The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"That's it."

Nyarlathotep next to him touched his chin and said:

"Like a Xen world?"

The so-called Xen world comes from a game called "Half-Life", which is famous for its own high quality and the owner of the production company was affected by an indescribable meme, which made it impossible to count 3.It tells the story of a doctor of theoretical physics who uses a tickle to block the attack of otherworldly creatures, and Nyarlathotep loves it very much.

In the world of "Half-Life", Xen is a world located at the intersection between two or more universes. The universe is very different, and even completely violates the laws of physics in the conventional universe, so there are no "planets" in the Xen world, but various floating islands and islands floating in the universe, surrounded by empty space Nebula, and some platforms will rotate according to a certain orbit.

A training ground under the Wrath Corps imitated the unique and extreme environment of the Xen world to train new recruits, so every Wrath Corps soldier has an understanding of the concept of Xen—and how to fight with a crowbar to some extent .

"That's right... But there are not so many floating islands here. No, it is also possible that we are on one of a series of floating islands, but it cannot be verified under the current conditions." The technical sergeant pointed to the "drone and probe" above The detection range and communication range have been greatly reduced, and I think it is pointless to try to launch a satellite here to obtain an orbital perspective."

Oregana didn't hesitate much:

"Then launch as many drones and probes as possible to build a three-dimensional detection network. At least to ensure that when fire support is needed, the shells can be thrown where we want."

"Yes!"

When she left the command center, she saw Wrath soldiers in yellow power armor riding on the vehicle, and the elite guards sat with them.The guy in the weird unicorn armor is carefully cleaning the chain saw ax he just got—every elite guard wears a Khorne collar to protect his consciousness from being corrupted by demons. These are easy to use The small thing that the Wrath Regiment's troops moved over from the Final World.

Seeing Oregana coming out, Monica Meredith, the captain of the Guard's [-]st Airborne Commando, immediately ran over from the nearby assembly point, and she pointed to the 'Tube Fox' landing craft parked there:

"The gunships and carrier boats are ready," she said, "The Wrath Regiment is also in place, ready to go at any time."

Oregana gestured for her to come over, then called all the team commanders in the combat communication link, and displayed the three-dimensional detection network map being established on the communication network:

"A building complex was found at a distance of [-] kilometers. The size is about the same as that of a medium-sized city—it matches the map taken out of the priest's mind. The combat area is temporarily based on this map."

The map extracted from the mind of Pastor Dia Lanark is not very complete, just as if you are a taxi driver, it is impossible to memorize all the buildings and all the streets and alleys in a city. Diar Lanark didn't write down all the city, but the basic outline is still there.In the middle of the city is a huge building. This majestic Gothic-style building occupies four-fifths of the entire area of ​​Necravo, surrounded by transportation equipment and a large-scale portal——

That huge building is obviously a 'factory' used to refine the Yajin energy and create demons, and the portal is probably the door to the Ring of Nuer.

She marked that place, and then drew a line on the outer side, "A strong psionic reaction can be detected by approaching. Just a few minutes ago, there were three firefights between the drone and the demon here... all in the In the air."

The reconnaissance drones are equipped with certain weapons, but after all, they are not drones of the level of the earth elves used on battleships.The reconnaissance drone "Dragonfly" with a long axis of no more than 1.4 meters only carries two revolving rapid-fire machine guns as self-defense firepower. In normal times, they can directly rush through this level of blockade with their own high speed, but now You can't do that anymore.

As soon as you step on the accelerator and rush in, you will lose contact immediately, unless the whole system advances together-that is equivalent to letting the drone group originally used for map development and scouting to fight the demons in the air. Delay in doing their own work.Therefore, the drone can only be kept out of the firefighting distance with the demon, and maintain contact with a 'surveillance' attitude.

[What kind of demon is it? 】

someone asked.

"Gargoyles and giant brain demons." Oregana said, blacking out an area behind the line just drawn "There are so many, it is difficult for the drone to move forward... Now our drone is in the black area Confronted the demons from behind. They didn't pounce, but maintained a line of defense, preventing us from approaching."

