Chapter 266 “Mimicry”【4000】

The exploding energy ball was spreading continuously at this time. After completely destroying the destroyer group, it moved towards the area where the frigate group was located.

At this time, the mimic fleet was too densely formed and had no time to evade.

I don’t know what their psychology was that led them to arrange the fleet in such a dense formation.

Is it possible that the confidence is too inflated? Disdain to set up a formation?

In short, the mimic fleet was stuck together in a dense formation at this time.

Zhao Feng had only seen this formation in the air force of the Chaos Legion, and he had a great time killing it at that time.

Now that we are here again, what else is there to be polite about?

I saw waves of barrages being shot out from the [Conqueror], while the Mimic fleet exploded one after another.

After all the destroyers were destroyed, their frigates were able to activate the shipboard shield system.

One after another, light blue halos emerged in the deep sky.

But what's the use of the S-type shield system in the face of the Conqueror's firepower?

Zhao Feng was quite familiar with the frigate's shield system.

Especially when facing a Level 1 frigate, the shield is no different than a layer of paper.

Facing the high-explosive firepower of the M-type, the mimic frigate really couldn't even withstand a single encounter.

Of course, although the M-type cannot withstand the firepower, it can at least leave a body behind.

But if the target was hit by the L-shaped [Quadruple Ifrit Cannon], it would really be gone.

What is on-the-spot activation + dusting?

What do you mean, clean and hygienic?

Hit it with a cannonball and practice it personally, allowing you to appreciate the efficient killing of human beings~

After half a minute, the artillery fire stopped.

After a while, the flames of the explosion gradually faded away.

At this time, there were only three or two kittens left in the Mimic fleet~

When the fleet's firepower was fully activated, the radar detection system, which had been turned on, also counted the remaining number of the opponent's fleet.

"Dear Captain, all enemy destroyers have been destroyed, and there are 874 frigates left, including 354 [Jinghai] guided missile frigates, and only 520 [FG300 mass production] frigates left. It is expected that 5-10 rounds of covering bombardment can destroy them. Total annihilation.”

Looking at the prompt information from the optical brain, he thought for a while and did not continue to attack the Mimic fleet. Instead, he handed over the control of the battleship to the crew members again.

"Attention all members, this is the captain. There are only 874 enemy fleets left. The remaining enemy forces will be harvested by you personally. So far, your performance is passable. I hope that in this actual battle, , you can learn from it again and make progress.”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Feng leaned directly on the chair, found a comfortable angle, and quietly watched the crew's performance.

All the crew members were full of confidence after receiving the captain's instructions, and the gunners in the fire team were even more surprised to find that the battleship's M-type firepower [triple cannon] had been unlocked for use.

This made them so excited that they all clamored to be the first to try out this heavy firepower.

Of course, as the gunner, Hank couldn't let these guys do whatever they wanted.

He knew very well that this wave seemed easy, but in fact it was still the captain's test.

For them, this kind of detection tests the accuracy of shooting.

Although there are only 874 frigates left on the opposite side, after the ceasefire, they have dispersed into a network and accelerated towards the [Conqueror].

It was obvious that the opponent wanted to engage in "hand-to-hand combat".

Now, the problem that Hank has to face is how to reduce their number as much as possible in the shortest possible time.

Looking at the chaos of his men, Hank's face darkened and he growled in a low voice:

"Be honest with me. What are you thinking about one by one? Go back to your duties."

Before he finished speaking, these young men all wilted.

No one dares to challenge Hank's authority, unless someone wants to be picked up and "caressed".

Of course, they are all a bunch of hot-blooded young men. Although they cannot beat Hank, they are all confident in their professional abilities.

Many people have challenged Hank in this name, but unfortunately, without exception, they were all tortured to pieces.

His professional skills were completely defeated, his physical fitness was completely defeated, and his fighting skills were even worse.

Therefore, they did not dare to disobey the gunner's words at all.

Seeing that all the men became more honest, Hank cursed in a low voice: "A bunch of brats."

Then he thought about it, and first promoted the 16 best-performing men under his command to M-type firepower, and then found 16 reserve gunners. These reserves will replace those "promoted" personnel.

