Chapter 4: The Night of Steel and Fire (Part III)4

This chapter is a little long・・・・・・ my manuscript・・・・・・

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"Sir, it's close. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 The voice of the pilot of the "Kitty Hawk" troop carrier came from the intercom inside the ship, and Ye Zifeng glanced at the miniature tactical computer on his wrist.

"Now start calibrating the time, five, four, three, two, one. It's 00:30. Ye Zifeng pressed the calibration button, and then turned the picture to the bridge of the "Stalingrad", "Colonel Sakurai, I'm already close to the target, when will the door open." ”

"Five minutes left, calculated before, and it will open just when you get to the hatch." Sakurai's voice came from the intercom.

"I see, I'm in and I'm going to get the Night Owl back." Ye Zifeng responded to Sakurai's answer, turned off contact with the "Stalingrad", and turned the call channel back to the internal band, and after a short burst of white noise, the intercom returned to calm.

"With five minutes to land, our goal is twofold, one is to find the pilots who have forced down on the other flagship, Sergeant Jim and Sergeant Nicholas, but to rescue the crew of the transport ship DGH7800. Do you understand? The last sentence was shouted by Ye Zifeng.

"Sir, understood, sir!" The motorized infantry responded in unison.

"Prepare now." Ye Zifeng pulled the bolt of the gun and pushed a 75mm new McGreen bullet from the magazine into the chamber, making a crisp metal collision sound.

The other team members also opened the safety of the rifle, loaded the rifle, briefly checked the equipment of the whole body, and then sat down in the fixed chair.

The rotating pull-back bolt in Frank's hand was obviously slower than the rest of the team, showing that the lever was lifted and pulled one after another, and the spring in the magazine pushed a 0.5 armor-piercing high-explosive heavy sniper bullet to the position of the chamber, and then Fred pushed the bolt forward hard, pushing the sniper bullet into the chamber.

The loud sound of loading caught Ye Zifeng's attention, and he twisted his head in the direction where Frank was.

"Private of the First Class, what's your name?" Ye Zifeng asked without coming. All the motorized infantry were stunned for a moment, looking at each other, not understanding what the commander was asking.

"Forget it." Ye Zifeng muttered to himself. The motorized infantry also stopped looking at each other, and the "Kitty Hawk" troop carrier was filled with the solemn aura of a big battle, and everyone held their breath.

"There was an explosion in the top 23 sector, the outer armor was ruptured, exposing the hull, no casualties were detected, and the air pressure door had been sealed before, so there was no air pressure leakage."

"The First Fleet frigate 'Hill', silent. Fifth Fleet frigate 'Zero', silent. The frigate "Destiny" of the Fifth Fleet, which has lost power and is disintegrating. Thirteenth Fleet destroyer "Laar", silent. Captain, we lost three ships in a row. ”

"Let the warships around the 'Destiny' step up the salvage of the rescue pod, and record the three ships 'Hill', 'Zero' and 'Ral' in the battle damage report." Colonel Sakurai stood in front of the observation window, listening to the crew's report and responding.

"Captain, there's a cruise ship that has asked to land on this ship." Here's another crew member reporting.

"Cruise ship? What are the guys from the MIA doing here? Sakurai was obviously taken aback, but he was still calm enough not to jump, "Let them show their identification." ”

"The request has been sent out and is awaiting a response." The crew stared at the monitor in front of him, "There is a response, he said that his code is 001, and this number is by the highest authority. ”

"001・・・・・・" Colonel Sakurai pondered for a moment, his eyes immediately widened, and his head raised sharply, "Let him land quickly, organize the nearest team to meet him, no, I'll go and meet him." ”

Colonel Sakurai tidied up his appearance in front of the reflective observation window, straightened the badge plated with the four Chinese characters "Naoto Sakurai" on his chest, turned around and walked out of the bridge quickly. The crew on the bridge watched Colonel Sakurai leave quickly.

"Hurry up, what else to see." The first mate who supported the pilot immediately took over the command of the bridge in accordance with the regulations, and urged the crew to do their jobs well.

"Colonel Raymond, tell me the hangar number where the cruise ship landed." Colonel Sakurai tried to walk up the elevator in order to contact Colonel Raymond on the bridge.

