Chapter 7: The Assassin in the Shadows (No. 7) 3

"Moths on the Holy Land! It's disgusting! "The captain of the pilgrim ship roared in the bridge, his right hand clenched his fist and kept knocking on the armrest of the captain's seat, making a thumping sound, the pilgrims in white armor on the bridge all buried their heads in their work, one by one the instructions to the defense forces on the ship were conveyed, about a hundred pilgrims were active in the various passages of the battleship, constantly exchanging fire with the attacking motorized infantry, the first two squads that landed at the beginning of the 3D video transmission of the inside of the battleship After the fleet, a large number of landing troops followed, More than 500 motorized infantrymen were divided into more than 80 squads and groped their way through the various passages, with casualties at every turn. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info After all, the pilgrims who can board this ship are definitely not vegetarians, even if it is an ordinary pilgrim armed monk, he is equipped with a plasma rifle that can fire plasma energy bullets that vaporize metal in bursts, and this kind of firepower is dense Many times, motorized infantry can only be beaten passively. According to current intelligence, more than 30 of the 510 motorized infantrymen of the 85 infantry squads that landed have been killed and about 30 wounded, and this number is constantly rising. The motorized infantry fighting in the Pilgrim warship felt as if their opponent was dying, and even if their own side suppressed the firepower, they still braved the rain of bullets to charge outward, even if they threw only a sticky grenade to kill a motorized infantryman. Under such onslaught from the pilgrims, the motorized infantry attack was seriously hampered.

"How about it, can you make a second shuttle?" The Pilgrim Captain's standard alien Karachi bug's face was badly distorted, clearly at the top of the rage. A white-armored alien crew member replied with some trepidation.

"We can travel at any time, but if we do it now, we won't be able to enter the atmosphere of the Holy Land. Previously, the energy supply stealth shield consumed too much. ”

"Leave him alone, shuttle immediately, and get rid of the moths first." The captain roared and ordered, "Let our warriors bring out all their courage, those moths are not enough evidence." ”

"Respectfully, in obedience, Captain." The white-armored alien swallowed a fishy saliva, his thick Adam's apple trembled, and the sticky sweat that exuded a pungent smell continued to ooze out of his pores, his body trembled a little, and the hands that entered instructions into the unknown human system on the screen kept shaking, and the only eight fingers didn't work as fast as before. But no matter how you say it, the order is still given.

The gray battleship trembled violently, and the crystal energy core located in the middle of the battleship began to activate, and the huge purple metal disk was composed of many metal rings interlocking, at this time, these metal rings began to rotate in different directions along their respective central axes, and the faster and faster they turned, and finally the device looked like a huge lilac sphere, a slight humming sound began to emit, and then white light began to pierce out of the gaps in the sphere.

"The shuttle is about to begin, do the countdown, five, four, three, two, one, start, shuttle." The white-armored alien reported loudly and clicked the white button on the console. The propulsion system at the tail of the battleship began to brighten, and in a short time, the battleship turned into a virtual shadow and disappeared in place.

"It's time for us to fight back, turn on the shipboard weapon system, and try the power of ancient technology researched by the book researchers in the Great Library." The captain excitedly stood up from the captain's seat, and raised his right hand with a fist in the air, "Ancient Holy Land, supreme glory!" ”

Earth, 400 km orbit, destroyer squadron under the 10th Fleet of the "Praetorian Guard", destroyer "Wraith".

The sirens sounded loudly on the bridge, and the crew looked uneasily at the gray battleship outside the land observation window.

"The squad is in combat mode, all weapons unlocked, ammunition loaded, free fire, the target is ・・・・・・" The captain wiped the sweat from his forehead, then reached out and pointed to the gray battleship outside, "Sink it." ”

"Quickly deliver the order, what are you doing in a daze!" The first mate patted the adjutant on the back vigorously, then pushed the adjutant away, sat down in the adjutant's place, and began to convey the order, and after a while, the order was delivered, and the heavily armed destroyer squad began to shoot.

At first, there was a salvo of electromagnetic railguns, four blue lightning bolts hit the exterior of the gray battleship, followed by countless "Nemesis" missiles and armor-piercing torpedoes, and medium-range artillery also kept firing furious, and short-range defensive machine guns and rapid-fire guns pushed these armor-piercing high-explosive shells towards the Pilgrim battleship. Almost instantly, the entire destroyer squad was fully combative, and on a three-dimensional projection screen next to the three of them, the total value curve rose in a straight line, breaking through the critical value almost in a second. The light of various explosions flickered on the gray battleship, and orange-yellow flames rained and black smoke kept coming out, but the captain felt that something was missing. But he didn't have the time to hesitate, and when the first wave of attacks was over, the captain continued to give orders.

"Spread out in formation, move forward, go around within a kilometer, and fire at close range with rapid-fire guns."

"Yes, sir." He replied sharply, and immediately returned to his position after entering the command in the position of the adjutant and began to adjust the attitude of the battleship, but in ten seconds, the three battleships had already dispersed, heading towards the gray battleship, ready to start circling, but at this time, the gray battleship moved, and several hatches suddenly cracked out of the gray hull, and something stuck out inside.

