Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 95 The precarious front, the armor-piercing armor finally arrived

The military commander was completely focused on Chen Ming.

The battle line that he had just relaxed because he was distracted to read the intelligence also tightened a lot in an instant.

The battle front suddenly moved a lot closer to the company's side.

Four spaceships that had no time to retreat were directly hit by their shields.

Only one destroyer, protected by Chen Ming, relied on panel repair to forcibly dissipate the almost overflowing radiation.

The other three frigates that lost their shield protection were immediately overwhelmed by subsequent attacks, with no possibility of rescue.

Two of them were destroyed instantly, and the only one that was quite lucky was only paralyzed, losing its combat capability, and pushed out of the battlefield by the impact of the weapon hit.

And this is just the beginning.

In a normal battle, the fighters maintaining a front are relatively evenly distributed.

Under normal circumstances, there will be no situation where one side is full of escorts and the other side is full of destroyers.

But this means that the cattle drivers sitting in the center of the battle line are at a certain distance from both ends of the battle line.

Therefore, letting the destroyers at both ends of the battle line return to the cattle herders and letting Chen Ming take control will result in a small window of time in front of the battle line.

Even if one ship rotates with extremely low efficiency, it is easy for a short period of time for the combat effectiveness to be weakened on the front of the battlefield.

The military commander's extremely keen battlefield sense allowed him to immediately seize this fighter opportunity.

While Chen Ming controlled the destroyer, he made quite radical arrangements directly on the front.

It put full pressure on the spacecraft on the front line.

Even if it fails to break through the battle line and create results, it will be difficult for other battleships on the battle line to resist.

Moreover, the commander also deliberately recorded which spacecraft had approached Chen Ming's shuttle boat, and deliberately asked the military ships to actively avoid the location of these spacecrafts during the attack.

During normal battles, he took the initiative to direct more spaceships to attack the spaceships that were not rotated back to be controlled by Chen Ming.

Since the battle line has always needed destroyers as the backbone to maintain, Chen Ming's progress in controlling the destroyers has not yet been completely completed.

So.Under the commander's targeted attacks, problems occurred all along the front.

Chen Ming could only use the panel's ability to maintain the critical position of the battle line according to the captain's instructions, so that the spacecraft would not be destroyed and the battle line would not be completely defeated.

As a result, Chen Ming was not only mentally exhausted, but also physically unable to support himself.

It is very normal to concentrate on one thing with high intensity and then feel distracted and haggard.

But having such a feeling in just a few minutes was a bit difficult for Chen Ming to accept.

He couldn't help but rub his temples, soothe his brain, and continue to hold on.

This is the first time since Chen Ming left the space station until today that he has felt such huge pressure on his head.

And this is how powerful the real army is in combat, even if it has psychic powers, it is somewhat difficult to make up for it.

Chen Ming took a few deep breaths and adjusted his mentality that was somewhat affected by the battle situation.

Anyway, the military's purpose now is very clear, which is to kill him.

People are going to die, why don't they wait for the next life if they don't work hard?

Chen Ming looked at the special orange-red painted law enforcer on the sensor screen.

The command of the military is definitely on that ship.

If there was a chance, he would destroy the ship as soon as possible.

Only in this way will he have the confidence and opportunity to win this battle.

Although Chen Ming has nothing to do with the military's command now,

However, Chen Ming came up with a solution to the problem and told it to the captain.

Let the spaceships on the front line be staggered and spaced apart before turning around.

At the same time, he changed the positions of the ships and tried to make sure that there were ships under his control on the entire front.

As long as the spacecraft controlled by Chen Ming can return, and the combat effectiveness of the spacecraft is enhanced by the panel repair ability, the battle line can replenish the section that was just repelled.

When all destroyers are controlled by him, the problem of uneven distribution of combat power on the front and relatively weak combat capabilities in some places will no longer exist.

The captain was very willing to accept Chen Ming's previous suggestion, but he did not accept the subsequent suggestion to change the position of the ship at all.

The reason is quite simple.

The current command system on the side of Sindar's fleet is improvised and very fragile.

It is impossible for the captain to let the rescue ship sent by Sinda Company lead the support ship at the space station, and vice versa.

They can only conduct separate commands, otherwise once there is any mistake in his command, this fragile command system will lead to chaos in command authority and some difficult-to-control problems.

And a while after Chen Ming made the suggestion, the captain gave Chen Ming some bad news.

"Mr. Chen, our manpower here will not be able to hold on anymore."

"What manpower?"

"Fighter manpower."

