Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 413 05.0412: "Star Splitting Impact"

"Lord Daros, release the bow torpedo and make a high-energy sharp turn in five minutes!" As the captain of the flagship, Horatio commanded the maneuvers of the two ships.

"Torpedoes released! High-energy turn in progress!"

Six Helios torpedoes fired out from the launch port one after another and rushed towards the target.

The huge Moon-class cruiser then immediately started its side engine and performed a high-energy turn according to the captain's order.

When the friendly ship's sturdy and stable hull sailed away from the observation line of the Indefatigable's bridge, Horatio finally saw the bloated and huge figure.

It is an alien creation that cannot be called a warship at all, but its combat power should not be underestimated.
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In the interview room.

"What kind of person do you think he is?" the admiral asked Louise, covering the lower half of his face with his hands crossed.

"Decisive, resolute, fearless, brave and resourceful. Whether the enemy is a traitor Astartes, an alien twice his size, or even a demon, he dares to go up and fight the enemy, and he can really win."

Louise answered cautiously but boldly.
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Inside the Indefatigable.

"Enemy ship! Big green stone! It's 433 kilometers away from the bow of our ship!" The lookout officer shouted, reporting the distance.

Horatio thought for two seconds, and immediately said to Lord Peru: "Sir, we must stop and destroy this abominable creature, and this difficult task can only be accomplished by the Indefatigable."

"Speak your mind, young man." Brigadier General Peru frowned, and he had some vague guesses about the terrible words that came out of the young man's mouth.

"The Indefatigable accelerated at high energy, maxed out its engines, and released all of its torpedoes at the maximum range 150 kilometers from the rock, then activated its power armament... and rammed it directly."

"..."

Brigadier General Peru did not give any answer and remained silent for a long time.

"Sir! This is the only solution we have now!" He looked at the green stone rushing towards him, and turned his head eagerly to look at Brigadier General Peru.

The brigadier general bit his lower lip, his fingers tightly grasping the fine gold armrests of the command throne, and a fierce game was going on in his heart.

He thought back to the time when he was a candidate officer.

One hundred and forty-seven steps away from the command throne are the stairs leading to the navigation area. On the third to last step is the motto "Brave and Fearless" engraved by him.

He spent five years as a midshipman on this battleship and later served as captain for more than twenty years.

In the eyes of most people, the Indefatigable is an old ship with a service history of 3,300 years.

But whenever someone said she was old, he, as the captain, would always say: 'No, she is not old at all. She has always been so lively and tough, brave and fearless, always young and full of energy.'

"Sir Perru!" Horatio called out again, interrupting his recollections. "We are running out of time."

This time, the brigadier general finally raised his head, his expression was empty, as if he had unloaded some heavy burden, or given up some treasure he had been holding on to. There was a slight hint of confusion and vagueness in his firm voice:
"Go ahead, Acting Captain. As I said, the Indefatigable is now under your full command, and you can issue any orders you see fit."

The Commodore looked at Horatio and nodded.
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In the interview room.

The admiral turned around and discussed in a low voice with the two lord colonels, nodded, and then looked at Louise again.

"Do you think his command ability is good enough for the position of captain? I heard that he is still very young, three years younger than you, and his biological age is only eighteen."

"Admiral, I believe that the battle report of the Indefatigable's flagship aviation department, as well as his resume, have been delivered to your desk from the parchment scroll in the communications boat I took with me, and have been carefully read.

I think he is fully capable of being a captain because in actual combat, he has served as the captain of non-rated ships more than once and defeated pirates who attacked transportation lines.

His bravery and command ability are beyond doubt. I have witnessed him fighting bloody battles with the enemy boarding the ship on the command bridge. I was fortunate enough to personally experience the victory he brought me. "

Louise put her hands behind her back, held her head high and spoke, the flat swallowtail of the candidate officer's uniform swaying slightly.
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Inside the Indefatigable.

"Power department, full power void shield! Adjust the engine afterburner power to maximum!
Weapons! Charge the power rams now! Operations! Preheat the torpedoes! Silos standby!

Engineering! Assemble emergency damage control forces, stand by! Command! Issue an order for all ships to prepare for attack!
Communications Department, connect to all the sound arrays of the Indefatigable! "

The chief boatswain blew his whistle again.

"Attention! The Captain has spoken!"

"To the Imperial Navy aboard the Indefatigable! I am the Captain, Horatio Cochrane. Gothic hero, descendant of the legendary Admiral Speyer.

Today, we fought a bloody battle in the sky above the planet Fal to stop the expansion of the Gate of Hell.

Today, the Lord of Mankind is watching us! The Astra Militarum on Fal is watching us! The Brotherly Fleet is watching us!

Warriors of the Gothic Fleet, do you still remember the heroic deeds of Captain Abridar? !

Today! We will attack the three Blackstone Fortresses just like he did back then! Destroy the greenskinned creatures in front of us! Defend the glory of the Gothic Fleet to the death!"

Then, all the officers on the bridge looked at the green stone that was getting closer and closer, and everyone couldn't help but recite the motto that everyone in the Gothic Fleet was familiar with:

"I swear to spread the light of the Emperor to the stars. I will fulfill my duty and bring justice to the galaxy..."

"The Imperial Navy is proud of my actions, and they will be remembered by Holy Terra!"

Horatio sat upright on the command throne of the battleship which began to tremble with the afterburner, looking at the green-skinned stone which grew larger and larger in front of him until it almost occupied the entire view of the front of the bridge, and he recited in a low voice with trembling lips.

As bright red warning lights flashed throughout the ship, emergency lights with independent power supplies lit up one by one, and all the lights switched to red.

The long-blasting sirens echoed in every corner of the ship, and everyone on the ship was suddenly in a hurry.

