1521. Capture the Pacific Defense Line (Medium)
With the Sprunes-class destroyer being hit by a missile, the Guardian Empire's attack on the Pacific Defense Line officially began!
Before the shockwaves of the explosion died down, the second wave of missiles from the Dragon Rider Mark IV aircraft arrived! The US Navy's defense forces went all out. The close-range defense system fired with all its might. The six-barreled 20-millimeter cannons spat out two to three meters long tongues of flame, raining down shells at a rate of 100 rounds per second!
If one had to point out a flaw in the Dragonrider IV, it would be that this type of aircraft didn't have enough ammunition. The air-to-ground missile it used was actually a small missile similar in size to America's AMG-111 Hellfire missile. It was around two meters long. This kind of missile was not powerful enough to attack a warship. Under the frenzied firepower of the US Navy, most of the missiles were intercepted, but hundreds of them still fell.
Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosions erupted in the middle of the US fleet! The power of the explosions shook the warships. The decks of several warships were set ablaze, and the soldiers from the damage control department hurried to extinguish the fire.
Before the flames could be completely controlled, a series of humming engines could be heard. Hundreds of Dragon Rider Mark IV aircraft swooped down, and a large number of ion cannons rained down like raindrops. There was no way to dodge! After Tang Yu began his research on pyrolyte ore, he upgraded all the ion cannons under his command. Using pyrolyte ore as the energy source, the ion cannons became even more powerful, their firing range increased, and their colour changed to a light purple!
Boom! An ion cannon smashed into the bow of a Perry-class frigate, causing a violent explosion. The MK-75 76mm naval cannon at the front of the warship was instantly blasted open with a huge hole. The high temperature instantly melted the cannon turret into a pile of scrap metal that couldn't even be seen clearly! Then, the high temperature detonated the ammunition depot, and a second explosion occurred!
Boom! Boom! The bow of the Perry-class frigate had a huge hole blown out. Seawater swarmed in, and the tail of the warship immediately began to rise.
On a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship to the side, several hundred American soldiers were currently operating the MK-38 25 mm caliber anti-aircraft cannons that had been temporarily installed on the flight deck, firing with all their might. However, when the anti-aircraft cannons struck these Dragonrider Type IV aircrafts, they were immediately blocked by a faint screen of light. They couldn't even touch a single layer of their skin!
Boom! Boom! Boom!! The warship was immediately attacked by more than a dozen aircraft, and the deck was instantly plunged into a sea of fire. Under the extremely high temperature, the unprotected US Navy soldiers did not even have time to scream before they were burnt to a crisp! Even the bridge was hit by countless ion cannons, and after a series of violent explosions, it turned into ruins. Now, the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship had become a ghost ship. The explosion and high temperature had killed all the officers and soldiers on board. All the equipment on board had been damaged. It was now a pile of scrap metal floating on the sea.
This was just the first wave of attacks, yet these several hundred Dragonrider type four fighter jets' concentrated ion cannon bombardment destroyed more than twenty American navy warships. Because the upper deck of these warships was attacked, apart from the previous Perry-class frigate, which had four to five ships sunk due to their fuel depots or ammunition depots, the other destroyed warships floated on the sea like torches. This situation was even more horrifying than directly sinking the warship, because the charred corpses on the warship and the twisted structure were like a nightmare haunting the hearts of every UA Navy officer.
The battleship New Jersey was also under concentrated attack. Dozens of Dragonrider type four aircraft surrounded the huge battleship, bombarding it with ion cannons. Fortunately, compared to other modern warships, this battleship built during World War II placed more emphasis on armor protection. So, under the bombardment of the Dragonrider type four aircraft, although it was set ablaze, it still managed to hold on!
This wave of attacks lasted for more than an hour, and more than ten Dragonrider type four aircraft were shot down by the concentrated firepower of the UA Navy. Although the energy shields were strong, they had their limits.
In the command center on the artificial floating island, the UA Navy commander put down his binoculars and said loudly, "They're retreating! Immediately repair all the damaged warships, let the barges drag the destroyed ships to the front and use torpedoes to sink them! After that, hurry up and salvage those spaceships that have been shot down. We need to study them! We should have half a day before the next wave of attacks arrives! "
"Sir, I feel that the Guardian Empire's offensive this time is not the same as usual …" The adjutant said worriedly.
The commander nodded and said in a deep voice, "They've completely gone crazy. Previously, it was rare for more than a hundred aircraft to appear, but according to our calculations just now, a total of 347 aircraft were used! Not only that, the movements of these aircraft are even crazier, that's why more than ten of them were shot down.
So, this time, they might be determined to win! " The adjutant said. In their conversation, they all referred to these aircraft as' them '. In reality, the Dragonrider type four aircraft were actually a type of robot, this had already been confirmed by the UA.
"No! They can't break through the Pacific defense line! " The commander said boldly. "Although the Guardian Empire's aircraft are quite powerful, even rendering our planes and missiles useless, they don't have a navy! It's impossible to break through our defense line just by relying on those civilian ships! Be it naval cannons or torpedoes, even if we don't use missiles, we have ten thousand ways to send them to the bottom of the sea to feed the fishes! "
"But even so, against the attacks of these aircraft, we're completely using human lives!" The adjutant said.
"Behind us is our motherland! Even if we have to pay ten times, a hundred times more lives, we still have to defend this place! Moreover, the sealed battleships USS North Carolina, USS Massachusetts, USS Texas, and USS Alabama are also undergoing urgent modifications. At most, in two months, they can be strengthened. When that time comes, I want to see how the Guardian Empire can fight a war of attrition against us with just Antarctica and those robots! "The commander said loudly.
"Sir …" A soldier on the side suddenly whispered as if he had seen a ghost.
"What's wrong?" The commander turned his head and asked.
The soldier pointed outside the window with a trembling finger and said incoherently, "They're … they're coming again …"
The commander rushed over, only to see hundreds of black dots appear in the sky in front of him! Shockingly, it was the Dragonrider type four aircraft again! He quickly raised his binoculars, only to see that as expected, they were all Dragonrider type four aircraft, and they were all brand new!
Not only that, but this time, in the middle of these aircraft, there was a very large disc-shaped aircraft! This huge aircraft alone was more than fifty meters wide, even larger than some destroyers! But compared to destroyers, this aircraft was f * cking flying in the sky!
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