The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"Empty mine detonated!"

In an instant, the halo of the explosion spread across the entire screen like fireworks, the plasma was scattered and turned into a vortex of light, and the battlefield suddenly became chaotic like a beehive overturned.The first round of the dark worm's carrier-based aircraft fleet and escort ships suffered heavy losses in the initial outbreak, and the armor of the large individual in the center of the outbreak also became mottled, but the enemy fleet is quite large, and the distance between each other is not close. Not too close—this may be due to the high stability of large-scale transitions, so the transition interference system failed to exert its full strength.

This made more dark worm individuals continue to move forward under the light of the explosion, and many individuals drove out of the light wheel, with marks left by the high temperature engraved on their bodies, like pieces of dark clouds being blown by a strong wind.

The dark clouds overwhelm the city and the city is about to be destroyed, and the light of the armor opens to the golden scales of the sun... Whether it is the deep meaning or the literal meaning, the scene now presented in front of you is very suitable for this poem.

In the next instant, it was the turbid stream of light that dispersed the black clouds.The flashes emitted by the cluster of doomsday weapons are like stars dancing in front of our eyes.The dozens of dark worms that were targeted were all crushed by the torrent of light, and their roasted remains continued to float forward until the companions behind them knocked them away—after the internal structure was burned , These bugs shattered like eggs, and a large number of pieces fell like biscuit crumbs, floating around meaninglessly.

The expansion of the flash gradually converged.Slowly and gradually shrinking, just like when it appeared, it disappeared suddenly.And more than two-thirds of the enemies still existed, and they rushed towards this side with all their strength, posing as zombies attacking the blockade line, trying to just rush into the defensive circle.When they came into range, conventional firepower bombarded the nearest target at the discretion of the captains without even needing a unified password.

And half a second later, the dark worm fired as if it was about to reciprocate. The biological laser cannon carved short and dazzling traces in the void, and more carrier-based aircraft rushed out like bees.These carrier-based aircraft are basically 200-meter-class cruisers. Apart from the biological plasma cannon, they also have the function of a transport ship-put a large number of marines inside. The way is to rush into the enemy ships and fortresses.

Because of its huge numerical advantage, the success rate of this seemingly unplanned landing operation has not been low.

This is also the reason why aircraft carriers are often incorporated into combat forces - strong, dexterous and powerful carrier-based aircraft can effectively fight against cruiser-class dark worms, tearing them open in the universe, forcing them to stay away from expensive and important flagship.Although the cruiser-class dark worm is called 'cruiser-class', none of its defense capabilities, firepower and speed can really reach the cruiser-class, and its firepower is only a slow-firing biological plasma cannon.That is to say, it is difficult for them to resist the close-range dogfighting attacks of various carrier-based aircraft.

Capt. Gabriel Ocalante tightened his seat belt and completed the final check. The new type of aircraft carrier jointly developed by ZAFT and the earth is 500 meters long. Whether it is carrying capacity, strength, anti-aircraft firepower, or detection capabilities, it far surpasses the previous models. Captain Lant was greatly moved.He once thought that this type of space carrier code-named 'Ark of the Covenant' was perfect, but when he saw that the launch efficiency of its carrier-based aircraft was much lower than that of the Tartarus carrier in battle, he could truly Understand the technical gap in the details.

He felt a tingling pain in the back of his neck and realized his connection with love machine 'Mia' - the name comes from the recent new national idol in P(and)L(and) ANT, she has It has a clear singing voice similar to Lacus, but is more lively and cheerful, and is more popular among young people.An unofficial survey report shows that at least a quarter of the mobile suits in the ZAFT army are called 'Mia', which is enough to prove her popularity and the soldiers' preference.

This is the newest type of MS...it's nothing like what was previously called MS.The structure of the hands and feet is not so much hands and feet, but rather has become an auxiliary thruster and a large arm attitude control device far away from the center of mass, and the artillery has long been out of the category of "hand-held" - the current main function of the arm is an attitude control device, Therefore, the hand-held weapon was simply removed, and the firearm was loaded on the shoulder and waist facing forward, and the shooting angle covered a [-]-degree cone angle.

To be honest, they are closer to fighter jets than traditional MS... If the research and development organization is not required to 'continue to develop MS', the hangar of this huge ship is already full of Tartarus' iron cavalry It's like a space fighter.

