After completing the confirmation of the current battlefield situation, Shiho Hahnenfuss was slightly uneasy about the effect of the Earth Alliance's new tactics, but he was also very happy that his experimental beam weapon GuAIZ could be put to use.
Shiho Hahnenfuss first sent out a signal, indicating that the pre-production model GuAIZ, which was following him and equipped with experimental large beam weapons and large attack shields, went to support senior Heine Westenfluss - compared to the two D Equipments in senior Heine Westenfluss's team, D Equipment currently seemed helpless. Ginn, these two early mass production models GuAIZ are more suitable to play the role of forward.
Shiho Hahnenfuss himself was driving the beam weapon experimental type GuAIZ with enhanced head sight equipment. Taking advantage of the long-range firepower of the Earth Alliance's battleship to shoot at Gamow without having the opportunity to target himself, he safely aimed at the maximum effective range of the experimental beam weapon.
The initial plan of Shiho Hahnenfuss was naturally to directly target Nelson-class Battleship, the core of the Earth Alliance box array;
Unfortunately, after some attempts, it was discovered that due to the obstruction caused by Drake-class Frigate and mobile weapons on both sides, it is difficult to ensure stable illumination for several seconds;
In the end, in order to ensure that a breakthrough could be opened, Shiho Hahnenfuss chose Drake-class Frigate in the upper right corner of the front of the Earth Alliance box array as the target.
"Actual fire test one, target Earth Alliance Drake-class Frigate, maximum effective range of experimental beam weapon, test firing begins!"
Along with the Shiho Hahnenfuss test-style 'combat record report', the prototype directional thermal energy cannons on both shoulders of the beam weapon experimental model GuAIZ discharged a large amount of cooling mist while simultaneously emitting bright light;
Soon, the target Drake-class Frigate near the bridge in the middle section and the propeller in the rear section melted, exploded and smoked under the impact of the beam respectively. Then the hull began to slowly and uncontrollably crash into the box array, the close firepower became chaotic, and missiles and torpedoes were fired indiscriminately.
"Good job, Shiho Hahnenfuss-chan!"
Before Shiho Hahnenfuss took new action, senior Heine Westenfluss sent a brief contact that was slightly vague but clear due to interference;
Then, without waiting for any response from Shiho Hahnenfuss, he cut off communication and joined the combat mission.
In response to this, Shiho Hahnenfuss, who was recovering from the complex emotions of being shot down by a battleship in his first actual combat, did not make any special reaction;
After taking a deep breath, the conditioned reflex during the test period made her pay attention to the situation of the experimental beam weapon.
"The attack eccentricity of the left side is 1.3‰, and the attack eccentricity of the right side is 2.8‰. The overall shooting accuracy requirements are met;
The cooling agent consumption of the left body tube is 22%, and the cooling agent consumption of the right body tube is 21%. The consumption of cooling gas is higher than expected. Sure enough, after replacing the GuAIZ, has the output improved?
Judging from the report of the attitude stabilization system, simultaneous attacks from both sides have indeed reduced the cost of real-time attitude adjustment, but the complexity index has increased and part of the computing power of the airborne system has been occupied. As expected, there will still be problems during high-intensity combat.
Next, we should try the actual situation of a unilateral attack..."
GuAIZ's onboard computer's lock alarm interrupted Shiho Hahnenfuss's independent confirmation;
After a little confirmation of this wave of attacks, Shiho Hahnenfuss understood that there would of course be no chance of another sneak attack;
Therefore, the analysis of the internal results of the 'experiment' was ended. Shiho Hahnenfuss avoided the diversionary attack assigned to him by Montgomery while confirming the external results of the previous 'experiment' and the subsequent results of friendly forces.
However, although Shiho Hahnenfuss had expected it when he was attacked by Montgomery so quickly, Shiho Hahnenfuss was a little surprised by the poor progress on the front line.
The close-range defense artillery fire network faced by senior Heine Westenfluss is still there, and the two Moebiuss retreating under the cover of their companions seem to be the most direct result of CGUE's victory.