Chen Ming reacted immediately upon hearing this.

The fighter aircraft itself needs to be controlled by the pilot, and the pilot also needs to judge the damage to the fighter aircraft and the timing of return.

Although Chen Ming can directly repair the fighter planes, he can even replenish the lost fighters.

But the loss of personnel cannot be made up for.

Less maintenance time means less time for drivers to take breaks and work shifts.

He continued to rush towards the battlefield without stopping for a moment.

The captain was able to tell Chen Ming about this because the pilots on the Cowherd were so worn out that they could no longer support a fully equipped fighter wing.

The remaining pilots on the ship must have flown the fighter plane several times, and they were even more exhausted than he was when he stayed in the safer rear.

If this continues, if the military fails to defeat the fleet, the fleet itself will run into problems due to excessive internal attrition.

Although all fighter planes are equipped with emergency escape cabins, the real losses should not be this severe.

But it’s hard to say how many drivers will actually come back.

Chen Ming really didn't want to hear what the captain said, but this was the inevitable flaw of aircraft carriers and fighter planes under normal circumstances.

Unless, like Tachyon Technology's Heavy Rain class, it is equipped with a Terminator fighter wing controlled by AI.

Tachyon Technology seems to have also initially completed the technology to remotely control the spacecraft without being affected by the complex battlefield environment. If Chen Ming could obtain the Rainstorm level, this situation would not occur now.

But Sinda Company is different from Tachyon Technology, which is apparently researching AI spacecraft technology and is on the edge of the law.

Xinda Company can only rely on people to fly fighter planes, and casualties to personnel are inevitable.

Chen Ming is quite sad now.

If he could control the Cowherd in advance, and install the Afterglow AI core on the Cowherd and make some simple modifications, he might be able to allow Afterglow to control these fighters.

Although the effect may be much worse than having someone drive it in person, after all, Chen Ming did not, but
And just think about it, Chen Ming now has no way to solve the problem of shortage of manpower.

So he could only respond helplessly: "I know."

At the same time, repairs to the Cowherd fighter jets were also stopped.

The fighter plane no longer needed to be repaired, so at least his spirit could relax a little.

However, the spirit can be relaxed, but it is not possible to be on a tight front all the time.

There are still the last batch of fighters that can provide support, but their ability to protect friendly ships will definitely drop by a notch in the future.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with the cattle driver's missiles, and he should be able to resist for a while longer.

However, a lot of missile materials have been consumed so far.

The materials on other destroyers controlled by Chen Ming that were prepared to repair the spacecraft after the battle were almost used up, just like the missile materials.

Moreover, the weapons and ammunition on these spacecraft are also close to running out.

If we continue, we can only rely on the materials stored in the cattle driver's warehouse to support us.

When these reserves of supplies are exhausted, the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet will decline dramatically.

Although the military is in the same situation, and their combat readiness materials cannot be instantly converted into combat and endurance capabilities like Chen Ming.

But their own combat capabilities are stronger than the space station and the company's fleet.

It can achieve greater results with less losses.

In addition, the military's ships were much larger than the company's from the beginning.

After putting so much pressure on the company's fleet through exquisite command techniques, forcing the fleet to consume supplies in batches.

Chen Ming didn't think the military would be able to sustain the Sindar fleet, which was constantly using reserve supplies to support the combat effectiveness of the spacecraft.

Even though Chen Ming had already asked the captain to ask for material assistance from the space station.

But it takes time to gather the materials, load them, and move them.

In the current battle, I'm afraid it's too late to send it over.

With the help of Chen Ming, Xinda Company's fleet has gradually declined.

However, the military resisted the explosion caused by Chen Ming's ability, and the situation they had been desperately trying to maintain turned towards them again.

At this time, the total number of spaceships on the battlefield that can still be fought by both sides is less than 140, and a quarter of the warships have sunk in this hyperspace.

Most of the remaining warships have been damaged and will be unable to withstand more severe battles.

Chen Ming's side now only has over fifty warships, while the military has more than 80 warships.

You must know that at the beginning, although Chen Ming supported less than thirty ships from Xinda Company here, with the support of the space station, the total number of ships was close to one hundred.

But now, nearly half of the fleet has been lost.

And there will be no more spacecraft that can support it from the space station in the future.

The situation over there at the space station is the same as the Cowherd fighter planes.

There are spaceships, but no one is flying them.

In the previous two Afterglow attacks, the company helped reimburse each loss, and also sent follow-up spaceships that could be used for combat.

But the personnel losses cannot be replenished so quickly.

