Chapter 1547: Boarding
In any battlefield environment, with any starfighter mech, and against any enemy, Song Keke can always bring out her best.
With her solid military achievements, Song Keke earned everyone's respect, making everyone believe that this interstellar dwarf was an excellent interstellar mech pilot!
She climbed her way up to become one of the top ten instructors of the Xiaolong Legion's Starfighter Mechs, and also held an honorary professorship in the Starfighter Mech Department of the Xiaolong Star Empire.
I still remember the astonished expressions on the students' faces when they saw her, a mere 1.5-meter-tall interstellar dwarf, standing on the podium.
Later, she was fortunate enough to become the pilot of the most advanced interstellar combat mech in the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
T6 Phoenix Guard-class medium-sized multi-functional interstellar combat mech, abbreviated as: Phoenix Guard Mech.
Later, she was secretly summoned and informed that she would be responsible for establishing a heavy-armored interstellar marine corps system for a mass-produced, near-T7 level interstellar warship of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
She is in charge of the space combat mechs of this space marine corps.
Although she wasn't the head of the interstellar marines on this starship, it was still a high-ranking mission, and she was even assigned a small team to be in charge.
At this moment, Song Keke could see the scene outside the already opened hatch through the holographic image of the mecha in front of her.
This is the next battlefield she is about to face.
Song Keke took a deep breath and looked at one side of the mecha's control interface, where the mecha pilot could personalize the settings.
People will place their favorite things, photos, or write down a line of inspiration there.
In Song Keke's spot, there was a photograph.
It was a family photo, with me standing in the center wearing a space mech pilot's combat suit. Because of the combat suit and the extra physical training I had done, I was very happy with myself.
Her body was much larger than those around her.
Beside her were her parents, her brother, and her sister-in-law.
That's right.
When she first sacrificed herself in battle, died, and was then reborn.
Her father personally applied to take care of her, and it was after that that her father and she 'reconciled' with a smile.
It was as if the years of estrangement had vanished in that instant.
The two chatted on the sickbed, and the father asked her a lot about piloting interstellar mechs and Song Keke's experiences over the years.
They talked for a very long time that day, until the medical staff told her that she needed to rest.
Her father reluctantly stood up to leave.
As he was about to leave the room, she remembered her elderly father turning around, looking at her with tearful eyes, at her exposed hands covered in calluses from training, and her arms covered in scars.
Coco, you are your father's pride.
Dad was wrong, I'm sorry.
At that moment, Song Keke cried for the first time in many years, and she cried so thoroughly.
She felt that perhaps all her efforts and perseverance over the years had finally been worthwhile.
She just wanted to show herself to her father; even if she didn't become an interstellar craftsman, she could still be her father's pride.
In this photo, the father's face is beaming with an undisguised smile, and his clothes are covered with medals that Song Keke has earned over the years.
Song Keke took a deep breath and calmed herself down.
She looked into the video window, which showed the view outside the starship.
It can be clearly seen that the target of this mission is not far away: the enemy's flagship, the T7 Drought Demon King-class heavy strategic interplanetary destroyer.
Their mission was simple: to carry out a boarding operation.
Enter the enemy ship's hull, destroy key modules within the hull by force, and if possible, plant high explosives to destroy the enemy's interstellar warship from the inside.
Even the most powerful interstellar warships are always weaker inside than outside in terms of defense.
By detonating bombs inside enemy ships, enemy interstellar warships can be destroyed more effectively.
"Captain, look over there!"
"It looks like enemy mechs!" came the vice-captain's voice from the squad command channel.
Song Keke immediately zoomed in on the video several times and indeed spotted the enemy's starfighter mech in the shadows of a certain spot on the hull of the enemy's Drought Demon King-class heavy strategic interstellar destroyer.
"It seems that they are the enemy's interstellar marines, and they probably also have the idea of launching a boarding operation against us."
It is highly likely that our Bronze Scarab-type interstellar drones interfered with their actions, preventing them from carrying out the boarding operation.
"If we go there, they will definitely attack us." Song Keke immediately made the analysis.
She then said in the command channel: "Remember, when we move out later..."
Marines secured themselves to Phoenix Guard mechs, boarded the surface of enemy interstellar warships, and then sought cover to build combat positions.
Do you understand?
"clear."
