Chapter 2739 () Trouble with the Horus Fleet
On the flagship 'Spirit of Vengeance', in the strategic research room on the command deck, that is, the 'Lupekar' meeting room, the original Horus was standing alone by the church-like bridge porthole.
Silently looking at the starry sky in the distance, it seems that he wants to see the specific battle situation between his own escort fleet in the distance and the guerrilla harassment fleet in the Taiwei galaxy.
But it is a pity that even as the original body, even if his physical qualities including eyesight are far beyond that of a mortal, it can even be said to have reached the level of a demigod. However, if he wants to be so far away
It is obviously impossible to see the battle situation in the distant starry sky from a distance.
After all, in space battles, the distance between the enemy and ourselves is generally matched by the range of the guns on both sides. Just like the light spears and macro cannons equipped on their ships, they are often not within visual distance of each other.
It has already entered the effective shooting range of the macro cannon.
So much so that when fighting, they often fire first before even seeing the enemy, and by the time the two sides get close enough, each other has mostly paid a certain price.
Therefore, in most cases, if the enemy's warships can be sunk or even annihilated from a long distance, no commander will be stupid enough to rush in front of the enemy and engage in close combat.
This was especially obvious to those cunning humans in the star sector, which gave Horus and others a constant headache.
Ever since the two sides started fighting each other, Taiwei's fleet has always taken advantage of the fast speed of the ships, advanced jump engines, and longer range of the naval guns. Every time, it has harassed and fired salvos from the extreme distance of both sides.
Then he very cunningly hit and ran away, never entangled with his own fleet, and did not give any chance to get close or even join the gang for a decisive battle, which made Horus and other fleet commanders feel aggrieved but also frustrated.
Nothing can be done.
then!
After being attacked several times, Horus was so entangled that he had no choice but to divide his legion fleet into nearly 2,000 warships and form four escort fleets, and let them be deployed in the main fleet.
The four directions around the fleet were used to deal with the sneak attacks of the Taiwei Galaxy fleet, which was elusive and unpredictable.
But now, the battle in the distance is obviously that the fleet of Taiwei Galaxy encountered its own escort fleet arranged in that direction, and then a double-barreled artillery battle broke out.
Horus was actually not too worried about the outcome of the battle.
Because he knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for those people from the Taiwei Galaxy, or the human fleets in that star region, to fight them to the end.
The opponent seems to be lacking in strength and cherishes those battleships very much. From the beginning of the battle to the present, they have never had a direct confrontation with their fleet, let alone a close dogfight or gang-hopping.
Every time, the opponent fired one or two rounds of volleys and then ran away after taking advantage of it. Their purpose was already obvious. They just wanted to delay as much time as possible, slow down the speed of their fleet and eliminate their effective forces in order to achieve a certain goal.
Just a purpose.
Although Horus did not think that the other party's delay was of any use, considering the urgency of his purpose, the emperor's order, and the tenacity and resilience of the humans in that sector, he finally decided to speed up his travels and
In order to deal with the harassment, they still had to divide the large fleet under their command into five fleets, one large, four small and five, and slowly headed towards the Huagai Star.
The escort fleet he separated has at least four to five hundred battleships, and its strength is probably slightly stronger than the hundreds of advanced human battleships in that sector. Although the escort fleet cannot annihilate the enemy in a head-on confrontation, but
, once the enemy is held back, the remaining three squadrons and the main fleet can quickly surround them, thus annihilating the harassing enemy in one fell swoop!
Of course, it turned out that that was just Horus' wishful thinking.
Those cunning sector humans have never given them a chance, especially now that they have no understanding of the opponent's warp engine and cannot find good countermeasures.
Therefore, even if he can't see it now, and he hasn't received the specific battle status of the escort fleet, Horus can roughly know without guessing that those cunning guys in the sector are sinking in a salvo.
After damaging a few of their own warships, they were about to escape. Their main force and three escort fleets surrounded them, and they probably just missed it?
Bata! Bata!
At this time, the sound of heavy footsteps approaching from behind woke up Horus, who was deep in thought. Knowing that the battle in the distance must have come to an end, he had to retract his gaze and turn to look at the person behind him.
"It's Sejanus..."
"Say it!"
"How's the battle going?"
"How much have we lost this time?"
