"The proton launcher has begun loading, and it is estimated that there will still be thirty seconds until the loading is completed."
In the fire control room of the battlecruiser USS Conqueror, more than a dozen experienced officers and hundreds of weapons operators were methodically issuing instructions to the weapons in various sections of the battleship. After receiving the order from the command room and the authorization code required to activate the proton launcher, the most senior officer in the control room immediately pressed the button to load the proton cannon.
"Buzz buzz..."
Amidst the low sound of metal friction, a giant shell nearly ten meters long was slowly pushed into the electromagnetic gun track used to launch proton shells by the mechanical arm of the automatic loader.
Under the transparent shell of the shell is a weaponized hydrogen ion cluster that is emitting a faint green light. The highly aggregated protons are rippling back and forth in the shell like a liquid. The ominous proton ripples make people standing next to the loader The security officer and the navy soldiers were a little panicked.
The more they understand the power of proton shells, the more they feel sincere fear of these synonyms of destruction - if it weren't for the special alloy shell of the shells working hard to bind the terrible substances inside, perhaps the weaponized protons stored in this shell would It can cut the Conqueror in half in an instant.
Witnessing the cross-shaped accelerating tail of the shell gradually disappearing from the field of vision, the gunner in charge of the launcher narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about the serious damage that the proton shell could cause to the enemy.
First of all, the artillery shell will reach a very good speed with the help of the electromagnetic acceleration track and the one-time booster at the tail. The extremely thick armor shell outside the artillery shell is enough to withstand the long-term shooting of the laser point anti-cannon, which greatly improves the accuracy of the artillery shell at close range. Survival rate in front of enemy ships.
After being intercepted by point defense firepower or entering a preset distance, the armor shell of the artillery shell will be peeled off layer by layer as the program proceeds. These special armor plates will not be wasted, but the high-density protons wrapped in them will After being swallowed by the mass, it becomes part of the energy projectile to maximize the power of the proton cannon.
When these energy projectiles containing infinite power hit the armor or hull of the ship at an unimaginable high speed, the area that was directly hit will undergo a process called "matter annihilation" by AFC scientists. explode.
During the explosion, the countless protons contained in the proton cluster will be accelerated to nearly the speed of light. After colliding with the atoms that make up the ship itself, the shattered atoms will generate new protons and endless energy.
This is very similar to the principle of nuclear bombs, which is to exchange the lost mass for energy that increases geometrically on another level. However, the method used by the atomic bomb is to hit atoms with neutrons and use a chain reaction to release energy. For the People's Federation at this time, charged protons are easier to capture than neutrons, and therefore easier to weaponize. .
To a certain extent, the power of the proton cannon itself is not impressive. But when material annihilation occurs, these proton streams, which are like gangrene attached to bones, will cause every inch of matter they cover to undergo an irreversible chain reaction at the speed of light, which is equivalent to detonating hundreds of bombs against the shell of an enemy ship at the same time. Thousands of high-yield nuclear weapons.
Moreover, these powerful nuclear explosions will also enter the interior of ships or other physical targets as the proton flow continues to deepen. As long as there is even one proton colliding with an atom, the nuclear explosion will not stop.
While the gunner was thinking quietly, the Conqueror and the four battlecruisers of the same class around her had launched their strongest attack since the battle began.
Considering that each battlecruiser is equipped with four expensive proton launchers on the side, this means that after the first round of launches, there will already be sixteen proton shells with power comparable to a thousand nuclear bombs mixed in with countless electromagnetic projectiles. Attacked the Imperial battleship "Arammutson" with its shield closed.
However, even if the Imperial Navy has become extremely corrupt, the quality of naval soldiers is still much better than that of second-rate civilizations. These proton shells, which are a full circle larger than ordinary electromagnetic projectiles, were quickly discovered and captured by the Imperial soldiers and combat computers responsible for monitoring the battlefield. Target.
Unfortunately, they did not realize the seriousness of the matter. They only thought that these proton shells were large space torpedoes carried on the battleships. They asked the combat computer to allocate some point defense cannons to deal with them, and then turned their attention back to other ships that were still in fierce exchanges of fire. On the capital ship.
