Chapter 1660 Battle of Broken Horn (4)

The main body of the whole team is magic mecha, plus a small number of space fighters and battle patrol boats, forming a huge fleet of more than 4,000 fighters, and using the star rings of the gas planet for cover, approaching the enemy's main fleet.

Before this, the record of the largest-scale carrier-based aircraft combat was the meteorite belt torpedo operation, in which an attack formation composed of more than 3,000 fighters successfully caused chaos in the enemy fleet with a wave-like offensive.

That so-called largest-scale in history actually had a lot of water. Because the fleet did not have time to come back to protect the capital, the Xuanshui Federation converted all the transport ships into temporary aircraft carriers. There were not enough pilots, and they could only temporarily recruit anyone with driving experience from the public to serve as pilots, which was equivalent to making up for it.

And this time, not only were the most advanced magic mechas driven, but most of the pilots were veterans who had fought all the way. Although there were still new recruits, they were all trained, unlike the Red Maple Republic, which had reached the point where people were stuffed in and ejected as soon as a textbook was issued.

It can be said that this was the complete form of the fleet attack.

However, although the conditions are better, the success rate of carrier-based aircraft in performing torpedo operations has greatly decreased.

The first time was because no one had seen this tactic, and the Red Maple Republic Fleet did not think that carrier-based aircraft could pose any threat to the fleet, and ignored the vigilance against the meteorite belt, which allowed the torpedo to succeed.

And since you have been beaten, if you still don't learn your lesson...

That would be too stupid.

There are still few fools in this world. When the huge fleet was advancing under the star ring, the flight commander sent a notice.

"There are unclear interference and bright spots on the radar. It is speculated that the enemy carrier-based aircraft is approaching to intercept."

The last success was largely related to the fact that the enemy's carrier-based aircraft did not attack to intercept. When the huge fleet rushed out of the meteorite belt to attack, it was too late for the carrier-based aircraft to set off urgently.

This time, the enemy came to intercept just halfway through the flight, and it is certain that the number of enemy troops will only be greater.

Li Chengxi moved his perspective and saw that some magic mechas around him automatically abandoned the void torpedoes and racks, preparing to perform escort missions.

It seems that they are going to give up some torpedoes and rush forward.

Li Chengxi's airborne radar is more useful than the magic mecha, but due to the previous damage, the radar detection range has been greatly reduced, and he can't see anything on his radar for the time being.

As the huge fleet adjusted the formation in an orderly manner, there was no need for radar at this time, and the engine lights between the distant meteorites were looming, blinking like stars.

"Just fly forward, I'll take care of the rest."

Hall did not receive the notice from the flight commander to abandon the rack, and the four torpedoes, two in front and two in the back, made the Silver Cyclone very bloated.

The proud high maneuverability was seriously damaged under the weight of the torpedoes, which was actually more dangerous than abandoning the torpedoes to serve as an escort aircraft.

Hall nodded, and then realized that Li Chengxi couldn't see it, so he hummed in the communication channel.

After many days, Hall felt nervous again.

She thought she was used to the battlefield, but it seemed that the scale of the battlefield was not large enough.

The engine light that appeared on the display seemed to be getting closer and closer, and then the light group began to dive, aiming at the fleet flying under the star ring.

Hall saw that Li Chengxi had already set up a 380mm beam rocket launcher, and the particle beams melted through the large and small meteorites, and fired the first shot.

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"Our fleet was intercepted, the number is unknown."

"The flight commander decided to continue the mission."

"Change the route, be careful of enemy ships approaching the gas planet."

On the bridge, Alyssa was also busy.

Although she didn't think that sending carrier-based aircraft to launch a torpedo attack would have much effect, this method was the most effective at present.

In the star ring full of meteorites in the left front of the fleet, orange flashes began to light up, and the fleets of both sides met there and started fighting.

"The enemy fleet changed its course and is approaching the star ring."

Is it to support the carrier-based aircraft?

No, it should be to occupy a favorable formation to attack the cruiser fleet including the Swan.

Soon, the order from the commander of the cruiser formation of the First Fleet came over. Alyssa took a look:

"Bearing 200, evasive navigation, half ship speed."

"Understood, half ship speed."

The commander of the First Fleet made a choice, not in vain, to fight hard.

Although the cruiser is the weakest warship, the total number of cruisers present has exceeded one thousand, which can match the number of a full fleet.

There has never been such a large-scale cruiser fleet exchange of fire before. It seems that this battle will create many firsts.

The ships began to turn and activated the optical aiming system, staring at the warships approaching from the opposite side.

The communication platform sounded a beeping reminder sound, which was the commander's order to fire, indicating that both sides entered the firing range.

Even for the cruisers, the moment of firing at the same time was extremely magnificent. Countless ion beams mixed with physical shells or railguns smashed over. For a moment, I even worried whether the gas planet would be ignited.

The Swan didn't rush too far forward, but it didn't shrink back either. Looking forward through the bridge, the dense ion beam seemed to be rushing towards us.

Accompanied by a series of violent shaking, the Swan was hit.

"Shield damaged!"

"Ballistic calculation completed!"

"Free fire!"

Even if the Swan took evasive sailing, it was impossible to dodge perfectly under such dense barrages. Alyssa could see that some ships on the fleet command system sent signals of damage.

However, this was also the case for the Red Maple Republic Fleet.

The Swan's onboard computer was the most advanced and it was also the ship that completed the ballistic calculation the fastest, so the Swan was the first to fire at full power.

It looked like a starting gun. After the Swan began to counterattack, the ships of the entire fleet began to aim their main guns and secondary guns at the enemy fleet one after another. If the sound could be heard in the void, I am afraid that the entire battlefield would be filled with the harsh buzzing sound of ion beam charging.

Wave after wave of artillery fire seemed to have no end, and the concept of time began to become confused. No one knew whether they would be the next person to be focused on.

Due to multiple modifications, the Swan's attributes in all aspects have far exceeded those of ordinary cruise ships. Almost every time it fired, it would achieve results, but this was still a drop in the bucket for the fleet.

The Maple Republic is really going to fight to the death now. Even though the quality of the crew is far inferior to the level at the beginning of the war, the number is definitely enough.

Alyssa has been staring at the star map, ignoring the incoming artillery fire until the communication platform issued a beeping prompt.

"The torpedo attack of the fleet has failed to work. Too few carrier-based aircraft have broken through the interception."

On the left side of the enemy fleet, you can see dense orange explosion flashes. That is the flash that appears when the torpedoes thrown by the carrier-based aircraft are destroyed by anti-aircraft guns.

The number of fleets is huge, but few can break through the enemy's interception, and it is almost difficult to produce any results.

"The fleet is returning."

That's what they said, but it's not easy to retreat back.