Chapter 558, Battle of Heyang
The Mechanicum is very realistic.
When it's no good, they don't want to take care of anything; when it's good, they look greedy, rushing to get a share.
For the Mechanicus, the biggest benefit is naturally technology.
Especially the technology of another sect.
The relationship between different sects of the Mechanicus is not necessarily very close.
Sometimes heretics are more hateful than heretics.
However, the heretical technology is still very fragrant.
However, at this stage, the Mingyang Sect mainly focuses on speaking.
If they really wanted to fight, they were still a little timid and could only say that they were willing to send a small number of troops.
After all, they have not yet recovered from the greenskin disaster. The Titan Legion and the Skitarii may already have good combat effectiveness, but the most important thing is the Mechanicus fleet, which is not very good now. The starship production capacity of Jindi Star has all been allocated to the alliance, and they have not saved much of their own ships.
Moreover, they have changed their views on the alliance and become actively cooperative, but they are still doubtful about whether the alliance can really defeat the armored army and the skitarii of a powerful sect like Alfonzo head-on.
Regardless of how strong the alliance is now, who knows what it will be like after the main force arrives?
Of course, Gu Hang actually looked down upon the combat effectiveness of the Mingyang Sect.
The Mingyang Sect's navy is now in shambles and has not yet recovered. As for the army, the Skitarii and the Titan Legion are not bad, but the Alliance does not lack the army.
It is a great achievement to be honest and engaged in production at the rear. When the time comes, if we really have some seizures, we will consider leaving some soup for them to drink.
……
Paulson's visit was just a brief interlude and did not affect the pace of the alliance's march.
When the Furious Flame Fleet was forced by the Blood Shark Fleet and three Alliance battle cruisers to act cautiously as a group and come all the way to Heyang VIII, the alliance's main fleet had also arrived at the Heyang VIII system.
As soon as they arrived, the Alliance ships arrested industrial ships on the spot that were mining in several surrounding asteroid belts.
Afterwards, all Alfonzo's ships operating outside the planet were quickly seized, and those that could run fast were all blocked into the orbit of Heyang VIII.
Immediately afterwards, the alliance issued an ultimatum to Heyang VIII.
The conditions are the same as those discussed with Todd Paulson, the business sage.
Total surrender.
Then, the alliance can open a channel so that the so-called knight families on the ground can leave Heyang VIII with their own equipment and a certain number of servants on a certain number of ships.
The alliance’s attitude is actually very clear.
The military operation against Heyang VIII is not to attack the powerful forces. The alliance can also do what Alfonzo wishes and temporarily not treat them as enemies.
But you must give me this planet.
The deadline given by the alliance is three days.
On the third day, Heyang VIII gave a reply.
They agreed to the alliance's demands.
However, I hope the league can give it more time.
After all, countless knights scattered around the planet need to gather together; everyone has wealth and needs to move away. When it comes to an entire planet, so many people and so many materials have to be transported from a few space elevators or a small number of spaceships and transport ships.
It takes a long time.
You can't agree today and let us all leave tomorrow, right? It’s not realistic either!
The alliance fully understands this and has agreed to give grace time.
One month, okay?
The surface quickly gave a reply: It’s not good, can it be a little longer?
The alliance generously extended the time by two times, and thoughtfully said that if moving was inconvenient, the alliance could still help.
For example, the Alliance can invest a large number of troops on the surface now to help various knight families move for free. Don't stop gathering knights. The alliance can also send transport spaceships into the planet's atmosphere to help everyone transport them.
Moreover, Alliance engineers can now enter Heyang VIII's starport to optimize the efficiency of the space elevator, and can also help build one or two new simple space elevators that can be used temporarily.
This argument was once again rejected by the ground.
They put forward a new argument: there is no need to help with the relocation, and the Star Port cannot be taken over. Please ask the alliance to give them three months, so that they can solve the problem themselves, and then hand over such a clean Heyang VIII to the alliance!
That's very nice to say.
It’s just...
