Chapter IV: The Destruction of the Combined Fleet
In just 12 minutes, 17 lunar bases of the G64 were destroyed. When the news reached the earth, the whole world was in an uproar.
Commander Clay was very annoyed, he didn't expect Olympus to attack so quickly, and he couldn't imagine that the moon base he had worked so hard to manage would be so vulnerable. Ten years, in the past ten years, he has worked hard, especially on the construction of the army, in order to compete with Olympus. One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and in this battle, either you die or I die.
Olympus's undeclared war made Palmer, the head of the League of Nations, feel that his prestige had been challenged, and the League of Nations decided to enter the war, taking the opportunity to regain his international position. As a result, in addition to the original four fleets of the G64, Clay also commanded six outer space garrisons from the League of Nations. These forces form a large combined fleet, which includes 36 armed space stations, 27 integrated combat ships, 10 aerospace carriers, 42 frigates, more than 700 fighter jets, and countless unmanned aerial vehicles, under the command of Field Marshal Pamish and under the direct command of Clay. Now, the fleet is assembling at the third Lagrange point of the Earth-Moon system. As they prepare for their journey, danger looms.
(Author's note: The third Lagrange point of the Earth-Moon system is a special astronomical position where spacecraft can remain relatively stationary with the Moon without power, on the reverse extension of the line between the Earth and the Moon.) )
Commander Morant had already set off, accompanied by three top pilots. They flew a fighter known as the S0-102. S0-102, originally the name of a star located near the Sagittarius black hole, is the fastest star in the entire galaxy at a speed of 10,600 kilometers per second, equivalent to one-thirtieth the speed of light.
As its name suggests, this fighter is the fastest spacecraft in the world today, with a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per second. At the same time, it also has excellent stealth performance, which can be stealth on radar and visual stealth. Of course, it was very expensive to build, and there were only seven such fighters in the entire Olympus.
"Follow him, keep a distance of 100,000 kilometers, and then notify all the armed guards to march towards the third Lagrange point of the Earth-Moon system." Inside the Swan space station, a commander ordered.
"But Commander Morant told us to rest where we were." A staff officer retorted.
"So who's responsible for what went wrong, you?"
The staff officers knew that they were at the loss.
At that time, the four fighters were moving at full speed in a diamond-shaped queue. This kind of queue can achieve maximum information sharing between fighters, and only one radar needs to be turned on to meet the reconnaissance needs of the entire formation, thereby minimizing the risk of detection.
"Guys, it's a pleasure to fight with you, after 90 seconds the formation disperses, we launch missiles at the combined fleet from four directions, the bigger the movement, the better, and then assemble in the direction of twelve o'clock, understand?"
"Understood!" The other three pilots replied in unison.
[Combined Fleet, flagship "Uranus"]
"Sir, Commander Cray has called and asked us to strike in three hours." An adjutant came to the bridge with a stack of telegrams.
"Okay, I got it." Marshal Pamish took the phone order, looked at it a few times, and then crumpled it up and threw it into the wastebasket, "In my opinion, this Commander Clay doesn't understand military affairs at all, what do you say?" ”
The adjutant smiled and did not speak.
"Nobody likes war. War is killing, killing aimlessly – you see how calm this starry sky is. Marshal Parmish looked at the Milky Way outside the porthole and was distracted.
How poetic that galaxy is! Nebulae are intertwined, bright and dark, colorful. Countless stars dotted the nebula, like a silk ribbon dotted with gems. For thousands of years, countless literati have splashed ink on it, imagining the story behind it. It is the purest place, but also the most mysterious place, which is unattainable.
Suddenly, the sirens sounded.
"Missiles are coming!"
"Activate the laser array, ready to intercept."
"It's too late!"
Two missiles hit, two integrated combat ships exploded violently.
Before he could react, another missile struck and hit the command module of an armed space station, which was directly incapacitated.
Marshal Pamish was confused for a moment and roared angrily: "Who is it, who is attacking us?"
Before the words could be spoken, four missiles came from different directions, hitting four frigates respectively.
One frigate tried to evade it, but collided with another, and both were killed, leaving the entire fleet in chaos.
"Well done!" Commander Morant complimented.
Four stealth fighters regrouped.
"Now, let me guess, it's supposed to be the ammunition depot - see that helicarrier, aim for that gray compartment, hit me!"
Four more missiles were fired.
The first hit only produced a ball of fire.
The second hit, still did not penetrate the armor.
The third one hit, and a large hole was pierced in the armor, and the huge pressure difference sucked countless people and supplies into space.
The fourth hit, the ammunition depot was detonated, and the entire Helicarrier turned into a huge fireball, and countless fragments were thrown into space, which could be seen clearly even from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.
"Spread out, save missiles, switch to decoy missiles, it's now!" Morant gave the order, and the four fighters dispersed again.
Because it was impossible to find the position of the fighters, the close defense guns and naval guns could only fire indiscriminately in the direction of the incoming missiles.
