Chapter 1047: The power of one shot
Just as the ships of both sides filled the void around the Pai Ming Star, firing destructive firepower at each other, the red pirate fleet that had been lurking finally smelled a lull.
On the empire's side, as the battleships all went to fight, some transport ships were out of protection.
Although they themselves were vulnerable, both sides deployed formations that allowed them to be blocked from enemy fire.
But if a third party appears, it’s hard to say——
So when the Red Pirates' flagship, the Heart of Hatred, suddenly appeared in the void, Lothar was caught off guard.
The Red Pirates ignored the other warships and pounced directly on the moving giant transport ship. Not far from them were stationed a Dark Angel cruiser, several frigates, and a giant stone fortress.
They opened fire on the red pirate fleet immediately.
The flames engulfed the shields, leaving gouges in the blood-red hull, but they moved on, trailing fragments of broken shields behind them.
The Nova Cannon on the bow of the Heart of Hatred has been loaded, and the timing fuses in each warhead have also started operating.
It would surely die if it failed to fire, but its commander was a seasoned Astartes commander who had fought in this manner many times.
Around it are several small predatory ships. Their main function is to intercept launched torpedoes.
Pushing straight into the fangs of enemy fire, it began to burn, its hull peeling away stone and molten metal as waves of shells and beams of energy battered its shields , and smashed into the bow of the ship.
The outline of the Paiji star filled the bridge's field of vision, and its gravity dragged all the battleships in orbit.
The transport ship and its escort realized the attacker's intentions and began to scatter, but it was too late.
The Hateful Heart opened fire -
In the blink of an eye, the surging Nova shells hit a giant transport ship.
A small flat sun rose in orbit, and the energy wave spread out in all directions, pushing away the surrounding ships in a frozen moment and overloading the shield of the orbital platform.
As the transport ship disintegrated, the reactor fuel also poured into the burning storm.
Fortunately, the Stone Fortress opened its shield in time and did not suffer any damage. However, the huge energy consumption also made it temporarily unable to attack approaching warships.
Without further entanglement, the Heart of Hate turned on its engines, turned its bow, and rose into the void, with the death of the ship hissing behind it.
Its action has been completed, briefly silencing the firepower of the orbital platform and the monolithic fortress, although the cost was that all small battleships following it were sunk -
"Now!"
Iongra Speer roared excitedly.
“Press them all up!”
"Understood, my lord!"
The battle group galloped forward, directly into the bombardment of waiting Imperial ships.
Two minutes later, the Lord of Detection shouted:
“The enemy fire is coming!”
“All ships are preparing for the impact!”
A strange dim light jumped out from the bow of the Eternal Loyalty, sweeping across the space like a substantial shadow.
Then, those traces disappeared, and nothing happened within a few heartbeats.
Almost at the same time, the astropaths in the Black Legion fleet either died suddenly or fell into coma——
"Holy shit! What the hell is that!?"
Ion Glaspel stood stunned on the bridge.
The Brotherhood of Steel's siege ship disappeared in an instant.
It wasn’t that it was sunk or something, it just disappeared!
Subsequently, a crack was created and spread at an extremely fast speed. An oval-shaped abnormal energy surrounded by lightning filled the space between the two fleets. The edge of the crack was less than a kilometer away from the Holy Corrosion. Suddenly, all the ships' communicators emitted a horrific scream, as if a god had cut the air with a whetstone, and the speakers and sound-generating units responded with their own shrill feedback sounds.
In the crack, a blue suspension body is shining, making every rock and dust in the void shine with tiny arcs of subspace power.
In the depths of the fissure, various flying shapes were flying so fast that it was impossible to look directly at them - a strange face or sharp claws that were magnified to the point of being incomprehensible.
They look more like afterimages, presented in a three-dimensional form at an elongated angle of reality, compressing the veil between nothingness and reality.
Aingra Speer held his breath, not knowing what to expect.
In a moment, the subspace force field collapsed, like the last drop of rain falling from a hearty storm.
With a loud bang, two-thirds of the Holy Corrosion's hull disappeared, covering up all other sounds of battle.
This was the first time that the Eternal Loyalty used its rift cannon. Unexpectedly, it directly destroyed two capital ships of the Black Legion strike group, which surprised Lothar.
"Damn——"
Iengraspel's shock was not over yet, more light spears and macro cannons struck, making their shields shine with fiery fury.
Purple light shone down from the reinforced bridge deck, and a powerful blow resounded through the hull.
"Hull ruptured!"
The officer on duty yelled hoarsely:
"Reports of casualties are ongoing."
Eingra Speer concentrated on studying the situation at hand. Although this accident occurred, generally speaking The situation has not changed.
"Signal the other ships to turn to the new course 1-2-0 and begin a torpedo attack on the enemy's large cruiser."
The Chaos warship passed through the blazing cloud of plasma and vaporizing deck, continuing to approach the Imperial ship.
As they neared optimal range, the Astral Knights' warships began to slowly turn to starboard so that they could bring their terrifying broadsides towards the Chaos warships.
But as they began to turn, the Chaos fleet began to change course.
More light spears were fired from the Imperial battleships, and now the Chaos artillery fire began to counterattack, firing a series of blazing shells at the oncoming Imperial forces.
At the same time, torpedoes jumped out of the tube and rushed towards the Astral Knights and White Templars' cruisers.
Boom——
Before there was time to see the results of the torpedo, a violent blow knocked the Infinite Fury to the port side, and the alarm started to scream at the same time.
"Multiple hits!"
The officer on duty shouted:
"Fire on deck 12!"
"Send signal to the fleet."< br>
Eingraspeer still commanded calmly.
"Target 3-0-0, all units, lock on the port side of the enemy cruiser and open fire."
Surrounded by artillery fire, the Eternal Loyalty slowly moved away from the center of the enemy formation, heading towards Sail away with the cruiser Wild Howl on Chaos' flank.
Along the port side deck of the battleship, the huge turret slowly rose, and the huge macro cannon began to fire a salvo.
The terrifying salvo of the Nirvana Macrocannon crushed a raider in its path and set the Wild Howl on fire from stem to stern.
At the same time, the Eternally Loyal starboard weapons group moved into action, bombarding the Red Glory's shields with a rapid and violent barrage of shells.
The void shield of this former Imperial warship flashed angrily under the fierce fire, and finally collapsed completely, and the firepower began to destroy its armor.
(End of this chapter)