Yet at this moment, Hank interrupted.
"5 minutes ago, we received news of another cosmic ray eruption. Therefore, regardless of us, the Red Shuttle pirates or Capsule Technology, our communications will be greatly affected."
Hank originally thought that this news would infuriate Casio once again. Instead, Casio bluntly replied.
"Oh? That's truly good news! "
Hank was at a loss for a moment, feeling that he couldn't grasp Casio's train of thought. Instead, Casio sneered.
"Our side and Capsule Technology will be affected, but our espers can still do it! Call that astrologer Deng over! "
Very quickly, astrologer Deng stood before Casio and calmly asked.
"Sir Colonel, I heard you're looking for me?"
Casio bluntly replied.
"I require your ability to do something for me. Our current communications are greatly affected. Therefore, I require you to use your ability to inform the pilots of the fighter a few hundred kilometres away."
Deng smiled and replied.
"It would be my honor, Sir Colonel. However, the artifact of the deity I believe in is a scale."
"Whatever we do, we must place a corresponding chip on the other end of the scale. Otherwise, it would be a blasphemous sin."
Casio impatiently replied.
"For any matters related to remuneration, report it to my confidential secretary Datven. I only need to know the outcome. Yes or no!"
Deng bluntly replied.
"If you have their photographs and their approximate location."
Casio waved his hand. Instantly, the information of 7 pilots appeared in the air ahead. The holographic projection of their photographs, as well as their most recent location after contacting the new Overwatch Fort. "
Deng bluntly replied.
"No problem, I can directly establish a spiritual bridge between you. After that, Colonel Casio, you can directly issue orders to them."
"The Bridge of Souls only lasts for 30 seconds, so please keep it short. I have to remind you, the hardest part is to obtain their trust within 30 seconds. "
Casio was instantly stunned by Deng's words. However, he immediately felt that what Deng said was very reasonable. If he was in Casio's shoes, if he were to suddenly hear someone speaking beside him, claiming to be his superior and ordering them to do something for him, the majority of people would not believe it.
At this moment, Hank interjected.
"It's okay, I have a way to solve it. This time, the cosmic ray burst is intermittent. We can monitor it closely. Once there's an opportunity to communicate, we can immediately use the Bridge of Minds to contact them!"
"It's difficult to get them to carry out some difficult and controversial orders, but they have no problem carrying out such simple orders."
Casio nodded his head and cast a praising glance at Hank.
"Let's do that."
Roughly 10 minutes later, both parties were successfully connected. Casio bluntly spoke to the 7 pilots.
"Are you in the process of returning now?"
"What? Eleven minutes to the airport? "
"There's no need to turn back. Go after Lieutenant Colonel Damoke's shuttle!"
"I've got the exact information. One of the shuttle's engines has been destroyed, and the cockpit has been damaged. It can only fly at the lowest speed possible!"
"That's right. Once you've caught up to them, open fire. Leave no survivors. Next, pay attention to receiving specific information. Headquarters will transmit the captured enemy's flight trajectory to you. Over."
Hearing Casio's orders, Hank couldn't help but comment.
"The enemy clearly came prepared. They even used the extremely well-hidden chess piece, Lieutenant Colonel Damoke. If we let these lads act directly, I'm afraid they'll encounter an ambush. The casualties and losses will definitely be huge."
Casio coldly replied.
"Then do you think that if we report the assault on our command center, the casualties and losses will be huge?"
"Since the losses have already reached the point where they can't be concealed, we might as well use the possibility of even greater losses to fight for a chance to turn the tables!"
Hank was startled.
"What chance to turn the tables?"
Casio earnestly replied.
"Previously, Capsule Technology launched an offensive without any regard for the cost. Although they caused huge losses to our new Overwatch Citadel, in actual fact, their losses were much greater overall."
"Because of this, I've already deduced from some clues that although the enemy appeared to be attacking, they were actually searching for an important item. Therefore, I ordered someone to set up a temporary secret warehouse in our command center."
