Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 771 Shaojiang Modified Frigate Battle Record
"At 10:34 a.m. on the third day of the operation, our ship arrived at the southwestern border of the Gray Mist Forest with the fleet. After a brief adjustment, the fleet flagship, the Gamma-class heavy cruiser Forge Hammer, led the way and entered the Gray Mist Forest airspace."
"The entire fleet has entered level one combat readiness."
"Twenty-five seconds later, the 'Forge Hammer', which was at the head of the fleet, crossed the 'red line'. A large number of indigenous creatures with flying abilities that inhabited the Gray Fog Forest broke through the tree canopy and thick fog and launched an attack on the 'Forge Hammer'."
"The entire fleet is on combat duty."
"The fleet commander's order came from the flagship 'Forge Hammer': All warships in the fleet continue to move forward and do not linger in the battle."
"This ship will increase its speed to 75% of its maximum value..."
The records in the central control computer of the "Shaojiang Modified" frigate were basically the same as what Ke Lan saw in the archives. After encountering the attack of those biological weapons, the commander of the special operations fleet decided to speed up all the warships and quickly break through the blockade of the biological weapons, but they soon realized that this was a wrong decision - the number of biological weapons flying out of the forest far exceeded the imagination of the fleet command team. And it was precisely because the entire ship distributed the power reactor output to the engine and thrusters that the energy shield could not get enough energy support. The energy shields of the "Shaojiang Modified" frigate and another high-speed support ship that was later shot down were overloaded many times, the shield generator had a serious malfunction, and the cabin containing the cooling device exploded. Four engineers and a Marine were killed in the explosion.
Although it took less than two minutes for the energy shield to return to normal after the damage control was initiated, the "Shaojiang Modified" still suffered serious damage during these two minutes. Half of the 32 main thrusters lost thrust, nearly 60% of the cabins on the sides and below the hull were pierced, and 35 people died directly or indirectly from the damage to the hull. In addition, about 200 biological weapons invaded the interior of the battleship.
The marines on the Shaojiang frigate only had two platoon-level mobile teams, and there were less than 40 soldiers with combat capability at that time, which was completely unable to deal with the biological weapons invading the warship. Captain Heruni Yang had no choice but to order the closure of the invaded cabins and use heavy alloy gates to block the attacks of the biological weapons.
Although it was only a matter of time before these alloy gates were torn open with the destructive power of these biological weapons, Captain Heruni and all the officers and soldiers on the ship faced another more serious problem -
After half of the main thrusters were shut down, the speed of the "Shaojiang Modified" frigate dropped to one-third of its original speed. Falling behind meant that it would not be able to receive support from other warships in the fleet, and would soon be .
The only solution was to quickly repair the damaged thrusters, but the main thrusters were located at the rear of the battleship. To send people there, they had to pass through the closed cabins that had been occupied by biological weapons. The only self-defense force on the ship could barely protect the safety of the bridge and reactor, let alone escort the maintenance personnel through the monster pile.
If the current situation continues, the energy shield of the Shaojiang modified frigate will be broken again in less than ten minutes.
Just when everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pan but could not come up with an effective countermeasure, the captain of the battleship, Heruni Yang, proposed an almost risky plan.
He decided to lower the battleship's altitude and fly close to the canopy of the gray fog forest. In this way, at least one-third of the battleship's volume, including the bottom, would sink into the thick gray fog.
These biological weapons will only attack targets outside the thick fog, and will ignore invaders who dive into the thick fog - Heruni has already come to this conclusion when he observed the combat process of the carrier-based aircraft: several carrier-based aircraft were forced to dive into the thick fog in order to shake off the biological weapons that were chasing them closely. And when these carrier-based aircraft dived into the thick fog, the biological weapons that were chasing them closely would immediately give up the pursuit and turn to attack other targets.
Although most of the carrier-based aircraft that entered the thick fog never flew out again, a few lucky ones successfully returned to the battlefield.
