Split Sky Rider

Chapter 957 - Appropriate Tactics

The ranking of the "qualifying battle" only starts when the top 100 appear. Those outside the top 100 have no chance to participate in the ranking. They are all losers. Even the elite combat pilots from the sovereignty will not receive any preferential treatment. Elimination is elimination, and there is nothing to say if you are not as skilled as others.

If the first round of the "qualifying battle" is about participation and everyone is having fun, then the second round will show the truth. Amateur players who have never touched the joystick have basically stopped in the first round.

At the end of the second round, there were only 444 participants, half less, and this time the byes finally made up.

The first day of the "qualifying battle" finally came to an end. Most of the participants who were eliminated on that day were amateur players and non-combat pilots. In addition, there were also some elite pilots who participated in this secret interception mission.

After all, they had to fight a game, which led to the exciting battle scenes in the second round far exceeding the first round.

The grand air force base party was still in a warm atmosphere, and even a barbecue party was held, but all pilots missed it.

After all, the dietary management standards in the aerospace industry are comparable to those of supermodels.

Those who can eat and drink to their heart's content and have their mouths full of oil are definitely not pilots. Pilots have to write thousands of words of inspection even for smoking a cigarette, so how can they dare to indulge their stomachs.

Chen Fei, who was about to take a few large skewers of oily fried fried meat, was dragged away by local soldiers. He has successfully advanced to the third round of simulation battle tomorrow and did not embarrass the first sovereignty.

"Barbecue, barbecue! I see lamb kidneys! Kidneys, my kidneys!"

Chen Fei, who was carried away by people on the left and right, looked at the barbecue stall getting farther and farther away. The unscrupulous barbecue man was showing off to him with a large skewers of grilled kidneys. The skewers of meat poured with vodka were on fire, and the aroma of wine rushed to all directions like a biological weapon, which was simply poisoning!

Damn, six large kidneys on a string, all meat!

The elite pilots of the First Sovereignty advised earnestly: "Your kidneys are still on your body, pilots can't eat anything randomly!"

Because of the strict diet management, every pilot is a handsome man and a beautiful woman with a fit and well-proportioned figure, with a distinct temperament. Not to mention eight-pack abs, at least the lines are clear, so the appearance of the aviation and aerospace circles is generally high.

Chen Fei protested: "I am the captain now, I want to eat barbecue!"

The two who caught him were air knights and ability users. Chen Xiaoer was held hostage and could not move.

Now he is the captain, he does not need to squeeze into the narrow cockpit, and body management, even if he only has one abs, will not have any impact.

"Captain? Captain, you can't do that either. You've exposed your cards today. Others are trying to figure you out. Sooner or later, they'll find targeted tactics. So hurry up and come up with as many countermeasures as possible, otherwise you'll probably not make it to the third round tomorrow."

"Don't be silly. You won't die if you skip a meal. Hurry up and catch up! You don't want to lose to that Myron, do you? Don't underestimate the Sky Knight. The Sky Knight can also beat a combat ship in a single fight."

The pilots of the First Sovereignty who held Chen Fei didn't intend to let this guy go, and they persuaded him earnestly.

Of course, it was verbal. It's not good to convince people with fists, and the military and civilians are fighting.

It's not easy to get to the third round, so we can't stop there!

Although Chen Fei's current performance is worthy of his civilian status, the combat pilots of the First Sovereignty still want more.

On the second day of the "ranking battle", there will no longer be amateurs giving away heads, because the participants are all tough guys, which makes the simulation battle fierce all of a sudden, and there is a lot of gunpowder between the participants.

Chen Fei exposed his combat aircraft on the first day of the "ranking battle". The combat pilots of other sovereigns are not fools, and they will definitely spend a lot of effort to figure out tactics against the aircraft, so the advantage of information asymmetry has disappeared.

For a smart air knight, the same move will lose its effect the second time, or even backfire.

So what the combat pilots of the first sovereign can think of, the pilots of other sovereigns can also think of.

The place to make up for the lessons is on Chen Fei's cooperative ship, which is his territory. He is not afraid of the American Federation secretly doing something, such as eavesdropping, surveillance, etc., which can be done completely. Despicable is the communication certificate of the despicable, and it is natural for the sovereigns to do everything possible.

"Ignore other pilots and focus on the air knights, including our own people. After all, your opponents are everyone, and you must treat them equally..."

Four hours later!

"...The usual tactics and air combat skills of the air knights have been explained. Now it's the countermeasures, mainly traps..."

Two hours later!

"It's not enough to just talk about it on paper. Can you make two flight simulators? The supernatural skills should be able to do it! Let's warm up with two games first! Let you taste the real power of the air knight!"

Two hours later!

"Let's get here now. There are still three hours before dawn. Hurry up and get some sleep!"

...

"Boarding number 748 'Rookie', No. 02, vs. boarding number 017 'Swift Eagle', No. 55, please board."

"Boarding number 619..."

...

On the second day of the "Ranking Battle", the third round of boarding information appeared on the big screen.

