Chapter 471 06.0470: ‘Wolf Pack Besieging Sheepdog’

"Captain, the latest communication from the E-110 attack ship." Lina operated the meditator array in front of her.

He looked at the picture tube screen that was constantly transmitting upwards with his clear water eyes.

"Please read."

"Calling the surrounding Imperial Navy units, the E-110 attack ship was attacked by the enemy and was unable to overload and self-destruct due to a malfunction.

Now our ship has suffered heavy casualties, and we are not sure whether there are friendly forces around. We can still hold on for the last half of Terra before the final fate comes. By then we will destroy the code book and cipher machine, and E-110 will attack Will live up to the Emperor's wishes and fight to the last man.

May the Lord of Mankind bless and redeem our souls——”

Inside the E-110 attack ship.

The injured officer remained silent, tapping the cipher machine, and sent this message out word for word. The one-armed captain behind him still held on for a breath and whispered at a volume that only the two of them could hear:

"Regardless of whether we ultimately decide to find another way out, at least this last communication must express a loyal position, and there must be no wavering tendency between the lines."

With his face as white as a sheet due to blood loss, he walked past the cold body of the military supervisory committee member and showed an ugly, bitter smile, as if he might collapse in the next second.

"Don't let our relatives and friends be targeted by those mad dogs. We must behave like martyrs. The rest is left to fate-"

"Understood, Captain. The signal has been sent."

Epic number.

Lina looked at the captain and nodded to indicate that this was the full content of the article.

"Captain, the situation is very bad." Farida, with her delicate hand on the bolt pistol, said solemnly:

"Should we respond to the E-110 attack ship and strengthen their will to resist?"

"No."

Horatio frowned and refused resolutely: "We are already very close. Even if it is an encrypted message, the signal will still be monitored. As long as the communication is monitored, these aliens will know that we are coming, which will increase our chances of coming." The difficulty of action.”

At this time, the Epic carried out communication control, and so did the other attack ships assembled for support. They did not communicate with each other and rushed towards the target point according to the pre-planned route.

"In this case, we don't have much time." Farida took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"Captain, how long does it take for us to reach the ideal combat position?"

"22 minutes! Captain!"

"What is the latest arrival time of the other attack ships of the First Attack Squadron?"

"The farthest is the E-48 attack ship. It is expected to take at least thirty minutes, Captain!"

Horatio sighed.

"If it doesn't work, our ship and the assembled attack ships will attack first."

"But we don't know if we are the fastest. We hope that others can arrive early." Louise said attentively, praying for the blessing of the God Emperor for the E-110 attack ship.

Just as the bridge was filled with an anxious and restless atmosphere.

"Captain! Direction 12! Found a Fury interceptor!

The lookout officer's report made everyone on the bridge look in direction 12.

The radiation-controlled Fury interceptor controlled the small, dimly lit signal lights on its wings and used primitive but effective light language to report to the Epic.

First Officer Collingwood quickly interpreted the light signals.

"Captain! Captain Otto Kretschmer reported that E-99 has arrived at the battle position and visually confirmed three enemy small ships, a Fortress-class frigate, and two Warden-class destroyers! "

"Well done! Kretschmer!"

Horatio clenched his fist and waved it forward in relief.

"When our ship arrives, we can launch a cross attack with the E-99 attack ship first! Buy time for the E-110 attack ship."

“Have you received a reply—

"No, Captain, we have ten minutes left."

After a period of silence, the captain of the E-110 ship finally spoke: "In the last ten minutes, the God-Emperor will give us an answer and decide whether to abandon our currencies to the glory of the world."

Everyone was waiting silently for the passage of time. During this period, the E-110 attack ship was still under attack, and every piece of armor on the ship was trembling and groaning.

Its flanks were penetrated and its deep compartment collapsed.

Flames spread through the cabins and corridors, and the manifolds were loaded with maximum firefighting power, but it was still difficult to extinguish the in-flight fire.

The violent burning made all damage control activities without external help seem so futile, turning it into a desperate fight to the death.

After sending a message to persuade them to surrender, in the face of Xiang's silence, the Tau Empire also made its own response. Three small warships increased their firepower coverage of the gas cloud, and the mountains inside the attack ship once again started to shake.

