Section 25 Going deep into the enemy's nest and being disgraced
The electromagnetic projectile 'shot' belt quickly 'shot' the power armor out of the escape capsule one by one. 1(6) K Small Says àp.1(6)0m text version debuted
In the deep space background, the huge figure of the "bow" and "wave" space station immediately occupied Luo Bo's entire field of vision. It was spinning the outer barrel at high speed, and the space around the several long compartments that ran through the middle of the drum and did not rotate was a large group of Federation interstellar marines. They were preparing to attack the inside of the space station once again through the hatch that had been blown open.
Although the "Bow 'Excited' and 'Wave'" station itself is not equipped with any weapons, most of the militia on it are retired officers and soldiers of the Interstellar Marine Corps of the Imperial Army, and they have the same standard equipment as the Imperial Army, plus there are a lot of them, and their strength is not weak. The commander-in-chief of the militia, Ma Yingcong, is a retired colonel of the Imperial Army's Interstellar Marine Corps, who has good military qualities and is known for his composure and calmness when he was still in the army.
Normally, Starfleet would not actively attack a civilian space station, let alone send a large number of marines to seize control. The opponent's behavior and the number of logistical supply ships accompanying him in the battle were extremely inconsistent with his size, which led Ma Yingcong to conclude that the Federal Fleet was trying to seize the huge amount of supplies on the space station, and would not easily destroy the space station.
So after the Federation Marines launched an attack, Ma Yingcong boldly gave up the resistance on the deck, shrunk all his forces into the cabin, and after the opponent entered the various passages, launched a powerful counterattack and drove him out, so as to delay the opponent. Although the passage of the space station is wide, enough for a dozen Marines in power armor to pass side by side, it is a closed space after all, and the room for maneuver is quite limited. The Union Marines who entered the passage were often blown to pieces by heavy fire before they could spot their opponents.
The Federation had been defeated in previous landing battles, and the passages inside the space station were filled with shattered power armor and human corpses that had burst apart due to loss of pressure. Especially in the central strip cabin where the central control room where the two sides had invested heavily in the battle, there were so many people who died that the blood that showed a small spherical shape due to weightlessness was too dense, forming a terrible blood mist that filled the broken passage.
This time, the Federation Army's new offensive planned by Robb was still in the central bar. The officers and men of the Federal Marine entered the passage, swept away the suspended corpse fragments of the enemy and the enemy, rushed through the blood mist, and 'advanced' towards the central control room of the space station. But before they could get close to their destination, they were met with a powerful resistance. Miniature missiles 'fired' out of the corners of the passage and from the rooms on all sides in a dense beam of light, blasting their alloy shells and flesh-and-blood bodies to shreds.
The Federation Marines who entered the passage did not give up, and went forward one after another, withstanding the fierce firepower, and bravely advanced.
As his opponent launched a new onslaught, Ma soon felt the pressure mounting. The militias of the New Roman Empire succeeded in stopping several attacks by the Marines of the Federal Army, but suffered heavy casualties of their own, making it difficult to sustain the high-intensity fighting. Ma Yingcong had to 'draw' officers and men from the drum cabin to strengthen the defensive force of the central strip cabin.
The squadron "Hercules", led by Robb himself, did not take part in the attack on the central strip cabin, but flew to the outside of the drum cabin. What he wanted to do was to capture the drum cabin of the "bow" and "wave".
From the Fleet Tactical Command System, Robb read the information gathered by the Federal Security Council about the Bow Wave space station. For safety and practical reasons, the "Bow 'Excited' and 'Wave'" stations are designed to be able to separate the drum compartment from the strip cabin. Of course, almost all man-made celestial bodies, including starships, are modular, but many modules cannot operate independently after leaving the monolith, and designs such as "bows" and "waves" are not common. The volume of the cylindrical module is the largest in the entire space station, and most of the daily necessities and medical "medicine" reserves are stored in a centralized manner.
