Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 969: Attack, begin!
Under the leadership of Cheng Ying, the Yamato's aviation fleet once again conquered the universe.

This time, everyone was quietly waiting for He Ming's order.

Previously, on the red dwarf star, after cleverly using the orbital cycle of the asteroid belt to deal a heavy blow to the direct fleet led by Glemut Gale, everyone in the air force was very convinced of He Ming.

And now, facing the strange and unknown Gatlantis fleet, and joining forces with the hostile Gamilas battleships, the air force still maintains extremely high morale.

It can be said that as long as He Ming gave the order, no one in the air force would doubt that victory would slip away from their hands.

So, under the expectant gaze of the entire aviation team, He Ming's thoughts began to work rapidly.

Kukolkan attack destroyer X3.

Lasco-class assault cruiser X1. (There is a considerable gap between the 2199 version of this battleship and the 2202 version. In order to ensure consistency, Wheel decided to adopt the equipment of the 2202 version in the general direction.)
These are the ships that pursued the Gamilas battleship and are part of the Gatlantis fleet that the Yamato is currently encountering.

Judging from the literal data, the Gatlantis fleet, which consists of three Kukolkan-class attack destroyers and Lasco-class assault cruisers, has powerful firepower.

The armament of the Kukolkan-class attack destroyer alone is enough to make people realize Gatlantis' pursuit of powerful firepower in space battleships.

In addition to the main guns consisting of five eight-gun rapid-fire revolving turrets and the energy main guns consisting of three smaller-caliber eight-gun rapid-fire revolving turrets, it is also equipped with an anti-aircraft artillery array consisting of 10 high-rate small revolving turrets and two quantum torpedo tubes.

In a sense, among space battleships of the size of destroyers, Gatlantis is armed to the teeth.

The Lasco-class assault cruiser leading the team has even more exaggerated firepower equipment than the former. On its 285-meter-long hull, it is equipped with 11 eight-gun retractable turrets and three quadruple-gun revolving turrets.

In addition, it has a more powerful anti-aircraft firepower array than the former.

The anti-aircraft firepower array composed of four eight-gun small anti-aircraft turrets and two four-gun small anti-aircraft turrets is enough to give any Gamiras Air Force pilot a headache when seeing it.

Finally, in addition to the two quantum torpedo tubes, 10 missile launchers were installed.

Such terrifying armament also proves why this assault cruiser has become the confidence of this force that quietly penetrated the defense lines of Gamiras and penetrated deep into the edge of the Milky Way.

If it weren't for some coincidences, the EX178 ship, which would have had no time to react before the two sides met, would have been destroyed in the surprise attack by the Lasco-class assault cruiser and its three smaller Kukolkan-class attack destroyers.

Sometimes, luck is also a major factor affecting the outcome of a battle.

As the data about these two types of Gatlantis warships and their performance on the battlefield emerged in He Ming's mind, He Ming had already made a conclusion.

"Kato, Shinohara, Sanben, the air force is divided into three teams. The three of you will lead your own teams and be responsible for the three Gatlantis destroyers. As for the Gatlantis cruiser, leave it to me!"

As soon as He Ming's order came out, it immediately aroused opposition from Kato Saburo.

However, Saburo Kato was not against He Ming's order, but was against He Ming facing the Lasco-class assault cruiser alone.

Even though the Yamato is still in an unknown state with respect to the Gatlantis battleship, judging from the almost hedgehog-like distribution of turrets on the hull of the Lasco-class assault cruiser, it is clear that this Gatlantis cruiser is definitely not to be trifled with!
And in this situation, He Ming actually chose to face this Gatlantis cruiser alone! ?

"No objections allowed! Execute immediately! Captain Kato! This is an order!"

He Ming did not explain, but used orders to suppress Kato Saburo's objections.

Although the Lasco-class assault cruiser looks like a hedgehog, you should know that its debut battle was fought in a dense firepower network, with charges back and forth.

A mere Lasco-class assault cruiser is not enough!
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Kato Saburo stopped objecting, gritted his teeth, and led his first squadron to rush towards the left-wing destroyer closest to them.

"Really? Second mate, really! Why are you so serious~" Hiroki Shinohara shook his head, and did not follow Kato Saburo in raising objections. He led the second team directly to launch an attack against the destroyer coming head-on.

Yamamoto Ling also wanted to say something, but she saw Belfast sitting in the driver's seat of the Chengying Queen from afar, making a cheering gesture at her, and nodded slightly. She also followed the order and led the third team to meet the battleship.

The movements of the Yamato air fleet were also seen by Melda Dietz, who had just taken off from EX178.

"What on earth are the people of Terun thinking? They should have concentrated the power of the air force and sunk the Gatlantis cruiser as quickly as possible. Why did they disperse their power?!"

The moment the red DWG262 space fighter took off, it immediately caught Mori Xue's attention.

"Captain! Gamiras carrier-based aircraft take off!"

"Well! Pay close attention to the movements of the Gamilas carrier-based aircraft! If they are just cooperating with us to attack the Gatlantis fleet, you don't have to pay attention to them for now, just keep paying attention!"

Okita Jusan nodded slowly.

At this critical moment, Okita Jusan believed that the captain of the EX178 should understand that if Gamilas and the Earth work together, both will benefit, but if they separate, both will suffer, and it may even allow the Gatlantis fleet to get a big advantage.

"Yes! Captain!"

After Sen Xue responded neatly, she added the DWG262 space fighter to the list of people to follow.

"Deputy Captain! Are you interested in collecting data on the Gatlantis battleship?"

After pondering for a moment, Okita Jusan looked at his deputy captain.

"Of course! Captain. This might be a great opportunity!"

Sanada Shiro smiled slightly and said confidently.

"Right now, with the Gamiras battleship taking some of our attention away, and with the interference from the air force, we should be able to collect some good data smoothly."

Okita Jusan nodded slowly.

"Then, full speed on both strings! The entire Yamato is in level one combat mode! Everyone, prepare to meet the impact! Yamato, full speed forward! Target, Gatlantis cruiser!"

After a pause, Okita Jusan smiled slightly.

"Remember! In the next battle, the wave motion cannon is prohibited to be used!"

"Yes! Captain!"

Everyone understood what Okita Jusan meant.

The use of wave motion cannon can certainly destroy the Gatlantis warship in one blow, but the firepower data, protection performance, and acceleration performance of the weapons it is equipped with will also be wiped out along with the bombardment of the wave motion cannon.

As a result, in the distant future, except for the Yamato, the other Earth battleships will probably lose their cognitive impression of the Gatlantis space battleships.

Therefore, if possible, Okita Jusan still hopes to know more about the power of Gatlantis, which is outside the Milky Way and is in a stalemate with the Gamilas Empire.

(End of this chapter)