Text: 209, Enemy Tracks

After straightening her hair, which had been messed up from the previous kiss, and having made Risen sure that there was nothing wrong with the clothes behind her back, Yao and Risen walked into the bridge side by side.

"The captain has arrived." Lieutenant Edita's high-pitched voice was alerting everyone on the bridge.

"What's the matter, Edita." The girl nodded and asked.

"Captain, Lieutenant Commander Nigaul, this is a piece of communication that has just been intercepted, but there is only a voice and no image, and the voice is not very clear due to some interference, but I think you two will be interested in this image." Lieutenant Edita said.

"Intercepted?" The girl read it thoughtfully, then ordered, "Play this communication, let's hear what it says?" ”

"Yes, Captain." The lieutenant turned around and motioned to the communications officer, who immediately set up operations on the control panel in front of him.

The sound is really not very clear, some rustle, it sounds like the interference of static electricity, and the whole communication is not very complete and smooth, intermittent.

“....... Headquarters...... Call...... Any ship...... Rescue...... Transport fleet ...... Damn it...... Haven't it been repaired yet? ”

A faint reply from a different voice could be heard, "....... Testing...... Badly damaged...... Temporarily...... Sound ......"

"Captain...... Starboard...... Enemy aircraft ......" panicked voices.

Ruisen and Yao glanced at each other, and they both saw the worried expressions on each other's faces. Obviously, the call to headquarters, which is a friendly ship, is being attacked by Imperial fighters, and it is very dangerous for them to not intercept the enemy aircraft and give the enemy aircraft to the vicinity of the ship.

"Volley...... Our escort fighters...... Loss......" the original voice roared.

Shouting, rumbling vibrations, and even the faint sound of cannon fire and explosions mingled with the rustling of interference. Noisy and chaotic. It's hard to tell what it's talking about.

But. Luckily, communication wasn't completely interrupted, and the confusion didn't last long, and they called out a clearer voice.

"Headquarters..... Hearing...... Here it is........ Fleet...... At...... Imperial Raid...... Lost...... Rescue ......"

His words did not continue, and a high-pitched voice overshadowed his, "Captain...... Enemy...... Jump Point ......."

"Oh my God......" the unknown captain muttered, seemingly overwhelmed.

"What's going on?" Risen had a solemn expression. He whispered, "I don't seem to have a good feeling." ”

"I don't know." The girl shook her head, "But, Ressen, I feel about the same as you. ”

“...... Headquarters...... Hear the call...... Energy Pulse Torpedo ...... Imperial...... Danger ......" can be heard, that voice has become very urgent, it must be very important news, unfortunately. The noise of interference made his meaning very unclear.

“...... Headquarters...... Torpedo...... Dangerous ......."

"Guardian ......" shrill voice. Filled with despair, even from another star field, listening quietly on the bridge of the Archangel, one could feel an imminent crisis.

Maybe it's because at the last moment, God has finally moved his pity. The communication was surprisingly much clearer than before.

"They...... Passed through the space jump point...... And the Guardians...... We...... Thought it could deal with ...... Several enemy planes that followed us in their jumps...... But now...... Can't escape...... Communication was about to be interrupted...... "Perhaps knowing that death was imminent, the voice suddenly became very calm and a little sad," our communication ..... Damage...... I do not know...... Has anyone received the message,....... Finally...... Don't use energy pulse torpedoes anymore...... It took less than ...... for the enemy to pass through the jump point."

"Don't use ..... Energy Pulse Torpedo......"

"Don't ...... Torpedo ......"

The rustling of the earth gradually drowned out the communications, until they were finally cut off. For some time after the complete interruption of communication, no one spoke, people were still immersed in pain and sorrow, and the quiet bridge of the Archangel seemed to faintly hear the last voice of the venerable captain, and at the last moment when his life was irretrievable, he still thought of not forgetting to give the last warning to other friendly forces.

"So, the Empire already has a way to deal with the Energy Pulse Torpedo." Schneier's bitter voice came from behind them, and Risen looked back, Schneier, Hua Yunlong, Sonia, Tulle, Annie, Yasilia...... They were all standing at the bridge gate, and they had just listened so much attention that they didn't even notice when they arrived.

"It's not confirmed, but man, I bet you're right this time

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"How, how is that possible?" Schneier looked shocked, and the other people's expressions were similar, still unable to accept this fact.