Looking at the fourth company commander Sejanus walking up to him, Horus was not in a hurry to ask about the enemy's situation, because he knew that the enemy must not have suffered any major losses.
Those slippery Sectors would surely jump and flee before their shields were broken by their macrocannons or light spears, something he had become accustomed to these days.
"Report to the legion commander!"
"The battle just ended."
"The two sides continued fighting for less than ten minutes. Three frigates and one cruiser were sunk by our side, and at least six other warships were damaged and needed immediate repair."
"The transport ship and supply ship did not suffer any losses because they were always on guard!"
"As for the losses of the enemy fleet..."
"It's not clear yet. We haven't received any reports of any warships or wreckage from the other side at the scene."
Sejanus said the last two sentences in a hesitant, embarrassed and aggrieved tone.
Because, the absence of any discovery proves that the opponent's fleet probably did not suffer any losses!
Just like the many battles in the past few days, this time they probably also failed to successfully penetrate the shield of the opponent's warship.
After all, the distance of that kind of combat is indeed a bit too far. The power and hit rate of their light spears and macro cannons will fluctuate greatly due to distance. Therefore, if possible, they are more willing to engage in close-range combat.
Dog fighting and gang fighting.
But it is a pity that the Taiwei galaxy fleet, that is, the human fleet in those star regions, obviously does not want to give them that kind of opportunity.
"Is it still like this?"
"All right!"
"I see."
Nodding, Horus, who had been prepared for this for a long time, was not too surprised.
After all, so far, they have sunk and damaged nearly a hundred warships by people in the star area. The losses are not small!
If it weren't for the fact that the opponent's warships were severely lacking in number, only a few hundred, and if it weren't for their large fleet, it wouldn't take long for their large fleet to successfully arrive at Huagai Star and establish the final victory in one fell swoop. According to the opponent's sneak attack and harassment style of play, if time
If there were enough, Horus's fleet might actually be cannibalized bit by bit by the opponent.
But fortunately, the initiative now lies with them, and Huagai Star is not far away, so the other party cannot continue to harass them indefinitely.
In the following time, even if the other party continues to harass and attack, even if the other party makes various sneak attacks on the road and knocks out one or two hundred of their warships, Horus can still afford the loss, because by then, as long as he gets
The information he longed for, and then he could get the jump engine, then he could report it to the emperor and their ruthless father.
"How's the intelligence work going?"
"Are you sure that the information provided by the informants you bought and developed during your time on Huagai Star is reliable?"
"Those guys in the star area..."
"Did they really disperse and store those data in different cities and bases?"
"The matter is true?"
Then, after thinking about it for a while, Horus continued to ask uneasily.
Strictly speaking, he actually doesn't care about the enemy warships harassing them at all, nor does he care much about his own losses. He doesn't even care about whether he can get the magical jump engine. What he cares about most now is the share of the warships.
Information they couldn’t get even after negotiating and making huge concessions!
That is the most important thing, and it is what he must win no matter what.
"It should be true!"
"You also know that people in the sector must also understand that they will definitely not be able to stop our fleet in space, even if there are only more than 3,000 fleets of our 16th Legion here!"
"So, they deliberately split the information in order to prevent us from launching an orbital strike and fighting us on the ground."
"In that case, they may be able to delay us for a long time, and they may even have the possibility of winning?"
"That's a conspiracy. As long as we still want to get that thing, we have no other choice but to play the trick."
"Moreover..."
"It cannot be denied that their strength on the ground is indeed very strong. Otherwise, they would not have beaten those subspace demons like that."
"That is indeed their opportunity. I haven't thought of any good solution for the time being."
Having said this, Sejanus couldn't help but become a little anxious.
Because as far as he knew, including the summary of intelligence sent back by the spies and informants developed on the Huagai star so far, the humans in the sector had at least ten complete military bases on the Huagai star, and their scale was only smaller than that of the main
Base Mine Base is a little small, but there are tens of millions of soldiers, which is terrifying!
The key is that the opponent has initially eliminated the rebels and certain warlords, and has reached a very high level of control over the army. In addition, the opponent's army has just successfully defeated the subspace demon. At the moment, whether it is morale or
It can be said that the combat experience is quite rich. At the same time, the star district has also been supported by most residents of Huagai Star. The people have sincerely accepted the rule of the star district.
Therefore, at this time, he was actually quite reluctant to engage in a bloody battle with the opponent's ground troops.
