Apart from the fighter jets, which are all equipped with high-powered cannons, the other combat aircraft are used for bombing missions.
Each unit carries two to four air-to-air laser cannons for self-defense. After completing the bombing mission, they will also fire these self-defense air-to-air laser cannons to clear out all the energy cannons they brought.
In the words of the base commander, the same number of energy cannons brought must be used to unleash their power on the Trisolarans; not a single energy cannon taken out must be brought back.
"This is the control tower! First bomber formation, runways 01 to 06 on the left are open to you. Weather conditions are suitable for takeoff. You are cleared to take off."
"This is the first bomber formation. We have received your orders. Runways 01 to 06 on the left are being pushed back."
"This is the control tower. First fighter-bomber formation, runways 07 to 10 on the right are open. Weather conditions meet takeoff requirements. You are cleared for takeoff."
"This is the first fighter-bomber formation. We have received your order. Runways 07 to 10 on the right are being pushed back."
With the rollout complete, a formation of over two hundred bombers and fighter-bombers began taking off in pairs, with all combat aircraft in the air within ten minutes.
Chapter 185: Conducting a Mass Bombing
The aircraft began heading towards the designated airspace and Ansel Air Force Base 2, where the launched fighter jets and unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) converged. After the convergence, the air strike group of over a thousand aircraft, along with the UCAVs of two thousand, flew toward the target.
Meanwhile, on the same day, the three warships that were engaged in fierce fighting at the front lines saw friendly fire signals appear on the large screens in their command centers. They knew that the bomber group had arrived and began to provide air defense warnings for the bombers.
Upon reaching the mission area, the bomber formation broke away from its close formation and switched to an attack formation. It began to descend, adjust its course to enter the attack trajectory, and once again placed the power cannons above the heads of the humanoid Trisolarans. Without paying attention to the bombing effect, it turned around and left.
Meanwhile, the fighter-bombers that had finished dropping their bombs joined the air attack formation, preparing to meet the arrival of the Abyss Dragon.
As the first bomber squadron completed its bombing mission and began its return flight, the second bomber squadron also prepared for takeoff and began to take over from the first bomber squadron to continue bombing the Trisolarans.
"This is Eagle Eye!" The bomber equipped with the early warning module hovered high in the sky with its optical stealth system activated, and began to report intelligence to other aircraft.
"There are 123,619 Abyssal Dragons, with a height of 5000 meters, a distance of 7000 meters, and a speed of Mach 1.2."
Within this range, the fighter formation could complete two beyond-visual-range strikes, so the AWACS issued the latest orders.
"Switch all laser cannons from mode to remote guidance mode."
Following instructions from the AWACS aircraft, the air attack formation changed the guidance mode of the laser cannon. The bomber's command center saw that Su Mu had completed the guidance mode change and issued the order, "Begin target allocation."
After a series of operations, the operator reported, "Target allocation for the first wave of strikes is complete."
"Full air attack formation, one laser cannon, fire."
The entire air attack formation selected the laser cannons and pressed the laser cannon firing button on the control stick.
The laser cannon detached from the fighter jet's pylon and fell a short distance. The engine ignited, spewing out scorching flames, which propelled the laser cannon to gradually decelerate. After flying a certain distance, it continued to decelerate.
Reaching a maximum flight speed of Mach 5.5, guided by three early warning aircraft and satellites in space, 2,500 laser cannons flew towards the Abyss Bone Dragon, leaving trails behind them.
The Abyssal Bone Dragons, maintaining a dense flight formation towards Ansel, were unaware that 2,500 laser cannons were about to fly overhead.
When these bone dragons felt threatened, the speed of the projectiles suddenly increased, entering the final sprint stage. At this time, the laser cannon reached its maximum speed of Mach 7, and plunged into the abyss dragons before they could react.
"boom……."
“Boom…Boom…”
"Boom... Boom... Boom..."
A series of explosions rang out, and the bone dragons that were directly hit were blown to pieces on the spot. This attack directly killed 2,500 abyssal dragons, and the shrapnel kill zone created by the explosion of 2,500 laser cannons.
They indirectly killed over a thousand to two thousand more, successfully reducing the number of Abyssal Dragons to less than 120,000. The other Abyssal Bone Dragons were also more or less injured.
Although not fatal, it was constantly causing them harm, and their Lawrence Robertson was slowly dying from this seemingly minor wound.
