From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man - Chapter 428

c417 “Air Combat” The long-awaited airborne

As soon as he finished speaking, Logan didn’t give the other party any chance to reply. He laughed and waved his hand, forcibly turning off the hard light screen next to him, directly ending the communication with the “15” human high-level officials.

The dissipation of the screen seemed to symbolize that the fate of the “First Five” senior officials had been sealed.

When the laughter subsided, there was silence on the bridge, with only the sound of instruments running echoing.

“Follow the original plan.”

Logan turned around, broke the silence in the bridge, restrained his previous “uninhibitedness”, and ordered:

“Let the shipboard AI quickly control the Cerberus system of the “First Five” Earth. At the same time, it must destroy all the opponent’s military facilities and armed ships deployed in low-Earth orbit in the shortest possible time. ”

As he spoke, Logan paused and continued to give instructions:

“Inform the 2nd and 3rd assault platoons, company guards, as well as the auxiliary army and hell paratroopers, and follow me to immediately launch a raid on the capital of the “15th” Earth.

The remaining command platoons and support platoons remain on standby and on high alert, ready to respond to any emergencies. ”

“Yes, company commander!”

The various crew members in the bridge responded in unison, and then began to execute various orders and arrangements, making the bridge once again “noisy” and busy.

Logan nodded with satisfaction at these responses, then strode away from the bridge and walked towards the flagship’s airdrop dock.

Wearing Hades-type Terminator power armor, every step of him carries a sense of oppression that is hard to ignore. His figure is like the embodiment of war, and he seems destined to become the master of this battle.

Soon after.

Logan entered his exclusive airdrop compartment and waited patiently for this “long-planned” raid to unfold.

The whole process was just a routine to him, and the rhythm of war had already penetrated into his bones.

Although he is young, he can definitely be regarded as an elite veteran with extremely rich combat experience, and his intuition is far superior to others.

Sometimes, it seems that Logan is just acting recklessly based on instinct, but he can actually seize the opportunity by accident.

The company’s auxiliary troops, with a total number of more than 30,000, and more than 3,000 hell paratroopers, were also ready to go when the fleet left the jump space, and were ready for raids and airborne landings.

As soon as Logan’s order was issued, the 14th Company fleet immediately began to act in an orderly and rapid manner like a perfectly operating war machine.

Thousands of Phantom IV fighters, White-legged Falcons, and unmanned carrier-based aircraft swarmed out of the hangars of their respective motherships, accompanying the fleet as they quickly approached the “1st Five” Earth.

The Cerberus defense system attempted to counterattack, trying to lock onto the incoming fleet and launch missiles.

However, at the moment the defense system was activated, the smart AI assisting the 14th Company Fleet had already hacked into the core of the system and completely controlled the entire Cerberus system.

As a result, the locking of the defense system and the launch of missiles were all forcibly interrupted and became like useless decorations, unable to stop the offensive of the Wild Wolf 14th Fleet.

The more than twenty ships of the Colonial Marines suddenly fell into brief chaos when they saw that the Cerberus system failed to launch any expected offensive and that the defense measures were completely paralyzed.

The captains and commanders of each ship finally realized that the technological level of the 14th Wild Wolf Company was far superior to theirs.

But with no choice but to do so, the ships of the Colonial Marines had to quickly assemble and prepare to “head-on” and face this inevitable space showdown.

The Marine Corps would not sit still and quickly dispatched a large number of carrier-based aircraft in an attempt to confront the aircraft fleet of the 14th Wild Wolf Company.

But the number of their carrier-based aircraft is actually dwarfed by comparison——

Less than one-tenth of the Wild Wolf 14th Company formation.

The reason is not difficult to understand. Human ships in the “Alien” universe are generally small in size, usually between 300 and 500 meters in size, and the hangar capacity of these ships is also limited.

The number of carrier-based aircraft is limited, and they are mostly used to support land combat operations on the ground. They cannot compete with the Wolf Fleet, which focuses on air combat.

Even so, the Marine Corps’ EVAC-3 aerospace fighter is still the main model they are proud of.

This fighter’s technical level is at the forefront in the “Alien” universe. Compared with its competitor “Human Progress Alliance” MiG 730, the EVAC-3 has significant advantages in many aspects.

