Chapter 296 05.0295: "The Second Phase of Close Encounter"

The Greenskin Raider Fleet's engagement strategy is different from that of the Gothic 25th Battle Fleet.

For these pirate groups, they neither need nor care about the cost to destroy this shrimp fleet.

They only seek one battle after another, and rush forward when there is a fight to be fought. After annihilating this shrimp fleet, they will use the wreckage of the warships to make their big iron lumps bigger and more powerful, and even have a few more "ships".

They left the warships that were severely damaged in the air raid at the back, and the warships that were still intact took the brunt of the attack first.

They all rushed towards the waist of the battle line.

Compared with them, the Imperial Navy only had powerful guns but no strong ships.

Once hit, the consequences will be disastrous. The damage caused to the fleet may cause the entire expedition mission to fail directly. The Karl-Duniyash fleet alone cannot complete subsequent tasks in such a dangerous star region.

Horatio stood on the command bridge.

Watch as the Starhawk bombers take off again and pounce on the enemy ships.

The greenskin rocket interceptors also appeared in the airspace again.

The close-in defense firepower on each ship of the Gothic fleet was fully opened. One artillery after another fired high-yield shells loaded with proximity fuses, and rapid-fire guns pulled out long whips of fire that were continuously interwoven into a web.

Immediately afterwards, the 217th Interceptor Squadron, which had completed its preparations, also rushed towards the enemy aircraft group after the electromagnetic catapult launch. When they met, they opened with a salvo of missiles, followed by a fierce close combat.

The fighter planes of both sides fought in the air under the intensive firepower of both sides.

Horatio watched Starhawk after Starhawk being torn apart by close-in fire and the pursuit of enemy aircraft.

One of the Starhawks had a portrait of a beautiful woman painted on its side, dragging its wings emitting thick smoke, and rushed towards the iron lump leading the greenskin fleet in an almost out-of-control manner.

After successfully dropping all the bombs, it flashed with golden light and turned into a pile of fragmented void debris.

The plasma bomb that was dropped penetrated the iron lump's platinum armor plate and burned the strange face until it melted, deformed, and wrinkled.

The boiling molten iron flowed down and poured onto the huge cannon in the orc's big mouth.

The extremely high temperature molten gold burned the barrel of the rugged and majestic cannon until it collapsed. The green-skinned orcs and fart spirits near the entire barrel were crushed together by the surging molten iron, and no alien could survive.

After losing its only super-large cannon, the threat level of this big iron lump was reduced by nearly half.

Horatio led his aviation team to take an overview of the many major command categories in the entire battlefield, including air intelligence control, engagement targets, risk warning, etc.

The specific air combat tactical command was led by Captain Fasha.

The battle zone they were in was like the no-man's land in the trench warfare of World War I.

The bullets and fragments from the dense anti-aircraft fire from both sides were flying everywhere in this space.

Although the Imperial firepower is more accurate under the guidance of the Thinker Array Machine Soul, no one can guarantee that there will be no accidental injuries.

In the fierce fight between the aircraft groups, both sides fired combat missiles alternately.

The decoys and shiny aluminum foil jammers were like a fireworks display in the void.

boom!
A modified Fury captured by the greenskins hit the tail of a Fury fighter at a very close distance with a modified Skyfire missile with increased charge and additional rocket boost.

With amazing luck, it was not affected by the dense decoy and jamming bombs, and went straight to the tail thruster of the Fury interceptor, smashing deeply into it.

The entire tail of the Fury fighter that was hit was instantly shattered, leaving only the front half floating in the void and rolling due to the inertia of the explosion. The pilot's life or death was unknown.

"Damn it, Theresa was... no, Tornado-5 was injured! She lost her ability to fight!"

Several Starhawks of the Defiant-class light cruiser had been destroyed, and no one had time to mourn the victims.

Under the control of the Aviation Department, the vacated shuttle apron was cleared of heavy bombs used for bombing and replaced with interceptor missiles.

