Alien Relic Hunter

"Everyone is here, be careful, these drones must not be allowed to get close to the shields of our battleships!" Yeager was stunned for a moment after reflexively shouting this sentence - he suddenly realized, Apart from himself and Hans, there are no survivors in the "Betelgeuse" air combat force.

"The number of drones is six thousand... no, eight thousand, or even more." Hans said, "Although there are still some remaining air combat units on other warships, with our little combat power, we can't It’s impossible to get rid of these drones.”

"As much as you can knock it off." Yeager said through gritted teeth.

Drones carrying crystal energy bombs are actually a kind of bargaining chip - if the attack and defense capabilities of both fleets are quantified, it is equivalent to a constantly floating scale, and the existence of these drones is equivalent to A large number of weights were added to one side of the scale.

Yeager made a rough estimate. From the appearance point of view, these drones should be modifications of the "Tusk II". The other party seemed to have canceled the 25mm caliber aircraft originally carried by the "Tusk II". cannon and two laser-guided missiles, allocating the entire load to the crystal energy bomb used to launch a self-destruction attack - in this way, the yield of the crystal energy bomb carried by this improved model is equivalent to the "Tusk Type II" "About five times.

However, the explosive power and mass of crystal energy bombs cannot be calculated according to a linear increase method, but a geometric growth data model. The greater the total mass of the bomb, the more terrifying the destructive power produced by resonance - according to the best Worst case scenario estimate. As long as about 500 of these 8,000 drones can break through the interception of the air combat troops and successfully reach the self-destruction position, it will be enough to explode the energy shields of the Zero Fleet ships.

At that time, as long as the black fleet's main gun fires a salvo, it will be able to directly defeat the Zero Fleet's formation.

"If a few dozen drones are missed, the shield can barely hold it, but if a large one is missed, the destructive power of the crystal energy bomb will be doubled under the resonance blessing... I just calculated it , Seventy is almost the limit that the Rigellian shield can withstand. Beyond this number, the shield's self-recovery speed will not be able to keep up with the consumption speed," Yeager said.

He did not mention other friendly warships - there were not many remaining air combat units on each ship. In this situation, they could only choose to clean up their own troubles and ensure the safety of their respective motherships as much as possible.

The computer's combat program quickly analyzed the battlefield situation - the "Betelgeuse" heavy cruiser was lucky. There were only about two hundred drones targeting it. As for the one under the greatest pressure, it was Fleet Zero's The "No. 2 flagship" is the Gangfeng-class aircraft carrier battleship "New Dawn".

Nearly half of the self-destructing drones pounced on the "New Dawn".

"Hans, what's your highest record for shooting moving targets? I remember your shooting skills are much better than mine." Yeager asked in the laser communication.

"Three minutes and one hundred and ninety-seven minutes," Hans replied.

"Is your result for shooting with all weapons? What about the hit rate?" Yeager asked again.

"Sixty-seven percent."

For the pilots of high-speed fighter jets, a hit rate of more than 30% when shooting moving targets is considered very high, and a hit rate of 67%... This is already the level of ACE. .

"So high? Then why didn't I see you participate in the military competition organized by the military a few years ago?"

"I participated, but those kind of army-wide competitions are monsters. I didn't even pass the preliminaries, so of course you couldn't see me." Hans said, "I felt it was embarrassing later, so I didn't tell you, lie." You said I was going on annual vacation."

"Then I hope you can break your highest record this time..." Yeger said, suddenly changing the subject, "The frequency of shelling has been reduced, prepare!"

Taking advantage of the short recharging interval after the naval guns of both sides exchanged fire, Yeager and Hans directly raised the fighter jets to an airspace nearly a kilometer higher than the hovering height of the fleet, and aimed at them with cluster lasers and cannons. A swarm of drones came from below and strafed.

These drones carrying a large number of crystal energy bombs are not very fast, and they do not have any armor protection. They are not much different from the moving targets in live ammunition training. Moreover, every time a drone is exploded, the crystal energy bomb that was killed It can always involve the surrounding drones... In the blink of an eye, half of the seventy drones locked on "Betelgeuse" have been shot down.

