From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 375: Sniper, then single-machine breakthrough into the atmosphere
"Master, the long-range electromagnetic cannon assembly has been launched!"

"Very good, the body trajectory and posture assistance are up to you, Lilith."

"Don't worry, Master. Just fly, and I'll take care of the rest!"

Lilith's voice rarely showed a sense of "reliability", which made Amber put aside her worries temporarily and began to fully control the "ATLAS" to start a large-scale maneuver under the pursuit of three cruisers.

In fact, luck was on Atlas' side at this moment.

The orbital attack ship that launched the tactical nuclear bomb had actually lost control of its posture after being attacked by Amber, so the trajectory of the launched tactical nuclear bomb was not to rush directly into the atmosphere like a conventional attack.

Instead, it made a large circle before readjusting its attack trajectory with the assistance of the attitude control engine, which also gave Amber time to try to intercept.

Otherwise, if the orbital attack ship dropped bombs directly under normal circumstances, Amber knew that she would not be able to intercept it in time at such a distance.

At this moment, he had to acknowledge that the fighting spirit of these orbital attack ships far exceeded his expectations.

Not only did they all try to launch orbital strikes under his attack, but the last ship even threw out this last tactical nuclear bomb when the ship's posture had lost control and all the crew members began to abandon the ship and evacuate.
As Amber sighed, the long-range electromagnetic cannon fired by the 'Ikaros' support device quickly approached his position.

This support device is specially designed to support 'ATLAS' in combat in planetary orbit. It has eight sets of components with different functions built in, and will maintain optical stealth while maneuvering in a certain orbit to ensure that Amber's body is always within the support range.

Finally, in a situation like the one just now, the corresponding components are fired to support Amber's operations.

The support in the planetary orbit is not all. The Ikaros support device can also install an aerodynamically shaped heat-insulating shell on the outside of the ejection components according to Amber's needs, so that these components can penetrate the atmosphere and support Amber's battle on the ground.
As for why Eugene and Ornes of the Atlas Equipment Research and Development Center came up with such a thing, it was mainly because everyone in the Atlas combat force was aware of Amber's incredible combat power.

So after discussion, they came up with a combat plan with Amber as the core.

Under normal circumstances, Atlas' combat troops will still fight in the normal mode, but once it is necessary to open up the situation or put out a fire, Amber will join the battle and become the only "big C", and all participating troops will act with "assisting Amber" as the highest priority.
"Master, the long-range electromagnetic sniper cannon has entered the predetermined distance, and the docking procedure has begun!"

"Understood~"

Amber controlled the machine to perform a defensive barrel roll with a huge trajectory, dodging several blasts of ship-borne heavy particle cannon fire in advance while also shortening the distance to the long-range electromagnetic sniper cannon.

Soon, as the booster rocket on the long-range electromagnetic sniper cannon completed its final deceleration, a series of explosive bolts exploded, throwing the booster rocket on the assembly away.

At the same time, Lilith also controlled the huge HCP 'ATLAS' to shoot out an extremely long carbon fiber rope, and successfully docked with an electromagnetic interface on the component.

Immediately afterwards, the carbon fiber cable was quickly retracted, and after a few seconds the huge electromagnetic sniper cannon was pulled to the front of the fuselage.

Amber controlled the robotic arm to firmly grasp the right handle of the electromagnetic sniper cannon. Another robotic arm extended from the rear of the machine body and docked with an interface, completing the fixation.

At this time, the electromagnetic sniper cannon, which had been unfolded from its folded state during the docking process, had an overall length that greatly exceeded the full length of 'ATLAS'. From a distance, it looked more like a heavily armed lancer in space.

"The long-range electromagnetic sniper cannon has been powered on! The heavy-duty guided penetrator has been loaded! The target's real-time position has been acquired through the data link. The pre-aiming trajectory calculation has been completed!"

Only Lilith could calculate the trajectory of a heavy penetrator in a low orbit affected by the planet's gravity in such a short time.

Amber saw an ever-changing "arc" in front of her eyes. The end of this "arc" had fallen to the other side of the planet, and its end point was the tactical nuclear bomb that was about to enter the atmosphere.

"My Li is great, no need to say more!!!"

Amber pulled the virtual trigger with a cry of admiration from the bottom of her heart. A flash of electric arc flashed on the extremely long acceleration track of the long-range electromagnetic sniper cannon, and then a thin alloy rod was sent out at a very high speed. At the same time, under the influence of the planet's gravity, it quickly crossed the twilight line along the arc of the predicted trajectory and disappeared at the other end of the planet.

"A strong magnetic field reaction from the target has been detected! It is judged to be electromagnetic reconnection cannon fire!"

"Activate the deflection field, conduct tactical evasion!"

The captains of the three cruisers issued the same order almost at the same time. If it was a normal electromagnetic reconnection artillery attack, they would not treat it as a major threat.

But after encountering the heavy HCP piloted by Amber and watching Amber use the anti-ship piercing rod of the electromagnetic reconnection gun to "open the can" of orbital attack ships one by one, they have become reluctant to attack this thing.

However, the high-speed flying rod completely ignored their existence and passed directly through the shortest attack path between the three ships.

When the tactical information coordinator reported that the target attack had missed, the captains of the three cruisers were relieved at first, and wondered why the target, which they had previously attacked with extremely high accuracy, suddenly missed, and missed by such an outrageous amount.

But the next second, the captain of the heavy cruiser suddenly reacted.

"Fuck! We are not the target."

"It's about to hit the target. The current trajectory coincides with the target trajectory without error!"

"54321, hit!"

Just like the kinetic warheads used by the interceptor missiles to deal with nuclear strikes in Amber's previous life, the heavy penetrator, which flew almost a quarter of the distance around the low orbit of Para IV, also slammed into the tactical nuclear bomb at the predetermined intersection point.

The tactical nuclear bomb entering orbit was broken into two pieces almost instantly. As the missile body lost balance, the internal components were thrown out like flowers from the sky.

In this case, a two-phase bomb is generally used, that is, a tactical nuclear bomb with a hydrogen bomb as the warhead, and there is no nuclear fission + nuclear fusion reaction required for its detonation.

“Huh, you actually did it.”

The moment Lilith told her that the interception was successful, Amber felt as if all her energy had been drained away.

He really wanted Lilith to take over the controls of the machine and then completely relax.

But the last words that Baninger said before cutting off the communication seemed to ring in his ears again, making it impossible for him to really relax.
After a moment, Amber readjusted her state and refocused her mind, while controlling the body to maneuver towards a lower orbit.

"Eugene, Ornes, this thing better be as reliable as you say."

Soon, the three cruisers chasing Amber saw their target begin to fall into the atmosphere, and at the same time, a red light appeared around it due to the heating caused by friction with the atmosphere.

On the other side, Cleves, who was leading the fleet in maneuvers, also received the message from Amber.

"I'm going to put out the fire on the ground. I can't provide support for the rest of the battle. The fleet battle depends on you, Cleves!"

Looking at this message, Cleves, the fleet commander, also sighed helplessly.

"Boss, you really know how to put pressure on me."

(End of this chapter)