160. Chapter 160, the starting point of the road to glory

Author: red heart cloth

Chapter 160, The starting point of the road to glory

The approaching firepower of eleven green-skinned ships made it very difficult for Wang Jiarong's fleet to resist.

But their counterattack seemed weak.

The bow of their ship rushed outward, which was not conducive to firepower projection. What's more, when the enemy's weapon system came online, the close-range interception capability also came online simultaneously. Whether it was the laser cannon or the macro cannon shells they fired at,

, some of them were locked in mid-air and intercepted by enemy fire in the void.

Of course, the interception systems in the caravan ships also play a role. The 'defender' kinetic energy rapid-fire cannon and the 'reflector' interception laser cannon all perform similar tasks.

But overall, they are undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

Before they could completely distance themselves, they would probably be knocked down by the firepower of the green-skinned orcs.

And what's even worse is that their speed... doesn't seem to be as fast as the greenskins.

The engine system of the orc ship, after starting to accelerate at full speed at this moment, obviously started behind, but its speed increased to a very high level in a short period of time. Their first move advantage will probably be wiped out in a short time.

When the speed gap between the two sides is eliminated, the closer and closer distance will allow the greenskin fleet's firepower advantage to be further utilized.

Not to mention, the greenskin fleet also has a special preference during naval battles: jumping into gangs to fight.

They can almost be regarded as the second favorite people in this universe to join gangs in naval battles - the first favorite is the Space Marines.

Landing pods, landing ships and even short-distance jumps...these are all methods that the greenskins can use. Once the distance reaches a dangerous level, they will use such methods.

Small landing cabins and landing ships follow a large amount of artillery fire as they approach the target, and there is a considerable degree of camouflage on them to deceive the interception system of the target ship. After approaching the target ship, these landing cabins and landing ships will

It will sail at a low speed, making the void shield unable to produce a defensive effect, so it can get close to the ship.

Certain harmless breaches in the hull that were made during naval battles will become entrances for invasion; if there is no such entrance, various high-performance bombs and cutting devices that come with the jumping gangs will find them.

Cut openings in relatively weak locations on the ship.

These openings pose a very small threat to the ship itself, equivalent to an adult being bitten by a mosquito. But what is scary is the 'venom' that comes with this bite. A considerable number of soldiers will enter the ship through them.

Among them, fierce battles were carried out inside the hull.

There is nothing particularly open on a ship, and it is particularly suitable for areas where heavy firepower is deployed. Most combat environments are narrow, closed, and face-to-face.

Then who can compete with the green-skinned orcs in this environment?

The elite greenskin team will go on a killing spree inside the ship. Even if it cannot be directly destroyed and kills everyone in the entire starship, every time a certain amount of damage is caused, the battleship's combat capability will drop significantly.

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If you get to the weapons system and you can mute some of the firepower, you've made a profit; if you get to the Thinker Array, you can even paralyze the ship's automation system and greatly reduce the coordination of various departments of the ship; if you get to the engine bay, then

Perhaps a high-performance bomb detonated from the inside can paralyze the entire ship. In case they reach the captain's cabin again...

Of course, gang-hopping operations are high-risk and high-loss operations. In most cases, the landing module and landing ship will be destroyed by interception fire during the process of building a ship close to the target. But as long as it is a small success, it is a disruption;

If it's a big success, you can even seize the ship.

Greenskins are not afraid of death.

In fact, there were already some small airdrop pods flying over along with the artillery shells at this moment.

But so far, there has been no airdrop capsule that can pass through the fire interception net. It is estimated that one or two hundred green-skinned boys will be buried in the star sea.

However, Wang Jiarong's face was still pale.

It is certainly good news that no green-skinned marines have landed on the starship yet, but this good news is too insignificant.

Seeing that the void shield had turned purple, and seeing some cannonballs passing through the void shield and hitting the starship's hull, she could already feel the vibration.

The void shield is an energy protection system. Its characteristic is that it can intercept physical shells, energy cannons, missile weapons, especially objects and energy approaching at high speed. However, the blocking effect is not good for things flying through at low speed.

The Void Shield in its full state, that is, when it is blue, has the best resistance effect; but if the attack it withstands exceeds a certain limit and turns purple, it will fail to block, cannonballs, and energy rays.

There will be a certain probability that it will leak in.

It was fine at first. Even if it leaked in and was weakened by the void shield, it would generally be able to withstand the strong physical armor of the starship.

