in2ebook Chapter 222 HCP’s new style of play (6,000 words, don’t say I’m short)
Chapter 222 HCP’s new style of play (6,000 words, don’t say I’m short)
Chapter 222 HCP’s new style of play (6,000 words, don’t say I’m short~)
"Attention, attack squadron, deploy the formation 'Groove Along' and start the offensive barrel roll maneuver!"
"If you don't want to be hit by lasers and charged particle beams, don't fly straight ahead!"
"Believe me, after this period of training, your technical and tactical levels have far surpassed those of the pilots on the opposite side!"
Amber's calm voice sounded over the communication channels of the two HCP squadrons.
The Atlas Force, with Lilith at its command, did not have to worry about electronic warfare at all when facing these civilian armed forces.
Therefore, there is no need to use less efficient quantum encrypted communication for communication between combat units.
When Amber's order was issued, all the pilots also obeyed his instructions and began to control the aircraft to draw huge "concentric circles" with a certain virtual relative coordinate as the center.
The pilots, who were using abdominal breathing and hydraulic anti-gravity suits to resist the G-force, watched as they gradually distanced themselves from them, doing various irregular and inhuman sharp-angle and line maneuvers, and took the lead to start the 'door kicking action' Boss and instructor.
They all lamented that this guy was indeed a pervert.
After collecting the "prisoners" of Mary Bay Industries and Yaoguang Defense last time, Atlas also gained 15 HCP pilots.
From a technical and tactical level, the strength of these pilots can be said to be uneven.
However, in the test simulation battle for squadron reorganization, they were all defeated by Murat and Louis, who had been 'trained' by Amber.
Therefore, the two reorganized squadrons were made with Murat and Louis as squadron leaders respectively.
Up to this point, these pilots had not raised any objections. After all, in the battle of HCP, 'food is the original sin'.
But when they saw the training content customized by Amber for them, they couldn't hold it any longer.
Because in addition to the regular HCP pilot training content, Amber has added materials.
There are also a bunch of additional training subjects that don’t look very safe.
For example, under full thrust, it can perform high-speed maneuvers in the asteroid belt, and in the process, avoid enemy anti-aircraft firepower.
Another example is to break through the interception of the enemy HCP and launch an attack on the target warship at a relative speed of 50-80 kilometers per second.
There is also the HCP chaos in the asteroid belt.
These training subjects are not even conducted in a simulation cabin.
Instead, under the leadership of Amber, he drove the machine in the asteroid belt.
Immediately, many newly recruited pilots backed down.
After all, they are not soldiers, they are all mercenaries fighting for money. Even if they risk their lives in battle, now they are required to risk their lives in training?
Faced with this situation, Amber's approach was simple and crude.
He directly engaged in a shocking mock battle.
The two squadrons have a total of 16 HCPs, which serve as defenders to cover an inflatable target ship. (The brother who drives the reconnaissance HCP is independent of the two squadrons)
Amber is the only attacker.
The result of this battle was that the modified special machine was used to test Amber in combat, and the target ship was easily destroyed.
He also used various tricks to annihilate all 16 HCPs on the defensive side.
Many pilots only felt a red HCP flashing from the front with a long wake, and then their aircraft was judged to have been shot down.
Several pilots who were brutally beaten were still in a state of confusion for a period of time after the battle.
The 'Red Devil' has also become the nickname used by these pilots to call Amber privately.
Amber's simple and crude method did work.
In this era, those who are willing to drive HCPs into space, regardless of their skills and courage, still have a "big robot plot" in their hearts.
So when a strong man appeared in front of them whose driving skills exceeded their knowledge, and this strong man planned to train them personally.
The mentality of these mercenaries finally changed.
In line with the principle of 'bleed more in peacetime and save your life in wartime', when Amber led Atlas's HCP pilots to train, no matter in terms of intensity or degree of danger, they were all in this world. That one.
As long as you can't practice to death, practice to death.
If the aircraft accidentally brushed against an asteroid during maneuvering, causing the aircraft to lose attitude control, it could only be considered a minor accident.
However, with the full support of the maintenance team and the medical team, these pilots also grew rapidly under Amber's training.
When the combat operation officially started today, they finally understood why Amber was taking them to train in the dangerous asteroid belt during this period.
Because this is already a battlefield that Amber has set up in advance.
The timing of Atlas' fleet's attack was clever.
At this time, not only the combined fleet and the Timler family fleet had fallen into brutal hand-to-hand combat.
Moreover, the vitality of both of them was rapidly consumed in the battle.
The strangulation only lasted less than half an hour. Among the 15 warships in the Timler family fleet, 5 warships were completely sunk and 3 warships lost their combat effectiveness.
