Colonia Storm Tour

Chapter 102 Red Tide (Part 10)

"Oh my god, although I've seen similar overwhelming scenes of war zones in military academy, I never thought I'd see so many in person one day..."

Before the commander of the Winter's Crown Expeditionary Fleet was a giant monitor, while the air defense radar display next to it was covered with a dense array of red dots, enough to trigger trypophobia in anyone. He was currently aboard an Aegis cruiser that had been converted into a command ship. MO's aircraft carriers and battleships were not suitable as flagships to carry commanders, and the conversion was also more difficult than that of an Aegis cruiser. The main reason was that Aegis cruisers were smaller targets. Even though Medusa guided missiles could not target sea targets, most of the enemies that could threaten Aegis cruisers in the rear of the battlefield were air forces. As for enemy submarines... first, they had to get past active and passive sonar, as well as the depth charges from Osprey anti-submarine aircraft.

"With so many air units from the Eternal Revelation Alliance, the largest number are the interceptors known as Protectors. It's obvious they don't want our Wasp drones and the Red Navy's Snowstorm missiles to hit their aircraft carriers and battleships. However, they have just too many of their Glimmer bombers and Pouncer torpedo bombers. Our Aegis cruisers might not be able to handle them. If they can't, we will suffer heavy losses in the first round of air attacks. Frontline Island promised to provide us with fixed-wing air support, but can they really do that?"

The deputy commander looked suspiciously at the area behind the giant display screen. There was no air force command post or helipad in this place to deploy their Black Hawk squadron, and there were no islands nearby to serve as their non-frontline combat base. Their mobile construction vehicles were not on the Traveler hovercraft.

"The female boss of Frontline Island always keeps her word. Even if her scientific experiments go wrong and prevent us from getting support from fixed-wing aircraft, our expeditionary fleet carries so many slingshot hovercraft and Aegis cruisers to carry out air defense missions. We are not incapable of dealing with the swarms of drones like locusts from the Eternal Revelation Alliance."

The commander of the Winter Crown Expeditionary Fleet was also prepared for both possibilities, which is why he was indifferent to whether the fixed-wing fighters would come to support them or not; it would be better if they did, but it wouldn't matter if they didn't.

"You mean those magic crystals installed on our four aircraft carriers? I doubt they'll even be of any use. Our Black Hawk helicopters can indeed temporarily dock on the carrier runways and hangars, but they can't be maintained or refueled, and it will also affect the access of the Wasp drones."

The vice commander revealed that the aircraft carriers had sufficient runway space to accommodate multiple Black Hawk helicopters for vertical/short takeoff and landing (VTOL/STOVL). Furthermore, their fleet's aircraft carriers had undergone special modifications, albeit a rather simple one: a floating tower composed of a strange magical crystal was placed inside the armored carrier. The magic he referred to was undoubtedly Kel'Darin crystals. These Kel'Darin crystals hadn't yet had a chance to demonstrate their value to the commanders before being installed inside the aircraft carriers. The crystal towers typically served to deploy psionic matrices, access warp networks, and power surrounding Protoss structures. Therefore, the method for getting fixed-wing aircraft to reinforce the expeditionary fleet was already quite clear.

Meanwhile, on the island of Frontline, countless nautical miles away, Black Hawk helicopters painted with low-visibility team insignia autonomously entered the psionic matrix range of a crystal tower. Lin Haiyuan and Seye were crouching in a tent within the psionic matrix range of the crystal tower, monitoring the psionic matrix and serving as stargates and fleet beacons. Currently, given their technological advancements, they were unable to construct stargates and fleet beacons as reliable guiding intermediaries. Relying solely on crystal tower-to-crystal warp jumps posed some risks. Therefore, they also needed to use psionic energy to guide these Black Hawk helicopters to the hangars of the four aircraft carriers, preparing to provide more air support for the fleet that was about to face a swarm of drones.

Meanwhile, Shinobu was stationed in her technology center, observing the foliage and forest conditions inside the crystal tower and tent from multiple monitors, facilitating intuitive experimental recording.

