Chapter 1431 The Battle of the Webway
“Hold it! Hold it!”
Wal Cranser, the Archon of the Dying Day Conspiracy, peered out from his Throne of Pain He emerged from his body shape and swung out the sharp sword in his hand. The weapon with a vicious curse directly cut off the neck of a Nurgle demon. The subspace form immediately erupted with a burst of green light soaked in evil energy, and then The upper body suddenly split into pieces, and the skinny legs with only yellow and white bones continued to fly for a few steps, and finally disappeared into nothingness.
To the left and right of the Archon, the Ugurs roared wildly, and at the same time used their sharp claws to directly pierce the Nas who were covered in ulcerated skin, wielding rusty weapons, and kept laughing strangely. The dirt demons destroyed these dead creatures into pieces.
“Warriors of the dying day! Don’t forget the glory of your ancestors!”
The Archon shouted loudly, and his voice directly drowned out the irrational screams and laughter of those demonic creatures.
But the actual situation is that the battle took place on the bridge of his flagship, the Annihilating Light.
After the Fourteenth Legion captured the Ethereal Fortress and once again tried to open the road to Commorragh, Victor finally couldn't sit still. He ordered his trusted admiral to immediately lead a coalition of various cabal organizations. The fleet heads to the Webway to stop the enemy.
Although each family was reluctant, when Victor used various means to convince the Dying Sun and Falling Moon, which had a fleet second only to the Black Heart Conspiracy, each family also It's not a good idea to continue procrastinating.
At this point, the Eldar of Comoros have formed a true coalition for the first time. Although the residents of Comoros give people the first impression of chaos and selfishness, when they unite At this time, the power erupted is also extremely amazing.
According to human standards, most of the Eldar forces do not have warships above the heavy cruiser level. For example, the main naval force of the Ark Eldar is basically small warships of the frigate and light cruiser levels. Only a few large Arkworlds have dragon ships. This is a heavy cruiser class battleship.
But the Dark Eldar are different. They have inherited a lot of technology and heritage from the ancient Eldar, including its navy.
It was just the Black Heart Cabal, which took out 5 Evil Gaze-class light cruisers, 2 Torment-class cruisers, and 1 Cain's Blade-class battleship at once.
As the oldest noble of Comoros and mainly based on the navy, the Dying Day Conspiracy even slightly surpassed the Black Heart Conspiracy in terms of the number of capital ships, dispatching a total of 4 light cruisers. 3 heavy cruisers, and 2 Dying Sun-class battleships built entirely according to the naval standards of the ancient Eldar heyday!
The Fallen Moon Conspiracy, as the mortal enemy of the Dying Sun Conspiracy, also dispatched almost the same number of battleships.
The entire Comorian coalition fleet has a total of 8 battleships alone!
And as the main inheritors of the ancient Eldar empire's technology, the Dark Eldar's warships are very different from the Ark Eldar. The Dark Eldar do not use spiritual energy and therefore do not use spiritual bones. Their spaceships are made of other materials. It does not use solar sails but uses engines from other technologies for propulsion. It does not use a holographic stance but relies on a shadow force field with invisibility capabilities. Its weapon technology is also different from that of the Ark Eldar. It emphasizes artillery firepower and its battleship equipment. The phantom light spear's accuracy and power are enough to overwhelm any model of the Empire's light spear.
After entering the Webway with the help of the shadow force field, the Comoros coalition launched a surprise attack on the Aether Fortress that was opening the entrance and the Plague Fleet guarding the surrounding area. Just one volley of light spears directly paralyzed the energy system of the Ether Fortress and wiped out one third of the volume of the fortress.
The fourteenth legion fleet reacted and immediately dispatched its entire fleet to fight the Dark Eldar.
The Death Guard retains the most complete and cohesive legion compared to other betrayal legions, and naturally maintains a sizable and organized fleet. These plague fleets are composed of ancient warships looted from the Empire during the Great Heresy. It is composed of battleships and space hulks born from the tides of the warp, and the core of the fleet is the 6th Plague Company 'Ferryman' Company. They are responsible for managing and defending the ships of the Legion, and also looking for new ships to join. Their corrupt fleet.
In terms of quantity, the Plague Fleet is larger than the Dark Eldar fleet. There are more than a hundred small frigates alone, and there are more than fifty small and medium-sized cruisers of various models such as the Carnage class and the Faithless class. ships, but the number of core battleships is relatively small. Regardless of the large hulks, there are only 4 Abomination-class large cruisers, 3 Styx-class heavy cruisers, 1 Retaliator-class large cruiser, and 1 official battleship. Betrayer-class battleships, these are battleships plundered by the Legion after the Great Crusade. There are also some older battleships, including 2 Ironclad-class battleships and 2 Avenger-class large cruisers.
Among them, the Ironclad class is an antique among antiques. The history of this ancient warship can be traced back to before the founding of the Empire. At that time, human void shield technology was too primitive to be used as a shield for large interstellar ships. , so the ship, as its name suggests, is covered with layers of thick adamantine armor, hoping to resist torpedo and artillery attacks through the armor that is more than ten meters thick. (Real Man Against Armor)
Of course, the Plague Fleet also has behemoths like the Glory Queen-class Endurance and the Predator-class Terminus, but in terms of battleship-level firepower, it is still slightly inferior. The Allied Forces of Suncomoros are one step ahead.
But for the Death Guards, this is enough.
This naval battle was directly commanded by the Primarch Mortarion. This was also the first time that the Primarch personally commanded a battle in many years. This further boosted the morale of the Death Guard.
Faced with the surging long-range firepower of the Comorian coalition forces and the unobstructed space of the Webway, Mortarion knew that long-distance fighting would be very disadvantageous, so he decisively formulated a strategy of close-range fighting.
The original body immediately ordered the fleet to change its formation, turning the slow-moving space hulks forward, towed and accelerated by small battleships, while the cruisers followed behind to provide fire cover, and the capital ships were at the rear. .
This seems to be a very obvious tactic. Use the ruins to attract the firepower of the Comorian coalition forces, and create opportunities for the capital ships to close the distance and even join the gang.
Although the admiral of the Comorian coalition was appointed by Victor, he was not stupid. He immediately consulted Comoros's true master of naval warfare, Vol Kranser, and Vol Kranser Lancer's opinion was to hand over those waste ships to small battleships, and the battleships would still focus on the opponent's cruisers and battleships.
The plan was immediately implemented, and 4 of the 8 Eldar battleships directly aimed their guns at the Endurance, pouring out round after round of devastating light spear volleys.