Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 470 06.0469: "Gathering the Wolves"

“Captain, we face a daunting challenge on this mission.

First of all, the enemy is a regular warship of the Tau Empire. The surrounding enemy ships are also joining the encirclement of E-110, but their level and number are unknown.

Secondly, if there is no other damage, the E-110 attack ship must have activated the shadow field. When it comes to the last resort, it will be difficult for us to locate her specific position. We only have one chance, and if the torpedo misses..." Louise pursed her lips.

"We will be exposed and chased by the enemy ships. We may not have a second chance to shoot." Farida continued Louise's words, then stared into Louise's purple eyes with a frown and said:
"But we must carry out this mission. It is vital to this theater and to our future."

"That's not what I meant, Madam Military Supervisor. I certainly support the mission and believe that we will succeed in the end." Louise said quickly, "But we need to make a careful plan."

Horatio sat on the command throne with a solemn expression and furrowed brows. He rubbed his forehead with his raised right hand, thinking of countermeasures at high speed in his mind while waiting for a reply from the rear.

At this time, the Epic was approaching the latest coordinates of the E-110 attack ship at a cruising speed that was difficult to be detected.

“Captain, I have received a call from Captain Otto Kretschmer of my squadron, saying that the E-99 attack ship is not far from the assembly coordinates and can come to support within the specified time.

At the same time, Captain Herbert Schultz reported that E-48 would also arrive from a relative position and was expected to arrive slightly later than E-99 by half a Terra hour.

In addition, Captain Ernst von Witzendorf's E-46 attack ship is also on its way and is expected to arrive at the same time as Captain Kretschmer."

Horatio finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the report.

The information provided by the E-110 attack ship was extremely fragmentary and incomplete, and he did not know how much pursuit force the enemy had.

Such an uncertain mission was too risky, and the Epic alone could not ensure victory. If he wanted to increase his chances of success, he had to make full use of his position as the commander of the attack squadron and coordinate with friendly forces to plan a rescue plan.

The success rate of the siege by four attack ships is obviously much higher.

Apart from anything else, when the four attack ships hiding in the dark void launched an attack at the same time, the numerous torpedoes fired were enough to give the Tau Empire destroyers that were encircling the E-110 attack ship a hard time.

Hopefully the situation is under control...
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"This is the E-110 attack ship. Our ship has been attacked by the enemy and is now hiding in the gas cloud. The main structure of the ship has been damaged on a large scale, and the shadow field at the gap is unstable. Requesting support! Requesting support!"

An injured officer, his uniform stained with blood, was sitting in front of a cipher machine, sending messages continuously with his cold and numb fingers. The bridge was in a mess, the void glass surrounding the bridge was shattered, and oxygen was leaking continuously.

There were corpses and wounded soldiers wailing on the ground everywhere. The Military Supervisor had also been killed in action. His iconic wide-brimmed hat was stained with blood and rolled to the side. The white fabric was stained black and red by the blood, making it look somewhat similar to the style of his colleagues in the Astra Militarum.

boom!
A heavy Seeker missile followed the cast-in-place decoy and hit the detached debris floating nearby.

The huge impact of the explosion shook the entire ship and caused the radio officer to fall to the ground. The flying fragments shattered part of the ship's structure.

He climbed up with blood all over his head and pressed the send button again with trembling hands.

On the epic.

The girl wearing the shrapnel gold-rimmed glasses turned slightly and looked at Horatio. "Captain, we have received a request for assistance from the attack ship E-110. They are almost unable to hold on. The reactor is malfunctioning and cannot be overloaded. However, the officers on board said that if the situation is irreversible, they will first destroy the code book and the new cipher machine."

"I see." Horatio gnashed his teeth nervously, looking at the colorful, yet dark and eerie void before him, sweeping across the rubble planets that occasionally passed by the Epic.

"Reconfirm the relative positions of E-48, E-46, and E-99."

"E-48, our ship's direction 334, kilometers."

"E-46, our ship's direction 31, kilometers."

"E-99, our ship's direction 12, kilometers."

"My ship will arrive in three hours."

"We tried our best. We hope that the E-110 attack ship will be safe before we arrive." Horatio rubbed his aching temple.

This matter must be handled with caution, otherwise the "potato feast in the kitchen" that has just been unveiled may come to an abrupt end.

At that time, the roles of hunter and prey will be reversed.

The attack ships will become prey, the 'fish and chips' to be fished out.
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Three hours later.

The E-110 was floating in the gas cloud, with bursts of explosions constantly coming from the side, shaking the hull back and forth as if it was being punched and kicked.

The shadow field flickered in the shockwave of the explosion. After all, the replica Eldar technology was not as sophisticated as those creations of higher civilizations. Its operation became increasingly unstable, and the black gauze-like force field shrouding the battleship continued to fluctuate. It seemed that the system was at risk of paralysis at all times.

Now, the destroyers that were encircling this unfortunate attack ship did not dare to rush into the gas cloud and attack because they did not yet know the appearance and combat power of this invisible enemy.

But if the shadow field fails, the E-110 attack ship will have nowhere to hide, and the Tau Empire frigates that are surrounding her will recognize her appearance.

They will also know that she has only one main gun, so they will rush forward without any scruples and tear her apart like hungry wolves.

"Report the situation!" The captain of E-110 was covered in blood. He had lost an arm, and the broken arm fell to the ground. Even after emergency treatment, the wound was still dripping with black blood.

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The ship's doctor tried to bandage the captain's wound, but each cycle of shock made it extremely difficult to bandage the wound.

"The hull has been breached in many places, the bridge observation windows have been damaged, the armor plates have been lowered, and the entire ship is leaking 2319 cubic meters of oxygen per minute! The life support system has been turned on to maximum power, but the continuous leakage and operation of the equipment have also allowed the enemy ship to detect our approximate location."

"Hiss... Never mind, just make sure you stay alive first. Have you received the signal from the First Attack Squadron?"

"No, Captain! We don't know."

The captain gasped and remained silent.

After a long while, he raised his pale face and shouted to the communications officer: "Hold on for another half a Terra hour! When the time is up, destroy the cipher machine and the code book immediately!"

Suddenly, a communication transmission signal with electromagnetic noise was transmitted on the communication channel.

The noisy sound came from the machine soul's resistance to the invading signal, but the foreign signal still invaded violently.

"You have no escape, hostile ones. If you surrender now, we promise you your life.

We are different from that brutal empire. In the name of the Greater Good, if you surrender your weapons and give up resistance, your safety will be guaranteed and you will be treated well during your captivity.

In the future, if your empire agrees to exchange prisoners with us, you may also be released.

Alternatively, you are equally welcome to embrace the faith of the Greater Good; you are not the first human to make that choice."

"Captain..." The communications officer looked at the seriously injured captain: "It's the enemy's attempt to persuade them to surrender..."

The captain's pupils trembled.

"No... We swore... We will never surrender..." He instinctively looked towards the location of the Military Supervisor, but he only saw a military supervisor's wide-brimmed hat fallen on the ground and a miserable corpse.

The captain's voice broke off, and he swallowed.

"We can hold out for another half of Terra. If no friendly forces arrive after we destroy the key equipment, we can talk about it then."

(End of this chapter)