Chapter 1046 Assault! The first sign of danger in orbit was the sudden failure of the communications system, which isolated the different Chapters.
Although Lothar was nominally in charge of the coalition fleet, he did not have the power to directly command the ships of other battle groups. When the technicians tried to solve the problem of sudden loss of contact, Lothar had already Distracted by the threat approaching orbit from the darkness.
A small but powerful fleet, no matter how many troops it had, quickly rushed towards the Paiji Star.
The frigates and destroyers of the patrol were the first to spot the oncoming enemy ships. In the case of poor communication, the destroyers used their navigation lights to communicate basic information, ignited the thrusters and left the original track. The detection device of the Stone Fortress was also activated, scanning the space.
A few minutes later they spotted twelve enemy ships.
Subsequently, under Lothar's instructions, the Eternal Loyalty flashed its signal light towards the patrol fleet - lining up to launch torpedoes.
The boat rushed forward with amazing skill and precision, increasing the speed of its attack.
Below decks, orderlies were struggling to load launch tubes, while on the bridge, ordnance officers entered course and speed, and input target bearings and coordinates for the ship's weapons.
In less than five minutes, the ships signaled that they were ready.
When the patrol enters optimal torpedo range, the signal is given: For the Emperor - Fire all torpedoes.
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When the Black Legion battle group arrived near the Paiji Star, the patrol force was already ready, with no less than 15 enemy destroyers and The frigates formed three squadrons, forming a standard crescent formation.
Subsequently, the Black Legion battle group also began to change its formation.
The three battleships, the Ceaseless Wrath, the Red Glory and the Immortal Steel, are at the front. The two cruisers, the Holy Corrosion and the Wild Howl, form the rest of the flanks, while the other side of the Crimson Slayer A strike cruiser was behind the main line.
At the same time, a bloated battleship bearing the emblem of the Brotherhood of Steel broke away from the formation, started its huge engine, and jumped in the darkness.
Within a few minutes, the heavily armed assault ship increased its speed, reaching its ultimate speed before the destroyer formation reached its ultimate range.
The Brotherhood of Steel participated in many blockade battles, and their experience in this led them to create a strange ship called a "siege ship."
This kind of ship was transformed from a cruiser and installed with a super-specific engine, allowing it to accelerate to staggering levels in a short period of time. What is even more distinctive is that it is wrapped in four It has a layer of armor and a very rare design of anti-torpedo belts, and its weapons array is deployed under the armor.
The concept of this kind of ship is very simple. It takes damage in exchange for the destruction of its enemy. It never fires before engaging the enemy. After the armor absorbs the first wave of enemy fire, it launches an attack on the enemy at close range.
It actually doesn't mean much in conventional naval battles, but it can work wonders when breaking through a blockade.
With ten minutes left before the battle began, the patrol suddenly increased its speed, and just as Eingraspeer expected, these small boats opened their bow tubes and headed towards the oncoming The cruiser fired a barrage of deadly torpedoes.
More than a dozen huge missiles rushed towards the reconnaissance squadron in a huge arc, each one powerful enough to blow a destroyer-sized spacecraft into pieces.
The siege ship rushed over directly.
At the same time, the small warships in the fleet also formed as wide a formation as possible to avoid the incoming torpedoes.
They formed the first air defense net, and the laser cannons sprayed out scorching light, piercing the torpedo shells and detonating the huge fuel tanks.
The huge explosion flashed angrily in the darkness, the hot gas and debris quickly dissipated in the airless void, and almost half of the torpedoes were destroyed. The battleship's guns filled the vacuum in front of the boat with a veritable wall of fire, and the lances of light swept in burning arcs ahead of the cruiser, mixing together to create a seething field of vaporized metal and radioactive gases.
Five torpedoes slid through the maelstrom. They passed through the remaining space to reach the target in less than a second. When the small battleship's close-in defense gun opened fire, they It turned into a smaller cloud of explosive bombs.
But three of them hit the ship. One of the weapons hit the bow of a certain predator ship. The torpedo's plasma warhead tore apart the light armored destroyers, instantly turning them into expanding gas clouds. and fragments.
As the siege ships sailed through the remnants of intercepted torpedoes, surveyors stared at their telescopes, searching for signs of engines amid the stormy disturbance.
Soon, the range and vector are calculated and transmitted to the torpedo, which feeds the data into a deadly attack.
The patrol fired a second wave of torpedoes, this time focusing on the siege ship because it was too close.
The torpedoes were approaching, but she kept moving forward.
Soon, the warhead hit the deck, burning through the armor with a ball of plasma, throwing the molten metal into the void.
But the ship is still moving forward. Further back, the Astral Knight's battleship has broken away from the orbit of the Pain Star and is coming along a long orbit to intercept the enemy, while the boulder is still in place.
Fire exploded on the bow and back of the siege ship. The explosion shook her damaged shell, but she still moved forward.
Realizing that the opponent was incredibly close, the destroyer began to turn away from the path of the burning battleship.
At this time, the armor of the siege ship was almost completely destroyed, revealing the ferocious truth of the weapon.
The next moment, she opened fire.
The destroyer's shield disappeared under the torrent of macrocannon shells. In an instant, the hull melted and the reactor exploded.
Although the outer hull is still burning, the ship has broken through the blockade and roared towards the Paiji Star.
The rest of the empire's fleet rushed to intercept this battleship that seemed like a mad bull, but it had accelerated to the limit, like a cluster of flaming arrows falling from the night sky, heading towards the dead planet It pounced and opened fire on any ships that blocked it, while debris of various materials tumbled behind it like the wake of a comet.
On the command throne, the commander of the Black Legion fleet watched the planet gradually grow in size in front of the bridge's observation deck.
“Speed up.”
Aingra Speer looked at the update of the combat situation and issued further orders.
They are now very close to the Paiji Star, but they are about to enter the range of the weapon array of the Stone Fortress. It is difficult to overestimate the power of this space fortress filled with the secrets of the Dark Angels.
As the Infinite Wrath reached maximum acceleration, Iongraspeer felt the rumble of its thrusters echoing across the decks as the battlecruiser and its flanking large cruisers adopted a wedge formation , most of the enemy's firepower has been concentrated on the siege ship, allowing other ships to gain precious seconds to approach the effective range.
After another minute, Eingra Speer issued a new order.
“Signal the Red Pirate.”
(End of this chapter)