"Commander, our air defense system on the Winter Crown Expeditionary Fleet in the Fries Sea has detected a large swarm of drones from the Alliance of Eternal Revelation."

Eva's voice came through Shinononozuka's earpiece, reminding her it was time to inform the two people inside the tent to prepare for their work.

"Alright, I never thought I'd have to use two human stargates and fleet beacons to warp my air force. Moshi moshi moshi, Lin Haiyuan, Miss Seye, begin psionic guidance. The expeditionary fleet now needs the support of the Black Hawk squadron."

Shinononozuka muttered something to herself and then adjusted the communication channel, notifying Lin Haiyuan and Iroha inside the tent to start working. There was no need for a response; you could tell just by watching their actions.

Lin Haiyuan and Seye exchanged a glance. Seye took Lin Haiyuan's left hand with her right hand so that Lin Haiyuan could better utilize his mental vision and synchronize with her mind to guide the psionic matrix and warp network. If there was even the slightest disharmony, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for them, as well as for the Black Hawk helicopter and its pilots who were being transported.

As the last syllable was played, the parallel world jump of the warp generator was truly activated.

The Black Hawk helicopters that entered the range of the Crystal Tower's psionic matrix all emitted psionic fluctuations and fragmented sound effects, which were then enveloped in a block composed of interconnected semi-transparent blue energy rectangular films.

These translucent, undulating blue energy rectangular films vary in size, some resembling a giant cube and others a thread. The Black Hawk helicopters gradually become blurred, as if entering a translucent state, as they are being deconstructed into energy forms.

Meanwhile, the Black Hawk pilots, who were being deconstructed into energy forms, felt an indescribable sense of relief. It was as if being deconstructed into discrete energy forms wasn't such a terrifying thing as losing consciousness. In fact, compared to the Supreme Commander's slightly flawed quantum portal (which could potentially kill the teleported person or fail to be teleported at all), the Protoss's warp was much more reliable. However, the Protoss's portal technology was originally a reverse-engineered product of the portal technology used by the Xel'Naga, and it wasn't 100% stable. For example, the Tal'darim increased the probability of teleporting/warping distances by improving the portals/warp gates, which resulted in a certain chance of the teleported/warped target disappearing forever.

Finally, when the fluctuations surrounding the Black Hawk helicopters shrank to a single point and ceased to fluctuate, the Black Hawk helicopters completely disappeared from this place. Then, through the crystal towers and psionic guidance, and through a basic structure called reality, they surged into the void at a speed exceeding the upper limit of causality, towards multiple "points of light" that emitted psionic matrices at the same stable speed—that is, into the crystal towers installed inside the aircraft carriers. Se Ye and Lin Haiyuan's expressions changed slightly. The most difficult stage of the entire psionic guidance process had just begun. From now on, they had to correctly guide the Black Hawk helicopters to "land" into the psionic matrices on the four aircraft carriers equipped with crystal towers. If they failed, they would also be affected by the backlash, and the Black Hawk helicopters would be completely scattered and disappear from this world.

The claim that Tal'darim portals/warp gates may cause those teleported to disappear forever comes from the description of the corresponding Tal'darim skins provided in War Chests.

Chapter 103 Red Tide (XI)

On the through-deck of the six aircraft carriers, the psionic matrix of the Crystal Tower could cover the area. So, several pure white energy clusters descended from the void, landing orderly on the flight deck. Amidst the rising pure white light pillars and the undulating blocks formed by the interconnected translucent blue energy rectangular films, the Black Hawk fighters appeared from pale dotted frames. Finally, they were reconstructed and restored to their material form in the scattered blue energy waves, reflecting external light normally again. The pilots inside could then control their own fighter jets.

"This is Strange-1. Everyone, report your body and aircraft status after the warp jump. Confirm that no one or any aircraft has malfunctioned."

The pilot inside the Black Hawk helicopter, who had been warped to the very front of the through-deck, shouted over the radio of the "Strange" flight squadron that they had heard from their superiors in the mission briefing room about the potential risks of warping. Therefore, after the warp, they had to check on the physical condition of the other squadron members and their aircraft, and then decide what to do based on the situation.

