, and at that time, Major General Adams is likely to be promoted again after the battle.
Rear Admiral Adams knew the destructive power of the orbital strike ship. Perhaps the defense of Solomon Fortress is strong, but in the face of high-speed mass bullets, I am afraid it will not last long.
As long as Solomon's fortress is destroyed, then the Zeon troops stationed here will lose the support of the fortress. In the face of the absolute numerical superiority of the Federal Army, it will be vulnerable.
With the command of Rear Admiral Adams, commander of the task force, the Federal forces officially launched the first large-scale counterattack in the universe against the Zeon Army.
Guarding the fleet, the dense MS forces quickly flew out of the wreckage of the colonial satellite and quickly approached Zeon Solomon's Fortress. At the same time, a part of the missile boats also rushed to the front first, preparing to release the beam to disrupt the membrane missile.
At this time, the three orbital strike ships that had already been ready fired mass projectiles with powerful destructive power at the same moment towards the Solomon fortress in front.
The mass bomb, which was accelerated by the electromagnetism, suddenly flew towards the Solomon Fortress in front of it at a rapid speed, but a scene that surprised the Federation Army appeared.
The three mass bullets that were supposed to hit the Solomon Fortress exploded in the airspace in front of them, and they did not complete the set task at all.
At this time, in the command room of the Solomon Fortress, the commander of the fortress, Dezru? Zabi had already passed through the screen and saw the successful interception of the Federal Army's mass bullet.
It turned out that since the ground fortress was destroyed by the orbital attack ship, the Zeon army began to think of a way to defend against this siege weapon of the Federation Army, and the last technical officer proposed a simple way to use.
In view of the fact that mass bombs use the impact force of high velocity to produce a destructive effect, Zeon also placed some sturdy obstacles in and around Solomon Fortress, such as huge rocks and ruins of colonial satellites.
If these obstacles are placed in the airspace in front of the fortress during the war, there is a high chance that they will be blocked by these obstacles as long as the mass bullet is attacked by the Federation Army.
And as long as the fortress side survived the first round of enemy railgunning, then Dezru? Zabi was confident that he would send his elite troops to destroy the enemy's weapons against the fortress.
"Order the fleet to attack, and the MA troops can attack the enemy fleet, and be sure to destroy the enemy's weapons against the fortress in the next battle." Dezru? Zabi calmly gave the order to attack, and the Zeon troops, who had already been ready, sent out to kill the incoming federal task force from the port on the back of the fortress that the Federation Army could not see.
At the same time, all the batteries were ready, and a spectacular volley of fire began, targeting the area of the Federation fleet.
However, the beams shot from those fortress batteries were neutralized halfway through, and the beam disturbance membrane released by the Federation Army had successfully worked wonders.
Just as Zeon was shocked by what was happening in front of him, a dense crowd of Union missiles had already flown over and rushed towards Solomon Fortress.
It didn't take long for the airspace in front of Zeon Solomon's Fortress to begin to appear one after another in the airspace produced by the explosion.
At this time, the federal fleet, which had been waiting for a long time, was also speeding towards Zeon Fortress at high speed, escorted by a large number of MS troops.