Earth Invasion

Chapter 180 Twists and Turns (Part [-])
In any era, it is best for the army not to face a double-attack battlefield posture, because this is determined by mathematics.When you are flanked by two sides, your firepower output and firepower efficiency per unit area will be far lower than that of your opponent.

The same applies to space warfare.

Moreover, the current battleship is a bit like the original main battle tank, a thick-skinned one, and then it will be broken with a poke at the butt.Battleships staggering each other and exposing their plasma propulsion arrays to each other is a taboo for military strategists.

General Nakajima's idea was to let his UFP and single-seat combat boats follow the opponent's back when the central fleet resisted the opponent's main bombardment, and he had two frigates on the two wings for fire support. During the assault, break through the UFP and single-seat combat boats that the opponent slipped through.

It looks wonderful.But General Nakajima made a mistake, or in other words, it was a very inconspicuous mistake in his way of thinking as a Japanese.This mind-set is fine when doing normal peacetime paperwork, but it can become a disaster when variables need to be considered holistically.

That is, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and your opponent is not a word table or a silly war chess AI that usually doesn't speak.People will not follow your baton.

This is the situation now. Admiral Nakajima understands that he has more capital ships, but less firepower. Outflanking can find the opponent's weaknesses and enhance his own firepower efficiency.But the question is, why do people insist on clinging to your main force.

Air combat is a kind of solid geometry. Similarly, space combat is a kind of solid geometry, and it is a kind of solid geometry with a super large variable level.

Moreover, on the current battleship, except for the heavy particle cannon that needs to use the entire ship's hull as a stabilizer and heat dissipation, other weapons, including solid cannons and energy weapons, can basically take care of a hemisphere of 180 degrees .In other words, in fact, there are no dead ends for battleships.

In Ratcliffe's eyes, this division of forces in the space circle was extremely stupid.Although they are inferior in firepower, in terms of defense, the deflection field and laminated armor of destroyers are much stronger than frigates with half the tonnage.If the other party confronts him face to face, the worst result will be a loss for both sides.If the opponent can take advantage of the heavy armor of his capital ship, sink all his frigate units first, and then let the high-speed warships such as destroyers and frigates seize his rear hemisphere and release carrier-based aircraft to attack, then he will most likely To suffer.

The general of the space circle did not have the courage to play Showhand.

"It's really a delicious and juicy steak." On the bridge of the Alpamayo-class cruiser "Reckless", General Ratcliffe looked at the strategic posture map of the two sides simulated on the [-]D monitor and said to himself.

"I thought it would be very hard to eat such a fat prey, but I didn't expect you to cut it into pieces. For the unknown general of D.S.A, your hospitable attitude makes me really appreciate it. It was so touching."

Dividing troops has always been a taboo for military strategists. In this way, wouldn't the frigates and carrier-based aircraft on the two wings of the space circle become the best part to start with.

"The Reckless, the Michigan, and the Boxer, four 1000-megaton-equivalent hydrogen bombs are fired at intervals of [-] seconds! Let's show the idiots in the space circle the coverage of nuclear fireballs!"

On the bridge of the Descartes, the flagship of the Space Circle Fleet, a bright wall of light suddenly appeared on the three monitors.The sensors of the entire ship also detected a large amount of neutron radiation and electromagnetic pulse in an instant.On the thermal imaging sensor, the image of the opponent's battleship was all covered behind the high-temperature ion fireball.The radar was also interfered by the enhanced electromagnetic pulse noise produced by the opponent's hydrogen bomb explosion, and could not form an image.

With the politeness of human beings now, it is easy to make proton beam and electron beam weapons, but the neutron beam, a directed energy weapon that can only be knocked out by protons, is still not very mature.Or rather inefficient.

Therefore, the thermonuclear weapons used on battleships are basically radiation-enhanced types. In this case, directed energy weapons that use charged particles to attack will be interfered by the electric fields of various elementary particles filled inside and cannot penetrate.Even solid cannonballs will be distorted by the high temperature of the ion fireball and cannot maintain their trajectory.

In space warfare, large-yield thermonuclear weapons are basically not offensive, and are often used to defend or interfere with the enemy.