“奇异-2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12号，身体状态良好，机体检测报告无异常，随时可以准备作战。”

The other exotic squadron pilots reported in different tones, while the communication channels of the flight squadrons that had been warped over from the other five aircraft carriers were also counting heads and reporting status.

"Very good, it seems that the warp drive we got from Frontline Island is surprisingly reliable. We've been very lucky; no one has messed up. Everyone, take off and attack!"

After Strange 1 finished speaking, it immediately pressed a button and gripped the control stick. The onboard computer system immediately entered vertical takeoff mode. The Black Hawk's landing gear automatically retracted, and the aircraft quickly rose and flew forward. The remaining Black Hawks took off one after another, following the lead aircraft to form a formation. The Black Hawks on the other six aircraft carriers also flew into the battlefield in formation. As for AWACS, which is a valuable asset that can enhance the combat capabilities of air force fighters, unfortunately, their military does not have one. However, thanks to the EVA system, they can also share data links with the air defense radars of the Aegis cruisers and slingshot hovering air defense vehicles in front, partially replacing the function of AWACS. However, without the coordination of AWACS, what they can do is basically very simple: defend a section of airspace and shoot down all non-friendly aircraft flying in it. To be more flexible, the commander needs to make micro-operations or the EVA can notify to change the combat mode.

Although the lack of early warning opportunities slightly hampered the coordinated combat capabilities of the fighter squadrons, their own airborne radars were already scanning densely packed red dots against the overwhelming swarm of drones from the Eternal Revelation Alliance. They could probably shoot down one of the Eternal Revelation Alliance's drones even if they were to lie low and fish in the water with their eyes closed.

"This is Strange One. Everyone listen carefully. I'll repeat myself: our main adversary right now is the Protector Interceptor of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. So don't waste your precious Frozen Earth missiles on those ground attack and torpedo bombers. If you're passing by, you can fire a burst of bullets with your cannons."

Strange 1 stated that its onboard radar had locked onto multiple Protector interceptors within its radar scanning range. However, this wasn't an ace-class air combat exercise, where the extradimensional pylons and bomb bays could hold hundreds of missiles of various types for them to use. In addition, there was the support of the fleet's anti-aircraft missiles and slingshot-mounted anti-aircraft vehicles below. Therefore, they couldn't just launch all their missiles at once and shoot them down. They could only target the enemy drones most likely to be hit. This was also mentioned in the mission briefing room—the Black Hawk fighter originally didn't have a cannon. When the Pacific Front designed the Black Hawk, in order to reduce the cost of mass-producing the Black Hawk and because the guidance performance of the Frozen Earth missile was adequate, they didn't install a cannon on the Black Hawk.

According to the wheel balance, the Black Hawk can only use two frozen Earth missiles on the model pylon, and the other two frozen Earth missiles are reserved for the New Year. However, when the Black Hawk was actually taken over, frozen Earth missiles were mounted on the wingtip pylons and the belly pylons together, so it can carry a total of 7 frozen Earth missiles.

To enhance the Black Hawk's combat capabilities, Shinononozuka modified the design blueprint to install a 30mm cannon. This 30mm cannon is directly adopted from the Genbu Combat Fortress, but simplified, weight-reduced, and with fewer rounds of ammunition to avoid impacting the Black Hawk's performance. While forward-swept wing fighters may look cool, their performance advantages are mainly concentrated on the left end of the flight envelope, namely, superior subsonic and transonic performance, and they have a higher takeoff weight. However, the problem is that good subsonic and transonic performance means poor supersonic performance on the right end of the flight envelope, and it poses a greater challenge to wing strength and lifespan. But in this day and age, what's the use of something with only good subsonic and transonic performance? Combat needs require fighters to have both performance characteristics, especially for carrier-based aircraft that take off and land on aircraft carriers, where the conflict between subsonic and supersonic performance requirements is even more severe.

"Let's take a look at these Eternal Revelation Alliance drones. Are they just rigidly lining up to shoot the enemy in the air? Fox-3!"

