Chapter 2044: Attacking Kara (Part 1)
After judging that the series of mineral worlds in Bloody Skull have a more important status, Soshyan transferred some troops of the White Templar and Lamptan led by Arash to Bloody Skull. The Skull Galaxy will speed up the cleanup of the mineral planets there, and will also facilitate subsequent mobilization and assembly, while Lamptan will be left in charge of the Lamenters and the Crimson Blades led by Malakin.
After a series of troop transfers, the central fleet led by Soshyan also set off from Tovack to attack the Kara system.
Since Huron is still digesting the scrap he got, Soshyan will definitely not let the other side get what he wants. Since there is a decisive battle, he will naturally not let the other side choose the time and place, so he chooses to take the initiative Attack, the war on Badab's side is over, and the troops there will soon be able to move to the front line.
In this attack, a total of ten Astral Knights, Dark Angels, Disciples of Caliban, Devotees, Ascetics, Star Dragons, Storm Lords, Nova Warriors, Ranger Warriors, and Minotaurs were gathered. The Chapter has more than 2,500 Space Marines, more than 200 warships of various types, and nearly 300 million Astra Militarum troops. Its scale even exceeds the siege of Badab.
What they want to attack are the three habitable worlds in the Kara system, Stryberg, Perdaga, and Yalilo, as well as five other non-habitable worlds that can station troops.
The structure of the Kara Galaxy is very similar to that of the solar system, with a stable and safe orbit. As one of the galaxies closest to the depths of the Maelstrom, the Kara Galaxy has been the frontline outpost of the Empire in the Maelstrom region in the past. Very similar to Cadian's positioning, the three habitable worlds have been designated as fortress worlds, which can regularly provide more than 200 million troops every tithe tax collection year, and now it is also providing a steady stream of troops to the Red Pirates. of manpower.
As the gateway to the Magar Galaxy, the last stronghold of the Red Pirates, once it is lost, the Red Pirates will completely lose almost all their foothold in the physical universe.
When the imperial army rushed towards the planet Kara, Huron also quickly received the news. Although he did not know that Soshyan had the key information that he owned the hulk, he also understood the work of his final decisive battle. It's not finished yet, I have to buy some more time.
So he sent all his war lords and the Impaler Jufu to the planet Kara, relying on the powerful defense system of the system to resist the offensive of the imperial army.
Although the Kara Galaxy does not have the magnificent galaxy-level defense system of the Badab Galaxy, Huron still made great efforts to integrate the defenses of various planets. The three outermost death worlds of the galaxy have basically completed the fortressization, and in order to make up for the orbital defense Due to the lack of facilities, Huron also ingeniously connected a large number of small ships with useless civilian ships and transport ships, and installed weapons on them, using them as temporary orbital defense stations for the planet.
This strategy was often used in his early years when he was the leader of the war group to open up the Maelstrom. It was very suitable for dealing with pirates and scattered war gangs.
The three habitable planets of Streberg, Perdaga, and Arilo are equipped with complete orbital defense facilities and galaxy-level defense weapons. They will block the imperial fleet in the galaxy. The two dead worlds closest to the star are used as the arsenal of the galaxy, because they are not easy to be attacked due to their distance.
At the same time, Huron also formulated the general policy of swarm operations, that is, to form a raid group with a large number of small ships, and not to directly collide with the main fleet of the empire, but to engage in hit-and-run tactics for a short period of time.
The Black Heart King has realized that sending a large fleet before showing enough strength to rival it will be in vain, so he only made two requirements for the naval power of the Kara system defenders, harassing the Imperial Expedition Fleet as much as possible , and provide continuous follow-up assistance to the planet's defenders as much as possible.
Since the Death World has no atmosphere and most of its facilities are hidden in safe underground bunkers, Huron is not worried about Soshyan releasing extermination weapons.
The Empire's most common extermination weapons, incineration torpedoes and virus bombs, have no effect on a dead world without an atmosphere. The cyclone torpedo is not particularly effective on a world with relatively stable geology unless a large amount of investment is made. It is mainly used for To eliminate life and oceans on the planet's surface, the most useful bipolar torpedoes are too rare, with only two preserved in one sector. Huron knows this better than anyone, because he was in charge of the Maelstrom's bipolar torpedo arsenal, and now Soshyan certainly didn't have it on hand. In addition, Huron also ordered to take out all the void mines in the armory and deploy a large number of minefields inside the planet Kara to prevent the imperial fleet from crossing the outer planets and launching a sudden attack on the habitable world inside.
His idea is that Soshyan must fight from the outside into the galaxy little by little, which will waste a lot of time.
In fact, Huron's estimation was correct. Soshyan did not have bipolar torpedoes in his hands, because these were used by Helbrecht to attack Badab, and he had The Virus Bombs and Cyclone Torpedoes don't have much effect on solid death worlds.
But why should he fight according to Huron's ideas?
Soshyan had no intention of caring about the three defenders on the death world, and he was not in the mood to play whack-a-mole.
His response was in two ways.
The first is to send fleets to pretend to attack the three fortress worlds. Huron's temporary "Iron Chain Boat" orbital defense facility looks bluffing, but the actual firepower is very weak and has no ability to threaten large warships, so it is demolished It's not that troublesome, and you don't need to send a very powerful fleet, but you can create the illusion that they are going to attack.
The second is to drag up the Trace of Victory and use its numerous flight decks to load a large number of fighter jets. It does not need to be as amazing as the two Angstrom naval battles, but thousands of large fighter jets are enough. It can deal with the red pirates' small boats that have poor fire control and weak firepower and harass the team. At the same time, they can also clear the void minefields.
Just when the defenders of the Red Pirates, including Zhu Fuzhen, thought that the expeditionary force planned to attack the three death worlds first and assembled troops and fleets on the planet Stryberg to prepare for support at any time, they did not expect that the main fleet headed by the Indomitable Truth suddenly crossed Pass through the minefield and head straight to the planet.
Zhu Fu was very sober. He immediately ordered the fleet to evacuate from the planet and ordered the world to be on tight defense. The troops that had been assembled were transferred to defense on the spot.
At the same time, he also found some aspects that were beneficial to his own side. There were still large minefields in the Kara system, which meant that it was impossible for the empire’s fleet to use the same method to raid other directions again. The next three Although the death fortress worlds can indeed be bypassed, they are not worthless. The Red Pirates' fleet can still be parked in their orbit, and the troops above can be mobilized at any time. If the empire's offensive slows down, then The defenders of the three worlds can even use ships to organize a gang-hopping raid on the Scar of Victory, so there is no chance at all.
In short, that’s the saying, if you stick to it firmly, there will be a solution.
Soon a great battle broke out around Stryberg's orbital defenses.
(End of this chapter)