Chapter 273 Confrontation "Traditional Naval Battle" Thunderous Snatch

Eridana C, in the near-Earth orbit on the sunward side.

The blue-green warp vortex, as if tearing apart the physical universe, appeared directly in front of the Freedom Fleet.

Then, the ten-kilometer-long Sojourner-class dreadnought was the first to leave the warp space.

Then came two Paris-class and four Fides-class.

Moreover, these six frigates were equipped with energy shield generators of the Reaper civilization, and their warp engines were upgraded and debugged by the engineering team. They are one of the latest models of ships.

In terms of single-ship combat capability, Atlas' frigates are already better than UNSC's cruisers, and can even compete head-on with the Covenant's CCS-class battlecruisers.

After all, in the original timeline of "Halo", the electromagnetic accelerators of human warships can effectively break and penetrate the shields and armor of Covenant ships, but the defense of human warships is too poor.

Therefore, in the nearly thirty-year resistance war, human warships usually relied on 3-to-1 tactics, that is, sacrificing friendly ships in exchange for the victory of sinking the Covenant ships.

However, in terms of human wave tactics, the size of the Covenant far exceeds that of humans.

If there were no "wake-up call" of the elites, who chose to assist humans at the end of the war, as well as the second and third-term Spartan warriors led by the Master Chief, and countless unknown heroes, the end of mankind seemed to be only destruction.

At this moment, after the Freedom and Liberation Fleet noticed something strange, it immediately adjusted its formation to prepare to deal with the ill-intentioned Atlas Fleet.

And in the bridge of a heavy cruiser with a length of more than 1.5 kilometers;

"Captain! After AI scanning, the blade-shaped ship is ten kilometers long! And our fire control system cannot accurately lock it!"

A radar observer reported to the captain sitting in the main seat while looking at the control panel in front of him.

"Ten kilometers"

These words, coupled with the huge monster that can be seen from afar outside the observation window, all the crew members were extremely stunned.

The most powerful ships of mankind at present are the New Era and Carthage-class aircraft carriers.

However, those two levels of ships are not the product of the same era as the blade-shaped battleship in front of them.

In addition, why are there Paris-class frigates of the UNSC rushing to the galaxy under their jurisdiction along with the blade-shaped battleship?

Could it be that they are new ships of the UNSC and they are going to test them?

Thinking of this, the bearded captain turned his head to the right side and ordered the communications officer:

"Notify the captains of all ships to prepare for a salvo of artillery fire."

"Yes"

Sizzle——!

The communications officer was about to act according to the order when he was interrupted by a burst of electric current "jumping", and the lighting and holographic screen inside the bridge began to flicker like a scene in a horror movie.

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"What's going on?!" the captain asked hurriedly.

"The navigator is out of service! This ship cannot make a jump!"

"The shipboard AI is also at a standstill!"

"Captain! Our core data is being manually uploaded!"

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Manually uploaded?

Is there a traitor?

The bearded captain's expression suddenly became solemn, and he wondered "who" was leaking their core data to the outside world.

But the captain did not have the leisure to analyze it carefully.

The data leakage indicated that the party with the blade-shaped battleship was about to obtain relevant information about the new star nuclear bomb, so he ordered again:

"Notify the shipborne troops and prepare for an exchange of fire inside the ship immediately!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the voice fell, the communications officer hurriedly operated and conveyed the order to the rebels on the ship.

At the same time, the crew discovered through the observation window that the blade-shaped battleship, that is, the Nagai class, had released a large number of metal prisms.

Then, the beam secondary guns at the "back" of the Sojourner class began to charge——

Ri~————!!

The blue-green energy-charging radiance seemed to light up the universe.

And those metal prisms also began to connect with the main guns in series, forming a hexagonal "" beam matrix.

Swish————!!

The next moment, the blue beam was instantly shot out, and then began to "split" and "disperse", and headed straight for the tails of all the Freedom Liberation ships with a "Z"-shaped twisted trajectory.

In the blink of an eye——

Boom! Boom boom!!

The extremely high-energy blue beam, which seemed to have an automatic tracking function, immediately destroyed the main engine of the Freedom Liberation Fleet.

The process of the beam matrix from generation to hitting was extremely fast, not to mention that the old-fashioned ships had no means to stop it, unless they had an energy shield equal to that of the Forerunner civilization.

Bang——bang——!

