The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 301 Shooting Window
The attack from the directed energy weapon turret fired at the speed of light was the first to arrive, and the changing color of the aurora once again lit up in front of the enemy ship. Because of the astonishing number of directed energy weapons fired this time, the deflected magnetic field showed a luster Far better than last time, it seems to be running at full power.

The projectiles of the electromagnetic gun followed closely behind, and the close-in defense gun arrays on the opponent's ship were still intercepting them with all their strength. However, because there were more shells, these close-in defense gun groups seemed to be somewhat overwhelmed. A few fish that slipped through the net came with The astonishing high-speed impact hit the huge ship body.

The projectiles passed by, and the powerful kinetic energy instantly destroyed a secondary battery. However, other than that, the other projectiles did not cause much damage. The opponent used limited close-in defense firepower to intercept those that had a high probability of hitting vulnerable parts. The projectiles, even those that were too late to intercept completely, failed to cause much damage.

However, Lin Yi also noticed that the opponent's secondary battery stopped firing as soon as the deflection magnetic field started to operate. I don't know if the magnetic field intercepts the directed energy weapons in both directions, or if the energy is insufficient to supply two sets of structures to operate at the same time. .

Lin Yi prefers the latter - although the principle is not difficult, the energy required to generate a magnetic field that can intercept weapons-grade directed energy beams must be staggering. Lin Yi even doubts whether a nuclear fusion reactor can provide such energy.

Those directed energy close-defense artillery groups seemed to be able to barely operate, but their effectiveness was also compromised. Lin Yi seemed to have found an opportunity for a while. More electromagnetic gun defense structures opened fire one after another, shooting at the giant ship that was still approaching the earth. ship.

The directed energy defense platforms farther back tried to suppress firepower as much as possible, so that the opponent must maintain the deflection magnetic field to prevent the secondary battery from launching a counterattack.

This time, more electromagnetic turrets were aimed at the additional secondary batteries on the opponent's hull, trying to paralyze those batteries as much as possible when the opponent's directed energy weapons could not fully recover.

The tactics this time were undoubtedly effective. It was difficult for the close-in defense gun array to take into account all targets. Soon, most of the enemy ship's secondary batteries, which were modified from the main guns of the Ezki escort ship, were paralyzed.

But soon, another problem was exposed in front of Lin Yi - those old-fashioned electromagnetic gun defense structures were not designed to have many ammunition reserves. Now, they have basically pupated all the unnecessary tissue structures that can be dissolved. The shells were fired, and there was no ability to fight back.

The Ke-class fleet composed of escort stars at the rear does have sufficient ammunition reserves. The firepower of an entire Ke-class fleet of two hundred escort stars, according to the current defense power of this giant ship, cannot withstand such a number. of attack.

However, these escort starships are far away from the enemy ships. At this distance, the accuracy is basically impossible to guarantee. But at this time, there is nothing that can be done - an entire branch-class fleet launched a salvo, one after another with projectiles. A faint reflective signal passed by, shrouding the huge ship.

The enemy obviously discovered that the escort star cluster in the rear also opened fire, but the directed energy defense platform in the front continued to attack the deflection magnetic field that protected the directed energy weapon from striking, consuming its energy.

The remaining close-in defense guns fired one after another, intercepting the electromagnetic artillery shells that were most likely to threaten it, and most of the electromagnetic artillery shells passed by the ship's hull - missing by a mere millimeter. On a cosmic scale, Even the slightest deviation will cause the ballistic impact point to deviate by an unknown amount.

Based on the current information, Lin Yi guessed that this layer of deflected magnetic field is most likely different from the so-called "energy shield". It does not consume energy only when it is attacked. Instead, as long as the device is turned on and a magnetic field is formed, energy will inevitably be consumed.

However, the strength of the magnetic field probably has different levels, and the strength of the magnetic field will be automatically adjusted according to the situation to save energy as much as possible. Under the control of the computer, this strength can maintain the highest cost performance as much as possible. Thinking about it, Lin Yi also changed the attack intensity of the directed energy weapons in front. Now, the number of directed energy turrets in each attack is reduced as much as possible, just to keep the remaining energy in the opponent's deflection magnetic field unable to start supplying the directed energy secondary guns. degree of the group.

During this period, a trial error allowed the opponent to briefly gain a period of opportunity to activate the secondary battery, destroying some directed energy turret structures. But soon, the scene returned to normal, and the opponent was still suppressed and could only supply almost all of its energy to the deflection magnetic field.

The opponent's distance is still a little bit closer to the earth, but the speed of its huge ship is only slightly slower than that of the escort starfly. The hurried escort starfly cluster coming from behind will be unable to catch up and take accurate aim for a while.

According to calculations, at the current speed, it is probably difficult to intercept the opponent before it reaches the earth's orbit. certainly. If the other party wants to enter the earth's orbit, it still needs to slow down on its own, which gives Lin Yi an opportunity.

During the remaining distance, the escort stars will not make any deceleration. If the purpose is to park normally into the Earth's orbit, the excessive speed will prevent these escort stars from being captured by the Earth's gravity and park normally into the orbit.

This means that the escort star cluster's shooting will have a window period. If the enemy ship cannot be destroyed within this window period, then it can only fly past the earth's orbit and wait for the next opportunity.

The firepower that two hundred escort starships can pour out simultaneously within the window period is enough to completely smash an asteroid of the same mass as an enemy ship, not to mention that there are still some of the three types of pods that have not been launched.

But after all, the opponent is not an asteroid that can only be beaten passively. The most important problem is that the time required for the opponent to slow down is unknown. If the interception cannot be completed before the opponent carries out an unknown deep strike, the situation may be difficult to predict.

On the front line, the opponent's fleet still hasn't moved. It can be seen that the opponent seems to be betting on how long the battleship can survive the shooting window and successfully uses its unknown main weapon against the earth, which is likely to destroy the entire ecosystem.

The engine power has been turned to the maximum, and a large amount of working fluid is heated and expanded and ejected directly. Blazing plasma flames are erupted accompanied by dazzling infrared signals. The electromagnetic gun has also stopped firing to avoid the recoil caused by the launch, which will slow down the hull. slow.

But it is no longer important. Most of the enemy ships' directed energy secondary batteries have been destroyed, and part of the hull has been damaged. Only the close-in defense gun groups are still firing, trying their best to intercept.

The opponent has basically sailed out of the effective range of the rear directed energy turret group, but at this time, the enemy ship with its secondary battery group basically destroyed no longer has the ability to fight back, and it seems to be starting to slow down. Lin Yi's opportunity, coming soon.

(End of this chapter)