Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 124 03.0123: ‘Are you targeting me? My caliber is super large’

Even though Farida was wearing an active noise reduction device, she still covered her ears vigorously.

As the acceleration force field in the macro cannon began to charge, a terrifying buzzing sound that became louder and louder spread throughout the entire artillery fort.

Buzz——! ! ! ! !

The entire armored command platform of the artillery fort was shaken. Even though she was holding Horatio and the fence, she felt as if she was in an earthquake and almost fell down. Horatio, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, held her and she was able to maintain her balance.

The breech of the macro cannon was very thick, but the explosion sound of the acceleration force field was still quickly transmitted throughout the empty huge cabin under the effect of solid conduction.

Unlike the artillery battle on Earth, the air resistance of the real-bullet artillery battle in the void is almost negligible. If it is in low-Earth orbit, the influence of stellar gravity needs to be considered.

But the current battle between the Indefatigable and the Murder-class cruiser is far from the star body. Under a set of void formulas, the position and closing rate can be substituted according to the phase.

The huge shells flew out of the barrel and headed straight for the target.

In the first round of salvos, 3 out of 4 hits, and the artillery array commanded by Horatio all hit the midship of the ship.

The initial velocity of the giant shells was amazing, which was completely inconsistent with its size. It hit the void shield heavily and splashed a golden and red wave.

As a high-explosive ammunition, the energy generated by the explosion was surging, and it was one of the most efficient ammunition for overloading the void shield.

"Well done, the second macro-cannon array, I hope that both arrays will hit in the next round." The praise of the female macro-cannon officer came from the loudspeaker.

As soon as the voice fell, four dazzling light spears illuminated the void and shot towards the enemy ship.

"High-speed normal shells, reload, quickly!!" Farida recovered and shouted to the sound array input device. This was the duty Horatio assigned her. She was responsible for monitoring the loading of the two macro cannons and reporting any problems in a timely manner.

The crew pulled the crane over the shells, clamped the shells, and then manually turned the tensioner to fix the shells and send a signal.

"Pull! Faster! Pull harder!" The naked upper body supervisor waved the whip and shouted.

The long line of contract workers were sweating profusely, gritting their teeth and dragging the chains to drag the shells grabbed by the crane from the ready-to-fire ammunition room to the loader.

Then the loader repeated the previous action.

In ordinary combat, purely manual dragging of shells is the main reason why the Imperial Navy cannot increase its firing rate.

And as the bombardment progresses, some of the contract workers will be exhausted, injured, and have no strength. Various reasons will further reduce the firing rate.

Although there are automatic cranes, they are old-fashioned, difficult to maintain after activation, and can only be used for a short time. Generally, they will be activated when competing for firing rate at close range.

Horatio had the impression that the Mechanicus seemed to have a more advanced integrated ammunition loader, but they were unwilling to share the technology or help the Imperial Navy fully equip it.

The Ecclesiarchy also strongly advocated manual loading, believing that the shells fired in this way were the consecrated shells that condensed the power of the Emperor.

The opponent opened fire, and dense shells flew towards the hull.

Farida held her breath until the shells hit the void shield and splashed ripples.

The Murder-class cruiser gladly accepted the challenge, but its gunnery was not accurate. Only 5 of the 16 shells in the first round hit at long-range range.

Soon, as the shooting indicator lights lit up one by one, the macro gunner issued a second round of salvo orders.

As the distance approached and the parameters of the first round were calibrated, the Indefatigable still hit 3 out of 4, while the opponent hit 7 out of 16.

In the third round, the first two shells of the Indefatigable wore out the opponent's first void shield, and the last two hit the second void shield.

"Feeling better?" Horatio asked Farida in a gentle tone.

"Yes, I've adapted." She replied: "I'll help you calculate."

"The trajectory display and control console is also handed over to you. Report the parameters to me for comparison after calculating them." Horatio assigned her a not-too-difficult task.

"Yes."

While fulfilling his duties conscientiously, Horatio carefully taught Farida how to use the macro gun display and control console in front of him.

As the distance between the two ships approached 1/8 of the void chain (about 962 kilometers), the Indefatigable reduced its speed to keep pace with the other ship.

This was a signal of challenge to the enemy ship, meaning 'I'm ready to duel with you like a boxer'.

The Murder-class cruiser accepted it with pleasure. It did not continue to flee, but instead stuck to the Indefatigable.

The purpose of doing this was obvious. She wanted to launch a boarding, but the Indefatigable did not intend to let her succeed.

"If these traitors choose to fight us to the death here, this is the place where we will be ambushed. Telegraph all frigates and destroyers, tell them not to participate in the void battle, double the cruise warning radius, stay alert, and keep your eyes open." Commodore Perru ordered.

The fragments of Savavin, the state religion world that was shattered by the planet killer during the Gothic War, floated here.

Under the action of gravity and ionization, these meteorite fragments formed hundreds of dense asteroid belts. The ion gas cloud that caused the meteorites to attract each other would interfere with the detection of the Aobo radar, greatly reducing the effective search radius, and it was difficult to accurately identify whether the gas cloud was a large meteorite or an enemy cruiser.

Since the opponent is no longer accelerating to escape, it would be fine to send destroyers and frigates that are not the main output to guard the surroundings in this case.

"Come on, the duel begins. Captain Sterling, I will take over the command of the battleship again."

"Yes, Captain."

The Indefatigable began to adjust its course, and Commodore Peru did not intend to give the other side a chance to get close.

As the maneuvering course and speed of both sides were constantly adjusted back and forth, the macro gun data was updated frequently.

