Colonia Storm Tour

Walker.net's countdown report immediately dispelled Alice's idea of ​​using the fleet's drones to attack the DEM airship.

“Okay, it looks like we’ll have to focus our drones on dealing with these DEM armed cannon fodder fleets that we have to fight, but we also have the Stormbringer Air Assault Division at the Colonia flank air base that we can deploy to deal with this air warship.”

Alice thought that since she couldn't use the fleet's drones to attack the DEM airship that had broken through the cloaking barrier, she would use the drones from the Colonia's flank air base to solve the problem.

Lin Haiyuan, on the other side, saw her lick her lips and could guess what she was thinking.

“The Stormbringer Air Assault Division at the Colonia flank air base won’t be deployed easily, Alice. We don’t want DEM to notice anything amiss yet.”

Lin Haiyuan offered a reminder.

"Hmm... It's because of the need for concealment that we can't easily deploy the main air force on the flank of Colonia. Well, we can use the fleet alone. Anyway, once we've dealt with those cannon fodder, we'll have plenty of opportunities to attack that airship."

Alice's two little hands began pointing and gesturing in the holographic projection, setting planned targets for the Swordfish frigates, Flat Shark support submarines, and Leviathan motherships of the Mechtooth Whale fleet in sequence.

"Valkyrie Battalion, take off and prepare to engage the enemy. The fleet's cloaking has been broken. We no longer need to hide under the mind illusion field and wait for the DEM magician to appear."

Lin Haiyuan gave the order.

It's a waste of precious time to keep the magicians on standby on the warship; it's better to send them into the air to prepare for engagement.

"Yes!"

The entire Valkyrie battalion answered in unison, and all the magicians waiting on the Leviathan mothership immediately took to the air to prepare for battle.

The name "DEM anti-stealth device" comes from a fellow book lover in the group. Who's next? Hehehehe, Crazy Ivan laughs.

There is a difference between missiles and guided bombs, namely whether or not they have an engine. Moreover, the vast majority of guided bombs are modified from ordinary aerial bombs, and the two should not be confused.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Path of Fear (II)

After the Valkyrie camp's magician girls took to the air, they did not immediately encounter worthy opponents, the DEM magician and Bondsky.

The first to fire the first shot of the attack was the Leviathan, a deep-sea behemoth with a stern island and a massive body even larger than the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Their combat radius is not significantly different from that of the US Navy's aircraft carriers, even though their carrier-based aircraft are drones.

"Black Whale, launch everything! Multiple targets set, drone operator, Alright, this is it."

Following the operational guidelines, Xiao Yuanxun recited two lines of attack dialogue from the Leviathan mothership.

"Yes!"

The drone operators immediately got to work, and the shipboard computer received the target's dynamic coordinate data via data link, confirmed and divided it, and then handed it over to artificial intelligence for input.

"Drone target identification and lock-on setting!"

"Drone Flight Navigation and Coordinate Setting!"

"Drone attack flight path and coordinate setting!"

"The shipborne UAV has completed plasma charging!"

"The electromagnetic rail launcher's multi-stage capacitors are fully charged!"

The flight decks of the six Leviathan motherships retreated rapidly to both sides in unison, revealing the Burst Bees or Sons of Mosa drones hidden beneath the flight decks, ready to be unleashed.

The supercapacitors of the electromagnetic railgun are overflowing with abundant electrical energy, which is now being converted into a tremendous electromagnetic acceleration force.

The Burst Bees and Sons of Mosa drones, like cannonballs in an artillery barrel, flew one after another into the sky with a thrilling roar as they were launched.

These drones, having broken through the mist-like airflow created by the two auxiliary Leviathan motherships, immediately flew toward their pre-set targets once their flight attitude returned to level.

The sight of 192 Bursting Bees and 48 Sons of Mosa drones taking off from the Leviathan mothership and briefly gathering together evoked different feelings in the Magician Girls, who were flying higher in the sky than these drones.

“I never imagined that a swarm of small drones could be so spectacular and imposing. I always thought that only our Colonia flank flight group had such a breathtaking presence.”

Valkyrie No. 10 said.

