One Hundred and Ninety-Six, The Disaster of Pearl Harbor (8)

The violent explosion destroyed everything near the center point of the striker, and the explosion in the center of the base triggered a series of chain reactions along the internal passages of the base to spread to all parts of the base, especially the powerful explosive energy of the main gun barrel that went straight to the outside of the base, and the powerful explosive energy was released along the three barrels of the Trident main gun, and the firing caps of the two gun barrels B and C had already been torn into countless strong metal particles, with huge energy and gravel. The pillars of dust and flames erupted violently into space from the original three cannon barrels, like a volcanic explosion, and the dark cosmic space near them was reflected by these three bright pillars of flames as if it were day, and even the Allied fleet that was still far away was not difficult to observe from the screen a bright flash that suddenly appeared from the direction of the Pearl Harbor base. [No pop-ups. 】

Not only that, but the furious energy, flames, and rubble that erupted from the three cannon ports were returned to the people who had just left the base, but according to the commander's order, The Imperial fleet and the group of fighters that remained near the base brought a heavy blow, two destroyers and two cruisers were inexplicably hit hard, and the small starfighters were like small boards floating up and down in the ocean in the raging energy storm, and many Imperial pilots had already been destroyed with their starfighters before the moment of fighting the rebels arrived, and the rest of the lucky ones who survived were also in a mess, and everyone panicked, and for a while, they didn't know what was going on。

The rumbling explosion spread in all directions from the center of the Pearl Harbor base, and the shock wave caused by the violent explosion reached all corners of the Pearl Harbor base area one step ahead. This, of course, also includes the central control room where Commander Dwight is located.

Under the power of this man-made magnitude earthquake, everyone in the central control room was completely unable to maintain a normal posture, let alone standing, even the people sitting on the chairs were shocked and fell to the ground with chairs, and the most violent shaking lasted less than ten seconds, and the room was not fixed on the ground, and things fell one after another. Lots of electronic equipment, lighting. It was like a brilliant firework that burst out a large number of electric sparks. Most of the system was paralyzed, and the floor was littered with broken glass fragments, fallen paper, and other objects.

Before people could get up from the ground, as if at the sound of an order, all of a sudden everything floated up and floated in the air. The artificial gravity system also became a victim of the big bang, although these people were trained in weightlessness, but for people who had become accustomed to the artificial gravity system, the sudden weightlessness caused them quite panicked, causing a lot of trouble, and they waved their limbs clumsily in the air, while dodging all kinds of small objects flying around—these small things were not a small thing if they entered their nostrils with their breathing, while trying to grasp anything that could hold them in place and stabilize them

"Help, help. My hand, my hand is stuck," someone cried out in panic.

"Oh my God. It's nothing that doesn't puff cough. Something flew into my mouth. ”

"Shut up, don't forget to train to protect your mouth and nose when you speak."

"What about the backup system?" Everywhere there was a mess of voices in which someone remembered the backup system.

"Artificial gravity system failure, emergency plan to activate backup system," someone shouted, while others with quick reflexes cautiously drifted down the bulkhead to the start switch of the backup system

However, they were fortunate compared to some of their local colleagues, and their minor troubles were nothing to mention to some of their colleagues, especially those close to the center of the explosion, because their colleagues would not be in any trouble in the future.

"Be careful, prepare to activate the backup system, and everyone be careful." Good training comes to a better time at this time, and one remembers to warn others before activating the backup system, otherwise those who are floating in mid-air will fall unprepared, which can be very painful.

Amid the crackling sound of objects falling to the ground and groans of pain, the backup system finally came to work, artificial gravity restored the other major systems, and gradually returned to normal, and people were scrambling to return to their posts or treat injured colleagues.

"Report the damage." With the adjutant's support, Commander Dwight struggled to his feet and said loudly.

It didn't take long for a pale-faced imperial ** officer to give a preliminary assessment of the damage, the more the commander listened, the more shocked he became, and finally he was already shaky, almost unable to stand, he felt that it was dark in front of him, if it wasn't for the adjutant next to him, I am afraid he would have fallen to the ground.

