After seizing the second broadside gun position, Weiss, with the cooperation of Keith and two other Union soldiers, once again attacked from behind, and neatly killed a group of Norman soldiers, so that the boarding Union officers and soldiers controlled a large section of the ship's cabin passage between the starboard No. 2 boarding platform and the two broadside gun positions, including 4 forks, 11 openable hatches, and 2 small-caliber rapid-fire guns with damaged scopes, and picked up dozens of weapons and a considerable amount of ammunition left by the Norman soldiers.

Up to this time, the number of federal officers and men who boarded the Norman battleship using the starboard board platform No. 2 and the crane frame were only about 30 people, including Weiss and Hartbauer, and they had killed nearly 100 Norman soldiers before and after. At this rate, Weiss and the others will soon be able to reach the stern of the ship, blow up the auxiliary thrusters, and allow friendly troops on the ground to board the ship directly through the breach, speeding up the speed at which the Federation forces can capture the battleship. However, the Normans' reputation for being able to fight was by no means blown, and needless to say, those marines who received formal training in land warfare, even ordinary sailors, were able to use firearms skillfully and calmly engage in close combat under the organization and command of the officers. They rushed out in groups of more than a dozen or twenty people, from all directions, at various forks, and even from relatively hidden hatches, forming a situation of encirclement and suppression of the federal forces on boarding, and Weiss's new partners were tired of coping, and the follow-up boarding forces were only enough to barely replenish the consumption.

The narrow passage of the ship's cabin obviously could not give Weiss and the "ape" Keith room to show their skills and courage, and the two of them swept the third gun's side gun position with a pinefish bullet with four or two thousand pounds, but when they entered the ship's cabin passage from the gun position, ready to perform "** magic skills" and give the Normans a hard blow from behind, they found that this was not directly connected to the previous cabin passage.

Under the detection of the "human radar", Weiss led Keith inside, and after killing the two Norman soldiers who were carrying shells from the ammunition room to the gun position, they walked a long way, and did not encounter a Norman along the way, but the roar of machinery in the passage of the ship became clearer and clearer.

The two men, each with two guns, tiptoed forward to an unguarded hatch. The hatch had no windows, and Weiss squinted at the fact that there were no armed men behind the door, and the space behind the door was filled with rumbling roars. After a moment's thought, he said to Keith, "Shall we go in and find out?" ”

Instead of blindly following it, Keith expressed his thoughts: "This is probably the boiler room or the engine room, if you only destroy a power room, it is usually not enough to cut off the power and power of the entire battleship, and the effect is not too big, why don't we try to go up and find a way to meet our brothers." Without our strategy, they would have fought very hard. ”

Weiss said: "The machines inside are running, and we can go in and wreak havoc, so that the Normans can draw troops and distract them, and it will also help our people reduce the pressure." I don't think there should be a lot of crew here, so we'll destroy a few machines and go and join our people. ”

Keith thought for a moment, "Okay! I'm at your disposal! ”

The hatch in front of it had neither a handle nor a hinge, and from its appearance, it appeared to open and close by sliding up and down, rather than struggling open and closing like the previous hatches.

Without waiting for Weiss to figure out why, Keith walked to the door, turned a circular gate valve clockwise, and quickly crouched down, pointing his gun at the slowly opening hatch.

The roar of machinery coming from inside was so noisy that Weiss and Keith had to speak loudly if they wanted to communicate again.

Of course, the noise in the power compartment is so high that the sound of the hatch opening should not be easily noticeable.

The hatch was halfway up, and Weiss reached the ground on one knee, probing inside with his naked eye. It was more than ten feet high, that is, four or five meters, 100 feet long and sixty or seventy feet wide, which was equivalent to a small auditorium, which was considered very large considering that it was inside a flying battleship.

Those rumbling machines, neatly arranged in three columns. There are no open flames, they are certainly not boilers, and the engine rooms placed in the stern of the ship are generally located, but they also do not look very much like steam turbines.

After some observation, Weiss squinted and switched to "human radar" mode. There were 11 Normans in this huge cabin, most of whom were "war scum", and only 5 Norman soldiers whose combat strength readings were close to normal.

2 vs. 5, what are the odds?

Of the 11 Normans, 5 were soldiers and 6 were shippers...... Weiss gestured to his partner to inform him of the enemy. "The Ape" Keith did not have the slightest doubt about Weiss's observations. After checking each other's eyes, the two attacked decisively. They stepped through the hatches in turn, striding through the passages between the machines. With two guns in both hands, domineering.

Following the previously detected directions, Weiss saw at a glance three Normans in crew uniforms, steel helmets, and armed belts, two with rifles on their backs and one with a pistol at their waists, all grouped together in what appeared to be wiring work.

Shouldn't it be the job of ordinary ship crews to do repairs?

