Mecha and Knife

It is very common to use missiles to deal with mecha warriors, but the scenes of using a large number of medium-range missiles to deal with a mecha warrior are very rare in the nearly two decades since the mecha warriors appeared.

"The missile model is the Empire 2075-B supersonic medium-range missile, with a maximum range of 2,500 kilometers, a maximum cruising altitude of 160 kilometers, a hit accuracy of 50 meters, and a maximum cruising speed of Mach 2.27. The current cruising speed is Mach 1.93, and the expected strike time is thirty-six In thirty-two seconds, the number is... one hundred pieces."

This figure made many people lose their voices.

In fact, for this war that has lasted for more than two decades, one hundred medium-range missiles can be described as a drop in the bucket, and the number of missiles used in a local war may exceed this number.

The so-called supersonic missiles are actually very common on alien planets. Many missiles on Celeste cannot reach supersonic speeds. When used on alien planets, they can easily exceed the speed of sound. This is the atmosphere of alien planets. determined by the environment.

But when the target of these one hundred missiles was only a mech warrior, it was enough to shock everyone.

But everyone can understand this behavior of the empire.

The Imperial 2075-B supersonic medium-range missile is the first Imperial missile that appeared on the alien battlefield in 2075. According to estimates, the cost of a single missile of this type is not less than 10 million federal coins, converted into Imperial resources could theoretically be less, since the empire is a feudal monarchy.

A hundred pieces is roughly one billion.

According to estimates, the cost of a single imperial mecha that was defeated by Ji Xinghe in this pursuit battle is at least 350,000 federal coins. This is the cost of a regular imperial mecha, and noble mechas are more expensive.

After the full upgrade, the total cost of Xingyue exceeded 120 million.

There are a total of 191. Not considering the higher cost of noble mechas, the cost of regular imperial mechas has already exceeded 6.6 billion.

6.6 billion has already been wiped out, and the mecha corps worth at least 4 billion will be destroyed. What's the problem with adding another billion?

"If these missiles fall on the heads of our ground forces..."

Many people feel fortunate that the empire's money is not endless. If you spend more here, you must spend less elsewhere.

When the technological levels of the two sides are close, the war is actually not about military strength, but money, and more strictly speaking, resources.

Whoever has more resources will have more ferocious firepower.

In the face of countless missiles, no amount of ground troops is given.

"Can we intercept?"

"We can't intercept it, we need to apply for higher authority support."

In the combat information center of the space battleship Xinyuehu, relevant personnel have already contacted the command center of the Nantianmen space station.

"There are three options."

Although there were still more than 30 minutes left, it was already very urgent. The Nantianmen Command Center immediately came up with three plans.

"First, immediately attack and pursue Major Ji Xinghe's Imperial Mecha Corps. They must have the ability to precisely guide these missiles. As long as they are destroyed, with the top speed of Major Ji Xinghe's mecha, they can completely avoid all of them." missile."

"Tell me about the problem with this plan."

"For the time being, we are unable to determine what technical means the Imperial Mecha Corps uses to conduct precise guidance. If it is the Marquis-class Imperial Mecha, it is difficult for our air firepower to destroy it."

"Talk about the second option."

"The second plan is to start a comprehensive interception program. We can deploy three space battleships to provide support, and activate four hidden missile launch bases that can be intercepted. After calculation, the interception rate is only 92%."

"Tell me about the problem with this plan."

"It will expose our missile launch base, and we are not sure what kind of warheads these 100 imperial missiles carry. If it is the high-explosive warhead that appeared before, that is, equipped with 200 small-caliber high-explosive bombs, Combined with its built-in guidance system, it can carry out two precise strikes within a radius of one kilometer of the precise strike target, and the hit rate is extremely high. If the interception is not successful, Major Ji Xinghe's sacrifice rate is very high."

"How about these two plans at the same time?"

"It can be done at the same time, but we can't solve the root of the problem, that is, we can't guarantee to completely destroy the precision guidance capability of the Imperial Mech Corps, and we can't guarantee to intercept all missiles."

"The third option."

"Let the Xinyuehu land forcibly, and take Major Ji Xinghe away."

