Eighty, another defector
"Tulip One, this is Prowler One, the Empire seems to have found a way to break through our interference, we are about to be unable to stop them, destroy the satellite as soon as possible, you have a minute at most."
One minute? Risen was shocked, the efficiency of the empire is very high, the original ten minutes of interference time is only six or seven minutes later, and the empire has already figured out a way.
"Tulip Two, Jessica, follow me." He jerked the lightning around and flew towards the communications satellite array, shouting at his wingman, leaving the two remaining banshees to Tulip III and IV.
"I'll follow you, Tulip One."
He didn't fly to the second and fourth arrays that his squadron was responsible for, there was nothing he had to worry about, all nine satellites of the second array had been destroyed, eight Tulip squadron fighters were attacking the satellites of the fourth array, and Risen believed that they could complete the task in a minute. He was now targeting the array in charge of the 1st Squadron, and the pilots of the 1st Squadron seemed to have spent some time pestering the automatic laser batteries, and they were far behind the Tulip Squadron.
His long-range accuracy shooting skills have made a huge difference, allowing Risen to not get too close to satellites, and naturally not to be disturbed and attacked by the automatic laser batteries, which are always accustomed to locking on and attacking the nearest target. Other Lightning pilots don't have the same good shooting skills as him, and the energy beams they fire at long distances often miss the target, unless they use missiles, but the missiles are sometimes intercepted by these batteries, and in order to ensure the hit, they can only use several missiles to attack a satellite at the same time, which is too wasteful, so they have to shoot at close range, but this often makes them the target of these automatic batteries.
Seeing Risen destroy satellites one by one at a long distance, the other pilots couldn't help but smack their tongues, this is really amazing, Tulip 2 young female pilot Jessica is even more impressed, she has been following Risen behind the plane, and has seen with her own eyes how his long plane destroyed these satellites one by one with near-lethal accuracy at this distance, her heart is full of envy and yearning, this is the real ace pilot, and she can have the same technology as him when she can?
When the satellite in front of him turned into a ball of flames under his attack, Risen checked the sensor, and the sensor showed that there were no more communication satellites, and the eight Banshee fighters that came out to intercept were all shot down, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and the other lightning pilots did a good job.
"Well done, Tulip One." The voice of Prowler One rang out in his cockpit.
"Thanks, it looks like we're catching up."
"That's right, it seems that the efforts of the Holland space station can only end in failure, and I really feel sorry for them, they are doing their work much more efficiently than we thought."
"That's what a shame." Risen wanted to laugh a little, but he didn't expect this guy to have a bit of a sense of humor.
Another person interjected, and his avatar appeared on the screen, "Tulip One, this is Keyhole One, the mission is not complete yet." ”
"Understood, Keyhole One, I'm listening, we're going to deal with those Imperial fighters and ships now."
"No, Tulip One, the mission has changed, the Imperial fighter group has been defeated, and the few remaining fighters and attack aircraft can no longer pose any threat to the fleet, our fighters have surrounded the Imperial fleet and started to attack, it won't be long before the battle will be over, your mission is to keep an eye on the space station, establish a cordon near the Holland space station to stop any Imperial ships that may escape, our fleet has jumped into this star field, and it will be soon to reach the space station."
"No problem, not a single dinghy can run away." Risen nodded, it's very simple, there should be no armed ships or warplanes on the space station, all that is left are some space shuttles, assault ships or ambulance support ships and other aircraft, they don't have any chance in front of the fighters.
He simply laid out the alert range of the two squadrons, the work was really not challenging, he just felt a little strange, although the station's defensive firepower was tight, it was not a problem for two squadrons of lightning fighters equipped with synchronous particle cannons to clean up the space station.
After arranging it, he finally couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?" Keyhole One, we are more than capable of destroying the Holland space station. ”
"Wait a minute, Tulip One, the reason why we delayed destroying it is that we received a strange communication from the space station just now during the battle, an Imperial officer on the space station, asking to defect to the Alliance, and claiming that the space station contains important information about the life and death of the Resistance Alliance."
"Defection? At this time? How much credibility? Risen said incredulously.
