Chapter 62: Crushing and Death Torpedoes

Chen Ming quickly observed several ships that were about to clash with him.

There were five ships in total, one of which was an ordinary civilian ship without a model.

Among the other four ships, there were two expedition-class ships, one sentinel-class ship, and one destroyer, the Hellhound-class ship.

This configuration looked familiar, was it a caravan?

As soon as this thought flashed through Chen Ming's mind, he saw that the two expedition-class ships suddenly changed their course and aimed at Chen Ming's Iron Ore.

The weapons on the hull were also turning around, about to lock on Chen Ming's dazzling white Iron Ore.

Although the Hellhound-class ship was slightly behind, its course was obviously approaching the Iron Ore, and it was obviously going to cooperate with the two expeditionaries to attack the Iron Ore.

Although the Sentinel-class ship did not move, it quickly approached the spinning Afterglow destroyer with the mobility advantage brought by its light armor.

"Sure enough, they are together."

Chen Ming couldn't help but mutter to himself, and his heartbeat slightly accelerated.

However, he was still thinking calmly, thinking about how he could seize the Yuhui spacecraft from the four spacecrafts that could work together in such a situation.

Another civilian ship had already noticed that something was wrong at this time and rationally withdrew from the competition.

But the word retreat did not appear in Chen Ming's mind at all.

He had already had a successful experience of one against three, so the result this time must be the same as last time.

Even without the assistance of the asteroid belt, Chen Ming could rely on the spacecraft itself to completely defeat them.

At this time, a communication request was sent.

Chen Ming knew who sent it, so he ignored it directly.

The two electromagnetic javelins on the left and right sides of the Iron Ore had locked onto the expedition class that dared to block him in front.

After the dull hammering sound of the electromagnetic javelin, the expedition class on Chen Ming's left suddenly exploded like fireworks.

The electromagnetic javelin's shot just happened to hit the position where it stored engine fuel very luckily.

The armor of the spacecraft without special reinforcement obviously could not withstand the attack of Chen Ming's electromagnetic javelin, which had been extensively modified and also had armor-piercing electromagnetic bullets.

The other expedition-class ship was obviously panicked and fired directly at the Iron Ore at a distance far beyond their range limit.

The bullet speed and accuracy of civilian weapons at this distance can be said to be difficult to describe. None of the bullets of the expedition-class successfully hit the Iron Ore.

On Chen Ming's side, the six-second reload time was over.

The two armor-piercing electromagnetic bullets of the second round of electromagnetic javelin were fired. Although they could not directly hit the engine of the expedition-class ship due to the blind spot, they still dismantled its two weapons.

Having lost two-thirds of its firepower, the expedition-class ship has completely lost its threat to Chen Ming.

And until now, it has barely entered its own attack range.

As if making its last dying struggle, the expedition-class fired at the Iron Ore with the 30mm machine gun on the last remaining bearing point.

Then the people on the expedition class saw a scene that made them despair.

Since the expedition class and Chen Ming's Iron Ore were almost head-on, almost all the bullets fired by the expedition class hit.

However, on the Iron Ore's armor, which was obviously specially reinforced, all the bullets left a dent at most and could not penetrate the Iron Ore's armor at all.

It was too late for the expedition class to get away now.

Chen Ming finished loading the electromagnetic javelin, and two armor-piercing electromagnetic bullets paralyzed its last weapon, and the engine was also penetrated and caught fire.

The expedition class completely lost its combat capability.

Chen Ming ignored the Hellhound that was slowly chasing behind him and flew straight towards the Yuhui destroyer.

At the same time, he continued to control the electromagnetic javelin to lock the paralyzed expedition class's engine.

After three rounds of shooting, the second expedition class also followed in the footsteps of his companions.

The Hellhound class no longer dared to continue chasing.

The Sentinel class in front also seemed a little hesitant.

But the next moment, Chen Ming suddenly saw a missile with a black-red tail flame suddenly appear at the missile mounting point in front of the right side of the Sentinel.

It flew straight towards the Yuhui destroyer that could not make any maneuvers.

Chen Ming's face changed suddenly.

Because this missile with a black-red tail flame was a signature feature of a terrifying weapon that had already gained considerable popularity thirty years ago.

Reaper torpedo.

