Chapter 67: Armor-piercing Arrows
January 15, 2071, 5:27 -- Sharitz Star Aptal-Earth Orbit -- Asteroid Ambush Zone --
"General, Leviathan comes into range of the main gun." The "smart brain", which monitored the data of the battleship at any time, reminded General James who was thinking, which made General James shocked.
"Oh............ I see, all ships, the main guns are charged. ”
On the orders of the general, the twin electromagnetic railguns at the nose of the seven cruisers, which had two main gun barrels, similar to the old shotguns, began to be charged. There is an electromagnetic coil inside the barrel that accelerates the shell, and the projectile that is excited by the normal way will be accelerated to the third cosmic velocity (16.7 km/s) after entering the barrel, because there is no air resistance in space, and the projectile will continue to accelerate during flight until it is offset by the gravitational images of planets or stars. Of course, before that, these two shells will crush the target enemy to pieces. These electromagnetic railgun shells also have an interesting name: Bumper Balls.
Seven cruisers, fourteen armor-piercing blasters capable of destroying asteroids, a terrifying weapon, could only make a few small holes in the Leviathan. Leviathan is a living form, and the ability of human weapons to destroy the enemy's skeletal structure really has no effect on this big guy with a tough shell. Fortunately, there was still a battleship in the fleet.
Theoretically, three battleships could defeat one Leviathan, but in reality, it could only be defeated. Battleships will generally carry ten nuclear bombs, at least one of which is "Doom" (with a yield of 10 million tons) class, and the three battleships will launch nuclear bombs together, even if the Leviathan sends an auto-detonator to intercept it in time, the powerful radiation will still greatly reduce the Leviathan's activity. At this time, the battleship will basically be connected with a round of pulse cannon strikes. After such a blow, Leviathan basically lost half his life.
Most of the General Brell's nuclear bombs, including the "Doom" class nuclear bombs, were taken away by the fleet heading to the Pearl Star, and the only nuclear bomb was given to Mark and them, who carried out the "Armor-Piercing Arrow" operation. With the current combat capability of the fleet, it can only delay time. It's not that battleships don't have other killer weapons, the pulse cannon that every battleship will carry is a big killer.
Pulse cannon, as the name suggests, is a kind of battleship gun that uses energy to compress to form high-energy pulses. The battleship's pulse cannon is mounted inside the battleship, the barrel extends from the power core to the bow of the ship, and the barrel is covered with electromagnetic coils that build a stable force field, and the pulse energy column will rush out of the barrel under the guidance of the stable force field and rush towards the target enemy. A full-energy shot from the Pulse Cannon will consume one-third of the current energy consumption of the battleship's nuclear power furnace, and the lethality of a cannon with huge energy consumption is also huge. In the case of the General Breel's main gun, a single shot at full energy should be able to wipe half of New York off the face of the earth.
If the number of battleships is large enough, a few more salvos of main guns against the Leviathan may really be able to fight bloodlessly. It's just that the Sharitz Arctic Fleet only has one battleship, and it only has one pulse cannon, which is very limited for the Leviathan.
All of the ship's main guns had been fully charged, and at this time, the Leviathan had just entered the asteroid ambush circle. (The appearance of the Leviathan can be searched on the Internet to see, this is described in words......... Woo wow wow wow! )
The detector did not detect the brainwaves of the Brain Worm, indicating that the Zerg did not detect the Arctic Fleet, and also confirmed that the Zerg intended to attack covertly. A good opportunity was rare, and General James did not hesitate and gave the order to attack.
"Detonate the NMR pulse bomb, fire a salvo from the naval guns!"
"Detonate!"
"Fire!"
The order was instantly conveyed by the "wisdom brain", and the officer in charge who received the order pressed the button he was responsible for at the same time. In an instant, the nuclear magnetic pulse bomb placed in the asteroid belt detonated at the same time, and the electromagnetic turbulence formed directly made the asteroid belt a communication forbidden area. And the artillery attack of the battleships also fell smoothly on the Leviathan. The railgun's armor-piercing blast shell pierced the Leviathan's shell, and the ensuing explosion blew holes the size of more than a dozen basketball courts into the shell, and a large number of Zerg that were dormant near the holes were blown into space dust.
In comparison, the damage caused by the battleship was even greater. The starboard side of the Leviathan hit by the battleship's pulse cannon broke a "black hole" the size of a football field, and the internal structure of the Leviathan was messed up by pulse energy, which is also because the Leviathan is a tough lifeform, which is resistant to fighting, and has a certain self-repair ability.
The Leviathan was under onslaught, but there were very few Zerg pouring out of it, which was inseparable from the blocking of the brain waves of the brain worm. As things stand, General James's plan was successful, at least the dormant Zerg had not yet woken up.
"Let the 'Cloudstorm' assault boat prepare, and the fleet is on standby outside the jamming zone, the Zerg will soon come to us for trouble, and we need to tighten up the formation a little. Unleash the space fighters and let them fight freely after entering the jamming zone, and fight if they can beat it, and run away if they can't. Clear the way to the potholes and let the commandos get on it. ”
"Yes, Lieutenant General."
Thousands of space fighters were released from the battleship's parking bay, and many fighters assembled near the battleship in a combat formation of "one manned aircraft and two unmanned aerial vehicles". The engines of more than 1,000 space fighters emitted a strong light at the same time, and suddenly rushed into the dense interference zone of the Zerg.
Before flying into the jamming zone, the commander of this flying unit connected the radio of the entire flight unit, "Huh -- soldiers of the Space Force, are you ready?!" ”
"The dishes and chopsticks are available, just wait for the zerg to be served!" He was greeted by the uniform slogans of the fighters and the difficult stunts performed by many fighters.
Nodding with satisfaction, the commander turned on the ailerons of the J-15C "Gray Raven" space fighter, and a barrel rolled accelerated past the two drone wingmen, and flew straight to the top of the fighter formation, overlooking the whole field. "Brothers, General James said, sweep away the Zerg blocking the 'Cloudstorm' assault boat, and we can go home for dinner! Listen to TMD, speed solved, Colonel Ben hasn't had breakfast yet, and I'll go back to breakfast after finishing work! ”
"No problem, Colonel!"
"Colonel, let's have some zerg dessert first! Haha-"
"Turn them into space junk!"
In the boiling blood, the colonel also forgot his duties as a commander, and drove the fighter plane to the front of the formation, "Brothers, follow me!" ”
At this moment, the Colonel's "Gray Raven" main engine power was turned to the maximum, and a dive was the first to enter the jamming zone, followed by his two UAVs. The rest of the many fighters also accelerated, rushing into the interference zone of dense zergs and asteroids. And the real protagonists of this mission: the commandos, still waiting for their opportunity under the protection of the fleet