Chapter 37 Desperate
The roaring sea of the abyss is not full of formidable extreme evil. There are many places, but in relative times, it is actually relatively calm.
But these places absolutely do not include the sea of meteor fire.
With the current astronomical knowledge, it is impossible to explain how the sea of meteor fire was formed. This is an extremely chaotic space. There is no reason for it. A large number of stars, planets, red giants and white dwarfs are densely mixed together. Stars are declining or being born almost every day, and the frantic explosion is endless, just like a sea of meteors.
On the vast territory of the Galactic Federation, the end of one of them is in front of the sea of meteor fire. In those years, after the pioneers of the expansion of the Galactic Federation stepped into the Comus star domain with great pride and saw this hellish starry sky, they couldn't help marveling: "God, this is simply a roaring sea that only appears in the abysss. I'm afraid even God can't pass through it safely." Therefore, the pioneers' journey stopped.
The frigate Nighthawk confronted the pirate ship in front of the sea of meteor fire. At this moment, the two sides have gone through a fierce battle. The former's hull is dilapidated, the power system is very damaged, and even normal sailing is unpowered, let alone escape. And the latter also has only two spacecraft left, which are not much better-looking than the frigate Nighthawk. However, the frigate Nighthawk has run out of food and has lost its attack power and can only be slaughtered by others.
On one of the pirate ships, a pirate asked Stephen: "Lead, the other party is powerless to resist. Why don't you order them to be destroyed and avenge your brothers?"
"Dying them? Yes, of course we want to destroy them, but not now. Stephen's eyes flashed with violent ferocious light and smiled gloomyly: "Don't you know that Judge Andre's niece is an extremely beautiful woman? We have so many brothers who have been killed, but it can't be offset by a few lives. It's really cheap to let them die too happily.
He viciously licked the corners of his mouth: "At least, we need to catch the little beauty alive, let the brothers play enough first, and then shoot the whole process and make it into a documentary for sale. Maybe we can make a lot of money. Hey, the judge will be very grateful to us at that time, because he can not only appreciate the elegant demeanor of his beautiful niece fighting bravely, but also greatly improve his reputation in the Federation because of our help, hahahaha.
The pirates also laughed wildly. The blood in the previous fierce battle had not calmed down. At this time, Stephen's words stirred up the evil desire in their hearts and shouted, "Catch that girl alive and let everyone have a good time."
After shouting for a while, Stephen threatened the frigate Nighthawk: "You can come out and surrender within ten minutes, or I will completely destroy your spaceship."
Ten minutes passed quickly, and there was no response from the Nighthawk. Stephen sneered: "It seems that these guys haven't developed the proper awareness of prisoners. They just want to be turtles... Just beat them out and be careful not to blow them up."
A beam of energy shot at the defenseless Nighthawk, avoiding the energy module and important parts, and hitting a big hole in the hull, but no one appeared on the ship and no message came out.
Stephen was surprised and thought that the other party had made up his mind to wait for death? While considering whether to send someone to forcibly board the ship immediately, a pirate next to him suddenly shouted, "Look, they slipped out and wanted to abandon the ship and escape."
Stephen also immediately found that a space shuttle was quietly released on the Nighthawk, because they fled in the direction of the sea of meteor fire and used the hull to block the observation angle of the two pirate ships, so they were found by the pirates after sailing some distance.
"Isn't it the same as looking for death to escape into the sea of meteor fire? However, in front of me, don't die at your heart's will. Stephen sneered again and shouted, "Chasing."
The speed of the space shuttle is naturally not as fast as that of the spacecraft. It doesn't take much time to pull the distance within the range. Stephen chased and ordered his men to shoot, but deliberately did not aim. The gunfire with a ruthless smell of death shuttled around the space shuttle. It was almost accidentally hit several times. The situation was thrilling, causing the pirates who played the cat-and-mouse game to burst into bursts of proud laughter.
In the space shuttle, Lieutenant Colonel Ashu had already expected that he would not be able to get out of danger so easily. He looked solemn and said in a low voice, "Action as planned... Lieutenant Colonel Abe, please take care of Abe and Susan."
