blogombal Chapter 250 The Annihilation Battle Ends
Chapter 250 The Annihilation Battle Ends
Because the ship was maneuvering at high speed, Platinum briefly activated the brainwave system to ensure that the relevant data could be retrieved accurately and quickly.
The system reads the user's brainwave information through a brainwave scanning device, then converts it into data code and sends it to AI for recognition. Only the accurate instructions recognized by AI will be executed.
After a slight delay, real-time images of the silicon-based biological cluster appeared on the screen below the warship.
The footage clearly shows the two enormous creatures and a large open space within the swarm of organisms.
The proportions in the image expand or shrink as the mind focuses, and the perspective naturally moves along with the mind.
After careful observation, Platinum sent the newly generated strike report and battlefield situation map to Lorraine.
[War Beast M01 has been killed. War Beast M02 has suffered severe damage to its back, completely losing its ability to attack and its mobility has been reduced.]
[War Beast M03 has been hit on its left side, significantly reducing its mobility, limiting its movement range and angle.]
【硅基生物集群剩余百分之57.6，S04号、S08号、S11号战争巨兽确认击毙，S01、S03、S09号战争巨兽完全丧失攻击能力，移动能力大幅下降。】
[War behemoths S02, S05, and S06 have suffered significant loss of mobility, and their attack angles are limited.]
War Beasts S07, S10, and S12 sustained minor damage and their mobility is slightly limited.
[War Beasts S13, S14, and S15 sustained no damage.]
Following the overall strike report is a summary made by Cleveland based on data collected from ground attacks during this period.
The armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds fired from the 130mm rapid-fire naval gun can effectively kill small war machines.
[When using armor-piercing high-explosive rounds, the 380mm coil-driven cannon has a relatively high probability of damaging the nuclear-powered furnace inside a small war behemoth, and a very small probability of detonating the nuclear-powered furnace inside the small war behemoth.]
The 380mm electromagnetic railgun, when using high-explosive shells, can slow down the movement of medium-sized war machines.
Just as Lorraine finished reading Cleveland's report, a rapid alarm sounded in the cockpit.
[WARNING! WARNING! Sensor array has detected a high-energy reaction on the ground battlefield!]
Platinum quickly projected the image below onto the large screen on the surface of the cab.
In the scene, a faint gray-black haze and white steam emanated from the already damaged medium-sized war behemoth.
Within a 200-meter radius of it, there were no silicon-based organisms, and the silicon-based organisms on the periphery were still continuously retreating outwards.
While resisting the ever-changing overload, Lorraine and Platinum communicated telepathically to discuss their next move.
"The optimal solution would be to use naval guns to completely detonate this high-energy furnace that has not yet exploded, but the cost would be too high."
"Currently detected energy levels indicate that this high-energy furnace releases more energy than a single snow bomb."
Lorraine then turned her head and looked at the data displayed on the left-hand screen.
Snow Country Bomb
The projectile weighs approximately 31 tons, has an explosive yield equivalent to 6 million tons of TNT, a total length of 9.7 meters, and a diameter of 3.1 meters.
The missile was tested at an altitude of 4,000 meters. The fireball produced by the explosion had a radius of 5,200 meters, and the mushroom cloud was approximately 42 kilometers wide and 65 kilometers high.
Measurements showed that the shockwave from the bomb's explosion spread 1300 kilometers, and the electromagnetic pulse generated interfered with the Free Federation's early warning radar and communication systems at a distance of 4800 meters, causing an outage of more than 24 hours.
This explosion also shifted the entire continent 9 millimeters southward.
Based on the above information, it is estimated that this high-energy furnace explosion has most likely destroyed all life and buildings within a 200-kilometer radius.
The shockwave will extend outwards to a radius of nearly 100 kilometers.
"Recommendation: Evacuate all nearby aircraft and prepare Hongfeng Island base for electromagnetic interference countermeasures; at the same time, use armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds to fire from the side to artificially create a pressure relief hole."
"Understood, Xu Ling. Could you find a suitable angle?"
"Yes, but it will take time. The remaining medium-sized war behemoth will severely disrupt subsequent operations."
Before Xu Ling could finish speaking, four 600mm armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds flew from a distance and accurately hit the electromagnetic cannon on the back of the M03 war behemoth.
Seeing this, Xu Ling immediately took control of the flagship and began to maneuver, aiming the 1200mm main gun at the bow of the war behemoth M01.
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Then, three steel nails of different sizes flew out from the flagship and pierced the body of the war behemoth at an angle, creating six holes.
Immediately afterwards, a dazzling burst of fire shot out from the six holes.