Feeling the envious eyes of their friends, the 16 gunners who changed gun positions came to the new position with great pride.

Staring at these boys, Hank curled his lips and said coldly:

"Then your task is very simple. While ensuring the density of firepower, the shooting hit rate will also be included in the assessment. If anyone is not qualified for this position, I'm sorry that you will be kicked back to your original position and wait for the next rotation. .”

Listening to Hank's words, the happy little guys suddenly stopped smiling.

Just kidding, they don't want to be fooled, and they don't know how their friends will laugh at them.

Sitting on the console of the M-type firepower, the smiles on the faces of these gunners completely faded, and they carefully conducted a series of inspections and parameter calibrations based on the knowledge they had learned.

The actions of the gunners were very standard and correct.

Captain Zhao Feng took over the firepower of the battleship before, and the parameters must have been fine-tuned according to his habits.

For these new recruits, the settings of top experts may not necessarily be suitable for them.

The system's default settings are more in line with their reaction speed.

As the battleship's artillery system came back online, the fire control radar quickly locked onto the enemy battleship's position with Hank's assistance.

Even the route of the opponent's warships and the shooting auxiliary line were marked.

This made the gunners' control of the naval guns countless times easier, and they hardly needed to make detailed calculations.

Normally, the fire control radar itself does not have those functions.

Fire control radar generally can only provide some shooting data and the approximate direction of movement of enemy ships. This is the full function of fire control radar.

Only after an experienced gunner is involved and debugged will the series of additional functions be enabled.

The so-called additional functions are the shooting auxiliary lines and trajectory prediction just mentioned.

Turning on these is completely a group bonus brought by Hank's personal abilities.

Now, his gunners only need to judge their own enemy priorities and make a little personal prediction to easily control the heavy firepower in their hands.

Of course, those boys did not disappoint Hank.

With the [Conqueror]'s full firepower, the scattered and surrounded frigates were named one by one during the flight.

Although the hit rate may be worse and not reach 100%, 70%-80% can still be achieved.

After all, the gunners only need to take care of the weapons in their hands. Compared with Zhao Feng's control of the entire ship's firepower, it is much easier.

I saw several golden sparks exploding from time to time in the deep space environment.

Every time the mimic fleet advances more than ten kilometers, it will lose dozens of warships.

The distance of hundreds of kilometers seems extremely close, but it has become a gap hanging in front of them.

Coupled with the [Conqueror] who was slowly reversing to distance himself, the distance between the two sides was always maintained at a very subtle level.

As if they felt that this was just a slow death, the mimic battleships suddenly turned around en masse.

"Escape" with all your strength in the direction where the fleet wreckage originally was.

The radar squad was the first to discover this situation and synchronized the information to various positions within the battleship.

After receiving the latest battlefield information, the expressions of the crew members became visibly relaxed.

The previous battle was still a bit tense. Although the enemy's attacks basically failed to break through the defenses, hundreds of warships surrounded them and they were still a little frightened.

But in just 2 or 3 minutes, the enemy fled like a silver pewter gun. This inevitably made the crew members feel a little contemptuous and at the same time relaxed their mentality.

The pursuit battle is much easier just by hearing the name than the head-on encounter.

First of all, mentally, there is no pressure.

And with low pressure, the crew's operations will not be easily deformed.

Whether it is the hit rate of artillery or the efficiency of information transmission, they have increased by 10%-20%.

. . .

Let’s ignore the status of the crew members for the moment.

At this time, Zhao Feng, who was sitting in the captain's seat, stared at the mimics' unreasonable behavior and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

After briefly glancing at the status of his subordinates, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

‘Underestimating the enemy? Also, a group of defeated opponents is indeed not worthy of attention. If I didn't know their abilities, maybe I would underestimate them? ’

Staring at the mimetic "wrecks" floating around him, Zhao Feng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth even more.

Just when Zhao Feng smiled and said nothing, the frigate group that seemed to be escaping returned to the area where the wreckage of the previous fleet was.

After they arrived at the target area, a sudden change occurred the next second.

