Chapter 623, Anxious Premonition
Gu Hang tormented Alamita intensively, and even did not hesitate to release Moreau. After taking full control of Alamita, he also provided generous conditions to those who were sitting on the fence...
All of this is to make Alamita as helpful as possible in the upcoming war.
The productivity of the forge world is still secondary. Star ports, star forts, armed space stations, surface rail gun fortresses, void shields... These things will actually provide a solid backing to prevent oneself from falling into a disadvantage in subsequent battles. There is a reliable rear where you can hide and take shelter from the wind and rain.
This is a very prudent approach.
The reason was that Gu Hang felt an indescribable feeling of anxiety.
Even worse than when dealing with Du Bo's fleet.
But it is obvious that the strength gap between the two sides was even greater that time than it is now. But that time, Gu Hang was only thinking about how to seize the ship and increase his own profits; but this time, the enemy hadn't even arrived yet, so he was filled with anxiety.
Why is this?
Gu Hang would not ignore his emotional abnormalities.
He is the top psyker, and for him, emotions represent a certain kind of power. Emotional instability represents a precursor to some kind of turmoil.
It is true that he has not specialized in prophecy or precognition-related abilities, and he does not seem to have such talents. However, the highest level of psychic power still allows him to naturally produce certain premonitions.
This is an ominous sign.
The battle in the future may have extraordinary changes. The emotional pressure forced him to make all possible preparations before the war.
He didn't know what this dangerous intuition meant, and he would not give up this military operation just because of anxiety and possible crises.
Not quite yet.
However, it is also necessary to find a way out as much as possible to ensure stability.
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Facts have proved that Gu Hang's preparation was valuable.
Varuk came with his fleet.
Just like the intelligence obtained by the alliance, the size of his fleet is two mechanical arks, two battleships, and six battle cruisers. This is the entire main force.
The rest of the small and medium-sized ships are not included for the time being.
As for the Alliance, the Emperor-class battleship Golden Pass and the Retribution-class battleship Iron Horse were all snatched from the hands of the Alfonzo sect led by Sage Dubo during the naval battle two and a half years ago.
In addition, there is a Zhuge-class aircraft carrier 'Hingma', and three Dragon Snake-class battlecruisers, 'Yunluo', 'Ronglin', and 'Yuehe'. The last ship, the Cross River, was also captured in the previous war.
Generally speaking, the strength of the alliance fleet is slightly weaker than that of the other side, but it should not be a whole level weaker.
Not to mention, there is Gu Hang, a top psyker, with an entire group of storm mages.
In a fleet battle, Gu Hang should not be afraid of his opponent.
But Varuk's fleet, pretending not to be afraid of a decisive battle, was approaching the Alamita Galaxy step by step.
To be cautious, Gu Hang did not order the fleet to leave the system and take the initiative to attack. Instead, he stood guard at the jump point in Alamita, waiting for Varuk's fleet to arrive, and then took the lead at the jump point. By the way, there is also a star fortress dragged out from the orbit of Alameda, plus a dozen armed space stations, which can be used as helpers. They cannot move, but they can serve as a fire platform and provide some fire support during ambush battles at the jump point. And if the enemy fleet wastes firepower to fight them, it will be more convenient. All in all, it's a help that's better than nothing.
Varuk's fleet did not force it.
In the starry observations of both sides, both sides could sense that the other side was on the other side of the star tunnel. No one acted rashly, they were just confronting each other.
But soon, Gu Hang received news: a fleet of the Mechanicus was coming from another astral tunnel in Alameda.
This fleet is not powerful, with only two cruisers leading the way.
It's also the 'ambition level', the 'civilian' version of the moon level. Although it is also a cruiser, it is much reduced on the basis of the moon level, and it is tilted towards a more luxurious and commercial aspect, and is used to sell to some planetary governors, rich people, rogue traders and the like. Although the interior decoration is much more luxurious, it is cheaper than the monthly price, which shows what it is.
However, after all, they were two cruisers, and when they brought more than twenty destroyers and frigates with them, they appeared on the side and could not be ignored.
The alliance also detached a small part of its force, three moon-class destroyers, to deal with it from the side.
Does Varuk want to use this method to drag the alliance's main fleet out and reduce the pressure on himself when he jumps through the astral tunnel? Gu Hang would not give him this chance.
However, relatively bad news came.
When the Alliance discovered the small fleet, star observations clearly showed that the Varuk fleet on the other side had already begun its interstellar shuttle. It was expected that they would complete the transition after three to four standard Terra days. Arrive at the warp point in Alameda.
The confrontation is over and the war is about to begin.
At the same time, the small fleet that had been following the alliance's moon-class ships from the side, circling around and around, suddenly accelerated and started a battle with the alliance's ships.
Logically speaking, the alliance's combat power must be superior, but during the fight, they suffered a huge loss.
They did not stop Alfonzo's small fleet, but instead lost a moon-class ship themselves.
According to the emergency report, the battle was quite normal at first, but then, several of the enemy's fast destroyers suddenly released a bunch of things that the Alliance Navy described as 'spores'. These gadgets bypassed the ship's radar detection and fire interception, and by the time they were discovered, they were already very close to the ship.
They slowly passed through the energy shield and void shield, and then suddenly accelerated and adsorbed to the ship.
Immediately afterwards, these huge 'spores' not only eroded the armor of the ship, but also released poisonous gas into the ship, as well as a large number of landing troops that were difficult to deal with.
These troops are very strange. They look like modified robots that are common in the Mechanicus, but their bodies have a lot of flesh and blood and chitin structures, and their combat effectiveness is quite fierce.
If Gu Hang hadn't spent a lot of gift points during the previous truce to strengthen the strength of a wave of alliance marines, they would really be unstoppable.
But despite this, they still suffered a huge loss, so much so that one of the moon-class ships was destroyed.
The repelled Alliance fleet lost traces of the small fleet and has not found it yet.
And at this time, Varuk's large army is about to arrive!
Originally, during the starry observation, their ship still had one day to arrive, but in the next second, the shadow of Alfonzo's fleet appeared at the jump point.
They used some special technology to deceive the alliance's observations!
(End of chapter)