Its name is very plain and unpretentious, and it does not have its own guidance function like many missiles. It launches in the same trajectory as it was launched.

And it has no endorsement from any large weapons manufacturing company, and no designer admits that this is their design.

Such a missile that looks low-tech and has no practical value could be widely circulated thirty years ago.

The reason is that the concentrated antimatter catalytic nuclear warhead carried by the Reaper torpedo can cause instantaneous destructive power almost equivalent to that of large weapons in an instant.

And a big thing happened during the period when the Reaper torpedo just appeared.

There was a military battleship facing a group of pirates.

Maybe it was because of arrogance or a malfunction, anyway, its shield was not activated, and the point defense weapon just missed the four Reaper torpedoes launched by the pirates.

Then, the battleship was sunk.

This military scandal spread throughout the human empire thirty years ago, creating the reputation of the Reaper torpedo.

No one knows who has mastered the manufacturing technology of the Reaper torpedo, and no one knows who has been manufacturing it.

But it always appears occasionally on the black market of a space station.

Unexpectedly, after thirty years, Chen Ming can still see its traces.

But Chen Ming did not expect that he would see such a launched Reaper torpedo in this situation.

The Sentinel-class would rather bear the loss to launch a precious Reaper torpedo at a paralyzed Yuhui, so their meaning is very clear.

What they can't get, others can't get.

Although Chen Ming is very angry now, he did not show it through actual actions.

Because he also knew the best countermeasure before the Reaper torpedo really hit, which was to destroy it.

The Reaper torpedo had no guidance system and could only fly in a straight line. This was not a difficult task for any spacecraft with numerical control capabilities and weapon systems.

Just relax, calm down, and press the weapon launch button.

Chen Ming took a deep breath and completely ignored the Sentinel class that had already fled in another direction.

The trajectory of the Reaper torpedo launch was calculated and locked through the spacecraft computer.

But at the moment when the electromagnetic javelin was launched, the hull of the Iron Ore suddenly vibrated slightly.

The slight deviation caused one electromagnetic javelin to miss, and the other electromagnetic bullet only grazed the edge of the torpedo and failed to destroy it directly.

The sudden vibration of the Iron Ore was not due to Chen Ming's driving error, but the Iron Ore was suddenly hit by the random strafing of the Hellhound class that was out of range.

The location where the Sentinel-class launched the Reaper torpedo was not too far from the Afterglow destroyer. The six seconds for the electromagnetic javelin to reload was not enough to destroy it before the torpedo hit.

The complete destruction of the Afterglow destroyer was a foregone conclusion.

With such a result,

Chen Ming could no longer suppress his anger, and punched the workbench in front of him, his face extremely dark.

However, things seemed to have not completely lost their chances. The electromagnetic bomb that just brushed past the Reaper torpedo also had some impact on the trajectory of the Reaper torpedo.

The missile that was supposed to hit the center of the Afterglow destroyer fell on the bow of the spacecraft.

After the devastating antimatter nuclear warhead exploded.

Half of the Afterglow destroyer disappeared completely, and the remaining half was instantly thrown out by the violent explosion for an unknown distance.

The Sentinel-class and Cerberus-class had given up the fight for the spacecraft and planned to leave.

But Chen Ming didn't want to let them go.

Anyway, he had already locked onto the flight path of the half of the completely paralyzed Afterglow Destroyer, and knew where it would fly next.

Since no one was competing with him, he had enough time and energy to deal with some things that made him very unhappy.

Chen Ming locked onto the Cerberus and Sentinel again, and said in an extremely gloomy tone: "None of you can leave today."

Chen Ming turned the bow of the Iron Ore and tracked the Sentinel, which was closer to him.

The size of the Cerberus was there, and it was basically impossible to escape.

Its only possibility of escape was to directly activate the hyperspace channel system and escape through the hyperspace channel.

The Iron Ore did not have a hyperspace channel system, and there was no way to pursue it.

But the activation of the hyperspace channel system was conditional.

The first and most important point was that the hyperspace channel system could not be activated inside the galaxy.

Because once this was done, the huge gravity well generated by the stars in the galaxy in the hyperspace channel would directly tear any spacecraft apart.

They must first escape the range of the star's gravity well before they can safely evacuate through the hyperspace channel.