Then, the 70-meter-class Void Fury interceptor in the hangar was sent to the designated shuttle apron hangar by a rail vehicle guided by the Mechanical Priest.

The Gothic 31st Air Group began to take off from the vacated shuttle ramp to rescue the 217th Interceptor Group which was in a tough battle.

As the intensity of the battle in the void increased, chaos inevitably occurred. The communication channels were so chaotic that they could not be effectively managed. The Communications Department had to use multi-band diversion and assigned dozens of warrant officers to manage different frequency bands. Finally, according to the time of sending and receiving, the simplified messages were written on parchment by the copying servitors, so that the officers could get an overview of the battle situation at a glance.

The Lord Daros, which has the most powerful firepower, is being targeted by the greenskins.

A stray bullet from a super-large cannon accidentally exploded as it streaked through the void, inadvertently overloading the second void shield that was struggling to hold on.

As the void shield dissipated, the greenskin fleet, in a rare display of coordination, fired a frenzied volley at the Lord Daros' port side.

Countless shells and fierce electromagnetic beams instantly shot towards the veteran navy ship, making pits and holes in the adamantine armor belt that served as her main flank protection.

Debris from the shallow deck floated everywhere, and the salvo caused more than two thousand casualties, including contract workers, to increase instantly.

The resulting electrical leakage and collateral damage forced the ship's damage control department to dispatch armed forces to assist in extinguishing the fire, in order to prevent the fire from causing further losses.

Even the Mechanical Sage led a team from the engine room to the damaged area for emergency repairs.

Commodore Perroux ordered the Lord Darros to slow down immediately.

The Indefatigable turned left and then right, blocking the left side of the Lord Daros, using the void shield, which was still in good condition, to provide cover and protect her until the void shield generator was depressurized.

The frigate activated the smoke generator in the void, and hundreds of naval smoke canisters with precisely calculated ranges were launched into space, releasing smoke that produced both optical and electromagnetic interference in a short period of time to provide cover for the Lord Daros.

"Destroyers, show your prowess! Fire your torpedoes at these filthy aliens!"

At this critical moment, Commodore Peru gave torpedo attack instructions to the ambushed destroyer squadron.

"Destroyer squadron received."

Relying on silent sailing, no shots had been fired since the start of the war, and the lieutenant colonel captains of the destroyers ambushed in the gas cloud responded one after another.

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Torpedoes were fired from four directions at the iron lumps at the end of the greenskin fleet that had been damaged in the bombing.

Their close defense firepower was aimed at the Starhawk bombers in the sky.

When the greenskin side gunners reacted and opened fire, only one torpedo was successfully intercepted, and the remaining torpedoes hit their respective targets.

The huge Helios melta torpedo hit the damaged greenskin ship that was undergoing emergency repairs from the flank.

The female lieutenant commander of the Silver Sword was concentrating on the hit status.

Three golden flowers exploded on the flank of the iron lump. The jagged and jagged structure of the ship was instantly torn apart by the huge explosion.

When the scorching, unstoppable molten torrent violently shot into the deep core of this iron lump.

Then, bang! A sound.

The internal reaction device exploded instantly, tearing the entire garbage ship and tens of thousands of greenskins inside into fragments of cosmic dust.

"Report to the fleet commander, Commodore Peru, the destruction has been confirmed, and one enemy ship has exploded." The female lieutenant colonel stood up, waved her hand and shouted to the officers on the bridge:

"Weapons Department, load the torpedoes! Operations Department confirm the lead time for the next target to be struck."

The other three junk ships that were hit by the melta torpedoes also started to catch fire violently, and the fierce fire almost collapsed the main structure of the ship.

There was even an enemy ship that could no longer maintain its form and completely fell apart. The burning garbage that made up the hull and the greenskins inside gradually drifted away into the void.

This scene makes it hard not to guess whether these garbage ships are formed by some kind of magical force field that brings together countless garbage, or whether they are pieced together by the stinky glue of the greenskins' evil hearts.

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