Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords! - Chapter 488

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“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 consecutive attacks.

“We are in a tight time and have a heavy task! Torpedoes lock the target course!

Four torpedoes are equipped with FAT guidance heads.

Torpedo No. 1, target 7057, FAT distance 503 kilometers.

Torpedo No. 2, target 7055, FAT distance 486 kilometers.

Torpedo No. 3, target 7043, FAT distance 472 kilometers.

Torpedo No. 4, target 7041, FAT distance 432 kilometers.

All bombs are preheated!”

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

The FAT guidance head is the abbreviation of a purely mechanical gyro guidance head. It relies on a torsion mechanical spring tightened with a large rotating bolt before launch, and slowly releases the torque after launch 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 the gyro torque, turn back again, and try a second attack.

It will rotate up to five times, and after the torque is fully released, it will go straight out.

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 connection is as precise as the inside of Big Ben, and more reliable.

After hearing the captain’s order, the lower cabin was busy with their own affairs, the people on the bridge were calculating the 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 lot of ways, and the signal source position had a large deviation, flickering, and it was impossible to get an accurate estimate of the encounter.

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

“Release the towed ‘occupy the division’ detector! “

The steel cable was automatically released from the rear of the Epic, and a detection device with a round satellite body and sharp antenna, which looked like the ‘Dongfanghong No. 1’ satellite seen in Horatio’s middle school textbook, was released.

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

No enemy target has been found yet, which means it has not reached within 1,800 kilometers.

This provides an insurance for the Epic, but it will also allow its approximate position and signal wave source to be detected.

But the enemy ships are so desperate, and the Epic is still 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!”

“Fire!”

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

“Captain! The detection wave detected three ships entering the 1,800-kilometer range of our ship! “

Horatio sat on the command throne, watching the two destroyers and an ‘Emissary’ class light cruiser clearly displayed in the void sandbox.

It is worth noting that the side of this envoy class ship actually has an astonishing record of 53 imperial merchant ships or small ships destroyed.

He swallowed and his eyelids jumped.

If the opponent was also a small ship, he would dare to use the extraordinary ability brought to him by the iron hand to confront the opponent head-on,

but this time, it’s good, an opponent wolf king, and there are three ships fighting in a group, not to mention that the tonnage of the light cruiser is much larger than that of the epic.

Although the same specifications were achieved in the first battle, the envoy class did not have a record of destroying 53 ships.

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

Even if there is a more radical bet, Horatio does not want to bear this Such risks.

He remembered his mission: destroy enemy merchant ships and strike transport lines.

In principle, destroying enemy warships was not within his responsibility, and he did not want to risk racking his brains to confront the enemy head-on.

Unless the enemy took the initiative to find him and the situation allowed, he could try.

All four torpedoes used FAT guidance heads. After launching, the Epic immediately turned around and ignored the torpedoes, letting them hunt freely.

When the officers of the Operations Department and the Lookout Department turned around to confirm the results of the battle, Horatio had already begun to think about how to get out of the mouths of these three disobedient sheepdogs.

They were still 1,500 kilometers away from him (slightly higher than 13,500 line distances, that is, long-range gun distances).

It has reached the 50% hit rate range of the railgun.

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

The Epic performed a hidden maneuver, and the torpedoes were still speeding.

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

But the other two flashed in the Z-shaped evasive maneuver, and the first one passed behind the tail flame and went out 80 kilometers. Just as Horatio estimated, it turned back and hit the center of the target at a beautiful angle.

This hit destroyed her cargo hold and blew it to pieces. The crew evacuated not long after carrying the wounded to the lifeboat.

The last ship resisted very tenaciously, and the captain had excellent ship handling skills.

The FAT torpedo failed to hit her until two rounds of rotation.

Just when everyone thought it was destined to miss, its final turn was unknown whether it was the error of the technical priest or due to a technical fault.

It did not complete the 180-degree turn on the third turn. The torque spring was stuck in the middle and no longer continued to pump force, which made it only turn 160 degrees.

Spend.

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

With everyone dumbfounded, shouting, and panicking, the torpedo rushed toward the junction of the bridge and the cargo hold crookedly.

boom!

Hitting the right spot.

The junction between the bridge and the cargo hold was melted and torn apart by nuclear fusion. The hull structure instantly cracked, and internal fire kept shooting out from the cracks.

People on the Epic scrambled to watch and witness their last victory.

The sailors were sweating profusely, tired but also excited.

This means income for them, which will allow their families to afford a well-off life and treatment in Zhongchao on a hive planet like Abyss Port where every inch of land is precious.

At the same time, witnessing the destruction of the cargo ship was the commander of the Tau Empire’s breakup fleet.

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.

“Strengthening detection, the hostiles must be nearby, and we have discovered their detection wave.

We have participated in many operations to destroy the enemy, including their warships. Today we will also avenge the dead compatriots. We are destined to seize it and destroy it! “The tone of the Fire Clan’s commander-in-chief was filled with uncontrollable anger.

“Destroy it!”

The three battleships formed a linear formation together and headed towards the direction where the Epic last hid.

The wolves killed the last sheep before dawn.

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

This is an unknown for everyone and even Horatio.