Sitting in the central control room, captain Yuan Guoqing wore a helmet and controlled the aircraft in space through the tiny quantum brain in his eyeballs, flying rapidly towards the target.
Compared with other rookie pilots from all walks of life who have only a hundred hours of flying experience at most, he is undoubtedly the most senior pilot among the members of this newly established flying group.
He has nearly twenty years of flying experience, and has experienced the Republic era and the Reconstruction Zone era. Although most of this experience is with old-fashioned fighter jets, he is among the elite who can survive in the cruel era of the Reconstruction Zone. Elite.
However, his luck did not last until the end. During a battle for air supremacy, his plane was accidentally hit by a mutant bird and the plane crashed. Fortunately, he ejected from the cockpit in time and escaped with his life. However, during the landing process, the arm was penetrated by a hard branch and suffered a serious puncture injury.
By the time he returned to the reconstruction area, it was already three days later. His wounds had become severely rotted, and a small piece of muscle had disappeared. Although he finally recovered after treatment, his hands were no longer as flexible as before. For a pilot, this undoubtedly means early retirement.
In fact, this was the case. After recovering from his injuries, he returned to Tuanjie City and took charge of the local pilot selection work.
This also allowed him to escape the disaster when the Bosians caused mass extinction of human beings around the world.
Yuan Guoqing thought he had completely bid farewell to Sky, but unexpectedly, he was called up again.
The development of science and technology has exceeded everyone's imagination. Even in his arrogant illusions, he never thought that in his lifetime, he would be able to personally operate a space fighter, even if it was only remotely controlled by brain waves.
At this time, what he saw before his eyes was a miniature spacecraft control room interface.
Watching the occasional meteorite sliding past him in the virtual reality scene, Yuan Guoqing felt as if he was actually in a fighter plane. However, apart from the fact that he made a little fuss at the beginning, he has now become calm.
Yuan Guoqing looked at the speed displayed on the control room interface and found that he had unknowingly reached the highest safe speed in the star system, 1,500 kilometers per second, and the speed had been completely locked.
In space, because the reference object is far away, if you don't look at the speed display, you won't feel your movement at all.
"Each team member reported on the status of their respective fighters." Yuan Guoqing connected to the communication link and asked in a deep voice to each team member. Although the team members are right next to him, they can hear it even if the communication is not connected, but as a senior pilot, he knows the necessity of these procedures, and many accidents can often be avoided.
After all, it is too simple to control a space fighter. It is completely fool-proof mode and basically requires no additional operations. Even a pig can be competent as a pilot after a little trial and error. This also leads to many pilots who are often not energetic enough when flying. concentrated.
"Report to captain, everything is fine on the Swan."
"Report to Captain, everything is fine on the Crow."
"Report to captain, everything is fine on the Eagle."
"Report to captain, everything is fine on the Sparrow."
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"Sparrow and Eagle, be careful to fly in formation and don't act alone!" Yuan Guoqing took a look at the location icons of the other fighters and found that two had broken away from the formation, and couldn't help scolding them.
This kind of wanton and reckless rookie pilot is really a headache for someone who has a long military career and has a relatively old-fashioned personality. Not only does his discipline suffer, but he often wants to show off his skills. Fortunately, he is operating a fully automatic fighter. , if it had been replaced by an old fighter, it would have been destroyed long ago.
Fortunately, he could barely control these rookies without any trouble.
He closed his eyes slightly and began to recuperate his spirit. There was still a long time before the battle target. This was a double test of physical strength and energy for anyone, especially for middle-aged and elderly people like him. Need to keep plenty of energy.
Moreover, this is the first combat mission for their flying team, so it must be completed beautifully.
In fact, the military has always had doubts about whether to vigorously develop space fighter aircraft, and there has been endless debate about this. Some radical views believe that when civilization develops into the space age, the two-dimensional battlefield will become a three-dimensional battlefield. The previous war model of the earth is no longer applicable. Future wars will return to the era of giant ships and cannons. In evenly matched battles, space fighters, which are neither superior nor inferior, can only be used as a limited supplement, rather than the main battle. arms.
After all, a combat spacecraft often has terrifying combat effectiveness, an airtight defense network, and more advanced reconnaissance capabilities, but these space fighters are far from comparable, especially with the emergence of light-speed weapons such as lasers. This leaves space fighters useless.
Although space fighters also have laser weapons, it is simply impossible to destroy a spacecraft with limited energy. However, even the weakest defensive laser cannon can easily destroy a spacecraft's laser weapon. A space fighter, nothing more, their energy levels are not at the same level at all.
