allendalepharm Chapter 286 "Foreign Enemy Invasion"
Chapter 286 "Foreign Enemy Invasion"
The first to engage in combat with the invading forces was Team 1, which remained stationary.
Two army officers dispatched the fleet's best-stealth reconnaissance ship, which quietly crossed the outer defense line supported by fixed weapons and silently crept towards the fleet inside the position.
At this time, the drone swarms operating at the border were rotating, and the number of drones carried by the air carrier was gradually decreasing. When the infiltration occurred, only 8 drones remained in the hangar of the air carrier.
Olivia did not add the remaining eight drones to the rotation formation, but instead had them form four pairs to patrol the defense line alternately.
Although these alien warships have relatively good stealth capabilities and conceal the heat signals generated during their flight, their pre-set routes are sufficient to avoid all celestial bodies that fly within the ring according to the laws of physics.
However, Ophia also deployed some strange defensive systems in the middle of the defensive line. One of these systems consisted of medium-sized celestial bodies equipped with nozzles that flew erratically within fixed flight paths.
The ten starships that followed the reconnaissance ship's trajectory did not detect any anomalies in these celestial bodies. During their silent voyage, they were struck on the deck by a celestial body that suddenly changed its orbit.
As a brilliant spark exploded in the dark starry sky, the array of optical sensors around the defensive line immediately detected the unusual firework.
[An unidentified flying object was detected entering the center of the defensive line.]
"bell--!"
A piercing bell suddenly rang, and the lights in all the warships' command rooms turned red.
"All units on alert. Activate plasma shields. Charge artillery."
"Team 1, rendezvous and proceed to the warning location for reconnaissance."
"Electric field detector activated."
Subsequently, the black iron balls in multiple areas of the inner defensive line were activated, emitting electromagnetic waves outward.
Under the impact of electromagnetic waves from multiple angles, all 10 infiltrated ships were completely exposed, and the two reconnaissance ships closest to the main fleet had even reached directly behind a heavy frigate.
The moment the radar sensors of the two reconnaissance ships triggered an alarm, the optical stealth systems on the surface of the ships instantly shut down, a circular shield rose up, and then a barrage of missiles was launched, flying haphazardly toward all ships in the surrounding area.
The two heavy frigates began to turn around, and the point defense systems on their hulls operated at full power, frantically intercepting the missiles gliding through space.
After the ship had turned halfway, several space combat mechs flew out of the hangar, armed and heading straight for the reconnaissance ship that was trying to evade them.
Then a series of electromagnetic smoke missiles were launched by the ships, and countless electromagnetic smoke screens blocked all escape routes for the reconnaissance ship.
Once the assault ship was revealed, the heavy frigate unleashed its full firepower, using its powerful electromagnetic cannons to overload the reconnaissance ship's plasma shields.
The mechs, each carrying a specially made anti-ship blade, swarmed forward, cutting through the dense anti-aircraft barrage and getting close to the ship's surface.
After a series of explosions, the scout ship's hull was melted open by a molten metal bomb, leaving a large hole large enough for two mechs to pass side by side.
Mechs poured in, using laser pulse rifles to engage in fierce battles with combat personnel inside the enemy ships.
After confirming that the reconnaissance ship had lost its ability to retaliate, the heavy frigate left its original position, joined the main fleet, and launched an attack on the attacking alien ships.
Although all the gun emplacements within the defensive line could rotate freely, they were not turned around just in case, so as to allow the main fleet in the inner circle to launch a pincer attack on the incoming forces.
Faced with these suddenly intruding alien warships, the intensity of the battle immediately reached its peak. Electromagnetic cannons, missiles, plasma cannons, laser cannons—the light of all weapons flashed in the ring as they flew toward the enemy fleet.
The first to suffer casualties were the attacking fleet, which consisted mostly of small ships, with only one frigate-class vessel about 300 meters long.
Under intense fire, the smaller ships with the most powerful firepower were destroyed first, while the enemy's two frigates were suppressed by the two destroyers on their side.
The remaining two heavy frigates rendezvoused with the flagship and quickly eliminated the highest-priority enemy ship.
A short distance from the approaching force, the massive Bifang space carrier had reached its firing position, its four particle main cannons on the bow fully charged and aimed at one of the ships that was exchanging fire with the destroyer.
Four beams of light streaked across the ring simultaneously, striking a 300-meter-long alien ship. The powerful energy instantly destroyed the ship's shield system, followed by a barrage of projectiles and scorching plasma raining down on the hull.
Under the relentless attack of the destroyers, the ship was quickly destroyed, and the debris from the explosion flew through space.
The liberated destroyers did not rejoin the flagship, but instead, after their main guns had cooled down, they launched a salvo at another frigate-class alien ship.
Seeing that the shield capacity was about to run out, the officer in charge of the harassment operation decisively launched a smoke bomb and prepared to stealthily withdraw from the battlefield.
But at some point, six more sophisticated space combat mechs appeared from behind the star, using their handheld plasma cannons to clear out the remaining shields.
After the shields were cleared, one space combat mech quickly left, while the other five mechs approached the warship from the same side.
They didn't get too close to the warship; they just kept clearing the close-in weapon systems from the warship's surface.
Immediately afterwards, several 2800mm space missiles emerged from the electronic smoke and flew toward the warship from the side where the close-in defense system was almost depleted.
After confirming that the enemy's main fleet had been completely destroyed and that few small ships remained, the two officers led the remaining five small ships in an attack on the main fleet of Team 1.
Seeing the opponent's strategy of trading blows for damage, Olivia decisively ordered her main ships to fire a round of smoke grenades, then deactivated the plasma shields and activated the optical stealth system to evade.
The main fleet's retreat was covered by several long-range main guns deployed on the outer perimeter of the defense line, as well as laser weapons in the middle of the defense line.
After pushing back a distance, a heavy frigate exited stealth mode, raised its plasma shields again, overloaded its weapon systems, and unleashed a barrage of firepower on the pursuing forces behind it.
When the frigate's weapon systems went into overheat protection mode, a second heavy frigate appeared from the distant stars, with the same weapon systems, and continued to unleash fire on the pursuing forces behind it, covering the friendly forces' retreat.
Immediately afterwards, the flagship broke stealth and used powerful firepower to slow down the advancing force.