Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

[We are expected to arrive at the firing position in one minute.]

Lorraine placed her hand on the trigger button for the hedgehog bullet.

[Countdown: 10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1, 0!]

The moment the countdown ended, Lorraine pressed the activation button. As flashes of light appeared on the foredeck, Hedgehog bullets were fired and flew toward the Overlord who was feeding.

[Firing complete. Begin turning and disengaging.]

Lorraine left the cockpit, pulled down the night vision goggles on his helmet, and looked towards the sea in the southeast.

Several dense bulges appeared on the sea surface 300 meters away; all 12 Hedgehog shots hit their mark.

[Warning! The target is turning west.]

[Warning! Warning! The target is advancing towards us at 20 knots. Depletion expected in 3 minutes.]

"Maximum combat speed, activate the acoustic barrier function of the sonar system, deploy decoy-1, and conduct continuous active scanning with sonar buoys."

[Acoustic barrier activated, decoy-1 deployed, sonar buoys activated active scanning mode.]

Lorraine stood nervously in front of the control panel, watching the two flashing dots on the screen get closer and closer.

"Deploy air curtain bombs."

[Port pylon unlocked, air curtain grenades deployed.]

With a "plop," the air curtain bomb fell into the water, activating the propulsion system and causing it to release chemical agents.

"Hiss." The air curtain released chemical agents that began to react with the seawater, producing a large number of bubbles, successfully interfering with the overlord and causing it to lose its flagship's direction.

A few seconds later, Cleveland provided an update.

[Alert lifted. Target is tracking decoy-1.]

"call."

Lorraine wiped the cold sweat from her brow and let out a long breath.

"After the turn, the flagship will move parallel to the target, and the main guns will be ready to fire depth-fixed shells."

【receive. 】

The flagship traced a large arc on the sea surface, heading northwest.

[Decoy-1 has lost contact; the target is beginning to slow down and is expected to lose its firing angle in 2 minutes.]

Lorraine frowned. "The shooting time is a bit too short."

"The flagship is beginning to slow down. Report the current sea conditions."

The current sea state is Level 2.

"The sea is relatively calm; you can give it a try."

"Assess the target's speed and direction of movement, and prepare one depth-determining shell."

[Target locked. One high-explosive shell with depth fuse being loaded.]

Lorraine then pressed the activation button for the main gun.

Flames spewed from the cannon muzzle, and a shell flew out with a relatively straight trajectory.

Ten seconds later, another bulge appeared on the water's surface.

Cleveland then made a judgment based on the information transmitted back by the sonar buoy.

[First shot hit. 57 seconds remaining]

"Three rapid shots."

[Received, three rapid-fire rounds ready.]

Lorraine pressed the button three times in succession, and three shells flew out one second apart.

[All three shots hit their mark. The target's swimming speed decreased significantly, but it continued to move towards the location where the Recon-2 had dropped the bait.]

"Increase speed to 25 knots, head northeast, and stop 18 kilometers southwest of the bait drop point."

[Received. Flagship turns northeast, speed increased to 25 knots.]

With the propeller speed increased, the flagship's speed quickly rose to 25 knots.

[The 25th day of the month is approaching. The target is expected to arrive at the designated location in 40 minutes, and will reach the bait placement point in 70 minutes.]

Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the energy bar next to her, and nibbled on it while drinking water.

However, he only ate a small portion of the energy bar and drank a small portion of the water before stopping.

"Cleveland, report on current anti-submarine weapon stockpiles."

One air curtain shell remains, located on the starboard pylon; two depth-fixing shells remain, and two sets of hedgehog shells remain.

Fishing Net-1, Fishing Net-2, and Bait-2 were not deployed.

[One base quantity of depth charges remains.]

Looking at the remaining equipment, Lorraine began to think about how to maximize the lethality of these weapons.

"Command: Reconnaissance-1 begins approaching the target for close-range reconnaissance."

[Reconnaissance-1 is accelerating and is expected to begin its reconnaissance mission in 15 minutes.]

Then, a ray-shaped icon appeared on the map, and it began to move towards the target direction.

13 minute later.

[Reconnaissance Unit 1 is about to reach the target's flank and rear; the underwater camera has been activated.]

A window pops up, taking up the current screen, while the real-time map shrinks and moves to the top left corner of the screen.

Inside the window, a beam of light pierced the dim underwater environment, and Lorraine could vaguely see a large shadow to his left.

As Reconnaissance 1 slowly approached, Lorraine gradually got a clear look at this enormous overlord.

Viewed from the right rear, there are several gaps on its right side body, and the whole body is somewhat deformed. The left pectoral fin is not visible, the right pectoral fin is shorter, the dorsal fin is missing, the tail is injured, and half of the tail fin is missing.

What is its current movement speed?

The target's current speed is eight knots. Based on the target's current tail swing speed, the target's maximum speed can reach 20 knots.

"That's good."

Lorraine let out a long breath, but before he could relax, the Overlord suddenly turned around and bit Reconnaissance Number 1.

[Reconnaissance Unit 1 is damaged. According to the last transmitted images, the Overlord's short burst speed could reach 25 knots.]

"Hiss, looks like we need to adjust the plan for the second wave of firepower. Cleveland, increase speed to 35 knots."

Lorraine looked at the real-time map, tapping rhythmically on the control panel with his fingers, thinking about a safer position to fire.

[Restaurant number 35, estimated arrival at the designated location in 24 minutes.]

"Battle position, battle position, got it."

Lorraine came up with a slightly crazy plan.

"Cleveland, change the designated location to 20 kilometers southeast of the bait drop site. When stopping, the ship must point towards the bait drop site of Reconnaissance No. 3."

[Received. Course has been changed. It is expected to be 5 nautical miles ahead of the target, with a chance of attracting the target's attention.]

Upon hearing about the potential danger, Lorraine immediately offered her solution.

"When crossing the defense zone, all sonar buoys switch to low-frequency sound waves to scan, interfering with the target's senses."

[The risks of this plan are being calculated.]

The probability of a flagship attracting the target's attention has decreased to 1.7%.

The flagship is beginning to shift its focus.

Ten minutes later, the flagship entered the deployment area.

"(((Na)))"

Low-frequency sound waves came from all directions, severely interfering with the target's senses.

Lorraine saw on the real-time map that the target's movement speed had suddenly decreased.

The flagship aircraft passed through the defense zone safely in 8 minutes.

Once the flagship was ten nautical miles from the target, Lorraine issued the order to switch the sonar buoy to normal mode.

The target is expected to arrive at the bait drop location of Reconnaissance 2 with a 10-minute delay.

"The later it arrives at the target location, the better for us. All we need to do now is get to a good position in advance."