Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 302 Space Hunt

The two destroyers fired a salvo the instant they lost stealth mode, with two 1600mm shells and eight 600mm shells whistling through the air.

[Warning: Long-range fire detected. Close-in weapon system activated.]

On the enemy's flagship, several idle close-in weapon systems turned around and unleashed fire on the incoming shells, attempting to detonate them prematurely.

Unfortunately, these shells were all made of solid steel. The dense intercepting fire only slightly deformed the shells and slowed their flight speed, but did not prevent them from hitting the main ship's shields.

Faced with two destroyers firing at full power, the enemy's main ship had to send half of its gunboats to intercept them.

The moment the enemy gunboats withdrew, the mech squadron split into three groups, attached themselves to the surface of one of the enemy's heavy gunboats, and began cutting through the close-in weaponry on its exterior.

As the enemy's other four heavy gunboats and three conventional gunboats prepared to move forward to provide support, two carrier-based aircraft squadrons, which were in stealth mode, targeted two of the heavy gunboats for attack, while the heavy frigates equipped with twin 600mm electromagnetic gun turrets began firing at the other two heavy gunboats.

The flagship's 720mm twin-mounted electromagnetic railgun turned around to assist the two improved frigates in suppressing three enemy conventional gunboats, while the 2100mm main gun and two twin-mounted secondary guns continuously bombarded the enemy's flagship.

Because the enemy's shield technology is more advanced, coupled with a larger energy system, such limited firepower cannot effectively reduce its shield capacity.

Faced with the enemy's over-caliber energy main gun, the flagship, as the strongest firepower on the field, can only maneuver constantly to evade enemy fire.

As the Bifang space-based aircraft platform slowly approached the battlefield according to the flagship's orders, the enemy's reconnaissance ship had already begun to decelerate and was about to reach Earth's synchronous orbit.

Satellite connection complete, quantum communication system activated, data link established, information synchronization initiation complete.

While the human satellites locked onto the enemy reconnaissance ship, the Stonehenge base on the ground began intensive pre-launch preparations.

"Ammunition is deployed, capacitors begin charging."

"Secondary guns are entering activation procedures, center hatch is open, main gun activation procedures are about to begin, maintenance personnel please evacuate in an orderly manner."

"The fire control center is online, information synchronization is complete, and firing data is being compiled."

The two bases on the other side presented a completely different picture.

Vehicles were coming and going at the three main airfields belonging to the two bases. Space-type heavy anti-ship missiles had been taken out of the ammunition depot and were being transported to the hangar by unmanned transport vehicles, where they would soon be loaded onto the belly of the WF01 improved UAVs equipped with space flight backpacks.

[The full-domain combat data link has been completed. The Stonehenge base and Red Peak Island base are now online and data synchronization has begun.]

[Air traffic control system activated, air traffic control fleet on alert, standby MQ-01 UAVs begin pre-launch preparations, and the entire squadron of improved Grey Falcon 97 UAVs takes off, equipped with buddy refueling systems and medium-range missiles.]

The enemy reconnaissance ship, which was slowing down, detected a large number of electromagnetic wave signals that suddenly appeared on the ground. The enemy ship quickly changed course and began to approach the airspace above the Red Earth Federation continent.

Under Yao Guang's unified command,

Twenty-four improved WF01 drones carrying space-based anti-ship munitions took off first from the Hongfeng Island base.

Following closely behind was a swarm of MQ-01 drones, all of which were stored in warehouses near the electromagnetic catapult tracks at forward air bases.

The scrambled aircraft quickly completed inspections and, each carrying a 500-kilogram glide bomb, proceeded to the electromagnetic catapult tracks and vehicle-mounted electromagnetic catapults at the forward airbase.

With a series of low humming sounds, the swarm of drones equipped for ground attack took off.

The Grey Falcon 97 UAV squadron at the fleet base was the first to take off, carrying a buddy refueling system and circling in the air, waiting for the fighter jets from the direction of Red Maple Island base to arrive.

Meanwhile, the WF01 upgraded UAV squadron, belonging to the fleet base, took off from the forward air force base after completing its preparations, and was launched into the air via a large electromagnetic catapult track, heading straight for the Karmen Line.

Both WF-01 UAV squadrons are fully equipped with electronic warfare components and high-power electromagnetic railgun pods.

The WF drone squadron, which took off from the forward airbase, was the first to reach the Karmen line. Its onboard radar quickly detected an enemy warship that was slowing down near the geosynchronous orbit.

[All personnel switch to their space backpacks, activate the heat shield, and prepare for space combat.]

[Note: Return to base when propellant remains at 15%.]

As the air traffic controller gave the order, two drone squadrons took off into space one after the other.

[Data link established, information transmission normal, attack commences.]

The 48 drones formed a goose-shaped formation with four drones in each formation, arranged in a 5-in-5-7 configuration.

Faced with the sudden swarm of drones rising into space, the enemy reconnaissance ship quickly activated its shields and attempted to retaliate.

However, the salvo from the four-wheeled electromagnetic railguns consumed 30% of its shield capacity, which made it give up any thought of retaliating and begin to turn around to prepare for retreat.

After assessing our fuel consumption and the enemy's speed, the air traffic control below issued an order to the drone swarm to pursue.

The 48 WF-01G UAVs quickly adjusted the distribution of propellant, directing some of the propellant into the thermonuclear turbines in the fuselage.

With all the engines of the aircraft starting up, the aircraft's acceleration was increased to an extremely terrifying value, and the overload of the fuselage reached 20 G.

The enemy reconnaissance ship was larger, and the thrust-to-weight ratio of its fuselage thrusters could not support it to accelerate at the same speed. Moreover, there were biological beings inside the enemy reconnaissance ship, and these silicon-based creatures could not withstand an overload of 20 Gs.

After a three-minute chase, the drone swarm entered the missile's maximum no-escape zone.

The first five formations launched missiles, and one second later, the seven formations behind them launched missiles mounted on their fuselages.

Two batches of missiles flew toward the enemy ship at an interval of 4800 meters, while 48 drones followed behind the missiles at full speed of Mach 6, chasing the fleeing enemy ship.

Since all 48 heavy missiles were launched from directly behind the enemy warship, the enemy had very limited interception firepower available. After two minutes of interception, the enemy ship only managed to intercept 11 missiles.

The continuous bursts of brilliant sparks successfully shattered the enemy warship's shields, and two missiles were even destroyed at distances of 125 and 147 meters respectively from the enemy warship's main thrusters.

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