"question."

"The problem is that the distance between the Imperial Mecha Corps and Major Ji Xinghe is very close. They have missile launch vehicles, Marquis-level mechas, and Earl-level mechas. If Xinyuehu makes a forced landing, it is very likely to suffer a fatal blow. "

The space battleship Xinyuehu contained mecha fighters, but when the dust storm dissipated and they came to support them, they did not land and sent mecha fighters to help Ji Xinghe fight the group, because of this.

Why let the mecha fighters go all out when they can use firepower to solve the problem?

Both the cost of the mecha and the lives of the mecha fighters are more valuable than the short-range and medium-range missiles used in firepower attacks.

The really expensive missiles are intercontinental missiles, each of which costs more than 100 million federal coins and has a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. Any position on the surface of the alien planet is within the strike range.

However, in such a battle, it is impossible and unnecessary to use ICBMs.

The staff members discussed nervously.

The technician reminded: "Start the comprehensive interception program within five minutes, and the success rate can be maintained at 92%. If it exceeds five minutes, the interception success rate will plummet."

It is difficult to discuss any effective results at this time, and it is related to an active ace mecha fighter. If there is a misjudgment, many people will not be able to bear the consequences, nor are they willing to bear them.

The number of ace mecha fighters in active service in the federation finally became ten, and the curse was broken. If Ji Xinghe died, this curse would deal a very serious blow to the federation mecha fighters.

A lieutenant general who temporarily took over the command made a decision.

"Order the Xinyuehu to fire immediately and destroy all the vehicles of the Imperial Mecha Corps chasing Major Ji Xinghe."

A staff officer reminded: "But if the Xinyuehu launches an attack, the role they can provide in the process of intercepting missiles will be reduced. Moreover, our comprehensive interception plan will be affected, and the success rate will be greatly reduced. .”

"Then do you have a better way?"

"..."

The lieutenant general confirmed his order: "Xinyuehu, fire immediately."

Five seconds after the order was issued, the Xinyuehu, which had been prepared for a long time, fired. Thirty-ninth seconds after the order was issued, the first round of artillery fire hit Ji Xinghe behind him.

The imperial mecha corps, which hastily launched anti-missile missiles, could not intercept all the artillery fire under the attack of this speed.

rumbling...

There was a loud noise, and the earth trembled.

Ji Xinghe, who ran all the way, saw that the mecha corps behind him had been submerged in the dust, as if the dust storm had reappeared.

But soon, one after another imperial mech smashed into the flying dust and continued to chase the location where Ji Xinghe was.

"All the enemy's vehicles were destroyed, and the number of remaining mechs is ninety-eight."

"The trajectory of the 2075-B Imperial missile has been corrected again. It can be determined that the enemy's precision guidance system is on those mechs."

"Xinyuehu still can't complete the landing. The time between landing and takeoff is enough for the imperial mechs to get close to Xinyuehu and launch an attack."

"Apply for a second fire strike."

The second round of artillery strikes came down quickly, but with little effect. The high-speed moving imperial mechs were hard to hit, just like those imperial shells couldn't hit Ji Xinghe.

The lieutenant general ordered again: "Immediately start a comprehensive interception."

"yes."

The three space battleships flew through space at a speed faster than the missiles, and then launched the interceptor missiles based on the calculated missile trajectories.

There are also four missile launch bases that were previously arranged by the Federation along the imperial missile trajectory, hidden for many years and have not been activated, let alone discovered. They were also activated in this interception operation.

Compared with the value of Ji Xinghe, even if these four missile launch bases were discovered by the empire, the federation would still make money.

The dual anti-missile system from the sky and the ground controls hundreds of anti-missile missiles and flies to a hundred imperial missiles one after another.

At a distance of more than 1,300 kilometers from Jixinghe, and at an altitude of 153 kilometers from the ground, six Imperial medium-range missiles were the first to be successfully intercepted. Those who failed to fly to the predetermined coordinates exploded in the sky of the alien star, and the fragments fell without causing any casualties, because there was no one on the ground.

"The scheduled strike time is 30 minutes, and the number of unintercepted missiles is 94."