"Huh?" Rear Admiral Nakajima was a little surprised. The opponent's firepower is still superior. The salvo just now overloaded the deflection electric field of the Beowulf, so he had to hide behind Descartes' shadow. What is the other party doing with the nuclear bomb at this time?
Could it be that the other party has discovered their intentions and is preparing to use the flash of the nuclear bomb to cover their release of UFP and let their own high-speed frigate intercept their own squadron?Well, very possible!

Thinking of this, he directly connected the neutrino communication of the two frigates!

"FF47, FF51! Pay attention to the two ships, keep the course, the maximum battle speed! The opponent is releasing UFP and single-seat combat boats, and the number of frigates of the opponent is higher than ours! Once we enter the dogfight, we will be at a disadvantage. Be sure to rush out of the ion fireball interference as soon as possible Range, block the opponent's ejection channel!"

The situation on the battlefield was really as Major General Nakajima said. Before the first wave of nuclear bomb light wall had completely dissipated, the enemy tracking system reported the second high-energy early warning.

The battleship's thermal imaging system was once again flooded with walls of light.

It took a full 40 seconds for the ion fireball to finally dissipate from the universe.The gravel and ice blocks within the range of the nuclear bomb explosion have disappeared, as if this piece had been gouged out by a knife.

The rotation speed of the rubble belt on Planet Feiru is 8 kilometers per second, and the maximum combat speed of the battleship can exceed the 9 kilometers per second of the Pioneer spacecraft, and then add the relative speed of the two sides, in just 40 seconds, Within a period of time, the relative distance between the two sides has changed by thousands of kilometers.

When the fourth group of nuclear bombs exploded, Admiral Nakajima had already ordered all the main guns of the battleship to be charged.There will be no endless loading of nuclear bombs on the battleship. 40 seconds is enough for the opponent to make some moves, and the next step is to bite the opponent's central fleet!

It's a pity that after the ion fireball dissipated, the situation he envisioned where the four frigates of the opponent intercepted the squadrons on his two wings respectively did not appear.The NATO squadron as a whole moved more than 900 kilometers inward and the angle between its normal line reached 30 degrees. The opponent's shooting axis did not point towards itself at all, but aimed at the squadron on its right!
be cheated!The opponent intends to defeat them one by one!Major General Nakajima finally understood his biggest flaw, but it was too late!

"Quick! Attack, attack the opponent's flank! Don't let them focus on our squadron!"

The five heavy particle cannons of the Alpamayu class and the heavy particle cannons on the three destroyers tore through the dark night sky and accurately covered the opponent's fleet formation!However, the opponent's cruiser and destroyer cut off the power of the entire ship and completely concentrated on the deflection electric field.After a blinding blue and white flash, although the deflection electric fields of the two destroyers were all overloaded, and the main armor belt of the battleship also turned dark red, the salvo was resisted after all.

If, at this time, the space circle can shoot at 50.00% power again, at least the two destroyers of the opponent will be finished.It's a pity that there is no such thing in this world. The entire front half of the Alpamayo-class Cartesian ship is red and purple in the thermal imaging system. A large amount of liquid helium for cooling has been evaporated, and its heavy particle cannon is forcibly dissipating heat. , the plasma propulsion array behind the ship also changed from bright white to dark red.Its main fusion furnace is being refilled with fusion fuel, restoring voltage to the ship.

This is a law of physics and cannot be changed.

Although the NATO cruiser and two destroyers were not feeling well, the four frigates hidden behind the fleet were safe and sound.While the four frigates were maintaining their course normal, they adjusted their axes, and the heavy particle cannons on the bows of the four ships had already begun to emit ominous blue light.

"Target, ten o'clock direction! The whole ship opens the gun door! FIRE!"

Not only the blue light of the heavy particle cannon, but also the charged particle cannon and laser gun turrets on all battleships, including the reconnecting cannon, all emitted orange-red light.

The bright line of fire concentrated on the unlucky frigate numbered FF47 almost instantly, and the deflection electric field launched at full strength was instantly covered by the bright white grid, making it impossible to see anything on the bridge of FF47.These shells without any sound made the FF47 feel as if it had suffered a typhoon of level nine.

