Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 797: Section 792 - Covering the Retreat

The design concept for modern warfare weapons is not the most advanced technology but rather the easiest to mass-produce, the easiest to maintain, and the most cost-effective. On one hand, this is driven by economic factors, and on the other, because technological iterations are so fast that military industrial research cycles can hardly keep up. Instead, they choose already mature and well-established production conditions.

Although durability is also considered, this demand is relative. For instance, the faultless operating time is sometimes measured in seconds, and military products with a service life of only a dozen seconds are almost ubiquitous.

Chen Xiao'er's warship design concept is completely unorthodox, featuring real-time self-iteration. This kind of modification mode is something that no major industrial player can handle together.

When the No. 2 flagship was ready to engage, the large armed Magic Cube Warship "Snow Mountain" leading at the front left and the group of monsters entered a conventional human visual range (10 kilometers). Those with good eyesight could even see 15-20 kilometers in clear sky conditions.

"Three more kilometers!"

With the help of three-dimensional holographic projections comparable to a deity's perspective and real-time updated auxiliary data, Miyoshi Xuesen very accurately grasped the current situation.

However, the three-dimensional holographic projection presented in the bridge served only Miyoshi Monk alone. Chen Fei, on the other hand, possessed the two psi skill modules "Macroscopic Perspective" and "Visual Assistance," along with AR visual assistance, allowing him to see more details.

About 10 kilometers away at the 11 o'clock direction of the No. 2 flagship, the large armed Magic Cube Warship "Snow Mountain" slowly turned its side towards the still high-speed 17 monsters. Its bow and stern suddenly released two streams of dense fire, completely covering the position of the 17 monsters.

The rapid flow of fire serpent across the sky lasted only a few seconds, and after a rain of blood and flesh, the 17 monsters vanished collectively, with none surviving.

The 17 monsters that relied solely on instinct had no means of resistance against the fully armored, fully armed warship. The crossfire from the close-in weapon system alone could annihilate them to bits, which is why Chen Fei and the No. 2 flagship didn't have to intervene.

The "Snow Mountain" was merely a transport-type armed warship, typically responsible for transporting personnel and materials, not a professional offensive combat ship.

Even if the close-in weapon system couldn't intercept everything, there were still more than 300 ability users with strong combat power just waiting for these monsters to deliver themselves as cannon fodder.

Adam: 7 o'clock direction, 23 in number, altitude 2371 meters, speed 160 km/h, distance 82 km

Adam: 8 o'clock direction, 103 in number, altitude 4550 meters, speed 120 km/h, distance 60 km

Adam: 9 o'clock direction, 55 in number, altitude 1899 meters, speed 180 km/h, distance 75 km

Adam: 10 o'clock direction, 9 in number, altitude 6700 meters, speed 230 km/h, distance 91 km

Adam: 11 o'clock direction, 758 in number, altitude 5900 meters, speed 190 km/h, distance 49 km

Adam: 12 o'clock direction, 22 in number, altitude 16700 meters, speed 730 km/h, distance 160 km

Adam: 1 o'clock direction, 11 in number, altitude 12700 meters, speed 480 km/h, distance 110 km

A line of text appeared before Chen Fei's eyes. He paused slightly and thought, well, the earlier wave was just a test, the main force is still behind.

Who said these ruthless instinct-driven monsters had no brains? From the 7 o'clock direction to the 1 o'clock direction, distributed at different altitudes, they clearly formed a three-dimensional pocket, ready to launch an ambush!

The parasitic species having biological bases like "seed nests" assigned a few cunning monsters, which is not surprising at all.

The command team organized by the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee was assembled precisely to cope with such situations.

In hindsight, this foresight was very necessary.

After all, Blue Star had fought civil wars for thousands of years, with almost no few peaceful days in its entire civilization history. Confronting extraterrestrial races, as long as they adjusted their mentality and prepared well, unless facing truly invincible enemies, they wouldn't easily fall into a disadvantage.

Even in Louis Landon's "Doomsday Prophecy," Blue Star civilization, when suddenly attacked by an all-out parasitic species invasion, still tenaciously held out for several years, winning several counterattacks during that time, but eventually fell into ruin due to the exhaustion of war potential.

If they couldn't win at home, they were doomed to die with no burial ground.

The Blue Star civilization had only one planet, while the parasitic species presumably had more than one civilization planet, so all the Blue Star People could do was guard their gateways tightly.

Counterattack? No one even thought about it!

With only a few billion population, fending off an entire planet was a tough enough task. Competing with powerful alien civilizations with millions of years of foundation was like being an elderly person taking poison, wishing for a death too soon.

"Report to the command center via data link."

Chen Fei immediately uploaded the obtained information through the battlefield data link.

Let the professionals think. He only needed to click his fingers and make choices.

