Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 958 Slingshot combat begins!
Cursing is cursing.

Glemuth Gale knew very well the most important thing at the moment, so he sank the Yamato and then reported the victory to the Imperial Star, so as to make up for the mistake of destroying the Pluto base.

"How long will it take us to catch up with the Terren (Earth) warships?"

Glemut Gale asked his adjutant.

"Yes! Commander! We will catch up with the target soon! And then enter the maximum range of the Desla torpedoes."

Although the adjutant did not give an exact number, Glemut Gale nodded with satisfaction.

No matter what, the Yamato, which was targeted by the direct fleet led by him, is now unable to escape!
"Order! Once you enter the effective range of the Desla torpedoes, fire without asking for permission!"

"Yes! Commander!!"

At this moment, the CIC in charge of the radar looked at the abnormal data scanned by the radar with some confusion.

"report!"

"what's up?"

Glemut Gale, who was fantasizing about destroying the Yamato with the Desla torpedo sent by President Albert Desla, was appreciated by the Imperial Star and transferred back to the Imperial Star to rise rapidly. He looked at CIC with displeasure.

"Yes! Commander."

CIC, who had been following Glemut Gale for some time, knew at a glance that he had displeased the commander.

Fearing that this would make Glemut Gale even more angry, CIC spoke quickly.

"Just now, the radar scanned some abnormal data. It seems that there are some high-speed targets with abnormal reactions near the red dwarf star."

"A high-speed target? Is it a space battleship? Or is it an enemy missile?!"

Glemut Gale snorted coldly and stared at CIC.

CIC was glared at by his cold eyes and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"No! They are not battleships, nor are they enemy weapons. They are asteroids with abnormal speeds."

"Asteroid?!!"

Upon hearing that it was not a battleship or a weapon but just an asteroid, Glemut Gale's voice suddenly rose octaves and became very sharp.

"It's just an asteroid, but you're reporting it indiscriminately?! An abnormal speed?!"

Glemut Gale said, pointing to the red dwarf star in the distance.

"What the hell is that?! With this thing, any asteroid that comes close will either be torn into pieces or bounced away by its gravity! Could it be that these asteroids are the conspiracy of those lowly Terun (Earth) people who just left their home star system?!"

Attacked by Glemut Gale's increasingly sharp voice, CIC shook his head and lowered his head, not daring to speak, and could only obediently endure Glemut Gale's scolding.

After a scolding, Glemut Gale snorted coldly.

"It seems that you are no longer suitable for this position. Get out of here!!"

“Yes, yes, yes!!”

CIC raised his right hand in horror.

"Long live Gamilas! Long live Desla!"

Then, he fled in panic.

Glemut Gale cursed angrily.

"What a waste! Why are all my subordinates such wastes!!"

In the distance, the universe where the red dwarf stars are located.

In a cluster of asteroids that are using the gravity of a red dwarf star to create a gravitational slingshot effect, on an asteroid that is larger than the others, several fighter jets are using steel cables and other fixing mechanisms to secure themselves to the asteroid.

"Number One, acceleration completed! All units, report the current acceleration status!"

He Ming's voice was heard during the communication.

Then, the voices of Gu Daojin, Yamamoto Ling, Kato Saburo, Shinohara Hiroki and others were heard one after another.

"Two/three/four/five, speed up!"

"Very good! All units, this round of acceleration will end in 30 seconds. At that time, this combat brigade will shut down the engine power of each fighter and enter silent mode." "Yes!" XN.

He Ming nodded and glanced at the time.

"According to calculations, the silent state will last for 30 minutes! During this period, it is strictly forbidden to start the engine and conduct any communication. This is related to the victory or defeat of this battle! I hope everyone is prepared accordingly!"

"Understood!" XN.

"Then let's compare the watches!"

Everyone raised their hands and placed them on the clock reset button, waiting for He Ming's order.

"10!"

"···"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Check the watch!"

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

At the same time, everyone's time followed He Ming's footsteps in unison.

"Shut down the engines! Go to silent mode!"

As the fighter's engine was shut down, the asteroid cluster, which had completed gravitational slingshot acceleration with the help of the red dwarf's gravity, successfully broke away from the red dwarf's gravitational influence and flew towards the enemy fleet.

At the same time, in the first bridge of the Yamato, a solemn atmosphere lingered for a long time above the bridge.

Amidst the occasional glances from the crowd, Shiro Sanada shook his head slightly and finally asked.

"Captain, isn't the Second Officer's plan a bit risky?"

"Yeah. It was indeed an adventure."

To Shiro Sanada's surprise, Okita Jusan actually admitted that the next battle plan was risky.

"What? Deputy Captain, do you think I will deny your doubts?"

"No! I'm just surprised that the captain approved the second mate's combat plan even though he knew it was risky."

Shiro Sanada smiled and then gestured with his fingers.

"One Skellot-class second-class battleship, two Smertria-class battlecruisers, four to five cruisers, and several destroyers. It's a bit too far-fetched to expect the air force to confront such a large force head-on."

"No. This is not a fantasy!"

Okita Jusan shook his head.

"This is the battle plan that the Second Officer and I have formulated based on the intelligence analysis you have deciphered and analyzed, as well as comprehensive factors such as the cosmic environment where the red dwarf star Gliese 581 is located."

Okita Jusan raised his head slightly and looked at the red dwarf star in front of him.

"After all, according to the Gamiras star map and astronomical data, this red dwarf star just happened to enter a relatively busy period recently. In addition, if the deciphered intelligence data mentioned that General Demel, who was called the Space Wolf by the Gamiras military, was present on the battlefield, I would not formulate and approve this combat plan with the second mate."

Shiro Sanada finally understood.

The one currently chasing the Yamato is most likely the Galactic Operations Commander Gremuth Gale.

According to common sense, as the commander of the galactic operations, when he learned that his Pluto base was suddenly destroyed and no intelligence was sent back, he would probably send people to investigate immediately and make corresponding arrangements.

And what happened was that this commander did not seem to be a talented person.

Faced with this failure that would shame the imperial military, which was advancing rapidly and expanding its territory, Glemuth Gale could not escape blame and would be held accountable.

So he came with his fleet.

(End of this chapter)