Chapter 222: Artillery Bombardment! Assault Landing! Cleanup!

Under Morgan Blackhand's command, the group of carrier-based aircraft left the cabin and attacked the Reaper mothership like a swarm of bees.

The combat pilots used a large number of metal hydrogen bombs and various laser cannon devices to launch frantic intensive close-air attacks on the enemy mothership.

But what followed was a counterattack launched by the Reaper mothership.

Immediately, countless energy cannons were quickly fired from the close-in defense devices, and various small fighters that also left the cabin also launched an attack on the giant company's fleet.

The carrier-based aircraft of both sides engaged in a fierce confrontation and shooting in front of their respective fleets.

At this moment, the entire battlefield situation entered a white-hot and tense state.

Because the carrier-based aircraft groups of both sides are actually very similar in terms of number, scale and combat effectiveness.

Basically, as long as you hit the enemy's body, it can be destroyed, but the surface of the fighter group of the Universal Corporation is also protected by a layer of antimatter shield.

However, the Reaper's fleet had no protective measures at all.

Therefore, in this round of shooting confrontation, the fleet of the Universal Corporation has a higher survival rate.

But the Reaper mothership's backup fleet is definitely larger than the corporate fleet, it's just that not all of them are sent out at once.

When the Queen of the Reapers saw that she couldn't take down the giant's carrier-based aircraft group in a short time, she immediately dispatched more fighter jets.

At this time, some bombers that had run out of ammunition began to withdraw to the giant ship in an orderly manner, and used their speed and agility to shake off the Reaper fleet.

The main fleet of the giant enterprise was fighting fiercely with the Reaper mothership, while the assault ship on V's side had quietly approached the enemy mothership.

At this moment, the electromagnetic accelerator cannons of the two Infinity-class battleships and the cruiser provided a dense and powerful air defense barrage network for the returning aircraft group.

The Reaper fleets that tried to get close to the giant ship and tried to hunt down the flapping-wing aircraft and scorpion fighters were like mosquitoes falling on an electric fence.

All I saw were crackling explosions, followed by the destruction of the plane and death!
The main forces of the fleets of both sides were also mobilizing their main and secondary guns to continuously bombard each other's ships.

But the mothership of the Reaper civilization had long lost the protection of its protective energy shield, and the entire hull was completely exposed to the bombardment of the naval guns of the Universal Corporation.

The hull of each of the Enterprise's ships was covered with a sustainably generated antimatter shield, and the Reaper mothership's artillery counterattacks could not cause any damage to the Infinity at all.

It can be said that in this interstellar naval battle up to now, it is the Reapers who are getting beaten, and the Universal Corporation has hardly suffered any major losses.

It's just that dozens of AI drones crashed, this loss is completely insignificant!
Inside the command center of the Infinity-class flagship.

"We have caused 19% damage to the enemy's ship structure, and our ship structure is still intact!"

"Reporting to headquarters, our carrier-based aircraft squadron has damaged 96 drones, and there are no pilot casualties."

"..."

Captain Morgan Blackhand, who was listening to the real-time report, did not say anything. He just nodded thoughtfully and continued to focus his eyes on the holographic screen.

From the beginning of the battle to now, it was actually within his expectations that Universal Corporation could achieve such an excellent combat loss ratio.

After all, they had been preparing for this interstellar war for two and a half years in advance, and even ambushed a wave of Reaper motherships halfway through.

When the strength and firepower output of the starships of both sides are similar, whoever attacks first will have a greater chance of winning.

This is just like when two ADCs have the same six pieces of equipment, whoever starts with a basic attack and deals some damage first has a better chance of winning the duel.

It would be so embarrassing if you launched a sneak attack first and then were counterattacked and suffered heavy losses!

When he saw that the fleet of the giant enterprise had reached the designated target area, Morgan Blackhand calmly issued a new order and said:

"Now start changing your angle and prepare to aim at the damaged area of ​​the target. Continue to expand their damaged area and tear open their holes."

"Also, notify the assault team, it's time to get down to business!"

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At this moment, the assault boat carrying Astartes warriors!