[It seems that they have already built an air defense circle... They are obviously at the door of their own house, but instead of taking an offensive posture, they shrink back? 】Monica Meredith said suspiciously【This shouldn't be. 】

The fact is as she said.

This is hell. If you use the words of the Consolidated Fleet, it is the hub galaxy where the main fleet gathers—it is a very important place to gather troops and then send them to the target area through wormhole stations or star gates to fight.And the ceremony field where it is now, no matter how you say it, has the meaning of a frontline base in it.

The front-line base, which is less than a thousand kilometers away from the important industrial city (even if it is operated by strange forces, but Neklavo is essentially a city of power generation and finishing), has been occupied, but until now the other side has No troops came, not even guided weapons or shelling.This is really strange.

[Could it be a trap? 】During the communication, Akatsuki Homura, who had already returned to the General Rebil, asked cautiously 【Is it better not to attack rashly? 】

The combat effectiveness and mobility of the Magic Girl Troop are very strong. The battle just now was very exciting. Even if they are not used to the concentration of psionic energy here, they can still display the average combat effectiveness, and gradually become familiar with it in the battle. The more they fight, the more they fight. Higher and higher.But magical girls themselves are not good at long-term high-intensity battles, so Nyarlathotep suggested that Xiaomei Homura and her people should not participate in the subsequent hell operation-they need time to relieve mental fatigue and carefully study this battle. combat experience.

On top of that, Hell's warp is very reactive, and there's definitely a lot of psychotropic stuff in it.Without a thorough investigation, the risk of throwing the exhausted magical girl team into hell to fight is too high.But even so, Xiao Meiyan continued to pay attention to the battle situation on the front line. The mental impact of this operation was too strong, which made people feel quite uncomfortable.But because of this, Xiao Meiyan hopes that Oregana can solve the matter beautifully-the culprit must be punished. The most direct feeling from the heart.

After hearing her words, another squad leader expressed his objection——

[Not necessarily, the other party launched a large-scale attack before,] she analyzed seriously [Although we did not take much effort to carry it down, it was indeed a very large-scale attack.Almost every safehouse and base was attacked, and the number of demons everywhere was not small, even the fleet in orbit was attacked... and almost at the same time. 】

To be honest, this kind of troop projection ability is simply amazing, and the timing of the attack is good, and the number of troops is good. If the one guarding here is not a combat team with rich experience and strong combat effectiveness from Tartarus, then it will be very difficult. It may be pierced through the whole line directly.The opponent obviously had this kind of intention, and was going to rely on an excellent attack to crush all the armed forces of Tartarus near the earth and drive them out of the earth circle.

If you think about it this way, the number of troops invested by the opponent probably accounts for a considerable proportion of all their current troops.Demons are transformed from human corpses - human corpses are limited, and although the transformation speed has been increased, it is still limited, so the number of demons is naturally impossible to be unlimited.

Almost all the troops invested in this wave of output were lost. In addition, Oregana commanded a round of changers, knocking out two of the three frontline commanders on the opposite side, and annihilating all the troops gathered in the ceremony. Hundreds of elite demons on the field.Perhaps the opponent was really badly damaged by this series of failed military adventures, and had to shrink the line of defense to heal himself, or call for reinforcements.

Oregana pondered for a while, and asked

"Liuli, what do you think?"

"I think we should attack immediately." The leopard straightened his chest, "This is still the enemy's stronghold, and we don't know the specific transformation speed of the demons - Neklavo is the production workshop of the demons, and the opposite side may give us a screen at any time Demons come out. And in the battle just now, only demons were fighting with us, without the troops of Yajin and Mekes. I don't believe that these two civilizations with cross-world technology really rely on this kind of demons to fight. Therefore, I We feel that we should not give the other party a chance to regroup their troops. We will capture Neklavo, and then we will find a way to obtain the coordinates of the Ring of Nuer, and send the fleet directly to fight the 'battle we are good at'."

Should it be said that he is the adjutant who has been with him for so long?Liu Lizi's thinking mode in terms of strategy and tactics has already begun to favor himself. The fast-paced combat concept, as long as there is an opportunity, he must seize it, be good at opening up the situation, and never leave the opponent a chance. The "don't stop" thinking is exactly the same as his own .