Blood rained down from the sky, and the dead bone dragons, along with bits of flesh, fell from the heavens, creating craters on the ground. The dark green blood falling from the sky was also a sight to behold.
It formed dark green puddles, or gathered into the craters to form small ponds. A foul stench filled the air, and bits of flesh were scattered everywhere, telling the story of yet another failed collision between flesh and steel.
Although the laser cannons all missed their targets and the damage they caused looked substantial, these casualties were nothing compared to the 120,000 bone dragons in the horde.
The bomber and its early warning aircraft could have launched a second attack after seeing the effects of the attack, but considering that they did not have enough early warning aircraft and satellites to guide all the laser cannons after they were fired, they adopted another method in their plan.
"This is Eagle Eye." On the bomber early warning aircraft, Su Mu began to issue the next combat order: "All air attack formations, switch the laser cannon guidance mode to artificial intelligence guidance mode."
Fifteen seconds later, the integrated command system on the early warning aircraft showed that all fighter jets had completed the switch to laser cannon guidance mode.
"I order," Su Mu said sternly, "All combat aircraft must clear their laser cannons! Return to base immediately afterward."
"Yes."
All the fighter jets began firing all the laser cannons they carried. Before any fighter jet had finished firing, they turned around and retreated at full speed towards Ansel.
Propelled by its engine, the laser cannon hurtled straight and at full speed toward the location of the Abyss Bone Dragon. At the same time, the artificial intelligence guidance head began to work, searching ahead and constantly comparing the target information received from the early warning aircraft and stored therein.
These laser cannons exchange data with each other via a new generation of ultra-high-speed data links. When one laser cannon detects the location of a target, all laser cannons move in the direction of the detected target, and the targets are automatically assigned.
In general, multiple laser cannons will not attack the same target, which allows us to inflict maximum damage on the enemy target and also hide the position of our attack aircraft, minimizing the time of exposure.
Fortunately, the anti-air defense positions behind them have been deployed, and the mage's battery card mobile shield is ready. Next, they will have to work together with the air force to take down these abyssal bone dragons.
As the relative distance between the two sides decreased, the first laser cannon detected the Abyssal Bone Dragon recorded in the database through scanning, quickly transmitted the information to the other laser cannons via data link, and began to assign targets.
After the AI-powered laser cannon autonomously completed all target assignments, the previously dense flight formation instantly dispersed.
After entering the final three kilometers, the laser cannon began to accelerate at the end of its range. The Abyssal Bone Dragon also noticed these strange objects heading straight for them. These were the very things they had previously ignored that caused them tons of damage.
Upon seeing these things heading straight for them once again, the abyssal bone dragons stopped in their tracks.
Chapter 186: I come from the universe, without dimensions!
They began to unleash streaks of icy blue breath at the laser cannon to intercept these small creatures.
These laser cannons detected the incoming attack and began to take emergency evasive action, as the fixed trajectory of the breath projectiles made it easy for these small objects to pass by.
But after dodging wave after wave, the breath hit their faces. Because they couldn't dodge in time, they were hit squarely by the breath. In an instant, hundreds of bright orbs of light appeared in the sky.
The other laser cannons that were not attacked continued to advance towards their target after dodging the attack.
In front of them were waves of intercepting breath attacks. Although the trajectories of these breath attacks were relatively fixed, their sheer number made them formidable.
At once, hundreds of thousands of breaths were unleashed, and one laser cannon after another was destroyed by the dense breaths. Every instant, a ball of fire lit up the sky.
In its final attack, the air attack formation fired a total of 33,960 laser cannons, but less than 10,000 laser cannons made it through layers of obstacles to the Abyss Bone Dragon.
The bone dragons locked onto the laser cannon roared as they saw the laser cannon so close at hand and flapped their wings to try to dodge it, but 513 was flying at Mach 7, and how could the laser cannon, which was already right in front of them, let them escape?
Not to mention that they are currently in the acceleration phase of returning to flight from hovering, which makes them easy targets for these hypersonic laser cannons.
Following a series of explosions and fires, many new craters and pieces of flesh appeared on the ground, along with a rain of still-warm blood.
The aerial strikes have now concluded. This attack only reduced the number of Abyssal Bone Dragons to below 110,000, with over 100,000 still advancing towards Ansel.
At this moment, only two space warships and one space warship remain at the front line, still unleashing firepower at the Trisolaran creatures on the ground.