"We don't know, but General Martin thinks it's worth listening to what he has to say, since your mission is very successful, the Empire's reinforcements won't arrive for a while, we have enough time, the general is currently organizing a commando team, preparing to forcibly capture the space station, and gather all the necessary useful information."
"Capture the space station? Could it be a trap to seduce us? And even if there is important information, the Empire will have time to destroy it before we can take the station. ”
"The general thinks it's necessary for us to try, that Imperial officer is saying that the alliance is a matter of life and death, and it's worth a try."
"Got it, what do we need to do?"
"In addition to stopping any ships that might escape, you can assist in clearing the automatic defense laser batteries on the perimeter, or use the ion cannon to disable the station's defenses and electronics, Tulip One."
"Understood, Keyhole One."
Defector? Risen felt fresh and interesting, he seemed to be a defector a year ago, so could this defector be a double agent? If he is indeed the real thing, what important information can he bring to the Resistance Alliance?
"Do you hear that? Ladies and gentlemen, we are divided into two teams, Squadron 1 attacks the self-defended laser batteries, and Squadron Tulip is responsible for disabling the defenses and electronics of the Holland space station. ”
He paused and switched the communication to the squadron channel, "Tulip squadron, follow me and switch your weapon system to the ion cannon, I don't want the Holland space station to be punched a big hole by you." ”
"Yes, Tulip One."
A dozen lightning fighters flew around the Holland station, carefully avoiding the fire of the defensive turrets, pouring white beams of ion onto what looked like critical equipment, and the station's own shield system began to collapse under the continuous blows, and invisible arcs spread along the metal lines inside the station.
The attack lasted less than a few minutes, most of the station's systems had gone wrong, some of the defensive turrets had ceased firing, others that could still fire could no longer continue auto-aiming, and the Imperial soldiers on the station had to cancel the automatic mode and manually control the fire of these turrets, but it was clear that the movements and reactions of the Imperial soldiers were far from keeping up with these small, fast-flying fighters, and it was not long before they were paralyzed.
Before you know it, the entire space field near the space station has fallen silent, and after all the station's defenses and automatic laser batteries have been disabled or destroyed, the lightning fighters have also ceased fire, and they have regrouped and patrolled the space station in front of and behind them.
Didi, Risen suddenly heard an alarm in the cockpit, and a small red dot appeared on the screen of the Lightning Fighter's sensor, an Imperial ambulance support ship, the sides of the hull painted white, and a large red cross on it.
"Tulip One, someone has come out, it seems to be an ambulance support ship." His wingman, Tulip 2, hurriedly said.
"I see it, follow it, call them." Risen glanced at the red cross, and of course he understood what it meant.
"Please don't fire, please don't fire, this is the hospital ship MT-46, we're not armed." Before they could speak, the ship took the initiative to call them through the universal channel, and this was the first thing Risen heard when he connected to the communication.
"Please state your intentions." He wondered, what did the ship want to do?
"Sir, the commander has ordered the abandonment of the space station, we are the first personnel to evacuate the space station, there are still some wounded on the ship, who were injured in the attack of your army just now, please leave with permission."
"Yes." Risen pondered for a moment, but without waiting for the people on MT-46 to be happy, he added, "But you'll have to wait a little while for our fleet to arrive and perform the necessary checks on your ships before leaving." ”
"But, sir, some of the wounded on our ship are very badly wounded, and we urgently need to send them to other space stations for treatment, and you know, the medical system on the space station was also paralyzed during your army's ion cannon attack just now."
"Rest assured, when our fleet arrives, it will give them good medical treatment. Now, turn off the engine, stop the boat immediately, and stand by in place. ”
"Sir, we have to buy time, some of the wounded are very badly injured......"
"I don't want to talk nonsense, do you turn off the engine yourself, or will we turn it off for you? Captain? Risen was impatient, and the ghost believed that, and he gently pulled the trigger, and two beams of energy flew through the bow of the MT-46, which was a clear warning.
"OK, OK, just turn it off." The ship's captain gave in, and the MT-46 activated the ship's reverse jet port and was forced to stop in the area designated by Risen before the captain turned off the engine.
"Tulip Three, Four, keep an eye on it, and if you dare to make any unusual moves, don't hesitate to fire at it, but remember to switch your weapon system to the Ion Cannon." Risen admonished.
"Yes, Tulip One."