Wings of the Starry Sky Two hundred forty-four, temptation

Text 204, temptation

Ceasefire, ceasefire, urgently call all fighters, abandon the attack, repeat the ...... "Not only is the Empire calling for a ceasefire, but the allies are also in a hurry, this announcement came too late, the attack on the Vanguard space carrier has begun, many lightning fighters have entered the attack route from all directions, not all lightning fighter pilots have noticed the Empire's surrender announcement, and many pilots' attention is focused on the attack, on their targets; Not all pilots will voluntarily abandon the attack as soon as they hear the Empire's surrender announcement, maybe it was an enemy trick, what is the Empire's request? They were the pilots of the Alliance, and only the commander of the attack group, Colonel Taylor, could give them the order to stop the attack.

And the Colonel, from the moment he received the surrender notice of the Imperial fleet, always had a time to react, think and decide, and then he had to inform all the pilots of his decision...... So when the pilots finally received the confirmation order to abandon the attack, it was already a little late, most of the allied pilots had completed the attack and pressed the launch button of the quantum torpedo, and all the pilots, including Resson, could only watch as a bunch of small yellow bright spots appeared on the screen of the sensor, flying towards a bright red dot on the screen.

The torpedoes have been issued, and although there are some regrets, there is nothing they can do about it now, and the fate of this space carrier will depend on itself.

The USS Vanguard struggled to writhe massive body, accelerate, turn, and frantically meet the onshore quantum torpedo swarm as the ship's anti-aircraft self-defense fire frantically met the oncoming quantum torpedo swarm, and she was in her final dying throes. The fate of the two sister ships is not long in sight, she does not want to fall into the same tragic fate as them, the rebels seem to be responding to the announcement, and the movements of many of their fighters indicate that the enemy fighters are disengaged, and as long as they can survive it, she may have a turning point.

However, even if only a few of the Alliance fighters completed the attack. But for this space carrier. It remains a near-impossible challenge.

However, the Resistance's aborted attack gave the space carrier a chance. Not only was there chaos in the originally almost perfect coordinated formation attack, but the detachment of the Alliance fighters allowed the space carrier to concentrate its firepower against the incoming quantum torpedoes, and also relieved the pressure on the few surviving Imperial destroyers, frigates, and poor Imperial starfighters, which quickly switched their firepower to join the interception of the quantum torpedo, although the effect was not particularly large, but it still played a little role.

In countless colorful beams of dense energy, orange fireballs exploded one after another. However, under the cover of the flash of the explosion and the fireball, a small number of torpedoes were able to break through the interception of self-defense firepower and have a close contact with the Pioneer space carrier.

The first quantum torpedo that hit the target can play a limited role, the solid shield of the space carrier barely blocks the powerful explosive energy of the torpedo out of the hull, and the biggest harm to the mothership is to shock the space giant ship fiercely, but the second quantum torpedo is not so polite, the torpedo explosion power penetrates the shield, and most of the armor block in the middle of the hull is lifted into space. A large hole appears in the middle of the Helicarrier's hull. Black smoke poured out of the hole.

However, although this torpedo caused great damage, it was tolerable, because the middle mine part belonged to the crew cabin. There are not too many dangerous objects and key systems and equipment, but the most critical blow is from the third quantum torpedo hit, its hit part is slightly in the stern of the ship, and unfortunately, in the first round of attacks of the alliance, it was hit by two quantum torpedoes near this position, and basically lost the protection of the shield, so the third quantum torpedo directly penetrated the shield and exploded on the armor surface of the space carrier, compared to the huge power of the quantum torpedo, the thick armor can only block part of the explosion energy, The explosive energy blew off the armor plate and opened a large hole in the hull, and the explosive energy that penetrated deep into the hull destroyed nearly half of the ion engines on the stern side of the ship in the first time, and forced the rest of the ion engines to have to be shut down urgently, and the space carrier, which lacked most of the propulsion power, floated in space as if dead......

Although the damage is not light, its reactor is still working normally, anyway, it survived after all, of course, the biggest reason why it survived is because the alliance gave up the attack, otherwise, if one or two more quantum torpedoes are hit, it is estimated that this space carrier will be dead.

However, what to do with the few surviving Imperial ships that surrendered became a problem.

According to the normal procedure, it should be the first order to lower the shields of these surrendered Imperial ships, turn off the ion engines and weapon systems on the ship, and the surviving Imperial fighters land, under the supervision of the Alliance Starfighters, and at the same time the Alliance sent an assault ship carrying commandos from the space carrier to board the ship, capture all the Imperial crews, and control the key departments such as communications, weapons, navigation, reactors, engines, and shields on the ship in turn, then the ship was completely captured, This is what the Fifth Separate Mobile Fleet had done when it captured the Imperial cruiser Furster in the Interception Fortress.