As Strange 3 spoke, it detached and ignited the Frozen Earth missiles on its belly pylons, heading towards a Protector interceptor that was flying towards them from high altitude.

Meanwhile, the Protector interceptors, with their speed advantage, attacked the Black Hawk fighters that had taken off from the aircraft carrier, emerging from the barrage of anti-aircraft bullets and missiles. The rotary machine guns mounted on the large, external wings began to spin, and a large number of cannon shells formed a dense barrage of fire, sweeping towards the Black Hawk fighters.

The Black Hawk helicopters, flying in formation, immediately swerved their wings and dispersed. At the same time, the Frozen Earth missiles on their belly pylons were unloaded and ignited, heading towards a Protector interceptor. They had to avoid being directly hit by the Protector interceptors' cannon fire. This wasn't ace air combat; taking a few cannon shots head-on wouldn't hurt them unless they had plasma/psy shield technology protecting them.

The Frozen Earth Missile is a fire-and-forget active radar-guided missile. Therefore, after the Black Hawk's radar completes the lock-on and fire control system input data, the rest is handled entirely by the missile's seeker.

These Protector interceptors, as T1 air superiority fighters, do not have many performance advantages. Their inexpensive AI systems can only enable them to perform simple operations such as distinguishing friend from foe, controlling the aircraft's operation, and attacking the enemy. Therefore, despite their numerical advantage, they have never considered actively evading the Frozen Earth missiles launched by Black Hawk helicopters.

Therefore, the Frozen Earth missile swiftly struck the Protector interceptor's fuselage, exploding into an ice flower enveloping a cloud of ultra-low temperatures, freezing the Protector interceptor and tearing it into fragments that exploded in mid-air.

Whether it's the Blizzard Tank, the Hail Drone, or the Black Hawk helicopter, their cryogenic weapons create ultra-low temperature freezing clouds on the spot after they take effect. The effect may not be very obvious on armored targets, but for infantrymen who are not killed by direct fire, it is a mysterious fog that takes away their remaining life force.

It's been a while since I finished playing AC7, so I won't go into the mainstream reviews. I'll just talk about the role of teammates in this game... My biggest thought is, when will Bandai Namco remake the classic Ace Combat 6? The teammate command function in Ace Combat 6 could at least help relieve a lot of pressure, and it was also very impressive.

Chapter 104 Red Tide (12)

Meanwhile, the Aegis cruisers and slinger hovercraft protecting the aircraft carriers and battleships began air attacks to intercept these high-speed interceptors and prevent them from flying freely overhead. Even though these interceptors had no ground attack capabilities, they had to be shot down. If the enemy commander used these Protector interceptors to carry out kamikaze attacks, they could also cause some damage. The Black Hawk helicopters ignored the Protector interceptors that had been targeted by the fleet's anti-aircraft fire and flew towards the front-line airspace.

In the official descriptions of the three rounds, the Black Hawk fighter is nicknamed "Reaper's Agent" and boasts "outstanding speed." However, this outstanding speed is only slightly faster than the Harrier and Foxtrot fighters. Furthermore, with the fleet's anti-aircraft fire network protecting these Protector interceptors equipped only with cannons, their attack strategy becomes exceptionally simple and direct: destroy them by firing Freeze Earth cryogenic missiles without entering the cannon range. In short, it's the BVR air combat strategy. However, their seven cryogenic missiles will eventually be used up. According to their orders, they can only return to the carrier and refuel at the airfield to replenish ammunition and prepare for another battle if their aircraft is damaged beyond repair or runs out of cannon and missile ammunition. Therefore, the leisurely BVR air combat won't last long. Soon they will be engaged in aerial dogfights with the Protector interceptors. In terms of combat experience, they only began accumulating real-world experience after arriving on the battlefield via cryogenics… They hadn't engaged in any actual combat before, only in training and simulated combat, and hadn't fought against other air force units in this world.

