Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 486 06.0485: "Last Chance to Escape"

"Target 7041, distance 410 kilometers! Angle 52 degrees!
Target 7043, distance 460 kilometers! Angle 55 degrees!
Target 7055, distance 473 kilometers! Angle 60 degrees!
Target 7057, distance 486 kilometers! Angle 64 degrees! "

The officers calculated the relative distance and angle between each target and the Epic, and reported to Captain Horatio, who intended to personally intervene in the last four attacks.

"We are short on time and have a heavy mission! Torpedoes lock onto target course!
Four torpedoes were equipped with FAT guidance heads.

Torpedo No. 7057, target 503, FAT distance kilometers.

Torpedo No. 7055, target 486, FAT distance kilometers.

Torpedo No. 7043, target 472, FAT distance kilometers.

Torpedo No. 7041, target 432, FAT distance kilometers.

All ammo preheated! "

He gave orders and the whole ship was busy, with everyone doing their job.

The FAT guidance head is the abbreviation of a gyro guidance head with a purely mechanical structure. It relies on a torsion mechanical spring that is tightened with a large rotating bolt before launch. After launch, it slowly releases the torque to drive the gyroscope to rotate.

After reaching the specified FAT distance, if the torpedo fails to hit, it will rotate 175-180 degrees under the action of gyroscope torque, turn back and try a second attack.

After five rotations at most, it will drive straight out when the torque is fully released.

This is not a high-tech guidance head, but a similar structure used by German submarines as early as World War II.

It’s just that the FAT of the Human Empire is larger and more majestic, and its internal mechanical connections are as precise as those inside Big Ben, and more reliable.

After hearing the captain's order, the people in the lower cabin were busy with their own affairs, the people on the bridge were calculating parameters intensively, and the monitoring officer did not dare to miss the approximate location of the signal source for a second. The other party had a way, and the signal source location had a large deviation and flickered, making it impossible to obtain an accurate estimate of the encounter.

Faced with this situation, Horatio made a well-considered decision.

"Release the towed 'Diviner' probe!"

The steel cable was automatically released from the rear of the Epic, and a detection device that looked like the "Dongfanghong-1" satellite that Horatio had seen in his middle school textbooks, with a round satellite body and a sharp antenna, was released.

The detection wave range is similar to that of a standard Cobra destroyer or Sword-class escort ship.

No enemy targets have been found yet, which means they have not yet reached within 1800 kilometers.

This provides an insurance policy for the Epic, but also allows its approximate location and signal source to be detected.

But the enemy ships are so determined to fight to the death, and the Epic is using a towed detector. At this time, as long as the Epic maintains radiation control, there is no need to worry too much.

“Warm-up complete!”

"emission!"

At the moment when the torpedoes were fired one after another.

"Captain! The detection wave detected three ships entering the 1800-kilometer range of our ship!"

Horatio sat on the command throne, looking at the two destroyers and an Envoy-class light cruiser clearly displayed on the void sandbox.

It is worth noting that this Envoy-class ship had a record of destroying an astonishing 53 imperial merchant ships or small vessels on its sideboard.

He swallowed and his eyelids twitched.

If the opponent was also a small ship, he would dare to use the extraordinary ability given to him by Iron Hand to engage in a head-on collision with the opponent.

But now it’s a problem. There’s one opponent, the Wolf King, and three of them are fighting in a group, not to mention that the tonnage of that light cruiser is much larger than that of the Epic.

Although it achieved the same level of success in the first battle, the Envoy-class ship did not have a record of destroying as many as 53 ships.

The combat experience of the captains of both sides cannot be compared.

Even though there were more radical bets, Horatio didn't want to take such risks. He kept in mind his mission: destroy enemy merchant ships and hit transportation lines.

In principle, it was not within his responsibility to destroy enemy warships, and he did not want to risk his life and rack his brains to confront the enemy head-on. Unless the enemy took the initiative to approach him and the situation permitted, he could give it a try.

All four torpedoes use FAT guidance heads. After launching, the Epic immediately turns and ignores the torpedoes, allowing them to hunt freely.

When the officers of the Operations and Lookout departments were about to turn around to confirm the results of the battle, Horatio had already begun to think about how to escape from the mouths of these three disobedient sheepdogs.

They were still 1500 kilometers away from him (slightly more than 13500 line distances, i.e. the long-range artillery distance).

The railgun's 50% accuracy range has been reached.

"Power Department, one-third speed, ensure shadow field. Phase down, let us dive into the gas cloud."

The Epic performed a concealed maneuver, the torpedoes still hurtling along.

Two of them hit the enemy ship in the first round without even triggering the FAT turn.

But the other two were dodged in the Z-shaped evasive maneuver. The first one passed behind the tail flame and flew out 80 kilometers. Just as Horatio estimated, it turned back and hit the center of the target at a beautiful angle not long after.

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The blow destroyed her cargo hold and blew up everything inside, and the crew evacuated it shortly after loading the wounded into lifeboats.

The last ship resisted very tenaciously and its captain was a very capable shipman.

The FAT torpedoes missed her until two rotations.

Just when everyone thought it was doomed to miss, its final turn was either due to the error of the technical priest or a technical failure.

It did not complete a 180-degree turn on its third turn; the torsion spring got stuck in the middle and stopped pulling, causing it to only turn 160 degrees.

But it was this missing 20 degrees that caused it to rush towards the cargo ship's crew who were cheering excitedly for dodging torpedoes twice in a row.

As everyone stared in astonishment, stunned, shouting and panicking, the torpedo swerved towards the junction of the bridge and the cargo hold.

boom!
Lucky hit.

The junction between the bridge and the cargo hold was melted and torn apart by nuclear fusion. The hull structure collapsed instantly, and flames from the inside kept bursting out from the cracks.

The people on the Epic rushed to watch and witness their final victory.

The sailors were sweating profusely, tired but also excited.

This means income for them, which will enable them to afford a comfortable life and treatment in the future for their families in the middle nest of Abyssport, a hive planet where every inch of land is valuable.

At the same time, the commander of the Tau Empire's commerce-breaking fleet also witnessed the destruction of the freighter.

On the bridge, all the Tau officers and soldiers were silent, watching the last merchant ship burn and shatter in the void, turning into worthless void garbage.

"Increase detection. The hostiles must be nearby. We have detected their detection waves.

We have participated in many operations to eliminate hostile forces, including their warships. Today, we will do the same and avenge our dead compatriots. We are destined to capture it and destroy it!" The tone of the Fire Clan's commander was filled with uncontrollable anger.

"Destroy it!"

The three warships formed a linear formation and headed towards the last location where the Epic was hiding.

The wolves killed the last sheep before dawn.

However, the hidden darkness is about to disappear. Can the alpha wolf seize the last darkness before dawn, hide in it and escape safely?

This was an unknown to everyone, even Horatio.

(End of this chapter)