"The cruise ship landed in the A09 hangar on deck 024. Who are the people from the MIA, you are so in such a hurry. Raymond jokingly asked Naoto Sakurai after providing the hangar code.

"It's not from the MIA that came from the other side." Naoto Sakurai's face was full of seriousness, "Since he only provided the code, it means that he doesn't want to say who he is, and in that case, I can't tell you." ”

"Cut." Raymond had a bored look on his face, "001? It doesn't seem to be some nobody. Forget it, since you don't want to say it, then I won't ask. ”

"It's okay, he'll be on the bridge later." Naoto Sakurai turned off the ship's communication channel.

The vibration of the airtight hatch slowly closing on the first floor would be clear even if you were standing inside the hangar, and Naoto Sakurai led a row of six motorized infantry to stand respectfully inside the hangar, leaving enough space for the cruise ship to enter the hangar for a while. After a while, the airtight hatch of the second floor slowly opened, and a "Kitty Hawk" troop carrier, which was equivalent to a cruise ship the size of a 200-square-meter duplex villa, slowly floated in.

Under normal circumstances, no personnel are allowed to move in the hangar, and even if there is, it can only be maintenance personnel in spacesuits repairing the huge airtight hatch. Therefore, it is usually the two layers of airtight hatches that are opened at the same time, allowing troop carriers or "Night Owl" fighters to park directly inside the hangar. But at this time, the operator who controlled the airtight hatch had to take into account that there were still seven people standing in the hangar, one of whom was also the acting captain of the battleship. Although the staff of the hangar had warned them of the consequences if the hangar was out of pressure before Naoto Sakurai entered the hangar with the motorized infantry squad, Naoto Sakurai had a very intimidating statement that "if you don't let me into the hangar, then you will experience such consequences now". As a result, the hangar staff cursed in their hearts and uttered vicious words such as "As soon as I return to Earth, I will file a complaint with the Admiralty to accuse you", they generally suppressed the button in their hearts that opened the two airtight hatches together, and opened the first hatch on the side. I guess the staff will be mentally ill when they go back.

The dark hull with light gray paint of the Admiralty Eagle logo in the hangar is waiting for a mirror-like shine, the English phrase under the logo is not the common "InterplanetaryNavalForce" on the battleship livery "TroopsIntelligence", which is the unique English name of the Admiralty Military Intelligence Bureau, but the people in the fleet are not interested in this long outrageous English word, so the Chinese call them Military Intelligence Bureau, English speakers call them "TI".

The cruise ship is also a unique equipment of the Military Intelligence Agency, this small warship is very suitable for dealing with the "Halo" fighter, but the group of psychopaths of the Military Intelligence Agency do not seem to be willing to share anything with outsiders except intelligence accidents, this kind of cruise ship is independently developed by the Military Intelligence Agency, except that the manufacturing of various parts is assigned to the Navy Department in the shipyard, and even the assembly is completed within the Military Intelligence Agency. Although everyone doesn't like the selfish behavior of the Military Intelligence Agency, they also have to admire the wisdom of the Military Intelligence Agency's own researchers, the cruise ship they built has reached the peak of human science and technology, high speed, small, flexible, strong firepower, good stealth, low cost, but these are not admirable places, what we value most is his kind of ignorance of quantum microwave interference, the ability to directly carry out high-latitude jumps.

The fuselage, which seemed to be a monolithic, suddenly appeared with an armor plate, and then with a snort, the protruding armor plate was cut to the side, and the suspension ladder slowly stretched out from under the door, and slightly connected to the high-strength anti-collision concrete floor of the hangar, making a muffled sound.

"Stand upright!" Colonel Sakurai shouted, and the six motorized infantrymen behind him simultaneously stood up straighter, and suddenly lifted the universal recoilless rifle in his hand, making a sonorous sound of metal clashing.

"Salute." Colonel Sakurai shouted again, and as he spoke, he himself brought the five fingers of his right hand together, pointing directly at his temple. The six motorized infantrymen behind him turned the muzzle of their rifles upward, leaning the Picatinny rail, which had not assembled any accessories, on their right shoulder, holding the barrel of the gun in their left hand and dragging the lightweight butt made of tempered plastic in their right hand.

