old light morning light

Chapter 3 "Two"

Speaking of which, this is a secondary maintenance facility for the Imperial Navy, but it has docks and supporting facilities that can accommodate large flagships.

Although the Imperial Pearl Halo-class colonial flagship that was sunk in satellite orbit is not a super flagship in the naval sequence, it is not comparable to ordinary conventional flagships.

After all, it is a colonial flagship intended to suppress hostile forces in the entire galaxy.

My intuition tells me that generally the base facilities that can dock such ships must also have attached carrier-based aircraft launch tubes!
This can be confirmed from the Imperial carrier-based aircraft that lifted off from the ground formation at the beginning of the war.

Because the only aircraft carrier in the fleet that can launch carrier-based aircraft sank in the sky with my father.

"Why did you stop talking all of a sudden!"

"Tell me what to do!"

The person in front of me pushed me a little anxiously, obviously expressing strong dissatisfaction with my daze again under this situation.

"Don't worry, don't worry!"

"Do you still remember the direction I told you before, is there any heavily guarded facility?"

That location is on the east side of the port area.

Without an auxiliary rank or other formal status, I am not eligible to work in those protected areas.

So now I can only ask this guy first, maybe I can save a lot of effort.

"We also seldom go to E5 and E6. I remember that E area is mainly warehouses?"

Walking towards the east side from the G area where we are currently, we walked out of the facilities of the large factory building and entered the outdoors.

These areas are connected by connecting bridges, like those of those large airports.

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"The key to whether we can survive is there!"

"Why are you standing here! Go first, lean over there first!"

Now the security has been basically lifted, and as long as I have explosives and tools in my hands, no matter where I go, I will not be alerted.

After all, we are just physical tools to be buried with the facility.

"Hey! Are you sure! What the hell is there?"

Although full of doubts, he followed my footsteps without hesitation.

"I'm looking for a carrier-based aircraft!"

I am very satisfied with this trust.

"You know how to drive that thing?"

"Don't worry, I'm more than 80% sure, at least."

Since you have chosen to trust me, I will definitely respond to your trust.

"Recall if there are any facilities that are higher?"

"Higher?"

"Well, or is the security extremely high?"

As a facility for preparing and launching carrier-based aircraft, there must be a carrier-based aircraft launch tube, and it must be very strictly protected.

"In terms of strictness, Area E is already stricter than other areas, but if you talk about it high"

Ahead is the connecting hub to the E area and the Q area, just find a way to open the door of this covered bridge.

"Believe that the great empire will never abandon us, and the divine light will surely shine again"

The political news in the distance has come to an end.

But hurry up, judging by the current time, their retreat is almost over, right?
"Come on, give me a hand!"

"Blow up here first!"

At present, it seems that the connection to the E area is also basically unlocked, only the .
"boom!"

"Boom! Long!"

Violent vibrations shattered my consciousness, and even clods of mud hit me.

Fortunately, this state only lasted a few seconds.

"Get down first! Get down!"

"Boom! Sand~!"

Accompanied by the detonation of the explosives, the entire port area shook violently.

There was even the sound of a series of explosions in the distance.

All of a sudden all the lighting was cut off, and the world in our eyes was just the faint lighting of the accident, and the .
Dazzling sunlight poured in from the blasted hole in the wall, like that misty hope.

"What's wrong! How could this happen!"

"It should be that the power plant was blown up!"

Such auxiliary facilities generally do not have additional power supplies.

Moral looked at me in panic, struggling to get up and run away.

"Don't move! Come back, lie on your stomach first!"

Going outside at this time is of course impossible for Meiji to choose!

Was it the explosives we set that detonated the other explosives?
That must not be possible.

Could it be that the top management of the empire has started to detonate the facility?
The installation work is not completed more than half, that is impossible.

So there is only one possibility.
"Boom!"

Alliance Orbital Bombardment!
Alliance strike forces have been deployed in orbit around UP-R Prime.

The superior firepower on the orbit will carry out targeted strikes on ground facilities and fortresses, clearing the way for the subsequent landing of the fleet.

"Moral, don't panic! This is the alliance bombing!"

Not far away, my good brother even squeezed his whole body into the gap between the wall and the support column.

It looks funny.

"Ah, what now?"

It would also drastically reduce the installation of explosives in ports if an attack had already begun.

There is even a good chance that the detonation will start early.

"Go! Let's go!"

As long as I find a carrier-based aircraft that can take off, I'm sure!
"I remembered! Lin Man!"

"It's E6! The carrier hangar is at E6!"

"I've seen vans with missiles and coilguns heading in the direction of E6!"

Good guy, I remembered it!

"Go, go to E6!"

After getting out of the covered bridge, you can have a panoramic view of the dilapidated scene in front of you.

