The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2291 Human Cannon
In the 1980s, there was a popular bullet hell shooting game called "Galaga". Players controlled a fighter jet to move horizontally, dodging enemy bullets and firing bullets to shoot down enemies. Since only one bullet could be fired at a time, players had to accurately grasp the rhythm of the attack and skillfully avoid the "rain of bullets".

This is precisely the essence of ground-to-air combat: both evading attacks from the air and carrying out air-to-air operations. In this situation, if it is a person, they must multitask, both engaging in air combat and maneuvering, making it as difficult as fighting with both hands simultaneously.

Is it possible for a human to do that?
Yes, but not much!
But if there are two people, the difficulty is different.

One person is responsible for positioning, and the other is responsible for attacking air units.

With good teamwork, the result can be greater than the sum of its parts (1+1>2).

Just like Daiborigu at this moment, Shinjo, the former ace pilot and the strongest shooter of the Victory Team, was in full charge of the weapons system, while Lucia, who lacked professional knowledge and had less time to go to school, took on the responsibility of 'positioning' with her superhuman physical qualities. After all, attacking only requires quick eyes and hands, which tests experience and hand speed, but moving around is a double test of physical strength and endurance.

It was tailor-made for me.

Under the full firepower of the new city, one after another, the cosmic spheres of Sphia were blasted apart by lasers while still in the air, exploding into fireballs that spread out in clusters, crowded together, and merged into one, truly blotting out the sky.

The situation seemed very promising, but New City did not let its guard down. Nearly half of the weapons were still pointed at this part of the sky, while the other half were slightly adjusted to point to the rear. In that direction, the Victory Eagle, like a swift battling a storm, led a large flock of cosmic spheres, Sphia, in circles.

Although the Victory Eagle's firepower is not weak, aircraft are designed with their weapons facing forward, so even a slight deviation in angle will result in them missing their targets. In addition, their armor is too thin, making aerial combat extremely dangerous. Therefore, they can only fight while flying, and once they fly past an enemy, they have to make a large circle to return. As a result, in terms of air-to-air kill efficiency, aircraft are actually inferior to ground-based air defense. Their only advantage is their speed.

Therefore, Daibo Rigu's side had already blasted the main force of the cosmic sphere Sphia to pieces, while the Victory Eagle was still flying around fighting and playing around. So much so that Shinjo couldn't stand it anymore. After shouting in the communication channel, he sent half of the artillery to fire at that side.

tom!tom!tom!
Beam cannons, laser cannons, and cannons roared in succession, beams of light of different colors and shapes flying out from Daibo Rigu's left shoulder and the back of his head, instantly traversing a distance of several thousand meters in the middle, accurately striking each of the cosmic spheres, sfias, and blasting them apart in mid-air.

boom! boom! boom!
The thunderous explosion could be clearly heard even through the canopy and helmet, and the shockwave made it feel like both the pilot and the fighter jet were shaking, demonstrating the immense power of the blast. However, to everyone's delight, the dot representing the cosmic sphere Sphia was rapidly disappearing from the radar screen, indicating that the attack from the ground was quite effective.

"not bad."

Kibi Gosuke's tense face broke into a relaxed smile, but his mind was already wandering, thinking that this kind of ground-air coordination was much better than fighting alone.

The Victory Eagle uses its agility to draw the enemy's attention, then the Daiborigu or other giant combat robots unleash a barrage of firepower, which would be absolutely devastating for aerial units like the cosmic sphere Scia.

If it's a monster, it can also cooperate in battle.

The giant combat robot can distract the monster from the front, drawing its attention, while Victory Eagle can hover in the air and deliver a fully charged attack from the side or behind. This is much better than Victory Eagle fighting alone.

Thinking it over, Kibi nods. After this battle, he will propose a joint operation exercise. If it goes well, headquarters will naturally require both sides to cooperate without him having to say anything more.

Thinking about this, Hibi Kosuke felt somewhat fortunate that it wasn't the police department that first created the giant combat robot; otherwise, given the police department's style, cooperation would have been out of the question.

The police department has its own 'super squad' and will definitely have its giant combat robots cooperate with its super squad, and will not give it any advantage to outsiders.

This is also a major reason why the police department is disliked; it not only monopolizes resources but also remains closed off internally, with too little communication with the outside world.

