Chapter 84 & 85: Hunting Down the Tranquility (8 & 9)
Oki Masafu's wait has come to fruition. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Tranquility Defense Magnetic Field cracked, and the broken soap bubbles burst and dissipated. Except for the fleeting flicker, there was no evidence of its existence.
The graceful curves and the calm and concise hull of the ship were presented unguarded in front of his eyes. What a beautiful spaceship.
He's crazy.
"Captain, can the retarded bomb be fired?"
Oki Masafu was reluctantly pulled back to reality, and he glared at the innocent combat staff officer viciously, and the latter was frightened and retreated.
The blood that spread out of the palm of his hand formed a faint fishy smell in the accelerator. That's when he remembered his duty. The right hand, which had been hovering for a long time, swung down violently.
Eight bright white lines of fire burst out from the side of the Ancient Dragon. Fire was concentrated on the auxiliary engines at the bow of the Tranquility. Electricity sparked at the hard hull armor.
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"The damage to the No. 3 attitude engine is expected to have an impact of 3% on attitude control capabilities."
Fang Hushan reported in a calm tone that the incident should not be treated calmly.
Everyone in the command department, except for Liao Fan, was nervous and uneasy.
"Why is it damaged, doesn't it mean that the armor is intact?" , the bald commander checked the two contradictory reports and muttered puzzled.
"The Retardation Warhead is a soft-kill weapon designed specifically against starships. Sometimes it's more powerful than armor-piercing bullets. For example, this is the current situation. Through the shell armor of the hull, it directly acts on the micro-electrical balance of the core part of the engine, causing uneven output, which in turn causes damage to the engine. Edlaide explained in a well-organized manner. From his unkind look, it can be guessed that although he knows the methods of the Empire, there is no good solution.
"Shhhhh Hiss... It hurts, damn Liao Fan, don't you know that the Tranquility and I have a high synchronization rate? It's damaged, and I'm going to be in a lot of pain... Hiss.. Jasmine kept sucking her lips.
"Bear with me, you are the female captain of the Space Force, be strong." , Liao Fan didn't show any pity for the jade, and his cold response choked Jasmine speechless.
Violent tremors were transmitted from the hull to the core of the battleship like thunder. Almost everyone was looking around at the vibrating bulkhead, their faces becoming more and more ugly as the shaking intensified.
"Fox, can you guarantee that the corpses will be gathered here, and the Imperial cruisers will gather here? Why do I think it's so unreliable? In case the other cruisers don't come, we'll stand up and let people fight? ”
Liao Fan habitually ignores all the questions of the bear, and people are also used to the bear's one-sided complaints, and even he himself does not expect Liao Fan to respond, so when Liao Fan speaks, it is the bear himself who first shows a surprised look.
"I can't absolutely guarantee it, but as long as the other party is a typical Proxima Centauri, the possibility of being hit is very large."
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Just as Liao Fan predicted, Ozawa was caught in a dilemma. The three cruisers in the front-line battle did not have enough firepower, and in order to inflict further damage on the enemy ships, fire support had to be provided. But the sense of disobedience that had been entangled in his heart from the beginning of the battle had always lingered, and he always felt that something terrible was going to happen. If he had followed his instincts, he should have run now, instead of rushing forward.
His subordinates were all admonishing him, and the whole ship was pressed, and the strength of the 5 Elder Eagle class was gathered, even the Brande War Cruiser only had a share of hatred. This is a real military feat. Maybe he can be promoted to the next level by sinking the enemy's capital ship, and his subordinates will also be rewarded by the Empire.
But it was that little hesitation that made him unable to make up his mind. Shipborne observers observed that the Jiaolong was approaching quickly, and the other 7 huge figures were about to move in the void. As things stand, it is very likely that the enemy ship will really lose power or have a major accident inside. It was simply a piece of meat that he couldn't ignore.
Attack, or wait. The safest way, of course, is to wait until the battleship comes up and deal a fatal blow to the enemy ship.
Take some risks and besiege the battlecruiser, and you will have a tempting feat, and you may not be able to move up a level by sinking the Brand's starship.
Thinking of this, his heart was on fire.
"Sir, let's fight. Look at the enemy's cowardice, they can't threaten anymore. This is a military feat in front of you! Chief of Staff Yamamoto advised him like this, making Ozawa even more undecided.
The three cruisers on the first line continued to attack, and the Ancient Fly gave up the use of retardation shells, and instead switched to armor-piercing shells, joining the ranks of physical destruction. The shell of the Tranquility was finally broken, and the terrifying strength of the armor plates, no matter how strong it was, could not resist the continuous unilateral blows. Under the direct impact of the scarlet ballistic, the hull of the ship shattered, and the gas inside the hull leaked outward.
The seemingly one-sided situation was a headache for the commanders of the cruisers. The Tranquility was too hard, and the armor plates of special materials were hard to withstand 3 heavy guides and 2 cruise missiles, and it turned out to be only dented.
