Chapter 2908 Two-Ship Assault
"Now! For the Emperor! For the people who died!"
Malakin roared excitedly, and the deck beneath his feet trembled. , he also felt an impatient dry heat coming from his body.
At the same time, the Hive Mind also reacted as quickly as possible to form a tight barrier with small biological ships. While blocking the firepower of human ships, it also worked hard to allow large biological ships to escape from the gravity well. In fact, the Tyranid biological ship has an organ that can offset the influence of gravity, but this organ requires a large amount of biomass to operate. If not necessary, they usually choose to slowly escape from the planet's gravity well, but this time the Human Empire The ship came too fast.
It just takes time to activate the organs, and it also takes time for them to escape after activation, because large biological ships are gathered in the low orbit of the planet, trying to absorb the feast below, and it will be impossible to connect to the huge capillary for a while. Pull away quickly.
Just when the Tyranid Hive Fleet fell into brief chaos, a series of torpedoes hit those small biological ships, and the subsequent metal storm instantly created a death zone stretching hundreds of thousands of kilometers in orbit.
This time Malakin does not intend to attack from a distance, because the Tyranid Hive Mothership is too large. With the firepower of the core fleet, he has no confidence that he can destroy it. The only The way is to get close and use vortex torpedoes or other destructive weapons to send it away. To do this, you must break through its guard group barrier.
In this huge bet, Malakin does not intend to use other people's things as a bet, because he himself does not guarantee a chance of winning, so this mission will be carried out by the two ships, the Mother of Tears and the Daughter of Storms. Executed on a battle barge belonging to the Wailers.
Even if he failed, Soshiyan must have returned to the fleet by then, and he could still use the fleet power at hand to complete the battle.
This is not recklessness, but revenge. Malakin wants to avenge those battle brothers who fell into the Tyranids' maw!
"Storm Daughter! Prepare to attack immediately!"
Facing the surging firepower of the human fleet, the small creatures of the Tyranid fleet were forced to give up some of their speed advantages in order to protect their mothership, which was destroyed Biological debris is floating around, and at the same time, the biological plasma, biological torpedoes, and acid crystals they spit out are also constantly streaking across the void.
Malakin's quick eyes glanced over the picture of the command platform, various tactical scenarios flashed in his mind, and he soon discovered a gap in the Hive Fleet. It was not fatal, but it was enough for the two ships to fight. The barge comes through and that's the goal they need at this stage.
"Son of Mars, Expedition Glory, Triumph, aim at the target I marked, Abyss Hunter, Silver Redemption, use light spears to drive away the enemies in that direction, 19th and 23rd Frigate Squadrons , clearing the right wing.”
Then, he locked the target rune on a biological battleship, which was slightly away from the center of the insect swarm.
"Now!"
The swift Mars-class battlecruisers galloped above the Mother of Tears, and opened all the weapons they had, a salvo of three Ryza-type Nova cannons Astonishing and deadly plasma cannonballs set off a terrifying plasma storm in the Hive Fleet. Hundreds of small biological ships were crushed in the storm, followed by a series of lasers and torpedoes that penetrated the void and hit the biological battleships. body.
At the same time, a large number of fighter formations came forward to fight against the small Tyranids. The lasers and missiles of both sides intertwined with brilliant light.
The Tyranid Kraken marked by Malakin was fired by three battleships. Its carapace was shattered, its internal organs were thrown out, and it fell into the atmosphere convulsively.
At the same time, the cruisers and frigates formed two slashes, swept the Tyranid creatures sideways, and used powerful firepower to blow the biological battleships into pieces. But the Tyranid counterattack was by no means weak. Frigates and destroyers continued to explode and even lose power during the attacks of Tyranid biological plasma and biological torpedoes. Some unlucky ships were even penetrated by biological capsules on the deck. Then a large number of warrior bugs spurted out from inside, and screams and sounds of fighting echoed in the communication network.
Even more deadly are the Tyranid impact ships equipped with crushing claws and predatory tentacles. The Moon-class cruiser Prodigal Son, belonging to the Astral Knights Chapter, was entangled by the tentacles of a hive warship. , the Prodigal Son immediately opened all shipboard weapons and fired fiercely directly at the creature's tentacles. At the same time, the frigates near the Prodigal Son also continued to attack the tentacled monster.
Soon, the biological ship lost power and twitched away, but its tentacles also tore off a spire and a turret of the Prodigal Son. .
When the Prodigal Son tried hard to return to the queue, three more biological battleships caught up with it. One of them swam directly towards the battleship. The energy field flashed on the open three-petal maw, and a huge biological electric shock It even short-circuited the battleship's shield, and then the battleship was directly bitten in two from the middle and torn into pieces in the subsequent explosion.
At this time, the Mother of Tears and the Daughter of the Storm have separated from the formation and are sailing side by side, like two knights rushing towards the enemy formation. The powerful gunfire of the rear battleship has cleared their way. On the flanks, frigates passed quickly, drawing more hive warships away from the charging path of the two battle barges.
However, this hive consciousness is surprisingly cunning. It may have seen through Malakin's idea and ordered the small ships to ignore the harassment of the frigates. A large number of living battleships formed a wall of flesh in front of the accelerating charging battle barges, blocking them. A desperate attack on the hive mothership.
"Live up to Sanguinius!!"
Malakin shouted on the bridge. He was rarely so excited, but after that rebirth, he felt better. Having difficulty controlling emotions.
It was as if there was a fire rolling violently deep in his soul.
Suddenly, the bioplasma launched by Tyranids hit the void shield of the flagship, causing ripples. The two battle barges had already completed their acceleration. Such firepower could not stop them. They would be like bullets. Penetrating the barriers of small Tyranids like a shot through flesh.
But to Malakin's surprise, those small creatures dispersed.
“What!”
As a result, a new type of Tyranid biological ship appeared around the hive mothership. These warships have long and straight bone armor shells, accounting for three thirds of their total length. In one part, biological plasma is sprayed from the rear, and the rest are organs covered with tentacles, like huge living missiles.
“Concentrate firepower on my mark!”
Malakin feels bad. If these ships collide with the battle barges, given their size, if they self-destruct——