"Captain issues order to prepare to be attacked! Captain issues order to prepare to be attacked!"

"Secure the ammunition! Tie the chains! Bolt it tight!"

"Quick, belt! Tie the injured person to the bed!"

"Fire extinguisher! Fire extinguisher! Fire damage control in place!" "01001010... In the name of the God of All Machines, Engineering Servant 021, 'Repair Protocol' has been activated, praise Om Messiah."

Watching the entire asteroid getting bigger and bigger before their eyes, everyone on the bridge held their breath after making fixed shock-absorbing preparations, as a violent collision was inevitable.

"Release the torpedoes! For the God-Emperor! For the Gothic Fleet! Ram!"

Horatio stared at the estimated range of the torpedo that was getting closer and closer to the target, and suddenly roared and shouted, giving the last order before the impact.

Previously, five of the six torpedoes fired by the Moon-class cruiser successfully hit Dashi, and only one was intercepted.

And now, at such a close distance, even just beyond the torpedo safety limit, six streaking short-burning Helios torpedoes rushed out from the six torpedo silos at the bow of the Indefatigable.

Before it could accelerate to the optimal speed, the hard head of the torpedo was deeply embedded in the crack that had already been exposed in the boulder, adding a bit of damage to the terrifying crack.

The Indefatigable followed closely behind, dragging a long plasma tail flame, which turned into an unstoppable and deadly spear and stabbed at the green-skinned stone.

All the crews of the other warships in the surrounding fleet who could see this scene watched in amazement as their flagship performed this heroic act.

"God Emperor above..."

The officers and soldiers of the Astra Militarum on the surface of the planet Far were also stunned, watching a huge Imperial Navy battlecruiser streaking across the sky like a shining meteor.

Lieutenant Colonel Wellesley's throat rolled up and down twice. He knew that his navy friend was on this battleship, and he could not help but pray silently to the patron saint of that month for his safety.

As an extremely dazzling light bloomed in front of everyone on the bridge, it meant that the torpedo had successfully hit the target. The strong light after the hit enveloped the entire Indefatigable.

The scorching light makes it impossible to open your eyes.

Almost at the same time, a mournful cry of steel spread throughout the entire battleship.

hum! ! !
A powerful decomposition force field surrounded the power horn, the azure color seemed to be condensed into substance, and flashes of lightning burst out from time to time.

The thorn, carrying the entire warship's mass of 30 million tons, pierced into the deep, damaged gap in the rock at an extremely fast speed, like a holy spear piercing into the chest.

hum! ! !
There was another mournful cry of steel, as the entire bow shield was squeezed by a powerful external force.

That was the thruster engine of the green stone, pushing the main structure of the asteroid violently and squeezing the bow shield.

The plow-shaped bow was subjected to a pressure of tens of millions of Pascals in an instant, and the wailing of the main reinforcement ribs was like the dying cry of a criminal who was about to be executed.

Then, the reinforcement ribs broke directly in the middle, and spider-web-like cracks spread all the way upwards until even the Platinum Sky Eagle at the bow of the ship was shaken open with a terrifying crack.

However, in the thunderous roar of the decomposition force field, the entire bow of the Sky Eagle was still quickly pushed into the large rock body. In the process, the eagle's beak was blunted, the surface was sunken, and finally the entire eagle's head was completely unrecognizable.

After losing the reinforcing structure, the bow shield also sank and collapsed.

Those crew members who stayed at their posts and fired torpedoes were instantly crushed into bloody mud.

The entire torpedo department was almost wiped out, including the mechanical priests stationed there.

Below the bow shield is now a sea of ​​metal and cables dotted with flesh and blood.

Blood flowed out from the twisted metal cracks and flowed into the purification tank along the drainage ditch. A half arm stretched out from the collapsed part and lay across the cold deck. A large bloody hole was pierced in the palm of the drooping hand by the flying metal steel bar.

Within just ten seconds after the impact, thousands of people were killed at the bow of the Indefatigable.

But the fate of the Green Rock was even more tragic. After being hit by two rounds of torpedoes, a total of 11 Helios torpedoes, the two ships maintained their afterburner status at the same time, without slowing down, and collided head-on at an extremely high relative speed.

"No! How is that possible! It's just shrimp! It's just shrimp!"

"Boss! It's the blue shrimp that those guys on the mud ball mentioned, the one that killed our two bosses!"

"No! My dirt ball! My big fuck-up! My Waaaaagh business! No!!!"

Under this unparalleled series of attacks, the rock mass of Dashi finally couldn't bear the weight and gradually fell apart, turning into tens of millions of meteorites of varying sizes that wandered outside the anchor mine belt.

That threatening opponent is now just an asteroid belt filled with gravel.

The greenskins who were still fighting the demon ship in the distance were also stunned.

"These shrimps...are so brave. I wonder if they will come and hit us right away?"

"Quack! Don't do that!"

"Run! Boss! We'll fight again another day. That blue shrimp named Horatio is too brave!"

"Look at how cowardly you are! You are just like soft and sticky farts! Kill the black shrimps in front of you first!"

far away.

The Indefatigable's power was cut off and it slowly floated into a field of broken gravel, its plasma engines flickering erratically.

The gravel scraped against the ship's armor, which had long lost the protection of its void shield, making a harsh hissing noise.

As the boulder collapsed, a cloud of debris from above smashed down the holy halo atop the command bridge.

The second lance turret on the spine of the ship took the fatal blow for the command bridge.

All of its turret barrels were broken, and it was hanging down like a wilted green onion, hanging on the turret.

Inside the command bridge, almost everyone fell to the ground.

The sounds of sobbing and wailing in pain were endless.

(End of this chapter)