DipNovel Chapter 258 Breaking Attack
Chapter 258 Breaking Attack
The vanguard army composed of four hundred warships was overwhelming, attacking cities one by one. No world could organize enough strength to resist.
The governors of the local world fled one after another, and they fled with almost all the planetary defense forces and the entire planet's property. Their external rhetoric was that they were clear of the wilderness and left no resources to the enemy. In fact, the gold and silver treasures they carried were It is useless. The basic mineral resources left behind due to their heavy weight are vital supplies to the enemy.
The loyal people of the local world, organized by the leaders of the Ecclesiarchy who vowed not to retreat, armed themselves with tattered, long-unmaintained weapons found in warehouses, and were then massacred by the Iron Warriors.
The governors who carried massive wealth and troops, in addition to defecting to the enemy, simply became pirates or became the enemy's "vanguard".
They arrived at the next world first and robbed a large amount of wealth. At this time, the governor of that world was also packing up his things and running away. Several troops hit it off and the suffering local people lost everything. The only good news may be that they did indeed scrape. It had to be clean enough, and the Iron Warriors didn't get any other supplies except population and heavy minerals.
This growing group of troops fled towards the interior of the empire. Some of them had the courage to take advantage of the chaos to leave and become pirates. The rest also kept running away in the name of gathering effective forces towards the military town, and then... ..Bypassing several important military towns, we continued running.
Ran all the way to our home planet.
It was impossible for such a large-scale military mobilization to go unnoticed by our forward reconnaissance posts, and the alarm was immediately sounded.
These guys were quite smart and prepared to bypass our territory and go directly to the next star field, but we didn't know it and thought it was the enemy's raiding force.
Yifeng, who was thinking about how to slow down the enemy's action, immediately received a signal that his home planet was under attack, and led a large force towards the rear.
At this time, dozens of planetary governors were still having a grand banquet on the largest transport ship.
"Brother, don't worry. I have ten regiments of imperial guards. Their combat effectiveness is as high as any. If they work hard, they can defeat the Astartes with a ten to one battle loss. Rounding it all off, that's a star." With the strength of the warrior group, no matter where we go, others will support us. As long as we go with me, we will definitely be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people."
"Hey, if that's true, for my armored corps, if nothing else, it won't be a problem for us to blast a fortress gate with a few cannons. We two brothers will go out together. It's not too much to say that one is the dominant one."
"Humility, you are too humble. You are a person who just can't let go."
It is not illegal to brag. When these governors were bragging about each other's strategies, the ship lost power with a "boom!"
The People's Light did not launch an attack because the Sky Eagle emblem was clearly painted on these ships, which looked like a huge transportation force of the empire.
The troops led by Kazanev landed on the largest ship, and they were the only ones wearing normal Astartes armor.
The heavy footsteps of the Iron Cavalry Terminator made everyone's hearts jump into their throats.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, what kind of army are you?"
The Emperor's Angel's question echoed throughout the ship like a bell.
When the governors heard that it was an Astartes, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and pushed and pushed the governor of the hive world to Kazaniv.
"Dear Emperor's Angels, why did you attack our ship?" The other party struck preemptively.
"I am Kazanev, the first company commander of the Red Torrent Chapter. You are now in the galaxy of our home star. Why didn't you report any information to us?"
"Please note that we are here a joint operation of thirty-eight planetary governors, and we have no obligation to report any information to you."
"Whose orders?"
"Confidentiality required, no comment."
"Okay, next one." The governor was dragged to a cabin and locked up.
Kazanev then looked at the other governors.
"You detained a loyal planetary governor, and we require the presence of a third force notary!"
"Loyalty? It depends on the judgment of the interrogating priest on your confession."
This group of governors clamored for Kazanev to let them go immediately. Our first company commander turned a deaf ear to a lot of random threats.
"Your current troops are enough to defend a planet under the most ferocious artillery fire. Now, I order you all to land on our battle group's home planet to welcome the regent." Kazanev said lightly.
The governors were about to speak, but when they heard the word regent, they swallowed their words back.
"Prince Regent...you are talking about the great Regent, His Highness Robert Guilliman...."
"Yes, don't you want to see him?"
"No, no, no, I mean, this is unbelievable." To see an executive from the Ministry of Interior in the Calixis sector was to celebrate the Holy Day of the Emperor. Who would have thought that the regent would come in person.
This group of people finally realized how powerful the opponent they faced in this battle was. While they were thankful, they were even more frightened.