The only battleships that can fight are two light cruisers, four scarred destroyers, and a frigate with full luck.
As for HCP, there are ten squadrons composed of dragon knights and fanatics, a total of 100 HCPs.
Currently, there are only 38 units left that can detect the pilot's vital signs.
There are also many HCPs among them who have lost their combat effectiveness, but the pilots are lucky enough to survive.
Especially those HCPs who guard the rear hemisphere of their respective battleships and form formations to protect the main propulsion array at the stern of the battleship. Basically, there is only one HCP out of ten.
After being flexibly linked, three or five HCPs can use their respective deflection force field generators together to form a stronger deflection force field.
Although this can allow them to withstand attacks from frigates and even a main gun fire from a destroyer, in a fierce fleet battle, this is just a drop in the bucket.
But no matter what, these eye-catching HCPs completed their mission at the cost of almost total destruction.
Except for a few battleships that were hit in the main propulsion array, most of the battleships still entered the strangulation stage.
On the other side of the battle, the combined fleets of Mary Bay Industries and Yaoguang Defense actually suffered greater losses in the battle.
As mentioned earlier, federal warships often rely on numerical superiority to gain the upper hand in fleet battles.
But if the scale of the battle is reduced to more than thirty ships, then this numerical advantage cannot turn them into a victory.
On the contrary, the imperial warships that work slowly and carefully can show greater advantages in such small-scale battles with their stronger comprehensive performance.
This also led to even if the combined fleet was divided into two and adopted a pincer attack strategy, allowing some warships to rampage wildly in the rear hemisphere of the enemy fleet.
But the battle loss ratio is still not very good.
So far, the only ships that the Combined Fleet can still fight are the flagship Financial Freedom light cruiser, 4 destroyers and 2 frigates.
From the perspective of a simple battle of beasts, the Timler family fleet with two light cruisers may still have the upper hand at this time.
However, there are more HCPs left on the United Fleet side, and these locust-like 'cuties' can already pose a threat to the battleships at close range.
At the same time, there were several heavy assault cabins, which broke through the enemy's interception and hit the target ships, especially the two light cruisers that received special attention.
The Marines who had completed gang jumping were spreading like cancer from the cabin they broke into to other areas.
Although the marines on these ships have also begun to block the attack, the news that the warships have been jumped by the enemy will still have a certain impact on the morale of the crew.
So when the Atlas fleet attacking from the zenith was discovered, the first reaction of the fleet commanders on both sides on the battlefield was: "What? The other side has a back-up plan?!"
But no matter which side it is, it is now impossible to adjust the axis to face the new enemy.
So they could only watch helplessly as the fleet rushed from the direction of the zenith, getting closer and closer to them.
Staying alone in the 'VIP viewing seat' of this battlefield, the Atlas pilot driving the 'reconnaissance type' Zealot has discovered the Amber aircraft approaching at high speed.
At this time, the relative speed between the two sides was close to 90 kilometers per second. Even the upgraded optical sensor could not completely and stably capture this eye-catching red body.
However, just a slightly blurry freeze-frame picture captured by the sensor has already highlighted the characteristics of this special machine in the eyes of the pilot.
Heavy armor, heavy firepower, and high thrust.
As a fan of the main body, in the impression of most HCP pilots, it is the noble and classic walking knight style body.
So now this ‘fanatic modification’ has completely lost its so-called noble and classical style features.
The thickened laminated armor at various key positions of the machine body, due to temporary modifications, does not have much aesthetic appeal, and it has lost the original distinctive arc style of the fanatics.
The completely remodeled main head monitor has integrated more sensing components, making it not only larger in size, but also no longer looks like the previous 'knight helmet'.
But the most eye-catching thing is the modification of the 'legs' of this machine body.
The maintenance team leader boldly abandoned the original walking component and directly replaced the two mechanical legs on the lower body with two sets of additional propulsion units.
Since the 'crotch' electromagnetic joint is still present, these two additional propulsion units are not completely fixed like the propulsion array on the back.
Instead, the angle can be adjusted within a certain angle, in the front, rear and side directions.
This modification directly greatly improved the mobility of this heavy-duty HCP.
Since there is no need to consider aerodynamic and gravity issues in space, a large number of vector nozzles + high-power propulsion arrays have become the optimal solution to improve maneuverability.
At present, this modified machine does not need to adjust the direction of the body when it needs to slow down. Instead, it can directly use these two additional sets of propulsion units for 'reverse thrust'.
The only thing that will limit its maneuverability may be how far the pilot in the cockpit can hold it.
