2748, Gunner Chief henk
"Cooling system!" Denis Henke shouted.
"Ready." Operator A looked at the screen in front of him and confirmed that the internal temperature indicator was light blue.
"Energy cycle!" Hunk shouted next.
"Ready." Operator B stretched out his finger and swiped across the screen, completing the energy cycle of a unit.
"Fire control system!"
"Ready." Operator C confirmed again that Fire Control Radar has locked the target, and made slight adjustments according to the target's action team landing point.
"Recharge the main gun!"
"Ready." The gunner pressed the green button with his left hand, and the artillery energy reserve on the screen increased to 100%. At the same time, his right hand opened a flip cover and placed it on another red button.
"Five bursts of main gun fire, fire!"
"Fire once. Fire twice. Fire three times. Fire four times. Fire five times." The gunner mechanically repeated the instruction five times and pressed the fire button five times. This was their operating discipline. They had to shout out as many times as they fired to ensure the accuracy of the operation.
The XX-9 twin-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser gun fired five times quickly at a rate of one round every two seconds, and then the above process was repeated again. Everyone shouted the same password, which would be repeated at least hundreds or even thousands of times in a battle. Along with the sound of the main gun firing and the roar of the mechanical transmission system, a unique rhythm was formed inside the turret.
This is the Imperial-class Star Destroyer "Punk", inside the B-16 turret. This ship belongs to the Galactic Empire's First System Army, Combat Group A, and Ninth Sub-fleet.
Imperial-class Star Destroyer has three gun groups, each with 20 XX-9 double-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser guns, Group One at the front of the battleship, and Group One on the left and right side decks.
Second Lieutenant Dennis Henke is the Gunner Chief of the B-16 turret. The turret he is in is the No. 16 gun position on the port side of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Turret Group B. In fact, he likes his position quite a lot, because generally speaking, enemy artillery fire will not fall on his turret.
In comparison, Turret Group A, who is located in the front of the battleship, is much more unlucky. Most of the time, the local firepower is directed at them. Now Gunner Chief, who has become the turret of Turret Group A, will be automatically promoted to lieutenant, but even so, Dennis Henke does not want to go at all.
Of course, if there is a position that Dennis Henke doesn't want to be in the most, it must be the engine Damage Control Department. Because since the war with Kingdom of Dawn, they have discovered that Kingdom of Dawn's fighter jets like to go around behind Imperial-class and blow up their engines.
He used to work in this department and was terrified all day long. The sound he was most afraid of hearing every time he went into battle was the siren in the cabin - because it meant that the Kingdom of Dawn fighter jet was coming again. Then at this time, he would pray that it was Wraith fighter flying over instead of Viking fighter.
Because Wraith fighter is generally equipped with Gemini air-to-air missile, and Viking fighter is often equipped with Proton Torpedo. Once Proton Torpedo hits, the shield at the engine position often cannot last three rounds, and then he can be listed on the list of the Empire martyrs.
Later, Denis Henke found his uncle who was a Frigate Lieutenant Colonel Captain in a convoy fleet. He talked a lot about his love and gave him more than 3,000 Imperial credits red envelopes. Only then did he leave his job. The engine Damage Control Department was transferred to the turret to serve as Gunner Chief. The relationship he found was quite generous, and he was promoted by the way, from Sergeant First Class to second lieutenant.
"Five bursts of main gun fire! Fire!" Dennis Henke shouted the command mechanically again. This was the twentieth time he shouted out this battle. Based on previous combat experience, if he had the opportunity to shout the command two hundred times, he would probably be able to return alive.
"Five bursts of main gun fire! Fire!" Fired again.
Dennis Henke adjusted the Integrated Fire Control Monocular worn on his eyes. The eyepiece synchronized with Warship Central Command Computer clearly marked the target of his turret - a Kingdom of Dawn frigate. The outline of the frigate flashed continuously in the eyepiece, and the red locking frame firmly covered its bow position, which was their ideal landing point.
He rarely has the opportunity to fire on a Kingdom of Dawn frigate, because most of the time, the opponent's frigates cruise around the outside of the battlefield and rarely participate in the artillery battles of the battleships.
