From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 204 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

What Cliffs doesn't know now is that the destroyer sent by Yaoguang Defense with a gang-hopping configuration has been jumped by Amber and the others.

The distance of nearly half a light second made it impossible for him to intuitively understand the specific situation of the fighting area.

The electronic warfare offensive launched by Ares also made it temporarily impossible for the Freedom Radical to contact the destroyer of Yaoguang Defense.

We can only roughly guess the situation of the battle based on some signs of directed energy weapon shooting and superconducting battery stack explosions detected by the comprehensive reconnaissance unit on the ship.

When the Liberty Radical was less than 8 kilometers away from the engagement area, the tactical information coordinator reported that signs of fighting in the engagement area had disappeared, and no signs of a destroyed ship were detected.

This news made Cliffs frown again, and his expression also made Director Orns sitting next to him couldn't help but ask:
"Captain Cleaves, is there something wrong?"

"There were signs of fierce fighting just now, but now they suddenly disappeared. This alone is very wrong."

Cliffs turned to Ornes and explained:

"Previous battle signs indicate that the destroyer of Yaoguang Defense engaged in combat with our target.

Not only did the main guns of the warships on both sides fire, but the characteristics of the high-temperature plasma fireball produced when the HCP was shot down were also detected, which also showed that the fight between them should be fierce.

For a liaison of a defense company, he would not give the other party any face.

And he himself didn't quite believe in this possibility.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Mary Bay Industries is an important strategic partner of ours, so the armed forces that assist your company in every operation are the elite of our company!"

He turned to look at Oens, who looked suspicious, and continued:

".Or one of the parties has surrendered."

After hearing what Cliffs said, the contact person of Yaoguang Defense suddenly became anxious.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of battle will end with one side's warship being sunk.

"Isn't it possible that he was killed by the other party?"

Cleaves paused, then spoke of another situation in a less than pleasant tone.

As the on-site liaison of Yaoguang Defense, he must not let Orns and others suspect that their destroyer may have surrendered.

"Mr. Orns, please believe in the strength of our Yaoguang Defense. Ordinary civilian armed forces will never be able to compete with our company."

Before Orns could speak, the contact person of Yaoguang Defense said first:

In a one-on-one situation, it is impossible to lose so quickly.

"Then the Pale Flag must have launched a gang-hopping operation. Originally, this destroyer was deployed according to the gang-hopping configuration according to the needs of Director Orns."

As soon as these words came out, Oens and the liaison officer of Yaoguang Defense sat upright.

Cliffs' personality is relatively direct, and he usually speaks openly.

This kind of thinking will greatly damage the image of Yaoguang Defense in their hearts.

But now that there are no signs of fighting suddenly being detected, it can only mean that the two sides have entered into an intra-ship battle after jumping gangs."

After all, it is a destroyer that has carried out many missions, and the HCP squadron on board is also full.

"I didn't say anything. Why are you so excited?"

Looking at the liaison who looked anxious and explained very quickly, Orns was speechless for a while.

However, he still helped the other party to smooth things over.

After all, in his heart, he naturally hoped that the destroyer of Yaoguang Defense would win the battle in the distance.

"Although I agree with the two possibilities mentioned by Captain Cleaves, I also think we should be more optimistic and give our partners a little more trust."

"You are right, Director Orns."

Cliffs curled his lips, noncommittal.

"Anyway, after a while, we will be able to find out what is going on."

When the Freedom Radical was still 4 kilometers away from the war zone, their communication with the Pale Flag was finally restored.

Seeing the captain of the Pale Flag appearing on the main screen of the bridge, the three people, including Cleeves, all breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the picture captured by the optical detection unit, the Pale Flag was pointing its bow at the middle of the target destroyer.

Cliffs, who was the most vigilant, basically lowered his guard. After all, no matter who looks at this scene, they will think that the other party has surrendered.

However, Cliffs still issued an order for half of the HCP squadron to be dispatched to escort the Liberty Radical.

At the same time, let the helmsman control the ship and maneuver towards the port side of the Pale Flag.

"Captain Otto, what happened just now? We detected a fighting here."

As the Liberty Radical continued to approach, Cliffs, who downgraded the combat status of the entire ship to alert status, also asked the captain of the Pale Flag.

"Oh~ This needs to be talked about. We have experienced a fierce battle."

Captain Otto on the screen seemed to be interested and began to vividly describe the 'battle' just now.

"The strength of the target warship is indeed not weak. Half of my HCP squadron has been lost in the battle, and the Pale Banner has also suffered some damage, but as you can see."

Captain Otto shrugged, with a 'proud' look on his face.

"The Pale Banner still won the final victory."

"Well done, Otto!"

The most excited person at the moment is the liaison person from Yaoguang Defense.

"I will apply for combat medals and bonuses for you when I get back!"

The contact pumped his fist as if he had just won the battle.

But at this moment, the bridge of the Liberty Radical suddenly sounded an alarm.

In the flashing red light, the voice of the shipboard controller reached the ears of everyone on the bridge.

"Warning! Electronic warfare virus infection detected and is being quarantined and cleared."

"Warning! Virus removal failed and 60% of the entire ship's modules have been infected."

"Update, 75% of the entire ship's modules have been infected."

"renew."

Before the shipboard control personality could finish her last words, her figure disappeared from the holographic projection platform.

Not only the bridge, but also the electronic systems in other areas of the Liberty Radical were all offline.

The HCP pilots who were escorting and accompanying the flight all around saw the screen go black all around, and then the aircraft was forced to stop operating.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise followed by a shock, which made the hearts of everyone on the bridge of the Liberty Radical jump.

When they came to their senses, they only saw three more HCPs on the front deck of the ship.

Two of them were using their long-range weapons to lock onto the HCP floating out of control around them.

The remaining HCP, with its eyes glowing red and a fierce look, aimed the muzzle of the charged particle cannon and the blade of the ship-cutting knife at the porthole of the bridge at the same time.

Since the combat status was lifted, the laminated armor plates on the bridge windows had already been raised.

So the bridge members of the Liberty Radical are now in a worse situation than the Pale Flag before.

There was only a fragile porthole between them and this ferocious HCP.

Further away, the 'captured' Ares also moved again.

And driven by the vector nozzle, it quickly moved to a position 45 degrees to the right front of the Freedom Radical.

From this angle, Ares' heavy particle cannon salvo can cause maximum damage to the Liberty Radical's structure.

Just as the bridge personnel were stunned by this scene, the main screen of the bridge came back on.

This time the communication came from Ares.

When he saw the familiar yet unfamiliar face on the screen, Captain Cleeves was stunned.

Looking at his expression, Randall on the Ares captain's seat also showed a complicated smile.

"Long time no see, junior."

(End of this chapter)