The space mecha is used to deal with the battleship, when the battleship is too far away from each other, the main guns on the battleship are unable to destroy each other's energy shields after crossing the starry sky, and the space mecha needs to be used.

It's a pity that with the continuous improvement of the scientific and technological technology of warships, space mechs are gradually becoming outdated, and the range of the main guns of the latest warships has been extended to tens of millions of kilometers. Originally belonging to space mechas, the space distance of space fighters has been completely compressed to the limit with the increase in the range of space battleships.

If in the Second Space War, space mecha and space fighter were still indispensable space weapons, then now, space mecha has basically been eliminated, and can only be used as a sharp weapon for ground police forces to deal with criminals.

And the space fighter seems to be only used to block the starry sky after the battle is decided.

As for ground combat, the role of space mechs has also been replaced by more flexible and convenient individual battle armors.

Sadly, at a time when all nations are vigorously phasing out space mechs, they can now only rely on almost obsolete space mechs against the Empire's warships.

But who let the Third Fleet of the Federation not fight and be annihilated by the Imperial Fleet early!

"What the hell, is the command ready to rely on these old things to deal with the Imperial warships?"

George complained that only the stupidest, most old-fashioned person would think that a space mech would still have a foothold in the wars of this era.

Truly. In the Second Space War, the space mecha was famous and could be said to be the main force, but it was all three thousand years ago.

At that time, the range of space battleships was only 10,000 kilometers, and in the vast space, there was a wide distance for space mechs to soar. Ruffled.

But now the range of space battleships has been increased by a thousand times, and the emergence of new energy weapons has swept all melee weapons into the pile of history.

Distance, distance, distance. That's the only thing that is pursued in modern interstellar warfare. It's like the Age of Discovery on Earth, who has a long range. Whoever wins is unquestionable.

This is still the case in modern interstellar warfare, and space mechs and space fighters are only a brief transition in the era of high cost of space warships. Now who would be stupid enough to rely on space mechs to deal with warships?

Thinking of this, George kept thinking about it, scolding the command headquarters for being brain-dead, John smiled bitterly and said nothing, he knew that the people in the command were not stupid. If there is no way, who is ready to go to the latest warships of the other side with outdated weapons?

"Hey. Stop complaining. Let's do things. Don't forget, we're lucky compared to those who are going to fly the space mechs to charge. ”

John whispered. George was silent for a moment, and then stopped talking. yes, the people who are going to fight with these old weapons are the ones who should really complain about it.

For three days, John stayed in the Fifth Brigade. Together with the others, all the 3,000 space mechs in the warehouse were debugged.

John knew he was going to be piloting the space mechs. The warriors who are like fool knights charging at windmills are a group of retired soldiers.

Many of them were known to John, including the middle-aged man named Lao Wang, the owner of the Fleet Club, who had often been heard boasting about the fact that he had accidentally fallen on one of the Empire's military satellites during a border friction and had been killed by a suit of armor.

If not for a lame. and unwilling to carry out mechanical modifications, I am afraid that he would have become a captain of the Third Fleet long ago. At that time, he was only thinking that he was bragging, but in the past few days, I watched the old man who would rather retire than undergo mechanical transformation finally put on mechanical legs and straightened his back. Day and night, he conducts run-in training with space mechas.

John probably still can't believe that such an old guy who brags all day long, drinks and gambles is really a first-class combat hero of the Federation.

Hero, what an old word. It is difficult for people in peacetime to understand the charm of these two words, and nowadays people are more willing to talk about the evolution of the individual, the luxury of the nobility, the charm of wealth, and ignore the so-called heroes.

But at this moment, John understood the meaning of the word hero, not everyone can still have the courage to fight a desperate war at this time, driving a weapon that should have been eliminated a long time ago.

But while he and George were still complaining, there was such a group of people who stood up, if they were not heroes, who were heroes.

John's heart was a little sour, and it was difficult to describe the mood, so he decided not to participate in the departure ceremony of this space mecha, he felt that it was not necessary.

He is a ground mechanic, a top student who graduated from the Second Military Academy of the Federation, and he knows the current parameters of the main warships of most countries, so he knows even more about how outdated this space mecha manipulation subject, which has long been eliminated in the Military Academy.