Soon, they paid a heavy price for their underestimated enemy and carelessness.
When the fuel in the tail thruster of the proton shell is exhausted, the first shell begins to peel off the thick armor that was pitted by laser ablation. The activated weaponized proton cluster begins to devour these specially-made armor plates, reducing its own brightness. and volume increased to a point where it cannot be ignored over a span of thousands of kilometers.
Gu Jiao "Intercept those unknown light balls immediately! We must not let them get closer!"
General Arak, who was highly nervous, stared at the more than ten bright green light balls projected on the command platform that were speeding toward him. An alarm bell rang in his heart. Although he didn't know what kind of weapon it was, he knew from the other party's command that The official Ninja had only used them until now and could roughly guess that the power of these light groups should not be underestimated.
But when the laser shines on the proton shells that have become energy projectiles, the high-temperature laser can not stop the protons in addition to making them more active and brighter. The laser beam without any kinetic energy can also not move the protons. The regiment detonated midway.
The fatal flaw caused by over-reliance on laser point defense for the Imperial fleet was fully revealed at this moment. The overwhelming laser beams seemed to weave a large airtight net in space, but they did not give the center of the battlefield the feeling of a leisurely stroll. Proton clusters pose no problem.
The proton regiment is not advancing very fast, but due to insufficient energy output, no matter how the combat computer calculates the evasive route, the thrusters distributed throughout the "Alamutson" battleship are unable to eject enough energy for her to avoid it. All attacks are in flames.
The former king has now fallen into decline, and the once powerful thrusters are old and useless.
Accompanied by the battleship captain's final roar, General Arak's silent sigh and Sir James's excited fist-clenching, the "Alamutson" escaped most of the incoming firepower, but was still hit by several flashing white-green missiles. The proton shells of light hit various parts of the ship from the beginning to the end.
"boom!!!"
Although he knew that the vacuum of the universe could not transmit sound, General Arak firmly believed that he did hear several roars in no particular order.
Is it the sound of shells exploding? He thought it was more like the cry of a ferocious beast on the verge of death.
For a moment, it seemed as if tens of millions of suns suddenly rose on the armored belt of the battleship. The dazzling light that could not be seen directly made some Qien soldiers on the battlefield who were observing the destruction of matter with their naked eyes scream and cover their eyes. When the other soldiers took these When the companion who fell to the ground and screamed in pain helped him up, he was horrified to find that his eyes had been severely burned by powerful light radiation.
The once bright eyes became gray with tears. If nothing else happens, these Qin soldiers who dare to look directly at the annihilation of matter will lose their eyesight forever. If they can survive this battle, the last scene they see in this life will be frozen at the moment when material annihilation occurs and will no longer flow.
After the chain of nuclear explosions that shocked everyone, including the People's Alliance Fleet, ended, when the once majestic Imperial battleship "Alamutson" reappeared in people's sight, the nearly two-kilometer-long hull It has been completely distorted and melted by proton impact and high temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees, leaving only a few dilapidated and broken hulls silently telling the story of her glory in life and her current tragic fate.
After suffering such a horrific blow, no one thought there would be any survivors on this huge warship that once carried thousands of naval crew members.
So after a short period of stillness and silence, the commanders of both sides began to change the battle directions of the fleets in a tacit understanding. From the beginning, the Qin Empire attacked, the Human Federation defense shifted to the Empire defense, and the Federation attacked.
But Arak, who had lost a battleship, gave full play to his conservative character at this time. After his eyes flickered for a while, he quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind and reluctantly issued the order for the temporary evacuation of the Never Peaceful Fleet, choosing to let this situation go. The Human Alliance Fleet, which had proven itself in battle, left and headed for the decisive battle battlefield predicted by Commander-in-Chief Sirigosa.
"Just wait, I will definitely let you humans pay back the losses you have suffered now with interest before long!"
Arak, who returned to the bridge and watched the Japanese fleet drift away, was silent on the surface, but this thought inevitably came to his mind.
