The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

826. The Lost Fleet (1)

"Republic Fleet?! 200 ships?!" Severance Tann was shocked, and now even she is not calm, "Damn!! Did we jump to the naval base of the Galactic Republic?"

"Should...not. This is an empty star field, and the nearest galaxy to us is 11.7 light years away." The navigator said.

"Examine yourself immediately and tell me the current situation of the Plague!" Severance Tann slammed her fist hard on the console. The structure was unstable, and this punch actually made a gap in the console.

In fact, even without a self-check, Severance Tann knew that the Plague was basically in a broken state, let alone fighting, and even flying was difficult.

After the spaceship jumped out of hyperspace, because this time it was a random jump, and the hyperspace engine was not fully charged, the jump was barely completed, so the physical reaction caused when it left hyperspace still left the battleship's already devastated hull. More tattered.

Even speaking, when the Plague was in hyperspace, it originally jumped with a large number of nearby debris. Now that the jump is over, these debris immediately flew around, and one of the four fins behind the battleship One also broke, taking away the last set of usable missile launchers from the Plague.

On the bridge, the operator also completed the system self-inspection. He looked at the red warning light on the screen that spread almost four-fifths of the ship's hull, sighed, but still turned around and said: "The engine power is only 14 %, the flames in the No. 3 energy cabin were still not extinguished, but just now a team of marines manually lowered the fire compartment, which should not affect other areas for the time being. The outer armor belt of the battleship was penetrated in 1211 places, and it still has defensive capabilities Less than a third of the armor belt remains, and then..."

He sighed again, "We still have 110 close-in defense systems and 4 dual-mounted heavy-duty turbolaser cannons that can fire, the hyperspace engine has been completely shut down, and 6 of the 8 shield capacitor compartments were thrown out by the explosion. Two are not working, and the hangar platform is completely destroyed. There are 1,707 people remaining on the ship... The only good news is that the life support system can still cover about half of the cabins, and the remaining crew has begun to evacuate to these cabins."

At this time, the radar soldiers also came over and said: "General, the sensor has scanned the 200 Republic warships, but because of the serious damage, we can only see blurred images."

"Pass it here." Severance Tann nodded.

The screen in front of him flickered, and then a picture with a lot of interference appeared. Because in this empty star field, there are no stars around, so the picture is very dark, but some darker long black shadows can still be vaguely distinguished, and there are red lights flashing on these black shadows .

"Has the system identified the model of the opponent's warship?" Severance Tann asked.

"It has been identified. There is a probability of about 70%. It is a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser of the Galactic Republic Navy. But the strange thing is that the engines of these battleships are all turned off." The radar soldier cabled.

Severance Tann took a deep breath, "They didn't rush over at the first time, and they don't know the reason. Stand by and prepare for battle! Send a search ship to retrieve the missile launcher that broke off just now. Pick up the missile."

"yes!"

"General, should we ask the headquarters for help?" the adjutant asked cautiously.

"Keep the communication silent. We are still not sure about the situation of this fleet. Blindly sending out communication will only expose our situation. It will be even worse if we are intercepted by the pursuers." Severance Tann shook her head.

The director of the communication department spread his hands and said, "Actually, it is impossible not to keep the communication silent. Our current hyperspace communication equipment has been completely destroyed, and only ordinary radio wave communication equipment is left. Send our message to Dawn Star, it will take 8,000 years for them to receive it... Now we are gathering those broken communicators to see if we can piece together a usable hyperspace launcher."

Severance Tann nodded solemnly.

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Time passed by every minute and every second, and the people in the entire battleship were silent, except for the crackling sound of electric sparks bursting out from the damaged electronic components inside the battleship, and the creaking sound caused by the twisted hull structure. , and there was no other sound.

Everyone held their breath and concentrated, not even daring to use force to breathe. Everyone on the bridge was staring at the sensors, and everyone in the other cabins was staring at the nearest screen or loudspeaker around them.

Severance Tann's body was still a little weak due to the severe bruise just now. She leaned on the head of the radar department, unaware of how down-to-earth this action was, unlike her usual high self-esteem, cold and noble The look is totally out of place.

5 minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour...

An entire hour passed, and the 200 warships still remained silent, and they didn't even start their engines.

"It doesn't make sense... It stands to reason that with the current situation of our warships, even the most backward warships on the other side should have spotted us. But they didn't do anything... Why? At least they should start the engine, right?" Radar The head of the department frowned.

Severance Tann looked at the fuzzy black figures on the screen and the faintly blinking red indicator light, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go there."

"General, you mean..." The adjutant's expression changed.

"That's right, we flew over." Severance Tann said.

"However, isn't this too risky? With our current state, just two or three ships from the opposite side can completely destroy us, not to mention that there are 200 ships!" said the adjutant.

"Are we safe just waiting here? Hehe...a stupid choice." Severance Tann snorted coldly, "Start the engine immediately, and we will fly over. Calculate the time."

The navigator immediately entered the data into the computer, and quickly concluded, "General, the opponent's fleet is 5 light minutes away from us, which is about 100 million kilometers away. According to our current sub-light speed, it will take about 25 standard hours to arrive."

"Start the engine and move forward!" Severance Tann ordered decisively.

"yes!!"

The huge incomplete body of the Plague Titan battleship moved again, and the vibration brought by the engine output further destroyed the damaged hull of the battleship, and many fragments and parts fell off and separated from the hull.

But the battleship still began to accelerate steadily, and flew towards the fleet 100 million kilometers away.