(I'm sorry for this chapter being late.,One is that there's something to do on the weekend.,On the other hand, it's too much to modify.,It's almost equal to pushing dao to rewrite.,Changed and changed.,The number of words in writing this chapter is as good as writing an ordinary two or three chapters.,Cat sighs.,It's not so easy to write a book.,It's even more difficult to write well without bugs.,Forgive me)

Several commandos reacted immediately, they were well-trained after all. Several green beams flew quickly and accurately towards the attacker's position, and after a muffled snort came from inside the ventilation duct, there was no more movement, but the commandos still did not dare to be careless, and under the cover of others, one of the team members cautiously approached the bulkhead under the pipe.

"Hawke, Hawke." Resson carefully watched the ventilation duct as he leaned down to the underside of Lieutenant Hawke's Lightning, who had not answered him, making him feel that the situation was not good, and that the beam fired by the attacker seemed to be directed at the Lightning.

He quickly climbed up the boarding ramp, Lieutenant Hawke was lying face down on the dashboard of the cockpit of the fighter, and when Resson turned the lieutenant over, Lieutenant Hawke's frightened eyes were wide open, but had completely lost their luster, and Risen put his hand lightly on the lieutenant's neck and probed it, he closed his eyes in pain.

He was still very young, a year or two older than Riesson, and as an elite fighter pilot of the Resistance League, it was foreseeable that he would have a very good future in the future. However, he died like this, never to show his talents, and he didn't even die in air combat, which is definitely the greatest sorrow for a starfighter pilot.

"Lieutenant, we can't do anything more with him, he's dead." Another commando came up to take a look and shook his head.

"I understand." Resson nodded with a heavy heart. He looked at the cockpit of the fighter, and felt a bitterness in his heart, it was really bad enough, not only did he lose a pilot, but also the part of the lightning fighter that was almost ready to take off was hit by those beams, one of which hit the instrument panel, and the other hit the open cockpit canopy, where there were already several obvious cracks.

This fighter plane is unable to attack, not to mention the possible problems with the instrument, if the cockpit canopy is in the harsh environment of space, Risen is sure that it will burst, which is definitely a nightmare for the pilot.

"You destroy this ventilation duct for me at once, in case the Empire attacks from there again." He froze, gestured to the upper left corner, and jumped off the boarding ramp and ran towards another lightning fighter. There was no time to grieve now, he had to get the remaining two fighters ready immediately, Lieutenant Colonel Taylor would be able to use them after completing his mission. Major Yang was still outside waiting for his support. Risen knew very well that although the performance of the Lightning Starfighter was better than that of the Banshee, and the Major himself was a good pilot, after all, it was her first time flying a Lightning Fighter without the support of her companions, and there were six enemy planes, and it was too difficult to intercept those assault ships.

Although Risen did not know what was going on outside, Risen had no doubt that it would have been a very difficult battle, if the Major had been lucky enough to avoid being shot down. He couldn't help but think of the promise he had given to the round-faced girl named Lan Lan before setting off that he would take care of the rear of their captain, but now, where was he when the enemy planes bit the rear of the major? Before the major attacked, he swore that he would go to support her, but what about his support? Is he still an ace pilot?

He buried his disappointment in himself deep in his heart, now is not the time to think about this, he has to prove himself with actions, and the most important thing now is to get the two lightning fighters ready at once. As long as these two fighters are ready, he will regain the initiative in his own hands, and he will be able to attack to support the Major, and Lieutenant Colonel Taylor will be able to use the prepared fighter as soon as he completes his mission. However, Lieutenant Hawke's matter had to be reported to Lieutenant Colonel Taylor first to let him know, and he turned on the communication machine and reported while busy preparing for the fighter.

"Lieutenant Colonel Taylor, I'm Risson. Lieutenant Nigaul, do you hear that? I'm afraid I'll have to report you a piece of bad news. ”

The communicator didn't hear back immediately, and he couldn't help but pause what he was doing in the midst of his busy work, his instinct telling him that this might not bode well. He repeated it again, and this time he heard the answer from the communicator, but the voice was not from the lieutenant colonel, it was a little unfamiliar, it could be the voice of a commando, Risen sank, could it be that the lieutenant colonel had an accident? It can't be such a coincidence.

"Wait a minute, Lieutenant, I'll let the Lieutenant Colonel speak to you now."

After a few seconds of delay, Risen finally heard the lieutenant colonel's voice, and he put a hanging heart down for the time being.

"Hear me, Lieutenant, tell me, what's the matter?"

"Sir, we have a new trouble, the Imperial soldiers have just launched an attack through the ventilation ducts of the hangar, and I have to tell you with heavy sorrow that Lieutenant Hawke is dead." Risen took the plunge to report the unfortunate news to the lieutenant colonel.

There was silence on the communicator, and there was no more sound, Risen waited quietly, he didn't want to rush the lieutenant colonel at this time, Lieutenant Hawke was his partner, and it was him, and when he heard the news of Schneier's or Sonia's death, it was estimated that it would be about the same.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the lieutenant colonel's voice to speak again on the communicator, and although the voice was still calm, Risen could still feel the sadness and depression contained in his voice.

