Chapter 142 The Sea Battle of Gages
The desolate world of Gages is located in the outer ring of the Ferron system filled with asteroids. A green-skin empire that was once defeated is re-rising. In the green-skin's own words Say, there is a big Waaagh gathering.
Once their power expands to its limit, it will be a huge disaster for the world around the galaxy, and even the entire star region.
To stop a great Waaagh from taking shape, it often requires the coordinated efforts of several, or even dozens, of Astartes Chapters.
However, the current Storm Star Territory does not have such conditions.
So in order to prevent the greenskins from turning the entire star field upside down, the best way is to weaken Waaagh in advance before it has formed a scale.
This has also been the best strategy for the human empire to deal with aliens like green skins in the past tens of thousands of years - it is almost impossible to fundamentally eliminate them.
A month ago, under the planning of the leader of the Ascetic Chapter and the legendary hero of the empire, Magyar, the entire imperial armed forces in the Storm Star Region were mobilized to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against this alien empire from all directions. .
The green skins of planets one after another were eradicated, and the fortresses were destroyed one after another.
But this is not enough.
The green-skin empire on the main planet of Fulun has grown to a point that cannot be ignored. Just eradicating some peripheral strongholds is not enough to change the form.
The strategy of the Magyar Lords is to first wipe out the green skin's outer strongholds and trap them in the galaxy, and then focus on attacking their strongholds that can build starships. After uprooting those strongholds, they can then attack the green skins. Lun Zhuxing launched a general attack.
The advantage of this tactic is that it can quickly minimize the ability of green skins to wander and flee in space, preventing a large group of green skins from wandering in the void after the green skins' ground power is eliminated. Minimize the damage that the green skin can cause in the future to the greatest extent.
The downside is that the war will inevitably be prolonged.
Gages is such a green shipyard.
The greenskins collect the remains of spaceships here and splice them with nearby meteorite fragments of moderate size to create a unique "meteorite assault ship" unique to the greenskins.
The appearance of this kind of battleship does look crude, not much different from a meteorite, but this kind of thing can cause devastating disasters to planets without much orbital defense power.
The greenskins will ride in this giant "drop pod" and crash directly onto the surface of the planet. Then while the local residents are still shocked by the meteorite impact, they will fight their way out and sweep the entire world.
It is difficult for any defensive force to withstand the impact of a meteorite.
So the elimination of the green skins of Gages was immediately put on the priority agenda of the expeditionary force. Since Gages has strong ground defense firepower, in addition to attacks on orbit, the expeditionary force must also There is a relatively powerful ground assault force.
The Expeditionary Force deployed an entire fleet and more than half a million Astra Militarum into the battle, aiming to wipe out the greenskin world that produced meteorite assault ships.
However, no one expected that Gages was an unexpectedly tenacious planet.
Any hopes of taking over the planet with a quick and precise assault were dashed when the expeditionary force's detachment sailed into the system border and witnessed the incredible size of the ragtag fleet assembled here. .
Hundreds of greenskin ships were ordered by their war chiefs to withdraw from the most stalemate war zone in order to protect its most important dockyard.
This army is filled with the remains of battleships powered by ion reactors. The greenskins used their unimaginable mechanical wizardry to weld the rusty hulls dragged back from the ruins of the battlefield into huge ancient giants. Garbage - all these scrap metals that were supposed to be dead, miraculously regained life.
Guarded by this fleet is a hematite-colored planet.
The surface of this planet is a desert inlaid with pig iron veins. The rugged mountains are dotted with staggeringly large railguns and dense missile silos, as well as an astonishing ground void shield as a shield.
As the human fleet approached, its protective fleet charged straight into the Imperial Navy's lines like mad savages armed with clubs.
Generally speaking, it is difficult to follow the rules of the battlefield when fighting greenskins. From the moment of contact, both parties participating in the war will fire at their opponents without reservation.
Warships and warships bite each other tightly, and the space is filled with straight lines of lasers, parabolas of torpedoes, and the mess left by explosions.