The walls of the building were torn away, exposing the internal framework.

The ground was full of building ruins, and an ominous premonition spread in his heart.

Judging from the news of the explosion just now, it should be the northwest area of ​​the port that was hit in the first round.

But why is this place like a ruin.

Is it man-made destruction?
The purpose?
"Oh! It's over there!"

"Ha! Ho! Ha! Ha!"

"Don't run away, take a breath!"

At this time, the advantages brought by high-intensity labor are reflected.

After Moral finished speaking, he stopped and began to gasp for breath.

"Then you take a breath here for a while, I'll go in and take a look first."

Looking up, the main building in the E6 area should be only this factory-like building.

Just like the kind of steel structure factory building you imagine, it is hard to imagine that this place will be part of a military facility.

Although this height does not look like having a carrier-based aircraft launch tube, there are still parts and wrecks of the carrier-based aircraft piled up on the ground.

The mechanical automatic sentry at the door was already off, and no guards were seen standing guard.

The only ones who will stay in this kind of place now are the local military police or mechanical sentry guards, right?
Is there still a security mechanism in operation?

Although the power has been cut off, as a military facility, obviously it shouldn't be so easy to get close to, right?

Thinking of the actions of the guerrillas in the story, he also picked up a few stones and threw them into the distance.

"Clap!"

But only the sound of stones hitting the ground could be heard.

If you don't do it, you will never stop!

Since it's dead anyway, it's better to just walk in and forget it.

People have desires, and driven by desires, motives will be put into action, even if there may be a price to pay.

As Moral said: "But I just want to eat and have clothes!"

I also just want to live.

Really, it's that simple.

"Lin Man! Lin Man!"

"Come on, help me open this door!"

"one two Three!"

"Squeak ~ woo!"

The slightly rusted pulleys slid across the track, making harsh friction sounds.

It can be seen that after the door is in place, it overlaps with the rust marks on the ground, and it should have been closed for a long time.

It was closed not long ago, right?

Bloody smell?

"Go! Go inside!"

"Well, no one is still in there, right?"

"Don't worry, the door is closed so tightly, there should be no one alive."

"Alive!?"

Why is there a bloody smell in here?

Could it be that there was a fight in here?
"Lin Man!"

"Hush! Stick to the wall first!"

There were five, six, seven or eight people lying on the ground in the distance, but they seemed motionless.

The scarlet liquid flowing on the ground should be the source of the bloody smell.

"past!"

"Well, us?"

"You can stay here."

"Let's go together then"

"You look to the left, I look to the right, and if there is any movement, just say it."

"go!"

From the looks of the people on the ground, they should be the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft here.

There is also a broken helmet in the distance.

The body is already cold, and it seems that he should have been dead for a while.

The probability of them staying nearby is much smaller.

Who attacked them?
The gunshot wounds on the chest looked penetrating, not like the kinetic pistols they used in self-defense.

In an instant, these people were wiped out.

Are there many people attacking at the same time, or are there automatic weapons with high firepower?
I feel like it might be a little bit of both.

So is it the imperial garrison stationed here?

The pistol, um, the pistol is still there.

"then!"

"I will use it!"

"Yes, you"

Of course, as a person who graduated from a regular Imperial Academy, it is really unreasonable not to know how to use the most basic weapon such as a pistol.

"Take it first, maybe the person who killed them is still nearby."

"Then what do we do now?"

After hearing my words, this guy became visibly more alert, and his right hand was holding the pistol tightly, ready to fire at any moment.

Sure enough, it is a lie to say that you are not nervous, right?

In fact, I am also nervous, right?
Suddenly, I realized that I had already removed the pistol from another person, and I almost held it tightly.

If it is true that there was internal strife among them, these people were killed by the army of the empire.

Then their purpose of attacking the pilot of the carrier-based aircraft will not be the same as ours, right?

Gee!
"Quick, Moral, and run inside!"

If my predictions are correct, the defenders here have also struggled after realizing their fate of being abandoned at any time.

They hijacked the carrier-based aircraft that was supposed to take off to fight and wanted to escape here.

Originally, I might have negotiated with the drivers, but I didn't know why they were rejected.

So the bandits had no choice but to attack and kidnap some of the drivers, using force to force them to submit.

So the scene just seen is the trace left by this mutiny.

They don't have to worry about anyone knowing all about it.

Because before long everything here will be reduced to nothingness.

Even I'm just an exception.

"Ho! Lin Man! You. Ha! Ha! Slow down!"

But there are corpses here, which means one thing.

Some carrier-based aircraft have lost their pilots.

And these imperial military personnel who wanted to escape did not have the operational skills to fly carrier-based aircraft.

In other words, there must be carrier-based aircraft that failed to take off!
There must be, the hope of living exists!

(End of this chapter)