Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 488 06.0487: "Counterattack Time"

Behind the command throne, the huge golden statue of the Sky Eagle began to shake and looked shaky. Fortunately, Horatio had the engineering department reinforce the structure of the Sky Eagle hanging in advance.

The entire battleship was shaking under the impact of the huge explosion, and every deck was shaking.

Horatio looked through the porthole and saw some shrapnel from the explosion hit the left bulkhead of the Epic under the huge impact, and more than a dozen dents suddenly appeared on the outer layer.

Just as he was about to issue the next order, he heard a familiar voice.

Following the sound, I saw Louise gritting her teeth, holding on to the handrail with both arms, hanging from it with her hands behind her back.

According to common sense, it is impossible to join the army if you can't even get this amount of exercise.

But at this moment, she had not rested or eaten for nearly 40 hours, and her body was much weaker than before.

Exhausted, she was thrown out of the fence by the huge explosion. Her weak arms could only keep her hanging on the fence, barely avoiding the worst outcome of falling and breaking her legs or even a skull burst.

"Sailors! Sailors!" Horatio immediately shouted to the armed forces guarding the bridge, but they were all near the entrance and exit of the bridge, and were all knocked down by the huge shock just now.

In just these few short seconds, several of Louise's fingers had become weak and loose, and only the last few white fingers continued to hold the railing tightly.

"Archie, take over the line of command."

"Understood Captain!"

Seeing this, Horatio gave a temporary command handover to his first officer, then immediately released the neural plug and ran towards Louise.

In another perspective, the white-haired, red-eyed girl only saw the man in front of her who was patiently holding her hand and walking forward disappear.

Including the girl with red hair and red dress.

She looked around at the vast expanse of white with a slightly dazed look, lowered her head, and began to walk alone in the direction the man had pointed at last.

"Hold on, Louise!"

He stood up from the command throne, took a big step, and leaped into the air.

Louise's entire arm was twitching at this moment, she gritted her teeth and tried to look up at Horatio.

"Another missile is coming!" First mate Collingwood turned his head in front of the main control console and instinctively shouted in the direction of the captain, only to find that Horatio had left the command throne, and he had just authorized himself to temporarily take over the command sequence.

[Oh, yes, I took over the command sequence. What should I do? What should I do!] Seeing this, Aqi suddenly had to think and command independently, and seemed a little at a loss.

He was used to relying on Horatio to give commands quickly. As the first mate, although he would learn and guess the considerations behind the captain's orders, Archie had never really faced such a moment when he needed to decide the fate of the entire battleship alone.

[Calm down! I'm the first lieutenant.]
He remembered his identity and responsibilities, and his brain began to work rapidly.

Although the captain is in office, all instructions issued independently by the first lieutenant must be reviewed by the captain.

However, he also has the right to take full command of the warship when the captain is temporarily unable to command or with authorization.

"Turn the rudder back!" Collingwood took a deep breath and gave orders to the helmsman in a deep voice.

"Speed, maximum allowed is 9 void knots!"

"This will cause slight fluctuations in the shadow field!" the power department officer warned.

"Follow! Your! Order! Maneuver 39, quick!"

The operators on the bridge of the Epic immediately followed the first lieutenant's order, straightened the rudder, and then performed an S-shaped defensive maneuver in the opposite direction.

boom!
Another missile exploded nearby. Although it did not hit directly, the aftermath still made the Epic like a person who was hit in the ribs by a strong man's elbow. The hull and course of the ship shifted, and the bow was swung violently. The centrifugal force generated was so great that even the gravity field could not remain stable for a while.

Many crew members who were not wearing armor were thrown from one end of the cabin to the other, and their heads were broken and bleeding when they hit the steel bulkheads.

At this moment, the sailor's helmet became a more reliable protective device. This unexpected shock also made it difficult for Louise to maintain her last effort.

She was already struggling to hold on, and was pulled away from the railing by the centrifugal force like a swing. The strong feeling of weightlessness filled her eyes with despair.

At the moment when her body was hanging in the air and swaying, Horatio leaped forward in time, flew forward, and caught Louise in mid-air with his body and chest. He held the railing tightly with his iron hands, and successfully pulled the two back to the platform while spewing coolant steam.

