Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 185 Platform Cleaning Operation

Since the situation was still unclear, Lorraine did not intend to use the flagship to get close and fire. However, in order to be able to respond to the changes in the nest in time, Lorraine still made a slight adjustment to the position of the entire fleet.

The Sea Knight, with the strongest close-range combat capability, was dispatched by Lorraine to the vicinity of the drilling platform, where the entire warship was positioned at an angle 1.5 kilometers away from the platform.

Meanwhile, the cruiser's three triple-mounted 130mm electromagnetic guns, along with three six-barreled 30mm electromagnetic guns located on the ship's centerline, were all aimed at the nest beneath the drilling platform.

All three Peregrine 20F anti-submarine helicopters and four Peregrine 35 utility helicopters in the fleet were in position on their respective flight decks.

While keeping their engines running, the seven helicopters continuously refueled their tanks through the fuel filler on the aft deck, ensuring that they could take off immediately in case of an emergency.

Meanwhile, in order to avoid affecting the four support legs of the drilling platform, Lorraine planned to use the lightweight torpedoes equipped on the Peregrine 20F to attack it.

If the situation is unexpected, Lorraine will not hesitate to order the Sea Knight to fire all its guns at once, since all the oil pipelines can be repaired anyway.

Once all emergency measures were in place, Lorraine gave the order to attack to the combat robots that were on standby.

Upon receiving the order, the Hound combat platform responsible for defense at the entrance to the second and third floors opened the passage after firing a salvo.

Since the third floor is the equipment floor, the cleaning efficiency of these 80 humanoid robots is very low.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Lorraine moved 40 humanoid robots from the upper platform to the third floor to carry out cleaning operations.

Despite this, there was still no sign of improvement in the cleaning efficiency of the third floor.

Just as Lorraine was searching for the reason, images sent by the Rainbow-1 UAV, which was on a reconnaissance mission, cleared up his doubts.

Zombies from the fourth and fifth floors of the drilling platform are continuously entering the third floor through various stairwells.

Without these 40 humanoid robots moving down to the lower platform, the four hounds alone would likely not have been able to stop this wave of zombies rushing up to the upper platform.

Lorraine frowned, then mobilized the remaining 40 humanoid robots to go to the lower platform to provide support.

To investigate the situation in the lower levels, Lorraine handed over command of the site to Platinum, while he went to the preparation room to make a remote connection using the equipment there. He was preparing to personally control a four-person team.

Lorraine donned a rather rudimentary exoskeleton suit and then entered a spherical space.

Remote control and activation, smooth communication, and connectivity available anytime.

After the entire system completed its self-check, the actual locations of each team appeared on the screen.

Lorraine examined the area carefully before selecting a four-person team located on the west side.

Then, Lorraine's gaze fell on the heavily armed robot in the four-person team.

He first stood still and stretched his arms and legs to familiarize himself with the robot's controls. Then he picked up the shield and walked directly towards the main control center not far away.

To ensure sufficient visibility, Lorraine placed the real-time feed of the sentry robots scouting ahead in the upper right corner of the helmet screen.

But before he could walk 50 meters...

He ran into a horde of forty or fifty zombies that were moving at high speed.

Lorraine and another heavy robot stood in place, raising their shields. Two assault robots, each holding an electromagnetic machine gun, extended from above the left shoulders of the two heavy robots.

In an instant, the heads of the zombies at the forefront exploded, and they fell like wheat stalks cut by a scythe.

Before Lorraine could lead the team any further, they encountered another small horde of zombies.

If this pace continues, they estimate it will take them half an hour to reach the main control center.

Lorraine hesitated for a moment, then looked at the map in the upper left corner of the helmet.

"Platinum, I'm going to take control of this squad and launch an attack, with the main control center as our target."

"Received. All robots are in good condition and ready to charge at any time."

"clear."

Lorraine adjusted his posture slightly, tilting the shield in front of him, and then removed the golden mace that was fixed to the outside of his right leg.

"The final step is to remove the security restrictions."

Then, the entire screen border lit up a dangerous red.

With a humming sound from the high-speed rotation of the motor, the heavy-duty robot sped off like a dump truck.

Using his tilted shield, Lorraine easily shoveled aside the zombies blocking his way, occasionally smashing some of their heads open with his golden mace.

With sparks flying and lightning streaking along the way, Lorraine quickly reached the vicinity of the airbase center.

Almost simultaneously with Lorraine arrived three other humanoid combat robots.

The two sentry robots arrived just as Lorraine used a laser cutter to cut the lock on the main gate.

Lorraine then switched the main perspective to one of the assault robots, while the other two heavy robots were given defensive orders by Lorraine.

With the electromagnetic machine gun slung behind his back, Lorraine went to the control panel and began searching for any useful information available at the moment.

Fortunately, perseverance pays off, and Lorraine successfully found a paper document.

The bad news is that the paper document has yellowed and become brittle, and the information displayed on it is now blurry.

Lorraine could only scan the tattered paper document and then rely on Cleveland's powerful capabilities to restore it.

At this moment, Lorraine looked up at the minimap on the screen and was surprised to find that the speed of progress had increased significantly.

If he were in the cockpit at that moment, he would have noticed that these robots had sustained varying degrees of damage, with the four robots he was controlling being particularly affected.

Unsure whether the information he had found was valid, Lorraine could only stay near the main control center for a while, waiting for Cleveland to complete the restoration of the document.

[Commander's files restored.]

This document is indeed a structural diagram of the entire platform.

After confirming the information was useful, Lorraine prepared to leave with the team.

Ten minutes later, all unmanned units left the third-level platform in an orderly manner.

Lorraine quickly returned to the bridge, preparing to use the Sea Knight's cannons to attack the nest.

Prior to this, Lorraine had an anti-submarine helicopter drop four sonobuoys around the oil drilling platform.

The unmanned underwater vehicle located near the nest also remained in place, ready to monitor the underwater portion of the nest in real time.

Meanwhile, two Peregrine 35 helicopters on the flagship left the deck and flew toward the helipad on the south side of the drilling platform, preparing to bring the most expensive engineering robots back to the flagship first.