Chapter 1481 Crimson Galaxy Suppression Operation (8)

Duyi is a professional soldier. Three generations of his family have been in the army. He can be said to be from a military family.

He became a lieutenant at a young age, which is also related to his family background. After all, the superiors will be more willing to promote you when they see that your family is full of loyal and brave people.

As a professional soldier, Duyi does not want to point his gun at civilians. Soldiers should look like soldiers, fighting on the battlefield to serve the country, not to massacre.

But this is not something that a small lieutenant like him can control.

In contrast, Cao Wei was originally a civilian lieutenant in the Stantum Planetary Defense Force. Although she also participated in military training, most of the time she just sat in the office and dealt with documents.

However, with the fall of the Star Gate, Stantum was occupied by the Red Maple Republic. This civilian lieutenant has seen too many dead people.

There are friendly forces, and there are civilians who pose no threat.

Rolling in the smoke and blood, this civilian lieutenant has now completely abandoned the pen in his hand.

So Lieutenant Cao Wei has no opinion on the attack on the spaceport. She just thinks that the invaders deserve it!

There are many people with similar ideas, whether they are new recruits or veterans. Even Lieutenant General Ken, the commander-in-chief of the Third and Fifth Fleets, would only watch silently if he was present, and would not order to stop it.

Yes, this is not in line with the rules of engagement, but there are many things that are not in line with the rules of engagement on the battlefield, and officers basically just turn a blind eye and don't take it seriously.

Dui felt a little depressed. He felt that he might be too naive. After all, the soldier he served as was really a young master soldier in the literal sense for a long time, and he had never suffered any hardship.

When Stantum was captured, he and his comrades hid in a secret base and had no idea what was happening outside.

He felt that he might not be able to empathize with his comrades who were eager for revenge, and even felt that he was naive and ugly. His idea was to stand on the moral high ground and act as a saintly bitch.

So he was depressed.

Cao Wei was obviously very excited and didn't notice Dui's emotional changes, and Dui's depression didn't last too long.

After all, the Swan had begun to descend.

A large number of assault landing ships flew directly from the rear along the open channel, each spreading out according to the landing point and quickly entering the atmosphere.

The Swan followed the assault landing ship, quickly determined the position, and executed the descent procedure.

The spaceport burning in the atmosphere was still on the other side of the field of vision, and the Swan also hit the outermost exosphere of the atmosphere.

The gun position was automatically retracted under the armor plate, and Dui could not see the tragic situation outside for the time being. Instead, there was a rumbling noise and a series of fine and violent vibrations.

He held the safety belt tightly. Although the Swan had performed many descent missions, the crew would be nervous every time.

After all, anything could happen during the descent process. It would be hit by ground anti-aircraft fire, high temperature would be applied by air friction, and mechanical failure would be caused by vibration, etc.

This tension left Dui no time to think about it.

"Yohoo!"

Cao Wei, who was at the gun position next to her, shouted excitedly. She was very happy every time she descended.

Compared to Alyssa who prefers the void, Cao Wei actually prefers the gravity environment.

But she still boarded the Swan with Dui, because preferences can be temporarily ignored. Cao Wei wanted to strangle the invaders with her own hands, to avenge the civilians of Stantum and her comrades.

It doesn't take too long to break through the atmosphere, but the vibrations and loud noises will make people feel like they are living a year.

When the vibrations gradually decreased, Dui felt that his brain was a little shaken.

He shook his head, trying to make himself more awake, and then another vibration came, but this time it was not the air friction during the descent.

"The ground anti-aircraft gun hit us not far away, right?"

Since the gun positions are still inside the armored plate, Cao Wei can't see the situation outside and can only guess.

After all, she has descended several times, so she is experienced.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the loud explosions mixed with subtle vibrations coming in waves. Obviously, the Swan was the focus of the ground defense artillery.

Of course, other assault landing ships are more than 100 meters long, but the Swan is more than 300 meters long. From the ground, the size of the target is two different things. It is conspicuous and will be hit by more guns.

However, Dui is not worried about the Swan. With the firepower of ground anti-aircraft guns, it is almost impossible to break the shield of the Swan unless large-caliber anti-aircraft guns attack continuously.

At this time, the two heard an extremely harsh "whoosh" scream, which was like tearing the sky apart.

That was orbital bombing. The Swirlwater Federation was used to using orbital bombing ships to attack ground forces when the assault landing ships began to descend.

Because the ground forces would camouflage the anti-aircraft guns and other weapons such as anti-ship ion beams, before they opened fire, it was difficult for the orbital bombing ships to find out where these heavy weapons were hiding from above.

Using teammates as bait, the heavy weapons of the Red Maple Republic would fire one or two shots, but before the assault landing ships reached the ground, they would definitely be blown away by the orbital bombing.

Listening to the movement outside, after a while, the armor plate was reopened and the gun positions were pushed out. Dui and Cao Wei finally saw the situation outside the Swan.

Huge black smoke exploded around them, shrapnel flew everywhere, and occasionally they could see friendly assault landing ships not far away being destroyed and turning into fireballs falling freely.

Farther away, and more conspicuous, was a huge orange-red flash, which almost dyed the sky red at the end of the field of vision.

"Unfortunately, the place where the spaceport fell was too far away from us, and we couldn't see where it fell at all."

The Swan's current altitude should be more than 10,000 meters, not yet the optimal altitude for the floating engine to work. Moreover, although the spaceport was nearby when it descended, the spaceport was in free fall, and a slight deviation would make it a million miles away from the ground.

So Cao Wei regretted not being able to see the death of the people of the Red Maple Republic with her own eyes.

But now is not the time to talk about this. The gun position was pushed out not for the two to watch the scenery.

They immediately received an order from the bridge that the Red Maple Republic's atmospheric aircraft was approaching.

Even the flexible space fighters could not get close to the warships. Due to the influence of air resistance, the atmospheric aircraft were far less maneuverable than the space fighters, and it was even more impossible to get close to the warships.

The main goal of these aircraft in the atmosphere is to attack assault landing ships. The firepower of this type of ship is mainly deployed below. Although there are anti-aircraft guns, the number cannot be compared with that of a thoroughgoing warship like the Swan.

The anti-aircraft weapons they carry are heavy air-launched rockets. Similarly, they cannot penetrate the shield of the warship, but continuous hits will also weaken the shield of the assault landing ship.

The radar shows that dense red dots are approaching. Dui also saw a black dot in the sky through the transparent gun position, which looks like a dense swarm of flies.

The two of them held the joystick tightly at the same time, and quickly reached out to mark the air defense area for the anti-aircraft guns they controlled on the screen. War does not give people time to think. If you have this free time, you might as well fire a few more shots.