Chapter 30: Bump!
If the fall of the Sakura Society's flagship was due to a serious underestimation of the Icarus's desperate determination and ultra-high burst of firepower, then the group of marines who were storming the C warehouse area at that time may have fallen into blood mold.
Since the Icarus is completely isolated, and after turning on the force field shield, they don't even have to worry too much about the firepower of the starry sky battlefield affecting them, and once the Icarus is overloaded, it is already time for the dust to settle.
As a matter of course, they used the occupied outer section of the Icarus' C-sector warehouse area as a temporary command center.
In addition, the heavy firepower weapons and ammunition baggage were raided by Davy and his forces recklessly, and they had to transfer all the remaining ammunition and baggage to the outer edge, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If they were given five to ten minutes, they would probably be able to successfully break through the fortifications of Sector C with absolute superiority in troops.
And at this moment, Davy, who had successfully taken over all the control of the Icarus, directly forcibly closed the force field shield...
Although the Sakura Kai's fleet group chose a ceasefire at the first opportunity, fearing that the Icarus would be directly sunk and affecting the cargo, the shells that were already on the way still washed the outer layer of Icarus...
The most direct consequence is to directly detonate the ammunition depot that was hoarded by the Sakura Association Marines on the edge of the outer layer...
A violent chain explosion blasted into the sky with the officers who were commanding the troops not far away, along with a newly assembled and fully equipped unit...
Without the cover of logistics and long-range heavy weapons, the front-line troops suddenly found themselves in a dilemma and isolated.
And in the defensive position of the Icarus Area C, the only forty-three remaining Federation veterans were ready to die at any time, but suddenly found that the back garden of the group of marines who were originally mad dogs was on fire...
With no way out, most of them originally had thoughts such as 'dragging a few pads to death' and 'avenging their dead comrades', so where would they let go of such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs.
It's just that it didn't take long for Wang Yan, who was also shooting with red eyes, to suddenly be stunned on the spot, if he hadn't been knocked down by the one-eyed veteran not far away, I'm afraid his head would have blossomed at this moment.
"Boy! Can't hold it? ”
The one-eyed veteran was about to say a word of agitation, when he found that the group of marines on the opposite side also seemed to have received some message, and suddenly there was a big chaos, and the battle loss ratio was sharply skewed.
After paying a third of the casualties, some of them began to retreat, but more of them, as if suddenly stimulated, almost gave up dodging and charged towards the fortifications as if seeking death.
"Listen to me!"
Wang Yan seemed to be a little incredulous about the message he had received earlier, and quickly said in the veterans' channel: "The power furnace energy supply network has been repaired!" The Icarus is about to accelerate urgently, and Lord David tells us to retreat immediately! Find a safe place to lock your safety lock and get ready for gravity! ”
There was an instant silence in the originally noisy channel, and then I don't know who asked with a trembling voice, "Could it be that Mr. David asked us to keep this for more than an hour just to repair the power furnace?" And now, the power furnace has really been repaired? Is this ready to re-accelerate the breakout of the blockade? And we, finally fighting for this line of life? ”
Xu is veteran's words resonated with the others, and the channel was still quiet, but it was obvious that everyone's breath was short.
But obviously, their mood at the moment is a little complicated and contradictory, because the entire original army of more than 6,000 people was almost wiped out, and they did not intend to live, but they suddenly got a chance to live, and it was inevitable that they would feel a little guilty.
After all, this opportunity was created together with the nearly 6,000 comrades who died.
And at this moment, Wang Yan took a deep breath and announced: "And just now, the enemy's flagship has been sunk by our ship!" The signal is silent! ”
The communication channel was suddenly blown silent by this sudden bombshell news.
It seemed like a long time had passed, and it seemed like it was just a moment, and these veterans who had fought bloodily so far and had been overwhelmed by despair roared in unison, as if they were cheering, as if they were venting all the pain and depression they had encountered today, and as if they were mourning those comrades who had passed away.
Wang Yan heard a lot of choked voices during the intermingling period, and he couldn't help but think of the two brothers Liu Yichuan who had died, but unfortunately they couldn't wait for this scene.
There is no doubt that this war report is like a slap in the face, sweeping away all the negative emotions in their hearts, and the guilt that they are still alive has also diluted a lot, because in their opinion, the fall of the enemy's enemy ship is undoubtedly the best tribute to the dead comrades.
But he knew that now was not the time for sentimental memories, so he quickly jumped up and shouted in the channel: "Hurry up and evacuate this position, prepare the safety lock, hurry up!" ”
With the evacuation of the more than 40 remaining veterans, the enemy marines who had already clung to death suddenly found that the firepower suppression they faced was much smaller.
And with the battlefield monitoring intelligence coming, sure enough, those veterans really withdrew.
At present, in the remaining fortifications of the entire C area, there are only a few hundred AI-controlled power armors and some autonomous robots that do not have much combat power.
As long as they can break through this line of defense in one go and transport the strategic objectives of this trip, they may be able to outweigh the success.
This discovery made the marines who had been determined to die a lot excited, but just as they were about to rush into the fortifications, they suddenly felt a drastic change in the direction of gravity, and the fortifications that were originally in front of them seemed to suddenly reach above them, and they began to involuntarily fall away from the passage they had come and went.
Many Marines grabbed the protective railings on both sides of the passage, and before they could rejoice, they heard the crumbling sound of the battered fortifications above them, which had been bombarded by them, began to make a piercing crumbling sound due to the massive gravity distortion.
Bang!
It finally collapsed, carrying with millions of pounds of metal components and hundreds of AI-controlled power armor that were falling but still didn't give up firing...
Head smashed!
"Their power furnace was repaired? Is this going to start running away again? This is a question that many Sakura Kaisha Marines have left for a moment before they die.
But will David risk being pursued by the enemy and choose to flee with it?
The answer, at that time, was NO.
Because although the power furnace of the Icarus has been repaired, the energy transmission pipeline has suffered damage after all, even if it is restored to work by forced means, the maximum output is still greatly affected, even if it immediately accelerates to escape, even if it will not be caught up immediately, it will not escape the fire lock of the local warship.
"The Icarus cannon is about to be fully charged, ten seconds before it can fire." Lily reported.
So David gave the order, "Turn on the force field shield, the maximum thrust of all engines, the target, the enemy No. 2 light battleship." ”
Just as the Icarus regained its momentum and began to accelerate, the remnants of the Sakura Society's fleet finally recovered from the shock and chaos of the fall of the previous flagship, and Rin Tsukiike arrived late for an unknown amount of time before the order to 'fire immediately'.
So in the context of the big universe, everyone once again saw a scene that they will never forget.
The Icarus, which had already suffered heavy losses, did not take this opportunity to flee after brazenly sinking the enemy's flagship, but after opening the force field shield, it carried the baptism of thousands of artillery fire from the enemy ship, and moved forward towards the second light battleship of the Sakura Society...
Hit it headlong!