Chapter 153 - Enemy Attack Extra for Alliance Leader Delivering Express Part 5

At the same time, some core equipment resumed normal function, but the vast majority of the systems were still problematic, such as the radar system.

At that moment, Qian Chengxue and others entered the control room, and she asked immediately.

“Zinuo, what happened?”

“Uh, that…”

Lin Zinuo didn’t know how to answer, looking towards Su Mo with pleading eyes.

Unfortunately, Su Mo blatantly ignored her, leaving her to deal with her own mess.

At this point, Zi Qing and Chen Xijie hurriedly stepped forward to check the console.

After a brief look, they turned to Lin Zinuo in shock.

“Did you switch to emergency manual mode?”

“I didn’t want to, but it seems like the system crashed, and these devices malfunctioned.

It wasn’t intentional, I was just…”

Lin Zinuo explained in panic.

Zi Qing and Chen Xijie didn’t even let Lin Zinuo finish her explanation, cutting her off anxiously.

“Did all the devices stop working at once?”

“Yes.”

Lin Zinuo nodded mechanically.

“What exactly is the problem?”

Qian Chengxue asked in a stern voice.

“We are experiencing severe magnetic interference; the equipment has entered a self-protective paralysis state, thus we had to switch to manual mode,”

Zi Qing explained to Qian Chengxue,

“No way?

Wait, that can’t be possible.

We were interfered with in the Mist Zone before, and The Crane Orchid was fine, and it was just fine a moment ago!”

Lin Zinuo responded in astonishment.

“It seems unbelievable, but a ship of this class should have protections.

If it can be paralyzed, it means the interference in this area is extremely intense.

Does anyone have a compass?”

Chen Xijie asked.

“I do!”

Zi Qing pulled a compass out of her backpack, and a shocking scene unfolded—the needle of the compass spun wildly!

“It seems we were right, it’s strong magnetic interference,”

Su Mo said indifferently.

“Do you think, with the equipment failing right now, we might be about to face an attack?”

Lin Zinuo asked worriedly.

Upon hearing Lin Zinuo’s words.

Whoosh!

The expressions of everyone present changed drastically, all turning to look at Lin Zinuo.

“No, no, I just said it offhand!”

Qian Chengxue immediately asked, “Where are we now?”

“Deep in the Ink Sea.”

Zi Qing briefly checked the navigation records and quickly provided the current location.

“Can we avoid this area?”

“No, it’s the only route to Sea Breeze Island.

If we deviate from the planned route, we’ll need more than double the time,”

Qian Chengxue decisively ordered Zi Qing.

“Then proceed at full speed and break out of this sea area!”

“Yes!”

Zi Qing immediately manipulated the controls, maximizing the power, and suddenly The Crane Orchid began to accelerate.

At this moment, the ships following them were baffled.

Sikong and others sensed something was amiss.

Their ships’ equipment malfunctioned first, and then The Crane Orchid began to accelerate.

They knew Qian Chengxue was generally trustworthy and wouldn’t normally speed up to leave them behind.

That left only one possibility—danger was imminent!

However, Sikong was a bit puzzled.

If they were being interfered with, any enemy would face the same interference!

Nevertheless, Sikong and his crew silently gave orders to their own people.

“Full speed ahead!”

And their subordinates, all with gloomy faces, responded.

“How could we possibly catch up, our engine is no match for The Crane Orchid, and we’re also damaged.”

“This?”

Sikong and his team also found themselves in a dilemma.

Just then, suddenly a loud buzzing sound came from the sky, getting closer.

In an instant, The Crane Orchid blared a piercing alarm.

A lookout teammate used all his strength to shout.

“Air raid!”

In an instant, the dark sky, filled with planes like a swarm of bees, approached rapidly.

Then, one by one, inertia missiles attacked The Crane Orchid and four other ships.

Boom, boom, boom~

In the command room, Zi Qing’s first reaction was to hit the emergency button, delegating all weapon control to other auxiliary consoles.

Due to strong interference, many electronic systems were out of service.

They couldn’t launch an automated counterattack and had to operate semi-automatically by hand.

Chen Xijie, Zhang Wenjing, and others hurried to the secondary control consoles to operate the 4 mounted 16-barrel 30MM close defense guns.

They swept the area targeting the incoming missiles!

Missile after missile was shot down, but the flaws of manual control were also obvious—they couldn’t cover everything.

In an instant, missed missiles instantly struck the ships!

Boom, boom, boom~

A massive explosion swept through.

The Crane Orchid shook violently, and fierce flames engulfed the deck.

“How is that even possible?

Aren’t fighter jets more vulnerable to strong interferences than ships?”

Lin Zinuo was stunned too; she understood that much.

“Exactly!

It shouldn’t be possible!”

Everyone was somewhat dazed by the attack.

At this time, Zhang Wenjing anxiously shouted.

“Sister Zi Qing, the radar system is paralyzed, we can’t lock onto the targets, and the missiles can’t lock and launch, what do we do?”

“Switch to optical mode, physically lock on!

Use inertia missiles and heat-seeking missiles!”

Zi Qing quickly gave the orders.

“Understood!”

Everyone promptly responded.

At that moment, Su Mo was the first to rush out; staying here was no help, but perhaps he could be of some use once he got into the Mecha.

Soon, everyone switched to optical mode, and even though it was night, The Crane Orchid’s optical system still clearly captured every nearby detail.

Suddenly, their visibility broadened, and they could finally see what was happening.

They saw rows of old-fashioned propeller fighters attacking The Crane Orchid, all the inertia missiles had been launched by them.

However, the effect was not very good.

Although The Crane Orchid had been hit, its armor was too thick!

Conventional missiles barely caused damage even if they hit.

“It’s old-fashioned fighter jets!”

Zhang Wenjing responded.

“Don’t underestimate these old fighters; the missiles they carry aren’t old models.”

Chen Xijie quickly reminded everyone.

“Could it be that an aircraft carrier has targeted us?”

Zhang Wenjing wondered aloud.

At that moment, Qian Chengxue spoke sternly, “Aircraft carriers don’t equip these kinds of old fighters.”

“Then where did they take off from, how did they come to attack us?”

Zi Die and the others were also stunned.

“There must be an island base nearby.

They must have taken off from there.

This region has strong magnetic interference, giving them the perfect opportunity to attack us.

In such a complicated interference environment, advanced planes are useless and prone to crashing.

But these old planes are barely affected.

If I’m not wrong, the initial attack was just a starter, and they definitely carry heavy bombs, ready to launch an attack or even a suicide attack on us soon.

Trading some junk planes for a high-end ship—there’s no better deal than that.”

Zi Qing strongly agreed with Qian Chengxue’s persuasion.

“Sister Zi Qing, they are really diving towards us now!”

Zhang Wenjing said in horror.