Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 473 06.0472: "Herds of prey, walking military merit"

"Kan#bong! Hostile torpedoes spotted on the right side of our ship!"

"Countdown 5! 4!"

"Steering! Activate pulse-assisted steering now!"

The manta-shaped ship tried its best and turned on the side turn afterburner, but her bat wings were too long and even though she tried to avoid it, the slender wing-like structure still collided with the high-speed short-burning torpedo.

A flash of fire exploded, and the high temperature and impact force from the star instantly tore apart the structure of the affected wing and the steering propulsion device on it.

Because the core part was not destroyed, the severely damaged Castle Lord class frigate still did not completely lose its combat effectiveness. Now the frigate is like a fish with its pectoral fin bitten off. Although it is still struggling, it can only make a last desperate resistance.

"Torpedo No. 4 is ready!"

"emission!"

Whoosh!
The manta ray managed to avoid being hit by the first harpoon, but its fins were injured, and it was powerless to recover from the second harpoon thrown by Horatio.

"Hurry! When will the surrounding cruisers arrive?" The Tau captain was already a little incoherent, and his voice had risen a lot.

"We have sent out a signal before, but the communicator still hasn't received a response!"

As soon as the words fell, the ship began to shake violently.

Another plasma torpedo nearly a hundred meters long hit the center of the hull. Irregular bulges expanded all the way from the spine of the ship, tearing everything in its path, like a mine pond pouring down. Dazzling plasma poured into the hull, violently melting all obstacles and even vaporizing them.

When plasma poured into the engine compartment, the crew members inside were still scrambling to escape, but their legs could not escape the heat flow.

They were instantly washed away and swallowed up, rolling in pain in the hot current, their flesh and blood burned into piles of bones, and finally turned into calcium and merged with the surrounding molten iron.

The heart-wrenching screams did not last long.

The plasma reactor emitted a sharp and piercing alarm, and the high temperature triggered the reactor failure alarm, but at this time there were no living creatures in the cabin who could deal with these failures.

The next moment, the ruptured reactor leaked blue light, and a pure white photon-level explosion instantly blew up the entire hull, and thousands of fragments scattered in all directions.

The Epic had to lower its plane, aiming its bow at the explosion point and reducing its frontal projection to lower the probability of being hit.

The crisis was resolved and everyone on the bridge breathed a sigh of relief.

Four attack ships slowly sailed towards the trapped E-110 attack ship.

Even in the gas cloud, its shadow field was flickering and fluctuating at a level visible to the naked eye. Apparently, the damage was so severe that it could no longer carry out subsequent cruise operations.

"This is E-96, the Epic, I'm Lieutenant Commander Horatio Cochrane."

When Horatio's voice came out of the loudspeaker of the E-110 attack ship, the survivors looked at each other in dismay, as if they couldn't believe it was real. When they heard the voice of the blood heir of the Gothic legend again, the survivors who had already survived the disaster were suddenly excited, cheering for escaping the disaster, cheering for the Gothic fleet, and cheering for the young major.

"Major, it's our honor to meet you." The surviving officer reported in front of the communicator with sweat on his forehead.

"Is the ship still sailable?"

"The thrusters were damaged and we were unable to perform maneuvers and could only cruise at half our cruising speed."

"Very good, we will cover your evacuation. Act immediately, the surrounding enemies are still searching for us."

Then, Horatio turned around and gave another order -

Destroy all Tau Empire escape pods, leaving no one alive, and at the same time carry out a secondary strike on the bridge wreckage to avoid leaving any clues to the Tau Empire.
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Two days later, a Tau Empire patrol fleet arrived at the encirclement site.

But at this time, the place was already in ruins.

There was no expected scene of our own warships seizing the Empire's new attack ship, nor were the Empire's cipher machines and code books confiscated.

All they saw was a charred, shattered wreckage, and as usual, no survivors, all the escape pods having been viciously destroyed.

It can be seen that the Imperial commander who took action did a good job in dealing with the aftermath.

But this time, the Tau Empire did not gain nothing.

The Maintenance Drone recovered and restored some data from one of the damaged memories and performed intelligence interpretation.

Finally, a video of a destroyer encircling the E-110 attack ship was reproduced.

It recorded the silhouette of the E-110 attack ship under the fluctuations of the shadow field.