In a war with similar technological levels, it is necessary to rely on space fighters to destroy a large spacecraft. Unless the number reaches a certain level, they can never get close.
Yuan Guoqing completely disagrees with this view. Even if he is not one of the radical aircraft carrier faction, he is completely opposed to this pure giant ship and artillery faction.
It would be dangerous and foolish to expose a ship to enemy fire.
Not to mention that there is only one human spaceship now. All humans live in spaceships. Even if humans can manufacture spaceships on a large scale in the future, due to resource constraints, the number of spaceships will eventually be limited. Destroying one will be a huge disaster. loss.
In comparison, space fighters look like cheap products.
The steel required for one spaceship can be used to produce thousands of them. Even if they are all destroyed, if only one of them slips through the net, they have already made a profit.
What's more, it is a very small probability to encounter a civilization that is almost the same as humans in technological level. There are only two real situations, either it is stronger than humans, or it is weaker than humans.
The former, of course, goes without saying. At least in the current situation of mankind, the only way to escape is that the space fighters inside the spacecraft can also interfere with the opponent's pursuit. As for the latter, the role of a large number of space fighters will be far better than the spacecraft.
In his opinion, in the future, the spaceship will be a complex of aircraft carriers and battleships. Space fighters are an extension of the spacecraft's power and an important component of the spacecraft's defense and offensive power. In the early stages of the war, they will be responsible for advance reconnaissance intelligence. During the war, , it will assist in attacking and intercepting slow-moving weapons. Even if human technology develops to an even more incredible level, space fighters will still not be eliminated so easily.
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Venus in the distance had been left behind by them, but in comparison, the giant beast was still an insignificant dot.
Thirteen hours have passed, including lunch and dinner, and now we are finally close to our goal.
The distance between the two is less than 500,000 kilometers. Although from the perspective of pre-apocalyptic humans, this distance is completely astronomical, but today, at the current speed of this space fighter, it is only five minutes away. .
At this time, Yuan Guoqing was highly concentrated and in full combat mode. He silently counted ten seconds in his mind, and then ordered: "Attention, all team members, slow down to 500 kilometers per second!"
"Roger it, Swan!"
"Sparrow received it!"
"Eagle got it!"
"The Crow got it!"
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This giant beast is slowly swimming in space. The hot sun behind it dyes its body golden. It is already close to the sun, and the light is quite dazzling. The temperature of the sun in space can reach four to five hundred degrees Celsius, but At this point, the temperature seems to have no effect on this giant beast.
Maybe it was too far away. At this time, it didn't feel the impending crisis at all, and it still flew straight according to the existing trajectory.
Time passed by minute by minute.
When the distance was 100,000 kilometers, Yuan Guoqing finally issued the order to attack: "Attention all team members, the laser cannon is charging and preparing!"
"attack!"
In just one-third of a second, ten high-energy lasers pierced the space and suddenly hit the giant beast's body, splashing out pieces of faint light.
The giant beast's body shook slightly, and in the space, it roared silently. Immediately after, the energy in its body suddenly became intense, causing ripples in the space. However, although its reaction was quite violent, it was only instinctively disturbed by the inexplicable attacks. In fact, it was not injured at all. This high-energy laser, which was enough to penetrate an aircraft carrier, hit it, except for splashing some energy fluctuations. , completely unscathed.
After playing a few rounds, the team members also noticed this situation.
"Captain, it seems like lasers have no effect on it!"
Yuan Guoqing did not speak immediately. He looked at the enlarged virtual reality scene and observed the reaction of the giant beast. He couldn't help feeling a little awe of this creature in his heart. This incredible creature is undoubtedly very powerful in defense against energy. The laser of the space fighter It's almost like an itch to it.
But other than that, it doesn't seem to have any effective counterattack means and can only withstand attacks in vain. But think about it, facing tens of thousands of kilometers away, this giant beast may not even be able to see the shadow of a fighter plane. , not to mention attacking.
"Estimate the fastest flight speed of space creatures?" Yuan Guoqing asked Zhi Nao in his mind.
"30.5 kilometers per second!"
The artificial intelligence of space fighters is far less advanced than that of spaceships. In comparison, it is still relatively dull.
Yuan Guoqing judged the situation between each other and immediately had a thorough understanding of the form of the war. In this war, his own side had an absolute advantage. As long as the space fighter did not collide with it, they would be completely invincible with their speed advantage. , he immediately changed his order: "Disband the formation, replace the electromagnetic gun, and attack freely."
He didn't believe that even the electromagnetic gun couldn't shake it.
As soon as the order came out, several team members cheered, and the next moment the fighter planes suddenly flew in all directions like wild dogs.