Facing the enemy's unprecedentedly powerful defensive firepower, the Demon Prince who commanded the Fourth Plague Company used his evil sorcery to breed corrupt cysts on the battleship deck to increase the battleship's defense while ordering a full-speed charge.
As long as they get close enough, they can launch a deadly gang-hopping. Only one small team is enough to capture an enemy space station.
But this plan was quickly blocked by an overwhelming number of fighter planes, and they were fighters that even the ancient Plague Marines didn't recognize. They looked half the size of the Empire's most common Fury interceptors, and were shaped like a triangle. There were 2 of them. The speed of the main engines and wing rocket thrusters is neither too fast nor too slow, but there are an astonishing number of them.
This is the "Minuteman" fighter plane specially designed for galaxy defense. Its real name is the Defender Interceptor. This kind of fighter is simple, cheap, and durable. Because it is used for galaxy defense, its main materials are relatively low-grade. Titanium alloy has relatively poor anti-strike ability, and its electronic system is slightly simpler than that of Imperial fighter aircraft. It only has small active radar and fire control radar, and does not have the complex calculation equipment and life support devices of ordinary Imperial star fighter aircraft. It also has an escape device. It has been simplified to a cockpit detachment system and does not have the ability to attack independently from the command center. In addition, in order to save man-hours and materials, the thickness of the body shell has also been reduced a lot, and the engine life has been relatively short. Although this has resulted in the survival of the Defender interceptor. Its performance is much worse than that of Fury, but its cost is also greatly reduced. The cost of seven Defender interceptors is not as much as that of one Fury interceptor.
Although some mechanical priests have doubts about this kind of "inferior" fighter, it fundamentally solves the problem of the planet's local guards and galaxy defense forces not having space fighters, and also reduces the cost, although protection and survival are sacrificed. Sex, but it is guaranteed to be at least enough for use in battle.
And this kind of fighter is not without its unique features, such as its wing rocket thruster, which is actually a device used on small transport aircraft of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Its main function is to allow aircraft with insufficient engine power to escape the gravity of the planet. Entering orbit, the same is true for the Defender interceptor. It is a fighter aircraft that can be used in both the atmosphere and orbital space. However, the wing rocket thruster can also be used in orbital combat, allowing it to reach or even exceed the speed of the Empire in a short period of time. It is as good as an interceptor, but it cannot be used for more than ten minutes, otherwise there is a risk of explosion.
At the same time, its firepower is worthy of its size, with 2 heavy laser cannons, 4 heavy missile launchers, and 4 light missile launchers, which are enough to meet the needs of most naval battles.
Since the structure of the Defender fighter is relatively simple, Ulan Huda simply established three production plants in the Neisen system, two in Neisen IV and one in Neisen V. They were manufactured in just six years. There are nearly 160,000 Defender fighter jets, and these Defender fighter jets form the core force of the Nessen system's low-Earth orbit defense.
The Fourteenth Legion obviously knew nothing about this. When more than 20,000 defender fighter planes appeared near the fleet of the Fourth Plague Company, even the Demon Prince was shocked. The ten most convinced of the theory of giant ships and cannons As far as the Fourth Army is concerned, in the past, when encountering things like fighter jets, they were almost like seeing flies, and they didn't care at all.
But when the inconspicuous things reached a certain amount, these plague warriors, whose minds and bodies were stuck in the past, finally realized that maybe some things were not as simple as they thought...
"There is only one ship! The Grand Threat, the Abomination, leads the fleet from the right to entangle the Queen of Glory, the Smallpox, have you seen those small ships? Block them and slowly crush them, filthy believers.
...I will personally disembowel the flagship of that damned legion and make it my own, and as the slow despair flows from the rotting entrails of the Queen of Glory, the loving fathers will smile with their warships
, I will pour out the sweetest diseases and plagues on them, corrupt them, wither them, and release true despair!"
After receiving the order, the Plague Fleet deployed in a stable front, shrouding the Avesta like a big hand. At the same time, various light spears and cannonballs spilled out, hitting the Avesta's mysterious shield, but it
It showed a completely different state from the void shield. The energy and physical attacks seemed to disappear directly, but the spiers and weapons on the Avista shone brighter and brighter.
"Master, there is no psychic signal. The opponent is not using a void shield, but... the energy of the attack has disappeared."
"Hmm...what exactly did the Erased Legion study?"
Although Typhons already knew about the Eleventh Legion from some channels, his information was too little.
"But the style of the entire ship is somewhat similar to that of the Necron. We have to be careful. The weapons of those soulless machines are very powerful."
Before he finished speaking, the entire bridge suddenly went dark, and then the tentacles and cysts that proliferated on the bridge withered one after another. Even Typhons felt a sharp blade scratching his skin.
"What's going on!"
"Master! An unknown energy erupted from the opponent's ship...The equipment has malfunctioned! It is being restarted urgently!"
"Damn it!"
Typhons was startled, and then saw the Avesta begin to accelerate, and at the same time, the huge plasma cannons on the side began to roar.
Without the protection of its shield, the Scourge-class battleship Grand Threat suffered heavy damage in an instant. The plasma explosion melted the hard deck and opened it, followed by blinding lightning, which directly tore the keel. In just seven or eight seconds, a giant ship
It has been severely damaged...
After slaughtering the Grand Menace, the Avesta passed by the outside of the Plague Fleet that was recovering from paralysis. The particle whip swept through the crowded fleet like a scythe, annihilating each small ship.
By the time the bridge of the USS was restored, fifteen ships had already been destroyed by the opponent. This efficiency made Typhons, who had forgotten what it felt like to sweat, feel like he was dripping with sweat.
"The cursed coward! Used an alien weapon! Destroy it!"
At this time, he was also a little over the top, and planned to order the Terminus to rush towards the opponent at all costs, as well as the entire fleet, but he ignored one thing.
"Master! A large number of ships appear behind us!"
"Um!?"
Typhons looked at the tactical instrument and found that at least a hundred signals had appeared behind the fleet at some unknown time. Only then did he realize that the opponent's sudden paralysis of the entire fleet's equipment was not to attack, but to provide time for the outflank.
Although the galaxy defense fleet is all small ships, no matter how small they are, they are still warships. Each ship has at least a few naval guns. In order to enhance the firepower of the defense fleet, many of them have been converted into torpedo ships. Although those torpedo assault ships are almost
There is no decent firepower, but each ship carries at least four armor-piercing torpedoes, and launching them is their only mission.