Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 526 Unveiling the Dark Secrets (Part 1)

At 2:15 AM China time on March 23, the Earth space fleet led by Marina, Cecily, Noctor, and Li Chenglong successfully arrived at its destination after a jump flight. Upon arrival, Marina immediately began organizing the installation of the planet-destroying cannons.

Because the planet-destroying cannon was too large to fit in Marina's psionic space, it was divided into several parts and placed in her and her subordinates' storage spaces. However, assembling it was not a difficult task; it could be done in about 3 hours. The planet-destroying cannon required 8 hours to charge, and there were still a little over 12 hours before the start of the operation, which was just enough time.

Li Chenglong ended his call with Marina, Noctor, and the others, and sat down in the captain's seat to rest. He glanced at the time displayed on the secondary screen and said, "Fire the bow cannon of the Flying Dragon one hour before the operation begins. Make sure it's fully charged. I'll figure out how to deal with any missing energy. We only have one chance; we can't afford to miss it."

Sun Menghua, sitting in the control room, replied, "Yes, I have already conveyed this order to the members of the Second Division of the Dawn."

In order to increase Earth's combat strength as much as possible, the Dawn also came along this time. The people piloting it were Yang Liu, Wang Shuang, and four others, who were originally from the special forces team and are now in the special operations brigade.

Zhao Liying finished her communications work, stood up, and said, "Captain Li, according to the statistics, our Earth fleet should have 8 large space battleships, 40 medium space battleships, and 124 small space battleships. However, only the large and medium battleships have arrived. Five small battleships have lost contact, and the all-sky radar can no longer find them. I'm afraid..."

Li Chenglong nodded: "This is a problem I've mentioned to everyone before. In addition to normal navigation, both jump navigation and space navigation carry a certain degree of danger. Those five small warships have probably been destroyed during the jump navigation."

The group chatted in the cockpit, while inside the Flying Dragon's mess hall, soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Dawn Army Air Force Combat Team were having their "dinner." Having been busy with various tasks, they hadn't even had time to eat, so now that they had arrived at their destination, they could finally grab a bite.

To escort the warship fleet, both the Dawn Army and other units brought their own troops. For example, the Dawn Army brought the 1st and 2nd Air Combat Regiments, as well as the 3rd and 4th Regiments of the Mech Division. The two Air Combat Regiments were on the Flying Dragon, while the two Mech Division Regiments were on the Dawn.

Marina, Cecily, Noctor, and others' warships were also equipped with a large number of flying suits to prevent special forces from attacking them in the event of an attack.

According to the previous operational plan, this attack on the target point will only involve large and medium-sized warships equipped with heavy weapons, while small warships will be used to fight against any special forces that may appear.

While eating, Qiu Tian, ​​the commander of the 1st Air Force Regiment, said to all the air force soldiers: "The operation will officially begin in a few hours. If special forces come to attack later, and we are required to take action, don't let me down. I want to see whether our two air force combat regiments are more powerful, or those two mech regiments are more powerful."

Hao Min, the commander of the 2nd Air Regiment, spoke solemnly: "Commander Qiu Tian is right, comrades. Since our Air Force was established and began using the Tyrannosaurus Rex space fighter in large numbers, we have been constantly training for space warfare, always preparing for any possible space war. And now, it is time for us to be needed. We must show our prowess."

Qiu Ming, the political commissar of the 1st Regiment and Qiu Tian's cousin, stepped forward and said: "Comrades, I understand your eagerness to prove yourselves and I have great confidence in your combat skills. But you must not be careless in battle. This is outer space, not on Earth. If we are destroyed, you all know the consequences without me having to say more."

He paused for a moment and continued, "There are less than 12 hours left before the countdown begins. Everyone, hurry up and finish your meal, wash the dishes, and go back to the dormitory to sleep. We will assemble at the hangar in 8 hours and be ready to launch at any time!"

Li Chenglong also let the members of the Second Division rest, but not all of them could rest; they had to work in shifts. He, on the other hand, sat in the captain's seat with his eyes closed, so he could react immediately to any situation.