At this time, the Freedom Liberation Fleet also launched a counterattack against the Atlas side.

Electromagnetic main guns, traditional secondary guns, and various missiles were all fired.

However, as the radar observer said, their fire control could not lock onto the Brigade class, so they had to launch an offensive against the Paris class and the Feddes class.

However.

This salvo counterattack was still "a failure".

The Atlas fleet had already prepared for the formation, and also adjusted the power of the energy shield to the maximum.

It's just that without the shield to work, the free liberation salvos all "missed the target".

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Upon realizing this, all the crew members were stunned.

Could it be that the Paris class and the Feddes class also have some kind of interference device? ?

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But the captain sitting in the main seat vaguely sensed that their shipboard AI had malfunctioned and had even "rebelled".

Otherwise, the chaos of the core data and fire control system cannot be achieved by human moles alone.

Before the bearded ship could make any adjustments, the console automatically displayed Melissa's holographic image.

Although it was just copying data, the smart AI still had the main body of consciousness. It looked around at everyone present and said in a cold tone:

"Everyone, your weapons are ineffective against us, please surrender immediately.

Note that this statement will not be repeated. "

"Surrender?! Our freedom and liberation will never be easy."

Seeing Melissa's "arrogant" attitude, the bearded captain was about to curse.

"I understand, then I wish you all good luck." But he was interrupted by Melissa's words.

After the smart AI finished speaking, it directly dissipated the holographic image.

The radar observer's demeanor was not as calm as the other party's, and he hurriedly reminded:

"Captain! A large number of enemy transport planes were discovered!"

At the same time as the roaring reminder, the radar observer also marked nearly a hundred red dots on the flashing holographic center console, which were rapidly approaching their location.

Then, the holographic image also showed the slightly blurry appearance of the Atlas transport aircraft.

Most of them are Pelican and Herring Gull II, but the cross at the front is a more compact inverted "T" shape.

The fuselage is about 20 meters long, equivalent to 2/3 of the Pelican. Its wings, engines and cockpit are placed at the tail, and the cabin door is at the nose.

It looks like a beach landing craft during World War II, but its appearance is much more sophisticated and advanced, and it is not an outdated product.

And this is the special "jumping gang" machine specially developed by the Ministry of Science and Technology for Atlas's combat troops, especially the ship-based troops.

The official name is the Thunder Type I assault craft.

Due to the radical fighting style of the carrier-based troops, Atlas's original Puffin multi-purpose transport boat was simply incapable of performing gang-hopping missions.

In order to not only ensure the safety of jump gang members, but also ensure the robustness of jump gang vehicles, the "hardness" and protection of the vehicles must be fully maximized.

So the Scientific Research Department prepared to "fly bricks vigorously", using dwarf stainless steel to build the body and wings, and also installed three modified engines from the White-legged Falcon carrier aircraft.

In the deep space of the universe, the speed of the Thunder Raid Craft is no less than, or even stronger than, most of Atlas's carrier-based aircraft.

In the atmosphere, normal temperature superconducting magnetic levitation engines can be used to transform into units such as aerospace crafts.

In addition to these, the two sides of the Thunder Raid Boat's engine room are equipped with two 105mm hard light main guns, as well as disposable and replaceable energy shield generators.

All of this is to serve the Emergency Countermeasures Force (AECS), which is about to be reorganized into the "Auxiliary Army", and the Orbital Commandos (ODST), which are fighting like crazy.

Through the holographic screen and portholes, I saw the ten thunder assault boats standing out. In less than half a minute, they were about to collide with the cruiser they controlled.

Without the captain's orders, the gunner activated the close-in defense gun.

Ri~buzz! ! !

The noise of the close-in defense gun's rapid fire was transmitted to the interior of the bridge through vibrations.

Due to the existence of tracer bullets, the crew could see the overwhelming "barrage" quickly rushing towards the Thunder raider.

However, it may be that Melissa's copied data was hacked, or it may be the "rebellion" of the shipboard AI, so the close-in defense artillery was unable to effectively intercept the Thunder formation.

Immediately afterwards, the ten thunderbolts lined up close at hand, and the hard-light main guns on both sides flashed bright red energy-charged light——

Whoosh-whoosh-! !

Boom—boom—! !

The sound of the instantaneous firing and explosion of the hard light beam was also transmitted to the bridge through vibration, indicating that the Thunder Raid Boat had melted through the outer armor of the cruiser and "drilled" into the interior of the ship.

