Chapter 122 9347

Chapter 122 93.47%

According to Amber's own estimation, the frigate she was on should be about 1 minute faster than the pursuer in entering the jump.

This was mainly because the other party had to spend a long time to increase the speed and then activate the jump drive.

And this less than a minute was enough to reverse the identities of the hunter and the prey.

The Past Glory, which was originally being pursued as the prey, had now taken the lead in hiding itself in the light radiation emitted by Robert I.

It became the hunter hunting the Swift Strike.

Even without turning on the long-wave radar, as long as the infrared sensor was used to conduct reconnaissance based on the direction of the space collapse phenomenon, this extremely conspicuous target could be found in the cosmic background.

And Lilith estimated based on the relative positions of the two ships before the jump that the Swift Strike, which was chasing, had a 93.47% probability of appearing in the hemisphere area pointed by the current axis of the Past Glory.

This also gave Amber and his team a 93.47% probability of discovering the target first.

Discovering the enemy first and firing first will infinitely magnify one's own advantage in space battles.

As for the remaining 6.53% probability, it can only be said that humans cannot intervene at this level.

After all, humans have not yet fully understood the principle of this space jump drive dug out from the ruins.

"Gunner, load the metal bismuth of the heavy particle cannon according to the standard mass, and fire single shots! Load the alloy rod with the electromagnetic reconnector, and wait for the heavy particle cannon to finish firing, and then use the electromagnetic reconnector to make up for it immediately."

"Remember! Aim at the position of the fusion reactor in the middle of the opponent's ship!"

"Yes! Captain!"

Under Amber's command, the Glory of the Past adjusted its posture at a rapid speed, and the ship's weapon unit was also activated. The gunner also hurriedly prepared for shooting according to his instructions.

Among all the boarding personnel, except Amber, only Randall, Tom and Isabel had contact with battleship operation, but they were not familiar with battleship artillery.

So Amber could only capture the mobile infantryman with the highest shooting accuracy in the team and let him sit in the gunner's seat on the central axis of the ship with the helmsman's seat and the captain's seat.

The gunner's seat of a warship is usually fixed on the ground of the bridge and cannot be moved, ensuring that the gunner's direction is consistent with the axis of the ship.

After wearing a special full-coverage gunner helmet, stepping on the pedal and holding the joystick.

This gunner can temporarily obtain the highest control of the ship's posture during the gunnery process, control the ship to adjust the axis according to the pupil aiming method, and finally complete the shooting.

Compared with other positions on the bridge, the gunner's seat is a seat with a very high upper limit and a very low lower limit.

So low that this mobile infantryman has roughly figured out the gunner's job through the ship's built-in "quick start tutorial" during the time when the warship left the berth, left the port, accelerated, and entered the jump.

With the assistance of Lilith, all he has to do is control the main gun's beam, aim at the target and then shoot.

The frigate Amber was on, like the ship of Captain Klein the Chaser, was a Confessor-class frigate designed by the Star Dragon Empire Royal Navy Design Bureau.

This warship, with a length of 382 meters and a mass of 840,000 tons, is currently the most numerous ship in service in the Imperial Royal Navy.

In terms of combat equipment, the main weapons of this small high-speed frigate are only a frigate-class heavy particle cannon located at the bow, and two 50-meter-class electromagnetic reconnection cannons distributed on both sides of the bow.

In addition, there are two high-energy laser beam emitters and two small charged particle cannons distributed on the hull.

Of course, the deflection field generator that is essential for all combat ships is indispensable.

And the hangar that can carry two HCPs.

Warships like the Confessor-class frigate, which do not have strong shipboard firepower, are almost classified as combat auxiliary ships in the battle sequence of the Imperial Royal Navy.

In large-scale fleet battles, the biggest role of the Confessor class is to use heavy particle cannons and charged particle cannons to intercept physical warheads, plasma torpedoes and thermonuclear missiles launched by enemy warships.

In this case, a large number of Confessors will be transformed into anti-aircraft combat ships to support an air defense network for the troops.

In normal times, this kind of small boat is more used for patrols and dealing with pirates and civilian ships.

As two frigates of the same type belonging to the 8th Expeditionary Strike Group, the Glory of the Past and the Swift Strike have no difference in ship parameters, fusion reactor power and configuration.

So if Amber can really detect the enemy first and fire first, it is indeed possible to sink the enemy ship in one fell swoop.

"Captain! Space collapse detected, the pursuing frigate is coming out!"

"Received, all ships ready to meet the enemy."

Amber replied in a deep voice, but after thinking for a moment, he connected to the hangar and added:

"Maintenance squad, prepare an Imperial HCP in the hangar, and prepare a set of anti-gravity suits. The relevant operation manuals can be found in the hangar."

When the maintenance squad received the order, under the leadership of the maintenance squad leader, they began to prepare for the HCP attack.

The Swift Strike, which was chasing Amber, also left the space jump after a flash of white light.

The infrared sensor that had been aimed in this direction easily found the frigate with a blue light on its main thruster against the cold background of the universe.

After all, 93.47% is a relatively high probability, so as Amber and Lilith expected, this frigate appeared in the axial hemisphere of the Glory.

And it also perfectly exposed the slender curves of the battleship's side.

"Captain, the target has been discovered! An Imperial Penance-class frigate, a straight-line distance of 3,216 kilometers!"

"Gunner! Aim at the target! Fire the heavy particle cannon at full power!"

In the past, the attitude control nozzles at various places on the Glory's hull began to continuously eject pulses, adjusting the axis of the ship.

At the same time, when the Swift Strike's optical and infrared sensors failed to find the Past Glory, Captain Klein ordered the long-wave radar to be turned on.

But at this time, the gunner aimed his pupils at the middle of the target ship and pressed the fire button.

"Captain! A strong electric field reaction has been detected! It is presumed to be an enemy heavy particle cannon shot!"

While the tactical information coordinator of the Swift Strike reported anxiously.

On the bridge of the Glory in the past, most of the lights and all the lights on the ship except the emergency lights were extinguished. At the same time, all non-combat electronic equipment was also powered off at this moment.

A fusion pulse output by the Confessor-class fusion reactor at full power rushed into the tail end of the heavy particle cannon under the constraints of the directional magnetic field.

Immediately afterwards, the heavy particle cannon at the bow of the ship flashed at the end of its accelerated trajectory.

A jet of heavy metal particles accelerated to 1,600 kilometers per second was violently ejected from the accelerating orbit and rushed towards the position pointed by the gunner's pupils under the confinement magnetic field.

But what followed did not appear, as Amber had expected, the scene where the target frigate was intercepted by the surging jet of heavy metal particles.

This jet of heavy metal particles almost passed right above the battleship, leaving a hideous but not fatal wound on the laminated armor plate on top.

"Gunner? Are you serious?!"

The Amber man at the captain's seat was dumbfounded. This was the first time he had seen a heavy particle cannon shoot at 'Miss' from a distance of more than 3,000 kilometers.

"No. My grandma can hit this blow! Oh, forget it. Keep attacking!"

Amber knew that this was not the time to pursue the issue and did not continue.

He glanced at the holographic projection screen on the left, which displayed the resumes of the two HCP pilots in the assault team.

In the column of 'space warfare', both of them had three very concise words - 'inexperienced'.

Seeing this, Amber silently unbuckled the seat belt on the captain's seat.

"It's done, I feel like I might be ready to warm up."