【Yes. 】

[Start attacking immediately, don't give them time to prepare! 】

The commanders immediately agreed, and they were gearing up, ready to deal a severe blow to the enemy.

Hearing this, Oregana took a deep breath, and brought Liu Lizi into the hull of the 'Guanhu' together:

"The mobile unit is ready to go, first seize the air supremacy." She put down the restraints and fixed herself on the chair. "The landing site is set on the square at the five o'clock position of the giant building. The angry group will attack the factory together with us, and little Monica will ensure the teleportation." Door!"

【learn! 】

【Yes! 】

"That's good! Let's go!"

Following the orders of the great warlord, the engines of the gunships and landing craft roared, and they jumped into the sky with dexterous movements that did not match their heavy shapes, and quickly flew into the area behind the multi-purpose fighter that seemed to never leave. In the open mist.

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Chapter 978 Chapter 18: What's in the factory?

There is no identifiable luminous body in the misty sky, but the surrounding area still maintains a high luminosity. This is like the night in the animation or the dark school building. Although there is no light source anywhere, the protagonist’s face can be seen clearly. Clearly.The data on the barometric altimeter has been maintained at an altitude of zero meters, but the readings of the laser rangefinder installed under the hull are constantly jumping. From takeoff to now, Oregana has seen 2000 meters, 6000 meters, 8000 meters and more Numerical display from the upper limit.

This reminded her of the feeling of flying an aircraft over the high mountains in the northern high latitudes of Niu.At that time, keeping the flying altitude and looking down, you can see the majestic peaks and majestic ice shelves, the huge uplift looming in front of the line of sight, the frozen ocean and the wrinkled and mountainous coastline intertwined with each other. The rift valley, the huge mountain range, and the peak 'Crown of Ice' that go straight into the sky.

At that time, if the rangefinder was turned all the way down, the data would jump around like this.

But now there are no complex mountains and high mountains below - the ground looks like a piece, not connected to each other, filled with opaque thick fog in the middle.When the rangefinder sweeps through those dense fog areas, it's like shining a flashlight into the deep sea, and you can't get anything.In this harsh environment, the only conspicuous and easily identifiable thing is the track made by unknown technology. It shuttles through the bottomless sea of ​​fog like a giant snake. road sign.

Follow the direction of this track and you will reach your destination... This feeling is very uncomfortable.In previous wars, everyone expanded the detection distance all at once, to the extent that any wormholes within a few light-years would be discovered immediately.But today, the marching troops have to rely on a prisoner's confession, and slowly fly forward for hundreds of kilometers along a railway line built at God knows when, and this is still in enemy territory, which is really nerve-wracking.

"It can't really be a floating island..."

Oregana was sitting by the open side hatch of 'Tube Fox', looking like Ma Run who was sitting on the edge of the helicopter holding a rifle and was about to be thrown into the Somali city to confront Uncle Hei in the past.

"Be careful when airborne, otherwise it will be troublesome if you fall into a strange place."

Liu Lizi responded, and before she finished speaking, a series of explosions rang in her ears.

The gunship machine not far from the right fired, the turret above and the nose, and several marines on the side hatches suddenly started shooting, the light of the tracer bullets outlined a dazzling arc in the air, and then came Volgo Cannon's distinctive green flash.The target it aimed at was a painful element floating from the direction of two o'clock. It seemed to want to launch an attack on the fleet that was advancing at a low speed, but its own speed and unique shape—like a zerg king worm— Make it impossible to escape the blow of anti-aircraft fire.

Before it had time to enter the attack range, it was hit by the airborne heavy automatic cannon and the Volgo cannon, and it exploded into a cloud of blood in the air on the spot.

After advancing for hundreds of kilometers, such tentative attacks resulted in more than [-] firefights, and the further back, the higher the frequency of firefights.This gives everyone a sense of tension as they approach the enemy's lair.Apart from the occasional reminders from the navigator and commander, there were no other voices in the communication, and the pressure of the imminent war made everyone become silent.