The two Heine Westenfluss senior team's D Equipment Ginn shot down anti-ship missiles, and seemed to have destroyed another Drake-class Frigate;
However, one of the Ginn was also damaged during the attack, and is currently returning to Gamow under the cover of friendly forces;
The other Ginn has improved flexibility in firing anti-ship missiles, but only has a 76mm heavy assault machine gun left in terms of firepower. It is weak in the face of the enemy's close-in defense fire network that has restored or maintained its strength.
And Shiho Hahnenfuss's own team's early-production model GuAIZ equipped with a large beam weapon should have taken advantage of the temporary chaos and the cover of friendly forces to destroy the bridge of another Drake-class Frigate;
However, this Drake-class Frigate was unexpectedly not completely disabled. It was still blowing out heavy smoke while continuing to deploy firepower, while reluctantly cooperating with friendly forces to adjust its formation.
In general, after this round of offensive that started with Shiho Hahnenfuss's experimental beam weapon, although Earth Alliance's box array suffered considerable losses, it was still not completely disabled and collapsed.
Originally a tight box formation consisting of 1 Nelson-class Battleship, 8 Drake-class Frigate, and 2 teams carried by Nelson-class Battleship, totaling 10 Moebius;
The ones currently completely lost are the Drake-class Frigate destroyed by Shiho Hahnenfuss and the Drake-class Frigate destroyed by Ginn D Equipment anti-ship missiles, a total of 2 Drake-class Frigate;
Moreover, these two ships were not completely dead. They were still blowing out thick smoke while carrying out some unorganized attacks that did not pose much of a threat but could not be completely ignored.
The remaining enemy troops showed extremely high morale and strong resilience. Although they could no longer form a complete box formation of a regular hexahedron, they were still adjusting to a shrinking form of three in front and two in back;
And the Drake-class Frigate whose bridge was destroyed and the two Moebius that temporarily retreated cannot be completely ignored, right?
In short, it will take some time for the experimental beam weapon to complete its cooling, so Shiho Hahnenfuss decided to get closer to the front line;
In addition to using the universal 76mm heavy assault machine gun to provide support firepower, it can at least contain some enemy firepower better and create opportunities for Heine Westenfluss seniors and others to attack.
With this idea in mind, Shiho Hahnenfuss paid close attention to whether the enemy had any weaknesses or loopholes, while paying attention to the cooling of the experimental beam weapon, while further approaching the core battlefield where close-range firepower was flying.
Noticing the approach of Shiho Hahnenfuss, senior Heine Westenfluss also sent another communication.
"Hey, Shiho Hahnenfuss-chan, the attack just now was so beautiful.
It's a pity that the enemy seems to be a pretty good opponent and won't give up easily."
In response to Heine Westenfluss's "nonsense" and sighs, Shiho Hahnenfuss responded with serious inquiries.
"Senior Heine Westenfluss, the experimental beam weapon still needs a few minutes to cool down, or we can risk it by firing it forcefully.
Heine Westenfluss Senior, do you have any battle plans? I will fully cooperate with you according to your instructions."
Facing the serious Shiho Hahnenfuss, Heine Westenfluss also showed a reliable side.
"There's no need to be so nervous, Shiho Hahnenfuss-chan.
The worst-case scenario is that we retreat temporarily and share our achievements with Captain Creuset Team.
Your team's experimental equipment is quite valuable and cannot be wasted so easily.
In short, just wait patiently for your experimental beam weapon to finish cooling down before launching an effective attack.
Then I will ask the other Ginn of the team to go back and replenish the D Equipment first, and you will provide support from the rear. The two early mass-produced GuAIZ seem to be cooperating with each other, so let them move freely."
"Yes, Heine Westenfluss senior!"
After giving a quick salute to senior Heine Westenfluss, who was still able to navigate the dense close-range firepower network, Shiho Hahnenfuss cut off the communication. According to senior Heine Westenfluss, he patiently waited for the experimental beam weapon to finish cooling down.