However, compared to fighter jets, Gabriel Ocalante, like most ZAFT-born pilots, prefers to drive MS—even if there is only one MS name, it will make people feel at ease.With a burst of shaking, the universe spread out in front of his eyes, and then immediately entered a state of transition.

The battle begins.

Different from the habit of driving a mobile suit for the first time when he was 16 years old, what he felt after entering this battlefield was exhilaration and terror, and his body was immersed in a battle premonition that was close to intoxication.

"Ross No. [-], intercept the formation marked No. [-] and break them up," taking advantage of these few seconds, he said to the team members, "Other people follow me, don't let them approach the fleet!"

"Only they can board our ships, but we can't board them. It feels so unfair." The flamboyant guy is Michelle Kahn. This guy's hobby is to have nothing to say on the battlefield. If it is the Atlantic In federal war movies, this kind of person is usually the first to die, but because of technology and luck, he has not been killed until now.

Of course, there is no sign of any change in the habit of talking.

"Ross No. [-], if you are willing to rush into the pile of shit in the worm's stomach, after this battle is over, I will propose to the higher-ups to use fighting methods in your capacity."

"Sorry, just pretend I didn't say anything." After the leap, his attitude suddenly became serious. "The weapon system is on the line, and the 'Maul' is launched!"

Just [-] kilometers ahead, the dark worm's swarm was moving like locusts, and it even looked like a teammate behind was chasing his teammate in front of him.As scheduled, as soon as Lieutenant Michelle Kahn finished the jump state, he followed the instructions of the fire control system to launch the light plasma bomb 'Maul' mounted on both sides of the large propulsion backpack.They can easily destroy lightly armored units within blast radius, and the Swarm's carrier fleet is clearly of this type.

Two bombs exploded right in front of the enemy fleet, and the plasma cloud covered the array of monsters. While the front ones died on the spot, the follow-up troops turned their bows and moved around in order to avoid the explosion area. The momentum of the advance stopped immediately. up.

"It's done! All guns fired!!"

Chapter 935 Chapter 840: Deathmatch②

The high-output short-tube particle cannons and the railguns using 錵 ammunition continuously emit flashes of light. The missile pods on both sides of the machine body have been empty during the initial engagement, and the two sides are biting each other at close range.Judging from the situation on the battlefield, at least for now, the air force of the coalition has a slight advantage.

The enemy does have an advantage in size and number, but their movements are much slower than those of various carrier-based aircraft, and their defense performance is not enough to withstand the weapons specially developed for their carapaces—the tower ear Needless to say, the iron cavalry carrier-based aircraft used by Talos, the carrier-based aircraft developed by other civilizations after the first contact, all have the clause "must be equipped with weapons that can cause serious damage to the 200-meter class".It may seem difficult at first glance, but considering their body structure, it is not impossible.

The cruiser-class dark worm has the functions of a landing ship and a gunboat. In addition to the 'head', there are four cavities in the rear body. When boarding a ship, there will be four large capsules filled in in the cavity.This structure takes up a lot of space, forcing them to move part of the organ to the head.

This is reminiscent of an electric eel... Because four-fifths of the body are all power-generating components, there is no choice but to stuff all the organs of the lower body forward, until the gang door reaches the neck. (cover face)

This structure shows that if its head can be broken, it can be fatally injured.But in the past, the fleets of all civilizations (except Star Ring) generally lacked a way to quickly destroy the cruiser class. It was not that they could not explode, but that they could explode or the slow-firing main guns could not cope with their huge number. ; or special ammunition, such as heavy anti-ship missiles or even... At that time, after realizing that bugs do not eat neutron interference, everyone turned off this thing, and many MS were carrying nuclear warheads.

But now, with the application of new technologies, airborne weapons capable of penetrating the skull have been mass-produced. Coupled with the use of metal otters, carrier-based aircraft can be said to be handy against these small individuals—although the number of enemies is still a lingering problem. Go for the shadows and that's it.

But Guraz Katel didn't think so.

No matter how many enemies there are, they are just slow targets, and the number is meaningless in front of one's own 'Mia'!

