Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords! - Chapter 492

Chapter 490 06.0489: ‘Life and Death Game in the Asteroid Belt’

After the order to balance the weight with torpedoes was issued, the sailors immediately ran to execute the order.

“Come on!” The boatswains set an example by going into battle bare-chested, leading the exhausted crew who could not even open their eyes, tightly holding the iron chain, and with the help of the hot transmission machine, they used all their strength to drag the torpedo from the rear cabin to the front torpedo cabin.

Even the armed sailors put their guns aside and joined the emergency balancing towing task.

Originally, the torpedo dispatch of the ‘empty cabin’ should be a task during non-combat periods and should not be so urgent.

But the Epic had just experienced an extremely long battle of forty hours. During this period, the crew did not even have time to drag the torpedo from the rear cabin to the front cabin, and did not catch their breath the whole time.

Now all the remaining torpedoes are concentrated in the rear cabin. When the Epic stops at the top of the asteroid with a gravity field like a needle, it will definitely tilt backward, causing imbalance and serious collision.

Boom!

The sudden earthquake from the bottom made all the crew members who worked hard in the bottom cabin fall all over the place, and some were injured.

After the person in front fell, the chain in his hand was not fixed with enough strength, and was pulled back by the transmission shaft, and a whip swept over and broke the ribs of several people.

“Ouch! Ah! My kidney!”

“Cough cough, my bones, it hurts! Gently! Gently! Ouch! Hey hey hey!”

Amidst the wailing, the wounded were urgently dragged away, and the sailors in other cabins filled the position and continued to drag the torpedoes towards the launch silo little by little.

The tremor just now was when the Epic was urgently attached to the asteroid meteorite, and the floating meteorite pushed the bottom from below.

Fortunately, the E-type attack ship has an anti-collision design at the bottom of the keel since its design.

It was a thick, reinforced ridge made of fine gold that could withstand collisions with an impact force of tens of millions of Newtons per second.

Although the ridge was scratched by quartz, and part of the force of the collision was still transmitted to the cabin and the bridge, in general, the Epic was successfully and completely attached to the top of the meteorite.

Horatio really managed to put a needle on the tip of an egg, although it was not stable.

Such a large asteroid has its own gravity field, and the Epic is swaying and shaky.

“Quick! Keep the weight of personnel balanced at the front and rear of the ship!”

As soon as this was said, the sailors immediately started working to ensure that the number of torpedoes at the front and rear ends was the same, and then the crew was divided into two groups, one rushing to the bow and the other rushing to the stern.

But they were not sure about the approximate number of people, so they first divided into two waves, and then followed the shaking amplitude of the Epic standing on the top of the asteroid. When the rear balance was heavier, some people were urgently sent to the front.

When the front tilted forward, a few more people ran to the rear cabin.

After repeated attempts, the Epic finally gained a foothold on the top of the asteroid.

Horatio wiped the sweat with a little blood on his head with lingering fear, and watched the Envoy pass by in front of him.

Bang!

Suddenly, the light cruiser’s bow at 45 degrees sent out a shock wave, which pushed all the meteorites and debris in front of it outward, breaking the floating asteroid belt that was stably gathered together.

Even the Epic on the meteorite that had finally stopped was shaken by the outward expansion aftermath.

In the previous world, as a player of Gothic Fleet 2, he had seen this.

This is the “gravity wave” projector carried by the Tau Empire warship, which can send a shock wave within 45 degrees of the bow, forcing the enemy ship to retreat. The repulsion distance depends on the target tonnage.

(The light cruiser can create the Titanium King’s black technology that can make the Retribution-class battleship fly, man! Void elbow strike!)

From what Horatio saw with his own eyes at this time, the force was so great that even if there was an Imperial battleship in front of him at full speed, it would probably only be pushed back a distance.

The asteroid that was knocked away by the shock wave was running rampant, and a smaller meteorite hit the lower end of the large meteorite where the Epic was originally docked.

This was the location where the Epic was originally hidden. If it had not been maneuvered, the Epic would have been clamped into a “discus” by the two meteorites.

[God Emperor, the misjudgment just now actually saved himself and the entire ship…]

Horatio held his breath again, and more cold sweat flowed down his temples.

Whoosh! ——

After the meteorite collided with the shock wave, two small meteorites flew out and passed less than two kilometers above the bow of the Epic.

If it was a little lower, the Epic might have been “beheaded”.

The entire bridge of the Romanesque church will be smashed to pieces, and the entire command deck of the ship will be destroyed in an instant.

[We must find a way to leave here. ]

The strong desire to survive aroused by the successive dangers occupied Horatio’s heart at this moment.

He wanted to live, and he didn’t want to die here.

Fortunately, the Envoy-class light cruiser did not find the Epic, and continued to move forward. After the gravity wave projector cooled down again, it would send out a new round of shock shocks, hitting the asteroids in front of it and scattering them and colliding with each other.

With this momentum, any attack ship hiding in it would be caught in the middle and smashed to pieces.

Now, everyone knows why this Envoy-class ship is so bold that it even dares to go deep into the asteroid belt alone.

She obviously relied on her deflector shield to protect her from asteroids and debris, and then she could use the gravity wave projector to smash everything in front of her like a Leman Russ tank with a bulldozer.

What a violent means of extermination. It is hard to believe that this is the tactical play of the Tau Empire warships that believe in long-range firepower projection. It can only be said that the commerce-breaking fleet is worthy of being a commerce-breaking fleet. Everyone plays dirty and uses all means to eliminate the opponent.

But fortunately, this time, the Emperor favored Horatio and the Epic. He happened to be in a remote area on the edge of the asteroid belt and escaped danger.

Seizing the opportunity of the enemy ship moving forward, when the two sides were about 20 kilometers apart, Horatio confirmed the distance of the enemy ship while commanding the Epic to start the engine and turn.

At the same time, he also marked the position of the enemy ship, hoping that E-99 and E-47 could fire torpedoes at a long distance. At this time, the Epic only had the last two torpedoes, one in front and one behind.

The attack ships E-99 and E-47 were commanded by Captain Krezmer and Captain Prien, respectively.

Both were bold and aggressive sea wolves, and they respectively won the third and second place in the number of sinkings during their first cruise.

Now, under the guidance of the attack commander Horatio, they will do their part to help the Epic escape.

“The commander’s marked target has been locked.”

“Listen to my instructions, and prepare to launch at the same time with E-99.” Captain Prien of E-47 stroked his beard. He had not shaved his beard since he set sail, and just wanted to see how long his beard would grow after returning.

This rough style is completely different from the tradition of naval officers advocating gentlemanly demeanor, but it has formed a trend in various attack squadrons – it has become a symbol of the Void Sea Wolf’s unruly nature.

Soon, E-99 sent a flag signal to indicate that it was ready.

“Fire!”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two torpedoes were fired at an angle towards the asteroid belt.

This daring attack was instantly discovered by the Tau commerce raider.

“It looks like this guy has a lot of accomplices. Turn right and use the asteroid belt to block the torpedoes.

In just one hour, our fleet will arrive, and none of these guys will be able to escape.” The commander of the Fire Clan commerce raider sneered, looking very confident.