"What's that?" The captain of the destroyer "Wraith" took a few steps forward, looked at the gray battleship one kilometer outside the landing observation window, frowned and wondered, and then the captain raised his right hand in front of the land observation window, and a virtual indicator appeared, the captain slid up with his fingers together, and the scenery displayed on the landing observation window opened and magnified, until he saw clearly the object stretched out on the gray battleship, the captain stopped the movement in his hand, and the indicator gradually faded out, and disappeared in mid-air after a while, However, no one paid attention to the indicator of the disappearing photons, and everyone was attracted by the high-definition and realistic picture displayed on the floor-to-ceiling observation window, but it was not the beautiful scenery that attracted the crew, but a strange black subject, a large number of metal pipes hovering over a main body, and the deep black seemed to be the eye of Satan staring at the destroyer "Wraith".

"Analyze, Captain, there's no time to be in a daze." The captain walked quickly towards the captain's seat, and patted the lieutenant on the shoulder as he passed by. The adjutant, who was standing in a daze, suddenly woke up, played a clever role, and then immediately sat back in his place and operated, the data displayed on the glass screen in front of him scrolled up quickly, and the content displayed by the three-dimensional projection on the left and right sides was a large number of question marks.

"Captain, the analysis failed, we have never heard of that thing." The adjutant frowned as he looked at the large number of question marks marked in red, "But the last piece of information shows that there is an energy gathering reaction inside the object, which should be part of the propulsion system, or some kind of energy weapon." ”

"I think it's probably a big weapon, sir." The second officer spoke at this time, "You should have a tactical defense to avoid being hit." ”

"The proposal is passed, 80% of the energy of the reactor is passed into the deflection shield, and the rest of the energy is supplied to the emergency thruster, which is ready to adjust the attitude of the warship and carry out routine evasion maneuvers. The weapons were fired freely, and the logistics supply department activated all the elevators and conveyor belts, and all the spare ammunition was used, and the hull repair team began to stand by in the battleship with equipment, ready to go at any time. ”

"Yes, sir." The adjutant slid a few times over the three-dimensional image at his side, then tapped a few more keys on the mechanical keyboard in front of him, "The order has been delivered, sir." ”

"Very well, inform the two wingmen in the squad that the attack has officially begun."

"In the direct transmission of the order, it has been communicated, and the attack will officially begin in ten seconds." The adjutant reported loudly.

"Report on the operation of the unit." The captain looked at the third officer, who was in charge of monitoring the indicators.

"The groups of weapons have been filled and ready to be fired, the electromagnetic railgun is 98 percent charged and can carry out a conventional shot, the energy has been transported in place, the deflection shield is 100 percent operational, the emergency engine is ready to operate, and all the spare ammunition in the second ammunition depot is sent to the elevator, which is being transported to a weapon launch module, and it is expected that all of them will be in place within five minutes, but our armor-piercing torpedoes are somewhat insufficient, according to the report of the Logistics Supply Department, we only have one hundred and one torpedoes left, Of these, six did not have armor-piercing warheads, and eleven did not have high-pressure gases. All other weapons are normal, all spare ammunition can continue to attack with full force for thirty-one waves, and one 'Shiva' has been sent to the push-shot chamber and is being filled with high-pressure gas. ”

"Good." After hearing this, the captain nodded in praise, which looked like he was going to fight. The "Praetorian Guard" fleet, whose scope of activities is limited to the Martian defense orbit, has only fought once since its establishment, that is, the first battle to defend the solar system, until now, the "Praetorian Guard" fleet has not fought for nearly 30 years, the hull is seriously aging, and the Admiralty is constantly funded and renovated, but the combat effectiveness of the "Praetorian Guard" fleet that has not been tempered is still low, and it is not as good as the "Sanctuary" fleet cruising in Saturn's defensive orbit, and naturally it is not as good as the "Stalingrad" fleet that has been in war for a long time. However, since it is a space fleet, he naturally has his fierce side, and being able to enter a combat state after a wave of annihilating attacks at such a fast speed is not something that ordinary people can do, although they have experienced too much calm, but their movements are still like rainbows.

"All the battleships are in place, the attack begins." The adjutant looked at the data on the screen, dozens of jumping line charts floating in front of him were conveying a large amount of attack data to him, and the three-dimensional avatar in front of the captain displayed on the screen was a line of attack data reports written in English, and there was even a small spherical three-dimensional image floating on the armrest showing every cannon bullet in the battlefield.

"The maximum attack value has reached 1087, this is our limit, sir, but there is still no movement on the other side, and the assessment of the damage search situation is only 0.2 percent, so we have no chance of winning in this way." The adjutant looked at the data on the three-dimensional screen and couldn't help but report to the captain eagerly, "We need support." ”

"Isn't there any movement on the other side? What about counterattacks? The captain did not directly answer the adjutant's question, but prompted the most important and fatal question.

"There is no reaction of a bit of plasma energy, no precursor to an attack." The adjutant glanced at a line chart next to him, which was still straight, and shook his head, while the hull monitor officer on the bridge took over.