Someone descended from the ladder, and the faux leather combat boots of the motorized infantry showed the identity of the comer, who was merely a guard. And the result was not too unexpected by Sakurai, a motorized infantryman in a silver-gray ground combat uniform walked briskly down the suspension ladder and stood upright on the other side of the suspension ladder. This motorized infantryman has a symbol on his body that makes Sakurai Naoto break out in a cold sweat, an eagle, a sharp sword, and blood-stained silk. This is a TSRS. With a TSRS as his own bodyguard, it seems that choosing the Cadet Code is a wise choice. Fine beads of sweat began to ooze from Naoto Sakurai's forehead.

"Sir!" The TSRS who came down before actually shouted such a sentence after standing up, even if Naoto Sakurai was mentally prepared enough, he couldn't help but be shocked fiercely, and the motorized infantry behind him already felt that their worldview had collapsed.

In this starry sky epic, the protagonist always makes a grand appearance after something unexpected happens. A pair of Adidas sneakers appeared on the ladder, followed by a pair of white Adidas socks.

Naoto Sakurai worked hard to weave the appearance of the commander with the 001 code in his heart, so that his worldview would not collapse like the motorized infantry behind him.

Immediately after these two items, a white calf appeared, which can even be called skin like congealed fat, which makes it look a little transparent under the spotlight, and it really shines like a beautiful jade. But at the same time, the man who came down from the hanging ladder complained: "Really, this is too high." "After the Adidas sneakers stepped on the steps of the suspension ladder, the other foot stepped down. The whole person also appeared in the field of vision of Naoto Sakurai and motorized infantry.

On top of a pair of slender and tight legs as white as jade was a fleet-style female officer's white shuttered skirt, and then upwards was a suit-style, also white female officer's regular uniform, lined with a white shirt with a bright red ribbon, on which there were four glittering gold buttons and two equally glittering gold medals. The bumpy figure matched with this female officer's uniform, a fool could tell that the person who came was a woman, and fortunately, this person was really a female officer, but at the same time, Naoto Sakurai was even more surprised, so that the serious expression on his face was a little distorted.

The delicate face and the iconic waist-length black hair made Naoto Sakurai subconsciously blurt out the words "vice principal".

"Associate Professor Sakurai." Apparently he heard Naoto Sakurai's shout, and as soon as he stepped on the high-strength crash concrete, he immediately turned his face to Naoto Sakurai. The smile on his face as always made Sakurai Naoto's back sweat flow, and the beads of sweat that oozed from his forehead began to gather and flow downward, thinking of the vice principal's various actions in Newcastle College, Sakurai Naoto shuddered, and when facing the vice principal, only Ye Zifeng was next to him would make Sakurai Naoto feel a little relieved, not that Ye Zifeng could protect Sakurai Naoto from the vice principal, but that Ye Zifeng could attract the attention of the vice principal more.

"What about my brother? Where did Ye Zifeng go? Ye Kexin began to look around the hangar in private, trying to find Ye Zifeng's figure, but she was soon disappointed, Ye Zifeng's figure usually dressed in a white officer uniform did not appear in the hangar.

"Well, sir, he's on a mission." Naoto Sakurai reported to Ye Kexin with some hesitation.

"Huh? Performing a mission? What task? Ye Kexin gave up looking for Ye Zifeng's figure, turned his face to Sakurai Naoto and asked.

"Well, this ・・・・・・ twenty minutes ago, we received a distress signal from the flagship of the Pilgrim fleet, and now the commander is on a rescue mission with a small team."

"Oh, that's it." Ye Kexin said lightly.

Well? Is that so? The vice-principal was too indifferent to this matter. Naoto Sakurai couldn't help but say in his heart.

"I know what you're thinking. But what can I do now? Thinking that he has already landed on the flagship, can I still order him to come back immediately? Ye Xing sighed and said helplessly, "Xiao Fengfeng, he is such a person, he is always impulsive. Okay, take me to the bridge, I was supposed to inspect the work・・・・・・"

I'm here to inspect your brother! Naoto Sakurai shouted in his heart, but his face pretended to be fine, made a gesture of please, followed behind Ye Kexin, and walked towards the elevator that led directly to the bridge.