Angry, the captains, who felt insulted, coordinated and concentrated all 24 railguns in two consecutive rounds of bombardment.
The officers and men of the cruiser were not so much demoralized as they were in a state of paranoia in which I did not believe in evil. Your shell is hard, I'm just going to bombard, and keep hitting until I cover the surface of the starship.
The messiness of his subordinates finally prompted Ozawa to make up his mind. No matter how you choose, if you let three more cruisers attack indiscriminately on the front line, it will look too ugly. This affects the image of the strike detachment as a whole. Some people will laugh at them for not knowing how to play tactics and turn regular Star Wars into a group fight.
Ozawa was furious in the communication circuit, angrily denouncing the boredom of Masaofu Oki and others.
"If you still have a little sense of honor as an imperial soldier, you will show me the right fight, you have reached this level, and you still want me to teach you, how to find weaknesses?!"
After Ozawa's reprimand, the front-line imperial officers and soldiers calmed down and tried to find the weak point of the battle cruiser. At the same time, the ancient dove and the ancient falcon moved forward from the standby position of 1500 km. Looking down from the direction of Tianding, the strike detachment was encircling the Tranquility. Brilliance was constantly emanating from the cruiser, producing a dazzling brilliance after hitting the Tranquility.
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"No! Ozawa, this guy, made a mistake as soon as he got on the field, and let the strike team retreat. Their mission was to stick to the enemy ships, and the attack was done by the Jiaolong. ”
Tada's order to retreat was still a step late, and at 00:05 on July 13, 3137, the strike detachment successfully surrounded the Serenity and launched a fatal blow to the battle cruiser under unified command.
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"The 24th area of the ship's belly was damaged, the hull was broken, and the adjacent area was closed."
"The main engine casing is cracked, and the armored zone can still withstand it."
"There was an unusual tremor in the refugee area, and there was already panic in the crowd."
"Area 24 is abandoned, and the surrounding 4 adjacent areas are marked in red, and entering these areas is considered to be walking in outer space. Refugees can't let him leave as he pleases. It really doesn't work, implement emergency hibernation measures in the riot area, and be sure to control the order. Since showing his political talent, Manrad has been out of control, and in the position of chief of affairs, he has become an officer with an authoritarian and iron-blooded style, which is refreshing.
"Wait, wouldn't forced hibernation be too much. There are adolescent children in the crowd, which may affect development. Avina played to her strengths in all aspects and helped Manred fill in the gaps.
"At the moment of battle, we can't take care of so much, and we don't have time to deal with civil disputes now." , the chief of affairs applied an unquestionable tone, where is there still the shadow of the humble middle-aged man before.
The situation is still under control by this time. From time to time, Liao Fan pays attention to the warning information from all aspects of the ship's hull. Jasmine appropriately lowered her nervous synchronization with the Serenity, and still hummed and chirped, looking very uncomfortable. Liao Fan asked Avina to appease Jasmine, and at the same time agreed with Edlaide and Fang Hushan on the specific time of launch.
The scheme of an overloaded jump engine has been determined. The Serenity's actions at that time will greatly exceed the expectations of the Imperial Army, and there is a good chance that it will break through successfully. As for things like having an accident and never being able to return to a normal space, don't think about it. He only thinks about how to quickly hide once the jump is complete.
The reason why it is necessary to stand up like a corpse and let the enemy cruiser fleet attack is to consider the possible madness of the Imperial army. In the unlikely event that the cruiser group goes into a jump state with the Tranquility, it is likely to be stuck again. When the time comes, the antimatter fuel runs out, and you really have to sit back and wait.
Fifteen minutes earlier, eight capital ships had been detected closing around the Tranquility. The other starships of the Imperial fleet are maintained at a safe distance of 50,000 kilometers. He understood at once the concerns of the enemy commander. This cautiousness of his can be put to good use.
"How sure are you about the anomalous effects of the jump?"
Rarely, Liao Fan looked at Fang Hushan with an uncertain expression. This operation against the Imperial Cruiser Fleet was based on a little-known concept. When a giant ship jumps, a certain area around it is extremely dangerous.
The unstable energy of space-time will bring the affected objects, whether organic matter, photons, or humans, to the extremely unstable subspace. Most of the time, this kind of journey to another dimension is a journey that never returns. According to the limited empirical data, the anomalous area around the spacecraft is only about 5 kilometers when navigating in a normal jump.
Fang Hushan informed Liao Fan that according to the information he knew, after the Brande Battle Patrol overloaded the jump engine, this anomalous area would expand to a radius of more than 50 kilometers in diameter. In other words, any starship that surrounds the Tranquility within 25 kilometers in close-quarters combat mode will be affected.
Liao Fan chose to believe Fang Hushan based on his consistent performance. In fact, there are still doubts about this tactic in my mind.
