Containment Control Starts With the Umbrella

Inside the cockpit of Air Combat Assault.

"Tap ~ tap ~."

The driver's left hand flicks the buttons on the console quickly, while his right hand holds the push lever and pulls it backwards.

"Om—!"

The sound of engine jets from the back is transmitted to the cockpit through vibrations.

The content presented on the panoramic screen is the space domain in the battle between humans and the Covenant, as well as the densely packed Covenant carrier aircraft marked with red light by the onboard computer.

"Warning, warning, attack from the left."

At the same time, there is a warning sound from the onboard computer, informing the driver of a threatening situation on the left side of the fuselage.

Hearing this, the pilot controlled the machine body to stop suddenly, and then let the machine body go up almost at a right angle.

At this time, the holographic floating window on the right hand side of the driver displayed a number of 11g, and then the number slowly decreased.

Even so, the pilot remained silent, his hands still controlling the body as usual.

Swish——! (x6)

And the moment after rising, the bottom of the panoramic screen, where the body was just now, skipped six plasma missiles of the CCS class cruiser.

boom--! (x6)

These six plasma missiles not only failed to hit the air combat attack, but also destroyed a group of carrier-based aircraft.

"Second lieutenant..." At this moment, the bridge communicator's voice came from the cockpit:

"The captain hopes that you can clear the carrier aircraft in the marked area. If the situation permits, please try to enter the interior of the enemy warship and first assist the ground forces to deal with the enemy soldiers."

While the correspondent was speaking, the pilot with the rank of second lieutenant also saw the area marked on the panoramic screen.

It was a CCS-class cruiser still under power, near the hangar with the door open.

There is a constant stream of Covenant carrier-based aircraft coming in or out.

Immediately afterwards, the correspondent continued:

"There is also the second lieutenant. At present, our Viking fighters and F-X modifications have all emptied their aerial bombs, and the artillery MS needs to guard the Observer, so...

It is up to you to carry out the clearing mission alone.

However, the Observer will provide you with long-range fire assistance as much as possible. "

"Understood." The driver just responded quietly.

Then the driver controlled the air-mounted assault, and immediately rushed towards the belly of the CCS-class cruiser not far away.

"Click! Crack...!"

"Out of ammunition."

At this time, the Gauss Vulcan cannon on the head was empty of ammunition, and the onboard computer also sent a reminder that the ammunition was exhausted.

Seeing this, the driver no longer used the Vulcan cannon on his head, but the beam particle cannon held in the right hand of the body.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The green particle beam firing sound was also transmitted to the cockpit through vibration.

Synchronized, every time you fire, the red mark on the panoramic screen will be much less.

As an assault-type beam particle cannon, its power is almost the same as the ship's main beam particle cannon.

The handle of the gun body is connected to the left and right hand slots of the Assault MS, and the exclusive nuclear fusion reactor equipped with the Assault MS can provide the particle cannon with almost endless energy 'ammunition'.

However, nothing is perfect.

"Caution, the barrel is overheating."

At this time, the onboard computer gave another indifferent reminder to the driver.

Hearing this, the driver also immediately put away the beam particle cannon and hung it horizontally on the back waist of the machine.

Then he manipulated the hands of Assault, and removed the beam saber hilts built into both sides of his waist.

Hum~! (x2)

Two beam sword blades emitting pink light are presented on both sides of the panoramic screen in the cockpit.

And after a series of maneuvers by the driver, the air-mounted assault has come to the right belly of the CCS-class cruiser, which is also the periphery of the hangar with the door open.

next...

Using two beam sabers, the driver first wiped out the outer Covenant carrier aircraft, and then went straight through the 'membrane' and entered the hangar.

"ah!!!"

Seeing a steel giant appearing in the hangar, the grunts and jackals who acted as 'ground staff' were suddenly startled and screamed.

Some Grunts even held their hands high, shaking their fat, short bodies from side to side, and escaped in an extremely comical way.

"Gah!"

However, some jackals with energy shields actually had the guts to resist, using their Covenant plasma pistols to store energy.

"Whoa! Whoa!"

Afterwards, several charged pistol bullets, which were no less powerful than plasma cannons, were fired at the air-mounted assault that had already landed on the deck.

"Buzz~buzz~."

But Strike's AT energy shield easily withstood these attacks.

After that, Assault also started to activate its mechanical body, using two particle beams to destroy the carrier aircraft and Covenant forces within the driver's sight.

And the driver also tried to avoid hitting those energy storage tanks that looked like aerial bombs.

Otherwise, once it detonates...

The assault with the AT shield may not matter, but Gabriel and other blood crows who are still fighting in the cruiser may die directly from the ship explosion.

in the cockpit.

The red mark on the panoramic screen has disappeared, and it took the driver less than half a minute to clear out the threatening targets in the hangar.

"Second lieutenant!" At this moment, the correspondent contacted the driver again:

"The Observer is about to enter the deployment position, please leave the hangar of the enemy warship as soon as possible!"

"receive."

The pilot also responded in a low voice, and controlled the strike to fly away from the hangar immediately and return to the outer space.

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at the same time.

Inside the Observer.

ODST's airborne readiness pod.

There are six rows of airborne slide rails, each row has ten exclusive slides, and sixty airdrop pods are hanging on the slides.

All the paratroopers deployed on the Observer have entered their respective airdrop pods, waiting for Macha's command to eject.

soon.

The light in the airborne preparation cabin turned dark red, the cabin door was sealed, and the pressure was quickly reduced.

After a few seconds, the depressurization is complete, and the air valve gates under each airdrop pod are deployed.

The lights instantly turned green.

Seeing this, all the hell paratroopers in the airdrop pod pressed the eject button.

Da~.

Da~.

Sixty airdrop positions popped up one by one.

At this time outside the ship.

Just look at the deployment of the AT shield of the Observer, bearing the anti-aircraft firepower of the CCS-class cruiser, and the main guns on the side of the hull for rapid penetration.

When the Observer's hull skipped over the hangar with the open door of the CCS-class cruiser, sixty airdrop pods immediately popped up and rushed straight into the hangar.

But the AT shield of the Observer became greener at a speed visible to the naked eye, which meant that the shield was about to break.

Inside the bridge.

Macha sat on the captain's seat with a serious expression, staring at the floating window of the holographic screen on the left hand side, after showing that the remaining amount of her shield was less than 10%...

"Helmsman! Speed ​​up and let us go!"

"Yes! Captain!"

After a brief ideological struggle, Macha had to order an immediate and accelerated evacuation.

If the Pelican in the hangar is launched, the Observer will inevitably be destroyed by the CCS-class cruiser. At that time, all combat troops and flight formations will also lose support, and the gain outweighs the loss.