"The MAC is recharged, and we can already do a super launch, but we need to adjust the ship's attitude and face the bow of the ship."

"No need to adjust yet, the attack continues, we do need support, but we are the only team at this level." The captain was worried, he didn't receive an early warning of invasion, so he wasn't sure if there was only one such a warship that invaded here, and if the other teams were also fighting on such a ship, there was basically no possibility of reinforcements, so it was better not to ask for it than to be refused.

But there was no time to give the captain any more time to think, the screen in front of the lieutenant was suddenly all dyed red, a three-dimensional image screen buried at the bottom suddenly escaped to the top, the huge "WARNING" marked on the top is obvious, the line on the line chart suddenly rose in a straight line when the X-axis scale was three hundred seconds, the inclination angle was extremely close to ninety degrees, the mark on this screen was "photongathergrade", and the Chinese translation was "photon gathering" It is shown that when photons gather to a certain extent, they will suddenly increase their mass and condense into a solid or fluid state, and sometimes they can use the effect of gravitational force to maintain a non-physical state when the energy reaches a certain level.

"Captain, the photon energy has risen sharply, and it has exceeded the threshold of the entity, and it will become supermassive interstellar matter if it continues like this." The adjutant shouted excitedly.

"What did you say!" The captain was startled, and immediately pulled a screen in front of his eyes with his right hand, looked at the situation report above, and couldn't help but sink his face, "Carry out fixed-point shooting, use MAC to shoot super energy, and target the black unidentified object that shot out of the hull." ”

"No, sir, once the photons with such a high concentration are detonated, the spherical entity will collapse inward, and the consequences of the collapse will be unimaginable." The adjutant immediately stopped him when he heard the captain's order.

"What are the specific consequences, and the order will be executed immediately if it is acceptable."

"There will be ・・・・・・," the adjutant swallowed, his expression a little frightened, "A metamorphic white dwarf star that produces a white dwarf with a gravity at an altitude of 1,000 kilometers that is 100 million times that of the Earth, this solar system will be crushed." ”

After the adjutant spoke, the bridge suddenly fell silent, the captain frowned and was silent, and the other crew members looked at the adjutant in surprise, some quietly operated the three-dimensional projection in front of them, and some were silent like the captain. This situation lasted for nearly ten seconds, ten seconds of silence was enough for a lot to happen, but the ten seconds seemed to be a vacuum, except for the constant flashing red lights and the regular dripping operation of the bridge, there was no other movement, no one spoke, no one walked, except that the battleship was constantly attacking, there was no life in the bridge, and the cemetery was more lively than here.

"Cancel the order, the captain is right." The captain was the first to raise his head, his eyes full of determination, "Immediately carry out evasive actions, deflect the shield and activate it with all its might, and the whole ship is ready for the impact." ”

"Yes, sir." The adjutant silently answered, swiping a few times across the three-dimensional image, "The order has been issued." ”

"Very well, Captain." The captain nodded, then stood up, looked around the bridge at the men and women who had focused their eyes on it, and nodded deeply again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is probably the last time we'll cruise together, and it's been an honor to work with you all these years, to be with you, and to be honest, I've had a great time." The captain's eyes were a little moist, and then he turned his head to the first mate, "Set up the route 2-7-0, prepare for the MAC Super Shot, and aim at the tail of the opponent's battleship." ”

The lieutenant shouted, but not because the attack was fraught with threats to Earth, but because it was infected by the words he had spoken earlier. If you only focus the attack on the tail thruster, it will definitely destroy the functional system of the opponent's battleship, and without the support of external energy, there is naturally no possibility of aggregation of photons, and it generally dissipates faster than gathering, and it generally takes an hour to gather and the energy can be dissipated in less than ten seconds.

"Don't refute, carry out the order." The captain glared at the adjutant and said loudly.

"Yes, sir." The adjutant shouted and issued a collision warning to the whole ship, while the first mate switched the ship's pilot mode from command input to manual operation. The left hand was raised and gently pushed forward, and an inner sphere scale composed of white lines appeared in front of the first mate, and the right hand was raised, gently pushing the intersection of the horizontal and vertical scales, and began to adjust the attitude of the battleship by hand. The right hand gently pulled down to the right, and the battleship made a movement, and the scenery outside the window on the side of the landing end moved rapidly, and the scenery outside the window began to move to the upper left, and the adjustment speed was obviously faster than that made by the computer. Although such an operation can allow the battleship to quickly enter the combat posture, but such actions are expressly forbidden in conventional combat, even in the thirteenth solar system defense battle such a general battle, few captains will give such an order, after all, the mass of the battleship is too huge, and the problem caused by the huge is that its inertia is also as large, once you want to make such a quick attitude to adjust the internal structure of the battleship, it will be distorted, this is common sense, and it is also common sense that must be known, The foundation of junior high school physics is the key to the lives of hundreds of people in outer space, once the battleship disintegrates because it cannot withstand such a huge shear stress, it will not only threaten the lives of the crew, but also affect the overall situation of the war. The most direct example is that the "Stalingrad" takes three minutes to make the simplest turn, which is the difficulty of moving in a small area caused by the super-large mass.

(To be continued)