Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 303: The Team Jumps

Thanks to the environment of space, the enemy's main thrusters only experienced slight fluctuations and were not damaged by the two missiles that exploded at close range.

After confirming that the enemy's shield was broken, the drone swarm began to charge the onboard high-power electromagnetic gun, preparing to fire the last three shells.

At this moment, three thick, bluish-green lasers suddenly appeared on the sea surface northeast of the Red Earth Federation.

The three lasers shot straight into the sky and struck the enemy ship, which was maneuvering at high speed, before the drone swarm could launch its attack.

After 15 seconds of illumination, the enemy reconnaissance ship was penetrated, and the flames emitted by its tail thrusters began to diminish rapidly.

Air traffic control immediately issued an order for the drone swarm to abandon its attack and begin to turn around and withdraw.

The five drone groups at the front of the formation quickly descended and turned left, while the seven drone groups at the rear of the formation flew upward and turned right.

At the same time, the air traffic control aircraft began to descend, started all its engines, and began to power the anti-gravity components under the fuselage.

Fortunately, the air traffic control aircraft was located near the Stonehenge base and did not attract the attention of the unknown creatures of the Mining Bug race.

Shifting the perspective back to space, the mech squadron has now completely destroyed a heavy gunship and is now advancing, along with two resupply-ready carrier-based aircraft squadrons, toward a conventional gunship operating between the heavy gunship and the enemy flagship.

This attack was conducted without missile cover. The 21 mechs were divided into three groups, forming three regular hexagonal formations, and then activated the combined mode of their external protective shields.

Under the comprehensive control of the airborne AI, three huge hexagonal full-protection shields formed in front of the aircraft group, and they charged forward despite the firepower of three enemy conventional gunboats.

In order to block the retreat of the three conventional gunboats, some of the fixed weapons in this half of the main attack fleet ceased their attacks and instead focused on monitoring the movements of the enemy's conventional gunboats in real time, ready to interrupt their return to the main ship at any time.

When the three enemy gunboats entered the no-escape zone of the airborne missiles, the two carrier-based aircraft squadrons split into three groups. The first group, consisting of an entire carrier-based aircraft squadron, was responsible for launching missiles at the attack targets directly in front.

The other two groups consisted of 12 carrier-based aircraft that fired missiles at two other conventional gunboats to disrupt enemy operations and block their support activities.

Faced with the sudden attack of 144 heavy anti-ship missiles, the enemy gunboats, which were still receiving combat information, immediately began to evade and attempted to approach the main ship.

Several 1600mm solid armor-piercing shells fired from deep space interrupted the three conventional gunboats' approach to the main ship.

Fortunately, all three gunboats attempted to evade the attack at parallel, allowing them to intercept the enemy using close-in weapon systems mounted on their sides.

During the enemy's missile interception, two carrier-based aircraft squadrons, in formations of four aircraft each, would appear intermittently from behind the shields and attack with high-powered airborne electromagnetic railguns.

Before the carrier-based aircraft group and the mech squadron entered the maximum range of the enemy's close-in weapon system, the mech squadron launched a large number of electromagnetic smoke bombs, instantly obscuring the entire battlefield.

Guided by the data link, the carrier-based aircraft launched a final salvo at the enemy and then quickly disengaged under the cover of smoke.

Meanwhile, the mech squadron canceled the joint shield and overloaded the propulsion backpacks on their backs, quickly approaching the edge of the assault target's shield.

At that moment, two 600mm solid armor-piercing rounds passed through the mech squadron and struck the shields of the unconventional gunboat, completely depleting its remaining shield capacity.

Faced with this smaller, less heavily armed conventional gunship, the 21 mechs no longer split into three groups. Under Platinum's orders, 12 mechs broke away from the squadron and operated on the outside of the conventional gunship to draw the enemy's attention.

She, on the other hand, was leading eight mechs, preparing to attack from the cargo hold at the bottom of the ship, intending to board and seize the warship.

Using directional explosives and laser cutters obtained from the supplies, Platinum quickly broke through the damaged armor layer and entered the ship's interior.

[Damage detected in compartment number 7!]

[Enemy unit detected entering the ship!]

"Marine Corps, advance! Annihilate these natives!"

Fifteen silicon-based creatures, the same size as the small silicon-based organisms but with far more weaponry, quickly surrounded Platinum's location.

After using nanomaterials to seal off the rat's compartment, Platinum used the last of his directional high-energy explosives to blast open the wall and successfully entered the adjacent hangar before the enemy marines arrived.

The height here is only 7 meters, which forces these 10-meter-tall space combat mechs to move with a stoop.

Fortunately, these space mechs are all controlled by specialized special operations robots.

Before the special operations robot left the mech, the mech fired an electromagnetic pulse, which paralyzed the enemy's radar for a short period of time.

Before the special operations robot left the mech, the mech fired an electromagnetic pulse, which paralyzed the enemy's radar for a short period of time.

Subsequently, several special operations robots, each 1.8 meters tall, leaped out of the cabin and followed behind Platinum, each wielding various weapons.

"Heavy armor in front, fire support in the middle, assault teams covering the rear."

After Platinum gave the order, the eight robots quickly moved into action, forming a 3-2-3 formation.

Platinum, working alongside the fire support team, crossed the recently blasted-open compartment again and escaped through it during the firefight between the mechs and the marines.

As they left the compartment, the optical stealth and shielding systems fitted with the power armor and robots began to operate, erasing the entire squad's presence from the enemy's shipboard monitoring systems.

Feeling the artificial gravity inside the enemy ship's hull, Platinum silently recorded this information into its armor. Then, it adjusted the radar of its power armor to focus mode and began searching for weight monitoring devices that might be hidden under the floor.

Thanks to the warship maps obtained in previous battles, the squad advanced quickly toward the enemy's engine room.

When they were three minutes away from the engine room, Platinum suddenly called a halt to the team's operation.

[Weight monitoring device detected.]

"Prepare for a strong attack. Two heavy infantry units and one assault unit will lead the charge. The fire support group will remain stationary. The rearguard heavy infantry will prepare to deploy their shields into position mode."

The eight robots did not respond, but simply carried out Platinum's orders with efficient action.

"Walk!"

The five mechs at the front of the squad activated their waist propulsion devices and quickly advanced toward the power compartment, followed by a piercing alarm that resounded throughout the entire ship.

An abnormal weight was detected near the engine compartment.

"Reserves, quick!"

The ship's internal communication jamming system has been activated.

Inside the bridge of this conventional gunboat, a humanoid silicon-based being, suspected to be the vice-captain, hesitated for a moment before leaving the bridge with his two bodyguards and heading towards the engine room.

"Buzz—, the enemy—buzz—retreats—buzz!"

"Captain, communications are down."