Chapter 5: The Night of Steel and Fire (Part IV) 3
Blue-purple electric light continued to emerge from the self-detonating ship, the self-detonating ship had lost power, and was still drifting forward due to inertia, but an explosion occurred in a short time, and the high-energy plasma vaporized the battleship at the moment of the explosion, and the strong shock wave reached the front of the "Stalingrad", causing a shaking in the bridge, and a crack appeared on the heavy observation window. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Hurry back, sir, quickly close the protective layer!" Naoto Sakurai immediately dragged Ye Kexin away from the observation window, and the protective layer that had been opened before slowly fell, and finally completely sealed the entire observation window.
"Whew~" Naoto Sakurai let out a sigh, "Sir, are you okay?" ”
"It's fine." Ye Kexin brushed the somewhat wrinkled military uniform, "How is the 'Geraldine' team?" ”
"The 'Geraldine' electromagnetic railgun, the lead ship of the 'Geraldine' squad, was destroyed, the left armor plate was directly hit, and the search damage rate reached 19 percent, the right side of the 'Watt' was directly hit, and the hull cracked, and the damage rate reached 21 percent, and the 'lucky or not' frigate was cracked, the reactor stopped working, and the damage rate reached 11 percent."
"Are there any casualties?"
"Four people on board the Watt were killed in the explosion when they passed through the blast zone. Others have been reported as casualties. ”
"Got it, let's do the recycling." Stalingrad's full force opened fire and sank the ship in front. ”
"No, it's out of the firing radius of the weapon."
"Hmph." Ye Kexin gritted his teeth, "Nuclear bomb, launch." ”
"Enter the launch procedure. Ready for launch. Launch. ”
The armor plate in front of a protrusion on the right side of the "Stalingrad" was turned over, and a "Shiva"-class nuclear bomb flew out of it.
"Approaching, expected to detonate in thirty seconds." The third officer reported on the current state of the nuclear bomb.
"I think we're much wiser than the pilgrims, at least we know that there's a nuclear bomb to blow up instead of detonating a warship directly." Ye Kexin can finally breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that he is still very confident in this "Shiva" nuclear bomb, "Convert the footage captured by the camera under the bridge to the main screen, and continue to track the signal of the nuclear bomb." ”
"Yes, sir. The signal is being converted. There is a picture. A crew member clicked on the keyboard a few times, and finally clicked the enter key, and a real-time picture appeared on the main screen that could replace the previous observation window.
"The signal of the nuclear bomb has been captured, and various information is being verified." The third mate stared at the screen, "There is an image." ”
"Displayed on the electronic sandbox." Ye Kexin ran to the electronic sand table, and the same dotted line as before was connected to the front center of the pilgrim fleet from a "Shiva" nuclear bomb, still replacing the explosion with a red dot, but this time a pale red curtain was used to enclose the scope of the explosion.
"A total of 31 warships were within the explosion range, with an average length of 400 meters, all of them of the frigate class, and the damage that can be caused is expected to be 99.9 percent." Mitsumi said lightly, "It's their miracle to survive." ”
"I don't want such a miracle to happen." Ye Kexin walked back to the captain's seat and sat down.
"Me too." Naoto Sakurai also made his place again. The bridge suddenly fell silent, and the crew was staring at the main screen, as if everyone was preparing to watch the expensive fireworks display.
"Unidentified objects were detected in the orbit of a nuclear bomb." This is a sudden report from the third mate.
"What is it?" Naoto Sakurai asked instead of Ye Kexin.
"It is being ascertained that the radar signal is intermittent and does not show specific contours. Their anti-radar search technology is advanced. The three voices looked a little nervous.
"Can a nuclear bomb change course on its own?" Ye Kexin also asked at this time.
"No, there are no ejection devices on the nuclear bomb." EVA emerges from a three-dimensional stereoscopic projector in the corner of the electronic sandbox.
