Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 91 02.0091: ‘Rebound Gang’

"Combat alert! Combat alert! All personnel are in position! All personnel are in position!" Red warning lights flashed in each cabin, and a voice announcement from the command bridge rang in the narrow cabin corridor.

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

"Armed, ready! Armed, ready!" the non-commissioned officers of the armed forces shouted at the top of their lungs. Amidst the rapid and tense drum beats, the sound of dense formations running could be heard.

The hatch leading to the infirmary was opened all the way; the kitchen ceased fire to prevent accidental fires during the battle; the anti-debris net dropped to 5 meters above the head through pulleys to protect the personnel below from falling debris as much as possible.

The macrocannon shells and propellants were carried by a huge crane from the ammunition depot to the ready-to-fire fire room, and the huge laser energy group was replaced again.

The crew worked together to clear the decks to make room for the battle. For the sake of anti-jump gangs, the Imperial Navy's combat manual requires the crew to leave enough cover on only one side of themselves and remove everything that may be used as a cover by the enemy.

1,000 trained armed sailors are not many for a ship that is 1 kilometer long, 200 meters wide, and 460 meters high. Therefore, how to arrange personnel of different levels where they are most needed requires careful planning.

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

The most critical parts have been assigned to at least one platoon, including a senior noncommissioned officer, 15 hell soldiers and 300 armed sailors who will be used to protect the bridge - this is the core center. Once the enemy breaks through here, everything will be lost.

It's like a tower defense game, but played with blood and lives.

The sergeant-at-arms opened the door of the munitions cabin with a key, and the sailors with guns were on guard. The bright bayonets on the muzzles of their guns silently spread order, and the sailors waiting to receive the guns lined up.

Not everyone has a gun. Those who do not receive a laser gun are responsible for carrying energy blocks and receive a well-maintained scimitar, which is still a fierce weapon in a boarding battle.

Sailors are responsible for guarding the cabins where they work and ensuring the continued operation of the warship. When necessary, they are cannon fodder to stop gang jumpers.

Horatio sat on the command throne, looking calmer than before.

He closely sensed all the conditions of the ship, filtered out the most critical parts from the dense data reported by the students, and then made corresponding command decisions.

Archie was responsible for implementing the details. Fidio focused on punching the opponent. Leidos put on his carapace and started arranging the damage control team. Captain Sterling and four captains patrolled in front of various battle stations to inspect students’ operations.

In contrast to the fledgling cadets, these professional commissioned officers are extremely efficient executors, performing their duties calmly and calmly.

The Q ship quickly patrolled and maneuvered under the command of Horatio, taking advantage of the Imperial Navy's gunnery advantage to keep as far away from the opponent as possible and exchange fire at medium range.

Bang! Bang!

The macro cannon spewed tongues of fire at the approaching clipper. Its bow was pointed and long, and its shell-receiving area was small. Only one of the two shells hit.

But it was quickly torn apart by lasers and close-range firepower from one side.

But this is just the beginning. These fast ships are covering the approach of the raiding ships. They also have void shields. In order to approach the Q-ship of the Imperial Navy and release its foul-smelling flies, it will not hesitate to ruthlessly sacrifice the people on a ship in exchange for cover.

"An enemy ship launching an aircraft has been detected!"

"Torpedoes! They released torpedoes at the same time! Six in total, covering an area of ​​8,000 meters!"

"Emergency braking, turn on the thrusters!"

"There is still a torpedo on our route! God Emperor, we are about to be hit!"

"Aim all close-in defense battery firepower at that torpedo!" Horatio ordered urgently.

The huge rotating tube laser gun was aimed at the rusty torpedo, which was flying towards the Q ship at a relatively fast speed.

Even if it is poorly maintained, as long as it can explode, it is still a dangerous weapon that can destroy an entire warship.

The four rotating tube laser guns fired dazzling lasers at the torpedo with ultra-intensive rapid fire. Just before hitting the ship, under the cross blow, the torpedo exploded in the air, and Horatio could hear its fragments hitting the hull. A harsh scraping sound.

"The aircraft is approaching!"

The opponent's tactic is to choose between torpedoes and aerial bombs.

"Maneuver to evade! Avoid them dropping bombs."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ship's hull trembled.

