The appearance of this Mechanical Clan's T3 interstellar warship shattered all of Zachary Chase's original plans!
"Little brother…" Smoking Uncle also sent a communication, his face full of tension.
"Uncle, you continue to handle things here. I'll take care of the T3 starship," Zachary said gravely.
Smoking Uncle thought for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, I'll leave it to you."
Smoking Uncle also didn't ask Zachary to support his battlefield. Compared to the seven remaining Mechanical Clan starships on his side, half of which had already sustained hull damage and reduced combat power, it was clear that the threat of a T3 interstellar warship was far greater. And he could still hold on for a while longer.
"Boss, this… a T3 interstellar warship… can that noble young master… handle it?" The adjutant asked cautiously.
Smoking Uncle took a deep drag from his cigarette and exhaled a smoke ring.
"Report, the database has identified the model of that T3 interstellar warship. It is a Mechanical Clan T3 Black Iron-class Medium Star Destroyer!" The subordinate reported.
"T3 Black Iron… Although it's only an Interstellar Destroyer, it's still a T3 starship!" Smoking Uncle said gravely.
T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship · Bridge
Zachary also received the enemy ship's data intelligence.
"The T3 Black Iron is an Interstellar Destroyer among the Mechanical Clan's T3-level series starships, and is the most common ship type at the T3 level. It is 700 meters long, and its main weapon is equipped with a T3-level medium pulse laser cannon. Its speed is moderate, and its hull armor strength is not as good as the T2 Black Rhino, but it has a Star Shield," Zachary said with a solemn expression.
Then he looked at the cards in his hand. One T2 Bee Queen and five T2 Black Rhinos. Six T2 starships against one T3 starship. Although there have been instances in the history of starship combat where T2 starships destroyed T3 starships, these were extremely rare possibilities, or instances of opportunistic strikes in large-scale battlefields. Under normal circumstances, let alone six T2 starships, even ten! Twenty! might not be a match for a single T3 starship.
"There's no escaping. I can only try!" A thought arose in Zachary's mind. A very crazy, very risky idea. But with no other choice, Zachary had Lilith relay his combat plan.
The captains of the five T2 Black Rhinos accepted the order and began combat deployment.
"To deal with a T3 starship, we must act quickly! If we get bogged down, our T2 starships will only be annihilated one by one," Zachary said gravely.
"Report, the enemy T3 Black Iron has entered the threat range, and will enter firing range in two minutes, capable of attacking our T2 Bee Queen!" The subordinate reported.
"Action!" Zachary commanded.
The five T2 Black Rhinos immediately set off.
"The T2 Black Rhino's armor strength is formidable, but if it faces the main cannon weapons of a T3-level starship, it won't be able to withstand many hits. The gap in technology levels is quite significant. And the T2 Black Rhino's advantage is close-quarters dogfighting, but the enemy T3 starship's main cannon might not give them a chance to get close!" Serena Frost was in the rear, constantly monitoring the battlefield. She saw the five T2 Black Rhinos launch, her expression solemn. Zachary's battle directly affected their survival!
"Can they really not win?" Lily Liu asked worriedly.
Serena closed her eyes, her mind beginning to simulate battle plans.
No… This won't work either… This still won't work… What to do! What to do to win! Is it really impossible for a T2 starship to fight above its class against a T3 starship?
Suddenly, a crazy idea flashed in Serena's mind, and she immediately edited her idea into a message and sent it to Zachary.
The other party quickly replied.
Two words.
Thank you.
Serena was stunned. How could that be so perfunctory?
"Look quickly, those five T2 Black Rhinos have formed a strange linear battle formation!" Lily suddenly exclaimed.
Serena looked at the screen. The five T2 Black Rhinos, heading toward the T3 Black Iron-class Medium Star Destroyer, formed a 'five-star alignment' battle formation.
And just then, the T3 Black Iron's medium pulse laser cannon fired, unleashing a pulse laser!
Laser weapons are mainly divided into two forms: concentrated lasers and pulse lasers; of course, in addition to these two main categories, there are also some sub-categories. Pulse lasers, after a brief charge, fire a laser beam to attack the enemy, with a short range, medium damage, but fast firing speed and short firing intervals. Concentrated lasers require a longer charging time, and then fire a concentrated laser to continuously attack the enemy ship for an extended period, with a longer range, high damage, slow firing speed, and relatively longer intervals compared to pulse lasers. The former are more numerous and are mainly equipped on Interstellar Frigates, Interstellar Destroyers, and Interstellar Cruisers. The latter are more powerful and are mainly equipped on Interstellar Battlecruisers and Interstellar Battleships, targeting stronger starships in enemy fleets, such as flagships and core starships! They have excellent destructive power against energy defenses like the Star Shield.
Although the T3 Black Iron is only equipped with a pulse laser main cannon, it is still a T3-level weapon!
At this moment, a pulse laser hit the first T2 Black Rhino in the formation!
T2 Black Rhino-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigate, Ship One · Bridge
"Report, the overall damage to the frontal hull armor has reached 50%!"
"Report, the overall damage to the port side frontal armor has reached 65%!"
"Report, three close-in weapons systems destroyed!"
The captain of Ship One, seeing that they had successfully withstood this wave of attack, let out a sigh of relief and gave the order: "Clear the position!"
"Yes!"
Immediately, T2 Black Rhino Ship One moved out of its position and retreated to the very rear of the five starship battle line.
After that, the second T2 Black Rhino took the lead.
"He actually thought of it too!" Serena said in surprise.
"Thought of what?" Lily asked curiously beside her.
Serena said seriously: "Just now I said that although the T2 Black Rhino's armor strength is high, it might not be able to withstand several rounds of attacks from the T3 Black Iron-class Medium Star Destroyer. But… if five T2 Black Rhinos can form a line, always keeping one T2 Black Rhino at the very front to withstand the T3 Black Iron's attacks, then, perhaps, with the rotating cooperation of the five T2 Black Rhinos, they could get close to the T3 Black Iron!
"Although the T3 Black Iron has a Star Shield, that's only a single-direction Star Shield, not a full-range protection for the T3 Black Iron. As long as the five T2 Black Rhinos attack from various directions, even with a Star Shield, it won't be able to defend against everything. Just now, I wanted to tell Zachary my idea, but it seems he thought of this somewhat crazy tactic before me, and he even implemented it directly!"
Thinking of this, Serena was even more amazed by this former bookworm classmate. Should she say he had changed too much, or that he had hidden himself too deeply during his three years at the academy?