Finally, there is the armament part of this machine body.
Because the photos taken were somewhat blurry, the pilot of the reconnaissance fanatic could not clearly see all the weapons mounted on the aircraft.
However, there was one weapon that he caught at a glance.
That is a large heavy particle cannon that is deployed on the weapon rack behind the shoulder. Its overall length has completely exceeded the body of the machine, and it looks like a lance.
This giant cannon makes this modified machine look like a charging prairie heavy cavalry.
Heavy cavalry accompanying the fleet charge.
This is also one of the responsibilities of the increasingly heavy-duty HCP and the upcoming new units in space in the future.
Seeing the HCP streaking across the battlefield like a comet, and the other aircraft that had formed a battle formation behind it and were rowing in huge concentric circles, the long-buried fighting passion in the pilot's heart was completely ignited.
When Amber's huge red landline flew past him, the pilot finally couldn't help but scream.
"Come on! Red Devil!!!"
"The auxiliary propulsion unit is operating normally, the energy output of the subcritical reactor is normal, and the temperature of the dual superconducting battery stack is within a controllable range."
In the cockpit of Amber's special aircraft, temporarily codenamed 'Experimental MK1', Lilith, who transformed into a combat auxiliary AI, was simultaneously reporting various parameters of the aircraft.
Although these key data are also displayed on the multi-function display on the lower right side of Amber's sight.
But in the midst of a high-speed advance, he focused more on the battlefield in front of him.
Especially when the various parameters of this special machine have not yet been adjusted to the optimal state, Lilith is needed to assist in monitoring the body's condition.
These data were also synchronized to the Gnaku screen of the rear battleship through the neutrino transmitter installed on the aircraft body.
At this time, the atmosphere inside the Gnaku, which had sent away all the airframes, was the same as that of the P rooms of various teams during F1 competitions.
The maintenance team leader responsible for the modification of this machine, together with Eugene, Oens and others, were staring at the data on the screen nervously, and praying that this machine, which they had 'hand-made', would not fail at this juncture. what is the problem.
"Boss, isn't this a little too aggressive? Each of these data is dancing on the edge of the safety threshold."
Eugene's face looked a little nervous, especially when a certain data went straight to the red line, and his fists clenched nervously.
"You forgot what the boss said before he attacked. This battle is to test the limits of this machine."
Oens opened his mouth to answer, and at the same time glanced at the maintenance team leader who had been silent.
The maintenance team leader, whose spacesuit in the cabin was stained with oil and had a lot of tools strapped to his waist, was probably the most nervous person in Gnakuli right now.
After all, Amber's special machine is his work.
At first, Oens was not very enthusiastic about the preparation team leader.
In his opinion, this person is just a ground crew leader.
It was only during later exchanges that he discovered that this maintenance team leader, who had served in the federation, had really studied HCP very deeply.
After the other party proposed such a radical transformation idea that "the HCP's walking device is of little use in space battles and can be replaced with an additional propulsion array more suitable for use in space."
Oens began to look at him differently.
"to be honest"
The maintenance team leader, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
"I always thought that Boss might not be able to drive this modified machine to its limit."
"What about now?" Oens, who was holding his arms, asked with interest.
"I think I underestimated the Boss. What we see now is obviously the limit of the body, not the limit of the Boss."
The preparation team leader's answer made Gnakuli suddenly quiet down.
Because of his words, Amber's image in these people's minds gradually surged in the direction of 'dehumanization'.
It was at this moment that the lights in Gnaku suddenly dimmed, changing from bright white light to dark red light that instantly made the atmosphere tense.
"It seems that we are about to enter the attack range." The preparation team leader whispered.
Then, he turned around and kicked hard on the ground, and his whole body floated in the other direction of Gnaku.
At the same time, his rough voice echoed throughout Gnakuli.
"Stop looking! Get back to the fighting position! Be prepared to accept the damaged aircraft and prepare for wartime repairs!
Then notify the medical team to prepare for rescue. The lives of these pilots are very precious now! "
When Atlas's fleet had just entered the attack range and was preparing to use its main guns to target the enemy ships 'below' one by one.
Amber has already begun her attack.
With a calm expression, he stared at the densely packed pile of enemy units locked by red frames on the screen all over the sky.
These enemy targets identified by reconnaissance enthusiasts during long-term surveillance of the battlefield have been transmitted through the data link.
The large number of red frames and the red light emitted by the adaptive warning system dyed the glass of his helmet visor red.
Amber's eyes were fixed on a frigate of the Timler family.
The experimental MK1's fire control system also quickly locked onto the warship, which was maneuvering toward the flank of a Combined Fleet destroyer.