But when the carrying capacity of the void shield reaches its limit, that is, when it turns red, the probability of missing the shell will increase significantly, and the weakening effect on the attack will also become weaker. At this time, it is probably about the strength of the armor and the strength of the hull.

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Although the current condition of the void shield is still in the process of changing to purple, the starship armor is still strong, and the occasional attacks that penetrate the void shield do not cause much harm.

However, this is all very bad news.

From the time the greenskins started to launch a counterattack, things were deteriorating rapidly.

More importantly, Wang Jiarong completely thought that there was no way to change the status quo.

"Gu Hang, Gu Hang! I was really killed by you this time! I shouldn't have come to this remote country..."

She was thinking in her heart, her beauty turned pale.

At this moment, the Astropath suddenly reported a message: "Captain! We have received the communication signal from the Quintet!"

Wang Jiarong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly overjoyed: "Hurry up and come in!"

The next moment, Yelicia's voice rang across the entire bridge: "I am Commodore of the Pegasus Fleet of the Imperial Navy and captain of the Quintet, Yelicia Fofana."

Her clear voice sounded like a savior to everyone on board the Beautiful Maid.

"Yelicia! Thank God! We finally got in touch! Save us!"

Wang Jiarong was so happy that she almost cried.

"I'm right next to you," Yelicia said. "Now, you have to make your fleet complete the turn and fire at those greenskin ships with all our strength. We have to be here, before they pick up their speed, and completely attack them."

Annihilate them!"

Wang Jiarong was slightly startled.

What does ‘right next to’ mean?

Could it be that Yelicia had expected to encounter the green-skinned fleet here, so she laid an ambush here early? The reason why there was no response from the astropaths who contacted her earlier was because the Quintet was in a silent and lurking state?

But why is this? How did she get the news in advance?

Wang Jiarong's mind was in a state of confusion, but these thoughts only circulated in her mind for a short while, and she soon stopped thinking about them.

Following Yelicia's instructions is the only chance to survive.

At that moment, the four ships of the beautiful girl's caravan, following Ye Lisia's request, began to turn sideways and attack them with all their strength.

Without outside help, this is courting death.

The broadside is quite dangerous to the enemy.

In this way, the ship's firepower can be fully utilized, but the hit area is also the largest. When the distance is far enough, shooting at each other, and relying on firepower to determine the direction of the war, this problem is not big. The two sides are separated by more than 100,000 to 150,000 people.

When the distance is more than 1 km, the firepower hit by the opponent sideways or directly is about the same, but the firepower projection ability of one's own side may be 30% or more different.

But similarly, of course it is impossible for a ship to remain stationary when it is turning sideways. A ship moving sideways is also easier to avoid gunfire.

Overall, this is a balanced offensive tactic.

The greenskin fleet charging at this moment is of course an out-and-out radical offensive tactic. As the distance is shortened, the power and accuracy of both sides' artillery will be greatly improved. For this reason, they are even willing to sacrifice 20-30% of their artillery.

Firepower.

But despite this, the greenskins' firepower advantage is still much greater than that of the Beautiful Maiden.

They didn't know why these cheap ships suddenly looked like they were going to fight with them, but this obviously made them more excited.

Not only did the firepower become more intense, they also released more landing pods.

However, at this moment, hundreds of missiles suddenly flew out of a dark void in the distance.

These missiles were heading towards a green-skinned destroyer.

The next moment, two huge macro-cannon shells streaked through the void and hit his energy shield hard.

The two heavy cannons that arrived at the same time were aimed at starships, and they also had huge destructive power.

The energy shield surrounding the targeted green destroyer suddenly changed from calm blue to purple light symbolizing danger. Then, seventy of the hundreds of missiles passed through the void shield.

, bombarded the destroyer.

Seventy explosive points suddenly erupted on the hull of the green-skinned destroyer, causing serious damage to the ship.

The energy shield generator may have been affected by the explosion. The purple void shield, which was originally purple, disappeared for a while.

If you give them a little time, it doesn't take long, just a few minutes, it will be enough to restart the energy generator on the green ship, or activate the backup energy.

However, there is no such opportunity.

Then ten rounds of slightly smaller macro cannons came again, six of which hit the target and hit him hard. The damage caused by these six cannons was even more terrifying than the seventy missiles in front, directly destroying the ship.

The green-skinned battleship volleyed into a huge fireball.

A valuable destroyer was completely destroyed in this way.

And the results of this inexplicable firepower are not just that.
To be continued...