Chapter 2864 Dance of Swords and Claws (Part 1)
“Increasing the output by 13.7% on the basis of the existing firepower can consume the Tyranid biomass to the maximum while maintaining the speed. Their overall The movement speed has been 10.2% slower than before. I am collecting data on Tyranid biomass recovery and it will take some time.”
The voice of Wan Bian Ji thought made Soshyan aware of the changes in the battlefield. The Tyranid fleet seemed to be speeding up, but overall it was slowing down, which meant that there was a gap between them.
"The fleet accelerates forward, A formation, course change 113."
As the order is conveyed, the empire's formation begins to move, and the engines are gradually pushed to maximum power, heading towards the Tyranid fleet ahead. At the same time, the bow of the ship began to rise neatly, like a surfboard facing a huge wave.
After the distance between the two sides reached a certain level, the Imperial fleet began to collectively turn to the right, because there was a gap in the Tyranid cluster there, and the Tyranids obviously did not want to let go of this little thing that could hurt themselves, with a large number of plasma clusters and clusters of acid. and biological torpedoes sweeping in.
The main long-range attack methods of Tyran warships are fire-acid cannons, acid cannons and bio-plasma cannons. The shells fired by the fire-acid cannon are high-temperature corrosive cysts. When the cysts hit the ship It can cause huge damage, and after a hit, the remaining cysts through the destroyed armor plate can also release smaller Tyranids into the interior of the target ship, which is often more deadly than the weapon itself. It is a combination of The only disadvantage of this terrifying weapon with jumping and artillery capabilities is that the bullet speed is relatively slow, and a large number of covering shots must be used to ensure the hit rate.
Therefore, when shooting from the side at an Imperial ship moving at extremely fast speeds, the hit rate is very low and does not pose a serious threat.
The acid cannon fires a crystal-like highly corrosive toxin, which is covered with metal to retain the toxicity. These crystals are fired by the biological warship at an extremely high speed through a static charge, and the huge energy generated by the impact It is enough to penetrate the thick battleship armor, and its residual static charge will form a fatal electrical explosion.
But the most deadly thing is the plasma emitted by the unique mouthparts. The color of Tyran's biological plasma is different from the normal one, shining with dazzling green light, but its power is not inferior to Any human plasma weapon, and more importantly, they fire very fast and frequently, there is almost no need to consider the issue of overheating
The void shields of the Imperial ships gleamed under the onslaught of Tyranid weapons fire, and point defense cannons fired into the void, shooting down the biological torpedoes.
As the Eternal Loyalty trembled under the Tyranids' attacks, Soshyan could feel tiny vibrations through the armrests of his throne.
"Fire."
As they passed "above" the Tyranid cluster, the imperial ships had already completed their turn, and their cannons on the sides roared, blasting massive amounts of shells and plasma. Facing the Tyranid biological ships hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, the fierce artillery battle between the two sides soon turned the void into a boiling cauldron. Tyranid biological ships continued to burst, explode, or twitch and roll, as well as small human ships. Fallen under continued attack, the icy remains left behind the fleet.
Everything is normal at the moment, but Soshyan knows that there will never be a lack of surprises on the battlefield.
"Lord Soshiyang, the Soul Messenger sent news that their void shield has been breached, and Tyranids have boarded the battleship!"
Soshiyang glanced at the formation icon and found the Soul Messenger The battle barge No. 1 is currently located at the back of the right side of the fleet. This battleship has been in service for a long time. Although its engine has been updated, it is still old. The speed is relatively slow. There is a chance of being hit by Tyranx's poison cannon. Bigger too.
But he is not worried about the situation of this ship, because the tenth company led by Bahram is stationed on it. More than two hundred soldiers are enough to resist Tyran's gang-hopping troops, as well as mortal troops and battles Cooperation of robots.
“Block this gap!”
Bahram’s voice echoed in the communication network.
"The damage control team will clean the cysts first, and then plug the opening with filling material!" In the cabin full of smoke and pungent poisonous smoke, Bahram commanded while firing with the bolter pistol in his hand, not far away There are three purple cysts as big as poison knives inlaid on the hull bulkhead. Most of them have been broken, like beaten eggs. The surrounding metal has become curled due to the corrosion of acidic substances, and Still smoking, countless ugly creatures were wrapped in mucus and fell from the cysts like fetuses separated from their mothers. Then there was the sound of leather-like wings flapping the air like raindrops.
Countless gargoyles flew past the broken hull, and hot acid sprayed out from the biological guns and bugs' mouths, but the gap was still very narrow at the moment, and they could not Just barge in.
"Jacob! Take someone to assist the damage control team!"
"Yes!"
When a large number of knife bugs rushed over with mucus that had not yet dried up, Bahram clenched the broken-horned evil star in his hand and slashed across the fragile body of the bugs. Each time he swung, he would knock down several creatures.
Around him, the soldiers of the 10th Company formed a firing line, welcoming the intruders with dense bullets. The rain of bullets sprayed by several plasma machine guns set up dyed the entire space a blue. There was an orange-red flash mixed with melta and flamethrowers, while the mortal auxiliaries, in company units, covered the flanks of the Space Marines.
The situation does not seem to be deteriorating further.
Bahram steps forward, killing enemies one by one with precise shots from his pistol, or simply crushing their heads with his feet.
Suddenly, a roar pierced the air, and a huge creature detached from the highest cyst and landed directly in front of Bahram. The ground was shaken by its claw-like feet.
Bahram immediately realized that this was a warrior bug. It roared loudly, raised its egg-shaped head covered with carapace, and issued a challenge, filling the entire space with an extremely vicious atmosphere.
At the same time, another violent crash came. Bahram looked up and saw another cyst crashing into the deck.
"The Void Shield hasn't been restored yet!"
"There are ten seconds left, nine, eight."
"I don't want to listen to your count! Restart the Void Shield, We can no longer be fooled, the Tyranids have begun to transport large creatures!”
Just as Bahram spoke, more Tyranid creatures fell, and the battlefield fell into chaos. The warrior bug focused on the target at a glance. Its two lower arms held a grotesque biological gun. During a tremor, a large piece of fat maggots was shot out.
This weapon is called a spitter. Inside the weapon is a warm, moist incubation chamber where blast maggots grow and serve as ammunition. The tiny creatures have a hard shell and are filled with A highly corrosive and volatile liquid, next to the incubator is an armed orifice that houses a spider-like creature that peels off the maggot's shell and drops it into the launch gut, which will Reacts to the maggot's corrosive muscles, creating a violent spasm that ejects the creature from the weapon.
When the Exploding Maggot collides with something, it will kill the opponent with a combination of high speed, poison and corrosive slime. Even if it encounters armor, the acidic slime can easily erode through it.