Before the candidates for the new round of federal negotiation delegation were finalized, the alarm sounded once again throughout the base and fleet.
The orbital base and the fleet had changed positions, but the enemy still accurately rushed out from the storm clouds below and attacked the fleet. Having learned the lesson from the previous time, Crassus will naturally not make the same mistake as last time this time. Four heavy cruisers were deployed early to guard the periphery, and they were moved in advance as soon as the target appeared, but the first round of beam cannons all missed. . It wasn't until the target was far away from the storm clouds that the federal heavy patrol was able to lock on, and the second round of concentrated fire hit accurately.
However, at this time, everyone from Crassus and Owen to the heavy patrol commanders and even the gunners widened their eyes and exclaimed: "What is this?!"
The Hades Cannon that came to raid for the first time still had the style of a squirrel riding a cannon in the early days of Light Years. It just had an extra energy storage compartment and was covered with a layer of armor. So to be precise, it would be like a matchbox stuck on a cigar, or a long one. Bar shaped. The target that appeared this time is easy to describe, that is, the flying oil barrel.
In the final analysis, Chu Jungui was worried that the federal firepower was too strong, so he changed the armor of the Underworld Cannon from 40 meters to 60 meters. In this way, the Hades Cannon, which is less than 400 meters long, now has a diameter of 240 meters. The two heavy cruisers' main guns came up and they had to slowly peel off the skin of the queen cannon, meter by meter. At first glance, it was a grinding effort.
The reaction of the federal fleet was extremely fast. Within half a minute, the entire fleet was moving. The main guns of half of the starships were fully charged and could be intercepted by turning around.
Countless high-energy beams formed a fire net, but were broken through by the opponent. The front end of the Hades Cannon has been cut into an oval shape, but it is obviously still far from being penetrated.
On the orbital base, the Sword of Dawn is in a strange state. The middle and rear sections of the ship are slowly separating. However, there are still many structural parts connected in the middle. Countless engineers are flying around like worker bees to perform the separation of the ship's hull. big project. This was the truly fatal moment, but at this moment the Queen of the Underworld struck, and there were two of them!
On the bridge of the Sword of the Dawn, the skin of Owen's right hand suddenly retracted, and his entire right hand turned into an extremely delicate machine. He directly inserted his right hand into the console and instantly established a link with the entire starship.
The huge hull of the Sword of Dawn suddenly trembled, and the engine of the front hull suddenly started, instantly blowing hundreds of working engineers away! Some of them directly hit the rear half of the ship and instantly turned into a thin piece of painting mixed with metal and flesh, while others flew into space at high speed. Although these people escaped the fate of being shattered into pieces, they knew just by looking at the acceleration that the armor must have turned into a puddle of inhuman flesh.
With the help of the huge thrust of the engine, the front hull of the Sword of Dawn successfully turned, and the huge reaction force threw the orbital base out. Its bow was already pointing in the direction of the Queen's attack, and then the muzzle of the main gun flashed, and a raging wave of energy drowned the Queen's cannon!
After the light passed, a Hades Cannon disappeared. Even if she can withstand the hard bombardment of several heavy cruisers, she can't stop the main gun attack of the battleship.
In the command module, Owen's eyes had turned silver-white, and countless data flashed inside. His face was extremely solemn now, staring at another Hades Cannon. Just now, Owen had used all his emergency energy reserves to reluctantly activate the main gun and kill one. But the problem is that the two underworld queens are attacking!
At this moment, the surviving Underworld Queen has broken through the federal interception fire network and reached the inner circle of the fleet. At the same time, she has also brought most of the fleet within her range!
The muzzle of the Hades Cannon finally lit up, and countless light spots were generated around it, converging towards the muzzle.
Owen's expression also became sharp, staring at the light from the muzzle of Hades' cannon.
At this moment, in Chu Jungui's consciousness, only one of the two independent visions of the underworld was left, and the energy alarm kept flashing, reminding him that he only had one shot of energy left. However, within the range, there are three heavy cruisers, an orbital base, and the Sword of the Dawn divided into two sections. The closest thing at the moment, which doesn't even require aiming, is the front section of the Sword of Dawn. Although the armor on the front section of the ship is the thickest, according to the data from the first battle, Chu Jungui knew that he could completely penetrate the armor without a shield.
The light of the underworld cannon became brighter and brighter. Just before it reached its peak, Owen's eyes suddenly flashed with cold light. All the lights in the entire command cabin were extinguished. Even the screens in front of most of the officers and staff were turned off. All energy sources They all converge on the same place, the shield generator!
In an instant, the Sword of Dawn trembled slightly, everyone's hair stood up, and a dim light began to shine on the surface of the ship. This is Owen's back-up plan!
Because the front section of the ship only accounts for two-thirds of the entire ship after the Sword of Dawn is separated, the energy required to activate the shield in an emergency is only half of the normal amount. After the shield is turned on, it will take a certain amount of time to recharge to reach its peak state. The charging speed depends on the level of the shield generator. The Sword of Dawn is naturally the top shield generator, and it only takes 5 minutes to charge the shield strength to the maximum.
