Chapter 10: Nameless Airspace Battle (4) --- Counterattack

With a "brush", a particle cannon slashed past Major Conveton's Blue Devil. Almost hit him. He quickly gathered the remaining subordinates and gave the order. It seems that the M particles on the Snow Rabbit's side have less of an impact on this side. When he gave orders over the radio, he received no effect other than a small murmur.

Although the Blue Devil was developed exclusively for the universe, so there were many posture control vents, and the maneuverability was stronger than that of an airplane, but after all, it was only a test machine, and the debugging had not yet been completed, so many maneuvers made Major Convitaton scramble. However, Blue Bird Technology is equipped with a number of weapons with good performance, and the Blue Devil is armed with a 57mm machine cannon, and its armor-piercing shells can cause some impact and damage to the battleship. On the left and right waist sides, there is a triple missile launcher on each side. There was also a secret weapon on the back brace, something that only Major Conveton knew.

"Is that the goal this time?" Lieutenant Commander Brandt, the captain of the Atlantic Federation Army's Balton heavy cruiser, asked Major Taylor Carleton on the side. This plan was personally deployed by the commander of the Atlantic Federation's Transi Space Force Base, and he and two light cruisers were sent to follow the command of the major. This made Lieutenant Colonel Brandt very unhappy. But as unhappy as he was, he couldn't get the surface out of it, because the legend of the major had long been circulating in the bar at the base. For example, the nephew of a high-ranking official in the capital, a frequent visitor in a small circle, and for example, when he first arrived at the base, he was obviously just a second lieutenant, but he was led around by the famous warlord Lieutenant General Macon and exterminated several famous space pirates, and it became the rank of captain that others need to fight for for several years, or even a lifetime. What's more, the commander of the Trani base is his uncle.

"Yes." Major Carlton seemed impatient, and replied briefly.

"Is it just a toy going to make a big fuss? And also to risk our allies, as well as the pirates we support. Lieutenant Colonel Brandt continued to ask, not satisfied with Major Carleton's perfunctory.

"In short, this is an order from the command. Just do what you are told," Major Carlton said impatiently.

"Orders." Lieutenant Colonel Brandt took off his hat and said, he looked at the navy logo on his hat and paused: "This time it is only a verbal order, there is no written instruction." Of course, I know that if something goes wrong and the allies blame me, I'm basically going to have to come forward and explain. ”

"Hmph, very self-aware," Major Carlton said with a smirk, "this toy itself doesn't mean much this time. Whether it's maneuverability, speed, or firepower. But the Ministry of Intelligence got a piece of information, and it was enough for us to get him at the risk of being accused by our allies. ”

"What is it?"

"Small Powerstone Conversion Engine." Major Carlton said word by word.

The term startled Lieutenant Colonel Brandt. As mentioned before, this world has high-purity energy crystals like power stones. However, the technology to convert and use it so far is not mature, it is very large and expensive, and it can only be used on important core warships.

If the miniaturized energy stone can be loaded on the aircraft, taking the fighter as an example, it can be realized that a group of aircraft can fly directly to Mars from here without an aircraft carrier. It is even possible to mount a heavy particle cannon on the warplane, allowing it to exert the firepower of the battleship, which can pose a great threat to the battleship.

"Just know about it, don't spread it," Carlton continued to stare at the screen as he watched the Blue Devils perform in the distance.

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The two Atlantic Federation fighters chased after Ensign Lynn's plane from the rear, and Ensign Lynn couldn't help it even after many means, the radar lock sound in the fighter plane kept ringing, and there were shells brushing the plane from the rear, just avoiding the shells in the rear Ensign Lynn was already a little unbearable. Moreover, it is easy for the enemy to see through the evasion action for a long time evasion. Originally, the North American Liberty Alliance implemented a two-plane formation, but the chaotic battle formation just now was suddenly dispersed, and only one was left to fight alone.

"I'll give you this one? You can be promoted to the ace by playing one more fight" In the fighter plane of the Atlantic Federation, the two pilots are also friends who have been matched for many years, such a great advantage, the two of them are also much more relaxed in their hearts, and they joke with each other. This was a sudden burst of shells from the zenith direction, and a fighter plane was immediately exploded. The pilot of another fighter plane saw that his friend had been killed, and immediately flew towards the zenith with red eyes, looking for the enemy who had killed his friend. At this moment, he saw a blue humanoid mecha standing in the void. The fighter of the Atlantic Federation was full of firepower, firing 150mm naval guns, 25mm machine guns, and short-range combat missiles, but found that the blue humanoid mecha easily dodged the 150mm enemy guns, ignored the 25mm machine guns, and then used the machine gun in his hand to blow up the combat missile. Unable to pose a threat to his opponent with his own firepower, the pilot, who had avenged his friend, had to break away and then look for an opportunity, when Ensign Lynn, who had been following him closely, appeared.