EVAC-3 can not only carry a large number of aerial bombs, but also has good performance in ground and ship attacks. It also has a unique refrigeration warehouse function, which can protect the lives of pilots in emergencies, greatly improving the pilot’s ability to survive for a long time. Combat, or survival rate in critical situations.

Its mobility and agility were demonstrated the moment it was released by the Marines. It is worthy of being the “pinnacle” in the “Alien” universe.

However, the cruelty of the battlefield is that even one’s own strongest fighter will still be easily crushed when faced with a higher level of technology.

Whether it is the EVAC-3 or the MiG 730, placed in front of the Phantom IV fighter jets and the white-legged Falcon, it immediately seems inadequate.

The Ghost and the White-legged Falcon series have been upgraded and modified many times, using cutting-edge technologies such as Forerunner technology, which has formed an absolute generation gap with the EVAC-3.

Now, the carrier-based aircraft formation of Yelang Company 14 can be said to be a true “air supremacy”.

The “air battle” broke out unexpectedly, but the 14th Fleet did not engage in a naval gun battle with the Marines. Instead, the Marines’ EVAC-3 formation quickly came to an end under the all-round suppression of the Ghost Fighter, the White-legged Falcon and the unmanned fighter.

These EVAC-3 fighters had no time to lock on the target, and even had no chance to fire, and were ruthlessly attacked by the Gauss Spike Cannon and the Metal Hydrogen Bomb.

Boom-Boom-!

In an instant, the dark space between the fleets of both sides was suddenly cut by the dazzling blue-white ballistics, like a deadly blade.

The subsequent explosion of metal hydrogen was like hundreds of miniature suns exploding, which seemed to light up “every corner” of this space.

The pilots of the EVAC-3 fighters were devoured by these hundreds of miniature suns in just a few seconds, and the lives in the cockpit disappeared.

If other imperial legions, such as the Blood Angels, the Flame Lizards, or the Ultramarines were responsible for this battle, they might take a more gentle approach.

For example, using the Gauss cannon to destroy the EVAC-3 engine, so that these pilots lose the ability to continue fighting, rather than directly wiping them out.

After the battle, the Legion’s rescue team can also send specialists to try to save local pilots trapped in the out-of-control fighters.

This behavior can not only reflect the Empire’s kindness, but also avoid unnecessary bloodshed and sacrifice, and enhance the legitimacy and acceptance of the rule.

However, the Space Wolves’ approach is completely different.

They are regarded as “barbarians” by their brothers, so how can they care about these?

Logan is a “pragmatic” person.

He knows the Empire’s ruling principle, that is, to minimize unnecessary casualties of compatriots during the integration stage.

The definition and scale of the three words “as much as possible” are almost entirely dependent on the judgment of the commander on the scene.

Logan himself hopes for a clean victory and to disintegrate the enemy’s resistance as soon as possible.

As for those EVAC-3 fighter pilots who have lost their ability to move, he is not unwilling to spend extra energy to rescue them.

Logan is not sure whether destroying the EVAC-3 engine can guarantee the lives of those pilots.

After all, after losing engine power, the life support system of EVAC-3 may also stop working.

In outer space, the normal operation of the life support system is crucial, which is directly related to the survival of the pilots.

Logan also made a judgment that with the current combat progress of the Wild Wolf 14th Fleet, it would take at least half an hour to completely control the low-Earth orbit of “One Five”.

And it may be three to five hours before the fleet can spare manpower for rescue.

If it is really as he predicted, the local pilots who have lost their life support system will experience extremely terrible psychological torture during this period.

Trapped in a small cockpit, unable to move, isolated, and then having difficulty breathing, gradually losing their perception of the outside world, until all oxygen and only the bottom are left, and finally in this cold and silent universe, painful and desperate suffocation to death

Rather than letting these pilots wait for death in endless despair, Logan thinks it is better to give them a quick death.

The precise strikes of our own carrier-based aircraft can ensure that EAVC-3 is destroyed instantly, and local pilots do not have to experience long-term horrific torture.

Although Logan’s decision seems cold and ruthless, in his eyes, it is a kind measure.

After the war, he will arrange for the ship-borne intelligent AI to retrieve the personal information of these pilots, archive their identity records, and give their families corresponding pensions and compensation.

Logan believes that providing adequate compensation can effectively stabilize the people’s hearts, reduce resistance, and consolidate the foundation of rule.

