"Understood!"
Upon receiving the attack order, multiple combat units aboard the USS John Paul Jones began operating on their own without human control, their movements synchronized as if they were one.
"Artillery systems locked on!"
"Missile systems locked on!"
"Fire!"
The USS John Paul Jones was an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the American Navy. Its proud Aegis of Zeus combat radar system proved utterly useless against Planet G's scout ships.
Fortunately, the two sides were fighting at close range. Distance and bearing could be calculated manually, so the presence or absence of the radar system made little difference.
After Russell upgraded the warship, the USS John Paul Jones possessed a far more powerful radar system. Its triple-mounted main turrets adjusted slightly, and its main guns, with calibers exceeding 400 millimeters, erupted in fury.
The shells streaked through their rifled barrels and tore through the sky with a shriek, then exploded violently against an alien scout ship after a piercing sonic howl.
BOOM!!
Flames surged into the sky as thick smoke billowed outward. Vast amounts of metal wreckage scattered in every direction under the force of the blast.
Close behind came vertically launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, as well as anti-ship missiles.
Six missiles trailing long tails of flame shot upward, rapidly closing in on the two alien scout ships.
In slow motion, golden holy markings could be seen covering the missiles' surfaces.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
White light flashed, and deafening explosions thundered across the sea. The positions of the two alien scout ships were swallowed by blazing white flames, and they broke apart into countless metal fragments.
"Ammunition loaded!"
"Reacquiring lock...!"
"Lock-on failed. Targets cleared!"
The ocean churned violently. Wreckage burning with white flames gave off clouds of steam, and of the original four alien scout ships, only the