He felt his blood was boiling.When I was in the orbital defense war, I was still a fledgling teenager. The meaning of joining the army was to defeat stupid natural people and fight for freedom for the inhabitants of the universe.But the super-deployment in the middle exceeded his expectations—United and ZAFT were finally forced to join forces to protect the earth and face a small group of cruisers that leaked to the earth.At that time, these huge objects almost destroyed the fragile coalition army. After taking away a large number of casualties, the terrifying image was deeply buried in the hearts of all the soldiers present at that time.

Like a nightmare.

But now it is not what it used to be - the faces of the best friends who died in that battle, the gentle seniors, and the people who admired them, their faces kept appearing in my dreams in the past few years, and after I got the After this machine, the anger, remorse and sense of powerlessness at that time will eventually be washed away on the battlefield, in the sea of ​​death intertwined with artillery fire and destruction.

After Lieutenant Michelle Kahn gave the order, he was ready. As soon as the 'Rabbit Mantle' exploded, Guraz stepped on the accelerator pedal. Accompanied by the electronic sound of locking the target, the enemy ship directly in front His skull was cracked open, the bullets fired by the railgun pierced deeply into the depths of his brain and exploded, the poisonous fragments smashed the biological structure into a paste in an instant.The plasma mass that was gathering around its mouth exploded due to the loss of its control mechanism, and the high heat instantly burned most of its 'face'.

"We used to be subjected to this kind of thing... this kind of thing..."

This is already unknown how many times the small dark worm has been shot down, but for some reason, Guraz's mood today is terrifyingly high.The joy of shooting down the enemy, the horror of the pressure on the battlefield, and the gentle or tragic images of the past are intertwined in his mind, which makes his heartbeat continue to rise, and the heat in his brain seems to be on fire. .

The only thing he could see in his eyes were the enemies who were about to be burned.

He set up the four heavy cannons on his shoulders and waist, and fired wildly at a dangerous rate of fire that violated combat regulations. The enemies were turned into ashes one after another, and balls of light burst out one after another.

However, that was just his own feeling.

From the point of view of Captain Gabriel Ocalante, it was this guy who suddenly ignored the order and rushed out, and then shot indiscriminately like crazy, without saying anything, and rushed into the enemy like this. among the group.

There was a thump in his heart. Guraz was an experienced driver with a stable mental state, and it was impossible for him to act in such a manic manner.But at this moment, a reminder sound made with Mia's voice sounded in his ears——

[Psionic reaction detected, concentration level four, attack reaction! 】

At the same time, a series of metal collision sounds came from behind, which was the response of the psionic countermeasure system equipped on the back of the body.It was a specially tuned broadcasting system. The core was a small psychic crystal block imitated by the technology provided by the Protoss. When a psychic attack was detected, another psychic wave was used to communicate with it. Confrontation, turning targeted psionic attacks into harmless clutter.But because of the energy consumption that makes the designers want to hang up, they can't be turned on from the beginning to the end, and if new energy components are added, the budget will be exceeded, not to mention the size, and the projection systems on all warships will have to Changing them together is a super big project that can kill the Ministry of Finance...

Just like in the past, what the soldiers get is not comprehensive decisive weapons, such as one demon ZERO for each person, but "sufficient weapons" that have to be determined by logistics and budget after the performance exceeds the line. .From a strategic point of view, they meet all the criteria, can form a good combat force and the budget is just right, but when it comes to actual use, there are occasional scalp tight things like this.

Guraz's psychic countermeasure device obviously didn't have time to open, and he was too close to the target group, causing the mental pollution to rise sharply.After realizing this, Gabriel Ocalante opened the communication and shouted:

"Calm down! Your mental stability is starting to drop! Haven't the psychic countermeasures been activated yet!"

But there was nothing but meaningless yelling on the other side of the comm.

Is it... late?

"Damn it! Regroup!"

"We have to bring this bastard back!"

Someone shouted, but he yelled back louder:

"No chance! They are waiting for us to go there!"

Using companions as bait to lure air teams into dangerous crossfire areas was something Michele had learned in the ice shell monster encounter.Although it is unbelievable, these bugs will skillfully use their wisdom in various places-even the carrier-based aircraft cluster command that ordinary people think is just F2A.

Abandoning teammates is a very painful thing, and this kind of order can only be given by oneself... so that others can survive.

After realizing that the team was not deceived, Guraz was engulfed by the plasma clump together with his own plane, and it burst into dazzling brilliance.No one said anything, and the idea of ​​trying to penetrate the enemy formation head-on disappeared instantly. Together with other teams around, everyone began to adopt a more secure method of reducing the number of enemies through guerrilla warfare.