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Realizing that his own ship had been imitated several times by the other side, and even the gang-hopping that was only popular a dozen centuries ago, the bearded captain immediately stood up and said loudly to the communications officer in a hurried tone:

"Inform the carrier-based combat troops to ensure the safety of the new-class nuclear bombs! Then inform the carrier-based aircraft squadrons to be prepared to transfer the nuclear bombs to the surface base!

besides! Let everyone know that even if it is a collision, the blade-shaped battleship must be hit and sunk to gain space for the carrier-based aircraft squadron to escape! "

"yes!"

Upon hearing this, the communications officer quickly contacted the combat troops and carrier-based aircraft squadrons.

At the same time, the reason why the bearded captain issued such an order was because he suddenly realized that Atlas could directly destroy their freely liberated fleet with the Sojourner class, but instead chose the thankless gang-hopping battle. It was obvious It's something you want.

As for what can cause Atlas a lot of trouble, it is undoubtedly the new star nuclear bomb placed in their cruiser.

If they were to "sink" their ship directly, the gravity of Eridana C would drag the wreckage into the atmosphere, which would then destroy the Nova nuclear bomb.

At this time, the left side of the cruiser's hull;

Boom——!

Violent explosions resounded throughout the large canteen during lunch break.

call----! !

Then, the explosion melted through a gap with a diameter of fifteen meters, causing the air pressure difference to cause a strong surge of air.

"I'm going!! Help!!"

"Hold the table legs! Hold on!"

The unexpected situation forced the canteen staff who were cleaning here to be "sucked" directly towards the gap.

Some staff members who reacted quickly tried their best to grab the table legs that fixed the dining table.

Those who reacted slowly finally grabbed the table legs around them and stopped after being "dragged" by the airflow for more than ten meters.

Boom-boom--! !

Then, a Thunder raider rushed through the gap and came to the inside of the canteen.

When the Thunder completed the mooring, a large number of soft spheres were ejected from both sides of the Thunder's cockpit.

When the spheres flew to the gap along the airflow, they exploded one after another, expanding rapidly like balloons, blocking the gap and then solidifying quickly.

At this point, the air pressure in the canteen returned to normal.

However, before the staff could celebrate their survival, the hatch at the front of the Thunder was quickly opened under the control of the pilot and formed a pedal to facilitate the deployment of the ODSTs in the cabin.

Tap tap!

The sound of special military boots stepping on the metal floor began to spread.

The helmets were still classic style, but the mechanical skeletons were fully covered. The weapons in their hands were also changed to hard light guns. Two ODST tactical teams rushed out of the Thunder cabin quickly and guarded the surroundings in a semicircular formation.

And an assault-type tyrant (more than three meters tall) moved out of the cabin in a half-squatting and half-kneeling posture with a rotating hard light machine gun in one hand, and took the initiative to walk to the front of the formation.

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On the other hand, after seeing the fully armed soldiers and a "giant", the staff immediately raised their hands to show that they were no threat.

Seeing this, the ODST sergeant with red shoulder armor waved his hand.

After receiving the signal, several ODSTs immediately aimed their guns and pulled the trigger.

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"Don't kill us!"

The staff begged for mercy again and again.

Ta-ta-! !

But the unique crisp gunshots of the Hard Light series still resounded in the huge, empty cafeteria.

"Ah!"

"My legs!!"

However, the ODST did not choose to shoot the compatriots who raised their hands to surrender, but only broke their legs, and then continued to move quickly towards the area where the Nova-class nuclear bombs were hidden according to the ship blueprint provided by Melissa.

Boom. Boom.!

The Assault Tyrant took heavy steps and rushed to the front of the team.

Fortunately, the deck corridor is more than three meters high, so the drivers far inside the Paris class do not have to worry about the top of their heads deliberately.

During the journey, a large number of rebel members equivalent to the Marines tried to stop their steps.

But for the ODST, only the unarmed compatriots are worth wasting time to accurately avoid the vital points.

Therefore, those rebel members who tried to stop them were either "torn apart" by the rotating machine guns in the hands of the Tyrant, or "painlessly" shot by the ODST.

In addition, more and more ODSTs and AECSs that were carrying out boarding missions completed their rendezvous and reached the hangar almost unimpeded, ready to seize Nova-class nuclear bombs for the company that were powerful enough to change the surface of the planet.