"The deck has been cleared, and access is being explored." A motorized infantryman leaned against the door of the passage, and other motorized infantry appeared from behind the bunker one after another, Ye Zifeng clicked on the three-dimensional map obtained from the internal scan of the "Infinite Wisdom" before, and there were eight red dots flashing on it, six of which were gathered on the left side of the "Infinite Wisdom", and the other two red dots were distributed on the right side of the "Infinite Wisdom". This made Ye Zifeng a little embarrassed. It stands to reason that the highest-ranking personnel should be rescued first, but it is obvious that the two identical red dots are not enough for Ye Zifeng to distinguish which one is the DGH7800 transport plane he is also flying on, and which one is the ZGH1221 "Night Owl" fighter piloted by Sergeant Jim and Sergeant Nicholas.

"No matter." Ye Zifeng gritted his teeth, marking the location of one of the red dots, and at the same time frowned slightly, "Open the passage." ”

"Got it, sir." The motorized infantry next to the door responded, turned and pressed the door opening button behind him. But why would anyone who sees this button for the first time recognize that it is the button that opens the airtight door? The problem should be with the button itself. There was not a single dent on the flat wall around the airtight hatch, only such a button with a pure purple glow suddenly appeared on the wall, and it was impossible for people to ignore it, not to mention that no one would think that this kind of closed air-pressure hatch would open after two knocks.

When Ye Zifeng came, he was not as violent as Jim and them, but only blew up the "Halo" fighters in the hangar one by one, and did not destroy the hatch of the hangar, so there was no vacuum environment in the hangar like the hangar where Jim and they landed. But this also led to the fact that the pilgrim reinforcements that appeared in the hangar the fastest were not wiped out by the air pressure difference, which also took Alfred and Ye Zifeng a lot of effort to solve these troubles, although Ye Zifeng's side did not have casualties, but also consumed a lot of ammunition, and there was no reinforcements to completely annihilate the pilgrims, after all, what kind of rabble the other party was, so that more than twenty people were not wiped out by seven people, but after reaching seven or eight short pilgrims, the other pilgrims dispersed.

The air pressure hatch opened slowly, then gradually became faster, and in less than two seconds it was fully opened, and only the dim white lights in the empty passage emitted a circular light above the passage.

Alfred walked quickly to the other side of the passage and leaned against the metal wall next to the doorway, holding out two fingers and pointing at two motorized infantrymen at the same time, then fingers together and pointing towards the middle of the passage. The two motorized infantrymen who had been watching Alfred's squad leader's gestures immediately nodded after receiving the order, bent their bodies, lowered their center of gravity while limiting their targets as much as possible, and walked quickly into the silver-purple passage.

Ye Zifeng had to admit that if he didn't have the help of a three-dimensional map, he would definitely get lost in this labyrinthine pilgrim battleship. Everything here is too similar, even if it is a corner that has not passed, it will look like it has passed here before, although these motorized infantry around him did not say anything, just followed closely by his side, but Ye Zifeng could still feel the impatient message sent by these muscular strong men, except for one person, that is, the first class soldier who had been holding the light sniper rifle.

"This is the last hatch, open it." Ye Zifeng closed the three-dimensional map and pointed to a hatch on the right side of the passage.

The motorized infantryman closest to the door immediately stepped back, raised his rifle and pointed it at the hatch, and another motorized infantryman immediately stepped forward and clicked the button to open the door. There was a snort, and the hatch opened, revealing a slightly smoky hangar. The motorized infantryman in charge of guarding the hatch saw that no enemy had been thrown out of the airtight hatch, and immediately entered the hangar quickly, found a bunker and leaned over, and then poked his head out to look around the inside of the hangar.

"Safety." The motorized infantryman shouted over the walkie-talkie.

"Enter." Alfred squad leader immediately rushed in first, and when Ye Zifeng entered the hangar, those motorized infantry stood stunned and all raised their heads to look at the space scenery hundreds of yards away. A large energy generator was placed at the edge of the hangar, and it produced a huge energy shield that kept oxygen out of the hangar, trying to keep the entire hangar from losing pressure.

