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Chapter 1288 Meteor Airborne, Assault Landing Battle (2)

Interstellar battleships are still using the battle lines of the World War I era. This sounds outrageous, but it is true.

After all, the radar accuracy is not enough and guided weapons have hardly developed. As a result, shipboard computers are getting better and better, optical sighting equipment is getting stronger and stronger, and the range of artillery is getting longer and longer.

The mission of the Swan and its patrol ship division is to attract the enemy and annihilate it, escort the assault landing ships waiting to enter the rear to carry out the landing operation, and the Swan needs to provide fire support for the ground forces during the landing operation.

This is what Alyssa is doing now.

Of course, as part of the fleet, the Swan still has to obey orders.

"Attack parameters received successfully, data is being synchronized."

"Launch torpedoes!"

The interception fleet of the Red Maple Republic, including the Swan, which was mainly composed of cruisers and mobile aircraft carriers, confirmed that they all turned and fired torpedoes towards the same area.

I'll reward you with a wave of torpedoes when we meet. Although you're not yet within the firing range, you can let the torpedoes fly for a while.

Anyway, whether this thing can hit the target depends on luck most of the time. Just output a wave in a roughly correct direction and then talk about it later.

"Adjusting the route, the enemy fleet is expected to enter the firing range in three minutes."

The fleet began to turn under the operation of the front-line commander, and the mobile aircraft carrier deliberately retreated and hid behind the fleet.

Alyssa was about to engage the enemy, while the main fleet had already begun a fierce exchange of fire with cannons.

The first to open fire were large-caliber, ultra-long-range heavy artillery, which were mainly composed of starships and battleships. The intensive firepower of both sides would probably take a while to arrive, and the hit rate was naturally worrying.

But both sides were approaching in formation. No matter what the hit rate was, we had plenty of shells. If we missed, we wouldn't lose, but if we hit, we would make a lot of money.

A decisive battle between main fleets like this would not be decided in one or two hours. Both sides would fire artillery at long distances, and because of the formation, everyone could take turns to resist damage.

The result is that the artillery battle between the two sides may last for one or two days or even several days without a clear winner.

Although both sides certainly have hidden cards to play, this is destined to be an extremely long war, and its scale and intensity are definitely not comparable to that of a civilization that has not yet escaped the constraints of gravity.

As for Alyssa, in order to match the speed of friendly forces, the Swan never dared to sail at full speed, and the cruising speed was only half the speed.

Although it feels that the friendly forces are really hindering its progress, it is safe staying in the fleet.

"Get within firing range."

"Wait for the order to fire."

If it were normal times, Alyssa would have asked Long to fire and test aim, but now she had to follow orders.

"New instructions received, all ships evasive sailing."

As soon as Alyssa heard Villania’s report, she understood immediately.

This is similar to the tactics of the volley gun era. Although they are within the shelling distance, the hit rate at this distance is quite low. The front-line commander means to give up the first round of shelling and use this opportunity to move closer to ensure the hit rate of the first shot.

However, this tactic obviously requires great courage. Let's take the volley gun shooting as an example. Both sides approach each other with muskets. One side fires first, while the other continues to move forward to the beat of the drum, not caring at all about the teammates lying around them. They only fire when they are close enough to have a high hit rate.

Because firing or consuming energy will cause the speed of most cruisers to decrease when firing, so it is better to choose not to shoot first and get closer to improve the hit rate.

After all, not every cruise ship has the specifications of the Swan, so we can't generalize.

The entire fleet began to take a zigzag route, like a twisted snake, and the Red Maple Republic's cruiser opened fire directly.

The Swan was located in the front center of the fleet, not at the lead but not at the back either.

Ion beams mixed with solid shells that were almost invisible to the naked eye flew past the Swan. It was a test of courage and faith.

Alyssa always says that the goddess of luck is a bitch, but this time, I don’t know if the goddess of luck feels good about being scolded, but she really got lucky for once.

Through the bridge, in addition to the glow of the ion beam, you can even occasionally see the flames of explosions coming from nearby, perhaps some unlucky friendly forces have been hit by concentrated fire.

But the fleet on evasive navigation did not even have time to recover the escape pods. Except for the Swan, which was running too fast, all the ships were sailing at full speed.

Finally, new orders came.

"Attack order received, all fleets open fire freely."

"Test firing and aiming!"

In the captain's seat, Alyssa marked the target for Long to attack, and the latter immediately took aim and fired.

The Swan's secondary guns roared silently, and the bow ram opened up and down, revealing the Light Lance main gun and firing.

The effect of retaining the first round of shooting and firing as close as possible was obvious. Although the first salvo was just a test shot, a large area of ​​fire could be seen exploding in the enemy fleet. It was estimated that at least five warships were destroyed and more than twenty were damaged.

"All shooting parameters have been calibrated."

"Free fire!"

At this distance, the hit rate of both sides will actually be very high. After the first round of firing, each warship fired freely, and the ion beams in the sky were intertwined, and the warships of both sides began to suffer large-scale damage.

Alyssa could see that the signals representing friendly forces on the screen were disappearing one after another, and she could also see that the red dots of radar signals representing enemy forces were also disappearing one after another. It was difficult to say who had the upper hand at the moment, and the naval gun battle was in a stalemate.

"The counterattack barrage is coming!"

"Emergency avoidance!"

The Swan's excellent maneuverability allowed it to sink quickly. Even so, it was still hit by two ion beams in the dense barrage. However, our shield is much stronger than that of an ordinary cruiser, so this level of damage is not a big deal.

The two sides continued to approach each other while maintaining the bombardment. Every time they moved forward, they left behind the wreckage of the warship. It looked like an oversized snake crawling while leaving behind its skin.

It’s just that these snake skins represent the disappearance of countless lives.

In the war on Alyssa's side, warships are the absolute main force, and the treatment of ship crew members is the best in the entire army. In comparison, the army is very miserable.

But precisely because they are the absolute main force, working on a warship is also the most dangerous. Once the warship is destroyed, on average less than one in ten people have the opportunity to board the escape pod, and among those who board the escape pod, less than one in ten can be rescued by friendly forces.

Even though the war had just begun, the number of casualties had already skyrocketed. Alyssa could imagine the scene of countless death notices being sent to thousands of households.

Life is the least valuable in war. Alyssa has a deeper understanding of this sentence.

The distance between the two sides continued to narrow, and at this time An Yun reported:
"The signal of a space fighter has been detected. The other side has released a fleet of aircraft."

"After receiving the order from the front-line commander, our fighter planes will set off immediately."

Here it comes, the real meat-mincing battle is coming.

(End of this chapter)