From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 738 Ace versus Ace

The HCP squadron of the Imperial Guards that was raided obviously did not expect the intensity of the battle to be so high.

It was not until the four prismatic marks representing friendly forces disappeared from the HUD frame of the all-around screen that they realized the situation was not good.

The commander of this squadron, after taking a glance at the combat situation map that was refreshed in real time, suddenly realized that they were actually divided by Atlas' eleven HCPs.

The large number of smoke bombs just thrown out by the opponent were not only used to block the ray axis, but more importantly, they directly separated the four HCP squadrons of the Imperial Guard. At least, friendly forces in other directions could no longer be observed through optical sensors.

Not only that, during the attack, the ATT squadron also used the "flood attack" method to block the communication channel of the Imperial Guard HCP unit. This made the Imperial Guard HCP squadron, which was currently penetrated by the ATT, only receive noisy noises in response when trying to call for friendly support through the communication channel.

"Collect the formation! Team Bernard provides fire support!"

The commander of this HCP squadron of the Imperial Guards was yelling wildly on the only blue-green laser communication channel that was not seriously infected. Although the diffuse smoke had a certain impact on laser communications, at least the information could still be sent out.

However, the ATT pilots did not intend to give him this opportunity. After pulling out the heavy sword from the cockpit of the current target, the four "Woodworths" including Amber did not stop at all and continued to rush towards the remaining "Royal Priests" around them.

Amber's crimson plane took the lead and rushed to the front.

Facing the synchronized shooting of the remaining six 'Royal Clerics', he controlled the machine to perform a series of dazzling maneuvers, dodging the attacks while continuously firing back with the onboard weapons.

This also gave the other three breakthrough players of the ATT squadron the opportunity to get close. They aimed at their respective targets and just as they completed a round of long-range attacks, they pounced directly on the opponent's face, followed by a burst of attacks full of the pilot's personal style.

A pilot who usually takes "explosion is art" as his motto pulled out a magnetic directional blasting rope from the weapons container behind him. After approaching the target, he first dodged sideways and avoided the powerful blow of the "Royal Clergyman".

Then, at the moment when the two machines crossed each other, the blasting cord in his hand was attached to the torso of the other machine.

The energy output power of the HCP's reactor is obviously not as good as that of a battleship, so it cannot hold up the shield for a long time like a battleship. Most of the time, the adaptive defense mode is enabled. Even if it needs to be turned on manually, it only lasts about ten seconds.

Therefore, when this string of blasting cords was attached at the moment when the opponent's deflection field was not activated, the only thing standing between the cockpit and the zero-distance directional blast was the solid armor of the aircraft.

Unfortunately, facing the directional blasting cables with zero distance, extreme charge and multiple blasting points, the HCP's physical armor is indeed powerless to resist.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

There were almost continuous explosions, and the 'Royal Cleric' that was entangled in explosive cables was not equipped with explosive counter-attacks like the NT1 - or rather, units like the HCP rarely had explosive counter-attacks mounted on them.

Generally speaking, except for the "riot suppression type" that has been engaged in long-term urban street fighting and needs to be equipped with explosive counter-attack weapons, most HCPs rely on direct maneuvering to dodge or intercept with close-range defense lasers, which are more effective than mounting explosive counter-attack weapons to resist.

In this case, the HCP of the Imperial Guards guarding the imperial capital would be even less likely to mount explosive counterattack, after all, there are not so many "explosive counterattack immortals" in this world.

There was no suspense about the final result. The directional blasting cord detonated at zero distance directly penetrated the outer armor of the "Royal Clergyman". The high-temperature metal jet killed the pilot and destroyed the entire cockpit at the same time.

In the ATT squadron, in addition to the pilots who like to play with explosives, there is also the "pile driver fairy" who likes to mount anti-armor pile drivers on his forearms.

After killing the first enemy with the Heavy Sword, the pilot immediately dashed into the arms of another 'Royal Cleric'. At the same time, the loaded Pile Driver also pierced into the target's cockpit at this moment, smashing the pilot inside into a pool of minced meat.

This is not over yet.

Since he was holding a sword in his left hand and hammering with his right hand, the other 'Royal Cleric' nearby took advantage of this opportunity to attack without saying a word.

However, the electromagnetic reconnection cannon that popped out from the weapon container behind the 'Woodworth' also made the pilot of the 'Royal Clergyman' feel uneasy, because he found that the HCP performance of the enemy in front of him was far beyond that of his own 'Royal Clergyman'.

The difference between the two sides may not be that big in hardware, but in terms of body control OS, combat support system and energy output, one is definitely much stronger.

The electromagnetic reconnection gun of the 'Woodworth' was charged almost at the same time as it was ejected. After it was fully deployed above the right shoulder of the machine, it took aim at the 'Royal Clergyman' that was rushing over.