"What to do, Captain?" Naoto Sakurai turned his head to look at Ye Kexin.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a nuclear bomb." Ye Kexin said calmly, "Detonate the nuclear bomb in advance and recalculate the detonation data." ”
"No problem." EVA started the operation, and in a short time, the operation was completed, "It has been set in advance, and the estimated impact area is 17 percent smaller than before." ”
"No problem." Ye Kexin nodded, "Don't be too anxious for quick success." ”
As soon as the words fell, the anxious voices of the three pairs came from the position of the three officers: "The nuclear bomb signal disappears, and the beam weapon color reaction is detected, 1.93×10^26." Speaking of this, Sanxiang paused and swallowed.
"That's the equivalent of the total solar radiation power."
"Yes. It seems that this ship has a big influence on us. Ye Kexin thought for a moment, "Set him as a priority target, can the beam cannon be fired again?" ”
"No problem, the problem with the aggregation device has been solved, as long as the energy is full, it can be launched."
"Well, the beam cannon is starting to charge, ready for a second launch."
"Charging has begun. Two percent complete. EVA reported on the charge of the beam cannon, but then Naoto Sakurai's voice rang out from the side.
"There is no need to recharge, the fleet has reached its intended position. The Ninth Fleet merged with the Tenth Fleet and took over the position of the Eighth Fleet, which moved to the left. The fleets have been formed, and what is already complete. We've also arrived at the location. ”
"Yes." A hint of joy flowed between Ye Kexin's eyebrows, "Order all fleets to start collecting nets, the first and second fleets on the left and the fifth and sixth fleets on the right side will intersperse in the middle, and attack forward and backward after confluence, and the tenth fleet on the upper side and the eleventh fleet on the lower side will cut off the rear road of the pilgrim fleet." As for the frontal defense, the 12th Fleet and the 'Stalingrad' were responsible. Also, that battleship must be destroyed, and the beam cannon continues to be charged. ”
"Yes, sir." The crew shouted in unison, and then began to work non-stop.
"The advance of the First Fleet on the left side was blocked, the destroyer 'Mimatar' and the frigate 'Titania' were silent, and the flagship of the fleet, the 'Red Square', was slightly damaged."
"Combined with the losses of these two ships and the Eighth Fleet, we have lost a total of twenty-one ships, and the fleet damage rate has reached 7.87."
"It's still a long way from the 10 percent ceiling. Let the 1st Fleet drag the enemy in the front, cut them in two from it, and let the 2nd Fleet pass through the middle. ”
"It's too risky, and if the First Fleet doesn't hold the line, then these two fleets will probably be eaten. And with a fleet on each side, will the pilgrims take advantage of this loophole? ”
"Rest assured, the First Fleet is the trump card of the 'Stalingrad' fleet and will not be unstoppable. There are also those who want to take advantage of the loopholes on both sides, unless they didn't suffer enough losses a year ago. ”
"That's right."
Ye Kexin and Naoto Sakurai discussed sentence by sentence, completely putting the staff officers aside, but to be honest, the staff officers are really useless on this ship, and the commander is the only full-score student in the space combat command department of the academy, so this kind of achievement is naturally much stronger than the staff officers. Even the later Commander-in-Chief Ye Kexin was Ye Zifeng's sister, not to mention his attainments in this area.
In this way, the First Fleet, at the cost of losing one squad, managed to break through the defense line of the Pilgrim Fleet and let the Second Fleet pass. On the other side, the Fifth and Sixth Fleets did not encounter such resistance, and one or two battleships formed a three-dimensional array to easily pass through the defenses on the left side of the Pilgrim Fleet Terminal. As for the 10th and 11th fleets, which cut off the retreat of the pilgrim fleet on both sides, there were small groups with the forces behind the pilgrim fleet, and there was no battle on either side, and finally the 10th and 11th fleets forced the broken forces of the pilgrim fleet back into the encirclement.
At this point, the encirclement plan designed by Ye Kexin has basically taken shape as a whole, and as long as each fleet makes some small adjustments, it will be considered officially formed.
