Chapter 1482: Crimson Galaxy Suppression Operation (9)

Including this time, the Swan has broken through the atmosphere three times. Although it is not very experienced, at least it is not in a hurry.

But this time is very different from the previous two times.

The previous breakthrough in the atmosphere was landing on Stantum, which is the planet of the Rotating Water Federation. Even though it was occupied by the Red Maple Republic for a period of time, they did not completely control the planet.

After all, it was only occupied for about three months, which was not enough time for the Red Maple Republic to transport the cannons from the factory.

And this time, it is a completely habitable planet belonging to the Red Maple Republic. They have lived here for hundreds of years and have already built the planetary defense system.

Although the Rotating Water Federation has blossomed in many places and launched a global offensive against the planet, the Red Maple Republic’s troops on the planet can still respond.

The most intuitive manifestation is that the number of aircraft in the atmosphere that came is ridiculous.

The Swan immediately began to exert its regional air defense capabilities. Any aircraft that dared to approach and launch heavy air-to-air rockets would first have to face the anti-aircraft firepower network like a heavy rain.

However, the Swan can protect itself and the assault landing ships nearby, but it is unlikely that the Swan can protect the entire assault landing ship fleet by itself.

Dui and Cao Wei kept issuing new instructions on the panel with one hand like a cramp. The planes of the Red Maple Republic are like free. Even if you look at them with the naked eye from the gun position, you can see a dense mass of them. This feeling is like stepping into a fly nest, and the black cloud-like little bitch will cover your face.

Because they cannot get close, many aircraft in the atmosphere will launch air-to-air rockets from a long distance. Not to mention the long distance, and the Swan is still falling rapidly. Whether it can hit, even if it lets it hit, the air-to-air rocket with a caliber of about 300 mm cannot pose any threat to the shield of the battleship.

This is not the case with assault landing ships. Their shields are mainly concentrated below. If they are concentrated by air-to-air rockets, the shields are likely to be penetrated.

Once the shield is penetrated, the only way is to rely on the armor plate to withstand the armor-piercing warhead. On Alyssa's side, there is no explosive reactive armor, it is purely relying on metal and structure to resist.

While Dui and Cao Wei were operating the anti-aircraft gun, they saw the assault landing ship disintegrating in the air, and the losses rose sharply for a while.

Cao Wei was completely immersed in the play. She roared and roared while operating the anti-aircraft gun. When she saw the friendly forces being destroyed, her eyes were red.

That can't be considered language at all, just a simple vent.

The mental trauma brought by the war is affecting her little by little, and Cao Wei's future situation is worrying.

However, Dui is not much better. It should be said that everyone on this battlefield has become more or less neurotic.

Life is disappearing in the most humble way, regardless of enemy or friend.

The heavy rain of shells continued until the anti-aircraft gun barrel was seriously overheated and had to be retracted to the gun position for emergency cooling.

A gunner will control several anti-aircraft guns. The cooling of one or two guns will not affect the gunner's output, but the reduced firepower density will restore some rationality to the person operating the anti-aircraft gun, so that he will not stare at the target stubbornly and completely ignore the surrounding situation.

Dui saw that the ion beam and the tracer bullets of the machine gun were shot from the upper side, but they were not aimed at the Swan, but at the intra-atmosphere aircraft that was attacking the assault landing ship.

He calmed down and found that it was a friendly shuttle that landed from orbit.

At this time, he and Cao Wei noticed that their throats seemed to be very dry. They were not very conscious of their actions just now.

The enemy's intra-atmosphere aircraft were still entangled, and the number of shuttles coming to support the friendly forces was insufficient, which could only be regarded as better than nothing.

The most important thing now is to let as many assault landing ships land safely as possible. Only when a forward base is established can a large amount of supplies and additional troops be dropped from orbit.

At this time, since they have arrived at a habitable planet, under the influence of gravity, the two can clearly feel that the Swan is adjusting its attitude.

This made them realize that the Swan had reached 3,000 meters, a height suitable for the operation of the floating engine.

As the ship tilted, Dui and Cao Wei, who could not see directly below from the gun position, also caught a glimpse.

There was no task of seizing the control center in this landing operation. The goals of all the landing troops were different. They could be roughly summarized as "military bases", "energy facilities", "transportation hubs" and possible gathering places of the enemy.

Dui saw that far to the left of the Swan, there was a city surrounded by mountains on three sides. From a high place, it was clear that a dense railway network extended from this city in all directions.

This should be a very important transportation hub, and convenient transportation often brings economic development. At a glance, there are really many high-rise buildings in this city.

But at this time, black smoke had risen above the city, and even from a long distance, it could be seen that some places seemed to be on fire.

Of course, the combat plan would not explicitly write about attacking the city, but after the war began, the city was not safe.

It could have been hit by a few shots from an assault landing ship, or it could have fallen during its descent and landed in the city. It's all possible.

"They deserve it! They deserve it!"

The scene of the burning city seemed to trigger Cao Wei's PTSD again. When Stantum was captured, Cao Wei was in the city with a few teammates to deal with civilians and invaders. The scene of the burning city was too exciting for her.

Dui shook his head and ignored the already paranoid Cao Wei. He continued to look down.

The Swan was not going to land in the city, but near the military base next to the city. Taking the base and the station was their current task.

The Red Maple Republic did not seem to expect that the Rotating Water Federation would conduct airborne operations so quickly.

The scale of the crystal gap they opened was not large. They might be afraid that if the scale was too large, it would be difficult for them to stay out of it and it would be easy to get out of control.

A crystal gap of this scale could not destroy the patrol fleet, but it could hold back a large number of ships including the Swan, delaying the time for the Rotating Water Federation to conduct landing operations.

The crystal gap is an extremely rare natural disaster. Although all countries have devices to shut it down, no one usually carries this thing on their backs.

It's like you enter a restaurant and open your mouth to eat the dishes that they need to order. Isn't that inappropriate?

So the defense forces of this planet thought that the crystal gap could delay the descent of the Whirlwater Federation for a long time, but they didn't expect that the information of their back-up had been leaked, and the cruiser formation of the Third Fleet actually brought a device that could close the crystal gap.

So now Dui looked down and saw some half-dug trenches that had not been completed. The engineering machinery was still there and the driver had already run away, but these things had not been evacuated in time.