the days before i bought the galaxy

Hongdu Secret Airport——

The 53 spacecraft participating in the breakout operation are undergoing final preparations.In order to reduce the weight of the hull and speed up the ship, these spaceships are almost empty, and each ship is only loaded with a small amount of supplies.The strength of the shield is a crucial factor for breaking through. The first batch of spaceship shields are the strongest, the second batch is slightly weaker, and the spaceships placed in the last batch have almost no defense capabilities.Of course, even for the most heavily armed frigate Walrus, its shield is only enough to withstand high-intensity artillery fire for more than ten minutes.

It all depends on grit and determination and of course luck.

For Montgart, the battle had almost no tactical content.After rushing out of the protective cover, fire all the artillery on the spaceship in the shortest time, that's all.The Walrus and the other four medium-sized battleships were responsible for opening the escape route for other spaceships. After the shipboard weapons were exhausted, it was time for them to start rushing out of the encirclement with luck.

"The output power of the main engine is 100%, all units are in place, ready, set sail! Everyone, honor to Bethel!"

"In honor of Bethel!"

Accompanied by the deafening roar, 53 spaceships took off in three batches.Due to the shielding effect of the protective cover, they will not be discovered by enemies outside the protective cover for the time being.But as long as they rush out of the protective cover, what they have to face is an attack like a violent storm.

Meanwhile, the conning tower—

"The first batch of spaceships will break out of the atmosphere in one minute." Lan retracted the data cable.He had finished guiding all the ships, and it was up to Montgart to adapt.

"Who's commanding the Rays?" Warren looked up at the sky.The foremost spacecraft was passing through the atmosphere, and the dark red flames made it impossible for Warren to make out their shapes.

"It's Charlie."

Warren's breathing stopped for a second.

"Charlie said that only he can command the ship instead of you." Lan explained calmly, "He said that if he doesn't come back, the wine in his collection will belong to you."

"This old drunkard..." Warren murmured, "may his Light protect him."

For the next half hour, his eyes never left the sky.

-

Everything in the command module of the Walrus was orderly, and occasionally someone would joke with their companions. It looked like they were just performing an ordinary escort mission at this time.Menggalt looked at the subordinates he had selected and trained, and a sense of pride suddenly rose in his chest.

How could such a brave and fearless army be overthrown by mere pirates? !

"Break through the atmosphere in 15 seconds." The gentle mechanical sound reminded Menggalt that it was time to take the last step before rushing out of the protective shield.

"Show me the latest map of the enemy's distribution."

Montgart glanced at the screen.After more than a month of cleaning, the defense system on the periphery of Hongdu has been completely destroyed by pirates.At present, the twelve main spaceships of the pirates are gathering in a dense fan-shaped formation, concentrating on bombing a point on the protective cover of the Red City, while the rest of the spaceships are scattered at various angles above the Red City, forming a bombardment on the Red City at a basically constant flying speed. completely surrounded.Odin's judgment was correct. Compared with the previous period, the pirates are paying more attention to the prevention of breakout operations.Even though they had chosen a direction as far away from the bombing point as possible to break through, the Walrus formation would still face the siege of at least three medium-sized spaceships in a short period of time.

"Order the entire formation, adjust the direction, and exit the atmosphere at an angle of 30 degrees. Target the enemy's No. [-] battleship. The main and auxiliary guns are fully fired. The ship must be destroyed within [-] seconds, and then circle around to the flank of the enemy's No. [-] battleship. Make an attack, sink it and then turn to the enemy No. [-] warship. If you can successfully destroy these three spaceships..." Menggalt paused and smiled, "Then attack freely! I wish everyone well transport!"

A few seconds later, the walrus frigate led four medium-sized warships to rush out of the protective shield, and their position was right in the middle of the pirate ship No. 27, [-] and [-].Due to the relative speed, the pirates' No. [-] and No. [-] warships had to turn around to approach the Walrus formation. Twenty-seven seconds later, the No. [-] warship on the pirate side was jointly destroyed by the Walrus formation, and the No. [-] warship on the flank of the Hongdu side was damaged. Direction towards the walrus pounced.

Three minutes later, the Walrus formation began to concentrate on attacking the pirates' No. 3 warship. Although the warship turned around and tried to escape, it was still destroyed by the pursuing Walrus formation. After that, the Walrus formation turned to attack the pirates' No. 11 warship.Battleship No. 12 immediately shrank back, retreating into the protection circle of No.13, No.[-] and No.[-] battleships.

At this time, the commander in charge of the breakout operation, Menggalt, had realized that the pirates planned to adopt the policy of encircling first and then attacking, and they would never confront him head-on until support arrived.Determined to risk everything, Montgart ordered the entire formation to face the enemy and launched a fierce attack on the pirates, trying to tear a hole in the encirclement composed of eleven ships.

