XVII. The Unexpected First Battle (2)
"One, two, three, only three Hellcats." Risen looked at the monitor, and the sensor array listed the Federation fighters that were flying around the escort destroyer, there were only three red dots, didn't they say that they were attacked by four enemy planes?
Just as Resson was searching for the shadow of the fourth enemy plane, the Federated kittens also spotted two Imperial Banshee fighters that suddenly appeared, and the Hellcats gave up the attack on the destroyer and rushed towards Risen and Schneier in a regrouped formation, still three.
"Schneier, did you spot a fourth enemy plane, I only found three on my sensors." Risen was a little anxious, he widened his eyes and looked around, it was indeed three, but what about the fourth? The first principle of air combat is to first find enemy planes, and only when enemy planes are found can they formulate tactics that are most favorable to themselves in light of the actual situation and occupy a favorable position to launch an attack on enemy planes as soon as possible.
"No, my sensors show three, maybe one was shot down while attacking the escort destroyer."
"OK, maybe, Schneier, spread the attack." When the three kittens were getting closer and closer, Risen had to give up his plan to continue the search, so let's focus on these three enemy planes first. The two Banshee fighters split left and right, charging towards the approaching three Hellcats, and the Federation fighters also scattered, two of them staring at Risen flying in front of him on the left, and the other headed straight for Schneier on the right.
Although the distance was still far away, Risen still fired at the long of the two enemy planes rushing towards him, a series of red and blue laser beams and ion beams flew towards the nearest Hellcat fighter, after a series of beams were launched, Risen immediately manipulated the fighter plane to rush downward, avoiding the opponent's edge, he was not willing to shoot head-on with the opponent without a shield, the kittens of the Federation obviously didn't expect Ressen to fire at such a distance, generally speaking, this kind of long-range fire is still harassing in nature, very few can really hit the target.
But Risen was obviously an exception, just when the Federation pilot was secretly laughing at the other party's firing distance in his heart, and laughing at the other party for being a rookie, the beam fired by the Banshee fighter arrived, and several shining energy beams burst in the nose of the Hellcat fighter, and the flash produced by the collision of the shield and energy beam on the outside of the fighter illuminated the cockpit of the Hellcat fighter, the pilot was startled, and immediately manipulated the fighter to turn left to avoid the rest of the beam attacks, he couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat, Moving his gaze to the cockpit display, the strength of the shield in front was already less than twenty percent, and he was almost shot down by the enemy in one shot, which was too light for the enemy, although the enemy plane's shield system seemed to be ineffective, it did not mean that his cannon was also ineffective.
"Be careful, Blue Two, this kid doesn't look simple, his shooting is very accurate, be careful, don't give him a chance to aim at you." He shouted to his wingman.
"I understand, captain, I've locked him in, he can't run away." Blue 2 looked at a small box that had been highlighted on Risen fighter, and gently pressed the launch button of the image recognition missile, and the two image recognition missiles broke away from the Hellcat fighter and flew towards the banshee at high speed.
Two bright yellow dots appeared on the screen of the sensor of the Resson Banshee fighter, and the rapid alarm sound stimulated Risson's nerves, these were two image recognition missiles, he increased the thrust to the maximum, and a sharp turn shook off the attack of one of the missiles, but the second missile still turned in a circle and continued to follow behind the Banshee fighter.
Risen pressed the release decoy button, intending to direct the missile to a false target, but the fighter plane did not respond.
"SHIT, DAMN IT." Resson cursed in exasperation, no shields and missiles, and it seemed as if the banshee didn't have any bait. However, when he saw that the friendly escort destroyer was not far in front of him, he had an idea.
On escorted destroyers.
Our captain was in a good mood right now, basking in the euphoria of his men's report that the shield system had been repaired, watching the shield strength slowly increase by five or seven percent, and he slowly felt that everything was back under his control, when he heard the panicked screams of his sensor watcher.
"Oh, this idiot." The captain's good mood immediately turned bad, he was stunned and looked at the friendly fighter plane that was running straight at his destroyer, he was at a loss, the only thought in his mind was, it's over, it's all over, a rookie is a rookie, and he really can't count on it, his piloting skills are so poor, the enemy plane didn't fight but even his own people were finished, what are the people at the Fort Benning Pilot Training Center doing, even this kind of person can graduate?
Just as the pale-faced captain gripped his seat with spasmodic hands, ready for an expected violent impact, the abominable banshee spun lightly close to the battleship and brushed past it.
Whew, it's so dangerous, but before the captain wiped the cold sweat from his face, a bright spot entered his sight again, this bright spot must have been behind this banshee before, so he didn't see it, and it didn't enter his sight until the banshee fighter changed direction and turned away, but at this time he didn't even have time to react, and this bright spot hugged his destroyer straight under his gaze.
"Boom", the loud sound of the explosion spread throughout the ship, and the hull shook violently, and then returned to calm.
"Damage Report."
"Captain, there are only forty percent of the thrust left, the communication system and most of the weapon systems are offline, the shield system is down, and we are now almost completely deprived of protection........"
"The shield system crashed??" Before the crew could report all the damage, the captain's forehead was already covered with black lines.......