"However, our Colonia's flank flight groups are also composed of unmanned drones, like the Vulture, Pteranodon, Quetzalcoatl, Eternal Bird, and Vanguard—they're all the same."

Valkyrie No. 11 did not share the same thoughts as Valkyrie No. 10.

"It should just be a matter of size. The Vulture fighters of the Flying Group are much larger than these Bursting Bees and Sons of Mosa drones no matter what. The difference in size results in a difference in imposing presence. It ignores the fact that if there are enough of them, they can also have a similar imposing presence. That's probably the reason."

Valkyrie #12 felt that this was a preconceived notion based on size.

"However, above the flight groups is the air assault division, right? We haven't seen an air assault division composed of four flight groups deployed yet. If it were deployed, wouldn't it be even more spectacular than these carrier-based drones?"

Valkyrie 13 began to imagine what it would be like to deploy an air assault division. Just imagining it made him feel that it was even more grand and shocking than the sight of the drone swarm in front of him.

As the magician girls gazed at the swarm of Bursting Bees and Sons of Mosa drones, the entire drone swarm began to split into several groups according to the mission assignments before the launch, flying towards the directions of the three enemy armed fleets that were attacking.

Meanwhile, in Notoria high in the sky, the appearance of such a massive swarm of drones would be easily detected by radar if the user wasn't blind.

"Captain, report! The ship's radar has detected that the aircraft carrier Foehn has launched its entire carrier-based drone force! There are 240 drones, with a speed of Mach 1.5 to Mach 2.1! They are advancing on our armed convoy!"

The crew reported to James A. Pattington, who was standing in the captain's seat.

"Make sure those scumbags and criminals are properly equipped with air defense systems. After all, they are part of the company's assets. We can't allow these bastards who should still be serving their sentences in prison to suffer non-combat damage."

Colonel James used very unceremonious language when referring to the men on the armed fleet.

The people who use these armed hovercraft, armed fishing boats, and speedboats as bait and cannon fodder to draw fire are naturally not capable of driving them or people who can still serve elsewhere.

The people who piloted the DEM version of the Rapids ACV and the DEM version of the Sea Scorpion and Torpedo Boat were all convicts with experience working on ships, brought from prisons across the United States.

Rather than letting these criminals, who have been sentenced to decades or life imprisonment for various reasons, rot or cause trouble in prison, it is better to pull them out to serve the great cause of DEM.

As the crew notified the criminal crew members to prepare for air defense, the white or black criminals covered in bizarre tattoos on the armed hovercraft, armed fishing boats, and armed speedboats let out eerie howls.

"Awooo!!!!!"

"Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the skull seat!"

"Blood sacrifice to the emperor, skull offered to the golden throne!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"

These guys, who have undergone the most basic and simplest magical modifications by DEM's US branch, are able to learn how to sail and use weapons with the help of those modifications. However, this magical modification is not permanent, and their war cries have problems. Well, this won't do. Curved loyalty, this is not loyalty.

Under the memory-directed erasure insertion of the Lord of Memory and the Tower of Babel manifestation device, regardless of their original loyalty to DEM or their desire to change the world, they are now extremely loyal to DEM's cause and incredibly ruthless and fanatical, ready to sacrifice themselves for DEM's great cause at any time.

Criminals who have undergone rudimentary magical modifications and memory erasure are undoubtedly best suited to command those with only rudimentary armor and weapons to launch such a suicidal attack.

The chilling screams of those who had gloriously become cannon fodder for DEM could not be drowned out even by the annoying noise of the hovercraft's turbine propulsion engines.

The bizarre tattoos that appeared due to the magical transformation, combined with their cold or fanatical expressions, made these mortals seem as if they were possessed by demons, exuding a demonic aura from head to toe.

These ragtag people, already prepared to fight to the death, showed no fear in the face of the swarm of drones approaching from afar.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"

Accompanied by a wild, inhuman roar, the Phalanx close-in weapon system installed on the DEM-version "Sea Scorpion" armed fishing boats immediately detected and locked onto the incoming drone swarm under the control of the accompanying search and fire control radars.