Lieutenant Colonel Abe nodded heavily: "As long as I still have a breath, I will never let them suffer any damage." Pirates usually do not hurt the lives of hostages, because they rob just for money and will not bring any benefit when it is not necessary. However, the righteous iron fist pirate group came to Ann Beier, the niece of Judge Andrew, obviously to vent their anger and revenge, and no one could predict what would happen.
"Zhong Yaxiu, I don't agree with your plan." Susan strongly objected and shouted, "I am a special police officer of the Federal Bureau of Social Order, and I can immediately be promoted to law enforcement guards and have the ability to protect myself. Therefore, I ask to participate in a cover mission to fight against pirates. Lieutenant Colonel Albert can protect Abel and evacuate alone."
"No." On other issues, Lieutenant Colonel Ashu could accommodate Susan, but at this time, there was no need to discuss it anyway and immediately refused.
"Why?" Susan argued unconvincedly: "Why do I always play the role of a protected person in your mind? Is it because of my father or because I am a woman?
She felt that her self-esteem had been deeply hurt, and her pretty face turned red and said angrily, "I have today's achievements and am about to become a law enforcement guard. It is entirely through my own efforts. In order not to be doubted, I have sweated more than others. Why can't I still be recognized by you?"
Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu was speechless for a moment. Of course, he knew Susan's efforts and secretly appreciated it, but at this time, he could not compromise with her and said harshly, "Since you are a soldier, you should know that it is a natural duty to obey orders. Now I order you to stay on the space shuttle and follow the command of Lieutenant Albert and retreat with Abel.
Susan had to fight again, and Lieutenant Colonel Asho said harshly, "Captain Susan, do you want to openly disobey the orders of your superiors?"
"Susan, don't say any more." Amber grabbed Susan.
Susan also knew that fighting would only delay the opportunity and make the situation more dangerous. Her eyes flashed and she stopped making a sound.
Before the space shuttle escaped into the sea of meteor fire, Stephen's pirate ship personally grabbed the front and blocked the way and formed a siege with another pirate ship, but he might as well see seven or eight small black spots flying out of the space shuttle and flying close to a little carefully distinguish. It turned out to be several fighter armor.
"These guys are quite tenacious, but they are a little too stupid." Stephen was slightly stunned and immediately smiled contemptuously: "Well, even the frigates are about to be sunk. What's the difference between the remaining fighter armor and a few small bugs? It's really an arm that can't be measured by the car.
The pirates also shouted one after another: "Slap these little bugs to death quickly and catch the beautiful girl earlier and have fun."
Having said that, Stephen did not dare to be too careless. In case the other party breaks into the close range, the artillery on the spacecraft will not have much effect on a few small fighter armors. The opponent may threaten the safety of the spacecraft or even have the opportunity to attack the interior of the spacecraft, which is also a pirate. The usual tricks of looting large merchant ships.
Although Stephen is fully sure to destroy several enemies in front of him, he can't control the overall situation under such obvious advantages. Not to mention that he will be laughed out, his image in the eyes of his subordinates will be greatly damaged. You should know that Stephen can become the current leader of the Justific Iron Fist Pirates largely rely on the prestige and influence of his brother Bond. If he acts too cowardly, someone may want to jump out and replace him. Therefore, Stephen decided to be cautious and shouted, "Get ready to shoot those fighter armor... Kohler, you take a team out and don't let go of a fish that leaks the net."
Kohler was Stephen's confidant, and his face was fierce. When he heard the sound, he quickly went down and ordered to mobilization manpower.
Such a two-pronged arrangement is a moderate space encounter tactic - frontal firepower confrontation and fighter harassment raids. Even if the other party's force is quite strong, it is difficult to find opportunities to take advantage of it. Stephen was also a little complacent, thinking that no matter how much he tossed the other party, he would not want to escape from his hand.
Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu has taken the consciousness of death. He now leads only eight regular mecha fighters of the nighthawk frigate. If it were his original direct subordinates, the law enforcement guards with a reputation for their fighting power in the Federation, coupled with the highest-level heavy armor, even if the number was reduced by half, he would never be so pessimistic. Even if the two pirate ships can't be destroyed, they can completely restrain the pirates with strong personal force, so that they dare not be distracted from chasing.