In the silence, the voice of the pilot of the attack plane rang out without warning——

[We have reached the 'cordon', and there are flying demons everywhere in front of us. 】

"How many? What kind?" Oregana asked, and added after half a second, "Are there only demons?"

If there are only three kinds of flying demons, the giant brain monster, the gargoyle, and the pain element, then there is no point in the number.They can't keep up with the speed of the attack aircraft, and the low-speed projectiles they fire can only eat dust in front of the attack aircraft. Even if they hit, whether they can destroy the shield of the attack aircraft is another matter.The multi-functional attack aircraft itself is an improved version specially modified for combat, deployment and maintenance in the atmosphere on the basis of the cavalry carrier-based aircraft, which means that they have the ability to continue fighting even if they are hit by five or six rounds of battleship-level anti-aircraft firepower Ability--the psychic clumps spit out by the giant brain demon are obviously not as full of tiles as the battleship anti-aircraft guns.

How could a crumb attack that couldn't even kill an armored Oregana knock down an attack plane? (ridicule)

But if there are things other than demons, it's hard to say, and it's really very possible.It is reasonable to speculate that it is impossible for the Yajin and Mek people to have anti-aircraft guns or fighter jets. After all, everyone is a cross-world civilization with a reputation, and it is too unreasonable to not even have a plane.If there is, then the three attack planes will shoot down the opponent according to the predetermined plan, and then the follow-up troops will press on and attack, forcibly breaking into the city and destroying the soul refining facilities.

The driver's answer was surprising:

[There are only demons, besides those three, there is also a long axis of about 60 meters, which looks like a king worm.Eleven of them have been confirmed so far. They surround the city, and something similar to a cannon can be seen on their bodies—not the biological structure of demons, but mechanical equipment.Our sensors were all turned on, and we didn't find anything that looked like a fighter jet in the scan range. 】Amid some noise, the driver said 【But there are surprisingly many demons on the ground, and there are many heavy units equipped with mechanical equipment and weapons. Now I have scanned a lot of turrets, and I will mark them on the map immediately. . 】

Oregana frowned as she looked at the map marked with a large number of red dots.

As I said before, the center of the city is the huge soul refining factory. Among the towers with sharp shapes, covered with iron bars and spikes, many of them are more than five meters tall and have a strong body. , covered in armor, a large demon with mechanical cannons of the same length and height as his arms is waiting.They stood behind the battlements, looking everywhere, each of them was either patrolling or looking at the air vigilantly. Judging from their appearance and movements, these guys probably had a considerable degree of long-range shooting and air attack capabilities.

Not only that, but on the city walls covered with spikes, many places have rough and simple cannons surrounded by flesh and blood, with red lights shining in the barrels—this should also be a fixed defensive weapon.In addition, there are probably many hidden fortifications that cannot be seen clearly at a glance.

In addition, powerful psychic responses have appeared in the refining factory. From the pictures taken by attack aircraft and drones, a red beam of light can be seen rising from the tallest tower in the center of the factory and sinking into the top. in the dense fog.That light lit up the clouds, and illuminated a swaying vortex, and the energy index was slowly increasing, very slowly, but unwaveringly.

Are you creating new demons?Still calling for reinforcements?In any case, the other party is ready to hold on and is holding back something.They can't be left to their own devices any longer.

Oregana stood up abruptly:

"Start the attack! After knocking down those 'airships', suppress the ground—each machine is ready to advance immediately after the landing site is secured!"

Not being able to give the other party time to rest is like a group of dark-skinned hunters chasing deer on the prairie, forcing the other party to run on four legs and run until the last moment of their lives.As long as you relax halfway and let the other party take a breath, it will fall short.

I will never make such a mistake.

"Understood!" The leader replied loudly, and then turned to his wingman, "The attack begins!"

【clear!Heimdall's horn has sounded! 】

After receiving the order, the pilot, Lake Eagle Wing, swung the wings, pulled the joystick backwards to control the fighter jet to raise its nose, and began to rise at an astonishing climbing angle.Of course the demons noticed their movements, but even if the giant brain monsters and gargoyles went all out, they couldn't touch the fighter jets that rose like missiles.

