From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 429: Phantom King of Slaying

It was not surprising that Murat, Louis, Jacob and others were here. Although the Atlas fleet led by Cliffs was still on Pella IV, in order to complete the "Defense of A.Bava Ku", Amber still pulled these elite pilots and drivers back along with their equipment.

At this moment, in Amber's own team, in addition to Murat and Louis, there are three other excellent pilots who have been discovered.

Moreover, under Amber's "ravages", the driving skills of these five people can be said to have improved rapidly. They have also completed body transformation surgeries one after another in order to adapt to the pressure on the human body caused by superb driving skills.

The aircraft of the five of them was also changed from the previous Holy Shield to the 'Giant' heavy HCP tested by Amber herself.

After the actual combat test of Pella IV, the Equipment Research and Development Center once again upgraded and adjusted this machine which was different from the conventional HCP route.

Considering that this heavy HCP is a specialized group for space warfare, and its main combat scenario is assault operations in outer space, or as supplementary firepower for fleet battles, the situation of a single aircraft breaking into the atmosphere like Amber did before is a low-probability event.

Therefore, the design team of the R&D center directly cancelled the stepper unit of the fuselage and replaced it with a larger additional propulsion component to increase the maneuverability and acceleration capability of the model.

Coupled with a more powerful power unit, superconducting battery pack, and additional armed backpack, the various indicators of the aircraft have been greatly improved.

In addition to its appearance becoming more and more like the phantom machine "Deep Assault" in Amber's past life memory, the physical fitness requirements for the pilot have also reached an abnormal level.

If one does not undergo body strengthening transformation, just a simple acceleration will cause fainting.

But even with Amber's level of physical fitness, ordinary heavy hydraulic anti-gravity suits are not enough, so the driver is fixed directly to the seat by a set of hard buffer devices.

This also made Amber couldn't help but come up with the idea of ​​'Why not let Lilith create a dedicated combat AI to use.'

However, this plan could not keep up with the battle on A.Bava Ku's side, so in the end it was Murat and others who took the lead.

"Boss, after this battle, I think you should be able to get a title like 'King of Shooting Down', right?" Louis, who was usually taciturn, suddenly spoke in the communication channel.

His words quickly sparked the enthusiasm of others to discuss. After all, whether it was the HCP pilot or the driver of the heavy armored combat boat, they all cared very much about the most intuitive honor, the "number of kills".

"Oh yeah, maybe it has already happened?" Murat reacted belatedly. If he wasn't fixed on the seat, he would have wanted to slap his thigh.

"I calculated that from Robert IV to Pyra IV's solo orbital attack ship squadron, including ground combat, whether it's ordinary unit kills, HCP kills, or ship sinkings, no one else should be able to surpass it, right?"

There were a lot of Amber's fans among Atlas's pilots and drivers, so someone soon roughly calculated the number of Amber's kills.

Since Amber had never had the time to count these things before, he didn't know how many enemies he had killed while driving the HCP. But now that the number was calculated by his "fans", it would be a lie to say that he wasn't secretly happy.

But at the same time, Amber's mentality has already changed. Although the number of kills is important, it is no longer the most important honor for him.

"Oh, it's all just a false reputation~"

Amber smiled and responded in the communication channel:

“Neither the Federation nor the Star Dragon Empire will count or acknowledge my achievements, so we can just have fun with these statistics. It would be my honor if I could become the goal you want to surpass.

Besides, if you really want to talk about the number of kills, our miner leader George is the real king of kills. How many warships did he destroy with those two shots?"

"Fuck, that seems to be the case." "No! George's move is too unfair. The AOE of the map cannon doesn't count as a kill!"

"That's right, we all attack with swords and artillery, but he just sits there and attacks with two rounds of AOE. It's different!"

The 'pre-war discussion' that unfolded from this topic also reduced the tension in the hearts of all pilots and drivers. The excitement and excitement in their hearts about attacking the huge combined fleet surpassed their original fear.

Soon, the disconnection of the combined fleet became increasingly apparent, giving Amber and others an excellent window to attack.

"Jacob, is the 'Deep Sea Fish' team ready?"

Before finally lighting up the giant plasma propulsion array of the Titan, Amber made the final confirmation in the communication channel encrypted by Lilith herself.

"All preparations have been completed, Boss. Each squadron will begin to attack after you and others have completed 'kicking the door' and attracted firepower. We will do our best to inflict the greatest damage to the enemy!"

Jacob said in a firm tone, ever since he changed his job from a supersonic reconnaissance aircraft pilot to a heavy armored combat boat pilot and commander-in-chief, his temperament has changed completely.

"It is not necessary to 'trade casualties for results'. We should prioritize our own survival. Whether it is you, Murat, Louis and others, everyone, listen carefully. You are Atlas' most precious assets. I would be heartbroken if you were lost."

Amber said with a smile as she pressed the volumetric light that said 'Confirmation of completion of self-test' in the cockpit.

"And the main purpose of this assault is to throw the enemy fleet into chaos and create the most favorable conditions for the unmanned fleet to come in and harvest, so I hope you can all return safely!"

"Understood, Boss!"

Hearing the uniform response on the communication channel, Amber smiled, then fully started the machine and quickly pushed the throttle to 'maximum thrust'.

"Let's get started! Let's hunt these enemies!"

As Amber's voice rang out in the communication channel, his dazzling red machine also rushed out first. With a large number of plasma propulsion arrays running at maximum power, the entire machine instantly turned into the brightest meteor on the battlefield, rushing towards the disjointed warships in the rear half of the military-industrial complex joint fleet.

This "meteor" that suddenly appeared in the zenith was quickly captured by the air defense commanders of the ships of the Combined Fleet.

Almost immediately they thought of the video that went viral on the Internet, and the red machine in the video that single-handedly destroyed the entire orbital attack ship squadron in the orbit of Pella IV and played tricks on three cruisers.

"It's over! It's the red devil! Damn, how can I be so unlucky!"

"Fuck! Anti-aircraft weapons team, lift the restriction on ammunition release! Fire at full force! Don't let him get close!"

"boom!"

The large-scale airborne heavy particle cannon attacked at a distance of 6000 kilometers, accurately hitting a light cruiser with its upper deck exposed. The violent heavy metal particle jet tore open the rear half of the ship, which had no deflection field protection.

Because the superconducting battery stack was directly hit, the high-temperature plasma fireball caused by the quench effect expanded from the inside out and swallowed up one-third of the ship. At the same time, this dazzling fire also symbolized that Amber was getting closer and closer to the title of "Phantom Shooting King" which was not officially recognized.

(End of this chapter)