At this time, Zheng Hu tried hard to stabilize the collapsed fleet, and he did not even notice that the Salvation had been exposed to the enemy's guns.

The commander of the Imperial fleet had already completed the organization of a salvo, and at the same time hundreds of main guns were fired at the same time.

Dense bursting laser beams flew towards the Redemption.

It wasn't until the Redemption was hit by the enemy that Zheng Hu reacted.

Chen Cheng, the captain of the Salvation, was even more frightened into a cold sweat.

Chen Cheng was not worried about his own life, but worried about betraying Qi Yiming's trust.

He knew how much Qi Yiming attached importance to this battleship, and if he buried the Salvation here because of him, even Chen Cheng would not be able to forgive himself.

The hull of the Salvation shook under a dense barrage, but the violent explosion that the commander of the Imperial fleet had imagined did not materialize.

In fact, the effect of the salvo was very good, and the outer armor of the Redemption dropped to 25% the moment it was hit.

The salvo from both directions changed the sides of the Redemption beyond recognition, but luckily, none of the main and secondary guns were hit.

Seeing that the Salvation was almost sunk, Zheng Hu was also scared into a cold sweat.

He no longer cares about stopping the rupturing fleet, and he must protect the Redemption.

Chen Cheng also gave up supporting the friendly ship at this time, and turned on the power furnace of the Salvation to the maximum, fully supplying the operation of the ship's nanorobot production line.

The Redemption's outer armor value was restored from 25% to 40% in just 1 minute, but it was still a drop in the bucket.

With one more salvo from the Imperial fleet, the Redemption would definitely be sunk.

And the commanders of the Imperial fleet are doing the same.

"How long will it take to recharge the main gun?" The commander anxiously asked the chief of weapons.

"1 minute 25 seconds ......"

"Power furnace full power output ......"

On a battlefield where every second counts, an extra second can make all the difference, and the commander understands this very well, and has been constantly urging the weapon commander to speed up the speed of weapon charging.

At the same time, Zheng Hu commanded his ship to approach the Redemption desperately, trying to block the deadly attack for the Redemption.

50km…… 40km…… 10km……

Just as the Black Tiger reached the starboard side of the Redemption, the Imperial fleet fired another salvo.

Zheng Hu didn't have time to speak at all, and the Black Tiger instantly lost its combat effectiveness because of the saturation blow.

The Redemption wasn't much better, although the starboard attack was blocked by the Black Tiger. However, the port side was still sturdy and was hit by the bursting laser fired by the Imperial fleet.

The secondary guns on the port side of the Redemption were all destroyed, and the outer armor was directly penetrated.

On the Redemption's injury monitor, the value indicating the integrity of the outer armor on the port side was instantly cleared, and even the structural value dropped by 15% during the attack.

Chen Cheng didn't have time to grieve Zheng Hu's death, and immediately turned the bow of the ship to prepare to disengage from contact with the enemy ship.

However, the two fleets were originally at the distance of cannons fighting bayonets, and even if the Redemption could run again, it would not be able to run out of the range of the main guns of the Imperial fleet in a short time.

A few minutes later, the Imperial fleet fired another salvo......

At this time, Chen Cheng had already closed his eyes: "I'm sorry, Captain...... I didn't protect the Redemption ......"

Just when Chen Cheng thought that the Redemption was going to die, the Black Tiger, which was already paralyzed, struggled, which once again blocked most of the attacks for the Redemption.

At this time, Zheng Hu was standing in the position of the chief sailor with blood on his face, enduring the severe pain caused by his physical injury, and pushed the power furnace throttle valve of the Black Tiger with great difficulty.

"Xiao Chen, let's go...... Lao Tzu can help you block it at most......" Zheng Hu's painful but determined voice sounded in the middle of the fleet's communication screen.

Tell Qi Yiming that Lao Tzu disagrees with him...... Defeat Lao Tzu with a battleship with excellent performance...... Lao Tzu disagreed with him...... However, it is worth it to see the Xuanwu Star Domain being unified in this life, Lao Tzu thanks him Qi Yiming! After saying that, Zheng Hu once again drove the Black Tiger to block the salvo of the third imperial fleet for the Redemption.

This time the Black Tiger completely extinguished its engine, and as the internal energy spiraled out of control, the Black Tiger was torn to shreds.

Chen Cheng held back the tears in his eyes and urged the captain of the Redemption to drive the battleship as fast as he could......

With Zheng Hu's self-sacrifice, the Redemption successfully escaped from the main gun range of the Imperial fleet.

Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and the tears in his eyes could no longer flow uncontrollably.

Suddenly, the Snow Peak exited the jump mode and appeared directly beside the Redemption.

Qi Yiming immediately connected the communication with the Redemption.

"What are you crying about...... Immediately start the program of combining the Redemption and the Snow Peak......"

Qi Yiming didn't have time to understand the battlefield situation at all, and he felt very bad when he was at the border.

However, the defense line around the jumping bridge will not be good for a while, and Qi Yiming really can't leave early.

Until the defense line was halfway completed, Qi Yiming was really anxious, and directly left his fleet and drove the Xuefeng to support Zheng Hu alone.

But I didn't expect it to be a step too late......

Seeing the tragic situation of the Redemption, Qi Yiming didn't even care about the death of Zheng Hu, and immediately ordered the Xuefeng and the Redemption to start combining.

"Please select the master program......" Zhi Brain rigidly gave the option.

"Based on the Lightning, execute the emergency combination procedure,......" Qi Yiming said calmly.

"Skip Procedures No. 3, 6, 14, 25 and start the execution of the Emergency Combination Procedures......"

The two battleships, which were already close to each other, suddenly flashed dense arcs of electricity between their hulls.

The two ships quickly approached, and on the side of the two ships facing each other, a rigid structure protruded, and corresponding slots appeared.

In less than 30 seconds, the two battleships shook and then fit tightly together.

The junction of the two ships was quickly covered with armor.

The Redemption's damaged secondary guns were collected into the hull, and six new secondary guns were fired from the stern of the Probe and Defender.

These secondary guns, which were superfluous after several battleships were combined, were stored as spare weapons due to the limited gun positions, and now they are also coming in handy.

The two battleships fit left and right, so the overall shape has not changed much, but the hull of the newly combined battleship is much wider.

The Redemption's long-range repair weapon had already detached from the hull when the two ships were combined, and was pulled by the towing beam to the front of the ship, where an additional gun mount was placed for this special main gun.

The four knapsack turrets on the Redemption and the Snowcrest were rearranged along the central axis of the new combined battleship.

The redundant main guns were retracted inside the battleship as a backup.

Due to the combination of the two destroyers, the computing power of the Snow Peak, which has been upgraded again, has been improved.

After loading a master program, the Snow Peak, which could only load one auxiliary program, has the ability to load one more auxiliary program.

In other words, the current Snow Peak can run the main control program of the Exploration and the Guardian at the same time, and the Snow Peak is a combination of the Lightning, and the battleship also has an abundant energy supply.

After the combination was completed, the Snowpeak's outer armor value dropped to 70% due to the heavy damage to the Redemption.

Once again, the Defender has received a supersaturated energy supply, and the speed of producing nano-repair robots has been strongly supported by energy.

The armor value was restored to 85% in just 3 minutes.

The Shin-Snow Peak, which completed the emergency combination, became a monster battleship that excelled at both offensive and defensive ends.

"Zheng Hu, wait for Lao Tzu to avenge you......" Qi Yiming gritted his teeth and fiercely looked at the Imperial fleet that was approaching the Snow Peak.