"Nothing is impossible." Sonia's expression was calm, she leaned on the bulkhead, and calmly analyzed, "The principle of the energy pulse torpedo was originally developed on the basis of the theory of black hole interference to space jump points, as long as the impact of interference on space jump points can be calculated, you can safely pass through space jump points, just like we have always done on the death route before." At the time when such torpedoes were just being put into service. It's not that the empire can't pass the space jump point, it's just that the time to pass through the space jump point has been artificially greatly extended, and at the beginning the empire didn't know about our new weapon, so it was helpless against our torpedoes for the time being, but the space jump torpedo has been in use for many years, and the empire has a certain understanding of this torpedo through various ways, and the ability of the empire's scientists and technicians is no less than that of the federation and the alliance. Although the Imperial version of this space jamming torpedo has not yet been seen. But it is believed that the scientists and technicians of the Reich will find a way to deal with this torpedo. It shouldn't be a difficult task, and it would be strange to say that after all this time, the Empire still has no way to deal with this 'old' weapon. ”

"That's right, Sonia is right, Schnell," Risen continued. "Just as a simple example, remember how we dealt with the Grim Reaper's Eye Gravitational Field Change when we went to the Federation? We just strengthened our computing power, which is enough to safely pass through the space jump point in a short time, on the contrary, why can't the empire also strengthen our computing power and compress the work that would take a long time to calculate and complete after the torpedo explosion into a task that can be completed in only ten minutes or even minutes? ”

"Makes sense, it's just a pity. The noise of interference just now. Overwhelmed the time it took for the Empire to cross the jump point. Major Thule said regretfully.

"Even if you know, it's useless, the point is, the Empire has found a way to deal with the energy pulse torpedo. They can improve their methods at any time, and maybe, just before we think we can last a few minutes, Imperial warplanes or warships appear. Yao Feilun finally concluded, "In any case, the energy pulse torpedo can no longer be used, it is too dangerous." ”

Everyone was silent, and everyone was thinking about how much of an impact this weapon would have on the Alliance's operations if it could not be used, and many of their previously used methods of warfare would have to be changed.

"Captain, what about the attacked convoy?" Adita reminded in a whisper.

"That's right, we should find out which convoy was attacked right away? In which star field? The girl said firmly, "Now that the location of the three invading Imperial fleets is under control, and we have notified all the ships to avoid the Imperial fleet, how can there be a surprise attack on friendly convoys?" ”

"Perhaps, this is the fourth Imperial fleet that has not been discovered." Sonia said quietly.

"That's right, Sister Sonia is right, it must be." Anne was already on the verge of jumping.

"Risson, you have high-level access to the alliance system, you can check what convoys we have currently sailing, we can try to analyze which convoy has been attacked." Yao said.

"Okay, no problem." Risen nodded, walked over to a control terminal, and sat down.

"Pay attention to a few things," Sonia suggested, "start with a P, there is that means there is at least one cruiser in the fleet, search for these conditions." ”

"yes, I know." Risen nodded, expertly typed in his password and query information, and under the gaze of everyone, the computer gave the answer in a short time.

"There are three that qualify, which one is it?" Risen looked at the results on the screen.

"Well," Yao pondered for a moment, then said, "plus one more condition, there shouldn't be too many friendly forces in the vicinity of the current position of the fleet, as there is no mention in the communication that there are friendly forces responding and offering rescue." ”

"It's it." Risen looked at the results on the screen and gasped, "The PQ fleet, just set off from the Siberian galaxy two days ago, transporting part of the evacuated materials and personnel, heading to the Alpha base, a total of six transport ships, the escort force is one cruiser and two destroyers, and the current scheduled location is in the XY-299 star field, my God, the same, this is the fourth imperial fleet, the speed of the enemy fleet is undoubtedly faster than the transport fleet, they are only less than two days away from us, maybe less." ”

"I reckon we are receiving this communication because the Archangel happens to be close to the space leading to the XY-299 field.:;.|The Major's face changed completely.

"Whether it is received or not, to be on the safe side, immediately forward the intercepted communication and the results of the analysis to the Alliance headquarters and General Oscany, using the Fleet Priority Channel." Yao ordered, to be honest, despite the dangerous situation, she finally found the fourth imperial invasion fleet, and she felt very relieved, as if a big rock in her heart had fallen.

"Yes, Captain."