However, it is not easy to separate the drum compartment from the strip compartment in the cylinder. Instructions must be issued by the central control room for the bracket connecting the inner wall of the drum to the strip cabin to be released, and the computer that controls the drum can obtain independent control authority. Bombarding the bracket directly with a battleship will also detach the drum from the strip cabin, but the drum's computer will not be able to obtain independent permissions, and all attitude controllers will fail. The huge roller, which is 80 kilometers in diameter and nearly 100 kilometers long, will lose control and become a dangerous cosmic current 'waver', drifting around under the traction of inertia and interstellar gravity.
Robb's strategy didn't seem to be clever, allowing the other Marines to attack the central bay to distract the defenders and enter the chamber himself to wait for an opportunity to act.
Under the precise control of the computer, the attitude controllers distributed in various parts of the power armor work together, allowing Robb to easily approach the rotating bulkhead and fly into a blasted maintenance window. The pit lane was narrow enough for a single person in power armor to pass through. Fortunately, until the end of the passage, no enemy troops were found.
"Come in, keep your distance!" Robb gave the order to the squadron on standby outside, and then continued to fly forward, propelled by rocket thrusters in the variable direction of the jet behind him.
The other team members also rushed in, maintaining a distance of about five meters, following Robb. According to the combat procedure, Robo's deputy Scati? Tiassi was at the end of the line.
At the end of the passage, another passage with a smaller cross-section is connected. The sensing system showed that there was no anomaly inside the pitch-black passage, and an airtight 'door' was spliced to the other end. Robb had no choice but to adjust his attitude, get into the small passage, and continue to fly deeper. Because the passage was so small, he had to adjust the longitudinal axis of his body to be parallel to the direction of the passage, so that if someone fired at the end of the passage, there was a high chance that his head and shoulders would be injured first. But at the same time, he turned his weapon forward, still flying forward without fear.
Robb was convinced that their whereabouts had not been revealed. Since the previous attack had destroyed many of the sensing systems at the "Bow Wave" station, and now that the main force of the Federal Marines was attacking the central bar with all their might, it was very likely that the opponents would not have noticed their team of thirty or so men. Otherwise, they would not be able to advance a single step in this narrow passage.
Upon reaching the front of the airtight 'gate', Robb immediately asked his teammates behind him to stop. From the known structural diagrams, behind this 'door' is a barometric pressure conversion chamber. Under normal circumstances, if people want to leave the space station through here, they have to go to the air pressure transfer module first, and the air in the cabin can be depleted before opening this airtight 'door' and entering the channel in a vacuum state. When it comes to entering, the other way around, enter the cabin, close the airtight 'door', and then inject air until it is at the same air pressure as the living space in the inner compartment before opening the 'door' at the other end.
"Blow it up, sir?" Someone asked.
"No, then we'll be exposed." Robb replied, and opened the multi-function tool box on the front of his arm, ready to remove the electronic lock of the airtight 'door'.
"But if the electronic lock fails, the enemy will still know that we are in." A reminder from Scati came over the communication system. Robb didn't care about the opinions of his subordinates, and while uncovering the access plate of the electronic lock, he responded: "Let the electronic lock short circuit first, and then we can open it manually." Because of the fierce attack action of our army just now, it is normal for some lines to be short-circuited, and it should not attract the attention of the enemy. ”
"But this passage has not been attacked by us before, and the monitoring system in the barometric pressure conversion chamber should still be in good condition." Scati said worriedly.
"This is a civilian space station, and the surveillance system may not be able to detect us, and even if it does, it may not be alerted." Robb is confident, "We're going to have to take a risk." ”
Soon he caused a short circuit in the electrical lock's circuitry and incapacitated. Robb quickly put away the toolbox and easily turned the handle on the airtight 'door' to open it.