Fang Hushan looked back at Liao Fan with the kind of indifferent gaze that saw through everything, and the latter immediately understood that he was sure. Liao Fan wondered where this silent mechanical colleague got such out-of-the-way knowledge. Although the battlefield is the best breeding ground for trust, too strange development itself will hinder the generation of trust. Liao Fan decided that if he could leave here alive, he must investigate what kind of past Fang Hushan had.
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Ozawa completely let go of his worries and threw himself into the attack on the battle cruiser. The enemy ship must have suffered an unfortunate accident, and he did not care what the reason was. He only knew that he needed to deal fatal damage to the enemy ship before the Jiaolong arrived. It is better to sink and detonate.
He respected Shi Yuan and admired his bearing as an imperial soldier. The problem now is military merit, and for all 21,216 officers and men of the strike detachment, military merit is a real benefit. Respect is one thing, affordability is another.
The greatest difficulty faced by the strike detachment was that the battle cruisers were too stiff and had no obvious weaknesses, and it was difficult for anyone to sink them in a short time.
But the Jiaolong will be in place in less than five minutes. The warning information asking the strike detachment to avoid is constantly echoing in the communication loop.
Seeing that the military exploits in his hands were about to fly away, he didn't even pay attention to Tada's order to get out of the way, and in a ruthless manner, he ordered all five Furutaka-class cruisers to move closer to the Tranquility. He wants to settle the situation with the broadside battle.
"Nonsense, you come back for me, just your little marine, the size of two regiments combined, you can't occupy the capital ship at all, come back quickly."
Let Tada Jun shout loudly, Ozawa just ignored it, and he was going to decide the exploits of the Brande starship.
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"In the core 11 districts, there were breaches in densely populated areas, and casualties... The casualties are very large!! With a crying voice, when the loss of the front line was reported, the command was in front of the jump, and the posture adjustment hurt the brain meridian.
In order to smoothly carry out the cross-port battle, the strike detachment abandoned the use of armor-piercing shells to attack the hull of the Serenity, and instead concentrated all the railgun firing retardant rounds. Furthermore, he also used an electromagnetic bomb to keep the Tranquility in an overload of electromagnetic radiation. Although this frequency of radiation has no effect on the human body or mechanical structure, it greatly reduces the operational accuracy of electronic devices and critical equipment.
The Tranquility is not afraid to engage in broadside combat. With a population of 250,000 and a makeshift army militia, even a Marine Brigade belonging to a battleship would be able to attack in vain, let alone a cruiser Marine unit with only battalions.
Natalie had made adequate preparations in advance, and in case the Imperial Army launched a Marine Division attack, the Tranquility was not without a defense.
What really drove Liao Fan and others crazy was those soft weapons of destruction.
The hysteresis warhead significantly hinders the use of attitude control spouts and auxiliary engines. Liao Fan and the others are now facing a huge starship, unable to point the bow of the ship in the correct direction. Even if you overload the jump engine, it is useless to have no direction. Depending on the current state, either jump directly to the core of the Earth and become part of the Earth's core under high temperature and pressure, or break into the core of the Imperial fleet. If you want to break through and leave, how to turn the bow of the ship, this unconsidered difficulty is really nerve-wracking.
Under a large amount of electromagnetic radiation, the ship's route calculation system, hull attitude control system, multi-functional redundancy system, and so on, the efficiency of the ship has decreased by different amplitudes. Fang Hushan proposed that in order to avoid the damage caused by overloading the jump engine, an intelligent system can be used to reduce the risk as much as possible. Now, under the premise that the overall computing power and accuracy of the electronic system have declined, no one dares to guarantee whether the jump route laid out by mistake and omission can ensure the safe breakthrough of the starship.
"What? In densely populated areas, what kind of retrofit cabin is going wrong? The poker face couldn't maintain his calmness, and Liao Fan felt that cold sweat continued to ooze out and was absorbed by the acceleration fluid.
"The two major retrofit modules 22 and 24 in Sector 11 have been affected, and each cabin can accommodate 50,000 people... At worst, we would lose 100,000 people ... ”
“。。。。。。” , Liao Fan turned his face away, wanting to find something other heavier to divert his attention, but his slightly trembling shoulders meant that his efforts had failed.
The acceleration fluid suddenly boiled, and even in a fixed position, with the acceleration fluid buffering, the headquarters of the Tranquility was staggered. Jasmine's cries of pain in the communication loop continued. From the front right side of the Tranquility, there was a gap of 500 meters, and the waves of energy generated by the explosion, countless fragments, spewed out with the stump of the human body.
"District 11? How's District 11, is there anyone still alive in District 11? Manred's call was in vain, a massive 500-meter-wide breach facing the interior of the Tranquility, known as Area 11. 100,000 people disappeared from this world in an instant.