Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire

The silence of the void intercepted all three carrier-based aircraft. There was no electromagnetic signal or roar of artillery fire. In this cruel and cold place, the three aircraft surrounding the huge fortress slowly avoided those that could vaporize most of the human race. The high-temperature accelerated plasma of armor cast by technology is a simple yet powerful device that relies on the characteristics of superconductors to levitate projectiles, which are then turned into plasma in several ultra-high-temperature energy-gathering rings and ejected.

The initial speed of such a close-in defense artillery far exceeds the multi-link bombs often used by the Empire, but its range and subsequent acceleration are far inferior to the "simple" mechanism of the Human Empire that has experienced thousands of years of testing. With this, as long as you keep a distance, you will be destroyed. The possibility is slightly lower than that of the turrets used by the traditional Imperial Navy.

At the same time, such a structure also means that low-level bombing and demining means more likely death. The initial speed of plasma is amazing. Even a veteran is not sure whether he can cross those things. He anxiously wants to fight with others early. The two crews communicated and played the radio again, but there was only a chilling hissing sound.

He tried to dial it out again and again until he saw a dazzling beam of plasma flashing in the distance. He then passed by with a standard fast maneuver, then slammed his fist on the communication device and cursed angrily. "This thing is useless!"

He held the joystick and dived quickly, trying to get closer to his fellow interceptors. The gunner held his controller and after a few quick movements, he used the front laser cannon to easily destroy several clumsy alien turrets. , this ace flight crew left countless wounds on the clumsy alien fortress like a king occupying the void.

As they approached their companions and flew side by side, this time the captain heard the call. "D3 calls, d3 calls."

Although the sound was unclear and intermittent, it was generally clear and identifiable, and the veteran answered immediately. "a1 received!"

He was relieved. Complete void silence was rare in the empire's combat command. The damn feeling of being alone was suffocating enough. It was not that he had not experienced long-range combat and long-term flight, but in the final analysis, he could feel the command throughout the process. The presence of an officer, or the presence of comrades-in-arms again, but this time, he felt lonely.

However, his fear was not for himself, but for whether his comrades had survived. Even if he saw the fighter plane, he could not feel relieved. Only at this moment could he help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"What's the situation? I think the overall shape of this alien equipment is very strange. This shape seems not to be for combat, but to cover a larger shooting surface. Moreover, it is a bit crude overall." He asked, and the other side also answered.

"Yes, there are many problems in the design of this behemoth. It has obviously not experienced much actual combat. It is very rushed. It has undergone subsequent maintenance and additions. For example, I just saw the vents that were covered with heat dissipation holes for protection." d3's The driver replied calmly.

"But the overall design still exists. In any case, this behemoth gives me a very temporary illusion. Even if it uses many materials and methods, this fortress is still made by a young race who has no experience in void wars. , I think there must be a gap that can be broken through. "The veteran flew side by side with him, and the two fighters could almost be described as intimate.

They exchanged general information and experiences. The veteran learned that the alien creation was not as powerful as it looked. At least its size was only about 10 kilometers, which was on the same level as an imperial battleship. However, it was not a traditional battleship and its appearance was very confusing. , they roughly obtained the basic data of this behemoth after a period of measurement.

Rather than fighting, they are now more like doctors in an operating room, using their own experience and experiments to test the condition of this behemoth. Faced with the last remnants of the alien race that they have never seen before, they are trying their best to create, shooting one by one. Test those chaotic defense systems and distinguish between areas restored after traitors and heretics, and areas refurbished from the original.

He is sensitive and intelligent in judging the most obscure welding positions, or the strangest but actually existing heretical designs. What is interesting is that the one who destroyed them is obviously the empire, but this device that gathers the last power of those alien civilizations is revealed at all times. In addition to the empire-style structure and equipment, those aliens subconsciously regarded humans as their teachers, both to survive and to leave the star system.

At this moment, the veteran only felt that he was much colder from head to toe, and with the Emperor's blessing, this terrible race was completely destroyed by humans ten thousand years ago. Now the only things here are its undead and those twisted ones. , a parody.