Now is the time to show the results of their hard training. Even if the opponent is not human but a drone, as long as they can survive the air battle, even if they become the ejection king Omega-11, as long as they can return to base alive and fly a new fighter to fight again, it is acceptable. To some extent, being able to survive being hit and ejected every time and still be able to participate in the battle is already quite lucky and a kind of legend.

Of course, Omega-11 always managed to eject and escape after being shot down, mainly due to the limitations of the game consoles at the time, which prevented the squad from changing during takeoff. This led to the creation of this legendary ejection escape master, who also has a real-life prototype.

As all the Black Hawk helicopters rushed to the front lines to begin their first combat mission, the aircraft carriers behind them had their decks emptied due to the departure of the Black Hawks. Therefore, the Wasp drones, which also utilize vertical takeoff and landing technology, took off one after another, circling the aircraft carriers. After all 48 Wasp drones had taken off, they formed an arrowhead formation and flew towards the Keefer-class aircraft carrier of the Eternal Revelation Alliance in the distance. The biggest adversary of an aircraft carrier is always another aircraft carrier; battleships are something that can be dealt with later, because the attack range and anti-aircraft capabilities of battleships do not far exceed the capabilities of modern fighter jets. Furthermore, the Oblivion single-barrel energy cannons used by the Eternal Revelation Alliance's Omen-class battleships also face range limitations, with a combat radius far smaller than that of the Allied aircraft carriers. Therefore, the only targets they could immediately attack were the Red Navy and the expeditionary fleet's destroyers and Seawolf frigates. The Allied battleships behind the formation might become targets.

As all aircraft carriers launched their own Wasp drones to attack the Keefer-class aircraft carriers of the Eternal Revelation Alliance, the Allied battleships' 360mm guns roared continuously, with flashes of fire and smoke filling the air. A large number of 360mm high-explosive shells rained down on the Exodus-class destroyers and Infinity-class cruisers that were engaged in battle. As for the Coordinate-class frigates and Shard anti-aircraft ships, the battleships did not need to pay attention to them.

However, even though battleships are equipped with the most advanced observation and aiming systems and satellite-assisted positioning, the problem of shell dispersion caused by continuous firing and recoil still means that many shells only explode as water columns on the sea surface.

However, near misses were equally significant for the destroyers and cruisers of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. Some near misses, occurring within 4 meters, caused the explosive shockwave to propel water against the hull, potentially cracking or cleaving these destroyers and cruisers in two. However, the naval units of the Eternal Revelation Alliance possessed a certain level of armor, and the 360mm high-explosive shells did not match the power of the 406/460mm high-explosive shells. Therefore, only a few destroyers and cruisers were destroyed by near misses, while an even smaller number were directly hit by the barrage of shells, exploding or sinking into the sea.

The drone fleet couldn't just stand by and watch; more dazzling beams of light lit up the sea like a light show, illuminating the Allied destroyers and frigates, melting through their armor plates and creating terrifying, reddish holes. The Seawolf frigate, struck by Oblivion's single-barreled energy cannon, was almost severely damaged. Only the Allied destroyers still had the strength to continue fighting, but they didn't have any repair drones with them. If they were too badly injured to fight, they would either have to abandon ship or find a way to retreat to a safe area to wait for repairs.

According to the original battle plan, the Azure Front Expeditionary Fleet and the Red Navy Fleet of the Republic of Ikchino were to fight together to capture the Island of the Gaze and establish their forward operating base. After that, a number of unmentioned Traveler hovercraft in the fleet would also transport an MCV and troops to land on the Island of the Gaze to establish their operating base and naval dock, repair damaged warships, and prepare to meet the main fleet of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. Now, before they have even captured the Island of the Gaze, deployed the MCV, and built their operating base, they are facing an attack from the main fleet of the Eternal Revelation Alliance, making it difficult to repair their warships.

