Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 618 06.0617: "The battlefield is just around the corner"

"Salute to the captain!" Louise suddenly drew out her sword, and the sword flashed with a cold light. She stood straight in military posture and led the sailors to salute solemnly to Horatio who had returned to the command bridge.

When Horatio's new image appeared in front of everyone, there was a burst of exclamations on the bridge.

The powerful and steampunk appearance of the "Breaker" amplifies Horatio's heroic spirit. With the majestic navy uniform and Hell's Sniper cloak, it is even more awe-inspiring.

"It seems that the captain has obtained some very good things. Maybe I should also decorate my two iron hands with something." Leidos, who was standing next to Fideo, raised his two iron hands that were shining with cold light, a trace of envy flashed in his eyes, and shook his arms and said.

"Charm! Just dressing up is not enough, you have to make yourself look like a captain. Charm is more valuable." Fideo raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of determination, "I felt that he had the temperament of a captain since he entered school."

"He looks like a knight." Intelligence officer Lina turned around gracefully in her chair, and her white fingers gently pushed the gold-rimmed glasses stuck on her eye sockets. A faint light flashed on the lenses, and she whispered to Farida.

Farida's chest was heaving violently, she was breathing heavily, and her cheeks were flushed with excitement.

"Hmm?" Lina looked at Farida in confusion.

"So handsome! When I get back, I will ask a craftsman to make him a set of polished ceramic plate armor. Then I will ask the most outstanding painter to draw a portrait of him and put it in my room as the most precious collection."

Farida's eyes were almost tearing when she looked at Horatio.

Seeing this, Lina sighed and had to remind Farida to be aware of her current identity as a military supervisor.

Horatio raised his iron hand, which had become even stronger and more domineering, to indicate that the ceremony was over.

"Navigation Office."

"Here!" Harvey stood up quickly from his seat and saluted Horatio with quick and decisive movements, his arm stretched out and his fingertips touching the brim of his hat forcefully.

"The battlefield coordinates have been resolved. The Claw of Ashes has sent us the Mandeville Point beacon in this area. Has the route been determined?" Horatio looked at Harvey.

"Everything is ready! Captain! Starting from now, we can reach the nearest Mandeville Point beacon in just half a day!"

"Great, we got the intelligence that the damn blue-blooded aliens are trying to shake the majesty of the Imperial Navy with a large-scale fleet battle!" Horatio's voice was filled with anger, and his iron hand clenched slightly in the air.

Horatio raised his iron hand and pointed to the distance outside the porthole, his eyes firm and resolute: "But their rampant behavior will only end in one way - death! The Void Wolf King has returned! Let us march to the battlefield!"

"Yeah! Long live the Imperial Navy! Long live the Gothic Fleet! Long live Cochrane!" The young officers shouted excitedly, one after another.

"March towards the war!" someone shouted.

"Glory and faith await us!" The shouts echoed in the bridge.

When they heard that there was a big battle to be fought, these young, passionate and ignorant officers excitedly threw their hats into the air and shouted loudly.

The entire bridge was boiling with excitement. After a boring and tense journey and escape from danger, the Epic was finally going to advance into the confrontational airspace where the two fleets were fighting. This not only meant honor, but also resupply.

"According to the enemy's intelligence, the Tau fleet is still gathering surrounding fleets. It looks like both fleets are still in a mobilization-assembly state, and a major war could break out at any time." Horatio frowned slightly and looked at the intelligence analysis with a serious expression.

Lina immediately captured some unusual movements in the distance through the new cipher machine, and her fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard.

Thanks to the "eyes and ears" of both sides in the void, a large-scale fleet-level naval battle, even if it is an encounter, will not break out immediately and unexpectedly.

Both sides will experience a slow-fast rhythm of the main fleet gathering, the vanguard fleet testing, and then the official exchange of fire breaking out.

Whoever gathers more fleets in the shortest time will have numerical advantage and initiative.

Normally, the titanium family is relatively faster.

But this time, the opponent they faced was likely the Gothic Fleet. There were many great fleets in the galaxy, but the entire empire knew that the Gothic Fleet's mobilization and assembly speed was second only to the Solar Fleet, which was the first among the four outer star region fleets. Thanks to the experience of the Gothic War and the high standards of talent training, the Gothic Fleet's performance was always at the top level.

Even though many people doubt that the Gothic Fleet has become an old lion with blunt claws and fangs after eight hundred years, the Gothic Fleet will prove to people time and time again that they are still as powerful as ever.

"Make final preparations before the subspace jump!" Horatio ordered loudly.

On the Epic, which arrived near Mandeville Point, everyone was working at full speed to urgently calibrate various parameters.

The crew members looked hurried, busy running between various posts, with beads of sweat rolling down their foreheads.

Horatio watched as the steel curtain in front of him slowly fell and closed once again. Everyone on the ship was counting the Epic's weapons inventory.

More than half of the torpedoes on the ship have been used. Including the torpedoes in the front and rear torpedo compartments, there are still 16 left in total.

But if the timing of the launch is just right, even these 16 torpedoes can play a crucial role and even reverse the situation of the entire battle.

"Begin the jump." Horatio stood at the railing in front of the command throne, his iron hands behind his back, and the other hand with two fingers raised between the buttons of the captain's coat. His posture was upright, like a resolute statue.

"Tell the power department to start the jump, and the navigation department to set the end point coordinates to 372434KR." The first captain interpreted the captain's order and issued orders to the corresponding departments.

The herald immediately executed the order, and all the gears and lubricants inside the entire war machine were carrying out the captain's will in an orderly manner.

The roar of machinery and the sound of gears turning intertwined together, like the prelude to war.

Zizizi! ! A teeth-grinding electromagnetic sound came from the front of the Epic, the sound was so sharp and piercing that it made people's scalps numb.

"The controllable subspace rift has been opened and the subspace jump is in progress!" The operator reported loudly, with tension in his voice.

"Hold on tight!" someone reminded loudly.

"Pilot, take us away!"

"March to the battlefield! Forward!"

Whoosh! ——

With a shout, the Epic was instantly sucked into the black and purple "big mouth". The ship shook violently and everyone's bodies swayed.

In the sealed navigation tower of the Epic, the navigator had his eyes closed and his face was pale. He walked unsteadily with an unstable gait as if he was drunk, like an ancient wizard shaman performing a spell and dancing.

Suddenly, he seemed to see something, his body stiffened suddenly, and a look of horror appeared on his face, as if he had seen an extremely terrifying scene.

On the bridge of the Epic, Horatio was just about to turn around and return to his command throne when he heard the surprised voice of a navigation officer behind him.

Under normal circumstances, the navigation officers would report only when they reached the physical universe.

"Captain! We're here!" Harvey's voice was full of shock.

"What?" Horatio turned around in confusion, frowning.

"We've arrived at our target location, Captain." Harvey confirmed the coordinate system again to make sure he was not mistaken.

"Are you sure, Harvey? We just entered the warp, not even a minute has passed."

"Yes! I'm sure! We have arrived at the battlefield coordinates!"

(End of this chapter)