But what he was afraid of was not how sophisticated the equipment was, or how terrifying the aliens were with their spiritual powers. He was just realizing that those creatures wanted to live so strongly that they could overcome everything, even their fear and hatred of the Empire. And in a limited time, learn the ability to contain the imperial expeditionary force.

And he flew around this ten-kilometer behemoth three times, and then spoke categorically to the gunner and observer. "Temporary, yes, that boy's feeling is right. Many of the structures of this giant machine are made by shoddy splicing and welding of imperial equipment and alien race equipment. I observed carefully and found that the imperial equipment is all 10,000 The armament of years ago, in other words, this race destroyed about two Imperial warships in a brief exchange with the Empire, and relied on the simplicity and durability of the Empire's equipment, and its own research on psychic powers and machines to splice this monster. ”

"Although I have to admit that this race has achieved it. This monster can exert a combat power that is not inferior to the level of the Empire's heavy cruiser, but I can also imagine how many aliens were slaughtered by the Empire in exchange for the victory of the two battleships."

"However, before this equipment was put into use, I think they failed. The empire should have used the Extermination Order on that world. They were helpless in the face of the completely suppressed void advantage. Finally, in its hidden void area, this The platform was built for many years, and the behemoth that was not completed until the race was destroyed had nowhere to go until it was recovered by humans." His tone was a bit sad, but it was more of pride for his own race's superiority. In his eyes, this alien race can be certain. It is a great sin to use the Empire's great technology to the extreme.

However, he is not a scholar and cannot distinguish more situations. His guess is also a guess. Although it sounds reasonable, it may not be accurate, but it is enough for combat, because using a large amount of imperial equipment allows him to see good things.

Through a close flight, he saw that several core energy supply areas were buried obliquely underneath the giant top. To be precise, it was at an oblique angle. They were deliberately reinforced with thick fine gold, making it feel like this fortress was everywhere. There were visible maintenance and welding joints, but he could clearly tell that it was energy, thruster energy.

"Six heat sources, three fighter planes, still 30,000 kilometers away from the main battlefield. If four of them are dilapidated, their effectiveness will be completely dissipated."

"But at the current speed, it will be near the main fleet in five hours. Its communication shielding ability can hinder the astrology instruments. With such a silent launch, it can threaten the Imperial Guard's greatest Bordeleau flagship. …”

He determined the target as if thinking about it, and attached himself to other companions at an extremely fast speed. He used high-risk side-by-side flights to convey information using near-electrical signals. However, those high-risk actions could bring information in a short time. Far more than it costs.

He turned on the communicator and spoke to the two fighter planes Starhawk and Fury flying side by side. "02, have you seen the bottom side of this big top? Those welded places?"

replied the Starhawk bomber. "I saw it. It should be reinforced armor. What's wrong?"

"That's fake. Look carefully. There are small heat dissipation holes radiating heat from the side. If you can't see it clearly from a distance, but I just passed by it. I am convinced that that kind of place is the traitor's lack of mobility. The behemoth's increased power source, in other words, as long as it doesn't have this, this monster can't move!" the veteran replied.

"Genius!" the pilot of the Starhawk bomber admitted immediately, and then the veteran said.

"D3, the boy from my squadron, you are very good. Follow me, destroy the defensive forts from the periphery of this behemoth, and then let the bombers attack the core. Remember, follow my maneuvers. Although it will be very complicated, remember that you need to follow. ”

Fury Interceptor d3 answers. "Yes, Captain!"

The veteran nodded, and then he thought that he might do something crazy next. He was about to warn the recruits not to follow a special action when the plasma would suddenly fly over.

After being forced to evade and separate due to several rapid plasma flashes, the veteran cursed as he looked at the behemoth in the boundless void. "Damn, the plan isn't finished yet." With such a lack of communication, they could only rely on tacit understanding, and this thing couldn't be said to be illusory, it could only be said to be based on luck.

However, if he wanted to penetrate deeply enough, he still needed the power of Starhawk bombing, two thick anti-starship missiles. Therefore, after a few rapid turns, he approached the wingman position of the Starhawk fighter in a beautiful posture, and began to Fight for your own job.

After several intense maneuvers that could not be accomplished without oxygen to the spine, the entire fighter plane fell, dived, and flew like an angel in the sky, the Emperor's Angel of Death. Its main weapon, the twin Laser cannons roared past those turrets, leaving horrific traces.

