Chapter 32 Scales and Armor Fly All Over the Sky
When the No. 9 ship arrived at the battlefield, Shu Yunpeng saw a mess.
The first thing they saw was several lifeboats rushing through the air. He ordered the hatch to be opened and the lifeboat in.
"Where's the commander?" When he saw that there was a lifeboat on the flagship, he stopped them and asked loudly.
Nobody knows. All they knew was that the flagship of the Female Wolf was hit and caught fire, losing power, and they were ordered to abandon the ship.
"Damn it!"
As he spoke, the No. 9 ship had already arrived in the airspace where the center of the battlefield was located. At a glance, he saw that Claire's female wolf flagship was floating in space, and the entire hull had basically been engulfed in flames.
Not far from the Female Wolf, the No. 7 ship was also on fire, but it seemed that there was still momentum, and the people on board were evacuating.
The worst is the fourth ship, fragmented, pulled by the gravitational pull of Mars, and has begun to slowly fall towards Mars. The other ships may be far away and out of sight.
"Prepare the lifeboat!" Shu Yunpeng put on a spacesuit with the help of Qin Huaiyu and others, and commanded: "Pay attention to the surroundings of the flagship, and save everything that can be saved!" ”
The lifeboat has been prepared, and Qin Huaiyu and the others have also put on spacesuits and boarded the lifeboat.
"Move closer to the flagship!" With a glimmer of hope in his heart, he ordered: "Search carefully!" ”
"Can't get too close, Captain! In case the female wolf explodes, we're done with ......"
"I know!" He glanced coldly at the person who spoke: "Move fast!" ”
Soon, the lifeboat had circled the burning female wolf for most of the time, and no one was seen alive. He already felt hopeless, Qin Huaiyu exclaimed: "Captain, look! ”
The lifeboat had circled underneath the Female Wolf, and they saw two men in spacesuits, floating in the air.
"Reach in! ......" he shouted, "Pull them in!" ”……
It was late at night, but Claire was sleepy. So, she asked Captain Zhang Jingyi to rest. Himself sat in the captain's seat.
Looking out of the front window of the bridge, the black velvet canopy was shining with stars. It's a beautiful and magical sight that you can't see on Earth. Although she has seen a lot, every time she sees it, she will still have an inexplicable excitement in her heart.
But at this moment, her mind was not in this bright starry sky at all.
At that meeting, when the results of the vote came out, she was excited but also scared. As a soldier, she was eager to fight, but as an ordinary person, she was naturally a little afraid. In particular, Shu Yunpeng's strong opposition made her hesitate.
I have to admit that even a veteran like her, who has dealt with the Jones people for a whole decade, has not been able to understand the Jones people better than Shu Yunpeng. He had a face-to-face encounter with the Jones, and he had the upper hand, something that the entire Combined Fleet, including Admiral Yi Qianya, had not been able to do.
Therefore, Shu Yunpeng's opposition to this expedition must have his reasons.
She thought of General Yi Qianya. If General Yi Qianya was here, she would definitely oppose this expedition like Shu Yunpeng. Shu Yunpeng, like General Yi, thought that it was unfavorable to start a war, how could they want to go together? ……
"I'm here, Commander," Captain Zhang Jingyi appeared, interrupting her thoughts, "Go sleep for a while!" ”
"Okay," she said, standing up, "there's movement calling me."
She made her way to the rest pod, but she hadn't gone far before the alarm went off.
The terrible sirens woke everyone up, and they quickly rushed to their posts. The sound of the sirens also made Claire fall asleep all of a sudden, and she quickly turned back into the bridge. Before she could speak, the ship's hull shook violently, nearly causing her to fall.
"How?" She tried her best to stand still and threw herself on the bridge. Zhang Jingyi struggled to control the joystick, trying to stabilize the hull: "Oops, 50% loss of power!" ”
"Colonel Claire...... We were attacked by the Jones and suffered heavy losses......"
Claire saw the miserable white face of the commander of the Combined Fleet, Qi Tianqi, on the screen, saw the fire in the bridge of the commander's flagship, and saw the Jones interceptor passing by outside the porthole: "We have also been attacked!" A counterattack is being organized ......"
"Withdraw, Claire......" Before the words fell, a ball of fire on the screen engulfed Qi Tianqi's figure, and then, a snowflake appeared on the screen......
"General? Checkmate? ......" Claire shouted a few times, but there was no response.
She quickly adjusted the frequency band and gave an order to the entire Combined Fleet: "Attention Fleets, I am Colonel Claire, now I order, the Combined Fleet retreats immediately!" Please pay attention to cooperate with each other, fight and retreat, and the target Mars base ......"
The hull of the ship shook violently again, and she grabbed the guardrail and shouted: "After the female wolf detachment is broken, cover the evacuation of the fleet......"
According to the prior arrangement, if the commander-in-chief of the fleet is killed or for other reasons, he can no longer command the fleet, and Claire, the commander of the female wolf detachment, will take over the command.
However, the interim commander-in-chief did only a few minutes, just enough to give the order for the entire retreat. She had to take her own detachment as a broken rear in order to reduce the overall losses in the hope of reducing the overall losses. But soon, she couldn't even command her own detachment, and each ship was fighting on its own!
She saw that the ship number seven was hit and was incapacitated. Immediately afterward, she saw that the fourth ship was hit by the giant cannon on the bow of the Jones mothership, and it was shattered, and not even a single lifeboat escaped!
She took it upon herself to blow up several Jones interceptors. The scary thing is that she can't see several other battleships---- her flagship is now fighting alone!
Zhang Jingyi's eyes were full of despair: "Commander, the motivation has lost 80%, and it will be too late if you don't withdraw!" ”
"Withdraw! ......" She hesitated, and finally gave the order to retreat.
The Wolf Woman adjusted direction and began to retreat. But because there is too much power loss, and the fight and retreat, the speed is very slow. Moreover, the hull of the ship was injured and broken in many places, the air was being lost, and it was already difficult to breathe.
"All retreat to the lifeboats and prepare to abandon the ship!" This time, Claire took the initiative to give the order, and she was going to say goodbye to the female wolf flagship who had fought side by side with her for many years!
There are only two people left in the bridge, her and Zhang Jingyi! It is estimated that the others have already arrived at the lifeboat, Zhang Jingyi adjusted the battleship to the autopilot state: "Let's go, commander!" ”
They hurried to the location of the lifeboat, but the fire blocked the aisle!
"Go back, there's a spacesuit in the bridge!"
After putting on the spacesuits, they found that the hatch was deformed and could not be opened! When they were helpless, the Jones interceptor saw that the Wolf Woman was still sailing, and there were still people in the bridge, so they bombarded the bridge violently, smashing the porthole!
"Quick, Commander!" Zhang Jingyi, who was lying on the deck to avoid the interceptor's gunfire, jumped up and shouted when the interceptor's bombardment interval was intervened.
She saw Claire lying motionless on the ground.
"Commander!" She lunged at Claire, flipped her over, and shook her desperately. Seeing that the interceptor was turning back, she picked up Claire, threw herself at the broken porthole, and jumped into the vast space......