Chapter 106
"Maybe your joy can last a little longer." Standing not far from us, Velheim, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly joined us in a heart-to-heart exchange.
The psychic communication between the two people can be said to be a highly confidential way of communication, but it was still listened to by the rune priest, which couldn't help but surprise us for a while. But Eddie's mind was clearly not on such a matter of detail.
"Do you have details about this warband?" Add seemed to be aroused by Velheim's more hope.
"Silent Blade, I don't remember it at all." Flheim said something that made us discouraged, and then added, "But in this galaxy called Melved, there was such a warband. It's not very long, maybe five or six hundred years ago, maybe some of the elders in our warband fought alongside them. Their name is Roaring Blade. ”
Although the format of the name is similar, the meaning is completely opposite. Could it be that the warband suddenly stopped roaring and became silent?
Space marines have their sense of honor, and the glory carried by the name of the warband is unimaginable to us ordinary people. Every Space Soldier will not hesitate to defend the honor of his warband with his life. I know a lot of interstellar warbands, and I know a little bit about their history, as far as I know, a wargroup can split and derive sub-groups, and when there are heavy casualties, it may be canceled or rebuilt, but it will never change its name.
"A warband with a changed name...... Is there one in front of us? The Red Pirate used to call the Claws of the Starry Sky. Add said as if he was distracting from boredom.
The mutiny doesn't count!
"So, does Your Excellency Priest have any more information about the Roaring Blade?" Add put away his joking attitude and asked seriously.
Flheim pondered for a moment, "There must be a lot of specific information in Fenris's large archive, but I am not the person in charge of copywriting, so naturally I can't know much about it." And at my age, I can't really know them. One thing I also know is that the fighting style of the Roaring Blades is similar to their name, they are good at using powerful artillery and armor, and they like to crush enemies head-on with absolute strength, which is similar to our Storm Wolf Dalian. They have a powerful casting world, and the name of that world is Melved. ”
That style of warband is not material for ambush tactics at all. However, if the current Silent Blade has the same tactical style as their name, then this ambush battle is really worth looking forward to.
But in the current Melved galaxy, there is no planet called Melved at all!
"Just over six hundred years ago, the Chaos Army invaded for the twelfth time. As an important casting world for the Kadian Fortress, Melved became one of the key targets of Chaos' attack, and the entire planet was shattered, and the fragments of the planets formed the asteroid region that surrounded the outermost part of the galaxy. "This time it was Eddie who explained for me," and then, that's when the Roaring Blade vanished, right? ”
"Well, that's pretty much it." "After the loss of Planet Melved, the importance of this sector has greatly decreased, and it has always been peaceful, and we wolves have not paid much attention to this side. ”
"In addition, the Avenger-class large cruiser of the Imperial Dawn in front of us was one of the members of that Chaos fleet. Most of those enemy ships were destroyed, and a few escaped back to the Eye of Fear, but the Imperial Dawn was left behind for some reason and could not return, wandering the territory of the Empire for more than 600 years, during which time more than 10 sightings were recorded, and a number of sailing accidents without survivors were also suspected to be related to this ship. But compared to the Red Pirates, who have been active lately, it is not very conspicuous. Eddie continued. In recent years, dozens of planetary systems in the region have been plagued by pirates, and at first we didn't suspect that this old Renegade ship would appear in front of us, which was a rare surprise. ”
"It's too early to say that it will be a surprise to destroy it completely." Velheim shook his head, "It's too big, a torpedo can only peel off one layer of its armor, and the damage to the interior is really not serious." I could feel it regaining momentum, and at some point it would suddenly wake up and shoot at us, or run away from us. ”
As I spoke, I could feel that the heretical Redemption was no longer maneuvering as violently as it had before, as if it was slowly slowing down. In the previous round of fighting, due to Sylvia's superb gunnery, we attacked our opponents more fiercely with not dense firepower, and the Melvid Picker also hid in the distance and harassed it from time to time with its two long-range powerful light spears, the enemy ships began to fall more and more into the disadvantage, began to take the initiative to distance themselves from us, and hid in the dense asteroid swarm to cover themselves with those huge rocks. Right now, the battle is in a hiatus, and everyone is busy cooling the artillery and recharging the shields. Commands to command power and fire systems have ceased to be issued, and orders to mobilize damage control have been replaced.