Furthermore, in addition to advanced battleships, the ground equipment of the humans in the sector is also quite advanced and powerful!
From the stealthy Banshee fighter to the exaggeratedly powerful Viking fighter, from the Hellfire chariot to the powerful siege tank, the complete range of equipment is unmatched by any colonial world they have ever seen.
Not to mention that the opponent also has the huge Thor bipedal combat robot that is said to be carrying a cruiser gun. That thing is probably stronger than the Titans of their Mechanicus priests?
And those terrifying war machines just prove that the Federation of Heroes in the Koprulu Sector is probably indeed a country or human force with strong and complete combat capabilities. Its war potential has only been a year since it came to Huagai Star.
This is evident from the terrifying expansion of military strength.
Not to mention the CMC armor and spike rifles that all Marines have!
That has proven to be a formidable threat to the Astartes Space Marines, otherwise they wouldn't have been defeated and captured last time, especially the mass effect shields and cold fusion that everyone has
The reactor often woke him up in his sleep.
You know, the Astartes Space Marines of their 16th Legion, the Luna Wolves, currently have less than 200,000 people in total. If they run to the Huagai Planet and compete with the tens of millions of land warriors wearing CMC armor,
If the team members fight hard, even if they can fight one against a hundred, it will be enough to kill the Astartes of their Luna Wolves!
What's more, Sejanus never expected that the Astartes Space Marines of the Luna Wolves could achieve a 1:100 record with the Marines of the Canopy Star.
In fact, let alone one against a hundred, even if you encounter those new recruits, a 1:30 record is not bad, but if you encounter an elite, it will be a big deal whether you can achieve a 1:10 record!
As for meeting those elites from the star area, such as those troops such as the Heads of Guard who all carry cold weapons and battle axes, let alone other things, it is just the result of the bet during the first contact and negotiation.
It can be seen that under the same circumstances, their ordinary Astartes warriors are probably no match for the elite soldiers of the other party's Head of Guard.
That is not the pessimistic thought of Sejanus, but the naked fact!
What's even more terrible is that the opponent's Head Guard is said to have tens of thousands on the Canopy Star, which is almost enough to offset the number of Astartes Space Marines that the Luna Wolves can use by then. After all, they can
I will never parachute all the Astartes onto the planet, nor would I dare to do that.
"..."
Therefore, looking at his original body who was thinking deeply, Sejanus didn't know what to do.
And if their own fleet currently has an absolute advantage, in addition to the current more than 3,000 warships, they can mobilize more fleets of the Astartes Legion to come back at any time. The number can easily reach tens of thousands, and even the Emperor
With the main fleet of the Great Expedition led by him and another squadron of the Legion Astartes as his support, Sejanus would have wanted to persuade the commander of his own legion to withdraw his troops.
"..."
Horus didn't know what Sejanus was thinking at this time, he just frowned and thought to himself.
Of course, it is possible that he himself is aware of the comparison in strength between the enemy and us at various levels, but with the arrow on the string, he has decided that he must achieve his goal at all costs and he no longer cares so much at this time.
"What about Abaddon?"
"After so many days, he should have consolidated his position and launched an attack on the first intended target, right?"
"Has he sent any news back?"
Finally, after pondering, he turned around and looked out the window at the dark starry sky. Looking at the dazzling light of the tiny galaxy deep in the distant starry sky, Horus asked about the situation of Abaddon's advance army and warned.
:
"His fleet didn't launch an orbital strike rashly towards the ground, right?"
"You'd better tell him to be honest. Don't let him destroy the information we want!"
Unmentioned, the conspiracy of those cunning humans in the sector had succeeded. Now Horus indeed did not dare to launch an orbital strike on the Huagai Star easily. At least he did not dare to launch a large-scale and powerful orbital strike, nor was he willing to take the risk.
Of course, that was before he got the information. If he gets the things and confirms their authenticity, there's no telling what he will do by then.
"this……"
His expression hesitated slightly, but finally, Sejanus gritted his teeth and told what he knew:
"Unfortunately!"
"Legion Commander, Abaddon is afraid that he will not be able to complete the mission in a short time."
"Is such that!"
"He has been dragged by the greenskins for three full days. It is said that the casualties are still very high?"
Sejanus said with a bitter look on his face, then handed a piece of information to Horus, and at the same time explained some basic information he learned.
