Chapter 91 02.0091: "Rebound Gang"

"Battle alert! Battle alert! All personnel, take your battle positions! All personnel, take your battle positions!" Red warning lights flashed in every cabin, and voice broadcasts from the command bridge echoed in the narrow cabin corridors.

The young drummer started beating the snare drum. The tradition of "beating the drums for war" has been preserved from the earliest times of mankind to the 41st millennium.

"Arm and prepare! Arm and prepare!" The non-commissioned officers of the armed forces shouted at the top of their lungs. Amid the rapid and intense beats of military drums, the sound of dense formations running could be heard.

The hatch leading to the infirmary was left open all the way; the kitchen was shut down to prevent accidental fires during the battle; and the anti-debris net was lowered via a pulley to 5 meters above the head to protect the personnel below from falling debris as much as possible.

The macro cannon shells and propellant were transported from the ammunition depot to the fireproof room by a huge crane, and the huge laser energy group was replaced.

The crew cleared the decks together to leave space for the battle. In order to prevent the enemy from bouncing back, the Imperial Navy's combat manual required the crew to only leave enough cover on their side and remove anything that could be used as cover by the enemy.

1000 trained armed sailors are not a lot for a ship that is 1 kilometer long, 200 meters wide and 460 meters high, so how to deploy personnel of different levels where they are most needed requires careful planning.

Louise's fingers kept tapping on the display console, and sweat dripped down her cheeks onto the round screen.

The most critical positions are assigned to at least one platoon, including a senior non-commissioned officer, 15 hell pioneers and 300 armed sailors to protect the bridge - this is the core center. Once the enemy breaks through here, all will be lost.

It all feels like a tower defense game, but it's played with blood and life.

The officer at arms opened the door of the ammunition compartment with a key. The sailors with guns stood on guard. The gleaming bayonets on their gun muzzles silently spread order, and the sailors waiting to receive their guns lined up.

Not everyone has a gun. Those who did not receive a laser gun were responsible for carrying energy blocks and were given a well-maintained scimitar, which was still a fierce weapon in boarding battles.

Sailors are responsible for guarding the compartments where they work and ensuring the continued operation of the warship. When necessary, they are cannon fodder to stop boarding attackers.

Horatio sat in the command throne, calmer than he had been before.

He was closely aware of all conditions on the ship, selected the most critical parts from the dense data reported by the trainees, and then made corresponding command decisions.

Archie was in charge of the details, Fideo focused on punching the opponent, Leidos put on the carapace and began to arrange the damage control team, and Captain Sterling and four captains patrolled in front of each combat situation station, checking the students' operations.

In stark contrast to the greenhorn cadets, these professional commissioned officers were extremely efficient executors who performed their duties calmly and calmly.

Under Horatio's command, the Q ship maneuvered rapidly, taking advantage of the Imperial Navy's artillery advantage to keep as much distance as possible from the enemy and engage in medium-range fire.

boom!boom!
The macro cannon spewed flames at the approaching clipper, but its bow was long and pointed, with a small receiving area, and only one of the two shells hit it.

But it was quickly torn apart by lasers and close defense fire from one side.

But this was just the beginning. These speedboats were covering the approach of the attack ship. It also had a void shield. In order to get close to the Imperial Navy's Q-ship and release its stinking flies, it ruthlessly sacrificed the people on a ship in exchange for cover.

"Enemy ship detected releasing aircraft!"

"Torpedoes! They released torpedoes at the same time! Six in total, covering an area of ​​8000 meters!"

"Emergency evasive braking, activate the emergency thrusters!"

"There's still a torpedo in our path! God-Emperor, we're about to be hit!"

"All close-in defense guns aim their fire at that torpedo!" Horatio gave an urgent order.

The huge rotating laser gun was aimed at the rusty torpedo that was speeding towards the Q ship. It was moving very fast and was heading straight towards the middle of the ship.

Even if poorly maintained, it is still a dangerous weapon capable of destroying an entire ship if it can explode.

Four rotary laser guns fired dazzling lasers at the torpedo in super-dense rapid fire. Just before it hit the ship, the torpedo exploded in mid-air under the cross-strike, and Horatio could hear the harsh scraping sound of its fragments hitting the hull.

"Flying craft approaching!"

The opponent's tactic is to choose between being attacked by torpedoes or being attacked by bombs.

"Maneuver to evade! Avoid their bombs."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ship began to vibrate.

"The first batch of enemy aircraft dropped bombs, and one bullet hit the midships, causing minor damage to the ship's structure. It didn't have much impact, and casualties are still being counted... God Emperor, only dozens of people were injured, but the second and third waves are coming."

"Speed ​​up and get rid of these flies! Laser cannons fire at the ship, macro cannons load time-fuzed air-blast bombs, blow them to pieces."

The Q ship activated emergency acceleration and moved forward a long distance in an instant, with the muzzle of the macro cannon turning backwards.

"Time fuse air-blast bomb loaded!"

"Fire!"

Boom!

The cannon fired a volley, and huge shells flew backwards.