Only a small portion of anti-aircraft firepower can be used to attack the Abyss Bone Dragon in the air; most of the firepower is concentrated on ground attacks, which is also part of the plan.
In this phase, the mission of these three warships, besides maximizing the destruction of the Abyss's forces, is to initially disrupt the endless Trisolaran creatures by creating attack intervals one by one.
This aerial attack yielded some results, at least confirming that these Trisolarans possess a certain level of intelligence, and their fearlessness in the face of such firepower as they continue to advance is remarkable.
This also proves from another perspective that the Abyss is a conscious entity. Their current behavior, which goes against their biological instincts, should be the result of the Abyss's control. This also shows that the Abyss's consciousness has absolute control over these Trisolarans.
After recording and uploading this important discovery, and updating all participating units with this latest intelligence, Su Mu continued to monitor the Trisolarans while constantly relaying the command center's orders to other units.
The fighter jets have stopped taking off for combat and have begun emergency maintenance, when the Abyssal Bone Dragon is only 5 kilometers away from the front line.
That will be the moment when the air force and ground air defense forces engage in the final battle with the Abyssal Bone Dragon. At that time, bomber formations will only be able to carry out missions without escort, although they are already in an unescorted state now.
At that time, all other fighter jets capable of air combat would join the air defense operations. Even with the addition of unmanned attack aircraft, the total number of available fighter jets in the entire Ansel theater was only 12,000, which was just a fraction of the total number of Abyssal Bone Dragons.
However, the sheer number of electromagnetic railgun anti-aircraft weapon positions on the ground, which could easily drive someone with trypophobia crazy, is a stark contrast to the dense array of such positions.
When the Abyss Bone Dragons passed by the three warships, they did not attack but flew directly past them. It wasn't that they didn't want to attack.
Instead, they failed to notice that all three warships activated their "Mirage" optical stealth systems just as these flying crawlers were about to arrive.
They ceased all attacks and remained silent; they had no intention of testing whether their shield system could withstand the concentrated fire of over 100,000 Abyssal Bone Dragons.
After the Abyssal Bone Dragons have all left, deactivate the "Mirage" system and continue bombarding the Abyssal forces on the ground.
These abysses on the ground, enduring fierce artillery fire, left behind nearly 100,000 corpses on the muddy roads already soaked in the blood of their kind, before leaving the range of the three warships' artillery fire.
Ahead of them, a group of bombers awaited them, and the Trisolarans would continue to enjoy the process.
While the Trisolarans braved various forms of artillery fire and resolutely advanced towards Ansel, a fifty-person Trisolaran squad set off from the Star Country, which was due west of Ansel.
They advanced without stopping and finally reached the outer perimeter of Ansel's defense line, where the first squad of the elite special forces, who had been informed by Su Mu, had been waiting for them for a long time.
When they arrived, they saw a group of twenty warriors, dressed in black full-body armor of unknown origin and purpose, holding what appeared to be weapons, standing there quietly watching them arrive.
Seeing this, the leader of the Trisolarans, Alyssa Yingge, dismounted from her mount and companion, the Moonblade Leopard, straightened her appearance, and walked towards the twenty-person squad standing there.
When the other Trisolarans saw Elisa Yingge walk forward, they all jumped off the Moonblade Leopard and stood to the side.
Upon seeing a Trisolaran approaching them, Geng Libin, the leader of the first squad of the elite special forces, said, "I'm going up to negotiate. The rest of you, stay alert and open fire if anything happens."
"Yes," came the unanimous reply from the communication channel.
Meanwhile, Yu Qiren, the deputy commander of the command center, and some staff officers were also observing and analyzing the situation through the camera on Geng Libin's powered armor helmet.
As Alyssa Yingge watched the person standing at the very front of the group of twenty approach her, she guessed that he must be the commander of the squad. As she walked toward him, she sized up the man and the squad members behind him.
She mentally simulated the situation and realized that no matter which direction she attacked the squad from, she would face attacks from at least three people.
Chapter 187: The Same Purpose
Moreover, judging from the varying lengths of the weapons they were holding, she concluded that this was an elite combat squad.
Elisa Yingge glanced at the man approaching her without making a sound. It was probably the commander's man. Her first impression of him was that he was calm, dignified, and imposing, with strong lines that also carried a hint of sharpness.
Aside from the colors, the overall design perfectly matches the aesthetic of the Trisolarans. Judging from their armor designs, this alien civilization must have artistic talent that is no less than that of the Trisolarans.
