The major general had barely issued the order when someone cried out in alarm, then shouted.
"The power... the power system is spiraling out of control!"
"Damn it!" The major general slammed his fist into the wall, punching a deep crater into the alloy.
No wonder the other side had been saying all that nonsensical stuff to him earlier. So they had been using the opportunity... to invade the Division Level Ship's systems?
But he had no time to consider cause and effect. He immediately ordered, "Isolate the systems! Quickly!"
They had prepared contingency plans before setting out. Once the latest intelligence confirmed that their opponent was Digital Phantom, they had refined those plans further.
Of course, due to insufficient preparation, the plans were still rather crude, but this was the absolute best they could manage.
The plan could not solve the problem completely. At most, it could buy them some time.
But without question, having a plan was better than having none.
As long as they could hold out long enough to take down the enemy's Division Level Ship, then... the final outcome no longer seemed important.
Then another timid voice reported, "Sir, the Fire Control System is responding extremely slowly!"
The major general froze at those words. Only after a second did he speak with difficulty. "It has... already spread?"
He had paused for only a second, but the tone of his voice before and after was completely different.
"Probably... yes," the timid voice answered.
The major general took a deep breath and slowly gave the order. "Small Ships, deploy! Get as many out as you can."
"Tell everyone that the moment of life and death has come. Dying for the Alliance is every soldier's glory!"
Unfortunately, only seventy or eighty Small Ships had rushed out of the