Rumble!

The gunboat lit up with flickering fires.

"The enemy ships are firing, and four Cruiser missiles are being fired at me." Sitting at the information window, the virus shouted. Although he was not a professional starship early warning officer, he was the first to spot the attack from the gunboats.

"These guys, they really don't know gratitude." Modi was furious. Then he was surprised and said, "But why do they give priority to launching cruise missiles?" Don't they know that this situation is not suitable for a missile attack? ”

In space warfare, each weapon has its own unique role and can be used in different environments.

As a light-speed weapon, laser weapons have high shooting accuracy and long distances, but their power is weak, and they are actually used as defensive weapons rather than offensive weapons.

As a guided weapon, the missile class is powerful and can be automatically pursued, but the problem is that it can be destroyed halfway. Therefore, once the missiles are launched, they must be used in large batches, and it is best to use them in a melee battle, a large number of ship groups, and in the case that it is difficult to make an effective judgment, the use of missiles to attack will have a relatively good effect.

Turret weapons have the advantages of both of the above, high power, fast attack speed, whether it is an ion booster cannon, or a particle shock wave, a high-energy electromagnetic pulse cannon, a shaped cannon, or any other cannon, each of which is extremely powerful, and there is no problem of halfway destruction. However, there is a flaw that once launched, it cannot change direction in the middle of the process. This means that when the target is far enough away, there will be plenty of time to dodge, so it is used as a medium to short-range weapon.

The flight time of the transport ship was not too long, and the distance from the gunboat was still within the range of a medium-range attack. In this case, using a turret attack is the most appropriate option. But the other side chose a missile attack, and only four rounds were used at a time, which is simply a food delivery, so it is no wonder that Modi was surprised.

It's a choice that only a rookie would make - they don't even have a ballistic separation.

"Because they're rookies." Reynolds replied, "You don't think the federal government will put a group of Starship soldiers into cyborg experiments when it is not necessary, do you?" Honestly, it's already amazing to me that they'll sail. ”

The people of the Mutant Alliance may be very strong in ground warfare, but their ability to manipulate ships is obviously not flattering, and it is estimated that this ability is still learned, so it is no wonder that they will do such a thing as launching four missiles.

"But anyway, at least they're driving a gunboat, and ours is just a transport." The virus reminded loudly: "Also, those four missiles are still flying over, can't we wait for them to hit us before we discuss it?" ”

"I'll intercept it with a laser." Modi said that although the transport ship has little firepower, it is an armed transport ship and some improvised interceptor weapons are still available.

"Nope." Renault said: "Don't use laser interception, open the energy defense shield, and prepare for tactical evasion." ”

"Why?" Everyone is the same.

Tactical evasion is a common method used by starships when they are unable to defend themselves against an attack, mainly used to dodge those laser and turret weapons fired from a long distance, and these weapons cannot change their trajectory, so once detected in advance, they can be easily avoided. Of course, it can also be used to evade slower weapons such as missiles, tortoes, etc., but due to the automatic tracking, it is difficult to evade, and it has extremely high requirements for the captain and even the level of the whole ship.

The level of Renault and his crew was naturally sufficient, and the soldiers who participated in the operation to capture Target Zero were all elites selected from various units. The problem is that everyone is not in the position they are good at now, and if the Mutant Alliance does not know how to steer a ship, then the current situation of the Free Heart is actually not much better.

Except for the captain's position that Renault couldn't touch, everyone else was a cameo, and it was really not easy to avoid the attack in this situation.

Renault didn't care, just said lightly: "I just don't want to remind them that they are making mistakes." ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

If four missiles are shot down now, it will only make the pursuing Mutant Alliance realize that the missile attack is ineffective, and they will definitely choose to change their strategy. Either way, the threat will only be greater than it is now.

"Understood!" The virus screamed, and began to fly quickly on the light brain with both hands: "Calculate the speed, the flight speed is one hundred and eighty knots, and it is expected to hit the target in one minute and twenty-three seconds." ”

"The ship slows down to thirty knots, maintains a constant speed, and enters a deflection when it reaches the range of ten knots." Renault gave the order in an orderly manner. The purpose of the speed reduction is to maintain a fixed rhythm with the incoming missiles, which is convenient for calculation and reduces the pressure of calculation. This is something that only a captain with a lot of battlefield experience can understand, and if there is a captain on the gunboat who is skilled in star warfare, he only needs to see the speed reduction to understand that he is meeting a veteran of the battlefield.

However, there is obviously no such person in the Mutation Alliance, Stephanie is a smart woman, but wisdom can't replace professionalism, knowledge can't replace experience, and the limited ship knowledge she has learned temporarily can make her drive the ship even if it's good, but it's too difficult for her to judge the opponent's strength and coping strategy from the changes in that detail.

So she didn't realize what she was up against.

The four Cruiser missiles rushed towards the transport ship as if they had entered a no-man's land, getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer.

Seeing that it was about to hit the transport, the transporter suddenly made a sharp flip.

This flip was made when the missile was already so close to the target that the cruiser didn't even have time to disguise itself and just grazed the hull and flew over.

Still, one of the missile carriers didn't have time to dodge, and it crashed into the energy shield, and the energy shield on the transport ship exploded with a large area of brilliance.

"Well done!" The cyborgs on the gunboat let out a cheer of victory, although the transport ship was not destroyed or even injured, but the energy shield on the transport ship dropped a little, but they were waiting for the missile to hit the target, and they were already a few points closer to Tianhesi.

"Eight more missiles." Francis shouted.

Stephanie frowned slightly: "I don't want to kill them, Francis, they're not enemies. I just don't want them to rob the relics. ”

"I know, don't worry, I'm just going to hit it hard and we can get them on board." Francis replied.

The transport ship was a little scrambled in the face of the eight cruisers, it swayed from side to side, and even the sniper rifle was lit up on board, but despite this, it dodged most of the missiles in a very embarrassed manner, and only one flew by its tail and received a slight shock.

The successive missile attacks were futile, and Stephanie finally lost some patience. She shouted, "Is the ion cannon ready?" ”

"Ready!"

"Fire!" Stephanie shouted.

Despite the fact that Renault has been inducing her, Stephanie makes the decision to activate the Ion Booster Cannon. Unfortunately, this time she made another mistake. The ion booster cannon will have a huge light condensation in the muzzle before firing. So when using it, it is better to use flashbang grenades, spectral masking, swarm missile attacks, muzzle concealment, and the like.

But Stephanie didn't do any of that.

When the powerful flash of energy of the ion cannon appeared, Renault already knew what was going to happen.

He instructed the transports to make some slight offsets to the outside, while emitting distorted light waves to confuse the enemy ship's light receivers. This distorted light wave will appear on the receiver of the sensor to show a less realistic light wave, which can be easily seen by experienced early warning officers, and other means will need to be added to ensure the success of the decoy, but Renault does not do it.

He's just bullying people.

So when the ion refueling cannon fired, the huge pillar of energy flew past the transport ship unexpectedly.

"Damn, it missed!" Belboga let out an angry roar.

They don't even realize the problem.

"Let's attack with missiles, they can track themselves. The battery needed to calculate the angle, the firing range, as well as the course of the opponent's navigation, which was somewhat difficult for our people. Francis reminded Stephanie.

"Okay." Stephanie shrugged and ordered the missile to be fired again.

Watching the gunboat fire missiles again, Renault shook his head and smiled: "They are so cute." ”

"How many shots are you dodging this time?" Claire asked.

"Well, let's keep a shot." Renault took a sip of the robot's coffee and said slowly, "Let that explode above the ship...... I don't want the shake to spill my coffee. ”