Seventeen minutes after the start of the battle, the No. 17 battleship of the Walrus formation was destroyed, and the No. 5 and No. [-] battleships were seriously damaged. Only the Walrus was not substantially damaged due to its strong protective cover.In this short [-]-minute frontal confrontation, Menggalt showed his good ability to grasp the local battle situation and successfully destroyed four enemy warships and seriously injured three ships.But at the same time, the entire Walrus formation was surrounded by heavy siege, and only the Walrus spacecraft had to face concentrated attacks from at least six enemy warships.It is only a matter of time before the entire army is wiped out.

25 minutes after the battle began, the No. [-] warship of the Walrus formation was destroyed, and the remaining three warships lost their advantage in concentrated firepower, and only two enemy ships were damaged in the ensuing battle.The pirates were not in a hurry to attack, but adopted wheel-to-wheel battles, trying to wipe out the Walrus formation with minimal losses.But they never expected that at this time, the second batch of breakout spacecraft from Hongdu was already approaching the outermost altitude of the atmosphere.

Twenty-seven minutes after the start of the battle, after discovering the second batch of breakout spaceships, the pirates began to storm the Walrus formation, and at the same time deployed at least eleven medium-sized warships to intercept the second batch of spaceships from Hongdu.At this time, among the five medium-sized warships in the Walrus formation, only one Walrus remained, and the protective cover of the Walrus had also been severely damaged.

Twenty-eight minutes after the battle began, the last batch of breakout ships, a total of sixteen small and medium-sized spaceships, broke out in different directions, and the pirates were forced to disperse and launch a crazy interception.Since most of these ships are defenseless, some can only withstand a main battery hit or two.In an instant, the flames of spaceship explosions were everywhere, and the fragile metal escape pods fell in the direction of Hongdu under intensive artillery fire.Most of them were hit by stray bullets before they could pass through the protective cover, turning into streaks of flames in the sky.Only at this time can we see how fragile human life is.

-

Thirty-one minutes into the battle, the Walrus command module—

"Captain, the main engine and main gun have been damaged, we may have to abandon the ship!" The resentment on the deputy captain's face was obvious.

"Order all personnel to enter the nearest escape pod." Menggalt ordered calmly, "You are doing well, Bethel is with you."

"Yes! Captain, you..."

"Follow my orders."

"Yes, Captain."

After all the crew members in the command module were evacuated, Montgart took one last look around the battleship he had served for ten years.Due to the serious damage to the spacecraft, most of the screens in the command module could no longer display the images outside the spacecraft, only the red alarm light was flashing non-stop, and the mechanically synthesized male voice repeated the command to evacuate.It all seems so unreal.

Montgalt still remembers the first time he set foot on the ship, as a midshipman.In order to impress the captain at the time, he recited all the parameters of the Walrus in advance.How many guns are on the spaceship, what is the power of the main gun, what is the firing range, how many aircraft take-off and landing ports are on the hull, how many isolation compartments are there, what is the average thickness of the armor, what is the maximum acceleration of the spaceship, and the material of the hull He even knew how many pool tables there were in the Walrus' recreation room.

If possible, he would prefer to end his life by dying on the ship like the ancient captain.But as an officer of the local security forces, in the absence of higher-ranking officers nearby, he must save his life no matter what, so as to find an opportunity to report the battle situation to his superiors.This is also a way for the entire military system to accumulate combat experience.

"The Walrus..."

"Yes." The voice from the main brain of the Walrus was as gentle as ever.

"Target the center of the enemy fleet, advance at full speed."

"Report to the captain, because the main engine is damaged, the power is insufficient, and it cannot advance at full speed."

"Disconnect the rear of the spacecraft and use the left and right secondary engines to move forward."

"Yes, Captain."

"Start the self-destruct procedure, the explosion level is the highest, and the countdown is 30 seconds."

"What is the cancellation code?"

"No cancellation code set."

"Self-destruct program started, cancel code, none, this program cannot end, countdown starts at 30 seconds, 30, 29..."

All screens flashed a yellow countdown clock to indicate the start of the self-destruct sequence.When the number jumped to 20, Montgalt pressed the evacuation button on the captain's seat.His seat immediately sank at breakneck speed into a cylindrical escape pod, where he was thrown into space.Through the glass window on the escape cabin, he saw that his spaceship had been divided into front and rear, and the front half was rushing towards the direction where the pirate warships were most concentrated.Just like when he boarded this battleship, he knew the strength of the Walrus' protective cover well. After discarding the second half, the damaged protective cover was enough to withstand the enemy's bombardment for a minute and a half .This is enough time for the self-destruct procedure to function.

Due to the joint effect of the initial speed and gravity, his escape capsule is accelerating and falling in the direction of Hongdu.The last thing Montgalt saw were two blinding white lights caused by the explosion.

Hopefully at least one ship has escaped.

He prayed silently, and then suddenly felt a burning pain in his back.