"Lieutenant." Lieutenant Colonel Taylor took a deep breath, "I was just about to let you know that something went wrong on my side too, and I'm afraid we'll have to make some minor changes to our plans. ”

"What's going on? Sir, how do you change your plan? ”

"Lieutenant, just now when Hawke was attacked, the Imperial soldiers also launched a surprise attack on us, and it is clear that they cooperated well, and although we were still repulsed in the end, my right hand was so badly wounded that it could barely move. Lieutenant, I don't think I'll be able to fly back in the Lightning fighter anymore, I'll have to take the shuttle and evacuate with the commandos. ”

"Sir......." Risen was really speechless at this time, it was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and it was smooth at the beginning, why did there be so many unlucky things now? Pile upon pile, endlessly.

"Lieutenant, there are only two lightning fighters that were originally four escorts now, and whether they can safely escort the shuttle to retreat has become a big problem, in case the shuttle is shot down, all the data it carries will be over, and our sacrifices and efforts today will all be in vain, so I have to prepare with both hands, do you understand?"

"I understand, sir, what about your orders?"

"Now that all the test data has been downloaded more than ninety percent of the data, it will be done in a little while, but I'm going to make another copy, one to be carried by the shuttle, and one to be carried by you, and if the shuttle is shot down, you'll have to bring this valuable data back anyway, Lieutenant."

"Yes, sir, the task will be accomplished." Risen replied firmly.

"You get a Lightning fighter ready right now, then wait in hangar number two, and when we meet you, you can take off as soon as you get the data to support Sonia. Major Young. Once the shuttle leaves the space station, cover the shuttle with the Major to retreat to the space jump point, those Banshee starfighters don't have space jump capabilities, once we get there we are safe. ”

"But ......", Risen hesitated, "Sir, the major is now more enemies with fewer enemies, if I continue to wait and not go out to support the major as soon as possible, I'm afraid I will ......"

"Don't worry Major." The lieutenant colonel glanced at the message coming back from the external sensor, "The major is doing a good job so far, one of the Empire's assault ships has been destroyed, the other is being damaged and retreating, the major is trying his best to entangle the third one, although her fighter plane has been hit in multiple places, the shield system of the lightning fighter seems to be working well, she should be able to hold out for a while." ”

"Understood, sir, I'll be ready, over."

Risen ended the call, and immediately shouted an order to the others in the hangar who were busy: "Everyone, leave that Lightning fighter alone, focus on this one fighter, we need to get it ready immediately." ”

"Lieutenant, what's going on?" One of the commandos asked.

"Lieutenant Colonel Taylor is wounded, he doesn't need that Lightning fighter anymore, he'll be evacuated with you in a shuttle. Now, you immediately load those two unused warplanes with zha pills, and blow them up as soon as we evacuate the hangar. ”

"Understood, Lieutenant."

"Wait," Risen said, grabbing the commando who was about to leave, and admonishing him again, "remember to pack some more zha medicine, and blow it up completely, so as not to give the Empire a chance to repair and study it again." ”

"Understood." The commando saluted Risen and pulled out his ZHA medicine from his backpack and ran towards the other two fighters.

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Precious time passed minute by minute, and on the fast battleship "Liberty", the flagship of the rebel fleet, Admiral Martin had already noticed the battle near the space station from the sensor.

"Just a lightning fighter? Found the shuttle? The general asked with a frown.

"No, General." The sensor operator shook his head.

"They're definitely in some trouble, and I know things won't go that way," General Martin sighed, taking a few steps back and forth, "if only I could get in touch with them." ”

"I'm sorry, General, the Empire's interference with communications is very strong and covers a wide area, we can only try our best to ensure that communication in a short distance is unimpeded, and communication in a slightly longer range is not able to do anything for the time being."

"Hmm." The general pondered for a moment, "Pick me up the flight captain." ”

"Sir." A middle-aged man appears on the screen in front of the bridge.

"Colonel, our commandos may be in trouble, the sensors show that there is a lightning bolt fighting with the Imperial fighters on the periphery of the space station, but we haven't found any trace of the shuttle, I want you to send some fighters to try to break through the Empire's defenses and give our men some support? Can it be done? Colonel, this is important. ”

"General, this is troublesome." The Colonel hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "I'll send a squadron of Banshee fighters to try to penetrate the Imperial Fleet defenses, but I need the fleet to take some action to cooperate with us, otherwise there is little hope of success." ”

"Tell me, Colonel, how do you need the fleet to cooperate with you?"

"I need the fleet to rush forward and launch a continuous, fierce attack on the Empire to attract their attention so that our squadron can cut through the chaos."

"What do you see, Captain?" Admiral Martin turned his gaze to the captain of the Liberty.

"There is no problem in launching such an attack, but a continuous fierce attack will consume a lot of energy and will not last too long, and, General, we can't rush too forward, the Empire's reinforcements are getting closer and closer here, if we are too far away from the space jump point, we will not be able to evacuate in time at that time, and we will put the entire fleet in it."

"I see, Captain, thank you. Now, I order, the fleet is ready for a surprise assault, all firepower ......" he pointed to the center of the Imperial fleet displayed on the screen, "...... Concentrate on the Empire's Führer-class fast battleship. ”

"Yes, General."