At this moment, V, who had received the order from Morgan, also began to make the final mobilization to the people in front of him.

"Attention all combatants, we must complete the airborne landing within 10 minutes. Please prepare your assault equipment."

"In addition, the airborne tool we used this time is the propulsion device of the anti-Hulk armor."

"In order to ensure that everyone can complete the landing according to the established plan, please check your armor launchers in time."

"If the launcher fails and the Hulkbuster armor cannot be automatically equipped, call the headquarters immediately and equip another set!"

"at last……"

"Good luck to everyone, and may the world's giant enterprises prosper!"

After hearing the reminder and voice of Operations Captain V on the all-purpose channel, all Astartes warriors, including David Martinez, immediately became 100% alert.

This is a great moment for them to achieve great things. After this battle, everyone will bathe in the glory of the regiment!
At this moment, a heart rate display graph slightly higher than usual appeared on everyone's helmet screen, indicating that these soldiers who were about to take action were all extremely excited.

Speaking of which, this group of young Astartes warriors have actually participated in just as many battles as veteran warriors like V and Jack.

Many of them have landed on the planet Pandora, fought against the unpredictable Netherworld soldiers, and bombarded the huge Kaiju.

He even participated in the assault to arrest Omega!

He can be said to be a veteran of many battles!

The mission they are about to carry out this time is a "boarding" operation similar to traditional naval battles.

Next, these Astartes warriors will use the thrusters of the anti-Hulk device to complete the internal landing through the gap in the Reaper mothership.

This group of young Astartes warriors were actually already accustomed to such a conventional tactical plan, and were well versed in various coordinated attacks.

Boom——!
At this moment, the assault boat began to adjust its direction, and the surrounding Scorpion fighters were also frantically covering for V and others in order to cover them as they completed the boarding operation.

When feeling the violent shock from the enemy's artillery, many Astartes warriors felt that the blood in their bodies began to boil!

"Ha! It's a pity that Commander Wells is not here, otherwise he would definitely be so excited that he would start cursing."

David smiled and said, having worked with Jack Wells for so long, he had somewhat picked up some of Jack's carefree language style.

Seeing that the soldiers' morale and condition were all maintained well and their spirits were unusually high, V nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Everyone, remember our mission objective for this trip, don't just focus on killing the enemy."

"We must create as much chaos as possible in the Reaper mothership and protect the engineers of the scientific research department so that we can seize the enemy mothership's command center."

"There may be a lot of bugs in there, probably billions, but no matter how many bugs there are, they can't do anything to us!" "Next, I want you to follow me, complete this assault mission, win, and then go back to claim your reward."

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers immediately responded.

"Yes!!"

"Very good, it seems that you are one step closer to the second Primaris warrior."

As V encouraged the soldiers with a smile, he saw the holographic screen on the helmet screen showing that the assault boat had completed its turn and was about to arrive at the designated area.

"be prepared!"

As soon as he finished speaking, V turned his head, looked in the direction ahead, and then jumped out towards the remaining gap in the Reaper mothership.

Then, he activated the anti-Hulk armor device, and almost instantly, the functional modules from the Veronica system quickly built a propulsion device on V.

Driven by the powerful nuclear fusion device, V is moving rapidly towards the Reaper's mothership at an extremely fast speed.

This clear and strong feeling of being pushed back made V feel like a flying Superman, galloping freely in the universe.

Through the visual sharing of the helmet screen, V could see that he was getting closer and closer to the huge gap created by the Infinity-class main gun!

Of course, it's not just V, but the entire Astartes commando team, driven by the anti-Hulk device, rushing towards the Reaper mothership.

In order to cover the safe landing of these flying Astartes warriors, nearby AI drones and fighter formations withstood most of the close-air artillery attacks for them.

The Reapers are not blind, how could they not see that a large number of Astartes warriors are heading towards their mothership.

At this moment, a death barrage composed of close-in defense guns flew out like dense lice, in order to shoot down the soldiers who were performing the boarding mission!
Fortunately, the propulsion device of the Astartes warriors can adjust the flight direction by themselves, and the holographic screen also has corresponding warning pictures, which can help them avoid the bombardment in advance.