Horatio was doing hand calculations in an orderly manner, and Farida was reporting the updated parameter data to him in real time, and using the Thinker array to substitute the data calculation to facilitate him to change the parameters and compare the data.

Sweat dripped from the girl's face. She had become Horatio's right-hand man. The second macro gun array on the port side that she and Horatio commanded was always the first to light up the ready-to-fire indicator.

"The hit rate has been 100% so far." Lieutenant Sterling reported to the captain:

"For the first time in charge of commanding the artillery fort, it is very good, and it also has the good luck that a good gunner needs."

Captain Peru nodded: "But the challenge has just begun."

Buzz! ! ! ——A huge whistle sounded from the distant void.

"The enemy ship's void shield is overloaded!" The lieutenant of the lookout department sent to the command bridge shouted. He received the latest message from the captain of the lookout.

"Let these Chaos cubs take our first punch!" Commodore Peru gritted his teeth.

Inside the command platform of the second artillery fort.

Horatio also heard the sound of the whistle, and he looked at the message sent by the macro gunner.

Thanks to the fierce firepower of the Indefatigable, when the second void shield of the Murder-class was broken, the first void shield was not ready.

"The enemy's void shield has dissipated, and they are now unprotected. Switch to semi-armor-piercing shells, and let our fists hit their noses hard!" Horatio shouted to the sound array.

"Huha!" The crew shouted excitedly.

As the contract workers below were exhausted, the second batch of contract workers were shackled and took over the task of the former.

While replacing the transmitting capacitor, four light spears shot at the crimson wedge-shaped hull of the Murder-class.

"Wow." Farida's eyes reflected a brilliant light.

She saw the light spear piercing the traitor's ship, and the surging energy burned, melted, and twisted the upper armor.

Inside the enemy ship.

The Khorne crew members with various patterns and scars on their faces ran densely between the cabins.

In an instant, multiple steel decks were torn apart by a huge energy beam, and the cultist crew members who were hit by the light spear were vaporized in an instant, without even having time to make a sound.

The rapid temperature rise caused some cultists to be burned to death by thousands of degrees of high temperature even though they were separated by several cabins.

Their skin melted, their blood evaporated, their facial features collapsed, and their heart-wrenching screams were endless. Even a breath of scorching air could roast their respiratory tract.

The steel turned into molten iron and kept dripping. Many crew members in the cabins below who were not directly hit were directly roasted into black charcoal by a basin of molten iron.

They screamed, their skin and flesh were charred, and flames burned on their bodies.

Even the Khorne Space Marines were not spared. The ceramic steel power armor became a human oven, roasting the traitors inside into meaty barbecue.

The smell of cooked meat made some crew members who couldn't resist it cut it up and eat it.

The two ridge light spears of the Indefatigable used a low-power long-irradiation mode to unscrupulously paint the smile of death on the surface. This unique art form of the navy spreads death while proclaiming superb shooting skills. It can cause large-scale attacks on shallow cabins and kill personnel.

In order to preserve elite combat power, the Khorne Space Marines shrank to the core area of ​​the cabin. But this does not mean that the light spears will not come to the door.

The heavy light spear turrets on the side began to use high-power pulse mode to focus on deep burning at one point, drilling towards the core area of ​​the hull, committed to destroying important components, and using the secondary shock waves and fragments aroused by the beam to kill the Blood Pact and Khorne Space Marines hiding inside.

The attack method of the light spear cannon destined it to be a weapon with high armor penetration and medium killing effect.

Although the penetration of the macro cannon is not as good as that of the light spear, the structural damage and personnel casualties caused by the huge shells after hitting the hull are far beyond the reach of the light spear.

"Adjust the muzzle angle, the elevation angle of the No. 4 macro cannon is positive 6 degrees, and the direction angle is negative 16 degrees! That's their bridge."

"Loading completed!"

"Adjustment completed!"

"Fire!!!" Horatio and Farida shouted together.

The macro cannon roared.

Four huge shells flew towards the enemy ship in turn.

A corner in the middle of the side of the giant bridge of the enemy ship.

"Be prepared to be hit! The pseudo-emperor's shells are coming!"

The bald man with unclean marks tattooed on his face had just finished speaking.

Bang!

A huge shell broke through the steel plate outside the bridge and rushed in, and with a harsh sound of metal tearing, it smashed all the cult crew members who were blocking the way on the surface into bloody mud.

The solid semi-armor-piercing shell made of adamantium alloy still flew towards the inside of the bridge. This shell with a large charge and medium penetration penetrated several shallow decks. The metal at the head of the shell gradually melted in the high temperature, and the fuse soul faithfully counted the last moment of life for the enemy.

Boom!!!

A huge explosion sounded inside the ship.

Several decks were directly blown into a cavity, and everything in the explosion point was instantly blown into pieces. Many people didn't know what happened at all and disappeared instantly.

The mighty scorching air wave directly set off a gust of burning wind, burning everything it passed through and igniting a raging fire.

The cultist crew in the cabin ran away, but their legs were not as fast as the air wave, and they were blown to the ground in an instant.

"Ah! ! Ah! ! ! ! ! "

Their backs were burned and bloody, the blood dried into black scabs, and the skin was charred like American barbecue.

Those who were not dead fell to the ground screaming, holding their bloody backs and wailing.

But the nightmare was not over yet. The flames from the huge explosion rushed into the cabin like a flood. The burning wind made it impossible for many cult crew members to close the isolation chamber. The raging fire that followed quickly purified all the filth in these cabins, and baked the bulkheads and hatches red and bright. No life could survive at such a temperature.

Screams, wails, alarms, shouts, and water sprays made the interior of the enemy ship even more lively.

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