But something caught up—the eyes on the biological airship looked at the fighter, and then the upper armor opened, and a large number of creatures with streamlined shells as tall as a man were shot out from them. Turning around, aiming at the direction of the fighter jet, spraying out red and black propelling flames, making a squeaky hissing sound and chasing after it.

Almost at the same time, the mechanical cannons above several biological airships started firing.From a distance, the caliber of those cannons is about [-]mm to [-]mm, and the exact number cannot be determined for a while.But one thing is very clear, that is, it is very unreliable to use a gun of this caliber to shoot a fighter jet advancing at high speed tens of kilometers away...unless it is a laser.

But this is not a laser, the purple-red light group that shoots out like a shooting star with a long tail has an unmistakable psionic response, perhaps it is a compound plasma weapon that uses psionic energy instead of a magnetic field to wrap the plasma puff.There were more than [-] light balls launched into the air in the first round, and they were not aimed at a single point, but were fired to cover an area.

This way of launching allowed Lake to understand what the other party wanted to do.

The routine of heavy artillery air defense is to launch a 'bomb', which will explode near the enemy aircraft, relying on what is thrown out of the explosion - such as shrapnel, abnormal gravitational field, EMP impact, high temperature plasma - to destroy High-speed enemy aircraft.For example, the Nagaffa-class dreadnoughts currently equipped by Tartaros have 3500mm purgatory shells specially fired from the main gun. A round of salvo can turn an area with a radius of [-] kilometers in the universe into a conventional cruiser. dead zone.

This type of artillery shell was quickly developed and installed after the Day-by-Day Battle. The original purpose of the design was [only one Najafa-class can seal the ability of a mothership-class delivery carrier-based aircraft]. Reduce the pressure on the air defense of the entire fleet.Theoretically, it is not difficult to achieve this point, but in practice, you will still face various problems (for example, the opponent is basically stupid as long as they can deliver), and it is impossible to suppress the opponent with a single ship, but considering its impact on The suppression capability of small and medium-sized spacecraft, each Najafa equipped with a 3500mm gun will carry some, plus the missiles of the escort fleet, the carrier-based aircraft fleet, and the conventional close-in defense guns - the "air defense" is sent away with drums and gongs The era of ten air defenses and nine air defenses'.

Also because of this reason, the pilots of the integration department, whether they are driving mobile suits or iron cavalry, need to master the method of using maneuver jumps and various decoys to pass through the air defense array during training and exercises.The dark worms don’t know this, but maybe the hostile super civilizations they encounter in the future may do this, or they may be able to make a mobile jump. Then we need smaller air defenses that will not affect the warship’s jump but can catch the jump. Using a gravitational well, so the pilot of the carrier-based aircraft also needs to be able to avoid the gravitational well, and the ability to engage in close combat with the enemy plane when caught by the gravitational well...

It's no joke that drills and simulations have boosted CONCORD's technological development. (far eye)

During the training, the veterans and the instructors worked extremely hard, torturing the new flight recruits and the students of the warship command department into unspeakable misery.Therefore, all pilots understand the power of this method of warfare. After seeing the opponent's heavy artillery start firing, if they cannot use the maneuver jump, they must immediately turn away from the beam axis of the main gun—no matter what the fuze of the airburst bomb is, or whether it has guidance capabilities , the farther away from the ray axis the safer.

The three fighter jets lowered the nose almost simultaneously, using the explosive output provided by the auxiliary thrusters to change the course, and the huge G force pressed Lake on the seat. The inertial stabilization system did play a role, but this still made him feel that the vision redness.At this moment, the computing power of the onboard computer made up for the drop in computing power caused by the red vision, allowing him to continue fighting in a full state.

The shell exploded several kilometers away, and a series of huge light clusters exploded in mid-air. It was an ominous purple light cluster. Even though there was no explosive wind, the airborne energy detector read quite astonishing readings—— Its pure power is higher than that of the light purgatory missile, not counting the possible additional effects of the psychic energy mixed in it.If it is covered by this kind of thing, it will probably only take three or four seconds for the shield to be completely emptied, right?

In other words, it poses a great threat to the transport troops approaching in the rear, and they must all be destroyed here.

"All aircraft report!"

【no problem! 】