444 participants will be eliminated in the third round, and the ranking is getting closer and closer to the top 100.

Adam: Enter the simulated battlefield!

Adam: Found the enemy target, direction 090, distance 65 kilometers, altitude 8000 meters, speed 1.7 Mach, 4 medium-range element annihilation bombs, arriving in 13 seconds.

Identified as a crystal jet, the opponent "Swift Eagle" is undoubtedly an air knight.

"Railgun group salvo interception, lock the enemy target, 12 long-range missiles, salvo!"

As soon as they entered the battlefield, the battle started immediately.

The rhythm of the fight was quite fast. If the reaction was even half a beat slower, they would probably be eliminated immediately.

Even Chen Fei's coordinated ship could not confront the element annihilation bomb head-on. The opponent was very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of the combat aircraft, so the element annihilation bomb was served right away.

If the element annihilation bomb was allowed to approach the no-escape zone, the aircraft carrier, whose mobility was originally inferior to that of the light combat aircraft, would inevitably be unsustainable.

The dense volley of solid projectiles formed a neat formation, like a wall rushing towards the fast-approaching missiles, and then there was the second barrage, the third barrage, the fourth, the fifth...

The simulated battlefield also has realistic physical rules. The thick atmosphere limits the effective range and initial velocity of the magnetic railgun. In order to ensure the range, the initial velocity cannot be too high.

Blue light bloomed one after another, and the volley of the magnetic railgun group finally intercepted the elemental annihilation bomb. Groups of annihilation power exploded around the flying ship. The closest group of blue light was less than 20 kilometers away from the ship.

12 long-range missiles were divided into multiple directions, ready to surround the crystal energy jet that had just launched the attack.

"Particle beam guns are ready, four rapid shots, 3, 2, 1, fire!"

Chen Fei was ready to repeat the old trick.

However, in the next second, the crystal energy jet, about 120 kilometers away from the cooperative ship, moved horizontally two kilometers without warning, and four blue-white beams all missed.

As expected, just as the First Sovereign Sky Knights who tutored him last night said, the same tricks are useless against the skilled Sky Knights.

Attack prediction is almost a standard ability of Sky Knights.

"The laser cannon releases the guidance beam, locks the enemy aircraft, and the flying ship moves at full speed. The flight trajectory is an arc with a radius of 180 kilometers, and the speed limit is 3.1 Mach."

Chen Fei immediately switched tactics. The combat flying ship and the crystal energy jet compete in mobility, which is tantamount to using one's own enemy to attack the other's strengths, and it is no different from sending a head.

The fully launched crystal energy jet has the ability to break the defense of the flying ship, so even if the cooperative ship has a protective force field and a spell shield, it still cannot underestimate the opponent.

Multiple eye-catching thin beams of light were fired from the cooperative ship, pointing to the enemy crystal energy jet whose flight posture began to change. The guidance beam did not have any lethality, but was only to enhance the effect of naked eye capture and guidance.

If the crystal jet is slow to react, the power of the guidance beam will be instantly increased to a lethal beam. Even if it cannot directly shoot down the opponent, it can at least cause some damage. In a high-level contest, a little damage is enough to be the key to determine the victory or defeat of both sides.

Adam: This ship is flying at an altitude of 11,000 meters and a speed of 0.9 Mach!

The speed of the cooperative ship is getting faster and faster, and it seems to be trying to get rid of the entanglement of the crystal jet. The greater the distance between the two sides, the more advantageous it is for the flying ship.

If it is a beyond-visual-range battle, the flying ship is more likely to gain the upper hand.

The simulated sky reverberated with deafening skyquakes. With the size of the cooperative ship, once it exceeds the speed of sound, the movement caused is no less than a meteorite falling from the sky, with flames and white smoke all the way.

The crystal jet, which was tightly bitten by 12 missiles, dodged left and right, making dazzling evasive maneuvers while chasing Chen Fei's cooperative ship, and was not left behind too far.

The flight trajectory of the arc with a radius of 180 kilometers is a tactic in itself. It is not for escape, but for attraction. This is the trap tactic designed by the air knights of the First Sovereign for Chen Fei last night, inviting him into the trap.

As the opponent, the air knight "Swift Eagle" Ramsdoran had to take this bait.

12 missiles are almost the majority of the output firepower of a light combat aircraft, but not all of the combat aircraft. He knows very well that Chen Fei's cooperative ship can launch more missiles again.

"'Adam', 48 missiles, launch!"

Chen Fei knows very well the respective advantages of the combat aircraft and the crystal jet.

In terms of mobility, the crystal jet definitely wins.

However, in terms of firepower output and endurance, the combat aircraft has an absolute advantage.

No matter who the opponent is, it is the first principle to play to one's strengths and avoid weaknesses.

The trap tactic not only widens the distance between the two sides, but also creates opportunities for the first batch of 12 missiles and suppresses the mobility advantage of the crystal jet.

Missiles trailing white smoke whizzed out from the left and right sides of the coordinated ship, leaving trails in the sky, like surging rivers, rushing towards the crystal energy jets that were trying to catch up.