Chapter 937 A hard-won victory
“What we are facing is the uncertain nature of the non-material world, something that is still beyond our understanding until now. I ask you, Captain Tyros, when you Looking into the subspace, can you see the normal flow in that abnormal realm? I ask you, Master Ictinos, have you ever seen any fleet create such a huge wave that it overwhelmed another fleet? Is there any trace of it? We are just relying on inexperienced speculations."
Ictinos, the former soul drinker priest and now the leader of the Phantom Warrior, looked at it deeply. He glanced at Sarpedon and then said:
"In this case, we should leave the fleet immediately after all the troops are picked up."
"Agree."
"I totally agree."
The officers expressed their opinions one after another.
“I enjoy admiring your extremely innocent thoughts.”
Galmozej looked at Ictinos and Telos with eyes like dead stardust.
“But the Great Predator will never allow this to happen, and will never forgive this betrayal.”
In fact, until now, Garmo Zejie has not revealed to the public his intention to switch to Abaddon, because the Phantom Warriors are not united now. If the news leaks out, it will be difficult to say.
“We do not belong to the Black Legion.”
Tellos shook his head.
“Abaddon is a fool. As usual, his plans are too many, too difficult and too far away from support. The various warbands he commands are still engaged in endless internal fighting among themselves. If he He will need allies in the future, and this is just one of the small betrayals he must endure."
"No, if we abandon the Black Legion's fleet, Huron will not bear it for us. Abaddon's wrath"
Garmo Zejie also shook his head.
“New communication.”
A computer connected to the wall control panel said dryly, and then the screen started up again, and the face that appeared this time was a face covered with tattoos A warrior, he wore a black helmet. The black armor and golden embroidery shone in the light of the bridge on the other side.
The fleet commander of the Black Legion, War Lord Aingra Speer.
At this moment, he was looking at Garmo Zejie and the soldiers around him with a mocking expression.
"Red Pirates, I heard that all your people have retreated. Are you now discussing how to betray?"
"Lord Aingra Speer, please don't say such hurtful words. The Dark Angel has already Here we are, just as I sent you the message, this battle is meaningless.”
“Quiet, you bastard, listen to me, you know who I am, I represent the Warmaster, and that’s what I said. Warmaster's voice, Lord Abaddon is determined to win, we can't just admit defeat."
"No? No? ”
Garmo Zejie shook his head.
“The best strategy now is to retain the remaining battleships. Only in this way will the situation of the Battle Star not collapse completely, and we will retreat with you.”
“It’s not that simple, we Too much has been invested in the attack. "Leave the mortals, leave those who can't run, and let them wait for death. Who cares about those who will definitely die in the next war in the next world anyway? Try to recruit them back?" Strong warriors, if we act fast enough, we may be able to reduce some losses."
"The enemy is biting us hard."
"I have a way. The fleet will turn around in half an hour, if you are willing to believe me."
Iengla Speer looked at him coldly, and then said:
"I hope you You are right, otherwise you will bear the endless wrath of the Black Legion."
"I also hope that I am right."
"After half an hour, the fleet turned." >
By the time the Chaos side decided on their next strategy, the war situation was already very unfavorable to them.
When the Thousand Sons wizards on the asteroid fragments escaped alive or dead, the portals that the demons passed through were closed one after another. The Gray Knight team began to clear out the remaining demons lurking on the ship. Within an hour, the remnants of the invasion Just got cleaned up.
Although she was battered, the Vengeance was saved and was able to resume her key role in the Battle of Pandora.
At the same time, the Dark Angels continued to attack the Chaos Fleet. The first person to feel the vengeance and wrath of the Dark Angels was the Black Legion's Hellraiser. This murderous cruiser was sandwiched between the artillery fire of the Endless Fury and the attack aircraft group sent by the Vengeance. , and soon exploded into a ball of fireworks.
Then came the Styx-class heavy cruiser Relentless Destroyer, which was the closest to the Stone Fortress. It suffered an unspeakable baptism of firepower at the first moment. After persisting for half an hour, the engine finally stalled and was jumped. The Dark Angels completely captured it, and the Black Legion members above either died or fled.
Just as the Empire was advancing in full swing, the asteroid fragments that had been almost cleared suddenly began to behave strangely.
Many psykers and astropaths sensed extremely high psychic burst signals, so they issued a warning, and the Terminators deployed on the asteroid immediately used teleportation to evacuate.
Not long after the Dark Angels left, the asteroid was completely swallowed up by a subspace rift - it turned out that Garmo Zejie had arranged a vortex torpedo on it.
The psychic impact generated at the moment when the rift erupted caused the surrounding Imperial warships to be temporarily paralyzed, which gave the Black Legion and Red Pirate fleets room to escape.
They began to turn around, breaking out and retreating into the relatively safe realm of Adamantium Alloy.
During this process, the Imperial fleet continued to pursue them. Only half of the Chaos fleet survived the battle, and these survivors were seriously damaged and required years of repairs to recover.
The Imperial Navy achieved a tragic victory in this naval battle. Unfortunately, Admiral Kalanswo died and did not live to see the fruits of the final victory.
In this battle, the Imperial Navy lost a total of 2 capital ships, namely the Dominator-class cruiser [Anvil] and the Moon-class cruiser [Leviathan], and also lost 8 ships. The frigates, destroyers, and remaining battleships each also suffered certain injuries.
In terms of personnel, in addition to the death of the supreme commander, Admiral Karansvo, 10 captains, 61 navigators and astropaths, 121 intermediate and senior technical priests, and 2,871 shipboard personnel were also killed. The crew, and more than half a million sailors.
The Astartes Chapter had basically no losses, only the Dark Angels lost fifteen warriors when they jumped gangs.
On the Chaos side, the Black Legion fleet sank 2 capital ships, namely the Styx-class heavy cruiser [Ruthless Destroyer] and the Killing-class cruiser [Grudge], and damaged 6 small battleships. The remaining battleships were severely damaged.
The Red Pirates lost a light cruiser and two frigates.
In terms of personnel, about 380 people were killed or missing in the Black Legion, about 60 people were killed in the Red Pirates, 5 people in the Thousand Sons Wizards died and 1 was missing, and there were more than 400,000 mortal servants and cultists.
But the worst thing about the situation is not just that. Another chain reaction caused by the failure of the naval battle is that the Great Predator Abaddon and his black legion were completely isolated and besieged on the Pai Mao planet.
(End of this chapter)