"As for the orbital strike, there is no need to worry."
"His advance fleet is entangled with several defensive warships from the Huagai planet, as well as the joint attack of the planet's orbital defense platform and the ground air force. In a short period of time, his fleet may not be able to carry out any ground attacks.
Action."
In fact, he had just chosen as many as possible. It would be good if Abaddon had not been annihilated by the greenskins. As for the attack, there was no need to even think about it!
As for Abaddon's fleet, if it weren't for the Great Tyrant that was supporting it, it would have been destroyed by the warships of Canopy Star and those massive Viking fighters. There would be no chance for Abaddon's ground troops to fight.
Assistance strike?
And if Abaddon's landing point had not been chosen within the last subspace demon's influence, that is, in the red mist area, I am afraid that it would be Abaddon and the others who were hit by the orbit now.
"Well……"
"This is!"
Horus frowned, and after receiving the information, he looked at the documents in his hand, and his expression suddenly became rich.
"Green, green skin?"
"strangeness……"
Then, after reading the information, Horus looked directly at Sejanus with a surprised look on his face and asked:
"Didn't you say that there are only subspace demons on Canopy Star?"
"Where did the green skin come from?"
"Do you still have dozens or millions of dollars?"
"What a joke!"
He remembered that there were no greenskins on that Canopy Star. Whether it was the information they had investigated before or the other party's reaction when they bet people in those sectors last time, that fact was proved.
But now, so many greenskins have appeared out of nowhere, and then directly surrounded Abaddon's troops. This is indeed a bit unbelievable.
"this……"
"Legion Commander, this is actually what happened..."
Although he was suspected of snitching on his colleagues behind his back, since his original body asked about it, Sejanus certainly did not dare to hide anything, and directly secretly buried the green-skinned spores before Abaddon evacuated last time, and now
I don't know why the greenskins multiplied and grew rapidly and occupied some of the territory of the subspace demons, and then in turn attacked Abaddon's troops.
"!!"
"The green skin was actually brought by Abaddon?"
"In just three to five months it has grown to over one million?"
"whispering sound!"
"How can this be?!"
After hearing this, Horus was surprised, and of course he immediately expressed disdain and disbelief at the situation that subverted his understanding.
"I don't really believe it either, but..."
Sejanus said with a bitter look:
"Judging from the intelligence we currently have, it seems that is indeed the case?"
"As for the specific reason..."
"The only way we can find out is through investigation later."
"Anyway, Abaddon and the others are now trapped by the greenskins. It is an indisputable fact that the two sides have launched at least a dozen large-scale offensive and defensive battles."
About four months ago, when Abaddon was ordered to retreat, the Astartes warrior did not dare to hide it, so he secretly reported the situation. Then Sejanus happened to see it at that time, but in order to prevent it from happening,
The Primarch punished Abaddon, who was already dissatisfied, and Sejanus kindly suppressed him.
But how could he have imagined that things would turn out to be like this in the end, forcing him to choose to tell the story at this time?
"absurd!"
"this……"
"snort!"
"Brother Abaddon is a guy who fails more than succeeds!"
Hearing this, Horus was shocked and couldn't help but became furious. He then threw the piece of information onto the floor of the chamber with hatred, attracting many Astartes, commanders and think tank members around.
They all cast surprised glances.
"Sejanus!"
In just a few months, the greenskins had grown to a scale of millions. Horus thought it was ridiculous no matter how much he thought about it. However, he also knew that now was not the time to pursue the case, so he frowned and ordered coldly:
"You are responsible for the subsequent plans!"
"As for Abaddon..."
"When the time comes, we can give him appropriate support, and let him continue to attract the attention of the Huagai Star, the demons, and the greenskins!"
"Just do it!"
After finishing speaking, Horus thought for a while and felt that he had nothing to add, so he walked away in frustration.
"yes!"
"My subordinate understands!"
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
Seeing that the original body had no intention of punishing Abaddon, Sejanus couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly stood up to attention and loudly responded and saluted, not daring to disobey in the slightest.
At this time, the escort fleet in the distance had also finished reorganizing and cleaning the battlefield. Therefore, the large-scale Horus fleet readjusted its route and moved firmly towards the dark starry sky and towards a certain orbit where the Huagai Star was located.
Drive away.
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(ω)Where is the monthly ticket?
Chapter completed!