His behavior of running away in the face of battle... killing the clan and annihilating the entire clan is not an exaggeration.
"I ask you and your troops to defend our Chapter's home planet until the army led by the Regent arrives. I think this is the highest order at the moment. Do you need me to show you the reply from the Regent to our Chapter?"
This is a big step, which means that as long as you participate in this battle, all the previous things, including plunder, can be smoothly cleared, retreated, assembled, and protected the important world.
"You'd better think clearly whether this is really negotiating with you." Kazanev felt a little bored. These guys were chattering. Didn't the army dare to send its own troops to the most important battle? coward.
Most of the governors agreed to this, and a small number were killed directly.
Not agreeing is a rebellion~~
Team after team of planetary defense forces were delivered to our home planet, with varying quality. Some "kind" planetary governors pulled out all the troops who were willing to fight for themselves, so their combat literacy was extremely poor. , some completely abandoned those "burdens" and only took away the most elite troops. These warriors are the real strong ones.
After these troops entered our home planet, many conflicts naturally occurred. The strong local people and outsiders could not integrate together. The Astartes had to use bolt guns to remind them whose territory this was.
On the other side, the Iron Warriors vanguard felt that they had been insulted. The gangs and refugees who were rioting everywhere after losing their rulers were not worth their efforts at all. What was even more infuriating was that the state religion was hidden among these rabble. It would take a disgusting amount of time for the organized soldiers to completely encircle and suppress them.
There was also the assassination of the Inquisitor, this group of people came like moths to a flame, and they were so fragile and disgusting.
War Blacksmith Vashel was fed up. The ship-devouring behemoth had not appeared in the past few days, and neither had any decent enemies.
The Iron Warriors need a powerful opponent and a tough battle to prove to their father that the Fourth Legion is the best war machine and that they are worthy of being his heirs.
Instead of that group of cold steel.
"Vasher, there is some disturbance on our supply lines."
"Those are just flying mosquitoes and flies. Cleaning up everything around them, they naturally have nowhere to go."
As a master of strategy, Vasher has made rigorous calculations on the march route. Any "loyal world" left behind is a trap. If the remaining troops of the empire escape there, they will eventually find enemies on all sides and eventually die. During the encirclement and suppression by the Iron Warriors follow-up troops.
A day later, he realized he was overconfident.
"Our logistics lines are completely disconnected, and there may be a powerful fleet operating in the area we conquered."
The elusive nature of the People's Light means that even if the opponent drives past our huge hull, it will still not be noticed.
The ships we brought this time include more than sixty Ambition-class cruisers and thirty-one Astartes battleships. In the previous operations on Tyrant Star and several battles, more than ten ships were destroyed and fifty ships were lost. combat capabilities, but this does not mean that we have no fleet.
Tell me out loud, what is the full name of the space manta ray?
Collection and maintenance all-in-one machine.
They quickly repaired the gaps in the battleships according to the guidance of the technical sergeants. Although the combat effectiveness was reduced, it did not affect the navigation of the fleet.
These ships attack the enemy's transportation lines as easily as drinking water. The sudden appearance of the enemy army in the void of space makes it impossible for the Iron Warriors to obtain any supplies no matter how many worlds they occupy.
Very few ships were able to break through our attack and reach the enemy's vanguard.
To be precise, we are following the opponent, and the enemy has nothing to do with us.
.......
"Maybe we need a test." Vasher said.
The vanguard army of 400 ships was accurately divided into two halves, with one half continuing to move forward and the other half responsible for protecting rear supplies and becoming food escorts.
"Father asked us to act quickly. This is not a good opportunity to show off." Several other war blacksmiths had different views on this, and they cared about Perturabo's opinion.
"What dad wants is a beautiful victory."
Vashel remained calm, carefully calculating his attack on the world in front of him.
For the first time, two hundred battleships successfully transported massive supplies to the front line, boosting the morale of the Iron Warriors.
"The other side can't do anything to us. They can't handle a huge formation of two hundred warships." Vasher believed that he had found a way to win, and the rest of the world was theirs.
Two hundred fleets moved forward and jumped to the next world, while two hundred "escorts" turned around and escorted the transport ship back. At Mandeville Point, the light of the subspace rift is still shining. Even the Iron Warriors cannot command all the ships to sail into the subspace at the same time.
After the first dozens of ships entered the subspace, suddenly the People's Light appeared directly behind them.