This machine body passed through the right side of the big top in a beautiful S-shaped curve from the most lethal position in the void. Every time the gunner fired, he accurately hit all the turrets on that line.

But he was still not satisfied. After completing such an evasive maneuver with another interceptor, he realized that at this speed, even 10 hours would not be able to paralyze this behemoth...

Although it was very reluctant, he needed to try his best to destroy the defense of this fortress. Every attack was one step closer to victory. Even if he was hit by plasma, it didn't matter if he died without a burial place!

He used the side of the machine to send out several complex light signals, meaning to be on standby, and then immediately began to dive. It was completely downward, that is, a dive with extremely strong reverse g force. He could feel that his body was being torn apart. , but if a shot is completed from this angle, the defense system of this behemoth will be completely paralyzed by 5%!

But this was still not enough. Even if his attack could reduce the speed of the fortress by half, it would be difficult to prevent it from approaching the Imperial Navy. The veteran silently asked the Imperial Navy to face this enemy, but they failed.

But he still gritted his teeth, and then faster and faster, the entire fighter plane moved around the fortress. This was also his unique skill. This veteran relied on this technique to attack the traitor's fortress.

But it was beyond his expectation, because there were two interceptors attacking at the moment. It was hard to imagine that the other interceptor flown by the recruit could effectively keep up with the maneuverability of the veteran. The two fighter jets seemed to be launched. Like artillery shells, bright lasers were fired at the same time, leaving countless wounds on this huge fortress, igniting and exploding more forts, and a full 20% of the entire fortress's fire defense capacity completely collapsed.

This is a heroic move that cannot be accomplished by an interceptor. If only one interceptor is relied upon to do this, the time will hardly be compressed enough.

However, the veteran immediately stopped braking. After the aircraft came to a stop in an anti-human rapid circle, the entire body moved upward from the end of the dive. The power of the plasma thruster was fully exerted, and the suspension steel wire pressurized suit buzzed and roared due to the ultra-high pressure. The servers in his helmet have also reached their limits. An ordinary pilot would probably fall into coma due to this, but the veteran and his partners managed to hold on. Even though the infusion port connected to the spine on the pressurized suit made a frightening leaking sound, blood flowed out. It flowed from his seat, soaking cold electronic components and a mass of pipes with wet heat.

Sweat covered his forehead, but he undoubtedly opened a gap for the Starhawk bombers to attack unscrupulously. He took a deep breath, and just now it felt like his whole body was silent in the deep sea, suffocated and oppressed, but the effect was also extremely Okay, overwhelming.

But he suddenly saw a stream of light flashing past his flank, and he turned on the communicator. "D3, slow down! Slow down!" His words were urgent, but there was no answer from the other side. The beautiful interceptor flew towards the endless void at a very high speed, and there was no answer for a long time.

Obviously, he was unconscious, and the void was vast. The veteran was also very weak at the moment, and he couldn't keep up with the fighter plane that was advancing at full speed. And this potential recruit could have become the new ace, but now he has failed because of his arrogance. Or he sacrificed himself, as he already knew, and flew into the infinite cold void, only to wake up a few hours later quite far away from the battleship, and finally starved to death, suffocated, or froze to death.

The captain was a little surprised. If he had a communicator, he could know what the young man was thinking and track the general direction. He held his helmet in pain and asked the observer. "How's Starhawk doing?"

The observing hand wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Very good, D3's sacrifice was not in vain. We destroyed more than twice as much as expected. Therefore, Starhawk is ruthlessly tearing apart the behemoth and attacking its weak points. According to the current situation, it can be completed in two hours. Mission, this behemoth will never connect with the main fleet, we succeeded!"

The veteran just answered silently. "Yes, it was successful." Tired, heartbroken, and helpless, without the sacrifice of D3, their victory would not be so certain. Now as long as the Starhawk bomber slowly cuts the engine, victory will not be far away, and the Empire can even capture this giant……

It's just that he couldn't find the young man. The veteran shrank his head and looked at the flickering light screens and the scene of the engine exploding. This was the battlefield, a desperate hell shaped by sacrifice and death.