"Unit 1 and I activated shield soldier mode to protect the combat team's formation."

Units 2 and 3 use machine gunner mode to launch fire attacks on targets on the surface of enemy ships.

"Marine soldiers with combat space also began to suppress enemy targets with firepower!" Song Keke calmly issued the order.

"yes."

"clear."

Song Keke piloted her mecha at the forefront, extending the mecha's right arm to its lower back, whereupon a small crimson shield appeared.

When the right arm holds a small shield horizontally in front of the face.

The shield immediately expanded completely, becoming nearly ten times larger than its original size, forming a giant shield almost as tall as a mecha.

At the same time, the edge of the giant shield connects with the mecha star shield, forming a complete defense.

Because the giant shield is positioned at the front, it will withstand more attacks.

However, the defensive power of this crimson shield was quite astonishing. No matter how the enemy's artillery fire attacked, it only left a finger-sized mark on the shield, with the deepest mark not exceeding three centimeters.

At the same time, another Phoenix Guard mech deployed this crimson giant shield on the other side to block the enemy's attack.

The main idea behind using this giant shield for defense is to reduce the energy consumption of the Star Shield.

After all, once the Star Shield's energy is depleted, it's truly gone.

And the defensive power of this giant shield is also quite astonishing.

The only drawback is that once deployed, if it suffers too much damage, it may not be able to retract, meaning you either have to continue carrying it or simply give it up.

These are the advantages and disadvantages of this crimson shield.

In order to achieve stronger defense, portability must be sacrificed.

But this crimson shield is said to be able to withstand the attack of a T5-level star destroyer's main cannon head-on!

Behind these two Phoenix Guard mechs wielding massive crimson shields were two more Phoenix Guard mechs that had somehow produced a total of six machine guns.

Each machine gun was a Gatling gun, with a total of eighty-nine barrels. Once fired, the rain of bullets was quite terrifying.

Its firepower is comparable to that of a rapid-fire cannon on a small T5-class star cruiser.

However, this weapon also has obvious drawbacks. It cannot operate for long periods of time under full-speed firing and will sound an alarm. At the same time, the barrel has a very short lifespan and often needs to be replaced after a battle.

This also went to an extreme, choosing short-duration high firepower over long-duration firepower.

Many researchers can understand this point.

After all, based on the conclusions drawn from numerous actual combat experiences, it's well known that once starfighter mechs are deployed in battle, the casualty rate is quite high.

In proportion to this, the combat duration of these starfighter mechs is also very short, from the moment they enter the battle until the battle ends or they are destroyed.

Therefore, after taking all factors into consideration, pursuing high firepower in a short period of time is actually the best direction.

At this moment, under the terrifying firepower of the machine guns...

The enemy ship's close-in weapon system and the firepower of those space marines below were indeed suppressed to some extent.

Just imagine, the machine gun of a starfighter mech can actually go toe-to-toe with the close-in weapon system of a starship, which is enough to show the terrifying power of this machine gun!

"Three kilometers from the ground, prepare to land," Song Keke said in the command channel.

"yes."

The four Phoenix Guard mechs activated the reverse thrust modules of their rocket boosters, rapidly slowing their initial rapid impact.

Finally, all four Phoenix Guard mechs landed smoothly.

"Get moving! Get moving!"

"Find cover! Find cover!" The Star Marines immediately untied the modules that secured them together, then, carrying their weapons and equipment, quickly moved away from the Starfighter mechs while searching for cover.

While starfighter mechs can protect their safety, they can also make them targets for the enemy.

This is a double-edged sword.

Therefore, the moment they land, they need to prepare for battle and form a battle formation.

"To establish a battle position, we must first eliminate the enemy's close-in weapon systems!" Song Keke forcefully slammed the crimson shield in his hand into the surface of the ship's armor.

Then, two heavy cannons extended from the shoulder of Song Keke's Phoenix Guard mecha.

(Phoenix Guard Heavy Artillery Mode activated)

Song Keke's mecha AI voice sounded.

Using the crimson giant shield as cover, Song Keke began searching for her target.

She soon spotted a close-in weapon system (CIWS) turret not far away, which was intercepting and attacking the following interstellar heavy marines who were boarding the ship.

"Heavy artillery locked on." Song Keke aimed at the target.

Two heavy cannons on its shoulders began to gather terrifying energy, and after a brief charging period...