Suddenly, a huge friendly signal flashed in the corner of the screen—it was a small ship covered with scars.Her shield was flickering, and many terrible scars had been engraved on the originally smooth armor, which suddenly appeared not far from the enemy's line... It was really not far away, tens of kilometers away in this kind of battlefield As if on the face.Before she had time to accelerate, more than a dozen electric plasma clumps had already hit her side with afterimages.

If it is a large warship, it is not a difficult task to resist this kind of attack and counterattack, but it becomes an impossible task to put it on a warship with the body of a destroyer.The battleship capsized in flames and explosions, and a large amount of debris was blown away with the impact.

Lieutenant Michelle Kahn recognized that it was an interceptor ship of Tartarus, an auxiliary ship used to launch interception probes on the battlefield to hinder the enemy's transition.According to the plan drawn up before, they should block the enemy's main force about half a light second away at this moment. Why did they suddenly appear here and enter the shooting area of ​​the carrier aircraft group?

Soon, the slight spatial fluctuations discovered by the navigation system told him the truth.

"Can you hear me? Tell the command center immediately!" The captain nimbly avoided the enemy's lock and occasionally responded, and at the same time clearly reported the key information he just noticed - his auxiliary thinking chip allowed him to do When it comes to this kind of thing, although it is not easy, "The enemy has individuals equipped with gravity traps! Recalculate the space coordinates, recalculate the space coordinates immediately!!"

He didn't know if it was too late, if it was too late, the next attack team would be sent to an extremely dangerous place to be slaughtered.At the same time, he tried his best to find the special individuals hidden in the swarm—but they were all almost the same, moving constantly, and acting in almost the same way.This is obviously their method of hiding themselves. Just as Geberi wanted to allocate part of his computing power to analyze the action patterns of the swarm, the alarm and the hoarse shouts of his companions rang in his ears.

Gabriel could still distinguish what they were shouting, and the heavy impact came from the side.At that moment, he felt that he was thrown into the drum washing machine, the picture in front of him was spinning at a high speed, his head was buried heavily in the airbag that popped up in front of him, and then hit hard on the back of the driver's seat behind him.The inertial stabilizer is still functioning, otherwise it wouldn't be a matter of hitting his head just now. Even so, his consciousness disappeared in the bottomless darkness in an instant.

Half of the body of his landline has disappeared, the arcs and fragments of melted parts are sprayed out from everywhere, spinning like this and flying into the void.Not far away, the fighting was still going on, and this explosion was just a tiny spark in the whole battle.

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The enemy deployed individuals equipped with gravitational traps and psionic attacks in conventional carrier aircraft, which is honestly unprecedented.Even though one of the pilots reported the incident during the battle and took precautions, the second wave carrier group still took a considerable hit.And the loss wasn't just on the carrier-based air fleet—the opponent also used these special-type ships for air defense, so the bubble-replenishing interceptor crashed into the air defense circle head-on without any preparation, and directly stepped into the biological laser In the web of death woven by cannon...

Essex looked at the new list of losses and said:

"Fourteen interceptor ships have been lost, and the jump-disruption probes have been launched." Almost half of the thirty interceptor ships that set off in the first round were lost, and almost all the probes that needed to be deployed were lost.She raised her head and said to the communicator, "Only two are working properly."

"It's really airtight."

Oregana gritted her teeth, feeling a little scared—if she had been fooled before and sent part of the fleet to protect the 'farm', there would definitely be problems on the front here.As I said before, the dark worms that can survive to evolve to the super-mothership class are definitely guys with good brains and good luck. They themselves are the best among intelligent individuals. Even if they have enough power, they will Fight with your brain instead of pure F2A.

This makes their regular troops far more dangerous than they have encountered before.

But... Even if it is dangerous, this battle is not too far to be unfightable.From the data point of view, the interference template of the opponent's gravitational interference ship is not clever, the rate of change is low, and the periodicity is obvious.After the gravitational fluctuations appear, they will climb to a peak that lasts for several minutes, then disappear suddenly, and reappear about 20 seconds later.She suspected that the enemy's gravitational interference system could not be turned on for a long time, and judging from the pictures taken by the last two interceptor ships, Oregana's thoughts may be very close to reality.