Four stealth fighters weave through the fleet, as if they were in a no-man's land.
Suddenly, four fighter planes appeared, and the anti-aircraft missiles that had just been launched followed one after another, and when they got closer, they found that it was actually a decoy missile. To make matters worse, these decoy missiles turned around and crashed into the frigate, and the anti-aircraft missiles followed the turn and exploded on the surface of the frigate.
It turns out that this kind of decoy missile can deceive the radar and people's eyes, so that the air defense missile can mistakenly think that it is an incoming fighter, so as to lead the air defense missile in another direction, and thus attack the shield of the child with the spear of the son.
As a result of this operation, six frigates and one space carrier were destroyed, and one armed space station, two integrated combat ships and three frigates were seriously damaged. Commander Morant and the other three pilots cheered.
Marshal Pamish's side is not so good.
"Launch EMI bombs!"
"But it hurts your own people."
Marshal Pamish grabbed the adjutant by the collar: "I said to launch electromagnetic interference bombs, didn't you hear me?!"
Two EMI catapults are ejected, creating an EMI domain in the air. A approaching integrated combat ship did not have time to dodge and directly lost power.
"Get out of the way!" Commander Morant shouted into the walkie-talkie.
However, it was still a step too slow, and a stealth fighter plunged headlong into the electromagnetic interference domain, and the stealth system suddenly failed.
"I've got you, beat me to death!" Marshal Pamish shouted hysterically.
In an instant, anti-aircraft missiles, close-in artillery shells, laser beams, and electromagnetic artillery shells rained down on the fighter, bursting into brilliant flames in the air.
[Olympus Guard, Swan space station]
"Sir, an S0-102 fighter plane has been destroyed."
"Full speed ahead! Don't skimp on fuel! ”
The commander's nerves suddenly tensed, and he silently prayed in his heart, don't be Commander Morant.
At this time, Olympus's twenty-two armed guards were approaching the combined fleet from six directions, forming an encirclement.
"Commander Morant, Commander Morant, can you hear me?"
"I said that four fighters can destroy the combined fleet, why not listen to the order?!"
Hearing Commander Morant's voice heard from the communication channel again, everyone cheered, and their commander was unscathed.
"Attack when you get into range, and choose your target freely." The commander commanded.
Distance 18000 km, 16000 km, 12000 km...... It's here!
In an instant, hundreds of L-1 missiles pounced on the combined fleet.
But the Combined Fleet was not vegetarian either, and they quickly formed a dense network of anti-aircraft fire. The first assault L-1 missiles were either burned by lasers or blown up by anti-aircraft missiles. Soon the second batch of L-1 missiles hit again, and now it was the turn of the close-in defense guns. Thousands of shells form an impenetrable barrage that destroys anything on touch.
It's close enough, it's time to make a sortie.
At the sound of an order, hundreds of fighters and unmanned attack planes rushed out of the space carrier. The fleets of both sides quickly became entangled in each other, and there was no difference between victory and defeat.
"Don't fall in love with war, go attack the Combined Fleet and help Commander Morant!"
"Yes, sir!"
But it's not that easy. The fighters of the Combined Fleet pursued and attacked constantly, and they simply could not get rid of it. Once again, the battle is at a stalemate.
Looking at the firelight in the distance, Commander Morant fell into thought, and after a long time, said, "Everyone, it's time to do something, come with me."
Three warplanes silently bypassed numerous frigates and reached the "Uranus".
"Guys, we don't have much ammunition left, and it's up to us to make or break it. One missile shot, hit their reactors, listen to my commands, prepare, launch! ”
Three missiles were fired, hitting the reaction compartment accurately, and the hull of the ship was blasted out of a large opening, spewing blue flames.
The explosion set off a chain reaction, destroying nearby fuel tanks and paralyzing the entire ship.
"Marshal Pamish, go!"
"I'm going to live and die with the fleet!"
Before he could finish speaking, the adjutant struck Marshal Pamish on the back of the head with a stick, and fainted on the spot.
"Carry it away!"
The group carried Marshal Pamish into the rescue pod with all hands and feet. The hatch closed, and the rescue pod disappeared into the vast sea of stars.
After continuous super-saturation strikes, the outer air defense network of the combined fleet is at the end of its power. Many of the ammunition for close defense guns have been exhausted, there are not many anti-aircraft missiles left, and only some laser arrays are still operating stably. More and more L-1 missiles broke through the air defense network, and many spacecraft were hit one after another. The scales of victory are gradually tipping.
In the midst of the battle, eleven more Armed Guards arrived, and Olympus's firepower was further strengthened, attacking from all sides. The combined fleet was overwhelmed, and the formation was completely disrupted.
And without the unified command of the flagship, the combined fleet can no longer launch an effective counterattack, and can only fight separately and passively defend.
The hunt lasted until the morning of May 2, Haydn time.
In the end, the Combined Fleet was almost completely wiped out, with only an armed space station, a frigate, and a space carrier narrowly escaped through the wreckage.