From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man - Chapter 435

More than five hours later, on the back side of Campbell’s low-Earth orbit;

The remnants of the expedition fleet, consisting of twelve escort transport ships and a Paris-class frigate, are working closely with four orbital defense space stations and are ready for battle.

Each member of the fleet is at their respective posts, looking serious, waiting for the upcoming challenge.

And in the Paris-class bridge;

Looking through the sealed portholes at the front, with visual vision, you can only see the dark background of the universe and the bright nebula hundreds of light years away.

But Captain Delatir, who was sitting in the main seat, could clearly see a shocking picture through the hard light screen on the right hand side.

The Arach biological fleet, composed of at least 100,000 transport worms, was like a flooding tide, rushing towards their position quickly.

Although the size of the transport worms is generally similar to that of the Federation’s escort transport ships, the Federation cannot produce 100,000 ships anyway.

On the other hand, the Arach Zerg has maximized their numerical advantage.

Moreover, countless meteorites flew by this Zerg fleet.

These meteorites were full of insect eggs, and the cracks on the surface extended the creeping tentacles. If they were allowed to successfully break through the atmosphere, it would bring devastating harm to a habitable planet.

After all, meteorites can carry insect eggs deep under the surface.

If the biological fleet has the upper hand, then the will of the swarm of Arach will directly order the eggs to hatch to increase their overall number and strength.

If it is at a disadvantage, the eggs will follow the instructions of the swarm will, hide under the surface of the planet, and wait for the best time to suddenly erupt.

The biological fleet that wanted to act as a “yellow bird” and launch a surprise attack on New Hope encountered a real comprehensive attack from the Blood Angels.

All meteorites were destroyed and could not bury hidden dangers for New Hope.

If the Investigation Department did not need a million living insects to enhance Lyon’s prestige and control the mobile infantry, the Red Tears, a dreadnought battleship of the Journey Class, would be enough to destroy the entire biological fleet.

This is mainly because the firepower gap between the two sides is too obvious.

In addition, there are also groups of space plasma worms.

Unlike their clumsy counterparts on the surface, they can cruise quickly in space, emitting a weak and strange light, wandering like ghosts.

According to the estimated data displayed on the hard light screen, the number of plasma worms is only about 10,000.

But even so, it is not something that the remnants of the expedition fleet and the Campbell orbital defense system can confront head-on.

Delatir, who was entrusted by Lyon as the captain, could only worry secretly in her heart.

But Delatir knew that she had to stay calm at this moment and command the fleet to go all out.

And Lyon also delivered the “captured” Paris class to the former captain of the Roger Young according to the advice of the Intelligence Department.

Moreover, even Carmen Ibanez, who did not get along well with Rico and Tiz and almost did everything to get promoted, also served as the helmsman of the Paris class.

Although Leon already regarded Rico as a close friend, among all the naval officers who followed them to escape New Hope, Carmen Ibanez had the best driving skills.

Regardless of his character, Carmen Ibanez was the only one who could bring the Paris-class to its full potential.

When it came to important matters, Leon naturally could not put personal feelings first, so he let Carmen serve as the helmsman of the Paris-class.

As for Sander Barrow?

Although this guy had stolen Rico’s corner, it must be said that Sander Barrow was also an excellent member of the bridge, and the success of stealing the corner was directly related to Carmen himself.

Therefore, Sander Barrow also served as Dratiel’s deputy to make the Paris-class perform at its best performance and combat power.

In order to make Rico “out of sight, out of mind”, Leon made him fully responsible for the assault battalion equipped with mechanical skeletons.

Rico himself had no objection to this.

After all, the main enemy at the moment was the bugs.

Beep-beep-beep!

Inside the bridge, alarms kept ringing.

Prompts flashed on each screen, and the accompanying data was constantly updated, marking the enemy’s approach speed.

Every crew member was fully focused, quickly debugging the weapon system, preparing for the upcoming life-and-death struggle.

In front of the fleet, with visual vision, only the dark universe could be seen.

Seeing that the biological fleet was about to enter the range, Delatir loudly ordered:

“Everyone get ready!”

Delatir’s voice immediately broke the tense atmosphere on the bridge.

“Yes!”

The crew responded quickly and focused on their respective work to ensure that they could exert their maximum combat effectiveness in the battle.