However, on the military side, there were more than 100 military militarized spacecraft, and after the battle, there were still more than 70 remaining.Obviously there is no big gap between the company's and the military's spaceships in terms of the technical level of low-level spacecrafts.

However, due to the gap in fleet organization and command as well as actual combat capabilities, the final battle loss ratio was two to one.

The only good news in this situation right now.

Only the company's fleet suffered losses, and those that were destroyed and paralyzed were mostly frigates.

Because of Chen Ming's protection, there are now 31 destroyers left.

It's just that this good news is a bit unsatisfactory under the cover of bad news.

Because the number of remaining destroyers in the military fleet has exceeded the company's fleet.

It's not just that there were more destroyers in the military than in the company from the beginning.

Also because the military's spacecraft are equipped with professional maintenance technicians.

Most of the spacecraft were not destroyed on the spot but simply withdrew from the battlefield because they were paralyzed.

As long as there are no critical injuries, they will return to the battlefield soon.

This is also one of the reasons why the proportion of battle losses on both sides of the battle is large.

In short, even if Chen Ming can increase the upper limit of the spacecraft's performance.

Through maintenance, the spacecraft will be given a new look, so that the combat effectiveness of the spacecraft can explode in a short period of time, and it can even continue to explode as long as the supplies are sufficient.

Relying on the reserves of combat materials, all disadvantages including the number of spaceships, weapons, and personnel can be compensated, and even a little advantage can be regained.

But I can only get back a little bit.

The gap between the company and the military as a whole lies there.

Unlike the Sindar Company, the military only had less than thirty reliable spacecraft at its disposal at the beginning, and had to rely on space station support.

It's not like the fleet's command system can only be pieced together temporarily, making it difficult to control the battlefield situation in a refined manner.

Given the huge disparity in various aspects, it can only be said that Chen Ming has done his best by relying on his spiritual power to reach this point.

If there are no variables after that, failure is inevitable.

at the same time.

The commander sitting on the Enforcer class also felt that the balance of victory was completely tilted.

He had sensed that the enemy had reached its limit.

It's not Chen Ming's limit, but the limit of other people, other ships, and the fleet.

The patrol spacecraft of the space station and the spacecraft escorted by Sindar Company were completely inadequate compared to the military spacecraft, and they were completely unable to display the outstanding capabilities that the commander felt during the battle.

But no matter what factors are involved, it is the company that is not prepared enough, or the military that has prepared the means in advance.

Victory is victory.

"That's all for now, then."

The commander has found a loophole in the fleet battle line and is ready to attack at any time to destroy the company's fleet's combat capabilities and end this battle.

All it takes is one last straw.

But, right now.

A ship that was obviously a military destroyer suddenly arrived at the edge of the battlefield from the hyperspace channel.

The overall shape like a spearhead has made its identity clear.

This is the armor-breaking level that Chen Ming has been waiting for for a long time.

When the armor-breaking class finally reached the edge of the battlefield, Chen Ming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The reason why armor-breaking came slowly was because it took too much time on the road.

Although Chen Ming was paying special attention to armor-piercing, when passing through the galaxy, he found ways to hide it or pass directly through it from the outside.

However, it cannot be completely avoided that the armor-breaking class was chased by government patrols several times while passing through some galaxies. They could only escape by entering the hyperspace channel cloud to avoid the scanning of the sensors.

Entering the cloud layer of the hyperspace channel cloud will inevitably be affected by hyperspace lightning, so after arriving nearby, the broken armor could only go to the dark cemetery and repair it before coming over.

The total time spent was more than twice as long as when Chen Ming came back by himself.

But at least it managed to reach the armor-breaking level at the last critical moment, and that was the most important thing.

The commander obviously also noticed the destroyer that suddenly appeared on the edge of the battlefield. He seemed to have some impression of the ship in his mind, but he was just not sure, so he did not issue an order to attack.

Instead, he immediately asked the deputy next to him: "Whose ship is that?"

The deputy immediately replied: "That's a Star Territory Government ship, Breaking A class."

"The star domain government has previously informed the military here that a spacecraft experiment will be conducted nearby, using the afterglow as a reference for the experiment."

"But the document said that their fleet will not arrive for a few days, and there is only one coming now. There may be some special arrangements."

The commander nodded slightly, focused his attention back on commanding the fleet, and said, "That has nothing to do with us."

"Send a message to that ship and ask them to stop or go around directly. Go to the outpost and don't get in the way here."

"Yes."

Chen Ming, who was on the shuttle boat, suddenly received a message from the military from the armor-breaking level, which surprised him.