"What is this?" Ye Zifeng pointed to a charred metal frame in the center of the hangar and asked Alfred squad leader.

"Huh?" The squad leader twisted his head in the direction of Ye Zifeng's finger in confusion, frowned after seeing the object Ye Zifeng said, and then shouted, "You, go and see what that is?" ”

"Yes, sir." Without the slightest hesitation, the motorized infantryman who was spotted immediately hung his rifle on the magnetic hook on the outward side of the weapon and trotted towards the metal frame.

The metal frame was pitch black, and there were obvious traces of explosion at the back of the whole, and it was exploding from the inside, but how to explain the depression above? There were some deformed pieces scattered on the ground, and the motorized infantry picked up one of them and wiped it with his gloved hands, revealing the essence of the thing, which was glass. How can there be glass in this? The motorized infantry began to walk slowly around the metal mine, and when he walked to the other side of the metal frame, he found a single missile launcher lying on the ground, and the motorized infantry ran forward and picked him up, and there were obvious scorch marks on the tail of the empty missile launcher, thinking that someone had launched the individual missile inside, and the motorized infantry also recognized this individual missile as the "Viper" individual air defense missile in the airdrop material list.

Having gathered this information, the motorized infantry began to speculate. What does the presence of human airdrops inside the Pilgrim's warship indicate? It shows that someone from the fleet has come and left these supplies here. That's plus the rescue target that the commander said before, and the size of the frame. Thinking about it, the motorized infantry glanced at the metal frame that had been burned black. Then this must be the "Night Stalker" piloted by Chief Jim and Chief Nicholas.

Thinking of this, the motorized infantry immediately wanted to run back to the other side of the metal frame of the suspected "Night Owl" wreckage to report back to Alfred's squad leader, but as soon as he took a step on his left foot, a huge thrust acted on his right calf, pushing the motorized infantry to a stagger. The motorized infantry turned around, and just as he tried to stand up, a heart-rending pain immediately came from his right calf, and his whole body went limp, and he fell to the ground again, and at the same time let out a miserable scream from his mouth.

A long needle-like object thirty centimeters long with a white glow pierced the space combat suit of the motorized infantry and the limbs wrapped inside, and bright red blood was flowing down the long needle-like object.

"What's going on?" On the other side, Alfred, who was looking at the three-dimensional image with Ye Zifeng, heard the screams in the air and on the walkie-talkie at the same time, and immediately became alert, quickly took off the general-purpose low-recoil rifle buckled on the magazine box, and ran towards the place where the scream came from, but he was still a step late, and the scream came halfway, but when Alfred and a group of motorized infantry arrived, they saw two long needles with white light inserted in a motorized infantryman, one of which pierced through the right calf, Another pierced his chest, and the launcher of the individual missile rolled down next to the corpse of the motorized infantryman.

"Be vigilant and protect your sir." Alfred didn't have time to care about the corpses of his companions, and immediately shouted, and a group of motorized infantry surrounded Ye Zifeng in the middle.

"Don't patronize me, get cover." Ye Zifeng did not accept Alfred's kindness, and immediately squeezed out of the crowd, ran to the other side of the metal frame and leaned up, and a group of motorized infantry behind him also followed.

"Sir, it's too dangerous here, I suggest you evacuate immediately!"

"Of course I know the danger, but since I'm here, I can't leave, otherwise how can I be worthy of the dead soldiers!" Ye Zifeng's tone was full of unusual resoluteness, but it may have been a whim, and this resolute sentence suddenly moved the motorized infantry present.

"Got it, sir." Alfred replied excitedly, "Scatter and hide, find the sniper." ”

"Yes." The motorized infantry sprang into action, hiding behind the metal crates scattered around them, and using the helmet's own fiber probes to begin searching for the attackers.

"The show is about to begin." Ye Kexin looked at the space battle scene outside the observation window, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly. This is a crew member speaking.

"Directly below, a Titan-class armed space station intervenes on the battlefield."

"Inform the fleet, a full-scale counteroffensive."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." After a standard military salute, Naoto Sakurai quietly retreated.

After a big war is brewing through the prelude, the main plot slowly begins.

(To be continued)