Although this is only a preliminary report, the conclusion is already shocking: not only is the Trident main artillery system completely destroyed, but even the main energy system of the base has been completely destroyed in the explosion of the chain reaction, although the backup emergency energy source has been activated, but the backup energy system is not as powerful as the main system, which is not only caused

The shield system supported by the powerful energy failed, most of the anti-aircraft batteries also failed, several ammunition depots full of missiles and quantum torpedoes were destroyed, the catapult channel and port area of the nearby starfighters were completely destroyed, the warplanes that still failed to take off were reduced to ashes in the successive explosions, the ships waiting to be repaired in the dockyard, and several battleships that had not had time to leave the port were also damaged, and the entire port area has become a hell of lava.

At the same time, the raging explosion energy also damaged many important areas inside the base, and the fire and explosion spread to other districts with an unstoppable momentum, and spread to other districts from the 21st to the 47th, the 69th to the 74th, Ninety-one to one hundred and fifth districts have not responded at all, and the locations of those districts are located near the center of the explosion, and I am afraid that no one there will survive, and if it is not for the alarm, the airtight gates leading to the other districts have been closed and controlled in advance, and I am afraid that the other districts will not escape the doom, but Rao is the case, and the damage in other districts is also quite serious, and most of the systems have failed in the explosion, although the backup systems in each district have been put into use, and the damage management operation is being fully engaged, with the current trend, the spread of fire and explosion has been difficult to control

One of the surviving damage management personnel later recalled: "Everywhere there was deadly and toxic smoke, everywhere there were explosions and fires, the suffocating heat wave was rushing towards them, and the people who didn't wear the protective suits couldn't withstand it for a few seconds, and from time to time people were being carried down in the crowded passages, and some of the people's protective suits were damaged, revealing bloody and charred skin, and I turned my head to look at them, they were so simply temporarily placed in a larger cabin, this was a temporary medical shelter, but there were no doctors, no bandages, no medicines, the medical clinics and doctors in this area had long been destroyed in this damn explosion, and now there was an extreme shortage of manpower, so there was no one to take care of them, and all of them were thrown into this situation, which was not used at allWe tried our best to control it, but in the face of the raging fire demons, we were still defeated, there was no dawn of victory here, there was no hope of controlling the fire, I couldn't remember what I thought at the time, I had never dealt with such a terrible disaster before, and now I have only numbness and despair, and I only know how to mechanically operate the fire extinguishing equipment in my hand under the command of the commander."

Compared to the thousands of Imperial soldiers, officers, technicians, and civilians who died in the base, it was not easy for this damage management personnel to survive from this hellish world, and of course, if it wasn't for the timely order of the commander, he would have died with this base

"Sir, what are we going to do now? We have lost control of many districts and the fires are spreading uncontrollably and rapidly. His adjutant implied to him that he did not dare to say openly that he knew Commander Dwight's feelings for the base.

He glanced at his lieutenant and was silent.

The commander, of course, understood what his adjutant was trying to say, and he instinctively knew that it was now impossible to do, and the situation was simply uncontrollable, but the determination was not so easy to make.

He has been the commander of this base for two years, but his service time at the Pearl Harbor base is not only these two years, his first place of service after joining the emperor ** is here, he also spent several years after he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and later when his superiors asked him whether he was willing to serve at the Pearl Harbor base, he accepted this appointment without hesitation, and he has served in this base for more than ten years, and more than one-third of his military career has been spent here.

But what made him most uncomfortable was that it was during his tenure that the base was attacked for the first time since it was built, and it was a devastating one.

He was hesitating and hesitating, he still wanted to save the base, although the base had been seriously damaged, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, even if the hope was slim, he did not want to give up.

But the two reports were the straw that broke the camel's back.

One report was for the base's technicians, reporting that the base had been structurally fatal due to explosions and uncontrollable fires, and was in danger of collapsing at any time; Another report was that the signal signature of the rebels' fast battleships from the rebels had disappeared and was replaced by a larger group of rebel lightning fighters than before, which had increased significantly and was rapidly approaching the base.

He was a little confused, just thinking about rescuing this base, how could he forget that there were dangerous enemies outside the base? As for why the signal signature disappears and why there is a larger fleet, does it make sense to discuss this now? He smiled wryly.

He swallowed bitterly, and finally issued the order that he would never forget: "Give up the rescue, and all personnel should be evacuated from the Pearl Harbor base immediately." ”