Then, two crimson beams shot towards the close-in weapon system like arrows released from a bow.

boom

With a massive explosion, the close-in weapon system was destroyed along with its mount.

Immediately afterwards, the star shield of Song Keke's Phoenix Guard mech, exposed outside the crimson giant shield, displayed a colorful halo, which was the trace of the enemy's attack.

While dodging, Song Keke observed her surroundings.

An enemy interstellar marine combat position was discovered not far away.

"At two o'clock, about 900 meters away."

"There's an enemy interstellar marine squad. Be careful." Song Keke immediately marked it on the interstellar war map in the command channel.

This is a feature of Star Marines; it's a shared map.

In this way, each combat team can know the location of all enemies through this shared map.

"Report, bearing ****, there is an enemy heavy-armored interstellar marine team. We are under heavy fire and cannot land successfully. Requesting support."

At this moment, Song Keke heard the news of the subsequent combat team that had boarded the ship.

She immediately looked at the location marked with a red exclamation mark on the map, along with the related video information.

You can see this in the video message.

That was also a squad of heavily armored space marines equipped with starfighter mechs, and at the same location, there were also a dozen portable rapid-fire cannons.

Furthermore, a single-soldier star shield surrounds this position, protecting the combat base.

Song Keke checked the status of her strongest firepower, the two heavy cannons.

It's still cooling down.

Those two heavy cannons on the shoulders are the strongest long-range firepower of this Phoenix Guard mech, but the only drawback is that the interval between resets is too long.

“Distance... five kilometers.” Song Keke glanced at the distance between the enemy’s battle position and herself.

She frowned slightly.

Originally, I wanted to use a low-cost method.

But there's really no way to get to this distance.

There's no other way.

That's all we can do for now.

Let's deal with the immediate problem first.

"One hundred Fire Phoenix missiles are ready and will be sent to the target location." This was the message given by Song Keke.

Multiple missile launch ports appeared on the back and sides of the Phoenix Guard mech, containing the interstellar missiles equipped by this interstellar combat mech.

With ignition, small interstellar missiles were launched.

They attacked the target location in the distance.

This is another long-range attack weapon equipped on this Phoenix Guard mech: the mech's interstellar missile!

Its advantage lies in its ability to fly freely within attack range without needing to look directly at the attack location.

Previously, heavy artillery needed to be able to directly see the target location.

In short, this interstellar missile can turn corners.

It's perfect for the current combat situation. The only drawback is that it's a consumable; only one thousand units are equipped on each Phoenix Guard mech.

Moreover, because it was small in size, although it used T6-level technology, the explosive power was not ideal.

This is on a completely different level compared to the previous heavy artillery attacks.

However, it can be considered as making up for the Phoenix Guard mech's shortcomings in certain aspects of combat.

Under the attack of these hundred interstellar missiles, the crisis was quickly averted in the command channel.

Meanwhile, on the squad's shared map, the enemy's positions and the positions of enemy close-in weapon systems were marked, and they were being eliminated one by one.

This made it easier for the subsequent mech combat teams to land.

"The surrounding area is safe. The interstellar marine squad is commencing the second phase of the plan." Song Keke surveyed the surroundings and stepped out from behind her crimson giant shield.

The surrounding area, as far as the eye could see, had basically been cleared of the enemy.

"clear.

"Brothers, let's get moving." The Marines began to move out.

Three soldiers carrying large boxes stepped forward. They each chose a spot, put down their boxes, turned on a display screen on the box, and tapped on it a few times.

These boxes began to assemble themselves.

Soon, what was originally a square box turned into an 'eight-legged spider', and on the spider's abdomen was a needle-like object pointing downwards.

"Laser Drilling Mice are ready. Initiate operation now." The operator entered the start command.

Then, a stunning beam of light was seen bursting from the needle-like object beneath the instrument.

When the beam of light struck the ship's outer armor, the armor that came into contact with it began to corrode outwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is a weapon specifically designed to corrode high-strength armor. It can slowly corrode and penetrate ship armor that is difficult to shatter even under high-intensity attacks.

In less than ten seconds, the ship's armor had been pierced by at least half a meter.

But that's far from enough.

These 'laser burrowing rats' need to create an opening at this location that allows a Phoenix Guard mech to enter.

This is related to the next battle plan!

"How long will it take?" Song Keke asked seriously.