After Ye Lixia heard the news, she immediately found Gu Hang:
"They are coaxing fools." The admiral bluntly pointed out the problem. "They are not sincere and they are just stalling for time. Who knows, the main fleet of the Alfonzo sect is already approaching Wenqi Star.”
The Wenqi planet she was talking about was a planet close to Alfonzo in the star tunnel connecting the Alfonzo Star Domain and the Proud Claw Star Domain.
Gu Hang laughed: "I agree with you."
He looked at the beautiful planet in the distance and said: "So, it's time for us to do something..."
……
"Sage! The Alliance attacked our starport without any warning!"
"I know, I can see it."
On the rooftop of the tower, Paulson, covered in a red and black robe, raised his head and stared at the stars.
His body looked like a stooped old man; however, compared with the guards who came to report next to him, he was as huge as a hill.
This is his true body. Hidden under the red and black robe is a mechanical body that has been transformed beyond recognition.
His scarlet eyes looking up at the stars at the moment have of course been modified. He can directly observe the current battle situation in low-Earth orbit without using any equipment.
The alliance's attack came too suddenly.
As the league suspected, they were indeed stalling for time. Agreeing to 'move' is simply deceiving the alliance.
Of course, they also considered the possibility that the alliance would not be deceived.
Whether it is on the planet or in the starport and space station in orbit, they are loose on the outside and tight on the inside. They are always ready to be hit directly in the face by the Alliance.
However, the speed of this ‘slap in the face’ was really a bit too fast.
A moment ago, the Alliance's ships were all at the outermost periphery, staying quietly outside the fire coverage of the orbital defense, just like those days in the past.
The next moment, all the ships suddenly started working with all their strength and rushed toward the orbital system.
The orbital defense system of Heyang VIII is not bad. There is a star fortress and a fortress-like star port. If you really want to fight hard, you will have to pay a high price.
However, the Star Fort and Star Port failed to fire to block the Alliance ships in the first place. Got gangbanged.
Phoenix jumped directly to these two places through teleportation technology.
The league's transmission technology really made Paulson feel outrageous.
Normally, most teleportation requires a coordinate. Close distances, tens or hundreds of kilometers may not matter, and direct transmission is not a big problem; but in interstellar operations, the distance is tens of thousands of kilometers once transmitted.
Generally, to carry out such an ultra-long distance transmission, the ship needs to first hit the torpedo with the transmission coordinates to the target location.
Because it only needs to hit and does not cause damage, the teleportation torpedo can be made very small and difficult to intercept.
But there must be such a thing after all.
However, the alliance's teleportation shamelessly doesn't need these at all.
A hole was torn open in the real world, and then the red-armored phoenix came out of it.
There are only two ways to do this: Otherwise, there is some kind of advanced transmission device that can skip this link. Certain rare devices unearthed from archaeological excavations that cannot be mass-produced can do this. It is said that blood sharks have this method.
Another way is that the psychic who presides over the teleportation has special talents and extremely strong psychic powers.
What kind of alliance is it?
Paulson was thinking carefully.
He didn't think about the outcome of the battle, it was none of his business.
The starport and starfort were actually heavily guarded. There are many elite knights from the Heyang Knights. Directly supported by a powerful mechanical sect like Alfonzo, the Heyang Knights are not just a bunch of sentry mechas to fill up their numbers.
Those who drive the Sentinel mecha can only be regarded as attendants, and are not worthy of the title of knight at all. On top of the Sentinel mecha, there are also attendant mechas, which are much smaller than the regular knight mecha, but only smaller than the interstellar mecha. The warrior's Dreadnought Mecha is smaller; the Ranger Knights are the main force, and there are a lot of them; above the Rangers, there are higher-level knights such as Revenge Class and Dominator Class.
These big guys are serious heavy-duty units, but because they are humanoid, they are not like heavy armored vehicles such as tanks, and they cannot enter many complex terrains. For knight mechas, unless the place is too small, they can still get on even if the terrain is complex.
Since the starport and starfort on Heyang VIII are to protect the home of the Knight World, they are naturally specially designed. Many key places are made larger in size to facilitate the movement of the knight's mecha.
Even if it's a Space Marine, it's definitely not easy to deal with.