Hank asked.
"Then can we confirm the enemy's objective now?"
Casio replied.
"Yes, a mercenary intercepted a secret document from the Red Shuttle Pirates. It said that the captain of the Red Shuttle Pirates, Mercer, had been missing for several days."
Hank was shocked.
"Could it be!! Could it be that we've caught this guy? "
Casio said with a gloomy gaze.
"Yes, and there's a high probability that he's on the shuttle driven by Lieutenant Colonel Damoke!"
Hank instantly sucked in a breath of cold air, and his eyes became even more fervent.
***
Ten minutes later.
The life of this Unicorn Beetle modified shuttle was about to come to an end.
Although Lieutenant Colonel Damoke had done his best, several red lights flashing on the dashboard showed that the shuttle was in a very bad condition. It could even be described as a lamp that was about to run out of fuel.
Even Fang Linyan, who couldn't understand the dashboard, could perceive the major crisis they were facing from the emergency prompts constantly sent by the shuttle's artificial intelligence system, "Shera".
At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Damoke suddenly said.
"A temporary pulse floater I released before sensed fluctuations, which means that the pursuing space fighters have caught up with us. They are about 15 minutes away from us."
Fang Linyan said.
"So how far are we from the Ball Fern Swamp?"
Lieutenant Colonel Damoke said,
"61 kilometers."
Fang Linyan said,
"I heard from the artificial intelligence that the shuttle may crash at any time, so we have to consider a forced landing immediately?"
Lieutenant Colonel Damoke said,
"En, in theory, yes, but there is a way to let us fly for a while. Of course, we have to take a greater risk."
Fang Linyan immediately said with excitement,
"Oh? There is such a way? Tell me about it. "
Lieutenant Colonel Damoke said,
"It shows that this old guy can only operate normally for 2 minutes at most."
"I will first abandon any redundant parts of the shuttle in these 2 minutes, then accelerate upward as much as possible to squeeze out the last trace of potential."
"Then directly shut down most of the engines, leaving only the electric transmission system to adjust the flaps. In this way, the hidden danger of explosion is basically eliminated."
"Next, we can try to glide directly. If everything is normal, it is not impossible to glide directly to the destination."
Hearing what Lieutenant Colonel Damoke said, Fang Linyan immediately asked,
"What about the risk?"
Lieutenant Colonel Damoke said,
"The risk is that when landing, because there is no power support, we can only use a diving forced landing instead of a vertical take-off and landing. In this case, the possibility of disintegration of the shuttle is not small."
"But there are many swamps nearby, and in order to enhance survivability, the shuttle is specially installed with strengthened armor on the belly. I think although there is a risk, it is within a controllable range."
Fang Linyan said decisively,
"Okay, then let's do as you said."
Next, everyone poured into the cockpit.
Because according to the design, the belly cabin of this shuttle could be directly separated when necessary.
In that case, the shuttle could be quickly switched to cargo planes, bombers, and so on, depending on the standard boxes mounted on it.
Fortunately, the cockpit of this shuttle was quite spacious because of the consideration of flying outside the atmosphere. Otherwise, it would be too cramped.
After a series of operations by Lieutenant Colonel Damoke, this Unicorn Beetle modified shuttle directly threw away most of the armor and external devices on its body.
Intuitively speaking, its weight was reduced by more than one-third in an instant.
Next, Lieutenant Colonel Damoke began to climb quickly, then when the artificial intelligence prompted that the shuttle was about to disintegrate in 30 seconds, he directly turned off all the engines, leaving only the electronic control system to operate normally.
In this case, the warning sound of the artificial intelligence system Shirui suddenly slowed down, then it prompted that the temperature of the key parts began to drop. The flashing red lights on the dashboard also began to disappear.
At this time, it could be said that everything was as Lieutenant Colonel Damoke expected. It was going perfectly according to the script he wrote.
However, there were always things that went wrong in the world, not to mention what Fang Linyan was doing now. He was trying to change Mercer's fate of certain death!
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