"Each person is free to attack and do his best to rush to the enemy ship." Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu gave the order briefly. This situation is like a dead end. There is no way to organize any standard battle formations. The only thing they can do is to try their best to contain the firepower that attracts the enemy and get as much time as possible for the escape of the space shuttle, even if it can only a few more seconds.
The mecha warriors were waiting for orders to advance, and a battle armor suddenly flew at a high speed in the rear. Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu caught a glimpse of it, and his heart couldn't help but tighten and shouted angrily, "Susan, go back."
"I'm sorry, sir." Susan drove the armor to catch up and replied firmly, "I know I disobeyed the military order, but it's too late to return now. If you want to deal with me by military law, please wait until you get out of danger."
Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu. After getting out of danger? Everyone's heart is like a mirror. This is completely a death war with a survival rate of absolutely less than 1%. What kind of military punishment can he give Susan? At this moment, time did not allow Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu to think too much and shouted, "Attack."
The engine pipe of the ten fighter armors spewed out red energy flames and rushed to the two pirate ships with an unprecedented momentum.
The pirate ship opened fire, and the energy beams with the breath of death cut through the sky, like pythons from hell, ruthlessly devouring their opponents. Kohler led more than 20 fighter armors to swim after the artillery fire, eager to try, like a group of hungry wolves waiting for the opportunity to eat their prey.
Under the fierce artillery fire, two armors on one side of the federal army were immediately destroyed into two fireworks, scattered in the cold space and turned into eternal cosmic dust. However, in a desperate situation, the federal military jins also burst out far beyond their usual potential. After another armor was destroyed, the rest of the armor broke through the death net intertwined by energy beams and entered the melee range that was difficult to lock at the angle of long-range artillery fire.
A group of pirates have robbed merchant ships and looted property for many years, which can also be said to have experienced hundreds of battles. They have not been scared by the fearless charge of death by federal military personnel. What's more, because of the large number of people, they aroused a fierce and murderous atmosphere, and they all shouted strangely rushed back.
This situation is also equivalent to meeting on a narrow road, and only the brave can win. In just a moment, both sides of the short soldiers will be damaged. The pirate's victory was several times more. Four or five armors besieged one of the federal army's armor, and the federal military cismen regarded it as death, so the battle was extremely tragic, and two or three armors were lost in a blink of an eye. In this way, the advantages and disadvantages are more obvious.
Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu's ability to control the armor is very high. He is not brave. He confronts the enemy, but skillfully shakes off the enemy's encirclement and rushes to the pirate ship. Looking back on the busy schedule, I saw that Susan also got rid of the besieged enemy and rushed to the pirate ship from the other direction. The purpose of the mission was extremely clear, and she was only single-minded to contain the pirates to win more opportunities for the escape space shuttle. Lieutenant Colonel Yaxiu secretly praised and infinitely regretted that Susan grew up by him. The future of such a famous girl with excellent qualifications should be immeasurable, but unfortunately, she will fall like a meteor.
In the space shuttle that accelerated its escape, Lieutenant Colonel Albert cast his last look at the tragic war situation and happened to see the armor of a federal military pilot burst into a spark. He suppressed his grief, suddenly turned around and drove the space shuttle to the sea of meteors.
How can the prey that is about to slip away easily? Stephen repeated his urgent order, which made Kohler trapped Lieutenant Colonel Assy and other surviving federal military aircraft to death and chase them at full speed.
In a moment, the distance between the two sides has narrowed a lot, but the space shuttle has also entered the outer space of the sea of meteor fire, and it will not take long to rush into a small galaxy that is erupting violently. Stephen was not sure of intercepting the space shuttle before, and did not want to break into a strange small galaxy with unknown crisis to search for it. On balance, he wanted to order the destruction of the space shuttle.
At this moment, something made Stephen change his order.
This matter is actually very ordinary, but the spacecraft's early warning system caught that an aircraft flew out of the small galaxy.
Put it in ordinary or other places is an ordinary thing that is not worth paying attention to. However, in the roaring sea of the abyss where humans are deterred, there is a strong strangeness, which makes the pirate ship and the space shuttle slow down at the same speed.