Chapter 204 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land
Cliffs does not know now that the destroyer sent by Yaoguang Defense with a gang configuration has been jumped by Amber and others.
The distance of nearly half a light second made it impossible for him to intuitively understand the specific situation of the fighting area.
The electronic warfare offensive launched by Ares also made it temporarily impossible for the Freedom Radical to contact the destroyer of Yaoguang Defense.
We can only roughly guess the situation of the battle based on some signs of directed energy weapon shooting and superconducting battery stack explosions detected by the comprehensive reconnaissance unit on the ship.
When the Liberty Radical was less than 80,000 kilometers away from the engagement area, the tactical information coordinator reported that signs of fighting in the engagement area had disappeared, and no signs of a destroyed ship were detected.
This news made Cliffs frown again, and his expression also made Director Orns sitting next to him couldn't help but ask:
"Cliffs Captain, is there something wrong?”
“There were signs of fierce fighting just now, but now they suddenly disappeared. This alone is very wrong.”
Cliffs. Turning around and explaining to Oens:
"Previous battle signs indicate that the destroyer of Yaoguang Defense was engaged in a battle with our target.
Not only did the main guns of the warships on both sides fire, but the high temperature generated when the HCP was shot down was also detected The characteristics of the plasma fireball also indicate that the fight between them should be fierce
Under normal circumstances, this kind of battle would end with the sinking of one side's warship
But now. This sudden lack of detection of signs of fighting can only mean that the two sides have entered into an intra-ship battle after gang jumping."
Cliffs paused, and then said in an unpleasant tone. Another situation occurred.
".Or one of the parties has surrendered."
As soon as these words came out, the liaison officer of Oens and Yaoguang Defense sat upright.
Before Orns opened his mouth, the contact person of Yaoguang Defense said first:
"Then it must be the 'Pale Flag' launching a gang-hopping operation. Originally, this destroyer was based on According to the needs of Director Orns, the deployment is carried out according to the configuration of the gang. "
As the on-site liaison person of Yaoguang Defense, he must not let Orens and others suspect that their destroyer may have surrendered.
This kind of thinking will greatly damage the image of Yaoguang Defense in their hearts.
And he himself didn't quite believe in this possibility.
After all, it is a destroyer that has performed many missions, and the HCP squadron on board is also full.
In a one-on-one situation, it is impossible to lose so quickly.
“Isn’t it possible that he was killed by the other party?”
Cliffs' personality is relatively direct, and he usually speaks openly.
For a liaison of a defense company, he would not give the other party any face.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!”
Hearing Cliffs’ words, the liaison officer of Yaoguang Defense suddenly became anxious.
"Mary Bay Industries is our important strategic partner, so the armed forces that assist your company in every operation are the elite of our company!"
He turned to look at the suspicious Orns and continued:
"Mr. Orns, please believe in the strength of our Yaoguang Defense. Ordinary civilian armed forces will never be able to compete with our company. "
"I didn't say anything, why are you so excited?"
Looking at the contact person who looked anxious and explained very quickly, Oens was also speechless for a while.
However, he still helped the other party to smooth things over.
After all, in his heart, he naturally hoped that the destroyer of Yaoguang Defense would win the battle in the distance.
“Although I agree with the two possibilities mentioned by Captain Cleeves, at the same time I also think that we should be more optimistic and give our partners a little more trust.”
"You are right, Director Oens."
Cliffs curled his lips and was noncommittal.
“Anyway, after a while, we will be able to figure out what is going on.”
When the Freedom Radical was still 40,000 kilometers away from the war zone, their communication with the Pale Flag was finally restored.
Looking at the captain of the Pale Flag appearing on the main screen of the bridge, the three people, including Cleeves, all breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the picture captured by the optical detection unit, the Pale Flag was aiming its bow at the middle of the target destroyer.
Cliffs, who was the most vigilant, basically lowered his guard. After all, no matter who looks at this scene, they will think that the other party has surrendered.
However, Cliffs still issued an order for half of the HCP squadron to be dispatched to escort the Liberty Radical.
At the same time, let the helmsman control the ship and maneuver towards the port side of the Pale Flag.
"Captain Otto, what just happened? We detected fighting here."
As the Liberty Radical continued to approach, the entire ship fought Cliffs, whose status was downgraded to alert, also asked the captain of the Pale Flag.
“Oh~ this needs to be said carefully, we have experienced a fierce battle.”
Captain Otto on the screen seemed to be interested and began to vividly describe the 'battle' just now.
“The target battleship is indeed not weak. Half of my HCP squadron has been lost in the battle, and the Pale Banner has also suffered some damage, but as you can see.”
Captain Otto shrugged, with a 'proud' look on his face.
"The Pale Banner still won the final victory."
"Well done, Otto!"
The most excited person at the moment is the liaison person from Yaoguang Defense.
"I will apply for combat medals and bonuses for you when I get back!"
The contact person suddenly waved his fist, as if he had just won the battle.
But at this moment, the bridge of the Liberty Radical suddenly sounded an alarm.
In the flashing red light, the voice of the shipboard controller reached the ears of everyone on the bridge.
"Warning! An electronic warfare virus infection has been detected and is being quarantined and cleared"
"Warning! Virus removal failed, 60% of the entire ship's modules have been infected"
"Updated, 75% of the entire ship's modules have been infected" Infected"
"Update."
Before the shipboard control personality finished her last words, her figure disappeared from the holographic projection platform.
Not only the bridge, but also the electronic systems in other areas of the Liberty Radical were all offline.
The surrounding HCP pilots were escorting and accompanying them. All they saw was that the screen went black all around, and then the aircraft was forced to stop operating.
"Boom!"
A loud noise followed by a vibration made the hearts of everyone on the bridge of the Liberty Radical jump.
When they came to their senses, they only saw three more HCPs on the front deck of the ship.
Two of them were using their long-range weapons to lock onto the HCP floating out of control around them.
The remaining HCP, with its eyes glowing red and a fierce look, aimed the muzzle of the charged particle cannon and the blade of the ship-cutting knife at the porthole of the bridge at the same time. .
Since the combat status has been lifted, the laminated armor plates on the bridge windows have already been raised.
So the bridge members of the Liberty Radical are now in a worse situation than the Pale Flag before.
There is only a fragile porthole between them and this fierce HCP.
Further away, the 'captured' Ares also moved again.
And driven by the vector nozzle, it quickly moved to a position 45 degrees to the right front of the Freedom Radical.
From this angle, Ares' heavy particle cannon salvo can cause maximum damage to the structure of the Liberty Radical.
While the bridge personnel were stunned by this scene, the main screen of the bridge came back on.
This time the communication came from Ares.
When he saw the familiar yet unfamiliar face on the screen, Captain Cleeves was stunned.
Looking at his expression, Randall on the Ares captain's seat also showed a complicated smile.
“Long time no see, junior.”
(End of this chapter)