Chapter 1140 The Second Battle of Pandora (Part 1)
On the command deck of the Legion’s flagship, the Spirit of Vengeance, there was a council of ten people, and everyone was listening carefully.
“They think we are exhausted, which makes them careless, so as long as our entire fleet unites as one, implement gang-hopping operations, and capture the leading battleships.”
Half-cold flames In the flickering light, the ceremonial circle echoed with grunts of agreement, and in the darkness above them the totems of Chaos loomed.
“Although we have the Spirit of Vengeance, the chance of winning a head-on battle is still slim. Our advantage lies in our strength. Almost all the empire’s troops have been deployed to fight on the surface of the planet. Their fleet must be extremely empty, while we have More than two thousand soldiers!”
"Lord Aingra Speer is right."
A Chaos Lord immediately echoed.
The other person thought for a moment and said cautiously:
"The risk of this battle is not small. After all, we are outnumbered. There are also many battleships on the empire's side. There is a monster like the Monolith Fortress, which I am afraid only the Planet Killer can deal with."
Iongra Speer did not grin. In the past, he would always smile in response.
"The boulder is the lifeblood of the Dark Angel. It will not move lightly. Besides, there is no risk without fighting. Naturally, I have an emergency plan."
Since he said so, the Chaos Lord did not say anything anymore. He persisted and lowered his head instead.
"As you wish."
Everyone was so obedient this time, mainly because Abaddon once again conveyed his instructions remotely through the Chaos Wizard - everything was obeyed by Iongra Speer arrange.
In the next two standard days, the Black Legion used remote astrology to track the movement of the imperial fleet and obtain as complete a fleet organization as possible.
Iongraspeer estimated that after the war, about one-third of the Imperial Navy's warships could be put into combat immediately. Most of the rest were performing galaxy patrol missions and were unable to reach the Persecution Star in time. Some of them were in the Navy. Repairs at the base.
But the real precise number is still difficult to estimate. The only thing that is clear is that even if only one-third of the navy is added, combined with the fleet strength of four battle groups, the empire's resources in arranging the Death Star will still be Resources far exceeded what Aingra Speer had at hand, and the enemy's capital ships were in better shape.
Although the Spirit of Vengeance is very powerful, a lone Queen of Glory cannot handle several battleship-level battleships at the same time, and the Endless Wrath has been seriously injured during its escape. Can provide remote support for battle situations.
Then the battleships Heavenfall, Deathstorm, Bloodblade and Talon can only be used to take charge of the main attack. Even so, these large battleships will cooperate with the Vengeful Spirit, Eingra Speer Only then do you have the courage to launch a battle.
In addition, taking into account the comparison between the enemy and ourselves, Aingra Speer chose the tactics that the Black Legion is best at: frontal assault, capital ship fire cover, and the gang team to attack with all their strength.
The capital ship is responsible for the core offensive, and the cruisers and frigates on both wings are responsible for assisting. Each cruiser must aim at the enemy's flank, directly break into the enemy's formation, and interfere with the enemy's deadly firepower.
Once engaged, he would order a massive boarding torpedo and gunboat raid.
The previous void battle has taught Eingra Speer enough lessons. His only advantage is close combat.
But the risks of such a battle are self-evident. Once gang jumping fails, all participants will perish.
However, Aincrasper believed that there would not be many Astartes left in the fleet. He would insert the sword into the enemy's throat and twist it deeper until the opponent's eyes popped out.
No one disagrees with this plan.
As the plan was formulated, the sword's blade was also sharpened. When the timer jumped to the sixth standard day, the Black Army fleet began to move.
The orbit has been calculated, and corresponding to the expected movements of the Imperial Navy, the fleet gradually increases the speed of the main stage plasma thrusters.
Soon, the trigger signal was distributed to the escort fleet, warning them to pay attention to the next move of the core battleship.
The predator ships operating in the periphery reported enhanced real-life sighting reports: there was an imperial patrol fleet within a range of 900 kilometers, and these readings have been fed back to the pre-prepared offensive cogitators.
Three hours later, the order for a full-scale attack was issued, and most of the battleships began to slowly turn.
Five hours later, the attack path was sent to all ships - battleships, cruisers, frigates, and destroyers.
The jumping gang obtained the target location and sealed the launch tube.
As if anticipating the scene to come, the subspace nodes in all directions were surging wildly, and arcs of bright material whipped into the disgusting abyss.
Two minutes later, the leading flagship entered the sight of the Imperial patrol fleet.
The Black Legion Fleet appears!
This warning spread as quickly as possible among the imperial fleets in the Pandora galaxy. Long-range radio communications and astropath reports all described the same thing!
The spirit of vengeance appears!
Brother Lothar, who served as the commander of the fleet, received the report immediately and immediately made combat arrangements. Facing such a notorious beast, no matter how skilled a hunter is, he must be extremely careful.
After all, the name of the Spirit of Vengeance is too loud. The Empire does not have the Glory Queen class, but there are very few ships that can reach the height of the Spirit of Vengeance.
As an ancient ship built by the Martian Mechanicus in the M30 period, the Vengeful Spirit is also the largest of the Queen of Glory class battleships, as famous as the Conqueror, Ironblood and Herakfennir. More importantly, she was the flagship of the former traitor Horus Luperkau.
The incident that made the Vengeful Spirit the most famous was when Horus besieged Terra. The Emperor personally boarded the battleship to fight to the death with his favorite son, and finally ended the rebellion. The story of also sending himself to the Golden Throne - before that, Horus had personally killed his brother, Sanguinius, the original body of the Blood Angels.
It can be said that this battleship witnessed the most critical historical turning point of the empire. The death of a god and two demigods on that ship was not only unprecedented, but also unprecedented.
Learning about the appearance of the Spirit of Vengeance, Lothar immediately reported the matter to Soshyan. After a short discussion, he became the commander-in-chief of the entire empire's campaign, controlling the darkness including darkness. All Imperial naval forces including the Angel Fleet.
Lothar was also unequivocal and immediately summoned all nearby Imperial Navy forces.
At the same time, he mobilized all the large warships in orbit. He did not plan to fight the Black Legion near the planet, because this would give the opponent an opportunity to evacuate on the ground——
Lothar knew very well One point, the enemy's first goal must be to evacuate the troops on the ground. As long as the enemy is stopped, more than half of the battle will be won.
Soon, the Empire's combined fleet arrived at the edge of the star system and formed a defensive formation, evenly distributed on the path in front of the Black Legion to prevent enemy ships from slipping by.
(End of this chapter)