According to the Tu clan researchers, this is different from any warship known to the empire and is likely to be a new type of warship that can be invisible.

As for this stealth technology, it shocked the Earth Clan engineering researchers of the Tau Empire.

Because they have also done some research on stealth field technology, and the stealth combat suit is the result, but they have not yet overcome the technical difficulties of the ship's stealth field.

This means that up to now, the Tau Empire has no ships with stealth capabilities available for the anti-shipping fleet. Now, the Human Empire actually has stealth warships in advance.

How did the corrupt and rigid human empire achieve this technology?

The researchers from the Tu clan couldn't help but shudder at the thought of this.

Although this "human empire" is corrupt and rigid, it has a long history. How much wealth has it hidden that has not yet been revealed?

Could it be that, for so long, the ones he had been fighting against were just a small border defense force of the human empire? A drop in the ocean? —
"Thank you for your escort. Without you, the consequences would be unimaginable." Through the holographic projector, the officer on E-110 expressed his gratitude.

"We can only escort you here. Be careful on the way back."

"Thank you! Thank you, Major! The Baka Fleet will remember the help from the Gothic Fleet brothers."

As the E-110's engines flickered away with intermittent flames, Horatio finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But just as he lowered his head, Lina's indifferent voice came again.

"Captain, receiving an encrypted signal from the attack ship E-47."

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"Please report, intelligence officer." He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"A large cargo fleet was spotted in the AP36 area, heading from northeast to southwest, at a speed of 8 void knots. It is estimated that there are about 20-30 ships."

The communication was very brief. It did not explain where the cargo fleet came from or where it was going. Instead, it simply described the hunting area they were in, the size of the prey, the direction of the route, the estimated speed, and the estimated number of key parameters, to prevent the intelligence from being understood through eavesdropping.

At present, thanks to the successful rescue operation, the E-type attack ship has not yet been officially discovered by the top leaders of the Tau Empire and has not attracted enough attention, so there is only one reason why the Tau Empire is forming a merchant fleet at this time: a major war is about to take place in a certain important war zone.

"Navigation Department, plot an interception route."

"Yes! Estimated from our ship 41 direction, 154300 kilometers! Estimated cruising time at cruising speed is five Terra days."

"Very good." Horatio licked his lips eagerly with the tip of his tongue and flexed his wrists.

"Miss Intelligence Officer," he said with a smile, his smile showing the excitement of finding prey.

"Gather all attack ships that can arrive, sail in silence, assemble in the AP36 area to surround the target, and wait for my attack signal."

"Understood, Captain."

Horatio sat comfortably in the command throne.

"What an unbearable five Terra days," he sighed.

"You look very excited, Captain." The beautiful military supervisor with noble golden curly hair walked over with steady steps, a gentle smile on her lips.

"A hunting feast is about to begin, Commissioner. It is time to serve the Divine Emperor."

"Congratulations. We will catch all the aliens in one fell swoop. I wish you and the First Squadron a successful start."

"Thank you, Farida. You have worked hard during this period. It is not easy to boost the morale of the crew and enforce discipline on the new crew members."

She chuckled and walked forward: "No, you've been the one who's had the hardest time during this period."

Her slender silk-gloved hands pressed against his shoulders and spine, helping him loosen his stiff muscles.

She learned this technique from Thei, and she couldn't wait to use it right after she learned it.

"So tonight..."

She had just said half of her words when suddenly, an uncomfortable feeling of nausea rose from her abdomen to her throat.

"Ugh." She lowered her head and quickly covered her mouth.

"What's wrong?" Horatio immediately noticed Farida's slight abnormality.

The female military supervisor frowned, and the uncomfortable feeling disappeared again.

"Nothing, Captain. Sorry. Maybe I haven't been eating well recently. It's nothing important."

"Don't push yourself too hard, just take a break this time." Horatio and Farida had originally agreed to take turns at the same time and have a good time together.

"I am completely fine now and can go on duty as normal. So I am asking you now if you would like to go to the official hall for dinner together."

They couldn't say anything too explicit while on duty, so Farida just turned her pretty face to the side, with a glazed luster on the corner of her lips, revealing a decent smile: "Then let's relax together."

"My pleasure." There was a tacit understanding between the two of them. Horatio thought that Faldee's performance should be fine, so he felt relieved and agreed happily.

(End of this chapter)