However, those are things for after the war. Right now, the important thing is to annihilate this batch of cosmic spheres, the Sphia.

Whoosh!
Under Ryo Yumimura's control, Victory Eagle suddenly accelerated again, its speed soaring dramatically, leaving the spherical sphere Specia, which was about to catch up, far behind. Specia's predictive attack, launched based on Victory Eagle's previous speed, missed its target due to Victory Eagle's increased speed.

More importantly, the acceleration of the Victory Eagle created a large gap between it and the cosmic sphere Sphia, allowing Daiborigu to fire freely without worrying about the Victory Eagle. Daiborigu and the headquarters' ground air defense seized this opportunity and immediately launched a barrage of fire.

boom! boom! boom!
Another massive explosion shattered the cosmic sphere Sphia, leaving it in complete disarray and no longer able to maintain its orderly formation as it had a minute before.

It's not that they've scattered, but rather that there are too few of them; even if they tried to form a proper group, they couldn't.

This prompted Daiborigu to change his strategy, switching from blanket bombardment to precision shooting. Victory Eagle also turned back, abandoning its previous evasive tactics, and began relentlessly attacking the remaining cosmic spheres, Sphia, like a leech.

As the second female team member after Lina to earn the title of 'Ace Pilot', it is no exaggeration to say that Ryo Yumimura's flying skills are outstanding. Piloting the Victory Eagle is as easy as using her own arm.

The 62-meter-long fighter jet, piloted by Ryo Yumimura, moved with the agility of a swift in a storm, dodging the counterattacks of the cosmic sphere Sphia and delivering a fatal blow to it.

It wasn't that no cosmic sphere, the Sphia, attempted to attack the most threatening Daiborigu, but Daiborigu's fierce firepower caused all the cosmic spheres that tried to dive down to attack to perish on the spot. Before they could even get into an attack stance, they were blown up in mid-air and exploded into a fireball.

As the number of cosmic spheres, Sphias, in the air dwindled, smiles began to spread across the faces of everyone in the control room. Only Agamus remained serious, even saying, "Tell the ground air defenses to be on alert and not let the cosmic spheres Sphias fall to the ground."

Upon hearing Agamus's words, Dr. Yamausagi and Horii realized that the most terrifying aspect of the Cosmic Sphere Specia was not its mobility and ferocious firepower, but its ability to fuse with everything. Once the Cosmic Sphere Specia landed, it could create a giant monster tens of meters tall and weighing tens of thousands of tons by fusing with soil and rocks in just a few seconds.

Dr. Yaiba immediately picked up his communicator and warned Shinjo over the communication channel to intercept the spherical spheres attempting to land. No sooner had he spoken than the remaining spherical spheres in the air, as if receiving a command, abruptly changed direction, no longer chasing the Victory Eagle or attempting to attack Daiborig, but instead diving towards the ground. "Not good!"

This shocked everyone. Xincheng stopped holding back and Daibo Rigu unleashed its full firepower. Victory Eagle also quickly turned its nose around and swooped down, relentlessly pursuing and attacking the cosmic sphere Sphia within its range. Ground-based anti-aircraft firepower also intercepted it.

The firepower was undeniably fierce, instantly filling the entire sky.
too fast!
The cosmic sphere Sphia was moving too fast. The dive itself was aided by Earth's gravity. Even without its own power and with the influence of air friction, gravity could accelerate it to the speed of sound at 9.8 meters per second. Moreover, the cosmic sphere Sphia was extremely powerful, accelerating to the point of creating a sonic boom almost in the blink of an eye, before crashing headlong into the ground amidst the drifting ring clouds.

Boom!

Amidst a tremendous roar and earth-shaking tremors, a cosmic sphere, Sphia, escaped its fate and plunged into a deep valley five kilometers away from the headquarters base.

It's not that the Daiborigu's firepower wasn't fierce or that there wasn't enough ground-based air defense; rather, the headquarters base was located in a range of mountains rather than an endless plain, which limited visibility and the range of air attacks it could have, making it feel like looking at the sky from the top of a well.