Living people can't be killed by holding their pee. Taking this into consideration, they devised an alternative approach: withdrawing the destroyers that had lost their Osprey anti-submarine aircraft from the front lines. Then, they had Traveler hovercraft carrying engineers and Longsword infantry armored vehicles place landing pads on the destroyers' stern helicopter pads. The Longsword infantry armored vehicles carrying engineers could then board the ships to repair the approaching damaged vessels. This served a similar purpose to repairing drones, although it was very risky and rendered one destroyer incapable of frontline combat. By having several destroyers without Osprey aircraft anchored in place, and having the Longsword infantry armored vehicles in repair mode repair the damaged ships, they could continue fighting in a fully intact state, rather than being sunk or abandoned ship. This was a good way to improve the fleet's survivability and endurance.

However, when the battleships of the Eternal Revelation Alliance began bombarding the destroyers and frigates, neither the Allied destroyers nor the Seawolf frigates could survive the attack of three Oblivion energy beams.

They didn't even have time to abandon ship; they were annihilated on the spot, reduced to burning wreckage, or slowly sank into the water.

"Ocean Destroyer - Fleet 1, Ship 2, Ship 3, Ship 4, focus fire on the targets that have been lit! These ships of the Eternal Revelation Alliance are completely annihilating our warships!"

The commander of the Winter's Crown Expeditionary Fleet shouted in the communications channel, designating an Omen-class battleship that had been spotted first to attack.

"Travel Destroyer-1/2/3/4 ships received, initiating attack."

All Allied battleships uniformly turned their turrets, began aiming at the targets marked by EVA, and then quickly opened fire.

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Chapter 105 Red Tide (Thirteen)

The Omen-class battleships had a larger impact area than the Coordinate-class frigates and Shard anti-aircraft ships. The Allied battleships' 360mm main guns had already minimized the dispersion and were using concentrated fire tactics to attack simultaneously. Therefore, the Omen-class battleships that were first "lit up" in the combat control system were immediately subjected to a full-scale bombardment of 360mm high-explosive shells.

Large columns of water rose within 4 meters of the Omen-class battleship, and flames of explosions raged across the hull. The next second, the entire Omen-class battleship exploded under the attack of the four battleships, turning into countless burning and melting nanomaterial fragments that flew into the cold seawater. The nanomaterial fragments emitted hissing steam as they fell into the water, indicating that they were rapidly cooling down.

"One Omen-class battleship from the Eternal Revelation Alliance has been destroyed, leaving 23 Omen-class battleships on the battlefield."

Eva's first voice line was exciting, but the second was discouraging, because the number of battleships from the Eternal Revelation Alliance present far exceeded the number of capital ships in the expeditionary fleet.

"A good start. The first salvo from the battleships sank the Omen-class battleship of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. However, there are still 23 Omen-class battleships left. The real battle has just begun."

The commander of the Winter Crown Expeditionary Fleet nodded; the fact that they had sunk an Omen-class battleship did not warrant a significant change in his expression.

"23 Omen-class battleships are enough to inflict heavy losses on our destroyers and our allies' Seawolf frigates. Originally, our aircraft carriers could have effectively destroyed their battleships, but these Eternal Revelation Alliance guys also have aircraft carriers. If we don't want our forces to be defeated by the Eternal Revelation Alliance's drone air force, we can only hope that our Black Hawk helicopters will be more effective."

The deputy commander watched as the giant monitor displayed six Black Hawk squadrons flying ahead of the Wasp drones. Below these Black Hawks was the anti-aircraft fire network of the Eternal forces, and below that, a vast number of Snowstorm ballistic missiles were flying towards the remaining Coordinate-class frigates and Shard anti-aircraft warships of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. If these T1 naval units were not cleared out, the subsonic Snowstorm ballistic missiles would easily be destroyed by the high-rate-of-fire anti-aircraft naval guns. Meanwhile, the vast majority of the Eternal attack submarines on the sea had already been sunk by the combination of Osprey anti-submarine aircraft and Typhoon attack submarines from the destroyers.

"Even if the six Black Hawk squadrons and these 384 Wasp drones are very effective... it's impossible to sink those unmanned aircraft carriers immediately. Therefore, it mainly depends on how well our allies' submarines perform."

