Chapter 1905 The Second Naval Battle of Angstrom (1)
Only a true god can place such terrifying monsters among the stars... Their steel bodies, in the boundless darkness The rumbling steel and iron bones are only filled with ignorant flesh and blood. Their blood vessels are steel, their muscles are also steel, and their skin is also steel. Their blood is the red and blue flames, which can rival others with their supernatural power. Real monsters and demons, their roars are enough to penetrate the storm, and even their whispers can pass through thousands of stars. They will touch and completely destroy those things that the human eye cannot foresee.
But... all this horror will disappear, and these monsters will turn back into those lifeless iron blocks: as long as their machine souls and bodies disappear and survive with the time that can erase their youth. Rusted and rotted to the end.
————Imperial Admiral Francesco Flores "Void Fleet"
Faced with Soshyan's sudden attack, Huron realized that an opportunity had come , but he immediately fell into another dilemma. There were differences between him and his subordinates on how to deal with it at the moment.
The Red Pirate War Lords and leaders headed by Mogaro Kale believed that the fleet should be concentrated for a real fleet decisive battle with Soshyan. This time the empire broke away from the protection of Angstrom orbital defense. With the help of numbers, And the advantage of firepower will definitely lead to a complete victory, or at least the possibility of victory will be very high.
The foreign mercenary leaders headed by Zhu Fu and a small number of red pirate lords believe that the empire must have an ulterior motive in doing so. If they engage in a hasty battle, big trouble may occur. It is better to take advantage of Angostow With Mu's defenses empty, he concentrated all his efforts on attacking the Forge World. The empire would let him break through, but the strategic situation would soon change.
Mogaro Kalai insisted that this was the best opportunity to eliminate Soshyan and the main force of the Imperial Expeditionary Force. Once let go, it would be difficult to find them again, and even if there was no Star Castle in the Forge World It's not that easy to fight. If the Empire were to fight back, it would likely be a repeat of the last invasion of Angstrom, which resulted in a bloody head-on collision in the face of solid planetary defenses and the final rout of everyone.
But Zhu Fu retorted that there was no reason that Soshiyang could not think of. Since the other party dared to attack, there must be a reason. The only possibility was that the reinforcements from the empire had arrived. At this time, with the other party A decisive battle means the possibility of being attacked from both front and rear. Rather than taking this risk, it is better to raid Angstrom. Even if the attack fails, you can retreat unscathed. After all, the ultimate goal of this battle is Angstrom, not Solo. Shi Yang himself.
Mogaro Kalai believed that there might be something wrong with the empire and Soshyan had to return. Furthermore, they were not ignorant of the deployment of the imperial fleet. Most of the fleet The movements of the pirates are all monitored. It is impossible for the opponent to emerge a powerful fleet out of thin air. With the current concentration of naval power of the Red Pirates, unless the opponent mobilizes a sector-level naval main fleet, even if it is with Suo Even if Shi Yang cooperates with others, it is impossible to defeat the Red Pirates' invincible fleet.
Since the Red Pirates themselves have blocked subspace communications, Huron doesn't know what enemies have appeared on the edge of the galaxy or what their scale is. However, he supports Zhu Fu's view. Since Soshiyang dares to take the initiative, he must It means reinforcements are coming.
But Mogaro Kale is not unreasonable. According to the real-time information provided by his intelligence manager, it is impossible for the expeditionary fleet to gather to support Angstrom, which means that there is a high probability that it is A small fleet.
He also suspected that this might be another plot by Soshyan.
Mobilize yourself to attack Angstrom and then launch a surprise attack during the battle?
Or deceive your main force into a decisive battle and then withdraw?
Or some other intention?
Various possibilities and speculations flashed through his mind, but there was no certainty, everything was uncertain.
Risk——
Possibility——
Guess——Huron really wanted to find a wizard to do divination at that time, but he just thought about it. Not only is it too late to do it now , and make people laugh.
After much thought, Huron decided to wait. On the one hand, he mobilized the fleet, and on the other hand, he learned about the situation from various defense zones through long-distance communications, and then made a decision based on the actual situation.
The news soon came that a small fleet had indeed appeared at the edge of the galaxy. Judging from the signs and markings, it was obvious that it was the mysterious Gray Knight.
Grey Knight.
Huron made a prompt decision and attacked with his entire army!
He finally accepted Mogaro Kale's opinion. Even if the reinforcements from the Gray Knights were included, the enemy's fleet combined was less than half of theirs. As long as this battle was won, the entire empire's expedition would basically collapse. It’s not too late to go back and take care of Angstrom.
If we fight Angstrom first, the Gray Knights can be considered a variable. In case of a stalemate in the battle, the opponent will attack and behead him. Huron thinks that he is not strong enough to be surrounded by a bunch of Gray Knights and still survive. And retreat.
It is much safer to destroy the opponent in a naval battle.
And Huron wisely believes that the best way is to separate Soshyan and the Gray Knights. This seemingly "double-teamed" situation will in turn make both sides unable to support each other. At that time, he only needs a small fleet to block the Gray Knights, and the main force quickly eliminates Soshyan's side, and victory will be within easy reach.
Just do it. At this time, Soshyan's fleet was close to the edge of the galaxy and was bombing the dark fortress and fortifications on Angstrom Six. Huron concentrated with extremely fast efficiency and speed. He took most of the warships in his hands and headed to the battlefield, leaving only a small fleet to monitor Angstrom.
At this time, Huron believed that Soshyan had made a mistake. He should not pay attention to the fortifications on the planet. Although they were very strong, they did not have strong anti-orbital power. Soshyan wasted time on them. opportunity to arrive in time.
But what he didn't know was that Soshyan did this to destroy the main demon altars in order to make the battlefield more "clean".
But Huron has also made some responses. There are not only planets as fulcrums at the edge of the galaxy, but many asteroid fragments are also part of the defense system, and they have all been transformed into sacrifices to the dark gods. Gift.
Not long after Soshyan completed the bombing of Angstrom VI, the red pirate fleet came like a swarm, and each ship pushed its engine to the limit. , and strive to reach the predetermined position as quickly as possible.
In the second Battle of Angstrom, the balance of power between the two sides was even greater than the first time. Although they suffered a failure in the first Battle of Angstrom and lost some capital ships, After Huron led a new fleet to join, and was supplemented by the Corkrian fleet, as well as the support of other foreign warbands, the Red Pirates' fleet was more powerful than before, with 3 battleships (the Retribution-class battleships that survived the previous naval battle The Desperate Invocation, the Betrayer-class battleship Torment, the Emperor-class battleship Death Marsh), 2 battle barges (Huron's flagship Destruction Ghost, the Scourge Sword warband's flagship Dark Fate), 4 battlecruisers, 13 large/heavy cruisers (including the Skullreaper warband's flagship Styx-class heavy cruiser Bloody Dawn), 29 strike cruisers/light cruisers, and more than 200 small battleships - mainly modified pillagers.
(End of this chapter)