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The first Trisolaran troops to depart from the Star Kingdom, along with the 100,000-strong support force led by Aiate, and other Trisolarans who received orders from Trisolaran Island to go to Ansel to provide support.
Unbeknownst to them, once they stepped into the area covered by satellites and airships, their every move was being monitored, even though the General Staff and Su Mu had analyzed their objectives.
The command center concluded that the unidentified troops advancing towards Farah were likely there to provide support. Despite this conclusion, the command center still made corresponding defensive arrangements, as it is always wise to be cautious.
At an army camp, elite special forces who had participated in guiding missile attacks and data collection, and who had just finished their first counterattack and defense operation against the Abyss, were resting at their base.
Inside the barracks of the first squad, twenty team members were chatting and maintaining their weapons, while the squad leader, Geng Libin, was reviewing their mission logs.
They wanted to see where their actions were lacking, what details they hadn't noticed, based on Su Mu's analysis. In this world where they knew so little, they had to be careful and constantly improve themselves.
At this moment, a brand new command popped up on his personal terminal. Geng Libin saw that it was to view the task details. After reading it, he closed his eyes and recalled it for a moment.
After confirming that all the character details were memorized, I clicked "confirm" on my personal terminal and officially accepted the mission.
Geng Libin stood up and clapped his steel hands together, making a "yun...yun..." sound, which attracted the attention of his teammates.
"Brothers, we have a new mission. I've already sent the mission briefing to your respective client accounts, everyone take a look," Geng Libin said.
Everyone started looking down at their personal terminals to see what kind of mission it was this time.
"Good heavens, a force of 100,000 men, this is a real challenge," said Guan Weiming, the sniper in the team, with a smile.
"Are you blind?" Li Xian, the support soldier, retorted. "Didn't you see the instructions? Other units will be cooperating. Our main task is with those other smaller units."
Sniper Guan Weiming rolled his eyes and ignored him. He was used to this guy always talking back to him, but he could trust his comrades with his back to him.
"Wow... a unit that might be Trisolarans?" Su Mu exclaimed. "I just wonder if they're the same as those described in the novels."
"Who knows?" Medic Yang Guozhi said casually as he looked at the mission briefing.
After a while, Geng Libin said, "Have you all finished reading the mission briefing?"
"We've finished watching," everyone replied.
"Very good." Geng Libin nodded. "Everyone, grab your gear immediately, let's go."
"Yes."
After everyone had their weapons and equipment in hand, they boarded the hover armored personnel carriers parked at the camp and headed toward their target location.
Meanwhile, at the strategic missile camp on the other side, they quickly headed to the designated launch site the moment they received the authorization order.
It also completed a series of pre-launch preparations, including launcher deployment, full system testing, input of target area coordinates, and reception of satellite positioning signals.
Upon receiving the latest operational plan and orders, Strategic Missile Commander Chai Liangzhong issued the order: "Everyone must immediately conduct a final pre-launch check on the entire system."
"Launch pad deployment complete."
"Confirm the label input once again to ensure it is correct."
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"The inertial navigation system is functioning normally."
"The laser gyroscope is operating normally, and the track trimming parameters are set correctly."
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"The ignition system is functioning normally."
"Report! Commander, all systems are functioning well! Ready to launch at any time."
After receiving the report that the entire system was operating normally, Chai Liangzhong nodded and clicked the confirmation button to indicate that preparation was complete on the combat panel.
In the command center, Su Mu saw on the big screen that all the participating troops were ready and began to issue the final orders.
"An Yan, formally issue the 'beat the grass to alert the enemy' operation plan to the strategic missile force and the aerospace warship force. Order the air force, army, air defense forces and other participating forces to deploy according to the plan and prepare to defend against a large-scale abyss attack."
“The order has been issued,” An Yan said.
At the strategic missile launch command center, after receiving the order to officially begin the mission, Chai Liangzhong immediately gave the order, "Launch countdown, 10...9...8..."
At the same time, all participating troops displayed a countdown to the launch of strategic missiles on their masks and large screens, drawing everyone's attention.
Looking towards the launch site, they were about to witness a new first: the first large-scale launch of strategic weapons in actual combat.
Chapter 183: Free Attack
“4……3……2……1……0，发射。”
"Launch." The operator repeated the command, opened the protective cover of the launch button, and pressed the red launch button.
"Observation Station No. 1 reports: Target acquired, flight attitude normal."
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"The laser cannon is initiating a programmed turn."
"Program turn complete."
"The satellite has acquired the target! The target's flight attitude is normal! The flight trajectory is normal."
"Navigation signal is normal! Positioning signal is normal."
"The laser cannon '510' is about to enter the lower atmosphere."
As the laser cannon was launched into the sky, Elena Bosworth, the leader of the Royal Mage Corps among the Star Kingdom's reinforcements who were resting, suddenly pointed in the direction of Ansel and exclaimed, "Look! What's that?"
