The Leishan accelerated with all its strength, and the same was true for the alien battleship. Although the two battleships were facing each other head-to-head, their flight directions were exactly the same. As a result, the encounter time was greatly delayed. It took almost two hours before the enemy ship was barely within range.
This period of time was unexpectedly long, which made Ye Han very dissatisfied, but he knew very well that this was the limit of Leishan.
It is not that the speed of a battleship cannot be increased, but once the acceleration exceeds the design limit, the battleship's structure will be irreversibly damaged, and the reaction chamber of the thruster will also be damaged by a micro-nuclear explosion that exceeds the limit.
If this was a battle that was related to the survival of mankind, Ye Han would definitely not mind trading battleships for victory, but now it was just an insignificant pursuit battle, and he would naturally not take the risk of destroying the battleship and chasing the enemy ship.
In Ye Han's mind, today's chase must be a risk-free battle. If there was a possibility of endangering the Leishan, he would rather give up the pursuit and let the enemy ship escape.
It was under this premise that Leishan brought enemy ships into range.
At this time, the speed difference between the two sides was not much different, with Leishan only slightly faster than the enemy ship.
This is not the speed limit of Leishan. To be more precise, as long as Leishan still has fuel, it can continue to accelerate. The reason why there is a speed limit is that the reaction chamber has limited endurance, and the battleship is not that far away.
Accelerate fully.
For example, from the Earth to Jupiter, the battleship keeps accelerating in the first half of the journey, but halfway or two-thirds of the way, the battleship must slow down to prepare in advance for entering the orbit of Jupiter.
The first one to fire was the laser cannon. The three laser turrets fired frequently, and the laser beam never left the enemy ship.
The alien battleship was also unambiguous, and Xiao Guang kept saying hello to the Leishan.
Because the distance is still far, whether it is a laser or a thin light, it will not hurt or itch when it hits the enemy ship.
Ye Han was not interested in this kind of useless artillery battle. After only fighting for a short while, he impatiently fired smoke bombs. Several smoke bombs flew in front of the Leishan, and after they exploded, they formed several dark smoke screens, and the Leishan was thrown away.
His body was completely blocked.
The smoke screen does not distinguish between friend and foe, and blocks the aliens, and naturally also blocks the Leishan. However, the designer has already thought of this. When the Leishan launched the smoke bomb, it also launched two special missiles. After flying out of the range of the smoke screen,
, flying with them on both sides of the battleship.
This thing is just a pair of small satellites with engines. They don't have many functions, but they are quite useful.
Then Ye Han resorted to old methods, using radar to locate targets and using artillery shells and missiles to carry out sneak attacks.
However, the situation once again exceeded Ye Han's expectations. Even if his line of sight was blocked by the smoke screen, the alien's firepower was still accurate, but it could not penetrate the smoke screen.
This situation attracted Ye Han's attention. He speculated that there were two possibilities. One was that the aliens calculated the position of the battleship based on the speed and trajectory of the Leishan; the other was that the enemy ship behind reported the location of the Leishan to the enemy ship in front.
...No, there is another possibility, which is to guess the location of the Leishan through the trajectory of the artillery shells!
Ye Han took the time to pay attention to the rear. The enemy ship that had been thrown away by the Leishan was still struggling to catch up, and the "abandoned soldier" actually gave up on escaping, changed its direction and was flying back.
So he pointed at asteroid No. 4 and said: "It ran back as soon as we left. There must be something wrong here! Where is the road? Write it down. Let's go back again."
After saying that, he turned his gaze forward: "Let's also move."
"Yes!" He Lu agreed and made arrangements. The side engine located on the port side suddenly exerted force and pushed the Leishan to move to the right.
The enemy ship's firepower still fell at its original position, and Ye Han suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Even if enemy ships report to each other, it will definitely not be that timely. It is enough to understand this: "Have you calculated the patterns of enemy ships?"
"No, it's just a small, irregular maneuver." He Lu said.
"Calculate the odds, the electromagnetic gun will fire a wave of five or seven bursts, it's up to you." Ye Han said.
It's easier to maneuver with a small range of motion, and even if there is no pattern, the probability of hitting is relatively high.
As for large-scale maneuvers, haha, the aliens would not dare to do so at all, because both sides are within the effective range of the other side, and maneuvers must be frequent, otherwise it will give the enemy a chance to hit.
Some people may think that variable speed linear motion is also a solution.
This can indeed dodge most cannonballs, but it will definitely not dodge missiles, so there is a reason why the aliens fly like this.
After receiving the order, He Lu calculated for a while, and after getting the result, he fired almost twenty electromagnetic artillery shells at the enemy ship in one go. The number far exceeded Ye Han's expectation.
However, Ye Han also saw the calculation data. The hit rate of seven consecutive rounds of the electromagnetic gun was only 32%, but the current hit rate was 76%.
Adding more shells will increase the hit rate, but the improvement is relatively small. The hit rate of forty shells is only 88%.
Eighteen shells is the balance between the number of shells and the hit rate. Instead of firing forty shells at once, it is better to split the 88% into two 76%.
After the electromagnetic gun fired, the Leishan moved a little further to the lower left to avoid its true position being detected by enemy ships.
Before the battleship arrived, Ye Han discovered that the movement trajectory of the enemy ship suddenly changed. It no longer maneuvered in the previous way, but quickly evaded to the left, flying out of the range of the cannonball in one breath.
Ye Han almost stared out of his eyes: "They saw it, they must have seen the cannonball!"
It’s so fucking painful, you can even see the shells of the electromagnetic gun? How on earth do you have these eyes?
Luo Qi considered his tone and said, "So dark? You shouldn't have seen it, right?"
Ye Han's expression became more solemn: "You mean, aliens have radars?"
"I think so." Luo Qi said.
"Impossible." He Lu retorted, "If we had radar, how could we not know where we are?"
"Stop arguing." Ye Han waved his hand to interrupt, "I don't care about this. The enemy ship knows it's better to hide from the shells, so why don't you bomb it as hard as you can to drive it aside?"
He Lu suddenly understood: "Yes!"
The target of the Leishan is not the enemy ship, but the escaping alien spacecraft. If it can force the enemy ship away, why bother fighting with the aliens?
Ye Han estimated that the enemy would not realize this oversight for a while and planned to seize this opportunity to get rid of the enemy ship. The problem was that the speeds of the two sides were not much different. It would take a lot of time just to catch up with the enemy ship, let alone
Overtaken enemy ships.
At this time, Asteroid No. 4 was already millions of kilometers away. If the stalemate continued, there was no telling how long it would take to catch up with the target.
Ye Han gritted his teeth and said: "He Lu, artillery shells and missiles, whatever method you use, kill the enemy ships as soon as possible for me, do you understand?"
