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Chapter 1660: Battle of Broken Horn (4)

The main body of the team is magic mecha, plus a small number of space fighters and battle patrol boats, forming a huge fleet of more than 4,000 fighters. They use the star rings of the gas planet for cover and approach the direction of the enemy's main fleet.

Prior to this, the record for the largest-scale carrier-based aircraft combat was the Meteor Belt Torpedo Operation, in which an attack formation consisting of more than 3,000 aircraft successfully caused chaos to the enemy fleet with a wave-like offensive.

That so-called largest-scale operation in history was actually a lot of water. Since the fleet did not have time to return to protect the capital, the Xuanshui Federation converted all the transport ships into temporary aircraft carriers. There were not enough pilots, so they could only temporarily recruit anyone with driving experience from the public to serve as pilots. It was equivalent to a forced effort.

This time, not only are the newest magic mechas being driven, but most of the pilots are veterans who have fought all the way through. Although there are still some new recruits, they have all been trained. It's not like the Red Maple Republic where they have to stuff people in and eject them as soon as they are given a textbook.

It can be said that this is the complete form of the swarm attack.

However, although the conditions have improved, the success rate of carrier-based aircraft in carrying out torpedo operations has dropped significantly.

The first time was because no one had seen this tactic before, and the Red Maple Republic Fleet did not believe that carrier-based aircraft could pose any threat to the fleet, so they ignored the vigilance against the meteorite belt, which allowed the lightning strike to succeed.

And now that you've been beaten, if you still don't learn your lesson...

That's really stupid.

After all, there are still few fools in this world. When the huge fleet of aircraft was moving under the star ring, the flight commander sent a notification.

"There are unclear interference and bright spots on the radar, and it is speculated that enemy carrier-based aircraft are approaching to intercept."

The last success was largely due to the fact that the enemy's carrier-based aircraft did not take out an interception. By the time the huge fleet rushed out of the meteorite belt to launch an attack, it was too late for the carrier-based aircraft to take off urgently.

This time, the enemy arrived to intercept the plane halfway through the flight, and it was certain that the number of the enemy would be even greater.

Li Chengxi moved his view and saw some magic mechas around him automatically discarding void torpedoes and racks, preparing to perform escort missions.

It seems that they are planning to give up some torpedoes and rush forward.

Li Chengxi's airborne radar is more useful than the magic mecha's, but due to previous damage, the radar detection range has been greatly reduced, and he did not see anything on his radar for the time being.

As the huge fleet adjusted its formation in an orderly manner, there was no need for radar at this time to see the engine lights flickering between the meteorites in the distance, blinking like stars.

"Just fly forward, I'll take care of the rest."

Hall did not receive the flight commander's notification to abandon the rack, and the four torpedoes, two in front and two in the back, made the Silver Tornado very bloated.

The aircraft's proud high maneuverability was severely damaged under the weight of the torpedo, which was actually more dangerous than abandoning the torpedo and acting as an escort aircraft.

Hall nodded, then realized that Li Chengxi couldn't see, so he hummed in the communication channel.

After many days, Hall felt nervous again.

She thought she was used to the battlefield, but it seemed that the scale of the battlefield was not big enough.

The engine lights that appeared on the display seemed to be getting closer and closer, and then the ball of light began to dive, aiming at the fleet flying below the star ring.

Hall saw that Li Chengxi had set up a 380mm beam rocket launcher, and particle beams melted through meteorites of all sizes, and fired the first shot.

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"Our fleet was intercepted, the number is unknown."

"The flight commander decided to proceed with the mission."

"Change route. Be careful of enemy ships approaching the gas planet."

On the bridge, Alyssa was also very busy.

Although she did not think that sending carrier-based aircraft to launch torpedo attacks would have much effect, this method was currently the most effective.

In the meteorite-filled star ring to the left front of the fleet, orange flashes began to light up. The fleets of both sides met there and started fighting. "The enemy fleet has changed its course and is approaching the star ring."

Do you want to support carrier-based aircraft?

No, it should be that they wanted to occupy a favorable formation to attack the cruiser fleet including the Swan.

Soon, an order came from the commander of the First Fleet's cruiser formation. Alyssa took a look:
"Bearing 200, evasive sailing, half ship speed."

"Understood, half ship speed."

The choice of the commander of the First Fleet is not a waste, it’s a tough one.

Although cruisers are the weakest warships, there are more than one thousand cruisers present, which is enough to match the number of an entire full-strength fleet.

There has never been such a large-scale exchange of fire between cruiser fleets before, and it seems that this battle will create many firsts.

The ships began to turn one after another and activated their optical aiming systems, keeping a close eye on the approaching warships.

The communication platform was beeping with notification sounds. It was the commander's order to open fire, indicating that both sides were within firing range.

Even for the cruise ships, the moment they opened fire at the same time was extremely magnificent, with countless ion beams mixed with physical shells or railguns smashing down on them. For a moment, there was even a worry that the gas planet might be ignited.

The Swan did not rush too far forward, but it did not hide behind either. Looking forward through the bridge, the dense ion beam seemed to be blowing towards you.

Accompanied by a series of violent shaking, the Swan was hit.

"Shield damaged!"

"Ballistic calculation completed!"

"Free fire!"

Even if the Swan took evasive action, it would be impossible to dodge perfectly under such a dense barrage of bullets. Alyssa could see that some ships on the fleet command system were sending signals that they were damaged.

However, this is also true for the Red Maple Republic Fleet.

The Swan's onboard computer was the most advanced and it was also the ship that completed ballistic calculations the fastest, so the Swan was the first to open fire.

It looked like a starting gun. After the Swan began to counterattack, the ships of the entire fleet began to aim their main and secondary guns at the enemy fleet one after another. If the sound could be heard in the void, the entire battlefield would probably be filled with the harsh buzzing sound of the ion beam charging.

There seemed to be no end to the wave after wave of bombardment. The concept of time began to become confused, and no one knew whether they would be the next person to be targeted.

Since the Swan has undergone many modifications, its attributes in all aspects have far exceeded those of ordinary cruise ships, and it has achieved results almost every time it opens fire, but this is still a drop in the bucket for the fleet.

The Red Maple Republic is really planning to fight to the death now. Even though the quality of its crew members is far inferior to the level at the beginning of the war, the number is definitely sufficient.

Alyssa kept her eyes on the star map, ignoring the incoming artillery fire until the communication platform beeped.

"The fleet's torpedo attack was ineffective. Too few carrier-based aircraft managed to break through the interception."

On the left side of the enemy fleet, you can see fine orange flashes of explosion. Those are the flashes that appear when the torpedoes fired by carrier-based aircraft are destroyed by anti-aircraft guns.

The number of aircraft in the fleet is huge, but only a few can break through the enemy's interception, making it almost impossible to achieve any results.

"The fleet is returning."

That being said, it is not easy to retreat.

(End of this chapter)