Resson maneuvered the Banshee-type starfighter around the escorting destroyer for half a circle, and when he rushed out of the shadow of the ship, he landed right behind the side of the Blue No. 2's Hellcat fighter, Resson smiled, this distance is too close, he has honed his shooting skills countless times in simulation and live shooting, at this distance, he has no reason to miss, and the young Hellcat pilot, he hasn't even noticed that the enemy plane has fallen behind him, He was still trying to find the dangerous enemy who had just disappeared because he had been stopped by the destroyer.
"Blue Two, danger, he's behind you." Although Blue II didn't notice Resson, his long plane had already noticed Rayson's move, his chest tightened, and he wanted to rush to the rescue, but his Hellcat fighter was a little farther away.
One after another, red and white laser beams and ion beams ruthlessly poured into the tail of the Hellcat fighter, the tail of the Hellcat fighter constantly flashed the flash of light emitted after the collision of the energy beam and shield, the young Hellcat pilot desperately flew the plane to evade, but the deadly and accurate artillery fire always followed, when Ressen's cannon fire neutralized the shield of the Hellcat fighter, the next beam was directly borne by the body of the fighter, and large pieces of armor and shell were bombarded by the Banshee fighter's cannon fire, The fighters began to catch fire, and fragments of various sizes kept falling out.
"No, Blue Two." His long plane let out a cry of pain, and his pilot, who had been alive a few minutes before, had turned into a large ball of fire along with the fighter plane, and he hadn't even had time to eject to escape.
Is this the first fighter he shot down? After Risen watched the Hellcat completely explode, he let go of the finger that pulled the trigger, the long-term attack had consumed the energy of the cannon, and he had to wait for the cannon to recharge, in addition, there were two Hellcats outside, and now it was two against two.
He glanced at the battlefield, Schneier seemed to be still fighting with another enemy plane, but it looked like he was about to bite the tail of that enemy plane, there was no need to worry about himself, the only thing he needed to worry about was another Hellcat, it was rushing towards his Banshee fighter, four laser cannons and two photon cannons were venting their anger, but the long-distance shooting skills of the long pilot were not as good as Ryson's, and all the beams were far off the target in the Banshee fighter's dodge, At the same time, Risen keenly noticed that the Hellcat seemed to be rushing a little too hard, and it seemed that the pilot sitting in it was a little emotionally out of control.
The distance between the two sides shortened sharply, and no one took advantage of the first round of firefights, the Federation pilot was unable to hit Ryson, and Risen was waiting for the time to come and the cannon was charged, in addition, he had no intention of firing head-on with the other party, he pulled up the fighter to avoid the Hellcat and slowed down sharply, when the Federation pilot was about to keep up with Ryson, he suddenly realized that his Hellcat fighter seemed to be faster, the turn was too big, he rushed over his head, and was targeted by the Banshee fighter who completed the turn maneuver first.
The fear of death filled the heart of the old federal pilot, he didn't want to be like his young wingman, he went crazy and manipulated his kitten to shake up and down, left and right, trying to get rid of the tracking lock of the enemy plane, he felt that he had exerted the performance of the hellcat to the limit, but the enemy plane still followed him like a shadow that could not be shaken off, the enemy was a master, he knew that it would be difficult for him to get out of here alive today, he smiled bitterly, he actually laughed at him before, he actually laughed at him as a rookie?
Ressen's finger pulled the trigger again, and he fired again, and he was pleased to see the beams of light fired by the Banshee Fighter burst one after another behind the Hellcat's plane, and the enemy plane kept shaking, like a carp about to be slaughtered on the board, struggling uselessly.
After the last beam hit, the Hellcat exploded into pieces, and the Federation pilot could have ejected to escape, but a laser beam that pierced through the shield hit the cockpit.
Risen pulled the Banshee's joystick up to the left, avoiding the exploding Hellcat, and now victory was in sight, there was only one enemy plane left, he turned the fighter, the thrust was maximum, and the Banshee flew towards the last Hellcat.
"Schneier, haven't you done it yet? I'm done here, do you want me to help you? Risen teased as he hurried.
"You don't come, it's none of your business here, I can handle it myself, do you think anyone can be as perverted as you." Schneier replied as he fired.
"Whatever you want, but no matter what, it's two to one today, you lose, what should the loser do, I don't think I need me to remind you." Resson replied lazily while pushing the banshee on towards Hellcat, he was a little impatient, the battle had taken too long.
"Isn't it just to invite wine, don't worry, I won't rely on you."
The shield of the last Hellcat had been blown away by the banshee's continuous fire, and the Federation pilot tried to maneuver and try to salvage the situation, but when he saw another enemy plane coming towards him, he couldn't help but be distracted, which affected his maneuvering and evasion.
Boom, the last Hellcat fighter finally disappeared into the darkness of space, and the people on board, whether it was the Sagittarius or the escort destroyer, all thundered, and people high-fived each other, congratulating the two brave pilots, and glad that they were able to escape today.
"It seems that I'm really out of sight, this kid, really has two hits." The destroyer captain smiled as he watched as the two warplanes regrouped and accompanied the two ships.
"Sir, the sensor has spotted the approaching fighter, it's ours."
"God, they're finally here, it's safe, thank God." The captain made a cross on his chest.
Although the battle is over, a big question mark still haunts Ressen's mind, how did these hellcats get here? The Empire has a fleet stationed in this system, why hasn't it been discovered?
(Happy Yuanxiao Festival, but unfortunately the essence has been used up, so I have to leave it until 12 o'clock to add sperm to everyone)