Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 645 06.644: "Blood on the Bayonet"

The bayonet is the most common, ordinary and basic equipment in the human empire, but it has an indispensable position.

It is regarded by the mortal troops of the Empire as the most valiant weapon, the most desperate reliance, and the final symbol of loyalty.

Bayonets can be seen in almost all battles against the Empire's enemies, whether they are traitors, aliens, or even demons, all of whom have been stabbed by them.

A classed ship bearing the name "Bayonet" must be like a real bayonet, stabbing hard into the chest of the seemingly invincible enemy in the most dangerous battle when the enemy outnumbers us.

And it is often at such moments that miracles happen.

At this time in D'Anoi Bay.

Most of the Tau Empire's warships came out in full force to hunt down the five attack ships that were ignorant of the world and were eye-catching.

Only those warships that had suffered severe damage and were being repaired in the berth were left, as well as a large number of civilian ships.

The Tau knew very well that as long as the Empire did not send out an entire fleet, there was no chance that the starport would fall. Even if the five attack ships attacked the starport together, there would be no threat. Therefore, the top priority at the moment was to rescue the attacked ships and destroy the hostile warships.

The Epic lay quietly beneath a Merchant-class light cruiser. The slender shadow of the light cruiser was like a huge curtain, completely concealing the trace of the Epic.

Until six torpedoes, in a layout of four in front and two in the rear, were fired simultaneously from the battleship.

"Look! What is that?!" A maintenance technician from the Tu clan pointed at the trajectory of the speeding torpedo and shouted with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Oh my God! Those are...human torpedoes!!! How did they get in!!!"

Swoosh! The torpedo quickly approached the location of several maintenance personnel, frightening them so much that they fled in panic.

Some people even gave up resistance, squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, waiting for the decision of fate.

But the torpedo simply turned smoothly and sped past.

That's because the radar of their guidance head captured the most valuable target among the hundreds of ships.

"Hmm?" Ether, leaning on the Holy Cross Staff, looked towards the light that suddenly appeared in the harbor.

Then, he opened his mouth in horror and shouted to the officers on duty on the bridge: "Enemy attack!!! The enemy's torpedoes are coming towards us!!"

"Ah???" The technicians who were checking the electrical performance below had expressions of even greater astonishment than Ether.

They looked at each other, and then looked out the porthole together.

I saw six torpedoes, in a formation of four in front and two in the back, coming from two angles.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Activate the close-in defense cannon!"

The operators sprang into action, quickly activating the energy supply for all of the battleship's close defense arrays.

The protective shield unfolded instantly, like a huge invisible net, tightly covering and protecting the entire warship.

The close-in defense gun on top of the battleship began to slowly rotate and adjust the angle. Unfortunately, due to the battleship being located in the middle of the dock, the close-in defense gun was restricted by the angle and could not fire at the surrounding area.

Six torpedoes soon arrived above the aerospace carrier.

The first lead missile at high altitude quickly made a downward maneuver, and its radar guidance head sent a data link to the other five follower missiles.

At this point, the ion cannon finally gained range and was able to fire at the Imperial torpedoes coming overhead.

All of a sudden, dozens of ion cannons simultaneously sprayed dazzling light and fire into the sky.

Bang!
The leading bomb exploded, and the raging fire produced by the nuclear explosion shook the entire starport.

The power of the explosion was equivalent to a small tactical nuclear bomb detonating in the starport. The entire giant structure shook violently, glass shattered, and the more fragile metal structure began to collapse.

In mid-air, some passageways used for connection began to shake and eventually collapsed under the huge shock wave.

The alien had no time to escape and fell down along with countless debris.

The Epic hid under the Merchant-class light cruiser, which took the fall and collapsed its structure.

The light cruiser's hull let out a painful roar as the burning and broken gallery structure smashed into the ship's spine, leaving a large dent.

The broken corridor continued to fall, passing by the porthole of the Epic's bridge.