According to reports from the pilots of these few carrier-based aircraft, they did not come under any further attack after they rushed into the thick fog. The only danger was that it was difficult to determine their own altitude in the thick fog, and if they were not careful they would crash into the treetops, resulting in the destruction of the aircraft and the death of everyone on board... Those carrier-based aircraft that failed to fly out of the thick fog basically crashed in this way.
But warships are different. Their structure is not as fragile as that of carrier-based aircraft. Even if the belly of the ship is flying against the tree canopy, it can last for a long time.
Heruni's idea was simple - sinking one-third of the ship into the thick fog could greatly reduce the area of the warship that was attacked, the defense pressure would be greatly reduced, and the energy shield could last longer.
This effect is far better than relying on the firepower and hull of other warships for "physical support", and most of the damaged parts of the hull are at the bottom. Sinking these holes in the thick fog can also prevent more biological weapons from invading the interior of the warship.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can find a way to concentrate our forces, first eliminate the biological weapons that have invaded the interior of the battleship, then repair the damaged thruster hull, and after the battleship's condition is restored, we can chase the fleet ahead at full speed.
This plan is very risky, but it is the only way for the battleship to survive at the moment.
In just a few seconds, this plan was unanimously agreed upon by all the officers on the bridge - instead of waiting for the energy shield to explode again and the battleship to be sunk by these monsters, it would be better to take a gamble and sink the battleship directly into the thick fog.
If they lose the bet, the worst that can happen is a crash, but if they win the bet, it can give all the officers and soldiers on the ship a chance of survival.
The battleship was switched to manual operation mode. The helmsman held the joystick with both hands, stared at the altitude indicator, and pushed the joystick down little by little.
But just when the bottom of the warship touched the thick fog above the tree canopy, the data of the altitude indicator became disordered, jumping to tens of thousands of meters in the air and then directly turning into negative numbers - most of the external sensors of the altitude indicator of the "Shaojiang-class" frigate are installed at the bottom of the hull, and all of them failed the moment they were immersed in the thick fog. Fortunately, the helmsman is also a veteran with rich practical experience. The panic in his eyes was fleeting, and he exerted force with both arms at the same time to pull up the sinking joystick.
Even though there is still a distance of one or two hundred meters between the tree canopy and the ground, for a warship of this size and speed, this altitude is no different from flying close to the ground. If the inclination angle of the ship is slightly wrong, the entire warship will crash into the ground in the next second.
The "Shaojiang Modified" frigate was also flying at a speed several times higher than the ultra-low altitude flight safety speed limit. The warship had just been pulled up a distance of more than ten meters and had not even completely gotten rid of the thick fog below when it slowly sank again.
This time, the helmsman was experienced - he no longer relied on the altitude indicator as a benchmark for controlling the rise and fall, but turned on the laser rangefinder which is often used when warships enter the port and line up. Using the fleet flagship "Forge Hammer" in front as a landmark, the "Shaojiang Modified" always maintained an altitude that would allow the thick fog to cover most of the ship's hull but would not lose balance and hit the ground.
As for the other damaged high-speed support ship, it was not so lucky. Although they also followed suit and lowered the altitude of the warship, trying to avoid most of the attacks of biological weapons by sinking into the thick fog. But the helmsman of this high-speed support ship was obviously not as experienced as the helmsman of the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate. Moreover, because the warship itself was a light high-speed warship and the damage to the propeller was not as serious as that of the "Shaojiang Kai", its speed was even faster than that of the "Shaojiang Kai". At the moment when the bottom sank into the thick fog and the altitude indicator failed, this high-speed support ship did not have time to pull up the bow in time and directly hit the ground.
The violent explosion and the flames shooting into the sky made Ke Lan and Mo Jue, who were watching the video, hold their breath - the hull of the high-speed support ship was directly broken into five pieces, and the bow part that touched the bottom was severely compressed. There were continuous explosions from inside the warship, and the disintegrated parts flew everywhere. Some even flew to the front of the "Shaojiang Modified", and were instantly melted into bright metal jets by the energy shield of the "Shaojiang Modified", and then evaporated by the high temperature.