The gravitational well next to the large individual controls the individual to have long strips of synapses that extend outward like the spines of sea urchins. From time to time, you can see a synapse shrinking suddenly and then falling off the body. And the time of this process coincides with the time stamp when the gravitational fluctuations disappear on the scan map.The ones following in the carrier-based fleet don't seem to have this kind of external performance, but the scope is much smaller than this kind of 'sea urchin'.

It seems that there is an opportunity, and if there is an opportunity, you have to seize it.

She pressed a few keys on the operation panel, issued a command, and asked:

"Is there any abnormality in the data of the watchtower?"

[The follow-up troops are approaching, and they will arrive in about two hours and three ten minutes.The number cannot be judged, and the prediction is the second batch of 10 fleets. 】

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Chapter 936 Chapter 841: Deathmatch③

"Is there any abnormality in the data of the watchtower?"

[The follow-up troops are approaching, and they will arrive in about two hours and three ten minutes.The number cannot be judged, and the prediction is the second batch of 10 fleets. 】

The first wave of more than [-] lured the enemy, and now they are all in sight, and the battle damage has reached more than one-third.Its main force and the large individual serving as the general control ship are bound near the jump point by two jump-disrupting probes. They are at a great disadvantage in shelling each other with the main force of the coalition forces and the surrounding fortress guns. However, in terms of grabbing air supremacy, due to the second wave The team is being plotted against by the gravitational well, so they have the advantage.

If there are only two hundred, then continuing to fight is obviously a victory for the Consolidation Department, because at present, it is difficult for them to even break through the range of fire from the surrounding defensive positions and mobile fortresses.But if the enemy's second wave of troops enters the battlefield, the balance of victory will fall to the opponent's side.And...if the many eyes on them are not for decoration, they should be able to see what is on the planet inside.

Seven hundred, if such a large number rushed directly, one of them would be finished if it didn't block it.And the other party obviously made this kind of plan - if it was just [-], it would be fine to fly over together at the beginning, there is no need to separate them and deliver them in batches.The next batch of bugs thrown over is likely to intend to receive new coordinates at any time, and then jump to the new coordinates and directly cross the interception position and penetrate into the hinterland.

Of course, the number of enemies has an absolute advantage, but it is not impossible to deal with it.

The simplification of any battle to the extreme is nothing more than three elements-defense, firepower, and mobility.The method of defeating the enemy naturally needs to be considered from these three aspects. Generally speaking, the most effective method is to hinder mobility.

As we all know, the jump engine cannot be started at zero distance. It is impossible to press the space bar to jump up 200 meters to avoid torpedoes.The minimum jumping distance is directly related to the quality of the jumping unit, the power of the jumping engine and the skill level.For example, Nuonuo can jump to the kitchen next door to pour himself a glass of happy water while shrinking in the room to watch the animation, and then jump back to continue shrinking. However, the minimum jumping distance of Tartarus’ Titan ship is about half a light second Left and right, and if you use the tactical action called 'return jump', first jump to a farther place, and then lock on to the target you originally wanted to reach, you can easily reach the designated place.

Nuonuo, whose mass is unknown (the girl's weight is a secret) but apparently will not exceed [-] kilograms, can basically jump in seconds, but it takes a few minutes for a Titan ship to do so, because a battleship of this quality enters a jump state, and Deceleration at the end will consume a lot of time.

And the dark worms... emmmmm, although the speeds of the dark worms in long-distance jumps are different, the intelligent ones are generally much faster than the unintelligent ones, and if you use the way of drilling tunnels, you can even reach The speed of the third-line troops of the Consolidation Department.Considering the dark worm's attack method and attack target, this speed is already extremely fast, but——their short-distance tactical leap ability is hard to be called good.

The reason is that the navigation systems used for long distances and short distances are completely different things.When you want to jump to the distance, the difference between the target point and the surrounding area is very clear, but the only thing that can be locked in the planetary system is the large celestial body and the surrounding gravitational singularity.The interior of the planetary system includes not limited to the magnetic field, complex gravitational environment, higher density interstellar matter, more active subspace fluctuations, etc. These messy factors turn the interior of the planetary system into a confusing quagmire.

And the results of the battle with the dark worm in the black field also showed that the dark worm can perform better in short-distance transitions in places far away from the planetary system.