But now it is clear that this practice cannot be replicated, it is just normal and routine

But at this moment, they don't have this time, the first few actions are easy to say, the ship boarding, it's not just about it, the direction of General Martin's mixed fleet is to go to the space jump point leading to the XY1985 domain to evacuate, the Archangel is also heading to the rendezvous point with the main fleet, not heading here, the speed of the assault ship is slow, far less than the starfighter, waiting for the commandos and other personnel to board the ship to gather, assign tasks, get on the ship, set off, get here, it will take several hours to say less, It is also necessary to complete the capture of personnel, complete the control of the key departments of the ship, and drive the captured ship to the retreat point..... Oh my God, how long is this going to take? And do they have the time? Don't forget, behind them, a large fleet of Imperial reinforcements is coming here. The enemy is not going to stop there and wait for them, and they are speeding in this direction.

However, it was a little unwilling to evacuate like this, the first time an Imperial space carrier surrendered to the Alliance, it was not easy, and this was only facilitated by the death of Rear Admiral Piper, who and his senior staff officers, staff and other cadres were blown up by a quantum torpedo along with the bridge of the Wyvern, losing the restraint of this powerful man. Lost the command center of the fleet. Resistance is already to no avail. The desire to survive eventually overpowered, after all, not many people wanted to die with the commander, and it was pointless, so the two captains of the last remaining spaceship, the Constellation and the Vanguard, quickly agreed to surrender to the Resistance Alliance.

The two Imperial-class space carriers are indeed a big temptation for the resistance alliance that lacks the main interstellar ships such as the space carrier. Especially after the bleak and difficult years of the previous years, when the Alliance did not have even a single space carrier, or had been struggling on a Raider for a long time, these two surrendered space carriers were undoubtedly invaluable.

Even Risson, who has always advocated withdrawing after completing the task, and who will never be in love with war or causing extraneous branches, can't help but hesitate at this time, the temptation is too great.

However, time ......

Several starfighters slowly circled, and they had already rushed out of the dust belt. Returned to the open space of the open universe with smooth communication. Got in touch with the fleet and reported the unexpected situation that had arisen so far, but it was clear. General Martin was also unprepared for the accident, and his staff and staff, like several air captains, hesitated.

"Since it's too late to send an assault ship, why don't you try it and let our pilots board the ship." Lieutenant Colonel Stark said tentatively.

"No, absolutely not, it's too risky." Colonel Taylor immediately rejected the proposal, even if only some of the pilots were on board, the risk was too great, in case something happened in the process - it was very likely, in a hostile environment surrounded by enemies, the lives of these pilots were very dangerous, and they could also be taken hostage, who knows what the situation inside the enemy ship was like? It is possible to build a fighter without it, and the loss of a pilot, especially if these pilots are already experienced pilots, is too costly, and it is not worth it to lose them in a combat and gun battle that they are not good at.

"General," Risen said slowly, he felt that he should say something, yes, he was hesitant, he had been thinking about whether there was a way to have the best of both worlds, but he suddenly realized that something was not quite right now, they had spent too much time on this, and they had not come to any conclusions, they were wasting precious time in vain, it was very wrong, time waits for no one, they need to act, no matter what kind of action.......

"Action?" The general pondered and asked, "Lieutenant Colonel, tell me, do you have any new ideas?" ”

"Yes, General. I've been thinking about how to capture these two precious Earth Empire space carriers until now, just like everyone else, but now, since I can't find a way to get the best of both worlds, I have to seriously consider another possibility and abandon these two space carriers. He said earnestly.

"What?" Several commanders were taken aback, "Lieutenant Colonel, these are two space carriers, and if you get it, the combat strength of the Alliance fleet will increase by almost one-third." ”

"But we also need to be able to get them." Risen asked rhetorically, "I want to ask you a question, if it was not two space carriers that surrendered, but two destroyers, would we still have so many concerns?" ”

"But the value of a space carrier is far from comparable to that of two destroyers." Said a fighter commander.

"That's right, but the value of the entire Alliance fleet is not comparable to that of two space carriers, we are wasting time here, but the Imperial Reinforcement Fleet will not waste time."

"I see what you mean, Lieutenant Colonel." General Martin nodded meaningfully, "Now that you have recognized this, then this matter will be left to you to deal with, the fleet will continue to go to the space jump point, and will not send assault ships, I hope you can come back as soon as possible, if there is really no way, I authorize you to destroy these two space carriers." "Yes, General." 204. Temptation