The command center quickly responded.

"'No. 2-1 Flagship', prepare to cover the retreat of 'Snow Mountain'!"

Facing the attack from nearly a thousand monsters, although they could fight, it would come with some unnecessary costs.

The ability user team wasn't a regular army. Their primary role was to cover the regular army in executing battlefield breakthroughs and consolidations. If used as ordinary soldiers, the cost would be too high.

"Uh, 'No. 2-1 Flagship' to cover the rear?"

Chen Fei asked again to confirm if the command center indeed meant so.

The command center was on this airship, and covering the main force meant placing themselves in danger. Making such a decision required extraordinary courage!

"That's correct!"

The person talking to Chen Fei switched to Commander Ji Konglin of the command center, identified by voice recognition, a retired major general from The First Sovereign who had participated in that great war over thirty years ago and had rich combat experience.

"Understood! By the way, can we act freely?"

Chen Fei had more than this No. 2 flagship, the Mechanical Dragon, and the "Dragon King" Assault-Type Combat Mobile Armor. Louis Industrial Company also provided significant supplies, helping him restore part of his combat power, such as 1,000 Combat Mechs, all labeled "Adam" and ready for battle on the ship.

"Yes!"

Leave professional matters to professionals. Commander Ji did not understand Chen Fei's one-man army operations, so she didn't question the process, only the results.

"Understood. 'Snow Mountain' retreats, 'No. 2-1 Flagship' advances, activate all weapon systems, deploy 18 tactical jets, set first target condition at above 10,000 meters, second target condition at speeds over 200 km/h, execute immediately. Distribute Combat Mechs to the port and starboard, four mechs per group, allocate a railgun each."

Chen Fei began issuing instructions to the AI "Adam," raising his left hand. The entwined alchemical storage artifact continuously projected numerous packaged boxes, disappearing into the deck surface of the bridge and being transported to various positions along the ship's internal structure.

In tactical planning, AI lacked the flexibility and versatility of intelligent species; fixed logic models easily resulted in rigid dogmatism, while chaotic variables were the norm in actual combat.

The unscientific nature of the No. 2 warship became apparent once more. Exterior hatches opened, revealing large protruding platforms. When the Combat Mechs, in action, reached their positions, a large-caliber of up to 600 mm railgun automatically rose on the platforms.

"60 combat bombs, set for close defense trigger within a 5-kilometer radius."

The AI "Adam" marked various weapon systems' readiness processes visually on the three-dimensional structure map of the airship for Chen Fei.

The entwined alchemical storage artifact's 1,100-cubic capacity was nearly exhausted, with less than 100 cubic of non-combat materials remaining.

Once the battle began, ammunition consumption flowed like an open floodgate.

Even an experienced combatant like Chen Fei couldn't guarantee that this ammunition would be sufficient.

However, with 45,000 energy points as reserves, even if they couldn't win, escaping wouldn't be an issue.

Huge roaring sounds continued outside the bridge, as tactical jets roared out of the port and starboard aircraft channels of the airship, quickly forming combat squads, their tails flickering with blue light as they rushed to higher altitudes.

"What type of aircraft is that? I've never seen it before?"

Miyoshi Xuesen, hearing the sounds, rushed to the porthole to look outside. From the unusual afterburner color, he had a vague guess but didn't dare to confirm.

"It's a tactical jet, the prototype being the Crystal Jet 'Holy Grail'; it's a makeshift."

Chen Fei didn't have many combat aircraft options. "Big Mouth Monster" counted as one, MiG-28 as another, F-22 "Raptor" as another, the still-developing advanced fighter "Canglong" as another, "Sky Falcon" as another, the Crystal Jet "Holy Grail" as another, and a copycat Crystal Jet as one. Each was a mature or very close-to-mature program, but they couldn't be forcibly pieced together into a "Stitch Monster" program.

Even an outsider who picked up the pieces like Chen Fei knew that forcibly piecing them together was asking for death.

Miyoshi Xuesen probed, "Isn't it the Crystal Jet?"

The three-dimensional holographic projection in the bridge expanded again, almost filling every corner, marking all incoming enemies.

"There's no Sky Knight, so how could it be a Crystal Jet?"

Chen Fei looked at this clueless guy with a bizarre expression.

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"It really startled me!"

Miyoshi Xuesen seemed relieved.

With so many Crystal Jets, the entire Africa Continent's sovereignties would simultaneously explode?

"Rookie, what did you just release? Crystal Jets?"

Commander Ji from the command center personally sent the same query. It wasn't just Miyoshi Monk who mistook the tactical jets for Crystal Jets.

"Unmanned tactical jets, underscore unmanned, no Sky Knight!"

Chen Fei had no choice but to explain again.

Cutting corners by copying the "Holy Grail" unexpectedly brought such trouble.