The flames of freedom propelled this war behemoth across the battlefield.
Although its rolling, fiery appearance was frightening, the energy coefficient detected by the sensor array was indeed decreasing.
To prevent the remaining two behemoths from perishing along with the flagship, Platinum changed the main gun ammunition to 800mm thick sub-caliber armor-piercing rounds and locked the secondary gun ammunition types to discarding sabot armor-piercing rounds and high-explosive rounds.
Immediately afterwards, all the missile launchers on the flagship opened, continuously launching hypersonic missiles in an attempt to eliminate all conventional targets as quickly as possible.
The two frigates in the distance also changed their attack strategy.
The main guns were switched to high-explosive shells to clear out regular individuals on the ground, while the secondary guns were switched to armor-piercing shells to precisely strike the nerve center of the small war behemoths.
The ship's 130mm rapid-fire naval guns and 380mm anti-aircraft attack systems continued to clear out nearby mining bugs and their associated races.
Under the relentless barrage of firepower, the number of ordinary individuals in the silicon-based biological cluster decreased rapidly, and the intercepting firepower gradually weakened.
Even war behemoths capable of effectively intercepting hypersonic missiles in the air are preoccupied with their own problems. Faced with 600mm electromagnetic cannons that reduce armor-piercing efficiency in exchange for a firing rate of one shot per second, they can only keep dodging in order to find a glimmer of hope.
The extremely high rate of fire of the secondary guns also kept the two frigates in a fixed-point attack mode, making it impossible for them to effectively maneuver to avoid incoming lasers.
Due to the immense energy contained within the M01 war behemoth, only three warships remain in the sky, leaving no reconnaissance aircraft to assist the escort ships in conducting attacks without line of sight.
Near the damaged mirror armor, the frigate's AI program can only periodically deploy special smoke bombs to conceal the nanobots performing maintenance.
Moreover, both frigates were within the attack range of the laser bugs, so missile launches were also restricted, and they could only use the close-range anti-aircraft missiles配套 with the point defense system to intercept the surrounding shield bugs.
The two frigates were equipped with enough naval guns to successfully clear the surrounding swarm of insects before their mirror armor was severely damaged.
Next, the two frigates began to advance, reducing the output of their 130mm electromagnetic railguns and using higher-precision sub-caliber terminally guided projectiles to attack.
After switching ammunition, the rate of fire of the naval guns increased significantly, and the killing efficiency was subtly improved.
As the fighting continued,
Lorraine suddenly realized a problem.
"Wait, I think I've forgotten something?"
After Lorraine put Platinum in full control of the weapon systems, he began to examine the types of weapons and ammunition equipped on the flagship.
After some searching, Lorraine found the items she had forgotten.
"I see, I didn't install an electric field weapon."
The flagship didn't even have the equipment to manufacture electric field missiles, let alone the chemical kinetic energy weapons needed for launch.
The good news is that the flagship's main and secondary guns are both electromagnetic cannons that combine electrothermal guns and reconnection guns, and with just a few adjustments, they can fire electric field projectiles.
With the upgraded nanosystem, the installation of the high-energy charged particle filling device can be completed in just 15 minutes.
However, at this moment, Lorraine was also hesitant about one thing: whether the strong charged particles would interfere with the stable operation of the core power furnace of the war behemoth.
Seeing the dwindling number of silicon-based life forms on the field, Lorraine decided to postpone considering the matter.
Before refocusing attention on the battlefield, Lorraine had Cleveland temporarily build two small reconnaissance aircraft capable of electromagnetic catapult launch.
The two small reconnaissance aircraft that had just rolled off the production line were quickly transferred to the catapult track.
After being ejected from the ship, the two small reconnaissance aircraft quickly flew away to explore the surrounding area.
At the same time, Xu Ling and Bai Jin worked together to destroy the nerve centers of the remaining two war behemoths on the ground.
Platinum, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately checked the energy index of War Beast M01.
The screen showed that its energy index had dropped to the explosive equivalent of 100,000 tons of TNT, and was still rapidly decreasing.
Platinum finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the energy loss rate on the screen increase rapidly.
Next, as long as each ship advances steadily, it will be able to successfully complete this annihilation mission.
Looking at Platinum, who was almost completely in charge of his mission, Lorraine pondered for a moment and decided to build Platinum a warship on its own.
However, on the other hand, Platinum is usually positioned as an elite infantry fighting force on the flagship. If a separate warship were to be assigned to it, then its positioning, function, and ship configuration would be a very important question to consider.