These drones, lacking any radar stealth measures or aerodynamic design, can be easily locked onto by the radar of the Phalanx close-in weapon system.

The incoming drone swarm was locked on, and the six barrels of the M61A1 Gatling gun immediately began to spin at high speed, spraying a dense rain of bullets at the swooping Burst Bees.

20mm cannon shells rained down on the sky like rain from dark clouds, scattering across the swarm of Burst Bee and Son of Mosa drones.

The tracer rounds among these machine gun shells would appear dazzling and beautiful in the absence of sunlight at night. However, if even a Block 0 M61A1 Vulcan cannon, which only uses armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds, were hit by one, a human body would be instantly shredded. As for a hole in a fighter jet, the consequences would depend on where the hole was located.

Not only were the armed fishing boats equipped with Phalanx close-in weapon systems firing at the air, but the armed hovercraft using GAU-19 Gatling guns also began firing at the air, with some people even standing up from the hovercraft's firing windows while carrying RPG-7 rocket launchers.

With a deafening roar as the RPG-7 rocket launcher fired its rockets, countless rockets trailing trails of flame and smoke soared into the sky above the Son of Mosa drones and Burst Bees.

However, these DEM cannon fodder are not equipped with GLA's high-tech RPG-7 (which can infrared-guided aircraft tracking but is interfered with by flares). Therefore, it is questionable how many of these rockets, whose accuracy depends entirely on luck, will hit the target the shooter wants to hit. In order to minimize the cost of cannon fodder that is obviously a one-way trip, it would be best to use the RPG-7 rocket launcher, which is known for its worldwide popularity and low price, as the heavy firepower for the crew of those armed ships.

Several of the Burst Bees that had already entered the dive attack phase were quickly pierced through their basic armor by the barrage of bullets fired from the Phalanx CIWS before exploding in mid-air, creating a beautiful burst of plasma. Several Sons of Mosa drones, which were slow during the attack phase, were also destroyed by the Phalanx CIWS, causing the plasma stored inside them to burst out.

As for the Burst Bee and Son of Mosas drones hit by the GAU-19 Gatling gun, many of these 12.7mm bullets riddled the Burst Bee and Son of Mosas drones with holes before it could be confirmed as a successful interception.

However, some of the Burst Bees still managed to successfully land their dive attacks on these vulnerable armed fishing boats and armed hovercraft or speedboats.

The consequences of being hit by these high-speed, diving, and fiercely attacking explosive bees were astonishing. An armed fishing boat that was still firing with all its might was torn into many pieces by the overpressure and high temperature generated by the explosion after being hit by the explosive bees. Plasma spread out from the bright red flames of the explosion.

The speedboats were even more straightforward; upon impact with the exploding bees, they were sent flying into the sky like flower petals or other paper decorations at a ceremony, accompanied by a violent explosion. Those crew members who were lucky enough to escape being directly hit by the exploding bees were sent flying into the sky with all sorts of shouts, like pebbles tossed haphazardly into the air by giants.

The armed hovercraft were even more spectacular. If they weren't directly hit by the exploding bees in the cockpit and crew compartment, the pilots and crew would be sent flying into the sky like fireworks in a cannon salute, screaming like monkeys or wild beasts as they were torn apart by the explosion. But that didn't mean they were safe. The sheer height from which these DEM cannon fodder, who had ridden in these "earth planes," was enough to smash them into pieces.

Needless to say, the multiple plasma bombs dropped by the Son of Mosa drones were also devastating. Armed ships hit by these plasma bombs could not survive the explosions. They were melted in the high temperature of the plasma and sublimated and cooled down along with it. The only thing that could survive were the glowing red fragments that cooled rapidly in the seawater and cold wind.

Under the combined assault of the Bursting Bees and the Sons of Mosa drones, this large rabble has carved a path to the Leviathan mothership by virtue of its numerical superiority.

"All Swordfish frigates, all Flat Shark support submarines, commence operations!"

Seeing that a number of armed ships had managed to break through the first wave of interception by the Bursting Bees and Sons of Mosa drones, Alice, who was well-prepared, immediately ordered the surface and underwater combat units to begin operations.

Ugh!