"Heavy airborne heavy particle cannon, ready to fire at full power!"
The moment Lilith's announcement rang in her ears, Amber opened fire without hesitation.
On the target frigate, the air defense commander who was already paying attention to the direction of the zenith saw only a tiny light spot in front of him, like the reflection of cosmic dust, which suddenly turned into a dazzling white light and rushed up.
"HCP's long-distance bombardment?!"
As soon as this idea came to the air defense commander's mind, he felt the entire battleship shake violently.
On the top of the battleship, which was not protected by a deflection force field, the jet of heavy metal particles blasted from a nearly vertical angle easily tore through the outermost armor.
The multi-layer composite armor structure inside the warship was unable to divert too many of these heavy metal particles.
This heavy-duty aircraft-mounted heavy particle cannon did not disappoint Amber, who was staring at the frigate's superconducting battery stack.
As a dazzling plasma fireball exploded out of thin air in the distance, the locking frame that originally symbolized the frigate also disappeared.
"Very good, this thing is at least not bad in terms of power."
Amber was quite satisfied with this heavy particle cannon, which had reached the level of the frigate's main gun in terms of firepower.
"Master, the superconducting battery stack is recharging, and it is expected that a second shot can be fired in 20 seconds."
"Received, just use this gap to cool the acceleration track."
Amber continued to maintain his charging posture and switched the weapon control from the heavy particle cannon temporarily named 'Test-1' to the laser-guided melee bomb.
When the fire control system of the body locked the two HCPs that took the initiative to meet him under his guidance, and began to guide the attack through laser irradiation.
The disposable missile pod mounted on the outside of the body also threw out six melee bombs.
The harsh beeps of the laser warning devices also sounded in the cockpits of the two HCPs that were locked as targets.
Without thinking, the two pilots switched the fire control mode of the aircraft to the "close defense mode" according to the standard operating regulations.
The two HCPs also raised the electromagnetic rifles in their hands, together with the close defense lasers on both sides of the main monitors on the head, to intercept the incoming combat bullets.
"The pilots of these private military companies are indeed much worse than the regular army."
Looking at the two aircrafts moving in a straight line at a constant speed, Amber sighed at this battle like "hunting turkeys" and handed the guidance of the combat bullets to the fire control system.
She switched the weapon control to the charged particle cannon and the electromagnetic machine gun for HCP.
After a few breaths, a blue beam and a series of orange-red fire lines tore through the dark universe.
At the end of the trajectory, a dazzling white light flashed.
This is the performance of the deflection force field carried by the HCP starting to work.
But soon, the shining white light of one of them was replaced by a huge plasma fireball.
The experimental MK1 with upgraded energy supply unit can support the charged particle cannon for more than three seconds of long-term irradiation.
And such an attack has obviously exceeded the defense threshold of the deflection field carried by the HCP.
The wailing of the companion when he was destroyed still echoed in the cockpit of another HCP. The driver had not had time to open the vector nozzle on the front of the body to pull away.
He saw a group of red bodies with long tail flames, which had already killed in front of him.
When the two sides crossed each other, the last thought of his life flashed through the driver's mind.
"Fuck, what a long knife"
"Lilith, the electronic warfare is left to you!"
Amber controlled the body to pass through the dense fire line, and the white light of the deflection field operation flashed from time to time on the full-circle screen.
In addition to the constant lock-on alarm, the cockpit also constantly heard the crisp sound of "ding-ding-dang-dang", which was the sound of gravel or kinetic warhead fragments decomposed by the arc of the deflection force field being bounced off the armor plate.
However, the extremely high relative speed and angular velocity made the interception of enemy units several orders of magnitude more difficult.
The strange maneuvering trajectory made the combat unit responsible for interception feel like seeing a ghost.
"Understood, Master! But you need to keep maneuvering in the enemy formation and don't get too far away."
"Huhu. I know I will find a way to maintain this."
After entering the battle area between the two enemy fleets, the density of firepower attacking Amber also reached a new level, and the maneuvering frequency and amplitude required for the body to evade also increased rapidly.
Even a psychic as strong as Amber, who has undergone physical transformation, feels like dough, being kneaded by G-forces from different directions in the face of physical laws that cannot be ignored.
At the same time, in the A-Bava-Ku asteroid base (under construction) 60,000 kilometers away from the battlefield, in a space of several thousand square meters opened up by miners.
The large server array, which had filled nearly half of the space, lit up the blue light to end the sleep state and enter the running state, and made a series of "buzzing" sounds.
A proud female voice also sounded in the virtual space.
"Hey, it's time for Lilith to show her skills~"