Chapter 901: The whole army attacks
As the top decision was issued, the Astral Knights Chapter and its affiliated fleets quickly began to mobilize.
The operation to rush to the rescue of the Death Star, because he had to face two epic and powerful enemies, the Red Pirates and the Black Legion, Soshyan had to put all the weight in his hand on it.
The Star Knights currently have a total of 376 people, including the recruits who have just served. Compared with before the Battle of New Badab, there is almost no obvious increase in personnel. On the one hand, the transformation success rate of the first two batches of recruits was low. On the other hand, the Astral Knights have fought several vicious battles in just over thirty years, resulting in relatively heavy losses in personnel.
But in order to successfully retrieve the flagship this time, Soshyan had to take out all his only troops, not only the vast majority of the battle robots in the battle group, but also the few extinct relics. .
In this case, the defense of Naisen No. 4 can only be left to other members of the Suffering Alliance, especially once the Red Pirates officially fight, the angry Huron is likely to repeat the last story.
As for the fleet, the fleet of the Astral Knights is also out in force. The main ships include the flagship [Unbound Soul], the large cruiser [Eternal Loyalty], the battle barge [Soul Messenger], and the strike There are seven large and medium-sized battleships including the cruiser [Starfire], the Moon-class cruisers [Absolute Force], [Reason] and [Golden Wind], as well as 2 Cobra-class destroyers and 8 frigates of various types, a total of 17 battleships.
It is worth mentioning that the Absolute Power and the Reason are moon-class cruisers built by Nessen IV, and are also the largest tonnage warships built on this planet, while the Golden Wind is from the casting World Lucius, acquired at auction.
Such a fleet is already very powerful for a battle group, but Soshyan still felt that there were still shortcomings, so he did not rush to set off, but waited for another two months until the white Only after the arrival of the main fleet of the temple and a large number of veterans on board did they officially decide to set off.
This time the White Templars also placed a heavy bet. Together with the flagship Heart of Light, they dispatched 3 strike cruisers and 6 frigates of the Chapter, as well as 500 warriors, including an entire Even veterans equipped with Dehgan Terminators.
After the fleets of both sides merged, they immediately headed for the Extreme Star Territory, and the news of the start of the Battle of Pandora had also been conveyed to the Storm Star Territory.
In the Pandora galaxy, the war situation is also developing rapidly.
The first to arrive from the Empire was the squadron from the Demeter sector. The fleet was commanded by Admiral Orson Kalansworth on his flagship Emperor-class battleship [Vengeance]. The main force It is a Dictator-class cruiser [Reliable Servant], a Dominator-class cruiser [Anvil], two Moon-class cruisers [Leviathan] and [Solar System Lord], and 2 Dreadnought-class cruisers Light cruiser, 1 Endeavor-class light cruiser, 3 Sword-class frigates of Gamma Squadron, 2 Firestorm-class frigates of Jaguar Squadron, 6 Cobra-class destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 129, 5 Scimitars of Escort Squadron 89 -class frigates, a total of 24 warships of various types.
In terms of command, this old captain has rich experience and has fought against the red pirate plundering fleet many times - although this background can only provide him with a very limited advantage against the Pandora galaxy. A terrifying opponent with overwhelming military power.
Why do you say it is a terrifying opponent?
Because according to the empire's early reconnaissance, it can be said that the Black Legion has struck hard this time. Abaddon's flagship is not the famous Vengeful Spirit, but the Desolation Emissary-class battleship [Endless Fury]. In addition, the fleet also contains the ugly -class large cruiser [Holy Corruption], Styx-class heavy cruiser [Ruthless Destroyer], Killing-class cruiser [Grudge], as well as 3 Worshiper-class plunderers of the Purifier Squadron, and 4 Destroyers of the Savage Squadron Destroyer-class destroyers, three Image-Destroyer-class destroyers from the Black Death Squadron, two Image-Destroyer destroyers from the Blood-Red Slayer Squadron, and an unknown number of small marauders.
From the perspective of total numbers, the Empire has a clear advantage, but from the perspective of the firepower of large battleships, Chaos has the advantage, because the Revenge is unfortunately an aircraft carrier and is not very good at it. Main artillery battle. In the next few weeks, Admiral Orson Kalanswo cautiously launched a tentative attack on the outer reaches of the Pandora system. With the 129th Destroyer Fleet as the vanguard, the entire fleet cautiously moved forward.
As a result, when the 129th Destroyer Fleet was looking for a way through the asteroid belt on the outer edge of the galaxy, it was ambushed and blitzed by several Destroyer-class destroyers. After destroying two Imperial ships, Chaos The team retreated unscathed and disappeared into the dense asteroid field, all within minutes of the attack.
After realizing that the opponent was already prepared, Kalansvo did not continue to launch a reckless attack, but established a base on a small planet called Gaia on the edge of the Pandora galaxy.
After the communication guarantee was completed, he began to plan a series of surprise attacks on the asteroid belt, aiming to clear a path to the Paiji star.
In the following two weeks, the Imperial Navy and the Black Legion began a series of escalating fierce conflicts around the asteroid belt, earning this area the nickname 'Adamantium Domain'— —Because it is filled with countless shipwrecks.
At first, Abaddon's fleet had the upper hand, causing the Imperial fleet to suffer heavy losses while trying to explore through the asteroid belt, but in the long run, this was a battle that Abaddon could not win. Because of his opponent, the Imperial Navy was willing to take losses to slowly wear down the strength of the Chaos fleet, eventually advancing to the Death Star.
Compared to Abaddon, the Empire always has an overwhelming advantage in resources, and a war of attrition is what the Empire is most happy to see.
The situation was changing slowly. Abaddon had to invest more ships to ensure that Kalanswo was blocked, and Kalanswo was not in a hurry, just struggling with the Black Legion. It seems that he turned a blind eye to the signal sent by the survivors on the Paihua planet.
In fact, the Imperial Navy no longer believed that there were any survivors on Paidu. The planet had been basically sentenced to death from the moment it fell, so they only regarded those weak signals as Chaos traps.
Besides, even if there are a few living soldiers in the army, it is not worth the risk for the fleet.
Admiral Karanswall only thinks about one thing now - to destroy the Black Legion fleet and completely defeat Abaddon!
This will be an unprecedented honor, enough to have his name engraved on many monuments standing in the Palace Square of Terra.
Just when the war situation was getting tense, no one noticed that another force was gathering and stirring near a planet at the far edge of the galaxy——
(End of this chapter)