Just now, the cosmic sphere Sphia flew away into the distance, using the mountains to shield itself from ground-based anti-aircraft fire. Only the Victory Eagle remained, which naturally could not simultaneously deal with the multiple cosmic spheres Sphia that were fleeing in different directions. Even though the Victory Eagle quickly separated, one cosmic sphere Sphia still managed to land 'luckily'.

"shit."

Hibiko's heart sank. His worst fears had come true. If the cosmic spheres of Sphia gave up their fight and turned to descend at full speed, Victory Eagle alone would not be able to intercept so many cosmic spheres of Sphia.

This is why modern warfare emphasizes cooperation and the indispensable role of land, sea, and air forces, because a single approach cannot cope with complex combat situations.

The Daiboriko has powerful firepower but slow movement, while the Victory Eagle moves extremely fast but lacks firepower. Suddenly, I feel that the GW-R's Evangelion is pretty good. At least it has both land and air capabilities, can fly and land, and has powerful firepower and is agile.

But it's too late now. The cosmic sphere Sphia has already landed, and what's next...
Although it only knew what was going to happen, after taking down the last cosmic sphere in the air, Sphere Specia, Victory Eagle still rushed towards the landing site of Sphere Specia, while Deborah, after obtaining permission, activated the flight backpack on its back.

call!
A stream of azure ions erupted, forming a long tail that shone brightly even in the daylight. With this powerful blast, the feet of the tens of thousands of tons-heavy Daiborigu slowly left the ground, and its bulky body gradually rose, increasing in speed. In just a few seconds, it rose to a height of 100 meters, then 200 meters, then 300 meters, before changing its flight direction and rushing towards the valley several kilometers away.

Meanwhile, the Victory Eagle had arrived at the scene and could see the mess in the valley from afar. The surrounding area was lush and green, with red flowers and green leaves everywhere, which made the scorched black and deep pits stand out.

The impact, reaching speeds of several Mach, created a huge crater, cutting off the stream. Mountain spring water was flowing into the crater, but it couldn't fill the bottom for a long time because the intense heat from the friction turned most of the incoming water into steam, which rose slowly, significantly affecting visibility. As a result, the bottom of the crater was completely invisible from high above.

Radar
"No response!"

Tsutomu Nakajima shook his head. Radar isn't a panacea, especially against monsters and aliens, where it's even less effective. Therefore, eyes might be more reliable than radar.

Unfortunately, the high temperature caused water vapor to swirl around, making it impossible to see the bottom of the pit.
call out!
A missile was launched from under the fuselage of the Alpha, drawing an arc in the air before plunging into the deep crater.

boom!
Flames shot out, and the earth churned.

This missile blasted the deep crater into a large crater, vaporizing countless soil and rocks and tearing apart a large amount of vegetation, adding to the devastation of the valley.

Fortunately, the water vapor was dispersed, and the bottom of the pit was blasted open, allowing people to see the condition of the pit bottom with the naked eye. A large area of ​​'reflection' that was different from soil and rocks, like fish scales or metal, was exposed, and the area exposed was a terrifying hundreds of square meters.

"It's gotten bigger!"

"Kariya Yukihira exclaimed in surprise. The part that is now exposed is already much larger than the cosmic sphere Sphia when it was in the air. The expansion rate is too fast."

"attack!"

Hibiko shouted repeatedly, "It's still getting bigger now, but it'll probably get even bigger soon. As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. While the cosmic sphere Sphia is just getting bigger and hasn't become a movable monster yet, we should attack quickly. If we're lucky, we might be able to blow it to pieces, and then we won't have to face the monster."

"understand!"

Alpha, Beta, and Gamma fighters immediately swooped down and launched a relay attack on the deep crater in the ground.

Beams of light, missiles, and bombs rained down on the deep crater, flames raged and explosions rang out incessantly, shaking the entire mountain and causing many rocks to loosen and tumble down, adding a thunderous accompaniment to the deafening roar.

After three waves of attacks, the valley was completely transformed. The lush vegetation that once filled the valley had vanished, either blown to pieces or vaporized. The remaining parts were ignited by the intense heat and were now burning fiercely. What was once a gently sloping valley now had a huge crater, with many smaller pits on its walls, creating a series of interconnected pits and holes.

As for that clear stream, it has long since disappeared. The water has been vaporized, the riverbed has changed, and the babbling of the stream has ceased to exist.

(End of this chapter)