Chapter 1328 Space Fortress, Ilxia Offensive Operation (3)
The final flight inspection before the sortie was necessary, but it did not take much time. Thirty seconds later, the cable holding the silver cyclone was loosened and pulled away. All staff hid at a safe distance, and the airlock door was opened at the same time.
Hall took a deep breath, activated the silver cyclone void thruster, and accelerated through the airlock.
In the past, when flying a space fighter, you would sit in the cockpit and hold the joystick in your hands, giving you a down-to-earth feeling.
But the Silver Tornado's cockpit was changed to a sky display. No matter what direction you look up, down, left, or right, you can see the deep void background.
The human body is basically in a standing position, with only half of the butt hanging on the seat behind. In this weightless environment, the first thing you experience is a strong sense of dizziness.
This is normal. When astronauts perform spacewalks, they will feel dizzy and nauseous because they cannot tell up, down, left, and right. They can only make up for it through training.
"How does it feel?"
A white mecha held the silver whirlwind that almost veered off course, and Li Chengqi's voice came from the intercom.
Hall shook his head vigorously:
"It's okay, I've adapted to it."
After all, pilots who fly space fighters are very adaptable.
At this time, a large number of friendly space fighters had also set off and began to quickly form around the two men.
He probably also became curious about these two mechas. After all, the main carrier-based aircraft of the Spinning Water Federation are still space fighters.
As usual, Li Chengqi did not form formation with anyone, while Hall regained consciousness while talking to friendly troops and checking the status of weapons.
At this time, the engine light of the enemy space fighter can be clearly seen, and a firefight is expected within ten minutes.
The ion beams of the Swan and other cruisers illuminated the cockpit, and they were clearing the firepower on the surface of the fortress at fixed points. The current mission of the carrier-based aircraft is to prevent the enemy from approaching for harassment, and to cover the armored transport ship to transport the troops to Conduct offensive operations on the fortress.
It was precisely this combat purpose that made Hall choose this battle as her first battle in the Silver Tornado. Fighting in complex areas, space fighters are indeed not as flexible as magic mechas.
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Since a large fleet of aircraft had been used to intercept the Red Maple Republic fleet, in order to ensure sufficient numbers, the Spinning Water Federation recruited a large number of pilots from the private sector and temporarily transformed a large number of cargo ships into aircraft carriers.
With these resources, we can't let them retire and go home after the war, right? This is too wasteful.
As a result, these pilots and modified aircraft carriers were reorganized and given to the fleet executing the Meteor Operation Plan.
The third and fifth fleets that are currently attacking the space fortress Ilsha are also fleets that participated in the Meteor Operation. As a result, the number of carrier-based aircraft far exceeds the standard of a normal fleet.
The Red Maple Republic fighter jets that took off from the space fortress of Irsha did not even have a numerical advantage by visual inspection. The two sides quickly fought together after getting closer.
Every time I see this scene, I feel very outrageous. The space fighters actually use cannon fire to show off. However, in the ultra-high-speed cannon fire, the pilot's feeling is not outrageous, but holy shit.
From the cockpit, there are fighter planes everywhere. Many times you can't even tell which is the enemy plane and which is the friendly force. You need to quickly identify the paint on the fuselage to ensure that you will not hit your teammates.
This also makes each pilot's eyes move up, down, left, and right like a cramp. They need to confirm whether the target is an enemy in a very short time, and they also need to complete the attack within a very short shooting window, and they also need to ensure that own safety.
It's no wonder that everyone chooses to fly in formation. It's hard to see it alone.
In this regard, the Silver Tornado's cockpit with a sky-high display has an advantage. If you want to see if there is anyone behind you when driving a space fighter, you have to look through the rearview mirror to identify it. But when driving the Silver Tornado, you only need to look back.
It felt like Hall was standing in the middle of the battlefield wearing protective clothing, with a panoramic view in all directions, up, down, left, and right.
It has to be said that the mana mecha can indeed completely defeat space fighters in terms of operability. This alone is enough to make it the most powerful backup for cannon fodder.
Pulling the trigger of the 40mm rapid-fire cannon with her finger, Hall shot down an enemy that was trying to attack her formation from below. Although the Silver Tornado was only armed with this thing, it was far more powerful than the 20mm cannon of the space fighter. Much more, and burst fire is enough to defeat the shield of the space fighter.
This success relaxed Hall's spirit slightly, but the urgent alarm sound in the cockpit made her nerves tense again.
The teammate on his left instantly turned into a bright orange flash, and Hall immediately realized that the enemy was behind him.
The mass transfer system and attitude control nozzle of the magic mecha allowed the silver whirlwind to quickly complete the turning movement. Hall held the rapid-fire machine gun modified from a 40mm rapid-fire cannon with both hands, and fired a series of tracer bullets in a conspicuous arc.
A three-machine formation was like a ghost, and they didn't know when it appeared behind Hall, but they didn't expect the silver whirlwind to turn around so quickly.
One of the space fighters was detonated on the spot, and the other two maneuvered separately, one up and one down.
The speed of the space fighter was still very fast. When Hall aimed in a hurry, she didn't fire enough in advance. Many shells grazed the tail of the enemy fighter. She immediately readjusted according to the position of the tracer bullets, and then defeated her. A downward maneuvering space fighter.
But there was another space fighter that was maneuvering and swooping down from above. When Hall tried to raise his gun, the ion beams on both sides of the opponent's wings had already lit up with energy.
One of the two teammates beside him was just blown up, and the other couldn't turn around like the silver whirlwind. He was turning around and couldn't provide support.
At this time, a flashy white shadow broke into Hall's field of vision, and kicked the cockpit of the space fighter that was trying to attack with a flying kick. The foot directly blew up the cockpit. Hall could even see the blood and broken glass that came out of the cockpit at that moment.
Then, the space fighter turned into a bright orange flash.
"No need to hold the gun with both hands. The specifications of the Silver Cyclone are enough for it to control the 40mm rapid-fire cannon with one hand. The most it has is a little bit less accurate."
Li Chengxi's voice said through the friendly channel:
"Unfold the shield on your left arm. When you drive the magic mecha, don't use the idea of a space fighter to drive it. You have to imagine yourself standing on the battlefield. The behavior logic is different."
Compared to Hall, Li Chengxi's adaptability is very fast, incredibly fast.
The faint light from the head viewfinder first passed through the flames spread by the explosion, and a mecha that looked much more bloated than the Silver Cyclone emerged from the flames.
But although it was a bloated and slow configuration, Li Chengxi seemed to be able to predict the attack. He sidestepped a string of tracer bullets and raised the weapon similar to a rocket launcher in his right hand. A series of light green beams shot out from the rocket launcher, turning the entire three-level formation into flashes.
His movements were precise and coherent, without any redundant operations, which greatly made up for the shortcomings of the body's flexibility and speed.
