"Granite, the first and second drops of blood are yours. You did a great job. Reload immediately and aim at the enemy's large ship next time."
Just give Viper in Soshiyan When the class missile destroyer issued a commendation message, it seemed that it was stimulated by the destruction of its kind. The Necron fleet suddenly increased its speed and opened fire.
This was the second time he saw this kind of green lightning flashing through the void. The first time was the terrifying world engine. As the enemy attacked, the siren sounded in the empire. The ships' bridges howled, and in response, Imperial lasers, macrocannons, and all weapons began firing at the enemy.
However, once the two sides exchanged fire, the Empire, which had more ships, fell into a disadvantage.
The destructive arrows shattered the void shield in a bright flash, and tore apart the spaceships inside with cruel ease. All along the entire front, 16 ships, regardless of size, suddenly disappeared. , including the Blue Ice, a strike cruiser of the White Templars!
The enemy paid almost no price, only two small ships were destroyed.
“How could it be.”
This exchange ratio was something Soshyan had never expected. He clearly saw a harvester being fired by the main gun of the Longbow (Gothic-class cruiser). A huge gash was created, but the scar healed at a speed visible to the naked eye!
He knew that the ship could repair itself, but the speed was too ridiculous.
At this time, the two sides have entered into a chaotic battle. The crescent-shaped spacecraft is rapidly emitting green energy. As the escort fleet passes through, it detonates one by one, sending the burning wreckage into the cold void. , and the fighter formations in the imperial fleet also flew out one by one from the mothership, but did not join the battle immediately, just waiting for Soshyan's instructions.
Soshyan had previously set up a very standard three-line formation, which could maximize the concentration of firepower in one direction. His idea was to "press to death" the opponent before they left the planet, but the Necrontyr battleship The defense and speed are still beyond his imagination. Now one of the three lines has been cut. Human small warships and even medium-sized ships such as the Moon class have no resistance. Even the new star frigate newly manufactured by Ulan Huda They can't even fight against those jackals. Two of the four new-star ships originally belonging to the White Temple have been sunk, and one has been severely damaged. They are all new ships that have just left the dock
The only good thing is that before the war, Soshyan considered that the Necrontyr had rarely used jump gangs in previous battles with the Empire, so there were no Space Marines stationed in the fleet. Only the fourth company of the White Templars remained on the flagship, so the ship The losses did not bring any serious losses in personnel (Astartes).
But this was enough to make him very angry. In the past, he used the performance and power of battleships to crush his opponents. As a result, he became the weaker side this time, which made him quite uncomfortable and reminded him of After leading the Phoenix Army to victory in the last battle against the Tau, I watched the fleet combat reports and images. From Ada's perspective, the Tau fleet was slowly and tragically carrying out meaningless resistance.
Is the human fleet the same in the eyes of the Necrontyr?
Thinking of this, Soshyan became even more angry. At this moment, he really regretted not bringing the Avesta. In other words, if he could add the fleet of the Astral Knights, he could definitely crush these ships. Dead and leftover species.
After all, he was a little overconfident, thinking that with various preparations, he would be able to deal with the Necrontyr's ships, but he did not expect that there was such a huge gap in the performance of the two warships.
The close-range firefight means that the battle situation is getting fiercer. The frigates and destroyers form a group, taking advantage of their numerical advantage to shoot at the lightning-fast Necrontyr raiders. The main ship behind them forms a bombardment line, trying to May cover enemy movement routes.
In the void, beams, plasma, cannonballs, green arcs, and fuzzy particle whips are depicted as a tragic war purgatory against the backdrop of the forging world. In addition to energy weapons, the Necrontyr also brought another terrifying thing that spread death. After entering into close combat, each harvester released three Nightshroud bombers.
The Nightshroud is a Necron space bomber whose origins can be traced back to the Battle of Heaven. It is a famous relic of that ancient apocalyptic war. This fighter was originally built to Carrying the Death Sphere - a force field vessel that electromagnetically imprisons tiny shards of antimatter, which are held in a state at odds with the rest of the universe until the sphere explodes, releasing a massive annihilation of pure gamma energy A wave that can destroy almost anything within range.
At the same time, it also has two twin-linked destroyer main guns, which are enough to pose a threat to large ships, and its speed and defense can also allow it to fight against enemy fighter jets. In the intelligence and evaluation given by Ada , this bomber must be dealt with by advanced aircraft such as the Hemlock or the Void Phoenix fighter.
The strike cruiser Thunder, belonging to the White Templars, became the first victim. At that time, it was trying to attack a Jackal raider, but under the bombardment of three strange metal balls, the shields were completely destroyed. Collapsed, the armored shell was immediately exposed to the void. The three Nightshroud bombers turned at a speed that could crush the internal organs of a mortal pilot, broke away from the coverage of the battleship's anti-aircraft artillery, and formed a new formation, heading towards the wounded. The spaceship roared away.
The crescent-shaped fighters formed a tight spiral as they fired, then fired lightning bolts at close range, the gunfire setting off a series of explosions along the strike cruiser's flanks.
The heavily damaged strike cruiser immediately attracted the bloodthirsty vultures. Two Elegy-class assault ships circled and attacked it with incredible maneuvers, as if they were feasting on food. For only a brief ten seconds, Even briefly, the Thunder was completely destroyed without waiting for the surrounding destroyers to come to the rescue. The explosion of the reactor melted part of the ship's shell. The violent energy burst caused the surrounding ships to tilt sharply, and the propellers kept flashing a dazzling white light. .
In the communication channel, many captains began to exclaim, their voices full of fear.
When the last dazzling flash burst out, hundreds of thousands of lives disappeared...
But the undead warships continued to attack the human fleet unscathed, like wolf fish attacking the group in the water. A shoal of fish, close combat has always been the most effective tactic for humans, but now they are in a dilemma.
After more than ten minutes of fighting, the empire damaged a large number of ships, but only sank one shroud-class light cruiser and two small battleships. This can hardly be called an achievement
"All captains, stay calm, the Emperor is watching us, strengthen the fire coverage of the enemy's capital ships, and reorganize the formation."
Amidst the interference of static noise, Soshyan calmly The voice echoed in the fleet's command channel.