Chapter 1260: Super Meteorite Belt
Taking this opportunity, Zhao Chen glanced around.
A large number of aircraft carriers and starships can be seen gathered in this star field.
Behind them were several interstellar warships resembling stargates.
If I'm not mistaken, the Covenant fleet must have used this starship to arrive here via space jump.
This should be the location of the enemy's universe.
Zhao Chen glanced at the number of interstellar fighters deployed this time.
Simply within his field of vision.
There are at least three to five million interstellar fighters.
According to Zhao Chen's estimation, at least 30 million interstellar fighters were deployed in this operation.
In addition, there are at least nearly a billion interplanetary drones.
It is extremely rare for a single combat mission to involve tens of millions of interstellar fighters!
It's easy to imagine how important the target of this attack was!
Zhao Chen put his thoughts aside.
They continued flying as planned.
Because this is within the enemy's cosmic territory, they do not have a detailed military star map.
The civilian star charts were only collected by intelligence personnel who had previously infiltrated this universe.
On civilian star charts, only a super asteroid belt is marked between the target base and the target base.
It would take at least an hour to cross using a starfighter.
Crossing such a meteorite belt without detailed star maps is an extremely dangerous undertaking.
A slight mishap could result in a collision with those meteorites, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board.
Moreover, according to intelligence...
Within this super asteroid belt, the enemy had already established some defensive facilities.
And they had no idea where it was.
This is an extremely difficult combat mission.
Zhao Chen looked up; he could now see the super meteorite belt opposite him with the naked eye.
There were pebbles of varying sizes gathered there.
Some of them are already the size of a small satellite.
Some of them are similar in size to their starfighters.
"Eighteenth Squad, listen to my command."
They were divided into teams of thirty.
Try to move in a triangular formation, keeping a certain distance between each other, but not too far apart.
Maintain communication.
"Report any intelligence immediately," Zhao Chen said in the command channel.
"yes."
Immediately, the originally large fleet was quickly divided into smaller fleets, each with a number of about thirty.
They huddled together in small groups, maintaining a certain distance from each other, but not too far apart.
They worked together very well!
"Preparing to enter the super asteroid belt."
All weapons are now activated.
"Once an enemy or threat is detected, you may open fire!" Zhao Chen reminded.
Zhao Chen took a deep breath and began to slow down his flight speed.
Piloting a starfighter in such a dangerous area naturally means not being able to fly at full speed.
Otherwise, the risk is too great.
However, the speed cannot be too slow either, as there are regulations in place.
If the flight speed is too slow, it will give the enemy more time to react.
Zhao Chen maintained the minimum speed required by his superiors.
He looked at the meteorites of various sizes around him.
At the same time, detailed maps began to appear on the flight star charts one after another.
These are all pioneering aircraft that were the first to enter this super asteroid belt, and the star maps they brought back in real time were obtained through their onboard scanning equipment.
This would greatly reduce the flight risks for the rear fleet.
Zhao Chen is in the second tier.
If anything goes wrong with the vanguard squadron in front of him, he will need to step in and take over the 'map-opening' job.
At first, everything went relatively smoothly.
However, under such intense mental conditions, accidents are bound to happen.
Zhao Chen then saw the first crashed interstellar fighter.
It was on the surface of a meteorite, where you could see the wreckage of a starfighter and a crater from the impact.
It appears that the pilot of this interstellar fighter made a mistake and crashed head-on into the meteorite.
Zhao Chen didn't say anything.
Such things will definitely continue to happen.
As expected, the starfighters of the vanguard fleet began to be lost one by one.
This is without any fighting!
"Fortunately, we can fly according to the identified route," the deputy captain said thankfully in the command channel.
But Zhao Chen immediately poured cold water on his enthusiasm: "Don't assume that a route that has been explored is absolutely safe."
Just as Zhao Chen was speaking.
Zhao Chen saw on the flight map that the vanguard fleet ahead was flashing red, and the markings of several interstellar fighters had turned gray and disappeared after a few seconds.
This means that several starfighters were destroyed.
"Enemy defense facility detected!"
It has close-in weapon systems!
Notice! Notice! "
Zhao Chen heard the voice reminding him.
But the battle ended quickly.
Zhao Chen also flew to the location where the battle had taken place.
He saw the wreckage of several still-burning starfighters, as well as a somewhat wrecked meteorite.
Traces of an attack can be seen on the surface of the meteorite, as well as the remains of several destroyed close-in weapon system (CIWS) foundations.
It appears that the enemy has established a defensive base on this meteorite.
Then, such things began to happen repeatedly.
It was usually the vanguard fleet that destroyed these defensive structures, even at the cost of several starfighter casualties.
Fortunately, there were also a large number of interplanetary drones to assist, so the losses of manned fighters were not very large.
Zhao Chen looked at the enemy defensive structures that had been removed one by one on the star map.
He suddenly frowned.
He discovered that the deployment of these defensive facilities seemed to follow a pattern.
However, this pattern broke down in the next flight zone.
It's like a piece of music that abruptly ends here.
"All fighter jets in Squad A, be alert."
Be careful of your surroundings.
"There might be enemies!" Zhao Chen said in his squad's chat channel.
"Will there be enemies?"
But didn't a vanguard squadron fly over here?
If there were enemies, we would have encountered them long ago.
"Stop talking nonsense, just listen to our captain."
Zhao Chen raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding meteorites.
Suddenly, he saw several metallic flashes appearing in the distance.
He immediately used zoom technology to enlarge the image of that area.
He saw a close-in weapon system extending beneath a meteorite whose surface was slowly moving away.
The muzzles of these close-in weapon systems were already aimed at the starfighters of Zhao Chen's squadron that were passing through the area!
Like a hidden hunter, ready to fire at its prey!
"There's an enemy defensive base at 11 o'clock!" As Zhao Chen spoke, he pressed the button to launch his interstellar missile.
At the same time, the machine guns are firing at full power!