"It was a lot of fun for you to chase before." Second Lieutenant Lynn gritted his teeth. While putting the pair of gloves into the aiming circle, he shredded the opponent with a cannon.

After the battle was over, Second Lieutenant Lynn and Major Conwiton immediately rushed to the next battlefield to rescue their comrades.

In this round of fighting, the NAF had 9 fighters, while the Atlantic Federation had 17 (6 of which went to attack the Snow Hare). In the first batch of firefights, the more elite North American Liberty Alliance caused casualties on five of the opposing side's fighters with the loss of two fighters. But then he was at a disadvantage because he was scattered in formation.

At this time, the Blue Devils, who joined Major Conveton, first destroyed two. After that, the comrades were gradually rescued, and the troops were reorganized to restore their combat effectiveness. Soon the initiative was seized again.

"It seems that this toy is more useful than expected, at least in terms of maneuverability, protection and firepower." Major Carlton said to Lieutenant Colonel Brandt.

Lieutenant Colonel Brandt did not answer, but asked, "We are currently at a disadvantage, what do you think we should do?" ”

Major Carlton waved his hand and said, "Hey, hey, hey, you're an expert." I'm just a relational to eat. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Brandt did not reply, but gave an order to the communicator: "This ship and its wingmen are about to provide tactical cover for their air forces, and order all aircraft on the front line to be careful not to hit their own rays, and at the same time, try their best to force or lure the enemy into the firing range of their own side." ”

Originally, the Atlantic Federation was the first to launch a concept warship such as a cruiser, which has a main-class artillery beam cannon and can carry fighters. Almost any tactical objective can be accomplished with a single boat. At the same time, they can form teams to cooperate with various types of warships to carry out strikes and battles. And the first cruiser to be launched was the Wias-class cruiser. But because it was designed very early, it could only carry a squad of four fighters. However, various countries have successively launched their own cruisers, such as the Taishan-class cruiser of the Oriental Language Alliance, which can carry 8 aircraft and 2 squads. After that, the Balfia-class cruisers of the North American Liberty League can carry 10 fighters with 5 squads and 1 squadron.

In order to cope with the shortage of Wias-class cruisers, the Atlantic Federation later launched the Balton heavy cruiser. The Wias-class light cruisers became the auxiliary warships of the Balton heavy cruisers, assisting their fire attacks. Or for patrol use, after all, the cost of patrol voyages of the Wias-class cruisers is much smaller than that of the Balton heavy cruisers. With this advantage, the Wias-class light cruisers have not been completely eliminated.

Lieutenant Colonel Brandt's tactic of using battleships for cover had an immediate effect. Major Convitaton and his subordinates avoided the ship's fire. Even if it was avoided, the formation was broken up. Atlantic Federation fighters quickly caught up and drove their opponents into the battleship's fire zone with their firepower. Two warplanes were hit by the firepower of the battleship and were directly blown up.

Major Conveton saw that the formation was out of order, and his own warships were powerless to provide support. The initiative again fell into the hands of the enemy. After thinking about it for a moment, he made up his mind and pressed a button in the cockpit. At this moment, the Blue Devil stretched out a cannon barrel from behind his back and put it on his left shoulder. After the preparations were over, a particle cannon blast was fired at the Balton-class heavy cruisers in the distance.

"Evade" Lieutenant Colonel Brandt shouted, but it was too late, and the beam directly hit the front armor and destroyed a main gun, but it was not finished, the beam passed through the Balton-class battleship, and hit the Wias-class cruiser diagonally behind. Moreover, by chance, it hit the main missile rack and its attached ammunition depot, resulting in the detonation of ammunition. After several large explosions, the Wias-class fell silent.

"This is comparable to the firepower of a battleship, this firepower is more fierce than a battleship" Carlton said in a panic, "Quickly retreat, now it is now whether the other party will spare us." ”

"All fighters retreat, do not return to the ship immediately, after assembling in the airspace of the X-33, return to the ship as appropriate," Lieutenant Commander Brandt ordered. During the retreat, you can't wait to collect all the fighters before retreating, this is too slow, generally retreat first, agree on the assembly point with the fighters, and then slowly recover after getting out of the battle situation.

"Don't chase it," Major Convitaton stopped his men who wanted to pursue. Even if the main ship was fortunate to be able to return to the base in that tragic situation, he did not have the ability to fire a second shot, and several major energy lines were completely paralyzed, so it was still a question whether he could maintain the original mobility. There are only five fighters left, and it is better to slowly recover and return to the base.

Major Convitaton was in a hurry to return to the base, and after hastily recovering all the fighters, he headed in the direction of the base. So much so that I forgot Chen Xiaomou's Snow Rabbit, which was still fighting side by side just now.