Horatio saw two flames in the air and many silver fragments that were on fire and scattered everywhere.

"The aircraft signal...disappeared!"

The students cheered.

"Quiet!" Lieutenant Sterling stopped them in time to avoid disturbing the captain's thinking.

After a fierce fight between the two sides, all three clippers were smashed to pieces and turned into dust in the void.

"Keep calm, everything has just begun. Get ready for close combat!" Horatio said to the trainees on the bridge. The Q-ship overloaded its engine while avoiding the air raid just now, and now it cannot accelerate in the short term, otherwise the plasma engine explosion will kill everyone on the ship.

The attacking ship was hit by two shells, but it still held on. While the Q-ship was cooling its engine, it accelerated and approached, forming a pincer attack with the slave ship.

There came a mighty whistle, louder than the others, and Horatio knew what it meant.

"Our void shield needs to release overload energy."

"Louise." Horatio called, and the moment their eyes met, Louise understood what Horatio meant.

She nodded slightly and gave orders to the armed forces: "Everyone, call to arms!"

Dozens of looting boats rushed towards the Q ship. The close defense team tried their best to intercept the speedboats that came to board. The macro cannon and laser cannon team seized the opportunity to fire at the enemy ships, paralyzed the void shields of the two ships, and began to pour their anger on the hulls.

Sparks kept exploding in the void, like New Year's fireworks.

Thanks to the excellent Thinker array processor, many speedboats were smashed by the fire net, and all the people on one boat were killed without leaving any trace.

The Void Slaves' raiding boats could only break through the shallow hull and could not go deeper.

Louise knew this, so she had deployed naval forces at various key locations waiting for them.

The pirates, dressed in old void suits, rushed out like a raging wave, shouting dirty and blasphemous obscenities.

The armed forces were ready behind the wheeled steel breastwork below, with a row of gun barrels extending from above, aimed at the pirates in the distance.

"Ready!" The armed sergeant raised his pistol.

As the pirates got closer, these guys, holding all kinds of crude weapons, were fierce and barbaric.

"Fire!"

The intensive shooting knocked the oncoming pirates and slave traders to the ground. The armed sailors had undergone rigorous training. When the first row of laser energy was exhausted, the second row would quickly take over their positions and pour laser fire rain on the invaders.

The breastwork can protect them well. Bullets cannot penetrate this mobile breastwork. At the same time, the armed sailor armor supervised by the navy has a defense level that exceeds that of bulletproof armor.

Soon, the pirates found that they could not take down the tightly defended cabin nodes of the Imperial Navy by dividing their forces like this. After leaving a pile of corpses all over the ground, they called for reinforcements and launched a joint attack on the bridge.

"The engine can be overloaded again! The void shield is restored!"

"Speed ​​up now! Get rid of their raiding boats! Full left!"

Ship Q once again unleashed its surging power, using its clever turning radius and unexpected turn to break free from the pincer attack of the two ships, and allowing the attacking ship to open fire and mistakenly hit the slave ship.

Most of the looting boats were either destroyed by close-in defense guns or could not be caught up and returned in disappointment. Only a few landed near the bridge, but together with the remnants from before, there were still thousands of people.

"They're coming." Louise looked at Horatio, waiting for his order.

"Leave blocking forces in other compartments, and the other mobile armed forces return to the bridge."

The pirates rushed to the bridge and broke into the cabins along the way. The sailors there resisted, but they were outnumbered and the pirates killed them mercilessly.

The gunshots were getting closer and closer, and it was very difficult for a few hundred people to stop thousands of people.

The Hell Soldiers joined the battle, firing at the attackers with their Hell Guns.

The pirates broke through the line with suicide attacks, and the slave owners climbed over the breastwork with boarding shields. The spacious Gate No. 3 was plunged into a bloody hand-to-hand combat. The armed sailors raised their bayonets and daggers to fight the pirates who rushed in, and the battle became primitive and barbaric.

The senior petty officer guarding the bridge fell, and the pirates stepped over his body with their dirty and bloody boots and rushed to the lower command bridge.

"Imperial Navy soldiers, stop them!"

Horatio sent the reserve troops guarding the captain's deck into battle. Louise put on her helmet and picked up her gun. The other cadets also picked up their weapons and prepared to engage the enemy.

Captain Sterling glanced at Horatio, signaling him to concentrate on commanding the warship, and then he and the other captains drew the saber-shaped power swords at their waists.

Not only in the bridge, the battle in the void is still going on. The trainees stick to their posts despite the noise and bullets.

The macro cannons and laser cannons continued to roar, and the shells hit the Devastation-class merchant ship attack ship, blowing up its turrets and destroying one-third of the bridge.

A raging fire broke out in its cabin, and countless slave traders and pirates were burned to charcoal in the flames. There was not even time to close the fire doors for them.

Bang! There was a loud bang, and a violent explosion occurred on the port side of the attacking ship.

It dragged its broken body and turned its bow, intending to leave the battlefield.

"We received a signal for reinforcements!"

"who is it?"

"I...I can't understand its signal."

Horatio frowned, "What do you mean?"

“It looks like binary!”

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