In addition, there were AI drones to help in the bombardment, which blew up the energy cannons fired by the enemy in advance, so this group of soldiers were not shot down by the close-in defense guns.

Looking at the UFO in front of them, which was getting closer and closer to their own mothership, the Reapers who were in charge of controlling the close-in defense guns felt deep despair in their hearts.

At one point they suspected that it was the mothership's superluminal navigation system that led them to another galaxy.

This is completely different from the impression they have of human civilization!

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At this moment, the interior space of the Reaper mothership.

The layout here is quite spacious and orderly, with skyscraper-like towers standing inside the mothership.

The deck has various soils suitable for the survival of the harvesters, as well as lakes, dense forests, and various plants and animals.

These complete ecological circulation systems mean that the interior of the Harvester mothership is more like a small planet built into it than a ship!

call--! !

Due to a large gap blasted out by the Infinity-class electromagnetic accelerator cannon and laser cannon, the air in the area is rapidly lost, causing an air pressure imbalance.

At the edge of the dense forest, a group of harvester "soldier ants" wearing exoskeleton-like devices gathered urgently. They were holding energy guns and were all on alert.

Obviously, before this, they had not expected that the human fleet could actually break the mothership's shield.

The Reaper Queen, who was in charge of controlling the mothership, was thrown into a state of panic by this sudden change.

Because according to its original action plan, this Reaper mothership should have arrived smoothly over the Earth, and then sent out city destroyers to disintegrate humanity's combat power.

Afterwards, a large number of soldier ant units and the restarted mimicry army quickly swept, occupied, and enslaved humans on Earth!
But the actual situation now is that a big hole was blasted in the Reaper's mothership by the human fleet, and this hole is still expanding.

There is also a group of human soldiers who have safely passed through the layers of close-in defense artillery fire and entered this area!

It should have been a great start, but now human civilization has fought back like this, even forcing human soldiers to complete a humiliating boarding operation.

How could the Reaper Queen tolerate this!

So the queen immediately dispatched a large number of soldier ants and worker ants to repair the holes, preparing to repair the damaged holes on the mothership.

At this moment, a large number of Astartes warriors appeared above the gap and they had successfully arrived at the combat area.

"Hiss—!"

Seeing this, the soldier ants below hurriedly raised their guns and fired, but before the energy bombs hit the Astartes warriors, they stopped flying and fell to the ground with a bang.

boom! !

In an instant, every soldier fell to the ground like a meteor and landed on the enemy's mothership with a thud.

What followed was the tragic scene of the harvester soldier ants being smashed on the spot by countless "tin cans" and crushed into bloody mud.

This "Titanfall"-like appearance is the most commonly used landing posture for Astartes warriors.

After all, just by showing up, they can crush a group of underground soldier ants with their own weight!

Bang! Bang——!
The Astartes warriors who had completed the boarding process raised their grenade launchers without saying a word and shot the soldier ants in front of them into pieces one by one.

"The gadgets in their hands are toy guns for spraying water. They are completely useless."

"Hurry up and kill these disgusting bugs. Seeing them is like seeing cockroaches in the toilet!"

"Deal with them as quickly as possible."

The voices of David and others could be heard from time to time in the Astartes Commando's communication voice.

After completing the initial landing mission, the Astartes warriors immediately formed an indestructible firepower network defense line on the spot.

This is to cover the subsequent airborne troops and the engineering corps of the scientific research department.

Thanks to the auxiliary vision provided by the MarkX power armor and various shooting assistance systems, the grenade launchers in the hands of the Astartes warriors are madly spitting out deadly dazzling flames.

Faced with this terrifying assault force, the soldier ants that had just arrived at the combat area collapsed and retreated almost instantly.

This enabled V's assault force to successfully clear the area around them and completely consolidate the front line of the boarding front.

After dealing with the nearby Harvester Soldier Ants, V immediately led the team to launch a new round of attacks towards the giant building within sight.

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(End of this chapter)