Chapter 19: Tragedy
No matter how fierce Ivan's roar was, it could not undo the fact of the collision. Under the desperate gaze of the officers and men of the www.biquge.info bridge, the Wanderer irretrievably crashed into each other.
"The defensive force field is concentrated in front of it, and the railgun and auxiliary guns are ready to fire. Don't count down, free fire! ”
Jessica is one of the few people who still has her sanity. Despite her desperation, she kept sending orders in an orderly and crisp manner. At the front of the Wanderer's bow, a very pale blue color outlines the shape of the force field shield. Scarlet railgun ballistics, bright white beam cannon arrays of fire, and a cascade of fire poured down on the unknown starship in front of it.
The giant starship is doing a difficult evasive maneuver. A dense rain of light poured down from its broadside position. The Wanderer faced the dense fire, and spat out deadly tongues of fire itself.
"Don't slow down! Engine overload acceleration mode. The fire is concentrated in the middle of the opponent, and we break it! ”
Zhao Ping's voice came from the direction of the command chair, and even in such an emergency situation, Edlaide was still shocked by what he saw.
Zhao Ping hugged Jessica, and the two of them were giving orders in such an ambiguous posture.
"What to do, do it!" Under Jessica's reprimand, Edlaide hurriedly arranged the order, but he could no longer concentrate on the outside world. What happened to the chief was upending his worldview.
"The identification of friend and foe is complete, and the other party is ...... It's the flagship of the garrison fleet, the Doomsday Angel! Oh my God, we're rushing at our own people. ”
"Leave it alone who the other party is, rush over and fire! Otherwise, everyone will die together! ”
Fierce energy conflict, surging lethal energy collision. The silent universe turned white. Armor plate to armor plate, metal to metal. The side with high speed and small cross-sectional area has the advantage.
Everything happened even beyond the processing capacity of the ship's system, and when Zhao Ping's vision recovered, he was greeted by a pitch-black starry sky, and the crimson shadow of Mars hung in a corner of the sky. Explosions, torrents of energy, flying debris, and so on were left behind.
"The ship continues to implement deceleration procedures. The damage control room reported severe damage to the bow. There was a defect in the airtightness of the hull. More than 15 injured people have been reported by the agency, and the number of missing persons is being counted. The fire control room reported that the railgun was completely damaged and the beam cannon array was half destroyed
, missile launches and shuttle launches disappear. According to the comprehensive assessment, the ship was damaged and lost its combat capability. ”
Ivan read all the reports in one go, a remarkable feat, but no one noticed his achievements, and on the bridge, everyone was staring in the direction of the command chair.
"When do you want to hug it, go away!" Jessica blushed.
"It's out of the way, the two of them make do with a set of security equipment. Well, ok. Zhao Ping is not on the same channel as her.
"I said you went away!" , In her scream, Zhao Ping was kicked down. In the accelerator, he floated far away.
Zhao Ping did a somersault in a chic manner, and then he slowly fell and landed on the board.
"I just wanted to praise you for being strong together, but I ended up doing this irrational thing." , Zhao Ping's words made her angry, irrational, do you mean me? If I didn't shoot you, that's the greatest sanity.
Looking up at her bloodshot eyes, he sighed and shook his head.
"Is that really good?"
"What?"
"Just destroyed the flagship of the fleet, don't you want to find a reasonable excuse?"
She was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly, she hurriedly called up the image of the Doomsday Angel, which was 3,000 kilometers away from the Wanderer.
The ten-kilometer-long battleship, which at this time was disconnecting, became two completely separate sections. The light and shadow of the explosion faded out, leaving shards with the remnants of the starship floating in space.
"Love...... Intelligence Section, do you confirm that it is the Doomsday Angel number? Jessica, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, became cringe at this time.
"......", the intelligence staff officer was busy in front of the control console. He struggled to discern every detail of the intelligence, hoping for a miracle.
"Report sir, it's the Angel of Doom, we...... Alas! The bitter answer made the bridge silent. Ivan, who had a big mouth, opened his bull's mouth, but he didn't make a sound.
"Be sensible, what's the most important thing right now? What's next? The commander cannot be swayed by emotions. In the corner of the bridge, Zhao Ping said lukewarmly.
"You! …… It's intentional! Let us break away from the transgression at that time. Edlaide glared at him, and Zhao Ping sneered.
"Damn the guy, frame us, I'll ...... it now"
"Calm down! Put the snatch down. He couldn't have done that kind of thing, no one could have foreseen it. We're out of luck. She stopped Edlaide, who pulled out her gun, but in the end she was also depressed.
Yes, I was supposed to come back to report the news, but I accidentally sank my own flagship, and I really had a mouth all over my body, and I couldn't tell it clearly.
"Attention to all units, control the situation on the ship, collect the wounded, and search for the missing. Edlaide, search for the remains of the Angel of Doom and see if there are any survivors. Jessica's command was lifeless.
"Yes." , Edlaide's answer was weak.
Two hours later, the Wanderer's injuries were largely under control, the main engine was lucky to escape, and the starship was barely able to sail. Combined with the officers and men lost in the early stage, only half of the members of the Wanderer are still alive, and a third of them are still wounded and sick.
Edlaide sent back a message that there were no survivors at the scene of the wreckage. In addition, the sunken starships were not only the Doomsday Angel battleships, but also two Yaksha-class cruisers, which were so badly damaged that it was impossible to tell where they belonged. It is believed that it should be a frigate formation of the flagship.
The investigation showed that the two cruisers were helping the flagship plug the gun hole at a critical moment, but they did not expect to become victims of the collision together.
"Oh! It's so powerful, kill three at once, and one is a battleship. Zhao Ping cheered that no one paid attention to him. The bridge fell into an embarrassing silence.
"We're going to be condemned to death for treason, or brainwashed."
"But we don't want to! When it comes to detachment...... It's all bad luck. ”
"Our explanation will not be accepted, at the moment of crisis, we should not fire and accelerate. It stands to reason that we have an obligation to defend the flagship from attack, not to jeopardize it in times of crisis. ”
The two people who were talking hung their heads in frustration. Karin was in a daze, and Thorpe sulked with a fist on the panel.
"What to do? Can you hide the past? It turns out that Ivan will also speak in a whisper
"How is it possible, the ship's records can't be faked, and this accident may have been observed by Mars. Such a big thing can't be faked at all. Edlaide snorted angrily, not knowing to whom.
"A bunch of idiots, have you forgotten your business?" Zhao Ping's words that were neither light nor heavy aroused a backlash from the officers and soldiers.
"What is this, talking cool words!"
"Of course he doesn't care, he is of low class, and he is not afraid to wear shoes barefoot."
"I think this is all a cult conspiracy, take him on the back, maybe I'm in a word. In the chaos, someone was already pressing on him.
"Shut up!" Jessica's angry shouts helped him out of the way.
She turned her head to stare at him, her gaze cold and not warm, "What do you mean by business, is there anything more important than the sinking of the flagship?" ”
"Maybe it's my shallow knowledge, the intelligence of the robot rebel invasion, doesn't it matter?" , Zhao Ping looked back at her with innocent eyes.