Before the fleet set sail, the commander of the Winter's Crown Expeditionary Fleet reported to Azure Island, the headquarters, that the fleet still needed submarines to carry out underwater attack missions, such as in the current troublesome situation where air and sea strikes could not affect the enemy's capital ships. Submarines would then play their role in assassinating enemy capital ships. However, using Pacific Front technology, Shinonono no Isamu had no readily available submarines. This godforsaken world didn't even have dolphins, so their naval inventory lacked them. Meanwhile, records of Soviet and Epsilon military equipment... The data cores of the Ku and the construction blueprints are still not fully repaired, while the data core of Epsilon is completely broken and can only be recycled as scrap. Therefore, the entire fleet consists of surface ships. Of course, it's not that they don't actually have submarines, but submarine ship girls, like other ship girls, cannot be deployed in the war against the Eternal Revelation Alliance for the same reason. You should know that compared to the wide variety of destroyers, cruisers, aircraft carriers, battlecruisers, and battleships, submarine ship girls are rare and valuable. Losing them would be a devastating loss.

"However, our allies' submarines probably don't have time to spare right now to form a strike team to attack the enemy's capital ships. The Evening Prayer submarines of the Eternal Revelation Alliance are waiting for them. They are probably hoping to lure the Evening Prayer submarines near our destroyers and then have our Osprey anti-submarine aircraft destroy those Evening Prayer submarines, unless they originally had such plans."

The commander of the Winter Crown Expeditionary Fleet did not expect the Ikchino Republic Alliance's Typhoon attack submarines to be able to launch a surprise attack on the Eternal Revelation Alliance's main warships.

"In the end, we still have to rely on our own strength. However, in this kind of high-intensity battle, our destroyers and Kappa hover tanks will soon be insufficient to cope with the current situation. According to the plan, the Black Hawk helicopters that came to reinforce via warp are primarily tasked with establishing our air superiority, not with carrying bombs to carry out SEAD missions. Once their ammunition is exhausted, they will return to the aircraft carrier and leave the battlefield via warp. I'm still not at ease... According to the plan, we should now bring the Peacemaker cannons to the destroyer's helicopter landing pad."

The number of Longsword Infantry Armored Troopers in their repair mode, equipped with engineers, is always limited, but the number of destroyers suffering damage that forces them to retreat is increasing. Therefore, it is only natural to deploy the Peacekeeper Cannon on the helicopter landing pad at the stern of the destroyer, just like how P/L/A used to transport self-propelled artillery to civilian ships to fire at designated locations. Rather than letting these destroyers that have lost Osprey anti-submarine aircraft continue to go to the battlefield and be lost again, it is better to deploy them in a second-line position and then use the Peacekeeper Cannon to fire from the side to enhance their firepower and survivability. The deployment of the Peacekeeper Cannon requires a reliable, sturdy, and durable ground to support the weight of the Peacekeeper Cannon and the recoil when firing. In contrast, the Multi-Wisdom Dragon Cannon has enough weight and a better stabilization system to withstand the recoil of the cannon.

"EVA, initiate the plan to combine the Peacekeepers with the destroyers. Now is not the time to let these Peacekeeper cannons hover on the water and look around aimlessly."

The commander of the Winter Crown Expeditionary Fleet ordered EVA to immediately notify eligible destroyers and Peacekeeper cannons to assemble at the designated location. Then, the Peacekeeper cannons were loaded and deployed. The cannon spade and stabilizing device were installed on the deck of the destroyer, creating four unsightly cracks. Generally, this level of ground damage is negligible, and for destroyers, it would be a matter for repair-type longsword infantry armor to handle, provided that the Peacekeeper cannons were moved away.

Thus, the destroyers that received the extra stern gun attachments stopped and patrolled alongside other destroyers and Aegis cruisers, carrying the Peacekeeper guns and firing everywhere. Soon, amidst the melodious and comical clanging of the Peacekeeper guns firing, six 150mm high-explosive shells whistled down from the sky, accurately destroying one Shard anti-aircraft ship after another with exceptional precision.

Only by destroying these Shard anti-aircraft ships can the first part of the outer air defense force of the Eternal Revelation Alliance naval fleet be disrupted. The second part consists of the Protector interceptors in the sky.