However, upon thinking about this, Lorraine realized that the current fleet composition was too monotonous, with the entire fleet's output power consisting solely of the electromagnetic cannons and missile launchers equipped on each ship.
Lorraine looked up and took another look at the battlefield. Now that the mission no longer required his control, Lorraine focused on thinking about the new members the fleet needed.
"According to the conventional naval fleet configuration, a fleet typically consists of frigates, destroyers, supply ships, and other ship types..."
Looking at the configuration of modern navies, it was found that the types of ships in their fleets do not fully meet the requirements of space operations.
Therefore, he decisively turned his attention back to the fleet configuration that was mainly composed of artillery warships before the Cold War.
The most representative example is the Free Federation's task force.
The Free Federation's task forces are typically centered around an aircraft carrier, equipped with battleships for providing long-range fire support, as well as cruisers and destroyers for escort.
However, judging from the flexible formation of task forces, the fleet is usually a mission-oriented fleet, which is formed by analyzing the current tactical requirements.
However, the current stage still focuses on combat within the atmosphere.
Therefore, aircraft carriers capable of long-range firepower remain the core of the fleet, while battleships have limited roles and can only be used as supplementary forces or for operations in outer space.
After confirming the fleet composition, Lorraine began to consider the direction of the flagship's modification.
Lorraine believed that this battle would yield more anti-gravity units, so that the flagship would not have to perform multiple functions and could specialize in only one or two.
In pursuit of survivability, Lorraine's first choice was aircraft carriers and battleships.
The choice of aircraft carriers goes without saying; their core purpose is to deploy carrier-based aircraft for combat, enabling them to win battles from afar.
Battleships typically have heavy armor and more space, allowing them to carry more defensive and interceptor weapons.
As Lorraine pondered, the annihilation battle was successfully completed. Apart from the war behemoths lying on the ground and the remains of behemoths spewing white flames, only broken insect remains and silicon-based creatures remained on the ground.
Next comes the time to clear the battlefield and collect the kill rewards.
At this moment, Platinum suddenly spoke up.
"Commander, I want to go down and take a look."
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Lorraine was very puzzled as to why Platinum would make such a request.
"Commander, I have a feeling that we are not far from facing an even larger war behemoth."
"A medium-sized war behemoth can pose a threat to a flagship, and I fear that an even larger war behemoth could penetrate the flagship's armor directly."
"Compared to ships weighing hundreds of thousands of tons, mechs are more agile, so I want to test whether the weapons currently carried by the mechs can damage the war behemoths."
Lorraine squinted and thought for a moment, then agreed to Platinum's request and asked her to wait a moment.
The driver's cab had now returned to its original position, the seatbelts were unbuckled, and Platinum left his seat and walked to Lorraine's side.
Lorraine's screen displayed a unique melee weapon—a chainsaw sword equipped with monomolecular saw blades.
"The upgraded industrial components can influence the molecular level, and through special technology, single-molecule materials can be manufactured, which greatly enhances cutting ability and mechanical strength."
While the two were talking, the melee weapon was already produced and transported to the flagship's maintenance bay.
Platinum took a step back, saluted, and finally turned and left the cockpit.
Two minutes later, the airdrop tunnel at the bottom of the flagship opened, and a much larger mech spewed heat as it descended from the sky.
After landing, Platinum controlled the mech to draw the chainsaw sword from its back, and then stepped towards a war behemoth that still showed some signs of life.
When the start switch is pressed, the small motor built into the ship starts running, which then drives the chain to move at high speed.
With a single swing of the platinum blade, the rapidly spinning saw swiftly sliced through the enemy's armor, bringing with it a large amount of silicon-based debris.
As the chainsaw sword penetrated deeper, the weapon's vibrations became increasingly intense, and the resistance on the blade increased.
Platinum frowned, pulled the weapon out of the silicon-based behemoth's body, and carefully examined it in front of the cockpit.
After confirming that the saw blade was not damaged, she pressed the start button again and swung her sword at the weapon carried by the giant beast.
After cutting through the outer shell, the chainsaw sword collides with the internal steel structure, generating numerous sparks.
Platinum, expressionless, increased the force in his hand, pushing the saw blade deeper and deeper, before finally cutting off the cannon barrel with difficulty.
While looking back to check the positions of the other war behemoths, he drew the high-frequency monomolecular saber from his back.
Higher-intensity, high-frequency electromagnetic waves surged into the longer, more durable blade with greater cutting power.
In a wisp of white smoke, the saber easily pierced through the body of this war behemoth.
Looking at another colossal beast at a great distance, Platinum chose to swing his sword horizontally, slashing through the remaining weapons on the war behemoth's body.