The barometric pressure conversion chamber could only accommodate ten people, so Robb had to lead nine of his men to enter first. After closing the airtight door, he used the same method to malfunction the electronic lock of the airtight door leading to the living quarters. After manually unlocking the 'door', the airtight 'door' cannot be pushed open, because behind the 'door' is an air pressure close to 100 kPa. If the air pressure transfer chamber is pressurized so that the air pressure on both sides of the 'door' is balanced, it can be easily pushed open. However, manually starting the pressurization system will inevitably increase the risk of exposure, and in Robb's eyes, the trick of short-circuiting the electronic locks of the front and rear two 'doors' is already very risky.
Therefore, he chose to do something more like a malfunction, and called on the four brothers, ready to push open this small airtight 'door', which could not only enter the living quarters, but also create the illusion that the malfunction would cause the air to leak 'exposed'.
Robb and four Marines used the mechanical power of the power armor and the thrust of the rocket thrusters to push the airtight 'door' open a small slit. The strong air flow rubbed against the crack of the 'door' and rushed straight to the marines in front of the 'door'. The air pressure transfer chamber was quickly filled with air, which was formulated to human habitability standards. At this time, the Federal Marines can maintain their lives even if they don't wear power armor.
Scati's fears were right, the short circuit of the electronic lock and the slight leakage of air in the living quarters caused the damage control department door in the central control room of the "bow" and "wave" space station to receive a fault alarm. The space station, which had been attacked by enemy Marines in many places, was now quite vulnerable, with a lot of air leakage caused by small electronic failures and small bulkhead cracks. Therefore, the commander Ma Yingcong did not care about the report and continued to mobilize the people in the cylinder cabin to come to support.
The monitoring system in the barometric pressure conversion module is also working normally, but it is not like the system in the military space station with a powerful analysis function, and in the absence of lighting, it is difficult to find the military power armor with quite good stealth functions for radar electric 'waves' and infrared detection. There is no threat assessment and alerting of entrants, only images are transmitted to a stereo projector in a damage control 'door' in the central control room.
Commander Ma Yingcong did not hold out any hope of keeping the "Bow 'Wave' Station", and his strength was already insufficient, he had already put many of his damage management personnel into battle, and no one noticed that the black image was a group of Bundeswehr Star Marines armed to the teeth.
When the air pressure reached an equilibrium, Robb effortlessly pushed open the airtight 'door', and after confirming that the wide living area passage behind the 'door' was not hostile, he immediately took the lead and flew out and stepped on the floor of the living quarters.
After the first ten people entered the living quarters, they closed the airtight 'door' and notified the partners outside the barometric pressure transfer chamber to come in. The comrades-in-arms outside struggled to push open the first airtight 'door' in the narrow passage and let the air in the barometric chamber escape. However, when the second 'door' was opened, it was much easier with Robb and them on the other side to help pull it open.
In this way, Robb and his squadron "Hercules" ventured successfully and covertly entered the living quarters of the barrel cabin in three groups.
With the help of the centrifugal force generated by the rolling of the cylindrical cabin, the living area has a gravitational effect close to a quarter of the gravitational constant. But now there are few people who enjoy this artificial gravity. In addition to the militia, residents and passengers of the entire "Bow" and "Wave" stations have fled.
With the help of the "Bow, Thrill" and "Wave" space station structure diagram downloaded from the Fleet Tactical Command Center, Robb led the Marines to form a battle formation and search along the passage of the living quarters where the lighting system had been turned off. The team members stared nervously at the automatic 'doors' of the cabins on both sides, fearing that the enemy power armor could rush out of it at any time.
"Sir, which target are we going to attack?" Scati asked with concern.
"It's not an attack, it's to find the control room of the drum cabin." Robb replied, "We're going to have to get the drum cabin out of the bars." ”
Before he finished speaking, several bright lights flashed in front of him, and Robb immediately felt that his entire body was engulfed in flames, and at the same time, the sound 'waves' generated by the explosion also strongly hit his eardrums through the power armor.
The Marines encountered a group of Neo-Roman militiamen who were about to rush to the central bar to reinforce the battle, and the enemy opened fire first, blowing Robb to the forefront.
