Chapter 1048 Breaking through the blockade
“What kind of firepower is this!?”
Just when the red Glory was hit hard, the light spear of the Unbound Soul also began to hit the Immortal Steel continuously. , sweeping its shields from bow to stern.
Eventually, the beam penetrated the defensive line and also penetrated the armored shell.
Ion Graspeer really didn’t expect the firepower of ships like the Astral Knights to be so intense!
He even thought he was fighting the main force of Imperial Navy battleships.
A few seconds later, the Endless Wrath also emitted a rumble of cannons. They roared through the hull like war drums, each sound getting louder and louder as the cannonballs left one after another.
The shell shone brightly as it traveled through the void, slamming into the flank of the Astral Knight battleship before a series of massive explosions rippled across the shields of the Eternal Loyalty, but only some of them hit The damage caused to the opponent's hull was very limited.
Iongra Speer is also very helpless. Only the most basic part of the repair work of the Endless Wrath has been carried out, resulting in that its current firepower is not one-third of its peak, or even worse. A large cruiser.
The ships of the Crimson Slayer also rushed through the Imperial ranks and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the White Templar formations.
A smaller cruiser of the White Templar was beaten into a sieve under the concentrated fire, but it was not sunk yet, while the main gun of the Heart of Light directly tore apart a strike cruiser of the Crimson Slayer, leaving only one The burning hulk, while a raider ship was blown to pieces by another massive fireball as the reactor core was exploded.
Both sides have entered a painful fighting distance, but there is no doubt that the imperial warships have an overwhelming advantage in terms of tonnage and firepower, although their armored shells are covered with various bullet marks and shots The traces of heat left behind.
The Howl of the Wild staggered under the baptism of a pile of shells. Under the fierce attack, her roughly repaired hull panels collapsed, and the devastating explosion that occurred inside The ship's engines were blown to pieces and out of control.
The Endless Wrath suffered similarly, with its upper decks and superstructure being hit by enemy shells, but the Iongraspeer kept to their course, using every piece of equipment they had left. Weapons return fire.
“Pipe damage report!”
In the package of thick smoke, Eingra Speer issued the order in a deep voice.
His battleship trembled like a wounded beast and ran towards the Pain Star, the entire bridge being enveloped in smoke as the fire spread throughout the ship.
Marcol put on a respirator and leaned in front of the operating panel. His mechanical eyes glowed green in the reflected light of the flashing readings.
"Our armor prevented the worst, but our ship was all ripped apart, all three decks were on fire, and the torpedo deck reported that the fore tubes were ruptured, but they were working to clear them."
Then the technical director shrugged.
"It's not good, but it could have been worse."
Ion Graspeer smiled grimly.
“Send a signal, change the course to 3-3-0, and tell Kranon and the others that it’s time to go to the pod. We will pass the Paiji star in ten minutes.”
Iongraspiel led his battle group into the Repulse Star at a very tricky angle, which brought the two forces into close range.
The monolith's anti-aircraft batteries and lances began firing on the Chaos warships, who responded with torpedoes and cannons.
At the last moment, the Infinite Fury, Red Glory and Immortal Steel listed to starboard, almost parallel to the track.
At this time, the Unbound Soul used its light spear to shoot at the side of the almost downed Howl of the Wild. The light spear left a deep crater on the hull and ignited the damaged ship. Ammunition deep inside the cruiser.
At the same time, the macro-gun array of the Eternal Loyalty also fired a series of hot shells at the Wild Howl. At such a close distance, each shell found its target. These giant shells, hundreds of times the mass and explosive power of standard large cannon shells, easily penetrated the cruiser's armor and set off a series of catastrophic explosions within the hull, overloading the ship's plasma reactor.
"Ion Grasper, you damn bastard——"
Amid Helle Raynor's wails, the huge battleship disintegrated in a huge explosion, with molten fragments flying in all directions.
The destroyed cruiser had a large piece of armored superstructure the size of a city block, which hit the red Glory's port side directly, causing the ship to tilt to starboard under the huge impact, disrupting the ship. Airborne commanded by the ship's ordnance officer.
But the automatic program has been started, and the airborne capsule is launched at a rate of two per second.
In less than 5 seconds, all twenty drop pods were launched, passing through the unobstructed low-Earth orbit and heading straight into the atmosphere of the Expeller Star.
What also fell at the same time was the burning main hull of the Wild Howl.
After the Red Glory launched the drop pod, the Immortal Steel also launched the landing craft. Driven by the exploding rockets, these landing craft equipped with strong armor flew towards the Pain Star at extremely fast speeds.
Because the huge battleship focused its attention on the hostile battleship, it did not track these small targets in time. By the time Lothar realized the opponent's intentions, it was too late.
So he could only concentrate all his efforts on trying to keep the Black Legion's fleet behind.
But Ion Graspeer showed his greatest talent -
Escape!
In fact, he deliberately placed the Wild Howl in that position in order to attract the Empire's firepower and create opportunities for them to accelerate their escape from orbit.
Now, the engines of all battleships are started to the limit.
They quickly broke away from the battlefield, heading towards the edge of the system and the cold darkness beyond, the firelight of Imperial warships' fire trailing these ships until they dived back into the warp.
While a fierce naval battle broke out in orbit, a fierce offensive and defensive battle on the planet's surface was also going on fiercely.
This time it is the Empire that is attacking, and the Black Legion that is defending.
Fortress No. 7 was already crumbling, but due to the sudden defection of the Pai Mao Star garrison, a gap in the defense line was opened, and some Black Legion reinforcements entered the fortress. At the same time, the defecting militia also joined the Chaos side to block the empire's offensive.
In order to deal with this situation, Randall, under the acting command, shrank the defense line and devoted part of his troops to the encirclement and annihilation of the fortress.
The Cadian 99th Mechanized Infantry Regiment is the most important force among them.
This unit was commanded by Colonel Dro Acat. The soldiers wore the standard light green uniforms and armor of the Astra Militarum and marched in formation with ruthless discipline.
Their main task is to support the Dark Angel's attack on the fortress and block all possible reinforcements. What stands in front of the Qadians is not only the almost ruined fortress, but also anger and revenge. And the transformed former allies.
But Acat's heart is as solid as stone. He is not only fighting for the Emperor, but also fighting for revenge!
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(End of this chapter)