A wave destroyed the enemy's void shield. Fifty ships sailed into the subspace with their void shields lost, their machine souls severely damaged, and Geller's status unknown. Forty-six warships urgently closed the subspace rift, while the remaining twenty or so warships were far away. After entering the subspace, they made an emergency U-turn and returned to this world.
The People's Light released forty-six newly repaired warships. Their mission was only to throw the Astartes into the enemy's ship.
More than 40 warships no longer received any attention after being ganged up by counter-psionic warriors.
Our fleet fought with more than 20 warships from the other side who came back for reinforcements.
These ships have not been attacked, and the void shield is still there, almost in full strength. The People's Light's turn will take some time. Before the next shield-breaking attack, the enemy sailing at full speed can get close to us.
This time, Yifeng did not jump into the enemy ship, but commanded the battle barge to attack the enemy ship.
"There is an enemy Cyclops-class battleship at 2422-0212-4683."
"A rare model, fire up the afterburners and get close to them."
The huge battle barge made an incredible tactical maneuver and avoided three waves of macro artillery barrages. The light spears from both sides began to shoot at each other, and the void shields flickered, sending countless artillery fires into the subspace.
"All torpedo tubes on the port side are ready to fire!" The battleship swung around and aimed a round of artillery fire at the enemy on the side. The other party also responded with many macro artillery shells, but before the enemy's artillery shells hit us, the battle barge had already straightened its body. , almost dodging 80% of the shells.
"The light spears focus on bombarding the opponent's weapon system, paralyzing their light spears."
The enemy's attacks are concentrated in our engine area. They believe that as long as we are incapacitated and wait for their large forces to return to support, we will definitely die.
"Void shield overload warning, void shield overload warning, estimated overload time is five minutes."
"Maintain the maximum speed. How long will it take before we meet the enemy ship?"
"161 seconds. Broadside fire is ready."
Yifeng's instructions were complex and urgent, and only the longest-serving mortal crew members could barely keep up.
"The ship is raised 15 degrees."
"Teacher?"
"Do!"
The two ships attacked each other face to face, and Yifeng's move exposed the belly of the battleship to the enemy's light spear turret located on the back of the battleship.
The bombardment was fast and furious, and the enemy warships were rolling rapidly in order to tear apart the bottom of our ships with the most ferocious broadside fire.
"The battleship is tilting, full speed!" Our ship also began to tilt, and both sides were trying to face the enemy with their broadsides. The difference was that they were on the upper side, and we were on the lower side.
Facing the enemy in this way, the light spear array located above the ship can only attack one enemy target.
Ship Island.
"Charge the light spear and prepare, prepare the bombardment cannon, don't attack, the macro cannon and torpedoes start attacking!"
The "close range" shooting began. The speed of both sides was very fast. The enemy's light spear array was released immediately after cooling down, causing our void shield to be overloaded earlier than theirs.
"The light spear array turns in advance and estimates the location of the enemy ship's island in 9 seconds."
The battle barge shook, and our bottom deck suffered heavy damage, but it was within an acceptable range. The battle barge was originally designed to forcibly withstand the firepower from below the enemy planet and enter the planet's orbit to drop the Astartes. The bottom of the battleship The armor is extremely thick.
"The enemy's void shield disappears! The enemy's void shield..."
"Light spear launch!"
Arrays of light spears on the battle barge were fired, tearing apart the thick armor of the enemy ship island like laser cutters.
"The bombardment launches!"
The two ships missed each other, and the bottom of our ship became a sea of fire. The red-burned liquid metal flowed in the delivery room where the airdrop pod was originally placed. The air was sucked into space, and the servitors died wailing. .
The ship on the opposite side completely turned into a flying coffin. Only half of the island was bombarded, and the enemy ship lost its command system.
"Turn around, the enemy is now a lamb to be slaughtered." The enemy without a central control system was completely unable to change its course in a short period of time. Our ship blocked the enemy's shooting dead zone behind the enemy's side and destroyed the warship.
Other enemy ships also targeted our damaged battle barge and attacked us from above and below.
"Towards 1331-9272-0123."
This time no one raised any doubts, even though there was an enemy ship in that direction.
The enemies above and below are adjusting their weapons and hulls. Their weapons will soon be able to attack us. The machine soul of the battle barge is still strong and fully cooperates with Yifeng's instructions.
Tens of seconds later, the enemies on our path were blown up by one of our Ambition-class cruisers and turned into burning fireballs.
