Sitting in the central control room, the captain, Yuan Guoqing, was wearing a helmet. Through the mini quantum brain in his eyeball, he controlled the aircraft in space to fly towards the target.
Compared to the other rookie pilots who had at most 100 hours of flying experience, he was undoubtedly the most experienced pilot in the newly formed flying unit.
He had almost 20 years of flying experience and he had experienced the era of the Republic and the era of the Reconstruction Area. Although most of his experience was with the old fighter jets, he was the best of the best as he was able to survive in the cruel era of the Reconstruction Area.
However, his luck did not last until the end. During a battle in the air, his plane was accidentally grazed by a mutated bird and the plane crashed. Fortunately, he managed to eject from the cockpit in time and luckily escaped with his life. However, his arm was pierced through by a hard tree branch during the landing process and he suffered a serious puncture wound.
When he returned to the Reconstruction Area, it was already three days later. His wound had started to rot and a small piece of his muscle had disappeared. Although he had recovered after treatment, his hand was no longer as agile as before. To a pilot, this undoubtedly meant that he had to retire early.
In fact, after he recovered, he returned to United City and was responsible for the selection of local pilots.
At the same time, he had escaped from the Glassian's mass extinction of mankind.
Yuan Guoqing thought that he had bid farewell to the sky but he did not expect that he would be recruited again.
The development of technology was beyond everyone's imagination. Even in his arrogant fantasy, he had never thought that he would be able to operate a space battleship in his lifetime, even if it was just using his brain waves to control it from afar.
At this moment, in front of him, there was a miniaturized interface of the control room of the spaceship.
Yuan Guoqing felt like he was in a real fighter jet as he watched the meteorites occasionally slide past him in the virtual reality scene. However, other than being a little surprised at the beginning, he was no longer surprised by the situation.
Yuan Guoqing looked at the speed displayed on the interface of the control room and realized that he had unknowingly reached the highest safe speed in the galaxy, which was 1,500 kilometers per second. The speed had been completely locked on.
In space, as the reference point was far away, if one did not look at the speed display, one would not be able to feel his own movement.
"Everyone, report the situation of your spaceship." Yuan Guoqing connected to the communication link and said to each team member in a deep voice. Although his team members were right next to him and could hear him even if he did not connect to the communicator, as a veteran pilot, he knew the necessity of these procedures. Many times, they could often avoid many accidents.
After all, piloting a space battleship was too easy. It was like a fool's errand. Basically, there was no need for any additional operations. Even a pig would be able to take on the role of a pilot after a little trial and error. This was also the reason why many pilots would not be able to concentrate during the flight.
"Captain, everything is fine on the Swan."
"Captain, everything is fine on the Raven."
"Captain, everything is fine on the Eagle."
"Captain, everything is fine on Sparrow."
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"Sparrow and Eagle, remember to fly in formation. Don't act alone!" Yuan Guoqing glanced at the position icons of the other fighter jets and noticed that two of them had left the formation. He could not help but reprimand them.
This kind of reckless rookie pilot was a headache for him, who had a long military career and had a relatively old-fashioned personality. Not only was his discipline worrisome, but he also often wanted to show off his skills. Fortunately, he was piloting an automatic fighter. If it was an old-fashioned fighter, the pilot would have long been destroyed.
Fortunately, he was still able to control these rookies and did not cause any trouble.
He closed his eyes slightly and began to recuperate. There was still a long time before the goal of the battle. For anyone, this was a double test of stamina and energy, especially for a middle-aged man like him, who needed to maintain an abundance of energy.
Moreover, this was the first time their flying team was carrying out a combat mission. They had to complete it beautifully.
In fact, the military had always been doubtful about the development of space battleships and they had been debating about it. The more radical view was that when civilization developed into the space era, the two-dimensional battlefield would become a three-dimensional battlefield. The war mode on Earth was no longer applicable. In the future, the war would return to the era of giant warships and cannons. In an evenly matched battle, weapons like space battleships could only be used as a limited supplement and not the main weapon of war.
After all, a warship usually had terrifying combat power, an impenetrable defense network, and a more advanced detection ability. These were things that the space battleships could not be compared to. Especially with the emergence of light speed weapons like lasers, the space battleships were useless.
Although the space battleships also had laser weapons, it was impossible to destroy a spaceship with limited energy. However, the laser weapons of spaceships, even the weakest defense laser cannons could easily destroy a space battleship. The reason was that the energy levels of the space battleships were not on the same level.
In a war where both parties had similar levels of technology, it would be impossible to destroy a spaceship with space battleships unless there was a certain number of spaceships.