But at this time, the "Aegis" space station has fallen into a sea of fire, and there are only a large number of close defense batteries, and the machine gun is more than enough to resist the "Halo" fighters, but it is a bit of a mantis to want him to resist those pilgrim warships with energy shields. The space station was in front of the Pilgrim battleship, as if a huge cheese had been surrounded by a group of hungry rats with green eyes, and it immediately became mutilated.
"Sir, the Aegis space station has sent a distress signal, requesting to leave the battlefield immediately." One of the ship's crew members shouted urgently.
"The request was dismissed and let them hold out for five minutes. Hold on to the Halo as much as you can. Ye Kexin looked out of the observation window with a cold face, there was no trace of emotion in her tone, and her voice was also cold, as if people would freeze after hearing it. Although Ye Kexin seems to be too calm, Naoto Sakurai knows very well that Ye Kexin's heart is also scared, and she also knows that once the space station is destroyed, it is impossible for anyone to escape.
"But they're facing a ship with an energy shield, order them to retreat, sir!" Naoto Sakurai listened to the anxious cry for help, and couldn't sit still, so he immediately stood up and looked at Ye Kexin.
"Nope." Ye Kexin rejected Naoto Sakurai's suggestion.
"They're going to die!" Naoto Sakurai raised his voice as his brows began to huddle together.
"Hold on for three minutes." Ye Kexin still didn't move, but Naoto Sakurai could already hear the slightest tremor in her tone, so he saw the opportunity and continued to ask Ye Kexin.
"The space station can't hold on, they're really going to die! This is not a mock battle! Naoto Sakurai was already shouting to say this, there was silence in the bridge, and everyone looked at Ye Kexin and Naoto Sakurai.
"Whew." Ye Kexin closed his eyelids slightly and let out a sigh, "Inform them to evacuate, let the space station retreat to the rear of the Central Twelfth Fleet, turn with the outpost, and send it back to the Laurel Base for maintenance as soon as the battle is over." ”
"Yes, sir." Naoto Sakurai also let go of the heart that had been hanging in his head, and immediately arranged for the retreat of the "Aegis" space station. Reality sent two frigates to both sides of the space station, and then carried out fire cover, allowing the space station to retreat first, with two frigates taking his place, and when the space station retreated into the fleet formation, the frigates were retreating.
It all went surprisingly smoothly, and there was no damage.
"What about the small battleship?"
"I don't know, the data shows that the battleship disappeared after firing the beam weapon."
"Damn." Ye Kexin said viciously, and then patted his chest smoothly, "Forget it, let him go, he will always be caught." Dots to stop charging the beam cannon. ”
"Got it." EVA said with some grumbling and clicked on the red contact that uncharged.
Although the frigate can't be like the "Stalingrad", a single ship can solve a pilgrim battleship in one minute, but it is by no means the kind of useless cannon fodder, each battleship on the two frigates must be equipped with an electromagnetic railgun to shoot out shells in unison, and it actually suppresses the attack of the pilgrim fleet for a moment, but it can only be suppressed for a moment, this electromagnetic railgun is not like the improved version on the "Stalingrad", which can be filled with energy in a short time, so, There is a short interval between each launch.
Looking at the space station that was still blazing outwards passing by the port side of the "Stalingrad", Ye Kexin couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. It seems that he is still not suitable to be a fleet commander, after all, he has no discipline about warship command in either a major or an elective subject.
"Sir, the fleets are ready for battle, and the battle has begun." One of the crew members reported loudly.
"Only the flagship of the pilgrims remained, and all the other warships were annihilated. By the way, find out the small battleship. Ye Kexin held the edge of the electronic sand table with both hands, "Order all ships, once they see that ship, set it as a priority target, and sink him immediately." Send a picture of that ship to each ship. ”
"Yes, sir." Naoto Sakurai also started to get busy.
(To be continued)