Everyone looked in the direction Elena Bosworth pointed, where five bright orbs of light were rapidly flying into the sky. To see what they were, the mages cast Eagle Eye buffs on themselves.
What is this?
“I don’t know.” Kettleran frowned as she looked at the strange object rising rapidly. “But those things give me an extremely dangerous feeling. Even if I were to face their attack head-on, I would die without any ability to resist.”
"Is that so?" Aya frowned as she looked at the things in space that were gradually disappearing. "Such power, and it seems to be coming from the direction of Ansel, which means it's an attack from an alien civilization, then..."
“If it weren’t for the alien civilization launching an attack on the Abyss, or if they hadn’t been unable to withstand the Abyss’s attacks and had used their trump cards,” Keltrilan continued.
Both of them saw the worry in each other's eyes, and Aiyate immediately ordered, "Everyone, finish your rest and set off immediately! Hurry! Hurry!"
Everyone quickly packed up, mounted their horses, and galloped in the opposite direction towards Ansel. The other Trisolarans who came to provide support came to the same conclusion when they saw the five points of light, and they all increased their speed.
"The laser cannon has entered outer space."
"Warhead separation successful! Adjusting attitude! Preparing to change course and enter attack trajectory."
"Attitude adjustment complete, initiating orbit change."
The warhead in space began to constantly change its trajectory, slowly entering its attack orbit, and occasionally adjusting its attitude.
"Successfully entered the attack trajectory! Attack expected to be completed in five minutes."
Having entered attack positions, a five-minute countdown appeared on the integrated intelligence display screens of the three warships, "Qin Zhan," "Jiaolong," and "Yanlong," which were hovering high in the sky.
As the countdown began, all three captains simultaneously ordered, "All ships to combat altitude."
The three warships above the clouds began to rapidly descend, reaching operational altitude in a short time.
"Report to the captain! We have reached operational altitude. The Abyss forces are now within full weapon coverage."
"Report, Captain! All weapons are unlocked."
"Reporting, Captain! Target assignment complete."
The three captains nodded and waited quietly for their opportunity to attack, three minutes before the strategic laser cannon was about to hit its target.
At the command of the three captains, a total of 600 vertical laser cannon firing units began to fire simultaneously. A rain of laser cannons covered the sky, leaving behind sonic boom clouds that rushed straight toward the target.
"The 'Qin Zhan' and 'Jiaolong' submersibles deployed their bow armor, and the electromagnetic railguns began charging into rapid-fire mode," Lin Kai and Liu Yong issued the orders.
"The positron siege guns of the 'Yanlong' are charging! Low-power attack mode." Acting Captain Hou Yujiang also issued the order.
One minute after the laser cannon had been in flight, Captain Lin Kai of the "Qin Zhan" and Captain of the "Jiaolong" ordered all weapons to fire. The fully charged electromagnetic railgun began firing at a rate of one shot every thirty seconds.
The twin-mounted main guns began firing the active damage elemental cannons at a rate of 2,000 rounds per minute, with the cannons, crackling with electricity, forming a straight line in the air.
The electromagnetic weapons on the "Flame Dragon" also began firing simultaneously, while other energy weapons remained silent, including the fully charged positron siege cannons.
The energy weapons and positron siege cannons on the "Flame Dragon" will begin their attack the moment the strategic laser cannon hits the abyss, in order to ensure that all attacks hit simultaneously.
To inflict maximum damage, after the first round of attacks, it's time for free attacks.
As time passed, only the electromagnetic railguns of the three space battleships continued to fire, emitting a "whoosh...whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..." sound on the entire battlefield.
At that moment, Su Mu's voice rang in the ears of everyone, including those behind him, "Ten seconds remain before the strategic laser cannon hits its target."
Hou Yujiang asked, "Report on the preparation status of the energy weapon."
"Positron siege weapon fully charged! High-energy laser weapon fully charged! High-energy gamma-ray weapon fully charged... Full-energy weapon fully charged."
After he finished speaking, there was no other sound in the entire bridge except for the sound of Su Mu counting down.
"Fire!" Hou Yujiang shouted the order. The "Flame Dragon" full-energy weapon launched a barrage of light attacks. Orange light appeared on the muzzle of the positron siege cannon, and a moment later a thick beam of light shot into the distance.
Five meteors carrying an aura of destruction swooped down from the sky. Although the three first-generation annihilation warheads were no match for your medium-sized space gate, they were still capable of destroying small abyssal connection points with a 2.7-meter radius.
The three small abyss connection points closest to Ansel's front line were precisely targeted, and the surrounding Trisolaran creatures were also physically eliminated.
Within a two-kilometer radius of the black hole formed by the three annihilation warheads, all Trisolaran life forms were attacked by two new-generation nuclear fusion warheads in less than a second after the black hole disappeared.