He would just hear his comrades serving on transport ships and landing ships complain about the annoying harassment of frigates after the battle, saying that they were like Tosmark planet's green bees, unable to get rid of them or hit again and again.
So when the combat order was conveyed to his combat system, he specifically checked the combat computer and realized that the frigate he was targeting was a new model, currently only known as Incasas-class.
Fire Control Radar also clearly shows its size - 82 meters long, 27 meters high, with three firepower points.
That frigate should belong to a separate formation, and there are at least 15 warships of the same type around it. The Warship 'Punker' where Dennis Henke is currently facing is on the port side, so the 20 turrets on the port side Group B are firing wildly at the frigates in this formation.
"Five bursts of main gun fire! Fire!" Dennis Henke ordered again, and then observed the impact point of Blaster Beam through the fire control eyepiece. The distance between the two sides was more than 80,000 kilometers, and Blaster Beam had to fly for about 10 seconds. On the fire control eyepiece, five red boxes marked the blaster beam emitted by his turret.
It failed again. The frigate was very fast and very agile. The flight path predicted by the fire control computer was always avoided.
"That's fucking disgusting." Denis Henke cursed in a low voice and ordered again, "Five rounds of main gun fire! Fire!"
Following his orders, the shooters were operating in an orderly manner. In fact, there was another four-person team under their turret responsible for the maintenance of the turret's energy transmission system. Their work there was even more boring.
At this time, Dennis Henke suddenly noticed a reaction on the fire control computer! He only saw one of the Blaster Beam rounds passing by the hull of another frigate. The Deflector Shield of that frigate suddenly shattered, and thick smoke began to emit from the rear of the engine.
"It's a near-miss! A near-miss!" Dennis Henke cheered loudly, "Hahahaha! Kill those damn Separatists dogs! Guys, this time we have enough money for drinks when we go back!"
The other four people in the turret also cheered. Their allowances for each battle are tied to the results of the battle. Now a near-missile bomb severely damaged a frigate. Their Turret Company and the following four maintenance personnel, a total of nine people will receive a total of 2,000 credit points in allowances.
"Okay! Keep firing! Kill them for me!" Dennis Henke shouted, and then continued to repeat the firing procedure, "Cooling system!"
"Ready."
"Energy cycle!"
"Ready."
"Five bursts of main gun fire! Fire!" Denis Henke shouted through gritted teeth.
Like many comrades-in-arms, he hated Separatists Kingdom of Dawn who started the war. Because his motherland was divided by these people and invaded, and they even fought all the way to his own doorstep.
Before the outbreak of the war, Dennis Henke was just an ordinary transportation company employee, and his company was a subsidiary of Trade Federation. However, after the outbreak of Clone Wars, Trade Federation betrayed Galactic Republic, and was later liquidated by the Galactic Empire, and his company also collapsed.
He had no choice but to join the army.
As the war continued to expand, Dennis Henke received news a few years later that his aunt's family had all died in Kira planet. The two families had a very good relationship, and even though they were far apart, they used to travel at least two or three times a year. But with the defeat of Kira Campaign, his aunt's family, along with their two daughters who were less than four years old, all died in the war.
Kingdom of Dawn are the separatists of this unified the Empire and now their Homeworld invaders. The the Empire propaganda machine says this every day and Denis Henke believes it.
It is precisely because of the existence of these Separatists that countless ordinary people like him have lost their Homeworld and their loved ones, and that has plunged the galaxy into endless war and sorrow.
Even in times of peace, their insatiable greed and plunder are the source of hardship for countless people. They seize resources, control trade, exploit civilians, and concentrate the wealth of the entire galaxy in the hands of a few powerful people.
Countless times, while eating and drinking with his friends, Denis Henke loudly cursed the incompetence of the military and the weakness of the government. He cursed those high-ranking Imperial Senators who were all eating corpses, which led to repeated failures in the frontline wars.
Dennis Henke believes that Kingdom of Dawn's rumored invincible fleet and advanced weapons are all lies fabricated by the incompetent people in the military to cover up their own corruption and cowardice.
