Soon a new wave of bright spots appeared on the three-dimensional display of the deep-field radar.
The location where they appeared was one of the three deep space bases at the beginning. According to the current course, they would eventually meet up with the Dawn formation which was highlighted.
It seems that the other party has not made any move and is waiting for reinforcements.
Dolap also became quiet at this time. He stared at the radar screen closely, breathing very rapidly.
He was just a civilian business owner before, and this was his first time participating in such a military operation.
Although he had participated in the evacuation of the C11 system before, he was just a bystander at that time. The Border Guards did not need to seek his opinion on any action they took, but only informed him when the fleet might be affected.
The probe projects the captured image onto a screen.
They saw a new formation, led by a red mech, rapidly approaching the asteroid.
These 17 newly added Dusk machines and the original 20 Dawn machines formed a large formation of 37 mechas.
The formation then began to move on the three-dimensional map.
Looking at the curve representing the trajectory of movement, Lao Li's mouth grinned from ear to ear.
My disguise was indeed useful, the other party had completely taken the bait.
"Orders: All units maintain their current status and allow them to enter the second air defense circle."
Old Li hurriedly issued new instructions.
Compared with Dolap's rich experience in business and navigation, Lao Li has a clear advantage in intrigue with others.
He still remembered his idea of capturing someone alive, so he did not launch an attack at the first moment, but let those mechas in to catch the turtle in the jar.
Still maintaining their original posture, they tried their best to make themselves look like they were carrying out a rescue operation. To create a sense of urgency, Lao Li ordered his men to throw out all the remaining hydrogen tanks at once.
The flames of the explosion instantly engulfed the nearby small spacecraft.
Fortunately, there was some thin hydrogen gas, so the latter was not harmed.
In addition, at the rear of the entire fleet, two aircraft destroyers quietly retracted their drones and fine-tuned the direction of their bows.
They were waiting for Lao Li's instructions.
The newly formed mecha group travels at a very fast speed.
Dolap discovered that these mechas did not fly individually, but rather multiple mechas held hands and connected to each other to form a circle.
This method allows the boosters located behind each mecha to be fully powered at the minimum angle.
If the mecha is flying alone, the interaction between the engine angle and the mecha's center of mass will cause the mecha to flip uncontrollably, so additional momentum must be consumed to maintain the route.
But by forming a circle, at least three mechas can form a stable navigation structure. In this structure, the deflection torque caused by each mecha will be offset by the forces from other directions.
Since there is no need to consume additional momentum to maintain the route, the more mechas that form the navigation circle, the faster the entire formation will sail.
However, considering material science and flight control issues, there is an upper limit to the number of mechas that make up the navigation circle.
According to the Double Corona Empire Mecha Operator Training Manual, this upper limit is generally 128 aircraft.
In short, with the support of the navigation circle, the 37-aircraft formation quickly entered the level 2 air defense circle of the patrol fleet commanded by Dolap.
According to the Galactic Alliance's fleet air defense deployment, the entire fleet's air defense firepower network is divided into three levels.
Usually 5,000 km and 100,000 km are used as the dividing lines between the first and second level air defense circles.
The sphere within a radius of 5,000 km centered on the fleet is a level 1 air defense circle.
Within the first-level air defense circle, point defense will serve as the main means of air defense.
The principle behind this device was similar to the dense array installed on naval warships in Bai Yi's original world line. These devices were known as the last line of defense for warships, firing dense projectiles at an ultra-high rate of fire of over 3,000 rounds per minute to intercept incoming missiles or small aircraft.
The same principle applies to point defense, except that the caliber is larger, the rate of fire is faster, and the types of ammunition loaded are more diverse.
In addition to missiles and small aircraft, the targets can also be intercepted to prevent enemy landing capsules from boarding operations.
Beyond 5,000 km, the interception effect of point defense will be greatly reduced.
The range of 5,000 to 100,000 km is the optimal interception distance for anti-aircraft guns and short-range air defense missiles, and is also called the Level 2 air defense circle.
Anti-aircraft guns are controlled by programmed ammunition and proximity fuses, and explode when they approach the target, mainly killing through high-speed fragments.
The black cloud produced by the explosion of the shell can also obscure the enemy driver's vision and cause misjudgment, and has a good dispersal effect on invading large-scale formations.
A distance of more than 100,000 km is considered a third-level air defense circle, and the time required for the artillery shells to fly at this distance cannot be ignored.
Conventional attacks begin to have difficulty hitting small and medium-sized targets with excellent maneuverability, so the air defense mission at this distance is usually handed over to long-range air defense missiles and directed energy weapons.
"The time has come."
Seeing his prey walking step by step towards the trap, Lao Li's hands began to tremble.
This was an old problem he had developed during previous battles. Whenever he was emotionally excited or had to make some important decision, his hands would start shaking uncontrollably.
Because it was basically nothing serious, he never went to the hospital for a complete physical examination.
He recently heard that there is a very famous search engine called "Degree" within the United Nations of Earth, which can search for possible causes of disease based on one's race and physical condition.
I heard that the medical conditions found are very accurate, and he will also recommend you the nearest reliable hospital below.
Lao Li felt that he could go back and try it after this battle. Anyway, he didn't have to go to the hospital, so it would be great to just get some information.
The mecha group of the Double Corona Empire crossed the center line of the second air defense circle of 50,000 km.
At this moment, the anti-aircraft artillery that had been on standby for a long time began to fire intensively, and the dense black clouds almost formed a wall of cloud in front of the mecha group.
Since Lao Li had instructed in advance that direct shooting was prohibited, the first wave of attacks did not cause any direct casualties, but only broke up the originally neat mecha formation into 37 scattered small points.
Then, the anti-aircraft batteries in each position began to chase the targets that had been assigned in advance and fire madly.
A series of anti-aircraft guns exploded at the base of the mecha's tail.
Because the artillery operators were not professional, Lao Li ordered them to aim directly at the mecha and fire.
By utilizing the short delay caused by the flight time of the shells, a very oppressive pursuit barrage can be formed.
This is the effect of the mecha flying in front and the shells chasing behind.
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