But he immediately realized that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to make a surprise attack.

He immediately sent a "received" reply to the military fleet, and then asked the armor-breaking class to pretend that everything was normal and avoid the battle line, maintaining an ambiguous distance and bypassing the center of the battlefield.

Although this behavior was correct on the whole, the commander who was keenly aware of danger at this time still noticed the abnormality of the armor-breaking level.

"What are the people in the government doing? Keep sending messages to keep them away from the battlefield."

The deputy is assigned by the commander to deliver the message, but the commander is already prepared for the unexpected.

The moment he received the second military message, Chen Ming knew that time waits for no one.

Although the armor-breaking level has not reached the ideal position, it is now at a position that is acceptable to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming controlled the armor-piercing class and suddenly began to accelerate. At the same time, he turned the bow and aimed at the position of the military flagship, the special law enforcer class.

All the special equipment on the armor-breaking level are activated together with Chen Ming's control.

The anti-particle energy intensification module generates a huge amount of energy fluctuations visible to the naked eye around the armor-breaking class.

The large high-energy focusing system module makes the armor-piercing large weapons covered with energy-guided streamers.

The energy-mass stabilizer stabilizes the restrained energy bomb that is constantly fluctuating.

Energy balls condensed to an almost substantial level flashed in the automatic pulse laser cannon barrel mounted on the armor-piercing class.

With one charge, thirty consecutive rounds of large restraint energy bombs that could almost engulf a ship like the Iron Ore were poured out.

Go straight to the military flagship.

The commander has already taken precautions in advance. The Enforcer class has opened its shields in advance, and two other destroyers have returned to the Enforcer for protection.

Share the damage for the Enforcer class.

However, the automatic pulse laser is a large weapon.

Just when the first energy bomb hit the shield of a destroyer, the military's relatively weak shield almost instantly reached the edge of overload, and obvious ripples appeared on the entire shield.

The destroyer didn't even have time to close its shields before the second restraint energy bomb hit it.

The destroyer's shield burst open, and the entire destroyer was covered with violent flashing arcs caused by radiation overload.

Then it was completely overwhelmed by the remaining energy bombs.

The military's powerful armor has not been able to withstand the large energy weapons supported by two special equipment for too long.

Following the follow-up energy bombs, the armor of the military destroyer was damaged, and the ship was destroyed in hyperspace almost instantly.

There is no chance of resistance.

There are still more than half of the restraint energy bombs left and are still moving forward.

The second destroyer did not flinch because the spacecraft in front was instantly destroyed. Instead, it continued to block the enforcer who was targeting Chen Ming.

Everyone on this destroyer is ready to sacrifice.

Its shield also collapsed at a touch, but unlike the previous destroyer, it blocked the time when the shield closed.

While allowing the radiant energy system to carry maximum damage, the spacecraft was not overloaded.

The spaceship can still turn its hull to make the area under attack larger, allowing more armor to bear more damage.

Although it could not escape the fate of being destroyed, at least its sacrifice gave the special Enforcer class the opportunity to enter the protective circle of military ships.

The military fleet began to dispatch, temporarily slowing down the suppression of the Sindar fleet, and began to encircle and suppress the Armor-breaking class, which was the most threatening of all the spaceships present.

However, Chen Ming had planned the route and had communicated with the captain in advance.

A sudden change of direction led directly to the Enforcer-class entering the company's fleet.

Under the protection of a large number of ships, the extremely sharp spear of armor piercing can exert its strongest ability regardless of its own safety.

After the weapon cooled down for 15 seconds, the automatic pulse laser began to charge again.

A round of large energy restraint bombs was fired at the leading military destroyer in the area with the greatest pressure on the current front.

Just like before, the destroyer turned into dust in space without any struggle.

The overwhelming momentum of the military fleet suddenly stagnated.

It can only be said that Armor-Breaking is worthy of the name of Armor-Breaking.

Although it is equipped with an automatic pulse laser, it does not have the terrifying instant high-energy output of a point-kill like a tachyon spear.

But its short-term burst capability of restrained energy bullets is quite impressive.

It also has a slow fire mode.

There is no need to cool down, and it can continuously output large-scale restraint energy bombs at a rate of fire of one shot per second.

Paired with two special devices on the spacecraft that can be quickly cooled through Chen Ming's repair function.

No ship in the military can withstand the firepower of this large weapon.

With the addition of armor piercing, the frontal pressure on the battle line has been reduced sharply.

The situation of the battle reversed almost instantly.

(End of this chapter)