Therefore, from the moment he joined the army, Dennis Henke vowed to kill all Separatists ers! To avenge his aunt's family!
The troops he serves are the Empire's most elite and powerful First System Army! They are not comparable to those army of hillbillies squatting in Outer Rim Territories's arrogance!
If Separatists dares to threaten us Core Worlds of the Galactic Empire, then we will wait for us to fight all the way back to Outer Rim from here, and then crush them completely!
"Five bursts of main gun fire! Fire!" Dennis Henke ordered again with anger.
This time, Fire Control Radar gave an accurate prediction, because the speed of the frigate that was hit by a near-missile missile had slowed down, and its actions would not be able to escape the lock of the fire control system!
Just when Dennis Henke was waiting for the flames representing destruction to explode, he suddenly discovered that the frigate was suddenly covered with a light green light curtain! Their B-16 turret fired a total of ten Turbolaser beams in five consecutive rounds, four of which were direct hits. It stands to reason that such firepower would not mention the frigate, even the Light Cruiser would lose its skin, but it was actually blocked by the green light screen!
"What the hell is this!" Dennis Henke was furious and pulled off the fire control eyepiece.
But without the aid of the eyepiece, he could see nothing but the dark universe and flickering light spots on the optical sighting equipment, so he put on the eyepiece again.
He saw that in these few seconds, the injured frigate had begun to retreat. A cruiser-sized warship next to it approached and fired a beam of light. The fire point on the frigate was extinguished in a short time!
It turned out to be remote repair? Based on Dennis Henke's experience, he just felt like he was watching a science fiction movie. What kind of remote repair technology is this? How is it done?
A prompt sounded from the computer, and the command system sent new instructions again. Dennis Henke quickly controlled Fire Control Radar to lock it in that direction, only to see a large, streamlined battleship appear in the target area.
This model of battleship Genk is very familiar, it is Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser! It can be said that it is one of the most familiar battleships with Imperial fleet. The combat manual clearly states that this kind of battleship is generally not equipped with Deflector Shield, but its armor protection capability is quite incredible.
But the Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser in front of us clearly has a light green halo that is the same as that of the frigate on the surface of the ship.
"Bullshit!" Henk cursed through gritted teeth, and then ordered again to start a new round of main gun firing program, "Cooling system!"
"Ready."
"Energy cycle!"
"..."
"Energy circulation!" Henk lowered his head and cursed, "Boss! What the hell are you doing?!"
"Energy circulation..." the operator named Boss said in astonishment, "The energy circulation is very slow... wait a moment... ready, ready!"
"Pay attention to me! Don't make any mistakes!" Henk said loudly, because he had already seen that the Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser had turned its hull sideways and was preparing to fire.
He quickly shouted, "Fire control system!"
"Ready!"
"Five bursts of main gun fire, open fire!" Five blazing beams tore through the darkness and headed straight for the target. But at the moment when they were about to hit, the light green light curtain suddenly spread. Not to mention Hell Angel-class's iconic armor, even this light curtain failed to penetrate!
However, during the next shooting process, the energy cycle was stuck again. Only then did Henk discover that the energy cycle system was being interfered with by some unknown energy, causing it to be very slow. And to make matters worse, there was also a problem with the charging system of the main gun. Now it could only be charged to about 80% and could no longer continue. It could only fire at this charging level.
"Asshole! What happened?!" Henk's position had no idea of the overall situation on the battlefield. All he could see was the area locked by his fire control system.
The side of Hell Angel-class emitted bursts of colorful flashes, and then a light blue light curtain appeared above the B-16 turret and began to flash.
It is obvious that their ship the Punk Star Destroyer and Deflector Shield are being irradiated by laser, and it is on the port side!
"We are being beaten!" the gunner shouted.
"Then fight back!" Henk roared. This was the only thing they could do, "Cooling system!"
"Ready!"
Henk, who had started the firing process again, had not spoken his next words before he suddenly felt that the scene in the eyepiece was spinning. It was their battleship that was turning sharply!
When he re-locked the new direction, he was stunned.
In the fire control eyepiece, an extremely huge disc-shaped metal structure appeared, almost occupying his entire field of vision!