"Captain! The E-110 attack ship is about to lose its hold."

"Destroy the code book and cipher machine immediately. We must not let the aliens get these devices! Let the armed sailors install melta bombs in the power compartment. If the aliens board the ship, they will die with them!"

As if he finally accepted his fate calmly, the captain leaned on the command throne and began to fumble with his only remaining arm for the double-headed eagle badge on his chest to ensure that he could take it off at any time.

His gloomy eyes quickly glanced at the still breathing personnel on the bridge. Based on what he knew about them in daily life,

Quickly select candidates who can be your companions.

For what happened next, the fewer people who knew about it and participated in it, the better, even if there was almost no possibility of other Imperial Navy troops nearby.

Just as the officers and soldiers on the E-110 attack ship were preparing to usher in their final moments, the lookout officer on the bridge observed the situation from the gas cloud on the opposite side and shouted excitedly.

"Torpedo found!"

Everyone was shocked when he heard this, and the captain's actions also stopped.

"Whose torpedo?"

The lookout officer restrained his trembling body and observed carefully for a while, and finally confirmed the Sky Eagle inscription on the missile body.

"It's an Imperial Navy torpedo, it's our torpedo!"

"It's a friendly ship! We are saved."

As soon as the shaking torpedo came, the Tau Empire warships with better reconnaissance capabilities would naturally find this conspicuous target on the spherical holographic cloud map.

But they only detected the torpedo, but did not find the attacker.

"Kan # Bong, the enemy's accomplice, the torpedo is approaching our port side."

"Turn around immediately."

"Kan # Bong, another enemy torpedo!"

"What?"

"No, three!"

The continuous unexpected news surprised the captains of the Tau Empire.

Three wire-guided torpedoes were seen attacking the three destroyers that were besieging the E-110 attack ship from three directions.

Although defensive maneuvers were immediately carried out and jammers were fired, these torpedoes were not affected at all and still stared at their targets.

They chased the destroyer, and with the help of wire-guided means, the masterminds behind the three torpedoes were not affected by the Tau Empire's tricks.

The destroyer that first discovered the enemy situation urgently evaded with afterburners, and the first torpedo passed by the edge of the destroyer.

She thought she had escaped by luck, but this maneuver was exactly what the second attacker wanted.

Father Lati smiled grimly. Although the second torpedo she operated was dodged by another frigate, it was heading straight for the destroyer.

Horatio stood on the command bridge, holding a telescope, observing the implementation effect of his battle plan.

Through his commanding hand, he silently coordinated the three attack ships that were already in position in the void sand table to launch an attack at the same time.

E-99, E-46, and E96 were located at 179, 263, and 83 of the E-110 attack ship. The relative positions of the four warships were almost T-shaped, and E-110 was located at the intersection of the letter T horizontally and vertically.

The E-99 attack ship, which was in the gas cloud opposite the E-110 attack ship, took the lead in launching an attack.

Then Horatio's E-96 launched an attack from the side, and finally E-46, which launched a new round of attack after a delay.

Three torpedoes were fired one after another, and all of them were wire-guided, just covering three enemy ships less than 500 kilometers apart.

"3, 2, 1"

He muttered silently.

"0."

Ordinary numbers passed through his mind, and when the count ended.

Boom-

A hot firework exploded in the void, and the destroyer that thought it had escaped was directly hit by the plasma warhead. The expanding fireball took out her "heart" from the middle of the bat-shaped hull. After being torn into pieces, the charred and deformed wreckage drifted away.

The survivors on the bridge of E-110 were stunned by this perfectly coordinated round of attacks.

These crew members who wanted to share a piece of the pie after hearing about the outstanding achievements of the First Attack Squadron, but were besieged,

finally saw the strength of the First Attack Squadron.

Even if Horatio did not introduce himself, the crew members on E-110 could guess that the young major with outstanding achievements had come.

Because no one except him could plan such a thorough encirclement and suppression operation. Those rookie squadrons who had just entered the battlefield could not carry out such an attack. Only the man who had destroyed more than ten merchant ships behind the enemy lines and made almost all the attack ship captains regard him as a target to chase could do it.

"Confirmed! The enemy ship was destroyed by my torpedo!" Louise shouted to report.

Horatio snorted with satisfaction.