Even if this time the space mecha piloted by Lao Wang and the others was equipped with an equal particle cutter, which could quickly destroy the battleship's protective shield, John knew that more often, maybe they would be blown into slag by a salvo as soon as they took off.

At that time, John felt that he had made an extremely wise decision, and it was a great irony for him, who knew the parameters of the Imperial warships, to participate in a so-called heroic expedition that was destined to charge towards death.

But three days later, he regretted it.

Not because of his judgment, but because of an emotion he couldn't tell, and George did the same. The three thousand people, including Lao Wang, were all annihilated by the imperial fleet without any suspense.

But they also performed miracles, and an Imperial warship parked on the third satellite base for maintenance was successfully destroyed by them.

The destruction of a space battleship at the cost of only 3,000 space mechs is undoubtedly a great victory to be celebrated in modern warfare.

But I don't know why, John only felt sad, he wanted to ask Lao Wang what he thought, knowing that he would definitely die, but he still chose to charge without hesitation.

He couldn't understand this feeling, but he cried for no reason.

"Actually, such a victory doesn't mean anything."

John looked at the increasingly intense artillery fire in the sky, and sighed quietly with red eyes.

The attack of the space mecha unit, which successfully destroyed an Imperial warship, also angered the Empire. They took their anger out on other satellite bases.

The Sixth Satellite Base, which had never been invaded by a landing, became the target of the Imperial fleet's anger, and they destroyed both satellites forever with three salvos.

The federal officers and soldiers stationed on the satellite base did not even have a chance to resist, and they were destroyed forever. They had done a lot of preparation, at least as John knew, and the young lieutenant had told him that the Sixth Satellite Base had begun digging underground passages and was ready to fight until the last moment when the Imperial Yankees landed for the battle.

But as a result, they made so many preparations, but none of them were used, and they were destroyed by the fleet of the Imperials from a distance of 10 million kilometers.

Their only success was to hit the flank of an Imperial ship, causing a fire and killing hundreds of Imperial soldiers.

This is the difference between the defensive turret and the battleship, even if the defensive turret built by the Federation can be comparable to the main gun of the battleship in terms of range, but the limitation of not being able to move, and the weakness of the protective shield, make the defensive turret always have great shortcomings when dealing with the battleship.

But there is no way to do it, who let the Third Fleet be annihilated.

"Did you hear that? The Imperials are ready to land. ”

George was a little haggard and his eyes were red, in fact anyone who had insomnia for days on end. John was a little better than him, but not much better.

Although the Imperial fleet has never launched an attack on Black Jupiter, the battle on the satellite base has never been heard, and the earth-shattering bombardment, even if it is far away, through the clouds, is like thunder, day and night, which makes people feel uneasy.

"Damn, it's been half a month. Why haven't reinforcements arrived yet?! The First Fleet is in the constellation Immortal, but those damn bastards have been there all the time, completely ignoring our lives or deaths. ”

Hearing George's hysterical roar, John was silent for a while, and said bitterly: "They don't seem to have a way, they are restrained by other fleets of the empire, and the fleet formed in the country has never arrived, so they don't dare to move......"

"Hehe, the person above said. They always make sense anyway. ”

George waved his hand weakly, "John, if I die, you remember to help me take care of my daughter." As for my wife, let her remarry. ”

"I thought you'd choose to surrender."

John glanced at George and scolded with a smile.

"I thought about it before. But Lao Wang is so kind, I can't be inferior to him. ”

George pulled out two crumpled cigarettes and tossed one to John, "The last stock is over." Finish the work. The Imperial Yankees should be coming too. ”

John lit the cigarette, took a few hard puffs, and coughed violently, but continued to smoke until the smoke completely covered his face, and then he looked up at the sky.

In the depths of the sky, you can already see the space fighters dropped from the Imperial fleet like locusts, covering the sky and the sun, one after another, buzzing out.

Piercing sirens swirled in the air, the anti-aircraft turret had already fired, and one after another energy cannons, earth-shattering, roared towards the sky, flames and explosions instantly ignited the entire sky. Imperial warships locked onto each anti-aircraft turret, swimming through space, their thick main barrels roaring and roaring.

The sky changed color, the earth trembled, and the war that decided that the entire Dark Jupiter of 30,000 people had begun, but for the Federation, for the Empire, it was only a small war. (To be continued......)