Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 90 02.0090: ‘The Right Decision’

Bang! Bang!

The flames of the macrocannon illuminated the dark void.

The shell made a terrible scream and hit the engine at the stern of the target. Huge fragments were instantly peeled off the hull. The light of an ion engine flashed twice and went out.

"The enemy ship wants to escape, and we have destroyed part of the engine!"

"The enemy ship deployed its void shield!"

"Power reduced to half speed! Keep firing! Laser cannon fire, overload their void shields!"

In the void, densely fired lasers intertwined, and the beams hit the void shield and splashed colorful ripples.

After all, the void shield of the cargo ship cannot be compared with the military void shield. As the four laser cannons continued to fire for 3 minutes, a strange buzzing sound reached Horatio's ears, which was like the thick whistle of a ship. .

He knew that this was the noise of the enemy ship's void shield being overloaded.

"Seize the moment when the two ships are turning around, and use the macro cannon to completely destroy their engines!"

Captain Sterling leaned against the hatch and watched quietly as the black-haired young man wearing a bicorn hat commanded the battleship in a void battle like a real captain.

This is a good exercise. Every qualified Imperial Navy officer must know how to command battleships in battle, because there are too many uncertainties in battles. Captains are often killed in battle, and lieutenants must take over the command sequence in time.

The warship turned gracefully in a circle behind the enemy ship. At that moment, the macro cannon fired again, and two shells completely destroyed the entire ship's electrical system.

"Expand the gang pod!"

The 'cargo compartment' in the middle of the Q ship was opened, and there was a shark assault boat that was already ready.

Following Horatio's order, the Shark assault boat quickly rushed towards the bridge and amidships of the enemy ship.

Bang! With a violent explosion and violent earthquakes, the hot melt flow from the front of the Shark assault boat penetrated the hull shell. The springboard was lowered, and the vanguards immediately opened fire on everything that moved inside.

Horatio only needs the command of the ship to interrogate, and others will be killed without mercy.

Louise commanded a team of Hell's Spearheads to attack the bridge, but unexpectedly, the weapons of the enemy ship's crew were exceptionally good, even a little too good.

A melt ray was shot towards her, but luckily she reacted quickly and used the cabin to avoid it.

It was a hot-shooting weapon that could penetrate carapace. Logically speaking, there was no way the crew could equip it.

She used the Shield of Orm helmet to quickly analyze the last scene she had just captured. After zooming in on the picture, she saw the Chaos Eight-Pointed Star symbol engraved on the necks of the crew.

[+Attention everyone, the enemy is a Chaos believer and holds a high-threat weapon. +]

Horatio also heard Louise's report, but this was not what he expected.

From the earliest contact attitude of these guys, he had already guessed their identities.

Even though these fallen ones had weapons that could penetrate carapace, their level of training was far inferior to that of the hell soldiers, and many of them were shot before they even had time to lift their guns.

These elite soldiers of the Imperial Navy took control of the cabin and bridge within 5 minutes. They were familiar with the structure of the ship faster than the Storm Troopers could clean the warship, which was perfectly in line with the expected efficiency of the establishment of this force.

Louise personally captured their captain and first mate and escorted them back to the ship at gunpoint.

[+We found a large number of melta bombs, Lucius laser guns, various types of arms and ammunition, and even... Cerberus light tanks in the bottom warehouse+]

[Are they trying to start a war...] Horatio is surprised by the payoff.

Suddenly, he sensed something through the machine soul of the Q ship.

"There are multiple fast targets approaching our ship!" the student controlling the auspicious device shouted.

[+Louise, let the hell soldiers return to the ship immediately! +] Horatio said to Louise.

[+Understood, everyone will return to the boat immediately! Quick, quick, quick! +]

The shark assault boat began to slowly retreat from the hull.

During this period, the mothership cannot open the void shield, otherwise these shark assault boats will shatter when they hit the void shield.

"An enemy artillery strike was detected in the plasma cloud!"

Horatio bit his lower lip.

[What should I do? Open the void shield, or wait for the hell soldiers to return to the ship? ]

Captain Sterling looked at the hesitant Horatio calmly to see how he would react.

Of course, this is usually a train problem, and most officers in the Imperial Navy have to make a difficult choice.

【+Report the return time! +]

"The shell made contact for 20 seconds! The estimated hit point is the stern of the hull!"

【+The last boat is expected to arrive within 30 seconds! +]

"Forward acceleration maneuver! Overspeed!" Horatio ordered.

A drop of cold sweat fell down Horatio's cheek.

"The engine's afterburner has reached its maximum state!" a student from the power department shouted.

[Your Majesty, God Emperor, charge forward! ] Horatio shouted to the machine spirit.

The promethium in the power cabin spurted out like a frenzy, and the plasma engine burst out with huge light.

Horatio felt a sudden jerk, and almost all the standing students fell to the ground during the huge acceleration.

Faced with the sudden turn of the mothership, the shark assault boat increased its power to the maximum and pursued forward.

Whoosh!

Two shells grazed the assault boat and hit the stern of the "Blind Anna" which was paralyzed by the Q boat. Ship Q was unscathed.

It was also at this moment that, through the firelight of the explosion, Horatio saw the identity of the intruder—the Void Slave Trader.

These guys are a kind of pirates. They not only plunder supplies, but also plunder the unfortified imperial worlds, kidnap people and sell them to anyone who is willing to offer them a price, whether it is the Dark Eldar, the Greenskins, the perverted nobles, or the Four Gods.

With the cover of the plasma cloud, they have been silently tracking the "Blind Anna" for a long time, coveting the "treasure" on it. Even if they see the Q-ship of the Imperial Navy showing its fangs, they dare to take risks in the face of huge profits.

The slave ship is an armed merchant ship, accompanied by three armed speeders and a Ravage-class merchant ship raider.

Their single ship firepower is not as good as the Q-ship, but once these hyenas rush up, they will kill 1,000 enemies but lose 800 of their own.

[1 vs. 5…]

"You are lucky to have made the right decision. But the next challenge, Sergeant Horatio, are you up to it?"

Captain Sterling suddenly asked, in a serious tone: "This is not an easy battle."

"I can." Horatio replied calmly.

"All the shark boats have been recovered!"

Horatio took a deep breath and shouted: "Open the void shield! Send a signal for reinforcement."

Another whistle-like buzzing sound, the void shield was fully deployed, covering the entire ship.

"The reinforcement signal has been sent, but there is no response yet!"

Horatio frowned.

This is a battle that cannot be lost. Once defeated, everyone will become slaves and be sent to the most terrible nightmare place.

"Sergeant Louise is here to report!" As soon as Louise, who was panting, returned to the ship, she ran straight to the bridge without stopping.

"Louise, arrange a counter-attack plan immediately." Horatio looked at him and nodded solemnly.

Louise's eyes were full of determination. She nodded in understanding and immediately went to the display console to arrange the armed forces on the warship.

When the Q ship set sail, it carried 30 hell pioneers, 1,000 trained armed sailors, led by 3 senior petty officers, in addition to thousands of ordinary sailors, and thousands of contract servants in shackles. There were 3,000 sealed firearms locked in the spare arsenal.

Contract servants, they are all criminals. They serve the Imperial Navy in exchange for reduced sentences. No one dares to bet on their loyalty.

Ordinary sailors lack shooting training and have poor skills. They can be given guns, but they can only be used as the last conscripts.

Horatio didn't know how many pirates his opponent had, maybe thousands, maybe tens of thousands.

But he knew that in addition to the disadvantage in numbers, he had advantages in manpower, weapons, artillery, and defense.

Horatio took a deep breath.

So at the moment, there was only one strategy.