It accurately hit the Trisolaran creatures that were not within the kill range of the three annihilation warheads. The explosion caused a series of collateral damages, including extremely high temperatures, light radiation, and shock waves, and also took a large number of Trisolaran creatures with it.
Ansel's attack really hit the nail on the head in the Abyss. As if receiving some order, the six Abyss monsters raised their spears and roared angrily to the sky, "Roar!"
Chapter 184: The Brand New Combat Department
But then came a loud "BOOM!" as a laser cannon slammed into its body, drowning out the roar of the six-legged abyssal beast. This time, a laser cannon was used.
Unlike the conventional warhead used for data collection, this one uses a metallic nitrogen warhead, and it has undergone some special modifications for this battle.
For example, they added steel balls, metal spikes, metal spikes, and metal arrowheads to the warhead of the laser cannon—these are all underhanded things that would definitely be banned in the Overworld.
It cannot be used on humans. Most of the major laws will abide by it, but some will choose to abide by it or not depending on the circumstances.
As for terrorists, they're terrorists, why would they care about these things? Of course, they'll just do whatever it takes to cause as much damage as possible.
However, this is Shuris City, and the enemy is a Trisolaran creature that only knows destruction. The warriors of the Ansel War Zone have no psychological burden when using it, and only feel that the power is not enough.
Therefore, the six Abyss monsters that were directly hit, along with the ten other Abyss Spiders, Abyss Insects, and Abyss Serpents around them, were relatively lucky and were torn to pieces.
Those further away fared much worse off, getting covered in steel balls, metal spiky sea urchins, metal triangular nails, and other insidious projectiles. The cries of agony from the affected Trisolarans filled the air.
Their current state is incredibly tragic and bloody; it would be considered an 18+ restricted scene in movies or games.
With the first round of strikes completed, the various data collected by the high-altitude airships and satellites that had been conducting reconnaissance at high altitudes were transmitted back to the command center, and the artificial intelligence Su Mu quickly completed the integration of the strike effects.
Everyone in the command center watched as the first wave of attacks eliminated a staggering 7,436,721 Trisolarans, but there was no joy on their faces.
Instead, the atmosphere was heavy with solemnity, because despite the significant losses from the second wave of the Abyss's attack, their total number still stood at around eleven million, and they began their journey toward Ansel.
After completing the first round of attacks, the three space battleships did not wait for the attack results to be evaluated, but directly began the free attack phase.
During this phase, their mission, besides focusing on attacking the Abyssal Six-Legged Beasts and the Abyssal Giant Beetles, is to inflict as much damage as possible on these three-body creatures.
The three warships lined up in a row and began to unleash their firepower. Even though the electric light generated by the various optimized electromagnetic railguns was very weak, their sheer number made up for it.
Not to mention the electromagnetic railguns on the central axis firing at a rate of one shot every thirty seconds, as well as energy weapons and positron siege guns using low-energy, high-rate-of-fire technology firing at a rate of one shot every twenty-two seconds.
Even at around 1 p.m., the sky above where the three warships were located was brightly lit.
The three warships, with a total of 600 vertical launch units, continuously fired a barrage of laser cannons at a rate of one round per minute, the trails from the previous wave of laser cannons still lingering.
Then new contrails appeared, and gradually the three warships were covered by the laser cannon's trails.
Even with such a high density of firepower, it was still impossible to quickly reduce the number of Trisolarans, or even reduce the number of Trisolarans on the ground to less than ten million.
Meanwhile, at the air force base behind the rear, the first wave of bomber attack groups and fighter attack formations had completed their sortie preparations.
When opposing forces engage in aerial combat, both sides' aircraft are flying at high speeds, and under such circumstances, the battle situation can change dramatically in an instant.
Even the most experienced pilots cannot accurately and quickly determine whether an enemy aircraft has entered the no-escape zone of the laser cannon.
The task of determining whether an enemy aircraft has entered the no-escape zone is then performed by the fighter jet's onboard fire control computer.
In air combat, the fire control computer continuously detects the position, speed, and direction of enemy fighters and performs calculations in real time to determine a new flight envelope.
This flight envelope is a dynamic flight envelope that changes constantly according to the battlefield situation. Compared to the fixed flight envelope of the air-to-air laser cannon, the no-escape zone covered by this dynamic flight envelope is smaller.
There are three main measures to expand the flight envelope.
First: Extend the powered flight time and flight distance of the laser cannon as much as possible, which is mainly achieved by using a dual-pulse solid rocket engine or a jet ramjet engine.
Second: Change the trajectory of the laser cannon so that it climbs after firing, then enters level flight and finally dives to strike enemy fighters.
Third: Improve the instantaneous field of view and target identification capability of laser cannons.
In particular, the first measure, once the working time of the laser cannon engine is extended, will greatly expand the coverage range of the flight envelope of the F-510 and increase the probability of the laser cannon hitting the target.