Some people couldn't help but lean over to the porthole and look down, watching the twisted and deformed metal smash through the structure below and then float into the cold void.

"Ah!!" There were also screams from the falling person, which instantly passed through the porthole, making people feel frightened.

This round of explosion was extremely close to the aerospace mothership. The shock wave generated by the explosion was like an invisible giant hammer, smashing into the mothership hard and causing ripples on the shield.

The ion cannon also lost its target in the explosion, and the continuous ion beam was visibly interrupted.

This gave the five torpedoes that followed an opportunity to attack. They swooped down from high altitudes one after another, charging towards their targets like brave and fearless warriors.

Swoosh! The first torpedo went straight through the shield and landed heavily on the hull of the aerospace carrier.

In an instant, a fireball burst out and countless fragments flew all over the sky.

Immediately afterwards, four torpedoes followed in the footsteps of the first successful one and hit the hull one after another.

"No! Impossible! What's going on?!"

The lights on the bridge of the Guardian-class aerospace carrier suddenly went out while flickering, and the entire bridge was instantly plunged into darkness.

The force of the explosion shattered the porthole glass, and the collapsed structure ruthlessly smashed the Earth Clan technicians below into meat patties.

The huge impact crushed the magnetic levitation load-bearing tug under the aerospace mothership, and the hull began to tilt downward and collapse amid a series of explosions.

The faces of those Tau people who stayed in the dock were full of pain.

“No… the glory of our fleet… our hard work… she is almost repaired!!! Why!!! Ah!!!!!!” The Tu clan’s management master knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, tearing off his clan’s clothes and howling heartbreakingly.

The battleship fell downwards with countless fireballs and debris.

The people on the bridge of the Epic witnessed this magnificent yet tragic scene.

Such a huge battleship-class aerospace carrier fell with a loud bang.

The heavy and huge hull smashed several light cruisers below. Then, as the hull broke, more ships were crushed by the pile of rolling wreckage and continued to fall.

In the end, a large mass of scrap metal smashed through the lower end of the entire star port and floated into the void.

In the void, countless flaming debris were floating around.

"impossible……"

"how so……"

"what is that?"

A golden cross staff slowly fell from four strange blue fingers.

"Our Greater Good..."

"Do not!!!"

The blue-skinned humanoid turned his head to look at the projection table in the command room that had been shattered by the torpedo.

At the edge of the reconnaissance range, in the blurry void of air clouds and asteroid belts, there was an unidentified slender ship lurking quietly.

As a flash of dark cloud and lightning surged from the ship's body, the ship disappeared into the gas cloud again, as if it had never appeared.

"This is the E-48 attack ship. We have confirmed that the enemy flagship was destroyed by the E-96 Epic under the command of Lieutenant Commander Horatio Cochrane. Report completed."

"We should go, how long will it take to load the torpedoes!" Horatio asked anxiously.

"Three minutes! Captain!"

"Okay, after loading, fire freely! Cause indiscriminate destruction to this starport! Power Department! Start the engine, Navigation Department, take us out!"

"Captain! The enemy's rearmost fleet is turning back! They are searching for enemy ships in the starport."

"Tsk, these aliens react really quickly."

"Carrier-based aircraft are attacking! They've released their aircraft!"

"All gates are closed!" another officer reported.

All three gates were slowly closing, and the survivors tried to deal with the crisis by trapping the attackers in the starport.

All around, the armed merchant ships started their engines one after another, and the Tau crews were excited and vowed to find the evil murderer.

A destroyer that was still under maintenance was forced to set sail without even realizing that the repairs had not been completed and the weapons had not been fully loaded.

"Run!" Horatio saw the desperate destroyer and hurriedly gave orders to the navigation department.

The next second, the destroyer activated its scanner.

Beep!!! With a crisp sound, the Epic's position signal was instantly shared by all Tau Empire ships.

The enemy's fire control radars from all directions were turned on, and they were staring at it covetously and sharpening their knives.

(End of this chapter)