The Swordfish frigates' cyclone engines emitted a pleasing low growl. These Swordfish frigates, like wild horses running free on the sea, could reach speeds of up to 46 knots when accelerated by airflow guidance modules. They were no longer just wild horses on the sea, but sports cars controlled by crazy veteran drivers on the Akina Mountain racetrack.

"This is their last!"

After excitedly shouting the attack line, the captain of the Swordfish frigate, with the help of the ship's computer, controlled the entire Swordfish frigate to begin fighting against the DEM armed vessels.

For the captains of these frigates, their daily lives were incredibly boring, as they had no enemies to engage in thrilling skirmishes with. Most of the time, they were just protecting the big ships around them. Now, with the opportunity to fight the enemy head-on, how could the captains of the Swordfish frigates not be excited?

Eight squadrons of escort ships protecting the eight Leviathan motherships broke through the guiding airflow to create an illusory fog, and began a real battle with those crazy, death-defying enemies.

Under the attack of these well-trained and accelerated airflow-powered Swordfish frigates, they bravely employed timeless encirclement tactics, using their high speed and weaponry to separate and surround their enemies.

These cannon fodder, already caught up in the DEM frenzy, naturally wouldn't feel any fear or negative emotions about being surrounded. Instead, they would only use all the weapons at their disposal to destroy and kill the enemies in front of them as much as possible.

Just as Lin Haiyuan and Alice had predicted, those speedboats that appeared to be unarmed were actually torpedo boats. They launched heavy torpedoes that would be deadly to any ship. Some of the crew members on those armed speedboats even stood up and raised their PRG-7 rocket launchers to fire at the Swordfish frigates. Sure enough, the armed hovercraft similar to the Turbulent ACVs also followed suit, launching heavy torpedoes at the Swordfish frigates, and rocket launcher gunners on board also fired rockets at the Swordfish frigates.

Meanwhile, the armed fishing boats that had been conducting air defense operations also began using M61A1 Vulcan cannons to target the Swordfish frigate and fire wildly.

The triple barrage of machine guns, rockets, and torpedoes made the Swordfish frigate appear to be struggling, but in reality, it was not. Those unguided torpedoes that could only travel in a straight line were dreaming of hitting the swift Swordfish frigate. Moreover, the Swordfish frigate's armor was not the thin-skinned, fragile kind of modern destroyers, but rather solid medium armor.

It would take tens of thousands of rounds of machine gun and cannon fire to easily damage a Swordfish frigate, or to consistently hit its cyclone engine. The only real threat came from the rockets fired by the rocket launcher gunners.

BOOMONG!

None of the unguided heavy torpedoes launched by the torpedo boats and armed hovercraft hit the swift Swordfish frigates; instead, they unfortunately struck friendly forces instead!

The armed fishing boat that was hit at the waterline could not withstand the attack of the heavy torpedo. Some armed fishing boats were broken into two or more pieces on the spot by the explosion of the torpedo warhead, and slowly sank to the seabed with the groans of the steel being twisted and torn apart. The crew members either died with the armed fishing boat the moment the torpedo hit them or were blown into the air with screams.

As for the lighter hovercraft and speedboats, the consequences of being hit by those heavy torpedoes are even more obvious; they are directly blown to pieces along with their crew by the warhead of the heavy torpedo.

However, these DEM cannon fodder, already in a frenzy of battle, didn't care about being hit by friendly fire. Instead, they continued their fanatical attacks on the enemy's warships, the Burning Wind.

Even at high speeds, the Swordfish frigates' pressurized long guns, equipped with "air-powered projectiles" that are aimed, locked, and fired by a sophisticated fire control system, still achieve a hit rate of over 99.9%.

With a sound like a cannon firing into a smoldering cannon, the Swordfish frigate's pressurized long guns fired air-propelled shells that were effective against both armor and human bodies, shredding these vulnerable and almost unprotected armed vessels.

Armed hovercraft, fishing boats, and speedboats hit by these air cannonballs were not only sliced ​​to pieces by the powerful pressure of the air cannonballs, but also suffered large-area dents and damage, as if they had been struck by the fist of a giant.