So it seems that the faster Sentinel-class has a greater chance of escaping.

Chen Ming must give priority to it.

After determining that the Iron Ore's own speed could never catch up with the Sentinel-class, Chen Ming directly activated the ship's overload power grid.

The temperature of the engine was rising, and the Iron Ore also instantly burst into a higher speed.

Before the Sentinel-class completely pulled away, it rushed into the range of the electromagnetic javelin.

The electromagnetic javelin is invincible in front of a ship without a shield.

Once caught up, there is only one possibility that can happen next.

The weapon is destroyed, the engine is destroyed, and the spacecraft is paralyzed like scrap metal.

This Sentinel-class is naturally no exception.

After experiencing a counterattack that did not pose any threat to the Iron Ore.

The Sentinel-class drifted in space like a lamb to be slaughtered.

Chen Ming immediately controlled the Iron Ore to approach, and gave it a new force with the traction equipment of the spacecraft.

It stopped the previous action and flew in the direction of half of the Afterglow destroyer.

After doing this, Chen Ming turned the bow again and stared at the Hellhound class that had not run far.

At this time, due to the continuous high power output of the overloaded power grid, even with the isolation assembly, the temperature of the engine was about to reach the dangerous critical temperature.

Chen Ming immediately started the emergency cooling device he had installed before, and a large amount of molten silver that absorbed heat energy was directly discharged into space, and the temperature inside the spacecraft immediately dropped.

It was able to continue to maintain a very high speed and rush towards the last Hellhound class.

It caught up with it before it left the gravity well of the star.

Although Chen Ming's anger in his heart had not been completely vented at this time, his brain was not occupied by anger and he remained calm.

Last time, he missed the good things on the Hellhound class except the cargo hold because of nervousness and enthusiasm. This time he would not repeat the same mistake.

After paralyzing the Hellhound, Chen Ming used the mining laser to forcibly cut the spacecraft.

He planned to cut off the cargo hold and the installed medium-sized load-bearing points of the Hellhound.

Although the use of mining lasers would expose the fragile interior of the spacecraft directly, the paralyzed Hellhound would definitely have no ability to resist.

And the other spacecrafts that might have just been holding some thoughts and wanted to fish in troubled waters on the edge of the battlefield.

After seeing the end of these four ships, no one dared to provoke this white civilian mining ship.

So Chen Ming could start cutting with peace of mind.

During the cutting, Chen Ming also saw several people in protective clothing kneeling on the exposed deck with their hands raised through the cut part of the Hellhound armor.

But Chen Ming ignored them. After removing the equipment of the medium-sized load-bearing point, he continued to cut the cargo hold.

After discovering that the cargo hold of the Hellhound was empty, Chen Ming directly controlled the electromagnetic javelin to greet the engine of the Hellhound.

Soon, the flames of the explosion covered the desperate faces under the protective suits and helmets.

Chen Ming pulled the medium-sized load-bearing point and the weapons on it and left the battlefield area.

Continue to chase the half destroyer that had just been thrown away and the Sentinel class that Chen Ming had taken to that direction.

Just when Chen Ming was busy with his own things.

The battle on the battlefield was also coming to an end after a while.

Under Yuhui's almost desperate interference with the space station, the space station has completely lost the three space arms 1, 3, and 9.

Originally, only half of the No. 1 space arm was targeted by the Yuhui cruiser in the back, and the remaining half also floated in space like the first half.

And the outer layer of the space station is almost all burn marks left by high-intensity lasers.

Originally, there were about 130 spaceships on the space station side, but now only more than 60 were still able to move.

The number of ships with survivors was no more than eighty.

Such heavy losses, of course, also cost Yuhui a painful price.

Yuhui's one hundred destroyers and escorts were all destroyed, and the Yuhui cruiser was almost paralyzed.

Even a large load-bearing point was destroyed, leaving behind a tachyon spear modified by Yuhui.

Unfortunately, the Yuhui cruiser took advantage of the cooling of the space station's tachyon spear to forcibly shut down the shield and start the jump engine that was more advanced than the hyperspace channel system, and directly jumped away from here.

However, even if the Yuhui cruiser was not left behind, judging from the remaining situation on the battlefield.

The battle on the space station side can definitely be called a successful battle.