All the Marines were taken aback by the sudden attack, and immediately launched a counterattack, reciprocating with heavy directed energy fire and kinetic energy 'medicine'.
Fortunately, Robb's power armor "Dragon Descender" is particularly strengthened, just like Aida?' General Po'Locke's "Zulu Warriors" are the same as those of ordinary Marine fire. After the fireball cleared, Robb quickly joined the counterattack.
"Brothers, follow me and attack forward!" Robb shouted an order, then raised the particle guns on his arms, flattened the missile box on his shoulder, and strode forward with all his might.
Beams of light, flying missiles, and a dense stream of bullets filled the wide passage, and the flash of the explosion illuminated the otherwise dark passage.
"It's too dangerous for you to do this, sir." Scati said anxiously, and rounded his companions, rushed to the front, and 'shot' alongside Rob.
"What are you doing, Scati?!" Robb exclaimed in annoyance, "My power armor is specially made and has enhanced protection. Go back to the back! ”
Bo wants to make himself a shield for the team's attack and forward, and a cover for his comrades behind. As a result, most of the Imperial militia's firepower was directed at him, and the entire "Dragon King" became the "Fire Dragon King", constantly engulfed in rising fireballs and smoke.
Scati didn't immediately retreat to the back, following Robb as he moved forward and 'shot' at his opponent. The others followed behind, using the cover of the two to attack their opponents with precision.
There were only a dozen Imperial militiamen encountered, and they were quickly beaten to death or wounded.
Robb's power armor was also badly damaged, the electromagnetic shield had completely failed, the ceramic gold armor in front of the 'chest' had also shattered, the airtight fabric on the inner layer had also broken, and the life-sustaining system had failed. Fortunately, he is still in an effective artificial atmospheric environment, and he can still maintain his vitality and even combat effectiveness. If it is changed in space, the rupture of the power armor will cause a sharp decompression, and the pressure in Robb's body will cause the organs and tissues of the whole body and even every cell to burst, causing him to die a painful death in the "broken corpse".
But now that he was still able to act effectively, after making simple repairs to his damaged power armor and briefly interrogating the enemy survivors, Robb shouted at his men, "Let them stay here first." Battle formation, let's go. His communication system was also broken, and he had to rely on the air inside the space station to transmit his commands.
But when Robb was leading the team to continue to the control room of the barrel cabin, there was a frightened scream behind him. Scati? Major Tiassi used a particle gun to kill the enemies who had survived the battle, one by one.
Seeing this, Robb immediately turned around and rushed forward, pushed Scati away, and angrily asked, "Scati, what are you doing here!" ”
"Sir, keeping them will only make us suffer from the enemy." Scati argued.
"You're communiquing your 'private' vendetta!" Robb unceremoniously debunks her lies.
Scati didn't respond immediately, was silent for a while, and said coldly, "Yes, sir." I think they were the executioners who killed my father. ”
'You're an executioner too!' Female 'Executioner! Robb was almost furious.
The fact that there was such a thing as a brutal killing of prisoners under his command, and that he was a 'female' officer, was a great shame for him, so he was even more annoyed and surprised. The troops under his father, Su Yu, were not only brave and good at fighting, but also known for their strict discipline and upright style, and there was never a case of indiscipline against enemy surrenderers and enemy civilians. Unexpectedly, he was just a small captain, and his subordinates actually slaughtered prisoners in front of him.
Robb couldn't tolerate Scati's behavior and said to her sternly, "Scati? I understand your feelings, Major Tiassi. But your conduct has been a grave breach of Wehrmacht discipline, and I now declare your dismissal and order you to leave here at once and return to the 'Hercules'. If I return alive, I will report the matter to the F-FDTL Gendarmerie Command and ask for your punishment. ”
After saying that, he turned to the others and said, "Remember to me, without my permission, I will shoot at whoever wants to shoot the captives again!" ”
Then Robb led the officers and soldiers to continue the search to the control room, leaving Scati behind, as well as the corpses of several militiamen of the New Roman Empire who had been killed by her.