"The enemy's first batch of aircraft dropped bombs. One bomb was hit in the middle. The hull structure was slightly damaged, but it didn't have much impact. The casualties are still being counted... God Emperor, only dozens of people were injured, but the second wave and the Three waves are coming.”

"Accelerate and break away, get rid of these flies! The laser cannon shoots at the ship, and the macro cannon is loaded with time-fuse air burst bombs to blow them to pieces."

The Q ship activated emergency acceleration and moved forward a large distance in an instant, while the macro cannon's muzzle turned backwards.

"The time fuze air burst bomb is loaded!"

"Fire!"

Bang bang!

The macro cannon fired a volley, and the huge shells flew backward.

Horatio saw two flaming balls of fire in the air, and many silvery fragments that were burning and scattered.

"The aircraft signal...disappeared!"

The students burst into cheers.

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

The two sides pulled and shot at each other, and all three speedboats were smashed and turned into dust in the void.

"Calm down, everything has just begun. Get ready for close-range combat!" Horatio said to the trainees on the bridge.

The Q ship overloaded its engine while avoiding the air raid just now. Now it cannot accelerate in the short term, otherwise the plasma engine explosion will kill a ship of people.

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

A majestic whistle sounded, 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 the order to the armed forces: "Everyone, call to arms!"

Dozens of looting boats rushed towards the Q ship. The close defense gun group tried their best to intercept the speedboats that came to board. The macro gun and laser gun groups took the opportunity to fire at the enemy ships, paralyzed the void shields of the two ships at the same time, and began to pour anger on the hull.

Sparks of stars continued to explode in the void, like fireworks during the New Year.

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

The looting boats of the void slave owners could only break through the shallow hull and could not go deeper.

Louise knew this, so she had deployed naval gifts at various key points to wait for them.

The pirates, wearing old void suits, rushed out like a raging wave, shouting dirty and blasphemous words.

The armed forces were ready behind the steel breastwork with wheels below, and a row of gun barrels extended from above, aiming at the pirates in the distance.

"Ready!" The armed sergeant raised his pistol.

As the pirates got closer and closer, these guys holding various crude weapons were fierce and brutal.

"Fire!"

The intensive shooting knocked the 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 could protect them well. Bullets could not penetrate this mobile breastwork. At the same time, the armed sailor armor supervised by the navy had a defense level higher than bulletproof armor.

Soon, the pirates found that they could not bite off the cabin nodes that were tightly defended by the Imperial Navy by dividing their forces like this. After leaving a field of corpses, 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 immediately! Get rid of their looters! Full left rudder!"

The Q ship once again released its surging power, using its clever turning radius and unexpected turn to get rid of the two ships, and let the attack ship open fire and accidentally hit the slave ship.

Most of the looters were either destroyed by close-in defense guns or could not catch up, and returned in disappointment. Only a few landed near the bridge, but with the previous remnants, there were still thousands of people.

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

"Leave a blocking force in other cabins, and other mobile armed forces return to the bridge."

The pirates rushed to the bridge, they 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 Vanguards joined the battle, and they used the Hell Gun to shoot at the attackers.

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 caught in a bloody hand-to-hand fight. The armed sailors raised their bayonets and daggers to fight the pirates who rushed in. The battle became primitive and barbaric.

The senior non-commissioned officer guarding the bridge fell down, and the pirates stepped over his body with dirty and bloody boots and rushed to the lower command bridge.

"Imperial Navy soldiers, stop them!"

Horatio put the reserve guarding the captain's level into battle, Louise put on a helmet, picked up a gun, and other trainees also picked up weapons to prepare for the enemy.

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

Not only in the bridge, the battle in the void continued, and the trainees stood firm at their posts despite the noise and bullets.

The macro cannons and laser cannons were still roaring, and the shells hit the Devastating-class merchant ship attack ship, blowing up its turrets and destroying one-third of the bridge.

Its cabin was burning with fire, and countless slave traders and pirates were burned to charcoal by the flames, and there was no time to close the fire door for them.

Bang! There was a violent explosion on the port side of the attack ship.

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

"We received a signal from the reinforcements!"

"Who is it?"

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

Horatio frowned: "What does it mean?"

"It looks like a binary language!"

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