"It seems you are really not bragging!" Yeager sighed - most of these kills were Hans's record, and his record was only a fraction of Hans's.

Yeager's strength lies in driving skills rather than shooting. This is one of the reasons why when the two of them work together, he is often the main driver and Hans is the co-pilot and part-time gunner. In this way, the strengths and weaknesses of the two are clearly understood. Just complemented each other. But now, after the two of them switched to a single-seat high-speed fighter, their shortcomings were somewhat exposed.

While talking, the two of them took care of the remaining thirty or so drones.

The reason why Yeager and the others faced so few drones was because most of the pressure was transferred to the actual flagship of the Zero Fleet, the New Dawn. The New Dawn had the most remaining fighter jets, and The ship is also equipped with dozens of cutting-edge variable flying mechas, but despite this, the pilots of the New Dawn air combat unit are still forced to use their own aircraft to hit drones and these cheap weapons. The point of perishing together.

"Can't we use EMP bombs?" Yeager looked at the dense group of drones below, "Faced with such a dense array of drones, shouldn't EMP bombs be the first choice?"

"It has been used, but it has no effect." Hans sighed. "A drone that can operate normally in such a strong electromagnetic interference field must be equipped with some alien civilization technology that we don't know about."

At this moment, a communication laser was fired from the two men's mothership "Betelgeuse" and shone on Yeager's plane: "Colonel Yeager, the captain requires you to lead the remaining troops and immediately support No. 2 Flagship 'New Dawn', intercept the enemy drone swarm!"

The air combat units belonging to other battleships seemed to have received the same order, and they all turned their firepower towards the drone group that was about to surround the "New Dawn".

But the fire suppression only lasted less than twenty seconds, and several fighter jets were hit by long-range sniper fire - they were too far away from their mothership, and there was nothing in this airspace that could be used as a bunker. While the pilots of these fighter jets used their drones as moving targets, the warships of the Black Fleet also used their aircraft as moving targets.

"No, the enemy has already noticed us!" Yeager said to Hans, "If we continue to stay at this height, we will be shot down sooner or later!"

"Then what are you going to do?" Hans asked rhetorically, "If we continue to rise, the drone swarm will exceed our attack range. If we shrink back behind the battleship, our own battleship will block the firing range of the weapons..."

"Let's rush to the front of the drone swarm! Use those drones as bunkers!" Yeger said immediately, "The enemy will never use naval guns to bombard their own drones just for us little shrimps." !”

Even if the other party really does this, Fleet Zero will still make a profit - at the cost of a few fighter jets and a few pilots, let the other party deal with the troublesome drone group by themselves. This deal is a sure profit.

Of course, this profit refers to the overall situation, but for individual pilots, they have become the abandoned son who was sacrificed.

But Yeager knew very well that the other party would never do this unless the commander of the black fleet was an idiot.

If the other party really did this... then at least his sacrifice would be valuable... Probably, he would be awarded a Silver Wing Medal posthumously after the war, right?

"You want to start a dogfight with a swarm of drones?" Hans was stunned for a moment, "Are you crazy?"

"As long as you control the distance, there will be no danger." As he said that, Yeager had already pressed the control lever, and his "Raven" immediately dived down, getting into the drone group and the "New Dawn" The gap area between the numbers".

The core module of the "Bovar" laser cannon has overheated in the battle just now. It will take at least thirty minutes to cool down on its own without returning to the mothership for replacement. Fortunately, the cannon shells can also target these drones. Inflicting a fatal blow, the lack of a laser cannon only slightly reduced the cleaning efficiency.

"Leave this to me!" Yeager said through laser communication to two nearby friendly fighter jets that were emitting black smoke - these are two "Vyron-class" fighters, which are top-notch fighters that only aircraft carrier battleships are qualified to equip. However, under the double blow of the aftermath of enemy naval guns and the impact of drone explosions, the two Veyrons were severely damaged and were on the verge of disintegrating and crashing at any time.