The goal of all this is to ensure the smooth integration of the empire in the new universe, and no matter how cruel the process is, it must ultimately point to a more stable and prosperous future.

Although he was nicknamed “barbarian” by his brothers, Logan deeply knew that the ultimate goal of war is not to achieve a short-term victory, but to establish a long-term peace, even if the price of this peace is the baptism of blood and fire.

When the carrier-based aircraft formation composed of EVAC-3 was completely destroyed, the main battle of the fleets of both sides also started.

But the battle situation is still no suspense.

The battleships of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf completely disintegrated the ship array of the Colonial Marines after only one round of secondary gun salvos and dozens of conventional missiles.

When facing the fleet of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf, the other side also had no power to fight back and collapsed instantly.

One of the aircraft carriers of the Marine Corps became the “key care” target of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf.

Of course, a ship is not a fighter plane. When the engine is stopped, the personnel inside the ship have a greater survival rate, and they also have a certain surrender and utilization value.

Therefore, the fleet of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf only destroyed the engine of the Marine Corps ship, and did not use the “overpowered” electromagnetic main gun.

Otherwise, if the electromagnetic main guns of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf participated in the attack, those ships and their tens of thousands of crew members would be “annihilated” in an instant, where would they go to carry out the so-called counterattack or find the possibility of escape.

Therefore, Logan’s order clearly required that only the engine of the Marine Corps ship be destroyed, and it would not be completely turned into cosmic dust.

In just over ten minutes, the defense line of the Colonial Marines was completely defeated.

The carrier-based aircraft formation of the 14th Wolf Company then accelerated and rushed forward, approaching two large space stations equipped with fixed artillery and missile silos.

At the same time, hundreds of Pelican transport planes, Silver Gulls, and Thunder assault boats followed closely, preparing to start boarding operations.

These transport vehicles not only carried the auxiliary troops of the 14th Wolf Company, but also carried several Wolf tactical teams to force their way into the Marines’ ships and space stations to further expand their victory.

For those Marines trapped in the ships and space stations, despair gradually spread.

At the beginning of the battle, they might still be able to maintain some confidence, hoping that the powerful Cerberus system and military space stations would bring them a chance to counterattack.

However, when they really confronted the elite forces of the 14th Wolf Company, especially those auxiliary troops injected with Inquis serum, and the adult Astartes who were like “giants”, they would experience what it meant to be completely fearful and desperate.

At that time, they will be subjected to “violent anesthesia” and become prisoners of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf.

As for whether to select qualified elites from them and incorporate them into the armed forces of the Empire to become one of the forces of the Empire, it will have to wait until the war is completely over before discussing.

And Logan Sigurd will also personally decide how to deal with these prisoners.

Soon, the fleet of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf broke through the defense network of the “One Five” Earth without any suspense.

Those Cerberus systems that were once regarded as the key to the battle and indispensable by the authorities ultimately failed to play the expected role.

Facing the crushing of the ship-borne intelligent AI and absolute firepower, everything seemed pale and powerless.

Then.

The fleet of the 14th Company of the Wild Wolf began to slow down in an orderly manner, gradually adjusting the posture of the ship body to ensure that the belly of each ship of the fleet was aimed at the “One Five” Earth.

At this time, the fleet began to disperse, and warships of all levels went to their designated airspaces for deployment.

As the core of the entire fleet, the Late Autumn class separated from the formation alone, and finally, like a giant beast about to descend, quietly entrenched on the sunny side of North America.

Then-

Swish-swish-!!

Then, a large number of airdrop pods were ejected from the hull.

These airdrop pods carried Hell Paratroopers, Space Wolves, Tyrants and Fighting Mechs, and instantly left the Late Autumn class airdrop dock.

When the airdrop pods began to break through the atmosphere, they fell towards the surface at a very fast speed like meteors.

Not long after.

The capital city located on the east coast of America appeared in the observation field of the airdrop pod.

Logan Sigurd, who was in the exclusive airdrop pod, could clearly see through the helmet screen that there were also a large number of giant buildings in the city.

At the same time, he also found that many interceptor missiles were attacking them at an alarming speed.

Seeing this scene, Logan immediately laughed out loud:

“Hahaha! Wolf cubs! Let’s teach the humans in this universe how to fight a war!”