Eight hours later, Sun Menghua, who was performing data calculations at the control panel, stood up: "Reporting to the section chief, Miss Marina has sent a message that the Star Destroyer Cannon has currently charged to 58 percent and is expected to be fully charged before the deadline."

Li Chenglong opened his eyes and looked at the countdown on the secondary screen, which showed 3 hours, 21 minutes, and 33 seconds. He said solemnly, "Very good. Wake everyone up in two hours and get them to their combat positions. Begin charging the bow cannon when there are 1 hour and 10 minutes left in the countdown!"

Two hours later, the Flying Dragon suddenly sounded a ship-wide alarm. At this moment, Zhao Liying, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, immediately said, "Reporting to Captain Li, a large number of special forces are flying towards our fleet. Miss Marina has ordered all escorting small spaceships, flying mechs, space fighters, and other mechs of the Earth fleet to immediately launch an attack to protect the various large and medium-sized warships and planet-destroying cannons that are charging."

Li Chenglong stood up abruptly: "Order the 1st and 2nd Air Force Combat Regiments, and the 3rd and 4th Regiments of the Mech Division to launch an immediate attack, and instruct them to be extremely careful."

Five minutes later, the main hatch at the rear of the Flying Dragon slowly opened, and one after another, Tyrannosaurus Rex space fighters, spewing multicolored flames, rushed out. Meanwhile, on the Dawn, which was close to the Flying Dragon, combat mechs also flew out and began a fierce battle with the incoming special forces.

Li Chenglong checked the time and ordered, "Start charging the bow cannon of the Flying Dragon!" Meanwhile, on the Dawn, Yang Liu also solemnly announced, "Start charging the super particle cannons on both wings of the Dawn!"

Zhao Liying quickly began operating the system, and the voice of the main control computer came from the cockpit: "The bow cannon of the Flying Dragon is charging, currently at 0.01% charge."

As the voice announcement finished, the bow of the Flying Dragon slowly opened to the left and right, revealing a cannon barrel with a diameter of 20 meters. The dark barrel gradually began to gleam. At the same time, the other large and medium-sized warships of the Earth Starfleet also began charging their weapons.

Han Xiaoling exclaimed, "Section Chief, according to our detectors, the number of special forces has increased further. Most of them are Level 2 and Level 3 warship-type special forces, and there are even special warriors among them."

Li Chenglong nodded: "It seems they sensed the danger and came to stop us. You guys keep watch here, I need to go out for a bit."

After speaking, he went to the captain's cabin, quickly put on the latest spacesuit purchased from the Interstellar Alliance, and used spatial teleportation to appear outside the Flying Dragon. Zhao Liying, deputy head of the Special Mission Support Section of the Information Processing Department of the Central Information Management Division, said, "Immediately deploy the Flying Dragon's firepower network to support Captain Li, while preventing any special forces from getting close to the Flying Dragon!"

The two weapons operators, Fan Xiaoxuan and Cui Xiaoxia, had been itching to get started. Upon hearing Zhao Liying's words, they immediately began to control the weapons under their charge and started firing.

With the addition of Level 2 and Level 3 special forces and special warriors to the battle, the fighting intensified. The once pitch-black universe was illuminated as if it were daytime by various energy blasts and beam cannons.

An S2 transformable mech charged into the back of a Tier 3 battleship-type special agent, launching a fierce attack on its black back armor. Soon, under the bombardment of various energy blasts and crystal bombs, a gap was blasted into the Tier 3 battleship-type special agent's back armor.

Just as the S2 mech was about to take off, numerous black tentacles emerged from the opening, enveloping the mech in a ball and pulling it inside in less than five seconds. Hearing the alarm from the cockpit, mech pilot Wang Tao quickly checked the situation and realized that escape was impossible.

He took out a cigarette made of black orchid leaves from his storage capsule, took a deep drag, and then said sternly, "Confirm detonation of the S2 engine!" The S2 transformable mech's artificial intelligence replied, "Voice command confirmed, mech status confirmed, detonation conditions met, detonate?"

Wang Tao took another deep breath: "Detonation confirmed! Comrades, I'm going first, I'll leave the rest to you!" A violent explosion occurred on the back of the Level 3 warship-type special agent, and the huge Level 3 special agent was blown into two pieces, dead beyond any doubt.