Perhaps, the Phoenix people used the alliance's special transmission method to temporarily plunge the Star Castle and Star Port into chaos.
But Paulson believes that the number of Space Marines who can teleport is limited, right? Can the Space Marines alone kill all the knights deployed above?
He doesn't think so.
Not to mention, the surface has already reacted and reinforcements are already on the way.
As long as the phoenix cannot kill the knights stationed on the star fort and star port above, a steady stream of reinforcements will come on top.
Paulson continued to think about how the alliance's transmission method was implemented.
And, calculate in your mind whether there is a suitable response method.
In the future, I am afraid that the number of times I will deal with the alliance will not be less.
Without finding suitable means, those Space Marines who can easily jump into gangs safely, quickly, and without making people react are really a very difficult group of people.
The Mechanicus also has some very powerful elite units that can fight against it, such as knights, such as the armed priests composed of many members of the Mechanicus at the level of Mechanicus and above. After all, if a mechanical priest is willing to put in the effort to extensively modify his body, then based on his technical capabilities and the resources at his disposal, his combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
It is best to cut it off from the source of technology...
"Huh?"
While he was thinking, the scene he saw in front of him interrupted his thoughts.
In the sky, Heyang VIII's only star fortress exploded into a huge fireball.
Star Castle... was destroyed?
This...
It was indeed a bit beyond Paulson's expectations.
His mechanical brain began to quickly calculate and deduce the possibilities for the next war.
A nerve cord stretched out from under his robe and was connected to a machine in front of him. Instructions that do not need to be spoken become electrical signals and are transmitted everywhere.
Moreover, he directly linked multiple rail gun arrays on the ground. With his powerful computing power, he directly controlled at least hundreds of artillery pieces to launch attacks into the sky.
With the blessing of him, a senior professional sage, these artillery fires instantly seemed to come alive, and their accuracy and synergy were greatly increased.
The star fort has been destroyed, and the remaining star port can be saved.
Thanks to his efforts, the sudden increase in ground firepower brought greater damage to the alliance. Not to mention the losses of the small boats, at least three cruisers had their void shields smashed in a short period of time. Even the hulls were damaged to some extent, and they had to leave the orbital system and withdraw from the battle.
However, in his calculations, the star port that could survive the alliance's onslaught for more than two days lost the protection of the void shield in the third hour.
That was obviously turned off from within.
Without protection, the starport will be destroyed in at most two hours.
Paulson's mechanical brain paused for a moment again - what should we do?
If it can hold on for two days, then with the ground firepower, the price the alliance has to pay will become very significant. It may be necessary to lose two battle cruisers or a battleship here. If the alliance does not want to bear such losses, it will have to withdraw, and then the orbital defense system of Heyang VIII will be preserved.
If you really want to fight hard, you can still make money by exchanging the orbital system for a battleship. Moreover, the subsequent battle on the ground will also drag the alliance into the quagmire.
But now, there is nothing we can do.
Of course, Paulson did not interrupt the control of the ground rail gun. Instead, he invested more computing power to optimize ballistic calculations as much as possible.
It’s not time to give up yet.
However, the alliance withdrew.
A few days later, the alliance made a comeback.
This time, they destroyed all the space stations in orbit; half of the ships in orbit that were too late or unable to land on the ground were destroyed, and the other half were gang-crossed, and control of the ships was seized from the inside. , became the trophy of the alliance.
Afterwards, the alliance did not invest any more troops on the ground.
Although Heyang VIII has not been lost yet, after losing all its orbital systems and ships, the Alliance can leave in a big way. This planet no longer has any ability to take the initiative.
Paulson was silent.
He really didn't understand how his starport and starfort were lost.
Just think of the Phoenix Chapter coming out in full force. Can a thousand Space Marines break through the defense of the Heyang Knights stationed in the Starport and the Starfort in a few hours and turn off the Void Shield? ?
Why?
Even if the Iron Armor Chapter comes, they can't do it, right?
This can only be accomplished by at least two thousand or even three thousand Space Marines, right?
Paulson was confused.
(End of chapter)