Chapter 498 The Great Rout
The wounded soldiers crowded every free corner of the cabin. Kelkus carefully passed through the group of violent wounded and came to the gun emplacement and flight workstation on the front deck. above.
The storm bird's void shield has been scarred by the continuous blows, and its body is also bumping up and down.
Although the wizard used witchcraft to teleport them from the battlefield, he did not teleport them directly back to the Destruction Ghost, but got them to the place where they originally landed.
There, they boarded an ancient Stormbird.
Compared to the Thunderhawk, the Stormbird is large enough to install a void defense barrier, but its size is not large enough to absorb all the kinetic energy of the projectile.
The energy of some projectiles is often transmitted to the spacecraft, causing Kelkus to almost fall down several times.
Finally, he trudged to the turret control room. He could see a soldier operating the heavy bolters on the gimbal, which were installed on both wings of the spacecraft.
At this moment, the red pirate captain was already in an extremely low mood, but the picture that came into view on the screen made it even darker.
Storm Bird accelerated through the smoke, and the battlefield was covered with the wreckage of the spacecraft and burning gas.
This Stormbird was not Huron's usual vehicle, and there were no markings on it to indicate that it was transporting the leader of the warband, but it still fell into the maelstrom, and together with other aircraft, swarmed towards the retreating Red pirate fleet.
A valuable strategy, but no guarantee of safety.
The Starfort's small anti-aircraft firepower has been activated and deliberately targeted at these gunships. Each successful kill will cause the warband to kill another twenty warriors.
The situation of those large battleships is not optimistic either. Due to the interruption of communication, they can only fight independently. Some even planned to break out alone, but they were completely exposed to the enemy's continuous artillery fire.
On the contrary, it is the Suffering Alliance's strike fleet. Although they have the same communication difficulties, Dietrian has installed unique point-to-point communication devices on each ship, which can issue the simplest commands.
Although the number of Suffering Alliance warships is now far less than that of the Red Pirates, they rely on mutual cooperation and concentrated fire to suppress the scattered Red Pirates fleet.
Through the jumping graphics feed, Kelkus found that only a few ships were still trying to fight back, but they became targets immediately, and the shields that had not yet collapsed were all flashing with dim fire. , only one step away from failure.
Other warships began to show the unique centrifugal force of the Chaos warband, and began to retreat when the battle situation was not good. They even used their own hull armor to withstand ruthless blows, intending to use their precious energy to bend in subspace. Jump on.
The situation suddenly changed, and now the red pirates are struggling to their death.
When Kelkus carefully observed the situation on the battlefield, the bright explosion flash turned the screen white.
For a moment, everyone focused on the source of the light.
“Damn it.”
After the picture became clear, Kelkus took a breath of air.
Star Castle's powerful main weapon was activated, and the battlecruiser Eagle Hook, which was fighting the Mother of Tears, suddenly suffered a heavy blow. The bow was instantly shattered, and then the hull was hit by a swaying spear of light. It was riddled with holes and a violent explosion occurred - its void shield only lasted less than two seconds.
It once served in the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet and survived many worse circumstances. It also witnessed the brutal sibling rivalry on the planet Badab. This ship fought for the Star Claw. The giant ship that had been in operation for more than two hundred years perished.
The reactor's artificial star escapes the confines of its magnetism and finally enjoys a moment of freedom.
This giant ball of plasma that gradually dissipated swallowed up countless small spacecraft, and their own reactors also exploded, creating a chain reaction.
The sky was filled with layers of light balls, and the dazzling glow obscured the remaining ships.
As the light went out, several battleships on both sides were burning and drifting with the current. As the former master of the Star Fortress, Kelkus certainly knew the power of the Eye of Hell. This Star Fortress had given priority to firepower during many enhancements, because its function was to intimidate Xiao Xiao.
According to estimates after the latest modification, when the Hell Eye's firepower is fully activated, any area in the four firepower fields has the superimposed firepower intensity of two battleships.
And in the upper center of the star fort, there is also a giant nova cannon called the 'Evil Eye of Hell'. This nova cannon is said to have been dismantled by Huron from a huge ancient hulk. It is so powerful. It is so huge that almost no warship can withstand its fully loaded attack.
It was this terrifying cannon that had just defeated the void shield of the Eagle Hook battlecruiser.
With the destruction of the Eagle Hook, among the many secondary casualties, the large cruiser Midnight Solitude suffered the most serious damage.
Half of its port side was completely torn to pieces, and the honeycomb deck structure was directly exposed to the vacuum. Oxygen flames flashed in and out in the ventilated cabin, and the bulkheads were also burned. Glowing red.
It resembled a half-burned papier-mâché, its exposed interior littered with flickering ash.
What is even more fatal is that the command center of the Midnight Loneliness is completely open in the void, its helmsman has disappeared, and the engine has lost control.
Finally, the battleship's power also disappeared. It left the battlefield and floated away with its usual nobility and elegance.
But the dying circle caused it to break into the moving track of a light cruiser.
The small battleship tried to stop, but its sloping flank was struck instead, and the two ships became entangled and destroyed together.
And these tragedies are just an insignificant episode in this drama of destruction.
The remaining fighter jets of the Mother of Tears are wandering over the retreating Red Pirate Fleet, dropping bunches of bombs. The continuous explosions are like clusters of sad and beautiful firecrackers on the steel field. flowers.
After losing the means of communication, the Red Pirates' fighter jets refused to take off again - losing the guidance of the flight control center, they would fly around in such a chaotic battlefield and seek death.
More and more Chaos warships disappeared silently into the void, and none of the soldiers and crew members on them were spared.
“O the power of destruction!”
Kelkus cursed.
"We are suffering our greatest loss since Badab's humiliation!"
He pounded on the bulkhead helplessly, leaving a bright silver dent in the metal.
"Sir, can you pilot the Stormbird?"
In the incompetent rage of Kelkus, the gunner suddenly asked.
"No."
Kelkus admitted truthfully.
"Then you should let me work hard, my lord, don't let me get distracted, we are almost there, we are almost at the Destruction Ghost, and nothing can go wrong at this time."
< br>“Nothing is useless.”
Kelkus pointed to the miniature screen, which displayed the head view of the fighter plane.
(End of this chapter)