Fortunately, these were two Dragon-class aircraft. If it had been replaced by a Raven-class aircraft driven by Yeager, it would have lost its combat capability with this level of damage.

"Thank you for your support!" After replying to Yeager's communication, the two Veyrons turned around and flew directly to the "New Dawn" - not only were their bodies severely damaged, but their propeller fuel and ammunition were also about to run out. If If it weren't for Yeager's timely support, the two Dragon-class pilots would probably have chosen to die together with the drone swarm.

"Tsk..." Yegel glanced at the two broken Veyrons in the rear view camera with a somewhat envious look, "If I had known, I would have found a way to get that big shot to open a back door for me, and he would have given me two Veyrons as well. Just come up to Rigel...I'll trade my promotion for the chance to open up the Veyron class."

"Yeger! Pay attention! Your level! At ten o'clock, two enemy drones!" Hans's voice came from the earphones, followed by a deafening explosion and a blast from the left front. A strong wave of air came.

Yeager quickly grasped the joystick, and several external thrusters on the other side sprayed in the opposite direction at the same time, which restored the balance of the aircraft.

(Additional setting: all Ark Air Force fighter jets are energy crystal engines, so they have extremely strong endurance, but the external rocket thrusters used to accelerate and improve flexibility still use chemical fuel. Although the fuel exhausts the fighter jet You can still fly, but your maneuverability and controllability will be greatly affected.)

"Be careful! I noticed that some special models of drones are equipped with optical camouflage devices. However, the performance of these optical camouflage devices is much worse than those used by Black Fleet battleships. As long as you look carefully, you can still see traces of movement. !" Hans reminded in the communication.

"Damn, these guys are so sinister?!" Yegel suddenly broke into a cold sweat. If Hans hadn't come to his aid in time, he might have been blown to pieces by now.

Although the optical camouflage of the drone can be detected by the naked eye if you observe it carefully, you must know that this is a complex battlefield, and the fighter planes are changing rapidly. Who can detect those abnormal distorted lights and shadows at all times?

"Hans, you pull back one kilometer, provide me with fire support, and focus on attacking those who have slipped through the net... As for the drone group in front, let me deal with it!" After Yeager finished speaking, he controlled the fighter jet. It rushed forward and fired violently from its four cannons, smashing an approaching drone into pieces.

"boom!!!"

The airwaves from the explosion of the crystal energy bomb hit the fighter's porthole, and a red fragment scratched a long scratch on the reinforced resin porthole with a metal film - if Yeager had been closer than ten meters, his The landline phone was probably going to be caught in the explosion.

"The safe distance for a single UAV to self-destruct is 120 meters... If there are two drones, under the action of resonance, the safe distance needs to be increased to 200 meters, and for three drones, it is 400 meters... As for three The drones gathered together must keep a distance of more than one kilometer from them..." Yeager silently calculated the explosion range of the crystal energy bomb in his mind, while driving the plane around in the air, scanning with cannons The barrage continuously intercepted the approaching drones.

…

At the same time, it is located in the core area of ​​the Gray Mist Forest, in the Tower of Babel.

Ke Lan was immersed in those memory fragments when he suddenly felt a sense of crisis for no reason.

Ke Lan, whose inner shock had not completely subsided, immediately withdrew his consciousness from these memory fragments and looked around cautiously.

Most of the thousands of "zombies" on this floor have been "digested" by the living armor, and the rest are blocked by the space barrier and cannot get in. On the other side, Zeluo and Thirty-three are also waiting. Logically speaking, I shouldn't feel this inexplicable sense of crisis.

Unless, there are other mechanisms in the tower that have been triggered.

Could it be that the content of this trial is not limited to these "unkillable" zombies?

Just when Ke Lan was about to talk to Ze Luo and Thirty-three, a voice rang in his mind without warning: "Aguna Kotor is being attacked. Do you want to fight back?"