Chapter 1830 Calculation from Terra
Compared to the other three chapters, the Red Hunters Chapter is relatively calm and friendly. After they approached the Kilo System, they took the initiative to contact Malakin, who was in charge of the fourth theater. It means that they came in response to the call of the Inquisition and can join the battle against the Red Pirates. They are considered a relatively neutral battle group and are willing to join the chain of command of the expeditionary force.
But the other three made Soshyan very angry, because not only did they not say hello, but they also seemed to have no intention of joining the expeditionary force. It was obvious that they came with bad intentions.
However, now that the Red Pirates are about to launch a new attack on Angstrom, he has no time to escape and can only make arrangements remotely, asking Arash to be on strict guard but try to communicate with the other party. To be able to join the battle, on the one hand, the mantis warriors and the man-eating sharks should not conflict. On the other hand, Malakin asked him to take the opportunity to bring the red hunter to the Badab battlefield, and immediately arranged for Marcus to contact him.
As for the malicious warriors, their purpose is not yet known, but based on the old grudges between the two war groups, it is certain that they want to cause trouble, but the Tianshi Chapter stationed in the Kliman Drift Zone has already After joining the siege of Badab, there was no force to defend them. It was obvious that the opponent wanted to seize the opportunity to threaten the rear of the second theater.
And now there is not much power in Soshiyang's hands. After the 11th company left, there are only five companies of the battle group: 1, 3, 4, 6, and 10, and this kind of situation may involve friction between friendly forces. It is not easy to arrange other battle groups to carry out the task, not to mention that there may be tough battles to be fought next.
In the end, after weighing it again and again, he could only leave this matter to Veronica to handle, hoping to drive the other party away from the maelstrom as much as possible without exposing too many traces of the Eldar.
Fortunately, Doral has personally led the team to the maelstrom, and Soshyan is relatively assured of his ability in warfare.
But the malicious warriors are just disgusting. The most troublesome thing is the Minotaur war group, because they came to the Maelstrom under the banner of Terra and in the name of escorting the envoy. Soshyan really had nothing to do for a while. We can only wait until the war in Angstrom is over before returning to Sagan to deal with it.
The person in charge of Sagan now is Yarik, so Soshyan can only write a letter asking him to pay more attention and try not to conflict with those people.
No matter what they do, they should suppress it first and wait until they get back to deal with it.
In fact, Soshiyang knew why these four battle groups suddenly appeared. Although the high lord asked him to serve as the supreme commander of the expedition, after all, the empire has rarely had Asta since the Great Rebellion. As the expedition commander, for the Council of High Lords who are always wary of the Astartes' overexpansion and expansion, his presence makes them sleepless and uneasy anyway. Their current mentality must be extremely contradictory. They do not want to see the expedition. failed, but also did not expect the expedition to be a great success.
Then it is inevitable to hold back and stumbling. There is a high probability that these four war groups were brought to the maelstrom by the High Lords Council through overt or covert means to "monitor" him. If If they catch him with something, the high lord may make a big fuss.
Although he was very, very angry at the high lord's behavior of looking for trouble, Soshyan still tried his best to focus on the battlefield. As expected, news soon came from Kosaro Khan——
The Red Pirates attack the planet Galen V.
Kosaro Khan was leading a fleet cruising between Galen V and the Sengrad system at the time. If Soshyan hadn't reminded him, he would have rushed directly to the rescue. However, after Soshyan reminded him, Kosaro Khan Luo Khan did the opposite and headed towards Galen V's channel leading to the Bloody Skeleton Galaxy. Based on the wreckage of some destroyed transport ships and civilian ships, he judged that the main force of red pirates was cruising in the surrounding waters.
Kosaro Khan, who had not performed outstandingly since the war started, was not in a hurry. Like a seasoned hunter, he sent a frigate and broadcast a distress signal through a global radio.
Sure enough, I got a response quickly.
But Corsaro has ordered the frigate to immediately cut off communications and escape once a response is received, pretending to have seen through the conspiracy and run away.
Sure enough, the responder was the fleet of the Red Pirates. They were used to disguising themselves as imperial ships to carry out plunder in the past, and their communication camouflage technology was also very sophisticated. After discovering that their disguise had been seen through, the Red Pirates The fleet stopped pretending and rushed directly towards the area where the signal was sent.
Up to this point, Corsaro was still in no hurry until the opponent pursued him into a narrow area with an asteroid belt on one side and a huge dead planet with strong gravity on the other.
Then the war eagles of the grassland came out. In fact, the attack was not sudden. In the vast space without horizon or other cover, it was very unrealistic to launch a sudden cavalry raid on the ground.
The Red Pirates discovered Corsaro's fleet as soon as they entered the area, but Corsaro's fleet did not have an overwhelming advantage over the Red Pirates. The main ships of both sides were cruisers. But the Red Corsairs have a large cruiser, and they have more smaller battleships.
Korsaro Khan opened up his formation and approached, but the Red Pirates did not give in, and also formed a thicker double-line formation.
The two sides approached at a long distance, without firing torpedoes or gunboats. It was as if they were two walls composed of battleships, incredibly preparing to collide with each other.
The Red Corsairs are waiting for their best gang jumps and artillery range, while Corsaro Khan is waiting for his "Mangugai".
When the two sides slowly approached and were about to open fire, three frigate and destroyer formations suddenly burst out from the asteroid belt on one side - although it could not cover large and medium-sized ships, it could cover small ships, and these The battleship is the naval ship that Soshyan assigned to Kosaro Khan a long time ago.
With their engines modified to accelerate, they rushed in at high speed from the flanks of the red pirate fleet, focused their fire, and created a hole in the enemy's cordon. Their sudden burst of speed and intensive attacks made the marching red pirates The pirate fleet was in chaos, and several looters were submerged almost immediately, dissipating in a storm of plasma engine explosions and torpedoes.
The red pirates also responded immediately and counterattacked these small ships. A quarter of them disappeared in the first salvo, while the others outlined a perfect arc. While "scraping" the Red Pirate's flank like a scimitar, it continued to fire torpedoes.
At the same time as the Red Pirates were in chaos, Kosaro Khan's formation changed in an instant, from a standard artillery formation to an arrow raid.
The White Scars fleet roared past the gunfire, all targets focused on one point and moving forward at the fastest speed.
If you look at it from a distance, their formation is closely integrated, long and thin, like a thrown javelin, rushing into the center of the Red Pirates' queue, and then all the ships on both sides The artillery fired fiercely, creating a huge fire net.
The entire formation of the Red Pirates was like a fragile shield, which was penetrated immediately. Corsaro Khan's flagship took the lead and penetrated directly behind the Red Pirates fleet, while the Red Pirates' ships were still attacking. They tried to turn awkwardly, especially their Abomination-class large cruiser [Blood Beast].
It has heavy armor and firepower that is close to that of a battlecruiser. The only flaw is that there are certain design problems in the engine, making them less fast and flexible.
If it were a head-on battle, all the warships in Corsaro's hands would be no match for it.
However, the opponent is now on its back, and it will take at least 10-20 minutes for it to turn around completely. In the chaos, the red pirate cannot even launch a gang-hopping operation, because even the gang-hopping torpedoes There is no launch angle.
If the commander of the Red Pirates is rational enough, he will rush forward at this time and order the small ships to stay behind to create time for the capital ships to turn around.
Unfortunately, the commander of the Red Pirates still believes that he has the power to defeat Korsaro Khan.
But Kosaro Khan would not give the enemy time, his scimitar was already swinging.
(End of this chapter)