Furthermore, intelligence gathered from various sources indicated that this was a civilization that respected Lawrence Robertson and loved peace, which left her with a very good first impression.
Su Mu was also observing the small team in the distance, thinking to himself, 'Hey... they really are just like the ones in the novels, all handsome men and beautiful women.'
At the command center, Deputy Commander Yu Qiren and his staff had basically confirmed that these "people" were indeed the Trisolarans, as their appearance was highly consistent with the descriptions of the Trisolarans they had collected.
There's still one question I don't understand: "Su Mu, ask them later how they knew we were fighting the Abyss? And who ordered them to come?"
"Understood," Su Mu replied in the communication channel.
We are an elite ranger unit dispatched by the Trisolaran Island to the Dragon Kingdom to assist them in defending against the Abyss invasion. We have received the latest orders from the Trisolaran Island requesting that we support your defense operations against the Abyss.
"I am the deputy commander of this unit; in your language, my name is Alyssa Yingge. Our commander is on his way with 100,000 troops from the Dragon Kingdom. The Queen of the Dragon Kingdom and our commander are cousins."
Elisa Warbler explained it this way to avoid conflict arising from misunderstandings, from her clarifying their identities to her subsequent self-introductions.
Their purpose was to explain that they had no malicious intent and were only there to help them resist the abyss's attacks. They also told Su Mu that the reinforcements sent by the Dragon Kingdom had the same purpose as her.
"I understand. Please forgive our rudeness just now, because in wartime we must ensure that no unexpected situations arise." Su Mu solemnly apologized to the Trisolarans.
Elisa Yingge smiled and shook her head, indicating that it was alright. At this moment, the subtle wariness and hostility between the two sides dissipated, and both sides relaxed their tense bodies.
"Let me introduce myself," Su Mu said, saluting once more. "I am Su Mu, the captain of the first combat team of the Sharp Knife Special Forces of the Ansel Special District Defense Force. These are my team members."
At this moment, the team members from both sides came up, greeted each other, and introduced themselves. They had a basic understanding of each other, and then the voice of the deputy commander came through the communication channel.
At this moment, the deputy commander's voice came through the communication channel, "Captain Su Mu, we have prepared a temporary base for them. Take them there now and tell them that this will also be the base for the Dragon Kingdom's support troops. I'll be right there."
Upon seeing the destination displayed on the power armor, Su Mu replied in the communication channel, "Yes, Commander, I will take them there now."
After ending the communication, Su Mu looked at Alyssa Yingge, who was examining the power armor and electromagnetic railgun with great curiosity, and said with a wry smile.
“Deputy Commander Elisa, we have arranged a temporary camp for you. Please follow me.”
"Hmm?" Alyssa Yingge looked at Su Mu with a puzzled expression, blinked her large, emerald-green eyes, and asked, "Aren't you fighting the Abyss right now? Why don't we go straight to the front lines?"
Su Mu made a "please" gesture and said, "Let's talk as we walk, please."
Although the helmet obscured her vision, Alyssa Yingge could still hear the laughter in Su Mu's words. She blinked, nodded, and said in Chinese, "Okay."
She then turned to the other Trisolarans behind her and spoke a few words in Trisolaran language. The other Trisolarans replied in Trisolaran language as well. They then placed the bows, arrows, and other weapons they had been carrying onto the Moonblade Leopard, lined up, and stood behind Elisa Yingge.
Su Mu's elite squad led the way, and after about twenty minutes, the group finally arrived at the outskirts of Anselt District. However, instead of entering the city, they turned a corner and headed south.
These neighboring cities also saw a style of architecture quite different from the rest of the continent. There were no tall walls or moats, only tall houses built of unknown materials.
.....
The stained glass windows of these houses shimmered with iridescent colors under the sunlight, and the roadsides were adorned with various green plants, trees, and flowers, allowing people to walk along the wide and clean roads.
Although they were walking hurriedly, there was no panic in them as the abyss was about to invade; Elisa Warbler only saw confidence in them.
Why are they behaving this way? Is it because of this civilization from another world? How exactly did they manage to do it? These questions lingered in her mind.
Elisa Yingge also noticed that when the people living here saw these Trisolarans, their eyes were filled with curiosity, not disgust, and the beastmen even had rosy cheeks.
They are full of energy, with genuine smiles of happiness on their faces and eyes brimming with anticipation for the future. They can also freely enter and exit any place.
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