Chapter 317: The Great Transformation of the Living (I)
As Vice Admiral Nimitz's orders were transmitted to every fleet and every warship, the huge fleet group assembled by the commercial complex to encircle and suppress the main force of the 13th Independent Fleet began to get busy.
This huge fleet group is composed of the two main battle fleets of the Whiskey Fleet and the Brandy Fleet, as well as more than a dozen local garrison fleets of various sizes and scales, as well as several private fleets of super-large enterprises, including the Phelps Consortium, with a total strength of more than 2,000 warships of various types and an astonishing 38,000 space fighters.
This was the first time that Lieutenant General Nimitz had commanded such a large number of troops in battle, but he did not feel that it was a glorious thing at all, because now, this incredible force was only used against a mere wandering fleet.
Even if that Wandering Fleet has super artificial intelligence technology, even if that Wandering Fleet has amazing combat effectiveness, the arrogant Vice Admiral Nimitz still thinks that such a battle is an insult to himself and to the commercial consortium.
What was even more unacceptable to Lieutenant General Nimitz was that after gathering such an astonishing force to pursue the enemy for such a long time, he found that he had been led by the enemy by the nose and played with it all along!
This is simply what my aunt can bear, and my uncle can't bear it!
So now, how can Lieutenant General Nimitz tolerate the other side just running away under his nose?
"Speed! Velocity! Give me a little faster! ”
With his roar, all the more than 2,000 warships opened their ejection ports, and one after another of various types of space fighters were released into the universe by these warships at the fastest speed, quickly covering a large area of the universe.
Unlike the Earth Federation Army, which is almost exclusively equipped with [Hurricane] space fighters, there are as many as three main space fighters in commercial joint service, of which the largest number is the [Vulture] space fighter designed and manufactured by Freeman Industries. Secondly, there are also some [Falcon] space fighters designed and manufactured by the Phelps consortium and a small number of [Brilliant] space fighters designed and manufactured by Tata Steel, plus the messy models produced and sold by some fairly good enterprises, and more than a dozen space fighters of different models and shapes appeared in this space for a while.
Among these fighters, the most eye-catching were the hundreds of Morph fighters released by the Whiskey and Brandy fleets - Freeman Industries did not stop the further development of these fighters because of the theft of the original Morph Fighter technology and prototype aircraft, but on the contrary, after hard work. This variable space fighter has been officially finalized after re-improvement, and has been named [Angel] has been accepted by the military of the commercial consortium as the main fighter of the next generation, and has begun mass production, and has been equipped in small quantities in the main battle fleets of the commercial consortium, assigned to the elite pilots among them, and has performed well in the battle against the Earth Federation.
Of course, the so-called good performance was achieved without facing the [Iron Soldier] robot pilot.
Unless the pilots of the commercial consortium can match the physical strength of the [Iron Soldier] robots, the so-called performance advantages are all empty words. Even if it is the [Angel] fighter, which is known as the next-generation fighter, it is the same!
Therefore, the business consortium can only make up for the lack of quality with quantity!
But numbers alone are not enough to win, so the directors of the business consortium have invested in a lot of EMP weapons!
And now, this massive number of fighters and the EMP weapons equipped on them have become the greatest confidence for the roaring Lieutenant General Nimitz to thwart the enemy!
"Catch up with the enemy! Then kill them for me! ”
More than 38,000 space fighters were killed by Vice Admiral Nimitz in four groups from different directions towards the 13th Independent Fleet.
He didn't even leave some of the fighters behind to escort the battleship cluster, because he didn't think there was any need for it!
Attack is the best defense!
And in order to compensate for the lack of combat radius. Numerical superiority must be fully ensured!
It should be noted that in this era when nuclear fusion technology is in vogue. The concept of the so-called combat radius and the traditional combat radius is completely different.
The traditional combat radius refers to the farthest one-way distance that a fighter can achieve by carrying a normal combat load from an airfield or aircraft carrier, flying along a designated route, and returning to the original airport after completing the mission.
And with the discovery of kyanite. With the perfection of nuclear fusion technology and the success of miniaturization, the fighter has long gotten rid of the confusion of fuel, otherwise Zhao Fan would not have let the Lori robot lead the fighter unit for a long-distance attack.
Therefore, the combat radius referred to in modern space warfare is actually a completely different concept, and this combat radius is the sum of the damage that can be caused to the enemy by calculating the amount of ammunition of the fighter. The most reasonable combat distance is calculated to ensure that your fighters can maximize their combat effectiveness in battle.
Therefore, this combat radius will actually change depending on the enemy faced, and the more powerful the enemy, the more caught in the war of attrition, the smaller this combat radius will be - because in the case of not enough ammunition to defeat the enemy at one time, the fighter must return to the mothership to replenish ammunition and then quickly enter the battle again! If the war is stalemate, because of the high-intensity fighting, it is even necessary to change the pilot!
And now the huge fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Nimitz is facing such a problem.
With the strength of the fighter unit of the 13th Independent Fleet, even if more than 38,000 sorties were dispatched at one time, it was unlikely that the enemy would be completely annihilated, and it would even be a vicious battle!
In this case, the battle situation is likely to be stalemate, and then an unreasonable combat radius will put your own flying forces at a disadvantage - think about it, after your fighter plane is exhausted, it takes half an hour to return to the battle again, while the enemy only needs fifteen minutes?
But now, Lieutenant General Nimitz can't care about so much.
"Don't underestimate people too much!"
Desperately losing a little more, Vice Admiral Nimitz will also leave the enemy's main fleet behind!
At worst, he will bite off such a large piece of meat from the enemy before he escapes!
More than 38,000 space fighters were speeding through the universe, and countless tail flames streaked across the dark deep sky.
The speed of a fighter is always faster than that of a battleship!
Time passed little by little, watching the distance between his four fighter groups and the enemy fleet shrink little by little over time, Vice Admiral Nimitz's face was full of cruel smiles.
In another twenty minutes, no, maybe eighteen minutes, the group of fighters will be able to catch up with the enemy's group of warships!
In addition to the excitement, Lieutenant General Nimitz was a little puzzled again.
It is clear that the enemy's fighter group has approached to such a point, and the enemy's warship group is still burying its head in advance, and it has not even released the intention of the fighter unit to prepare for battle!
"What are they doing again?"
This thought had just appeared in Vice Admiral Nimitz's mind, and on the main screen of the bridge, in the picture sent back by the reconnaissance plane in front, nearly half of the battleships of the 13th Independent Fleet suddenly flashed in unison with patches of dazzling light blue!
Lieutenant General Nimitz subconsciously raised his hand and rubbed his eyes.
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