At the same time, everyone was praying silently in their hearts, hoping that they could withdraw from the battle safely and return to the atmosphere after three rounds of salvos.

I also hope that the human empire can really send a fleet to support Campbell and resist this crazy attack from the Zerg as the “people-oriented” propaganda says.

Soon!

The hard light screen that originally displayed yellow suddenly turned green, indicating that the biological fleet had entered the range.

Seeing this, Dratiel gave the order loudly without hesitation:

“Fire!”

Hearing this, the gunners quickly pressed the physical keys and buttons on the control panel.

Ri~咻————! !

Boom——boom——！ ！

Shua~Shua————！ ！

Instantly, the sound of the electromagnetic main gun, Gauss and plasma secondary guns, and missiles leaving the warehouse, with the help of the hull vibration, was transmitted to the interior of the bridge, making a dull echo.

The dazzling blue light trajectory, the gun group, and the missiles with tail flames and flames, instantly passed through the porthole field of vision, as brilliant as a meteor.

The next second, the needle-shaped tungsten steel bullets fired by the electromagnetic main gun rushed straight to the target at an extremely high speed, successfully “burning” many transport bugs and plasma bugs.

Boom. Boom–! !

After being penetrated by the needle-shaped tungsten steel bullets, the plasma bugs instantly fell into an uncontrolled self-explosion state, adding more dazzling blue “light groups” to the dark universe

When the secondary guns and missiles came one after another, Arachi’s biological ships were like fireworks that were detonated, and burst into dazzling flames, which also meant that they instantly lost hundreds of transport bugs and plasma bugs.

Although the Federation’s escort transport ships are far inferior to the Paris-class in firepower, they are still equipped with live ammunition and missile weapons, and still form a powerful firepower output.

On the other hand, the range of those plasma worms is not as good as that of human weapons.     Faced with the threat of artillery fire, the plasma worms quickly received the order of the swarm will and began to disperse to the periphery to avoid being destroyed by concentrated firepower.

At the same time, the biological fleet accelerated as a whole. When Campbell’s defenders entered their range, thousands of plasma worms also began to “fire artillery.”

Then, thousands of plasma artillery groups, which also emitted brilliant blue light, rushed towards the remnants of the expedition fleet and four orbital space stations like a gorgeous feast of light and shadow.

Seeing this scene.

Carmen, who served as the helmsman, did not need Delatir’s orders and reminders. Almost driven by instinct, he quickly controlled the Paris-class frigate to dodge quickly, as if an invisible tacit understanding had been formed between himself and the ship.

He is indeed the last person who can serve as the fleet commander in the Star Fleet universe.

All escort transport ships followed closely behind, also evading quickly to reduce the possibility of being attacked.

However, the transfer speed of the four orbital space stations is obviously inferior to that of the warships. It can only be said that it is as slow as a snail and it is difficult to quickly adapt to the ever-changing war situation.

Therefore, the space station fired all missiles with nuclear and hydrogen bomb warheads in the first round of salvos, and is now trying to evacuate and hide behind the remnants of the expeditionary fleet.

And the personnel in the space station are also carrying out the escape procedure.

If the space station is unfortunately destroyed, everyone can escape immediately.

Fortunately, despite the large number of plasma worms, their accuracy is also far inferior to the precise fire control system equipped by human warships.

Thousands of incoming plasma artillery groups drew dazzling trajectories in the dark universe, but 99% of the attacks deviated from the target and failed to pose an effective threat to the main force of the remnants.

But even so, the belly and stern of two escort transports were directly hit by the plasma artillery group.

Boom. Boom——!

In a short moment, the escort transport that was hit in the belly had its hull blown off in half, like a torn piece of paper, scattered in the endless universe.

The other one completely lost power and was completely shut down.

The cruelty of this battle is that no matter how poor the accuracy of plasma worms is, when the number is large to a certain extent, it still makes up for the technical and quality deficiencies.

After all, the technology trees of humans and Zerg are completely different.

The two escort transports that suffered direct hits and had their hulls severely damaged had to face the fate of abandoning the ship.

The surviving crew members responded quickly, immediately implemented the emergency evacuation procedure, and boarded the escape pod to the surface of Campbell.