Yuan Guoqing did not agree with this view at all. Even though he was not a radical supporter of aircraft carriers, he was completely against such pure giant warships and cannons.
It was undoubtedly dangerous and stupid to expose the spaceship to the enemy's cannons.
Not to mention the fact that there was only one spaceship and all humans were living in spaceships, even if humans could mass-produce spaceships in the future, the number of spaceships would be limited due to the limited resources. Destroying one spaceship would be a huge loss.
In comparison, the space battleships were like cheap goods.
The amount of steel required to produce a spaceship could easily produce thousands or even tens of thousands of spaceships. Even if all of them were destroyed and only one spaceship escaped, it would be worth it.
Moreover, it was extremely rare to encounter a civilization that had similar levels of technology as humans. In reality, there were only two possibilities. Either they were stronger than humans or they were weaker.
The former was needless to say. At least in the current situation, humans could only run for their lives. The space battleships in the spaceship could still interfere with the other party's pursuit. As for the latter, a large number of space battleships would be more effective than a spaceship.
In his opinion, in the future, spaceships would be the combination of aircraft carriers and battleships. The space battleships would be an extension of the spaceship's power and also an important part of the spaceship's defense and attack power. In the early stages of a war, it would be responsible for reconnaissance and intelligence. In the middle of a war, it would assist in attacking and intercepting weapons. Even if human technology had advanced to an unbelievable level, the space battleships would not be eliminated so easily.
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Venus in the distance was already far behind them. In comparison, the gigantic beast was still an insignificant dot.
Thirteen hours had passed and they even had lunch and dinner. Finally, they were close to their target.
The distance between them was less than 500,000 kilometers. Although it was an astronomical distance from the perspective of humans before the apocalypse, it would only take five minutes for the space battleship to travel at its current speed.
At this moment, Yuan Guoqing was highly focused and was in combat mode. He silently counted to ten seconds in his mind and then ordered, "Attention all team members, decelerate to 500 kilometers per second!"
"Swan roger!"
"Sparrow roger!"
"Eagle roger!"
"Raven roger!"
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The gigantic beast was traveling slowly in space. The scorching sun behind it dyed its body golden. It was close to the sun and the light was rather dazzling. The temperature of the sun in space could reach 400 to 500 degrees Celsius. However, this temperature did not seem to affect the gigantic beast at all.
Perhaps it was because the distance was too far. At this moment, it did not feel the impending danger. It was still flying in a straight line according to its original trajectory.
Time ticked by.
When they were 100,000 kilometers away, Yuan Guoqing finally gave the order to attack. "Attention all team members, prepare the laser cannon!"
"Attack!"
In just one-third of a second, ten high-energy lasers pierced through the space and hit the gigantic beast's body, splashing a faint light.
The gigantic beast's body trembled slightly. In space, it roared silently. Following that, the energy in its body suddenly burned fiercely and there were traces of ripples in the space. However, although its reaction was quite intense, it was only an instinctive uneasiness from the inexplicable attack. In fact, it was not injured at all. This high-energy laser, which could penetrate an aircraft carrier, hit its body. Other than some splashes of energy fluctuations, it was completely unharmed.
After a few rounds of attacks, the team members also noticed this situation.
"Captain, it seems like the lasers are useless against it!"
Yuan Guoqing did not speak immediately. He looked at the magnified virtual reality and observed the reaction of the gigantic beast. He could not help but feel a sense of awe for this creature. This incredible creature was undoubtedly quite strong against energy. The space battleship's lasers were like tickles to it.
However, other than that, it did not seem to have any effective means of counterattack. It could only withstand the attacks in vain. However, it made sense. Facing tens of thousands of kilometers away, this gigantic beast might not even be able to see the shadow of the space battleship, let alone attack.
"Estimate the fastest flying speed of the interstellar creature?" Yuan Guoqing asked the artificial intelligence system in his mind.
"30.5 kilometers per second!"
The artificial intelligence of the space battleship was far less advanced than that of the spaceship. In comparison, it was still relatively dull.
Yuan Guoqing judged the situation and instantly had a complete understanding of the battle. They had the absolute advantage in this battle. As long as the space battleship did not crash into it, with their advantage in speed, they were completely invincible. He immediately changed his order and said, "Disband the formation, change to the electromagnetic cannon and attack freely."
He did not believe that even the electromagnetic cannon could not shake it.
As soon as the order was given, a few of the team members cheered. The next moment, the space battleships immediately flew in all directions like wild dogs.
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