"The entire system of the deflection electric field generator is down! The voltage of the main energy channel is abnormal, and the temperature of the liquid helium cooling cabin in the front has risen. The backup power supply must be activated!"

"The power distribution of the whole ship, the limited guarantee of power supply for the cooling cabin! The main reactor! Can you still hold on?"

"The main fusion furnace exceeds the rated power by 30.00%, and the temperature of the superconducting plasma motor has reached the upper limit! The temperature of the superconducting battery stack is within the tolerable range. Please switch the backup power supply and reduce the power of the main fusion furnace!"

"Don't panic! The power distribution of the entire ship is limited and the deflection electric field is restored! The weapon system is temporarily cut off, the communication system, and the radar echo receiving system are forced to go offline to prevent the opponent from releasing electronic warfare viruses at this time! The calculation volume of our mainframe control personality will not keep up. Up!"

……

Although there was chaos in the bridge, the first wave has passed anyway. The cruisers and destroyers of the main fleet are approaching this direction, and the FF51 on the left wing is rushing towards the opponent's back at high speed. It should be fine to hold on. of.

Just when people in the space circle were rejoicing, a second blue flash appeared.

Mr. Major General Ratcliffe has more experience.According to his calculations, according to the overload level of the Saxony-class fusion furnace, even if the main guns of the four frigates fired in salvo, at most the deflection electric field of the other party would burn out the main capacitor.The Saxon class has absorbed an improvement project of the SCO 653H2 class, which can directly supply power to the deflection electric field from the plasma motor of the fusion furnace.Although doing so will greatly damage the service life of the deflection electric field generator, who cares about the service life when it is about to die.

Therefore, this time, Mr. Major General Ratcliffe saved his hand. He only commanded three frigates to fire the whole ship. The heavy particle gun of the last frigate "Bunker Hill" did not actually fire.

The firepower of this ship, which was carried in the pocket of Major General Ratcliffe, became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

With just a twist of the FF47's butt, its port side was hit by the blue jet of the heavy particle cannon.

The charged particle cannon and laser gun turret on the left side of its bow were immediately blown away.The turbulent energy turbulence tore away the laminated armor and the absolute black body cladding, and cut the foamed metal skeleton in the middle like a fish bone. The titanium alloy bulkhead was directly melted by the high-temperature jet, and the heavy particle cannon arranged in the center of the battleship was destroyed. Breakthrough, the entire bow was almost torn off from the hull!
A hapless UFP was swept away by the jet, its seemingly indestructible body cut in half by the dazzling beam, and the pilot was burned into a cloud of plasma without even a whimper.

The unlucky battleship was directly hit by the heavy particle cannon without deflecting the electric field, but it has to be said that its life was really great. Although the first half of the battleship had disappeared, there was no quench explosion of the main battery stack. tableware, the ship is still alive!

However, all functions as a battleship have been lost, and it has become a living iron coffin.I hope its control personality and damage control personnel are strong enough.Otherwise, the only thing waiting for its crew is to choose to freeze to death or suffocate.

Racliffe was not interested in this kind of waste. He directly ordered the entire fleet to continue to move to the left side of the opponent according to the existing movement discovery, and the entire fleet was ready for the second salvo.He intends to use the main fleet of the space circle as a central safety island, and separate another frigate of FF51 behind the main fleet of the space circle.

In this case, in terms of firepower comparison, the space circle is already at a complete disadvantage.

"War is a process of accumulating less and more." Ratcliffe said with a smile to his adjutant, who had all put on protective clothing and talked on the radio.

"Now that we have completed this process and reversed the opponent of the war force, the rest is for us to attack without hesitation!"

Finally, on the Alpamayo-class cruiser that was raiding the opponent's flank at high speed, the main gun was charged again!
And the Rear Admiral Nakajima in the space circle finally recalled the frigate that was dispatched!Now there are only three frigates missing, and one more destroyer is still needed.At this time, if there is a head-to-head confrontation, it is not yet known who will win the game!

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