Of course, it is impossible for the opponent to give himself 5 minutes now. Irving knows this very well, but he knows even better that the duration of one shot of the Underworld Cannon is as long as 12 seconds, and it only takes 5 seconds for the shield to be created from scratch. As long as the shield appears, the power of the high-energy beam will be greatly reduced. Although it can still penetrate the armor, there is not much power left. It can hit more than ten meters. There will be no more terrifying penetration of more than 300 meters like last time. deep.
The shield was raised, but Owen didn't wait for the expected blow! He looked up and was shocked to find that the underworld cannon moved slightly at the last moment, and then the torrent of energy passed by the front hull and hit the separation surface of the rear hull!
Of course, there would be no armor layer on the separation surface, so the Underworld Queen's cannon blasted in solidly, going all the way in with a devastating force, penetrating the internal structure of nearly 1,000 meters, and almost blasting out from the other side. Only then Dissipate slowly.
After one shot, there was no movement from the Underworld Cannon, and its energy was completely bottomed out. Chu Jungui's field of vision was filled with error messages, and even his vision became blurry. Then he only felt his eyes light up, and then there was complete darkness, and he lost contact with the Underworld Cannon.
Chu Jungui slowly opened his eyes and took a deep breath. He first entered all the recorded data into the master brain, and then analyzed the results of the battle. In fact, Chu Jungui can draw a rough conclusion by himself without the need for the mastermind's conclusion. Judging from the trajectory of this gun, it can scrap at least two engines, and it passes through the core area. Of the 70 subsystems of the starship power system and the 110 subsystems of the energy system, at least thirty or forty are destroyed. Cannon reimbursement. Moreover, this shot was deliberately aimed at the main structure of the ship. If we were lucky, the entire structure of the ship would be scrapped.
The only regret is that the beam cannon is not a particle weapon, let alone a space torpedo. It can only punch a hole with a diameter of more than ten meters in the sky. The hole is deep, but not thick. It can only be regarded as a small hole compared to the diameter of the ship, which can often be hundreds of meters.
With some regret, Chu Jungui left the main brain room.
The opponent's adaptability was beyond his expectation. He actually activated the main cannon and killed an underworld queen, directly reducing Chu Jun's victory by half. Otherwise, if the two underworld queens attack again, Chu Jun Guike will attack the front section of the ship. When the two Queens of Hades hit the same place, it would be useless even if their opponents turned on their shields urgently.
However, this battle also gave Chu Jungui a lot of inspiration, many of which were engineering related. For example, the Underworld Cannon only has room to fire one shot anyway, so why use a qualified Alpha Core? The Alpha Core can be fired hundreds of times in succession, which is a huge waste.
At this moment, Chu Jungui came up with the idea to produce a large number of Alpha cores with substandard purity. Since such a core is not of high purity, it will fragment or even melt due to impurities after dozens or even dozens of shots. But if it is used on the Hades Cannon, it is not a problem. There is no chance of them breaking apart.
Moreover, if the purity requirement for the production of Alpha Core-level components is reduced by 1%, the production cost will plummet to one-tenth of the original value, and the production speed will be doubled.
It's just that if a beam cannon of this quality is called the Queen of the Underworld, the Queen of the Underworld will probably be very unhappy.
Just do it, Chu Jungui threw the task to the wise man, and an hour later he had a complete and detailed production plan. In any era, improving accuracy is like climbing a mountain with bare hands, while decreasing accuracy or purity is as easy as bungee jumping.
Originally, Lightyear had produced almost enough qualified Alpha cores for half a Hades cannon. Now, the production line has been fully adjusted, and all subsequent productions are downgraded cores. In this way, Chu Jungui was able to obtain three and a half cores in the time it would have taken to produce two Hades Cannons.
Chu Jungui is already planning the next round of action. This time, he will give the federation a real surprise with four shoddy queens. Anyway, after the power cabin section was severely damaged, only the first half of the Sword of Dawn could not escape. Of course, as long as the Sword of Dawn leaves the orbit of the planet, there is actually nothing Chu Jungui can do against her.
At the orbital base, Crassus came to Owen with a glass of red wine, handed the glass over, and said: "The battleship relies on the main gun, not the engine, so it is not a big deal."
Owen had no expression on his face and slapped the wine glass in Crassus' hand away. The wine glass flew out with a roar, smashing into pieces on the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the wine splashed everywhere, like a bloody flower in full bloom.
Parked in the corner of the Federation fleet were two starships with graceful lines, but they were not very big, just destroyer level. One of them is Kun's flagship. At this moment, he was in his room, opening a communication channel that he had never used before, and solemnly sending communication requests.
After a while, a short-haired girl appeared in front of Kun. She looked at Kun with some confusion and asked, "I am Serena, who are you?"
A bright and sunny smile appeared on Kun's face and he said: "My name is Kun. In fact, it doesn't matter who I am. What is important is that I heard that you have a lot of shares in Light Years. Is it transferable? I am willing to pay the market price. Acquired at a premium of 20%.”
"No sale!" Serena cut off the communication directly.
(End of chapter)