In sight, there were two Norman soldiers standing at the other end of the cabin, two armed with rifles, standing back to back.

Weiss motioned to Keith to keep an eye on the three Norman soldiers in the vicinity and deal with the two in the distance. He hurried forward, and when a Norman soldier spotted him, he immediately roared: "Don't move!" Hands up! ”

This is a Norman phrase that Weiss learned before he left for the northern frontier, and it is very practical, but it is rarely used.

In the distance, two Norman soldiers subconsciously raised their guns, Weiss didn't give them a chance to aim and fire, and fired two guns in both hands, firing left and right in succession. Although the semi-automatic pistol was limited in power, a Norman soldier would quickly become incapacitated if he was skilled in shooting, hitting the vital point or hitting the torso multiple times.

Keith's gun rang out at the same time.

"Don't move! Hands up! When the gunfire stopped, Weiss roared again.

On Case's side, two Norman soldiers with rifles had been knocked out, and one with a pistol at his waist was standing in place with his hands above his head.

The six Norman crew members in the cabin were unarmed, but they did not intend to be captured. Some of them picked up wrenches and tried to resist, while others ran straight for the hatch.

Weiss did not hesitate to resist the fighters, and switched to the magazine and opened fire directly. He frightened and frightened those who escaped, but the chamber was so large that one of the crew members escaped from an area beyond his control.

When Weiss escorted the three Norman crew members who had surrendered to Keith's position, Keith said to him, "They were just laying explosive wires!" ”

Weiss didn't think it was strange at first glance, since the Federation army had boarded the ship and it was possible to seize the battleship, the Normans began to prepare for self-detonation, because they did not want the battleship to become a trophy of the opponent intact, to avoid technology leakage, and even enter the battle sequence of the Union army, turning the muzzle of the gun against their own people. But on second thought, if you want to blow up a battleship, it is not enough to go to the main ammunition depot and put two time bombs, so why go to great lengths to plant explosives in the power compartment?

"Do you know Norman? Can you communicate with them? Weiss asked Keith.

Keith shook his head decisively and motioned to Weiss that the reason why he judged that the Normans were taking the explosive wire was because he followed the wire and saw the explosives placed under the machine.

Lay a whole bag and a whole box of explosives under the running machine, but you are not afraid that the machine will accidentally explode due to heating?

Weiss had an idea and pointed a gun at the captured Norman sergeant: "Hey, you, do you speak Ulster?" Will? ”

Although this guy didn't say anything, his eyes revealed some important information.

Weiss stared at him, and he sensed this, so he deliberately said to Keith, "Look! There is no worthwhile prisoner of war, and there is no need to stay, let me deal with him! ”

"Wait!" The Norman sergeant spoke, "I can speak a little Ulster. ”

"Good." Weiss motioned to Keith to look at the rest of the Norman crew and stand in front of the Norman sergeant. The man looked to be about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with an embarrassed expression and a twinkling look in his eyes. The reason why he endured humiliation to survive did not seem to be because he was timid and afraid of death, but because there was something that made him feel bound and unwilling to die. Maybe you have just gotten married, and you are always worried about your wife at home, or you are deeply concerned about your parents.

"As long as you answer my question, I can let you go, and you can return home alive, or you can continue to serve in the Norman army - for as long as you want. As for them, they will never tell me about what you talked to me...... You get the idea! ”

The machines were noisy, and Weiss was worried that he wouldn't be able to hear clearly, so he slowed down and spoke again.

The Norman sergeant in front of him actually agreed obediently.

Had it not been for the in-depth exploration of the character traits of this generation of Normans during the Battle of the Border, Weiss would have thought he had met a false Norman.

On the battlefield, he saw more than once the Norman soldiers retreating in panic, and also saw their fear and reluctance when they were dying. They are realistic, rational, and not like their predecessors, simply a bunch of puppet soldiers without soul and consciousness.

"What kind of machines are these?" Weiss asked.

"The steam engine, which is used to power warships." Sergeant Norman replied, his tone sounding normal, but the twinkle in his eyes betrayed his heart once again.

"You're not a good actor." Weiss sneered, and he raised his hand and put the muzzle of his gun against the man's head.

Sergeant Norman became nervous, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, Mr. Officer, as you guessed, these are the machines we use to make artificial Star Source Stones. ”

This is the secret weapon of the Normans?

Weiss's mood at the moment was both excited and apprehensive, before that, the Federation Army had tried their best to get a physical object, they had shot down Norman warships loaded with "devil's bombs" on the battlefield, but these battleships had violent explosions before or during the crash, so that the Federation Army had never obtained a relatively complete artificial star source stone making machine, and there were dozens of machines that could operate normally neatly here, if they could be saved, it would definitely be a strategic advantage for the Federation in distress!