"The hull turns." Everything was as expected by Yifeng, using the enemy's "corpse" to block the first round of attacks from the enemy below, protecting our damaged bottom, and then emergency stretching to confront the enemy above head-on.
"Lift up the battleship and fill it up!"
The majestic bow begins to rise, the enemy ship is turning sideways, and our front will be bombarded by intensive broadside fire from the enemy.
"For the Emperor, get ready to jump sideways!"
The battleship below blocked us perfectly, and the enemy's anticipated barrage below did not hit us. The battle barge roared and rushed towards the enemy.
"Go through their bottoms."
The artillery fire began to exchange fire. The void shield of the battle barge was of modular design. Just because the void shield at the bottom was overloaded did not mean that the void shield above could not be used.
On the battlefield filled with artillery fire, the Astartes seemed powerless. A single adamantine keel could be used to power numerous anti-psionic armors. However, if these armors were stacked together, they would not be able to withstand the continuous bombardment of the battleship's main cannon.
This is what the empire thinks and does, but...
One hundred Astartes is enough to capture your battleship.
The two ships are getting closer and closer. At this stage, they have the advantage of more ferocious broadside fire, while we are faster.
The afterburner of the battle barge was stretched to the limit, helping us get through this difficult period of morale. The macro cannon on our side began to fire at once, sending huge shells into the enemy's bottom deck. The close-in defense cannon fired within three seconds of contact. The inside turned into burning scrap metal, and the Astartes' jump weapon was launched in the fourth second.
The bottom of the enemy's damaged battleship was mercilessly penetrated by melta hoppers. There were not many hoppers deployed on the sides, but they were enough.
Space fighters and bombers are fighting each other. It has been the first time since the war started that we have seen a large number of fighter formations from the rebels. What responded to them was the People's Light and the Hive City-class hulls that were traveling at superfast speeds in real space. Dense close-range defense artillery.
Manufactured by the working people of the mother regiment that had just been moved to our flagship, the brand-new shells were scattered to the enemy for free.
The People's Light completed its turn at this time, and as the second wave of waves was sent out, the victory of this battle was basically sealed.
After Anos feasted, only broken armor and mortal corpses sucked into space were floating on the entire battlefield.
This raid battle is not over yet. When we were cleaning up the battlefield, we encountered a dozen enemy ships that made an emergency jump back. They were enemies who entered the subspace after losing their void shields.
The instability of Geller's position and the disappearance of the void shield allowed the demons to easily invade them. Vashtor helped them. The demon belonging to the dark mechanical god, or to be precise, the war engine assisted the Iron Warriors in expelling the gang. Their demons.
Now, these angry steel warriors are fighting back to the real world, and they see the People's Light preparing to lead our fleet to evacuate.
They rushed forward without fear of death, trying to entangle us and buy time for the main fleet to return to our aid.
In the previous battle, our fleet had experienced more or less damage and had no intention of continuing to fight with the enemy, so we sent them another shield-breaking wave and entered the subspace.
This is the first time that a main battleship has left after seeing our flagship. This information was quickly sent to Perturabo.
Perturabo is commanding the advancement of the main fleet. The countless brain-computer interfaces on his head allow him to easily control the weapons on any gunship in the entire fleet and accurately control the direction of the entire war.
On a very large battlefield where a soldier's heroic act can change the situation of the war, he still pursues the impossible goal of building a legion that absolutely obeys orders and can absolutely complete its mission.
The magnificent hull of the People's Light and the mechanical operation that seemed to be in perfect operating condition made Perturabo's mouth water.
Unlike Dorn, who was also a mechanical genius, the world Perturabo landed in was a completely uncivilized ancient society. The countless mechanical knowledge in his mind was regarded by the Olympians as a madman, a weirdo, and a visionary.
What would have happened if I had owned this battleship at that time?
The thought inevitably came to Perturabo's mind.
It will be more majestic than the Phalanx, and I will build it into the best and most powerful mechanical creation in the entire galaxy. I am the strongest Primarch.
Perturabo even wanted to connect all of himself to that battleship, and the large number of weapons mounted on him would instantly become useless.
Take it.
The main force of the Fourth Legion immediately jumped in the direction of attack. Except for about 200 ships that continued to carry out the mission of conquering Sintila, the other ships all turned around and headed towards the home star of Red Torrent.
After Vasher learned that his primarch was coming, he made a decision.
Gather more than 200 remaining Vanguard warships to conquer the planet before the original body arrives, proving to his "father" that he is not a waste and the Iron Warriors are not a waste!