"The scheduled strike time was 29 minutes, and ninety missiles were not intercepted."

"The scheduled strike time was 23 minutes, and sixty-five missiles were not intercepted."

"..."

"The scheduled strike time was ten minutes, and thirty missiles were not intercepted."

The efficiency of interception is very low, but this is not because the relevant technologies of the Federation are backward, but because the target of the Empire's attack this time is not the defensive center of gravity of the Federation's anti-missile system.

It can even be said to be the defensive blank area of ​​the anti-missile system. If Ji Xinghe had not become an ace mecha fighter, his status would have been different. There would never be three space battleships coming to intercept and support like soaring ships in space. .

Located on this section of the road, the Federation spent an unknown amount of resources before being able to hide the missile launch base, and it will not be activated because of this.

In the same way, if Ji Xinghe was not strong enough, the empire would not provide medium-range missiles as fire support again when it sent a mecha corps to pursue it.

It is not just a matter of cost, but also of efficiency.

The same firepower used to deal with the federal ground forces would cause far greater casualties.

And these firepower are used to deal with Ji Xinghe, it is very likely that they will lose everything.

In the past 20 minutes, not only more than 60 missiles were successfully intercepted, but the Imperial Mech Corps chasing Ji Xinghe also suffered heavy losses.

After destroying their missile launcher, facing only the imperial mechs without long-range combat capabilities, Xinyuehu has descended to a flying altitude of one thousand meters.

Their artillery strikes became more precise, and there were only sixty remaining imperial mechas.

But they are still chasing, and the orbits of the imperial missiles that are getting closer are constantly being corrected, which shows that they still maintain the ability to provide precise guidance for those missiles.

The lieutenant general ordered again: "Send out individual starships."

"yes."

Whether it is a space battleship or a missile launch base, they have lost their interception capabilities at this time.

But the Federation still has individual starships.

A total of forty individual starships flew out of the three space battleships, and plunged into the sky of the alien star in space, chasing the imperial missiles flying in the sky and began to intercept them.

Machine guns, missiles, and their own jamming bombs are all their interception weapons, but missiles with speeds exceeding Mach 2 are not easy to intercept.

"The scheduled strike time was five minutes, and five missiles were not intercepted."

"We... can't stop it."

Hearing this sentence, many people in an area of ​​the command hall of the Nantianmen space station suddenly fell silent. In fact, the success rate is much higher than the calculated 92%, but the remaining five missiles are still fatal to Ji Xinghe.

The correspondent suddenly shouted.

"Report, Xinyuehu applies for forced landing."

"Report, there is an individual starship pilot who has applied to collide with an Imperial missile."

"Report, three more individual starship pilots have applied to collide with Imperial missiles."

These three reports meant that someone was willing to sacrifice his life in order to rescue Ji Xinghe.

The lieutenant general once again made a decision: "Reject Xinyuehu's application for landing, and pass the application of four individual starship pilots."

"yes."

"etc."

Ji Xinghe, who was able to hear the voice of the command center based on his authority, once again disobeyed in public.

He said: "I don't want anyone to sacrifice for me, although I know it's unlikely, but at least for now, I don't think it should be like this."

The lieutenant general frowned: "Major Ji Xinghe, I need to remind you that you do not have the right to give orders or refuse orders."

This may be the biggest contradiction between some powerful figures in the Federation and Ji Xinghe before, even higher than the contradiction between war and peace talks.

"But I can turn around."

Said to turn around, Ji Xinghe turned around, and he rushed to the sixty imperial mechs chasing him.

"Ji Xinghe!"

The lieutenant general was angry.

Ji Xinghe's voice was very calm: "Someone said that the most dangerous place is the safest place. This sentence can be used three times in a person's life. I think this is my first time."

Ji Xinghe, who turned around and charged, was not looking for death, nor did he really believe this sentence. His voice continued to ring out in the combat situation center of Xinyuehu, and in a certain area of ​​the command center of the Nantianmen space station.

"Nuwa, activate the communication signal shielding."

In a transport vehicle with the full stealth mode activated, the response sound of the intelligent system Nuwa was not transmitted to the communication system.

It directly carried out Ji Xinghe's order.