Chapter 1766 The Battle of Angstrom (4)
In order to resist the endless waves of fighter attacks, the Red Pirate Fleet had to change its shape and become a tighter circle with stronger air defense capabilities. Although this allowed them to concentrate their point defense firepower between each other, it also weakened the bombardment power of their capital ships. Under Soshyan's command, the imperial fleet began to focus fire on the less sturdy light cruisers and heavy ships. cruiser.
The war situation began to develop unfavorably for the Red Pirates, but the fleet commander of the Red Pirates obviously did not intend to give up just like that. Soshyan, who was commanding the bridge, quickly received a message that Angus The two remaining large warning stations in the Thom system have scanned a new set of invasion signals.
The reinforcements of the Red Pirates arrived, and Soshyan immediately ordered the Astropath to send a message to Kosaro Khan in the third theater. The other party should be on standby near the galaxy.
Soon, the Red Pirates' support fleet appeared on the edge of the battlefield. They consisted of three murder-class cruisers and a dozen plunderers, but the real threat was not them, but the one they dragged. A huge space hulk.
Due to the previous exchange of fire, the battleship Alloy Truth deviated from its predetermined position and came to the edge of the fleet formation in order to avoid direct fire from the enemy's capital ship. The Red Pirates' support fleet immediately targeted it after arriving.
Soshiyan naturally knew that the Alloy Truth had deviated from its position. Originally, this did not matter, but the emergence of new enemies made its position a little dangerous, so the Black Templar's Obsidian Seat received Soshiyan's command, leading the strike cruiser Thunder and two frigate detachments to turn to protect the Alloy Truth.
The newly arrived red pirate fleet obviously did not estimate the distance well. They wanted to attack the Alloy Truth, but they entered the limit attack range of the planetary orbital defense system.
With the burst of light like a nova, the beams emitted by the huge light spear array in Angstrom's circular orbit swept towards the Red Pirates' reinforcements, instantly obliterating a Murder-class cruiser, and Cut off a third of the space hulk.
The frightened Red Pirate Squadron immediately adjusted its course and released the restraints on the hulk.
The Obsidian Seat, which had gained time, was already crossing the enemy's navigation route. Helbrecht stared at the Murder-class ship that had been locked, intending to straf it with all its starboard weapons.
He saw the inevitable result of the dance, the heretics had already lost, they had already lost when their damage became visible to the naked eye.
The traitors could not prevent what was about to happen.
And their captains were too hasty. As soon as the Obsidian Seat entered their range, they started shooting and launching torpedoes.
This long-range attack would be ineffective against a massive battle barge.
"Shield power reduced."
A blinding glare surrounds the Obsidian Seat as enemy fire comes into contact.
"Full energy output to starboard shield."
"All weapons calibrated!"
"Fire."
The Obsidian Seat's entire side eye erupted with flash, and it hit one of the enemy cruisers with more than twice the firepower that a single enemy cruiser could use.
Under the bombardment of huge cannonballs, the void shield of the cruiser shone like the sun, and then fell into darkness.
Then the huge shells of the bombardment guns penetrated the hull, and a new light appeared - it started as a pulsating crimson, it was a storm of fire raging through the corridors of the ship, and soon became Brighter.
Under Helbrecht's cold gaze, the enemy cruiser split apart, its front and rear halves beginning to move apart while being swallowed by the growing fireball, even as the distant star exploded It seems dwarfed in front of me.
In the silent and slow expansion, cascading shock waves spread in the void.
But the ruined ship suddenly accelerated. Its engine had been silent before. After one third of the hull was cut off by the orbital defense light spear, Helbrecht thought it would turn into a pile of garbage. But it still moved, even though its twisted shell was lit by various gunfire, like a mad bull.
Soon, Helbrecht knew the enemy's purpose.
A large number of landing craft and jump torpedoes were launched from the hive-like shell of the hulk. The Red Pirates obviously used this thing as a springboard.
"Multiple signals approaching."
The fact that the Red Pirates are only now engaging in large-scale gang-hopping operations makes Helbrecht a little strange. After all, this is their specialty. However, using the scrap ship as a cover is indeed a good idea. At least they have shortened the distance. Got to be close enough.
Subsequently, a mechanical hiss sounded on the bridge and groaned:
"Alert, alert, a large number of aircraft are approaching!"
"Remote transmission beam detected , the origin is unknown. "
A series of enemy actions were expected by Herbrecht, which is why Soshyan arranged the battle barge at the front of the queue. If the enemy wants to join forces. , these big guys will definitely be the first choice.
Then they will discover that all battle barges are death traps.
Before the Red Pirates' massive gang-hopping troops could approach, a large number of Fury interceptors had already flown out of the flight deck of the Alloy Truth. They had been waiting near the Obsidian Seat for a long time.
Then it was a cruel turkey hunting game. The landing craft and torpedoes were helpless under the muzzle of the interceptor aircraft. Although the Red Pirates also sent fighter planes and gunboats to escort them, it was too much. Their sparse number makes them unable to even resist in the face of the empire's huge fleet. Hundreds of the most terrifying subspace killers and champions were buried in the void before they even saw their enemies.
There are also a few lucky ones who have broken through the interception of fighter planes and the hail of bullets from close-range artillery, and have gone through all kinds of hardships to reach the target and penetrate the shell of the battle barge.
Bang!
The red-armored Chaos Space Marine kicked open the cut shell. Holding two axes, he roared angrily, followed by twenty traitors of different shapes.
"Coward of the Black Templars! Come and die!"
However, what greeted him was——
Grimaldus raised the sword in his hand, his Behind him are ten battle brothers, and on both sides stand four huge battle robots.
"O Emperor! Hear the ecstasy of battle we offer!"
Then, the dark passage was lit up by the blue light of the plasma cannon in the hands of the battle robot. The red pirate who had just walked out was instantly blasted to the point where he had only two legs left. When the other red pirates rolled and crawled out of the landing craft, , Grimaldus' sword was already hanging high above their heads.
"The blood of heretics is our dedication!"
Not only are a large number of Space Marines deployed on each battle barge, but there are also a large number of battle robots and gang-hoppers of the Red Pirates. As soon as they enter the hull, they will be immediately surrounded by ferocious firepower, and their number is far from the level that can overwhelm the defenders, and it will soon become a meaningless addition.
However, the Red Pirates' methods are not limited to this. Deep in the hulk, as a large number of slaves are harvested, hundreds of thousands of souls are gradually transformed into a subspace under the control of the Chaos Wizards. gate.
(End of this chapter)