The primary aerial targets of these Protector interceptors are naturally the enemy air force, with the Black Hawk helicopters flying ahead of the Wasp drones becoming their primary targets. The Snowstorm ballistic missiles and Wasp drones are secondary targets. In addition, their destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers all have air defense capabilities and are not incapable of dealing with the Wasp drones and Snowstorm ballistic missiles.

At this moment, the battle between the six Black Hawk squadrons and the Protector interceptors officially began.

SEAD stands for Suppression of Enemy Air Defences, which is an air combat mission aimed at suppressing the enemy by destroying ground-based air defenses from the air.

Chapter 106 Red Tide (14)

The Protector interceptor, lacking much intelligence and only knowing how to pursue its target to the death, naturally met the Black Hawk fighters, which formed a wall of eagles charging head-on, head-on and opened fire with its two wing cannons.

The Black Hawk helicopters' onboard radars had already locked onto multiple Protector interceptors. Generally, the scanning range of onboard radars on the same plane will overlap, causing two aircraft to lock onto the same target. Therefore, the EVA system played a significant role here, namely, filtering the onboard radar system to exclude targets that have already been locked by other onboard radars, thus preventing firepower overflow.

"Target acquired! Fox-3!" "Target locked! Fox-3! Fox-3!" "Look at these dumbfounded drones with their cannons, Fox-3s!"

With each launch command over the radio, all the Black Hawk helicopters boldly ignited and launched all six Frozen Earth cryogenic missiles on their pylons, then flew toward their respective targets. The rocket engines of the cryogenic missiles spewed out thin white smoke in the cloudless sky, leaving faint, gradually disappearing contrails before blasting at the interceptor aircraft that did not even try to dodge. The frozen flowers, only a few degrees away from absolute zero, rapidly ravaged the aircraft, causing them to shatter and fall into the air below under the crushing freezing effect.

Thump! Amidst the ice flower fragments created by the Frozen Earth missiles, all the missiles hit their targets, achieving a kill of 6 drones. They piloted their fighter jets, raising their noses to dodge the incoming machine gun barrage.

"When two tigers meet on a narrow path, the brave shall prevail! Young men! Remember this: we must not let these interceptors catch us by the tail; instead, we must catch them by the tail!"

Encouraged by the radio communication, Strange 1 led its wingman Strange 2 and some Protector interceptors into dogfighting. The tactics of these unmanned high-speed interceptors were quite rigid and simple: high-speed pursuit and relentless chase. They should not give them a chance to lock onto the 6 o'clock position, or coordinate with their wingmen to take out the Protector interceptors that attempted to attack with missiles and cannons. However, engaging in separate waves against a large number of drones was not advisable, so the six Black Hawk squadrons did not keep a large distance from each other, but coordinated with each other within an airspace designated by EVA. The lead aircraft acted as decoys to attract the Protector interceptors to pursue, while the wingmen took the opportunity to open fire on the pursuing wingmen. Although they did not have the more convenient and effective Freeze Earth missiles, the 30mm cannons transplanted from the Xuanwu Battle Fortress had sufficient power and rate of fire. Moreover, these interceptors were inherently fragile, and a volley of fire would bring them to a flame and bring them down.

Against the unpredictable and rigid Protector interceptors, the Black Hawk's decoy luring and killing strategy is quite effective. Even if it is accidentally targeted by a large number of drones, don't forget that the Black Hawk is a VTOL fighter. It can use the thrust vectoring system to turn its nose and "take off" to avoid shells, or perform the Cobra maneuver or the S-shaped maneuver to avoid the cannon fire.

However, there is a huge difference in mindset between training and actual combat. Some Black Hawk helicopters were hit by the cannons of the interceptor due to slow reaction or wrong maneuvering, or even worse, they were hit by the ship-borne air defense missiles of the Eternal Revelation Alliance warships. They either managed to eject in time or were completely killed.

One of the Black Hawk squadrons, "OMEGA," exclaimed Omega-2: "Omega-11 has been shot down! I saw the parachute explode; he ejected successfully!"