Space encounters usually start at a long distance, but because the green skin's preference for close combat also affects their space combat style, the two warring parties are often close to each other - such a close distance even makes some green skins light up. He bought a crude jetpack and tried to start a gang-hopping battle directly.
In the heat of the battle, a Chapter of the Astartes answered the call of the Crusade.
Soshyan Alexey, leading the Astral Knights Chapter, rushes to the battlefield.
Once out of the subspace, the Spark plunged directly into the storm of war.
Its broadsides project an overwhelming fury, converging into a barrage too bright to see directly, and launch rows of torpedoes. An ancient giant junk rolled and struggled in this curtain of death and finally succumbed completely. A series of explosions occurred in the armory with little protection below the deck. Along with the lasing fragments and ion arc, the ship went from When the internal explosion occurred, countless green-skinned corpses were also thrown out. The scene was like a fungus spitting spores outward.
The Starfire maneuvered at full speed with an agility that was completely inconsistent with its size. The superstructure of the battleship groaned like a living thing. The ancient hull trembled under the influence of thunder, and the deck Continuously shaking due to the reaction force from the continued firing of the flanking cannons.
The space area between the two fleets that are fighting fiercely is filled with debris of different sizes, vortexes of plasma disappearing, and fighting squadrons.
It is generally difficult for a few battleships to change the situation, but it is enough to tear a small hole in the opponent's formation.
The experienced commander of the detachment immediately captured the fighter planes, threw all the capital ships on hand into them, quickly divided the greenskin formation, and concentrated fire on the largest ones. .
This tactic was quite effective, just like the osprey plunging directly into a school of fish, immediately defeating the greenskins, leaving the target they were supposed to protect and fleeing to outer space.
The war is raging outside.
But on the bridge of the Starfire, everything was still in order.
"Chapter Commander, Squadron Commander Lieutenant General Yarrow sent a call request."
The annular halo released by the parallel data boards and the flashing line frame illuminated the entire ship. The bridge is shrouded in an oscillating and deep light environment. Hundreds of mortal voices convey the orders of various positions. The chattering transmitter repeats the ammunition consumption report. The mechanical priest uses
Binary code calibrates void shield readings and firepower.
"Agree."
Soshiyang, who was sitting high on the command throne, nodded, and the hologram immediately lit up, and the image of a tough soldier's face clearly reappeared on the bridge.
"I am Squadron Commander Yarrow Melson. Thank you very much for assisting in this operation, Chapter Commander Soshyan."
"Vice Admiral Yarrow, I am just the former Come and perform my duties, no thanks needed.”
"Then let me tell the truth. The green-skin fleet has been defeated. The next step is to land on Gages and completely wipe out all the industrial and production facilities above. The defeated green-skin fleet is likely to come back. We don't have How much time?"
Soshiyang thought for a moment and knew that the other party was telling the truth.
This was a battle of defeat, not annihilation. The greenskin fleet suffered a heavy blow, but it was not a fatal blow. They still retained the ability to fight, but the organization was temporarily broken up.
If they receive reinforcements, it is not impossible to organize a counterattack.
In fact, the possibility is very high.
Since Gages has been heavily repaired by the greenskins, the density of anti-aircraft firepower is astonishing, and key facilities are protected by huge void shields, the orbital bombing is quite difficult.
And the fleet does not have a fast extermination weapon like cyclone torpedo.
Then there is only one best way left.
Send landing troops and find ways to shut down or destroy the void shield generators on the ground, and then the fleet can show its strengths.
The most suitable force to carry out this kind of mission is undoubtedly the Astartes Chapter.
"Ten hours later, the Astra Militarum will be deployed as a ground containment force. We will ride on the Thunderhawk and airborne directly into the heart of the enemy."
After careful consideration, Soshyan decided to use the Astartes. Classic beheading tactic.
Generally speaking, large void arrays are mainly used to defend against high-speed kinetic and energy attacks. They are in an open door state for relatively "slow" vehicles, so when facing vehicles protected by void shields Most of the Astartes used Thunderhawks to land on enemy targets.
"Agreed, the operation will be launched in ten hours, Chapter Master, we look forward to your victory, for the sake of the Emperor."
"For the Emperor."
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(End of this chapter)