The Golden Thresh Squad 2 consists of one hundred Phoenix Guard mechs and one thousand interstellar marines.
A combat team typically consists of three Phoenix Guard mechs and thirty people.
While the Space Marines do not have Phoenix Guard mechs, they wear individual exoskeleton combat armor and carry some weapons and equipment.
After all, although the Phoenix Guard mechs are very powerful, they have many limitations in boarding operations and require the assistance of interstellar marines.
After all, such a large body will still have some shortcomings in some combat environments.
At this point, these interstellar marines can coordinate well with the interstellar combat mechs.
"Remember our battle plan."
The three combat teams operated together, and after entering the target location, they first cleared out the enemy combat units on the surface of the ship.
To create space for the subsequent landing combat teams to land safely.
Afterwards, high-frequency drilling equipment was installed in these ten locations to penetrate the enemy starship's armor, enter the ship's lower compartments, and eliminate any enemies in sight.
Remember to maintain communication and record our movement map during the operation to avoid some trouble during the subsequent retreat.
"Did you understand?" Song Keke shouted after explaining all the combat tasks!
"Understood!" all the officers and soldiers responded loudly.
Song Keke glanced at the time.
On another communication channel, the dispatcher gave the order on how much longer it would take before they could board the enemy.
On the right, other squads of interstellar heavy marines can already be seen being deployed.
The enemy ships' close-in weapon systems, which were not damaged, also spotted the space marines attempting to board and attacked them.
Meanwhile, some interstellar marines appeared on the surface of the enemy ship, unleashing their weapons and attacking the interstellar marines who had not yet landed.
Because the JF-17's interstellar marines can fly in space through certain means, but their maneuverability is not fast, making it difficult to evade enemy attacks.
Therefore, this stage is the one with the greatest losses.
Song Keke took a deep breath and said in the squad command channel: "Big Head Girl, you will be the last to depart. Before that, take over the delivery command of our squad."
I will lead three combat teams on the first boarding operation.
After that, three combat teams were deployed every thirty seconds; all deployment and login work for our Hammer Squad was completed within five minutes.
Do you understand?
"Why am I always the one bringing up the rear?"
"Captain, can I go first next time?" came a reluctant voice from the squad channel.
“This is an order,” Song Keke said without any politeness.
"Yes," the other party reluctantly agreed.
Song Keke took a deep breath and said in the squad command channel: "First combat team, second combat team, third combat team; move to delivery positions."
Thirty seconds later, prepare to begin delivery.
"yes!"
"clear."
"The third combat team is ready."
Ten Phoenix Guard mechs were positioned at the front of the hatch, each equipped with a disposable rocket booster on its legs to ensure it could move at top speed in space.
Meanwhile, on the bodies of these ten Phoenix Guard mechs, you can also see various 'attachments', which are interstellar marines. They use various devices to connect themselves together and finally connect to the Phoenix Guard mechs.
In this way, the Phoenix Guard mechs can carry them forward together.
Thirty seconds passed quickly.
"Let's go." This was Song Keke's command.
Ten Phoenix Guard mechs, carrying nearly a hundred interstellar marines, leaped out.
Blue flames shot out from the rocket thrusters on their legs, propelling them forward at high speed.
At the same time, the ten Phoenix Guard mechs also activated their Star Shields.
Soon, the ten Phoenix Guard mechs were spotted by the enemy ship's close-in weapon system.
Warning! Warning! Warning!
"This machine is locked, locked." The AI's voice rang in my ears.
"Watch out, we've been locked on."
"Deploy smoke bombs." Song Keke calmly relayed the order.
Ten Phoenix Guard mechs launched smoke grenades in succession in several directions, and these smoke grenades exploded at different distances.
A large area of dense fog was formed.
This prevented the enemy's close-in weapon system from pinpointing the location of these starfighter mechs.
They could only blindly fire into the dense fog, which greatly reduced their hit rate.
Soon, ten crimson figures emerged from the thick fog, drawing ever closer to the enemy starship's surface.
At this time.
Not far from the landing site, enemy space marines appeared, their space mechs and their space marine soldiers armed with individual weapons, aiming at the Phoenix Guard mechs and launching an attack.
Machine guns, missiles, man-portable rocket launchers, and all sorts of other weapons were brought out.