"Fortunately, Gray Mist Forest was able to repair this high-speed support ship. It was blown into this state... It could have been sent directly to a scrap metal recycling station without having to dismantle the ship." Ke Lan complained.
Previously , when they were enduring the bombing in the clearing in the forest, in addition to the "Shaojiang modified" frigate, this high-speed support ship named "Genoa" was also suspended in the air, but judging from the degree of damage on the surface, the "Genoa" was much more serious than the "Shaojiang modified".
Especially at the bow, the passage compartment that was originally at least 120 meters long and used to launch carrier-based aircraft was squeezed to less than half of its length... Fortunately, the bridge is the most well-protected part of the entire warship and the damage was not serious, so the central control computer of the high-speed support ship should also have been preserved.
After emptying the data from the central control computer of the "Shaojiang Modified" frigate, Ke Lan planned to explore the "Genoa" - based on the crash scene he saw on the Blasphemer, the location of the second crash of the "Genoa" was not far from here.
The "Shaojiang modified" frigate crashed due to the detonation of its plasma main gun, while the "Genoa", which was already in a state of collapse, was shot down by those biological weapons... If the impact on the bridge was not too great when it landed, the central control computer of the "Genoa" might still have remained turned on.
Then Ke Lan will have the opportunity to obtain a relatively complete set of data.
After nearly half of the frigate's hull sank into the thick fog, the pressure from the outside world suddenly decreased - the turrets at the bottom of the hull were mostly destroyed, and the firepower was far less than its peak, while the turrets and weapons on the top of the hull were relatively well preserved. Relying on the thick fog, the "Shaojiang Kai" successfully hid its weak points and reduced its attack surface by nearly half.
"According to CIC's calculations, in its current state, the energy shield can last at least twenty-five minutes!" Heruni's adjutant reported to him.
"That's good. Everyone, except the helmsman, fire control and radar, should take up their weapons. The CIC will also leave only the minimum number of people to prepare to clear out the cabin occupied by the indigenous creatures!" Heruni took the assault rifle handed over by the adjutant and put on a military powered exoskeleton.
The remaining Marines were crowded in the corridor leading to the occupied cabin, with dozens of black gun muzzles pointing at the already crumbling airtight door, and no one dared to breathe.
Everyone's fingers were tightly gripping the trigger. At this moment, even the instructor would not accuse these soldiers of having "golden fingers"... Although maintaining this posture for a long time could easily lead to accidental discharge and injury, no one knew when the airtight door in front of them would collapse.
The brief moment when your index finger moves from the trigger guard to the trigger can mean the difference between life and death.
Captain Heruni entered the corridor with a group of fully armed officers, civilian soldiers and logistical damage control personnel. The already crowded space was suddenly filled with people - now, almost all the combat-capable people on the entire "Shaojiang Modified" frigate were concentrated here.
"Captain, I just took a count. Including the marines and the lightly wounded at the back, we only have ninety-seven people in total." The adjutant hesitated for a moment, then continued, "And according to the surveillance on the ship, there are about two hundred indigenous creatures that have invaded the warship."
"With the advantage of weapons, one on two should be no problem." Heruni frowned, holding an arm shield connected to the exoskeleton in his left hand, and holding a rifle with a bayonet installed in his right hand.
At this time, even if there was a problem he could only say that there was no problem. Both the "Shaojiang Modified" frigate and the people on the ship had no other choice.
"Central control of the bridge, look at my signal, get ready..." The adjutant nodded and raised his clenched left hand, "Three, two, one... open the hatch!"
"Squeak--Crack!" The severely deformed airtight door got stuck halfway through opening. A series of terrifying ghost faces immediately appeared in everyone's field of vision. Although the hatch was only opened with a gap less than one meter wide, the ghost-faced giant owl on the other side still squeezed through the gap madly and pounced on everyone.
"Fire!"
In fact, there was no need for Heruni to give any orders. When the first ghost-faced giant owl came over, the Marines in the front row had already pulled the trigger with their numb index fingers.
The sound of gunfire suddenly filled the corridor.