Finally, when the angle was right, the two of them fell to the ground while hugging each other, and rolled dozens of times before stopping.

"Horatio, are you hurt?" She was still in shock, and seeing that she was spared, she began to feel the captain's body up and down anxiously to check his condition. She was saved, but the price was that he fell heavily to the ground instead of her.

"No, I'm fine." Horatio only felt some pain in his waist and spine. He gritted his teeth and gasped. When he sat up, he felt a warm current flowing down from his head.

"You're bleeding." Louise held his face, her purple eyes wide open.

Just as she stood up and was about to call the medical team, Horatio grabbed her shoulder.

"I'm fine, Louise. Continue to perform your duties. The morale of the bridge cannot be lost right now. We must stay focused and do well in every step at hand."

"Yes, Captain." Louise nodded with a worried look on her face, then took out a handkerchief, took out a quick-stop hemostatic gel from the small bag on her armed belt, poured it on the handkerchief, and applied it on his head.

Before they could finish their words, the sound of steady and quick footsteps could be heard from the gangway at the front of the captain's platform.

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"Captain, are you okay?!" Farida, who was on duty in front of the Thinker Array at the front of the bridge, saw the situation and hurriedly staggered up from the bridge below, wanting to check on the captain, and happened to see this scene.

"Are you hurt?" Her green eyes suddenly widened, and she rushed to his side, snatched him from Louise, grabbed his shoulders tightly, and looked at the injured and bleeding part of his body with both worry and heartache.

"It's just a minor bruise. Help me up, I have to get back to the command throne now." He took a deep breath, suppressed the pain in his body, and tried to stand up forcefully.

After the false alarm, Farida glared at Louise but said nothing. She pursed her lips and helped Horatio up together with Louise.

"Captain, please do not be distracted by other people's trivial matters at this critical moment."

After she lifted him up by his shoulders, Farida tilted her head under his armpit, looked at Louise, and said in the cold tone that is unique to the Military Supervisor:

"Lieutenant Louise, if you are not physically fit enough to take care of yourself, you should arrange your shift handover and then go to rest instead of continuing to show off your strength."

"Yes, I'm sorry, Military Supervisor, just now..."

"Okay, go back to your post. I'll be by your side this time. Come to me if you need anything."

As the two had worked together for such a long time, Farida had some friendship with Louise. Although she criticized Louise with the sharp words that a military supervisor had to use, she still had a kind heart and took care of her.

After successfully lifting him up, Horatio pulled his arms back from behind the two men's necks.

To be precise, he was unable to get up because he was pressed down by two beauties on his left and right.

Then he straightened his collar, took the handkerchief covered with hemostatic gel, and pressed it on the bleeding wound.

The surgical modifications for naval officers already include pain suppression surgery and rapid coagulation surgery, so the amount of bleeding is not large and the wound will soon stop hurting.

"Then Farida, I'll leave my job to you. Louise, don't force yourself. I hope you will do your duty."

After this brief episode of danger, Horatio immediately sat back on the command throne and took back the command from Archie.

When he reconnected the neural plug and returned to the Machine Soul World, he was surprised to find that the white-haired, red-eyed girl was walking rhythmically with her eyes closed, following the direction he had indicated.

Although the impact of the explosion and the shrapnel made her frown and endure it, she was now able to follow the rhythm that he had taught her and obey the orders freely.

"Well done, Epic." He took the girl's hand again and said to her, "But we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to launch a counterattack and teach the enemy a lesson."

Faced with a persistent enemy, Horatio believes that it is time to take back the initiative.

"Open the rear torpedo silo launch port! Preheat the No. 5 torpedo for launch!
At the same time, order the E-99 and E-47 attack ships to turn to support, put pressure on the enemy, and let them see what wolf pack tactics are! "
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(This is the battleship's observation platform. Just like in the game, there are not many people on this platform. Generally, only higher-ranking officers will go up there. In addition, there are fewer officers on the epic ship. Generally, the first mate and the second mate each bring 1-2 alternate officers to take turns to go up there for duty. The first mate is in the CIC combat situation center below. The alternate officer couldn't hold on for 40 hours, and the sailor fell, so there was no one else next to Louise.)
PS Complaint: The fence in Warhammer is so low. I see people often fall down in Rogue Traders. Who is it protecting?
(End of this chapter)