Chapter 1018: Deep in the mud

It is true that people cannot make accurate judgments when they are impatient, as evidenced by the fact that the Swan has now changed from chasing to escaping.

A light cruiser does not belong to the fleet. There is no frigate to help block the knife, and there is no fleet formation to cooperate. In this case, let alone being targeted, even receiving a few stray bullets is quite fatal.

"Throw smoke screen!"

The ejection port behind the bridge of the Swan was opened, and large iron cans were ejected under the push of high-pressure gas, emitting a large amount of granular dust smoke to block the optical instruments seen from behind.

The good news is that the Swan is not in the center of the gunfire from both sides, but the bad news is that although it is not in the center, it is actually close to the left of the center, which is almost the same.

The current battleship artillery battle is actually similar to forming a battle line on the sea and firing guns at each other, except that the sea is flat, and three coordinate axes move in the void, making the battlefield more three-dimensional.

This also means that if you break into a naval battle, you can turn around and change directions to get out of the firing line of the cannons on both sides, but this cannot be done in the void. The battlefield is 3D, which means that the entire star field is unsafe.

Due to the lack of light in the void, everything was pitch black, and the cannon could only be calibrated by relying on a special optical sighting system.

The optical aiming of the cannon is similar to that of a sniper scope, and the viewing angle is too narrow.

Simply looking at it from the bridge, Alyssa couldn't tell what the ships on both sides looked like or how they were configured. It was like running around blindfolded in the middle of the battlefield.

But one thing is certain, regardless of whether you can see the formations of both sides, you cannot stay where you are.

The Swan turned on the newly installed auxiliary propulsion system, and the light cruiser itself was a mobile-focused warship. After the smoke was thrown, it immediately sailed diagonally downward.

Several beams of light and physical shells that had already exceeded the speed of sound and were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye shot through the smoke screen and passed through the position where the Swan was just now. If it stood still, it would definitely be beaten.

Villania put the earphones on his head and continuously operated the panel to send the Swan's identification information to all surrounding ships that could receive the signal, telling them that we just broke in accidentally, were passing by, and were good citizens. Hey, don't hit us.

But it is estimated to have little effect. After all, the two sides are obviously at war, and during the battle, they will probably not send or receive communications from other than friendly forces. This is to prevent their own communications from being interfered with by civilian channels.

In other words, even if the Swan tries its best to reveal its identity, both parties may not be able to see it.

Although the smoke screen just thrown can obscure the optical sight aimed at the Swan from behind, it is also an eye-catching mark. It is a cover, but it is like calling for an air strike in the movie. It is too conspicuous.

A low humming vibration could be heard on the bridge, as well as the sound of tiny things like raindrops hitting the armor plate. It was the physical shell hitting the shield of the Swan, and the fragments fell on the armor plate after the explosion. superior.

It's still manageable at this level, but I'm afraid that a large warship will really target the Swan.

Alyssa gritted her teeth:

"Turn on the smoke generator."

Instead of a wall of fog formed by projectile smoke, the smoke generator will continue to emit a large amount of granular smoke, forming an eye-catching smoke trail as the Swan sails.

It is also commonly known as smoking.

This is a newly installed function in the royalist fortress. I didn’t expect it to be used so quickly.

A large amount of smoke began to spread from the vicinity of the Swan's engine, and soon even the engine light became blurred. The cosmic background and starry sky behind it were simply completely obscured by the smoke.

At this time, the Swan cannot go in a straight line. When pulling out smoke, it walks in a straight line. That is not cover, it is simply a mockery of others. If they fire two shots at the position of the smoke, the Swan will have to send it.

So after turning on the smoke, Carlos immediately turned the steering wheel and the Swan pressed Z to sail on its own.

In this way, the ship aiming at the Swan from behind will not be able to shoot. At most, it will only hit one or two stray bullets, which is still acceptable.

But as I said just now, the Swan almost appears in the center of the battlefield. Those behind you can't hit you, but what about the ones in front of you?

"Emergency sink!"

The Swan sank sharply, avoiding a triple ion cannon.

Let's be reasonable, if you were happily exchanging blows on a battleship and suddenly saw a guy with no friendly force recognition signal rushing towards you with a smoke trailing behind his butt, would you give him a shot?

Such is the case with the Swan now.

Efforts to send identification information still received no response. They might have actually turned off the civilian channel. The Swan cannot invade other people's military channels, and self-identification is not possible now.

Again, the most important thing to do now is to quickly leave the battlefield and run away.

In this star field with almost no reference objects, it depends on the navigator's ability as to which route to take rather than wandering into the star field with the most intense firefights.

An Yun holds the device stuck on his temple with one hand, and operates the touch screen in front of him with the other hand. The constantly revised route information will be synchronized to Carlos and Alyssa, who are the helmsmen.

Observing with the naked eye is a blur, but observing with spiritual energy is a different situation.

Since the warships will turn on the shielding force field during combat, the shielding force fields of each battleship are merged together to form a particularly large force field. The result is that the current star field cannot make jumps or pulse flights.

But this shielding force field is not a standard sphere, but varies in shape according to the shape of the ship and the size of the engine power.

The battle line formation allows the shielding force fields of each warship to merge into a large whole, and there are actually many gaps in this whole.

This gap is invisible to ordinary people, and only psychics can find it. The route set by An Yun is for this.

"I found a gap, and I can perform pulse flight."

An Yun immediately synchronized the route. Carlos took a look and turned the steering wheel.

The Swan immediately moved sideways, rolled to 45°, and cut into the newly set channel.

"Start pulse flight in three seconds."

Alyssa looked at the route point, and when the Swan arrived, she immediately pressed the button to start pulse flight.

The engine roared violently, and the sound was so loud that it could be felt in the bridge. This was because the engine of the Swan was trying to get rid of the shackles of the shielding force field, like pulling itself out of the quagmire.

As long as the pulse flight can be activated, no matter how far it flies, at least it can be far away from the battlefield, and then it can retreat much more calmly.

But it is obviously not so easy to leave.

Less than a second after the pulse flight was activated, the entire bridge suddenly shook violently, as if someone suddenly stepped on the brakes on the highway.

This means that the effort to escape from the shielding force field has failed, and the Swan has not been able to get rid of the entanglement.