As for the carrier-based aircraft and landing craft of the remnants of the expeditionary fleet, they were transferred and deployed to the starport of Campbell before the fleet took off.

Although the loss of the remnants was heartbreaking, at the overall strategic level, this loss was still within an acceptable range, leaving the fleet with the strength to continue fighting.

However, as the battle intensified, the atmosphere in the bridge became increasingly tense.

Dratiel stared at the screen intently, secretly thinking about the next strategy in his mind.

The plasma worms’ strong attack did not stop.

Under the influence of the swarm’s will, they also knew how to fire intermittently to avoid the energy storage and buffering window caused by firing at the same time.

Seeing that the biological fleet also changed its strategy and the distance between them was less than 100,000 kilometers, Dratiel understood that he had to respond correctly to ensure that the remaining warships could continue to fulfill the salvo requirements.

Then, Captain Delatir decisively issued an order, his voice firm and clear:

“Adjust the power of the ship’s shield to 160%, and reduce the power of the main gun to 45%!

Helmsman, take us to speed up and attract enemy firepower for the fleet. We must hold on for three minutes!”

“Yes! Captain!”

As Delatir’s order was issued, Carmen and a group of bridge members responded loudly and began to operate.

The members on the bridge maintained their status, each doing their own job, busy and efficient.

Not long after, the Paris class took the initiative to deploy a light golden energy shield, and then, like a shining sword, accelerated towards the huge biological fleet.

Speed ​​and momentum coexist.

And this bold move was exactly as Delatir expected, instantly attracting the firepower of the biological fleet, forcing the enemy’s attention to shift from the remnant fleet to the Paris class, which reduced the pressure on the latter.

Then, the remaining fleet launched a second salvo of fire.

And the remaining fleet seized this opportunity and focused its main target on the plasma bugs with orbital bombing capabilities.

The flames produced by the trajectory, artillery groups and missile tail flames once again cut through the universe, buying Campbell precious survival time.

Of course, even if the Paris class successfully evaded many attacks under Carmen’s operation, it could not guarantee absolute safety.

Boom. Boom——!

Among them, several plasma artillery groups successfully hit the shield.

And the moment they hit the shield, they exploded immediately, causing the plasma sparks to wrap around the entire shield, and also causing the Paris class hull to shake violently.

The observation portholes of the bridge were illuminated by plasma sparks, as if covered with a layer of blue mist, and the faces of each member seemed to be shining with a faint glow.

Seeing this, Dratiel couldn’t help sweating on his forehead.

She knew that without the protection of the energy shield, even though the Paris-class ship was much stronger than those escort transport ships, it would still be difficult to withstand the concentrated fire attack of the plasma artillery group.

Once the shield failed and was hit by the opponent, it might lead to the collapse and complete loss of the ship structure.

Every second was crucial now, and there could be no mistakes.

“Captain!” At this time, a crew member hurriedly reported:

“We have less than 50% of the shield left! If we are attacked by the opponent’s concentrated fire again, the shield will be overloaded immediately!”

“Gunner!” Knowing that the shield could no longer withstand the next round of concentrated fire, Delatir did not bother to respond to the crew member, but asked the gunner loudly:

“How is the charging progress of the main gun?!”

“75%! Twelve seconds left!” The gunner also gave a quick reply.

Knowing that the main gun was about to be fully charged, Delatir looked at Carmen sitting in front and continued to shout:

“Helmsman! Adjust the position of the ship immediately to create the best shooting angle for the third round of artillery fire!”

“Yes!”

Carmen quickly responded in the same way, holding the joystick tightly with both hands, the veins on her forehead also slightly popped up, and her expression was focused and serious.

Although her character was criticized, her operating skills were amazing. Now Carmen was no less than any experienced elite helmsman of the Empire.

Under Carmen’s control, the Paris class once again dodged several plasma artillery groups attacking them, and at the same time, the bow of the Paris class was aimed at a plasma worm with a body length of more than two kilometers.

“Fire!!!”

Delatir shouted this order with almost all his strength.

Ri~——咻————! ! !

As the needle-shaped tungsten steel bullets that had completed the charge were instantly fired and cut through the universe, it also meant that they had successfully completed the mission. It was time to evacuate into the atmosphere.