"Why won't the transport ship leave? Didn't you already give them an order? Add asked.
Sylvia did not reply, and one of the officers in charge of communications said: "Your Excellency, they have replied that they have transferred a large number of capable crews, that many of the power equipment has been paralyzed in previous battles, and that Yan Zòng lacks air reserves and is no longer able to sail on his own. ”
Eddie waved his hand, "Tell them to stay away, we won't be able to take care of them later." Lady Greymane, you have come to order it yourself. ”
"I don't think it's necessary. I trust my crew. They must have spotted the ambush circle and were confident that they would be able to get out of it before the battle broke out. Besides, it's easier for a weakly fought transport to lead the enemy into a trap, isn't it? ”
Eddie was startled and suddenly tried to stand up, but was pulled back into the chair by the seat belt, "What did you say?" You've found ......"
I was also a little surprised. The communication between us was entirely in our hearts, and we didn't make any sound. Could it be that Sylvia actually discovered the ambusher's existence based on her own observations?
Will the enemy find out too?
Sylvia zoomed in on the screen in front of her, and pointed to two long silhouettes of similar shapes, "The two Short Sword-class frigates, although they have been very professionally camouflaged, can't hide from the veterans of the navy. Moreover, the crews of these two battleships are not very professional, and the speed of the guide ships is somewhat different from the surrounding asteroids, they do not look like a real navy, but a planetary garrison. But from the enemy's point of view, it shouldn't be visible. ”
"My question is, if the ambushers only have these two frigates, are they too few?" Velheim asked, wryly.
I looked closely at the screen and saw the silhouettes of the two completely unrecognizable battleships, which were only one-third the length of the transport, or about three hundred meters, and about one-ninth in size, compared to the Melved Picker not far away...... What can such a small guy do?
Moreover, with such a small hull, it is almost impossible to install any high-powered guns on the side chord, and it can only be installed like the Melved Picker with a bow gun that runs through the entire hull.
"This ...... Well...... It's always good to have one more artillery. Add also looked a little embarrassed, "They are not the only ambushers, it is impossible for a starwar group to have just a few frigates. ”
"Oh, maybe my eyes aren't sharp enough." Sylvia was noncommittal.
Add unbuckled his seat belt and stood up, and solemnly ordered, "Now, let's put our firepower on the Imperial Dawn first, and while it can't move, we will do our best to completely destroy it." ”
The officers and men of the entire bridge rushed to receive the order.
"The Macro Cannon is our best choice. I applied to take the helm. Sylvia said.
"Excuse me." Colonel Lem replied. He let go of the steering wheel, took the microphone, "The whole ship pays attention, meet the impact, and fix yourself." ”
The heretic Redemption had come to a near standstill, only the increasingly powerful vibrations coming from within, signaling that the power plant was running wildly, concentrating the unimaginable amount of energy into the terrifying cannons.
Sylvia held the even larger steering wheel in front of her, slowly turning it to fine-tune the bow, and then leaned down on the sighting machine to make a double confirmation. Despite the fact that the Imperial Dawn was motionless and large enough to fill almost the entire crosshair, the young major was not sloppy in the slightest—perhaps just a small gesture to ease his nerves.
She looked back, "Your Excellency, please sit down and fasten your seatbelts." ”
Add also looked back and saw that the wolves were standing motionless, so he also said motionlessly, "I believe there are thousands of people on the boat who also do not have seat belts. So Major, do your best to carry out your mission. ”
Sylvia was silent. She tightened her grip on the joystick and jerked it down.
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