“Bang!”

At a distance of less than 100 meters, the electromagnetic reconnector gun's high-speed penetrator hit the target immediately upon firing, and at this distance, it was still difficult for the Royal Hierophant's deflection field to twist the penetrator, which had almost no initial velocity loss. Although the pilot of the Royal Hierophant subconsciously controlled the body to twist a little at the moment when the Woodworth fired, he only managed to avoid the penetrator from hitting the cockpit.

The bad news was that the right robotic arm of the entire aircraft, along with a portion of the left side of the torso, was completely torn apart by the high-speed penetrating rod, leaving most of the cockpit exposed.

The good news is that the pilot actually survived under such circumstances. Although the entire aircraft was flipped over and fell heavily to the ground under the huge impact force, the pilot did survive.

But it only saved me a few more seconds.

When the ATT pilot in the 'Woodworth' saw the exposed cockpit of the 'Royal Hierophant' and the pilot inside, he used his pupils to direct the close-in defense lasers on both sides of the main monitor on the head of the aircraft without any hesitation.

As a thin line flashed in the air, the Royal Clergyman, which was still struggling to get up, completely stopped moving. A burn-like hole with a neat cross-section and the thickness of a sock appeared on the head of the pilot who was tilting his head in the cockpit.
On the other side, the other three HCP squadrons of the Imperial Guard that were blocking ATT also broke through the smoke and reconnected with the squadron that was facing Amber and ATT head-on. Then they saw that there were only 10 green diamonds left out of the 2 that should have appeared on the HUD.

The next second, these two also disappeared.

The ace pilot who led these Imperial Guards HCPs never thought that in just a short while, the other side had wiped out an entire squadron of HCPs. These were Imperial Guards HCPs, not cabbages sold on the roadside.
However, this ace will soon find that he has no time to think about the current situation, and cannot even concentrate on giving commands.

Because when the flashy and dazzling ACE machine he was driving appeared, Amber immediately spotted it.

"Wow~ This HCP has a gold border and so many patterns. It must have cost a lot of money to build it, right? It should be the other party's ACE phone? Or a special phone for the nobles?"

Amber in the cockpit couldn't help but sigh when she saw the enlarged aircraft on the full-circle screen, and Lilith also quickly completed the identification and confirmation of the target.

"Master, judging from the paint job on the machine and the unique decorations and emblems on its shoulder armor, this should be an ACE pilot from the Imperial Guards."

"Great, great! Finally an enemy ACE appears!"

After hearing what Lilith said, Amber controlled Woodworth and rushed towards the Imperial Guard ACE machine without saying a word. At the same time, she said to others on the communication channel: "Everyone, pay attention. The enemy's three squadrons are coming. Keep moving and don't let them complete the encirclement. I'm going to meet their ACE!"

"Yes, Boss!"

The 'Royal Cleric' piloted by the Imperial Guard ACE pilot soon discovered Amber's red special machine. He gave up the other opponent that had been locked by the fire control unit and rushed straight towards Amber with a beautiful aerial change of direction.

"The one who can appear here at this time should be the 'Boss' of the Atlas Group mentioned in the intelligence. He is the legendary strongest ACE who can destroy a fleet alone. I will go to stop him. You take the opportunity to eliminate other enemies!" The voice of the ace of the Imperial Guards sounded in the communication channel, nervous and excited.

In his heart, he actually knew that this new scarlet machine that he had never seen before was absolutely difficult to deal with, but he did not quite believe some of the exaggerated battle records in the intelligence, because it always gave him a feeling that it was not real.

Two HCPs with special paint jobs that were extremely conspicuous on the battlefield were approaching each other at high speed in the air, dragging long blue tails.

The tentative shots from their electromagnetic machine guns and charged particle cannons were blocked by both sides with heavy shields and deflection fields. It was only this round of shooting before both sides realized that the quickest way to end the battle was to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

The contagiousness of 'Sword-drawing Cancer' is very strong, especially on the battlefield.

So the next second, the long-range weapons in the hands of the two HCPs were switched to powered plasma heavy swords, and then the two sides quickly crossed each other in the air about five meters above the ground under the full-power propulsion of the plasma propulsion array.

After the attack, a burn mark left by the plasma blade appeared on Amber's heavy shield.

As for the ACE of the Imperial Guards on the opposite side, one third of his shield was cut off, and even the outer armor of the cockpit showed traces of burning.

"Hiss, he dodged this attack. This guy is really something~"

Amber could feel that the opponent's operation was indeed stronger than that of ordinary Imperial Guard pilots, and both the reaction speed and attack angle brought her a certain amount of pressure.

But that's about it.

(End of this chapter)