All the "wrecks" of warships floating in the deep space environment were turned into pools of fluid, while the intact frigates also melted in the blink of an eye.

Turned into pools of "black water"

The "black water" seemed to be alive. Even in the deep space environment, it still gathered in one direction. In just 3 or 2 breaths, it directly turned into a huge "black ball"

This strange scene made the gunners' movements slow down a bit.

But then, more ferocious firepower spurted towards the opponent's rapidly merging black sphere.

Upon seeing this, the pilot directly pushed the ship horizontally to increase the firepower density on the starboard side.

It's an attackable effect, so I'm a bit sorry.

Whether it is a high-explosive bomb or an armor-piercing bomb, after hitting the target, they all pass through.

Only a few ripples were left on the surface of the black ball.

It was obvious that the pressure-sensitive signature of the cannonball did not gain enough pressure to detonate the energy explosive inside it.

Of course, this is only an external reason, because in addition to the pressure-sensitive fuze, the artillery shell also has a corresponding proximity fuze.

The failure of the proximity fuze has nothing to do with whether the "black ball" is an entity.

The shells exploded one after another after passing through the "black ball" and flying a certain distance.

Obviously, the "black ball" should have extremely strong electronic interference capabilities, which affects the distance judgment of the proximity fuze.

Seeing that the artillery fire was temporarily useless, the speed of firepower projection on the battleship could not help but slow down a lot.

There is no way, the gun barrel has its endurance limit, and the ultra-high rate of fire will quickly cause the barrel to overheat and even deform.

This forced Hank to order a reduction in the frequency of shelling.

Of course, this does not mean giving up the attack, the necessary low-frequency bombardment must still be maintained.

Just as the firepower density dropped, the "black ball" changed again.

At this time, the "black ball" was like an embryo pregnant with some kind of life, and the fluid on its surface began to change disorderly for some reason.

Seeing this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but touch his chin with interest.

‘Interesting, really interesting! Will they become [conquerors]? But your size is obviously not enough. ’

‘If you change hard, you might become an empty shell, right? ’

No matter what Zhao Feng thought, the "black ball" was constantly twisting, extending, and elongating in the eyes of the crew members.

Soon, it turned into a pitch black battleship.

The clamp-shaped bow, single-sided firepower, [Quadruple Ifrit Cannon], [Triple Cannon], [Battering Ram] and even the armor plate engraved on [Star Camouflage] are all perfectly reproduced. Come down.

This made Zhao Feng, who had been watching the show, a little surprised.

‘There is something about this mimicry. It seems that races with less than 600 members cannot be underestimated. . . ’

Before he could finish his emotion, the smaller version of the black [Conqueror], which was composed of many "mimics", also followed the example here and started to smash the ship horizontally.

At the same time, all the gun ports on the ship are also charging simultaneously.

As for the real [Conqueror]'s gunfire, it is still the same as before, and can only pass through the ship changed by the "mimicry".

And just when all the crew members' attention was focused on that battleship.

Just to the right rear of the battleship, the remains of the frigates were combined into a battleship that had not been shown before.

It was a "thunder strike ship" with a deformed body shape.

There is only one weapon on the whole ship.

A 4-pack with a diameter of 36 meters and a length of 140 meters, [Death Torpedo].

Except for the four [Death Torpedoes] on the bow, there are no redundant defensive weapons on the entire battleship.

As the name suggests, the so-called [Death Torpedo] mine is similar to the submarine-launched torpedo during World War II, and it hits in a straight line.

It is also because of the extreme simplification of the propulsion system and guidance system, which frees up huge space inside the Death torpedo.

The loading of its warhead has reached a crazy level. First of all, its attack capability uses four series of mixed damage.

Energy, explosions, kinetic fragmentation, and most importantly, shield neutralizing rays.

As long as you are hit by a [Death Torpedo], it will be no different from the real death coming.

Not to mention battlecruisers like the [Conqueror].

Even for a main battleship like the [Offensive Class], the shield system of the battleship would be directly overloaded if hit by a [Reaper Torpedo].

Two shots and the ship's hull would be severely damaged.

After three rounds, the battleship had to rise to the sky.

. . .